Traveling through Tianlong: Starting from the Zhenlong chess game

Chapter 293: Flirty words are the most fearful of sobriety

Zhao Mu chuckled lightly and asked, "What happened next? How did you meet my father-in-law?"

Zhao Ji then sighed and said: "Oh! When I was six years old, I was sold to the largest brothel in Yangzhou City, 'Xueyue Pavilion'. But I stayed there for seven or eight years. At first, I was just a slave to the pavilion. The 'ladies' in the house were supposed to serve as maids. When my mother was eight years old, her appearance also grew. When the madam saw that I was beautiful, she no longer wanted me to be a maid, so she began to train me to be a thin horse."

Mu Wanqing asked: "Mother-in-law, when did you meet my father?"

Zhao Ji replied: "That was when I was thirteen years old."

Although Zhao Mu had been prepared in his heart, when he heard his mother say it himself, he couldn't help but feel contempt for Duan Zhengchun in his heart.

Zhao Mu still felt that Duan Zhengchun was more "perverted" than him.

What Zhao Mu likes most is a charming woman, and the last one is a girl of eighteen or nineteen like Mu Wanqing or Li Qinglu. But I didn't expect that Duan Zhengchun would not even let go of children aged twelve or thirteen.

Zhao Muzheng was about to complain, but Mu Wanqing was the first to speak: "Haha! Let me just say it. Father, this old pervert is so greedy and lustful that he won't even let go of children as young as twelve or thirteen years old. If he and I If I don’t know him, he might come and abduct me.”

Zhao Ji continued: "Back then, the emperor's brother came to our Xueyue Pavilion under the pseudonym of 'Duan Er'. However, our then head court lady, along with several other thin horses, were picked up by Mr. Huang, a Yangzhou salt merchant. I went to serve the magistrate on the flower boat. The only beautiful woman in the pavilion is Wei Niang."

"The emperor's brother was very generous at that time, and the madam didn't want to let him go just like that. So she made an exception and asked me to receive him on behalf of the court lady, play the piano and music for him, accompany him to recite poems, and play Go."

Zhao Mu asked: "What happened next?"

"As for calligraphy, painting, and chess skills, there is no need to say more. When we were playing chess, I deliberately surrendered and let him barely beat me in a game. As for calligraphy and painting, although it cannot be said to be bad, it still left an impression on my mother. It's really not top quality."

Mu Wanqing said: "My father, apart from being sweet-mouthed and able to say a few sweet words, and then casually making you a promise that will never be fulfilled, can be said to be useless."

Speaking of this, Zhao Ji couldn't help but laugh and said: "Haha, although the emperor's brother is not ignorant of literary talent, music, and chess skills, he is indeed not very good. He lost to me when he recited poems correctly. When I was reviewing the music, I intentionally made a few notes go out of tune, but he still said yes in an arty way. Although your father was a martial artist back then, he could still hear it, but he didn't know it was intentional. I pretended not to know, but I really didn’t hear it.”

Zhao Ji continued: "Ever since we met that time, the emperor's brother has been coming to Xueyue Pavilion. Your mother is a thin horse selected by the prefect. In the future, she will be sent to the capital as a tribute to the powerful. Normally she does not I can receive foreign guests easily. But I couldn't resist the emperor's brother who really spent a lot of money on me, so I made an exception to accompany him a few times. But he kept talking about how he liked me and didn't want me to live in the world and fall into the mud. What do you mean by 'redeeming me'?"

Zhao Mu said at this time: "Although my father-in-law is greedy and lustful, he is not a stingy person. He might have really planned to redeem himself for my mother."

Zhao Ji smiled and said: "Whether he has this plan or not, it doesn't matter. At that time, I once asked him, 'Have we ever been married? After marrying you, will you treat me as well as you do now, regardless of the past grudges?'" Mu Wanqing asked: "Then how did my father answer?"

Zhao Ji said: "How else can I answer? Of course he denied having ever been married. Then he still spoke sweetly and tenderly promised to me. He said that after redeeming his life for me, he would marry me as his wife and treat me well for the rest of his life. Although Wei Niang was young at the time, she had been wandering around the Land of Wind and Moon for many years, and she had seen all kinds of men and heard all the nonsense about eachother."

"I have also seen those sisters who were deceived by a few sweet words from customers and eventually fell from prostitutes to prostitutes. They even spent money to redeem themselves, but were deceived by their lovers and lost both their lives and wealth. In the end, they suffered the consequences themselves. Quite a few. Which words are true and which words are false, and how can you hide them from me?"

"He wanted to trick me into sleeping with me, but I didn't have much capital at that time. My only capital was this beautiful appearance and my remaining chastity. How could I easily sleep with him? So I asked him to redeem me and become a good man. , and after carrying me out of Xueyue Pavilion in a big red sedan chair, we had sex with him, the courtesy of Duke Zhou."

Mu Wanqing asked: "Then what did my father say at that time?"

Zhao Ji smiled and said: "What else can I do? Of course he continued to lie to me. He said that he was a nobleman of Dali Kingdom, and if I married him, he would naturally treat me well. But I was bitten to death at that time, He would not allow him to touch me until he redeemed me. A few days later, he said that he would go back to Dali to raise money to redeem me. He asked me to wait for him in the pavilion when he came back, and gave me a jade plaque as a token of his love. A token. But from the time I was thirteen until I was sent to the palace, I never waited for him."

Mu Wanqing laughed when she heard this and said: "My mother-in-law is a sober woman. Unlike Wan'er's biological mother and those aunts, who were deceived by this bad man all their lives. The promise made by my father to my mother was the same back then. He said that he would give up his identity as a prince and follow our mother and daughter to travel around the country. But he always used some important matters of family and country to distract my mother. My mother is an idiot. Although she hated him deeply, she was deceived by a few sweet words. Dead-set.”

At this time, Mu Wanqing looked at Zhao Mu, and then said with a smile: "But now it is thanks to Zhao Lang. Because Zhao Lang and I are engaged, Dao Baifeng also allowed my father to take my mother and Aunt Ruan back. Now we don’t have to wander around the world anymore.”

Zhao Mu smiled and said, "Is that 'love token' that your father-in-law gave to your mother still there?"

Zhao Ji replied: "Well, it was sold out a long time ago. I didn't take the Emperor's brother's promise to heart at all. After all, in a place like Xueyue Pavilion, almost every man would say this kind of nonsense. sentence. Moreover, my mother did not believe that this 'Mr. Duan' was really a nobleman of the Dali Kingdom at first. She only thought that he was just making fun of himself and boasting nonsense. But she did not expect that he was really a nobleman of the Dali Kingdom. Or Dali. The crown prince of the country."

Zhao Mu joked with his mother: "Do you regret it, mother? My father-in-law is younger and more handsome than my father, and his status is much higher than my father. If my mother was willing to leave with my father-in-law, you might be Dali." The queen of the country, the noble concubine."

Zhao Ji shook her head indifferently and said: "Of course I have no regrets. In the eyes of my mother, none of the men in the world can be as good as your father. Although your father is very different from my mother in age, the prince is He is the best person to my mother. From the time I entered the palace to the death of the prince, he never treated us mother and son half-heartedly. He was even better than others."

"And your father was afraid that I would lose my mind and be buried for him. Until his death, he told me to raise you well and bring you up. And he was afraid that we would endure hardship in the future, so he specially used his last I have brought you a marquis for your honor."

As Zhao Ji touched her cheek, she continued: "I still can't forget your father's relieved expression after learning that you were knighted. He held on for a breath and touched it with his hand. Touching my cheek, he used his last strength to smile at me, until he saw that I was smiling too, and then he slowly closed his eyes." As he spoke, Zhao Ji couldn't help but shed two tears in her eyes.

(End of this chapter)