I support the army through farming and business.

Chapter 43: Ancestor Worship in Wuwei City

Tang Zhao quickly grabbed Gu Ci's arm and refused to let go no matter how the man struggled.

Who was she risking her life to go to Wuwei City for?

For whom? Huh?
Can she use a military book or a map?

Tang Zhao glared at Gu Ci, what does it mean to be a dog biting Lu Dongbin, what does it mean to be an ungrateful person and a good person.

The woman held his arms tightly in her arms, and he could feel the softness of her breasts. Gu Ci's ears turned red, and his left hand hesitated in the air for a long time, but he couldn't find a place to start.

He shouted angrily, "Let go!"

Tang Zhao saw that he was being timid but inwardly cowardly. "No! Not unless you promise to send me to Wuwei!"

"My mother has already rejected you, so don't bother me!"

Tang Zhao corrected, "Mother said, I can go if you accompany me!" She pressed herself against Gu Ci, "I want to go, I want to go, I want to go!"

Gu Ci stepped back step by step to avoid her, but the woman kept pressing on and even climbed onto his neck while he was distracted.

Gu Ci couldn't stand it any longer and closed his eyes, "You come down first!"

"No!" Tang Zhao stood on tiptoe, and put his head close to the man. "If you don't send me to Weiwu, I will bite you!" He said as if to open his mouth.

Gu Ci dodged by turning his head and yelled, "Someone come!"

Chaohui Chaoyi was waiting outside the door. When he heard his master calling him, he pushed the door open and walked in. He looked up and saw his master and the princess hugging each other. He turned around and walked out.

He also stopped Li Ma and others who came rushing over after hearing the noise outside the door.

Gu Ci was stabbed in the back by his subordinates, and the woman who clung to him was even more difficult to shake off. The man was exhausted both physically and mentally, and admitted defeat, "I promise you."

Tang Zhao pressed on, "I'll leave tomorrow!"

"The day after tomorrow," since Gu Ci had agreed, he had to make all preparations. He needed time to mobilize troops.

"Then the day after tomorrow." Tang Zhao was very easy to talk to after achieving his goal, but he still didn't forget to threaten, "Whoever lies is a puppy!"

Gu Ci sneered.

After the farce ended, Tang Zhao finally realized that what he had just done was nothing more than a gangster and a scoundrel.

Gu Ci turned around and didn't want to look at her. Before leaving, he snorted coldly, "Don't do this again!"

Having done so many socially embarrassing things in his previous life, Tang Zhao's face and psychological endurance are incomparable to ordinary people. However, he did not feel embarrassed at all, but only felt proud of having achieved his goal.

Don't do this? This trick is so useful, she must have been hit by a pig and didn't use it!
Tang Zhao tidied his clothes and walked back to his bedroom in the admiring gazes of everyone in the Bitan Courtyard.

Nanny Li ran to Minghui Hall as fast as she could and reported everything to Princess Xuan.

Tang Zhao called Chunfeng and others and told them that he was going to Wuwei City to worship his ancestors.

"Madam, you are too old to travel by boat or train, so you don't need to go this time," Tang Zhao stopped Madam Song, "and I'll trouble you to help me look after the shop and the farm."

Nanny Song finally agreed.

"Chunfeng Dongmei, follow me to Wuwei," Tang Zhao arranged the staff, "Continue to make brine in the end of summer. The more the better. Remember to keep it a secret."

"Qiuyu, take advantage of this time to rebuild the shop according to the blueprints. Have Song Sheng select some useful people from the dowry and train them well. When I come back, we'll open the tofu shop."

Everyone agreed and went about their business.

Tang Zhao's tense mind finally relaxed temporarily after receiving the task. She lay down on the bed with her clothes on, closed her eyes and fell asleep.

Gu Ci held his anger and dispatched fifty guards from the palace and mobilized five hundred soldiers from Lanzhou City to provide escort.

Tang Zhao sat in the princess' carriage, surrounded by guards in the center. Gu Ci mounted his horse and led the way in front.

An exquisite and spacious carriage stopped not far from the palace, following the infantry for twenty miles outside the city gates, unwilling to stop. The coachman had to persuade her, "Young lady, you don't have many guards with you. It's too dangerous to leave the city at will."

Is it dangerous? The girl sitting in the carriage watched the soldiers gradually go away. As long as Brother Yuanye is around, there will never be danger.

But now, Brother Yuanye is no longer protecting her.

Seeing her daughter crying sadly, the maid tried to comfort her for a long time before finally persuading her to go back.

In the distance, a man and a horse followed the carriage not too far away. After watching the carriage return to the Mansion of the Marquis of Loyalty and Bravery, they rode out of the city quickly to catch up with the main force.

"My lord, Miss Bai has returned home safely," Chao Yi whispered.

Gu Ci nodded and concentrated on walking.

Tang Zhao knew nothing about this. She looked at the scenery, which was completely different from Luoyang, with great interest. She treated this trip as a spontaneous journey and even enjoyed sleeping in the mountains.

Gu Ci's opinion of her changed slightly.

Seven days later, they arrived at Wuwei City.

The prefect of Wuwei had received the message from the prefect of Lanzhou and the Prince Xuan's palace in advance, and had been waiting outside the city. He bowed and said, "This humble official greets the General of the Cavalry."

Gu Ci dismounted and personally helped the Wuwei prefect up, "Master Lu, there is no need to be so polite."

Dongmei drove the carriage forward, and the prefect of Wuwei stepped forward to salute, "Your Highness, Wuwei Prefect Lu Ying, pays respects to Princess Zhaoshan. May the Princess be well."

The spring breeze lifted the carriage curtains. Tang Zhao, sitting in the carriage, said, "Your Excellency the Prefect, please do not be polite."

"Thank you, Princess."

"Please, sir, please lead the way," Tang Zhao said, his tired face showing his anxiety. "This princess wants to pay her respects to her maternal grandfather and his family as soon as possible."

"Yes," Lu Ying agreed, mounted his horse and walked in front to lead the way.

The Protectorate General's Mansion is located in the northwest corner of Wuwei City. It covers a very large area, almost half of the west city. Tang Zhao sat in a carriage and crossed the entire Wuwei from the east city gate before arriving at the Protectorate General's Mansion.

Gu Ci dismounted, strode to the front of the carriage and raised his arm. Tang Zhao helped him get off the carriage by holding his arm.

On the huge and heavy red gate of the General Protector's Mansion, there is a plaque written by the late emperor and supervised by the Ministry of Rites. In front of the gate stands an imperial archway bestowed by the Song family, which was earned in exchange for the lives of the loyal and brave people.

It is glory and sorrow.

She is not Tang Zhao from the General's Mansion, but she can have her current status and peace thanks to the protection of the General's Mansion. Tang Zhao is very grateful.

"Princess, please come in," Lu Ying ordered someone to open the middle door.

Tang Zhao stepped over the threshold first, and Gu Ci followed closely behind her.

Tang Zhao walked towards the ancestral hall according to the memory of little Tang Zhao. The scenery along the way was exactly the same as in his memory.

Lu Ying explained, "The late emperor personally ordered that successive Wuwei prefects look after the Protector General's mansion, just as they did when the Protector General was alive."

Tang Zhao thanked him.

Everyone followed Tang Zhao, walked along the central axis road until they reached the innermost part of the backyard of the General Protector's Mansion, where they found the Song Family Ancestral Hall.

Lu Ying paused and said, "It is inconvenient for us to enter. Please ask the Princess and the General of the Cavalry to express our gratitude on our behalf."

The two agreed. Gu Ci pushed open the door and stood outside, waiting for Tang Zhao to go in before following him.

Lu Ying and others retreated to the front yard.

The candlelight that never goes out all year round illuminates the spacious ancestral hall. Countless tablets are placed high on the altar. The breeze blowing through the door causes the candlelight to flicker, as if the ancestors of the Song family are staring at them.

Tang Zhao and Gu Ci lit the incense and inserted it into the incense burner, then knelt respectfully on the cushion and kowtowed three times and nine times.

Please support with recommendation votes and monthly votes

(End of this chapter)