The story of a noble girl

Chapter 179
"Don't worry, Fu'er will be safe and sound this time. The Zhou family and Liezong have been protecting the Zhou family. Sister, Fu'er will definitely return safely, without any harm!" Master Zhou said firmly.

"Why are you so sure, big brother?" Concubine Zhou asked tearfully.

"Sister, when you were young, you were taken by the late empress and brought into the palace to serve the late emperor. Even though you had great scheming plans and wanted to add the status of the emperor's relatives to the Zhou family merchants, you knew that it was impossible for the late emperor to let you The mother is more expensive than the child, and she became a concubine! Instead, she went to curry favor with the former empress who had no daughters. She had a fierce fight with the former empress, and got along like a mother and daughter. With the help of the former empress, her status soared, and there was no one in the harem for a while You can reach it. The late emperor left, and you became a concubine, second only to the empress dowager who treated you like a daughter, but you are only a woman after all, and you don't understand the twists and turns of the past."

"Brother, please tell me." Concubine Zhou stopped crying.

"Sister, the reason why the Zhou family provided for the prince is because the founding emperor vigorously advocated business after the founding of the dynasty and established the country, making the status of the merchants of the famous dynasty reach the peak in history. The Zhou family's merchants' home, needless to mention the benefits. After earning a lot of wealth, he was afraid that the tree would attract the wind, so he took out two parts and donated them to the imperial treasury to seek peace. At that time, the weather was smooth, the world was peaceful, and the treasury was unprecedentedly full. The emperor saw that my Zhou family was sincere, so he gave these two parts The son was handed over to the prince at that time, that is, the first emperor. That was the first generation prince offered by the Zhou family.

Since then, the court has made a secret contract with my Zhou family. The second member of my Zhou family will be in charge of each generation of the prince.Whether or not the crown prince is abolished has nothing to do with the Zhou family. The Zhou family just handed over the members to the special personnel of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, without getting involved in politics, so as to ensure the safety of the Zhou family for generations.This matter of the two members was privately ordered by the Patriarch of the Zhou family from generation to generation. Because you entered the palace, your father secretly told you about it, so that you can feel confident.

So I want to verify the situation of the state treasury. The Zhou family doesn't get involved in politics, but it doesn't have to be black-eyed. There are some things that can be guessed after thinking deeply.You see, it's only 200 million, and our Fu'er is worth more than 200 million.Of course we want to pay for safety, according to the previous speculation, the kidnappers obviously don’t want to let the prince know, and it’s all in vain, so the background of the kidnappers... may be from the prince’s family..."

"Prince line?" Zhou Taifei asked.

"It's just a possibility, maybe someone from the prince's family did it without telling the prince. But, it's more likely that it was done by the prince's political opponents."

"Brother, let's talk."

"If someone from the prince's family wants money and hides the prince's actions, then it's easy to do. Just give it to me. My Zhou family can't afford 200 million. If they pay the money, they will naturally put Fu'er back. The reason is naturally that they don't want the crown prince to know about it. They did it in secret."

"Then what if it was done by the prince's political enemies?"

"If it was done by the prince's political opponents, sister, 200 million taels is not a small sum. If it wasn't for the Zhou family, who would have given out 200 million taels quietly and concealed the truth? They are sure that we will not make any noise, because We are worried about costing Fu'er's life. And they have the ability to consolidate their power and buy more contacts when they get the money. Sister, if you were the prince, would you let your political opponents get 200 million?"

"of course not."

"So, after they get the money, they will definitely let Fu'er come back safely! Because they are also sure that we will not tell the prince. So both sides kept the truth from the sky, and then everything was calm, as if this had never happened."

"Exactly," Concubine Zhou nodded and smiled, "According to elder brother's speculation, Fu'er is safe and sound, I am relieved."

"So you have to keep everything as usual, you should smile, you should sleep, let's wait and see what happens, and we must not show any flaws. Fu'er's rebellious son is going back to Qingshui Old Shop to pay homage to his ancestors, understand?"

"Understood, brother." Concubine Zhou called out to the door with a smile on her face: "Jing Kong, bring the good tea from the previous palace."

"Yes, empress dowager." Eyes from outside answered.

Master Zhou looked at Concubine Zhou's smile, and sighed: "Your heart palpitations, you need to take care of it, you are still young. Well, if you had a son and a half daughter under your knees, you wouldn't be where you are today. So lonely."

"Brother... the first emperor is so old... I just want to gain the trust of the empress, and also have a stable position in the palace. Who would have thought that the first emperor would go so soon. It can be considered unintentional, I am so tall now Let’s look at the other concubines of the first emperor. Those who had no sons and daughters were accompanied by the ancient Buddha of Qingdeng, and those who gave birth to princes lived with princes outside the palace. The princess is better, but not as free as I am.

I can see clearly that the harem was full of old and new people before, but the empress dowager and I are still living so well in the palace.Now that the queen mother is getting older, she is getting closer to me.With her old man standing in front of me, who dares to trick me, life is easy.Brother, don't worry about me.Brother, you want our Zhou family to pass on the wealth and honor from generation to generation to be serious. "

Concubine Zhou's words made Master Zhou full of emotion, "It's just a pain for you."

"Don't worry about me, brother, remember that when Fu'er returns home, report a safe letter to me right away," took the tea leaves from Qingkong, "You bring the tea for your father and mother to drink, you didn't let them know that Fu'er matter."

"No, they are old and can't stand this fright, I have my own measure..." After a few more pleasantries, Master Zhou left the palace and returned home with tea in his hands.

After Mr. Zhou returned home and murmured to the old wife who was lying on the bed crying, the mistress of the Zhou family recovered most of the time.

So far, the Zhou Mansion has been calm, except that the warehouse is full of silver taels. In order to avoid too much and difficult to transport, it was converted into 20 taels of gold.

That night, sure enough, another letter was thrown at the gate of the Zhou Mansion: Three days later, pay the money and pick him up at the Niangniang Temple, three hundred miles north of the suburb of Beijing.

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When the bright sun shines high, it is very dazzling.The five of Lin Xiaoning had been rushing for nearly three hours, their throats felt like scorching fire, their stomachs were like thunder, their whole bodies were sore and limp, and they finally arrived at the gate of Yu County.

Young Master Zhou was out of breath and said: "Miss Lin, we have been running for so long, and it will not be a matter of time for the old man to chase after him. There are so many side roads along the way, and he can't guess where we are going. In which direction did we run. Shall we find a place to appease our stomachs?"

"Alright," Lin Xiaoning was tired and thirsty, "Let's find a restaurant, eat and drink so that you can think about the future, and the horse needs to be fed."

The people in the city couldn't ride horses in a hurry, so they walked slowly and found a nice looking restaurant called Quan Fu Lou. Everyone slid off their horses one by one, and almost fell to the ground with staggering feet.

Fu Sheng supported his trembling legs, and stroked Master Zhou who was out of breath: "Master, be careful."

"Oh, my throat is dry enough to catch fire, and the fire has reached my stomach." Young Master Zhou said exaggeratedly.

Xiaoer nodded and bowed to greet him: "Guests, do you want to be top-notch, or stay in a hotel? You have to feed the horses too. Look at these horses. They are smooth and smooth. Follow a good master. The life of the horse That's fine too."

"I'll go to the latrine first." Miss Lin said, and Lotus followed with her luggage knowingly.

After changing into a clean cotton towel and Lin Xiaoning came out in a comfortable suit, Master Zhou, Fu Sheng and Shi Fang were still waiting at the door.The Xiao Er who nodded and bowed was standing aside with a wide smile on his face, also waiting.

"Why don't you go in and order tea and order food." Lin Xiaoning frowned.

"Let's stay together, it's not too late," Master Zhou said affectionately.

"Miss Lin, we can't be separated, don't be separated for a moment, what if we get separated." Fu Sheng also yelled loudly.

Shifang sucked his nose and looked at Lin Xiaoning with big eyes.

"That's right, Master Zhou and Fu Sheng are as careful as a hair," Lin Xiaoning patted Shi Fang's face with a smile, "Go, go in."

Young Master Zhou looked at Lin Xiaoning with satisfaction, the five of them were all present, and he felt extremely safe in his heart.Warm.Suddenly I was very moved and smiled.It wasn't for Miss Xianren's rescue, I don't know why, but I just felt very kind and moved.

During this journey, I spent eight days with Miss Lin, and every day I opened my eyes, I could see his Miss Immortal, and I didn't want to be separated for a moment, and I had to wait for her to go in with me when I was eating.

Xiao Er bowed his head and said with a smile on his face: "Master, I'm here..." He took the reins of the horse in his hands and shouted loudly inside: "Come here, come here, quickly lead the horse for the distinguished guest."

Immediately, two young men ran out from inside, leading the three horses diligently.

Master Zhou was very happy to see Xiao Er like this, and everything went back to his days as a young master who called the wind and rain.And as if to prove that he had indeed regained his freedom, and temporarily escaped danger, he commanded very proudly: "Boy, prepare a table of the best rice noodles here, and feed the horses some fine food. Thank you, Fusheng. "

Fusheng looked at Master Zhou, and said awkwardly, "Master, there is no more money."

The money was all on the assassin, so Master Zhou realized it.

"Tch, you still have to act like this without any money, and make me wait for a while, bring the horse back to them quickly." Xiao Er immediately put on a contemptuous expression, and yelled loudly to the back.

Lin Xiaoning pretended to take out money, but took out a bank note from the space and shook it: "There is no money, only bank notes, HSBC bank, do you accept it?" Lin Xiaoning is also a local tyrant loudly proudly.

It's so cool, it's so cool to be a local tyrant after surviving a catastrophe!
"Receive, accept, why not accept? Please come in, honored guest, please come in quickly." Seeing the banknotes that Lin Xiaoning flicked around, Xiaoer immediately put on a fawning smile as if changing his face, and said in one voice.

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