Chapter 72 Oh my God, cousin, you are amazing!
Mu Jiangge looked mysterious and lowered his voice and said, "I found that when my uncle came back from the palace banquet, the eldest daughter of the Minister of Works followed him back with a shy face. The two must have met in private!"
Chu Li breathed a sigh of relief, it was just a false alarm.
Mu Jiangge scratched his head. "Do you think I should help my uncle? He doesn't have a woman around him. He's so old, doesn't he have that kind of thought or need? I'm afraid that if he doesn't get married, the old man won't have a grandson!"
My maternal grandfather had a son and a daughter. My eldest uncle Mu Chang'an gave birth to an only daughter, Mu Jiangge. The second daughter was Chu Li's mother Mu Xinyue, and the third son was the adopted son Mu Feng.
The Mu family has too few descendants, and now the entire Mu family is waiting for Mu Feng to have a son.
Chu Li subconsciously glanced at her belly, and saw that she was pregnant.
She raised her eyes and looked at Mu Jiangge with an exaggerated expression. His mouth opened and closed as he kept talking to her about Mu Feng getting married.
This girl simply hopes that she, the prince, can help arrange a marriage between the eldest daughter of the Minister of Works and Mu Feng.
She tilted her head and looked at Mu Jiangge, "What? Did the old man force you to go on a blind date?"
Mu Jiangge's pupils dilated, and he was extremely shocked. "Oh my God, cousin, you are amazing!"
Mu Jiangge was very good at shifting the blame. She kept talking about Mu Feng just because she hoped the old man wouldn't pay too much attention to her.
Mu Jiangge pouted and began to complain, "I want to join the army, but the old man disagrees and insists that I get married. Those young masters from aristocratic families look innocent and weak, and their bodies are not as good as mine. Aren't they afraid that I will ravage these delicate flowers to death after marriage!"
Chu Li laughed. This girl was so bold and interesting in her words.
When they were children, Mu Jiangge would come back from the border from time to time, and they had a very good relationship.
Uncle and aunt have doted on their only daughter Mu Jiangge over the years, which has shaped her into a fearless and self-aware person.
"Cousin, what are you laughing at? You are the crown prince. I heard that you can be regent. Whether I can join the army in the future depends entirely on you!"
"Why do you want to join the army?" Chu Li asked, staring into her eyes.
"I, Mu Jiangge, am a citizen of the Great Chu State, a descendant of a general family. Although I am a woman, why can I only embroider, play the piano, and dance? I am full of passion, and defending my country is what I want to do most. I want the people of the Great Chu State to know that they have an amazing female general, Mu Jiangge!"
Chu Li glanced at Mu Jiangge and spoke of his service in the army with eyes full of admiration and pride.
Chu Li patted her shoulder and said, "Okay, I promise you, I will let you join the army one day!"
Mu Jiangge jumped up excitedly, "Cousin, it's true! You must keep your word!"
She knew that Chu Li was the future emperor, and the emperor's words were naturally binding.
Chu Li nodded, "However, you have to read all the military books. When you are free, you can come to the East Palace. I will let the guards practice with you."
Mu Jiangge's mouth was almost stretched to the sky, "That's great!"
She walked up to Chu Li and gave him a hug, but Chu Li subconsciously pushed her away.
Mu Jiangge didn't care much about it. She was immersed in the fact that Chu Li had promised her to join the army.
"I have been following my parents at the border since I was a child. I grew up on horseback. I know military books by heart. As long as you agree, I, Mu Jiangge, will never let you down!"
Chu Li smiled from the bottom of her heart. Her cousin was straightforward, passionate and sincere.
I wonder what will happen to Mu Jiangge if he really goes to the battlefield?
She was looking forward to Mu Jiangge's performance.
Mu Feng asked the servants to prepare the meal. He saw Chu Li and Mu Jiangge talking and laughing outside, so he walked over and called them to eat.
When they saw him, they fell silent together.
Mu Feng looked at Mu Jiangge suspiciously, "What did you say?"
"I won't tell you!" Mu Jiangge stuck out his tongue and ran into the house to eat.
Mu Feng looked at Chu Li, "What's wrong with her?"
Chu Li smiled slightly and went into the house.
Mu Feng was the only one left there, wondering: Are the two of them up to something evil?
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The next morning, Chu Li went to the Dali Temple.
Before Zhang Sheng was dragged away and executed by slow slicing, he asked to see Chu Li.
Chu Li saw him leaning against the wall with a pale face.
After seeing Chu Li, Zhang Sheng knelt down and kowtowed to Chu Li.
"Your Highness, I just learned that the Fourth Prince's men almost killed my father. Thank you for saving his life!"
Zhang Sheng was talking about how old man Zhang was almost crushed to death by a roof beam. Chu Li asked him, "Do you regret what you did to your wife and father?"
Zhang Sheng smiled bitterly, "I regret it every day, but I don't regret it."
Chu Li said coldly: "Liu Manniang is also pitiful. She found a husband like you. And your father, Old Man Zhang, is equally pitiful. He has not thrown away all your things for so many years and is still looking forward to your return."
It was because Chu Li discovered this, coupled with the scar on Mr. Zhang’s head, that she concluded that Mr. Zhang might know that Zhang Sheng was not dead.
Zhang Sheng felt extremely regretful after hearing Chu Li's words.
He knelt on the ground and kowtowed to Chu Li again, "I'm sorry Man Niang, but I really didn't violate or kill Man Niang. I'm sorry to my father. I was just pretending to hit her with the stick for Madam Guoyue to see."
"After that incident, I sent three hundred taels of silver to Man Niang's parents every year. I also left 150,000 taels of silver for my father, but I never dared to give it to him!"
He kowtowed to Chu Li again very solemnly, then took out a jade pendant from his arms and presented it with both hands.
"My father is a commoner in the fiefdom of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince. I have never been filial to him in my life. I would like to trouble His Royal Highness to have someone take this jade pendant to Huihe Bank to get silver and hire two servants to take care of my father. The rest of the silver is up to His Royal Highness to use."
Chu Li saw the complexity of human nature here, and she could feel that Zhang Sheng's confession was genuine.
But it was too late.
His eyes were red as he begged bitterly, "Your Highness, please don't tell my father that I was tortured to death by Your Majesty."
Chu Li nodded and took the jade pendant from his hand.
"You don't have to tell me. I will take care of Mr. Zhang."
Chu Li didn’t believe in the metaphysics that Fourth Master talked about before, but when Zhang Sheng looked up at her, she saw the black mist between Zhang Sheng’s brows dissipate little by little, and at the same time, Zhang Sheng’s face also changed.
Maybe there is past life and present life, maybe there is cause and effect.
Maybe Zhang Sheng will meet Man Niang and Old Man Zhang again in his next life and make it up to them.
Zhang Sheng was dragged away for execution. When he looked at the prince, his eyes were full of gratitude.
When he walked to the first cell where Liu Chuang was imprisoned, he knelt down and kowtowed three times to Liu Chuang.
Liu Chuang was furious, but after knowing that Zhang Sheng was going to be executed by slow slicing, he was too lazy to pay attention to him.
Chu Li calmed down and helped Liu Chuang open the prison door.
Liu Chuang was cleaned up neatly by the servant she sent yesterday, and he looked like a different person.
Liu Chuang pursed his lips and wanted to say something to Chu Li, but he opened his mouth but nothing came out.
Chu Li personally accompanied Liu Chuang out of the Dali Temple.
Suddenly, many people gathered in front of the door.