Xu Zhiyuan noticed that she was angry, endured the pain of being beaten by the ward, and quickly walked to her, apologizing to her with a sincere attitude, "Girl, I'm sorry for asking you such a rude question. I'll apologize to you here. It's just that the queen is my sister, so when I heard that your maid said that you would not go to the palace to be a concubine, and even more so, I couldn't help but feel curious."

He was worried that the emperor would carry Mu Qing on his back to bring those beautiful and capable women into the harem, and would cause trouble for his sister from time to time, so that his sister would be unhappy in the palace.

After hearing his explanation, Tang Huizhu was not so angry, and even showed envy in her eyes, "It's really good that the Queen has a brother like you."

If she had her brother so protected her, she would not have to rack her brains to escape from her stepmother's claws, nor would she have to shamelessly let the emperor and the queen settle her in the capital.

Even if she is innocent and self-disciplined, in the eyes of those with ulterior motives, her life experience and origin have become a mystery, and she will think that she is an inappropriate woman, perhaps the outdoor room raised by those nobles.

Xu Zhiyuan captured the sadness in Tang Huizhu's eyes, and thought of her previous thorny side, and couldn't help but feel a little more appreciative of her. He hurriedly said, "It would be too unsafe for Miss Tang to live alone. If Miss Tang doesn't dislike it, please stay in the General's Mansion as a cousin for a few months. With the General's Mansion, those people dare not cause trouble for the girl. I will report to the queen and ask her to find more maids with powerful martial arts to protect the girl, so that no one will bully the girl in the future."

He had heard his mother say before that the girl who saved the emperor's name was Tang. She was a girl with a very good personality, excellent medical skills, and beautiful appearance.

Tang Huizhu waved her hand, "No, I think it's good to live here. I like quietness. Thank you for your kindness. Today I was neglected. I thought that in the capital, there was a bright world in broad daylight. No one would be so bold and dare to force the women. I would just bring more maids who are good at martial arts in the future."

Since he didn't want to, Xu Zhiyuan no longer forced himself, "Please be more careful, girl."

Tang Huizhu nodded slightly, said goodbye to him, and walked towards the mansion under the support of the guards.

Xu Zhiyuan watched her and waited until she reached the alley of the safest street before he turned around and left.

Before Tang Huizhu could enter the door, several people came out from the corner of her house and said softly to her, "Huizhu, I haven't seen each other for several months. Are you doing well in the capital?"

What appeared in front of her were her uncle's two cousins, her aunt's two cousins, and even her stepmother's thirteen-year-old brother.

In addition to the cousins ​​Tang, there were also several familiar servants from the Mizhou City Lord's Mansion, who seemed to have been standing at the door waiting for her for a while.

Tang Huizhu's face became ugly, like a fur-fried hedgehog, and said hostilely, "What are you doing here? Is this where you should come?"

Seeing her resistant look, the cousin Tang Ping couldn't help frowning, "Huizhu, are you planning to let us talk to you all the time? Don't you invite us into the house and sit down?"

Such a magnificent and grand house, with good location, red walls and white tiles, looks very gorgeous, much better than the house they lived in Mizhou City. I really want to go in and take a look, let alone they came here with a mission.

"I am a girl who is not married and I don't have a male host at home, so I won't invite you in, so I won't be able to get rumored to avoid any rumors. Is there anything we can say to go to the tavern and ask for a private room. Do you have a place to live in the capital?"

Tang Ping's anger was even stronger. He stared at Tang Huizhu sharply, with a reproachful tone in his tone, "Huizhu, our Tang family's roots are in Mizhou City. How can there be relatives in the capital? Where can I live? If you don't take us in, we will be wandering on the streets."

Second cousin Tang Xin shouted unhappily, "Huizhu, we came from Mizhou thousands of miles away. Don't you invite us to have a meal? This is too rude, right? We are all about to starve to death and have no place to live. Since we are here, are you going to solve our food and accommodation problem?"

Her aunt's eldest cousin Hu Ran, second cousin Hu Jie, and her half-brother Tang Sheng also expressed strong dissatisfaction.

Tang Huizhu didn't want to pay attention to these cousins ​​and cousins. Only she knew in her heart what kind of life she lived when she was still in Mizhou City. Not only did they not lend a helping hand when she was pushed into the fire pit, these people not only came to persuade her to accept her fate every now and then, but also said how rich the salt merchant was, and how prosperous the life would he live after marrying.

It's really funny. If it were really that good, why didn't anyone marry those cousins ​​marry? It was just because she saw her dead mother and thought she was stupid and easy to bully.

She finally came out of Mizhou City. Before she got married and found a man who could protect her, she would never go back. She would never want to be controlled by the vibrator-hearted stepmother for life. The feeling was too difficult and uncomfortable.

"If you don't dislike me, I will find a clean and spacious inn for you to live in. It will take two months. As for the house I live in now, the emperor and the queen are particularly kind to me and use the help of me there. First, I am the only girl who is not married, and second, I am not qualified to live in. I hope you can understand."

What else did those cousins ​​and cousins ​​want to say? Tang Huizhu had already rushed in front of them and said, "My cousins ​​and cousins ​​should be hungry. I will take you to dinner first. Let's talk about anything after dinner."

She encountered too many bad things today, and it took some time to calm herself down and no longer want to be ignited by anger, otherwise she would be afraid that she would be unable to control herself and would be so manic that she wanted to kill people.

The housekeeper and the queen assigned her the smart and capable Feng Ming to handle things, and directly took a few men from Mizhou to a tavern in a tavern with great cooking taste in the capital. He ordered a private room, ordered more than a dozen signature dishes with colors, fragrance and flavor, and served the steamed bun staple food that Mizhou people love very much. Then he thoughtfully closed the door of the private room.

Tang Huizhu was not in a mood. She sat in front of the small desk next to her, and ate without saying a word with her bowls and chopsticks, filling her stomach first. If she wanted to argue with these cousins ​​later, she would be very strong, otherwise it would be too miserable to even scold people.

Tang Ping, Tang Xin and others were hungry and started eating voraciously with their bowls and chopsticks.

The sweet and delicious food made them temporarily forget the purpose of coming here, and they just wanted to fill their stomachs first. As for what the city lord asked them to do, let's talk about it until they are full and drink.

"Huizhu, do you have wine? It's not okay to have vegetables but no wine, otherwise you won't have fun eating." Tang Ping said vaguely while eating.

Tang Huizhu said coldly, "Are you here to eat, drink and have fun in the capital? You will get crazy after drinking too much. I don't want to see you fighting in a group in the inn. You don't think it's embarrassing, I still think it's embarrassing."

It’s good to have food and want to drink, so where do you get the face?

After about two incense sticks, Tang Ping, Tang Xin and others finally got full and put down their chopsticks with satisfaction.

"Huizhu, it seems that you have lived a good life in the capital. After a few months, your face has become much rosy, and your eyes and eyebrows are all satisfied. You have lived a good life by yourself and have the emperor's favor. Why don't you think of so many relatives in Mizhou City? Are you too unkind to do this?"

Tang Ping burped, without any greetings, and directly criticized his cousin who had passed away his fortune and lived a noble life.

Tang Huizhu didn't want to spoil them anymore, and Yin Qing laughed uncertainly, "If you want to live such a life, you have to find a way to make great contributions in front of the emperor, cousin, don't you?"

Tang Ping was choked by her and almost burst into tears of blood. He really wanted to make her face burst into a pig's head. "Huizhu, is there anyone who talks to your cousin like this? Are you doing this too much?"

Tang Huizhu looked at the group of cousins ​​and cousins ​​quietly, too lazy to go around with them again, "Don't say those irrelevant nonsense, okay? Let's talk about the topic directly, what are you doing when you come to Beijing this time?"

The private room became quiet, and for a moment the atmosphere became very strange. Tang Ping and Tang Xin seemed to have thought of something, and their faces were even a little embarrassed.

In the end, Tang Ping, who was the cousin, took the lead in speaking, "Huizhu, do you plan to stay in the capital forever and never go back to Mizhou again? Uncle and aunt miss you very much. They have not been able to sleep well in the past few months you have been to the capital."

Tang Huizhu's lips curled up a sarcastic curve, as if she had heard something ridiculous, and a sarcastic sneer appeared on the corner of her mouth.

Do you miss her? You want to sell her for a betrothal gift of 200,000 taels. The money was almost in their pockets, but because she was stuck, they were all gone. They were afraid they were so painful that they couldn't sleep for months.

"Colonel, don't you blush when you say this? Do you think I'm a three-year-old child so easily be deceived by you? They will miss me, do you think it's possible? The only thing I think is how to sell me to rich families and exchange more money for them to squander. Especially my stepmother with a sweet sword in her mouth, she has long regarded me as a thorn in her eyes, what else can I do?"

She also thought the fire pit was not deep enough, so she finally crawled out of the fire pit and never thought about going back in her life unless she got married and had a husband and children.

Tang Huizhu's half-brother jumped out, showing a fierce look on her face, and glared at her viciously, "Why do you scold my mother? Believe it or not, I tear your mouth apart! My mother has never treated you badly, and she gives you food and clothing, and never let you do heavy work. You now tell me that my mother is vicious, and I think you are ungrateful. The person who wants to marry you to the salt merchant's family is a father, so why do you push all your mistakes on me?"

"Tang Sheng, this is a capital city with many noble people, and a prominent family background. Why are you following me here? Why did your mother blow the wind on her father's side? Do you think I don't know? By the way, your sister even snatched my fiance whom I had been in bride. Do you dare say that it's not as hard as your greedy mother?"

Tang Huizhu clenched her fist and clattered, "Can you beat me in front of me or in the capital?"

Behind her, the guards pulled out the dagger with iron-cut iron on their waists, emitting a cold light, "The emperor told the Queen that if anyone bullies Miss Tang, he will be killed without mercy! Do you want to try again?"

Tang Sheng was so scared that his face turned pale, and his body trembled uncontrollably. He shrank his neck and dared not speak again.

Tang Huizhu said gently, "Fengming, don't be excited. These are my cousin and my brother. They won't do anything to me. This time they came from Mizhou thousands of miles away, which should be very important. Of course, if they bully me, you really have to protect me."

Even though they were smiling, the men felt as if they were being held on their necks with a knife. If they were not careful, their heads would be cut off, and all their arrogant arrogance would be suppressed.

"Huizhu, uncle misses you very much, and he falls ill. Otherwise, you can go back to Mizhou City with us. Uncle and aunt told us that as long as you are willing to go back, they will never interfere in your lifelong affairs again. No matter what you want to do, they will follow your ideas. They respect you in everything." Tang Ping was the biggest, and his psychological quality was the most accurate. Even if he was afraid of death, he tried his best to calm himself down at this moment and told him about their purpose of coming here.

They thought Tang Huizhu would be soft-hearted and would care about the health of the city lord Tang Zhe of Mizhou, but this time they were disappointed.

After Tang Huizhu was forced to marry a man with bad records and tortured many maids to death, her heart was as hard as iron. Even her biological father would not feel sorry for her, and she was almost cold-blooded and ruthless, and she was invulnerable to swords and guns.

"I'm sick, so I'll invite the doctor to see a doctor. Although Mizhou is poor, as the city lord, my father is very valuable. No matter how powerful the doctor is, he can invite him. Of course, before you go back, I will prepare all the expensive medicinal herbs in the capital for you to bring back. My cousin, I'll ask you to take them back then, and I won't go back."

She paused for a moment, and the mockery in her eyes was so obvious. "Who knows if you deliberately set up a trap to deceive me back. When you return to Mizhou City, you will sell me to those businessmen who are full of energy and have died of wives to fill in the house. Where can I cry? I don't believe you, I'm sorry."

Tang Ping was so angry that he wanted to refute her, but he didn't know how to refute her.

"Sister, do you want to die and refuse to save me? That's my father, the one who gave you life. Just because my father asked you to marry the son of a salt merchant, do you hate my father until now?" Tang Sheng asked angrily.

Tang Huizhu was too lazy to reason with this younger brother, "I won't go back to Mizhou anyway, you can do whatever you want. I'll go back if it's okay."

"Dad said, it's okay if you don't want to go back, it's okay if you don't want to marry the son of a salt merchant. He won't force you anymore. But sister, you can't be so conscience-free. Parents raise you so much. Now you are capable and promising, and live a good life. Do you just watch your father still struggle in such a poor place?" Tang Sheng still looked like she owed a lot of money and came to collect debts directly.

"What does it mean? Dad wants me to bring him to the capital to be a high-ranking official? Is that what does that mean?" Tang Huizhu was angry. If those people were not her so-called relatives, she would have the heart to kill these people.

"Yes, you are the emperor's savior, and you have made great contributions. Since you are unwilling to join the palace to be the queen, why not mention it to the emperor appropriately, bring your father and uncles out of that poor place and arrange important positions in the capital. In this way, you don't have to marry the son of the salt merchant, and your father and uncles and uncles have a bright future. This is a happy thing, isn't it?"

Tang Sheng stared at her fiercely, as if she had committed an unforgivable sin.

Although Tang Huizhu was clearly living such a good life in the capital, she refused to support her relatives. This half-sister was extremely selfish.

"Can you achieve your wishes after saving the emperor? I didn't expect that you were so shameless that you actually asked me to ask the emperor for an official position. It's really a good plan. If the emperor gets angry, I will lose my head. If the emperor is in a good mood and really promises you high officials and generous salaries, you will be able to take advantage of it in vain. No matter what, you won't lose. It's amazing."

A layer of cold frost was covered in her eyes, and she was extremely sad and disappointed, and became more and more heartbroken. "You think I'm stupid, then I'm not as good as your wishes. If my father and uncles have the ability to take the imperial examination and official career, come to the capital, and hold the power with their own power, I will not interfere at all. My brothers, whether I let me go back to Mizhou City or ask for grace from the emperor, I can't do it."

She stood up and walked out the door, "Since there is no need to waste time, before you go back, I will prepare some medicinal materials for body replenishment and some specialties from the capital for you. I will ask Feng Ming to bring people to you."

After Tang Huizhu left the room, a burst of unheard scolding came from behind the door.

"She has a hard wing and thought she could live a good life without relying on her family, right? It should have taught her a long lesson. It's so annoying."

When he came out of the restaurant, Feng Ming looked at her with concern and asked in a low voice, "Girl, should you tell the emperor and the queen about this matter and let them deal with these people who are profit-oriented and like vampires?"

Tang Huizhu swallowed all her anger into her stomach, and her face still didn't look very good. "No, don't worry about the emperor and the queen for such a small matter. They have to deal with a lot of things every day, which is annoying enough."

Feng Ming's words had already reached his lips, and he swallowed them again. Those people in the Tang family were bad and did not seek benefits. Will those people really give up?

Tang Huizhu thought about it, but finally changed her mind, "Go back to the house first to change a clean dress, I want to go to the palace."

Those shameless relatives should not think of bad ideas to enter the palace to marry the emperor for grace, that would be troublesome.

An hour later, Tang Huizhu dressed up and went into the palace accompanied by her maids, and met the queen as she wished.

Xu Muqing was naturally very happy to see Tang Huizhu. She was not surprised by this girl who was not surprised by her favor and disgrace, was not arrogant or impatient, and knew very well what she wanted. She always admired and respected her.

"Huizhu, you have been in the capital for several months. Are you still used to living? What about food? Have the servants in the mansion bullied you?" Xu Muqing liked her so much.

"Reply to the queen's words, my daughter is very happy, smooth and comfortable in the capital. She is much better than her life in Mizhou. She doesn't have to be forced to marry someone I don't want to marry. I'm about to forget the things that made me very unhappy. All of this was given to me by the Emperor and the Empress. The two noble people's kindness will be remembered for the rest of their lives."

Xu Muqing saw that she was a little excited, with a trace of tears in her eyes, and a faint mixture of pain towards the past and despair that she could not get rid of. She was very sensitive and guessed something directly.

"Huizhu, tell me, did you encounter someone bullying you and who makes you unhappy? No matter who it is, you have to say it out loud. This palace and the emperor will make you angry. The capital is your home, and the emperor and the palace are your backers. Whoever can't get along with you is just can't get along with us." Xu Muqing said domineeringly.

Before Tang Huizhu could speak, the maid beside her, Feng Ming's sister Feng Wei could no longer help but complain.

"Empress, Miss Tang has no peach blossoms in the winery today. She was bullied by Jin Yuanbao, the youngest son of Duke Yiguo's Mansion, who said a lot of insulting Miss Tang, and forced Miss Tang to be his concubine. Fortunately, the guards arrived in time and drove away the Dengtuzi and his guards, so that Miss Tang was safe."

"Then, Miss Tang's family actually ran from the northern border to the capital. After seeing her brothers, the girl was in a very bad mood."

After hearing Feng Wei's words, Xu Muqing's expression became solemn. She pulled Tang Huizhu to sit down on the chair, "Your brothers want to take you back to Mizhou and find a rich family to marry in exchange for a huge betrothal gift, right?"

It would be better if it was just like that. Tang Huizhu thought bitterly, those people were almost the same as blood-sucking leeches, and she wanted to eat and drink all her flesh and blood, and she also wanted to use her to become a high-ranking official in the capital to get more benefits.

Do her uncles and uncles have the ability? Are they worthy?
To be continued...