amaotonovel Chapter 702 The Zhao Family is Here Too
Chapter 702 The Zhao Family is Here Too
Zhao Yunhui was beaten with ten boards before she left the restaurant. The emperor had already ordered the government to block the news about Jishan Hall. As the Princess of Yu, she actually spread the rumor that there was an epidemic in Shengjing in public. Beating her with ten boards was considered a light punishment. If she were an ordinary citizen, she would have been thrown into jail long ago.
Just as she turned the corner, someone blocked her way.
"My sister is married to the prince's palace and is living a happy life. Our Zhao family is still living in dire straits, but my sister doesn't feel sorry for the Zhao family."
Zhao Rui was dressed in patched coarse cloth and looked extremely shabby. In fact, the Zhao family's life was not as difficult as imagined. He just dressed like this to hide his identity and sneak into Shengjing.
The other man who was traveling with him stared at Zhao Yunhui with deep affection: "Hui'er, long time no see."
When Zhao Yunhui met Wu Jingting, she felt inexplicably nervous. Her cousin Jingting had confessed his love to her before, but the person she wanted to marry was the emperor, and she wanted to enter the palace to be an empress, so she did not give him a clear answer.
She thought she could marry the emperor, but unexpectedly she married Xie Yu, who was not a human being.
At this time, seeing her relatives again, she always felt that things had changed. Because the Zhao family had fallen into poverty, Aunt Zhao Fei had died, and she was living in hell alone in Prince Yu's mansion. Her eyes were red, "Cousin Jingting, Brother Rui, why are you here? Why did you come to Shengjing?"
Wu Jingting looked around and took Zhao Yunhui's hand. "Come with us first, and we will tell you slowly."
At this moment, Zhao Yunhui suddenly cried out "Ouch!", and Wu Jingting asked with concern, "What's wrong?"
Zhao Yunhui's personal maid explained, "Just now in the restaurant, the young lady was punished by the maid of the queen and was beaten with ten boards."
Zhao Rui said: "How dare she, a little maid, punish you, the princess?"
Zhao Yunhui said: "The Queen was also present, but she was wearing a veil and didn't show up. I didn't dare to offend the Queen, because she and Luo Ziqiong were in the same group."
Wu Jingting asked with concern: "Where are you hurt?"
Zhao Yunhui was a little shy. "It just hurts a little. I'll go back and ask the maid to apply some medicine and it will be fine."
Unexpectedly, Wu Jingting suddenly carried Zhao Yunhui on his back and said, "Cousin will carry you."
Before Zhao Yunhui could react, she and her maid were taken to a secret restaurant.
She asked worriedly, "What kind of place is this? Aren't you afraid of being found out by others for returning to Shengjing without permission?"
Zhao Rui said coldly, "No matter what, during the reign of the previous emperor, our Zhao family was also a powerful official in the court. Although my father has been dismissed from his post and our Zhao family has been demoted to commoners, our Zhao family's foundation is still there. There are also people from our Zhao family in Shengjing City. It is not so easy for the Jiang family to defeat our Zhao family."
After hearing that the Zhao family still had a chance to make a comeback, Zhao Yunhui's eyes reddened slightly, and she hurriedly asked with concern: "How are my parents doing? Have they suffered? I worry about my parents and my brothers every day, but after I entered Prince Yu's mansion, I was always bullied by Prince Yu. He despised our Zhao family for failing."
Zhao Rui clenched his fists, his eyes full of hatred. "The Zhao family was ultimately harmed by Xie Shang and Jiang Fenghua. Then again, the stability of the Xie family's kingdom is also due to our Zhao family's contribution. Although my father embezzled a lot of money, most of it was embezzled for the late emperor. In the end, Xie Shang made our Zhao family take the blame. All of this was caused by the Jiang family. If the Jiang family wants the position of Minister of Revenue, they must get rid of our Zhao family. After the Jiang family's daughter became the queen, she wanted to kill us all..."
Zhao Yunhui didn't quite understand what Zhao Rui said. To say how powerful Jiang Fenghua was, she was just a woman. It was true that she would whisper in the emperor's ears. No wonder everyone was afraid of the Jiang family now. Even Xie Yu didn't dare to offend the Jiang family. He spent his days eating, drinking, gambling and whoring, and had nothing to do.
She said, "Cousin and Brother Rui, what is your purpose in coming to Shengjing? You can't deal with Queen Jiang, she has guards protecting her."
Zhao Rui glanced at Wu Jingting and said, "Cousin Jingting, you and Hui'er can talk alone! I'm going to go out and do something first."
The Zhao family would naturally not do something like fighting a rock with an egg. They saw how badly the Su family was defeated. Dealing with the Jiang family and Queen Jiang was not just the Zhao family's job. There were other families that were badly treated badly by the Jiang family, such as Minister Shu and Censor Zhu. After the new emperor ascended the throne, they did not get promoted but instead suffered defeat.
The maid found some blood-clearing and pain-relieving medicine and said, "Princess, let me apply some medicine on you!"
Wu Jingting took the ointment and said, "Let me do it. You go down first."
The maid was stunned for a moment, and Zhao Rui directly pulled the maid away, "My cousin has something to do with Hui'er, Mingxiang and I will go to Minister Shu's house first."
The maid said respectfully, "Yes."
After waiting for the two to leave, Zhao Yunhui sat on the stool very stiffly, "Cousin..."
"Hui'er..."
The two spoke in unison.
Zhao Yunhui said: "Cousin, just say whatever you want to say!"
"Hui'er, do you have something to say to me too?" Wu Jingting said.
Tears welled up in Zhao Yunhui's eyes. She first tried to excuse herself, "I didn't want to marry Xie Yu in the first place. My father wanted Zhao Yuntong to marry him. In the end, it was Zhao Yuntong who framed me. I...I was forced to marry Prince Yu." The person she wanted to marry was the emperor, and her family also planned to let her enter the palace to be a queen.
Wu Jingting didn't know the details. It was only later when he heard Zhao's mother crying that he learned that she had married Prince Yu. His main purpose of coming to Shengjing this time was to meet Zhao Yunhui.
The Wu family was also a family of officials, and the Wu and Zhao families could have been closer.
Wu Jingting suddenly hugged Zhao Yunhui in his arms, "I know you don't like Prince Yu at all, Hui'er, I can't let you go, you know my feelings! You didn't give me an answer at the beginning. If I had proposed to the Zhao family, you wouldn't have been harmed by your sister."
Zhao Yunhui pushed him away and said, "Cousin, please respect yourself. Hui'er is married now. It's too late to say anything now. I'm not clean anymore."
She stood up and was about to walk out, but the next moment, she suddenly felt pain and fell to the ground as if she was about to faint. Wu Jingting quickly hugged her and said, "Hui'er, let me see where you are hurt. She is so cruel. How could she have the heart to do such a cruel thing to a weak woman like you?"
Zhao Yunhui lay in Wu Jingting's arms and cried inconsolably, as if she wanted to cry out all the grievances she had suffered in Prince Yu's mansion.
Wu Jingting's eyes were filled with heartache. Seeing that there seemed to be bruises on her collar, he asked, "How did this happen? Was she beaten by Queen Jiang's maid?"
Zhao Yunhui shook her head. Jiang Fenghua had someone spank her on the buttocks. Jiang Fenghua might just want to humiliate her and did not use very heavy hands. The injuries on her body were caused by Xie Yu. At this moment, she didn't know how to tell him about her miserable life.