Eunuch Feng was the emperor's confidant. At this moment, he appeared at the door of Zhenbei Palace together with his grandmother's confidant, Grandma Wang, which made Zhou Yunshu a little puzzled.
"Eunuch Feng is so polite."
Eunuch Feng nodded to Zhou Yunshu, then turned to Zhang Qinglai and said, "According to the Holy Order, the Zhou family does not have to go to jail and be exiled together with the family members of other guilty officials."
After speaking, he looked at Li Jialan and others and said: "In consideration of the merits of the eldest princess, the Holy One has specifically allowed the Zhou family to go to Nanman on their own, and they must leave the capital today before the city gate is closed."
Eunuch Feng's words shocked everyone present...except Zhou Yunshu.
Because Zhou Yunshu knew in her previous life that the Zhou family left the capital on the day they ransacked their homes, which is why she asked Chunque to buy a mule cart.
It was only when the Zhou family left the capital in a previous life that they had no choice but to sell all the fine clothes they were wearing in exchange for a donkey cart to leave the capital.
With Zhou Yunshu here in this life, the Zhou family does not have to leave Beijing in such embarrassment as in the previous life.
"Although the emperor's favor is great, exile with the emperor's favor is still an exile. The Zhou family must arrive in Nanman before the end of the year, and there will be dedicated people to escort you."
This kind of treatment is indeed much better than ordinary exile. The emperor's main purpose is to drive the Zhou family out of the capital, or in other words, to want the Zhou family to die on the road.
Because if they want to reach Nanman by the end of the year, they can't stop, but there are too many variables on the road.
In recent years, there have been constant natural and man-made disasters. Qingzhou in the east of the capital and Luzhou in the south were severely affected by drought. There was no rain for four months.
The war situation in the north was tense. After the Zhou family army was framed, the ministers from East Turkestan and Tiele drove forward. At the end of the year, they even fought all the way to Beidu. Seeing that the capital was about to fall, it was Ji Sheng who led the troops to the expedition to stabilize and reverse the situation.
The success of the Eastern Turks and Tiele tribes in the north gave other tribal nations confidence, and disputes began to arise in the northwest.
Although the southern part of the Zhou Dynasty was protected from war, earthquakes in the southeast, snowstorms in the central part, and floods in the south meant that the people were deprived of a good life.
Anyway, when Zhou Yunshu died in childbirth, Ji Sheng was still fighting with the Eastern Turks in the north. As for what happened next, she didn't know.
After Eunuch Feng finished speaking, the soldiers surrounding the Zhou family dispersed instantly.
"We've finished talking about our family, so let's take our leave first."
Eunuch Feng left, but the man and Grandma Wang who were originally on the carriage did not leave.
Grandma Wang took a step forward and looked at Li Jialan and said, "Madam, the eldest princess asked you to take your family to the South City Gate. She will rush to the South City Gate before the city gate closes."
Li Jialan nodded.
Too many things happened today. The Zhou family's women and children did not have to go to jail and be exiled with the large team. It must be something that the mother-in-law did.
"I understand, Grandma Wang."
Grandma Wang glanced at the man beside her and said, "I still want to find the princess. I will go to the south gate with you on the seventh day of the month."
Li Jialan nodded and watched Grandma Wang leave.
When only the Zhou family was left in the Zhenbei Palace, there were bursts of sobbing and crying.
When the officers and soldiers were here before, although they suddenly heard a lot of bad news, few of them showed any timidity. Just because they know that the more scared they are, the more proud those who want to step on the Zhou family will be.
Li Jialan also suppressed the sourness in her eyes. She looked at her daughter who had not yet left. Just when she was about to say something, Zhou Yunshu stepped forward and held Li Jialan in her arms, "Mom!"
Li Jialan couldn't help but shed tears when she thought about the news that her father-in-law, husband and son had died in the war.
"Why are you here? Does King Wei know? The Zhou family is now a land of disputes. You shouldn't come. Go back quickly!"
Li Jialan also wanted to hug her daughter more. Once she leaves, she will probably never have the chance to return to the capital, let alone see her daughter again.
But she can't be so selfish. The Zhou family is finished, but her daughter is still Princess Wei.
"Mother, I have invited myself to leave."
Zhou Yunshu's words were like a bombshell, and the surrounding area was instantly silenced.
"Shu'er, why did you ask yourself to come down from the hall!" The voice was Zhou Yunshu's second aunt Wu Yue.
Because the Zhenbei Prince's Mansion had few heirs, the family was never separated from beginning to end. Although the family had occasional frictions after living together for a long time, their relationship was still good.
"You are all gone, and I don't want to stay in the capital."
"Why are you so willful!" Li Jialan slapped her daughter angrily after hearing what she said, "You are a member of the Zhou family, but you are the wife of King Wei Mingwei. You, you..."
"Mom, the Zhou family has fallen. What do you think will happen to me if I stay in Prince Wei's Mansion?"
Zhou Yunshu looked at her family whom she had never seen again after being exiled in her previous life, and said, "Rather than die in the intrigues and intrigues in the backyard of the palace, I would rather be with you."
Even if the final outcome is still death, she still wants to die with her family.
After Zhou Yunshu said these words, Li Jialan hugged her daughter and started crying.
She knew that her father-in-law had fallen, her husband was dead, and her eldest son was gone. How could those snobbish eyes let her daughter go?
The other female members of the Zhou family also wiped away their tears, and Wu Yue couldn't help crying.
Zhou Yunshu was the eldest daughter raised by her mother-in-law. She suffered so much grievances when she married the King of Wei. However, Yunxia of their family married to Tongzhou and her natal family collapsed. How much grievances her daughter had to suffer in the Ma family!
Thinking of the torture that her daughter might receive because of her natal family, and thinking of her husband and son who might be killed in battle, Wu Yue almost cried her eyes out.
When Spring Que drove three mule carts over, what he saw was the scene of the Zhou family crying together.
"Girl." Chunque looked at the driver who jumped out of the car and left, walked to Zhou Yunshu and said, "I bought the car."
Zhou Yunshu wiped the tears on her mother's face and said, "Okay."
"Girl, I bought forty meat pancakes, five roast chickens, and the pastries that the girl and the young master like to eat the most. In addition, I also bought twenty water bags, all of which were filled with water. .”
Her girl said that no one in the family had eaten, so she bought cooked food.
"well done."
After speaking, Zhou Yunshu looked at the women and children of the Zhou family and said, "We are about to travel a long distance, so we need to prepare some food and clothing expenses in advance."
The women and children of the Zhou family looked at Zhou Yunshu and nodded.
Zhou Yunshu had been the head of the Zhenbei Palace before she got married. They were very accustomed to Zhou Yunshu's arrangements, let alone a sudden disaster, and they had no intention of thinking about anything else.
"Sister-in-law, you accompany your mother and second aunt and take the children to Nanchengmen to wait for grandma. My second sister-in-law, fifth brother and sister and I..."
Before Zhou Yunshu finished speaking, she heard the fifth sibling Liu Aifang, who had always had no sense of presence, say: "I, I want to go home."
As soon as Liu Aifang's words came out, Wu Yue, who had been crying, suddenly stopped.
She raised her red and swollen eyes and looked at her second daughter-in-law, "What did you say?"
Liu Aifang's eyes averted, but she still said: "Zhou Yunkun and I have been married for less than a year, and we don't have children yet."
She faced the gazes of the Zhou family around her, gritted her teeth and continued: "Now that he is dead, I want to return to my mother's family, and I hope my mother will fulfill my wish."
Liu Aifang pursed her lips and looked at Wu Yue. The Zhou family had no future, but she still had it.
Because there was a female emperor in the Zhou Dynasty, even if the current atmosphere is not as open as when the female emperor was in power, it is common for divorces to remarry and for widows to remarry.
This is also the reason why Liu Aifang dared to propose going home. If she did not go home, as the daughter-in-law of the Zhou family, she could only follow the Zhou family to the wild lands in the south; but after leaving the Zhou family and returning to her own home, she could still remarry and live a good life. .
Wu Yue looked at Liu Aifang deeply for a few times, then closed her eyes and took a deep breath. When she opened them again, she said coldly: "Let's go."
Liu Aifang breathed a sigh of relief. She bowed deeply to Wu Yue and said, "Thank you, Mrs. Tuesday."
When Wu Yue heard the words Mrs. Tuesday, a sarcastic smile appeared on her lips. This was her favorite daughter-in-law.
After Liu Aifang left impatiently, Wu Yue and Li Jialan looked at each other and exhaled.
She looked at her eldest daughter-in-law and said, "If there are still people who want to leave the Zhou family, you can leave now. Otherwise, you won't know when you will come back after leaving the gate of the capital."
