Ji Mingzhu couldn't help but breathe heavily when she thought about what she had handed over today.
But she also knew that if she didn't give it, the emperor wouldn't let her or the Zhou family off easily.
But if he just regards himself as a soft persimmon...
Zhou Yunshu saw Ji Mingzhu deep in thought and thought she was worried about Zhou Jianying.
"Grandma, sister-in-law, she..."
Under her grandmother's gaze, Zhou Yunshu swallowed what she had not finished speaking.
She just felt that something strange happened suddenly.
Suddenly there was a rapid sound of horse hooves outside. After the sound of horse hooves passed, Grandma Wang opened the car curtain and asked about the fifth day of the new year outside. She lowered the curtain and looked at Ji Mingzhu and said: "Master, this is an urgent report from the northwest."
Zhou Yunshu raised her eyes slightly. If she remembered correctly, this northwest emergency report was about the invasion of the Western Turks and the outbreak of plague in Xizhou.
The world is really going to be in chaos.
Ji Mingzhu obviously also knew something about the inside story. She held Xixi's little hand and said to Grandma Wang: "Speed up."
"yes."
The carriage drove rapidly for almost two hours, and did not stop until it was dark and it was hard to see.
Because they missed the village on the way, they had to sleep in the wild.
There is still some food left in the food bought by Chunque at noon.
Dongge is good at cooking. Although the conditions in the field are limited, she still cooked a can of fragrant shredded chicken porridge and sprinkled a little green onion for decoration.
In addition to the shredded chicken porridge, Dong Ge used four large bones bought by Zhou Yunshu to make a large pot of bone soup, sliced up the slices, and paired it with the grilled, fragrant and crispy meatloaf. It was also a good dinner.
Zhou Yunshu noticed that Ji Mingzhu only drank half a bowl of shredded chicken porridge and stopped eating, so she went to Ji Mingzhu's side with the cakes she bought in the afternoon.
"grandmother."
Ji Mingzhu patted the cushion beside her and motioned for Zhou Yunshu to sit down.
Even though they were in the wilderness, in addition to the Zhou family, there were more than twenty officers and soldiers in disguise escorting them.
"You've eaten very little. Would you like some more pastries?"
Zhou Yunshu heard from Grandma Wang that her grandmother had only eaten half the bowl of shredded chicken porridge today. Thinking of the long journey ahead, Zhou Yunshu was afraid that Ji Mingzhu's body would not be able to hold on.
Ji Mingzhu shook her head, held Zhou Yunshu's hand and said, "Grandma knows what's going on."
Zhou Yunshu nodded, and then found her grandmother writing a word on the palm of her hand, "Wait".
Zhou Yunshu was not sure what Ji Mingzhu meant by "waiting", but she knew that her grandmother must have her plan, but her plan could not be revealed yet.
Li Jialan looked at her daughter sitting next to her mother-in-law and didn't move forward. Not only her, but Wu Yue didn't move forward either.
In order to prevent the emperor from being too afraid of Zhenbei Palace, Zhou Cungao found two daughters-in-law who were not from high family backgrounds.
Li Jialan was an orphan girl under Zhou Cungao and was married to the eldest son of King Zhenbei; Wu Yue was the daughter of the imperial censor and was married to the second son.
Although they have been married to Zhenbei Prince's Palace for many years, the time they spend with their mother-in-law is not as long as the time their children spend with her.
In the evening, Zhou Yunshu bought a thick straw mat, spread it with a thick mattress, and covered it with a quilt. Except for those who stayed vigil on the fifth and seventh day of the lunar month, everyone made do with it all night.
But the family members were used to being pampered, and the bad news hit them one after another. After sleeping in the wild for a night, both Ji Mingzhu and Wu Yue developed high fevers in the early morning.
Zhou Yunshu was the first to know that Ji Mingzhu had a fever, and Wu Gui was the first to know about Wu Yue.
Fortunately, Grandma Wang was skilled in medicine and was well prepared. After a simple breakfast, she gave the two of them a pill and the team continued on their way.
The herbs Wu Gui had prepared in advance were not used for the time being.
However, in order not to infect the younger members of the family, Wu Yue and Wu Gui gave Yuan Ruo to Li Jialan on a mule cart.
Zhou Yunshu originally wanted to accompany Ji Mingzhu, but Ji Mingzhu asked Zhou Yunshu to return to Li Jialan's mule cart because she was pregnant.
Ji Mingzhu meant that even if it was crowded, it would still be better than accidentally catching the cold around her.
Because Ji Mingzhu and Wu Yue were sick, when they arrived in Hengyang, Zhou Yunshu wanted to stay here for a few days.
Ji Mingzhu was old and sick, so Zhou Yunshu was afraid that she would not be able to bear it while traveling all the way.
Zhou Yunshu and the others checked into the inn, and the people who had been following them also checked into the inn openly.
The surveillance distance is really close.
Li Jialan and others went to pack their things, while Zhou Yunshu went to Ji Mingzhu's room.
Zhou Yunshu looked at Ji Mingzhu who was sitting on the chair holding her forehead, then glanced at Grandma Wang who was making the bed, and said, "Grandma, do you have any plans for where we should go next?"
There were people on both sides of the room, and on the fifth and seventh day of the lunar month, they were guarding outside. Only then did Zhou Yunshu dare to ask this question.
She intuitively felt that her grandmother would not listen to the emperor's words, and she was exiled to the Southern Barbarians under surveillance.
Ji Mingzhu took her hand off her forehead and said in a hoarse voice: "Haizhou is tentatively decided."
Zhou Yunshu's eyes showed a hint of surprise.
She originally thought that even if her grandmother did not go to Nanzhou, she would choose a state closer to Nanzhou, but she did not expect that her grandmother would choose Haizhou.
Although she has never been to Haizhou, she also knows that it is not peaceful there, and pirates often come ashore on the beach.
Zhou Yunshu looked at Ji Mingzhu's pale face and said, "Grandma, your body..."
"We'll leave tomorrow."
"But grandma, your body won't be able to bear it!"
In Zhou Yunshu's eyes, nothing is more important than Ji Mingzhu's body.
Ji Mingzhu exhaled a breath and said to Zhou Yunshu: "Staying for one day is already the limit. We must leave the capital as soon as possible."
"Grandma, why?" This is what Zhou Yunshu has always wanted to ask.
Ji Mingzhu leaned on the chair and said in a cold voice: "I left a big gift for the emperor."
"If you don't want your whole family to die here, you must get rid of the surveillance of the people around you as soon as possible and disappear from their sight."
Zhou Yunshu swallowed silently as she listened to the great gift from Ji Mingzhu's mouth.
Because she suddenly thought of something that happened in her previous life: four days after the Zhou family was exiled, the emperor suddenly went crazy in the harem and killed four or five concubines.
There were rumors that those concubines angered Long Yan; others said that the emperor suddenly refused to act and became so angry that he killed the concubines who were serving him.
For some reason, Zhou Yunshu felt that the latter guess was the truth.
In recent years, the emperor has not made much progress in pursuing the art of immortality. There are many more women in the harem, and he has even given birth to several princes and princesses.
Since the emperor went crazy in the harem, there seems to be no news of anyone being pregnant in the harem, and the emperor's style has become increasingly crazier.
Zhou Yunshu's eyes lit up, he was not just the emperor!
She once overheard a conversation between Ji Sheng and his subordinates, saying that the prince's heirs were having difficulties, which seemed to have started after the Zhou family was exiled.
Zhou Yunshu glanced at her grandmother silently.
Is this a realistic version of you threatening my whole family and I will make you cut off your descendants?
Zhou Yunshu touched her belly unconsciously when she thought of this.
Her child is a child of the Zhou family.
"Grandma, what do I need to do?"
