However, the original owner was deceived by Zhou Yizhu, who seemed to have her best interests at heart. Zhou Yizhu said that if she entered the palace, she would lose her freedom and would not be able to enter and leave the palace freely. Moreover, there were so many concubines and princesses in the palace, there would definitely be someone. Jealous that she was favored by the emperor and making things difficult for her...
Zhou Yizhu described entering the palace as like entering a dragon's pond and a tiger's den, and she was a poor little rabbit who might be eaten at any time.
The original owner was only twelve years old, and she was loved very much by her father. She was too simple and naive to be gullible, so she believed everything Zhou Yizhu said. She really regarded the palace as a dragon's pit and a tiger's den, fearing that her life would be in jeopardy as soon as she entered. So she refused to enter the palace at all, and just wanted to live in the home of her cousin who "loved" her. The emperor's persuasion was fruitless, so he had to agree.
In fact, if she knew more about the ways of the world, she would not be easily deceived by Zhou Yizhu, because as the only heir of the prince who saved the emperor, the emperor would favor her as long as she did not commit any serious crime such as treason. , after all, both of her parents died, and her father died early because of protecting the family and the country. She is the descendant of a meritorious minister. The concubines and princesses in the harem will only please her and have a good relationship with her. It is impossible to frame her out of jealousy. she.
The reason why the Zhou family lied to her was to tie her tightly to the Zhou family. In this way, the Zhou family, as the only descendant of the emperor's benefactor, would come into the eyes of the emperor. Even if it was to make the original owner live a better life, the emperor would Reuse the Zhou family.
Before the original owner was raised by the Zhou family, the holder of the highest official position in the Zhou family was Zhou Yizhu's father, the fourth-rank Minister of Etiquette, and he was already in his forties. At this age, he had not yet entered the ranks of the third-rank officials. So in this life Basically, the official career is over, unless he has great talents, but Zhou Zhen is not a person with great talents, his talents are mediocre, and he was able to become the Minister of Rites because of the official and field struggle. He is a snipe and a clam, and the fisherman gets the benefit. good.
The next generation of the Zhou family, Zhou Yizhu, was admitted to the Juren Examination, but he took the exam twice before passing the exam. He didn't know when he would be able to pass the Examination.
Precisely because the family was poor and the descendants had no talents, the original owner's cousin decided to target the original owner. First, she was tricked into being raised by the Zhou family, and then she was asked to seduce the original owner by Zhou Yizhu.
The original owner was young and had met very few men. Zhou Yizhu was the young man she passed by the most. In addition, he had good looks and a sweet mouth. He coaxed the original owner into confusion. It didn’t take much effort to coax him. The original owner had a secret affection for him.
So when the original owner was old enough, the emperor wanted to select young talents from the capital to become a county horse for her, but the original owner expressed that she was in love with her cousin Zhou Yizhu and wanted to marry him...
The emperor persuaded her that Zhou Yizhu was not a person worthy of trust, but the original owner of Love Brain naturally did not believe it. Under Zhou Yizhu's rhetoric, he felt that the emperor wanted to use her to marry other princes and nobles, so he became even more stubborn. In the end, the emperor had to Agree to let her marry Zhou Yizhu.
Originally, the emperor thought that as long as he was here, even if Zhou Yizhu had any tricks, he would not dare to be kind to the original owner. The Zhou family would have to support her, so marrying Zhou Yizhu was not too bad.
But the emperor didn't expect that Zhou Yizhu was so bold that he didn't actually like the original owner. After all, there was an eight-year age difference between him and the original owner. How could he like a yellow-haired girl? But for the glory of the Zhou family, he had to pretend to be deeply in love with the original owner, in order to firmly bind the original owner, the person who could make him prosperous.
He had a woman he really liked, and he secretly brought her into the princess's palace as an embroiderer. He secretly had an affair with the woman without telling the original owner. The woman accidentally got pregnant, and Zhou Yizhu was afraid that the matter would be revealed and the original owner would marry her. The emperor found out that he was stunned by the woman's pleading and crying, so he stopped doing anything and began to give the original owner some kind of secret chronic poison. A few months later, the original owner "died of illness" and Zhou Yizhu "suffered from grief" "Desperately", she accepted the rich and unparalleled inheritance left to her by the original owner's father, who had a different surname: Wang.
In the end, the emperor felt that the original owner's death was somewhat suspicious and sent people to investigate. This investigation revealed that Zhou Yizhu was the murderer of the original owner. The emperor was furious and executed the three Zhou Yizhu clans.
It's just that although the emperor avenged the original owner, the original owner was dead and would not be resurrected. He was used and killed by the Zhou family in vain.
Shi Chu is now the original owner, and this is when Zhou Yizhu starts to coax her. If Zhou Yizhu was only half as good as his mouth, he would have been admitted to the Jinshi long ago.
"Cousin? What's wrong with you? Why are you looking at me like this? Is there anything wrong with what I said?" Zhou Yizhu was startled when he saw Shichu's sharp eyes, and felt a little guilty, wondering if it was in his heart She saw through those shady plots.
Du Shichu quickly returned to his original sad and frightened look. He shook his head in a low voice and said, "It's nothing. My eyes are just too swollen and my eyelids are sticky with tears. I had to force myself to open them."
When Zhou Yizhu heard what she said, he immediately breathed a sigh of relief. It turned out that he had seen through his plan. That would be great...
"Cousin, you are right. My father definitely doesn't want to see me hurt my body due to excessive sadness. I will go back and have a rest now." Du Shichu nodded to Zhou Yizhu and took the maid back to the yard. .
In fact, at this time, the emperor also sent officials from the Ministry of Rites and nuns from the palace to help with the funeral of the original owner's father, so Du Shichu did not need to worry about other things.
After she returned, she called for hot water, took a good bath, and used a towel to apply hot compress to her eyes which were red and swollen from crying.
The original owner was only twelve years old, and his only dependent father passed away. Naturally, he was frightened and sad, and he almost cried to death.
Du Shichu applied it to his eyes for a quarter of an hour, and then took a comfortable bath. His whole body felt soft after soaking in it. Then he felt more comfortable and began to be in the mood to sort out things at home.
Now that her father has passed away, she will live in the capital in the future. She will most likely never come back to this palace in the border city, so she plans to take away everything she can and everything she cannot. Dispose of it.
The original owner was only concerned with grief in her life and had no time to pay attention to these trivial matters, so the maids in the palace and officials from the Ministry of Etiquette helped her deal with it, and handed it back to her when they arrived in the capital.
It's not that Zhou Yizhu doesn't covet the wealth, it's just that he knows that there are people sent by the emperor, so it's not his turn to deal with it.
Of course, even if he tried his best in the future, he would only have owned this wealth for a few days and then completely lose it, including the lives of his whole family.
Now Du Shichu has no intention of letting outsiders handle these things. In fact, the original owner's father left not only wealth but also many invisible connections. This was left to the original owner after the original owner's father knew that he was not going to die soon. He wanted to ensure that his daughter would be happy throughout her life, but the original owner failed to live up to his expectations and ended up dying young.
