Zhu Houzhao's face was full of surprise and looked anxious. It was a scene that Xiao Tiaozi hadn't seen for a long time. She couldn't help but be surprised. Who is so attractive that he can make the emperor confused?

Xiao Guozi was about to chase after him and take a look, but Jiang Bin behind Zhu Houzhao stopped him.

Jiang Bin bowed and said politely: "Please stay with your father-in-law."

Xiao Guozi glanced at the emperor's back and then asked in a low voice: "Mr. Jiang, what do you mean? We can help you with the information before."

Jiang Bin spread his hands: "This is good for the old man... It's considered a piece of advice. Don't go in and disturb Your Majesty's Yaxing, and you don't even plan to enter."

Originally, Xiao Guozi thought Zhu Houzhao would look back, but now Zhu Houzhao may have forgotten that there were Jiang Bin and Xiao Guozi behind him, and walked away as fast as a flying person.

Seeing Zhu Houzhao pushing open the door and entering the house, Xiao Tiaozi's face was annoyed, but staring at Jiang Bin helplessly.

As Jiang Bin said, perhaps he was the right choice to stay outside, and there must be something inside that the emperor did not want people to know. If he followed in, he would only cause trouble for himself.

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Zhu Houzhao, who entered the hall, had an extremely excited expression, and had an inexplicable look in her eyes. She looked around and wanted to find out the person he had been thinking about day and night in the darkness of the room.

Soon his gaze froze.

I saw a quiet woman standing in the corner of the room, standing with her back to him. Just her graceful back made Zhu Houzhao dream of her.

He walked over slowly. Before he could get close, the woman had turned around. When the woman glanced coldly, Zhu Houzhao felt that she was timid and stopped moving forward.

"You...I..."

Zhu Houzhao, who has always been eloquent, is like a love scene in the first place, and he is not speaking smoothly.

The woman gave a gift and then stepped back and avoided two steps. From her behavior, Zhu Houzhao could feel the woman's avoidance of herself, and a look of disappointment appeared on her face.

This woman is not someone else, but Mrs. Zhong, who was admired by Zhu Houzhao and runs a teahouse in the capital.

Because he was coveted by Zhu Houzhao, Mrs. Zhong was desperate. Fortunately, Shen Xi helped her to escape. She moved to Liaodong with her family. Qian Ning had gone to look for her at that time, but she had nothing to find. Now, Jiang Bin has found her for some reason.

"Madam has lost weight." Zhu Houzhao sighed.

Mrs. Zhong said: "Why should I call you Emperor or Mr. Zhu?"

Zhu Houzhao did not come forward. He might not have patience to other women, but he could maintain the minimum respect for Mrs. Zhong, and immediately said, "Don't be so polite, I... you can... whatever you want, just call me... I'm doing well in the past few years?"

Because he was too excited, Zhu Houzhao stuttered and wanted to express his meaning.

Mrs. Zhong's face was gloomy: "I have been wandering outside for a long time, can I talk about it? I am like duckweed, but it only caused the whole family to suffer because of a grudge. It was me who harmed the Zhong family."

Zhu Houzhao said, "Where does Madam start? Actually, I have no intention of guilty Madam at all. It was just...for the first time, I don't want to explain. Is the road going smoothly to the capital this time?"

Originally, when Zhu Houzhao met Mrs. Zhong, she had a lot to say, but she couldn't say anything to her lips.

Mrs. Zhong remained silent, her eyes full of resentment, which made Zhu Hou feel uncomfortable when she took care of her. She asked with a tough bullet: "How has the wife been in the past few years? If there is something unhappy, I can actually tell me. If there is any guilt, I can compensate me and let my wife and her family live a good life in the capital."

When Mrs. Zhong heard this, she was moved, and then shed tears of pain from the corners of her eyes, and she almost gritted her teeth and said, "If my husband can survive, my son can come back to you, let alone be with you, even if I let me die, I will be willing... You are the emperor, can you compensate for these?"

"ah!?"

When Zhu Houzhao heard this, she knew that Mrs. Zhong’s life in Liaodong was not very good, and her husband and son were both dead. As for how she died, she knew nothing.

Zhu Houzhao was a little panicked, like a child who had done something wrong. After muttering for a long time, she looked up at Mrs. Zhong again: "Madam, I actually didn't think it would be like this..."

Mrs. Zhong gritted her teeth and said, "I won't kill Boren, but Boren died because of me. If you hadn't forced people too much at the beginning, why would I let my family move to Liaodong? Even so, you still refused to give up. Send people to Liaodong to find my family, and even use the power of the government to suppress it. I also sent people to search everywhere. In order to survive, my family can only hide in the mountains. Even so, I still can't escape your pursuit!"

Zhu Houzhao sighed, "Actually, I didn't expect this to happen. Qian Ning, that dog guy, really made your family suffer in order to find you. In fact, you don't have to force yourself so much. Just go back to Beijing with them. I won't make things difficult for your family."

Mrs. Zhong sneered: "Your Majesty, are you kidding? You are the emperor and we are the people. Originally, the king had to die if his ministers wanted to die, but you wanted to force the people to rob the people and make the people lose their rituals. This is even more serious than killing the people. Do people have other choices besides evading?"

"Now my family is in trouble. You just said one sentence and exposed it easily. Haven't you ever thought that as an emperor, you harmed the people, where can you show the example of the lord of the world?"

Zhu Houzhao was rarely scolded. When he beat the little Zhu Youzang and Empress Dowager Zhang, he treated him as the pearl in his hand. On the surface, he was strict, but in fact he spoiled very much and rarely criticized him. Since he ascended the throne, no one dared to denounce him as the emperor. Even Xie Qian only advised him and never acted angrily incited to criticize him.

Zhu Houzhao remembers that the last time he was scolded like this was from Shen Xi, and no one else would treat him like this except Shen Xi.

After being scolded, Zhu Houzhao felt a little ashamed and her face turned red.

After all, he was not someone else, but Zhu Houzhao's "first love". When he was confused, he met Mrs. Zhong. It can be said that Zhu Houzhao's preference for mature women must not have much to do with pursuing Mrs. Zhong.

However, this has become a thing of the past. Zhu Houzhao found it difficult for him to treat women with a normal mind. When he meets Mrs. Zhong again, even if he still has a strong possessive heart, he will not lose himself.

Zhu Houzhao turned sideways and did not face Mrs. Zhong, saying, "I did something wrong, but this does not prevent me from compensating my wife in the future. In the future, you will stay here, let me use the rest of my life to repay you!"

Mrs. Zhong suddenly raised her slender hand, pulled out a golden hairpin from her bun, pressed her tip against her neck, and said, "Is the emperor trying to force the civilian girl? That civilian girl will die in front of the emperor, with her full name!"

Zhu Houzhao was stunned. She didn't expect Mrs. Zhong to come out. Although she was strictly searched, she could still use a sharp weapon to threaten her. She muttered, "How did Jiang Bin do things?"

Mrs. Zhong said: "Even if the emperor sends someone to tie my hands and feet, I will bite my tongue and commit suicide. I will never surrender. I will seek death whenever I have the chance...why would the emperor try it?"

"No, no."

Zhu Houzhao was panicked. He didn't want to see the lover in his dream. In the blink of an eye, the heavens and man were separated by one another. He waved his hands repeatedly, "I am the lord of the nine fives, the lord of the world. I am the most reasonable. I am just discussing with you. If you don't agree, how can I force you? You... don't do anything randomly and put down your things."

But his words were not recognized by Mrs. Zhong.

Mrs. Zhong was still determined to seek death, making Zhu Houzhao scratch her ears and cheeks. She had already obtained it and even delivered it to her mouth, but the meat couldn't be eaten.

Mrs. Zhong gritted her teeth and said, "The lives of so many people in my Zhong family are remembered by the emperor. How can I survive in the world? It's just that many people in my Zhong family are left outside, and the fallen leaves do not return to their roots. They can only be lonely ghosts. I want to fulfill my final mission..."

"I will help you, can you let go of your past grudges?" Zhu Houzhao said in a negotiated tone.

Mrs. Zhong shook her head: "The emperor does not need mercy. I will not give you what the emperor wants. Even if I die, I will have the full reputation. This is the loyalty and righteousness that a woman should have."

Zhu Houzhao was extremely tragic and shook his head and shouted: "Ethics harm people, ethics harm people!"

As an emperor, he should have maintained the dignity of ethics the most, but at this time Zhu Houzhao entered a state of cynicality and wanted to abolish all the feudal ethics that bound people's thoughts, just to win back Mrs. Zhong's heart.

Zhu Houzhao said: "In this way, you live in the leopard room first. I promise you that without your permission, I will never offend you. In fact, I... just think about seeing my wife often and tasting tea with you. It is a noble state of life. If you don't believe it, I swear here that if I violate my oath, the sky will be hit by five thunder!"

The emperor actually swore in person, and it was the same kind of poisonous oath, which made Mrs. Zhong a little relaxed.

It is said that he wants to die, but anyone has the intention to survive. No one will look for a shortcoming unless he has to. If Mrs. Zhong really wants to die, there are actually many opportunities on the way, and she will not have to wait until she meets Zhu Houzhao before implementing it.

Zhu Houzhao said again: "I will arrange a room for you in the leopard room courtyard, but you have to promise me that I cannot seek life and death. I will bury everyone in the Zhong family for you and fulfill your wish... If you have no other purpose, just seek death. Looking back, I will open a teahouse in the capital. How about you selling tea in it?"

"Then you might as well kill me." Mrs. Zhong said sadly, "Although I have not lost my integrity, by then, everyone in the world will think that I have lost my integrity. I would rather die than follow."

Zhu Houzhao said anxiously: "Then you stay in the leopard room. I will support you forever. Although your husband's family is dead, aren't there any family members? Do you want them to suffer with you? Don't get me wrong. I am not threatening you. I am just telling you a situation... I am not an unreasonable emperor. You also know that I have wiped out the grassland. Now the world belongs to me. I am a wise monarch who is in the past and is still a wise ruler who breaks his promise to you, a little woman?"

Mrs. Zhong looked at Zhu Houzhao with disdainful eyes, but did not speak to refute.

Zhu Houzhao sighed: "You can believe it or not. At least you must live well. If you have something to do, let's discuss it slowly."

Zhu Houzhao finally didn't treat Mrs. Zhong. The more he cared about it, the more he was afraid of losing it. Since he had lost it, he didn't want to watch Mrs. Zhong break himself up.

When Zhu Houzhao came out of the room, she was a little discouraged, but there was still a glimmer of hope in her eyes, and she had hope for getting Zhong Fu.

In the past, I couldn't even find anyone, let alone get it.

Now that the person has been found, even if the other party has not surrendered, he will always have some solutions. Even if he doesn't have them, others will try every means to help him achieve his wish.

"His Majesty."

Jiang Bin and Xiao Guozi rushed over and Jiang Bin took the initiative to salute. This was his good opportunity to seek credit, but he found that the emperor's face did not seem so good.

Moreover, Zhu Hou's time to show it seems to be too fast. Logically speaking, it's necessary to stay for an hour or two when you go in. How could you be so calm when you get the woman you always dream of?

Zhu Houzhao looked up at the two of them, then waved her hands, feeling a sense of loneliness that she couldn't bear to look back on the past, and then said: "First place the person well, send more palace maids to take care of him. Be sure to be careful. You can't let her commit suicide. Then send someone to bury her family. I really owe her too much."

Zhu Houzhao did not ask Mrs. Zhong how his relatives died. This was not within his consideration. He even thought that it would be better if these people died, at least no one would hinder him.

Xiao Tiaozi next to him was blinking, thinking about the meaning contained in Zhu Houzhao's words, but saw Zhu Houzhao walking towards the backyard with a look of loss. When he walked halfway, he seemed to remember something and said to Xiao Tiaozi: "You go and call Zhang Yuan, he may have a way."

Xiao Tiaozi said, "Your Majesty, I don't know what's going on... You haven't told me yet..."

Zhu Houzhao said angrily: "Mrs. Zhong, do you still remember it? Now that she is back, I hope this matter... Knead, by the way, don't let Mr. Shen know. Mr. Shen had quarreled with me about Mrs. Zhong's affairs before. If he knew that I brought people back, or even the people around Mrs. Zhong died because of this, how could Mr. Shen not be anxious with me?"

Xiao Guozi was very surprised and then looked at Jiang Bin with an incredible gaze, thinking to himself: "This Jiang Bin has such a great skill. Qian Ning tried so much effort but couldn't find anyone, so why was he found back in a few seconds? If he told Zhang Yuan... he wouldn't be angry to death? It seems that he had walked away in his hands, right?"

Because Xiao Guozi didn't know much about the situation at that time, Zhu Houzhao didn't want to communicate with him more about Mrs. Zhong's issue.

Xiao Guozi first took the order and thought about how to reveal this matter.

He said he would not let Shen Xi know, but in fact he hoped that Shen Xi would know the most, because he was afraid that Mrs. Zhong's arrival would break the gradually established force pattern around the emperor.

Zhu Houzhao seemed to have become a sentimental resentful woman, and she complained to herself: "I will be on the bright moon, but how can the bright moon... Who did she shine on? Maybe it was because my heart was entrusted to the wrong begonia?"

Xiao Guozi felt something was wrong when he heard it: "What is this metaphor? Why did His Majesty make me like a woman?"

Jiang Bin said, "Your Majesty, why don't you get me dizzy, look..."

Zhu Houzhao was furious: "You know, "If I wanted to get her with such despicable means, I would not have waited until today. I am very sad about her experience and want to take good care of her. So I hope to get her sincerity. Even if it takes time, I have to wait... but I can't let her escape again. If I lose her again, I will never have the chance to find her. Take care of people and your errands will be completed."

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Xiao Guozi quickly left the leopard room and told Zhang Yuan about the matter so that he could know the emperor's current embarrassment.

The man was found, but the woman did not surrender, so the emperor was very worried now. What he tried every means to get was not Mrs. Zhong's body, but her heart.

"...Duanshu, aren't you kidding us? You've been found and your Majesty still has to make things difficult for you? Whoever dares to make trouble in front of His Majesty, isn't that asking for death?"

Zhang Yuan sneered, and he felt that Xiao Tiaozi was deliberately running to him to speak out loudly.

Xiao Zhuozi said: "You believe it or not, you have found someone, but Mrs. Zhong's family is almost dead. Even her children are dead. She is the only one left. Can you still use death to threaten her? Instead, she threatens His Majesty with death..."
To be continued...