From a son-in-law to a favorite of the empress

The group entered Xue's house in a daze. The guards knew their identities and did not stop them.

Soon, Mrs. Xue and Xue Ningyue also came out to greet them.

Seeing that Zhao Jianjia and others were safe and sound, they were extremely excited and hugged each other tightly.

"It's good that you're okay! It's good that you're okay!"

Mrs. Xue held Chen's hand. The two women had known each other for a long time and were very sad at this moment.

Xue Ningyue looked around carefully and suddenly asked, "Where is Brother Zhou? Isn't he with you?"

It would have been better if she didn't mention it. When Zhou Yuan was mentioned, Zhao Jianjia couldn't help crying again.

She couldn't hold on any longer and cried bitterly on Xue Ningyue.

Xue Ningyue was also panicking now, and hurriedly said: "Sister Jianjia, don't cry, what happened to Brother Zhou?"

Qu Ling said coldly: "Zhou Yuan fought his way out of Moyunzhai and rescued her at Zhao's house, and then was kidnapped by the gangsters!"

"What!"

Xue Ningyue's face turned pale, and she almost couldn't stand still, and trembled and said: "You, what did you say!"

So Qu Ling told all the experiences she had with Zhou Yuan, and Xue Ningyue burst into tears and almost suffocated.

Qu Ling looked at Zhao Jianjia and said coldly: "Mr. Zhao, I have investigated Zhou Yuan's experience. As a scholar, he married into your Zhao family, but you looked down on him and refused to sleep with him, right?"

The sudden targeting made everyone stunned.

Qu Ling continued, "Which man can bear such humiliation? That's why Zhou Yuan went to Baiyun Temple to practice Taoism for three months before finally recovering his mood and going down the mountain?"

"It is said that after going down the mountain, he even had to ask you humbly for pocket money, right?"

Zhao Jianjia said anxiously, "This is our family affair!"

Qu Ling snorted disdainfully and said, "What a family affair! Forcing your husband to run to my Moyunzhai to write and sell manuscripts to make money!"

"Look at the clothes he usually wears. How can he look like a person from a big family or a man with a wife!"

"Fortunately, he is talented and has earned tens of thousands of silver coins by writing such a stunning work as "Romance of the Three Kingdoms."

"It's a pity that all this money was used to buy your life!"

Zhao Jianjia opened her mouth, tears streaming down her face, unable to say a word.

Qu Ling was unyielding, and said with red eyes: "You looked down on him and insulted him, but he was afraid that something would happen to you, and he risked his life to save you from Mo Yun Zhai."

"Now he is using the money he earned with great difficulty and his own life to exchange for your safety. Haha, in comparison, it is really a world of difference!"

"Zhao Jianjia, are you worthy of being his wife? I think you are just a heartless man who has read a few books!"

"If Zhou Yuan dies, you will have a guilty conscience for the rest of your life!"

After saying that, she walked straight into the house.

Zhao Jianjia's face was pale, and she fell limply into Xue Ningyue's arms, her eyes were dull, and only tears flowed.

She murmured with a trembling voice: "I am an unfaithful person... I hurt him..."

"Wuwu Ningyue! I really didn't look down on him! I really didn't! Wuwu I was wrong!"

Zhao Jianjia cried bitterly, while Xue Ningyue could only sigh.

"Sister Jianjia, don't cry."

Ningyue said helplessly: "I can't stand on your side in this matter of Brother Zhou. Brother Zhou is a very good person and he shouldn't be treated like that."

This sentence undoubtedly completely broke Zhao Jianjia. She opened her mouth wide, her eyes turned white, and she fainted directly.

Xue Ningyue was startled and said quickly: "Hurry, help Sister Jianjia to rest, I want to find Uncle Guan!"

She hurried to the door and saw Guan Tianci, and immediately begged: "Uncle Guan, help me, help me save Brother Zhou."

Guan Tianci was also stunned, and then said: "Are you talking about Zhou Yuan?"

"Yes!"

Xue Ningyue said: "He was captured by the bad guys, probably from the path from here to Mo Yunzhai, go and save him."

At the end, Xue Ningyue's voice also choked up. She was too afraid that Zhou Yuan would get into trouble. Thinking of this, she was suffocated.

Guan Tianci's face changed, gritted his teeth, and said: "Miss, don't worry, I will risk my old bones to save Zhou boy for you!"

"Sixth! Eighth! Seventeen! Twenty-one! The four of you follow me!"

"The rest of you keep an eye on the door!"

A group of five people holding swords and knives, without hesitation, killed towards Mo Yunzhai.

About half a minute later, they stopped.

They found Zhou Yuan.

In a steamed bun shop.

Zhou Yuan was sitting on a chair, eating meat buns like crazy, his mouth full of oil.

Guan Tianci was stunned for a long time before he glared and said, "Boy surnamed Zhou, weren't you kidnapped? I think you are living better than anyone else!"

Zhou Yuan was also confused. He wanted to go straight toHe was going back to Xue's house, but when he passed by here, the buns in the steamer smelled so good.

Plus he was so hungry, so he just started eating.

Who knew he was caught by Guan Tianci.

Zhou Yuan threw a few buns over and said, "Just out of the steamer, try it, it tastes really good."

Guan Tianci subconsciously caught it, took a bite, nodded and said, "Hey, you don't say, it's really delicious."

After saying that, he hurriedly said, "Come back with me! My lady is very worried about you, she cried just now."

"Let's go!"

Zhou Yuan was not in the mood to eat anymore, and stood up immediately.

At this moment, an unexpected scene happened in Xue's house.

Qu Ling walked into the hall and saw Xue Changyue who had not gotten up for a long time, and immediately saluted and said, "Meet Uncle Xue!"

This shocked everyone in the room. Aren't you from Mo Yunzhai? How come you are related to the Xue family again?

Xue Changyue also frowned and asked, "Who are you?"

Qu Ling sighed and whispered, "Uncle Xue, you can't remember me? I'm Qu Ling, Ling'er!"

"Qu..."

Xue Changyue pondered for a moment, and suddenly said in surprise, "You are the girl in Governor Qu's house! Qu Shaogeng's niece!"

"Oh my! I haven't seen you for more than ten years, and you've grown up! At that time, you still had pigtails! Very naughty!"

Qu Shaogeng was the governor of the three borders, and he governed the three provinces of Gansu, Ningxia, and Shaanxi, with a total of 160,000 troops. He was a real pillar of the country and a military leader.

Qu Ling said softly: "Uncle Xue is old, and Ling'er has grown up."

Xue Changyue nodded and said: "Time makes people grow old. Back then, I controlled Datong, and Qu Shaogeng controlled the three borders. We fought many good battles together. Now... the world has changed."

Speaking of this, he looked at Mrs. Xue and said with emotion: "This is Ling'er. I told you before that it was all thanks to her grandfather who interceded for me that the whole family was spared from being executed. It can be said that the favor is as heavy as a mountain."

Qu Ling's grandfather was Qu Sancai, the chief minister of the cabinet and the leader of the Qi Party. He has retired for many years now.

With such status, Qu Ling was naturally treated with courtesy by the Xue Mansion, but she was absent-minded, looking out the door from time to time, and her restless appearance was obvious.

Xue Changyue said, "What's wrong with Ling'er? Are you still worried about the situation outside? Don't worry, those rabble can't enter my Xue Mansion."

Qu Ling shook her head and whispered, "I'm just worried about Zhou Yuan."

The man who brought her here from the pool of blood with a long sword undoubtedly engraved deeply into her soul.