The daily life of a concubine's daughter

Chapter 262: Secretly Happy

Shi Yao pursed her lips and smiled secretly.

Hey, that must be the fifth prince Zhou Xu.

In the original novel, after Zhou Xu returned to Beijing in the first life, he stood in teahouses, restaurants, on rooftops, on tree branches, behind rockery, behind screens, behind doors, and outside walls, spying on his sweetheart Shi Mingzhu's every move and silently solving problems for her behind her back.

In the second life, Shi Mingzhu managed to break off the engagement with the Fourth Prince Zhou Shao. Zhou Xu's silently forbearing love finally had an outlet. He appeared in teahouses, restaurants, rooftops, tree branches... and saved the beauty many times. In the end, he won the beauty's heart and took her home.

This is the third life.

Shi Mingzhu married Zhou Shao as a concubine, and Zhou Xu could only continue to endure, unable to express his love. He silently watched his sweetheart and her husband being in love, and enjoying the love of everyone.

Shi Yao put herself in the shoes of the slightly sad novel she had read in her previous life and imagined the Fifth Prince as the heroine of the novel. She felt an inexplicable sense of satisfaction.

The fifth prince Zhou Xu was the one who chopped off the head of the original owner "Shi Yao" in his first life!

In this life, the Fifth Prince had never offended her, and she had never thought of revenge for the original owner of her previous life. However, Shi Yao did not feel the slightest bit of guilt for the Fifth Prince's fruitless love for her.

All I can say is that things are unpredictable.

Maybe Shi Mingzhu was like some of her sisters-in-law who were reborn, planning to kill her husband and becoming a widow, which gave her the possibility of getting in touch with the Fifth Prince.

The destined heroine and the destined hero are not just superficial words.

At the same time, Shi Mingzhu seemed to feel two burning gazes. She turned her head suddenly and saw Zhou Xu's figure among the crowd of millions.

Her eyes suddenly turned red.

Zhou Xu, Zhou Xu...

After her rebirth, she didn't dare to get close to Zhou Xu, fearing that her broken heart was not worthy of him, but she also longed to be close to him.

In his previous life, although Zhou Xu couldn't see her, she was in the palace, accompanying him day and night for the rest of his life.

Every detail about Zhou Xu had already been deeply engraved in her mind. She recognized who was Zhou Xu at a glance.

In this life, they met in the Duke's Mansion, the Prince Cheng's Mansion, and the Imperial Palace. With every look and every turn, she could understand Zhou Xu's heartache and love.

But in this life, her body has been polluted by Zhou Shao again, and in order to live a better life, she will continue to be entangled with Zhou Shao.

She is no longer worthy of Zhou Xu.

Shi Mingzhu felt a pain in her heart.

Zhou Shao calmed down the excited people and was in a hurry to get away. He took two steps and realized that Shi Mingzhu had not caught up with him, so he turned back, held Shi Mingzhu's hand, and asked in a low voice:

"Zhuzhu, what are you looking at?"

He followed Shi Mingzhu's gaze.

The windows of the teahouse were empty and nothing could be seen.

Shi Mingzhu blinked, held back her tears, and held Zhou Shao's hand, smiling, "Just now I heard someone at the teahouse shouting 'Long live His Royal Highness King Cheng'. Your Highness, do you know that you seem to be glowing today, so dazzling that I dare not look directly at you."

"It's all thanks to Zhuzhu. Let's go back home first." Zhou Shao's restless heart inexplicably calmed down. He took Shi Mingzhu's hand and walked towards the carriage of Prince Cheng's mansion.

After sending Shi Mingzhu back to the palace, he had to go to the palace and tell his father and mother in detail about what happened today.

The carriage started moving. Shi Mingzhu was thinking about that figure in her heart. She couldn't help but lift the curtain and look towards the teahouse again. Unexpectedly, she didn't see Zhou Xu again, but inadvertently saw the carriage of the Duke of Zhenguo's Mansion!

These days, except for the Duke Zhenguo and the third master of the Shi family who were going out to attend court, the rest of the family stayed at home, either reflecting on their mistakes, recuperating from injuries or being too ashamed to see anyone. Who would leave the house?

Shi Mingzhu opened her red lips and whispered, "Your Highness, my second sister is over there. Please send someone to tell her to come up. I want to ask if my family is okay."

Zhou Shao was a little displeased.

He had already told Shi Mingzhu that everyone in the Shi family was safe and sound, so why did the second daughter of the Shi family show up at this time? If she asked about the Duke's wife being sent to the ancestral temple, Zhuzhu would be upset for no reason.

Shi Mingzhu, who had died once, had learned to read people's expressions. She saw through Zhou Shao's thoughts at a glance, suppressed her nausea, took his arm and shook it, and said in a tender voice:

"Your Highness, what happened between you and me was an accident. I was afraid that my grandparents and my sick mother would be upset. Now that I am your concubine, I am dead in this life. I only hope that your Highness and my family are safe. I dare not wish for anything else."

Zhou Shao's expression relaxed at this point, and he glared at her and asked, "What did you call me?"

"My Lord..." Shi Mingzhu suddenly remembered the struggle last night, her cheeks flushed, and she called out tenderly, "Husband."

Zhou Shao smiled slightly, bent down and kissed her on the lips, then turned around to roll up the carriage curtain and ordered, "Come here, go to the carriage of the Duke's Mansion and tell them to ask the second young lady of the Shi family to follow. Madam has something to ask her."

"Yes." The young eunuch following the carriage responded, glanced in the direction Zhou Shao pointed, recognized the sign of the Duke of Zhenguo's Mansion, and trotted over nimbly.

Shi Mingzhu wiped her lips with a handkerchief, as if wiping away some dirt, and a murderous light flashed in her calm eyes.

Shi Yao opened the car curtain completely and was watching the fun.

After Zhou Shao and Shi Mingzhu left, the common people in front of the government office gradually dispersed.

The prefect of Jingzhao Prefecture personally sent out several people, among whom was Xie Jibai, whom Shi Yao and Jiang Miao had just met.

There were several people who looked like servants following behind him. They should be servants of the Xie family, or perhaps the ones who worked with Xie Qingdai to destroy the human traffickers' den.

Mu Xiang pointed at the group of people and exclaimed, "Girl, look! Isn't that Zhao Yan who was beside the Third Master? And those few, I've seen them too. They are servants from the Fu family, the Le family, the Tao family, the Qi family, the Wang family, and the Ningyuan Marquis's mansion!"

Ah, the one with the purple jade pendant on his waist is the second madam's brother, the one with the knife on his waist is the third madam's cousin, and the one with a turquoise inlaid in his hair crown, isn't that the fourth lady Ge's second brother, the second son of Ningyuan Marquis's mansion?"

The more Muxiang spoke, the weirder her eyes became.

She had seen servants from several families before at Zi Yang Villa.

Last time, they and the Xie family rushed to rescue the Prince of Changning, Zhou Ji.

This time, they all swarmed over to join in the fun of catching human traffickers.

Just... the more I look at it, the more something seems wrong.

Mu Xiang moved her lips and glanced at Jiang Miao beside her, but did not ask about this.

Jiang Miao raised his eyebrows slightly. The maidservant beside his cousin was as smart and perceptive as his cousin, so she smiled and said, "Cousin, the carriage is cramped. I still feel more comfortable riding a horse."

After saying this, Jiang Miao lifted the curtain and got out of the car.

He ran into a young eunuch from Prince Cheng's mansion running towards him. He stopped the eunuch and asked politely, "What can the Fourth Prince do for you?"

The young eunuch looked at Jiang Miao carefully, then asked with a smile while looking at the carriage, "Who is it, young master?"

"I am the great-nephew of the old lady of the Duke's Mansion. My surname is Jiang, and I am the third child in the family."

The young eunuch immediately looked respectful and said with a smile, "So it's Mr. Jiang San, our lady's cousin! Then, who is the person in the carriage?"

Without waiting for Jiang Miao to answer, Shi Yao had already opened the curtain and said, "It's me. Little eunuch, did my elder sister send you here? Do you have anything to tell me?"