kingnovel Chapter 265 The world is changing
Chapter 265 The world is changing
In the end, of course, Chu Xun'er successfully stayed.
Originally, Li Xiaonuan and the others had already forcibly escorted Chu Xun'er to the door.
Unexpectedly, Madam Chu sent over Chu Xun'er's luggage and belongings, along with various tonics, saying that Chu Xun'er should stay until Zhou Liufei recovered before returning home.
Madam Chu's actions were quite perplexing.
The old nanny, who was said to be Madam Chu's wet nurse, knelt directly before Madam Su upon arriving at the villa. She begged Madam Su to take good care of Chu Xun'er.
The old woman's actions were even more perplexing.
Chu Xun'er is the legitimate daughter of the Chu family. How could she be thrown into Prince Jing's territory and have the Li family, who hate Chu Feng, take care of her?
Originally, Li Xiaonuan and her father had a very firm attitude, saying that they should let those people take Chu Xun'er away as soon as possible.
But after the old nanny spoke with Madam Su alone for a whole morning, Madam Su actually agreed to let Chu Xun'er stay.
"Mother, why did you let that Miss Chu stay?" Li Xiaonuan asked, puzzled.
Li's father, standing to the side, also looked at Su with some dissatisfaction. If Su didn't provide a reasonable explanation, Li's father was likely to lose his temper.
Seeing the attitude of Li Xiaonuan and her father, Su had no choice but to slowly explain.
It turns out that something happened at the Chu residence.
Chu Feng had actually secretly curryed favor with the eldest prince. Both Master Chu and Madam Chu disagreed with that arrangement.
Originally, the Chu family had indeed gained their current status because of the Empress's favor.
But Lord Chu, having risen to his position as an official, has come to see many things clearly.
Previously, they were manipulated by the Queen and became her executioners.
Over the years, Master Chu, having spent so much time in officialdom, has come to realize the many bad things he had done in the past.
To make amends for past mistakes, Master Chu has been gradually helping those officials who were wronged to overturn their cases and clear their names.
Because of that, the Empress has become increasingly determined to get rid of Master Chu and his associates in recent years.
However, Master Chu had done many things with the Empress and obtained a lot of leverage, which is why he was able to escape unscathed many times.
However, Chu Feng was indeed a complete scoundrel. Not only did he disobey Master Chu, but he also always went against Master Chu's wishes.
Therefore, in this incident in the capital, Chu Feng openly and directly joined the Empress's faction.
In order to drag the entire Chu family's power down with him, Chu Feng even came up with the vicious idea of harming his own sister.
Fortunately, Chu Xun'er was eventually rescued by Zhou Liufeng and escaped death. However, the last bit of affection between Chu Feng and his son was completely severed.
After returning to the capital, Chu Lin revealed her true nature.
It turned out that she had always known she wasn't Madam Chu's biological daughter. Moreover, she had believed the rumors circulating that Madam Chu had killed her biological mother.
In order to avenge his birth mother and also for certain agreements, Chu Lin and Chu Feng joined forces to take control of the entire Chu family mansion, both inside and out.
The Chu family, who were under de facto house arrest, did not tell Chu Xun'er anything so as not to worry the naive girl.
It was thanks to Chu Xun'er's usually thick-skinned nerves, otherwise she would be confined to the Chu residence right now.
The reason Chu Xun'er was able to reach Prince Jing's villa smoothly this time was simply because Master Chu had men escorting her outside.
Like Chu Xun'er, the second son of the Chu family, who was born out of wedlock, was also sent to another family's residence for temporary stay.
The place where the Second Young Master Chu was sent was the Wei residence.
"Mother, what are Madam Chu and Master Chu thinking? Chu Lin has clearly tarnished the reputation of the Wei family so much, why did they still send the Second Young Master to the Wei family?" Li Xiaonuan was very surprised.
"The mother of the Second Young Master Chu is the younger sister of the wet nurse of the Eldest Young Master Wei," Madam Su said calmly.
"Huh? How come there's something like this going on? Aren't they supposed to be political enemies?" Li Xiaonuan was confused again.
Madam Su glanced at Li Xiaonuan and said kindly, "The powerful families in the capital have intricate connections. They seem to be hostile and mutually restraining, but they always form kinship ties in various ways, either through servants or through collateral branches of the clan."
Madam Su was extremely worried for Li Xiaonuan. She could see Wei Yu's feelings for her. That determined look in his eyes was all too familiar to her.
"It's so complicated. Those people are so idle, spending all their time thinking about these shady dealings. Can't they put aside their grudges and truly think about the people of the world?" Li Xiaonuan felt that those people were all too irresponsible.
“Xiao Nuan, you don’t understand. Once you’re in that position, you’ll lose control of your own destiny.” Su said, affectionately stroking Li Xiao Nuan’s hair.
Li Xiaonuan enjoyed this rare moment of warmth and thought to herself that she could never participate in these pointless struggles again.
Frankly speaking, these struggles are completely meaningless.
No, it has absolutely no meaning for ordinary people.
In the eyes of ordinary people, it doesn't matter who is in charge or who is the emperor, as long as they can live and work in peace and contentment, that's enough.
Perhaps the common people still have some demands of officials and the emperor. That is, they must be allowed to live a peaceful life. Otherwise, they have no choice but to rebel.
What's the point of having the people support a court that makes them suffer?
Thinking about this, Li Xiaonuan suddenly realized that everyone in this world actually has their own responsibilities. And in daily life, everyone is just doing their job.
Ever since Chu Xun'er moved into Prince Jing's villa, the battles outside have intensified.
Whether it was day or night, explosions would constantly erupt outside. The tremors and the screams of the soldiers relentlessly assaulted everyone's ears and nerves.
This tug-of-war has been going on for more than ten days.
That day, after spending half a day in Zhou Liufeng's courtyard, Chu Xun'er suddenly ran up to Li Xiaonuan and shouted, "Li Xiaonuan, I beg you to break off your engagement with Zhou Liufeng. I love him, and I want to marry him."
Li Xiaonuan was taken aback by this blatant act of robbery. It wasn't that Li Xiaonuan was slow-witted or insensitive. It was just that, at such a tense moment, wasn't it extremely inappropriate for this Miss Chu to say such a thing?
"Miss Chu, don't you think your request is a bit too much? Besides, what time is it now? How can you still be thinking about such things?" Li Xiaonuan couldn't help but question.
"I don't care. Anyway, I think Zhou Liufeng likes me too. It's just that you two got engaged first, which is why he's keeping me at arm's length. I just want to marry the man I love before I die, is there anything wrong with that?" Chu Xun'er said, her eyes reddening.
"What time is it? You still have the mind to fight over men here." Before anyone knew it, the young princess had entered Li Xiaonuan's courtyard.
Seeing the somewhat furious young princess, Li Xiaonuan stood up to greet her: "Princess, what happened?"
The young princess sat down at the table, slammed her hand on the table, and said, "It's all because of that Chu Feng. He colluded with that Chu Lin and came up with such a wicked plan that forced Uncle Emperor to release the Empress and the First Prince."
Upon hearing that the eldest prince and empress, who had been imprisoned, had been released, Li Xiaonuan suddenly felt that things were very bad.
Is the world of Qi and Song really about to change drastically?