Empress Chu

Xiaoman frowned: "Don't worry about her."

They didn't come for Ms. Tan, or they used an excuse to ask Ms. Tan to enter the door, and then used Ms. Tan's name to deliver the papers to her father, and if the conversation collapsed, they hinted that Mr. Tan, Ms. Tan was in their hands——

It doesn't matter whether Miss Tan is crying or laughing.

Chu Zhao still didn't leave, and said, "Go and see."

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This study room is gorgeous and spacious, it is almost impossible to see through the window cracks, and the rows of bookshelves are full of books.

Chu Zhao remembered what the young lady said at the essay meeting. Miss Tan invited many gentlemen who were knowledgeable and talented, and it didn't look like a joke.

At this moment, Miss Tan was sitting on the ground, hugging her knees and sobbing, and there was a maid kneeling beside her to comfort her.

"Jade girl, jade girl, I'd rather they call me ghost girl." Ms. Tan murmured.

The maid said: "Miss, don't say that, they are jealous of you, you are a gift from the Bodhisattva."

"If the Bodhisattva was really touched by his parents, why didn't he give him a golden boy? Why did he give me this daughter?" Miss Tan raised her head, her eyes were red and swollen, "What my parents want is not a daughter, but a son. !"

The maid didn't dare to answer this, so she quickly changed the subject: "Miss, let's not be angry, this servant knows that you are really good, none of the poems, calligraphy and paintings made by the people present today can compare with you, miss, you don't bother to show it."

Ms. Tan burst into tears: "Awesome? So what? I am knowledgeable and talented, and I can-" She groped behind her and took out a small wooden boat. She looked at the wooden boat with tears rolling down her eyes, "I can also build boats, But so what? I'm a daughter, if I can't pass on incense, I'm nothing—"

"My biggest role is to make a good relationship for the Tan family and win over a son-in-law."

"It doesn't require me to be knowledgeable or talented, and it doesn't require me to master the secret techniques of the Tan family. No matter how knowledgeable and talented I am, what's the use of—"

She held the wooden boat and smashed it to the ground. The wooden boat shattered and sawdust pierced her hand.

The maid screamed and hugged her arm: "Miss, don't hurt yourself."

Miss Tan threw her away, not protecting her injured hand, but hastily picked up the shattered wooden boat.

"I'm sorry, I shouldn't lose my temper with you, you are innocent."

She held the shattered wooden boat before her eyes.

"Although I am not a treasure in the world, you are my treasure, and I will cherish you."

As she spoke, she pulled out a box from under the bookshelf, and poured out a pile of tools, such as ropes, knives, chisels, measuring sticks, etc., scattered all over the floor.

Miss Tan began to repair the broken wooden boat seriously, ignoring the blood on her hands, her eyes sparkling.

The maid covered her mouth, not daring to persuade or disturb her.

This is the happiest moment for the lady, let her immerse herself in it for a while.

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Xiaoman then poked Chu Zhao lightly.

Chu Zhao looked back at her.

Xiaoman shook her head, frowning tightly, her eyes urged: "Let's go, if you delay any longer, it will be too late."

"I've changed my mind." Chu Zhao whispered to her, "I'm not going to see Master Tan anymore, I want to see Miss Tan."

Xiaoman's eyes widened, this was not what everyone discussed earlier!

Could it be that as Chu Tang joked, Ah Zhao still wanted to seduce Miss Tan.

So what about seducing Miss Tan?Miss Tan doesn't care about the affairs of the main family. Besides, although Miss Tan is the only daughter, when it comes to the family's future, her life may not be a threat to Mr. Tan.

Before she had time to speak, Chu Zhao had already turned around and walked to the door of the study in three steps, and pushed it away with her hand.

The maid in the study was startled and raised her head, but Miss Tan didn't even hear it, she was concentrating on chiseling on the wooden boat.

Chu Zhao stepped in and closed the door behind him.

"Who are you!" The servant girl finally recovered and shouted.

Because of the shout, Miss Tan also turned her eyes slightly.

"You are—" she said, "that maidservant of Xi Moxuan."

Chu Zhao smiled and said, "Miss Tan still remembers me."

Miss Tan said: "I have a very good memory and I have a photographic memory." After that, she stopped looking at her and continued to look at her boat.

"What are you going to do?" The maid stood in front of Miss Tan with a guarded look.

"Miss Tan." Chu Zhao stepped forward, straight to the point, "I want to negotiate a deal with you."

Miss Tan didn't raise her head, and said, "I know why you're here, just go to my father." Speaking of which, she reminded, "But don't open your mouth like a lion, I can't do anything with my father." Change to."

What a smart and interesting girl, Chu Zhao smiled, and sat down on the floor without waiting for the maid to make a desperate move.

"I thought so too, but now I think that to make this deal with the Tan family, convincing Ms. Tan of you is the key." She said, "Only you can make your family go all out. It must be done."

Miss Tan still didn't look at her: "You think highly of me. Although my surname is Tan, I can't be the head of the Tan family."

"I know, so I'm talking about your home." Chu Zhao said, "The Tan family has really become your home."

Miss Tan paused her hand and raised her eyes to look at her.

Chu Zhao looked at her and continued.

"You are the master of the house."

"A home that can be the master of the house like a man."

"It is your home that you live and live in, and that you hold in your own hands."

"This kind of home belongs to you, and you can go all out with me."

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There was a silence in the study.

The maid stood aside blankly, forgetting to call for someone.

Miss Tan was holding the wooden boat, blood dripped from her hands, staining a corner of her clothes red, she suddenly laughed.

The girl with a condensed expression smiled brightly and cutely.

"Girl, you know my pain very well." Her voice seemed to become softer, "Your words are also very tempting, but you can't seduce me."

Having said that, she took a look at Chu Zhao, with some regret in her eyes.

"If you are a man who is brave, resourceful, courageous and knowledgeable, and marry me, and let me settle down in the Tan family in the name of your man, I am still willing to give it a try."

"But you are a girl like me, how can I trust you?"

Chu Zhao touched his face with his hand, and said, "Probably because what I'm going to do is actually the same as what I promised you."

Miss Tan seemed a little puzzled.

"I'm Chu Zhao." Chu Zhao said.

Ms. Tan was startled, and the wooden boat she was holding fell to the ground with a thud, but this time, Ms. Tan did not pick it up again in distress.

"You are, Chu Zhao?" She asked involuntarily, "That Chu Zhao of Empress Chu?"

Chu Zhao rubbed his face twice with his hands: "I've made a disguise now, you may have seen the portrait, but in fact I look better than the portrait—"

Both Miss Tan and the maid were stunned.

This is not important, Chu Zhao himself laughed, what is important is that Empress Chu may not be able to seduce this young lady, on the contrary it will scare her even more.

"I crusade against the Xie family in order to return to the court, that is, to control Daxia, so that in Daxia's family, I, the queen, can be the master of the house. Miss Tan, if I can do it, then I will definitely let you— —”

Before she finished speaking, Miss Tan had already stood up.

"Your Highness, you don't need to say anything." She said, "I will go to see my father right away, and I will be able to persuade him to obey your orders."

Instead, Chu Zhao was stunned: "Don't listen to me anymore? Let me introduce myself to you—"

Ms. Tan shook her head: "No need, Your Highness, I have known you very well for a long time. I can recite your poems, paintings, and chess games backwards. I will send back everything you have done in time." , I have collected your anthology, and I also transcribe what you said at every palace banquet, although I am in Pingyang Fucheng, but you are always in front of my eyes, the queen—"

This, this, Chu Zhao asked in surprise: "But, don't you, don't you like this kind of literary meeting I organize? You think it's ridiculous to compete with men."

Ms. Tan looked at Chu Zhao, with flames dancing in her eyes: "But, Queen, you have done more than compete with the men at the literary fair."

"Queen, I have admired you for a long time, I didn't expect to see you."

"Queen, if I can work together with you, Tan Qi'er, I will die without regret in this life."

The girl's voice became excited, Chu Zhao was a little dazed, and couldn't help touching his face again.

"I really want to tell Deng Yi right now, I'm too humble." She didn't care if Ms. Tan could understand or not, and murmured, "It turns out that even if I'm not as good-looking as Xie Yanfang, I can still be like him." done."

She was completely different from Chu Zhao in that life.

She can also shine.

Chapter 15 Boat trip

The development of this matter was beyond everyone's expectations. When listening to Chu Zhao's narration, even Kapok Hong, who firmly believed that her daughter was omnipotent, couldn't help but ask one more question.

"Will Master Tan listen to Miss Tan?"

Ms. Tan admires Chu Zhao and is willing to go through fire and water, but Mr. Tan is not necessarily willing to drag such a large family business of the Tan family to go through fire and water.

Chu Zhaodao: "The reason why I decided to persuade Ms. Tan is also for the family business of the Tan family."

Mr. Tan put all his heart and soul into seeking a son because he wanted to pass on his wealth. Although the Tan family has many nephews, they are all selfish, and sons and nephews cannot be the same.

Ms. Tan was born in such a family, and she was in the treasure house, but she could only see but not get it. Women are human beings, and they also have greed and ambition, but because of their status as women, they can't think about it, and they don't know how to think about it.

and so--

Chu Zhao looked at everyone and said, "I'll go and persuade her first, let her have a mind, and then she will let Master Tan have a mind."

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Whether it's because of her thoughts, or just because of her admiration for Chu Zhao, Miss Tan went to see Master Tan immediately when she said it.

Chu Zhao still pretended to be a maidservant and followed.

Ms. Tan sent the collection of essays to Mr. Tan, starting with the essay meeting.

"These people competed with the men, and they lost." Miss Tan mocked.

Master Tan comforted his daughter and said, "It's normal to lose, it's not embarrassing, and don't be angry."

"Of course I'm not angry. I just think it's ridiculous. It's self-defeating to use recreational skills to compare with other people's livelihood skills." Miss Tan said, picking up the wooden boat on Master Tan's desk, "It's like making a boat like this. Skills, father learns to live and work, I come to learn to have fun, born different, how to compare?"

Master Tan remained silent, looking at the wooden boat on the table, he knew that there was also a wooden boat on his daughter's table, the same skill had different meanings because of different genders.

Ms. Tan opened up the topic at this point, pouring out her reluctance and ambition, and finally knelt in front of Master Tan: "Father, choose one of your disciples to marry me, let me stay at home, and let me pick you up I will definitely not disappoint my father, and carry forward the family business."

Master Tan smiled wryly: "I thought about this too, but Ah Qi, those who can help you will not become your son-in-law, and those who can be your son-in-law cannot be your helper. You are a woman surrounded by wolves. It's not the way you can go, or get married, Jinyin and the Tan family will be around, and you will have no worries about food and clothing for the rest of your life—"

"Father, you are wrong. If I marry off, no matter how much gold and silver I have, my surname will be taken away, and my food and clothing in this life can only be entrusted to others. Others have no blood relationship with me. Will treat me wholeheartedly like my parents, how can I be worry-free? The real worry-free is that my wealth and life are in my own hands." Ms. Tan knelt down and hugged her father's arm and cried, "I want a son-in-law because I want An identity stays in the Tan family, and even if it helps, it must be on the husband-in-law, not even in the Tan family, but outside."

Master Tan is so smart, he immediately looked at Chu Zhao who was standing by the door when he heard this sentence.

"I don't know where the expert is?"

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Chu Zhao looked at everyone and said, "Then I revealed my identity to Master Tan."

Mr. Tan became interested in his daughter's words, and it would be much easier to persuade him with affection.

From the perspective of family members thinking about the interests of the family, this matter has been accomplished, and the Tan family is like a dragon, and Mr. Tan has enough reasons to persuade everyone in the Tan family to take a gamble.

From a selfish point of view, letting his biological daughter inherit and control the family business tempted Mr. Tan to go all out to persuade everyone in the Tan family.

Chu Zhao stretched out three fingers.

"Master Tan promised me three days." She said, looking to the side of Pingyang City, "After three days, the Tan family's [-] large ships and [-] wooden sailboats are special ships for timber cargo, grain and salt cargo, and porcelain cargo. At our disposal."

This is a huge number, enough to carry [-] soldiers and horses. The shape of this ship is huge, and it is extremely convenient to transport weapons.