The man behind the screen did not answer Chu Chi's words. He stood up and said, "You take good care of your injuries. When you are healed, you can leave." After the man left, Chu Chi looked at the bronze mirror on the dressing table. Chu Chi walked to the bronze mirror and looked at a piece of plaster on her face. After tearing off the plaster, she frowned at the scar about an inch long. With such a long and deep knife mark, it would be difficult not to leave a scar. "Miss." A maid came in from the door and said, "Don't touch the wound. This is a decomposing and nourishing ointment passed down from our ancestors. It is specially used to treat knife wounds." The maid took a piece of medicine patch, put the light green plaster on it, and applied it to Chu Chi's wound. Chu Chi felt a cool feeling. "Where is this place? I want to go back!" The maid said respectfully: "As long as you stay here and recuperate, the master will naturally let you leave when you are healed." Chu Chi stood up and crossed the screen. She opened the door in front of her. After going out, she could see a lot of dead trees with fallen leaves. When she saw the lake again, Chu Chi looked around. There was a small island here, surrounded by Lake water. From a distance, you can see the houses on the other side full of Jiangnan style.
Chu Chi asked the maid: "Where is this place?" "Miss, just stay here with peace of mind." …… Zhao Jie and Chu Qing found Chu Chi in the middle of the night, but there was no trace of Chu Chi. He frowned and drove back to the city. Seeing the word "Chu Mansion" in front of him, Zhao Jie asked his men to break through the door directly. As soon as Zhao Jie walked to the hall of the Chu family, he saw the boy behind Chu Yan escorting a woman with blood on her face. "Chu Yan, what do you mean?" Zhao Jie frowned when he saw the woman with wounds on her face. Chu Yan cupped his hands and said: "Liu Li was bold and disrespectful to the female officials in the palace. I have punished her severely and she has known it." Zhao Jie frowned and asked Chu Liuli, "Where is Chu Chi? Where did you take Chu Chi?" Chu Liuli shook his head and said: "I don't know, ah! I don't know, uncle, please forgive me, I was wrong..." Seeing the crazy Chu Liuli, Zhao Jie looked at Chu Yan and said, "Where are the Chuchi people?" Chu Yan looked at Zhao Jie and said: "Your Majesty, today Chu Chi was driven out of the palace by the Queen Mother. The Queen Mother ordered Chu Chi not to step into Shengjing City. Naturally, Chu Chi must abide by the Queen Mother's decree." Zhao Jie said repeatedly: "The Queen Mother's words don't count. Where are the Chuchi people?" "Your Majesty, don't worry. Chuchi is very safe. It's just that she was injured a little. I can ask your Majesty to go see her, but I think she won't want to see your Majesty." Zhao Jie frowned: "How could she not see me?" "Then please, Your Majesty, come aboard." It was extremely late at night, but Chu Chi couldn't sleep. She looked out the window and saw a boat with candlelight coming from the lake. The maid pushed open the door and said, "Miss, His Majesty is coming to see you. Master asks if you want to see him?" Chu Chi said: "How can I not see you when your Majesty is here?" For the rest of his life, Chu Chi missed Zhao Jie very much.
The maid whispered: "Your face..." Chu Chi touched her face. The one-inch wound made even her feel ugly and embarrassing. Chu Chi thought of the extremely angry Queen Mother she met this morning. She sighed and said, "I'd better meet Your Majesty." Zhao Jie entered the cabin in the lake and saw the figure behind the screen: "Chu Chi?" Zhao Jie took three steps at a time and held Chu Chi tightly in his arms. Chu Chi put his arms around Zhao Jie's waist, put his head on Zhao Jie's shoulder and said, "Your Majesty." Zhao Jie lowered his eyes and looked at Chu Chi next to the candlelight. The plaster on her face was very obvious, "Your face?" Chu Chi slowly tore off the plaster, revealing the ugly scar and said, "Your Majesty, this slave was scratched on the face by Chu Liuli." Zhao Jie slowly raised his hand to touch Chu Chi's face. He now understood why Chu Liuli's face was covered with knife marks. It was a pity that he did not take revenge! Zhao Jie still held Chu Chi in his arms, hugged Chu Chi tightly and said, "It was me who failed to protect you and allowed you to be taken away from the Tai Chi Palace by your mother. I won't be able to spare those palace maids and chamberlains when I get back!" Chu Chi said: "Your Majesty, why should you blame the maids? It's not easy for them. How can they dare to disobey the Queen Mother's will for the sake of slaves?" Zhao Jie held Chu Chi's hand tightly and said, "Follow me back to the palace, and I will tell my mother that I want to marry you." Chu Chi stretched out his hand and gently approached the side of his face and said: "Your Majesty, my appearance is no longer good. You should not fall out with the Queen Mother and her son because of this slave. You have not had a father since you were a child. It is the Queen Mother who protects you." When you grow up, the Queen Mother will treat you..." Zhao Jie frowned and said hoarsely: "So what if your appearance is ruined. I am not just interested in your appearance." Chu Chi whispered: "Your Majesty." Zhao Jie said: "Chu Chi, I just want to ask you, are you willing to marry me? You don't have to think about other twists and turns, just say are you willing to marry me?" Zhao Jie put his finger on Chu Chi's chin, forcing Chu Chi to lift his chin and look at him, "Are you willing?" Chu Chi just fell into Zhao Jie's arms, put his hands on Zhao Jie's waist, and said with tears, "I am willing." Zhao Jie chuckled and wiped the tears from Chu Chi's eyes, took Chu Chi's hand and said, "Let's go home." Chu Chi and Zhao Jie left the small courtyard in the lake and were about to get on the boat when they heard a sound coming from the boat. "Your Majesty, Chuchi cannot go with you for the time being." Zhao Jie said coldly: "Chu Yan, what do you mean?" Chu Yan came out of the boat. The sky was dark, but through the light of the lantern, Chu Chi could still see the face of the man in front of her clearly. She held Zhao Jie's hand tightly. Chu Yan looked at Chu Chi and said, "The scar on Miss Chu's face needs to rest. After she recovers, she can leave here. I guess Miss Chu doesn't want your family to worry about the injury on your face, right?" Chu Chi let go of Zhao Jie's hand and said, "Your Majesty, I will stay here to recuperate." Zhao Jie said: "You can recover from your injuries in the palace, it's not a serious injury..." Chu Chi looked at Chu Yan and said softly to Zhao Jie: "Your Majesty, please go back to the palace first." Zhao Jie saw that Chu Chi was clearly hiding something from him. He frowned slightly and said, "In that case, I will go back first. I just want to talk to my mother about making you the queen. You can rest here and recuperate." I’ll see you again tomorrow afternoon.” After sending Zhao Jie away, Chu Chi was very upset. Chu Yan came back and said to Chu Chi: "You are not suitable to enter the palace as a queen. The Qi family and the Lu family in the court are eyeing you. As an emperor, Zhao Jie married you, a powerless woman, as his queen. Naturally, It is necessary to let powerful noble ladies enter the palace as concubines to balance the power in the court. Your entering the harem is like a sheep entering a tiger's mouth. You are of low origin and have no power. You cannot compete with those noble ladies in the harem. If Chu Liuli dares to hurt you today, there will be other noble ladies who will hurt you in the future. Even Your Majesty can't protect you anytime and anywhere with the Queen Mother here. "
Chu Chi looked at Chu Yan in front of him and smiled sarcastically: "The daughter of the head of a dignified thousand-year-old family is powerless and of low origin?"