Having been completely subdued by Chu Zhi, the cat and dog were not only because she crushed stones in front of their noses, but also because she was heartless and had no compassion.
They rubbed against her legs to show their goodwill, but she could ignore them, and would never touch or hug them.
She only gave orders, sit down!
If they didn’t do as she said… the back of their necks would be grabbed.
The calico cat coveted the position in her arms, jumped onto the chair next to her, looking left and right, and finally jumped into her arms.
Chu Zhi looked down at it, twisting its body comfortably as if it had returned home, and was speechless.
She grabbed the back of its neck to throw it away when Xia Ying and a beautiful woman with a heroic appearance came over.
“Madam, Household Chief Lu of the Suning Guard has come under the Duke’s orders to meet Madam with important matters.”
“Lu Qiu greets Madam.”
Lu Qiu was extremely neat, walked with the wind, and had a gorgeous appearance but a free and easy temperament. She was the only woman in the Suning Guard to be promoted to Household Chief, and she was very famous.
She was not in the capital but was dispatched outside, and her merits and reputation were outstanding.
But in her previous life, she died in the conspiracy to investigate Yu Nu’s collusion with the Great Yan’s internal traitors.
At that time, when Chu Zhi heard about it, she really regretted it for a while. Such a woman, they had never met in their previous life, which was quite a pity.
She didn’t expect to meet her in this life.
“Household Chief Lu doesn’t need to be so polite, please sit down quickly. Yingjie, bring all the snacks we bought today.”
Rarely seeing Chu Zhi so happy, Xia Ying immediately went to do it.
Lu Qiu was also a little surprised. When she came, the Duke said that Madam had a detached personality and was occasionally childish, asking her to be patient.
Wasn’t she quite enthusiastic? !
“Household Chief Lu, what important matter do you have to see me under the Duke’s orders?”
“It’s this.”
Lu Qiu took out an invitation card.
After looking at it, “Princess Ruowu? She always only invites men with good looks to her gatherings, but this time she actually invited women. It must be nothing good, I won’t go.”
“Madam even knows this? Qingzhi told me that Madam has connections in the Jianghu and knows many secrets. It seems to be true.”
Chu Zhi touched the calico cat in her arms to cover up her embarrassment. She was just making up nonsense to fool Qingzhi at the time, but this kid not only believed it but also spread it everywhere.
Lu Qiu continued, “Madam’s guess is correct. Princess Ruowu originally invited some young men to hunt and have fun, but after receiving the Empress’s order, she sent out invitations widely to invite more people. The main target is Madam, planning to take advantage of the crowd to arrange assassins to assassinate Madam in the forest.”
This was something she didn’t expect, “Am I that important? To go to so much trouble to kill me.”
“Because the Duke has been doing so well lately! They think the saying of warding off bad luck is true, so they want to get rid of Madam.”
Speaking of this, Chu Zhi also felt strange, Lan Huaiyu’s complexion was really much better.
Especially this morning when he changed into that scarlet official uniform, his lips were red, his teeth were white, and he was strikingly handsome.
Like a goblin who had absorbed the essence of living people.
“Then what does the Duke mean by specially sending Household Chief Lu here?”
“The Duke said that if Madam wants to go, he will ask this subordinate to accompany her. If she doesn’t want to go, then tell Princess Ruowu, it’s all up to Madam’s wishes.”
Chu Zhi looked at her, was it really that simple?
To specially have the dispatched Lu Qiu come to the door…
“Did the Duke send Household Chief Lu here to give me confidence? That day I said that if I showed my face and people knew that I had martial arts skills, it would cause him trouble. He guessed that I lacked confidence, so he specially sent the heroine Lu Household Chief here.”
Lu Qiu was startled, and then smiled, “The Duke’s original words were: This Duke is not afraid of trouble, can solve trouble, and besides, Madam is not trouble!”
Chu Zhi raised her eyebrows, “Does he want me to help him with something? Tell me, what is it? As long as it doesn’t interfere with my own affairs, I will help him within my ability.”
Lu Qiu was speechless.
Didn’t Madam feel the Duke’s protection at all?
Chu Zhi really didn’t feel it. Although Lan Huaiyu was not the cruel and vicious person in the rumors, he was definitely not a kind person. He wouldn’t do things that were not rewarding.
There must be a request.
“This… Madam should ask the Duke herself, this subordinate doesn’t know. But is Madam going to this hunting banquet of Princess Ruowu?”
Touching the calico cat in her arms again, Chu Zhi nodded, “Go.”
The people under the Empress were all people of He Xiu, and He Xiu now controlled the 400,000 troops in Donglin Pass.
He Xiu had trained a batch of death warriors. In her previous life, she hadn’t fought with those death warriors, but she knew that all the shameful things done by their party were carried out by those death warriors.
Death warriors were not inexhaustible, killing one reduced one, since they were delivered to her door, she should eliminate them.
To eliminate harm for the people!
Chu Zhi decided to go to the appointment, and Lu Qiu didn’t leave. She had to accompany her when the time came.
So she stayed in the mansion with Chu Zhi, and if she got bored, she went shopping and ate.
Lu Qiu also discovered the childlike fun in Madam, she loved the sweet foods that children loved, and after walking only one street, her hands were full.
“Madam really loves sweets.”
“Doesn’t Household Chief Lu like them?”
“I liked them when I was a child.”
Chu Zhi thought for a while, “I didn’t eat them when I was a child, now I’m making up for it.”
Lu Qiu didn’t speak. She naturally knew that Madam grew up in a nunnery since she was a child and must have suffered a lot.
So she turned her head and saw that there were pumpkin candies for sale, and quickly went over to buy a bag for Madam to try more.
“Big sister?”
Suddenly, a familiar voice came. Turning her head, Chu Chengcai ran over, his immature face full of pleading.
Chu Zhi looked behind him, Chu Zixing followed with his nostrils facing the sky.
“Big sister, where are you going? You bought so many things but no one is helping you carry them. Let the younger brother help you.”
Saying that, he was about to take the things in Lu Qiu’s hands.
Chu Zixing came from behind and grabbed the back of his collar, “Chengcai, we agreed to go buy books, hurry up.”
Chu Chengcai didn’t want to go, looking at Chu Zhi with pleading eyes.
Chu Zixing stubbornly grabbed his clothes, and the two servants following behind also came up to pull Chu Chengcai.
This posture was like kidnapping!
“Wait!” Chu Zhi spoke.
Chu Zixing then looked at her, his eyes full of contempt, “You… ah!”
He was kicked away by Chu Zhi before he could say a word.
He slammed heavily on the ground a few meters away and vomited a mouthful of blood.
The two servants were dumbfounded and hadn’t recovered when Lu Qiu rewarded each of them with a kick, sending them flying to their master’s side.
Chu Chengcai slipped behind Chu Zhi to hide.
“No rules at all! Seeing your eldest sister and not bowing and saluting, with contempt in your eyes and your nostrils facing the sky, I’ll give you a lesson today. If there is another time, I’ll dig out your eyeballs!”