Reborn: The First Rank "Madam"

C94 – Where Did This Bitch Come From?

Zuo Shaoqing waited for a full two hours before hearing the sound of the side door opening. He moved his numb feet and turned his head, revealing a big smiling face, preparing to welcome his future mother-in-law.

As soon as the smile blossomed on his face, it froze. He stared with wide eyes. Who was this middle-aged woman in front of him? Gray sackcloth, dark blue pants, a pair of cotton shoes with a red peony embroidered on the soles. This … Where did this vulgar village woman come from?

Just as Zuo Shaoqing was stunned, the lady smiled and patted his shoulder: “Hey, where did this handsome young man come from? What are you doing hiding outside this old man’s door? I wonder how much there is in front of the widow’s door?”

Zuo Shaoqing’s face twitched, then he bowed calmly and said, “With Madam dressed up like that, I’m afraid no one would dare to recognize her on the streets.”

There were too many troubles in front of the widows’ doors. Who would have the guts to splash dirty water on the madame?

But then again, even though everyone called her ‘the madame’ and the madame liked to address herself as’ the old lady ‘, she was actually not old. Despite being in her forties, she was well maintained and, apart from some slight wrinkles at the corners of her eyes, was still a charming woman.

The old lady stroked her chin as she walked two rounds around Zuo Shaoqing. She shook her head and said, “No no, we will become master and servant if we walk together like this. Quickly go and change into some clothes.”

Zuo Shaoqing lowered his head to look at the silver-grey robe on his body. He had never been a high-profile person. Today, he also went out to choose clothes that were like cloth, but compared to the old mistress, he really felt like a peasant woman and a young master.

After going in to change into a set of green and gray linen clothes, they had truly become a poor mother and son from the countryside, if one did not carefully look at their appearance.

“Madame…” Zuo Shaoqing had just started his sentence when the old lady glared at him and changed her words, “…Mother, where are we going?”

The old mistress extended her arm to him, her head held high like a queen’s. “Come to where?”

Zuo Shaoqing took her arm and helped her into the carriage. Then, he jumped on as well. Just as he was about to get into the carriage, a leg stopped him on the spot.

There was a puzzled look on his face. Was the madame planning to test his strength?

“Men and women shouldn’t be too intimate with each other. Just drive the carriage outside.” The old mistress instructed nonchalantly.

“But… I won’t!” Since when did Zuo Shaoqing drive a car himself?

“Hmm?” The madame glanced at him. “You don’t even know how to do such a simple thing?”

Zuo Shaoqing gritted his teeth and fought! Closing the door, he sat in the coachman’s seat nervously.

“Let’s go.” The madame leaned back in the carriage and said.

“Mom, aren’t you going to bring more people?” Zuo Shaoqing turned around and looked at the servants standing by the side of the door. All of them looked at him with eyes filled with worry.

“Don’t I have you?” The madame answered righteously.

Zuo Shaoqing sighed secretly. How could his weak shoulder withstand the madame’s life? However, since the madame was here, he could not back down. Who knew if the madame was testing him again?

Hesitating, Zuo Shaoqing grabbed the reins and, like the coachman he had seen before, whipped the horse gently on the butt.

“Hiss…” The horse raised its head and barked, then galloped out happily.

Zuo Shaoqing almost fell down, he quickly pulled on the reins to control the horses’ route forward.

After all, he had a new hand and was galloping around like a horse. He almost ran into a stall on the side of the road several times.

“Quick, let… Quick Let… My horse is out of control…” Zuo Shaoqing shouted at the passersby in front of him as if he was shocked.

A few stallholders who were just about to curse out loud immediately shouted at him, “Hey, brat! You look like a wild horse, why did you pull it out so quickly? What do we do if it collides with someone?”

Zuo Shaoqing didn’t have the time to pay attention to others. He focused on controlling the reins, pulling the horse back as soon as he saw the horse turn left. When he saw it turn right, he pulled hard left.

Zuo Shaoqing didn’t dare to relax at all. The person on the car was Lu Zheng’s mother, his future mother-in-law. If something happened, he would even have the heart to commit suicide to apologize.

After slowly figuring out some driving skills, Zuo Shaoqing’s tensed nerves relaxed a little. When the carriage left the main road, the pedestrians on the road also decreased.

“Mom, where are we going?” It couldn’t be that the madame called him here to train his driving skills, right?

“Go all the way out of the city from the west gate, then head west another five miles before arriving.”

With a clear destination in mind, Zuo Shaoqing finally felt a lot more at ease. He remembered that the defensive camp in the capital was located in the northern suburbs, so no one would dare to cause trouble in that area.

Zuo Shaoqing, who was focused on driving, didn’t notice that behind their carriage, a dozen of young men dressed as commoners were following quietly. If you observed carefully, you would be able to see that their eyes and temperament were completely different from those of ordinary people.

After they left West Gate, the road suddenly became a lot more open. Although it wasn’t as flat as the city, at least Zuo Shaoqing didn’t have to worry about bumping into people.

The old mistress simply opened the car door and lifted up the curtain to look at the scenery along the way. Zuo Shaoqing silently cursed: [The old mistress is a princess after all.

What he didn’t know was that ever since the madame had married into Duke Zhen’s house, the teachings of a female teacher had become useless. Since the madame had married into Duke Zhen’s house, the teachings of a female student had become useless.

What’s more, Duke Zhen’s line was made up of valiant generals. Compared to scholars, he was a little more unrestrained. Husband also liked the madame’s straightforward character.

Over time, the old mistress lost some of the reserved nature of a noble lady, and became more free and unrestrained.

“Today’s weather is really good.”

Zuo Shaoqing’s heart tightened. He knew that this was the madame’s way of speaking, “Yes, haha…” If there were fewer clouds in the sky and the wind was warmer, it would probably be a good day.

“I heard that last year, you saved Zhuo’er’s life, but this old woman has never thanked you before.”

“You’re too serious. Master Lu’s lucky, even without me, nothing will happen.” If he hadn’t discovered Lu Zheng’s identity in time, he would have long offended him.

“I heard that you even took care of him with injuries? Day and night?”

“I dare not accept it, this is something that I should do later.” He did go to see Lu Zheng every night. As for taking care of them … Does acting count?

It seemed that Master Lu helped him a lot. Zuo Shaoqing’s heart was so sweet that it felt like it drank honey. Even his mood of driving was not as heavy as before.

“Zheng’er is too sincere. Although this is a favor meant to save his life, there is no need for me to repay you with my life, right?”

Zuo Shaoqing: “…” Why did it sound like something was wrong? It seemed like the one he had promised was his savior?

“Have you thought about what to do with the incense of Duke Zhen Manor?”

Zuo Shaoqing answered slowly, “This matter is Master Lu’s responsibility!”

“Then don’t you have any ideas? If you are not filial, you will have nothing to back you up. How can you face the ancestors of Zuo Family?”

Zuo Shaoqing replied without any pressure this time: “Old madam, you are overthinking things. I have two older brothers, the second house and a younger brother. Zuo Family does not lack people to continue burning incense.”

“As for the Wu Steel Manor, if Master Lu does not have such thoughts, then there is nothing he can do about it.” On this point, Zuo Shaoqing clearly thought about it. If Lu Zheng really wanted an heir, he would have long sought for a new life in his previous life. However, even after his death, he never heard that the Wu Steel Manor had any descendants.

At that time, he would think to himself maliciously: This old man wouldn’t be unable to be hard on women, right? After all, with Jiang Che as an example, it proved that men, even if they were good men, wouldn’t stop them from getting married and having children.

However, it was because of this that Zuo Shaoqing dared to place his future on Lu Zheng. He did not want the two of them to have to face the issue of their offspring together.

If Lu Zheng really had a child with another woman one day, he might kill the big one and then the small one.

“If you don’t want to think about it, that’s all. If you want it, naturally you will have it.” the old lady said in a probing tone.

Zuo Shaoqing was not fooled and retorted righteously: “Master Lu is an indomitable man. If he doesn’t want to do it, it’s meaningless to force it. Besides, the madame should know that Master Lu is never someone who can be schemed against.”

The old mistress’ lips twitched as she looked at the small village before her, smiling. “The front is the front. Remember not to leak any information in the future.”

Zuo Shaoqing retracted his gaze from the neat house and nodded.

It seemed like this was not the madame’s first time here and she had never used her real identity. What was the purpose of her actions?