Chapter 35: Young Master
Qiao Ruoxi lowered her head slightly, covered her lips with a handkerchief and coughed lightly: "Fourth sister, what's wrong?" Before leaving in the morning, it was fine, but after a trip to the Flower Temple, the whole person wilted like this? β
How could Qiao Ruoyun have the heart to listen to her voice, the girl's heart was broken, she couldn't figure out why Chu Chen was so ruthless and let her drown. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info
Chu's face turned blue, because of her daughter's reputation and her own face, she covered up and said: "Your fourth sister is just a little cold, and it will be good to raise her for a few days, so don't worry too much about your sister." β
After greeting for a while, Chu didn't take Ruosu in his eyes at all, it was all because she didn't exist.
Qiaoyun couldn't bear it anymore, feeling sorry for his master, but also resentful that there was no one in Chu's eyes.
Ruosu pinched the handkerchief and signaled Qiaoyun to be patient, she whispered softly: "Auntie, these are the wild mountain ginseng that my father brought back from Si/Chuan, which is still effective for colds and colds. She paused, and glanced at Qiao Ruoyun who was lying on the wooden bed of Qiangong with beautiful eyes, and her voice was sweet: "It is also effective for being overly frightened!" β
Hearing this, Chu Shi raised her head and glared at Ruosu, she was clearly telling Chu Shi that she knew about Qiao Ruoyun's fall into the water today.
In fact, Qiao Ruo regrets it, why don't you know!
She was originally ordered by Dow to find out the truth, and this time she also said: "Frightened? Seeing the fourth sister like this is not all cold, I think she is really frightened. β
Ruo Su rarely stood on the united front with Qiao Ruoxi, and her bright eyes were full of incredulity: "I heard today that someone fell into the water on Putuo Mountain, could it be Cousin Yun?" β
"What? Is there such a thing? Then --- fourth sister was rescued? Qiao Ruo said with a pity.
Qiao Ruoyun hid in the futon and clenched her wrists angrily.
Chu Shi made an iron face and made an excuse that Qiao Ruoyun needed to rest, so Ruosu and Qiao Ruo regretted that he would come to visit again in the future.
As soon as the two left, Chu immediately flicked his sleeves and brushed away a few boxes of supplements on the edge of the table, and a few wrinkled ginseng rolled to the ground, along with the celadon tea set on the table.
"How can this be true? What does Sister Su'er want to do! Is she trying to threaten me with this? What a cowardice! Just like her mother who died early! β
Chu remembered the situation when he first married into the Qiao family, Qiao Moning was the pearl of Mrs. Qiao's palm, and her eating and drinking should be the best in the house, even her sister-in-law was out of reach.
Qiao Ruoyun's tears couldn't stop falling again: "Mother, what do you mean by this?" She --- if she wants to tell me all about falling into the water! So how can it work? Brother Chu, he --- he must have disliked me. β
The maids in the inner room were all thrown out.
Chu sighed, but she was also the daughter of the Hou Mansion in Zhenbei, and the two daughters she gave birth to were uncomfortable.
Qiao Ruojiao is just that, in the future, it will be her creation to marry a family with a slightly better background and be a wife.
But Qiao Ruoyun is different, she has condensed Chu's life's work, and what she wants is for her to join Houmen and become Chu Chen's wife.
"Don't cry, what's the use of crying! Since Chu Chen didn't plan to save you, he didn't take you to heart at all. Chu's anger is like the scene when the precious flowers he has raised for more than ten years are knocked down by wind and rain overnight.
When Qiao Ruoyun heard this, she was shocked at first, and then cried even more, subconsciously, she knew that it would be such a result.
But she was not reconciled!
Since he was a child, he has been instilled with the idea of marrying Chu Chen by the Chu family, how can it be eliminated in a while?
"Mother, what should I do? I can't marry Cousin Chen, what's the point of me living? Could it be --- do I really want to marry Chu Ji? He- how can he be worthy of me! Qiao Ruoyun cried hysterically, and her voice was already a little broken.
Chu Shi didn't get tired of it, she frowned, and said coldly: "Why is Chu Ji not worthy of you, he is also your uncle's sister-in-law!" β
Qiao Ruoyun was speechless with one sentence, and it took a while before he swallowed: "But --- how can he compare with Cousin Chen!" β
There is really no comparison between a chisato and a mule!
Even if they are all surnamed Chu, there is a world of difference.
Chu Shi rubbed the small tassel embroidered with silk flowers, thought about it carefully, and said with relief: "Okay, don't cry, I'll go back to the Hou Mansion to discuss with your uncle another day." As for whether she was sure that it would happen, she was not sure.
Qiao Ruoyun was a little more stable at this time.
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There is a three-storey small pavilion in the east courtyard of the Hou Mansion in the north of the town, and there is a plaque of 'Tranquility Zhiyuan' on the lintel.
This is the study of the prince Chu Chen.
In the attic, the incense burner of the hollow beast is lit with mint incense all the year round, the aroma is clear, refreshing.
When Chu Beiyan, the governor of the left army, came to the attic, Chu Chen was holding his luck, and when he heard the sound of footsteps, he opened his eyes and said lightly: "Father knew the news so quickly?" β
He got up leisurely, the royal blue tufted robe was embroidered with dark green bamboo leaf patterns, and when he stood up completely, he was half a head taller than Chu Beiyan.
Chu Beiyan looked at the eldest son who was as handsome as the mountains and rivers, the sun and the moon, and couldn't help but be Zihao.
He sat down on the side of Nanmu with his sleeves brushed, and Wang Pu, who was standing on the side, immediately poured a cup of tea for him, and then he spoke: "You have been watching politics for two years, and it stands to reason that this official promotion to the post of marble Shaoqing is not a problem, but the emperor has drafted a holy decree to make my son the prince and the prince, and I can't see through it for my father." β
Chu Beiyan is a military attachΓ©, although he is more flexible than other generals, but after all, he is still used to galloping on the battlefield, and he does not understand the dark tide above the temple as thoroughly as Chu Chen.
The son's mind is becoming more and more beyond his control, and the emperor's move is also unintentionally revealed by the chief celebrant and eunuch in the palace, otherwise how would he know!
Chu Chen sat opposite him, pinched a cup of tea with calloused fingertips, closed his eyes, and said unhurriedly for a moment: "Father is worried that the emperor has ulterior motives?" β
"The civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty know that the emperor prefers the eighth prince, and the concubine is also the only favorite of the six palaces, and now the Cao family has that file again, and the matter of the prince may change. At this juncture, if you are asked to take the position of the crown prince and the prince, won't it push my Chu family to the cusp?! β
Empress Cao is the daughter of the previous household secretary and Wenyuan Pavilion scholar, and the case of Cao Shangshu's embezzlement of ink and disaster silver caused a lot of turmoil in the court, and it made the emperor who has always loved the people like a son still heartbroken.
Cao Shangshu was dismissed from office, and the Cao family also changed greatly. So much so that the prince's status in the East Palace is also declining.
Chu Beiyan held nearly half of the military power of the dynasty, and he was already under the supervision of the Jinyi Guard, and he was very likely to be charged with rebellion if he made a move.
But Chu Chen turned a blind eye to his concerns, or he had seen through everything, but he just waited for the changes, and then waited for the opportunity to move.
"Father can rest assured, the affairs of the court and the central government have not been chaotic to this point, and the son is very sure that he can ensure the peace of the Chu family for a hundred years!" Chu Chen had a feeling of silence when he spoke, in order to dispel Chu Beiyan's doubts, he said: "General Wen has been back to Beijing for many days, my father is still looking for some opportunities to have more contact with him, he has the other half of the military power in his hands, and which side the Wen family stands on directly determines the attitude of other officials in the DPRK and China." β
Chu Chen's point is up.
The theory of rebirth is still not easy to detect.
A few years later, he experienced it once in his previous life, and he will win every step of the way in this life!
Not for anything else, but for her!
Chu Beiyan was stunned, his son's change was too great, he didn't know whether to be happy or ashamed.