Mrs. Tai didn't say anything, and those subordinates naturally didn't dare to say anything, so they all hung their heads.

Looking at Mrs. Tai's appearance, she was obviously really thinking about whether to give Chu Qianchen a dowry of 30,000 taels, and Chu Lingxiao was even more unhappy.

"Mother......

Chu Lingxiao opened his mouth before he was interrupted by Mrs. Tai immediately: "Okay, I promise you." ”

Mrs. Tai can see that Chu Lingxiao and Aunt Jiang, the parents, have a surprisingly consistent tacit understanding in Chu Qianchen's affairs, always saying the wrong thing, saying the wrong thing, let the two of them talk about it, don't think about coaxing Chu Qianchen back.

These two people, they did such a simple thing like this!

Chu Qianchen put down the teacup, didn't look at Chu Lingxiao, and said calmly: "Take the silver ticket first." ”

Mrs. Tai: "......"

Mrs. Tai's face almost didn't stop, and she instructed the second housekeeper: "You go back to Rongfutang and get 30,000 taels of silver tickets first." ”

She was also afraid that Chu Lingxiao and Aunt Jiang would have another variable here, so she asked the two of them to go back to the Hou Mansion first.

After a while, only Chu Qianchen and Mrs. Tai's ancestors and grandsons were left in the pavilion.

Chu Qianchen smiled, and did not see the slightest cowardice in the face of Mrs. Tai alone, he was leisurely and complacent, and asked Mrs. Tai with interest: "Grandmother, do you play chess?" ”

Where did Mrs. Tai have the mood to play any chess with Chu Qianchen, and felt that Chu Qianchen was deliberately pleasing herself.

She pretended not to hear it, and deliberately said to Mama Wang: "This tea is cold, change it for me." ”

Mrs. Tai was still angry about the 30,000 taels of dowry silver, and deliberately coldly treated Chu Qianchen.

However, Chu Qianchen didn't care at all, and ordered Amber to fetch the chessboard and chess box.

After that, she didn't pay attention to Mrs. Tai anymore and started playing chess by herself.

For her, it doesn't matter if Mrs. Tai doesn't go down with her, she can go down with herself, and she is happy.

Next, I only listened to the sound of black and white chess pieces falling one after another, and each of Chu Qianchen's pieces fell neatly and without hesitation.

Mrs. Tai didn't care at first, but sitting here, there was nothing to do except drink tea, and it was really boring.

But Chu Qianchen never paid attention to Mrs. Tai since he started playing chess, his expression was focused, and he was completely immersed in the world of Go.

Mrs. Tai's face became more and more ugly, and she felt as if she was being ignored by Chu Qianchen.

The next time, for Mrs. Tai, passed very slowly, almost a little tormented.

From time to time, she looked in the direction of the courtyard to see if the second housekeeper had returned.

It wasn't until halfway down the sunset that the second housekeeper finally came back with 30,000 taels of silver tickets, and Mrs. Tai secretly breathed a sigh of relief. ，

The silver ticket was handed over from the second housekeeper to Amber, and Amber nodded, a total of three silver tickets of 10,000 taels, all of which were bills from Huatai Money Village in the capital.

Amber nodded at Chu Qianchen, she seemed to be calm, but in fact, her feet were about to float, and she almost pinched her thighs.

The second girl came to Zhuangzi to live for two days, and the 30,000 taels of silver tickets were easily obtained?!

Mrs. Tai urged a little irritably: "Sister Chen, can you leave now?" ”

Chu Qianchen picked up a white piece from the chess box again, and landed on the dotted chessboard carelessly, and then elegantly stroked his sleeves and said, "Well, let's go home." ”

She looked like she was reluctant to agree to return to the Hou Mansion, and she was so angry that Mrs. Tai almost palpitated.

Since Mrs. Tai arrived in Yang Hezhuang, this anger has not been smooth, she held her breath in her chest, her chest fell together, and her face was extremely ugly.

Chu Qianchen didn't care what Mrs. Tai thought of her, anyway, no matter how much they didn't like her, they couldn't do anything about her; Anyway, this silver ticket has already arrived, and no one wants to get it back.

Amber smiled and said, "Second girl, everything is packed up, just put it in the carriage." ”

Chu Qianchen came to live in Yanghezhuang this time, and he didn't bring many things, but after a stick of incense, these things were loaded into the carriage by the people in Zhuangzi, and the grandparents and grandchildren also got into their respective carriages, and finally embarked on the return journey back to Beijing.

Mrs. Tai has lived for most of her life, and she has never been so aggrieved as today, and along the way, Mama Wang persuaded her for a while and said all the good things. When the carriage arrived at the Hou Mansion, she also collected her mood and smiled.

Mrs. Tai can distinguish the importance clearly, and now Chu Qianchen's life and death are related to the survival of the Hou Mansion, even if she hates this second granddaughter again, she still has a good voice on her face.

As soon as she got out of the carriage, she ordered someone to call Shen to Rongfutang.

Of course, the Shen family knew that Chu Qianchen followed Mrs. Tai back to the Hou Mansion, so he rushed over as quickly as possible, almost entering the Rongfu Hall with Mrs. Tai and Chu Qianchen.

"Mother." Shen gracefully saluted Mrs. Tai, she looked at Chu Qianchen's eyes with extra love, and blinked quickly at her from an angle that Mrs. Tai couldn't see.

The corners of Chu Qianchen's lips curled slightly, his smile was bright, his eyes softened, and he suddenly felt that it was not bad to come back early.

Mrs. Tai was thinking about the dowry, but she didn't notice the eye exchange between them, and said in a deep voice: "Ah Zhi, I called you here because I wanted you to prepare a dowry for Sister Chen. ”

"It's only less than a month before her wedding to King Chen, everything has to be arranged as soon as possible......

As she spoke, Mrs. Tai looked at Chu Qianchen, who was sitting on the right side, expecting her to mention that she had just taken 30,000 yuan in dowry silver.

As a result, Chu Qianchen just lowered his eyes and drank tea, as if he didn't notice Mrs. Tai's eyes at all, and didn't say a word.

Mrs. Tai: "......"

Mrs. Tai climbed up in a burst of anger again, and she was almost about to shoot the case.

Before her hand was raised, she finally pressed it down, with this full of anger.

She cleared her throat and reminded implicitly: "Sister Chen, you are the first girl in this generation of the family to set up a family affair, and the house will definitely be lively for you, although your dowry is too late to go to Jiangnan to buy, but I think the things in this capital are not bad, and the left and right are things that can be solved by silver." ”

Mrs. Tai looked at Chu Qianchen and waited for her to pick up her words.

Chu Qianchen put down the blue and white porcelain teacup leisurely, smiled slightly, and said freely: "Grandmother, time is so tight, I don't think there is a need to prepare a dowry." ”

Shen Shi had a seven-trick exquisite heart, and when he heard Chu Qianchen's words of unknown meaning, his heart moved.

Thinking that the second housekeeper had gone back to the Hou Mansion with Chu Lingxiao and Aunt Jiang before, the Shen family immediately understood, knowing that Chu Qianchen must have cheated them.

This girl really doesn't suffer.

Shen hooked the corners of his lips, was happy, and smiled quietly: "Sister Chen, what did you say, how can there be a girl's family who does not have a dowry when she marries!" ”

"Don't worry, your grandmother and I won't wronged you," as he spoke, Shen turned his head to look at Mrs. Tai and asked deliberately, "Mother, did you say that?" ”

The corners of Mrs. Tai's mouth twitched, and she felt that she was so aggrieved that she was about to vomit blood.

As the Shen family said, how could the Chu family really not prepare a dowry for Chu Qianchen.

Just imagine, now they just drove Chu Qianchen to Zhuangzi, Chu Lingxiao was ordered by the emperor to beat him badly, if the emperor felt that the Hou Mansion did not care about this family matter, with the emperor's temperament, I am afraid that the attack will be even more ruthless.

The doctor said that Chu Lingxiao's body had to be well maintained for a month, and he couldn't survive the other twenty canes.

Mrs. Tai's eyes flickered, and there seemed to be layers of dark clouds rolling fiercely in her cloudy eyes, and she hesitated, and she couldn't make up her mind for a while.

She was not reconciled, nor was she happy, it was a full 30,000 taels of silver, and she gave Chu Qianchen, an ungrateful unfilial grandson, for nothing.

Now, this girl actually wants to extort another dowry from the Hou Mansion!

It just doesn't make sense!!

The problem is that now the decree of marriage hangs high above their heads like a guillotine, and I don't know when it will fall...... At such a time, the Hou Mansion must be cautious and must not take another wrong step.

Mrs. Tai clenched the string of beads in her hand tightly, closed her eyes tiredly, and said to herself in her heart,

Anyway, she should only destroy the wealth and eliminate the disaster.

This Chu Qianchen is simply the debt collector of the Chu family, who has come to collect debts from his previous life!

When Mrs. Tai opened her eyes again, her eyes settled, and she had already made a decision in her heart, so she said loosely: "Ah Zhi, then the princess will pay 20,000 taels and prepare a dowry for Sister Chen'er according to the example of the concubine." ”

The Shen family was originally thinking that he would subsidize Chu Qianchen more in private, but now Mrs. Tai agreed to give 20,000 taels from the princess, just so that she could prepare a little more dowry for Chu Qianchen.

Of course, Shen would not refuse, so he responded happily, and by the way, he also complimented Mrs. Tai: "Mother, you know that you feel sorry for Sister Chen." ”

Isn't it just "distressed", Mrs. Tai's heart is actually dripping blood, she originally wanted to advance the 30,000 taels first, and then get the silver back from the gongzhong, but now she has to pay the 30,000 taels of silver in front of her.

Mrs. Tai took a deep breath before she could barely suppress the unhappiness in her heart.

She said the scene with a smile: "Girl's family, it's not easy to get married, I naturally have to be a grandmother a little more, Sister Chen, Sister Huang, Sister Ling...... I hurt a few of them. ”

Mrs. Tai was actually a little surprised in her heart, she thought that the Shen family would think that it was too much to give Chu Qianchen a dowry of 20,000 taels from the princess, and thought that she would object, and she didn't want the Shen family to agree so happily.

Could it be that the eldest son was beaten by the emperor today, and the Shen family was distressed?

Mrs. Tai thought secretly in her heart, and took advantage of Shen's good mood today, and hurriedly persuaded: "Ah Zhi, Ling Xiao has already known that he is wrong, you husband and wife have always been harmonious and beautiful for more than ten years, don't ruin the relationship between husband and wife for many years for a little thing." ”

"You also know Ling Xiao's temperament, he is impulsive and unscrupulous, but he actually has no intentions."

"Don't worry about him."

"......" Shen's brows moved, the corners of his mouth drooped a little, and his expression became a little colder.

She didn't speak, but Mrs. Tai spoke alone, and she herself picked up the teacup and drank it elegantly.

Chu Qianchen was also drinking tea, and at this moment, she and Shen were at the same pace, and their expressions were focused, as if they were drinking some elixir and jade liquid.

For a moment, Mrs. Tai almost felt that this big and small were like eighty or ninety, as if they were a mother and daughter.

This Chu Qianchen is really learning from the Shen family everywhere!

Mrs. Tai thought mockingly.

She looked at the two of them and felt upset, waved her hand and said, "Ah Zhi, the dowry will be handed over to you, I'm tired, you and Sister Chen will go back first." ”

Chu Qianchen and the Shen family got up like a stream and were about to retire.

At this time, Mrs. Tai remembered tomorrow's Wanshou Festival again, and said, "By the way, Ah Zhi, you have to talk to Sister Chen about the rules at tomorrow's Wanshou banquet." ”

"Sister Chen, you too, enter the palace tomorrow for a banquet, don't run around alone, don't talk nonsense, so as not to embarrass the family."

Just thinking about tomorrow's longevity banquet, Mrs. Tai felt a faint pain in her forehead.

Chu Qianchen has never seen any big scenes since he was a child, tomorrow's Wanshou Banquet Emperor will be a guest at the banquet, not only there are foreign guests, but also many dignitaries, once Chu Qianchen makes a fool of himself, what he will lose is the face of the Chu family, and others will only think that the girl of the Chu family has no rules!

Shen's face changed slightly, but Chu Qianchen smiled and said, "Grandmother, no, if you want to lose it, it will also be the face of the palace of Chen." ”

Having said that, Chu Qianchen was full of confidence in her heart: she would not embarrass the prince! Isn't it just a longevity banquet, she hasn't seen any big scenes.

Mrs. Tai: "......"

Mrs. Tai finished again, speechless.

The emperor's edict was to let Chu Qianchen go to the banquet as the future princess of Chen, and if she had to compare the words, she was indeed right. This girl is really ...... talking What and what!

Shen almost didn't laugh, and said as if he had a round field: "Mother, Sister Chen and I won't disturb you to rest." ”

Shen gently pulled Chu Qianchen's cuffs and left with her.

Mrs. Tai didn't even bother to let people send off guests, thinking that if she said a word to them more, she would have to live one year less.

These two people really don't know what to say! Fortunately, Sister Huang is not like her mother! Mrs. Tai said secretly in her heart.

Shen and Chu Qianchen went out of Rongfu Hall without looking back, and the two walked side by side, walking in the direction of the main courtyard unhurriedly.

As the sun set, the western sky was dyed red, forming a large cloud of fire, like a brocade of purple and red.

The weather at dusk is very comfortable, and the oncoming breeze brings a bit of coolness.

Facing the Shen family, Chu Qianchen did not hide it, and said calmly: "Grandmother gave me 30,000 taels in Yanghezhuang. ”

She said it very casually, and Mama Chen in the back almost stumbled when she heard this, and subconsciously slowed down her pace.

Thirty thousand taels?!

Is that what you thought you meant?!

Shen Shi recalled Mrs. Tai's words just now, and said in his heart: Sure enough.

"Give it to you, and you will keep it yourself." The smile on the corner of her lips was even stronger, and she secretly sighed that this little girl was really a little clever.

Shen looked at Chu Qianchen, feeling both happy and distressed, and in addition, there was a trace of grievance: this girl probably knows very well, knowing that after she gets married, the Chu family will not be her backer, so she wants to take this opportunity to save some private money. In the future, she married into the Chenwang Mansion, and she had more confidence with the silver in her hand.

Shen suddenly stopped and looked at Chu Qianchen with pity.

"......" Chu Qianchen raised his eyebrows, always feeling that something was wrong with Shen's eyes.

She thought back to what she had just said, and was sure she had said the wrong thing.

Shen Shi held one of Chu Qianchen's hands, palm to palm, and said softly: "Sister Chen, don't worry, I will prepare a dowry for you properly." ”

"Your eldest sister's marriage has not yet been decided, I will give you her dowry first, with this dowry, it will not be too embarrassing for you to marry into King Chen's mansion."

Originally, in the dowry prepared by the Shen family for Chu Qianhuang, there was no shortage of all kinds of antique calligraphy and paintings, gold and jade jewelry, and furniture furnishings, and it also accounted for a lot, and now the Shen family is thinking that some of the antique calligraphy and paintings can be replaced with Zhuangzi, shops and fields, so that Chu Qianchen can also have one more entry in the future.

It's just that a month's time is too urgent, good Zhuangzi and fields have to rely on luck, not so easy to buy, and you have to wait for someone else's family to sell their ancestral property.

She'd have to find a way to get people to ask around. Shen pondered in his heart.

"Mother......" Chu Qianchen's eyes widened slightly, both moved and surprised.

For a moment, she almost wanted to tell Shen that she didn't need to prepare a dowry for her, but she didn't say after all, the prince hadn't come back yet, and she couldn't spoil the prince's affairs because of impulse.

She herself knew her mother's intentions, and after a few days, the prince returned to Beijing and managed to withdraw from her family, and the matter was over.

A thousand words in her heart finally turned into a smile, sweet, soft, and warm.

Shen looked at Chu Qianchen's sweet smile, and felt even more distressed for her, praying in his heart that King Chen would be safe.

As long as King Chen recovers, then the people in the whole capital will know that Chu Qianchen is his lucky star, whether King Chen himself believes it or not, he will not be too embarrassed about Chu Qianchen.

Shen raised his hand to comb a strand of sideburns scattered on Chu Qianchen's sideburns, brushed it behind her beautifully shaped ear, and secretly sighed that she was becoming more and more handsome. Her dust sister is so likable, if King Chen has eyes, he will definitely see her in the future!

Shen couldn't help but think of Chu Lingxiao and Aunt Jiang's dislike for Chu Qianchen again, and his heart was uncomfortable again.

This person is not all qualified to be parents.

The two of them are not as good as Chu Yunyi's children.

"Sister Chen, do you know about Brother Yi'er's house arrest?" Shen thought about it for a while, but still mentioned it.

Chu Qianchen's eyes widened slightly, and he shook his head slowly.

Shen Shi said again: "Yesterday, Brother Yi went to find your grandmother and your aunt, and then planned to go to Zhuangzi to find you, but your father stopped him, and the two of them quarreled, and your father locked him up. ”

Shen really didn't want to make Chu Qianchen sad anymore, he said half of it, hid half of it, and didn't mention Chu Yunyi's questioning of Chu Lingxiao if he wanted Chu Qianchen to die violently.

Chu Qianchen's eyes opened a little wider, and she raised her eyes to look in the direction of Qingfeng Pavilion, and the afterglow of the setting sun reflected her eyes even brighter.

There was a faint ripple in those beautiful and clear eyes, as if they were touched.

Shen patted Chu Qianchen's hand gently, "Sister Chen, there is a palace banquet for Halloween tomorrow, and the fifth watch rooster is about to get up, you are so tossed today, you are also tired, go back and rest early, and dress up beautifully tomorrow." ”

Chu Qianchen obediently agreed, and walked in the direction of Wanyan Courtyard with Amber.

Shen walked in the other direction and returned to the main courtyard with brisk steps.

Mama Chen, who was a step behind, kept looking at Shen, and when she saw the corners of Shen's lips curled and her eyes shining, she knew that she was in a good mood.

Since the marriage decree came down, the Shen family has been worried, and now the clouds have finally cleared. Mama Chen also breathed a sigh of relief in her heart.

She asked playfully, "Madam, aren't you worried about the second girl?" ”

Shen smiled open-mindedly, "Sister Chen'er's temperament is not a loss, even if she marries into King Chen's mansion, she can live well." ”

After all, this day is lived by people, since the marriage cannot be changed, it is better to push the boat with the river and do what you can first.

What she can do for Chu Qianchen is to let her marry beautifully, so that others will mention this wedding in the future, not Chongxi, but Princess Chen's ten-mile red makeup.

"Mama Chen, I want to buy some fields for Sister Chen, remember to pay attention everywhere, and also go to say hello to those women in Beijing, if there is a suitable field, just come."

"I remember that the Hou Mansion is in the Qingshi Mountain on the outskirts of Beijing with hundreds of acres of fertile land, next to the grange on the Wangyu Shifu, the grange is also connected to a small mountain forest, the scenery is good. Wang Yushi should be going to Zhishi immediately, you go and inquire if the Wang family wants to sell land. ”

Whatever Shen says, Mama Chen should do.

When the master and servant walked to the gate of the main courtyard, they saw a girl in green clothes waiting anxiously there, stretching her neck and looking at it.

"Big lady," the maid in Tsing Yi hurriedly greeted her, and said with a disgraced face, "Master Hou has a fever, it burns badly, and his left leg is starting to hurt again." ”

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