If it weren't for the person sitting here being King Chen Gu Jue, Chu Lingxiao would have already brushed his sleeves away.

In the main hall, the atmosphere is even more stagnant, as if it has suddenly entered the cold autumn.

Everyone seemed to be dumb and silent.

At first, Mrs. Tai, Chu Lingxiao, Chu Lingyu and others tried to talk to Gu Jue, but what they got was always a faint response, and Gu Jue probably didn't have ten words in what he said.

Later, Mrs. Tai and the others stopped trying to stick their hot faces to Gu Jue's cold buttocks, anyway, they were eager to keep their distance from Gu Jue, the plague god.

Finally, a round-faced little maid came anxiously and said, "Mrs. Tai, the eldest lady, the second aunt and the fourth young master are here." ”

The Chu family members in the room were all relieved and looked out of the hall in unison.

In the distance, the Shen family, Chu Qianchen and Chu Yunmu came hand in hand, walking under the shade of the dense trees, strolling leisurely.

The three of them talked and laughed, and the atmosphere was harmonious.

Under the burning eyes of everyone, the three of them entered the main hall.

The Shen family didn't care whether Mrs. Tai and Chu Lingxiao were happy or not, and looked at Gu Jue.

The Shen family had also met the young Gu Jue, who was still the first emperor's favorite Nine Emperor Princes at that time, with fresh clothes and angry horses, and high spirits.

When Gu Jue personally went to the Hou Mansion to greet his relatives the day before yesterday, the Shen family looked at Gu Jue from a distance, and there was a feeling of being in a different world.

King Chen really looked very different from before.

When he was a young man, he was sharp, but now he is free to retract and hide.

He sat there, quiet and deep, cold and arrogant.

It was as if there was an invisible barrier separating him from the rest of the people around him.

There was no joy or anger on his face.

Shen clenched his fists, and was thinking about whether to apologize for a moment or two, when he saw Chu Qianchen smiling at him, delicate and soft, Gu Jue's cold eyes softened a lot at once, and a shallow smile appeared on the corner of his lips, and the description was a little more kind.

Seeing this, Shen's heart was half relieved again.

Who doesn't know that Gu Jue, the king of Chen, is arrogant and unapproachable, ordinary people can't get into his eyes at all, even if he is facing the emperor, he will not fall behind.

He was obviously a little unusual towards Chu Qianchen.

That's already a good start!

Shen looked at Gu Jue and Chu Qianchen again, and only felt that they were talented and beautiful, and they were a good match.

Shen walked briskly to Mrs. Tai and blessed him, "Mother." ”

Mrs. Tai was upset when she saw Shen, but now that King Chen was here, she could only barely squeeze out a smile, "Ah Zhi, you are here." You look much better than yesterday, sit down. ”

Everyone knew that this was just a scene, and Shen also smiled, said "Thank you mother for your concern", and sat down next to Chu Lingxiao.

The next thing is the official confession, and everyone is secretly relieved.

Because of Chu Lingxiao's inconvenient legs and feet, today it was Chu Lingyu, the second master of Chu, who led Gu Jue to recognize his relatives, and Chu Qianchen quietly followed Gu Jue's side, elegant and dignified.

Today's recognition of relatives is not quite the same as ordinary recognition, Gu Jue is a prince, he naturally does not need to bend his waist to the Chu family, Chu Lingyu will introduce people, and Gu Jue will recognize people one by one.

The people present were all surnamed Chu, in addition to the four people of the Chu family, there were also some clansmen of the Chu family in Beijing, there were more than 40 people.

The elders naturally prepared a meeting gift for the new son-in-law, and when it was Chu Qianchen's turn, Gu Jue gave the gift, and the girls all got the same eight-treasure gold collar, and the sons were a set of excellent study and four treasures.

Chu Yunyi and Chu Yunmu got a Persian scimitar that was different from others, and the rubies embedded in the golden scabbard were shining.

Chu Yunmu's eyes were shining like gems, and he said beautifully, "Thank you, brother-in-law." ”

He couldn't help but pull the scimitar out of its scabbard, the silver glittering blade was cold and unusually sharp.

Chu Yunmu straightened his chest, feeling as if he was already a majestic general.

He suddenly felt that having a brother-in-law didn't seem bad......

About half an hour later, the ceremony of confession ended.

According to custom, newlyweds have to stay at their parents' house for a light meal before leaving.

So, Mama Chen came to ask if she wanted to move to the theater in a timely manner, saying that the troupe was ready.

For today's homecoming banquet, the Shen family specially invited the troupe to come to the door, but they also took great pains, but they were afraid that everyone would be relatively speechless, so it was better to say a few words, watch a few plays, and have a meal, and then the show could be over.

Chu Qianchen knew all this.

She called "Lord Wang", Gu Jue understood what she meant, took the lead in getting up, and said, "Let's go." ”

Shen Shi saw the tacit eye contact between them, and his heart was even happier.

Everyone moved to the theater to listen to the play, the men hugged Gu Jue and walked in the front, and Chu Qianchen and the women walked in the back.

There is a clear distinction between men and women.

Soon, everyone came to the theater, and the others took their seats.

Shen directly asked the troupe to open the gong, and the first song they sang was the joyful "Five Women's Birthday".

After a while, when it was time for Shen to drink medicine, Dongmei came with a food box, so Shen left the theater under the pretext of changing clothes.

As soon as Shen's front foot left, Chu Qianchen was called by Mrs. Tai to the side hall next door, and the only person who accompanied him was Liu.

The others didn't care, but Mrs. Tai said to Chu Qianchen that according to the custom of returning to the door, the female elders in the family should symbolically ask the bride how she is doing these days.

Mama Wang drove the maids to the porch and waited.

The sound of silk and bamboo outside is lively and lively.

The first scene of "Five Women's Birthday" is Master Yang's 60th birthday, and the five daughters under his knee came to pay their respects to their sons-in-law.

Mrs. Tai pretended to take a sip of tea, and then asked coldly, "Sister Chen, how are you doing in the palace?" ”

She asked perfunctory, so Chu Qianchen also replied perfunctorily: "Okay." ”

This one word is considered to be the end of the answer.

The grandparents and grandchildren have never been sincere to each other, and they have long torn their faces between them, and there is no face left.

Mrs. Tai moved her eyebrows, pursed her lips and fell silent.

She picked up the blue and white porcelain teacup again and drank the tea slowly, trying to silently put pressure on Chu Qianchen in this way.

For Chu Qianchen, Mrs. Tai's means are not enough at all.

She was leisurely, and as soon as she stretched out her hand, Amber tacitly handed her a fan embroidered with cats and butterflies.

Chu Qianchen slowly fanned the fan, and for a while, she didn't look at Mrs. Tai, and looked at the pond outside the window.

The lotus flowers in the half pond bloomed just right, and the lotus fragrance bursted, attracting butterflies and dragonflies to fly between the lotus leaves and lotus flowers.

If Moon Shadow is here, I'm afraid I'm going to make a thin and milky cry and rush out to flutter butterflies.

Thinking of his kitten, Chu Qianchen smiled slightly.

She was afraid that the little milk cat would not adapt to the unfamiliar environment, but when she accompanied Gu Jue to the garden yesterday, she saw the little black cat fluttering butterflies among the flowers, and only rubbed her with charity, and then ran away again.

Mrs. Tai didn't speak, and Chu Qianchen didn't speak.

There seems to be a silent duel between grandparents and grandchildren.

A deathly silence continued to spread silently in the hall, and time passed.

Mrs. Tai's eyes flashed slightly, and the disgust in her heart deepened little by little, and she said in her heart: Chu Qianchen's cowardly appearance in the past was really pretended! This girl can pretend to be for so many years, and her scheming is too deep.

On the contrary, Liu was a little anxious, and his eyes swept back and forth between the two from time to time.

The corner of Mrs. Tai's eyes noticed Liu's expression, and secretly sighed that Liu's Taoism was not enough, so she couldn't hold back such a thing, and it was no wonder that she had always been suppressed by Shen over the years.

Liu Shi grabbed the handkerchief, and seeing that Mrs. Tai had not spoken, she couldn't help it, and said, "Sister Chen, your grandmother has something to say to you." ”

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

Mrs. Tai disliked Liu in her heart and couldn't hold her breath, but Liu said this, and she could only continue.

She twisted the string of Buddha beads, with kind eyebrows and kind eyes, and admonished: "Sister Chen, you are a new wife, and in the future, you must be obedient and humble, demure and polite, and abide by the "Women's Precepts" and "Women's Rules". ”

Chu Qianchen still fanned the fan slowly, for a while, noncommittal, planning to see which play they were singing.

Immediately afterwards, Mrs. Tai changed her words: "I know that you have gotten along with the second prince since you were a child, and the family originally had the idea of promising you to the second prince, but now that you are married to King Chen, you should not be half-hearted and move such thoughts that should not be had." ”

She looked like she was earnestly teaching, and put on the majesty of her grandmother.

At this time, the actors outside happened to sing that Mrs. Yang disliked the poor and loved the rich, and embarrassed the three daughters and the three sons-in-law.

Chu Qianchen sat elegantly, the fan in his hand stopped, and he withdrew his gaze from the window and looked at Mrs. Tai.

Mrs. Tai took out a water-green lotus embroidered purse from her sleeve, put it on the coffee table, and asked forcefully: "Sister Chen, do you recognize this purse?" ”

Liu hooked the corners of his mouth triumphantly on the side, as if smiling rather than smiling.

Chu Qianchen recognized this purse at a glance and restrained his smile.

She remembered that Aunt Jiang asked her for this purse in March, and now that the purse has fallen into the hands of Mrs. Tai, it is Aunt Jiang who handed over this purse......

Chu Qianchen's eyes gradually became darker, and his fingertips gently rubbed twice on the handle of the fan.

She remembered her previous life, when she was fourteen years old, she had also been made by a purse to the point of being full of words.

At that time, she couldn't figure out what was going on, and it wasn't until now that she suddenly realized that it should be Liuli who stole her purse according to Aunt Jiang's intentions, and then handed it over.

In the previous life, Aunt Jiang never asked herself to ask for a purse, many things in this life are different from the previous life, when Aunt Jiang opened her mouth to ask for a purse, Chu Qianchen was also a little surprised in her heart, but she still gave the purse out.

The left and right are just a purse, and it is good to use it to throw stones and ask for directions.

Chu Qianchen had a mocking smile in his heart, but his face showed just the right amount of surprise, and he asked rhetorically, "Grandmother, how can this purse be here with you?" ”

"You're too embarrassed to ask!" Mrs. Tai slapped her palm heavily on the coffee table, and reprimanded angrily, "Since the emperor has given you and King Chen a marriage, you should recognize your identity and abide by women's morals." You gave your purse to the second prince, do you know what that means?! ”

Mrs. Tai's eyes flashed with a faint cold glint.

Before the wedding, she and Chu Lingxiao tried to pinch Chu Qianchen several times, but they were gently and skillfully exposed by Chu Qianchen, of course they were unwilling.

The concubine who can't be held in her hand is no different from a waste, and besides, this concubine will cause trouble for the entire Chu family!

The Chu family is now walking on thin ice, all of which are harmed by Chu Qianchen!

Liu watched this scene quietly, and pretended to wipe the corners of his mouth with a handkerchief.

The Liu family got this purse at the beginning, in order to marry Chu Qianchen to the third son of Jing Yongbo, who had a habit of Longyang, and give her a marriage that was sweet on the outside and bitter on the inside. However, before she could make a move, she had to be subject to Chu Qianchen because of the Ten Perfect Cream, and she didn't dare to offend her.

Later, the emperor gave Chu Qianchen a marriage, and the Liu family had no choice but to give up.

She saw that Mrs. Tai wanted to take care of Chu Qianchen, so she took the initiative to hand over her purse, wanting to use her strength to help Mrs. Tai subdue Chu Qianchen, so that she could naturally get the perfect ointment.

"Sister Chen," Mrs. Tai slapped Chu Qianchen first, and then her tone softened a little, "You are a married girl, whether the married girl is doing well in her husband's family, it depends on whether there is a mother's family to support you." You're almost at the end of your life, so you don't need your grandmother to tell you such a simple truth, right? ”

"One is honored, and one is humiliated. You are my granddaughter, I naturally want you to be good, so I quietly asked the second prince for this purse back, don't be so reckless in the future......"

Mrs. Tai looked at the good intentions, and her intentions were clearly revealed.

She took out this purse purely to catch Chu Qianchen's weakness, Chu Qianchen was too presumptuous, there was no one in front of him, and he dared to disobey her grandmother just because he became a princess.

It's ridiculous, does Chu Qianchen think they really have nothing to do with her?!

If King Chen found out that Chu Qianchen had been privately taught by someone before marriage, how could King Chen's heart be able to bear it!

Don't say it's King Chen, I'm afraid that any man won't have that kind of tolerance!

Of course, Mrs. Tai was just trying to threaten Chu Qianchen, and she didn't dare to really make a big deal about it, after all, this matter still involved the second prince.

The atmosphere in the side hall was condensed, and the sound of singing from outside became clearer and clearer, and in the play, the second elder of the Yang family, under the instigation of the second daughter, ruthlessly drove the third daughter and the third son-in-law out of the Yang mansion.

And this section of the scene is also sung to a climax.

The ladies who listened to the play burst into a burst of applause and applause.

Liu is also applauding Mrs. Tai in her heart, even she can't sing better.

Chu Qianchen was still silent, and the fan flapped twice slightly, as if a butterfly was fluttering its wings.

Mrs. Tai took another sip of Biluochun, and her heart was even more determined, feeling that Chu Qianchen, a little girl, must be panicked and afraid when this kind of thing happens, where can she still find her own Wuzhi Mountain!

Mrs. Tai pulled the corners of her mouth, hooked a smile that was bound to win, and continued: "Sister Chen, a married girl depends on her mother's family, and if your mother's family is good, you will be good." ”

"Did you say?"

Chu Qianchen stared at Mrs. Tai, and finally said the second sentence: "Grandmother, it's better to say it directly." ”

Liu Shi was a little surprised when he heard this.

She also thought that Chu Qianchen would defend herself, saying that she did not give a purse to the second prince, and that she did not give it to the second prince privately.

Liu is not afraid that Chu Qianchen will not recognize it, after all, the purse is here, and the woman's name cannot tolerate the slightest stain. The words are terrifying, the three of them become tigers, and Chu Qianchen can't wash it even if he jumps off the Yellow River!

Don't want to—

Chu Qianchen didn't refute it at all......

Is it because she knows it's useless to say more?! Liu thought in disbelief.

In contrast, Mrs. Tai seemed to be calm and relaxed, as if she had already made a bamboo in her chest, and said: "Sister Chen, you also know that His Royal Highness King Chen and the emperor have not had a very pleasant quarrel recently. ”

"Hey, the emperor is the king, King Chen is the minister, King Chen has a temper with the emperor like this, sooner or later there will be a fatality, you are the princess of Chen, husband and wife are one, you can't be alone."

After a pause, Mrs. Tai added another sentence, reminding meaningfully: "His Royal Highness the Second Prince is the prince. ”

Mrs. Tai also felt that Chu Qianchen had an extraordinary friendship with the second prince, but Mrs. Tai didn't care about it before, to put it bluntly, she was not surprised by her cousins or something, such as Chu Lingxiao and Aunt Jiang, it was not like this.

And now, since it is profitable, Mrs. Tai doesn't mind saying that she will coax Chu Qianchen, this girl doesn't think about the Chu family, she should always think about the second prince.

Chu Qianchen looked at Mrs. Tai calmly and asked, "So what?" ”

Mrs. Tai said again: "You are my own granddaughter, and my grandmother also hopes that you are well." ”

"In the future, you will often come back to see your grandmother and talk to your grandmother about King Chen's mansion, so that King Chen will not do anything wrong, and we can stop it in time, so as not to cause a catastrophe."

"For a person of my grandmother's age, I just want my children and grandchildren to be safe and happy."

Mrs. Tai said in a tactful tone, and the meaning in her words was that she was for Chu Qianchen's good, so as not to implicate Chu Qianchen by King Chen. If the Chu family is good, Chu Qianchen will be better.

After some painstaking efforts, she felt thirsty, so she took two sips of tea, then put down the teacup and asked, "Sister Chen, do you understand?" ”

Chu Qianchen felt that he had already understood, so he nodded.

Mrs. Tai was very satisfied, and smiled arrogantly at the corner of her mouth.

What if this girl is now the princess, this ginger is still old and spicy!

When Liu saw that Chu Qianchen was convinced, his heart was settled, and the corners of his mouth were curled, and he was overjoyed, feeling that this step was the right one. Now Chu Qianchen's reliance is King Chen, and her weakness has also become King Chen.

Liu Shi hurriedly glanced at Mrs. Tai, since they had pinched Chu Qianchen, let her quickly take out the Ten Perfection Cream.

Mrs. Tai gave Liu a slightly calm look and told her not to worry.

Things have to come step by step, and you can't push Chu Qianchen too hard, lest it be self-defeating and ruin a big thing.

Liu: "......"

Liu wanted to say something, but Mrs. Tai had already gotten up and said, "Let's go listen to the play." ”

The three of them returned to the lobby of the theater from the side hall.

At this time, the stage was empty, the actors retreated from the stage, the first verse of "Five Women's Birthday Greetings" had been sung, the men looked faint, and the women were full of interest, discussing the play of Fang Cai in twos and threes.

Mrs. Tai went to her seat and sat down, and Liu was by her side as the second daughter-in-law, smiling.

Since the Shen family and Mrs. Tai had a stalemate, the Liu family has become a big celebrity in front of Mrs. Tai.

The third and fourth ladies all looked at her with envy.

"Second aunt and grandmother, please come here." A blue-clothed maid wanted to lead Chu Qianchen to her seat, but Chu Qianchen walked past the maid as if he had never heard of it, and came to Gu Jue, smiling slightly.

Her smile was gentle and sweet, but in Gu Jue's eyes, there was a hint of cunning.

Feeling that she seemed to be having a good time, Gu Jue asked casually, "What?" ”

What makes her so happy?

Chu Qianchen pursed his lips and smiled, his smile gave people a kind of brightness of spring breeze and rain.

She smiled: "Grandmother didn't know where to get a purse that I don't know whose it was, and told me what happened to the palace in the future, so let me tell her in time." ”

She didn't lower her voice either, and everyone present could hear it clearly.

“……”

“……”

“……”

Everyone was stunned, their eyes flocked to Chu Qianchen again, and some people looked at Mrs. Tai with different expressions, especially those people of the Chu clan who looked at Mrs. Tai's eyes became extremely strange.

In the theater building, there was silence.

Chu Yunmu blurted out and asked Chu Qianchen, "What did you say?" ”

He was still young, so he didn't understand what Chu Qianchen meant at all, so he just asked casually, but in fact, most of his attention was still on the baby scimitar in his hand.

"......" Mrs. Tai felt that her cheeks were so hot and painful that she was about to go crazy, and she wanted to dig a hole in the ground and go down.

When they were next door just now, they obviously said it well, didn't Chu Qianchen understand, and now she suddenly went crazy?!

Mrs. Tai's heart was very confused, angry, anxious and worried, not only worried about her own family, but also afraid of dragging the second prince into the water.

At this moment, with a deafening sound of gongs and drums, the second section of the play began.

On the stage, Mr. and Mrs. Yang were depressed and expelled from Kyoto, but the second daughter and son-in-law saw that the second elder was down, and they didn't miss the father-daughter relationship at all, and drove their biological parents out of the house. The second elder of the Yang family lived on the streets and regretted it.

This was a very painful scene in "Five Women's Birthday", but at the moment, no one cares what is being played on stage.

Gu Jue raised his sword eyebrows in surprise, and saw Chu Qianchen squinting at the phoenix eyes, his eyes were weird, and his mood became inexplicably happy.

He seemed to be easily amused by this girl.

Gu Jue was playful, raised his hand to help Chu Qianchen gently dust off a petal that fell on his shoulder, and sighed with embarrassment: "Poor thing, I was bullied when I went back to my parents' house." ”

Everyone was even more shocked and looked at the newlyweds in amazement.

Mrs. Tai and Chu Lingxiao's faces were all blue, white, and purple.

After those Chu clan people relieved themselves, they all guessed that this matter was Chu Lingxiao's meaning, and many eyes moved to him again, some people were a little speculative, some people were shocked, and some people didn't think so, thinking that Chu Lingxiao's matter was too ugly.

Chu Lingxiao stood up from the chair, but his injured leg has not been healed so far, and at this moment, he suddenly became stunned, and his body stumbled a little, but fortunately, the little guy quickly helped him up.

Chu Lingxiao looked even more embarrassed, with a kind of angry anger, and scolded: "Rebel girl, you shameless rebel girl, you gave your purse to others, and you dare to splash dirty water on your grandmother with nonsense!" ”

Chu Qianchen was still calm, played with the fan between his fingers, and lowered his eyes, "Yes, my aunt doesn't know who she gave the purse to, why did my father let me take the blame." ”

She meant that this purse belonged to Aunt Jiang, not hers, and it was clean.

This rebel girl! Chu Lingxiao was furious, and the anger in his heart rushed straight to the top of his head. She didn't even let go of her aunt's name, white-eyed wolf, what a white-eyed wolf!

"Unfilial daughter!"

Chu Lingxiao had no reason at all, he just wanted to vent the anger in his heart, and he raised his hand to hit ......

"Smack!"

A folded folding fan hit Chu Lingxiao's right wrist steadily, ruthlessly, and accurately, and a simple action was as light as a weight.

Chu Lingxiao let out a cry of pain and retracted his hand.

The body subconsciously shrank, and he stumbled again, this time, the little guy didn't hold him, he staggered back to the chair behind him.

His movements were so great that even his bun fell out a little, and a few strands of hair hung down, describing madness.

Seeing this, the people of the Chu clan secretly shook their heads, feeling that Chu Lingxiao had no demeanor at all, and he was really far worse than the old marquis in front!

The folding fan was held in the hand by a large palm as white as jade.

His nails were neatly trimmed and clean, his fingers were slender and his bones were distinct, as beautiful as carefully carved jade bamboo.

The owner of the hand is none other than Gu Jue.