It was already the end of Shen Shi when Chen Muke and his group returned to the mansion, which means that Chen Muzai and his team waited for him at the city gate for almost a day. The people who stayed in the mansion, except for the Tao mother and daughter, and Chen Dannian, who had a facial injury, were wearing veils and went to the small flower hall of Xuanziyuan to wait.

Mrs. Qi asked with a worried look: "Madam, is it really good if you don't go over?"

"I can't get over, I'm confined by the old lady." Tao smiled innocently.

Mrs. Qi looked at her smiling face and was speechless.

Chen Muke did not see Tao and Shen Danxia in Xuanziyuan, and did not ask a question, as if there were no two people at home. Dong Qixiu glanced at Chen Muke and saw the thumb of his left hand hanging beside him raised, and the other four fingers were clenched tightly. This was his small action of enduring his anger.

A cunning gleam flashed in Dong Qixiu's eyes. She had to pull out his anger. "Why haven't the third wife and the ninth girl come over yet?"

Chen Muke's smile slightly lowered his face, and he picked up the tea cup and drank the tea in one gulp.

Chen's mother frowned. In order to make trouble for Tao, she rewarded many girls with friends for Chen Muke, but as the official, she had a natural dislike for the concubine and scolded coldly: "If there is no rule, there is no part of your conversation here."

"The old lady is not because I don't understand the rules and interrupt, but because I follow the master to return home from outside. I should kowtow to the third lady according to the courtesy." Dong Qixiu argued.

This kind of trick has been played by Mr. Shen’s concubine before, and Mrs. Chen sneered disdainfully. Zhou quickly said, “The third brother and sister will not come. She was confined to her mother for ten days and was punished to copy the Book of Filial Piety ten times.” Her tone was filled with gloating.

Chen Muke frowned. What stupid thing did this stupid woman do to anger her mother? Dong Qixiu didn't expect that it was the reason. She thought that Tao saw Chen Muke come back and was busy dressing up to attract Chen Muke. It was too late.

Anyone who pursues something in his career will not care about reputation. Tanzhou is far away from Jindu and Tao is not around, so it is okay for Chen Muke to favor his concubine's house. Now that he has arrived in Jindu City, on the first day of his return home, he must go to the main courtyard to sleep with Tao, otherwise people will know that it will be hindered to his reputation by reporting his favored concubine and destruction of his wife.

However, now that Tao has been confined by his mother, Chen Muke has found a reason not to go to the main courtyard. He has never thought that the confinement was planned by Tao.

"Mother, I'll come to have dinner with you later." Chen Muke accompanied Chen's mother and said a few more words, and then prepared to leave and return to the Sanfang yard to rest.

Chen Dannian finally waited for the opportunity, "Father, beg your father to take charge of his daughter!" As he said that, he quickly rushed to Chen Muke and knelt down.

Chen Muke coughed lightly, and was about to show his majesty as a father to help this daughter who doesn't remember which one ranked first, Chen's mother said, "Twelve girls, your father has been traveling for a day and is tired. Let him go back and rest first. If you have anything to do, I'll talk about it later."

After Chen's mother said that, Chen Muke took his concubine and left, and went straight into Guixiang Courtyard. The man had already entered his own courtyard. Dong Qixiu didn't want to push him out, but what would Tao think? Dong Qixiu's eyes turned, and waited for Chen Muke to change his home clothes, brought a cup of tea to Chen Muke and said, "Master, I'll kowtow to my wife and reply. Alas, I don't know what the wife did to anger the old lady?"

"She is confining, you don't have to go there." Chen Muke put the teacup on the side, "With the master here, you don't have to pay attention to her."

Dong Qixiu smiled and snuggled into his arms, saying sweetly: "I'll listen to the master."

That night, Hua Shi avoided people and went to the main courtyard to pay homage to her mistress. Over the past year, with the unremitting efforts of her and Dong Qixiu, Chen Muke's concubines and family rooms did not increase any more.

"What did Chen Muke do in Tanzhou? Why was he suddenly promoted?" Tao asked out his doubts.

"He didn't make any great achievements." Hua frowned, and she was also confused.

The wives and concubines looked at each other and gave up after making random guesses. The official position has been promoted. It doesn’t make much sense to investigate how it was promoted. It’s not very important to leave it aside and ignore it.

"Would you like to continue serving him?" Dow asked sympathetically.

"Mrs. Thank you for your kindness. I'm still useful in this body. Let me stay by his side and restrain him." Hua said with a kneel.

"You don't want to serve him that day, just say, I'll make arrangements for you." Tao helped her up and said.

"Yes." Hana stood up and said.

The couple Chen Muke and Tao were not willing to meet each other, but everything was unpredictable. On the afternoon of the third day, Shen Muke had to enter the gate of the main courtyard. When Tao saw him, he felt as if he had seen something dirty. The disgust in his eyes should not be too strong. He frowned and asked in a cold tone: "Why are you here?"

"Where did the things in the warehouse go?" Chen Muke first took office and wanted to show off for one or two, but he didn't have a day off. Yesterday, he went to the Ministry of Personnel to take office. In order to have a smooth career, he wanted to get closer to his superiors. He came back at noon to find something for the warehouse with three bedrooms.

It was Dong Qixiu who accompanied Chen Muke to the warehouse. On the way, Dong Qixiu glanced at the key in the hand of the lady Dai and thought about how to get it. When she opened the warehouse, there were more than a dozen boxes neatly placed inside, but it contained cloth, porcelain, bronze and tin. There was nothing valuable about it. Dong Qixiu immediately felt nothing and encouraged Chen Muke to go to find Tao.

"What is the master asking?" Tao took control of the third room and went up and down. As soon as Chen Muke opened the warehouse, she received news from here, knowing very well why Chen Muke came.

"Where has Yushanzi been viewing the white jade forest gone?" Chen Muke asked.

"The master asked me what the white jade forest in my dowry is watching Yushanzi!" Tao took the word "dog" particularly clearly.

"What are you talking about? Where is the thing? I'll use it for me." Chen Muke was shameless and pretended not to hear the two words.

Dow curled the corner of his lower lip and said, "I'll get it to the silver dealer to exchange silver bills."

"Who asked you to do this? Why did you do this without asking me?" Chen Muke asked angrily.

"That's my dowry. How do I deal with it? There is no need to ask anyone." Tao sneered.

"You!" Chen Muke stared at her, looking like a devouring person, "Aren't you afraid that I will settle you?"

"Ba!" Tao smashed the book in his hand heavily on the coffee table. "It seems that the master doesn't remember anything I said before. Then I will remind the master again. It would be fine if the master was using his concubine as his wife in Tanzhou Prefecture, Thirteen girls..."

"Shut up!" Chen Muke interrupted her sternly, "Dao, do you really not think about the relationship between husband and wife?"

"The love between husband and wife?" Tao laughed loudly, and Chen Mu Ke's face was as dark as the bottom of a pot. He stopped laughing, "Chen Mu Ke, don't talk about those false ones, we will settle the family and live without interfering with each other. You should stop the idea of ​​getting married. I will pass the accounts of the Sanfang Zhengyuan and Zhiyuan. Who do you want to give the others to whom you want to take care of."

"If you separate the childbirth and live, you will live! Don't regret it." Chen Muke walked away with his sleeves, and he would never give in to a woman.

Tao looked at Chen Muke's departure and sneered. If it weren't for the "Dafeng Law" that women and Li could not take their children away, she would not want to slander these people.

Chen Muke returned home in vain and never entered the gate of the main courtyard for several years. He rested at the concubines at night. The ones he favored the most were Dong Qixiu and Hua, and the affairs of the three houses were also left to them to take care of. For the sake of his children, Tao did not refuse to go out to socialize, and he still went to various residences under the name of Mrs. Chen. Baoqin and Rao, two concubines who insisted on coming to pay her peace every day, and Hua, who secretly went back and forth, all gave them another generous monthly payment. Chen Danhui and Shen Danxun, one listened to the words of his biological mother honestly and attached to his biological mother's side, and the other wisely advised his biological mother to attach to his legal mother's side with her.

The three rooms are in peace with each other in this strange way. Although the Shen family has minor frictions from time to time, they are generally peaceful and life is always on the same track.

－－－－－－－－－－－－－－－－－－

Sorry, I'm not updating the article today until now.
Chapter completed!