Chapter 235: Defeat
Sun Ruoya approached Chu Jiapeng and Chu Jiayi and asked in a low voice: "Are these people really Xinyu's friends before? Why do they look like they are here to collect debts?"
Chu Jiayu happened to hear Sun Ruoya's words beside her, and she curled her lips, "It's just a common friend, otherwise my fifth sister wouldn't have been back for so long. She has just come to the mansion to express condolences, and when she comes, she looks like she is raising an army to question her."
When Zheng Shaomei said that a concubine daughter also came out to entertain guests, Chu Jiayu wanted to go over and slap her, but she knew very well that she was the master, the visitor was the guest, and that a little bit of tolerance would cause a big plan. She didn't want to damage her reputation for a person who was unruly.
Yang Qianjun said oh and said with a smile: "So I'm not familiar with you, no wonder I said that."
Sun Ruoya stepped forward and held Chu Xinyu's hand and said, "Oh, Xinyu is now the future wife of the Marquis of Peking. There are more and more people who want to get along with each other and seek family affection. Today is just the beginning."
An Qilan said: "Since you are not your friend, you don't need to receive him. Let's go to another place to play."
Chu Jiating and Zheng Shaomei's face turned pale. They didn't expect Chu Xinyu to be so disrespectful. They thought she would not lose her temper even if she suffered a loss. They invited them to play together.
The Yuan sisters looked at each other and they wanted to make a relationship. Now that they have not yet reached the relationship, they have caused grudges. They can't help but blame Zheng Shaomei for being mean. If she hadn't questioned Chu Xinyu as soon as she came, they wouldn't have even been able to say anything.
Seeing that Chu Xinyu was leaving, Chu Jiaqi hurriedly followed, "Fifth Sister, wait for me!"
Chu Jiayun glanced at Chu Jiating, said nothing, and followed her up.
"What should we do?" Yuan Qianrou asked.
Yuan Qianhua said angrily: "What else can I do? Let's go."
People have said it to the point. If they come over with a stern face, they will definitely be laughed at by people in the circle in the future.
Although Chu Jiayun likes to pretend, she is not like Chu Jiating who wants to pretend to be understanding. She is innocent and straightforward, showing her dissatisfaction on her face, and she tugs at Zheng Shaomei hard, and says angrily: "Silly pig! Are you worms in your head? Don't say anything if you can't speak, you will smash such a good opportunity."
"Who do you say is the stupid pig?"
Originally, he felt upset when he was thrown by Chu Xinyu and others. Now that Chu Jiayun called him a pig or a stupid pig, Zheng Shaomei was immediately unhappy.
"Tell me, stupid pig!"
"You are the stupid pig!"
So the two of them started arguing one by one, and when they were excited, they even started to fight. Hu Yinyin and Chu Jiating stepped forward to help, but none of them were spared.
Hu Yinyin was also scratched by Chu Jiayun's fierce nails, and she cried.
The Yuan sisters were planning to leave, but when they saw them quarrel, they were watching the fun, but they did not join in to dissuade them. However, when they saw Hu Yinyin being injured, they dared not stand by and watch. They hurriedly called the maid to come forward and pull them away.
A little maid secretly ran to Anshantang to report this to Old Lady Chu. Old Lady Chu was shocked when she heard this and asked who else was present. When she found out that there were only sisters Yuan and Chu Jiating, as well as Miss Hu and Miss Zheng who were invited to the mansion, she immediately calmed down.
Fortunately, the friend Yu Yatou invited was not present, otherwise it would be too rude to be seen by the two princesses. If it was rumored, it would add more topics to talk about after dinner, and it would even affect Yu Yatou's reputation.
Before the matter was over, she immediately asked Madam Sun to take someone to calm down, try to suppress the matter, and give instructions not to discuss the matter outside the government.
Old Mrs. Chu was busy, and after Chu Xinyu took her friends to the garden, she returned to Biyun Pavilion and sat down at the pavilion in the yard to have a tea and chat.
An Qilan and Sun Ruoya's sister were taken away by Chu Jiayu and went to another place to play. Chu Jiayi was quieter and sat on the side to make tea. Chu Jiapeng asked the maid to carry the guzheng, and she played the piano casually beside her.
Chu Jiaqi also squeezed over and showed her kindness next to Princess Zhaoyang and Lin Yu. Regardless of whether they understood what they said or not, he interrupted the topic from time to time, which made Chu Xinyu feel embarrassed.
In the end, Chu Jiayi couldn't stand it and said that she would go to the kitchen to see if lunch was sure, so she asked Chu Jiaqi to accompany her.
Chu Jiaqi didn't want to walk away, but he didn't dare to refuse.
As soon as she left, Yang Qianjun said frankly: "Xinyu, how can you bear them?" They naturally meant Chu Jiaqi and Chu Jiating.
Chu Jiaqi was there just now, and Yang Qianjun knew that she and Chu Xinyu were in a bad mood, so she held back and said nothing, but as soon as she left, she said what she was holding in her heart.
Chu Xinyu smiled bitterly and said, "There are many brothers and sisters in the family, so there will naturally be many conflicts. Anyway, if someone doesn't offend me, I won't offend others."
After she said this, everyone naturally understood that they are all brothers and sisters, and they will have more or less troubles caused by illegitimate sisters. Of course, except for Yang Qianjun, her family has legitimate brothers and no illegitimate daughters, and she is the only girl in the family. She enjoys the care and care of her parents and elders. What she sees today is naturally confused.
Others are accustomed to this kind of scene, and do not want Chu Xinyu to be embarrassed, so they quickly changed the topic.
"Xinyu, I heard from my mother that you proposed fundraising for tomorrow's charity activities, and you will also participate in fundraising?"
Princess Zhaoyang remembered what she heard about her parents last night. It turned out that the charity event was proposed by Chu Xinyu to her mother through the hands of Mrs. Chu Er. After hearing the significance of this event, she was very interested and signed up to participate.
But her paintings were not as exquisite as Chu Xinyu, so she did not dare to show off her ugly paintings, so she took out a picture of the wealthy brocade group she had embroidered before for auction. It was embroidered after two years.
"Yes." Chu Xinyu nodded and said, "Are you interested?"
"Wait, what is a charity activity?" Yang Qianjun was a little puzzled when she heard this word for the first time.
Not only Yang Qianjun, but everyone present was curious except Zhaoyang and Lin Yu. When Chu Xinyu explained, they were very interested and would come to support him when he said that it was a fundraising event, especially when Yang Qianjun heard that it was a fundraising event, she said that she would also take out the goods to auction.
They also wanted to see such a meaningful event, so they agreed to cheer them up tomorrow.
"By the way, I haven't congratulated you yet, especially Xinyu, who finally found his own happiness!" Yang Qianjun took the tea handed over by Chu Xinyu, remembering the marriage edict the day before yesterday, and was really happy for her friend.
Sun Ruoya held the teacup and said, "We all attended the Hundred Flowers Banquet, but only Xinyu and Jiapeng were given marriage. I heard that Shang Chunhua was given marriage to King Jing. I thought Jiang Lihua would be Princess Jing."
Lin Yu shook his head and said, "The Duke of Ying will not marry King Jing."
"Why?"
Everyone was puzzled. If King Jin wanted to take office, Princess Jing was from Duke Ying's Mansion, which invisibly left King Jing with a backer. Duke Ying's Mansion would not support King Jing. Besides, Princess Jing is an open and upright monitor. Any moves of King Jing would be more or less peeping.
Lin Yu curled his lips and mocked: "Because Duke Ying wants to marry our Duke Rong's Mansion."
"What?"
"Who is it? Are your third brother?" Yang Qianjun asked.
"I thought so first, but I was rejected, and then it was my second brother."
Lin Chen's wife? Everyone looked surprised. He was the legitimate son of the third family. He won the top scorer at the age of 18. Now he is the youngest commander of the Jinyiwei. Of course, his identity and ability are naturally a bit worse than that of Lin Chenyao, but he is more than enough than those of the nobles of the aristocratic families in the capital.
Yang Qianjun sneered and said, "So arrogant!"
Sun Ruoya nodded and echoed: "Yes, he thought his daughter was a fairy descending to earth. Will the prince of the Duke of Ying's mansion let them choose?"
"Yu'er, what does your second brother mean?"
Chu Xinyu was the first to calm down. The marriage between the families was always for the sake of profit. Duke Ying was ambitious and had a marriage with Concubine Qi. Even if they did not stand in a row, everyone would tie them up with King Jin's team. The Duke Rong's mansion is now in a grand occasion, and there is no need to add icing on the cake. The Jiang family is interested, but the Lin family may not take it.
Therefore, it mainly depends on what Mr. Lin said. If he likes Jiang Lihua and insists on marrying her into the house, it will inevitably lead to some twists and turns.
Lin Yu held the teacup in his hand and slowly pulled the tea leaves: "My second brother is wood and he is more concerned about work than women. He doesn't even know who Jiang Lihua is, mainly because of my third aunt. She seems to like Jiang Lihua very much. Since she met her at Princess Yu's birthday party last time, she has been complimenting her in front of my grandmother when she came back, and even compared us with her."
"I suddenly had a bad premonition." An Qilan said, "If this marriage finally made Aunt Yuer's third wish come true, wouldn't Xinyu be a sister-in-law with Jiang Lihua?"
"It's good to be a sister-in-law." Princess Zhaoyang said: "Putting aside family relationship, Mr. Lin is quite compatible with Lihua, and Lihua is kind and friendly, and willing to help others. I believe that if you get along with her, you will know her."
After hearing that they said so much, Princess Zhaoyang seemed to have an objection to Jiang Lihua, but according to her contact, the other party didn't hate her. She intuition believed that they didn't know Jiang Lihua deeply.
Kind and kind? An Qilan and Sun Ruoya looked at each other, but they didn't agree with it, but they didn't know how to speak some things, because they might not believe them when they dictated them. Unless they saw them personally, although Princess Zhaoyang had a good relationship with them, her identity was nobler than them, and sometimes the people and things they saw were different from what they saw.
However, since Zhaoyang said this, it was difficult for them to refute it, so they turned the topic away.
At this moment, Chu Jiayi and Chu Jiaqi came back and said that lunch was ready.
Lunch was placed in the pavilion in the backyard, and on the side of the pavilion was a lotus pond. The cool breeze brought coolness and delicious food and sweet wine, they all enjoyed it.
Yang Qianjun punished herself with three cups.
Chu Xinyu prepared lunch according to their preferences. The dishes were exquisite and delicious, the noodles and pastries were made very well, and the sugar water was praised by friends.
After eating, they gathered on the third floor for a while. Before Shen Shi, they said goodbye one after another.
Before leaving, Chu Xinyu presented the gift she had prepared carefully. She also mysteriously told them that they would take it apart when they went back, which made them very curious.
Yang Qianjun was close and had two more drinks today. She was the last one to say goodbye. However, when she left, she took Chu Xinyu's hand to the side and whispered: "Can your second sister be married?"
Chu Xinyu didn't expect Yang Qianjun to ask so directly. She was stunned for a moment and shook her head and said, "I used to have it, but now I don't have it. What's wrong?"
"Your second sister looks gentle and elegant. Although she doesn't talk much, she is kind-hearted and generous, especially her tea-making skills, which feels good." After Yang Qianjun praised her, she turned to the topic, "Last time when you came to my house, when you passed by the Duke of Wei's mansion, didn't you see Mrs. Zuo Shaoqing coming to find my aunt and protecting the media for my cousin?"
"I remember." Chu Xinyu thought of this and asked, "What happened later? Did your aunt disagree?"
Yang Qianjun shook her head, "But this matter is a bit lingering. Although she did not refuse, she asked someone to search for information about girls from aristocratic families. She picked a few girls with good looks and planned to invite these girls to the villa in the suburbs to enjoy the lotus flowers, and asked me to find some girls with good looks. I think your second sister is good, please ask her if she is interested."
"Of course there is interest, but her conditions may not necessarily be able to get into the eyes of the Duke of Defense."
Chu Xinyu was happy when he heard this, but he thought that the Duke of Wei's Mansion was not an ordinary family with a high threshold. Although Chu Jiayi came from a marquis family, the third uncle had a low position and had no achievements. I was afraid that the Duke of Wei's wife might not fall in love with her second sister, and I was afraid that she would be happy at that time.
Yang Qianjun said enthusiastically: "I heard from my aunt that not only invited girls that day, but also invited a few ladies who are good friends with her. My aunt's circle, and those who are good friends with her are people of good backgrounds. Your second sister should come out to see the world more, maybe her fate will come like this."
Chu Xinyu agreed with Yang Qianjun's statement and agreed happily: "Okay, I will tell her, we will go together then."
Yang Qianjun asked, "Don't you need to embroider the wedding dress?"
Chu Xinyu smiled and said, "I dare not use my embroidery skills on my wedding dress."
Yang Qianjun thought about it, so she could buy any beautiful wedding dress if she was rich.
Seeing that the sisters were tired, Chu Xinyu asked them to go back and rest, and let them participate in tomorrow's charity activities together.
After everyone left, Chu Xinyu returned to the bedroom to change his clothes and went to the study room. Lan Yi was already waiting here, and Wu Er, who had been hiding in the dark, also appeared.
"What did you discover today, lightly and darkly?" Chu Xinyu asked.
"Everything is as the girl thought, someone really makes trouble in the food." Wu took out a pack of things from his arms and placed it on the table. "This powder contains mango powder and will not take effect immediately after eating it, but after an hour, he will vomit and diarrhea."
Chu Xinyu raised his lips and sneered, "I'm so deadly!"
Yuan always had a few inappropriate moves against her. This was the first time she invited her friends to play in the mansion. Two of them were royal relatives, so naturally they did not dare to do anything to hurt the guests. However, the laxatives made people think that the food she prepared for the guests was unclean.
If it is rumored, outsiders will say that she can't even hold a small gathering between friends, so how can she be the mistress in the future?
She knew that Yuan would not make her feel relieved, so she had already ordered Hua and Lan Yi to keep an eye on Yuan's every move and secretly, but in the end she was caught by Hua.
Chapter completed!