Chapter 247: Greed
Chu Xinyu remembered that it was daytime and there was a study room again. There was no door in the study room, only a curtain. People outside easily rushed in. They reached out to his chest in a hurry, trying to push him away, but the temperature from the palm and the thumping heartbeat frequency made her feel a little confused and her heartbeat accelerated.
Forget it, it’s just a kiss, they haven’t kissed it. He will leave Kyoto the day after tomorrow, just treat it as a kiss for a while.
"girl……"
The two of them were kissing passionately in the room. Zhu Bo lifted the curtain and saw this scene. The original blurt-out ended abruptly, and then covered his face and turned around and carried them on his back.
Chu Xinyu reacted and suddenly pushed him away.
Lin Chenyao took two steps back, looked at her, and touched his lips with a little unfulfilled feeling. Seeing this, Chu Xinyu was both embarrassed and embarrassed. Fortunately, Zhu Bo came in. This girl had a tight mouth and would not spread it randomly.
"Is there anything wrong?"
Lin Chenyao asked with bamboo silk with his back facing them. This girl is usually very clever, but why is she so ignorant today?
Zhu Bo hurriedly said, "The eldest son sent someone to say that the time has come."
She didn't know what these four words mean, but if she knew what the girl and her prospective son-in-law were doing in the room, she wouldn't come up to disturb her rashly.
"I understand, go and tell him that I will go in a while."
Upon hearing this, Zhu Bo quickly retreated.
"Are you very familiar with my elder brother?" Chu Xinyu looked at him in confusion.
Lin Chenyao's mouth bent slightly and he smiled and said, "In order to see you, I made a deal with your elder brother, but he only gave me half an hour."
"What benefits did you give my elder brother?" Chu Xinyu asked, his elder brother was down-to-earth and calm in his work, and he was definitely not the kind of person who sold his sisters and sought honor. So she was very curious about what he had traded with his elder brother to allow him to come to see him?
Lin Chenyao said: "If I leave Kyoto City rashly, it will definitely cause speculation from others. It happened that the mountains in the northwest area were occupied by bandits for a long time, and they colluded with Hada officials. They were very domineering, which seriously affected the past officials and caravans and the people."
"I didn't need to go to such a small matter, but the court sent people to encircle and suppress the enemy many times, but it was not successful once. In order to cover up, the emperor wanted to send me to lead troops to suppress the bandits. It was obviously a bandit suppression, but it was essentially going to Yulongchuan, but I needed a vanguard as a cover, so I wanted to recommend your elder brother. Once the bandits were destroyed, your elder brother would make a contribution and would be very helpful to his promotion in the future."
Chu Xinyu once heard from his second wife that his elder brother did not want to be a editor in the Hanlin Academy, but he had never found an opportunity. Now Lin Chenyao recommended him to suppress the bandits, which is indeed an opportunity to experience.
Yulongchuan happened to be in the northwest. Since the emperor sent Lin Chenyao to go, he would definitely not stand by and watch. The eldest brother went to be a vanguard. This military achievements were too easy.
When Lin Chenyao came in to meet her, he got a chance to make a contribution. This transaction was so cost-effective, no wonder the elder brother was moved.
"By the way." Chu Xinyu suddenly remembered something and looked at him and said, "The emperor sent you to secretly investigate the whereabouts of "Mid-Autumn Night". Doesn't anyone know?"
Lin Chenyao shook his head, "How could he ask like this?"
"I'll let the wind go out. There are treasure pictures hidden in "Mid-Autumn Night". When you bought the "Mid-Autumn Night" I copied in the Painting Gallery. As long as someone who is interested goes to inquire, you will know that the painting is now in your hands. Those people don't know whether the painting is fake, nor do you know that you gave the painting to Xu Zhilan. The guards of the Duke Rong's mansion should be wary of it. When the treasure is obtained, the emperor will announce the world."
At that time, in order to find out the whereabouts of her enemy, she spread the story of treasure pictures in the paintings in the black market. However, if she had the ability to find out the paintings in the Painting Gallery, the person who had the ability to find out the paintings fell on Lin Chenyao's hands must be those who had the ability.
"Don't worry, no one dares to sneak into Duke Rong's Mansion. Even if he is lucky enough to get in, it is not easy to leave."
The Rongguo Duke’s Mansion is strictly guarded, and there are secret guards everywhere. If there is any slightest movement, it will be dealt with immediately. It will never alarm the others in the mansion.
As if he remembered something, Lin Chenyao said again: "By the way, do you draw the picture "Middle Autumn Night" again? A few days ago, Shadow people were also looking for "Middle Autumn Night". If there was no map in the painting, they would definitely know that it was fake."
"Yes, but don't worry, since the paintings are fake, the maps are naturally fake. It would be fine if they are not greedy. If they are greedy for treasures, when they seep out the mystery and go to dig, what awaits them will be broken into pieces."
As he said that, Chu Xinyu looked up at him, "I buried explosives there. Do you think I'm vicious?"
Lin Chenyao raised his hand and touched her face, saying, "Compared to being vicious, your methods are far less than them. You just did what you should do. If they were not greedy, nothing would happen."
"Did you give her the drawing?"
"Give it." Lin Chenyao explained: "Before her identity was exposed, she was still Fu Yinghua. In order not to make her suspicious, this painting was to be given to her."
Chu Xinyu nodded slightly, "It's better to give it to her, so that she can find out the person behind her."
"Xinyu." Lin Chenyao's eyes were deep, and his eyes seemed to be dyed even darker suddenly. "After I left, I asked Gui Ye for anything. I told him everything. He has followed me since childhood and is a trustworthy person. In addition, the whereabouts of the maid will be a result in the past two days."
"good."
At this moment, Zhu Bo, who had just left for a while, sang outside the door: "Girl, Madam Sun is here."
"Madam Sun?"
Why did she come at this time? Is there any news about Mei Xiang?
Chu Xinyu was confused when he heard Zhu Bo say, "Yes, Madam Sun has sent you a lot of things."
Upon hearing this, Lin Chenyao seemed to think of something and said, "Then I'll leave first, you go and do your business. By the way, take good care of Xiaotian and Xiaoge."
What are Xiaotian and Xiaoge?
Just as Chu Xinyu was about to ask clearly, Lin Chenyao had already jumped out of the book window.
Downstairs, Madam Sun was directing her servants to carry boxes of things into the door. These things were silk clothes, rings, earrings, headdresses and other items sent by Duke Rong's mansion.
Seeing Chu Xinyu come down, Madam Sun smiled and stepped forward and said, "The old lady said, let the girl see which piece of fabric she likes, first take it to the embroidery workshop to make some clothes."
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At that time, Chu Jiating applied ointment while serving Yuan.
The wound on Yuan's face is slowly scabbed, so there should not be too much emotional fluctuation, otherwise the healed wound will crack again.
Chu Jiating was afraid that she would hurt Yuan's strength, so she was very gentle and serious in her movements.
The interior was quiet, but there was a vague noise outside.
After Yuan was injured on his face, he had never walked out of Qingliyuan during the day. All the news outside was told by Hao's mother and her two daughters.
"What's going on in the mansion so noisy?" Yuan asked Chu Jiating. This was her third time.
"Mother, it's because my second uncle is back. Isn't it a family dinner the day after tomorrow? Maybe it's someone from the second aunt's opera troupe, and it's being previewed."
Chu Jiating was afraid that she would think too much, so she made an excuse. However, Yuan was not so easy to do anything. She was in power for more than ten years, and no one knew more about certain regulations in the mansion than her.
"The opera troupe? I haven't taken care of the family? Your grandmother doesn't like listening to opera. How could your second aunt invite the opera troupe to the mansion? Tell me, what's wrong with the mansion?"
The more they concealed, the more Yuan felt that something was going on. Only the festive things would be released when setting off firecrackers. Where did the festive things come from in the house recently? Unless...
Thinking of the emperor's marriage, Yuan's face turned pale, "Is Duke Rong's mansion here to send a betrothal gift today?"
"Mother, you're thinking too much..."
"When will you still want to lie to me?"
Yuan pushed his hand forward, and the medicine on Chu Jiating's hand fell to the ground with a "clang". She hurried forward and persuaded: "Don't calm down, you can't be angry."
Due to emotional turmoil just now, Yuan's newly scabbed wound broke open again and bloodshots were seeping out. She looked very scary and she covered her face with her hands in pain.
Chu Jiating squatted down and picked up the ointment on the ground.
She asked someone to buy this medicine from Liren Pavilion for 5,000 taels. It is said that it has the effect of removing scars and beautifying the skin.
Lirenge specializes in beauty and makeup products, but there is no store. If there is no access, it is hard to buy it. Although it is expensive, the product has excellent results. In order to restore her mother's appearance, she spent a lot of money to ask someone to buy the four**.
My mother scabbed after two days of applying it. It was indeed very effective, but the amount of 1-8 pill was too small, and she could only apply half of her face. However, because the injuries on her body were not exposed, she could recover slowly, but the injuries on her face could not be waited.
Perhaps realizing that his emotions would affect the wound, Yuan slowly calmed down, looked at his daughter, and said again: "It was the Marquis of Peking who sent the slut to the bitch, right?"
This time, Chu Jiating did not dare to hide it, so she told her truthfully, while Yuan gritted her teeth and tried to control her emotions.
The Duke Rong Guo’s mansion actually took out a gift of red-branded gift from Shili Hongzhuang to marry Chu Xinyu. Even if he didn’t witness it personally, it must be very grand. How could Mei Ruochu’s daughter marry better than her daughter and be in a good position? In the future, she wouldn’t she be laughed to death by Mei Ruochu?
She raised Chu Xinyu and spoiled her in order to ruin her. How could she give her the opportunity to climb onto her head?
"Mom, mother."
At this time, Chu Jiayun rushed in from outside and stopped in front of the bed. Chu Jiating pulled her and scolded her, "Yun'er, why are you irritable? Be careful to knock the medicine over. This medicine is so precious." She almost bumped into herself just now, but fortunately she flashed quickly, otherwise the medicine would fall again.
"I'm in a bad mood." Chu Jiayun said: "You don't know that the Marquis of Peking has sent so many betrothal gifts, and they have added Yingshui Villa as betrothal gifts. There is royal land there, and the neighbors are all royal relatives. If we stayed in Yingshui Villa, are we still afraid that we can't make friends with the powerful? And those betrothal gifts, each of them is a treasure."
"Sister Yun, you can't envy these things. She has given the marriage to the emperor and is the eldest princess's legitimate son. The betrothal gifts are naturally arranged according to the royal rules. Then again, now I am the second aunt in charge. It's not what you want to Yingshui Villa. Maybe some of the betrothal gifts will be given to the third sister."
"How can I do it? Sister Wu's things belong to our big house, and the things belong to ours are ours. How can I give them to the second house?"
When Chu Jiayun met Chu Xinyu since childhood, Chu Xinyu's things belonged to them. This was the case before, but now it is the case. She stepped forward and pulled Yuan's sleeve and said, "Mother, you are the mother of the fifth sister. Her marriage should be handled by you. You can also handle the betrothal gifts sent by the Marquis of Peking. No matter what, you can't afford the second house."
“It’s natural.”
Yuan was so angry that after Chu Jiayun said that, his anger disappeared a lot.
My daughter was right. She was the stepmother of the little girl. She gave up the power of the family because of the wound on her face. But the second wife was too much, and even interfered in the marriage of her big house. The little girl was from the big house, and the marriage should be handled by her.
Thinking of the man who sneaked into Biyun Pavilion in the middle of the night last night, Yuan had an idea in his mind. She must not let Chu Xinyu marry into the Duke Rong's mansion, otherwise, once she has power, she and her children will rely on her for the rest of their lives.
"Ting'er." Yuan said to Chu Jiating: "Do you know if you can ask someone to buy a few more ointments? This medicine is very effective. If you apply it a few more times, be sure to wipe the wound on your face one month ago."
Chu Jiating said: "Mother, one ** costs 5,000 silver taels. Last time we bought four **, we spent 20,000 taels. We can no longer bring out so much silver taels. The amount for a month is at least about ten **. How could they take out fifty thousand taels of silver?"
Upon hearing this, Chu Jiayun widened her eyes, "Why do you want so much silver?"
She thought one ** costs two or three hundred taels, but she didn't expect it to be so expensive. "If there is no silver, then I have to take back the marriage agency rights of the fifth sister. The Marquis of Peking gave so many betrothal gifts, and any one can be exchanged for more than a thousand taels. If we get the agency rights back, then we can steal the dragon and phoenix, sell the real ones to the dictionary, and exchange the fake ones for the fifth sister as a dowry, and put them in the fashion box and carry them to the Duke Rong's mansion. It's no longer our business."
After hearing this, Yuan immediately scolded and said, "Your daughter's family, don't say that. Let my mother think about the matter of silver. Don't interfere, do you know?"
"But mother..."
"Don't say it again."
Yuan raised his hand and stopped her from talking, then said that she was so arrogant that she asked both of them to go down.
As soon as the two sisters left, Yuan thought about it in his mind, then asked her to come in and asked her to go to her private warehouse to count the calligraphy and paintings, as well as some porcelain and jade ornaments, and then someone took it out for pawning.
"Madam, those things are the dowry you are going to leave for the two girls, how can you use them for pawning?"
"There is no choice, the silver you buy is not enough." Yuan raised his hand and stroked his convex face, his eyes cold, "Don't worry, those things are outdated, and when their sisters get married, I will give them some new ones."
As long as she waits for her face to take back the power of the family from the second house, aren’t she afraid that she will not be able to save her daughter’s dowry?
Chapter completed!