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  Chapter 12: The Cost of the Chapter (12 points)

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  Lan Zixiang was covering her face and crying loudly when a voice suddenly came from very close to her: "What are you crying about?"

  "This was no small fright, Lan Zixing let out a long, sharp shriek, then immediately crouched down and hugged her head, trembling with fear and shouting: 'Don't touch me... don't want to be touched... I'll give you silver...'"

  She let out a mournful cry, startling the person next to her who was talking. He jumped up and exclaimed, "Ahh, my goodness! What's with this ghostly wailing? Trying to scare people to death?"

  Lan Zixiang covered her head, trembling with fear, and felt that the speaker's voice was very familiar. She timidly raised her head to look, vaguely, but still saw clearly, it turned out to be Zhu Yuhuan.

  Lan Zixiang jumped up as if she had seen a great savior and rushed over to grab his arm.

  Zhu Yuhuan flashed a quick smile and chuckled: "No need to be so enthusiastic?"

  Lan Zixiang stumbled and almost fell, but managed to steady herself. She saw someone she knew and her tense mood slowly relaxed. She immediately thought of what had just happened and assumed that Zhu Yuhuan also knew about her mentioning Chu Keqing in front of the Empress. Afraid that Zhu Yuhuan would abandon her too, she hastily and pitifully called out: "I was wrong! I admit my mistake, it was my own arrogance... don't be angry with me... Zhu Yuhuan, take me home?"

  Zhu Yuhuan burst out laughing, looking up at the sky and saying "Haha" three times. Then he looked at Lan Zixing with a sarcastic tone: "So you know that what you did to me in the past was wrong? And now there's today? Finally showing your true colors? Not some refined lady, but just a shrew... No, now she's just a pitiful worm."

  Lan Zhi Xiang was furious in her heart, hating this despicable person who kicked her when she was down. But she was even more afraid, so she could only hold back her anger, looking at him with tears welling up in her eyes.

  Zhu Yuhuan finally found his conscience and looked at her with a stern face: "Are you also from the palace? I'm asking, my sister...my cousin Chu Keqi is out, if she's out, I'll send her back, if not, I don't have time to linger here"

  Lan Zhi Xiang heard that, and it turned out he didn't know, which means he didn't even remember what he had done... She let out a huge sigh of relief in her heart, and hastily nodded: "Come on, Chu Kuai Qi, come on"

  "Don't deceive me, did you hear what I said? If Qie comes out, I'll send her back. Are you deceiving me?" Zhu Yuhuan asked with his hands on his hips.

  Blue Orchid shook her head desperately: "No, no, it's not true, I didn't go out with Chu Kei, there was also Zhu Yuexun, he sent her back"

  "Is that so? Not a single word was minced. Zhu Yuhuan rubbed his chin: "This kid is quite capable..."

  Lan Zhi looked at him pitifully: "Can you take me now...?"

  "Of course not"

  Lan Zixi's face changed greatly, and Zhu Yuhuan smiled slyly: "Do you think I'm stupid? Why should I believe it? I'll go to the Chu Mansion first to ask, if Ke'er really went back, then I'll send... either wait here or follow me..."

  "I'm going with them," said Lan Zixing hastily.

  Zhu Yuhuan snorted and walked forward, taking the opportunity to sarcastically mock Lan Cixing, saying things like "pretentious" and "self-righteous"...

  Lan Zhi Xiang had to ask for help from others and could only lower her head and quietly follow behind, not daring to make a sound.

  "Come to think of it, I still can't send back the person I thought of. It's a woman named Zhu Yuxuan who thinks she's so great that anyone who sees her will fall at her feet. Her uncle came home and discussed the marriage without understanding anything, and then decided that Zhu Yuxuan was the one, and that he should marry her. If I were to send her back home, wouldn't they also think that I have to marry her? Maybe they'll even think that I secretly like her... forget it."

  Lan Zixiang was so anxious that she almost cried out loud, and with a sobbing voice said: "It won't happen... I won't be like that..."

  Zhu Yanhuan turned his head and solemnly warned her: "Don't think I'm interested in you too, I just pity you"

  Lan Zixiang nodded silently, her eyes welling up with tears. Zhu Yuhuan looked at her pitiful state today and recalled the time she scolded him in the temple, feeling an extra sense of satisfaction in his heart, finally avenged. He secretly and sinisterly smiled to himself.

  Arriving at the Chu residence, Zhu Yuhuan went forward to knock on the door. The doorman inside asked: "Who is it? What's going on today, knocking on the door so late?"

  Zhu Yuhuan loudly asked: "I am a servant of the Blue Duke's mansion, Miss Lan sent me to ask, has the third young lady of your mansion returned safely?"

  The gatekeeper inside said: "Back, back, back for a while"

  Zhu Yuhuan heard the sound of the door bolt inside, and hastily called out: "Oh, it's okay to come back, I just came to ask a question, no need to open the door, I'm leaving!" As he spoke, he quickly ran into the darkness. The gatehouse still opened the door, looked outside, saw no one, and closed it again.

  Zhu Yuhuan turned around and came back, Lan Qishuang hurriedly followed up: "Zhu Yuhuan... are you relieved now? Can you send me home?" She asked pitifully.

  Zhu Yuhuan nodded, "Alright, I'll send it then." He turned his head to glance at Lan Qixiang and said, "But how did you get so disheveled? It looks like someone... Cough cough..."

  Lan Zi Xiang's nose turned sour again, and she wanted to cry, but was afraid of annoying him, so she could only hold back.

  Zhu Yuhuan didn't make a sound, walking ahead until they reached the alley of the Lan Mansion. When Lan Qixiang saw the gate of her own home, she got excited and rushed in, dashing to the front door and frantically pounding on it: "Open the door quickly, open the door for me!"

  A noise came from inside, Lan Qiu Xiang was so excited that she couldn't control herself. The gate opened and the Lan family's doorkeeper came out to take a look. Seeing Lan Qiu Xiang, he exclaimed: "Miss!"

  Lan Zhi Xiang saw the servants in her house and tears immediately flowed down, she hastily stepped into the gate.

  The gatehouse shouted from behind, hastily shouting for someone inside, until the blue-purple wife rushed out and put on her clothes. As she was walking in with her wrapped up, she suddenly remembered to look back, but there was no sign of Zhu Yuhuan's figure outside anymore.

  Lan Zhi Xiang was only slightly panicked at this time, she suddenly felt that her heart seemed to be empty, and suddenly wanted to see Zhu Yi Huan's face, wanting to say a word - saying "thank you" She broke free from the woman's hand, turned around and ran towards the gate of the mansion, ignoring the people behind her who were shouting in surprise, and rushed out after opening the door.

  Outside, there was no one left, only the street corner's wind lanterns, shining with a dim light...

  Lan Xiang stood dazed at the gate of the mansion for a long time, and when the maid wrapped her in clothes again, she was still dazedly reciting this name: "Zhu Yuhuan..."

  ……

  The next day at noon, Qing Guo finally returned to the Chu Mansion with a package in her arms and tears on her face. As soon as she arrived, she found Chu Ke Hui, saw that she was unharmed, and her eyes reddened as if about to cry: "Miss, you're fine after all."

  Chu Ke smiled uncontrollably: "What? You still want me to have something going on?"

  "It's not that... Miss, you're teasing me. You know how much I suffered last night, I was so scared..." Qing Guo cried with a sad face: "The few maids who didn't return together said that the miss who didn't return would be in the palace from now on, and they said how scary the palace is... it scared me so much that I didn't sleep all night. You're doing well, you returned by yourself..."

  "Ah, it's mine, isn't it? I went out of the palace myself and forgot to bring it back... Let's go back and rest."

  The green fruit sulkily got up and left, taking a break.

  Chu Qiao didn't finish laughing when someone came to invite her over, she immediately retracted her smile and calmed down a bit before leading Jing Er to the old lady's side.

  The old lady didn't say anything, just chatted with her about family matters. Men Shi was on the side, actively interjecting and making jokes. Chu Kei finally understood that the old lady was starting to build a rapport with her. After all, she would be marrying into their family, and relying solely on authority might not be enough to win her over. Now, she also needed to add some warmth, so that when she went to their home, she could still be of one mind with her.

  At noon, the old lady even asked Chu Kei to have lunch with her.

  In the afternoon, Chu Yun Ting's imperial edict arrived, conferring upon her the title of Zheng Si Pin Cai Ren. The memorial from the Chu family expressing gratitude and the memorial from Chu Cai Ren expressing gratitude were both submitted together.

  The old lady was quite surprised.

  Chu Xiang didn't find it surprising, although she had seen the remaining women with her own eyes yesterday and thought that Chu Yun Ting was among them, even if not the best, at least one of the top two. However, in the palace, status is not determined by looks, but by the Empress's favor. At the very least, this time it was the Empress's face.

  Chu Yun Ting entered the palace yesterday, but her heart was still outside. She had an unfulfilled desire and showed off her cleverness in front of the Empress. In the end, she didn't even manage to keep an eye on Lan Zixuan. Considering all this, it's already quite fortunate that the Empress didn't punish her and instead granted her a title. Perhaps it was because the eunuch who had been bribed spoke up for her that she managed to pass the test.

  The old lady didn't know about these things, and when she heard that only the concubine had been appointed, she was shocked for half a day, her face sinking. Madam Meng tried to comfort her, saying it must be that the Emperor hadn't seen the Second Miss yet, but the Empress had already granted her a title and left her in the palace, waiting for the Emperor to see her; with the Second Miss's character, the Emperor would certainly like her, and her title would rise - it was only a matter of time.

  Good advice or bad, she finally managed to get a slight smile out of the old lady.

  Now Chu Yun Ting in the palace can only watch herself struggle, at present this situation, her maternal family cannot help, and can only wait for her to get out of trouble by herself before they can rise with the wind.

  The old lady focused all her attention on Chu Ke'er.

  Men's handling of affairs is still reliable. In just two days, Jing'er found out that the old man asked the old lady to call Xue E over, he wanted to take a look.

  These two days, the old lady has been very kind to Chu Ke'er and Yan Yuese. The people in the mansion immediately saw the wind and made a turn, all being polite and flattering to the third daughter. (If you like this work, welcome to subscribe, reward on Starting Point Mobile Web , your support is my greatest motivation.)

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