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  Yu Huan looked at Zhu Yu Xun, who was staring at him intently, his voice involuntarily lowered and somewhat guilty: "Because... a few days ago I went to the Duchess of Jun's place and said that I also like Ke Qi, and asked the Duchess of Jun to consider me..."

  "What?" Zhu Yichen and Chu Keqi exclaimed in unison.

  Zhu Yuhuan looked even more helpless and continued, "Also, I've already told the Crown Prince about this matter. The goal is to let the Princess of Junwang know, so that she'll feel a bit more pressure..."

  "Chu Ke suddenly stood up with an air of elegance."

  Seeing Chu Ke'er's great anger, Zhu Yuhuan was so frightened that he raised his hands: "I'm also helpless and forced to do this"

  On the contrary, Zhu Yichen was relatively calm and asked: "What? What did Zhu Yicheng say or do?"

  Zhu Yuhuan didn't have the time to respond to his words, and hurriedly explained to Chu Keqi who was furious: "Think about it, Zhu Yuhuan had already made it clear with the Princess of Junwang that day. The scene back then...the Princess of Junwang had also agreed on this matter. If someone were to be sent to the Chu family immediately to discuss it, the Chu family originally had this intention, and they would have reached an agreement right away. At that time...there wasn't even any time for a reaction."

  Chu Ke was furious when she heard about this, feeling as if she had been betrayed. Someone she had trusted had done something completely beyond her expectations. She glared at Zhu Yuhuan in anger: "What do you brothers take me for? Am I so easily fought over by you all? I..."

  Not only was Zhu Yuhuan anxious, but Zhu Yuchen also hastily interrupted her: "Keqi, don't worry about Yuhuan, all of this is to help"

  "What right do I have to make decisions about my own affairs? There are parents in my family, why should I speak for myself? Is this helping me or ruining my reputation?" Chu Keqi's face was red with anger, completely disregarding Zhu Yuxuan's words, and furiously glared at Zhu Yuhuan.

  At this time, Zhu Yuhuan became even calmer, with a serious face staring at her: "Because I am the elder brother, I naturally have the right to control"

  Chu Ke was stunned, her anger from just now still hadn't dissipated, but she was left speechless by his out-of-the-blue words. She stared blankly at him for a while before murmuring: "Thinking too much and meddling in other people's business, no need to make up such an absurd story..."

  Zhu Yuheng said two sentences, but no one paid attention to him. He became anxious and pulled Chu Ke's arm, turning her around to face him. He looked at her seriously and said, "Yue Huan is indeed my own brother, with the same father and mother."

  Chu Xue then lost her voice and said: "I am the daughter of the Duke?"

  Zhu Yuhuan and Zhu Yu Chen simultaneously covered their faces, wailed in grief. Zhu Yu Chen then put down his hand, staring at her seriously: "No, Yuhuan is not a person of the Junwang Fu, his father is Chu Nan Cai, his mother is my younger aunt, your birth mother."

  Chu Ke looked at them in shock, muttering: "This is... too ridiculous..." Then he looked at them more seriously and said: "Even if you want to make excuses for what you've done, there's no need to come up with such a laughable reason."

  "This is true"

  "Really? Then tell me, why would the son of the Hanlin Mansion become the son of the Junwang Mansion? It's always been about stealing sons from the imperial family or royal princes, I've never heard of it being the other way around. And even if someone was stolen from outside and brought in, why would they steal one of our own?"

  "Until now, Father still has no children, and Yun Huan is born by Liu Niang. Think about why."

  "Is it said that the widow of Chu...the one who died, did such a thing? My father is only a fourth-rank civil official, not even a prince or with any title, why would the widow of Chu go to such great lengths? Do something so despicable?"

  "Right, listen till I finish, then you'll know why."

  They both said on the other side, Zhu Yuhuan didn't say a word, looking at her with some sadness in his eyes, as if Chu Ke's reaction had disappointed him and hurt him a bit.

  Chu Ke didn't say anything, and Zhu Yi Chen looked at him for a moment before speaking in a soft voice: "It's hard to accept, we all know that. Who would believe it if they heard it suddenly? It sounds absurd..." This sentence was more of a comfort to Zhu Yi Huan than Chu Ke, he couldn't expect Chu Ke to accept it immediately and call him "brother".

  "What's going on...? If it's really...my brother, why did he become the Fifth Master of the County Prince's Mansion?"

  Zhu Yuheng looked at Zhu Yuhuan again, and Zhu Yuhuan nodded to him, indicating that he should speak. Zhu Yuhuan himself seemed to not know how to say it well, so Zhu Yuheng nodded and said: "Then I'll say it."

  Chu Xue looked at Zhu Yi Huan, touched by his sorrowful and silent eyes, suddenly feeling a pang in her heart, even before hearing his story, she felt a deep sadness...

  "Firstly, let's talk about Qin Niang, the wet nurse from this side. She was a personal maid of the King's consort and followed her to the King's mansion after marriage. She is a native of the Chu family, her father being the old steward on the side of Old Master Chu Nan Cai, while her mother was a senior maid by the side of the elderly lady. She also has an older brother and two younger brothers, with the older brother being in charge of the outer warehouse on the side of the elderly lady, one younger sister-in-law being a housekeeper on the side of the elderly lady, and the two younger brothers serving under their father. As for Qin Niang, she had been serving the King's consort since childhood."

  Zhu Yichan said, "Qin Niang followed the county king's consort to marry into the county king's mansion, but her family members are still in the mansion, and they are all people reused by Old Lady and Master."

  Chu Xue nodded involuntarily, such a relationship network, if there was a reasonable reason, it's not impossible to take action.

  Zhu Yi Zhen began to explain: "Father and Chu Yun Shi have been married for five years, and they had two daughters, the eldest being the heir's wife and the second being Chu Yun Ting. They didn't have any sons. Think about it, Old Hanlin was an only child, Father Chu Nan was also an only child, and now we're already in the third generation. Chu Yun Shi hasn't given birth to a son, how anxious must Old Hanlin and his wife be? So, Father took in a daughter of a fifth-rank compiler from the Hanlin Academy as his concubine, that's our birth mother, Liu Ji Niang."

  Chu Ke's lips moved slightly, wanting to ask something, but the thing she wanted to ask was a bit unrelated to what they were currently talking about. In the end, she didn't ask and instead listened quietly.

  "Who would have known that taking a concubine would infuriate Chu Yunshi so much?" Zhu Yichen's phrase "infuriated to the extreme" made Chu Keqin change color suddenly.

  Zhu Yan Huan saw her face change greatly, he was a person who understood the subtleties of human nature, and his feelings were even stronger. He couldn't help but sneer: "Unexpectedly, right? Who would have thought that Chu Yun Shi, who is dignified and elegant, kind-hearted and pure, would be a jealous and cruel woman behind people's backs, using every trick in the book, evil to the extreme?"

  Chu Xiang looked at him with excitement, his eyes red-rimmed, his lips trembling slightly. She couldn't help but be shocked by Chu Yunshi. Although she had never met her, as soon as she arrived, Chu Yunshi was already dead. However, from the words and actions of the people in the mansion, it was clear that they held the deceased Chu Yunshi in high esteem. And Father Chu Nanchen was even more deeply affectionate towards Chu Yunshi. Watching all this, Chu Xiang naturally believed that Chu Yunshi was a good person worthy of respect, a knowledgeable and reasonable lady. But now, seeing that the gentle and kind-hearted person had been hated to such an extent by Zhu Yuhuan, how could she not be shocked? These people were all related to her, after all. If it weren't for the fact that this was just her past life, and she had only arrived recently, how could she remain so calm in the face of such closely related people?

  Zhu Yichen comfortingly patted Zhu Yihuan on the back, who lowered his head. Zhu Yichen continued, "At that time, people all said that Chu Yunshi and Chu Nancan were deeply in love, and Chu Nancan was extremely obedient to Chu Yunshi... and so on. When Chu Nancan took a concubine, it was undoubtedly a public slap in the face to Chu Yunshi. How could Chu Yunshi tolerate it? On the day that Liu Yiniang entered the household, she made a big scene, physically fighting with Liu Yiniang as soon as she entered."

  Chu Ke's mouth moved, and she finally couldn't help but ask: "Why? Why did Grandfather agree to let Mother become someone else's concubine? Even if it was just a compiler in the Hanlin Academy, it was still a family of scholars. There were so many good families that didn't allow it, why would he give his own daughter to be someone else's concubine? Isn't this debasing one's own status?"

  "Because the old lady of Chu's family coerced her, she used every trick in the book to bring out the old Hanlin of Chu and forced my grandfather to betroth my mother to Chusou as a concubine. The old Hanlin of Chu didn't know any better, thinking that it was really my grandfather who took pity on the difficulties of the Chu family's descendants and was willing to give his own daughter to his son as a concubine. How ridiculous! Chusou doesn't even know about these things, yet he actually... together with Chu Yunshi, didn't even spare my mother's face!"

  Chu Ke'er was stunned again, so it seemed that even Old Lady Chu wasn't as upright as she appeared on the surface. Her heart was racing especially fast, in the eyes of outsiders, the men of the Chu family were high-ranking officials, calm and composed, while the women were knowledgeable, elegant, and virtuous. Old Master Chu was just and honorable, Old Lady Chu was straightforward and honest. This was what they called a "family of scholars", but behind closed doors, there were so many secrets that no one knew about. And she had unwittingly become entangled with such a family, how could her heart not be racing?

  Zhu Yichan sighed and continued, "At that time, my mother was an eyewitness to these things. Chu Yunshi made a big fuss, and Chu Nancai only comforted her, and the two of them went back to their own place together. Old Lady Chu came out and personally invited Chu Nancai to the new house... From then on, Chu Yunshi really did everything in her power against Liu Yiniang." He also sighed and said, "As for how they got along, at first, my aunt felt wronged and would sometimes tell my mother about it. My mother would think of ways to pressure Old Lady Chu to make Chu Yunshi behave herself. However, later on, my aunt spoke less and less, and the times she met with Mother became fewer and farther between. Every time Mother wanted to go see her, eight out of ten times my aunt had this or that excuse for not being able to meet, making Mother anxious in her heart, but also really having no way to do anything about it."

  "Why is that?"

  "Because."

  "Me?" Chu Ke's eyes widened in shock as she stared at him.

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