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  Chapter 16: The Cost

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  "Look, Chu Ke Hui, don't even ask, that person is a scoundrel. No matter what anyone says, or how big the fuss gets, you absolutely cannot marry that person."

  Chu Xue didn't want to ask anymore, she was still angry with Zhu Yu Chen.

  "Does the old lady say anything else?"

  "She shook her head and said, 'I heard it from that maid.' She pointed at Jing Er who was not far away."

  Zhu Yuhuan shouted and Jing'er hastily replied. Zhu Yuhuan asked the old lady again in detail what she had said. Jing'er hadn't heard it personally, but only passed on what the servant girls had told her. Zhu Yuhuan still asked in detail about all the words that were spoken.

  He asked Jing'er on the other side, while Zhu Yuchen realized that Chu Keqi was still angry. He also got angry for a while, but ultimately couldn't withstand Chu Keqi's strong aura, and softly apologized to her... I was just too impatient earlier, I am too... Never mind, don't be angry anymore, it's all my fault. But I must have that blue girl, just like I said last time. I thought nothing of it, but when I saw her coming yesterday, I felt... When I saw her and explained things clearly to her, I didn't expect her to run to our house today... I've already talked to her, and from now on she definitely won't bother us again."

  Chu Ke'er rolled her eyes, after these few times, she had already seen that Lan Zixun was a person who would not give up until she achieved her goal. Even now, it wasn't like they were forcing this young lady to be able to entangle Zhu Yuxuan to such an extent, could they just let go so easily?

  "It's easy for you to say..." she muttered.

  Zhu Yichan listened to her finally agreeing, and was delighted for a moment. Then he heard that she said it was Lan Zixuan, and hastily said "Really?" Today I spoke very harshly, if we were to entangle, then it wouldn't be...it would be too difficult..."

  "What's the meaning?" Chu Ke asked him, raising her head.

  Zhu Yichan looked at her with a flattering smile and said, "I'm saying, after hearing such unpleasant words, ordinary people would look at me as if they had seen an enemy..."

  Chu Ke Xi lowered her head and giggled 'heh heh'.

  Zhu Yichan saw her finally reveal a smile, and he let out a sigh of relief. The grievances and hurt that had filled his heart immediately turned to joy again. Chu Keqi sat on a tree stump that had been cut down, and he squatted in front of her, looking up at her with his face tilted upwards, saying in a low voice: "Keqi, what I said last time at our house was true, I... this lifetime only want..."

  Chu Xue was a bit flustered, hastily raising her head to glance at Zhu Yuheng and Jing'er on the other side. Seeing that he had already waved his hand for Jing'er to move further away, she coincidentally wanted to leave as well. Flustered, she hurriedly interrupted him, saying "I'll go first" before immediately standing up and taking two steps back, lest Zhu Yuheng see her and Zhu Yuheng's somewhat ambiguous appearance together.

  Zhu Yuhuan didn't notice, frowning and walking away with an unpleasant expression.

  Zhu Yichan saw Chu Keqian run away and could only stand up, turning his head to ask Zhu Yihuan:

  "It seems that the old lady has already spoken to the old man, and the old man may have agreed, just waiting... not even waiting, maybe waiting for Chuyuntin to get married first, or maybe because Kaiting is still young..."

  "What's going on?" Chu Ke asked immediately.

  Zhu Yanhuan quickly comforted her, saying "Don't worry, it seems like there's an 80% chance that we'll have to wait for Chu Yunting to get married, and that's still half a year away..."

  Zhu Yichan coldly smiled and said, "Don't worry, even if there's no other way out, I still have one last trick..."

  "Kill Xue E?" Zhu Yuhuan said, "Don't be too reckless and disregard the law. Even if Xue E is guilty, what about the several families behind him? First of all, Old Lady Chu cannot be easily forgiven."

  Chu Ke nodded hastily, "Yes, we still have to think of a way from the old lady's side, try to make her give up this idea," she looked at Zhu Yuxuan and said "Don't be reckless, Xue E is dead, but there's still a younger brother. Even if you kill his whole family, the old lady still has other relatives on her mother's side. Even if she doesn't have any relatives on her mother's side, she still has other ideas. If I were to curry favor with someone else, I would just be a pawn in her hands..."

  Zhu Yuhuan nodded in agreement. "You're right, we should get to the root of this matter... Killing Xue E is not as good as killing the old lady..."

  "What was originally a serious matter was made to sound like a joke by him, Zhu Yuxuan glared at him discontentedly. Chu Ke also scolded them: 'Are you two bandits? Is this how things are handled in the inner courtyard? Isn't this just laziness?'"

  As soon as they heard her first sentence, Zhu Yuchen and Zhu Yuhuan both showed a look of shame on their faces. However, after hearing the whole sentence, both of them stumbled and almost fell over. Zhu Yuhuan said, "Are you still treating this matter as... something to play with when you're bored? Something to pass the time?"

  Chu Ke coughed softly.

  Zhu Yichan took a look and saw that after all the commotion, only the serious matters were being dealt with. He let out an angry hum, but in his heart, he felt relieved. Looking at Ke'er's appearance, he knew she wouldn't be taken advantage of.

  Chu Ke suddenly thought of something because of what was just said and continued: "And besides, the old lady wants to send Chu Yunting into the palace."

  As soon as this was said, Zhu Yuhuan and Zhu Yuhan were not surprised at all. Zhu Yuhan coldly smiled and said: "Our family's old lady is really arrogant."

  "What's all this? The emperor doesn't even choose imperial concubines anymore, what are these people busy with?"

  "Busy? Still, it's not that I'm better than others. It's just that women are the ones who are busy."

  Zhu Yuhuan didn't bother to respond because he wasn't interested in Chu Yunting's affairs and was too lazy to ask. Of course, Zhu Yuexian was interested in what Chu Keqin had said, so she quickly asked, "What is it?"

  "Chu Xue's mother was staring at him with a sly smile, forcing our Blue Girl to rush into the man's house. Isn't she her mother? Our family is also interested in becoming an outsider, isn't it the old lady?"

  After saying this, I thought Zhu Yuxuan would glare at me or scold me with a sentence, but unexpectedly, Zhu Yuxuan fell into deep thought instead... "Right..."

  "What's on your mind?" she asked back.

  "No." Zhu Yichen's mouth seemed to be a clamshell again, and he pursed his lips.

  Instead, she gave him a sideways glance of reproach.

  Zhu Yichen's thin lips were pursed tightly, but the corners of his mouth were slightly raised, apparently in a good mood...

  Chu Xue's heart is also very beautiful, it turns out that after quarreling with someone and making up, her mood is so good...

  Only Zhu Yuhuan was really worried, frowning and pacing back and forth, thinking deeply until Chu Keqi couldn't bear it anymore and said, "Brother, don't be so anxious, a solution won't come out all at once. Now that we're together, I won't be so tense either. Let's think of a way slowly."

  Zhu Yanhuan furrowed his brow, sighed and nodded... As long as we can come up with a plan here... He looked at the sky and said, "It's getting late, right? Not many words."

  Zhu Yuheng furrowed his brow, looked up at the sky, and said it was still early. He had just managed to calm down and not get angry with that old woman, and now she was staring at him again. "Are you going to go listen to scriptures with Madame Liu?" he asked, not waiting for Zhu Yuheng to respond. "I have a few more words to say to Qie Xi."

  "......" Zhu Yuhuan turned his head to ask if he had anything else to say, but when he saw the expressions of the two people, he already understood and could only say "alright then, let's go early."

  Chu Ke's face was completely red, wanting to follow Zhu Yuhuan, but ultimately wanting to hear what Zhu Yuhan had to say. However, it would be too embarrassing... Fortunately, Zhu Yuhuan was also anxious and trusted Zhu Yuhan a lot, so he turned around and left immediately. She hesitated again, but it was no use.

  Can only sit on the tree stump, pretending to enjoy the view.

  Zhu Yicheng still followed, looked around, found a stone to sit on, and saw Chu Ke'er's face red as she turned her head to look elsewhere. He also felt his face burning, took a deep breath, and softly called out "Ke'er?"

  "What's wrong with you?"

  Zhu Yichan called her, but she didn't want to say anything. Seeing her ask, she hesitated for a while before finally coming up with a sentence: "Just now I hadn't finished saying... I said, in this lifetime..."

  "Chu Kei's face turned red as she hastily interrupted, "It's okay, it's okay... I was just saying that I wouldn't mind killing Xue E myself. I'm quite shocked to hear that, what's going on with that person? I'm just curious, why do you and brother have those expressions?"

  "Zhu Yichan's face turned red with rage as soon as he heard the name, his pale face flushing with anger. He turned his head away in disgust. That guy is just a rotten mud in the swamp, not even worthy of being looked at from afar. And that old lady... really... really... makes me so angry I could die!"

  The more he acted like this, the more curious Chu Ke'er became. Was that person a cripple? A blind man? Or a playboy?

  "Not...not just worse than these"

  "Fool? Lunatic? Crazy foolish flower brother?"

  Zhu Yichen gazed at her with a mixture of amusement and annoyance, looking at her for half the day before being both amused to death and annoyed to death... In short...

  "I'm so fed up! In short, in short, it's all about "in short". Can't anyone say anything clearly?"

  "I can't say it out loud, you'll have to see for yourself..."

  Chu Xue looked at him with a difficult expression and said, "Then let's go take a look with your brother."

  Zhu Yichan was shocked and said:

  "Keep your voice down... I'm saying, it's not too far from here to Huaiyuan, we can take a horse carriage and be there and back in half a day. Let's go with Brother to see that foolish brother of mine... I'm really suffocating here."

  Zhu Yicheng's face lit up as he looked at her, wanting to refuse, but in his heart there was a small voice saying: Good, good, what a great opportunity, can be with the one you like and stay together? Haven't had that yet, quickly agree, quickly agree.

  "Can we avoid those women's ears?" The words came out as if they couldn't wait...

  "Tell my maid to help me, just say I'm sick and lie down for a day, the old lady won't know." Chu Keqi smiled slyly, she often used this trick to sneak out of the palace and stroll around the streets of 49 City.

  Zhu Yicheng was secretly delighted, and thought to himself that it was really great. He couldn't help but want to nod his head wildly like a chicken pecking at rice, but he controlled himself and pretended to reluctantly say "alright..."

  "When?" The people who wanted to go out and have fun didn't pretend at all, their happy expressions were clearly visible on their faces.

  Zhu Yicheng involuntarily followed Xiaoba... "Let's go in the morning, cough, cough," he thought to himself if it seemed too urgent, and then steadied himself, or maybe wait two more days.

  "It's just the hour of Mao, I'm going to attend the early class. At the hour of Yin, I'll get up and walk." Chu Ke smiled with a hint of pride, "Those women can't keep up with me."

  "There's no need to rush, just get up at 3 am and start walking at 4 am." Zhu Yichen smiled as he looked at her.

  "Alright, it's settled then." Chu Ke Qi excitedly clapped her hands and said to her brother.

  Zhu Yicheng paused for a moment, then nodded with a smile.

  ……

  Zhu Yuhuan returned to the An Tang, originally intending to go to the Grand Temple to accompany Liu Niangniang in listening to scriptures, but at the door, she saw that Blue Cixi was walking out of the An Tang.

  Zhu Yuhuan furrowed his brow, this girl might have run into Yuheng and Kei again if she went out now... it took Zhu Yuheng a lot of effort to explain things clearly...

  He didn't even think about it and went forward to greet Blue Girl?

  Lan Zixiang's expression was not pleasant, her complexion wasn't good either, and she looked a bit listless. Although she saw him frowning slightly, she still forced herself to curtsy and say "Greetings, Fifth Master."

  Zhu Yuhuan opened the door and said straightforwardly, "Lan Girl, where are you going?"

  Lan Zhi Xiang's expression became even more unpleasant, but she still managed to hold back and not lose her temper. Her tone, however, became sharper. "Where am I going? Do I need to tell Wu Ye?"

  Zhu Yuhuan raised an eyebrow and curled his lip, saying nonchalantly, "If you're going somewhere else, of course, you don't need to tell me. But if you barge into my room..." He looked at Lan Qixing's suddenly flushed face and spread his hands, saying, "It's better to just tell me."

  Lan Qixiang's face turned red with anger, and she shouted a sentence, but couldn't say the next words.

  "Zhu Yuhuan was annoyed that she was bothering Zhu Yuchen, and he wasn't in a good mood either. He continued to say: 'If our family members are called into the palace and don't want to go, they can think of ways to persuade them at home, whether it's by crying, making a fuss, or even threatening to hang themselves. But why do you have to come out here and lose face in front of everyone? Are you trying to use this to force Zhu Yuchen into marrying her, thinking that he'll take pity on her and agree? Spare me...' "

  He was too much, Lan Cixu was so angry that her whole body was trembling, a pink face turned into a purple liver color, stretched out her hand and wanted to give him a slap without thinking.

  Zhu Yuhuan stretched out his hand and blocked it, sneering "Does he think everyone will give him face?"

  Lan Zhi kicked Zhu Yuhuan's foot and quickly dodged, pointing at her and saying "From now on, don't bother Zhu Yuchen again, or I won't be polite. Don't think that everyone will pity and cherish you."

  The most venomous words finally made Blue Cixi turn around and leave, this anger was not trivial, covering her face with a handkerchief, she hadn't taken two steps before the sound of crying came, the maid supported her, stumbling and staggering as they walked away.

  Zhu Yuhuan coldly hummed as he watched her sobbing and struggling to get back to the courtyard. You Rou was still dissatisfied, muttering to herself: "Pretentious, thinking others can't see through it? If not for wanting to force Zhu Yuhuan to marry, would she have chased all the way here?"

  He spoke in a cold voice and left for the grand hall. (If you like this work, welcome to subscribe and reward on Starting Point website, your support is my greatest motivation.)

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