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  Chapter 16: The Cost

  Chapter 95 Blue Arrival

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  The blue-clothed maid at the gate also saw Chu Ke'er, stopped, and said a few words to her maid. Her maid nodded and turned into this courtyard, came to Chu Ke'er's side, smiled and bowed to pay respects to Third Young Lady Chu.

  "Chu Ke's gentle smile, and the girls have also arrived? It's really good... luck... ah."

  The maid nodded with a smile and said, "Yes, really. Our young lady says that after finishing the harvest on the other side, she'll gather with you again."

  "Let's go." Chu Ke smiled and nodded with a twinkle in her eyes.

  As soon as the maid left, Chu Ke Xi muttered to herself, "This stinky girl can actually follow me here, she's quite determined." As she spoke, she picked up her tea and took a sip.

  After a while, several people appeared at the gate of the courtyard, led by Lan Zixiang with several maids. Chu Ke'er narrowed her eyes and took a look. In such a short time, Lan Zixiang had already changed into a new set of clothes: a white plum blossom embroidered waistband wide-sleeved short jacket, a half-waist long skirt with golden silk embroidery, and she had also re-done her hair, changing the hair ornament to a single plum blossom pin that matched the plum blossoms on her clothes.

  Chu Ke smiled and stood up, Lan Zixiang also quickened her pace a bit, the two of them smiling as they exchanged greetings. "Blue girl has arrived too?"

  "So Chu Niang was here too."

  After the courtesy, the maid brought tea to Lan Qiu Xiang. She took a light sip and put it down, then smiled and said: "Miss Chu is also here to offer incense? What a coincidence!"

  "And there's more coincidence, my cousin is also here." Chu Ke said with a smile.

  Lan Zhi Xiang slightly raised an eyebrow, revealing a very surprised expression. So Second Master has also arrived? Oh, what a coincidence... fate indeed.”

  Chu Ke'er couldn't help but glance at Lan Zixing with a flirtatious blink.

  I'm saying we have a destined connection Blue Orchid looking at Chu Ke's meaningful smile.

  Chu Ke smiled slightly and said, "He is the eldest son of De Xing Junwangfu... Cough."

  Lan Zixiang was slightly stunned, then her expression didn't change, oh, is that so.

  "Of course it is, otherwise Blue Girl would think I'm referring to whom?"

  Lan Zixiang paused for a moment before continuing, "I thought Miss Chu was referring to the Second Master of the De Fu County Wang Manor."

  "The girl actually really misses Second Brother." Chu Ke smiled as he picked up his tea cup and took a sip, it seemed that this stinky little girl had clearly already understood, only then did she straightforwardly give in.

  "After all, you've been to my house to ask for... " Lan Qixiang covered her small mouth with a handkerchief and smiled awkwardly. She was being overly friendly in front of me, yet acting as if nothing was wrong.

  Two people each had their own ulterior motives, but on the surface they still maintained a dignified and polite demeanor, speaking softly and smiling lightly, one more so than the other with the appearance of a noble lady.

  Men heard the noise outside as soon as he lay down, and hurriedly got up again. He looked out of the window and saw a group of people sitting in the courtyard chatting with San Guniang. He frowned and asked, "Who is that?"

  Following her mother-in-law's hasty reply, it was said that she was a young lady from the Blue Duke's family and had also come to offer incense.

  Men looked for a while, muttered a sentence "These brothers, at home idle is unbearable" said, still lying down, complained "This bed is too hard, I didn't sleep all night yesterday."

  The old woman smiled and said, "Who says it's not?"

  Although Men felt very tired, the commotion just now made him unable to sleep again. He asked his wife and she said it was almost noon. Men hesitated for a moment and could only get up. Looking outside, he saw that the two girls were still talking, looking quite lively. Men wondered how San Gu Niang had come to know such a good person.

  The old lady just smiled and said "How can we?"

  "Men's family got down from bed in the county king's mansion where I met her for the last time with old lady, should have seen this girl."

  "That's it."

  The two of them were talking, and the lady roughly tidied up her hair, then walked to the window, saw that the girl had already left, and was now with the third daughter-in-law, and the two of them laughed as they entered the house.

  Men went back home and drank tea while waiting for his wife to serve dinner.

  Chu Kexi and Liu Yiniang had lunch, Liu Yiniang took a short rest, went to listen to the noon lesson, Chu Kexi was about to take a nap, Jing'er came in softly saying "The second master and fifth master are outside, please go out to play chess with them."

  "What about Mr. Men?"

  "I've slept, and there's a woman outside. I just spoke with her, but she won't go far. I'll follow her, please don't worry."

  Chu Ke thought for a moment, changed into another set of clothes, and brought Jing'er out with her. They walked to the back of the main hall, where there was a quiet corner with a small bridge, flowing water, a cool pavilion, and stone tables. At this time, Zhu Yuxuan and Zhu Yuhan were sitting in the pavilion playing chess.

  Chu Xue walked away, and the two of them stood up laughing.

  Jing'er was very clever and stood under the pavilion, looking far away. Although she seemed close, in reality, she wasn't that close, and her voice was a little softer, so she probably couldn't hear either.

  Zhu Yicheng smiled and called out to Chu Keqi to come over and help him now that the situation was looking good.

  "Chu Ke was taken aback by this... I'm not very..."

  "It doesn't matter, sit down." Zhu Yuhuan said.

  Chu Xueqi had no choice but to sit down, looked at the chessboard, and saw that the black and white pieces were intertwined, making her dizzy. She could only look up at Zhu Yichen's second brother and say, "If I make a move and lose the good land, don't blame me."

  Zhu Yichan's thin lips were pursed in a non-reproachful manner." He smiled at Chu Keji, with a hint of caution.

  Zhu Yuhuan pinched his chin, seemingly deep in thought, and coughed before saying, "About those things that happened at the manor..."

  Before she could finish her sentence, Jing'er's voice was heard reporting: "Miss, Blue Girl has arrived."

  Three people looked up at the same time, and it was indeed Lan Zixiang walking towards them with a gentle and elegant gait.

  Zhu Yuhuan and Zhu Yu Chen did not show much surprise, Chu Kui saw that Zhu Yu Chen had just looked at him like that, he already knew.

  Lan Zhi Xiang came before everyone, smiling and bowing. "The two of them have also arrived." Her maid looked up at Chu Ke with a raised face, calling out to her.

  Zhu Yuhuan and Zhu Yuchen hastily returned the courtesy, "Ah, you've arrived."

  Chu Ke'er smiled silently with pursed lips, feeling Zhu Yi Chen's gaze, she turned back to look at him, and Zhu Yi Chen quickly revealed a faint smile.

  Chu Ke gave him a white eye, and heard Lan Qixiang say, "Third sister, I said we have fate, we met twice today."

  Chu Ke turned her head and said, "She lives in a temple, it's normal to run into each other ten times a day."

  Her tone was slightly arrogant, Lan Qiu Xiang raised an eyebrow, and in front of Zhu Yu Chen, she didn't care about it. But her maid was different, with a look of disdain in her eyes, staring at her all the time.

  Lan Zixiang smiled and looked at Zhu Yuchen, saying: "Second Master has this elegant interest in playing chess. I'd be happy to play a game with Second Master. What does Second Master think?"

  Zhu Yichan shook his head, uninterested."

  "Is Second Master afraid of being my opponent?"

  Zhu Yuhuan was most annoyed by listening to these nonsense, and said to Zhu Yuexian "Let's play another round, I have something to say to Keqi" and pulled Chu Keqi aside without caring whether Zhu Yuexian was willing or not.

  Lan Zixiang watched them walk to the corridor not far away and sit down, smiling as she turned her head to look at Zhu Yuxuan and Chu Sangu Niang... quite interesting."

  Zhu Yicheng furrowed his brow, and his expression was also very cold and uninteresting.

  Lan Zhi Xiang raised an eyebrow and said, "Let's play chess?" Without waiting for a response, she sat down by herself, picking up the black and white pieces on the chessboard.

  Zhu Yichan had something to say to Chu Keqi, and he also wanted her to come out to talk about it. However, Lan Zixian followed her, so he could only make small talk with Lan Zixian. He felt a bit helpless, and sat down across from them with a cold face.

  Zhu Yuhuan pulled Chu Ke'er to the corridor above the water, which flowed outwards and converged with that small stream.

  "It's also too hasty, in order to frame the two women, actually doing such a dangerous thing" Zhu Yuhuan started with complaints.

  Chu Xue looked at the two people playing chess in the distance and said with a bit of embarrassment, "I also have no way... Those women are so annoying, I couldn't bear it either."

  "Can you call that putting out a fire? You're still stealing!" Zhu Yuhuan continued to complain.

  Chu Ke smiled and said, "I'm not going to take in Qin Niang's family, are they? That whole family is deeply entrenched in the mansion, it's hard to get rid of them without a big reason..."

  "Still dare to laugh"

  "I'm also short of money to spend, without silver coins I couldn't buy off the people around me... It's also helpless, a single move would cost a lot."

  "Alas, it's really not good to say. Zhu Yuhuan turned his head and said that one of the Hanlin households had someone go steal money from Grandma's warehouse, and one of the Junwang Fu's went to someone's home to set a fire and steal."

  Chu Kui Xi felt that his tone was very funny, and she couldn't help but burst out laughing. Then, Zhu Yi Huan poked her forehead with his finger, and Chu Kui Xi stumbled, quickly asking: "Is it settled then? The marriage between Zhu Yi Zuo and Chu Yun Qing is finalized? Isn't the Duke's Manor afraid of offending the old master?"

  Zhu Yuhuan sneered, "Old Master Chu shouldn't be involved in our family's affairs... He insisted on breaking off the engagement, but it can't even be considered a broken engagement since they weren't even formally engaged yet. Anyway, Old Master said to drop the matter."

  Chu Ke was slightly surprised... Is that what you're saying? Only two people came to our manor, a nanny and an attendant.

  "The king actually didn't want to break off the engagement, he just wanted to send someone to ask about the situation. The king's consort also didn't say anything, she called the king's wet nurse over and they talked it over, after all, we are a royal family, our old master wouldn't be willing to marry that kind of girl into the king's household."

  "Is that all?"

  "Of course, it's not that simple. What we see is just the result of this matter. Behind the scenes, how much effort did the county king's wife put in? She didn't want Zhu Yujie to marry Chu Yunqing, nor did she want to offend the Chu family. The fact that the county king's mansion withdrew from this matter with elegance is all thanks to the credit of the county king's wife."

  "It seems that Chu Yunqing is quite pitiful after all." Chu Keji complained.

  "By the way, has the mansion already confirmed that it was Chu Yunting who did this?"

  "Chu Ke nodded slightly, 'Yes, even the daughter of the carriage driver was dug up, it's said that Chu Yun Ting bribed the carriage driver to do it.' She paused and continued, 'But after that day, Chu Yun Ting and Chu Yun Qing were locked up, and I was confined for a month, didn't see them again...this time out, still haven't seen them.'"

  "It's not necessarily, I think there might be something to do with Zhu Yujie, he can't just sit back and do nothing, marry Chu Yunqing honestly, besides, no matter how capable Chu Yunting is, she's still a woman who doesn't go out of the house, how could she accomplish such a big thing?"

  Chu Xiang thought for a moment and nodded, "That's possible, but the Chu family didn't suspect Zhu Yuxuan at all."

  "They might suspect that the old lady is even more formidable, but it's just a matter of being more skilled in domestic affairs, and can't be compared to someone like Zhu Yuxuan."

  Chu Ke'er pondered for a moment, then suddenly turned around and said, "Is it that the old lady has been taken advantage of?"

  Zhu Yuhuan thought for a moment and smiled, "It can also be said this way."

  Chu Ke smiled and clapped her hands, saying "It's great to see this old lady being punished, I'm so happy!"

  Seeing her so happy, Zhu Yuhuan immediately asked, "What's wrong with Old Lady?"

  Chu Xiang thought that the old lady wanted to talk about marrying into her natal family, but there was something more important to say first. Nodding, she said that the old lady had been quite cruel to Liu Yiniang, and since the new wife was young and couldn't establish her authority, Chu Nancai didn't like going over to the new wife's side either. So the old lady used Liu Yiniang as a scapegoat to help the new wife establish her authority... She brought in a concubine to clash with them head-on, and had already quarreled with Liu Yiniang several times."

  "Really?" Zhu Yuhuan's eyebrows immediately furrowed together.

  "Chu Xue nodded slightly. This time, we came out because that aunt went to Liu's place and made a big fuss... If it goes on like this, it won't work, and if I... if I leave, how will Liu's life be in the future?" She frowned and said, "Don't expect Chu Nan to help, even if he looks at Liu with good intentions now. He won't take the initiative to help Liu, and even if he does, I think it's just a casual remark that can't withstand the old lady and new lady's refutations. The most important thing is the old lady's side, she will definitely keep finding fault with Liu, that old lady is too ruthless, not caring about right or wrong, only using her means."

  Zhu Yuhuan stood up with a 'whoosh' and walked back and forth with his hands behind his back.

  Chu Ke looked over at the two people playing chess on the other side, and coincidentally, Lan Zixun raised her head and smiled at Zhu Yuxuan, who was looking down at the chessboard with an unclear expression.

  Chu Ke's eyebrows furrowed, and Lan Zhi Xiang's appearance seemed not to be that of a bold and unrestrained woman, but it turned out that inside she was actually a nagging and annoying person.

  She huffed and hummed a little. On the other side, Lan Cixi seemed to have a premonition, immediately turned her head to look over here, then smiled at her with a smile full of deep meaning, even from such a distance, Chu Kui could see that her smile was full of triumph, and suddenly she was so angry she was half dead.

  It just so happened that Zhu Yichen also turned his head to look over here, and coincidentally met Chu Ke's gaze. He immediately broke into a smile, and Chu Ke let out another humph, immediately turning her head to give him the cold shoulder.

  But soon, Chu Ke Ai felt that this action was very childish, she rarely made such a childish move...

  She felt a bit bored and disappointed... (If you like this work, welcome to subscribe and reward on Starting Point Website (), your support is my greatest motivation.)

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