With a smile on her face, Aunt Xi took back her hand without leaving a trace, and said, "Madam, please sit down quickly."
Mrs. Chu pulled Aunt Xi to sit down. When she raised her head and saw Ah Si standing here, she thought she was the maid who was following her and said, "You will wait outside first. I will call you if I need anything."
Ah Si said calmly: "No, I will stay here with grandma."
Mrs. Chu was startled, "You..."
Aunt Xi smiled and said: "Don't worry about her, this girl from the Yuan family is just a naughty girl."
Mrs. Chu looked a little unhappy when she heard that she was a girl from the Yuan family. The other girl from the Yuan family was the concubine of Prince Qi's palace. She had a big fight with Cui'er before, so she was not easy to worry about.
Ah Si stood holding his sword, raising his chin slightly, looking a little indifferent.
She doesn't look good on the Chu family.
Because Ah Si is here, Mrs. Chu can't open her mouth.
After drinking two cups of tea, Mrs. Chu was still just being polite and making some polite remarks.
Ah Si felt bored, turned around and went out and stood at the door. Anyway, there were only Mrs. Chu and Aunt Xi in the room. The other people were waiting outside. They didn't go out just now. They just didn't want to listen to Mrs. Chu's words and go out.
When Mrs. Chu saw her leaving, she breathed a sigh of relief. She looked at Aunt Xi and said, "I called Auntie here today. It's true that I have something to ask for."
"How dare this old slave be worthy of asking for help? Madam, please stop talking like that." Aunt Xi said.
Mrs. Chu held Aunt Xi's hand and sighed softly, her brows wrinkled and her eyes looked pitiful, "Mommy, I'm not afraid of making you laugh today. My female Mingyang has been on a hunger strike for three days.
She wants to marry the King of Chu, but her marriage to Prince Ji has been decided long ago. No one can dissuade her grandfather. Grandma, can you say something about this? In front of the princess...or in front of the chief minister.
, I gave you a kind word or two and made the child's wish come true, which can be regarded as saving her life."
Aunt Xi could hear what she meant. The so-called request for a princess was false. She believed that the only person who could prevent Chu Mingyang from marrying the King of Chu was Chu Shoufu, not the King of Chu and his wife.
As long as Chief Chu nodded, it didn't matter what the wishes of King Chu and Princess Chu were.
So Aunt Xi corrected her, "Madam, the princess is pregnant now. The prince will not marry a concubine to make her unhappy, and the princess will not get a concubine for the prince to cause trouble for herself. So, it is not at all
The issue of asking for the chief assistant is from the King of Chu, who first disagrees."
Mrs. Chu smiled slightly and said, "Everything is easy to talk to King Chu and Princess Chu, but my old lady is more stubborn. I'm afraid he can only listen to what you say, Aunt Xi."
Aunt Xi shook her head, "It seems that the eldest lady still didn't understand what I meant, so I asked the eldest lady whether she mentioned it twice to let the King of Chu marry the second lady before the second lady and King Ji made the marriage.
Concubine?"
The eldest lady said: "That's right, once Princess Ji was unwilling and forced her to die; the second time... it was Grandma who went to find the chief assistant to stop the matter. But don't get me wrong, Grandma.
I definitely blame you for saying this, but that’s what happened, so I’ll make it clear to you.”
Aunt Xi said: "Yes, I stopped you the second time. Why did I stop you? I didn't want the two families to get into trouble. I don't know what the eldest lady thinks of Chu Shoufu's current status in the court.
If he turns his hand to make clouds and rain, after all, he is just one of the officials of the imperial court and a minister of the emperor. He can never go against the imperial family when he serves the people. The glory, favor and wealth of your Chu family are all given by the emperor.
Yes, all the contributions from the people are indispensable. Over the years, I have seen that Chu Shoufu has tried his best to restrain himself, just because he didn't want his subordinates to be too domineering and fall into the crime of being a master of great achievements. But he probably didn't expect that he would
These people below actually think that he is already a one-time overlord and can go beyond the royal family. If the eldest lady does not change your mind, sooner or later it will bring disaster to the Chu family."
Mrs. Chu was a little annoyed, "If Auntie Xi is not willing to help, just say it. This is arrogant and domineering and will lead to disaster. I don't know what the intention is."
Aunt Xi said coldly: "What's your intention? It's not to harm your Chu family after all." After saying that, she stood up and left.
Mrs. Chu endured it and said, "It's because I don't know what's good and what's good. Thank you very much for your kindness. Mother, please don't leave in a hurry. Sit down and have a cup of tea first."
Aunt Xi waved her hands and said, "I can't help you with your busy schedule, so there's no need to say anything."
Mrs. Chu took out a stack of silver notes from her sleeve pocket and placed it on the table, "This is for grandma to have tea. You can take it first, and I will give you double the amount after the matter is completed."
Mammy didn't look at it carefully, but the thickness and denomination of the stack of banknotes revealed that it exceeded ten thousand taels.
She sighed and looked at Mrs. Chu, "I understand the hard work you put into being a mother, but please weigh it. Is letting the second lady marry into the Prince of Chu's house to save her or harm her? That day, the King of Chu
Come on, how you treat the second young lady. Although you haven't witnessed it with your own eyes, you must have heard about it afterwards. The King of Chu hates the second young lady. If the second young lady marries him, there will be no happiness at all."
"This is all temporary. When Princess Chu married her, didn't King Chu treat her very badly? I heard that he even used a stick on her," Mrs. Chu said.
"Yes, it was indeed not good at first, but don't forget that Princess Yu Chu first treated the Supreme Emperor, and then saved the prince's life. Now she is pregnant. King Chu looks at her differently. There is a reason for that.
Do you think, in this situation, what should the second lady do to make King Chu change his mind and be attracted to her?"
Mrs. Chu naturally knew that, but with the Chu family's prestige and power here, even if King Chu didn't want to see Yang'er, he wouldn't dare to go too far.
Therefore, she said: "Auntie Xi, don't worry about this. Just tell me whether you are willing to help."
Aunt Xi shook her head, "I'm sorry, please ask someone else to help you with this."
Mrs. Chu saw that she was too soft, so she said coldly: "Presumably, Aunt Xi doesn't want people to know about your past affairs with the chief minister."
Aunt Xi's eyes widened, "What do you mean?"
Mrs. Chu looked at her with cold eyes, "It's not interesting, I just hope that Auntie Xi can understand the feelings of a mother. I can't just watch my daughter die of hunger strike, so Aunty, you can do whatever you want, if
If you don't help me, I will have no choice but to make the matter between you and my father-in-law public. This matter will not harm a man's reputation, but I'm afraid it will ruin your reputation for the rest of your life, grandma."
Aunt Xi said angrily: "It's a good idea to be polite first and then attack. If I don't agree to it, will you deal with me?"
"Not to mention dealing with it, everything is out of necessity." Mrs. Chu said with a cold face.