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 King Chu, but her marriage to Prince Ji’s Mansion
It has already been decided, and no one can persuade her grandfather. Mammy, do you think you can say a word about this? In front of the princess... or in front of the chief minister, give the child a good word or two, so that the child will go well.
My wish 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 arrangements.
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."
Come on, I don’t know what the eldest lady thinks of Chu Shoufu’s current status in the court. If he turns his hands to make clouds and rain, after all, he is just one of the officials of the court and a minister of the emperor. It is absolutely impossible for him to serve the people.
You have to go to the royal family. The honor, favor, wealth and honor of your Chu family are all given by the emperor and contributed by the people. They are indispensable. In recent years, I have seen that Chu Chief Fu has tried his best to restrain himself. He just doesn’t want his subordinates to be too domineering.
He was accused of having great achievements and shocking the master, but he probably did not expect that the people under him actually thought that he was already a one-time overlord and could transcend the royal family. If Madam does not change your thinking, sooner or later, Chu
It brings disaster to the home.”
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, whether letting the second lady marry into the Prince of Chu's palace is for her to be named or to be married?
Harmed her? That day when the King of Chu came to visit, you didn’t witness how he treated the Second Young Lady, but you must have heard about it afterwards. The King of Chu hated the Second Young Lady, and if he married the Second Young Lady, there would 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 the beginning, but don't forget that Princess Yuchu 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 will be considerate of a mother's feelings. 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 move to be polite first and then attack. If you cooperate with me,
If I don’t promise you, will you deal with me?”
"Not to mention dealing with it, everything is out of necessity." Mrs. Chu said with a cold face.