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  Chapter 12: The Cost of the Chapter (12 points)

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  The three of them continued to discuss, Zhu Yuhuan glanced at Zhu Yuhan several times wanting to speak but hesitated. He seemed to want to say something, but after looking at Chu Keqi again, he didn't say it. He nudged him and said, "What do you want to say?"

  Zhu Yichan looked at Chu Kui with a puzzled expression, and Chu Kui asked strangely: "What's wrong?"

  "I think it would be better to have my mother and uncle come to propose the marriage... I'm afraid that if Chu Lao Tai Tai keeps praising Xue E in front of Chu Lao Han Lin, he'll be deceived and agree within these few days. By the time we find out, it might be too late. Moreover, with my mother and uncle here, they can also witness the commotion. As outsiders, having two outsiders as witnesses will make it impossible for Lao Tai Tai to deny or cover up this shameful affair in their household."

  Chu Ke heard this and immediately flushed red, Zhu Yuhuan furrowed his brow in thought and said: "What you say also makes sense, such an ugly matter, not to mention the old lady, even Chu Hanlin may not want to make it public... However, we can't arrive too early, if we had called Xue E earlier, we might not have been able to outsmart him..."

  "Is it okay to be so reckless?"

  "This is outrageous." Zhu Yichen gained the support of his future brother-in-law and immediately regained his spirit: "Think about it, a person like Lao Tai Tai, what can't she do? If not forced, how would she act?"

  Zhu Yuhuan nodded and said, "That makes sense. Go back and discuss it with your mother and uncle. Come to propose on the Mid-Autumn Festival... He looked at Chu Keqi and said, "Keqi, don't drag this out. It's better to get married soon and put our minds at ease."

  Chu Xue's face turned even redder and she fell silent. She didn't want to be calculated and schemed against either, of course she also wanted to settle down quickly...

  Zhu Yuheng looked at her and assumed she had agreed, extremely delighted, with a slightly shy smile, his face also slightly red, he became impatient, but things couldn't be discussed in front of Chu Qianxi, so he hastily pulled Zhu Yuhan to go out and discuss the details, the two bid farewell to Chu Qianxi and left from the inner courtyard, climbing over the wall again.

  As soon as he landed, Zhu Yichen said to Zhu Yuhuan: "Then I will arrive in Shuo State tomorrow?"

  Zhu Yuhuan nodded and said, "However, what is the main wife of your mansion stirring up? Honestly tell me, what does the main wife mean by this marriage? I heard that last time your mansion had a big disturbance? Even inviting the King and Queen to mediate?"

  "She can't do anything about it, I've made up my mind and she has no choice." Zhu Yichen said, before explaining: "She wanted to marry her niece off to me, but I wasn't interested. She took matters into her own hands and asked Wu Daren to act as matchmaker, even sending over betrothal gifts... everything was settled, but neither my mother nor I knew about it until Wu Daren thought it wasn't right to keep us in the dark and told me. I told him that I wouldn't acknowledge this engagement and wouldn't sign the marriage certificate at the yamen. She's not afraid of losing face, so she continued with the arrangements. The empress didn't dare argue with me, so she went to argue with my mother instead. When she couldn't win the argument, she went to tattle on us to the king and queen, saying that my mother was going to cause trouble and even wanted to drag my mother to the palace to ask the empress dowager for justice..."

  Zhu Yuhuan shook his head: "What happened next?"

  "It all ended in nothing, and Wu Gongzi didn't dare to continue being a matchmaker. I went to tell her that if she still wanted to be the peaceful Wangfei and secure the future Duke title for her son, she should behave herself. If she dared to cause more trouble, I would immediately go to the Emperor and ask him to transfer the title of Defu Duke to me."

  "Did she really calm down and stop jumping around?"

  "Alright." Zhu Yichen smiled: "Tell my mother that from now on, let her be in charge of my affairs. She won't worry so much then."

  "That's it," Zhu Yuhuan said: "Then hurry back to find your aunt and uncle, Ke'er is here, there are not one or two who remember, let's just do it quickly."

  "Can one person make it without jumping characters?"

  "It's settled." Zhu Yuhuan patted him: "Only when sister He's marriage is settled can I truly put my mind at ease."

  The next day, Zhu Yuchen rode back to Shuo State and discussed the marriage with his mother, Concubine Liu. Meanwhile, Zhu Yuhuan seized the opportunity to find a famous theater troupe in Beijing.

  There are two well-known theater troupes in the capital, one of which is currently idle and only performs at the largest restaurant in Beijing every day. The other troupe, called Sunjiaban, is currently performing at the residence of Duke Lan, also known as the residence of Madame Lan Xiang, where they are holding a birthday celebration for one of the madams in the household.

  Zhu Yuhuan first went to the theater troupe that was performing in a wine shop, and learned that they had already been booked for the Mid-Autumn Festival. He then ignored them and found the Sun Family Troupe, which had not yet made any arrangements for the Mid-Autumn Festival.

  Zhu Yuhuan slightly dressed up, changed into a blue linen long shirt, found the master of Sun's class, said he was the steward of Chu's family, and wanted to ask about the singing hall meeting. The master received him very happily.

  Zhu Yuhuan had no other request, he just wanted to meet all the actors of Sun's troupe. The master of the troupe said with difficulty: "In these days, several leading actors are performing at the Blue Duke's mansion for a temple fair, and they can only be seen after the temple fair is over."

  "When can the grand hall of the Blue Mansion be completed?"

  "It was sung on July 12th."

  Zhu Yuhuan shook his head as soon as he heard it: "It's too late, if they're not suitable, I'll find someone else, where is the time?"

  The host smiled and asked: "What kind of opera would you like to find suitable for? The actors in our troupe are skilled in singing any scene."

  Zhu Yuhuan shook his head: "Not for singing, but...". He stroked his chin: "Anyway, I want to meet people."

  The master saw that he didn't make sense, but insisted on seeing the opera actor, and could only say: "Then I'll think about it... or would you like to go to the Blue Mansion with me tomorrow? You take a look?"

  "Hey, it's someone else's mansion, can I just go in casually without being stopped?"

  "You just follow me, anyway it's also the place where we actors from Waiyuan stay, other places, we are not allowed to wander around, being watched closely" The boss smiled and said: "You don't just want to see the corner children? Just take a look?"

  Zhu Yuhuan nodded: "Yes, since you feel it's okay, then it's okay"

  So it was settled, Zhu Yuhuan went back to prepare. The next day, still wearing a blue cloth long shirt and dressed as a housekeeper, he followed the master of the Sun family's troupe to the Blue Mansion.

  Zhu Yuhuan thought for a moment and nodded in agreement: "It's also possible that Old Lady Chu, that old fox, might try to cover up the ugly truth by forcing Ke'er to marry him. Who knows, even if everyone finds out, she might still be forced to go through with it." He slapped his thigh: "Let's do it! Hurry and invite Consort Ce and Uncle Jiu over, don't delay any further. The Mid-Autumn Festival is just around the corner!"

  Zhu Yichen got his consent and immediately became much bolder: "Good, but if Ke'er finds out and is unhappy or something... you have to help me talk my way out of it."

  "She won't be unhappy, don't worry." Zhu Yuhuan said with a big smile: "With me here, nothing will happen."

  Zhu Yuhuan followed the master of Sun's troupe and easily entered the Blue Mansion.

  The troupe leader comes in every day, mainly bringing the supporting actors of the day's performance into the mansion. These days, only the main actors can stay in the mansion, while other supporting actors and extras can only enter after putting on their makeup and follow the troupe leader in for the day's performance, and then leave immediately after finishing singing.

  The main characters live in a small courtyard in Xiyuan and are not allowed to wander around elsewhere.

  When Zhu Yuhuan followed the host into the door, a servant girl led several servant girls and wives to hurry by from a short distance. The host quickly lowered his head, and Zhu Yuhuan turned his face to look elsewhere, letting this group of people pass before walking in.

  They arrived at the West Wing, and the master called out the main characters one by one to introduce them in the courtyard. At that time, there were no women in the theater troupe, and the male actors sang the female roles; some young boys who looked delicate joined the troupe and were destined to sing the female lead, and such people would also have a hint of femininity in their daily lives.

  Zhu Yuhuan took a look and shook his head. He turned around to the host and said, "I'll go back first. When I come out, I have something to ask you."

  The class leader had also guessed what kind of person this was, as there were a few like that in his class. He hadn't expected this guy to not take a liking to him, and nodded: "Yes."

  Zhu Yuhuan then came out of the west wing and followed the path he had just taken, walking along the corridor towards the side door leading out of the mansion.

  When he first entered the mansion, he met a maid who was beside Lan Qixiang. She had quarreled with Qing Guo in the temple and didn't notice him as he turned his face away. He also didn't expect to meet someone from the inner courtyard in the outer courtyard, so he was a bit careless. However, the maid recognized him and saw him go to the west wing where the actors lived. She quickly ran back to the inner courtyard to report to her mistress.

  Lan Zhi Xiang suddenly stood up with a "ding" sound, her face turned red: "Is it true? Did you really see that... that Fifth Master?"

  The maid nodded vigorously and said indignantly: "I absolutely did not mistake him, he disguised himself as a servant and followed that opera singer to the courtyard where the actors lived. I don't know what kind of ghost you are, young lady, but I'm going to go find Master right now and have him caught and sent to the government office. Sneaking around and disguising oneself as a servant in our manor is definitely not for any good purpose." With that, she turned to leave.

  "Stop right there!" Lan Qiu Xiang shouted, stopping the maid in her tracks. "When did you become so bold? I haven't even spoken yet, and you're already taking matters into your own hands?"

  The maid was stunned by the scolding and wondered if Miss had been frightened out of her wits. She hastily said, "But that is..."

  "How dare you say that? Did I ever instruct you to do so?" Blue Lanzhuang angrily said.

  She was so frightened that she was stunned for a long time before reacting, stuttering: "No... slave... slave dare not..."

  "Take me to see him," Lan Cixi said with a stern face. The maid did not dare disobey, and could only nod.

  Lan Zixiang hastily went to the copper mirror and took a look, touching her face, then followed the maid to the west wing's side door. (If you like this work, welcome to subscribe, reward on Starting Point Mobile Web , your support is my greatest motivation.)

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