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  Chapter 16: The Cost

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  Zhu Yichan reached out to support Chu Ke's shoulder, helped her lie down, and pulled the quilt up tightly. With a smile, he watched her sleep for a while before waking up, and she would be fine."

  Chu Ke closed her eyes and said softly, "Go to sleep for a while... Tell brother to rest too."

  "Done." Zhu Yichen's face was smiling, but he gently leaned in, Chu Ke'er's heart 'thudded thudded' and jumped up quickly, hurriedly closing her eyes, feeling his closeness, a light kiss fell on her forehead, then he left...

  Chu Ke's face turned red with shame, her eyelashes trembling violently. Zhu Yi Zhen stood up and took a few steps back, gazing at her for a moment before smiling and turning to leave.

  As soon as he left, Chu Kei opened her eyes and heard him instruct Qing Guo to take good care of the young lady. Then she listened to his footsteps walking out the door and heard Qing Guo's voice coming in. Afraid that the blush on her face would give away her secret, she immediately turned over, but the joy and sweetness in her heart slowly spread throughout her body, warm and comforting...

  At this time, Chu Ke was much better. After waking up, she wanted to get up and take a bath, and then eat, making several maids busy running around. Madame Liu woke up in the midst of everyone's busyness and saw that Chu Ke was radiant and her eyes were sparkling brightly, which made her extremely happy.

  After a while, Zhu Yichen and Zhu Yihuan also finished dressing up. The two of them looked around, anyway Men Shi was not there, so they directly entered the courtyard.

  Chu Ke's hair was still emitting steam, her eyes were slightly swollen, but she looked even more lovely than usual with a rounded face.

  Zhu Yuhuan saw the package on the corner table and went to pick it up, "These are... were bought by Keqi, she's sick and must have forgotten, we should eat them quickly."

  "Mother Liu was really shocked, she took a closer look and jumped in fright. 'Oh my, can these be cooked here?'"

  "Why can't it be?" Zhu Yuhuan asked in surprise.

  "Swallow's nest, deer antler... aren't these non-vegetarian?"

  "Is this meat?" Zhu Yuhuan cried out in surprise.

  They said on the other side, without affecting the tender affection of the two people on this side. Zhu Yucheng saw Chu Keqi smiling and not smiling, he pretended to be unintentional and stood in front of her, stretched out his hand and quietly grabbed her hand, then quickly let go. Seeing that everyone didn't notice, he turned his face down and leaned forward to take a look at her, immediately straightened up and pretended nothing had happened.

  Chu Ke'er is both angry and amused at the same time.

  "Green fruits, go ask the host if these can be cooked here." Madame Liu thought that these could be used to nourish Chu Ke's body, but she was a bit embarrassed and smiled at Zhu Yuhan, saying "Fifth Master is too polite, buying so many things."

  "This isn't... This was bought by Ke'er and her." Zhu Yuhuan hastily said.

  Liu Yiniang smiled, "Third Sister, where did you get so much silver? These things can't be bought for less than a hundred taels... let alone Third Sister still thinking of buying these. Fifth Brother, thank you so much."

  Zhu Yuhuan lowered his head slightly red-faced and hastily said "Actually it's nothing..."

  Qing Guo came in and said that these things couldn't be done in the temple, and also said that San Guniang's body was weak, so she should eat some light food.

  "Alright," said Zhu Yuhuan with a snort, "then we won't cook it here. We'll find a place down the mountain to prepare it and have it sent up."

  Zhu Yichan was still secretly exchanging glances with Chu Keqian, when suddenly someone rushed in. Qing Guo thought it was the nun again and hastily hid the package, everyone looked up to see Bai Guo rushing in, "Miss, something's happened to your aunt and mother!"

  Apart from Liu Yiniang, no one else seemed to have heard anything and was in a hurry. Chu Ke'er's eyebrows jumped slightly as she looked at Bai Guo and smiled, "What's wrong?"

  "A few men came to the door, shouting and looking for their mother. Baiguo was so scared that his feet kept jumping on the ground, one by one, with a ferocious and terrifying expression."

  "Grandma Liu hastily asked: 'What's going on? Where are Madam Meng and the others?'"

  "Not here"

  "Jing'er also ran in from outside, and several people at the door asked for their mother. When they said their mother wasn't there, they made a fuss about wanting to come in, and the girls couldn't stop them."

  Zhu Yuhuan and Zhu Yu Chen both looked at Chu Keqi, "Keqi?"

  "Is Zhu Yi Huan's misfortune someone else's blessing? Anyway, that child is the old lady's person, she's here to keep an eye on things. It's better without her."

  "Chu Ke's words are of course reasonable," she said with a smile, lowering her voice. "If the Meng family owes me a personal favor..."

  Zhu Yuhuan immediately understood and nodded with a smile, while Zhu Yuanchen was more straightforward and had already left, fearing that those people would really break in.

  Upon arriving at the temple gate, I indeed saw two or three burly men shouting and scolding fiercely, while several nuns were being yelled at pitifully at the entrance. Zhu Yixun went up to ask if there was something he needed to tell me.

  Those people saw a handsome man with brocade and jade belt, and they knew he was from a wealthy family. They stopped quarreling immediately. One of the leaders asked: "Who are you? We only talk to that Mr. Men."

  "I am her master"

  Several big men seemed to have not thought of it, and they looked at each other in dismay. One of them asked, "Does that old woman have a master?" Looking at her, she didn't seem like it...

  "Are you saying I'm looking for trouble?" Zhu Yichen raised an eyebrow and asked.

  The big man in front looked at his clothes again, obviously a noble person. Such a person might be the master of that woman. He didn't care anymore, as long as someone took responsibility. He immediately told the woman to go to his shop and sell incense, but she actually tried to cheat him with fake incense. If he hadn't found out that she lived in An Tang, he would have suffered a great loss today.

  "Fake fragrance?" Zhu Yichen hesitated for a moment, and immediately thought of it. Where did the fragrance from the Meng family come from? Was it stolen from the mansion?

  Zhu Yuhuan also came out and heard this sentence asking him to say it from head to toe carefully.

  That big fellow looked again and another young man in a brocade shirt came out, it seemed that these people might be the masters of the Men family. Since they were the masters, they had to grasp the master of that woman too, taking this matter seriously, he stopped the other two who were still shouting, took a box from their hands, put it on the ground and opened it, pointing at the two gentlemen, "Come and take a look, is this the taste of ice pieces? You two gentlemen also seem to be frequent users, just smell it and you can tell."

  Zhu Yichan and Zhu Yihuan both walked forward, took a look, and indeed they looked very similar. However, after squatting down to take a sniff, it was true that there was a faint musky smell, which wouldn't be noticeable if one didn't sniff carefully. Zhu Yihuan suppressed a smile and asked, "Is it because they were placed together with the musk for too long?"

  The big man was taken aback and stiffened his face, unsure of how to respond.

  Zhu Yichan was very serious, picked up a piece and looked at it seriously, compared to the real ice sheet, it was turbid, put it under his nose and smelled it, and indeed there was a musky smell.

  He threw it into the box, stood up and said: Firstly, whether it's true or false, we can't just take his word for it, we need to find an expert to verify. Secondly, that woman hasn't arrived yet, what's the point of our conversation? Thirdly, even if what he said is true, it's possible that the goods have been swapped." He raised his hand to stop the big man who was about to rush over and said: "However, if our servant really did deceive us, we won't ignore it. Let's wait for her to arrive. Also, don't make a scene here, go find witnesses to prove my previous doubts."

  The big man took a look at this simple and easy-going master, who had explicitly stated that he wouldn't interfere, so the three of them let out a sigh of relief and immediately gathered together to discuss. On the other side, Zhu Yuhuan said to Zhu Yuchen, "If it was really done by the Men family, then this child has quite some guts."

  "The person following that old lady is still the first-class chair, and with a small heart, he mixed in." Zhu Yuxuan also smiled.

  Both of them felt that this matter was a good opportunity for Chu Ke to grasp the door species.

  As they approached the entrance of their courtyard, Zhu Yuhuan pulled Zhu Yuchen and said, "Don't mention this to Auntie anymore, she... might worry more and become uneasy instead."

  Zhu Yichan thought for a moment and nodded.

  Two people entered the yard and saw that Liu Niang was still at Chu Ke's place, so they smiled and said, "It seems that several wives went down the mountain to drink and gamble, lost a lot of money, couldn't afford to pay for silver, and were found by others."

  Chu Ke heard this and was very puzzled, staring at Zhu Yuhuan and Zhu Yuanchen. Liu Niangniang believed it to be true and said "Amitabha, these people will rebel as soon as they leave the old lady"

  Chu Ke coughed and said that her illness had improved a lot, really wanted to thank the Bodhisattva... In a while, I will go and pay respects to the Bodhisattva.

  "Madam Liu heard this and indeed blocked the young lady, saying 'Tomorrow is a good day to go, it's not too late. It just so happens that I also want to go listen to the scriptures, so I can thank the Bodhisattva then.'"

  Chu Xue heard this and smiled, saying "That's good too."

  Madam Liu's heart was sincere, so she couldn't sit still and immediately went to the main hall. Zhu Yuhuan immediately called for Bai Guo to follow her and keep an eye on things, saying that if anything was needed, he should speak up ahead of time. Bai Guo agreed and also left.

  "What's going on with Chu Ke? Is it very serious?"

  Zhu Yuhun ordered all the maidservants out before hastily saying it all again.

  Chu Xue heard this and fell into deep thought, unable to make a decision.

  Zhu Yuhuan said, "You're just a lady from a wealthy family, where did you get so many ice chips? Are they fake?"

  Zhu Yi Chen also nodded and said, "These fake ice slices must not have come from a good source. To say that they were stolen from the mansion, it's strange, why would our mansion use fake ice slices? Before even lighting the incense, both I and Huan could smell a musky scent coming from them. If we had lit the incense, we wouldn't be able to not notice it."

  Chu Ke sighed and said, "This is really... In the mansion, I'm not even qualified to use ice chips. The courtyard on my side has never been equipped with them for me."

  Zhu Yichen stopped in his tracks, raised his eyes and looked at her, his eyes shining brightly.

  Chu Kei hastily blinked and smiled softly saying "But I have money now, right? If you need to use it, just look for Second Brother, the great manager"

  Zhu Yichan couldn't help but laugh again, and Zhu Yihan said discontentedly, "The two of you are playing dumb riddles?" He reacted quickly and immediately responded, saying it was the old lady's private storage... Cough cough, right, how much silver did they sell in total?

  Zhu Yichan pressed his thin lips and looked at Chu Ke with a smile.

  Chu Ke'er smiled at me and said, "Are you a bit puzzled?"

  "Guess?"

  Chu Ke blinked her eyes repeatedly.

  "Zhu Yanhuan asked on horseback, 'Is there something going on between you two?' He was very sensitive and felt that the atmosphere between them was not quite right, unlike the previous few days."

  Chu Ke hastily interrupted: "One thousand... uh, no two thousand two"

  Zhu Yuhuan's attention was attracted by the silver again, and he turned to look at Zhu Yuchen. Zhu Yuchen smiled and shook his head, "Really silly, our old lady... Cough, there is a piece of top-grade embroidery, worth tens of thousands of taels."

  "Chu Ke's exquisite embroidery is absolutely top-notch?"

  "A tattoo of a woman from Chang'an during the Tang Dynasty"

  "Mo Xiu" Chu Kei stretched out his hand and grabbed his arm, "Are you going to sell it?"

  "What's 'Mò xiù'?" Zhu Yuhuan was perplexed.

  Zhu Yichan hastily comforted Chu Ke'er, who was badly hurt. "The things that were sold were all gold, silver, and white goods, totaling over 10,000 taels. As for the inkstone, when they took it to sell, the boss said so, and then asked me again. I thought you might like it, so I kept it."

  Chu Ke was overjoyed and shook his head, "It's too good, the ink pattern is almost extinct by now..."

  "Ah?" said Zhu Yichen and Zhu Yihuan simultaneously.

  Chu Ke hurriedly coughed and lowered her voice, saying "Second brother did a good job on this matter."

  Zhu Yichan smiled at her with pursed lips, if Zhu Yihuan wasn't there, he really wanted to ask, did things go well, is there a reward?

  What is Zhu Yuhuan's dissatisfaction with Mo Sui?

  Chu Ke smiled and quickly explained that Tang Dynasty had a kind of embroidery art, using hair to weave embroidery, also called "hair embroidery". There were several famous embroiderers, including Chang'an Wangshi, Xijing Caoshi... etc. Among them, the ink embroidery of Chang'an Wangshi was about to become extinct... now it's very rare.

  Zhu Yichan suddenly looked puzzled and said: "What were we originally talking about? We got sidetracked by Mo Xiang's endless..."

  Chu Ke nodded in agreement...

  Zhu Yi Huan said that originally they were talking about ice chips, Ke Qi said she didn't deserve to use them in the mansion, so Yi Chen pretended to be uncomfortable, and Ke Qi quickly comforted him, then brought up the theft... of that thing, and then brought up Mo Xiu.

  Chu Ke's face turned red, and Zhu Yi Zhen looked at him in surprise.

  Zhu Yi Huan pointed at Zhu Yi Chen and the two of them, "You two must be hiding something from me. Hurry up and confess honestly, or I won't forgive you."

  Chu Xue's face turned even redder, Zhu Yi Chen hastily brushed his hand away and whispered "I didn't say... it's not the right time now."

  "It can be said frankly" Zhu Yuhuan had already guessed a bit, looking at the eyebrows and eyes of the two people. Ordinary people still pretend to be steady, but now it's clear that they are newlyweds. He was not very satisfied with this, extremely dissatisfied. Just recognized this guy, originally the closest one was with Keqi, but in just a few days, he was robbed by this stinky boy

  He glared at Zhu Yuxuan with a scowl. (If you like this work, welcome to subscribe and reward on Starting Point Website (), your support is my greatest motivation.)

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