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Chapter 107: News of Sisters

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  The two of them chatted for a while, but Chu Ke didn't have an appetite either. However, she still accompanied Liu Niang to eat a bit before lying down. Since her body wasn't feeling well, as soon as she rested her head on the pillow, she fell into a deep sleep and slept all the way until almost noon the next day before waking up.

  This time when I woke up, I really felt refreshed and the cold was completely gone. After getting up and washing my face, I came from the inner room to the main hall, where I saw Men Shuang standing respectfully in the middle of the hall, while Chu Ke sat on a chair, smiling and asking:

  Men directly knelt down and kowtowed, saying: "Yesterday, the slave was at fault and disappointed the young lady. Today, I came to apologize specifically."

  "What crime have you committed, get up."

  Men immediately got up and said: "The young lady is generous and forgiving, I am grateful."

  "It's all right, go out." Chu Ke said softly.

  "Men nodded and replied 'yes', then left."

  Men's old and experienced, Chu Ke's subtle and restrained, the silent understanding between them, even Qing Guo who was a bit clever didn't understand, after Men left he quietly asked the young lady: "What did she mean by that?"

  Chu Xue smiled slightly and nodded in submission, "From now on, I'll listen to you."

  Qing Guo suddenly realized and quickly congratulated Chu Ke's good fortune, saying "Congratulations to the young lady for winning another one!"

  Chu Ke smiled and said, "Have you become a bystander? You can still see clearly?"

  "The maid smiled and said, 'I can see clearly that Miss is truly admirable. With her clever calculations, no one can match her. I will definitely follow her wholeheartedly.'"

  "Really, you're just flattering and trying to curry favor. Admitting second place is already quite something, who dares to claim first? Just treat it as a lively show, right?" Chu Ke smiled and scolded, "Hurry up and pour me a cup of tea!"

  Qing Guo happily went away with good fortune.

  Chu Ke looked at her back and smiled, Qing Guo has been much more lively these days, not as stiff as she was at the beginning, it also means that she is really relaxed when she is by his side.

  Liu Yiniang recited scriptures, and San Guniang's illness had already recovered, and she was overjoyed, it was the blessing of the Buddha. At noon, I saw Chu Keqi eating well again, and I was even more delighted, and sincerely went to thank the Buddha.

  Yesterday, the maid of Lan Zixiang who came to deliver fruit said that her young lady heard that Chu Sangu had recovered from her illness and was very happy. She also said that if the young lady is interested, please go to the garden where they played chess yesterday for a chat.

  Chu Ke didn't say she was going or not going, waved her hand and told her to leave, then called Jing Er to go invite Madam Meng over.

  The Meng family's young lady must have had something to instruct, as soon as she heard that the young lady was awake, she kept waiting in the house, and now hearing Qing'er call, she hurriedly followed.

  As soon as they entered the house and paid their respects, Chu Ke asked, "Auntie, what kind of person is your nephew's son, Mom?"

  Men said hastily that he was a child prodigy, and it is said that in the past few years, he has been studying hard at home to take the imperial examination path. The Xie family has placed great hopes on him, and it is said that he has a bright future ahead of him."

  "What's said? Heard what? Haven't you seen it?"

  "The Men's servant girl had never seen it before."

  Chu Ke didn't think that in all these years, the old lady hadn't returned to her hometown... I seem to recall it was over, wasn't it? Not many words were exchanged. She certainly doesn't remember, but under normal circumstances, she should have been back often.

  "The old lady is coming over, but for the past few times, she hasn't brought any servants with her."

  "Didn't bring? Then who brought?"

  "Without bringing anyone, every time it's someone from that side who comes to pick her up, and there are already servants following along. The old lady is usually gone for just a day or half a day." Madam Meng replied.

  Chu Ke heard silently for a while, and then asked how many times recently? How many years ago was the last time? The old lady didn't bring anyone from this side, why didn't she jump over.

  Men replied with his hands hanging down, "I don't remember how many times specifically, but in recent years it has been less. In the past, at least once a year, and in the last two years, it's been two or three years before coming again. I haven't had one for almost ten years either." As for why... Men thought, "Maybe there are things that people on that side of the house don't want to call people from this side about."

  Ten years ago, that is to say, it was something that happened when Xue E was around ten years old? What the old lady wants to hide, is it this matter? At that time, Xue E had already grown into a rascal?

  "Are there any relatives left in the old lady's maternal family? Ask around and find out what kind of person Xue E is."

  Men knelt down in a hurry, "It's not that the slave is not diligent, it's just that the slave really has no relatives on that side... even the people who used to serve together are now unfamiliar."

  "What kind of person is Xue E, isn't he at all?"

  "I really don't know..." said the lady of the house, hesitating. But the old lady suddenly didn't take me back to my hometown, and for the first time I felt it was strange, so I secretly inquired about it, and heard that...heard that the young master of the family wasn't making progress, causing a big commotion, but I couldn't find out what exactly happened. Since then, the old lady never took me there again. I also thought that this mansion now has nothing to do with me, so I didn't bother to ask more questions."

  Chu Ke nodded slightly, it seemed that the reason why Madame Meng didn't bring anyone was indeed because Xue E had become a monster. The old lady wanted to save face and for future considerations, she had to keep this from everyone in the manor, including Madame Meng herself. So she simply went back to her natal home without bringing anyone along.

  "Get up." Chu Ke said.

  Men stood up honestly and said in a low voice: "There is one more thing, I don't know if Miss has the interest to listen."

  "What's about?"

  "The matter of Second Sister and Fourth Sister."

  "Say."

  Men nodded and coughed, saying "This matter should be said from the time of the Duke's mansion..."

  She first told about the whole thing of Chu Yunqing and Zhu Yuxu having a private meeting in the pavilion when they were at the Junwang Mansion, then said that after returning to the mansion, the fourth young lady was taken away by the carriage driver, and the people from the Junwang Mansion came to ask questions and so on. All these things Chu Kejie had never heard of until she mentioned how to deal with Chu Yunying and Chu Yunqing.

  "...Although the Duke's Mansion didn't explicitly say they wouldn't marry Fourth Young Miss, the news spread and when Master returned from court, he was invited by the people of the Zongren Mansion to discreetly ask if our mansion was discussing a marriage alliance with the Duke's Mansion. Master, being straightforward, endured it and told Old Madam not to mention this matter to the Duke's Mansion again, as if nothing had happened. But Old Madam said that Fourth Young Miss already...already belongs to Third Young Master of that family, and in the future, finding a husband will be different, she argued with Master for several sentences, resulting in Master getting extremely angry."

  Men said that here, opened his eyes wide, the servant had not seen the old master get so angry in a decade... The old lady was also frightened and could only agree... On the other side, the Duke's mansion asked if they wanted to advance the wedding date. The old lady knew that the cancellation of the engagement was their doing, but she had no way out and could only swallow this bitter pill. As for the fourth daughter's matter, she didn't dare let the old master know...

  "So that's what it means, the old lady from the Duke's mansion actually wants to cancel the engagement, but can't say so, and the old master doesn't." Chu Ke asked again.

  Men nodded hastily, so did Grandpa.

  Chu Ke nodded and continued speaking.

  "Second Sister and Fourth Sister, along with all the maidservants in their courtyard, regardless of rank, are not allowed to leave the courtyard. Whoever comes out will have her legs broken. Old Lady has already persuaded Master to send Second Sister into the palace..."

  Chu Xue was surprised: "The old man agreed?"

  "Yes, actually the old lady had long thought of sending Erniang into the palace, but she didn't dare to mention it to Master. Master is a Hanlin and also the Taizi Shaoshi, he doesn't want to use this kind of method to become relatives with the royal family. Moreover, Master loves his own family and thinks that life in the palace is not suitable for humans... The old lady never mentioned it before, but this time when things happened, she finally persuaded Master and he agreed."

  "What? Can this matter be settled with just a nod from the old master?"

  "The old lady said that the second girl is a ruthless and cruel person. If such a girl were to marry into an ordinary family, wouldn't she turn their lives upside down? Rather than being repeatedly embarrassed by her relatives at that time, it's better to send her to the palace, where she belongs. I think the master agreed because he was heartbroken over this matter."

  "Does the old lady plan to send Erjie in?"

  "...On Qixi Festival, the Empress is going to host a banquet for daughters and invite some officials with suitable ages..."

  Chu Ke's sensitive feeling is that there is a problem with his daughter's banquet?

  As expected, the Emperor's intention was actually for the Empress to fill up the empty palace...

  "The queen is so virtuous? Is it because the emperor has no children? Not a few words"

  Men nodded hastily, "Yes, first, the Emperor always stays in the suburbs of Beijing and doesn't even want to enter the Imperial Palace. How can this go on? Second, the Emperor has no children, and the Empress is blamed more severely than ever before. Everyone in the Ming Dynasty is saying behind her back that she is not virtuous. The Empress must do something like this."

  "That daughter's banquet... will all three of us go or just Second Sister alone?"

  "The Empress's plan is for the daughters of officials of the third rank and above, aged between thirteen to fifteen. Our three girls happen to be within this age range."

  "Is this what the old lady said? She's quite well-informed."

  "The old lady pondered these things, and in the end it still had to do with her natal family. If the Chu family took another step forward and became an outer relative by marriage, the Xue family would also find it easy to promote them."

  "The old lady wants Second Sister to enter the emperor's eyes? By bribing the eunuchs?"

  Men was surprised for a moment, "The girl is too clever! Can you think of this?" In her mind, San Niangzi was just a lady in the boudoir, how could she know these twists and turns of the imperial court? Now looking at her, Men felt that this San Niangzi was too formidable.

  Chu Xue's heart was amused, didn't she think of this? She worried that it wouldn't work out in the end, what if the empress or eunuchs recognized her?

  Meng said to Taijian, "It's the second of the Chu family. He also said that only the second wore red that night."

  "Maybe he won't agree, can you go quietly without jumping words."

  Men said with a smile: "The second young lady has already agreed."

  This time Chu Ke really couldn't think of anything, and was shocked that she agreed. Why? Why didn't she refuse?

  Men shook his head and said, "I don't know, even the old lady didn't think that Second Miss would agree, and thought maybe she had some idea..."

  Chu Yunting can obediently agree to enter the palace, Chu Keqi is dead and won't, must be suffocated to death

  "What about Fourth Miss? What will be done with her... I mean, from now on? The Prince's Manor has withdrawn their engagement, and she has also acknowledged it?"

  "Good heavens, Fourth Miss can't take such a huge injustice! None of you girls... that one month was chaotic, every day fighting in her courtyard, and attempting all sorts of self-destruction - jumping into the well, hanging herself, banging her head against the wall, taking medicine... it's as if she's gone mad! The old master and eldest master were shocked several times. Look, Fourth Miss with disheveled hair begged the old master to take charge, saying she had been defiled by Third Master and must marry him... but who would believe such a crazy story? They just thought she was being seduced by someone outside... and now they're blaming Third Master for her lovesickness... The old master is so angry he doesn't want to see her again. The mistress says it's lovesickness driving her mad, making her think the false is true."

  Chu Ke heard the sigh, thinking in her heart that Chu Yunqing was still not good enough. Her intelligence and calculation were inferior to Zhu Yuetian and Chu Yunting by a notch, yet she insisted on competing with these two people, especially when it came to outsmarting Zhu Yuetian. Wasn't this just asking for trouble? Now she had suffered a great loss, one that would last a lifetime.

  The old lady said something right, Chu Yunting is ruthless enough to fit in perfectly in the palace, but it remains to be seen if she can quietly enter that golden cage.

  "The fourth young lady is like this, I think it's all over for her this lifetime. The old master also said that the fourth young lady should wait a few more years, until she's 17 or 18, and then find a husband from a family that's a bit lower than ours, not a prominent family."

  Chu Ke heard this and thought, this matter is in the hands of the old lady. She shook her head, Chu Yunqing was indeed a bit too miserable, but she couldn't care about that now, she was more concerned about others plotting against herself, that daughter's banquet, it wouldn't be so simple.

  "Can Fourth Miss still attend the Empress's daughter's banquet without jumping characters?"

  "She definitely won't be allowed to go. I heard Old Lady say that Fourth Miss will be locked up until she gets married."

  Chu Xue's eyes widened in surprise: "Four or five years?"

  The old lady of the Men family had this in mind... The old lady attaches great importance to her dignity, and she has suffered a loss on the matter of the fourth girl. If she lets the fourth girl go out and talk nonsense everywhere, the mansion will lose face, and she will even more so. In order to preserve the dignity of the mansion and herself, she can do such a thing."

  Chu Yunqing, after a tumultuous period, became the most miserable person. (If you like this work, welcome to subscribe and reward on Starting Point website, your support is my greatest motivation.)

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