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  Chapter 16: The Cost

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  With the support of Ce Fei, returning the concubine's book was relatively smooth, at least smoother than Chu Ke thought.

  Chu Nan was very reluctant, but no matter how hard he tried to persuade her, Liu Yiniang's heart was as firm as iron, and she insisted on becoming a nun. The concubine's side said that if she became a nun, Chu Nan must produce the divorce papers and set Liu Yiniang free.

  Chu Nan tried to persuade him, but Liu Niang refused to turn back. The people on this side also thought that he should return the concubine's contract. Moreover, he was also disheartened and saw that Liu Niang was resolute, so he had no choice but to let go.

  Chu Nan was also skilled in this matter, and if they were to discuss it further, it would never end. He still wanted to take charge and make a decision for Madame Liu, so he didn't mention the matter again and directly went to the government office to handle it, bringing Zhu Yicheng along, with the intention of using his younger aunt's concubine contract at the right moment.

  This will be less of a mix-up by the old lady and others in the mansion.

  The next day, everyone waited in the main hall for Zhu Yichen to take the letter of divorce. Chu Ke had already packed her things, but Chu Nan told her to wait a bit and immediately followed him back to the mansion.

  Chu Ke's maternal grandfather, Liu Gong, has passed away. Her maternal grandmother, Liu Ting, fell ill upon hearing that her daughter was going to become a nun. Liu Gong tried to persuade his daughter not to do so but ended up being persuaded by the concubine instead. It wasn't as unbearable as expected, and he went to report the situation.

  The imperial concubine entered the house with Madame Liu, and on this side, Chu Ke'er hastily came out to look for Zhu Yihe. Zhu Yihe was in the main hall instructing the host, and when Chu Ke'er approached, she heard him repeatedly saying that he must not let his hair down and tell the truth. This auntie still had to go out, but only to entrust her to the care of the nunnery for a few years. In two days, someone would send 500 taels of silver to add incense oil, and she must take good care of it, not letting her hair down or going out to travel.

  The host nodded and kept chanting "Amitabha."

  Zhu Yuhuan saw her and followed her out. The two of them walked to a deserted place outside the temple gate. Zhu Yuhuan asked, "Yue Chen?"

  "Not yet, I'm going with Father."

  Zhu Yuhuan nodded and let out a long sigh. "It won't be long before we can see each other again." He reached out his hand and gently patted her head.

  "I will often come here to see Auntie, and Brother also comes to see her often."

  "This goes without saying, of course." Zhu Yuhuan sighed again.

  "Brother, ... do you have any plans?" Chu Ke asked hesitantly. "No matter what the plan is, you must discuss it with me and can't make decisions on your own. In the Duke's mansion, there are some things that need to be endured..."

  Looking at her, Zhu Yuhuan couldn't help but laugh and instead worried about me taking care of things, dealing with the old lady's affairs, going to the daughter's banquet, I couldn't go in, but Yuhuan could, the two of them should respond.

  Chu Ke nodded.

  Zhu Yuhuan stretched out his hand and gently wrapped it around Chu Keqi, saying in a low voice, "Let's be a family, when can we really be together?" He felt a little sad, every time he was left alone...

  Chu Kei hastily smiled and said "I know..."

  The conversation was cut off by a sudden chill in the air, and when they looked up, they saw Xiao Lù standing on the small road with a shocked expression.

  She was so frightened that her beautiful face twitched, staring at them...

  Chu Ke'er rolled her eyes, Zhu Yuhuan said a sentence "the ghost of the past will not disperse" and then the two of them turned around calmly, ignoring the shocked Lan Da Mei's gaze.

  Zhu Yuhuan deliberately scared her, putting his hand on Chu Kei's shoulder and whispering, "This stinky girl is following me or what? I can see her everywhere."

  "Cough cough, Blue Girl loves talking about fate, maybe we two have a destined connection."

  "Good grief! I must be out of my mind if I have a predestined relationship with her!"

  Chu Xue coughed violently and said, "Brother, this time we really have to let go. Father and Zhu Yuxuan are coming up the mountain."

  Zhu Yuhuan looked and indeed saw the two of them approaching the temple gate. He quickly put down his hand and said softly, "Go in first, I'll wait for a while... Ah, I won't be able to see you off."

  "Uh-huh, okay, I'll leave in a bit, how many more days will you stay?"

  "It's just four or five days, nothing will happen, go quickly."

  Chu Kei tightly walked two steps out, Zhu Yi Huan subconsciously turned his head to look, Lan Qi Xiang also saw the approaching Zhu Yi Chen, and was shocked into extreme contempt, hating that he couldn't use contemptuous words to make him suddenly feel ashamed.

  Unfortunately, Zhu Yuhuan didn't feel a bit guilty about it and was still dissatisfied with her. "What's wrong? Is there such a thing as staring at men like that?"

  "Also considered a man?" Carrying on an affair with someone you like, is considered being a man.

  Zhu Yuhuan pointed at her and said "I just wanted to try it out, I thought it would be quick, so I kept saying..."

  Lan Zixiang still didn't understand, Zhu Yuhuan took advantage of the situation and left with a smug expression.

  Lan Zhi looked at him with disdain for a long time before finally going in as well.

  Zhu Yicheng took the letter and entered the inner room. Meanwhile, Chu Nancai, who had been listless, immediately said to Chu Keqi, "Follow me back to the mansion right away."

  Chu Ke wore a light brown satin cloak and stood in the courtyard, with her maids and servant women carrying large and small packages standing behind her.

  Zhu Yichan helped Liu Niang out and stood under the eaves, Chu Keqiang respectfully bowed his head in the courtyard: "Mother is above, receiving a daughter's bow. The daughter is unfilial and cannot serve by her mother's side, only hoping that her mother's mood is comfortable and her body is healthy."

  The maidservants behind her immediately knelt down and kowtowed.

  Liu Yiniang's face was streaming with tears, and she hastily wanted to support her. The concubine beside her pulled her back, saying "That is your daughter, you should receive her curtsy."

  Chu Nan's face turned blue and purple as he walked out of the hospital gate, feeling extremely embarrassed.

  Zhu Yuhuan slowly walked to the door and looked at everything inside.

  Chu Kei stood up straight, smiling at Liu Niang in front of her, and said: "Mother enters the empty door, daughter returns to the Hou door, daughter is extremely unfilial, can it be expressed clearly with just a few words? Only hoping that from now on, daughter will personally embroider red wedding dress for mother, change into red clothes, and our family will gather together." Then she knocked her head again.

  Liu Yiniang cried out in a loud voice: "Ke'er!"

  Chu Xue stood up and bowed to everyone, then turned around and walked out of the courtyard, following Chu Nan.

  The people behind him stood still like wooden statues.

  Half a day later, Zhu Yuhuan slowly turned back to his courtyard. Lan Zixing, who had been watching from a distance, suddenly seemed to have tears in his eyes...

  Lan Zixiang was also stunned.

  Zhu Yi Chen helped Liu Niang back into the house, Liu Niang was crying so hard she could barely lift her head, leaning on Ce Fei Liu's shoulder. Liu called out to Liu Niang's name, Lu Su, now that they had escaped from that mansion, all they were waiting for was for Yi Chen and Ke Qi's wedding to be settled, then they would reunite, and the whole family could live happily ever after. My daughter is right, why are you still crying...

  Soft words comforted Liu Suo, Zhu Yichen saw the distressed Zhu Yihuan and couldn't help but offer another round of consolation.

  ……

  The horse carriage was on its way back to the Chu Mansion. Whether it was Chu Kei sitting inside, or the maid sitting outside, or even Chu Nancai riding his horse, everyone remained silent all the way until they returned home.

  As soon as they entered the house, Chunan asked Chuke, "Did mother say anything?"

  "Chu Ke asked what it meant, unfortunately, she asked too late. Now thinking about it, it's too late... She gently shook her head and said 'Mother never mentioned anything.'"

  Chu Nan looked at her for a while, sighed and turned around first.

  Chu Keqian then went one by one to pay her respects, first paying her respects to Old Master Chu and then to Old Lady Chu.

  Before that, Chunan Cai had already come, and when the door was opened, he went straight to the old lady's side. The old lady had already let go of Liu Niangniang, and when Chu Keqi entered the house, looking at the old lady's face, it seemed normal, but the expression on the face of Madame Chuhao standing beside her was extremely unpleasant.

  Made a bow to the old lady and the wife standing beside her. The old lady merely said indifferently, "I'm also tired, take a rest."

  Chu Ke thanked the old lady and left.

  After returning to the courtyard, I didn't go out again, took a bath, ate something and went to sleep.

  The next day, Mr. Men came.

  Behind her, a maid followed with a large tray in her hands, covered with a red cloth. Chu Ke'er took one look at this setup and was startled, hastily calling Jing'er to invite Madame Meng to take a seat.

  Men sat down on the sedan chair, turned around and said to the maid: "Put it down, go out first and wait outside."

  The maid responded with a sound, squatted down and placed the tray on the table, turned around and left. As soon as she went out, Madame Meng immediately stood up and gave Chu Ke'er three bows.

  Chu Ke nodded slightly and raised her chin towards the tray "What's that?"

  Qing Guo suddenly lifted it up, and Chu Ke looked at it, only to find that it was a few pieces of clothing.

  "It was the old lady who prepared the clothes for the girl to wear to her daughter's banquet."

  Qing Guo flipped through it, and Chu Ke's sharp eyes immediately saw a red one. He hurried over to pick it up, and with a casual movement, he opened it, revealing a large red velvet embroidered flower-trimmed corset skirt.

  "What's going on? Didn't we agree with the eunuch that those wearing red would enter the palace? Has the old lady changed her mind?" Chu Ke asked, frowning immediately.

  Men obviously didn't either, after shaking out the skirt, she was shocked, staring blankly for half a day without making a sound, hearing Chu Xiangui ask, hurriedly said "Slave also... could it be taken?"

  Chu Ke sat down and asked, "Did the old lady ask? Didn't she say anything?"

  "Without asking, she inquired about every move the girl made in the temple, especially later on... not, it was Liu... Liu..." She couldn't bring herself to say it.

  "What about my mother becoming a nun? Many people are tense because of this?"

  "Yes, especially after Second Master left, he asked about the situation in detail and even asked me if Miss's eyes and eyebrows were... with Second Master..."

  Chu Xue's heart sank, this old lady was very suspicious. She had met with Zhu Yi Chen a bit more often, and each time she had a reasonable excuse, but the old lady had already become suspicious.

  "After listening to what the servant said, it seemed like a weight had been lifted off her mind, and she didn't say anything else."

  "When you were called to take your clothes, did you say anything?"

  "He didn't say anything, just told me to send you over, and he also didn't mention anything about the daughter's banquet."

  Chu Ke'er pondered for a moment and asked if the clothes had been sent to Chu Yun Ting's side, and whether they were of the same color.

  "The slave hasn't seen it and didn't send it." Madam Meng was somewhat frightened, becoming more and more frightened as she spoke.

  Chu Kei thought deeply, what did the old lady mean? Had the Meng family already defected to this side? No way, absolutely impossible. Then what did these words mean?

  "Is Madam Meng's anxiety about the Third Young Lady over? Madam... is this a warning to me and the Third Young Lady?"

  Chu Ke didn't make a sound, staring at those few clothes with furrowed brows.

  Jing Er and Qing Guo on the side also furrowed their brows, looking tense. The silent atmosphere in the room was suffocating, especially for Men Shi, who had sweat dripping from his forehead.

  Chu Ke raised her head and stared at her for a while, then suddenly smiled "Mom, you're the one who knows Grandma best, why are you so nervous?"

  Men Sheng hesitated for a moment and said in a low voice: "This time... I don't understand why the old lady..."

  "Can't figure it out, logically speaking, the old lady shouldn't have, but then again she wants to give away clothes, yet doesn't say anything?"

  Men nodded hesitantly.

  Chu Ke said, "I understand."

  "Do you understand, miss?"

  Chu Kei shook out the red garment and put it back on the old lady's bed, but she was still suspicious. She followed us to live in the temple for a month, always suspecting... not that she really suspected anything, but she would hide things from her. These clothes were used by her to test, if she saw the clothes, she must be suspicious, and it was a sign that she had something to hide from her.

  "How should a slave behave?" Madam Ruan was stunned and couldn't think of anything, so she asked her.

  "Chu Ke asked with a slanted glance, 'Was she a chatterbox in her previous life?'"

  Mr. Men immediately shook his head and said "no"

  "Is he a busybody?"

  "Not either"

  "If I had seen the old lady doing contradictory things before, would I ask or wouldn't I?"

  Men hesitated for a long time before stuttering out "Sometimes I'll ask... sometimes I won't..." She looked bitter and said "I'm already confused, it's better not to do anything"

  Chu Ke smiled and shook her head, "I'm really confused." She tapped the table lightly with her fingers, thought for a moment, then said, "Just ask, you still have to pretend to be more concerned."

  "But like this...the old lady won't be suspicious?"

  "Don't ask and be suspicious." Chu Ke's personality was cautious, so in this situation, she might ask, or maybe not, depending on the circumstances. Now, having been away from home for a month, not serving by Grandma's side, Grandma had done something that contradicted what she had said before. As her most trusted assistant, it was natural to want to keep this position, and to do so, one had to appear urgent. If one remained calm and composed, it would mean they didn't value the position highly.

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