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  Chapter 12: The Cost

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  Zhu Yuhuan didn't say anything. Looking at the girl's appearance, it was clear that he had seen her somewhere before. However, since she didn't admit it, he couldn't be bothered to ask. Did recognizing or not recognizing her make a difference?

  Xu'er took another look at the two people huddled inside, subconsciously pulling her body back a bit, and gave Zhu Yuhuan a sideways glance with a sly smile that seemed to say "I understand".

  Zhu Yuhuan felt a bit unnatural, rubbed his nose and coughed. In his heart, he thought that nowadays, women who have been in the inner chambers like Qie Xi's are all bold and daring, but this little girl in front of him, who is only ten or so years old, seems to understand everything.

  "Alright, just let me off here." Chu'er lifted the curtain and looked outside, then Zhu Yuhuan ordered the carriage driver to stop. Chu'er clasped her hands together in a rough fist and bowed to him, saying "Thank you, thank you, thank you for saving my life. May you live a long life of one hundred years, may your blessings and longevity increase..."

  Zhu Yuhuan was so angry and amused at the same time, "Go down quickly, waving his hand."

  When Xiang'er walked past him, she whispered and continued to say, "Also, I wish the beautiful woman beside you..."

  Zhu Yuhuan almost choked on his own saliva, this little girl really understood. Just as he was about to hastily explain, the young girl had already jumped out of the car and ran away laughing.

  Zhu Yuhuan was stunned for a moment, thinking why he should explain to her. He also smiled and shook his head, instructing the coachman to continue driving.

  Back at the inn, Zhu Yuhuan called the two boys over and said: "I don't have any other intentions, I just hope you can do something for me. If you succeed, I'll give each of you 50 taels of silver, and you can go back home to be good people, get married and have children. If you fail, I'll sell both of you."

  The two of them looked at each other and immediately knelt down to kowtow. "Slaves must certainly use their strength to serve their masters."

  Zhu Yuhuan nodded and then told them what they were going to do. He guaranteed twice that he would definitely handle the matter well.

  Zhu Yuhuan waved an ivory fan and said, "Don't recognize people, and don't do other bad things. If you steal chickens and dogs, call me, it's still selling."

  The two men kept kowtowing and repeatedly said "I dare not, I must follow your orders."

  Zhu Yuhuan then led the two out of the door and found the master of Sun's class. The master had already figured it out, thinking that this person might be looking for a child prostitute, but didn't expect to bring back two people instead. A 50-tael silver ingot was placed on the table as soon as they entered the room.

  The master's face immediately fell, and Zhu Yuhuan said, "Don't worry about it. During the Mid-Autumn Festival, the Chu family will invite our troupe to perform, just bring these two in and they'll be fine, no need for them to go on stage, just have them help out in the back, the rest of the things, they'll take care of."

  The class master kowtowed and said, "I'm afraid I've implicated the little ones and the whole class."

  "It can't be helped, which theatre troupe doesn't have one or two people like this? It's not a big deal, who in any household doesn't hide such things? Who would dare make a big fuss about it?"

  The boss looked at that fifty taels of silver, this is the annual income of the theater troupe. He gritted his teeth and agreed.

  Zhu Yuhuan nodded, "That's right." He pointed to the two people and said, "The two of them are now part of our group. Remember, except for me, you can't tell anyone about their identities. Not even the red flag holders in the group can know. Don't ask about things that don't concern you, my identity, or other matters. Just stay put and prepare quietly after entering."

  "Yes, these little people are thrifty." said the boss.

  "When the time comes, the imperial court may be in chaos. We'll take advantage of the chaos and leave Beijing overnight," Zhu Yuhuan said to Ban Zhong and those two people.

  All three agreed.

  Zhu Yuhuan once again exhorted those two people before leaving.

  This matter from start to finish was all arranged by Zhu Yuhuan, Chu Keqi only provided the idea and afterwards didn't care about it. Zhu Yuhuan also didn't let her care about it, after all such things are too dirty, that kind of person she's better off not seeing at all.

  Chu Xue's responsibility is to ensure that the Sun family troupe is invited to perform at the mansion.

  The Zhongyuan Festival invited a troupe of actors, and this was done by the Meng family to persuade the old lady. They must invite the Sun family's troupe, and then they would spend money to bribe Bai Guo's mother to buy it off.

  Generally, going out to find a theater troupe is something that the stewards of the outer courtyard do. Although it's ultimately up to the master to make the decision, the stewards can easily influence the choice by saying that other troupes are not available or by speaking highly of a particular troupe.

  With money, things are easy to handle. Since the old lady's private storage was lost, Chukui had a lot of money and wanted to do something, so she ordered several generals under her command to go and bribe them, which was very easy.

  However, that's Xue E's business and Chu Ke doesn't participate in it, but that doesn't mean she's going to let this matter go easily. She now deeply resents the old lady and is determined to use this matter to make her lose face completely, causing her to thoroughly lose Old Master's trust, so that in the future, she won't even be counted in the manor.

  If something like this happened in the mansion, would Master get furious? Chu Nan thought. She shifted the blame to Old Madam's head and after thinking about the consequences, she made a plan.

  The wicked woman had many of them, she called the door and asked about the situation of Qin's brother, younger brother and father.

  Men Shi was very familiar with these people, and hastily said that Chegui still had two on the old lady's side. Now he has changed to a different job, Chegui has become the general manager of the outer courtyard, but he is still not satisfied, often complaining to people that his whole family died for the old lady, but only ended up in this situation.

  Chu Xue asked him if he was dissatisfied?

  "Isn't the Men family's compensation still too little? After the death of Che Gui's family, the old lady gave 50 taels of silver for the funeral, but he thought it was too little and said that the old lady was too stingy."

  "Is fifty taels still not enough?" Chu Ke smiled slyly and said "This is good for greedy people"

  Mrs. Meng was a bit dissatisfied with her pursed lips, and they were also dissatisfied. A car from the Gu family could be worth fifty taels of silver? The old lady did this, which made the elderly people around her very dissatisfied.

  Chu Ke smiled and said to find someone to spread the word on Che Gui's side, saying that there was another hidden reason for the death of Che Gui's family, because of some things about her mother-in-law's natal family.

  "Is it... worth mentioning?"

  "Don't say a word, don't reveal anything, let them guess. Also be cautious, don't get dragged in, find someone else to spread the rumor." Chu Kui said shaking her head.

  Men Shi nodded and quickly made arrangements, while Chu Ke quietly found Jing Er and whispered to her mother, telling her that the reason for the death of the old lady's family was actually due to the old lady's natal family, the Xue family, and asked her to pass this on to only one person.

  "Who is it?" Jing Er reacted slightly sluggishly.

  "Mother trusted him," Chu Ke said, linking her mother's trust in him.

  Jing'er understood and quickly nodded "I understand."

  "Understood, go then." Chu Ke called her out and had Bai Guo come in, still instructing her to pass it on to her mother.

  Bai Guo also agreed and went along with it.

  Chu Ke called them all to be careful not to get involved, instructing the three of them that what they said was very knowledgeable no matter who heard it.

  Men's family is in charge of calling a car for the Gui family, so if something goes wrong, they will be the ones to blame.

  Jing'er's mother is a high-ranking lady, and passing it on to one person is enough. There aren't many high-ranking ladies in total, but this one must also have some good connections. This slowly spreads among the people around Old Lady Chu, and since Jing'er's mother said so, the content is mostly credible, already mentioning Xue. This makes their news even more believable. The Shi family will definitely investigate to get to the bottom of things after hearing what the Meng lady said, and they will also ask the several older ladies around Old Lady Chu. If they hear any one of them say this, they will definitely believe it without a doubt.

  While the daughter of White Fruit is a low-ranking wife, the news spreads even faster. Although there's no inside information, it's just mysterious. Everyone who hears about it becomes interested and starts inquiring everywhere. Once the matter is exposed, everyone suddenly realizes the truth. Then others take a look and find out that indeed something like this has happened.

  After arranging everything, Chu Ke had been staying in a separate courtyard for two days, and now she was just waiting for the good show to begin.

  The night before the Zhongyuan Festival, the troupe of actors moved into the mansion.

  They lived in a small courtyard by the outer wall of the lower people's yard, and they couldn't walk around casually anywhere else. When a group of people were moving their luggage into the house in a chaotic manner, Xue E heard that it was an opera troupe from the government office, so he hurried over to take a look.

  Actually, according to the plan, Chu Ke and Zhu Yuhuan did not expect Xue E to be so proactive. Zhu Yuhuan ordered those two panderers to take advantage of the chaos when the play started to hook up with Xue E, one person taking care of things, the other thinking of a way to deal with the people in the mansion.

  However, people like Xue E are not willing to be lonely and cannot bear a few days of hardship. When he arrived at the Chu Mansion, he had been suppressed for many days and as soon as he heard that a theater troupe had come to the mansion, he immediately went to join in the fun, planning to find two pretty ones to sing a couple of songs first.

  Shaking the fan, five or six people walked, not yet reaching the gate of the courtyard, and saw a figure resembling Zhu Yuchen's back, holding several red-tasseled spears walking in. Xue E's whole body trembled, and he exclaimed in surprise: "Is that Yuchen?"

  That person turned his head, Xue E was disappointed, it wasn't Zhu Yuxuan. Then his eyes lit up again as the actor turned around and gave him a sideways glance before walking into the courtyard.

  Xue E's whole body was like being sprinkled with itching powder, and he couldn't bear it anymore, immediately following him in...

  That night, Xue E brought the two people who had feelings for each other to a secluded courtyard and they messed around all night. (If you like this work, welcome to subscribe and reward on Starting Point Website, your support is my greatest motivation.)

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