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

  The two arrived at the Chu Mansion and were immediately led to the front courtyard study, where Old Master Chu and Chunan were waiting for them.

  The two men saluted each other with a deep bow, and then Chu Nan furrowed his brow and asked, "What did the people from the Lan family say? Is this matter settled?"

  Zhu Yuhuan's face turned red as he scratched his head, feeling embarrassed to answer. Zhu Yuxian smiled and said, "It's not that easy, they didn't even see our faces today."

  The old Hanlin nodded and said, "You two young ones will have to put up with this for a few days. They need to vent their anger, so just bear with it."

  Zhu Yuhuan rubbed his head and said, "Just bear with it for now, but tell Third Brother to follow me and watch my expression."

  The old Hanlin smiled and said he was his elder brother, and it was right for him to take the lead.

  Chu Nancai patted Zhu Yueti's shoulder and laughed, saying, "Yes, Yueti, we've all grown up. From now on, let's take care of each other more. This is what we should do."

  Zhu Yingtuo smiled and bowed his head in response, "Uncle said so, nephew has taken note."

  Zhu Yuhuan smiled silently as he watched them, although Chu Nanzai and Chu Hanlin's words meant the same thing, but Chu Nanzai's words had distinguished between Zhu Yuhuan and him in terms of closeness. In Chu Nanzai's eyes, Zhu Yuhuan was his close nephew, while he could only be considered an outsider.

  He felt a slight pang in his heart, turned away and smiled at Chu Hanlin's great-uncle, "Then I'll go take a rest first."

  "Oh, go ahead." Chu Hanlin nodded, and the servant at the door led Zhu Yuhuan away. He didn't hear Zhu Yuexu follow out, of course, perhaps as uncle and nephew they had something to say...

  The servant led him to a house on the upper floor of the guest hall, smiling and saying, "Master Wu, you will be staying here. Just ask the maid who is waiting on you if you need anything."

  Zhu Yuhuan nodded, and the servant retreated. Two maidservants entered with a bathtub, taking turns to pour water into it, finally filling it up after a while. Looking at the two maidservants, she said softly, "Fifth Master, let us attend to your bath?"

  He waved his hands in some annoyance and went out."

  The two maidservants immediately went out. Zhu Yuhuan sat stupidly for a while before realizing that this was actually his first time coming to the Chu family's home.

  He recalled what Chu Nan had just said and found it a bit amusing, but couldn't help it, he couldn't laugh out loud, his heart felt suffocated...

  Suddenly, a burst of laughter really came from behind him, startling him. He quickly turned around and under the light, who was laughing but Chu Keai!

  Zhu Yuhuan's slightly depressed mood immediately improved, and he burst out laughing.

  "The maid brought me in, brother is here, of course I should take a look." Chu Ke smiled at his brother, how formidable! Lan Zixuan, the high-and-mighty person, actually would lower himself to beg...

  One word "brother" after another made Zhu Yuhuan's mood turn for the better, and he laughed loudly to interrupt her.

  Chu Ke smiled hastily and shook her head, "No, no, I won't! But it's indeed quite shocking. Lan Zixuan turned around a bit too quickly... What's even more shocking is that my brother actually didn't want to."

  "What do you want?" Zhu Yuhuan, who had been pestering Yuheng just a moment ago with a stern face, suddenly turned to me and asked. Who can be at ease? Maybe he's thinking of plotting against me! In that case, I'd rather not have anything to do with him!"

  Chu Ke's 'heh' laugh was also too sarcastic...

  Zhu Yuhuan stared at her with wide eyes, "Haha! I asked, about the matter with Yu Chen, has there been... any change? Did you hear anything?"

  Chu Xue was taken aback and replied hesitantly, "No... Grandfather has already agreed, will there be any changes?"

  Zhu Yuhuan walked to the door and took a look. Chu Ke said, "It's okay, my maid is watching outside."

  Zhu Yuhuan turned around and said to her, "There's no best, but I'm still a bit uneasy... At that time, the King's wife was busy with Zhu Yuhao's marriage, and it was mysterious, who didn't say whose daughter, and the people in the mansion didn't hear any news, I suspect he's up to something again."

  "It's not possible for me to intervene. Chu Ke shook his head, it's impossible, the old master has already agreed, besides...the old lady had a bad experience with the Junwang Fei and Zhu Yuxu, she would never discuss this matter with them."

  "In short, Zhu Yueli is not a person who gives up easily." said Zhu Yuelian.

  Chu Ke nodded slightly and said "Mm."

  "Right, it's not good if others see us." Zhu Yuhuan immediately chased people away.

  Chu Ke smiled and said, "Let me sit for a while, now no one is in charge of me, the old lady doesn't even send someone to stare at me, I'm finally free."

  Zhu Yuhuan actually also wanted to chat with her for a while, and after listening, he didn't hurry to ask her to leave either.

  ……

  Chu Lao Hanlin kept Zhu Yueti back, indeed he had something to say to him.

  "Yi Yue, are your father and mother both well? No skipping words."

  "It's all right, thank you for your concern, Grandfather." Zhu Yingtuo hastily nodded and then respectfully pulled out a letter from his bosom, knelt down with both hands holding it up to give to the old Hanlin great-grandfather. This is a letter Mother wrote to you, please take a look."

  Old Hanlin received it and opened it on horseback.

  Zhu Yingtai spent a lot of effort to get the princess to write this letter. The letter was asking Old Man Chu to marry his third daughter, Chu Keqian, to Zhu Yingtai. At first, the princess refused to write the letter for Zhu Yingtai because she knew about Zhu Yingtai's affair with Chu Yunqing and couldn't bear to ask for her sister-in-law's hand in marriage after having abandoned Chu Yunqing.

  But no matter how much Zhu Yuxu begged, his mother never gave in. He could only write this letter, not mentioning Chu Yunqing at all, but saying that Zhu Yuxu really had a crush on Chu Keqian, and as a mother, she could only fulfill her wish.

  The old Hanlin looked at it and hesitated for a long time before saying, "This matter is still temporarily put down. Let's deal with the Blue Mansion first, and then talk about it slowly..."

  Zhu Yifei looked at the old Hanlin's expression and felt a chill in his heart. After reading this letter, he still said such words as "slowly again", it was clear that he had no intention of marrying San to him. He lowered his head and said in a low voice, "Father and uncle... are unwilling to marry San to me... is it because of Si?"

  Chu Nan only took a glance at Old Man Chu, although he also saw the sorrowful expression on Zhu Yueti's face and was somewhat moved, but in his heart, he still had some dissatisfaction with the Duke's Mansion abandoning Chu Yunqing.

  "Chu Lao Yezi was truly heartbroken for his grandson, seeing his dejected expression, he sighed and said: 'These children... it's all our fault as elders. We have thin skin and don't like to speak up, but we also didn't ask clearly... delaying them...'".

  "Zhu Yiyan's eyes were red as he raised his face and said, 'I only ask that Uncle and Brother can consider it... I really have no other wishes, if I can marry San in this lifetime...'"

  He did it this way, and Chu Nan also didn't feel like it. He shook his head and said, "Yue Shi, get up... Ah, get up!"

  "Chu Lao Ye Zi also sighed and said: 'Yes, Hui Xuan, get up first. This matter... is not easy, it's not something a child who doesn't understand things can handle, this thing is very difficult...'"

  Chu Nancai personally supported him. Zhu Yuye continued to kneel stubbornly, but not only could he not get them to agree, but also might annoy people, so he could only get up with red eyes, now there was nothing more to say, and he could only bid farewell in a low voice.

  Still, a servant led him to the guest house. As soon as they entered the room, the servant smiled and said, "Third Master, do you need anything? Just give orders, two maidservants have gone to fetch hot water for you to wash up."

  Zhu Yifei nodded and entered the inner room. The servant did not leave, but instead turned around to look outside before following him in.

  "What?" asked Zhu Yingtai.

  "The little one just saw that San Guniang went to Wu Ye's yard and sat for about two quarters of an hour, and just left."

  Zhu Yingtai turned around and heard what was said?

  "The little man couldn't get close, as San Gu Niang's two maids were guarding the door."

  Zhu Yifei's face suddenly sank, his voice tightened and said: "Is the maid outside? They..."

  The servant hastily said: "I saw from afar that Third Sister and Fifth Master were always in... the window was open..."

  Zhu Yifei turned around on horseback, took a deep breath to calm himself down, and hid the unintentionally exposed awkward expression. He paused for a moment without turning back, but asked, "What's with their... expressions?"

  That servant seemed a bit nervous, whispering and saying "Fifth Master... looks very happy, Third Miss... also very happy, kept smiling..."

  Zhu Yuxu's face was extremely unpleasant, he remained with his back to them without turning around, and after a long pause, he said in a low voice: "Investigate thoroughly in the mansion, San Guniang, Wu Ye, and Biao Er Ye Zhu Yuchen, these three people... are they colluding, what is their relationship."

  The servant understood what he meant and immediately replied, "Yes."

  Zhu Yingtuo waved his hand in the air, and that person quickly went down, walked to the courtyard, turned around and looked back, seeing the figure on the window sill standing there dazed.

  Zhu Yifei stood still for a long time, until the sound of water came from outside, and a maid came in to say that he turned around and walked out of the door, standing under the eaves looking at the Chu mansion which had already entered the dark night. Only today did he truly realize that Chu Keqian... might be impossible for this lifetime...

  His great-uncle Chu Hanlin was his last hope; if he didn't agree either, then it really was hopeless...

  Chu Ke Hui accompanied Zhu Yi Huan and talked for a while before leaving. Zhu Yi Huan's mood improved significantly, and the sadness he felt earlier was also cast aside. He had never held out much hope for Chu Nan Cai to begin with. He resented him; if only he could have shown some concern for the pregnant Liu Niang, stayed by her side when she gave birth prematurely, or at least spared a thought for her, things wouldn't have turned out this way. He didn't want to acknowledge this irresponsible father of his, not now, not ever... and yet, he hadn't even shed tears over him.

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