My Ancient Stepson Bootcamp

Chapter 159 Becoming a friend
Chen Jiayu looked at Lei Yingying and said the last sentence, her eyes were full of gratitude to her. Although she was the eldest lady of the prime minister's mansion, her biological mother died early and was not taken seriously since she was a child. She was obviously the first wife of Chen Yanzhi's wife. But in the Prime Minister's Mansion, even a concubine's daughter is inferior, and even outsiders don't know that the powerful Prime Minister Chen also has a concubine's daughter.

Back then, she and Lei Yingying became friends by chance, and the eldest lady of the Zhen Guo Mansion had been protecting her intentionally or unintentionally. Later, when she learned that she was in love with Prince Jin's son, she voluntarily went to the manor to withdraw her marriage. He even helped her become the imperial concubine, and she herself later married to Yunzhou.

Lei Yingying waved her hand impatiently as if someone had exposed the past, and said, "What kind of kindness is not kind, I don't have a good impression of your Chen family, anyway, I don't like Prince Chun, anyway, you have too many eyes Well, anyway, I can't compare to you, and I can't say enough about you!"

Lin Shuran could tell that Lei Yingying didn't really hate Chen Jiayu, on the contrary, she seemed to care about this imperial concubine. Although she didn't like the Chen family either, she didn't hate the Chen Jiayu in front of her either.

"Yingying is such an awkward person, don't mind the concubine!" Lin Shuran smoothed things over and asked Chen Jiayu to sit down with a smile.

Chen Jiayu smiled and replied: "I know this. If Mrs. Xu doesn't mind, I'm older than you, how about calling you sister of the Lin family?"

"Chen Jiayu, what do you want to do again, don't rush to get close to Sister Ran!" Lei Yingying also knew Chen Jiayu, perhaps because she lived in the prime minister's mansion where she was scheming since she was a child, so she also learned to scheming, although it was to protect her. She herself, but Lei Yingying didn't want her to plot against her friends.

Chen Jiayu showed a hurt expression on her face. She is indeed a calculating person, but she also has sincerity and hopes to have sincere friends.

"I don't want to do anything, I just want to be friends with you again, these years, you went to Yunzhou, I am really lonely!" Chen Jiayu sighed with some disappointment, she married into the palace and married The person she likes, but her married life is not as sweet and happy as she imagined. This Prince Jin's Mansion is just another prime minister's mansion, and she is alone and helpless.

Lei Yingying didn't believe it, and asked her suspiciously: "Did Prince Jin treat you badly? I think you were very affectionate back then!"

Chen Jiayu didn't regard the two of them as outsiders. Maybe it was because she was lonely in the back house for too long. When she saw familiar and close people, she had to say a few more words. She had seen many things through these years, and said with a bitter smile: "How can Not good, when I had nothing to do after marriage, he took in one younger sister after another, and had one concubine after another. You were right in not marrying him back then. I heard Mrs. Du was right You are wonderful, you have a lovely child, and I have nothing but the status of a princess!"

Chen Jiayu thought that if her father hadn't been the prime minister, she might not even be able to keep her status as Prince Chun's concubine.

Lei Yingying fell silent, she really didn't expect Chen Jiayu to be like this after marrying into Prince Jin's mansion. At the beginning, her heart was attached to Xiao Chen, but in fact, she didn't want to marry Prince Jin's mansion in private, so after seeing her friend fall in love with Prince Jin's son, She tried to help Chen Jiayu several times, and finally let her marry into the palace as she wished. Although she did not marry Xiao Chen, she also met the infatuated Du Sheng, and her life was very satisfactory.

At this moment, she felt a sense of guilt towards Chen Jiayu, as if she was also responsible for her current unhappiness.

"Have you never had a child? What did the doctor say?" Lei Yingying couldn't help asking her concerned.

Seeing that Lei Yingying's tone softened when she spoke to her, Chen Jiayu said with a smile on the corner of her eye, showing concern for herself: "The doctor said that my body has suffered from cold since I was a child, and I'm afraid it will be difficult to conceive in this life. How can I not be cold, I am often pushed into the pond!"

Chen Jiayu spoke calmly, but Lei Yingying and Lin Shuran looked at each other silently and sighed. Everyone has their own unknown experiences, and they also sympathized with Chen Jiayu's experience.

"Don't talk about these unhappy things. As long as your father is still the prime minister, you will be the official wife of Prince Jin's Mansion. No one can do anything to you! By the way, I heard that the Prince Jin's Mansion has not held a silk banquet for many years. , why do you think about it this year?" Lei Yingying changed the subject.

Chen Jiayu knew that Lei Yingying didn't want to mention her sad things. She looked carefree, but she was always kind and thoughtful of others, so even if she was said to be shameless, she wanted to continue to be friends with Lei Yingying.

She raised her eyes to look at Lin Shuran, smiled meaningfully and said, "Isn't it just to find a reason to meet Mrs. General Xu, this flower silk feast is specially organized by my mother-in-law for Mrs. Xu."

"Princess Chun? Why did she specially hold a silk banquet for sister Ran?" Lei Yingying was confused for a moment.

Lin Shuran just laughed and said nothing, why not, it's just to make Xu Junze and his Dragon Armor Guard "merciful".

Sure enough, Chen Jiayu told them next that Prince Chun's mansion has a lot of land, which amounts to nearly a thousand hectares of land. For so many years, the mansion has been relying on these fields to support the whole mansion, and as a royal noble, these lands before All are tax-free.

Now that the emperor is determined to implement the new government decree, the nobles are unwilling to sell the land under their own names, so they have to pay taxes on the excess land property. This is a big expense for any family. Wealth and honor, in fact, the inside has long been short-lived. Longjiawei has already come to Prince Jin's mansion, and asked the mansion to pay all the taxes owed this year before the year, otherwise it will be dealt with by law.

Lin Shuran didn't expect that Chen Jiayu would even tell them about the family affairs of the palace. She really treated the two of them as outsiders, and judging from her tone, she didn't care whether the Prince Jin's mansion was prosperous or not. It seemed that it had nothing to do with her. of.

"My mother-in-law wanted to please the general's wife, and asked General Xu to say a few good words in front of the emperor. After all, the old prince is the emperor's elder, so it's good for his family to go through the motions instead of looking at the monk's face and the Buddha's face." Chen Jiayu was mocking her mother-in-law in her words.

Lin Shuran thought for a while and said: "In this case, why don't you ask the Queen Mother about this matter, how can the Queen Mother's words be more effective?!"

"My mother-in-law has already entered the palace, but the queen mother said that the new decree is a national event that benefits the country and the people. As a descendant of the royal family, I should support the emperor. After all, this is guarding the foundation of the Zhao family. After paying all the taxes owed, my mother-in-law thought of General Xu, he is a celebrity in front of the emperor, who else can I ask for if I don't ask him!" Chen Jiayu explained.

(End of this chapter)