The Road of the Concubine's First Wife

Chapter 249

Back at the palace, Qiao Jiuxiu saw it too early, so she said to Yingluan beside her, "Yingluan, would it be inconvenient for me to see Chen Chu at this time?" It would be somewhat inconvenient to meet other men.After all, with different identities, she also had to save some face for the Ninth Prince.Unexpectedly, Yingluan nodded repeatedly when she heard this, "Princess, there is nothing inconvenient about this matter, if you want to go, you can do it anytime, I guarantee that no one in the house will have the slightest opinion."

It is absolutely natural for the princess to go to the prince. Who in the family dares to gossip?Qiao Jiuxiu nodded slightly, and didn't think too much about it. Anyway, she did what she did, and she wasn't afraid of other people's gossip.She went to Chen Chu just to give him a white gold jade belt, and then to talk to him about something.Besides, there is nothing else, although he once identified Chen Chu as the man he liked, but time has passed, and now she is only disappointed in Chen Chu.

"Okay then, you can take me there." Qiao Jiuxiu just remembered that she seemed to have seen Chen Chu that day, and she hadn't seen him since then, and she didn't know where he went to have a good time.Or is it that the palace is really too big, and the range of her activities is not that big, that's why she didn't find Chen Chu.While Qiao Jiuxiu was thinking wildly, Yingluan took her to the next yard.Qiao Jiuxiu pursed her lips, well, she never thought that Chen Chu could live next door to her.

"Why does he live here?" Qiao Jiuxiu complained in a low voice.Yingluan is a martial artist after all, so he heard it very clearly, and shook his head slightly, the princess probably asked the wrong question.This was originally where the prince lived, but because of her marriage, he allocated a room next door to her.Yingluan signaled Qiao Jiuxiu to wait outside, and she went in first to report, after all, the prince has a lot of things to do recently, thinking that the princess should not be shut down.

Qiao Jiuxiu was standing outside, only then did he realize that the scenery outside was exactly the same as the scenery in his own room. No matter it was a pavilion, a pavilion, or a water pavilion, all of them looked very unique. It is exquisite.

After a while, Yingluan trotted out from the back room, "Princess, Young Master Chen will let you in." After speaking, she retreated respectfully.Qiao Jiuxiu nodded, she didn't want to be alone with Chen Chu, but it was still inconvenient to talk about these things in front of Yingluan.So I am still very grateful to Yingluan for her understanding of current affairs.Slightly let out a sigh of relief, and walked towards the back room.

The daylight in the room was very dark, and there seemed to be no windows open. The more Qiao Jiuxiu walked in, the more she felt something was wrong, but suddenly she heard a cough, "Are you here?"

Chen Chu didn't know why Qiao Jiuxiu was in the mood to come over today, looking at the mountains of memorials on the table, she frowned slightly, he seemed to be really busy recently.But no matter how busy you are, you still have to find time to chat with Qiao Jiuxiu.

Qiao Jiuxiu nodded. The light in the room was indeed dim. If Chen Chu hadn't spoken, she wouldn't have known there was another person in the room.So he went to the window, opened the windows, and said as he opened them, "Don't you think the room will be brighter this way?"

By the way, look in Chen Chu's direction.

But just this one glance made Qiao Jiuxiu completely stunned. Chen Chu's appearance seemed a little haggard, and he completely lost the chicness and ease of the game world in the past.A pair of peach blossom eyes also lost their former brilliance due to overwork.Chen Chu smiled awkwardly. Just now, he asked Yingluan to close the windows just to prevent Qiao Jiuxiu from seeing his appearance.

"What's the matter with you?" Qiao Jiuxiu couldn't help but asked with a little concern.It's just that the tone sounds a little uncomfortable.Chen Chu shook his head slightly, "I don't have anything to do, it's just that I have a lot of things to do recently, so I'm just a little tired."

Looking at the mountain of case files, Qiao Jiuxiu could only nod her head, but there was a bit of slander in her heart, the Ninth Prince would not leave everything to Chen Chulai, right?Otherwise, he wouldn't be so tired.In the final analysis, it is really pitiful to be a staff member.Recalling that when she was in Qiao's mansion, she could always find Chen Chu guarding her door. At that time, she thought he was an idler, but now he is a busy one. "I said no matter how busy you are, you should pay attention to rest. By the way, will I disturb you if I come here now?"

"Of course not." Chen Chu said quickly, he was afraid that if he nodded, Qiao Jiuxiu would immediately give up the urge to disturb him, but actually being able to be disturbed by Qiao Jiuxiu was definitely what he had in mind. "I was about to take a break, and you came here. Tell me, you can explain things to me."

"No, this is for you." Qiao Jiuxiu handed him the belt in her hand.Chen Chu took it, it was a white gold jade belt with a unicorn embroidered on it, it was very mighty, although there were no gorgeous accessories, it was obviously much better than the one Qiao Jiuxiu gave him before.Chen Chu glanced at Qiao Jiuxiu, with a puzzled expression on his face, "Xiuer, this is?"

"Call me Princess." Qiao Jiuxiu rolled her eyes. She has emphasized this matter many times, why can't he remember it?Since he still misses the past relationship, why didn't he take him away at the beginning?
"Okay." Chen Chu spread his hands slightly, the question of who made this is not the point at all, although the princess was alienated at that time, she was still his wife after all. "Princess, what does this belt mean?"

"Didn't you ask me to make you a belt before? Now that it's done, I'll send it to you." What a simple explanation, reasonable.

Chen Chu nodded, as if he remembered that Qiao Jiuxiu owed him a belt.So he put the white gold jade belt on the table, "My concubine really has a heart. Not only did she make the belt, but she even delivered it to me herself."

Qiao Jiuxiu gave Chen Chu a white look. She was really wrong. She still felt sorry for him when she saw Chen Chu's haggard face just now, but now that she saw him, she didn't need to feel sorry for him. He had returned to his old appearance of playing in the world.Thinking of the purpose of my coming, I could only squeeze out a smile, "No trouble, no trouble, just give me the money."

"Money?" Chen Chuyun was in a fog, not knowing what Qiao Jiuxiu was talking about.For this matter, why would he just give the money.

"My concubine condescends to make you a belt. Is it too much to ask you for a little labor? Besides, this belt took me a whole month. I forgot to sleep and eat. I spent a lot of energy. Don't Mr. Chen plan to use money to make up for it?" ?"

Chen Chu shook his head slightly, he didn't expect that Qiao Jiuxiu, who had always paid little attention to money, would start to care about him. Something must have happened.Fortunately, he was not angry, he wanted to see what Qiao Jiuxiu was going to say to him later. "My concubine tried her best to make me a belt. Naturally, I want to make up for it, but I don't have any money. Do you think it's okay to pay with flesh?"

Qiao Jiuxiu's face turned red all of a sudden, and she didn't know where to put her hands. She knew that Chen Chu had such a cynical temperament, but did he have to make fun of this kind of thing?Doesn't he know that he actually cares a lot? "What do you mean by that, I tell you, I am the Ninth Princess, you can't flirt with me."

Chen Chu nodded, naturally he didn't take this to heart, isn't this nonsense?If she wasn't the Ninth Princess, he wouldn't bother to tease her.But it's really cute to see Qiao Jiuxiu's distressed appearance. ,

"Okay, I won't play anymore. I can give you the money, but you have to tell me what you are going to do with the money." Chen Chu sat upright. He usually has no shape when he is playing around, but once Seriously, it is also very dignified.

Qiao Jiuxiu nodded, this is the fundamental purpose of my coming here, Yingluan doesn’t know about the affairs above the court, Chen Chu must know, “I just came back from Qiao’s residence, many things happened at home, and I’m still in financial difficulties, so I want to use this money to support my family.”

"Okay." Chen Chu agreed very simply, without even asking why.He wrote something casually and handed it to Qiao Jiuxiu, "100 taels, you can go to Yingluan to exchange it tomorrow."

Yingluan is the housekeeper of the palace, and the finances of the palace also need to be handled by her.

Qiao Jiuxiu nodded, and took the bamboo slips from Chen Chu.She knew that Chen Chu's status in the palace was extraordinary, so he should be able to honor whatever he gave, "Why don't you ask me why Qiao's mansion is in financial difficulties, or do you know the reason?"

Chen Chu sighed, and finally nodded.Since Qiao Jiuxiu just came back from Qiao's residence, she couldn't hide this matter from her, so he could only nod and admit it.Qiao Jiuxiu nodded, and sure enough things were exactly what she thought.The anger in my heart was unbearable, "Chen Chu, do you still consider me a friend? You are the aide of the Ninth Prince, and you know everything he does. Since he wants to deal with the Qiao family, why don't you tell me?" ? Do you want me to watch the Qiao Mansion go into decline?"

Asked, Chen Chu frowned, he really didn't like Qiao Jiuxiu talking to him in such a tone.But he shook his head slightly, with a somewhat helpless expression on his face, "Do you think I don't want to tell you? But what's the use if you know? Besides, it's the emperor's intention to dismiss General Ye and implicate the Qiao family. , as courtiers, do we have the right to say no?"

Qiao Jiuxiu seemed like she had really wronged him.Everyone has everyone's helplessness.As if she was forced to be the inexplicable Ninth Princess, Chen Chu also had her own helplessness.Shaking his head slightly, "I'm sorry, I lost control just now. I just thought that my family was in such a big trouble, but I couldn't help at all, so I was a little anxious for a while."

Chen Chu nodded, he couldn't bear to blame Qiao Jiuxiu.

(End of this chapter)