The Road of the Concubine's First Wife

Chapter 250 Chen Chu Helps Xue Send Carbon
Qiao Jiuxiu looked at the copywriting on Chen Chu's desk, and shook her head slightly, "Then I can ask, will the Ninth Prince take any action against the Qiao Mansion next time? When I went back this time, I found that the Qiao Mansion was in a lot of depression. Your lord, you can easily drive a person to a dead end. I don't hope there will be such a day in the Qiao Mansion." She looked at Chen Chu pitifully, and he was the only one who could help in this matter.

Chen Chu nodded slightly. Although he didn't want Qiao Jiuxiu to know too much about political matters, since she had already spoken, and the matter had a lot to do with the Qiao Mansion, she would definitely be angry if he didn't say anything. .So he planned to tell Qiao Jiuxiu something.But before that, he had to tease Qiao Jiuxiu, who made her so cute, he wanted to have fun with her.

"It's okay to tell you, but what benefits can you give me?" Chen Chu leaned on the chair and asked Qiao Jiuxiu lazily.Although there were a lot of documents in front of him waiting for him to check, none of them was as fun as teasing Qiao Jiuxiu.Qiao Jiuxiu pursed her lips. As expected, he still looked the same. She felt that Chen Chu was a little pitiful just now, but it seemed that she was so naive. "Will you not tell me if there is no benefit? I still treat you as a good friend in vain."

"Okay." Chen Chu knew that Qiao Jiuxiu should be angry.I could only sit upright slightly, "Then it's not too much to ask for a cup of tea. Please, Wangfei, for the sake of my hard work, bring me a cup of tea, okay."

Qiao Jiuxiu nodded, this is pretty much the same, but a cup of tea can be given to Chen Chu.But the tea in Chen Chu's place is already cold, do you want to go to the kitchen to boil another pot?Chen Chu soon realized this problem. He never liked having maids around him when he was working.In the past, Yingluan would take care of her, but since Qiao Jiuxiu came over, he gave Yingluan to her, along with Qinghe, so now he has no one by his side.

As for the other maids, he didn't feel comfortable using them, so he didn't stay by his side. "It's okay, the princess made this tea for me, so even if it's cold, I drink it still hot. Just let it go."

After a few words, Qiao Jiuxiu's face turned blue and white, did he have to tease himself so cynically?I don't know if the identity is embarrassing now? "You molested the princess like this, do you feel better?"

He used to keep saying that he liked her, but now she has become someone else's woman, and he didn't know how to avoid it when they met. Could it be that he said that he liked her just for fun?Sure enough, the love of these young masters is something I dare not look forward to.

"What's wrong with it." Chen Chu shook her head, thinking that if Qiao Jiuxiu didn't allow him to call her Xiu'er now, he would tease her even harder. Anyway, it's his wife after all, so what's the embarrassment? "By the way, do you still want to hear what I have to say? If so, quickly bring me some tea."

Qiao Jiuxiu nodded, forget it, now that I have something to ask of him, I can only let Chen Chu arrange it, and quickly brought the tea over and handed it to Chen Chu, "Mr. Alright."

She only regarded Chen Chu as a staff member of the palace.Although Yingluan and Qinghe respected Chen Chu very much, she reckoned that he should be at best a senior staff member.

"Then I'll start talking now, you have to be very clear." Chen Chu cleared his throat slightly, "It's a long story, but I believe that the matter of dealing with the Qiao family should have stopped here. Chao The affairs of the hall are roughly divided into two factions, the third prince’s faction, and the emperor’s faction. The previous two factions are even in strength, but the emperor is going to attack the third prince recently. General Ye is the backbone of the third prince, so naturally bears the brunt. It's just implicated, so from now on, just keep to yourself."

"Oh." Qiao Jiuxiu nodded. Hearing Chen Chu's analysis, she was slightly relieved, but the master is now at home, and Qiao's mansion has been fined a huge sum of money, so life is a little tight.The wife and all the aunts have never had a hard life, and they don't know if they can get used to it. "Are you sure the emperor won't deal with the Qiao family again?"

She knew that the relationship between Chen Chu and the emperor was pretty good, and she thought that she might be able to count on him to say something nice to the emperor. Qiao's mansion never wanted to get involved in factional disputes, and the master had been managing it carefully for so many years, but he just didn't want to offend any of them.Chen Chu nodded. This time it was mainly to get rid of the Ye family. As for the Qiao mansion, it was just influenced by the Ye family. "If it doesn't work, I'll go to the palace sometime to help you find out the truth. Don't forget, your elder sister is the emperor's concubine. She can't do anything to offend the person next to her."

"Who knows. The emperor is more than just a concubine." Qiao Jiuxiu pursed her lips. Since ancient times, kings have been ruthless. Although the emperor is still good to the eldest sister now, who can say what will happen in the future?Maybe the reason why the emperor is close to the eldest sister is because the eldest sister is the daughter of the Qiao family, and he needs to stabilize the Qiao family, so he keeps the eldest sister by his side.After all, the so-called draft is a large political marriage.The official locked the emperor's heart through his daughter.The emperor controls the officials through the beautiful women.In such a big background, how to find a true love?

"In short, for the time being, there is no movement from the emperor's side to Qiao's residence." Chen Chu could only give such an answer.Qiao Jiuxiu flattened her mouth, this is considered good news.But he sighed again, "It's just that the economy of Qiao's Mansion is very tight now. When I went back this time, the family had only a few dishes for dinner, and none of them were greasy. I also heard that Jin Xiu said that Qiao's Mansion would cut The servant girl and servant are gone."

"Is it so difficult?" Chen Chu frowned slightly, took out an abacus, and calculated up and down.Although Yingluan has always been in charge of the accounts of the palace, the problem of money has never been a small problem, so Chen Chu has to look over every account.Now is the troubled season, maybe there will be a battle with the third prince at some point.War requires a huge amount of money. His Ninth Prince's Mansion has lived frugally for so many years in order to subsidize part of the military during the war. However, if Qiao's Mansion really needs it so much, he can spend a little bit.

"What are you talking about?" Seeing Chen Chu's sudden change of expression, Qiao Jiuxiu asked strangely. Recently, she felt more and more that Chen Chu seemed to be a different person, and he was afraid that he was hiding something from her.

"I'll figure out how much money I can give to help you." Chen Chu finally finished the calculation, and just as she was about to report the number, Qiao Jiuxiu raised her hand and sealed his lips, "Don't forget, even if you really give it to me, I will give it to you." I can't ask for your money, we don't know that well. And how much money you have is just a drop in the bucket."

Qiao Jiuxiu pondered, Chen Chu was just an aide in the Ninth Prince's mansion, how much money could he have as an aide?Besides, she didn't want to owe him a favor, but she forgot how rich he was when he made the belt back then, and even prepared a huge green emerald, which cost several hundred taels of silver.

"Aren't we familiar?" Chen Chu held Qiao Jiuxiu's hand, "If we're not familiar, doesn't the princess think that your actions just now were a little too much? You even touched my lips, your hand, really Soft."

Such an obvious tease made Qiao Jiuxiu even more ashamed. She blushed violently and pushed Chen Chu away, "What are you talking about? I hope you can respect yourself. I am the princess, not your woman."

"Okay." Chen Chu nodded, "Then let's get back to business. You don't plan to take action on this matter, so how are you going to solve it? Don't you want to let the Qiao family get into trouble and you don't take action?"

Qiao Jiuxiu bit her lip, this is indeed a very serious question.She can't ask for Chen Chu's money, and she doesn't have much savings in her hands, only the money she got from Chen Chu that day, which is a very large fortune for her, but for Qiao's mansion, it is afraid It's just a drop in the bucket, after all, there are so many people in Qiao's house, so the little money I have is probably useless.

You can only lower your head.Although she doesn't care about money, money always seems to make things difficult for her, and when she really needs it, she finds that it is not enough.

Suddenly, Qiao Jiuxiu's eyes lit up, and she seemed to have come up with a good idea, "Yes, I can sell embroidered handkerchiefs. When I went to a clothing store before, someone asked me if I would like to do embroidery. If he wants, he will pay a high price to buy it. Although it may be a little less for the Qiao family, it is better than nothing."

"Are you going to sell embroidered handkerchiefs?" Chen Chu's voice was so cold that she could sell embroidered handkerchiefs. Is she planning to make herself lose face among the dignitaries in the capital? "Wangfei, what is your status? If you sell embroidered handkerchiefs, you will be ridiculous. Besides, this is a boudoir property and cannot be passed on."

"Who says it can't." Qiao Jiuxiu frowned, "I'm already married, so this thing can't be regarded as a boudoir. Besides, I'm making money based on my skills. It's only right and proper. Is there anything wrong? Just tell the prince, I told him the same. If you are a friend, keep it secret for me."

Chen Chu twitched the corners of his mouth in embarrassment, could he say that the prince already knew about it? "Okay, but we also have three rules. Embroidered handkerchiefs can be sold, but you can't sell them in public. I'll get someone to contact the buyer for you, and you'll just be responsible for giving me the items and collecting the money."

It can only be like this for a while, but don't try to spread the things Qiao Jiuxiu embroidered, he will naturally withhold them one by one, and then give him the money.Qiao Jiuxiu nodded, since Chen Chu is willing to help, that would be great, since she can get money without letting her show up, it's really easy. "Well, we'll settle this matter like this."

Chen Chu nodded, but smiled helplessly.Later he wants him to talk to Yingluan and ask her to supervise Qiao Jiuxiu, he doesn't want her to be busy embroidering and tire himself out.It's time to feel sorry for yourself again.

Qiao Jiuxiu pondered, although this could not fundamentally solve the problem, it could finally help Qiao's mansion through the difficulties, and it was her effort.

(End of this chapter)