Baoyao

Chapter 196 Soft Knife

The carriage drove into the town, entered the other courtyard, and when it arrived at the gate of the inner courtyard, someone would naturally come to pick it up, and the proper etiquette of the Chen residence would not be lost.

Qiaozhen looked at the maid woman at the entrance of the living room in the inner courtyard, she let out a long breath, the battle is about to start, she must be calm and calm.

Someone went in to announce, and after a while there was a voice inviting them in, Qiaozhen and Sun Juhua walked in with the maid.

Qiaozhen raised her head slightly, and after entering, she quickly looked at the people in the living room.

A middle-aged man in his forties was seated in the first place. The man had a resolute face, a calm demeanor, and a stern look on his body. If you look carefully, you will find that Chen Xuanyu has inherited his appearance, but Chen Xuanyu lacks his battlefield training Out of hostility.

Seeing him sitting upright, with bright eyes, Qiaozhen knows that such a person has a firm mind and is hard to impress, but if he approves of you, he will try his best to treat each other sincerely.

Sitting next to him was a woman who looked about 30 years old, with a slender face and picturesque eyebrows, very delicate, but if you looked closely, you would find that the corners of her eyes were covered with fine lines, which betrayed her age.

Although she has a soft appearance, she has a magnanimity and a demeanor of everyone. She has been raised for a long time.

Chen Xuanyu was sitting first on the left. He was handsome and looked at Qiaozhen with fixed eyes. There was concern in his eyes, which made Qiaozhen feel warm.

"Greetings to Mrs. Master, how is Mrs. Master? I heard that Master won the battle and was awarded the title. This slave is here to congratulate Master." Sun Juhua knelt down first. Over the years, her respect for Master has long been ingrained in her bones. Kneeling Kowtowing is a really natural reaction.

"Get up." The resolute voice sounded, Chen Pei, the Lord of the Town, called out. Back then, only Mama Sun was left by his wife's side, and he treated her well.

"Thank you, master." Sun Juhua got up, then knelt down towards Chen Xuanyu, tears fell down, and cried: "Master, you are finally back, but you are worried about dying old slave." She was showing her true feelings.

Chen Xuanyu hurriedly got up and helped Sun Juhua up. The wet nurse really has feelings for him, he understands. "Mom, haven't I returned safely? Please miss me. How are you?"

"Okay, okay, everything is okay." Sun Juhua took Chen Xuanyu's hand and kept watching and sizing up. The young master lost weight and darkened, but he was still in good spirits.

"Mother Sun, the master has business to do today, let's wait for the reminiscing about the old days, let the lady of the Liu family visit the master first." Madam Yun spoke softly, reminding everyone.

Qiaozhen glanced at her, her voice was soft, but she had bad intentions. Others called her the wife of the Wang family because she was divorced and was no longer from the Liu family, but she called herself the lady of the Liu family to remind everyone that she had married To surpass others and be divorced is to despise oneself, but I have indeed married and been divorced. This is a fact, and I am not afraid of people talking about it.

Qiaozhen bowed and saluted, and said: "The women have met the Duke, and wish him well." The voice was crisp and clear, and it was very comfortable to listen to.

In fact, Lord Zhen has been looking at her since Qiaozhen came in. This woman is not flustered, she is very calm, her expression is natural, her attitude is neither overbearing nor humble, she is not petty, and she is also generous in saluting at the moment. He still did not pick this point. If a person came in with his eyes rolling around or shaking into a ball, he might have left in a hurry.

"Get up." Duke Zhen shouted, not embarrassing Qiaozhen.

Qiaozhen stood up, and saluted the Duke's wife again: "The women pay their respects to the lady, and the lady is in good health."

"Hehe. Miss Liu is so easy, even the words are the same. Didn't anyone teach you etiquette? Don't you even know how to say hello?" Mrs. Yun didn't cry out, she smiled, but provoked Qiaozhen rules.

"Go back to Madam, if you talk to women, you will not be able to hear the voice of women. As for etiquette, the women of Zhuangzi have never learned etiquette. Haha, the women really don't understand what they did wrong." Qiaozhen would know what Ruan Daozi said.

"He's a smart one. My master has been fighting all the year round, so he doesn't care about these small things, but the rules in our inner house are the most important thing, otherwise people will say that there are no rules in our house. The lady said it is not." Yun The madam is very calm, if she can't handle a small woman, why should she be the mistress of the family.

"Ma'am, do you mean that the Duke has no rules because he has been fighting all the year round?"

Mrs. Yun slightly raised her brows, turned to look at Grandpa Guo, and said with a smile: "Master, I don't mean to be a concubine, but this woman should not be underestimated."

Lord Zhen Guo glanced at his wife, nodded, and did not speak.

"Madam is planning to let the women stay like this, don't you plan to let the women get up?" Qiaozhen asked Mrs. Yun generously.

"Oh, look at me, I forgot about your interruption, get up quickly." Mrs. Yun asked Qiaozhen to stand up, but her eyes narrowed for a moment.

"Mrs. Xie." After finishing speaking, Qiaozhen stopped looking at her, and bowed to Chen Xuanyu, saying, "My lord is well."

"Okay, please get up quickly." Chen Xuanyu looked at Qiaozhen with soft eyes, and finally saw Qiaozhen in the daytime, and saw her clearly. She had lost some weight, but she was in good spirits.

"Sit down." Zhen Guogong told Qiaozhen to sit down. She is not a servant of his family. Although he didn't want to accept her and wanted her to retreat, there is no need to turn his face now, so he had to be more polite.

"Thank you, Mr. Guo." Qiaozhen was not polite, thanked him and sat on the stool, sitting very straight.

"Ms. Liu is very old this year." Mrs. Yun asked first.

"The woman is 21." Qiaozhen replied flatly.

"Oh, one year younger than Xuan'er, it's okay, I thought it was older than Xuan'er." Mrs. Yun seemed to be talking nonsense, but the meaning behind her words was not pleasant.

"Miss Liu, don't blame me for being straightforward. As Xuan'er's mother, I have to consider for him. I have to choose someone with good character for him. I would like to ask my lady, why did you leave the Liu family?"

Mrs. Yun's words almost made Qiao Zhen happy, and she was so angry that she was going to expose her shortcomings.

"He was divorced." Qiaozhen said the answer Mrs. Yun wanted with a very indifferent expression.

"Why were you suspended?" Mrs. Yun continued to ask.

"It is written in the divorce letter that I have no children and have committed the crime of adultery. Didn't these wives find out? Since the lady knows that I used to be Juren's wife, I should know all these things after thinking about it. It's okay if the lady wants to hear it from the women. No, please ask Madam if you have thought about it, the woman will know everything." Qiaozhen was not angry, but calm, as if what she said would not be embarrassing.

Mrs. Yun looked at Qiaozhen in surprise, she didn't expect that she would be so calm and thick-skinned, wouldn't she feel ashamed?Doesn't she find it difficult to speak?

"Hehe, master, anyway, Xuan'er is our eldest son. Even if he no longer has an official position, he must marry a lady from a great family, right? If you marry a woman who has committed adultery and has no children, what's the face of the house if it spreads out? How do we get a foothold?" Mrs. Yun ignored Qiaozhen, and said everything she wanted Qiaozhen to say.

Zhen Guogong also looked at Qiaozhen fixedly. He didn't expect this woman to tell her past so generously. What she said was that they had already inquired about her past clearly and knew that she was wronged. Yes, but seeing her so indifferent now surprised her, shouldn't she be aggrieved and complaining?Shouldn't the explanation be overshadowed?Why can she be so calm?
"You, Yu Xuan'er, have the kindness to save your life. Our Chen family is not a family who will not repay your kindness. Tell me what you want, as long as it is not enough, I will answer you." Zhen Guo said publicly.

"Oh, I don't know how the Duke will repay the women? You must know that life is priceless, so is your life, right? Can the Lord give the equivalent of his life to repay the women?" Qiao Zhen laughed. Then asked back.

Duke Zhen was startled, she was right, her son's life was priceless, what could compare to his son's weight in his heart?What equivalent can I come up with to repay her?She asked herself instead.

"How about a thousand taels of silver? I guarantee that you will have food and clothing for the rest of your life." Mrs. Yun first offered her price.

"That's right." Qiaozhen nodded with a smile, and seeing the sarcastic smile on Madam Yun's face, she continued: "Young master is worth 1000 taels of silver in Madam's eyes, which is quite high. How much is it worth?"

Mrs. Yun's face sank. Is she implying that she is not her own mother?That bitch Sun Juhua must have told her, damn it!
"Xuan'er is naturally priceless, but you just happened to save Xuan'er, and you didn't do much. That's why I gave you a thousand taels of silver. Don't misunderstand my intentions, don't provoke right and wrong." Mrs. Yun explained , because he was afraid that the Duke would misunderstand.

"What madam said is that a thousand taels of silver is indeed a lot. I'm afraid it will be difficult for me to earn it in my life, but madam has heard a word." Qiaozhen asked calmly.

"Oh? What are you talking about? Let's hear it." Mrs. Yun was also very calm.

"The kindness of a drop of water should be repaid by the spring. This kindness is doubled. I'm afraid I will be sorry if I don't repay it. Why do I feel that the kindness of saving life is small when I come to my wife. What kind of kindness is so great?" Qiaozhen said slightly. With a smile, her words made Mrs. Yun's heart skip a beat.This woman is so difficult.

"Then what do you want?" Zhen Guo asked openly, he wanted to hear what this woman wanted, and what her plan was. If he really didn't know how to marry his son, he would never agree .

"Grandpa returning to the country, people say that the grace of saving a life is the same as rebuilding. I feel that there is no equivalent for the young master. Since I saved the young master, if the young master has the heart to repay the favor, there is nothing comparable to him except the young master himself. "Qiaozhen spoke, meaning that Chen Xuanyu was his own, and there was nothing else but to give him to himself.In fact, Qiao really didn't want to do this, but the other party forced her, and she didn't mind fighting back.

　Thank you Zijia for the peace talisman, thank you for your support.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)