novelaction Chapter 136 Asking for help
Chapter 136 Asking for help
Chu Qianyu didn't want to stay here any longer, so she stood up and said to Yunying and Chu Jun, "Father, mother, I have something else to do, so I'll go back first."
"Well, go ahead." Yunying waved her hand and Chu Jun nodded in agreement.
Unexpectedly, Li Jing stood up and pulled Chu Qianyu, saying, "Qianyu, auntie came here today mainly because I have something to talk to you about. You can't leave so soon."
Chu Qianyu looked at her hand that was pulling his arm, a hint of disgust flashed across his eyes, and then he withdrew his arm without leaving a trace.
"I wonder what my aunt wants to talk to me about?" Chu Qianyu said as he took a step back.
Li Jing glanced at her empty hands, and the smile on her face froze. Seeing Chu Qianyu staring at her intently, she quickly came to her senses and said, "Isn't Qianyu going to become the regent princess soon? I was thinking of seeing if there's anything else you can help with. Also, it would be good for your sister to stay by your side and learn more from you."
"Mother should have prepared everything. Yuan Shuang is fine, she doesn't need to learn anything from me. Aunt, what else do you want?"
Li Jing smiled awkwardly and continued, "Hey, Qianyu, we don't have to be so polite. If you have any questions for Aunt Shang and Yuan Shuang, just tell me."
Yunying saw the impatience flashing in Chu Qianyu's eyes, so she stood up and pulled Li Jing aside and said, "Qianqian is a little tired here, let her go back and rest early. Just tell me if you have anything to say."
After saying that, he winked at Chu Qianyu, signaling her to leave quickly.
Chu Qianyu bowed to Yunying and left quickly. Li Jing was anxious when she saw him leave, so she wanted to chase him, but Yunying grabbed her sleeve tightly, so she couldn't move forward.
After Chu Qianyu left, Chu Yuanshuang raised his head and looked at her, then lowered his head again.
Seeing this, Chu Jun also stood up and said, "In that case, it's not convenient for a grown man like me to stay here. You guys can chat. I'll leave first."
"Well, go ahead." Yunying said.
When Yunying was the only one left here, she let go of Li Jing's hand, clapped her hands, sat down leisurely without saying a word, picked up the teacup and drank quietly.
Seeing this, Li Jing shamelessly pulled Chu Yuanshuang to sit down together, looked at Yunying and said: "Sister-in-law, I came here today because your second brother's two children are now not young anymore, you have a status now, and Qianyu will soon become the regent princess. You see..."
"If I remember correctly, Wenzhou just turned fifteen, and Yuanshuang still has two years before she reaches the age of marriage. Why are you in such a hurry?" Yunying glanced at her and said indifferently.
"Oh, isn't it that you want to meet someone earlier? Although it's a bit early to get married now, you can accept the offer if there's a suitable one."
Yunying looked at her and asked, "Do you already have someone in mind?"
When Li Jing heard her say this, the smile on her face became even wider. It was indeed easy to talk to smart people.
Then he patted his leg and said with a smile: "Sister-in-law is still very insightful, she really understands me. There is a family whose daughter I think is a good match for Wenzhou. If sister-in-law is willing to help me mediate, I will definitely let Wenzhou show his filial piety to you in the future when he becomes successful."
My husband has said that something happened in my eldest brother's courtyard two days ago. It happened that a young servant was from the same family as their mother in the courtyard. He said that Chu Yutao had annoyed my eldest brother. Now they have been arrested and I don't know what happened to them. Now there is only one promising young man in the mansion, Wenzhou. When these daughters get married in the future, my eldest brother's things will also belong to Wenzhou.
They will have to rely on Wenzhou in the future. Thinking of this, Li Jing sat up straighter, raised her head high, and looked proud.
Yunying looked at her like this with disdain in her heart. She couldn't sit still and didn't want to deal with her. Her mind drifted away, thinking about preparing a dowry for Qianqian. It was also time to have someone decorate the house.
I was so absorbed in my thoughts that I didn't pay attention to what Li Jing was saying.
After Li Jing finished telling Wenzhou about the person she had shown her, Yunying looked as if she hadn't heard anything. She immediately became angry and shouted, "Sister-in-law!"
Yunying, who was thinking about something, was startled and almost fell off the stool. Chu Yuanshuang happened to be sitting nearby and quickly steadyed her.
Yunying put her hand across her chest and said, "Why are you so loud all of a sudden? You scared me."
Li Jing felt that she had done nothing wrong, and even complained, "I was the one who was talking to my sister-in-law just now, but I don't know what she was thinking. I talked to you for a long time but you didn't respond. That's why I called you."
"Then you don't have to be so loud. You're almost deafening my ears."
Yunying rubbed her ears and looked at her impatiently, just wanting to get rid of her as soon as possible. Not to mention helping her, she didn't even want to say a word to her. She hadn't forgotten how snobbish this person was when Wang Man was here.
Then he said unhappily: "Say it again."
Li Jing wanted to lose her temper like before, but thinking about the different status of the other party now, and that she came here to ask for something, she held back and said what she had just said: "I do like this family, and I think it is a good match for Wenzhou. It is the daughter of Lou Xiangjun, the Earl of Zhongyuan. I heard that the child is very good-looking, and..."
Yunying stretched out her hand to interrupt her and said, "How dare you?"
Li Jing didn't understand what she meant by this and looked at her in confusion.
"How dare you think about the daughter of Marquis Zhongyuan? They have a daughter since they were old and they love her very much. And she is only twelve years old. How dare you think about it?" The more Yunying spoke, the more she felt that the man in front of her was unreasonable.
He stood up and said, "Alright, alright, I'm still busy. Qianqian's wedding day is coming soon, and I still have a lot of things to do. If you don't have anything to do, go back first."
Seeing her attitude, Li Jing couldn't help but stood up and spoke louder: "Yunying! Don't think that you can look down on others just because you are a second-rank official and your daughter is going to marry the regent. Don't forget that you don't even have a son now. In the future..."
"Mom, stop talking." Chu Yuanshuang saw that her mother was annoyed and started to speak without restraint, so she quickly stood up and pulled her back to dissuade her.
Only then did Li Jing realize that she had been so angry that she almost said those words.
Yunying's expression turned even worse when she saw her like this. She then left the mother and daughter behind and walked straight out.
As soon as I got outside, I saw the servants from Chu Xiaorou's courtyard running towards me and saying, "Madam, Madam, the fourth young lady is clamoring to live with the old lady. What do you think we should do?"
"Go live with the old lady?" Yunying was a little puzzled. "Why? Why would you want to live with the old lady for no reason? But something happened in the past few days."
"The fourth young lady has been saying these days that she saw Madam Man looking for her, and she looked extremely scary. Maybe she was still young and got scared. That's why she cried and said she wanted to go to the old lady."
Yunying frowned after hearing this, and said after a moment: "I'll go and take a look first." After taking two steps, she remembered what Qianqian had said before. Now is a good opportunity. If she goes to the old lady, she won't have to worry too much about Chu Xiaorou in the future.