The daily life of the concubine of the Prime Minister

As they were talking, Madam Zhou had already arrived at Hui'an's living room. She let out a breath, feeling very flustered, but put on a proper smile that a mistress should have on her face.

"Father-in-law, husband." Madam Zhou saluted them, turned her head and looked at the Chen family members sitting on the right, and took the initiative:

"Madam, you've opened your new shop recently, so you must be very busy! It's okay, we are relatives, we can understand."

Not a single sentence mentioned the reason why the Zhou family did not go to the Chen family today, but every sentence expressed that the Chen family was busy and had no intention of inviting the Zhou family.

In fact, the eldest master of the Zhou family and their Chen family have not said anything yet.

Now it seems that this matter has a lot to do with Mrs. Zhou.

She also wanted to put the blame on the Chen family. Mrs. Zhou was smart, but Liu Yu and the Chen family were not fools.

Liu Yu held the hand of the old lady who was about to scold Madam Zhou.

She curled her lips and smiled: "Mrs. Zhou, maybe you remembered it wrongly? My shop has been open for several months and has entered a stable period."

"Everyone in our family owns a few shops. If we manage them all by ourselves, we will be too busy. We have to leave it to the people below to manage it."

"Isn't it Mrs. Zhou?"

This rhetorical question almost made Mrs. Zhou lose the fake smile on her face.

As Liu Yu said, she did have several shops under her control, as well as the Zhou family's, which were all managed by the managers below. She only needed to take stock of the collected accounts at the end of the month.

"Of course...of course it's just as Third Madam said..." Mrs. Zhou was so anxious that cold sweat broke out on her forehead and she smiled awkwardly.

I just hope this topic ends soon.

"My dear relatives, you haven't eaten yet..."

"Mrs. Zhou, don't be in a hurry." Liu Yu interrupted her.

Mrs. Zhou chose her because she thought the old lady and the masters of the Chen family were not easy to mess with!

If they wanted to pick on her, she would tell Mrs. Zhou.

She was wrong. She was not a soft persimmon, but a stone.

Mrs. Zhou bumped into it herself, so she's bound to get hurt.

"Mrs. Zhou just said that the business has been handed over to the steward, so how come she doesn't even have time to attend the banquet? Could it be that she looks down on my Chen family?"

How did it become like this? She clearly didn't say that.

Under normal circumstances, Mrs. Zhou could still handle Liu Yu's tricky questions, but now she feels guilty!

She absolutely could not let her father-in-law know what she had done.

“No…no…” Mrs. Zhou’s mouth was stiff and the sweat on her forehead was getting more and more.

Liu Yu followed closely and asked loudly:

"So you are dissatisfied with the third master?"

"Do you still think that my little aunt must be from your Zhou family?"

"I...I...this...this..."

Zhou Zheng narrowed his eyes and stared at Liu Yu.

He didn't expect that his apprentice, who had just married a wife and was so sharp-tongued at such a young age.

Then look at the hesitant look of your daughter-in-law.

He probably knew that what happened today was not as his son said, and he was afraid that the problem lay with his daughter-in-law.

However, even though he knew it clearly in his heart, Zhou Zheng would never admit that it was his Zhou family that let the Chen family down. On the contrary, he wanted to prove that the problem came from their Chen family and that it was their Chen family that let the Zhou family down.

"Boss"

He spoke up: "Zhihe wife, you will misunderstand your sister-in-law."

"I think I know what's going on with this matter."

He looked at Uncle Zhou and said, "Boss, tell Zhihe and the others what's going on."

Uncle Zhou always feels like something is wrong, but he’s not sure if he can really tell the truth.

"It's okay, tell Zhihe and the old lady what you know." Zhou Zheng affirmed.

Uncle Zhou nodded and told the Chen family everything that happened today.

A servant was escorted into the hall. He was wearing Chen family's clothes.

"This is the guy who came to our house and said that the Chen family is still busy and asked us to come over later..."

Everyone in the Chen family looked at each other.

Zhou Zheng looked at Master Chen San with such a loving gaze and asked:

"Zhihe! This man is from your Chen Mansion!"

The old lady gritted her teeth and cursed Zhou Zheng inwardly, calling him an old fox.

Master Chen San stood up and saluted: "Teacher, yes,

This man is indeed a servant of our Chen family, but he is just a horse washer."

Everyone could hear the hidden meaning, but Zhou Zheng seemed not to understand and said with a smile:

"Then I don't know. You'll have to ask my daughter-in-law."

Mrs. Zhou reacted and looked at the unfamiliar servant of the Chen family who was kneeling in the middle.

Once again, I was shocked by my father-in-law's ability. When did he change people? Or was he a servant of the Chen family?

The person she originally sent was simply a beggar she picked up at the door.

She nodded affirmatively: "Yes, it's him. He is wearing your Chen family's clothes. I won't make a mistake."

Liu Yu looked at Mr. Chen Sanye.

Mr. Chen Sanye clenched his fists under his sleeves. Zhou Zheng could easily throw out a horse washer, which proved that he had other people in the Chen family.

Everyone knew what was going on, but they had to keep going and continue acting.

"Tell me, who gave you the courage? Who asked you to come to Zhou's door and say that we were delaying the time?" The old lady cast a sharp look at the servant.

The servant said nothing.

This is not the Chen family's home, so it's not a good idea to interrogate people here.

Zhou Zheng seemed to see the difficulty of the Chen family and called the servants: "Send this man back to the Chen Mansion."

The old lady wanted to refuse, but was silently stopped by Mr. Chen San.

Zhou Zhengneng could let the person go back because he would definitely not be able to get anything out of this person.

Master Chen bowed again: "Thank you very much, Teacher."

"No thanks, no thanks. You are my student, and this is what I should do." Zhou Zheng showed a kind face as a teacher: "But! The servants at home still need to be checked and supervised, and don't let anyone take advantage of them."

Didn't he know what happened? Liu Yu really thought that this teacher of Mr. Chen San was doing this for Mr. Chen San's own good.

I get it. It sounds so harsh no matter how you listen to it.

Master Chen San also looked like a good student and responded obediently: "Teacher is right. It was because I didn't control my subordinates well that today's incident happened and almost caused our two families to become enemies."

He turned around and bowed to Master Zhou, "Brother Zhou, how about this? The food in my humble abode is ready. Let's not change it. Now we can take Huai'an with us to my humble abode to finalize the details of Huai'an and Yao'er's marriage."

"No..." Mrs. Zhou blurted out.

She didn't even realize that her reaction was too intense.

In this living room, it doesn't seem so unusual.

The old lady asked in confusion: "Mrs. Zhou, didn't you say last time that you wanted to meet the two children and discuss the rest of the matter?"

Liu Yu smiled and agreed:

"Yes! I remember that Madam was the most anxious. Why is she...? Could it be that Madam really blames what happened today?"

"We didn't handle this properly. I apologize to my wife, but I don't want to delay the two children."

"My Xiyao is looking forward to settling the matter soon, and I think the young master of the Zhou family is the same!"