"Do we have to eat lunch together?"

Shen Muxue asked with half-open eyes.

"I don't know the specifics of the situation, but I'm just telling you what Madam has instructed. Please get ready quickly."

Qingqian looked embarrassed when she answered, as if she felt helpless about such an arrangement.

With sleepiness still lingering, he slowly walked into the hall in a daze.

Seeing Luo Yuchen sitting there waiting for her patiently, she suddenly felt a lot more energetic.

Seeing this, Mrs. Chen hurriedly asked someone to come and arrange a seat for Shen Muxue, and personally served her one carefully prepared dish after another.

This attitude made Shen Muxue feel more like the elder of the family, and Mrs. Chen was like a daughter-in-law who served her wholeheartedly.

After everyone drank a few sips of the hot soup and felt a little relieved from the cold, Mrs. Chen finally asked with concern, "I heard you've been feeling unwell lately, like you've been feeling dizzy. Has your condition improved in the past few days?"

"I still feel a little dizzy all day, as if my head is filled with cotton."

Shen Muxue shook her head slightly, looking weak and powerless.

No matter what the underlying motive is, there is always a reason for feigning illness.

Hearing this, Mrs. Chen couldn't help but sigh and said, "Oh, I think this situation is most likely caused by not getting enough rest in bed for so long. Yuchen doesn't have anything else planned today, so why not let him take you back to his parents' home for a few days? A change of heart might help you recover!"

Such an obvious arrangement was to bring the two of them to the Meng Mansion together.

However, Shen Muxue put on a sincere smile and said, "We've discussed this before, right? The Loulan envoy hasn't left yet. How about we wait until they leave before going back?"

Mrs. Chen sighed and said helplessly, "I went to inquire about the news this morning and learned that the official in charge of the reception has already been arranged and there is no way to change the candidate at the last minute. Your father happens to be a leader in the relevant agency. Can you ask him for a favor and redeploy the personnel so that Yuchen has the opportunity to join?"

Shen Muxue thought to herself, "Dad is really amazing."

Then she pretended to have a headache and said seriously, "How did you get this job? Can you ask that person to plead with the boss again? Mom knows that my father is a very upright person and he doesn't like to use backdoors for his relatives."

Mrs. Chen seemed a little embarrassed. "That person has already helped a lot, so we can't burden him any more. Besides, your father is also one of our family members, so it's easier for us to talk to him."

Shen Muxue thought for a moment and said, "I heard that Dad has been very busy lately and rarely comes home, so we can't see him. How about my husband go directly to the Ministry of Rites to find my dad and explain the situation? I'm a woman, so it's not convenient for me to go directly to the yamen to find my father."

A son-in-law ran away before getting married and came back six years later. He has not yet apologized to his father-in-law. What will be the result if he asks his father-in-law for a job as soon as they meet?

Luo Yuchen thought that if he went to see his father-in-law alone, his chances of getting the job were slim. He felt that Shen Muxue was deliberately making things difficult for him, and his expression turned sour.

"Okay, let Sheng'er take the Marquis's visiting card over later. You can also write a letter to your father and have Sheng'er take it along. You two, the father-in-law and son-in-law, haven't seen each other for so many years, so it's a good time to catch up on family matters."

Experienced is experienced. Mrs. Chen's words expressed her meaning just right, and Shen Muxue could no longer refuse.

She understood that such a small matter as writing a letter was really nothing and there was no need to follow.

If Luo Yuchen could bring the visiting card from the Marquis and her letter, perhaps this job would really fall into Luo Yuchen's hands.

Thinking of this, Shen Muxue's face blossomed with an even brighter smile: "Okay, then your daughter-in-law will go write this letter of recommendation to father right away. I just don't know which friend you plan to ask for help, so I think I should tell father first. After all, they are colleagues. Let father know who helped you, so that he can have a chance to thank you in the future."

This statement seems simple but it hides a lot of profound meaning.

She was testing whether the other party would be bold enough to admit that he got the opportunity for this position through the Queen's relationship, and would also explain how he got in touch with the Queen.

This kind of attempt to please both sides, wanting to keep the current wife and take a new concubine at the same time - can only end up in a chaotic situation.

Faced with such provocative words, Mrs. Chen's expression became much uglier at first, but she quickly adjusted herself back to normal.

On the other hand, Luo Yuchen's face was filled with anger, and his expression changed from red to white several times. Finally, he could not control his emotions. He slammed the chopsticks in his hand onto the table and shouted at Shen Muxue in anger: "If you don't want to help, then that's fine. But don't pretend to be willing to help!"

Seeing this, Shen Muxue was first surprised, then seemed to feel a little unfair and aggrieved. She asked in an almost inaudible voice, "Mother, is there anything I just said that you are dissatisfied with? Please correct me if I can."

Mrs. Chen had no intention of paying any more attention to Luo Yuchen, who had already left the table in anger. She quickly spoke softly to comfort Shen Muxue in front of her, "Don't get me wrong, your prince still cares about you very much. In recent days, he has been talking about wanting to go home with you to visit your father-in-law. I am of course aware that your father-in-law is very busy with work and it is difficult for him to have free time, but every time we mentioned this, you politely declined one by one. This must have made the prince a little disappointed."

From these words, we can see how important speaking is.

Everyone knew that Luo Yuchen's thoughts were all on Concubine Jin, but after Mrs. Chen's brief description, it seemed as if all this was due to Shen Muxue's failure to understand her husband's feelings.

"It seems that my daughter-in-law is too stupid to understand the prince's true thoughts. I originally thought that as long as I explained the matter clearly, it would be fine. I didn't expect that it would still make the prince unhappy."

Shen Muxue responded to her mother-in-law's words with a tone full of self-blame.

The daughter-in-law seems quite stupid and doesn't know how to please her husband.

Therefore, it would be better to prepare some gifts for Aunt Jin.

After all, the person my husband loves the most is Aunt Jin.

If we can get her to say a few good words to my husband, the situation might improve."

After saying these words, Shen Muxue looked at Mrs. Chen with her seemingly sincere eyes.

Mrs. Chen almost suffocated because of these words.

Obviously, Shen Muxue is not as naive as she appears. She has already seen Yuchen's feelings for Aunt Jin, and deliberately used this method to make it difficult for her to refute.

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