Noble Lady

The good wind carries me to the blue clouds with its power.

It's better to spend other people's money than your own.

"Xue Chenyu, why would you want a man like this?"

“So I don’t want it anymore.”

Yuzhu looked at the two of them, one daring to ask and the other daring to answer, and she felt worried for them both.

Du Jingyuan's maid Du Juan was so scared that she broke out in a cold sweat, "Miss..." How could she say that?

"It's okay." Du Jingyuan waved her hand. "Xue Chenyu said it herself... Wait, what did you say just now?"

She suddenly came to her senses, her eyes wide open.

Xue Chenyu blinked in confusion, "So you didn't hear clearly."

No, she...she...

Du Jingyuan looked at Xue Chenyu who was smiling sweetly in front of her, and was unable to digest such heavy news for a while.

"Are you serious? Do Lord Xue and Madam Xue know what you're thinking? You haven't even been married for a year, and you..."

"Shh." Xue Chenyu made a gesture to silence him. "Family disgrace should not be aired in public. I can't tell you anything else."

Du Jingyuan was full of doubts, but since Xue Chenyu had already said something, she didn't dare to ask any more questions.

Ahhh, she is really curious!

"Well, have you thought about the future? If you and him..."

"Shh, don't ask anymore." Xue Chenyu interrupted her curiosity, "I won't tell you even if you ask me again. You'll know later."

Du Jingyuan puffed out her cheeks and had to end the topic.

"The He family mother and son are truly wealthy. They're throwing money around to promote their reputation. I wonder how much money they've spent. With that money, they could have bought Miss He'er a bigger dowry. I really don't know what they're thinking."

Xue Chenyu was also very curious about how much money it would cost for the He family mother and son to do this.

After all, the money they had was borrowed from her, so she would feel bad if they wasted it.

"Miss Du is wrongly accusing Madam He and He Hanlin. They originally wanted to marry off Second Miss He in a grand ceremony, but something went wrong."

Xue Chenyu's words piqued Du Jingyuan's curiosity again, "What's wrong?"

"Maybe I know something about this matter." A hearty laugh came from the door.

Du Jingyuan turned around after hearing that.

Then I saw a tall, bright and beautiful woman in a red dress walking in with confidence.

The two maids who accompanied her were both dressed very smartly.

Yumei walked beside her to lead the way.

However, this person looks very familiar. I always feel like I have seen him somewhere, but I can't remember where he is.

"Miss, Miss Chen San wants to see you." The person had already arrived at the door, and Yumei could only report symbolically.

"Ms. Xue, I came uninvited. Am I disturbing you guys from reminiscing about the past?" Chen Lizhu bowed slightly to Xue Chenyu who was lying on the couch, and also saluted Du Jingyuan.

Xue Chenyu smiled slightly, "Miss Chen San's habit is indeed not very good, but since we are friends, we will not mind such a vulgar etiquette."

Upon hearing this, Chen Lizhu grinned widely and sat down on the couch.

"It's better here, Miss Xue. There aren't so many rules."

Du Jingyuan was a little dumbfounded. Who was this person? How could he be so familiar with Xue Chenyu?

It seems like he is more familiar with her than with Xue Chenyu.

How can this be disgraceful and unreasonable?

"You, you, how could you be like this? If you come to visit someone, you should at least let the servants know first. You just walked in like that. How can that be? What if it's inconvenient for her?"

Chen Lizhu was stunned for a moment, then smiled and said, "Yes, Sister Du is right. I won't dare to do that again next time."

Wait a minute.

Du Jingyuan's brain was unable to react again. What did Xue Xiaoyu call her just now?

Hiss, Miss Chen San? !

"You, you are..." Du Jingyuan was even more dumbfounded.

"Are you stupid?" Xue Chenyu patted her shoulder. "You can't possibly not know Miss Chen San, so how come you don't recognize her?"

Du Jingyuan jumped up and said, "It's not that I didn't recognize him, I just couldn't tell it was the same person! He looks so good!"

After she finished speaking, she realized that she was too excited. She quickly apologized and sat back down unhappily.

It's strange. Xue Xiaoyu was clearly deceived by her before, but after Xue Xiaoyu got married, it seemed that not only did she become smarter, but she also became stupid.

"Thank you, Sister Du, for the compliment." Chen Lizhu wasn't shy about others mentioning the past. "I did have some styles that didn't suit me before. Thanks to Miss Xue, I finally found a style that suits me."

Du Jingyuan: This is not about clothes at all, it's like secretly changing a person.

She had seen the third young lady of Duke Chen's Mansion at banquets several times before. She gave the impression of being quite big, and she either wore pink clothes or something gorgeous and old-fashioned like her mother's generation.

Not only does he look out of place, but he also won't allow others to say a word, otherwise he will get angry and curse.

No matter how you look at it, he's just a fool who relies on the power of his family and the imperial concubine to do whatever he wants and doesn't take other people seriously.

That's right, a fool.

Apart from being domineering and fierce, he seems to have no brains at all.

The person in front of her was completely different from the Chen Lizhu, the third lady of Duke Chen's Mansion that she knew before.

The current closeness between Chen Lizhu and Xue Xiaoyu is probably inseparable from these changes.

However, Du Jingyuan had no intention of exploring other people's secrets. She felt confident that she and Xue Xiaoyu were definitely the best in the world, so Xue Xiaoyu would take the initiative to tell her sooner or later.

"Miss Chen San just said, do you know the reasons behind the He family's daughter's marriage?"

"Yes, I heard some news. It may not be all true, but it should be somewhat true."

Chen Lizhu was talking incessantly, making Du Jingyuan feel dizzy. She had no choice but to urge her, "Stop using those words. Just tell me what's going on."

"I heard recently that there was a gambler who was telling everyone that his niece was He Hanlin's mistress, and that He Hanlin had given her some money to buy a house. But the gambler secretly took the money and used it for gambling."

"He said he originally wanted to win the money and leave, but he didn't expect to be tricked and lost it all. He was also afraid that the He family would come after him to collect the thousands of taels of silver, so he is now hiding."

After Chen Lizhu finished speaking, she looked at Xue Chenyu with a smile, "I was saying that the He family's daughter's wedding a while ago was so messed up, it definitely couldn't be Sister Xue's doing. I didn't expect there was such a secret."

Du Jingyuan now has some understanding of the He family's affairs. When she heard the word "mistress", she subconsciously remembered that there was a cousin of He Minzhi living in the He family.

"Could it be that He Hanlin has entrusted the matter of marrying his sister to his cousin?"

Xue Chenyu smiled and said, "That's not what I said, that's what you said."

"He's crazy! He has a mother, an aunt, and you, his legal wife, at home. He doesn't need so many people, but he actually lets a cousin who is not legitimate to him to arrange his sister's marriage."

Du Jingyuan couldn't help but grumble after she finished speaking, "No wonder there was this incident of using stones as a dowry. I guess He Hanlin didn't give the money himself, did he?!"

Xue Chenyu neither answered yes nor denied it.

After all, she is still the daughter-in-law of the He family.