Noble Lady

in the night.

Situ Zhen turned around slowly.

His handsome face showed no emotion, and his dark pupils seemed brighter than the stars.

However, at this moment, there was a hint of chill, which made people shudder.

"Fang Rui, remember one thing—"

"There's nothing trivial about her."

"If I hear you say something like this again, you don't have to show up in front of me."

Fang Rui was frightened and quickly knelt down on one knee.

"I know my mistake."

……

Furong Curie.

Yumei talked incessantly to Xue Chenyu and the others for a long time before she remembered that she had forgotten the most important thing.

"Look at my brain. I just wanted to tell the girl the good news." Yumei knocked her head, as if waking up from a dream.

She said that she had been familiar with the people around Cui Hua before. When she went there today, Cui Hua's neighbors told her that someone had gone to inquire about Cui Hua's news.

She asked about the man's appearance. From their description, it seemed that the person who was asking for information should be Shi Tou who was beside He Minzhi.

The neighbors all thought that Cui Hua had a close relationship with the Cui family, so they would say the same thing no matter who asked.

By now He Minzhi must have known that Cui Hua had a close relationship with the Cui family, so the next step was to press him to find out the news.

"Why are you telling me such an important thing now?" Yuzhu asked angrily.

Yumei also felt bad and said that she was just too happy.

Xue Chenyu smiled, praised them for doing a good job, and rewarded each of them with one or two taels of silver.

When she came back from Ciwenyuan just now, He Minzhi had already gone to see Liu.

By now, He Minzhi must have already brought the news to Liu.

There was a good show to watch.

He Minzhi and Liu had both started dreaming of getting close to the Cui family.

That's the Cui Mansion. Even if they just use this name, the He family will be able to make rapid progress.

But he had no idea that this was the beginning of the real misfortune for their He family.

He went to the wrong person for information, got the wrong information, and made the wrong decision.

What's more, you offended people who shouldn't have been offended.

He couldn't even keep his position as a small editor in the Hanlin Academy.

But that’s all for another day.

When Xue Chenyu thought about the bad luck they were going to have, she felt particularly good and her dreams became sweeter.

……

"Miss, Miss Du has sent someone to deliver a letter to you."

When Xue Chenyu woke up in the morning and just sat up, Yuzhu came in holding a letter.

Thinking of what they said when they parted two days ago, Xue Chenyu took the letter and opened it to read.

Du Jingyuan was as concise as ever, explaining things clearly in just a few words.

She said in the letter that she went to the palace to find out what the Ninth Princess was thinking, but she didn't expect that the Ninth Princess really had feelings for Chen Mingxuan.

She said she hated herself for being slow and not discovering it earlier, which brought bad luck to the Ninth Princess. Now she was even more worried about what to do.

What should she do to make the Ninth Princess stop hating her?

Of course, she only expressed her melancholy, but did not shamelessly ask Xue Chenyu to guarantee her and lobby Chen Lizhu, the third lady of Duke Chen's Mansion, for help.

After all, she still didn't understand why Xue Chenyu said that the problem could be solved by finding Chen Lizhu. Is there any relationship between Chen Lizhu and Chen Mingxuan?

The world is so big, it's impossible that all people with the surname Chen are from the same family. If Chen Mingxuan was really from the Duke's Mansion, why would he end up living alone in a shabby alley?

Xue Chenyu also replied to Du Jingyuan, asking her to hold back and wait for news from him.

After that, Xue Chenyu got up and washed up.

Mrs. Liu is still sick, so she has to go and take care of him, right?

Just as she was about to leave, she received another message from Madam Xue, "Madam said that the two things you asked her to do have been completed."

Both things are done?

Xue Chenyu was overjoyed.

She asked her mother to do two things: one was to find out what kind of person Chen Mingxuan was, and the other was to make a list of all the generals under her father who were of marriageable age or not.

Not only did they greet those generals who were of marriageable age but had not yet married, but they also had to find a matchmaker for them, who would be ready to propose marriage if they saw a good match.

When arranging a marriage for them, it would be better to find a girl from the He family, a noble family. Naturally, she would have to hold an official position. She would feel sorry for the girl if she really used those soldiers to fill the number.

After these two things were done, Xue Chenyu felt relieved.

She immediately asked Qiuhua to go back to the Marquis' Mansion to get the list and portrait in person.

Originally, she should have gone there in person, but Liu Shi was not well yet, and she had to go to attend to the sick, so it was not convenient for her to go out. She could only ask a trusted maid to go in her place.

Before leaving, he suddenly remembered to ask Qiuhua to take the dagger pattern he copied last time.

"Take the design to my mother and ask her to give it to my father so we can find a better blacksmith to make one like this."

Qiuhua had seen how she couldn't let go of the dagger, and knowing that she liked it, she carefully put away the pattern and set off.

Although Du Jingyuan's affairs were half settled, and the matter entrusted to A Niang was also done, the He family was the highlight.

A few days ago, because He Ruyi's incident suddenly broke out, Liu fell ill in anger, so she couldn't take care of the winery for a while.

But now she has learned that He Ruyi's lover has a close relationship with the Cui family, and her dream has begun to come true. She will immediately have the energy to deal with He Jixiang, the concubine's daughter.

The plan she had worked so hard on for so long was finally starting to pay off.

Just as Xue Chenyu had expected, as soon as she arrived at Ciwenyuan today, Liu couldn't wait to pull her aside to talk about the winery.

Xue Chenyu showed little interest, so Liu immediately and attentively proposed the next step, saying that she would definitely persuade He Minzhi to have the child with her first.

Then she pretended to be pitiful and said that she was not in good health. Next, He Ruyi's marriage would definitely be arranged by her, the eldest sister-in-law.

Xue Chenyu's expression remained indifferent throughout the conversation. "I only heard the old lady say that she wanted to arrange a match for the second young lady, but I never heard that she had already promised to marry anyone. Why are they suddenly talking about getting married?"

"The He family is a noble family with many ancient rituals to follow. From discussing the marriage to formal engagement to marriage, it will take at least a year or two. If you haven't promised the marriage yet, it's too early to prepare now."

Liu then remembered that she didn't know about He Ruyi. She smiled awkwardly and said, "How could I say I promised her that I would marry her? I just wanted to say hello to you so that you would have an idea."

"Ruyi is indeed not young anymore. Even though we are a noble family that follows ancient rituals, there is no reason to delay her marriage just for the sake of some ancient rituals."

"That's true, but the wedding isn't even on the table yet. Talking about arranging it now is overkill. Besides, the second young lady's mother is still alive, so it's not my turn as the eldest sister-in-law to take over."

This one sentence cleared up everything.

The smile on Liu's face suddenly froze.