Noble Lady

"Madam said that as long as you make arrangements, she can ask the Marquis to bring Captain Chen and the others out of the camp to meet him at any time." Qiuhua handed the album to Xue Chenyu with a very serious attitude.

The lady had told her that these officers were carefully selected by her and the Marquis, and there was no problem with their character and ability.

The only problem is that they all came from poor families. They joined the army because their families were so poor that they could not even make ends meet and could not survive.

Now that he had finally reached this position thanks to his military achievements and had accumulated some land and property, he wanted to marry a virtuous wife who could take care of him and his children.

But the daughters of scholars would not marry rough men like them.

Even ordinary people felt that marrying a scholar was worse than marrying one of them.

They are all men of blood. They get angry when people pick on them and gossip about them, so they are delayed.

"Madam also said that your willingness to take on this responsibility, young lady, has finally resolved a matter for her and the Marquis."

Xue Chenyu knew without a second thought what expression her mother had when she said these words.

He was probably holding Qiuhua's hand, feeling overwhelmed with emotion and pride.

He was just about to tell everyone, "My daughter is so beautiful and thoughtful. What good deeds did I do in my past life to have such a wonderful daughter?"

Xue Chenyu said this half-jokingly, and Qiuhua's eyes widened, "Miss, how did you know?! It's as if you saw it with your own eyes."

Xue Chenyu: “…” I always feel that these are not good words.

She could only smile and pass it off. It was hard to say that this was how her mother praised her in her previous life.

It's just that he failed to do the job well that time and almost offended Captain Chen, who had a promising future.

Speaking of which, it seems like all the people with the surname Chen tend to flock to her.

"What about Chen Mingxuan? How did Dad find out?"

Qiuhua suddenly looked embarrassed.

Xue Chenyu asked her what was troubling her.

Qiu Hua: "Prince Cheng asked you to go to the palace in person tomorrow. There are some things he needs to explain in person."

Prince Cheng?

Situ Zhen!

"Why would Dad ask..." Where did he go?

The second half of the sentence was on the tip of her tongue, but Xue Chenyu swallowed it back.

Yes, my father was originally a military general, and he was not very familiar with these scholars.

The civil and military officials in the court were divided into two factions. The civil officials looked down on the military officials for their rough behavior and often despised them for being rude, uneducated and unruly.

Military generals also looked down on those civil officials who talked about irrelevant things all the time, who couldn't explain themselves clearly in a long roundabout way, and who were always trying to be mean and malicious.

They looked down on each other, so they rarely interacted with each other.

In the beginning, my father had to use all his thick skin to ask everyone he could for help in getting my second uncle admitted to Yuelu Academy. He finally made it happen.

Unexpectedly, Sun Ping'an got a bargain.

I've gone off topic. In a nutshell, my father doesn't have many connections among the civil officials, so the only person he can find who is most familiar with civil officials and military generals is probably the Prince of Cheng.

only……

Xue Chenyu hesitated and said, "Prince Cheng is a member of the royal family, a noble family. I am already married, so it is not appropriate for me to meet him alone."

Otherwise, if the news gets out, even if she and the Marquis of Wu'an have no shame, Prince Cheng will be criticized.

Qiuhua didn't know what to say, so she simply handed the note given by Situ Zhen to Xue Chenyu.

She opened it doubtfully.

This is a visiting card, but it is not an ordinary visiting card.

Instead, he asked a tailor from the Jinyi Pavilion to come to his villa to make clothes for a distinguished guest of his.

Wait, Jinyi Pavilion.

Jinyi Pavilion was originally opened secretly by A Niang, and not many people knew that it was part of the Xue family's business.

Later, when she was about to get married, her mother was afraid that she would be wronged in the He family, so she gave her a generous dowry and also gave her the Jinyi Pavilion.

Moreover, in order to avoid being noticed by others, the red deeds were all done in secret and were not even written into the dowry list.

How could Prince Cheng know? !

It can't be that his mother told him.

But A Niang Xinlai is a principled person. If she says something must be kept secret, she will definitely keep it secret.

"Did Prince Cheng give this to you personally, or did your mother pass it on to you?"

"...Yes, the prince gave it to me personally and told me to give it to you personally."

Xue Chenyu's doubts grew even deeper.

Because in her previous life, when the Wu'an Marquis Mansion was in trouble, Situ Zhen chose to protect himself early on, so she has always been on guard against Situ Zhen.

I've also never heard that my father and I have a deeper relationship than just master and disciple.

But since her rebirth, Situ Zhen's various actions told her that he seemed unwilling to be just a master and apprentice with her father, and wanted to be a family.

But what does Situ Zhen want?

He is the dignified Prince Cheng, the Emperor's nephew, and the Crown Prince's right-hand man;

He was of noble birth and had a promising future.

Why would he want to get closer to their Wu'an Marquis Mansion, a military family that even the noble families looked down upon?

From the perspective of human nature and gains and losses, it seems to be of no benefit to him.

Xue Chenyu fell into deep thought, but her eyes became sharper.

Qiuhua felt so pressured by her staring at her that she didn't even dare to breathe.

"...Miss, Qiuhua has been busy all day, why don't you let her rest first." Yuzhu pleaded hurriedly.

Xue Chenyu suddenly came back to her senses, "Qiuhua, you have worked hard. Go and collect your two taels of silver reward later."

At this moment, it is no longer important to tell Qiuhua's family whether to reward her with silver or not. What is important is that she is almost scared to death.

What about Yuzhu, Yumei and Dongyue?

Just for a moment, the murderous aura emanating from the girl seemed to be materializing.

It's really scary.

"Miss, is there something wrong with Prince Cheng?" Yuzhu asked bravely.

"Nothing, maybe I'm overthinking it."

Xue Chenyu brushed it off lightly.

"Miss, are you still listening to the story about Cui Hua?" Yumei asked in a low voice.

She was the most nervous. She was afraid that the girl had discovered her identity as the fake Yumei and was going to drive her away.

It's all Junior Master's fault. He was just asked to help investigate Chen Mingxuan. Shouldn't he have just sent the results over honestly?

Why did she have to mention Jinyi Pavilion for no reason, and even asked Sister Qiuhua to personally deliver the invitation to the girl? This is like a slap in the face.

It was only after she was promoted to Xue Chenyu's side that she learned about the details of Jinyi Pavilion. She didn't expect that Junior Master-Uncle had already known about it.

She had really advised him to be bold and careful, but he shouldn't be so bold.

Listen, why not?

Xue Chenyu said calmly, "Just tell me what you want to say."

Yumei secretly breathed a sigh of relief. "My uncle said that the person he works for in the Cui Mansion has already found out a clue. Cui Hua is very likely the concubine of the Second Master of the Cui Family's East Mansion. Although this matter still needs to be verified, it is almost certain."