Noble Lady

Cui Family East Mansion? Second Master Cui?

God!

Even someone like Xue Chenyu had heard of the legend of Madam Cui Er.

She was a princess of the royal family, and was notoriously jealous. Because she did not allow it, Mr. Cui did not dare to take a concubine.

If Cui Hua is really the concubine of Mr. Cui, that would be really interesting.

"Then your uncle and his friend in the Cui Mansion will have to work hard. They will be rewarded handsomely after the task is completed." Xue Chenyu said solemnly.

Yumei said with a guilty conscience, "...there's no need to thank me generously."

When you find out that Junior Master and I have been lying to you, just don't get so angry that you turn around and leave.

Of course, she only dared to say such words in her heart, and did not dare to say them out loud.

Thinking about the fact that the He family had run into Cui Hua, Xue Chenyu suddenly felt that all the anger she had endured from Liu in Ciwenyuan today was nothing.

She asked the kitchen to prepare two more dishes and asked several maids to eat with her.

……

He Minzhi stayed in Ji Minrou's room until late at night.

She claimed that she had a miscarriage and was injured, and her body reeked of blood, so He Minzhi naturally couldn't bring himself to kill her.

But there is still much that can be done.

Ji Minrou told him about her miscarriage, but did not tell him that the story about her injury because of Liu was false. She only told him in general terms, making He Minzhi believe that she was accidentally injured and had a miscarriage when she went out to find a place for Liu.

When he heard that she had a miscarriage, He Minzhi was shocked for a moment, and then he touched her head with heartache.

"As long as you're okay, everything else is trivial. Mother is truly happy to know your filial piety."

But I secretly breathed a sigh of relief in my heart.

Fortunately, she had a miscarriage and the baby in her belly was gone. Otherwise, if her mother knew at this time that she was also pregnant with his baby, she would probably be furious.

Ji Minrou was no longer a little girl. She vaguely sensed his thoughts and immediately hugged him with tears in her eyes.

"Cousin, Rou'er wanted to give birth to children for you, but Rou'er doesn't have this blessing..." Then she started to cry.

He Minzhi could only use the excuse of "there will be more in the future" to comfort her.

"You are still young, it's important to take good care of yourself, and we can talk about other things later."

Ji Minrou didn't dare to force him to make any promises to her at this time. After all, the relationship between the two was indeed somewhat shameful.

After crying for a while, she pretended to be comforted and then talked about He Ruyi.

"My cousin seems to have great confidence in Mr. Cui. From her words and actions, I can tell she's convinced he's invaluable and that she'll have a bright future with him."

He Minzhi's eyes suddenly lit up, "Really?"

"When has Rou'er ever lied to you, cousin?" Ji Minrou delicately wiped away her tears. "I'm sure you've heard from your aunt that Ruyi is determined to marry that Master Cui."

"Even when my aunt asked for a bowl of abortion pills to abort the evil child in her belly, she bluntly said that my aunt couldn't afford to offend Master Cui. She also advised my aunt to be careful not to get herself into trouble and also affect your future, my cousin."

Liu really didn't say those words to him.

It was just that He Ruyi was pregnant with a wild man's child and yet she was still so arrogant. She was not ashamed of it but proud of it.

He Minzhi: "Did she really say that?"

Ji Minrou immediately repeated He Ruyi's words to him, "You can't mess with his background. Be careful not to get yourself into trouble, and not only that, you'll also end up hurting your promising son. That's what cousin Ruyi said."

He Ruyi was so bold that he could say such outrageous words.

He Minzhi was surprised, but also believed it a little.

He knew He Ruyi's temper.

She had no opinion of her own since she was a child, and she was always timid when she met him before. Later, after Xue married into the family and took her out to see the world, she gradually became less timid and petty.

But she would not tell such a huge lie for no reason.

In other words, if this matter was not true, He Ruyi would not be able to make it up.

He Minzhi was about to give up on investigating Cui Hua's identity, but Ji Minrou successfully piqued his interest.

He secretly made up his mind to find out the truth no matter what.

Afterwards, He Minzhi told Ji Minrou that Liu wanted to use the shop owned by He Jixiang to open a winery.

He didn't say explicitly that he disdained to snatch things from a little concubine's daughter, as it was cheap.

Instead, she implicitly expressed that, after all, it was something left to her by her young lady.

But his mother wanted it, and he was a filial son, so it was not easy for him to disobey his mother.

Ji Minrou immediately understood his concerns.

Isn't it just a matter of having both?

He wanted to please Liu, maintain his status as a Hanlin scholar, and avoid being criticized. He also wanted the winery to open smoothly so that he could benefit.

"Rou'er understands what cousin means." Ji Minrou smiled sweetly, "Cousin is worried that if he insists on asking for something from a concubine, it will get out and he'll be criticized, but he also doesn't want to disobey my aunt."

"Rou'er, I have a solution that will satisfy both parties. Would you be willing to listen to it, cousin?"

He Minzhi said happily, "Rou'er has a good idea? That's the best."

"The shop that Fourth Miss Jixiang's mother left for her was for her dowry. She was simply worried that she wouldn't have a decent dowry when she got married and would be bullied by her husband's family."

"If we want to open a winery, we won't just take the shop from someone else for nothing. We'll just buy it from her with real money."

"As long as the price is right and the Fourth Young Lady is willing to sell it, there will be no criticism of her snatching the things of a concubine's daughter, and it will also satisfy Auntie's wishes."

Ji Minrou first downplayed the fact that the shop was ancestral property and that any goods could be traded.

He Minzhi was obviously convinced by her theory and kept praising her for her intelligence.

The problem that was bothering me was solved by her with just a few words. Isn't that smart?

Ji Minrou pretended to be humble and said that she and her cousin just looked at the problem from a different perspective.

"My cousin is a gentleman, and he always thinks from a positive perspective. Rou'er is a woman, so naturally he thinks from a woman's perspective."

This one sentence made He Minzhi very happy.

Then she said that as long as He Minzhi could offer He Jixiang a suitable price, she would definitely be willing to sell it.

When He Minzhi thought that he, a Hanlin, had to get rich because of these things, he immediately felt resistance and looked disgusted.

Ji Minrou also seized the opportunity and said, "If you trust Rouer, why not let this matter be handled by Rouer? I promise I won't let you down."

Is there such a good thing?

He Minzhi was so happy that he didn't have time to express himself.

But on the surface, he still hesitated and refused for a moment, "You still have to focus on taking care of your body. But what you said does make some sense. Women are better at communicating with each other."