Chapter 153: Mrs. Qiao Refuses to Help

Chen Ruhai didn't know much about his sister's family.

He has rarely been at home since he started school.

"I just found out too, and I was planning to go check it out today. Qiao Niang misunderstood me and thought I was neglecting her in many things before, so she must be holding a grudge against me. However, you've been her uncle for many years, and no matter what happened back then, you haven't offended her."

"Sir, please come with me. First, you already know about this matter, and you, as your uncle, should also go and ask about it."

"Speaking of this, I have to mention Yun Qiao. It's true that since she became a princess, she has been thinking about severing our relationship."

Chen Ruhai took off his official uniform and went to the princess's mansion with Zhou.

***

Yun Qiao was teasing the little boy in the house when she suddenly heard the grandmother calling outside the door, saying that the princess' uncle and aunt had arrived.

These were Shilaozi's relatives, and from what he said, they sounded very convincing. Moreover, the way they were dressed didn't seem like poor relatives who came to beg for money.

Then he came to Yun Qiao to ask.

Xiao Tao looked at him, her brows furrowed, and she said, "It must be someone from the Chen family. They know your identity and are here to find you."

Xiaotao asked the old woman who delivered the message.

"Was it one woman, or two?"

"There are three people, a middle-aged couple and a young woman."

Xiao Tao turned to look at Yun Qiao. "Princess, what do you think we should do?"

"They've come to my door. If I don't make things clear today, they'll come back later. Take them to the west wing."

Yunqiao stood up and called Qiuye to get dressed.

Xiaotao went out to greet them and told the Chen couple everything she needed to say in advance.

"Master and Madam, please come in. The princess has sent this servant to pick you up."

Seeing that it was Xiaotao, Zhou smiled and said, "Xiaotao, please tell me, how did Qiao Niang become a princess?"

"Madam, didn't you hear the imperial edict? My daughter is the daughter of our ancestor, the emperor, who was left behind among the people."

Zhou naturally knew this, but what she was curious about was how Yun Qiao went from being the daughter of the Yun family to the daughter of the royal family.

How could her sister-in-law, who died early, still be able to cling to the emperor?

She is really capable.

My sister-in-law eloped with someone before. Could it be that the man she eloped with was the emperor?

No wonder her sister-in-law got pregnant before marriage and gave birth to a child early. But, that’s not right. The child her sister-in-law gave birth to before was a boy, Yunqiao, and she was born later.

Zhou suspected that Yun Qiao was also fake.

But there is no evidence.

Now that His Majesty has conferred the title and the late emperor has passed away, who would have the time to care about the identity of the real or fake princess?

Even if she was sure that Yun Qiao was a fake, Zhou would not dare to say anything, but she could ask Yun Qiao to help their Chen family in turn.

No matter what, Chen Ruhai has supported her for more than ten years. His food and clothing expenses are not the best, but he has done her a good job.

Their Chen family is indebted to Yun Qiao.

Now she has to return the favor.

I don’t know where Zhou got his confidence from. The more he thought about it, the more confident he felt. He felt that Yunqiao was rich now and would definitely not ignore them.

Xiao Tao looked at the master of the Chen family. His face was as calm as ever, and he always had a neutral attitude towards everyone. Even when his niece was killed and caught a cold, he just asked a few simple questions. Afterwards, he did not feel guilty because it was his daughter who deliberately pushed the person into the water.

However, Mrs. Zhou changed her previous condescending attitude and became polite to her little maid.

"Master, Madam, please follow me and move forward..."

As for the lady behind, Xiao Tao didn't know her, but she knew her. When Chen Pingshun got married, the Chen family sent a message to Yun Qiao, asking her if she wanted to go. Yun Qiao didn't go, and no one cared much about it.

It was already enough that she didn't take revenge on the Chen family after gaining power, but she even gave them gifts?

Eat shit.

She wished Chen Pingshun would die soon and be reborn soon.

Yun Qiao felt sick when she thought of that bastard who had secretly peeped at her and tried to rape her when she was still at Chen's house.

When Yun Qiao saw the woman that Chen Ruhai and Zhou's stepmother followed, she didn't dislike them much. She just felt that it was a good deal for that bastard Chen Pingshun.

"I think you all know everything about me."

"Mrs. Zhou said earlier that since I left the Chen family, I have no ties with them. Even if I die in the future, there's no need for anyone to go to the Chen family to call for help to collect my body. So I thought, since we're done, there's no need to contact them anymore."

Could it be that Chen Ruhai had no idea about what Zhou had done?

Who would believe this if I said it out loud?

Chen Ruhai looked at Yun Qiao, who had changed completely, and felt more shocked than happy.

Such a powerful Yun Qiao was unimaginable to his uncle who had only heard about it in the past.

"Mother Qiao, I wronged you during those years in the Chen family. I'm very pleased to see that you're living such a good life now."

Hearing Chen Ruhai's words, Yun Qiao sneered, "Relieved? Are you really relieved? When I first came to the Chen family, I relied on you and respected you, but when I was bullied, beaten, scolded, and punished, did you really feel the slightest bit of pain?"

Chen Ruhai didn't answer.

Instead, it was Zhou who rushed to answer, "Mother Qiao, judging by the way you asked, your uncle must be worried about you. Mother Qiao, your aunt was trying to teach you the rules back then. As the saying goes, there is no order without rules. I was a bit strict with you."

"Do you really think I'm young and ignorant? Do you believe what you say?"

"My cold could have been avoided. Who played dumb and let me suffer from the cold?"

"I have a pretty good guess as to what you want to do when you come to see me today."

"Don't even mention anything about the Zhou family. Don't even think about why the old man of the Zhou family was singled out for investigation. He previously had close private ties with the Tang family. Uncle Tang relied on his heavy military command to suppress His Royal Highness Prince Yu at the border. You can't even understand the twists and turns of this. It would be better for Uncle to just go back to northern Shaanxi and become a minor county magistrate."

Yun Qiao originally didn't want to pay attention to them. If Chen Ruhai hadn't been there, she probably wouldn't even let Zhou in.

The wife of an official of Zhou's level is still not exposed to these things. Naturally, what the Zhou family said to her was that they only said good things about the Zhou family and that the outside world was bad.

After saying a few words, he asked Xiaotao to send them out.

After leaving the princess's mansion, before even leaving, Zhou's temper flared up.

Pointing at Chen Ruhai and calling him a coward.

"Yun Qiao is your sister's child after all. She can disown me as her aunt, but she can't disown you as her uncle, right? Look at her arrogant and contemptuous look just now. She doesn't even treat us as human beings."

Chen Ruhai said, "It's all your fault. You saw she was all alone and helpless, and you bullied her because she had no one to support her. What did you say? Even if you beat her to death, no one would care. How could she not hold a grudge against you?"

"It's my fault too, for listening to your stupid words."

"Don't drag me here again. If it doesn't work out, I'll volunteer to go back to northern Shaanxi."

Zhou shouted, "I won't go. If you want to go, go ahead. I don't want to go there with you and suffer. Chen Ruhai, you are such a coward! Your cowardice makes me and your two children ashamed."

Speaking of this, Chen Ruhai became even more angry.

"It's all because of you, your idiot mother, who has corrupted Xi Niang and Ping Shun. Look at the two of them, they're like two idiots, just like you."

After saying this, Chen Ruhai waved his sleeves and left.

I saw a carriage parked in front of me, and a man with a stern look got out of the carriage. It seemed that the carriage had been parked for a while.

Chen Jingyan got out of the car, but his eyes fell on Zhou.

"Princess Huayang is naturally noble, and she deserves to be high and mighty. If you ever tell me you're slandering her again, I, Chen Jingyan, will definitely not forgive you."

Zhou was so frightened that she dared not say a word.

Chen Jingyan stepped into the princess's mansion. Chen Ruhai bowed and waited until Chen Jingyan was out of sight before he left and walked towards the carriage.

Zhang, who was just a background figure, watched her in-laws quarrel.

But other thoughts came into my mind.

Now the Zhou family can no longer rely on the Chen family. This big tree of the Zhou family is about to fall.

As for Chen Ruhai's desire to rely on his niece Yun Qiao, he was afraid that it would not work, as Yun Qiao seemed to ignore their family.

She has no children now, and Chen Pingshun is unreliable, so she might as well take her dowry and ask for a divorce and leave.

She didn't want to follow the Chen family to the small county town of Shilaozi in northern Shaanxi.

Although her family was a merchant family, they were quite well-off and she was a native of Kyoto. If she really went to northern Shaanxi, she would never be able to come back in her lifetime.

Zhang said nothing, but she had a plan in mind.

***

When Chen Jingyan came in, he saw Yun Qiao lying on her side. Her little face looked expressionless. He leaned in to take a closer look.

"Are you mad at those two Chens? Then I'll take it out on you by sending them all to the border to feed the cattle and sheep."

Yun Qiao said softly, "That's not the case. Besides, what happened in the past is in the past. I've hired people to beat up Chen Pingshun many times."

Whenever she encountered Chen Pingshun causing trouble, no matter whether it had anything to do with her or not, she would find someone to deal with him.

She holds a grudge, and it's quite deep.

Chen Jingyan smiled.

"As long as you are happy."

"I'm going out in a few days and will be back in about two or three months. I thought if you go out first, you can come with me. It's a good opportunity for you to go out and relax."

"When we come back, we will get married."

He whispered.

Yunqiao wanted to go out and play, but she didn't really want to move.

"You go ahead and do your work. I can't bear to leave my three children. We can talk about going out for fun later."

"Okay."

He knew Yun Qiao's wish, which was to eat all over the country and travel around the world. In addition, since the Chen couple came to find her, he wanted to take her out for a walk.

Since she didn't want to go, he didn't force her.

But he had to go out now. Emperor Showa was originally a military general and attached great importance to military affairs. He wanted to reorganize a new army, so this task was given to Chen Jingyan. Chen Jingyan had no time to relax.

It just so happens that it’s not a good time to get married at this stage, and time actually passes faster when I’m busy.