The third wife, Madam He, had a very pleasing appearance. She was slightly plump, but her plumpness was cheerful, and she spoke in a kind and likable way.
She bowed respectfully and said, "Father, I noticed you didn't look well this morning. My family sent over an old ginseng root, so I thought I'd bring it to you to help you recover."
"Third branch of the family is very thoughtful." Chu Jingde gestured for her to sit down, then sighed, "You've come at the right time. How has Chu Liang been lately?"
Chu Liang was the third son in the family, born out of wedlock. According to Chu Zujian's plan, he was to focus on the imperial examinations, hoping that he could obtain an official position in the future, which would also give the Chu family more options.
However, perhaps the Chu family's genes were all geared towards business. Chu Liang took more than ten years to pass the imperial examination, and then he remained stagnant.
Speaking of her son, Madam He's eyes immediately softened: "Him? He heard that the master had been kidnapped, and he was so worried that he didn't sleep all night. If I hadn't stopped him, he would have insisted on going with the eldest young master."
Chu Jingde nodded: "He's a filial child."
He narrowed his old eyes, catching the fleeting smile on He's face, and subtly dug a pit: "Zu Jian's fate is unknown, I don't know what will happen to the eldest son now that he's gone, and let's not talk about the second son. I'm getting old, and the family business can't be left unattended. I plan to let Chu Liang try his hand in the next few days."
This was the main reason he suspected the He family. Chu Liang estimated that he wouldn't achieve anything significant in the exams. If things went normally, he would most likely be given a few shops in the future, becoming a well-off but powerless idler.
Let's take a look at the He family's reaction since the incident.
Instead of thinking about how to save people, she first tried to win over the nanny around Madam Liu and win her over to her side.
However, the scene he wanted to see did not appear.
He suddenly knelt down: "Father, your daughter-in-law has something to report to you. Last night, Consort Wang's family sent people to find my father, wanting, wanting..."
Chu Jingde realized something, his gaze sharp as a knife: "What do you want? Do you want to harm Jinjin?"
Mrs. He was so frightened that she nodded vigorously.
She was unaware of this matter; Wang Da hadn't told her. It wasn't until she woke up from her afternoon nap that Wang Da's wife, who was also her personal maid, casually mentioned it.
Ms. He realized something was wrong.
Her family members came to the Chu family without her notifying them.
Thinking about what happened at the Chu residence, she couldn't sit still any longer and immediately rushed back to her parents' home.
This time it was really scary; I was so frightened I almost cried.
The Imperial Concubine's family hated Chu Jinjin to the core; if it weren't for her, their daughter wouldn't have committed suicide.
Now they've gotten married and divorced smoothly, but Xu Wenda will definitely not let go easily. In the end, it will be the daughter who suffers.
Even if Chu Zujian, this big tree, doesn't fall, he'll still be stripped bare. Besides, his daughter is now the most favored imperial concubine.
However, the reason was not explicitly stated, leaving the not-so-bright Wang Da to only think of the He family.
"Father, my family really had no choice. They are relatives of the emperor, and we dared not disobey them," Madam He sobbed as she tried to explain. Putting aside the fact that she wanted to win over Madam Liu for her son's sake, the fact that the old man sent Chu Jinjin there showed that there was a reason she didn't know.
After much deliberation, she decided that rather than being discovered sooner or later as a sinner of the Chu family, she might as well confess now.
"You bastard!" Chu Jingde's hands trembled with anger, and he couldn't catch his breath, so he rolled his eyes.
When a wall falls, everyone pushes it down; the Chu family hasn't even fallen yet and this is already happening.
He was even angrier. Apart from Chu Jinjin, everyone in this generation of the Chu family was so disappointing.
On the other side, Chu Jinjin was also rolling her eyes, and for the third time she earnestly advised, "Big brother, you will only be a burden if you go."
Her original plan did not include the idea of ​​redeeming people.
If Black Hawk Mountain Village was after money, they would have sent a letter long ago, several days after the incident.
How could she possibly let Chu Yan take such a risk?
Regardless of whether we're related by blood or not, we're all family through blood.
"So I was just bait?" Chu Yan was both angry and anxious, almost speechless. "Chu Jinjin, I can't let you go alone."
He felt that this short day had been more eventful than all the events he had experienced in the past twenty years combined.
Chu Yan tried hard to control his emotions and pleaded, "Third Sister, please let me go. I'll do whatever you say, okay?"
As the eldest son of the Chu family, he couldn't bring himself to let his younger sister venture into the bandit's den alone.
Chu Jinjin isn't afraid of being tough, she's afraid of emotional manipulation.
True friendship is revealed in times of trouble; this older brother truly impressed her.
Chu Jinjin said in a deep voice, "Brother, believe me, I will definitely rescue Father."
The fat man grew impatient: "How can you, as the older brother, be as knowledgeable as a woman?"
What's with this whole "brother and sister affection" thing?
Chu Jinjin is capable, but so what? A hundred or a thousand of her wouldn't make a difference.
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