Chapter 60: Worry
When Chen Wan and Yun returned to Duke Dingguo's Mansion and got out of the carriage, Chen Li came back on horseback. He was carrying a bow and arrow and had brought back a lot of prey.
Shen Wan saw it and said, "Brother went hunting?"
Shen Li said, "I went there with my brother-in-law."
Shen Wan, “…”
I really want to sew up my brother's mouth.
She hasn't even gotten married yet, so why would she call him brother-in-law? If Xie Jingyu gets to know this, what will he think of her?
Shen Wan's cheeks flushed.
Yun scolded, "Don't yell, your sister isn't married yet."
Chen Li didn't think there was anything wrong with it. "The marriage was granted by imperial decree and cannot be revoked. How can my brother-in-law run away?"
To put it bluntly, the marriage was granted by imperial decree. Even if Xie Jingyu died today, his sister would still be Xie Jingyu's person, and Xie Jingyu would still be his brother-in-law.
That's the truth, but "you can't just shout it out randomly."
"I called Prince Jingbei my brother-in-law today, and he didn't say anything."
Not only did he not say anything, Chen Li even felt that Xie Jingyu was in a good mood.
Chen Wan had a heart attack.
She was worried that Xie Jingyu would hear it, but it turned out that her elder brother had called her out to her face.
She wouldn't even call him her real brother-in-law before the wedding, but she still has the nerve to call him a fake brother-in-law so happily!
Chen Wan didn't have a stick in his hand, otherwise he would have stuffed it into Yun's hand and let Yun beat Chen Li.
Chen Li had already called Xie Jingyu in front of him. What else could Yun Shi say? Chen Li said, "Sister likes to eat wild rabbits. I killed two, enough for you to eat."
There are not only hares, but also pheasants and foxes.
After entering the mansion together, Chen Li was about to return to his own courtyard. After taking two steps, he suddenly remembered and said, "I almost forgot. My brother-in-law's birthday is in half a month. Don't forget to prepare a birthday gift."
Shen Wan, “…”
Shen Wan really couldn't help but want to beat up his eldest brother.
It's not like she and Xie Jingyu are in love with each other and are not engaged. It's all fake, fake, okay!
Even if the marriage was granted by imperial decree, it was fake.
It would have been inappropriate for her to give someone a birthday present. It would have been fine if she hadn't known about it, but her eldest brother had reminded her and told her to prepare a birthday present. She couldn't pretend she didn't know.
She borrowed Xie Jingyu's position as the Crown Prince's Consort and gave him a thank-you gift.
"I'll go to the street and pick out a jade pendant for him later."
Yun said, "The first gift after an engagement is not about the value, but about the thought behind it."
Isn’t it enough for her to choose carefully?
The words rolled around in Shen Wan's throat but he didn't say them out loud.
In Yun's opinion, anything that can be bought with money is not considered to be made with care. A purse embroidered by oneself is better than a jade pendant worth hundreds of taels of silver.
Chen Wan said to embroider a purse, and Yun smiled with satisfaction, "The child is teachable."
Chen Wan felt that her mother's values were distorted by the Yun family's wealth, which was comparable to that of a country. People only valued the purses she embroidered because they cared about her. Otherwise, what was the difference between the purses she embroidered and those embroidered by the embroiderer?
This is how the eldest sister was led astray, and now she is being led astray again.
Forget it. It doesn’t matter what gift you give to Xie Jingyu. If your mother likes it, then just give her a purse.
Entering the inner courtyard, Yun went to Shou'an Hall, but Chen Wan did not go and went directly back to Mingyue Garden.
Chen Yu took a nap, so Chen Wan went back to her room. As soon as she entered, Yin Chuan came to greet her and said, "Miss, you are back. Hong Xiu seems to be sick. She vomited this morning and couldn't eat lunch..."
It seems that the rumor is true.
Shen Wan asked, "Where is Hongxiu?"
"She was not feeling well and went back to her room to rest," Yinchuan said.
Chen Wan sent Yin Chuan away and said, "Go and see how she is. If it's serious, get her a doctor."
Yinchuan went to see Hongxiu and came back soon, saying, "Hongxiu said she is much better and there is no need to call a doctor."
Shanhu felt strange. He was vomiting and couldn't eat. His illness must be serious. The girl wanted to hire a doctor, but he refused. It was the girl's money to hire a doctor, but her life was her own.
It’s not that Hongxiu doesn’t need to call a doctor, it’s that she doesn’t dare.
Shen Wan knew it very well, but Hongxiu said no, and she, as the master, couldn't force her to see a doctor.
…
The fake Ye Caiwei's real name is Chen Ti.
She is two months younger than Chen Wu and three months older than Chen Yin.
Because she returned to her ancestral home, Chen Yin, the fourth daughter of Duke Dingguo's Mansion, became the fifth daughter, and the fifth daughter became the sixth daughter.
Chen Wan thought that the old lady would punish Chen Wu and Shen Ti by making them reflect in the Buddhist temple for half a month. But after just three days, Shen Ti fainted in the temple, and the old lady let them go back to the South Courtyard.
The Second Master was beaten by Shen Ji, given a stick, and demoted two levels by the Emperor. The punishment for the Second Master raising a concubine and an illegitimate daughter was not light, and since no one said that the old lady shouldn't have released Shen Wu and Shen Ti, their punishment ended there.
On this day, Chen Wan went to Shou'an Hall to pay his respects as usual. It was not appropriate to leave after paying his respects, so he sat down and listened to the Third and Fourth Madams talking about what happened in Kyoto. They were all gossips, some of which were not worth mentioning, and some of which Chen Wan knew about in his previous life. It was really boring. When he was about to leave, the Fourth Madam mentioned something, and Chen Wan's expression changed again and again.
The newly appointed Minister of the Ministry of Revenue, Zhao Pingbo, submitted a memorial saying that there were serious problems with the Ministry of Revenue's accounts. The emperor ordered the Ministry of Revenue to conduct a self-inspection.
Chen Wan thought that since the Taimiao was not struck by lightning, it would not be involved in the corruption case, and the Minister of Revenue would not be implicated, so he would not target his eldest brother in order to protect his official position.
She was thinking too well. Even if there was no Taimiao case, Zhao Pingbo would still have dug up the embezzlement case. The Minister of Revenue could not plug the hole, and there was no guarantee that he would not use his own daughter to fill it as in his previous life and plot against her elder brother.
Thinking of how her elder brother had been badly plotted against in his previous life, Shen Wan was furious. She would never allow such a thing to happen again.
After coming out of Shou'an Hall, Shen Wan sent the maid to the front yard to ask Shen Li to come find her if he was in the mansion.
Unfortunately, Chen Li was not at home. Yun was afraid that Chen Yu would be bored in the house and get sick, so she found an excuse to let Chen Yu go to the Yun family, and Shen Wan must accompany her.
The two sisters left the house together.
Sitting in the carriage, Shen Yu asked Shen Wan, "Wan'er is worried about something?"
Shen Wan shook his head, "No."
"Really? You look absent-minded," Chen Yu said worriedly.
Chen Wan said, "Priest Qingyuan told me to be careful about my elder brother's marriage before, don't let him be plotted against. My elder brother is always out and about, and he's always willing to help others. If he rescues a girl outside, he'll have to marry her back."
If you are rescued, you have to marry. If you save someone, you have to marry.
Having suffered losses before, and believing in Taoist Qingyuan's words, Chen Yu said, "I'll go back and remind Big Brother later."
Shen Wan nodded.
Not only did she want to remind him, she was also thinking about whether she should use the excuse of burning incense to send her eldest brother to Junzhou, and let him go to find his cousin, and come back after the corruption case was settled.
Shen Yu was a sensitive person. She was afraid that she would notice her worry, and she was also afraid that she would start to overthink things. So Shen Wan simply lifted the curtain of the car to look at the street to divert her attention.
But as he looked, a beautiful figure appeared in his sight. Even though it was just a back view, it made Shen Wan's eyes freeze.
"parking!"
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