Yang Jiyan smiled and poured her a cup of tea. "How could that be? My sister is so pretty that I feel sorry for her, not to mention Zhou Yun. He is always attracted by beautiful women. My sister is so pretty that she can make him dizzy with just a flick of her finger."
Chen Rou moved her fingers, took the teacup and smiled shyly, "I am just a humble girl, how can I deserve your words, sister? You are a real lady from a noble family, beautiful and charming."
After Yang Jiyan sent Chen Rou away, she felt quite calm. She was sure that Chen Rou would take the bait, so she started to arrange other things. She wanted to meet His Royal Highness the Crown Prince.
Even if Yu Qizhe was really blessed with good fortune and destined to be successful in the future, Yang Jiyan did not want his career to be so smooth.
It was Liu Yujiao who should have been ruined with Zhou Yun in Xinglou that day! Unfortunately, she was fooled by that bitch and had to repeat the same mistake. She was involved with Zhou Yun, a heartless and ungrateful man, and she couldn't hold her head up in the capital.
Why should she be in hell while Liu Yujiao and Yu Qizhe are rising rapidly and everything goes smoothly for them?
Even if it is not Crown Prince Zhu Xun who ascends the throne in the future, as long as she can reveal one or two things about what will happen to the Crown Prince, it may be possible for the Crown Prince to prepare for a rainy day and help him escape from the case of embezzlement of salt and silver in Jiangnan.
In this way, she would be regarded as a meritorious person by His Royal Highness the Crown Prince. What if the Crown Prince ascends the throne?
When Yang Jiyan thought about it, she became fascinated.
If she could really help His Royal Highness the Crown Prince ascend the throne, the lives of Yu Qizhe and Liu Yujiao would be in her hands in the future!
However, this matter still requires careful planning, and gaining the trust of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is a difficult task.
Yang Jiyan suppressed her excitement. The most urgent thing was to divorce Zhou Yun first.
Therefore, not long after Chen Rou left, Yang Jiyan deliberately went to Suiyuyuan to meet the concubine that the Zhou family had married into the family. She was domineering in Suiyuyuan and said that she would let Zhou's cousin raise the child after she gave birth to it. The cousin of the Zhou family was so angry that she broke several cups and went to Mrs. Zhou to cry.
After Mrs. Zhou comforted her niece, she asked someone to bring back Zhou Yun, who was living a life of debauchery outside, and told him to give the wishful thinking Yang Jiyan a good beating.
Zhou Yun and Yang Jiyan had always disliked each other, and he had a tantrum when he arrived at Yang Jiyan's yard. In the past, Yang Jiyan pretended not to see him, but this time it was different. Yang Jiyan was like a shrew, cursing at Zhou Yun and even pulling with Zhou Yun, scratching Zhou Yun's neck several times with her long and sharp nails.
Zhou Yun felt pain and slapped Yang Jiyan immediately, then pushed her away.
Yang Jiyan fell headfirst onto the bench, blood immediately flowing from her forehead. With the blood flowing down her cheeks, Yang Jiyan laughed like crazy: "Zhou Yun, you dare to hit me! Do you believe that I will make your Zhou family extinct? If Suiyuyuan dares to give birth to that bastard in her belly, I will find a way to kill him! You can defend against him for a while, but can you defend against him for a lifetime? Whether it takes one year, five years, or ten years, I will find the opportunity one day to take the life of that bastard!"
Zhou Yun was shocked by her crazy look and looked at Yang Jiyan directly: "Bitch, I think you are crazy!"
The servants in the yard quickly reported the matter to Madam Zhou. Madam Zhou was also very surprised after hearing it, and immediately issued an order to confine Yang Jiyan to the yard and not allow her to approach Suiyu Courtyard at all.
On the other side, after Chen Rou returned home, she told Chen Zhiqing that Yang Jiyan asked her to marry into the Zhou family and become Zhou Yun's concubine. Chen Zhiqing had seen Yu Qizhe's rapid rise in the past six months. He was able to go to the palace to meet the emperor every day and became a close minister to the emperor. However, he was still just an official without any aristocratic family behind him. If he had no other opportunities in his life, his official career would probably end here. He was feeling depressed.
He took Chen Rou to banquets everywhere because he wanted Chen Rou to climb up the social ladder and help him in his career.
But there are so many beauties in the capital. Chen Rou's appearance was outstanding in the countryside, but it was just so-so in the capital. Those old foxes in the officialdom were all cunning people, and each of them just wanted to take advantage of her. Besides, Chen Rou had been with Prince Qin and had been deflowered long ago. Those cunning people were not willing to marry such a woman into their homes. They just treated Chen Rou as a plaything.
Hearing what Chen Rou said, Chen Zhiqing's eyes lit up. If he could really marry into the family of the Shaoqing of the Imperial Household Department, it would not be bad at all.
If he could be transferred to the Imperial Household Department, it would be a lucrative job.
"Zhou Yun is young, not much different in age from you. I have met him before, and he is very handsome. He is a perfect husband." Chen Zhiqing said with a smile.
When Chen Rou heard this, she knew that he agreed.
But she couldn't help feeling sad in her heart. She had clearly said that she entered the Zhou Mansion to be Zhou Yun's concubine, but her brother didn't say a word.
Chen Rou remembered how Chen Zhiqing behaved when he passed the imperial examination and when her grandmother passed away. Yes, her brother had changed a little since then.
It seems that nothing in this world is more important to him than his career and interests.
Chen Rou was lost in thought, but Chen Zhiqing was still talking: "Although the Imperial Household Department is only in charge of the civil affairs of the country, it sounds like it has no real power, but there is a lot of money to be made in the horse administration. You have been to the Zhou family many times and should have seen the extravagance of their mansion. It is said that Zhou Yun spends a lot of money in gambling houses and brothels, and his generosity is comparable to that of princes and nobles."
After entering officialdom, Chen Zhiqing was no longer the ignorant and visionary countryman. He loved to attend banquets and listen to people's gossip in private, and he also knew many things in officialdom, such as that the Imperial Household Department was actually richer than the Ministry of Personnel.
"Since it was Yang Jiyan who asked you to join the Zhou family to help her, even if you won Zhou Yun's favor, she would not be jealous of you. In this way, she would become your support. If this marriage is successful, it would be a hundred benefits to us without any harm." Chen Zhiqing said excitedly.
Chen Rou smiled faintly, feeling a little sad in her heart. How could it be all good without any harm? She was going to be someone's concubine.
However, Chen Rou knew that even if she said this, Chen Zhiqing would only say that this was a blessing that many people would wish for, and that it would be fine if she returned to the village and married a country man to be her legal wife, but it was completely different from marrying a man of such status as Taibusi to be a concubine.
Chen Rou herself knew the situation clearly, so she held back and said nothing, "This is just Miss Yang's wishful thinking. Zhou Yun may not be willing to take me in as a concubine. He and Miss Yang are not on good terms, and I am Miss Yang's best friend, so it's inevitable that they will dislike me together."
Chen Zhiqing laughed: "You just don't understand men's minds. If he likes you, he won't care about your relationship with Yang Jiyan. He might even deliberately take you into his house to humiliate Yang Jiyan."
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