Chapter 690 The prince's concubine is not a concubine
Dahe, Jicheng.
Dong Huanzhi was still asking Mrs. Chen to arrange another dinner.
Last time, they didn't dare to relax while eating. Princess Fuyun and Prince Jun were there, and the atmosphere was very wrong. They all tensed up.
I always feel guilty towards my junior sister.
"Now that my junior sister has joined the Great Medical Association, it is a cause for celebration. It is also an exciting and happy event for our World Medicine Alliance and is worth celebrating."
"But I feel that Miss Fu doesn't seem to like me very much. If I take charge of it, will she be angry?" Mrs. Chen was a little nervous.
Dong Huanzhi was a little surprised when he heard her words, "How could that be? Junior Sister never said a bad word about you, how could you think she doesn't like you?"
Chen Haozhu came out from the inner room, looking unhappy, "Uncle Dong, mother, Miss Fu probably doesn't like me."
"ah?"
Dong Huanzhi couldn't figure it out. "What did you do?"
Hearing his question, Chen Haozhu paused, "I didn't!"
"Then why doesn't Junior Sister like you?"
Dong Huanzhi felt that the mother and daughter were a little strange. Fu Zhaoning had clearly never said anything bad about them, not even mentioned it, so why did the mother and daughter think this way?
Chen Haozhu felt a little depressed.
Was she going to say that it was because she gave something she had embroidered herself to Prince Jun?
Is she going to say that she wants to steal Fu Zhaoning's man?
Although she hasn't done anything actually excessive, I always feel that women should be very sensitive about this kind of thing, and Fu Zhaoning should be able to see what she means.
"Haozhu is, after all, a young girl who hasn't been engaged yet. With Prince Jun present, it's better not to upset Miss Fu." Mrs. Chen said.
Dong Huanzhi and the others were unwilling, but they didn't force them.
"Then I'll see to it and make the arrangements."
He just went out like that.
Mrs. Chen looked at his back, unable to react for a moment.
No, didn't he even say one more word of advice? And didn't he say one more word of comfort?
Even ask, why can't Haozhu go there when Prince Jun is here?
Dong Huanzhi wasn't like this before. He obviously cared a lot about her thoughts and her feelings.
Mrs. Chen had prepared a lot of words, which she would agree to when Dong Huanzhi persuaded her to a certain extent, but now they were all useless.
She, it's not easy for her either.
She always had to act more reserved to let others know that she would not approach them casually with Haozhu, as they had their own character.
Moreover, Madam Chen had some little secrets that were not known to others. Only if Dong Huanzhi could persuade and coax her more, the people in the Medicine Alliance would be able to see how much he valued her and her daughter.
It is not easy for them as a widow and an orphan to survive in the world, and they have no choice.
But why did Dong Huanzhi leave like this?
"Mom, does Uncle Dong really think that I provoked Miss Fu?" Chen Haozhu couldn't believe it.
"What did you give to Prince Jun?" Madam Chen turned around and looked at her intently.
Chen Haozhu felt a little guilty, "No, no."
"Still want to deceive me? What did you give me?"
"Just, just some embroidery."
"Are you trying to piss me off to death?" Mrs. Chen's face changed. "Didn't I tell you that I had to give out my embroidery in order to make us more valuable and to make Dong Huanzhi look at me with new eyes, so that he would take us in."
"But we can't just hand over the Dongxiu, or it will attract too much attention. How could you just give the embroidery away so casually?"
Chen Haozhu bit her lower lip and said unconvincedly, "But we have been living here in the World Medicine Alliance. Apart from doing some manual work to earn a few copper coins, we rely on Uncle Dong to make a living. We have no place to go. Didn't you say that this kind of life is unstable?"
She paused, her eyes reddened. "Besides, I haven't been able to find a suitable family for me in Jicheng. I've already reached the age for marriage. If I waste time any more, I'll just have to marry someone casually. What can I do?"
"So you think Prince Jun is the right one for you? How can you have such high standards? He already has Prince Jun's wife!" Madam Chen was furious.
"If I can enter the palace, I can be a concubine!" Chen Haozhu couldn't help but say what was in her mind.
Mrs. Chen's face changed slightly.
She looked at her daughter and took a deep breath, "You are not qualified to be Prince Jun's concubine!"
"Mother, why are you like this? You used to tell me that I am no worse than a rich lady, and even among the girls in Jicheng, none is more noble than me. You also said before that no matter how you choose in Jicheng, I am considered to be marrying down. Now you actually say that my status is not even enough to be a concubine. Were you just trying to fool me before?"
Chen Haozhu looked at her mother in disbelief.
It was obviously her mother's teachings that made her believe that she was a noble and delicate girl.
Mrs. Chen's face changed slightly.
"Mom, you never told me what kind of family our ancestors came from!"
"Don't ask. Anyway, now we are the only ones who depend on each other—"
"Then why are you unwilling to marry Uncle Dong? Otherwise, I can also be considered the eldest daughter of the Half World Medicine Alliance!"
"you--"
Mrs. Chen was so angry that her face turned red.
"Uncle Dong is a good man, he should be very nice to us, but he just doesn't want to. If I go out now, he will just treat me as an orphan without a father and family background."
Chen Haozhu really couldn't understand why her mother didn't just marry Uncle Dong.
"Your Uncle Dong has a wife and children in his hometown!"
It’s just that he was transferred to Jicheng to manage the branch temple and didn’t go back.
"But Uncle Dong said that he and his wife had nothing to say to each other before, and they were not in love. They always quarreled when he went back." So Dong Huanzhi would rather stay here alone than bring his wife and children over.
"She is a legitimate wife, and you want your mother to be a concubine?"
There was an old woman outside who quietly walked away.
Originally, after Dong Huanzhi left, he felt sorry for her and asked a maid to come over and ask if Mrs. Chen and her daughter wanted to come over for dinner. If there was no misunderstanding, he could help to resolve it.
As a result, the old woman came over and heard what the mother and daughter said.
She didn't even want to talk about it.
The old woman curled her lips. Madam Chen talked about how noble she was. She didn't know that many neighbors were saying that Madam Chen was Dong Huanzhi's mistress!
Otherwise, what else could it be for a widow with a daughter to be so close to Dong Huanzhi, with him helping and taking care of her in everything?
Now you still want to be my concubine.
A concubine is not as good as a mistress.
After the old woman walked back, she felt it was not appropriate to reply to Dong Huanzhi, so she stopped in embarrassment.
When Fu Zhaoning came over, he saw her take two steps forward, then turn back and take two steps, struggling back and forth.
"Aunt, what happened?" Fu Zhaoning asked.
This is the Medicine Alliance. If there is anything going on, she should also be concerned about it. After all, she is also a member of the Medicine Alliance.
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