Chapter 43: Ask Chu Xinrou to write a policy paper for him
"Why... why are they suddenly hitting people?" The people were puzzled. Even if the business deal couldn't be concluded, there was no need to use violence.
Chu Xinrou hurriedly supported Chu Yunlan, looked up at Chen Shuwei and accused her, "Sister! What are you doing? My brother and I are just trying to get a good omen for the Autumn Examination. It's fine if you refuse to give in, but why do you have to use such a heavy hand?"
"Big Brother used to treat you so well. Even though he knew you weren't his biological sister, he still treated you well and provided you with food and clothing for sixteen years. Is this how you repay Big Brother's kindness?"
Some people nearby who didn't know the truth heard the hidden meaning in Chu Xinrou's words, and some of them immediately stood up for the brother and sister.
"It's a great festival, girl, if you think the money is too little, just say you don't want to sell it, how can you do that?"
At this time, Chen Heng picked up the stick, lowered his eyes, held Chen Shu's slightly trembling hand, and wiped her gently with a handkerchief, "Why dirty your hands."
Chu Xinrou looked at Chen Heng in disbelief. What did big brother mean by this? Shen Shuwei beat someone up and was still afraid of dirtying her hands?
The next moment, Chen Heng turned around, knelt down in front of the children, took out a few candies from his arms and waved them in front of them, "Tell your brother what you just saw."
When the children saw the candies, their eyes lit up and they shouted out what they had just seen.
"I saw that bad guy in black trying to step on your hand!"
"And me! I saw it too, he looked like he was trying so hard!"
The child was short, so he saw the scene clearly.
At this moment, the people looked at each other, and looked at Chu Xinrou and Chu Yunlan with strange eyes.
Just now, the little girl was speaking up for her elder brother, thinking that her elder brother was the one who started the fight first and even stepped on the other person's hand.
How precious are the hands of scholars. If they have a son studying in an academy, they would not let him do heavy work. But that rich young man in black clothes actually wants to cripple his hands at will!
Bah! It turns out that all rich people are bad!
Seeing the way the people around her looked at her changed, and some even rolled up their sleeves in anger to chase her away, Chu Xinrou panicked and blurted out, "How can I believe what those kids said? They must have seen Tang and made it up."
The parents and brothers of those children were right beside them. When they heard Chu Xinrou actually say that their children were lying, they immediately got angry and started cursing at the top of their lungs.
"What's wrong with you, little girl? It was obviously your elder brother who harmed that young master first, and the young master's sister only did it to protect her brother. It's fine if you can't tell the difference between good and evil, but how can you accuse my child of lying!"
"If the top beam is crooked, the bottom beam will be crooked. In my opinion, both of you brothers and sisters are not good people! You are a nest of snakes and rats!"
Most of the people present were uneducated and could not speak elegantly. The curse words they used were all vulgar words, naturally each one more unpleasant than the other.
Chu Xinrou's face flushed when she heard this, and she couldn't help but secretly blame Chu Yunlan in her heart.
Is he stupid? He framed someone without knowing how to do it cleanly, and he even blamed her for it.
There was a child who sobbed and cried because of Chu Xinrou's words, and wiped his tears and said that he was not a lying child.
This made the adults around them very distressed. They looked at Chu Xinrou and Chu Yunlan as if they were disaster stars. Some of them even looked for things to beat them away.
Chu Xinrou helped Chu Yunlan escape in a panic. Chu Yunlan was hit on the back by a smelly shoe. It was unknown which indignant family member of the child did it.
Chen Heng squatted down and rubbed the head of the child who was crying breathlessly. He took out a candy from his arms, peeled off the candy wrapper and put it to the child's mouth, "Brother will give you another candy. Stop crying, okay?"
The child stopped crying as if by magic, took the candy and turned from crying to laughing, then shyly buried himself in his mother's arms.
"Kid, why don't you say thank you to this big brother?" The child's mother knew how precious the candy was, so she patted his back in an angry manner.
The child turned away and said shyly, "Thank you for the candy, big brother."
Seeing how refined Chen Heng and Shen Shuwei were, how skilled they were at pitching pots, and how considerate and gentle they were with the child, the people nearby praised them one after another, their attitude completely different from when they had driven away Chu Xinrou and her brother and sister.
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Chu Xinrou and Chu Yunlan were driven away by a group of people like stray dogs. Both of them looked embarrassed, but after they left, the crowd burst into thunderous laughter, applause, and praise.
This made Chu Yunlan's face turn blue with anger. He, a young master of a marquisate, was actually being driven away by a group of untouchables, and they even dared to throw shoes at him. He was going to chop off their heads!
Chu Xinrou lost so much face, and thinking of Shen Heng's attitude towards Shen Shuwei, she couldn't swallow the breath in her heart and sobbed softly.
"Brother, how could Sister Shen treat you like this? You and Mother treated her so well and raised her for sixteen years. She knew you were going to take the Autumn Examination, but she refused to give you even a lucky sign that symbolized good luck. Is she deliberately trying to prevent you from getting a good ranking in the Autumn Examination?"
Chu Yunlan hadn't thought about this at first, but after hearing what Chu Xinrou said, he really felt that Chen Shuwei was making such a fuss in order to take revenge on him and bring bad luck to him.
Chu Yunlan was so angry that he gritted his teeth. He held Chu Xinrou's face with his hands and wiped her tears gently. "Don't worry, I won't let her go."
"As for the autumn examination, the third prince has already contacted the examiners for me. Xinrou, after you go home, please revise a few of my essays and deliver some gifts to the examiners' homes on my behalf." Chu Yunlan said this with full confidence. Since Xinrou could write such brilliant essays on flood control, it would be no problem for her to revise a few of his essays, which would definitely be better than those written for him by Shen Shuwei before.
Besides, he has important things to do, and giving gifts are just small things that the women in the inner chamber should do. Before, it was Chen Shuwei who did it, and now it is natural that Chu Xinrou should be in charge.
Chu Yunlan also had his own plan. If his behavior caught the attention of the examiner, even if he did not answer well in the autumn examination, he would have an excuse to say that he performed poorly and let the examiner help him out.
"What kind of person is Chen Heng from the Shen family? Xinrou, you were kind enough to help him, but he didn't even appreciate it. He's just as ungrateful as Shen Shuwei!"
"When I pass the Autumn Examination and have the Third Prince's support, my rise to prominence in the court will be just around the corner. Then I will help you, Xinrou, give them a good slap in the face and make them and Shen Shuwei kneel down to apologize to you."
Chu Yunlan was thinking beautifully at the moment and didn't notice the resentment on Chu Xinrou's face at all.
What is big brother talking about? It's obviously his exam, but he wants her to do it alone.
Back when they were at the Shen family, her eldest brother, despite being busy with his studies, still found time to buy her jewelry and cakes. But when it came to Chu Yunlan, he even had her write his strategy papers for him, and even refused to show up for his investment banking papers, as he felt embarrassed because of his status.
How did he get into the Bailu Academy?
However, Chu Xinrou changed the subject in time, fearing that Chu Yunlan would immediately go home and ask her to write a policy paper for him, which she would not be able to do.
"Brother, aren't you short of money recently? I have a way to help you raise money." Chu Xinrou held Chu Yunlan's hand and said softly.
Chu Yunlan looked down at Chu Xinrou in surprise. He had been very short of money recently. After all, after hooking up with the Third Prince, he had made many more friends, and the money he needed to manage everywhere had increased. On top of that, he also had to buy some nice clothes to show off.
But when he went home to ask for money, that illegitimate bitch Chu Mingyi didn't give him a penny, and his father didn't speak for him either. During this period, Chu Yunlan was so angry that he smashed a lot of things.
Chu Xinrou curled her lips into a smile, leaning against Chu Yunlan and saying in a delicate voice, "I have a good sister named Yan Yan, whom Big Brother has met. Her cousin's husband is a timber merchant. He's over forty and still childless, so he's thinking of finding a younger concubine in the capital to bear him a child."
"If big brother can introduce him to a young and beautiful concubine, he will give big brother a large reward."
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