Chapter 85 The Past of the Marquis's Biological Mother
Chen Jingyan turned around and walked up to Yun Qiao, hugged her in his arms, and cuddled with her for a while.
He has no skills in flirting, he just relies on intuition and direct actions. Chen Jingyan's personality is that if I want something, he will ask for it directly, and never asks slowly what you mean.
Yun Qiao supported his chest and touched the scar on her chest. The scar looked like it had been there for a long time, but it was very heavy, which showed the severity of the injury at that time.
"My Lord, what you are talking about is just a simple hot spring bath."
Chen Jingyan said, "It's a deep night. What's the difference between being in bed and being in the water?"
Yun Qiao gritted her teeth and shouted in her heart, Chen Jingyan, you bastard.
Unexpectedly, he laughed, opened his mouth and bit Yun Qiao's collarbone, leaving heavy teeth marks.
So much so that the next morning, when Yun Qiao got up and dressed, she could still see two rows of teeth marks, both of which were blue.
Xiaotao also felt distressed when she saw this.
"Girl, why didn't you stop him? Look at how he bit my shoulder. I'm really afraid if he bites harder, it will break through and leave a scar."
"Let him be."
This man is like a dog, he likes to leave traces everywhere.
But the dog is pee marking, he is a biting one.
Trying to stop Chen Jingyan is like trying to stop a dog from peeing to mark a place, which is a bit difficult.
Who knows, he might even get angry.
Yun Qiao was too lazy to cause any more arguments, so she just followed him.
If a man loves you, you can give him a little effort. It's a little fun.
After following Chen Jingyan for a while, Yun Qiao thought it was time to get tired of him. She thought that she would continue to act arrogantly and wait until the time was right to stir up some trouble.
It was to make Chen Jingyan, the person who hated trouble the most, dislike her.
Once she falls out of favor, she will have more choices.
It is possible that he was really sent down to the village, or was driven away and sent away.
***
Yun Qiao knew when Chen Jingyan left. She wanted to get up in a daze, but Chen Jingyan told her to continue lying down and not to get up.
Madam Xu and her family were dressed very simply today, but Yun Qiao was still curious.
I heard people below talking about how the Xu family was deliberately putting on an act for the Marquis. Every year when someone came to the Marquis's Mansion, they would change into simple clothes, and when the person left, they would return to their original clothes.
Xiao Tao went to eavesdrop on a few words and came back to learn what Yun Qiao said.
"I feel like there's something wrong with Madam Xu's family. When the Marquis came, they immediately changed into their old clothes. And when the Marquis left, they seemed to have changed into something else again."
Yun Qiao chuckled and continued flipping through the book in her hand.
"This is just a show for the Marquis to see."
Xiao Tao asked, "Why don't the people in this village say anything when they do this?"
"Either they took advantage of the Xu family, or they were suppressed by the Xu family."
Yun Qiao paused while turning the pages of the book.
This Aunt Xu was the dowry of Chen Jingyan's mother, and now the honor of the Marquis of Zhenbei is all supported by Chen Jingyan. It is also a respect for Chen Jingyan's mother, the first second wife.
He also looked up to the person who came with the dowry of the deceased second wife.
Chen Jingyan told her that when Aunt Xu was young, she was promoted and trained by his mother.
It was also valued and used by Chen Jingyan's mother in the past, otherwise she would not have been able to manage this farm for so many years.
Chen Jingyan's mother trusted this old woman who came with her as a dowry, and Chen Jingyan also believed in her, so he always used her to manage the farm.
There has never been any major trouble in Zhuangzi, because he has always believed in her.
If we tell Chen Jingyan now that there is something wrong with Aunt Xu's family, I'm afraid he won't believe it. After all, Aunt Xu and her family have been working on the farm for many years.
Just considering the Xu family's gorgeous clothing, this is definitely not an excuse.
Yun Qiao thought to herself that the Chen family was wealthy and powerful, so as long as the Xu family didn't cause trouble for her, Yun Qiao would not meddle in other people's business and worry about the Marquis' Mansion.
Besides, there are quite a lot of corrupt officials in the Marquis' Mansion.
Isn't she also a little termite?
***
After Chen Jingyan left, Aunt Xu and her family felt relieved.
Everyone is happy too.
Xu Meixiang was unhappy and had no mood to dress herself up these days.
"He finally left. I don't know if he'll come back. Mother, what's going on with the Marquis? Why did he come to the farm for no reason?" The second son of the Xu family ate the delicious fish and meat on the table. "He's going to collect rent from the tenants soon. If the Marquis or anyone in the Marquis's mansion sees us, our whole family will be in trouble."
Old man Xu was still smoking his pipe.
Aunt Xu sat on the chair and fell into deep thought.
"We'll have to wait and see about this matter. However, this Concubine Qiao won't stay here for too long. The Marquis said that he was just sending a young man from a branch family to be raised on the farm. The girl that Concubine Qiao is raising happens to be the young man's sister. She's worried about him, so she came to the farm. I figured she'd stay for a while."
"Listen to me, all of you. Be nice to Aunt Qiao and the two children. Once they leave, we'll naturally have less to worry about."
Xu Meixiang muttered to herself.
"Mother, I asked to go to see the Marquis, but you wouldn't let me go. I've already dressed up, but instead of sending me to the Marquis, why are you trying to stop me from becoming his concubine?"
Aunt Xu glanced at her plump, fair daughter.
She gave birth to three sons and only this one daughter, so she loved her very much.
She loves her own daughter, but others may not feel the same way. Besides, her daughter is not good-looking, is a bit fat, and is lazy. She can forget about becoming the Marquis's concubine.
Aunt Xu still has this self-awareness.
She also didn't want her daughter to go to the Marquis and cause trouble, and then let the Marquis find out something.
She and the old man are both not young anymore. If they can wait a few more years and let their two sons become managers of the farm, they can return to their hometown.
Otherwise, wouldn’t this country house be built in vain?
Aunt Xu would never allow any accidents to happen at this time.
Aunt Xu is used to being the head of the family, and everyone has no choice but to obey what she says.
"I'll listen to your mother on this matter."
Aunt Xu thought that as long as she settled the young man and made Concubine Qiao feel at ease, she would naturally leave. Unexpectedly, Concubine Qiao took the young man and his siblings to stay at the farm for half a month.
She really acted as if nothing had happened, eating, drinking and having fun all day long.
At most, she would go out for a stroll. She would go out during the day and come back at night, and she would only bring her maid Xiaotao with her.
There really is nothing wrong with it.
Yun Qiao found Fang Jia.
The last time Xiaotao found Fang Jia, she was already pregnant and was due to give birth in a month.
It would have been fine if Yun Qiao didn't know about this before, but now that she knows, she naturally wants to wait until Fang Jia's child is born. She also wants to prepare a gift for Fang Jia and her baby.
But the Xu family seemed to always urge her to leave.
Xiao Tao saw Yun Qiao lying on the soft couch in the house, so she came in.
"Auntie, you'd better get up. Look, Aunt Xu is here again, bringing some vegetables and fruits."
"This is urging us to leave."
"Miss, I don't understand. You've been living on the farm for nearly a month. Look at how well Madam Zhu treats Xiaolang, and Miss Yuan still has schoolwork to do. Why don't you leave?"
Xiao Tao said, then asked: "But the lady is worried about Miss Fang Jia?"
"It's rare for me to leave the house, so I want to stay a little longer. Once Fang Jia gives birth, we'll leave."
Xiao Tao nodded and said, "Then I'll go outside and see if Madam Xu can be sent away."
Yun Qiao stood up.
"No, I'll go check it out."
Yun Qiao stood up and walked out, and saw Aunt Xu coming in.
"Mrs. Qiao is up now. She came here today. I heard from the people down there that she's gone out. Is she going back? If you are going back, please let me know in advance. I, an old woman, will also prepare some special products from the farm for you to take away."
Yun Qiao said, "Since we're scheduled to go back in the middle of next month, I love the child so much that if it weren't for my status, he would be raised under my name."
"Madam Xu, are you going on a long journey for some urgent matter? I heard from Meixiang that you were going back to your old home. I didn't even know that Madam Xu's family was a living contract. I thought you were born into the family..."
The Xu family is not under a death contract. The children born in Xu's family are all free persons. If the children of the Xu family are capable, they may become officials in the future.
Xu Meixiang's eldest brother works as a rent collector on the farm. His three sons live with his wife in a courtyard in the countryside, and all three sons are studying in their hometown town.
Xu Meixiang also said that there are two old maids in her family who are dedicated to taking care of her sister-in-law and eight-year-old niece. Her three nephews are all studying in the town, and there are little children following them.
Yun Qiao originally wanted to have some fun with Xu Meixiang. After all, Xu Meixiang looked silly, but she was also quite round and cute.
Unexpectedly, she couldn't resist being teased and showed off all her family wealth in front of Yun Qiao.
After listening to Yun Qiao's words, Aunt Xu couldn't deny everything.
He said, "It's almost time to collect rent from the tenants. This year is not good, and I don't know how much I can collect."
Yun Qiao casually asked, "How long will it take to finish harvesting? It looks like they're really working hard."
"Madam, a woman like you, is in charge of such a large farm. She is really capable."
Aunt Xu knew that Yun Qiao's praise of her was not genuine, but she still felt happy after hearing it.
"I learned this from my late wife. My wife is a very capable person. The Marquis's grandmother's family was originally from Wancheng and later moved to the capital. Back then, my wife was still a girl from the Du family in Wancheng. She was smart and resourceful. Even though the Du family couldn't compare to the Marquis's mansion, my girl was very capable. The second master of the Chen family has admired my girl for a long time..."
Aunt Xu truly admired Chen Jingyan's mother, Du Yunyun, and said many good things about her.
Maybe Aunt Xu is really sincere to Du Yunyun, but it is also true that she wants to enrich herself by using this farm.
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