Chapter 99 Brother and Sister

As soon as these words came out, there was a lot of discussion at the table.

The other generals under Feng Shuo talked in low voices, but Chu Changping was the only one who said nothing. His already strong features looked even colder at this moment.

If Feng Shuo agreed to the request of Marquis Xing'an, he would have no way to blame him.

It was Feng Shuo's kindness that the Chu family was able to escape from the capital, and it was Feng Shuo's help that his only son was able to escape from the hands of the court.

But if all this had to be exchanged for his niece's lifelong humiliation, Chu Changping would feel very uncomfortable.

Chi Qing looked at Feng Shuo, but saw Feng Shuo put down the wine bottle. He sat on a high seat, with a stern look from a royal family, and a hint of indifference: "How can I care about my family if I haven't accomplished my great cause? But I can understand that you are worried about your daughter."

Xing'an Hou was just a little shocked when he heard the first half of the sentence, but the second half made him feel relieved for a moment.

He said, "Then, Prince..."

Feng Shuo took over the conversation: "I am willing to recognize the county lord as my sister. If anyone dares to bully her in the future, I will be the first to punish him. Can you rest assured, Prince?"

Chi Qing didn't expect Feng Shuo to come up with such a trick. He had a hard time holding back his laughter, so he just buried his head in eating.

Xing'an Hou's face was slightly stiff. Feng Shuo recognized his daughter as his sister, which completely blocked the way of marriage.

Since he had decided to rebel, he had no way back. The military strength of Fan Wei and Prince Xinyang in the south was not as strong as that of Prince Liaoning. If he changed sides and formed an alliance with Fan Wei and Prince Xinyang now, he would not know what kind of mess he would face. Although the marriage was not going to work out, he could only accept it with a pinch of his nose in the territory of Xizhou.

After all, he was an old fox who had experienced several dynasties. He did not show any anger on his face, and said with a cupped hand: "Thank you for your kindness, Your Majesty."

Feng Shuo did not care whether Xing'an Hou was sincere in forming an alliance with him or was temporarily constrained. The two were now in the same pirate ship. Xing'an Hou was a smart man. They had common interests and would not be angry because his son and daughter did not succeed in forming an in-law.

A big part of the reason why Xing'an Hou was instigated to rebel by Lu Linyuan was that he knew that Feng Shuo would definitely capture Yuzhou at all costs in order to protect the food supply. If

he turned against him, he could still keep his troops by forming an alliance with Feng Shuo.

If he was loyal to the court, a large part of the court's military power would be in the hands of the Gao family, the empress dowager's relatives. In recent years, the emperor promoted the Fan family to check the Gao family, and the emperor and the Gao family had long had a grudge.

If Yuzhou went to war, the Gao family would not easily take action as long as the 50,000 soldiers in his hands were not all dead. The emperor had to keep the army in his hands to prevent the Gao family from seizing power, and he dared not use it to support Yuzhou, so his only fate at that time would be to completely disband the army in his hands.

This meal was not very pleasant for Xing'an Hou and his entourage. After the meal, Feng Shuo sent a large amount of gold, silver and jewelry to the inn where Xing'an Hou stayed.

Giving a date after a slap may make the person unhappy, but if the date is not given, the person will only be more angry.

Chu Changping returned to the Chu family with mixed feelings. He went to see Old Madam Chu first.

"You have been gone for nearly a month, and you didn't send a letter home..." Although Old Madam Chu's words were mostly complaints, she looked at Chu Changping with heartache: "Take good care of yourself outside. Wan Niang has been gone for more than ten years. I know you are a loyal person, but Mao Ge'er has grown up, and you still don't have anyone who cares about you. If Mao Ge'er gets married in the future, it will be inappropriate for there to be only a father-in-law but no mother-in-law in the family. It's better to marry a continuation wife as soon as possible..."

Chu Changping's mind is now full of the fact that King Liaoning has taken a fancy to his niece. He can only evade the question. Old Lady Sai said, "Mother, I don't need to worry about what you said. Now is a time of trouble, not the time to think about these things. I will be content as long as you and father are healthy and live long."

Old Lady Chu sighed, "Mao'er is not much younger than Bo'er. Bo'er already has children, but Mao'er still has no marriage. I worry about both of you. When Mao'er gets married, I will find a good marriage for Shubao. That girl is so noisy, I have to find her a child with a gentle temperament, so that we can live in harmony in the future."

"Girl Yi is talented, beautiful, and has her own ideas. I would say that she is the most promising among the girls. Now that she has changed her status, she should keep her past secrets. You should try to find a good family for her. Jiabao is sensitive, but she is not a bad person. I hope to find her a kind and loving husband. Huibao is still young, and I want to keep her by my side for a few more years. I am not worried about her marriage now."

Chu Changping felt a little depressed when he heard his mother talking about the children's marriages and thought of the attitude of King Liaoning at the banquet today.

He ended the topic in a few words. Seeing that he was still in his armor, old lady Chu felt sorry for her son and let him go.

Chu Changping left the old lady's yard and went straight to see Jiang Yanyi and his sister.

Chu Yangui is now always with books wherever he goes. Duke Chen seems to be easy to talk to, but he is much more severe than the sharp-tongued Chi Qing. When he scolds people, he always quotes scriptures without using a single dirty word. It

was only after Duke Chen personally taught him that Chu Yangui suddenly realized how good his senior brother was to him.

Jiang Yanyi and the three sisters of the Chu family were outside. Several people sat around the Luohan table and chattered about the design of the teahouse.

Jiang Yanyi suggested that not only should a special counter be placed in a prominent position at the entrance of the store, but a special room should also be set up upstairs for Chu Shubao to teach female customers how to put on makeup, and to store rouge that could not be placed in the special counter downstairs.

Chu Jiabao is good at embroidery. Jiang Yanyi wants Chu Jiabao to embroider some bags for rouge boxes with satin. With the template, she can take it to the embroidery shop to find an embroiderer to embroider according to the template, which will be much more efficient.

Rouge and powder are considered light luxury products. If they spend a little more time on packaging than other shops, people will buy them even if the price is a few percent higher. After all, the female customers who have money to buy these things are attracted by the surprise that the rouge can bring to them. Otherwise, the same things will be the same no matter where you buy them.

The servant came in from outside holding a bag of cakes and said, "These are the cakes bought by the second young master. I heard that several young ladies are here, so I was asked to deliver them."

Chu Shubao was listening with great interest and did not even raise her head to let the servant put it down. Chu Jiabao was discussing the pattern to be embroidered on the packaging bag with Jiang Yanyi and had no time to pay attention to the servant.

Only Chu Huibao was sitting on the embroidery cushion. She picked up the cakes with her chubby little hands and ate them with a satisfied look on her face.

The servant turned around and told Chu Chengmao, who was so depressed that he almost shut himself off.

There was a pond outside the corridor of the Chu family. After winter, a thin layer of ice formed in the pond.

He sat on the railing of the corridor and smashed the thin ice on the surface of the pond with a small stone. His expression seemed a bit nonchalant.

Chu Changping happened to see him when he was walking through the corridor. This place was the closest to Chu Yangui's yard. Chu Changping said, "You want to go see Yangui, why don't you go in?"

Chu Chengmao threw the last stone in his hand, jumped down from the railing, and said hypocritically, "I'm not familiar with the mansion yet, so I'm just walking around. I have never liked them, brother and sister, why do I go to see them?"

Chu Changping raised his hand and tapped Chu Chengmao on the forehead: "Now they are your sister and brother. If you dare to show disrespect to them, I will kick you out of the house first."

Chu Chengmao rubbed his forehead that was hurt by Chu Changping's tap, "If they are polite and don't cause trouble, why should I show disrespect to them? But if they are stupid and don't know it, and make a lot of trouble, I am not as kind as you, my father, to ignore right and wrong and let them go." Chu Changping pretended to hit his

son again, but finally didn't hit him. He just patted him on the shoulder: "I've been here for a long time, and I'm so angry about it. I'm so angry about it. I'm so angry about it. I'm so angry about it. I'm so angry about it. I'm so angry about it. After all these misfortunes, these two children can only be pitiful. Were you naughty when you were a teenager? Now that you are a family, let's not talk about each other. As an elder brother, you should discipline them when they do something wrong, but don't be polite. Whose children are obedient from birth? They are all well-educated. "

Chu Chengmao just said it lip service. After all, he has been running around with Chu Changping all year round, and he has few opportunities to see Jiang Yanyi and his sister. Now his impression of them is still the unruly and domineering appearance of a few years ago.

When he returned home, he found that the whole family had changed their attitude towards Jiang Yanyi and his sister. The two siblings didn't seem as annoying as before, but the stereotype in his mind had not changed yet, so he felt awkward.

Hearing that Jiang Yanyi cooked the two dishes at noon today, he sent someone to inquire about it. He learned that Jiang Yanyi had moved out with Chu Yangui early in the morning, and opened an antique soup shop and a noodle shop with her own skills. Now she has also bought a teahouse. Now she is a well-known female boss in Xizhou City. He felt a little subtle.

Jiang Yanyi's siblings seemed to have noticed his alienation from them, so they tried not to get close to him.

He sent someone to buy cakes and send them over, as a brother, to take the initiative to show goodwill to his younger siblings.

But! He was ignored!

Chu Chengmao was more or less annoyed in his heart.

After hearing what Chu Changping said, he softened his tone, "Father is right."

Chu Changping said, "I'm going to Yan Gui's place, come with me."

Following Chu Changping was a good reason, Chu Chengmao hesitated for a moment, then followed.

Jiang Yanyi was not surprised that the father and son came over suddenly.

Chu Changping saw that they were calculating the expenses for decorating the teahouse. As an elder, he didn't know how to interrupt the little girls, so he could only say in a dignified manner: "If you don't have enough money, ask me for it."

Jiang Yanyi would naturally not take his money, and said: "The current budget is still enough."

Chu Shubao deliberately said: "Hey, Third Uncle, I don't have enough money for my rouge shop, can you give me some?"

Chu Chengmao answered for his father: "Forget it, don't lose all your money in business."

Chu Shubao She said angrily: "I've made money! Second brother, you're such a bad mouth, and you haven't been able to find me a sister-in-law until now. There must be a reason!"

Chu Chengmao rolled his eyes at her: "Don't bother, no young man would dare to marry you because of your bad temper."

Chu Shubao rarely lost an argument, so she turned to Chu Changping for help: "Third uncle, look at him!"

Chu Changping immediately shouted: "Chengmao, how do you talk to your sister?"

Chu Shubao straightened her back proudly.

Chu Chengmao looked disgusted and was too lazy to pay attention to her. He went into the inner room to see Chu Yangui.

Jiang Yanyi watched the cousins ​​quarreling and laughed happily.

Chu Shubao's personality was really different from that of the eldest wife. When she was with Chu Changping and Chu Chengmao, she felt more like a family.

Chu Shubao didn't think it was shameful to complain to Chu Changping about Chu Chengmao when he couldn't win the argument. Instead, she said to Jiang Yanyi, "Second brother is just bad-mouthed. It doesn't matter if he can't win, but he will beat him if he complains to Third Uncle."

Jiang Yanyi, Chu Jiabao, and Chu Huibao all laughed.

Chu Chengmao's voice came from inside: "I heard it."

Chu Shubao made a face towards the inside.