Chapter 449 Betrayal
Xia Zihan liked him at first sight, and summoned him to him, and gave him a plate of pastries.
Sanba likes to eat sweets the most. After kowtowing and saying thank you, she took the pastry with a smile and planned to keep it for a while before going out to eat together.
Xia Zihan also recognized the rest of the people as familiar, and then gave the task of monitoring Xia Ziying, Chu Jingwen, and Cao Huajun to ten of them, including Sanba.
In addition, she selected four boys for Bai Yuexi, and the remaining six boys were assigned to work in the front yard.
The Chu residence was attacked twice before, and many servants died both times. Especially the second time, Xia Zihan planned to arrange a group of people trained by the fox to work as errands in the Chu residence.
There are currently few people, so we will arrange ten first.
"Master, that slave is going to change shifts with Chu Fei first." Chu Lin said with a smile.
"Well, keep an eye on it." Xia Zihan nodded.
Two days later, Sanba came to Xia Zihan and said, "Master, Miss San's maid has hooked up with a boy in the front yard."
"Who?"
There was a traitor in the Chu family, which made Xia Zihan very surprised and angry. However, after thinking about it, she felt that she was not surprised.
In addition to the ten newcomers she arranged for the front yard, there are also a few new ones bought by Manager Lu years ago. She believes that Chu Lin's people will never betray her, but from Ren Yazi The newly bought ones on hand... that's not necessarily the case.
What Xia Zihan hated most in his life was the slave who betrayed his master.
In her previous life, if Nuan Xia hadn't betrayed her and colluded with the Xu family, she wouldn't have been so depressed that she wanted to marry Cao Zian.
"It's a man named Qing Yu who works in the front yard." Then he told the story of how Xia Ziying's maid got on the line with him, "Just this morning, Mr. Lu ordered Qing Yu to deliver a letter to Zhuangzi. , as soon as he left the house, he was followed by the third girl’s maid.”
Sanba's voice was crisp and clear.
"When the maid walked to Qing Yu, she pretended to sprain her foot and fell on Qing Yu..."
The maid thanked him and seduced him with her beauty. Qing Yu came from a poor family. She had never touched a woman in her whole life. After that, she was thrown into disarray after being ignored a few times.
"Master, Sister Chu Lin said, that maid comes around our house every day, trying to set up a line. She tried several times to use money to buy the servants in the house, but she never succeeded."
"The third girl scolded her and said she would sell her to Xinghua Tower. The maid was afraid, so she didn't use money to win over people's hearts, so she used her beauty to hook up with Qingyu."
What is the purpose of Xia Ziying using such great scheming to hook up with people from the Chu family?
Xia Zihan frowned and lowered his head in thought.
For a long time, she didn't think of anything, but she also guessed that Xia Ziying must have evil intentions when she bribed the people in the Chu family.
"Watch that maid and figure out her purpose." Xia Zihan ordered.
Sanba responded and was about to retreat.
Xia Zihan felt sorry for him when he saw that he was so thin and skinny, with not much meat on his body. He ordered Si Cao to put two plates of snacks and a plate of dried fruits on the table and give them to him.
Sanba was so happy. He knelt down and kowtowed three times, then took the snacks and dried fruits with a smile on his face, and left happily.
As Bai Yuexi's adoption ceremony approaches day by day, Xia Zihan becomes even busier.
On the first day of the adoption ceremony, several village heads of the Chu family and several village heads of Xia Zihan sent congratulatory gifts, and also met with Bai Yuexi and recognized their familiar faces.
At noon, three banquets were set up in the Chu Mansion. Bai Yuexi, Old Man Bai, Master Qi, Manager Lu and Cui Erguan accompanied more than a dozen village heads. From noon to evening, the village heads stayed in Chu Mansion to rest. Stay.
On the second day, more than a dozen village heads stayed to help.
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Although the adoption ceremony is important, it is much simpler than the hairpin ceremony.
The Chu family has no clansmen and no branches. There is only Chu Ge Lao. If you want to give the deceased Chu Ge Lao an heir or grandson, you have to find someone with status to take care of Chu Yuexi. Write it in the Chu family’s genealogy.
As long as it is listed in the Chu family's genealogy, Bai Yuexi will be changed to Chu Yuexi from then on.
For this reason, Zeng specially invited the Second Prince and Chu Xuanyu, two famous people around the emperor, to testify, and also specially invited Mr. Chu to add a few strokes to the Chu family's genealogy.
Bai Yuexi wore a bright sky blue silk robe today, knelt in the Chu family ancestral hall, kowtowed three times, and then Mr. Chu entered his name Chu Yuexi into the family tree.
Bai Yuexi bowed three more times and the adoption was completed. Xia Zihan knelt down beside him and kowtowed to Mr. Chu Ge three times.
When Mr. Chu asked Chu Yuexi to stand up, Xia Zihan turned to look at him and smiled, saying, "Brother, from now on, you are my brother. You are not allowed to bully me anymore, and you must be my supporter. ”
From now on, this will be her brother from her mother's family and her supporter. If that bastard Chu Jingqi dares to bully her in the future, she can come to her mother's family to find her brother and beat him up.
It will no longer be like in the previous life. Because of one hundred taels of silver, I had no choice but to beg Xia Ziying, only to be beaten to death in the rain.
"You have wronged me. I have never bullied you." Chu Yuexi stood up and reached out to pull her up. "It's obvious that you bully me every time, but you still don't let me complain to my grandmother." She changed her words so quickly. Grandmother.
Well, yes, he looks very much like a descendant of the Chu family.
Xia Zihan gave him a thumbs up in her heart.
Bai Yuexi, oh, no, after Chu Yuexi said this, he thought that Mrs. Chu is his grandmother now, and her relationship is as close as Xia Zihan and Mrs. Chu. He raised his lips proudly, "But don't worry, there will be more in the future." I'm here, Aqi, he doesn't dare to bully you. If he bullies you, just come and tell me and I'll beat him up."
"Okay." Xia Zihan responded happily.
Chu Yuexi's expression was like that of a suffocating little fish that suddenly jumped into the water. She was in a happy mood and smiled happily.
Chu Jingqi came over with a dark face, squeezed Chu Yuexi away, then picked up Xia Zihan's little hand while no one was paying attention, and wiped it again with a handkerchief.
"What are you doing? There are so many people here." Xia Zihan's pretty face suddenly turned as red as an apple. She twitched her hands, "If you don't let go, you will be punished by grandma again soon."
Chu Jingqi let go of her and whispered in her ear, "In the future, don't let other men touch your hands."
Xia Zihan remembered that just now, it seemed that Chu Yuexi had pulled her hand and pulled her up.
She was used to being close to Chu Yuexi, so she didn't pay much attention to it.
Could it be that he was watched by this kid?
Xia Zihan paused for a moment and felt a fire coming from the bottom of his heart. He cursed fiercely in his heart, this bastard is so stingy.
After paying homage to Mr. Chu Ge's spiritual tablet and adding his name to the family tree, Chu Yuexi, surrounded by everyone, went to the hall to pay homage to Mr. Zeng.
Chu Yuexi knelt down, called her grandmother, kowtowed three times to Mrs. Chu, and offered her a cup of tea. Mrs. Chu was very excited. After drinking the tea, she handed him a red envelope containing It's a change of mouth.
At this moment, Xia Zihan saw tears falling from Mrs. Chu's eyes.
Only then did she realize that it was ridiculous that her grandmother had such high expectations for the heirs of the Chu family. In her previous life, she didn't even notice it at all, and even made her pass away with regret.
Fortunately, in this life, she had this idea. Otherwise, if her grandmother didn't mention it and she didn't notice it, her grandmother would die again, and she would regret not being able to leave an heir for the Chu family.
"Master, there's a situation." Chu Lin suddenly came over quietly and whispered in her ear.
Xia Zihan took advantage of everyone's attention to Mrs. Chu and Chu Yuexi, walked to a deserted place, and asked, "What's going on?"
"The third girl's maid has hooked up with Qing Yu." Chu Lin said.
Today, Chu Residence held a big banquet, and Xia Shiming also came. All the Xia family's masters came, except Mrs. Xia.
Xia Ziying brought two maids and a woman in. The maid named Dan Hong, not long after entering the Chu family gate, she quietly went to find Qing Yu while everyone was gathered here to watch the fun.
Sanba followed her steadily.
Seeing her and Qing Yu talking behind the rockery, Sanba flew onto the rockery and listened to what the two people said clearly.
"It turns out that the maid wants Qing Yu to lead you to Qinghe Courtyard." Chu Lin said.
Qinghe Courtyard is the courtyard where Xia Shiming used to live. Xia Ziying has been there several times and is quite familiar with Qinghe Courtyard.
After Xia Shiming moved away, there were only two young servants responsible for cleaning the place. However, after many servants died in the Chu family, there were not enough servants outside, so there were no servants arranged to go to those idle yards. clean.
"Master, there is one more thing." Chu Lin reported the target of Erqi's surveillance, "The third girl secretly went to Qinghe Courtyard. Guess who else followed her to Qinghe Courtyard?"
Chu Lin sold it out.
Xia Zihan's eyes widened, "Don't guess, it's a waste of brains, just tell me quickly."
Chu Lin chuckled, and then her face suddenly turned cold, "It's Chu Jingwen. Erqi listened to them talking and almost got discovered by him."
Erqi was responsible for tracking Xia Ziying today. When she saw Xia Ziying sneaking to Qinghe Courtyard, followed by a man, the two entered the house and talked quietly.
Erqi wanted to hear clearly what they said, so he boldly climbed up to the roof and lifted off a tile.
When he was listening to the corner, Chu Jingwen didn't even notice. After he finished listening, Erqi kindly returned the tile to its original position. Unexpectedly, as soon as he picked up the tile, the tile broke into two halves. He was holding half of the tile in his hand. , the other half fell onto other tiles with a clang.
Chu Jingwen who was in the room rushed out, stared at the roof and said, "Who?"
Erqi, who was clinging to the tiles, was so frightened that he broke into a cold sweat. In the end, he was clever and pretended to meow a few times. Xia Ziying, who followed him out, mocked him and said, "You look nervous, aren't you just a cat?" What a cat, you are so cowardly, you dare to hit my second sister’s attention, hum..."
A look of contempt on his face.
(End of chapter)