Chapter 464 Industry
"I would like to, but my mother and concubine..." Princess Qinghui hesitated.
"As long as you agree, I will let my grandmother persuade your mother-in-law." Xia Zihan said firmly and teased her, "You are the future patriarchal wife of the Chu family. From now on, the Chu family will be in your hands. Of course, the sooner you take over, the better, so as not to be caught off guard.”
As for the assassination of Chu Yuexi, Xia Zihan was afraid that Princess Qinghui would be worried, so she didn't mention it a word.
However, he still let Ao Tianchen know.
Ao Tianchen got the news and hurriedly came to find Princess Qinghui. He happened to meet Princess Qinghui escorting Xia Zihan out of the courtyard, and several people met at the gate of the courtyard.
"Greetings to the young prince." Xia Zihan hurriedly knelt down and gave a blessing.
Ao Tianchen seemed not to have expected to meet her here.
After she returned to Beijing, Ao Tianchen only went to An Guogong's mansion to see her once. There were many people at that time, so when the two met, she was called to the front yard without even saying hello.
But at this moment, when he suddenly saw him, his heart skipped a beat, almost leaping. He was so pleasantly surprised that her cheeks seemed to be more beautiful than before. For a moment, he couldn't miss her. Eye.
Princess Qinghui saw that he had lost his composure and coughed twice. Ao Tianchen woke up at a loss and quickly returned the gift. He said politely, "Chu Yu, don't be polite to me. We are a family now. From now on, we will not be polite to each other." Forget about the false etiquette.”
"Then how can we do it? The etiquette should still be done." Xia Zihan had his own considerations. Princess Mingzhu was pregnant, so Ao Tianchen should focus on Princess Mingzhu instead of looking at the bowl. , looking at the pot.
Xia Zihan secretly decided that from now on, she would not be able to get closer to Ao Tianchen.
She looked at Princess Qinghui and said, "Qinghui, seeing that the young prince is so anxious to find you, he must have something important to tell you. Then you can chat and send a maid to take me out."
"Okay then." Princess Qinghui did not insist, so she ordered the maid beside her to send Xia Zihan out.
Ao Tianchen wanted to stop her, but after thinking about it, he seemed to have thought of something, and then shut up.
When Xia Zihan returned to the Chu family, he told Mrs. Zeng that the second princess would wait until Princess Qinghui turned seventeen to get married.
Zeng was stunned for a moment, and then said, "It will take another three years. In three years, Yue Xi will be twenty-three." She frowned slightly, a little worried about Yue Xi.
Is it too late to get married at the age of twenty-three?
In the capital city, the children of twenty-three-year-old men are already spoiled.
And she is getting older. In the past two years, no matter how many supplements she takes or how she regulates her body, her body has become increasingly weak and her spirit has become worse and worse. Who knows if she can survive these three years?
Zeng was a little anxious.
"Tomorrow morning, I will ask your aunt to come over to discuss this matter. We must fight for it no matter what." Mrs. Zeng said.
Early the next morning, Mr. Zhuo came.
She and Mrs. Zeng hid in the house and muttered for nearly half an hour. Then, Mrs. Zhuo took a car to the Second Prince's Mansion and did not come out until noon.
It was almost noon when Mrs. Zhuo came to the Chu family for business. Mrs. Zeng hurriedly asked Qingya to prepare food first. When Mrs. Zhuo was full, she and her mother sent the servants away and talked in the room.
"The second princess did not let go, but she hesitated. I have already told her that when Qinghui entered the Chu family gate, the old lady did not set rules for her or restrict her freedom. She wanted to come back to see the second princess at any time. Can you come back..."
"I also mentioned my godmother's body and bones, saying that you are old and have poor health. If anything happens, Yue Xi will have to stay at home for three years. The second princess's expression became a little looser, as if she was hesitating. ”
"While I was still trying to persuade me to continue, the Second Prince came back..."
The second prince came back and went to the second princess's room. It would not be good for her to stay any longer, so he advised the second princess to think more and then left.
"Godmother, look, how likely is it that the second princess will agree?" Mrs. Zhuo leaned forward and lowered her voice a bit.
Zeng's eyelids drooped, not sure, "Qinghui is the heart of the second prince and the second princess. The two of them only have one daughter. I am afraid they have long planned to keep their daughter for a few more years... This matter is also emotional. It’s understandable. If Yuexi wasn’t older, I would have agreed, but Yuexi is already twenty this year.”
"Didn't Divine Doctor Bai say that among the people who run around in the world, there are many who are in their twenties and have never gotten married, but there are fewer who get married at the age of sixteen or seventeen." Mrs. Zhuo said.
The year before last, Chu Yuexi was eighteen years old. She saw that the child was very good and had martial arts and medical skills, so she thought of being a matchmaker for him. However, Doctor Bai said that Chu Yuexi was young and would wait a few years for him to be a matchmaker. Looking at my wife.
Only then did she realize that people in the world were different from the children of wealthy families like them in that they got married late.
Mrs. Zeng frowned, "That was before. Now his surname is Chu, and he is still working in the palace. He is no longer a gangster. Besides, with my body, I'm really afraid that I won't survive that time. What if? If I delay them for a few more years, I will be guilty.”
"Godmother, I don't like to hear this. You are always blessed and will definitely live a long life. I also hope that when Yuniang gives birth to a child in the future, you will be there to teach her."
"I also want to..."
Zeng won’t say anything else below.
She also wanted to live longer so that she could see Yuexi, Qinghui, Yuniang and Aqi get married, and see both Qinghui and Yuniang give birth to a big fat boy. In this way, she would be able to live happily underground. I will truly rest in peace.
"Hey, I'm still not satisfied." Zeng sighed.
Before adopting Chu Yuexi, she thought that now that the Chu family had an heir, even if she died now, she would not have the dignity to meet the ancestors of the Chu family. But after Chu Yuexi passed away, she wanted to see her get married and have children... She was really not satisfied.
"Godmother, when Qinghui was seventeen, Ayu happened to be nineteen. If the two princesses don't let go this time, their dates will be chosen in the same year."
Mrs. Zhuo began to plan for her daughter-in-law.
Zhuo and Zeng had a good relationship as mother and daughter. Of course Zeng would not embarrass her and directly promised to marry Xia Zihan when she turned nineteen. Zhuo was very happy and beamed with joy.
However, if Princess Qinghui and Xia Zihan want to get married in the same year, I'm afraid it won't be possible.
The next day, the second princess sent a reply, saying that she agreed that Qinghui would let the two get married after the hairdressing ceremony.
Mrs. Zeng breathed a sigh of relief, called Xia Zihan over, and happily told her the news. Then, the grandfather and grandson began to discuss preparing a betrothal gift for Chu Yuexi.
Mrs. Zeng counted all the current properties of the Chu family. There were six villages and three shops in total. The shops were all rented out, and they only collected a small amount of rent a year.
Zhuangzi are all near the capital. The annual income of these six Zhuangzi is enough to meet the daily needs of the Chu family, and there is more.
Mrs. Zeng planned to give two shops and two shops to Xia Zihan as a dowry, leaving the rest to Chu Yuexi.
Later, Chu Yuexi got married, and the income from these four houses and one shop was enough to cover the expenses of the entire Chu family.
"Grandma, I have a Zhuangzi shop and money on hand. I won't be able to spend that much money in my lifetime, no, in ten lifetimes. You leave all these properties of the Chu family to my brother. I don't want it. I plan to give my brother more money." Buy some properties.”
When she learned that her grandmother agreed to adopt Chu Yuexi, she planned to buy a few good Zhuangzi and put them in the name of the Chu family as a public property of the Chu family.
Although the Chu family has some properties and a lot of income every year, that was in the past. In the past, her grandfather and grandmother were more frugal with money, which also resulted in the Chu family's daily expenses being several percent lower than other families.
But things are different now.
The Chu family adopted Chu Yuexi, and Chu Yuexi worked in Yinlin Guard again. This favor was exchanged, and filial piety was at the top. Well, his top was Chu Jingqi, his soon-to-be brother-in-law. There was no need for filial piety, he could marry a daughter-in-law and drink wine. , gifts and so on, the cost will be high.
Not to mention anything else, just buying Chu Yuexi’s clothes for all seasons costs a lot of money, not to mention waiting for Qinghui to pass away, which will increase the expenses...
You can't let Qinghui spend her dowry to support herself, right?
In the future, there will be their children...
Think about it and calculate it carefully, the prospects of those Zhuangzi in the Chu family are a bit unsatisfactory.
Zeng held her hand and said earnestly, "I know the Chu family's property well. Don't worry, grandma still has some money on hand. It's enough to buy a few houses. I'll keep your money for your own purchases." Dowry.”
"Just keep what grandma gave you. Grandma knows better than to let Yuexi's child suffer." Mrs. Zeng said again.
Xia Zihan didn't want it, but couldn't bear to go against her grandmother's wishes, so she had to agree to accept it.
At worst, she could just buy a few more Zhuangzi shops for Chu Yuexi in the future.
"Leave the affairs of Zhuangzi to the second housekeeper Cui." Mrs. Zeng said, got up and got off the kang, and took out an iron box from her dressing table.
Opening it in front of Xia Zihan, Xia Zihan looked over and was shocked, "Grandma, so many banknotes?"
"These are all saved by your mother before she got married." Zeng said, "Over the years, I have saved some more."
Mrs. Zeng took out all the silver notes and counted them. There were 83,000 taels of silver in total. Mrs. Zeng took out 30,000 taels of silver and put them aside. The rest was left in the box. She closed the box and locked the small lock. , put the box back in its original position.
Mrs. Zeng called Qingya and told Qingya to find Cui Er butler.
Before Xia Zihan finished his cup of tea, Butler Cui arrived.
Zeng gave 30,000 taels of silver to Butler Cui Er and told him to buy a few villages near the capital, or a few shops in the capital.
"This is the family property saved for the eldest young master. You should spend more time to buy it." Finally, Zeng told Butler Cui.
Butler Cui was stunned for a moment, then agreed with a smile on his face, "I will handle this matter before the year."
"Well, go ahead."
"Yes."
Butler Cui went down.
(End of chapter)