Yun Chu touched the little girl's face and found that she was indeed too thin.
The little girl nestled into her arms, and Chu Hongyu said from the side: "Chang Sheng, Aunt Yun is hurt here, be careful not to touch her."
The little girl nodded obediently, moved her body downward, pouted her mouth, and blew on Yun Chu's injured area.
Yunchu's heart melted.
"Qianqian, have you noticed that the little princess looks similar to Yunchu." Mrs. Lin lowered her voice, "Especially the eyes."
Liu Qianqian looked at it and was also startled: "It does look a bit similar, but maybe this is the fate between Chu'er and the young princess."
It's rare for these two children to be close to Chu'er, and Chu'er also likes these two children very much. Such a fate is rare.
"I heard that Miss Tan Er's marriage to Prince Ping Xi has not been negotiated." Lin's voice was extremely low. "Mrs. Tan is a gentle woman, and Miss Tan Er should be good too. I'm afraid it will be difficult for Prince Ping Xi to find someone else. Miss Tan Er is more suitable to be the stepmother’s princess.”
Liu Qianqian nodded.
This Miss Tan Er should have been carefully selected by the Yin concubine, but unfortunately, she did not catch the eye of King Ping Xi.
In the next few days, Chu Hongyu and Chu Changsheng would come to the Yun family. At first, King Pingxi came with them, but later they only asked their servants to follow them.
The two children were unruly. They came to Yun's house in the morning and left at night. If it weren't for the fear of his father's anger, Chu Hongyu would have taken his sister to stay at Yun's house.
Xie Jingyu would come every two days, but was always turned away by Yunze.
The days passed, and soon the day came for the Dai family to hire someone. The custom in the capital was to hire someone one month before the wedding.
Seeing the betrothal gifts being carried in one after another, Yun Chu couldn't help but sigh, time flies by so fast. It was the end of March when he was reborn, and now it's July in the blink of an eye.
She couldn't help but laugh when she saw Yunran and the young master of the Dai family looking at each other across the crowd, with blush on their faces.
At this time, a discordant sound was heard.
"Why did my sister-in-law find such a match for Sister Ran? She is only fifth grade, and her family status is too low."
Yunchu looked around and saw a member of the Yun family dressed in jewels. She called the woman third aunt. This aunt's father-in-law was a brother of her grandfather, but he died on the battlefield many years ago. Her aunt's husband was Her father's third cousin.
Third Aunt Yun was still muttering: "I don't know what my sister-in-law was thinking. When she married the first sister to the Xie family, Xie Jingyu was the number one scholar and could be regarded as a favorite. This second young master Dai was only a scholar, so how could he be worthy of it?" Can you become the daughter of the Yun family?"
Another woman sighed: "Our Yun family relies on military achievements. No one among the younger generation joins the army. I don't know who can support the Yun family in the future."
Third Aunt Yun shook her head: "Brother Ze is the eldest son of the family. He is over 20 years old and is only a seventh-rank official in the imperial court. He really cannot support the Yun family... He is not as good as our brother Run..."
She didn't dare to say this loudly, she only dared to whisper softly.
Her son Yunrun also passed the Jinshi examination on his own. He was initially a rank-9 sesame official who was not ranked high.
Later, she found a good marriage for her son. With the Yun family here, it was actually not that difficult to marry a daughter of a third-grade family. Duoduo worked through it and it was settled. After the marriage, her father-in-law held the hand, and now Brother Run is already He is a member of the fifth rank of the imperial court. If he is lucky, he will be promoted to the fourth rank by the end of the year... but he is not much better than Yunze.
The marriage of women here is like a ladder. Whether the ladder goes up or down depends entirely on the judgment of the matron.
In her opinion, the sister-in-law is still too shallow-minded...
Yun Chu glanced at it and looked away.
The branches of the Yun family are intertwined, and everyone has their own ideas. As long as these branches do not make big mistakes and do not affect the reputation of the Yun family, even the elders of the Yun family will not care about their choices.
On the day of the Dai family's appointment, there was no need to hold a big banquet, so they invited their closest family members to have a meal together as a testimony.
The Xie family is related by marriage, so logically they shouldn't come, but Xie Jingyu still came.
This is the first time Xie Jingyu has seen Yun Chu in about half a month. It is the first time that the two have been separated for so long.
"Madam's complexion looks much better." He said with a gentle smile on his face, "The flowers are blooming on the road, but you can return home slowly."
Yunchu smiled.
What a romantic and beautiful sentence, coming out of Xie Jingyu's mouth, it didn't feel that way at all.
But after being away for so long, it’s really time to go back.
She nodded: "Okay."
Yunchu said goodbye to his family one by one.
Mrs. Lin was very reluctant to give up, but she also knew that it was very rare for a married woman to be able to return to her parents' home for half a month. Any longer would affect the relationship between husband and wife.
Although she gradually began to dislike Xie Jingyu as her son-in-law, Chu'er obviously still wanted to continue, so she respected Chu'er's choice.
In the eyes of the Yun family, Yun Chu held Qiu Tong's hand and got into the carriage.
The moment the carriage curtain fell, she saw Tingshuang standing below, looking at the person at the foot of the Yun Mansion, who was Yu Ke.
A smile couldn't help but appear on Yun Chu's lips.
As soon as she sat down on the carriage, Xie Jingyu followed her in.
He looked at Yun Chu's profile and spoke slowly: "Madam, do you know what happened these days?"
Yun Chu turned his head, looking like he was all ears.
"My official position has been demoted one level." Xie Jingyu stared at her, "Just because you have lived in your parents' house for a long time, my official status has been demoted."
All women in the capital, even princesses, once they get married, there is no reason to go back to their parents' homes for such a long time, unless they are no longer prepared to live this life any longer.
Half a month after Yunchu returned to the Yun family, there were countless rumors in the capital that the Yun family was preparing to leave.
Originally he didn't care about these remarks, but the people in the court, who were accustomed to taking advantage of the situation, favored the superior and suppressed the inferior, deliberately set a trap for him. He accidentally stepped in and made a big mistake. The Minister of Hubu was furious, and his Lord Shangfeng Yu was fined one year's salary, and his official position was directly changed from the fifth rank to the lower fifth rank.
He didn't understand that even if he and Yun Chu really reconciled, he would still be the father-in-law of the future fourth prince.
Shouldn't the prince's father-in-law be more noble and more feared by those people than the Yun family's son-in-law?
"Oh, that's interesting." A sneer appeared on Yun Chu's lips, "So, your promotion or demotion all depends on me, a woman?"
These words made Xie Jingyu almost unable to lift his head.
Yun Chu made it clear that he was relying on women.
It was obviously him, who had studied hard for more than ten years in Hanchuang, went from being a scholar to being a top scholar, and established himself in the court... He admitted that the reasons for his rapid promotion were due to the Yun family, but it was mostly due to himself.
He just couldn't accept it. He had already reached the fifth rank, but because of such a trivial matter as Yun Chu returning to his parents' home, he was demoted by half a rank. Why!
Yun Chu twitched the corners of his lips.
He couldn't stand being demoted by half a rank. How could he bear what was about to happen in the future?
