Chu Hanxiu responded and took Xia Lan out of the carriage.
At first glance, he saw a plaque hanging on the tall and luxurious lintel. The powerful words "Jingguo Houfu" were filled with a sense of solemnity.
Although his brother-in-law, Marquis Wu'an, was granted the title of Marquis and had his own residence, he still lived in the Jingguo Marquis Mansion because the old Marquis and his wife were his legitimate sons.
If he hadn't fallen off his horse, it would have been a great honor to have two princes.
Chu Hanxiu withdrew her eyes from the plaque and looked at Aunt Zhao who was standing at the side door. A slight smile appeared on her face, as if she was happy to see someone familiar: "Aunt Zhao, I haven't seen you for a long time."
Seeing that it was him who was coming, some thoughts flashed through Mammy Zhao's eyes: "Old slave, please greet Master Hanxiu. Our husband has been thinking about you all the time, so he has been looking forward to having you here. Hurry up and let you and your husband come." Lang, let’s talk carefully.”
Unbeknownst to others, she had served her master personally for more than ten years, so she knew that what her master hated most was the concubine, Young Master Hanxiu.
When I was young, I often made trouble for him, but I occasionally succeeded once in ten times, and the others failed due to various reasons.
At that time, Aunt Zhao felt that Chu Hanxiu was a bit smart, at least a little smarter than the other three concubine brothers.
It was him who came, and she wanted to think about how to persuade her master who couldn't control his temper later.
Chu Hanxiu was very knowledgeable, and called out a friendly eldest brother, "I miss you too. It's been a year and a half since he got married, and I haven't seen him except when he came home. How are you doing, brother?"
Aunt Zhao looked at him with a smile and nodded with satisfaction: "Okay, very good."
"Master Hanxiu, please come this way."
Aunt Zhao was the most capable nanny around Mr. Hou. She came to pick him up personally, and the servant at the door could not help but take a second look at this guest who had come from afar.
Then he moved his eyes elsewhere in a panic.
I thought that my husband was beautiful enough, but I didn’t expect that my husband’s younger brother was even more beautiful.
The facial features and eyes of the husband are obviously very similar, but a closer look shows that they are not the same. The husband's younger brother is as handsome as a young man, like dewdrops in the morning, so clear that people dare not look directly at him.
Chu Hanxiu and Xia Lan followed Aunt Zhao into the Hou Mansion.
Xia Lan took advantage of Aunt Zhao to turn around, pointed at Aunt Zhao, and then at the master and servant, unable to understand what was happening in front of her.
When they were in the backyard of the county government office, Aunt Zhao was the nanny of her brother-in-law. She looked at them like ants. Why did she suddenly change her attitude and become friendly to them?
Chu Hanxiu put her fingers to her lips and shook her head.
Xia Lan could only suppress the doubts in her head.
After a while, they were taken to a small courtyard called Cunxi Hall. Although the courtyard was small, it was very delicate and it was close to the main courtyard.
If you were an ordinary servant, you wouldn't be able to live here.
Xia Lan was a little happy. It seemed that although her young master was joining the Hou Mansion as a servant, the people in the Hou Mansion really valued him and did not send her young master to a remote backyard.
But Chu Hanxiu knew that this was not the case. He followed Aunt Zhao, waiting to see what medicine they were selling in the gourd.
Suddenly, Nanny Zhao turned around after entering the room, and a middle-aged man and a strong boy appeared behind Chu Hanxiu, one on the left and the other on the right.
Aunt Zhao looked at Chu Hanxiu: "Cunxi Hall is the main courtyard where Mr. Hou lives. It is a small courtyard separated from Luoyunxuan. You can enter Luoyunxuan through the small door on the corner. "
Chu Hanxiu played the role dutifully: "Brother actually let me live here?"
"I'll go pay my respects to eldest brother later and thank him for taking care of me."
Aunt Zhao twitched her lips: "It seems that in order to cover up others' deception, the master and husband didn't even tell the people who sent Master Hanxiu what Master Hanxiu was doing."
"Then I will say it here once, Master Hanxiu, and Master Hanxiu, listen carefully. This is related to Master Hanxiu's wealth and life."
"From the moment Young Master Hanxiu stepped into the Marquis' Mansion, he came in the name of visiting my husband. Young Master Hanxiu has been following Qian Momo to learn some things in the past few days. In five days, he will consummate the marriage with the Marquis for Mr. Hou."
"What?!" Xia Lan was directly frightened by Aunt Zhao's words, and her face suddenly turned pale, "Young Master Hanxiu is here to be the servant of the Marquis, how can you consummate the marriage for Mr. Hou? That Young Master Hanxiu is not unknown. No points?!”
Chu Hanxiu frowned and looked straight at Aunt Zhao: "Why are you doing this? Aren't you afraid of being discovered by the Marquis?"
"Master Hanxiu no longer has to worry."
Aunt Zhao said, "As long as Young Master Hanxiu remembers that if this is done, Young Master Hanxiu will not only get a large sum of silver reward, but also Shen Shijun and Young Master Hanyu will live a very comfortable life in the house, and vice versa... "
"Young Master Hanxiu is a smart man. I don't need my slave to say what I want to say next."
It was decided by the county magistrate and her husband that the Chu family concubine should consummate the marriage with the Marquis on behalf of his master.
Originally, his master just wrote a letter telling them that he wanted to reconcile with He Lian Yao.
However, the county magistrate and his husband did not want to give up the wealth of the Marquis Mansion, so they refused to let go. It was not until their master got in touch with the third prince that they immediately came up with this plan.
Let the concubine's brother who looks like his master come to consummate the marriage. When he is pregnant with Mr. Hou's heir, he can use the child to contain the Hou family.
He Lian Yao's health is like this. Maybe the child he is pregnant with is his only child. The Jingguo Marquis Mansion and the third prince can help the Chu family rise to the top!
Chu Hanxiu's face turned cold as he thought of Chu Hanqing.
In his previous life, was he like him now, with Chu Hanyun standing behind him, and being threatened by Aunt Zhao to consummate Chu Hanyun's marriage?
If that was the case, and he was too smart to commit suicide by throwing himself into the lake, something else must have happened.
Chu Hanxiu looked straight at Aunt Zhao: "If something happens to my father and Hanyu, I will definitely expose this matter."
"Don't worry, Master Hanxiu, I'm not that stupid."
"Then you can give me 70% of the silver reward now, and then give me the remaining 30% after it's done."
Aunt Zhao frowned. She had always known that Chu Hanxiu was the most troublesome among the concubine brothers in the county government's backyard. Her master had made trouble for him so many times, but he had only succeeded very few times.
She looked at Chu Hanxiu who had agreed to the matter with the lives of Shen Shijun and Chu Hanyu threatened. After thinking about it, she said: "Okay, I will agree to this matter on behalf of my husband. The banknote of 3,500 taels, It will be delivered later.”
Chu Hanxiu raised his eyebrows. Five thousand taels of silver was quite a feat.
Although he had only received one thousand two hundred taels from Jiang, it was given by Jiang in order to deceive others and for some unknown reason.
When Chu Hanyu got married last year, the dowry plus boxed silver was only 20,000 taels. The consumption level in Dai Viet has not been high in the past 30 to 40 years, and the amount of silver is real. An ordinary family can live with only 5 taels of silver a year. Gotta go down.
So to offer him five thousand taels of silver, a quarter of the dowry, to consummate her marriage was indeed quite a feat.
Of course, compared to the wealth of the Hou Mansion, this little money can't hurt Chu Hanyun.
Aunt Zhao left, and the money she left behind came to Chu Hanxiu: "Master Hanxiu, my surname is Qian, I will teach you some things in these five days, and I must ensure that the consummation of the marriage with the Marquis goes smoothly. "
Chu Hanxiu lowered his head and looked at what he was holding.
"Spring Scene", "Things in the Room", "xxxx", "xxxxxxx".
There were one, two, three, and four books. He picked up a page with his fingertips and took a look. It was a version with pictures and text.
