A concubine enters the mansion? Reborn, three matchmakers and six engagements to marry the Prime Min

Shen Zhao's voice was hoarse and his eyes were red.

He had only been away from Beijing for a few months, but his eldest sister and brother-in-law both died, and his mother's life and death in Zhuangzi was unknown. A few hours after returning home, I felt anxious and my voice became hoarse.

Su Qingyu looked at Shen Zhao and saw that he was much thinner than before leaving Beijing. It seemed that he had suffered a lot along the way.

"Out of the gate of Shen's house, across two streets is the Criminal Department. If the eldest young master thinks that the eldest lady's death is related to me, go and play the drum."

"If you don't go and I go, I can't bear such injustice."

Shen Zhao looked at Su Qingyu intently, always feeling that everything that happened in the Shen family's main room had something to do with her.

But he couldn't understand. He just made a small mistake. How could she have such great hatred? Who in Beijing doesn't take concubines? Whose family doesn’t have several common rooms?

The third uncle doesn't have any concubines now, that's because they are newlyweds. What about three years, five years, ten years? Would she also do so many decisive things because her third uncle took a concubine?

Shen Zhao couldn't wait to see what her reaction would be on the day her third uncle took his concubine.

"Su Qingyu, what do you really want? I'm sorry for what happened between me and Cheng Rujin. But your engagement was canceled and Rujin died. Do you still think it's not enough?"

Facing Su Qingyu, Shen Zhao felt a deep sense of powerlessness. Therefore, there was a hint of prayer in his tone.

Su Qingyu sneered in her heart, of course it was not enough. What he owed her was a life.

"I don't understand what the young master is talking about. Do we need to go to the Criminal Department to confront the young lady about her death? If necessary, we can go now."

Shen Zhao gritted his teeth and trembled with anger. Confront what? If there is no evidence at all, will he go to the Criminal Department to be falsely accused?

"If you don't tell me about my eldest sister in advance, what's the point of locking up my mother?"

Shen Wu was gone, so he could put the matter of death aside for now. But his mother was still alive, so he couldn't just ignore her.

Su Qingyu's tone was impatient, "Young Master, want to go to Zhuangzi to fulfill your filial piety? Of course I won't stop you. I'll order someone to send you there right now."

"There's just one thing. After you go, you won't be able to go back home for a while."

Shen Zhao frowned and looked at her, "What do you mean?"

Wasn't it because she had done something to her mother that she didn't dare to let him go?

Su Qingyu said in an indifferent tone: "No one is allowed to enter Zhuangzi because my sister-in-law got tuberculosis a while ago. The doctor said it is very easy to contagious."

"It's okay for the eldest young master to want to go, but he has to stay at the village until his sister-in-law fully recovers. What if you come back and infect the rest of the family? Your grandmother is old and can't bear any illness."

Seeing Shen Zhao's suspicious expression, Su Qingyu turned to tell Jade, "You go with the eldest young master and tell the gatekeeper that the eldest young master is filial and is here to serve the eldest lady."

He also ordered: "You are not allowed to get too close. Send the person away and come back."

Jade understood in her heart, agreed, and walked to Shen Zhao again, "Young Master, please, I will send you there."

Shen Zhao's expression changed again and again, and finally he said sarcastically: "Since my mother is taken care of, I won't be able to leave for the next few days."

After Shen Zhao left, Jade let out a sigh of relief, "Madam, aren't you afraid that the eldest young master will really go there?"

Su Qingyu snorted, "How can a selfish and fearful person like him dare to take risks?"

That night, because Shen Zhao came back, everyone gathered at the old lady's Qingyuan residence for dinner.

After all, he was the eldest grandson, and the old lady loved and cared about him very much. So she kept holding Shen Zhao and asking about his well-being.

After everyone had finished dinner, they moved to the flower hall next door to drink tea.

Su Qingyu asked: "How much money did the young master bring back from the Chen family? Will it be paid tomorrow?"

As soon as she said these words, everyone else present also looked at Shen Zhao. Especially the second lady Yang, there was gloating in her eyes.

Shen Zhao's face froze, and he couldn't hide his embarrassment.

After a while, Shen Zhao knew that this matter could not be dealt with, so he said: "The Chen family needs time to turn over. After all, they are close relatives, so I can't push too hard."

Su Qingyu nodded and said: "That's right, but I heard that the Chen family is going to renovate the ancestral hall in the second half of the year, and they said they have prepared two hundred thousand taels of silver. Logically speaking, our family's more than two hundred thousand taels should be spent first. Two more."

"What did the uncles of the Chen family say? The eldest young master told us in detail, so that we can have a good idea."

Shen Zhao felt miserable, so his two uncles beat him up and called him a white-eyed wolf. He knew very well what the Chen family was like. They were bandits a few generations earlier and were unreasonable at all. If you want to get money from the Chen family, it's as difficult as going to heaven.

But he couldn't say this, because his grandfather's family was not a good person, and he didn't look good.

He could only say perfunctorily: "My uncles said that the matter of building the ancestral hall has been decided a long time ago. It's not that the Chen family won't give it if the money is extended a little longer, it's just that they can't afford so much at once."

Su Qingyu said "oh", and just when Shen Zhao thought the matter was over, she spoke again, "There must be a date, right? Three months? Four months?"

Shen Zhao thought for a while, "Half a year."

Su Qingyu looked at Yang, "What did the second sister-in-law say?"

When the money is returned, it will also be returned to the Shen family. In fact, it is equivalent to the money shared by the three families, and is naturally closely related to Yang's interests.

Yang thought for a while, "Whether it's three months or the end of the year, we can give it a break. But if the Chen family doesn't pay back the money at the end of the year, what will we do?"

"Is this the case for settling this account?"

Su Qingyu lowered her head to drink tea and said nothing. It was the first room that should answer these words.

Shen Zhao was left speechless and speechless by Yang's question.

The old lady was sitting in the main seat, groping for the beads in her hand without saying anything, not knowing what she was thinking.

After a while, Shen Zhiheng glanced at the old lady and said, "If the Chen family doesn't return the money before the end of the year, our big house will pay it back."

Shen Zhao frowned and looked at Shen Zhiheng, "Father, we have already paid back a sum of money to the public, and the remaining money is not enough to pay off the debts to my uncles."

Shen Zhao thought that if he could drag it over, it would be best if the money was left on the account and no one mentioned it. More than two hundred thousand taels is not a small amount. Why should the Chen family enjoy it while they block the hole.

Shen Zhiheng looked unhappy and said in a deep voice: "If the first house doesn't have enough money, we can take the same amount of money from the public house and divide it between the second house and the third house. We don't want it anymore."

If the big house can't come up with the money, Shen Zhiheng said it's a good idea.

Yang lowered his head and pondered for a moment, then looked at Su Qingyu again. The two sisters reached a consensus and said nothing more.

Seeing this, the old lady said decisively, "Then just do what the boss said."

Everyone responded "Yes" in unison.

Hanshui Courtyard was shrouded in moonlight at night, and the hazy moonlight reflected on the curtains in the house.

Two figures hugged each other on the bed, and the man's obscene words mixed with the woman's breathing.

Less than half an hour later, Li Chaoyun leaned on Shen Zhao's chest, the lustful look in his brows not dissipating.

Shen Zhao exhaled two long breaths of relief, put one hand on Li Chaoyun's shoulder and rubbed it slightly.

Li Chaoyun put his hand on Shen Zhao's waist and said in a lazy tone, "Tomorrow, the prince's cousin will give an order for you to go to Zhan Shifu."