Chapter 23 Jiang Xueqing's Choice
Several gentlemen reached out and took a bowl of sobering soup each.
Uncle Chen Wu was thirsty, so he raised his head and drank it all in one gulp. Before he finished, he sighed:
"It's better for our mother to go with us."
The reason why the brothers of the Chen family are united and harmonious is inseparable from the balance of power of Old Lady Chen. In the Chen family, legitimate and illegitimate sons are equal at all times.
Master Chen Er and Master Chen San entered officialdom. Master Chen Er was the first to enter officialdom, but later he had no talent, so Master Chen San filled in later.
"Yes!" Mr. Chen agreed.
Mr. Chen San smiled faintly, picked up the hangover soup on the table, and when he brought it to his mouth, he seemed to realize something and turned to look at the maid standing beside him without any warning.
Jiang Xueqing was frightened. Although she had dressed up specially today, there was a high possibility that Mr. Chen San would recognize her if he looked carefully.
Jiang Xueqing immediately retracted her gaze and lowered her head. Her whole body tensed up, not daring to move, and beads of sweat gradually appeared on her forehead.
Master Chen Er also noticed Master Chen San's gaze and followed his line of sight. A flash of surprise flashed across his eyes, but he quickly covered it up and turned back to ask in confusion:
"Third brother, what's wrong?"
Hearing this, Master Chen Wu also looked at Jiang Xueqing: "She looks familiar." He then looked back at Master Chen San:
"Second brother, is there something wrong with this person?" He heard that his second brother had already carried those women into the mansion. Could it be that his second brother had taken a fancy to this girl again?
He shook his head again. His second brother was not a lustful person, otherwise he would not have married while his second brother was still single.
This sentence made Mr. Chen San look away: "Nothing, maybe I drank a little too much."
"Then drink the hangover soup. The hangover soup made by Madam Feng is really effective."
In previous years, when they got drunk, their mother would ask Nanny Feng to make sobering soup for them. However, in recent years, Nanny Feng and their mother have grown old and no longer take care of them.
I didn’t expect that I could drink the sobering soup prepared by Nanny Feng today. It made me feel warm inside.
Jiang Xueqing never thought that the excuse she made up would turn out to be a good idea.
But this time she didn't dare to look up, she could only hear the sound of someone swallowing soup.
Jiang Xueqing's heart beat faster and she was ecstatic.
Just when Jiang Xueqing was thinking about what method to use to get Mr. Chen San into the room, Feng Xiao hurried into Xianghe Courtyard and said something in Mr. Chen San's ear.
Then Mr. Chen San said something and left.
By the time Jiang Xueqing reacted, Mr. Chen San had disappeared and Mr. Chen Wu had also left the table.
"Thank mother on behalf of us brothers." Master Chen handed the empty bowl in his hand back to Jiang Xueqing.
"Yes, second master."
Jiang Xueqing took it and looked at the untouched sobering soup in front of where Mr. Chen San was sitting, a look of resentment flashed across her eyes.
Master Chen Er also saw it. He reached out and took Master Chen San's bowl of hangover soup:
"How can the third child waste his mother's kindness?" He said and drank another bowl of rice.
Jiang Xueqing looked at the empty bowl that Mr. Chen Er handed over again, her heart was already in turmoil.
Her original plan was for Mr. Chen San to drink the bowl of sobering soup with double the amount of ecstasy powder, and then she would run to the Tao family and cry. By then, no matter if it was for Mr. Chen San's sake of face or for Chen Ruhan's engagement, the Chen family would accept her.
But now this incident happened, Master Chen drank this bowl of soup.
In that instant, Jiang Xueqing was torn between a conscience and a conscience. She thought a lot and finally seemed to have made some kind of decision. When she looked up at the faces of Mr. Chen Er and Mr. Chen San, which were somewhat similar, Jiang Xueqing felt a little better.
Looking at those bright and clear eyes, Master Chen's heart was moved, and an inexplicable heat rose in his body. His steps wavered slightly.
Jiang Xueqing supported him and said, "Second Master, are you okay?"
Listening to the clear and melodious voice like that of an oriole, Chen Zhiru's body seemed to be set on fire, just like fire meeting oil.
How could Mr. Chen not know what was going on with him? The girl in front of him was indeed lovely, but he also knew what the occasion was today.
But before he could pull his hand back, Jiang Xueqing spoke first:
"Second Master, seeing you like this, I'm afraid you can't go back. I'll help you go back."
……
In the building next to Xiangheyuan.
Two women were kneeling on the ground, trembling with fear and not daring to speak.
Mr. Chen San just glanced and looked at Feng Xiao again.
Howling Wind:
"Tell me, what did you see just now?"
The old woman cursed her bad luck and told everyone everything she had just seen.
After listening to this, Mr. Chen San asked with an unclear expression: "Did you see Jiang Xueqing in the kitchen?"
"I don't know the girl's name, I only know that Madam Feng brought them to the mansion and went to Shou'an Hall."
Originally, she was ordered to go to the kitchen to get the second lady's bird's nest, but in the kitchen, she saw a maid who looked very much like one of the girls brought by Nanny Feng.
She felt it was strange, so she talked about it with her companions. As a result, Feng, the guard beside the Third Master, heard it, and they were brought here.
The old lady invited Liu Yu and the other two to come to the Chen residence. Mr. Chen San knew about this. He turned the jade ring on his thumb and asked Feng Mo:
"Do you think this person is really Jiang Xueqing?"
Feng Mo lowered his eyes and glanced at the two women, concentrating on thinking and considering:
"Third Master, I think it's worth checking. After all, today is the day when the Tao family proposes marriage."
Mr. Chen San: "Okay, then you take people to search privately." He walked out of the yard.
"what……"
A sudden scream stopped Mr. Chen San in his tracks. He turned his head and looked towards Xiangheyuan.
Mo Feng also quickly came back:
"Third Master, something happened in Xiangheyuan?"
Master Chen San thought of the maid who brought them the sobering soup.
She is Jiang Xueqing, that bowl of hangover soup...
Thinking of this, Master Chen San strode towards Xiangheyuan. At the door, he met Yuzhang Hou, who had woken up on the way and insisted on being sent by the Tao family to fight with Master Chen San and his men for three hundred rounds.
"Chen Laosan, what happened in there?" Marquis Yuzhang waved away the Tao family members who were supporting him and asked Mr. Chen San who was coming towards him.
Mr. Chen San said nothing as he strode into the Xianghe Courtyard and instructed Feng Mo:
"Stay outside and don't let anyone into Xiangheyuan."
Feng Mo obeyed the order, put his arm across the door, and immediately stopped Yuzhang Hou, whose eyes were gleaming with gossip.
Yuzhang Hou was dissatisfied and shouted:
"Hey, Chen Laosan, why are you so stingy?"
I really want to go in and take a look!
Master Chen San ignored Marquis Yuzhang's dissatisfaction and walked towards the room surrounded by maids and servants.
"Did you see the man and woman inside clearly? They were actually doing such a shameful thing in broad daylight."
"It's so shameless..."
When the servants saw Master Chen San coming, they all shut their mouths and made way.
"Knock knock knock." Mr. Chen knocked on the door.