Chapter 68 Mr. Chen said he wanted to leave
Because of this incident, Liu Yu stayed in Chen's house for the next few days and did not go out.
Chen Xiyao even fell ill because of this and lay on the couch for several days. Liu Yu accompanied Chen Xiyao every day and checked the finished products sent by Yuzhentang.
The finished products of Yuzhentang have gradually changed from completing one piece in two days to one piece of embroidery a day, and then to two pieces a day, and the quality of each piece has improved.
As for embroidery patterns, she drew patterns that will be popular in the next year and a half, and created three newest ones based on the popular patterns, combining past and current ones.
Yuzhentang currently has five fine ready-made garments, more than ten ordinary ones, as well as handkerchiefs and various embroidered styles.
Liu Yu plans to choose an auspicious day to open the store in the next two days.
"How come you have time to come out today?" Uncle Chen looked at Liu Yu who was squatting in the field weeding, his eyes full of tenderness.
Liu Yu said without turning his head:
"It's time to leave the court. Please sit down. I'll be there soon."
Uncle Chen San pretended not to hear her. He walked over to her side, squatted down, and prepared to pull out the weeds with his bare hands.
Seeing this, Liu Yu immediately stopped him and said, "If you pull it out with your hands, you'll cut your hands. It's dirty here. Go sit outside."
"It's dirty here, why are you still doing it here? Just leave it to the servants, why do it yourself!" He said this, but his hand forcefully took the small hoe from her hand, and without giving her any refusal, he started to quickly do the unfinished work.
In the past, Liu Yu could not imagine that a cold and noble man like Mr. Chen Sanye would weed and be involved in the fields.
Looking at his extremely serious and earnest expression, combined with his awkward and clumsy movements and his hands covered in mud, he felt very funny and inexplicably a little cute.
"Yu'er" Mr. Chen San was a little annoyed that Liu Yu laughed at him:
"If you laugh again, I won't be polite!"
"How do you want to be rude?" Liu Yu asked almost subconsciously.
A gleam of light flashed in Mr. Chen San's eyes, and he quickly stretched out his dirty hand and touched Liu Yu's nose.
Liu Yu's mind froze for a moment and she stared at him in a daze. She never thought that this was something Mr. Chen San would do.
"Third Master, Madam, you can have dinner now."
The sound of Jingzhe jumping out of control broke in at an inopportune time.
As if he had not done the action just now, Master Chen coughed lightly, threw the hoe away, pulled Liu Yu up, and said seriously:
"Let's go out! I have something to tell you after dinner."
"it is good"
A maid immediately brought water, and after the two washed their hands, they went into the house to change clothes.
It is late autumn now, and we are making sweet-scented duck slices, candied taro, steamed food, pumpkin glutinous rice...
After using the plate, Liu Yu prepared to help Mr. Chen San rinse his mouth and wipe his hands as usual.
"Stop busying yourself." Master Chen handed the mouthwash to Guyu who was serving beside him, pulled Liu Yu to sit down, and told Guyu:
"Take them all down!"
Guyu led all the maids out of the room and closed the door.
He took her hand into his palm and wrapped it in his big palm.
"Third Master, if you have something to say, just tell me!"
Liu Yu raised her eyes and looked back at him, with a tenderness in her eyes that she had never seen before.
"Yu'er, I will be away from Yanjing for a while. You should stay at home and try not to go out. If you really have to go out, take Feng Mo with you." Master Chen San looked at her with reluctance.
Liu Yu frowned slightly:
"Why are you leaving so suddenly? Where are you going?"
The flood in Lingnan had receded, but after the flood, a plague came along. Mr. Chen San was afraid that she would worry, so he didn't intend to tell her.
Liu Yu immediately clasped his hands and stared at him:
"Third Master, you can't hide it from me. Tell me! Otherwise, I will be uneasy."
Ever since he said he wanted to leave Yanjing, my eyelids started twitching.
Seeing that he was silent, Liu Yu became anxious and blurted out:
"If you don't tell me, I won't let you go."
After what happened last time, Mr. Chen San clearly felt that she treated him differently.
Her eyes were no longer dead silent, there was light in them.
Sometimes I would show different emotions because of him.
At this moment, her eyes looking at him were clearly filled with worry. Mr. Chen San was unable to say no. After pondering for a moment, he no longer hid it from her and told her what happened at the court meeting today.
Liu Yu just felt a buzzing in his head.
If she knew that Yang Shizhong could not go, it would be Master Chen San who would take his place. She would not say anything, but because she felt pity for him, she designed a plan to let Grandma Kui pretend to be a thief and injure Yang Shizhong, which would at most remind him to be careful.
The trip to Lingnan would cost his life. With so many people in the court, how could it be Master Chen San?
"Are you sure?" Her voice was trembling so much that she didn't even notice it.
Mr. Chen nodded:
"We'll leave in three days."
"So urgent?" Liu Yu tightened his grip on his hand: "Is there no room for change?"
Give her time, as long as you give her time, she will definitely find a way to stop him from going.
Mr. Chen shook his head.
"Then can you refuse?" she said in a low voice.
He still heard it clearly, and he said:
"Yu'er, the people who were assigned to go to Lingnan have also met with accidents twice. The royal family has long suspected that someone is behind this. The first batch of money has already been allocated, but more and more victims are coming from Lingnan outside the city."
"Even if it wasn't me, it was someone else in the cabinet, and I took the initiative to go."
The teacher called him and Kong Ming, and he took the initiative to take on this task. Only in this way, after Zhang Lian resigned in the near future, could he make further progress.
Did he take the initiative to go?
How should Liu Yu tell him that this trip was life-threatening? How should he dispel this idea?
Liu Yu couldn't find a suitable reason for a while, so he didn't care whether he would be suspicious or not, and asked directly:
"Third Master, if it is dangerous to go to Lingnan this time, will you still go?"
Mr. Chen nodded without hesitation. Knowing that she was worried about him, he patted her head:
"Don't worry, nothing will happen. I haven't even tasted it yet, how can I bear to die?"
Seeing him speak the most shameful words with a serious look, Liu Yu's neck and ears turned red. She pulled her hand back and said angrily:
"I'm serious with you."
Master Chen San laughed, put his hands on her waist, and with a push, she fell into his arms, his voice serious:
"I am serious. The court is at a critical juncture now. Prime Minister Zhang is about to retire. He intends to support his people. We cannot do nothing. The Lingnan issue has become a concern for the royal family. The candidate ahead of Yang Shizhong has also encountered problems.
The river dam is already under construction. The royal family sent the cabinet members not only to inspect the river dam in Lingnan, but also to examine the officials in various counties. "He had in his hand a list of officials from various prefectures and counties in Lingnan approved with a cinnabar pen.
Liu Yu didn't expect that he would tell her about the situation in the court. After hearing this, she realized that what she knew in her previous life was too situational.
In other words, Yang Shizhong’s death was not an accident, but the result of a power struggle?
After hearing what he said, she seemed even more nervous.
Master Chen held her hand tightly:
"I'm not saying this to make you more worried, understand."
"Well, I know that the Heavenly Family will send someone to protect the Third Master, right?"
"Yes, don't worry, Yu'er, I won't let anything happen to me."