PFC Chapter 214 Chu He is returning to the palace
Chapter 214 Chu He is returning to the palace
Chapter 214 Chu He is returning to the palace
Xu Yaoyao's anger was still lingering inside her, but she heard Butler Xu, who was waiting in a corner of the study, say, "Second Miss, it will be the end of the month in a few days, and the monthly salary hasn't been paid yet..."
As soon as he finished speaking, he looked at Xu Yaoyao, who always appeared beautiful, and his expression gradually became stiff.
Is this what the book means when it rains it pours?
Xu Yaoyao simply stopped talking!
Butler Xu's voice just now was not small, so my father naturally heard it clearly. He couldn't continue to pretend to be deaf and dumb!
Suddenly, the study was so quiet that you could hear a pin drop.
Perhaps the atmosphere was too awkward, forcing Xu Chaoqian, the head of the family, to express his stance.
He picked up the tea bowl and took a sip of the no longer lukewarm tea. Then he looked at Xu Yaoyao with a calm expression and said, "Go to the storehouse. Your mother's dowry is still quite a bit. Since she's not at home now, I have the final say. I'll take some from there first."
Xu Yaoyao: "..."
Sure enough, my mother is still "missing", and my father has already started to set his sights on her dowry.
If it really is...
Never mind! Let him figure it out.
After all, there wasn't much in my mother's dowry that was displayed openly. Even if my father didn't have any thoughts today, he would be hard-pressed to escape in the future.
Fortunately, my mother's truly valuable things are all in her private vault, which are heavy gold and rare treasures.
The keys were now in her own hands, and keeping them would be enough for her to use as a dowry in the future. If Xu Liu was still alive, she would not know what she would think if she saw the father and daughter's plan.
The key to the private vault was handed over to her personally by Xu Yaoyao when she was confined to the ancestral temple and went to visit her.
She originally thought that one of her two daughters was making a living under Xu Rongrong, and the other was trapped on the farm, and she herself didn't know when she would be able to leave the ancestral temple and marry Xu Chaoqian. The private treasury she had accumulated over the past fourteen years would eventually be used for her two daughters.
The family temple is not as safe as the mansion, so it would be safer to entrust it to my second daughter who has always been well-behaved.
But who would have thought that Xu Yaoyao simply pocketed it.
What sisterly love? After opening the private vault and seeing the golden things, how could she care about Xu Minmin who was trapped in the farm!
If a man does not serve himself, he will be punished by heaven and earth!
After receiving Xu Chaoqian's instructions, Xu Rongrong took the key to the warehouse from the public house and took people to carry away Xu Liu's dowry.
She had come to see the things in the warehouse a few days ago. Apart from the heavy nanmu furniture, the rest of her mother's dowry consisted of some jewelry, head ornaments and exquisite ornaments.
There are only two or three pieces in total.
Xu Yaoyao picked out half of them, and sold all the headwear, fabrics and ornaments that were no longer fashionable for silver.
He also selected a white jade inkstone and had it delivered to the study.
Xu Chaoqian was delighted to see this: his second daughter is so thoughtful.
He no longer cared about the whereabouts of the entire set of gilded head ornaments in Xu Liu's dowry.
After Xu Yaoyao returned to his room, he asked Yu Jin to take the headgear out of the house and find a jewelry shop to melt it down and then make a new set...
In just half a day, the tuition of two hundred taels was ready. It was a whole silver note, folded neatly and placed in an envelope from Baiyang Academy.
She was just waiting for Pan Zhang'an to come back to the academy the next day. In addition, she ordered someone to take thirty taels of silver and give it to the people on the farm as a reward for offering sacrifices to Xu Minmin.
There are still twenty taels of silver left on the account, plus the three hundred taels of silver from the sale of Xu Liu's dowry and jewelry, it seems that it can only support three to five months.
But it can't last too long.
Although Xu Chaoqian was a Beijing official with a salary, he had always been extravagant with his money and cared a lot about his reputation.
The salary he received every month was only enough for his own expenses, and it was impossible to expect him to add money to the government office.
Xu Yaoyao sat in the room, thinking about the set of jade masks he had been thinking about for a long time, with a worried look on his face.
After all, where can I get some money from?
……
Xu Yaoyao in the Xu Mansion was worried about money.
In the Xinghui Hall of Weiyuan Marquis Mansion, Xu Rongrong was already able to get out of bed.
Today is the 23rd day of the first lunar month, and the weather is not as cold as in the past few days.
The courtyard of Xinghui Hall was very clean. Xu Rongrong held Luo Shu's hand and walked slowly.
This was also Shu Qing's order.
Her legs and feet were still numb after being frozen for nine days, and she had no strength to walk, sit or lie down. Shu Qing advised her to exercise more so that she could move normally as soon as possible.
After hearing this, Xu Rongrong immediately followed the doctor's advice. Therefore, when Chu He came, he saw Xu Rongrong walking with difficulty while supporting Luo Shu.
She gritted her teeth, veins popped out on the back of her hands, and beads of sweat covered her forehead.
Looking at the red cheeks due to exertion, a trace of heartache flashed in Chu He's eyes.
But he also knew that Xu Rongrong was strong-willed, so he stood outside the door and did not go in to disturb her.
Until Xu Rongrong accidentally tripped.
"careful!"
Chu He rushed over like lightning and held her steady.
Luo Shu was also startled: "It was all my carelessness."
Xu Rongrong stood up, took a breath and calmed herself down. She patted Luo Shu's hand and said, "My legs are weak. Please help me in."
Upon hearing this, Luo Shu hurriedly helped his young lady into the house.
Chu He followed behind with his head down, his expression gloomy.
Xu Rongrong slowly sat down with the help of the table. She was shaking a little due to her weakness. Chu He kept raising his arm to support her, fearing that she would fall down accidentally.
Fortunately, Xu Rongrong finally sat down steadily.
She looked at Chu He and smiled: "You see, I can do it myself." Chu He retracted his arm and looked at her: "You are not well yet, there is no need to work so hard. It won't be too late to practice again in a few days."
Xu Rongrong smiled and said, "It's okay. I don't want to live a life where even turning over is difficult."
She said it lightly, but her legs felt like they were being pricked by needles.
The originally cold tendons and veins had swollen up due to the previous activity, almost breaking through the skin.
But now her dress covered it up and nothing unusual was visible, and she didn't want others to worry, so she kept it to herself.
She looked at Chu He and said, "You've been away from the palace for several days. When are you going to return?"
"I'll be back in the afternoon."
Xu Rongrong calculated the time and realized it was only two days ago. But when she heard him say that, she was a little surprised: "So soon?"
"Chang Jing will be coming to the capital in the next two days, so I have to go back to the palace early to prepare for the situation." After Chang Jing returns to the palace, the emperor will definitely promote him personally. As a key witness, Chu He naturally cannot make any mistakes.
"Then...what about Miss Wei?" Xu Rongrong asked.
What should be done with Miss Wei, who was abducted here after running into Chu He in the palace and who, by chance, helped Chu He detoxify?