116 Blackmail(2/2)
Time flies, and the baby girl grows up day by day. From the cute girl in Yuxue, she grows little by little, and gradually grows into a bright girl.
It's like a hibiscus flower blooming brightly on the branches.
Aunt Jiang straightened up and picked a hibiscus flower from the branch next to her.
Her hand pulled off the petals of the hibiscus flower piece by piece, and her eyes were still straight at Chu Qianchen.
Chu Qianchen felt something vaguely, looked up and accurately hit a pair of dark willow leaves. There was a hint of cold resentment hidden in the other party's eyes.
The next moment, Aunt Jiang smiled softly again, and looked like I was feeling pity for her, as if the "resentment" just now was just Chu Qianchen's illusion.
Chu Qianchen raised his eyebrows and his eyes fell on the broken lotus flower in Aunt Jiang's hand. His long and raised eyelashes trembled, as if something flashed through her eyes... and then he returned to calm again.
"Sister Chen." Aunt Jiang threw the hibiscus flower in her hand on the ground and walked towards Chu Qianchen. Her embroidered shoes happened to step on the broken hibiscus flower, and they appeared and disappeared under the hem of the rippling skirt.
She sighed slightly, and the corners of her lips were blown away by the breeze...
"It was me who failed to protect you, which made you suffer so much grievance."
"I know all your grievances."
"Sister Chen, but you are just a concubine's daughter. You are the same as His Highness Chen. This marriage is too high. If you marry into the royal palace, you will probably be wronged."
"Every time I think of it, I can't sleep at night and can't swallow."
Aunt Jiang looked at Chu Qianchen worriedly, with pitiful corners of her slightly red eyes.
Chu Qianchen stared at Aunt Jiang for a moment, and there was no way she was thinking on her calm face.
She was silent for a moment before nodding and said, "Yes, my aunt said, this fact is too high."
"So, I still have to buy more dowry. With the dowry, I will not be able to bear any grievances in the Chen Prince's Mansion in the future."
"My aunt said, right?"
Before Aunt Jiang's answer, Chu Qianchen said to himself: "Grandma, why not give 30,000 taels?"
Aunt Jiang: “…”
Aunt Jiang's eyes opened slightly, and she wanted to say something, but the lady was stared coldly and could only shut her mouth.
The lady was very unhappy. She originally had a 20,000 taels of dowry, but Aunt Jiang said just a few words and then she had another 10,000 taels. If she continued to talk, wouldn’t she have to add another 10,000 taels?!
The lady's eyes became deeper and deeper, and she felt that Chu Qianchen was greedy. On the other hand, she also blamed Aunt Jiang for not even controlling her daughter.
She calmed down and discussed with Chu Qianchen in a good voice: "Sister Chen, you have learned from your mother for a few days and you should know that the harvest in the past two years is not good. There are many descendants in the mansion, spending more than one year, and there are not much cash in the public. If you want to take out 20,000 taels, it is already a piece of cake."
"And, you have so many younger brothers and sisters under you. They are all grown up and they all want to get married."
Mrs. Ren kept talking, but Chu Qianchen smiled but didn't say anything, just drank tea on his own.
In fact, her mind has already drifted away.
There is still one month before the wedding date. Calculating the date, half a month should be enough for Xue Fengyan and the others to contact the prince.
She had to get the 30,000 taels of dowry as soon as possible. Once the silver was in her pocket, no matter what the future was, no one would want her to spit out the silver.
The prince had a crossbow team. In recent years, the court had insufficient military pay and had been short of iron arrows for many years. She heard Su Mubai and Xue Fengyan and others mention that when she was the poorest, she often had to recycle the iron arrows when cleaning the battlefield and continue to use them later.
The most expensive thing to do in war is to use 30,000 taels of silver to make up some iron arrows for the prince.
Chu Qianchen smiled happily, with curved lips.
She was immersed in her thoughts, and her smile looked at the eyes of the lady, and she felt that Chu Qianchen was demonstrating.
The lady's eyelids twitched.
Could it be that Chu Qianchen already knew that the emperor ordered her to go to the palace to attend the birthday banquet tomorrow, so he was so sure that they had to bow their heads.
Silence spreads in the pavilion.
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Chapter completed!