青春期撞上更年期第1部

Chu Liuchen’s study was in the building where he had lived. It was a three-story house, but it only appeared to have two floors from the outside.

Hearing that she had come, Xiao Xuanzi hurriedly led her to the second floor and retreated.

Shao Wanru asked Yujie to stay outside the room on the second floor. Then, she went to the third floor along the stairs inside. Chu Liuchen was leaning against a large chair and reading the official documents.

The sunshine came streaming in at the window, making his handsome face shiny and creamy, like pearls and jades. When he raised his pretty eyes and saw Shao Wanru, he waved to her and beckoned her over.

Shao Wanru walked over. Before she could say anything, he pulled her down into his seat.

Chu Liuchen’s hand dropped and wrapped around her slender waist. He pressed against her as if he had no bones to support himself and asked lazily, “How is it going?”

At the moment, Shao Wanru could barely move.

Shao Wanru knew she could never compete with Chu Liuchen in strength, so she gave up struggling and said helplessly, “The matter has been settled. I’ll let Yujie go to the yamen and put the Butterfly Clothing Shop under my name in a few days!”

Shao Wanru had mentioned the matter of the Butterfly Clothing Shop to Chu Liuchen long ago.

“Nothing serious happened?” Chu Liuchen raised his eyebrows and looked at Shao Wanru with an enchanting smile, his eyes sparkling.

“Yes, nothing much, but I think Wei Dahai and his wife are really pressed for cash.” Shao Wanru spoke out the doubt in her heart. Her long eyelashes fluttered, and her eyes looked a little confused. She tilted her head to look at Chu Liuchen and asked, “Do you think that… Wei Dahai is unusual?”

“More than that. He’s exceedingly unusual!” Chu Liuchen’s lips curved in a smile. He threw the memorial to the throne in his hand onto the table covered with memorials. When Shao Wanru came here before, she hadn’t seen so many memorials.

The Emperor had really sent a lot of memorials to him!

“Although Wei Dahai has a concubine, I heard he didn’t keep many mistresses. Nanny Wei has no other relatives but him, her only nephew, so she must have given him a lot of money. But he seems to have an insatiable desire for money. Why?” Shao Wanru asked in confusion.

Nanny Wei was the most helpful servant of the Empress Dowager. Otherwise, she couldn’t have continued serving the Empress Dowager after making such a big mistake. So many years had passed, and she must have gotten considerable private savings. Besides, it was not easy for her to find Wei Dahai, her only junior. Since she cared much about him, how could she not support him with money?

In the Marquis Xing’s Mansion, Wei Dahai didn’t have a large family to feed. Then, what made him so poor that he even dared to go against Princess Chen?

He wouldn’t have done this if he hadn’t been extremely short of money!

“Wei Dahai came from a poor family. Later, he married the daughter of the Ouyang family, and his father-in-law was an average official. He used to have a good reputation in official circles. But apart from that, there was nothing else worth mentioning. Guided by his father-in-law, Wei Dahai started as a minor official and later became an intermediate-level official. If it hadn’t been for his relationship with Nanny Wei, he wouldn’t have obtained any real power!”

Chu Liuchen mentioned Wei Dahai casually. He narrowed his eyes and said with deep eyes, “He is such an inconspicuous official. Although he hasn’t gained much improvement, he didn’t make any terrible mistakes. He has been an official for many years but has never stood out. We pay attention to him because his niece will be Commandery Prince Qing’s legal wife!”

His rank was neither high nor low, and he kept a low profile. Even Prince Chen nearly neglected Wei Dahai. It could be said that Chu Liuchen knew him because his niece would be Chu Qing’s legal life. His conflict with Shao Wanru aroused his real interest!

When Chu Liuchen set his eyes on Wei Dahai, he realized he had almost missed such a big fish.

Shao Wanru didn’t want to pay too much attention to Chu Liuchen’s business. Since he had already known some questionable points of Wei Dahai, she didn’t need to worry about what would happen next.

“I’m going to the Marquis Xing’s Mansion,” Shao Wanru said softly.

“What are you going to do there?” Chu Liuchen asked casually.

“Old Madam will come back. As her granddaughter, I have to meet her. Otherwise, if she sends someone here to invite me, others will think I’m too pretentious!” Shao Wanru said. Qing’er had told her that Old Madam would return to the mansion this afternoon.

With Old Madam’s character, she would stir up trouble if Shao Wanru didn’t show up.

“It doesn’t matter if she returns. You did this favor and helped her come back. Why would she be dissatisfied with you?” Chu Liuchen said with a trace of displeasure. He didn’t like the people or things in the Marquis Xing’s Mansion. “You will be wronged if you go there!”

Incidents related to the Marquis Xing’s Mansion always got Shao Wanru into trouble. If possible, he would be glad to crash the Marquis Xing’s Mansion.

“Anyway, she is my elder. There is no easy excuse for not going to see her!” Shao Wanru shook her head and said, “I won’t suffer losses with you around!”

She understood what Chu Liuchen meant. The smile on her lips was faint but tender. The air of aloofness on her dissipated as she watched Chu Liuchen with her lustrous eyes as limpid as autumn water.

Chu Liuchen gave a cold snort and said, “Since you’ve decided to go there, you don’t have to stay for dinner!”

Shao Wanru thought for a moment and said, “I’ll go and come back early, but I’ll have to have a meal there.”

“Just say I’m waiting for you to have dinner!” Chu Liuchen reached out and held one of her slender hands with his warm hands.

“I will go back soon. Don’t worry. Everything will be fine. The Marquis Xing’s Mansion is no longer what it used to be. Old Madam won’t choose to offend me at this time.” Shao Wanru gently flipped her hand and pinched Chu Liuchen’s hand, blinking her eyes and curling her lips.

“My Second Uncle is going to marry a mistress. Dealing with this matter should be the first thing Old Madam will do when she returns to the mansion.” Shao Wanru said, “I also want to inquire about the woman named E’niang. My grandma said my mother had such a servant girl, but she didn’t move into the Marquis Xing’s Mansion with my mother when my mother got married. She seemed to have lived in the Marquis Xing’s Mansion in the first place.”

When a woman got married, her closest people were often servant girls who moved from her original family into her husband’s family with her. Unlike servant girls from her husband’s family, these close servant girls growing up with her knew her living habits very well. In this case, the woman would use servant girls familiar with her than those who knew nothing about her.

Surprisingly, E’niang seemed to be the principal maid of her mother.

According to her grandma, four servant girls came with her mother, all of whom were her principal maids. They grew up with her mother and were very loyal to her. However, they all had an accident. Only the servant girl from Marquis Xing’s Mansion survived.

Grandma didn’t notice this servant girl before, but after her daughter had an accident, she came back only with this servant. The Marquis Xing’s Mansion didn’t let her grandma know the details. When Shao Wanru’s mother died, her grandma certainly wouldn’t follow a servant girl with interest.

If it weren’t for what had happened recently, no one would have thought this servant girl would climb onto Shao Jing’s bed. She even gave birth to a daughter who didn’t exist in Shao Wanru’s previous life. Shao Wanru was intensely curious about this. Why didn’t Shao Jing have such a daughter in her last life? But now, he had one. Could it be that her rebirth had changed many things?

However, if they wanted a child, they would have already given birth to her before Shao Wanru was reborn.

From this point of view, it had nothing to do with her rebirth!

Shao Wanru pondered for a while in her heart, slightly knitting her eyebrows. When she leaned back, Chu Liuchen drew her into his embrace with the faint smell of medicine. His medicine smell was much lighter now. Whether in the past or at present, his embrace inexplicably made her feel at ease.

She closed her eyes and said softly, “I always feel this woman named E’niang is full of craft!”

“Since she is wily, get rid of her!” Chu Liuchen said lightly, pulling her closer to him. He was used to handling these trifles in such a simple and rough way.

He had a hundred ways to slaughter a servant girl like her. It was said the woman was more than a servant girl, but so what?

“Don’t do that. I’ll deal with it!” Shao Wanru was taken aback. Hurriedly, she reached out to hold Chu Liuchen’s hand as if he would kill E’niang soon. “She is related to my mother. I want to find some clues from her!”

It was not easy to meet such a person, so Shao Wanru didn’t want to lose the chance to investigate E’niang.

Such a person must know something secretive. Even if E’niang was devoted to Shao Jing, Shao Wanru had to find traces from other aspects.

“Well, do as you like!” Chu Liuchen said dotingly. The tenderness in his eyes reduced the hostility on his face.

Shao Wanru suddenly opened her watery eyes and said with a sweet smile, “Then I’d better leave right away and go to the Marquis Xing’s Mansion early. I might check out something!”

Old Madam would come back in the afternoon. It was a little early if she set off now. She could deal with her own business by making use of her free time. During this period, E’niang might show up.

E’niang had been nurturing schemes for a chance to approach Shao Wanru. However, E’niang got nothing in return. How could she take such a result lying down? No matter who was behind this, there must be a follow-up plan. This time, Shao Wanru would come to them…

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Seeing the cunning look in her eyes, Chu Liuchen could only nod in agreement and said, “You can leave now, but don’t stay for supper. Tell them it’s my order.”

“Okay, I’ll be back in time.” Shao Wanru nodded obediently. Seeing her delicate and beautiful appearance, Chu Liuchen smiled and said in a severe tone, “Don’t try to fob me off. Don’t have supper there!”

“I’ll never have supper there, no matter how much they want me to stay!”

Shao Wanru promised, her liquid eyes on the handsome man near her. Her long eyelashes fluttered twice, revealing the clear figure in her eyes. Looking at Chu Liuchen like this, Shao Wanru felt less depressed.

“Consort Lan, will she be conferred a higher title and status?” she blurted out. After that, Shao Wanru rolled her watery eyes uneasily. She was not that curious about this kind of thing. Chu Liuchen would tell her whenever he wanted to say it, and she would not force him to do anything.

“No, she won’t. Her current position is perfect. Since she is a consort, why should she compete for a higher rank? It’s meaningless for her to occupy a higher position. She enjoys her life now, doesn’t she? A life neither too dazzling nor too humble seems to be ideal for her.” Chu Liuchen said with a deep look. He didn’t make it clear or avoid this topic.

But even so, Shao Wanru inexplicably felt sorry for him. She turned around and hugged Chu Liuchen closely, burying her head in his arms. Then, she muttered something irrelevant, “You have me anyway!”