amaotonovel Chapter 122 Good Tutor
Chapter 122 Good Tutor
Everyone looked at Chu Ci in surprise. Chu Yue stood aside with a gloomy look on her face. "Sister, you didn't do anything wrong. The emperor is here to reprimand you, right?"
Everyone looked at Chu Ci suspiciously. Just as Chu Ci was about to sneer back, she heard Chu Zhen stand up and say, "Third sister really talks too much, but she talks a lot of nonsense. If it weren't for third sister, the imperial edict would have been announced by now."
Lord Chu glared at Chu Yue and said, "I'm warning you, shut up! If you say one more word of nonsense, I'll fine you three months' salary."
When Lord Chu got serious, Chu Yue's mouth shut instantly. She and her mother lived on the monthly salary and had no other income.
Lord Chu looked flatteringly at the eunuch who announced the decree, "Eunuch, I'm so sorry, we can start now."
The eunuch who announced the imperial edict looked at Chu Yue with disdain. They had lived in the deep palace for a long time and had seen all kinds of tricks. It could be said that the tricks of this Third Miss Chu were really not ordinary.
"The Marquis' Mansion is really lively. Now the concubine's daughter can stand up and talk to the legitimate daughter like this. The Marquis' Mansion has good family education, good family education."
As soon as he finished speaking, he opened the imperial edict and began to read it, and everyone quickly knelt down.
"The Emperor, in compliance with the Will of Heaven, proclaims:
"Chu Ci, the eldest daughter of the Marquis of Pingyang, is gentle, virtuous, graceful, elegant, dignified, wise, capable of restraint, steadfastness, and auspiciousness, and is harmonious and pure. She is hereby granted the title of Princess of Chaoyang County. This is decreed!"
Marquis Pingyang led everyone in kowtowing to express their gratitude.
The eunuch handed the imperial edict to Chu Ci with both hands, "Princess Chaoyang, the emperor said that he has remembered what you did."
Chu Ci took the imperial edict and bowed deeply to her father-in-law, "Thank you for your support."
The father-in-law quickly helped Chu Ci up and said, "My lady, your words are too kind. I hope you can support me in the future."
Chu Ci glanced at Chunhua next to him. Chunhua quickly took out a silver ingot of one hundred taels from her sleeve and said, "Thank you, eunuch. This is wedding money. Have some tea for you, eunuch."
Pingyang Hou, who was standing aside, originally wanted to pay the wedding money, but when he saw Chunhua's one hundred taels of silver, his eyes widened instantly. Where did she get so much money?
The eunuch took the silver ingot and bowed slightly to Chu Ci, "Thank you, County Master!"
As he spoke, the eunuch handed Chu Ci an invitation, "County Lady, this is the invitation. Tomorrow the Empress will hold a chrysanthemum-picking banquet in the Imperial Garden. Please don't be late, County Lady."
The father-in-law took the silver, turned around and left. But when he left, he looked at Chu Ci deeply, and a gleam of light flashed in his eyes.
As soon as her father-in-law left, Chu Yue was unwilling to do so. "Father, my sister is stealing. Her money must have been stolen. Mother hasn't given her any monthly salary for such a long time. Where did she get so much money?"
"You are so generous. That's a hundred taels of silver."
Chu Ci snorted coldly and glanced at Qiuyue beside him.
Qiuyue walked up to Chuyue and slapped her twice. "Miss San, you need evidence to speak. Falsely accusing the emperor's personally appointed county lady is a serious crime. I'm teaching you a lesson today. If you do it again, I won't be so easy to deal with."
Qiuyue retreated, and Chuyue wanted to find out and support her, but Lord Chu ignored her.
He looked at Chu Ci and asked, "What did you do to make the emperor remember you and make you a county lady?"
Chu Ci twitched the corner of his mouth, looking happy instead of asking for permission. "Of course, it solved the emperor's most annoying problem. Otherwise, what does father think it is?"
Lord Chu thought for a moment. The only things that had been bothering him lately were the medicinal herbs and the events of Happy Town. "Do you know anyone from Huichuntang? Did Huichuntang provide the emperor with medicinal herbs?"
Seeing that Lord Chu wanted to know so much, Chu Ci smiled mischievously, with curved eyebrows and eyes, looking harmless.
Just when Lord Chu thought she was about to tell it, Chu Ci opened her thin lips and said, "The emperor said it is not allowed to be spread outside."
After saying that, Chu Ci left with her maid and the invitation.
Chu Yue looked at the invitation in Chu Ci's hand with red eyes, and looked pitifully at Pingyang Hou, "Father, I want to go too."
The next morning, Chu Ci finished dressing up. Chun Hua brought a set of clothes. Chu Ci took a look and saw that it was bright red. She shook her head and said, "Today, the Queen is holding a banquet in the palace. All the young ladies have to go. It's better for your master to keep a low profile."
Chunhua glanced at the bright red clothes in her hand. Her master was right. It seemed a bit too high-profile.
The master is in the spotlight recently, and it would be bad if he was targeted by a mad dog.
Chunhua changed into a white dress with purple and pink trumpet flowers embroidered on it. It looked like little trumpets and was very cute.
Chu Ci took a look and was very satisfied. This dress didn't look too ostentatious, but it didn't look too plain either. Instead, it looked very playful.
Chu Ci changed into a white dress, took a look, and seeing nothing wrong with it, he said to Chunhua, "Just tie your hair up simply, with at least two hairpins. Keep a low profile today."
Chunhua combed her hair and was about to put it up when Qiuyue came in.
"Master, Prince Rui has sent some clothes, saying they're for you to wear today."
Chu Ci turned around and looked at the bright red dress that Qiuyue was holding, and he felt his temples throbbing.
It’s actually bright red, isn’t this asking for trouble?
Chu Ci frowned and looked at it for a long time, wanting to refuse from the bottom of his heart.
Qiuyue could see that her master was unwilling, and Prince Rui was right as expected.
"Master, His Royal Highness Prince Rui said that since you have just been conferred the title of County Lord, it is impossible for you to keep a low profile. No matter how you dress, the creepy crawlies will still come after smelling the scent. Besides, there is something important going on."
Chu Ci sighed. She herself was not very interested in the identity of the county lord. Her original intention was to find out about the Chu family's affairs and then destroy the Chu family and the Duke's Mansion. That was all.
Wouldn’t it be wonderful to finally return to the master and live a leisurely life?
Perhaps she had experienced too much in her previous life, and in this life she only wanted revenge and then live the rest of her life in peace, but then the unexpected Cang Mo appeared.
Chu Ci nodded and changed into the clothes that Cang Mo sent. As soon as she put the clothes on, Chu Ci could feel that they were special. They felt very light, cool and breathable, and most importantly, very silky. She wondered where Cang Mo got the fabric.
There are also blooming gardenias embroidered on it. If you smell it carefully, you can seem to smell the faint fragrance of the gardenias, which makes it look even more noble, like a fairy who has fallen into the mortal world.
Chu Ci looked in the mirror and smiled. The person in the mirror was so beautiful that the two little maids watching on the side were staring in amazement.
Qiuyue put the matching jewelry on Chu Ci, making Chu Ci look even more stunningly beautiful.