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Chapter 208 Conspiracy
Lan Die chuckled and said, "Madam said that business matters are decided by the Young Master and Young Madam, and she has no control over these matters. She just said that she should tell the Young Master about this matter."

Zhao Canniang nodded in satisfaction.

"I think they are still living in the mansion at this time!" Zhao Canniang knew this kind of people best. The previous Qin Mengjiao and the Yue family and Chu family were not such people, and they were willing to leave if they failed to achieve their goals.
How could such a person let it go.

Lan Die nodded: "I haven't left yet! I live in the Green Bamboo Residence."

At this time, Zhao Canniang understood Mrs. Chen's thoughts even more. Green Bamboo House is very remote, and it is the most remote yard in Chen's residence. It was named because there was a large piece of green bamboo in the yard. I heard that Mrs. Chen liked to eat fresh bamboo shoots back then. , Master Chen asked someone to plant it, and later built the Green Bamboo Residence there.

Usually, I just ask the maid to clean it, and the role of Qingzhuju is to provide fresh bamboo shoots to Chen's house every year.

Even if there are distant relatives who usually come to seek refuge, Mrs. Chen will not arrange people to Qingzhuju, but now she actually arranges Aunt Xia, mother and son to Qingzhuju, it seems that Mrs. Chen also rejects the two mothers and daughters in her heart.

Zhao Canniang was talking to Lan Die when the little maid outside came to report that the old lady had arrived.

Lan Die hurriedly stood up from the chair, then walked behind Zhao Canniang to help Zhao Canniang rub her shoulders.

After a while, the old lady walked into the house.

Zhao Canniang immediately stood up.

"Mom, why are you here?" Zhao Canniang asked in a low voice.

Mrs. Chen looked at Zhao Canniang with a sigh and said, "The child is fine! What did the doctor say?"

Zhao Canniang told the truth: "The doctor said that the child was affected by the rush."

As soon as these words came out, Mrs. Chen's face became obviously angry: "The mother and daughter are really hated by others, mother didn't mean to let you come here to suffer those embarrassments, Aunt Xia was fine before, why did she see you all of a sudden She just changed her face, and even my mother didn't realize it at the time."

Mrs. Chen pulled Zhao Canniang to sit down, feeling a little guilty.
Then Mrs. Chen said: "Aunt Xia is your father-in-law's distant sister. Our two families used to be relatively close, but later because their family moved to Rongcheng for business, we didn't have much contact after that. Lian often plays together, don't pay attention to what Aunt Xia said, at that time Zhongqiu was still a child of four or five years old, so what did he know?"

Zhao Canniang knew that the old lady was comforting her, and she was afraid that she would think wildly, and Zhao Canniang felt satisfied just because of the old lady's heart.

"Mother, I know, I won't be angry because of Aunt Xia's affairs. Just now, Landie also told me what happened later. I just figured it out. Maybe the real purpose of Aunt Xia's coming here is because of business matters. .”

Mrs. Chen did not expect Zhao Canniang to be so far away.She just thought that Aunt Xia wanted to marry her daughter to Chen Zhongqiu.

Now hearing Zhao Canniang's analysis like this, she asked suspiciously: "What do you mean by that, explain it to me carefully, and I'll listen."

"Mother, when I was in the yard before, I heard Aunt Xia talking to you very kindly and cordially, but when I came later, she suddenly seemed to be a different person, and she also made false accusations against me. I felt something was wrong at that time. , and later Aunt Xia said that the matter between Qinglian and Zhongqiu was obviously planned before. I don't think Aunt Xia wanted Qinglian to be a concubine for Zhongqiu. If she really had such a plan, she would not do it. So I don’t know the general things, I think her purpose is business matters, not many people know about the matter of sending grain and grass between our family and the border. Although Zhong Qiu went to find some escort agencies before, they never said that they would be escorts. Going there, and the bodyguard bureaus that Zhongqiu was looking for were all nearby, and it was definitely not as far away as Rongcheng. It would take three or four days to get to Rongcheng, how did Aunt Xia know? There are not many people who know about our darts, and the destination of our darts is there, and we have not mentioned it to the people below."

Zhao Canniang is very suspicious, especially when she doubts someone, she will always think far away.

Because the matter of providing food to the border was very secret, Chen Zhongqiu did it very carefully, even if it was leaked out, it would not spread widely.How did Aunt Xia and the others know?Things are questionable.
Mrs. Chen was slowly analyzing the meaning of Zhao Canniang's words.

"You mean Aunt Xia has a problem?"

Zhao Canniang is not sure: "It's not completely sure, but mother, you want to rely on our family's relationship with Aunt Xia. If it's because of business matters, Aunt Xia can explain it clearly to us. Just say it directly. It's useless to beat around the bush. Do your best, the meaning is obvious, just to force us to agree."

Zhao Channiang's analysis makes sense.

Mrs. Chen nodded and said: "You are quite right. With our relationship, if you want to do business, just explain it directly. There is no need to use such means."

Zhao Canniang thought more: "Mother, have you ever thought about why they did this? Obviously they want to take over the matter of escorting food and grass. As for the rest..."

Zhao Canniang didn't go on, Madam Chen had to think about the rest.

Mrs. Chen also knew that the matter was serious, so she stood up quickly.
"Can Niang, take good care of your baby, I will tell the master about this, and you should also tell Zhong Qiu, be more vigilant!"

The Chen family has been in business for so many years, naturally there are many business competitors.

Although it is said that there is a relationship with Aunt Xia, after all, they have not been in contact for so many years. Who knows whether Aunt Xia and the others have changed.

Chen Zhongqiu didn't know he was busy there, so he didn't come back until very late.

Zhao Canniang told Chen Zhongqiu what happened today.

When Zhao Canniang said what Aunt Xia accused her of, Chen Zhongqiu was obviously angry.

"Only because of this point, they shouldn't stay in our residence." Chen Zhongqiu loved Zhao Canniang very much.

Zhao Canniang was very sweet in her heart, and continued: "He is planning to marry his daughter to you!"

Zhao Canniang spoke sourly, and Chen Zhongqiu hurriedly comforted her: "Canniang, are you angry? I don't remember what happened back then. If you hadn't reminded me, I wouldn't even remember that I knew a girl named Qinglian."

Zhao Canniang just laughed and didn't speak.

"Canniang, I said that I only love you in this life, so I won't lie to you."

Leaning in Chen Zhongqiu's arms, Zhao Canniang continued: "It's better for you to investigate this matter. It's best to go to Rongcheng to investigate. I always feel that Aunt Xia's visit this time is not easy."

The big tree attracts the wind, the Chen family is like this now.

Chen Zhongqiu nodded: "I will send someone to investigate tomorrow."

In Qingzhu Residence, Aunt Xia is sitting at the table drinking soup, while Qinglian is walking back and forth beside her: "Are you talking about whether this matter will be successful? The Ke family is waiting for us to reply!"

Qinglian's face was a bit cold, if Mrs. Chen and Zhao Canniang were here, they would definitely find that Qinglian was different from the daytime one.

Aunt Xia snorted coldly: "They will agree, and with my cousin's temper, they will definitely agree, but if we really do that, we will really offend the Chen family thoroughly."

"You don't want to?" Qinglian asked in a low voice.

Aunt Xia shook her head: "It's not that I don't want to part with it, but I just feel that this relationship is over like this, and I'm just a little sighing, the price offered by the Ke family this time is too high, and if you can really marry into the Ke family, marry Ke Tianheng , everything is worth it.”

Qing Lian sat down at this moment, her face full of disdain: "I don't like Ke Tianheng's perverted look, mother, can I not marry him?"

Aunt Xia sneered: "Don't marry! Look at how old you are now. If you don't marry at the age of 16, you want me to support you for the rest of your life? Ke's family is the tallest. Although Ke Tianheng doesn't have any real rights in his hands, it is Ke Tianheng after all. The descendants of the family, as long as the Ke family takes over the business of the Chen family this time, and the business in the border gate is handled by the Ke family, then a steady stream of money will enter our pockets."

Qinglian glanced at Aunt Xia with dissatisfaction: "I didn't tell you to raise Yang in vain. Look at the current business of the Yang family, isn't it all brought in by me? There are also the Shen family and the Pan family. Don't say I'm idle. I do a lot of business for my family."

Aunt Xia was at a loss for words for a while, so she stopped dwelling on this question.

Indeed, Qinglian has used beauty tricks to win the favor of several young masters in the past two years. Now the business of several families is vying to be handed over to their escort agency, but the few families are not big families. Aunt Xia and Qinglian are naturally I can't look down on it.
"Anyway, this time we can only succeed and not fail. I think Mrs. Chen will be very angry with me after the trouble I made today. The marriage is impossible. Now only the business matters are left. They will definitely pull it off. Don't be ashamed to agree."

Early the next morning, Aunt Xia and Qing Lian went to Mrs. Chen's yard again. Mrs. Chen didn't say a word about the business, but just talked about homework to Aunt Xia and her daughter.

Zhao Canniang knew what happened in the yard over there.

In my heart, I felt that Aunt Xia was very scheming.

Chen Zhongqiu has already sent people to Rongcheng, and he only needs to wait a while to find out what's going on there.

The Chen family's business is not in Rongcheng, so they can only send people from here to find out.

Lan Die told Zhao Canniang exactly what she had heard, and Zhao Canniang only took it for fun, and didn't go to Mrs. Chen's yard to mingle.

What the two mothers and daughters do now, Zhao Canniang regards as watching a good show.

"Continue to inquire about the news!"

Lan Die nodded and retreated directly.

After Lan Die left, Qin came to the Chen Mansion.

The Qin family also brought a lot of supplements.

Seeing the big and small bags being sent into Zhao Canniang's yard, Zhao Canniang felt warm in her heart: "There are all these in my mother's yard, so don't send them here in the future."

Zhao Canniang couldn't help exhorting.

Qin said with a smile: "I know that you have everything in your family. This is the wish of your mother and your brother. What you have is yours. What I bring is my wish."

Zhao Canniang smiled sweetly: "It's still my mother who treats me well."

Because Qin's family still has a lot of things to take care of, Chen's had a baby a few days ago, a boy.

This made Qin and Zhao Qingfeng giggle for days.

During this time, Mrs. Chen is in confinement, and Mrs. Qin is taking care of all the big and small things in the mansion, so she can't stay for long.

In the yard here, Aunt Xia and Qing Lian pestered Mrs. Chen to talk, implying that they wanted Mrs. Chen to quickly agree to the business matters.

Mrs. Chen has been evading and saying that this matter has not been discussed.

Aunt Xia was very anxious, but also helpless.

Zhao Canniang heard Lan Die talk about the affairs in Mrs. Chen's yard, and she became more and more sure that Aunt Xia came here because of business matters.

In this way, it was five days of suffering.

This day Chen Zhongqiu came back with a happy face, Zhao Canniang was taking a lunch break, and when Chen Zhongqiu came in, Zhao Canniang woke up.

Usually Chen Zhongqiu would not come back at noon, Zhao Canniang got up and looked at Chen Zhongqiu, but saw Chen Zhongqiu said with joy: "There is news from Rongcheng, Aunt Xia and their Huwei Escorts are from the Ke family. With contacts, the news I found out is that Qinglian is going to be engaged to Ke Tianheng, the young son of the Ke family."

Zhao Canniang listened quietly, but she was thinking about something in her head.

"What do you think about this matter?" Zhao Canniang looked at Chen Zhongqiu, but Chen Zhongqiu said calmly, "I think the Ke family wants Aunt Xia to get the escort business, and then they will be in the grain and grass. Hands and feet, if something happens like this, we will be the ones who will be punished, I think this should be a conspiracy of the Ke family, as you have seen recently, the Ke family is quite in a state of resurgence."

Of course, Zhao Canniang also felt it. She knew what happened to shopkeeper Zhu last time. Now the Ke family is afraid that they want to return to the past in a short period of time. Business is right.

"Go and tell mother and father about this matter. Aunt Xia has been pestering mother more and more these days. Tell mother to make mother prepare, and father knows well."

Zhao Canniang reminded immediately.

Chen Zhongqiu nodded, what should be told to Zhao Canniang has already been told to Zhao Canniang, now it is time to tell his parents about this, so that they can be mentally prepared.

"You wait for me here, I'll be back in a while."

Zhao Canniang nodded and signaled Chen Zhongqiu to leave.

Chen Zhongqiu hurriedly went to Master Chen's study. Usually, at this time, Master Chen would read paintings and calligraphy in the study.

When Chen Zhongqiu entered the study, he saw Mr. Chen painting with his head buried.

"Father, Aunt Xia's matter has been investigated clearly. There is a reason for the Ke family in the middle. The son thinks that Aunt Xia wants to win the business, and they and the Ke family will make a hand in the middle. The matter of food and grass is a big deal. , when the time comes, our Chen family will definitely be implicated, this is just my son's speculation, but one thing is certain, Qinglian is already planning to get engaged to the young master of the Ke family."

Chen Zhongqiu said what was in his heart, Master Chen couldn't help but frowned, waited for a while, and then said to Chen Zhongqiu: "I see, I will not agree to hand over the business to their family, you Don't worry, go tell your mother and see what she thinks."

After Master Chen finished speaking, Chen Zhongqiu clearly saw a trace of loss and disappointment in Master Chen's eyes.

Aunt Xia used to be Master Chen's favorite cousin. Although there was a layer of separation between them, they had a very good relationship with each other. If it wasn't for the fact that Aunt Xia's family moved later, the two families made you lose contact, maybe Chen Zhongqiu It would be best to really be with Qinglian.

Chen Zhongqiu didn't miss Master Chen's gaze, he shook his head helplessly, and then Chen Zhongqiu left.

Mrs. Chen only feels a headache these few days. Dealing with Aunt Xia every day has already made Mrs. Chen feel bored, but Aunt Xia is still a ignorant person. She comes here on time every morning and afternoon to say hello and greetings. About Chen Zhongqiu.

Mrs. Chen lay on the soft couch with some headaches, with a helpless face, Chen Zhongqiu went into the courtyard.

When Mrs. Chen heard that Chen Zhongqiu had come, she looked better.

"Zhong Qiu, how come you have time to come back today?"

Chen Zhongqiu stepped forward with a frown, and asked with concern: "Mother, what happened to you?"

Mrs. Chen sighed, and then said: "Hey! It's not your Aunt Xia... let's not talk about this matter, by the way, how about the matter that Canniang asked you to investigate?" Mrs. Chen has been looking forward to this matter all day, but Hope to get rid of this torture soon.

Chen Zhongqiu then said: "I came today to tell my mother about this matter. The matter has been investigated clearly. Aunt Xia's Huwei Escort Bureau has joined forces with the Ke family. This time Aunt Xia came here in a bad manner, and I can already For sure, Aunt Xia wants to follow the Ke family to harm us."

After Chen Zhongqiu finished speaking, Mrs. Chen was a little angry: "Is what you said true?"

Chen Zhongqiu nodded, and said with certainty: "Mother is of course true. How could my son still lie to you? I want to discuss with you what to do about this matter now! If I directly get down with Aunt Xia, I'm afraid it will be Aunt Xia will preach everywhere that our family is unkind, and it is obviously impossible to agree."

Mrs. Chen frowned tightly, and it was obvious that she also felt that the matter was a bit difficult.

"What about Qinglian? Do you know what's going on?"

Chen Zhongqiu then said: "Qing Lian and the young master of the Ke family plan to get married, I think this is the deal between them."

Seeing what Chen Zhongqiu said, Mrs. Chen suddenly laughed strangely.

"Mother knows what to do now. You need to discuss this matter with Canniang. What Aunt Xia talked about the most in the past two days was the relationship between you and Qinglian when they were young. Let's take advantage of this. Didn't she say Did Qing Lian have a close relationship with you when she was a child? She also said that day that she didn't mind Qing Lian being a concubine, so we can take advantage of this."

Mrs. Chen held her breath for a few days, and she was about to relieve it, and her thoughts became a little weird.
When Chen Zhongqiu heard this, he quickly waved his hands and said: "Mother can't do anything about it, and Canniang will definitely not agree to it. If the time comes to make her unhappy, the loss outweighs the gain."

Mrs. Chen gave Chen Zhongqiu a blank look, and said: "I'm not asking you to marry me, even if they want to, I still don't want to! I just want to use this method to force them to retreat."

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