Chapter 1070 The Contract that Fell Overnight

"The Queen Mother, the weather is nice today. The flowers in this garden are blooming beautifully. A walk can also make you feel better. Your Highness, King Chen, will return to Beijing soon. Don't worry, His Highness, King Chen, always cares about you." You know that your birthday is approaching, so you can't hurry up."

Nanny Wei walked with the Queen Mother in the Imperial Garden with a smile.

A large group of palace maids and eunuchs were following behind, holding various accompanying things in their hands.

"Don't ask him to hurry up. If you can't make it in time, then you can't make it in time. He's getting better now, but he can't stand the fatigue." The Queen Mother sighed. She really didn't want Chu Liuchen to rush on his way.

"The Queen Mother is so concerned about King Chen. Your Highness, King Chen, knows that His Highness has always been filial. Even if you can't make it in time, you will definitely let Princess Chen prepare a lovely gift for you. Your Highness knows the Queen Mother's thoughts best, even if you are an old slave. Sometimes you have to give some advice from His Highness."

Aunt Wei smiled and lifted Chu Liuchen very high.

"It's not as good as you. It's just some kindness. His health is not good, and there are not many people who can love him. This child is a miserable one." The Queen Mother was happy at first, and then sighed, " If the Aijia doesn't love him, he will be really pitiful."

"With the Queen Mother here, how can His Highness Prince Chen be pitiful? He is still married to Princess Chen. The old slave thinks that Princess Chen is a smart person. Although she is a little younger, she is a manager. Since she arrived in the capital, , it makes people admire you." Aunt Wei praised Shao Wanru calmly.

When you are young and have many things to do, you must also have many thoughts.

When I arrived in the capital three years ago, everything I did was good, but it reminded the Empress Dowager that Shao Wanru was too deep-minded.

These words are just sounds, and the Queen Mother herself would sometimes say them. Aunt Wei is the Queen Mother’s confidant, and the Queen Mother would not feel overstepped by saying such words.

At the moment, she just sighed: "Princess Chen... is always a little younger, and she didn't grow up in the Xingguo Hou Mansion."

The Empress Dowager actually prefers older ladies from aristocratic families, and they are also ladies from aristocratic families who have grown up with their parents. They are raised by their parents and have the rules of the aristocratic family. No matter how bad they are, they are not much different. They will be more affectionate when they are older. .

"The Queen Mother, don't worry. Princess Chen is very good. King Chen chose Princess Chen because he liked her, right? If I can make His Highness happy, I will definitely thank you, the Queen Mother." Aunt Wei seemed not to have heard that the Queen Mother There was regret in his words, but he still kept praising him.

"After all, she is still a little younger, and her etiquette is also a bit worse. She is a daughter who lost her mother and has no human upbringing. She used to be just a young lady from the Xingguo Marquis Mansion, which was nothing. Now she has become Princess Chen, and her words and deeds represent Chen. If anything goes wrong with the king's face, it will definitely go to Chen'er."

After hearing what Nanny Wei said, the Queen Mother became more and more worried and sighed again.

The more I think about it, the more uneasy I am. I heard that for so many years in General Ningyuan's Mansion, I am not favored. The head mistress is Di. The Queen Mother is worried whether she teaches her or not. That Di is not a good person, and she is one. It's unkind to let General Ning Yuan bear such a big cuckold.

Will the children she teaches be good? If she hadn't taught it, what the servants would have taught her would have been even worse.

I didn't think about this before, but now the more I think about it, the more I regret it. If I had known earlier, I would have looked and waited. No matter what, I had to wait until Chu Liuyue and Chu Liuzhou got married. If I had known better, I would have discovered it after waiting. If it's better, Chen'er might also find a more suitable one.

But that's all it can do now.

Thinking about this made me depressed.

"Empress Dowager, what is that?" Nanny Wei was about to speak when she suddenly saw something red under a clump of flower trees. The flower tree had light yellow flowers, big ones. Very beautiful, not a hint of red.

Aunt Wei walked over curiously and bent down to pick it up.

"The Queen Mother, it's a piece of paper." Nanny Wei said as she walked back, and then murmured to herself, "Why is it red?"

He walked up to the Queen Mother, opened the folded note, and immediately a few words suddenly appeared in front of the two of them.

The Queen Mother frowned. This was actually a contract. The bright red part on it was the part with ink. How could such a thing end up here?

I looked at the last place where I signed the name: Dieyi Zhai.

"Who dropped this thing? It fell here." The Queen Mother said. She had been in charge of a house before she was married, so she naturally knew that this kind of contract was very important. She didn't know who was so careless as to leave the contract. If it falls here, if it rains, the paper will be useless.

"Die Yi Zhai?" Nanny Wei also read it again, and then murmured, "Why do I think this name sounds familiar to me!"

"The Ai family also thinks it sounds very familiar!" The Queen Mother nodded, and she felt the same way.

Aunt Wei thought for a while, and suddenly her eyes lit up: "Empress Dowager, I have remembered it. Isn't this the shop that Princess Chen mentioned? As for yesterday, do you still remember it, Empress Dowager?"

After being reminded by Aunt Wei, the Queen Mother also remembered it and nodded repeatedly: "Yes, yes, it is indeed that shop where this happened. Princess Chen also said that the shopkeeper there was unkind and a heartless man. , and now he covets her shop, and actually wants her to enter that house."

"This is..." The Queen Mother suddenly took the note from Nanny Wei's hand and read it carefully, "This is no ordinary contract."

"This is... I can't understand what I'm doing. It seems to be a mortgage." Nanny Wei was shocked. She came over to take a look and said, "Don't worry, Queen Mother, it's not what you think!"

"It's not what the Ai family thought it was, but I didn't expect... I didn't expect..." The Queen Mother's face turned livid with anger, and she couldn't even say anything.

If it was just a mortgage, there would be no problem. The problem is that this shop only mortgaged such a small amount of money. It was obviously deliberately taking advantage of others' difficulties to force them to sign such a contract.

Needless to say, this contract was accidentally dropped when Princess Chen entered the palace yesterday.

I looked through the paper and found that it was indeed a little damp, but it didn't look like it had been sprinkled with water. It should have been the morning dew that had stained the paper. If it wasn't damp, it would be difficult to see the inside of the folded paper. The red ink pad cannot show the bright red color, let alone Granny Wei can see it at a glance.

It was obviously dropped yesterday and left under the flower tree all night.

"The Queen Mother, there must be another reason for this. It is impossible for Princess Chen to do anything to bully others. Princess Chen seems to be a good person and speaks gently and softly." Seeing that the Queen Mother was angry, Aunt Wei hurriedly whispered. He advised, "The Queen Mother, you are not in good health and may have been injured by anger. When His Highness King Chen returns to the capital, I will not be able to explain it to you!"

"Up to now, you are still talking to her. If she was a good person, she would not have such a contract. She said before that the shopkeeper in her store was pitiful, and now she has made such a statement. It is clearly her fault. Coveting other people's shops, you are indeed an ungrateful person, and you are so angry as a young man."

The Queen Mother was very angry, shook the note in her hand, and said angrily.

A majestic Princess Chen actually coveted other people's shops and deliberately suppressed other people's shops when others were in urgent need of money. She could actually buy a shop at such a low price. The Queen Mother was so angry that she almost laughed. This is true. As if you don’t understand anything.

"Empress Dowager, don't be angry. I'll ask Princess Chen to come for you. Can you let Princess Chen explain herself?" Granny Wei advised again.

"Don't go. She has something to say even if you go. No wonder she went to the Ai family yesterday to say such and such things. She said it was everyone else's fault. Now it seems that she said that on purpose. Come to the Ai family to report it. , even if something happens by then, it will not be her fault, she should have prepared some words for the Ai family, the Ai family should not listen to such lies!"

The more the Queen Mother thought about it, the angrier she became. As soon as the things before and after were connected, they were all connected. But it was just like this. Otherwise, why would she have made such a trip yesterday?

The Empress Dowager did not suspect Shao Wanru before, so she didn't think anything of it. Now that she has doubts, she is suspicious and deliberately trying to occupy someone else's small shop. She still looks like Princess Chen.

"The Queen Mother..." said Nanny Wei.

"You go out of the palace to investigate. The Ai family no longer believes what she said. Go and ask clearly. If it is really Princess Chen who did this, let Princess Chen settle the matter by herself. She is not allowed to occupy the shop. It has nothing to do with her whether her store should be what it is."

The Queen Mother was really angry and urged her repeatedly.

"Yes, Queen Mother, don't be angry. I will leave the palace immediately to find out. After that, I will report to you first, or to Princess Chen?" Aunt Wei said yes again and again.

"If she really has ulterior motives in this matter, you don't need to go back to the palace yet. Go to Prince Chen's Mansion. If you have anything to ask her, just ask the Ai family!" the Queen Mother said angrily.

"Yes, Queen Mother, I will help you go back first, and then go outside to inquire about this matter." Nanny Wei was happy in her heart, but she had a look of concern on her face.

"The Ai family has to sit back here. It's even more difficult to calm down when we go back. We found out the portraits that the Ai family prepared for King Chen before and sent them to the attic in front. The Ai family needs to carefully select some for Chen'er. A virtuous and outstanding young lady, since she can’t afford the position of Princess Chen, she shouldn’t take it anymore!”

The Queen Mother pointed to a loft in front of her. She was really angry. She felt that she had not considered enough when she appointed Chu Liuchen as his concubine. She only wanted to satisfy Chu Liuchen, but she never thought about it. Chu Liuchen is not very old, so it is inevitable that he will be dazzled by flowers. He must be just a young man, and he does not see deeply. After seeing Shao Wanru's true face clearly this time, he must let Chen'er choose a few more good ones to enter the house. .

As for the position of the principal concubine, it does not necessarily belong to Shao Wanru.