Noble Lady

Chapter 195 Heartless thing

After taking a bath, Xue Chenyu, who rarely felt tired, became energetic for a short time.

It's time for dinner.

Yuzhu was too tired today, so the cook in the small kitchen prepared the meal.

Xue Chenyu and a group of maids sat around a table.

The weather is very hot now, so we won’t cook anything with a lot of oil or salt. It’s just soups and a few cold dishes.

Very refreshing.

After finishing the meal, Yumei reported what happened to the He family mother and son today.

Today, the Xue family got what they wanted at the Lu Mansion.

The mother and son of the He family also achieved their goal at General Du's mansion.

"Miss, you don't know how grand and solemn the He family's mother and son are. It's no different from the parade of the top scholar with gongs and drums."

Liu brought He Minzhi, carried gifts, and went to General Du's door with gongs and drums.

"General Du is away on duty. Only his wife and the other young men and women are home. They were frightened by the scene of the old lady and Lord He. They thought they were coming to propose marriage."

"But think about it, the He family only has three sons, and they are all married. Who should we propose to? Madam Du then asked someone to invite Lord He and his mother in."

They chatted for a while, and Mrs. Du found out that their family actually had a horse slave. On the way to the outskirts of the city to train horses, he also saved Miss He Er who was almost knocked down by a horse.

“I didn’t expect that there would be such a coincidence in the world. If Madam He hadn’t come here in person, we wouldn’t have known that the horse slave could do such a good thing.”

Mrs. Du had a dignified face, and it was her good upbringing that allowed her to restrain herself from laughing.

After all, some time ago, the second daughter of the He family was frightened by a runaway horse on her way to her wedding and almost lost her life, which caused a lot of controversy.

In particular, the second daughter of the He family's dowry fell to the ground, revealing a pile of stones. This is still a hot topic of conversation in the streets and alleys of Kyoto after dinner.

Although she was a general's wife who never showed up in public, her servants always passed these words on to her ears.

At that time, she knew that Du Jingyuan had been in contact with Xue Chenyu again, and reminded her that Xue Chenyu was now the wife of the He family, so she should not be too close to Xue Chenyu, or her reputation would be affected by the He family.

Du Jingyuan naturally agreed in front of her.

Liu and He Minzhi expressed their gratitude to Mrs. Du and asked her to invite the horse slave out. They must thank her in person for such a life-saving favor.

"He's just a horse slave. If Madam He really wants to thank him, she could just send someone to tell him and give him something as a reward. Why would she lower herself to come here in person?"

Mrs. Du didn't want them to see the horse slave.

The He family's reputation was already like that before, and now they come to thank this so-called savior with great fanfare. Isn't it just to save face and gain a reputation as a person who is grateful and does not care about status or prejudice?

Everyone knows what's going on, but Old Madam He treats everyone else as fools.

"Mrs. Du is right, but even though that man was a horse slave, he was my daughter's savior. Parents always want to do their best for their children, don't you agree?"

Liu is used to using polite words to stun people. The He family has three generations of Hanlin scholars, so she can come up with such words easily. Madam Du is the daughter of a military general, so how can she defeat her?

Finally, as a last resort, they called out the slave Feng Wei.

The He family mother and son kowtowed and bowed to Feng Wei, which scared Feng Wei so much that he wanted to run away, not to mention that they brought a lot of gold, silver and treasures.

"Saving people was a piece of cake at that time. These are too valuable, I dare not accept them!" Feng Wei waved his hands repeatedly.

"Madam He, please take these back. He won't be able to use them."

Mrs. Du came forward to speak up and dissuaded the He mother and son.

In the end, the He family mother and son forced a few silver ingots into his pocket, and fearing that he would regret it, they hurried back home.

Run faster than a rabbit.

……

"Xue Xiaoyu, that mother and son are so funny."

Du Jingyuan took a sip of tea and rolled her eyes. "Feng Wei has no relatives at home, let alone women. They can't even afford to support a livestock. That old lady He got a box of women's hairpins and jewelry, all old-fashioned styles. She really treats people like fools."

"Do you know what my mother said? She said, 'He has done such a good deed, and our General's Mansion will reward him. Madam He should just take these back; he won't be able to use them.'"

Du Jingyuan couldn't help but say, "My mother even specifically said that Feng Wei had no relatives or friends at home and didn't need women's jewelry. At that time, Madam He was so shocked."

"Later, he stuffed a few silver ingots into Feng Wei's pocket and ran away. This wasn't because he was afraid that Feng Wei would change his mind, it was clearly because he was afraid that he would regret it."

Du Jingyuan's words were confusing, but Xue Chenyu still understood them.

The He family mother and son ran so fast because they were afraid that Feng Wei would suddenly change his mind and take the jewelry, so they ran faster than rabbits.

Although Mrs. Du was not as good to Du Jingyuan as she was to her brother, she also saw through the intentions of the He family mother and son and did not want to be used by them in this way.

But yesterday, the He family mother and son went to the Du family's door with drums and gongs to express their gratitude to their benefactor. This matter has spread throughout the entire capital today.

The first thing Du Jingyuan said upon entering was, "Everyone in Kyoto is saying that the Hanlin of the He family is so grateful that he came to thank my sister's savior in person, even though he was just a small horse slave. What a noble character."

"The mother and son of the He family have always been scheming. I didn't expect that even your Du family would be included in their scheme." Xue Chenyu tapped the table with regret and took a sip of tea slowly.

Du Jingyuan came early in the morning.

After a busy day yesterday, Xue Chenyu originally wanted to sleep a little longer, but thanks to Miss Du, she couldn't sleep, so naturally she had nothing good to say.

Fortunately, after a night's sleep, she has recovered her energy.

Otherwise I'd be tearing my hair out by now.

"Xue Chenyu, I'm afraid you don't know the true identities of those mother and son, so I came here to give you a message. Don't be so ungrateful now that you're in this situation."

"Well, thank you very much then."

Du Jingyuan was so angry that she fell backwards, "You have no conscience!"

But she also remembered.

After the He family mother and son left yesterday, her mother said to her with a hint of meaning: "The He family mother and son are such people. If the girl from the Xue family marquis family marries them, she will definitely suffer."

Today, she saw that Xue Chenyu didn't seem to be completely unaware, so she felt relieved.

"Hey, Xue Xiaoyu, did you know that mother and son would do such a wicked thing?"

Xue Chenyu glanced at her and said, "Of course, I spent a lot of money to help them find that person."

Du Jingyuan: "You are so confused! Can't you just give some gifts to cover this up? Now, Master He is going to clear his name!"

Xue Chenyu smiled slowly, "Do you want to guess why, just yesterday, they and their son came to visit your Du family, and today rumors about He Hanlin's good character are flying everywhere?"

"They must have bribed people to spread the news everywhere." Du Jingyuan blurted out without thinking.

"The boy is teachable, but this is exactly the result I want." Xue Chenyu smiled mysteriously.

How can she take advantage of the situation to create momentum if the He family mother and son don't spend money to whitewash themselves?