The empress is pregnant, and the emperor's incense continues

"it is good."

As long as Liu Ruyan finds out that Chen Qianmo and Xu Tongfu's daughter are close, she will definitely make a scene. As soon as she makes a scene, Xu Tongfu's family will be exposed to Chen Yanqing.

And all this has nothing to do with Meng Wen Yao. She can pretend to be completely unaware of it. After all, the affairs of the Zhuang Mansion are not under her control.

The people Liu Ruyan sent out quickly found out everything, and they quickly came back to report to Liu Ruyan.

"Aunt, it is said that a senior brother of the cabinet elder saved you by chance, and you arranged for him to live in the Zhuang Mansion. I heard that the family's surname is Xu, and they were also the proud students of the Grand Tutor. As a result, their relationship with you has become better and better. These days, you have been busy accompanying the Xu family to travel around the capital."

As expected, they met. Liu Ruyan's face turned pale. At the beginning, Chen Qianmo misunderstood the maid's words and ran to the stream to save him, and almost drowned. She was very moved when he came back.

She fully supported Chen Qianmo's idea of ​​thanking his benefactor, and even gave away a lot of her own things.

Unexpectedly, Chen Qianmo became entangled with his benefactor's daughter, and she was also the daughter of an old friend.

She held her dizzy head and asked, "What did that family do in the capital?"

The servants also found out everything about this.

"Reporting to Auntie, I heard that he came to the capital to seek an official position. The young master takes Mr. Xu's family out to play every day, and Mr. Xu visits his old friends every day. As for why he did not come to pay a visit to the elder, I have not yet found out."

"Humph!"

Liu Ruyan snorted coldly and said sarcastically, "Why else? The Lord hates forming cliques and factions, and officials fighting against each other. If they come to the Lord for help, the Lord will definitely hate them."

"Perhaps that's the reason, so Lord Xu didn't send a visiting card to our house. But since you care so much about Lord Xu, I think he will help Lord Xu to intercede sooner or later."

"How could he care about Lord Xu?"

Liu Ruyan was so angry that her nails dug into her flesh. In fact, in the capital, Chen Qianmo's reputation had been almost ruined because of Meng Wenyao. It was difficult for him to find a real noble lady to marry him. That was why she dared to come and be a concubine.

But it’s different for Lord Xu’s family who came from afar. They don’t know about Chen Qianmo’s past and are very likely to marry their daughter to Chen Qianmo.

What's more, Lord Xu and Chen Yanqing were classmates and studied together at Tutor Zhuang's house. This kind of relationship would most likely make Chen Yanqing agree.

Thinking that Chen Qianmo had actually found a legitimate wife for herself, Liu Ruyan felt uneasy.

He must stop all these things from happening. He wants Chen Yanqing to hate Xu Tongfu's family and make Chen Yanqing never agree to this marriage.

When Chen Qianmo came back that night, Liu Ruyan pretended that nothing had happened and asked considerately, "Husband, how is the benefactor who saved you a few days ago now? What are his plans for coming to the capital?"

Chen Qianmo has been getting along very well with Lord Xu's family these days, and he feels as if they are family. Hearing Liu Ruyan's concern, he told her about it without hiding anything.

"Lord Xu came to the capital to seek an official position, but after a few days, there has been no definite news. You also know that my father hates people using connections to get in through the back door, so I dare not tell my father. Can you go back and ask your father if there are any vacancies in their government office?"

"Let me tell you, Lord Xu is a man of great learning, and he has been serving as a senior official for many years. He has all the abilities and talents he needs, but he lacks opportunities."

Hearing that Chen Qianmo had focused his attention on the Liu family, Liu Ruyan knew that Lord Xu seemed to have really run out of tricks.

She neither agreed nor objected, saying, "It's just that I can't say for sure about official affairs, and I don't know Lord Xu. If I rashly recommend him to my father, what if he turns out to be a bad person in the future? How can I explain to my father?"

"How can he be a bad person? I won't talk about the fact that Lord Xu saved me, but his two children. The eldest daughter is well-educated. Although she came from a poor village, she has not fallen behind in learning. The youngest son is even more amazing. He has learned more than I have. Children are a mirror of their parents. He can raise such excellent children, so how bad can his own character be?"

Hearing Chen Qianmo praising the Xu family all the time, and even singling out Miss Xu for special praise, Liu Ruyan felt like she was being scratched by a cat.

She suppressed the bitterness in her heart and said tactfully, "You also know that my father is the worst at keeping secrets. What if we ask him to help Lord Xu find a position and he accidentally tells others about it? It would be bad if the elders knew about it."

"I think it's better to let Lord Xu try his luck first."

Hearing Liu Ruyan say this, Chen Qianmo said in a frustrated tone, "It's not that Lord Xu didn't run away. I don't know how many pairs of shoes he has worn out and how many lips he has worn out in the past few days. This means that there is no reliable information at all."

"Sir, I have something to say but I don't know whether I should say it or not."

"You say!" Chen Qianmo ordered irritably.

Liu Ruyan poured another cup of tea for Chen Qianmo, and analyzed in a soft voice: "I think that you are a man of high moral character. Since you are on good terms with Lord Xu, it can be seen that Lord Xu is also a man of dignified character. However, if you are an official in the capital, you won't get far just by looking at your character. I guess that Lord Xu is from another place. Although he has good character and talent, he is from a poor and remote place after all. He is probably short of money. So when he asks for an official position, even if people are willing to give him one, they won't do it without any benefits."

"Are you saying that Lord Xu didn't find a good official job because he didn't give any gifts?" Chen Qianmo felt as if he had suddenly been enlightened.

He thought about how he had casually suggested that Lord Xu move into the Zhuang Mansion. Lord Xu agreed without even thinking about it, which showed that he was short of money and wanted to save the money for renting a house.

In addition, he asked Uncle Fu and Madam Zhuang to bring gifts to the Zhuang Mansion, and Lord Xu's family accepted them all. They really looked like they were extremely poor.

He suddenly understood, took Liu Ruyan's hand and thanked her, "It's you, Yan'er. We have been thinking about it for several days, but we don't know why they are so enthusiastic about Mr. Xu's visit, but they just don't want to say they will help. It turns out that the money is not enough."

"If it's just money, then it's easy. I'll ask Fu Bo to send more tomorrow. I won't have to worry about not being able to win over those people."

You know, Chen Qianmo treats the Xu family's affairs as his own.

Moreover, since Meng Wenyao became the housekeeper, Chen Qianmo could no longer withdraw money from Uncle Fu at will. The money sent to Lord Xu was all from Chen Qianmo's own small treasury.

In other words, the money is now in the hands of Liu Ruyan. As she watched the warehouse visibly emptied, she felt so upset that she wanted to run to the Zhuang Mansion and drive away all the Xu family members.