After Pei Qian sneaked into the front hall, Chaoli's shyness and discomfort had completely disappeared. It was obvious that he wanted to hear the news that Pei Qian had recently inquired about in the palace.
"Miss, the person you arranged previously has entered the court house a few days ago. Mrs. Li did not notice it. Chao Lu is very careful. Chaozhen's wedding is approaching, and now she is very anxious and does not want to marry Lin Wenxue. Madam Chao I invited some old sisters to talk about the laws of the court, and they showed off that her son has joined the Ministry of Punishment. The lady also said to pay attention to Mr. Lu, he has not entered the government recently."
After listening, Chaoli nodded.
The Spring Festival has actually started, but now it's just the children's exam and not the palace exam yet, so the current popularity is not high.
After all, there are too many things going on around in the capital.
"It's okay. You can keep an eye on Song Lingxin secretly during these days. You don't need to go back to the court yet. I'm worried that Shen Lianyi will take action against her. She has offended her before. When things with Uncle Song make progress, you can come back. There is almost no need to stay at the court." Chaoli ordered.
It won't be long before the imperial court is no longer what it used to be. There is indeed no need for Pei Qian to keep an eye on it, otherwise it will be overqualification and underutilization.
Pei Qian clasped his hands and said, "Yes, Miss."
Suddenly, Chaoli looked at Pei Qian several times, making Pei Qian very uncomfortable.
Just when Pei Qian was about to ask another question, Chao left his mouth.
"Pei Qian, you are no longer the son of the crown prince, but my subordinate, so I should be responsible for your life-long affairs. It just so happens that you and Pei Yu are both here. I want to ask, do you two brothers and sisters have someone they like?"
Someone you like?
The brother and sister looked at each other and saw confusion in each other's eyes, as if they didn't expect why Chaoli would ask such a question.
"Miss, I, I don't have it." Pei Qian was very embarrassed.
Pei Yu also nodded, "Me neither."
Chaoli couldn't help but feel a little disappointed, but she wasn't discouraged either. The matter of marriage couldn't be rushed.
"It doesn't matter. I'll help you when you find your sweetheart. I told Qing Yi the same thing," Chaoli replied.
Pei Yu paused and wanted to say that Qing Yi had already been spotted.
But he also thought that Qing Yi had not awakened at all, so he gave up the idea and thought of waiting until later.
After the report was finished, Pei Qian also left the yard.
Chaoli looked at the time and saw that it was still early, so he simply called Qing Yi and Pei Yu to go to the palace.
Seeing that Chaozhen's wedding is approaching, the elder sister wants to see Chaozhen. She should be in better health now, otherwise where would she have such a bad temper?
Qing Yi is very active in this kind of thing, and Chaozhen has dealt with her a lot in the past.
Now Chaozhen has no choice but to do anything to her. She doesn't mind seeing Chaozhen's fate at all. It would be better to beat up the drowned dog or something.
"Qingyi, please restrain yourself, don't be too obvious." Chaoli said with a smile.
When the three of them walked out, the smile on Qing Yi's face was not less, and he even chuckled without knowing what he thought of.
For this reason, Chaoli was quite helpless.
"Miss, Qing Yi is so happy. I don't know how much trouble the second young lady caused us. You see, she even planned to frame you on the day of the palace banquet. When we were in the palace, she relied on the master's favor and targeted the young lady everywhere. , snatching the young lady’s things. And even after the young lady got married, she still didn’t give up and was still thinking about the prince. She deserved it.” Qing Yi made no secret of her disdain for Chaozhen.
Pei Yu helped Chao Li get into the carriage, "Girl, don't act like this outside, otherwise you will discredit the lady."
Qing Yi stuck out his tongue, "I know, even if we talk in private, I'm just having fun with my mouth."
The three of them all laughed and got on the carriage in a good mood.
In the backyard of the Chao Mansion, Chao Zhen's current appearance has changed a lot. Ever since she came back from the palace banquet, she has never taken good care of herself again.
Perhaps it was also because of her health that Chaozhen had a bad appetite and was very thin.
Chaozhen sat in front of the mirror, unable to accept that the person in the mirror was herself, and broke many things.
When she calmed down, she felt again that she shouldn't just sit there and wait for death. Lin Wenxue was not worthy of her at all, and she didn't want to marry him!
By the way, her father has now joined the Criminal Department, and her status is also higher.
Thinking of this, Chaozhen felt a little excited and planned to go find Chao Lu.
The child in Chaozhen's belly is now more than two months old, but perhaps because she couldn't eat during this period, she couldn't tell at all.
Even on the wedding day, no one will actually find out.
"Chun Tao, dress me up, I'm going to see my father." Chao Zhen called out.
Chuntao entered the room tremblingly, her body aching from all the marks left by Chao Zhen.
During this period, Chaozhen's temper was so great that they, the current people, could not resist, so they could only endure it silently, not daring to speak out when they were angry.
Not only Chuntao, but also the other maids were covered in scars.
"Yes, your servant will be here soon." Chuntao walked in and walked toward Chaozhen.
The room was in a mess, Chuntao didn't dare to look around, and Chaozhen was already sitting in front of the dressing table.
The originally exquisite and expensive dowry had been smashed to pieces by Chaozhen, and jewelry and rouge were scattered on the dressing table. Chaozhen was sitting in front of the mirror again, and Chuntao's hands were shaking.
Fortunately, Chaozhen may have had other thoughts and ignored Chuntao at all.
Not long after, Chuntao finished dressing up Chaozhen. Chaozhen immediately got up and walked out of the yard alone without anyone following her.
Looking at Chaozhen's back, Chuntao silently withdrew her gaze and turned to clean up the house.
Chaozhen went all the way to Chaolu's courtyard. After Fang Huimin and Chaolu reconciled, Fang Huimin's courtyard became Chaolu's alone, that is, the main courtyard.
However, when Chaozhen arrived in the courtyard, the servants said that Chaolv was not there.
Helpless, Chaozhen planned to go back first and come back later.
Unexpectedly, as soon as he walked to the backyard, he found Chao Lu sneaking towards the back door.
Chao Zhen paused, this is the imperial palace, as the owner of the imperial palace, why do you act so cautiously?
Looking at it this way, something is very wrong.
The shout that was on her lips was suppressed by Chao Zhen. She was a little curious and wanted to know why Chao Lu was doing this, so she simply followed him.
The Chao Mansion is naturally not as grand as the Zhenbei Hou Mansion, and you can reach the back door in a short walk.
However, no one can enter or exit the back door, and the owner will only go through the front door.
Chaozhen originally thought that Chaolv was going somewhere through the back door, but he didn't know that he didn't go out either. Instead, he turned into a path next to the back door. There was an abandoned courtyard with three huts inside.
Strange, why did Chao Lu come to this place?
Usually no servants come to this small courtyard, so it makes no sense for Chao Lu to come here alone.
What was even more strange was that Chao Lu actually walked to the small house on the left, looked around to make sure he saw no one, and then knocked on the door.