Chapter 16
When helping Chen Jin change his last piece of clothing, Madam Zhao said, "Madam, I don't know whether I should say it or not."
"Madam, please tell me." Chen Jin looked at Madam Zhao's appearance and said.
Madam Zhao thought for a while before saying, "I just heard some of my wife's words outside. I knew that my wife was determined to think about the general, so I thought about writing a letter to Beijing and asking for something to alleviate the situation in the border town."
Chen Jin bit his lower lip and asked in a low voice, "Has I done something wrong?"
"Madam is kind." Madam Zhao served Chen Jin for a while and understood that she was simple and had no other meaning. "But after hearing this, if someone else thinks that Madam can't endure hardship or feels that the General's Mansion..." Before he finished speaking, the meaning was very obvious.
Chen Jin's face turned pale, and his eyes turned red with anxious eyes, "I don't mean that."
"I know." Madam Zhao comforted, "Madam, just pay more attention in the future." She reminded these things because she was sincere and sincere in thinking about Chen Jin.
Chen Jin also understood and nodded, "I understand."
"Madam, please explain it to the general." Madam Zhao whispered, "No matter what others think, as long as the general understands the lady's intentions, it is the most important thing."
"Okay." Chen Jin is not a ungrateful person. She understands Madam Zhao's kindness in her heart. She didn't say anything, but she remembers Madam Zhao's care for her, and she just waits for the opportunity to repay her later.
Madam Zhao took water again and served Chen Jin to clean it. She saw that there was no abnormality before she helped Chen Jin out.
Because Chu Xiuming sat in the yard and did not move, the food was placed directly on the stone table, but because Chen Jin did not come out, it was not opened.
At this time, when Chen Jin and Madam Zhao came out, the maid lifted the lid and arranged it neatly. Chu Xiuming did not leave someone to serve him, but waited for the things to be placed before they left.
Chen Jin also ate the bakery that I long lasted for a long time. As Madam Zhao said, it was filled with red dates, walnut kernels and raisins. It also had a little milky aroma and tasted very good. The millet red date porridge was also soft and glutinous, and the side dishes were particularly delicious. Although Chen Jin had something to do, he had his eyebrows and eyes stretched out when he had eaten what he liked, and he never stopped chopsticks.
Although Chu Xiuming doesn't like sweets, he doesn't know whether it's because Chen Jin eats delicious food or how he cooks it today, and even uses a bowl of porridge more than usual. After eating, the maid who was guarding outside came to pack up his things. Chen Jin thought of Madam Zhao's reminder, bit her lip, and secretly looked at Chu Xiuming for a few glances. Seeing that he looked good and looked in a good mood, he spoke, "Husband, I asked my mother and the others to send things because I was greedy. There is no other meaning. Don't think too much... If, if you don't like, I don't want those things, but tonics... I can't get all the tonics at the border town for a while, and the emperor doesn't know when it will give it to..."
Chen Jin explained incoherently, with uneasiness on his face. Chu Xiuming was stunned for a moment before he felt helpless and funny. When Chen Jin didn't know what to say, he flicked her forehead with his finger and said, "Don't worry, your husband is not so stingy. Just want whatever he wants. I have a wife who has elbows and is too late to be happy, so why would he get angry?"
"Really?" Chen Jin's eyes lit up and he looked at Chu Xiuming with anticipation.
Chu Xiuming flicked her forehead again, "Don't question your husband's words."
Chen Jin then realized it and covered his forehead, wrinkled his little nose and said, "It hurts... don't touch it."
"Who made your little head think about everything?" Although Chu Xiuming said this, he knew that he had not used any force just now, so he reached out to take Chen Jin's hand and rubbed her. "Okay, go and write a letter. Remember what you mentioned, you should not miss dried shrimps."
"Okay." Chen Jinxiao's eyes were particularly cute, and she stood up and said, "Madam, let's go back."
"I'll tell Mama Zhao something." Chu Xiuming said.
Chen Jin frowned and looked at Madam Zhao. Madam Zhao smiled and said, "Madam Go back first, and I will go to serve Madam later."
In fact, Chen Jin was not afraid that no one would serve him. She was a little worried. He nodded and then left after hearing this.
Seeing Chen Jin's appearance, Chu Xiuming said nothing. When Chen Jin left, he looked at Madam Zhao and said, "Madam, I asked you to stay by my wife's side to take good care of her."
Madam Zhao suddenly understood what Chu Xiuming meant. She guessed that she and her wife had just returned and mentioned writing to her letter.
"I think it's good for the lady to be like this now. I'll just take care of her in the future and don't let her be bullied." Chu Xiuming mentioned.
"I understand." At this point, Ma Ma Zhao didn't understand anything else. The general likes the wife now, so there is no need to give too much guidance to the wife. Just look at her and don't let someone bully her. The wife bullies others? It doesn't matter. There is a general behind her to support her. You can bully her as long as the wife is happy.
Madam Zhao didn't know what to say, is the general raising a wife or a daughter?
"Madam is so sensible, it makes people feel distressed." Madam Zhao said, thinking about the general's thoughts.
Chu Xiuming nodded in agreement, "Just make sense. Do you think what your wife likes on weekdays?"
Madam Zhao lowered her head, and it turned out that this was in line with the general's thoughts. Okay, just think it's raising a daughter. Anyway, the general likes this tone. "I see that my wife likes animals very much. I heard from the girl Anping that the lady raised a few rabbits at the beginning, but later because of the war... she gave the rabbits to the wounded to nourish the body."
Chu Xiuming responded, stood up and said, "I understand." After a pause, he seemed to be talking to Madam Zhao, more like he was talking to himself, "After all, this is what the Chu family owes her. I don't know what the situation will be in the future. If you win, it will be better. If you lose,... you will always let her live a more comfortable life."
Looking at Chu Xiuming's back, Madam Zhao sighed and said nothing, but she already understood what the general meant. She thought for a while and went to the kitchen to bring a bowl of washed red dates, and then she entered the house. Unexpectedly, Chen Jin did not write a letter in the study, but sat in the house. When she saw her, she said softly, "Madam, please help me find where the plum blossoms are soaked in gold, I can't find it."
This stupid lady, Madam Zhao knew that Chen Jin was worried that she had been waiting here, but the excuse she had found was so rough that she couldn't bear to expose it. She just said, "The old slave will help her find her, and the lady will eat a few red dates first."
"Okay." Chen Jin responded and walked towards the study. "My mother is elegant, so she needs to write it with plum blossom shower and gold paper. What about the bookmarks I made of dried flowers some time ago? Find it out and put it in a brocade box and give it to her mother as a gift."
Mama Zhao felt that the courtesy was too thin and said, "Why not add some jewelry? Although it is not as exquisite as Beijing, it is also very interesting."
Chen Jin thought for a while and said, "Okay, I'll choose a few gifts for my mother and the others later. However, my mother likes simple and elegant the most. However, my elder sister likes corals, so I will not give them a few corals to my mother's gifts."
"In fact, the general has been fighting for many years, and there are many rare treasures." Madam Zhao listened to Chen Jin's words and advised tactfully. She heard Chen Jin's meaning and gave her a gift to her elder sister to her mother's mother.
Chen Jin smiled and said, "Mum, I know what I know in my heart."
When Madam Zhao thought of Chu Xiuming's words, she didn't persuade her again, "Where is Prince Rui?"
"I remember my husband killed a few barbarian leaders? Don't they all have close-fitting swords? Just choose one with many gems and send it to you." Chen Jin said with a smile, "The father will definitely like it."
When Mama Zhao thought about it, she was the same. Men are all Chongwu. This is the spoils in the hands of the enemy. It is appropriate to give them to Prince Rui. However, she was a little suspicious. Could it be that the wife chose such a thing because the knife was spoils and not bought for money?
"Please choose another one to give to the emperor." Chen Jin said.
Madam Zhao spread the plum blossom shower paper placed in the upper right corner of the desk and said, "It's still the wife who thinks it carefully."
Chen Jin smiled and said, "Anyway, those things not only take up space in the warehouse, but also take time to maintain and keep them. It is not cost-effective to send them to the capital for some practical things."
Although Madam Zhao guessed Chen Jin's thoughts, she was not proud at all. Chen Jin continued, "My brother complained a few days ago that my husband took these things back and threw them away, but unfortunately no one wanted them around him. But I don't think it's because my husband is too powerful in war and can't live. I want me to tell you that during the holidays and birthdays, I'll just send them over."
Do you think the emperor would care about anything you don’t want?
"In addition to the sword, I heard that there are other axes, axes, and a few gifts every year, plus some other things." Chen Jin is very careful about such things, and there are many people in Prince Rui's mansion, but Concubine Chen and Shen Jin are not like Concubine Xu, and they are rewarded by the prince at every turn, and Concubine Chen's family background can only be said to be average.
Whether you go out to see guests or have a banquet at the mansion, you cannot wear clothes repeatedly, otherwise you will be laughed at when it is reported. At that time, Chen Jin had not been taken care of by Princess Rui, and things were just courtesy of the royal family. These cases were already considered luxury for ordinary people, but the environment like Princess Rui was not enough.
When Chen Jin became bigger, Concubine Chen saved her own share for Chen Jin, which made Chen Jin barely enough. She couldn't send it out frequently like Chen Zi and the others. Concubine Chen often reblown or modify the jewelry from the old year, and the same is true for clothes.
Chen Jin saw all this and felt sorry for Concubine Chen, but neither of them could do anything. They had to do it carefully to give gifts and give gifts to others. Some things were just handed over and then sent out. However, this was also a skill. The person who gave the gifts could not have anything to do with the person who gave the gifts. It would be bad if they were shown and seen.
Madam Zhao listened to Chen Jinxu's nagging while writing a letter while talking about the past. Chen Jin's tone was not complaining or feeling uncomfortable, but was a little proud, "That time I took the gem on the bracelet, and then the gold was remelted and someone made a hairpin. They didn't see it, and they praised my hairpin for being beautiful. So, some things that cannot be used in the mansion can be sent out in another way..."
Chen Jin's voice had a soft feeling, and there was no need to deliberately act like acting cute. As she said, Ma Ma Zhao always felt that she saw a little squirrel constantly moving things to her house. Behind the little squirrel, a lion sitting on the treasure mountain shook its tail from time to time, threw a gem out, and then waited for the little squirrel to move it back, then threw it out, and then moved it back...
Chapter completed!