Too high to reach

Chapter 274 He coughed
Although Mo Yi had the prince's approval, he did not rush to negotiate peace.

That day, she said to Zhou Jiu, "I need to go to the store. Do you and Xiangxiang want to come with me for a while?"

Zhou Jiu clearly wanted to go, but Xiang Xiang was unwilling. The little girl lowered her eyelids and remained silent.

Judging from her expression, Mo Yi could roughly guess what was going on, and said, "We're planning to go after lunch. Xiangxiang needs to take a nap, right? If you don't want to go, you can stay home and take a nap. We'll bring you something delicious when we come back."

"Okay. Xiangxiang will stay at home."

So, after lunch, Mo Yi took Zhou Jiu out.

The head maidservant beside Xiangxiang said to her somewhat unhappily, "Ninth Miss is really something. Instead of staying with you, she gets close to the Princess and Miss Mo."

Princess Wenxiu looked unwell, but remained silent.

Mo Yi first took Zhou Jiu home to give her a general idea of ​​the situation there.

Although the third wife has moved out, we still have to take care of things related to Mo Yuan.

Everyone will definitely be going to deliver the food that day, so we'll also need to prepare a meal.

I booked the venue at a restaurant near my home, ordered the dishes, and then bought expensive ingredients myself to make it seem more lavish.

There weren't many things to do, but time was too tight. These past few days, Zhuang has been extremely busy.

Right now, I'm in the courtyard, inspecting the items delivered by the shopkeeper.

Normally, Zhuang can manage on her own, but when there are important matters, she becomes too busy to handle them all.

Before her own daughter-in-law was even in sight, Zhuang Shi brought along Zhou Shi, the wife of Mo Da.

The two were flipping through the pages, discussing in hushed tones.

Mo Yi arrived with Zhou Jiu.

"Aunt? Sister-in-law."

Zhuang looked up and exclaimed, "Oh, Yi Yi? Your Highness! What brings you here?"

"I was on my way to the shop and stopped by to take a look. Oh, this young lady is Princess Wenxiu's aunt, Miss Zhou Jiu. Ah Jiu, this is my aunt, and this is my sister-in-law Zhou... Oh dear, what a coincidence, you two both have the surname Zhou."

Zhou Jiu blushed slightly and greeted them with a smile: "Madam Mo, Madam Mo."

“Miss Zhou Jiu…” Madam Zhuang looked her up and down. “This girl is truly beautiful!”

Zhou Jiu lowered his head and smiled shyly.

Looking at the mess on the floor, Madam Zhou said, "It's all in a mess here. Mother is comforting your eldest nephew! Princess and Miss Zhou, please sit in the living room for a while... Go and call Second Madam over, and make another pot of tea." She instructed the maid beside her.

"You guys go ahead with your work, we can't stay here... Ah Jiu, come here..."

He led her into the living room, saying, "This is the living room of the house. There are small courtyards behind it. The area is not small, but there are many people. The house is not very well-organized."

Zhou Jiu thought to himself, "As expected, it's a 'small and insignificant family'."

Just then, Madam Wang arrived with her maid, followed by her wet nurse carrying her eldest grandson.

"Yi Yi, why are you back?"

“Mother, I had some business at the shop and was just passing by when I came home to visit. This is Princess Wenxiu’s aunt, Miss Zhou Jiu.”

"Mrs. Mo the Second".

"Oh my, Miss Zhou Jiu!? Please have a seat! What a beautiful girl!" Madam Wang smiled, her wrinkles becoming more pronounced.

The maidservant brought tea.

Wang looked outside. "Your aunt and sister-in-law are busy with Yuanyuan's matter that day. They're leaving from one side and just need to provide a meal here. Are you coming that day?"

"Something came up, I can't come."

Madam Wang sighed, "Your sister brought the dowry for her. She can't easily go out now, so she asked me to pass it on to her."

After Zhuang and Zhou settled the matter, they came in to sit with them.

"Thank you for your hard work, Auntie," Mo Yi said politely.

Zhuang smiled and said, "There's not much to do, but time is tight, so it's quite busy. With your sister-in-law helping out, things are much better."

"Aunt, Yunniang's matter is settled. I want her to move to the courtyard in the south of the city."

"Oh. Then the courtyard can stay with the two boys!"

Wang's eyes lit up. "Sister-in-law, the third branch of the family has moved out. Let's tidy up the house. Many rooms are old; let's renovate them and rearrange everything..."

It seems she has her eye on the third wife's house.

Why say these things in front of outsiders...? Zhuang smiled and said, "Let's talk about it after everyone is settled."

As they were talking, Mo Fan entered the room.

He knew Mo Yi had arrived when he saw the carriage parked at the door. Before even entering, he excitedly exclaimed, "Your Highness the Princess has arrived? Did you know I..." He stepped inside, but immediately spotted Zhou Jiu.

Suddenly, her face turned bright red, she stopped talking, and didn't know what to do with her hands and feet.

Zhuang was puzzled. What was wrong with him?
Mo Yi quickly asked, "Second Brother, why are you at home? Didn't you go to the West Suburbs Camp?"

Mo Fan then realized what was happening, coughed, and stepped forward to bow respectfully, "Your Highness, Miss Zhou."

"I took a few days off to accompany Young Master Zhang back. I was supposed to leave this afternoon, but he still has some things to take care of. Sigh, I'll be lucky if I can leave tomorrow."

Mo Yi was startled when she heard the name Zhang Debao; she had almost forgotten about him.

Mo Fan raised his hand, carrying two bags of pastries. "I bought two bags of mint-flavored mung bean cakes... Take them and put them on a plate for the Empress and Miss Zhou to try."

Oh my, that tone of voice… Mo Yi felt her second brother's eyes were sparkling, and he was even being a little pretentious…

Glancing at Zhou Jiu again, two blushes rose on Zhou Jiu's cheeks.

No one else knew what was going on. Zhou stood up, personally took a plate, put it in front of Mo Yi and Zhou Jiu.

"Second brother, come here, I have something to ask you." Mo Yi felt uneasy.

The two of them came out of the living room and stood in the yard. Mo Fan knew what she was going to ask, and went straight to the point: "I didn't tell you, something almost happened..."

Mo Yi looked at him nervously.

Mo Fan smiled bitterly: "When Debao found out the news, he went crazy. He had a high fever and was completely confused. I took leave to take him home. The Zhang family invited seven or eight doctors, but none of them could find the cause. He was just very ill. Later, one of the doctors asked if he had been traumatized... Madam Zhang was furious. But seeing him like that, she didn't dare to get angry. Later, I told Debao that Mo Yuan wanted to see him... and that's when he woke up."

"Oh my god!" Mo Yi breathed a sigh of relief, cursing Mo Yuan inwardly as a troublemaker.

"And now?!"

"Now?!" Mo Fan cursed silently before saying, "This spineless man. He went to the East City courtyard to see Mo Yuan, and I don't know what kind of spell he cast on her. He came back, heartbroken as he was, but he's already making arrangements for Mo Yuan."

I bought her two maids. They're probably similar to Hongyan and the others, not cheap. And there are people to serve her outside; I rented courtyards for them, introduced them to potential employers, and arranged their affairs. All of this is being kept from Madam Zhang, so the two of us are the ones running around doing most of the work. I'm really impressed…”

"Mo Yuan is such a scourge. How could she do this to him?" Mo Yi was filled with hatred.

“I can’t persuade him. If I say too much, he gets angry with me, meaning that I don’t understand my sister. I can’t help her with money, and I don’t even have the heart to help her?” He imitated Zhang Debao.

"I was so angry I almost died. If I hadn't been heartbroken that he almost died a few days ago, I would have turned around and left."

"What kind of mess is this?!"

The two of them looked at each other and pondered for a while.

Mo Fan suddenly asked hesitantly, "Why...why did you bring Miss Zhou Jiu here?"

"Take her to the shop for a look around." Mo Yi hadn't come to her senses yet.

"Then... whatever she takes a fancy to, give her two items. It's on me, I'll give you the money later."

"Can you afford it?" Mo Yi looked at him with disdain.

"Second brother isn't completely broke. You can lend me some money first, and I'll definitely pay you back."

"You gave her something? Did you learn this trick from Zhang Debao?"

"No! No! Hey, isn't this just... what girls like?"

"Second brother?"

"Ok?"

Do you like Zhou Jiu?

Mo Fan heard him clearly and coughed violently, "Don't talk nonsense and ruin that girl's reputation!"

"Oh, I was just talking nonsense. It seems Second Brother doesn't like it, so never mind..." Mo Yi pretended to walk into the house.

"What? What do you mean, forget it?" Mo Fan quickly stopped him.

Mo Yi didn't speak, just looked at him.

"Fifth Sister, Grandmother, Princess, Your Majesty... you can't leave things unsaid!"

"I heard that Miss Zhou Jiu has reached marriageable age and is looking for a husband. I was thinking that if Second Brother is interested, he could help to arrange a marriage."

She said it, thinking that Mo Fan would jump for joy.

Unexpectedly, Mo Fan gave a bitter smile: "Look at our family, and then look at my second brother... Miss Zhou Jiu is a celestial beauty. What does my second brother have to match her with, and how can he support her?"

He lowered his head...

Mo Yi smiled and went back inside.

Mo Fan followed behind her, hating himself for the first time in his life: Why didn't he devote himself to his studies like his older brother did?
Although what I'm doing now is not bad, it's far from being enough for me to marry her...

My whole heart felt like it was being fried in oil!
This was the first time in his life that he didn't think Zhang Debao was stupid...