The mad concubine of the group loves the world

Chapter 358 Patriarch Resigns
After a quarter of an hour, Xiao Xi arranged lunch, Lu Yunli stopped thinking about business, got up and went to the side hall with Lu Wanlan for dinner.

Two sets of exquisite blue and white porcelain bowls and plates were placed on the round table carved with nanmu body and inlaid with gold.

The flower juice for cleaning hands and gargling mouth was also presented as usual.

But after the two sat down, they saw that in the middle of the round table, there was only one dish of hot and cold meat and vegetables.

Seeing Lu Yunli stunned for a moment, Lu Wanlan thought that the third brother might not be used to such a simple match, so she smiled embarrassingly:
"Third Brother, I have just cut down the food and clothing expenses of Dingguo Mansion. From now on, we should save those banquet menus for New Year's Day and big days."

After she finished speaking, she hurriedly put a piece of sweet-scented osmanthus whitebait on the porcelain plate in front of Lu Yunli.

Lu Yunli calmly held up his chopsticks and savored it carefully: "Oh? Why did you cut it?"

"I think there are too many dishes for less people, it's too wasteful to finish eating." After Lu Wanlan finished speaking, she also picked up a chopstick "a book" and put shredded bacon in front of her.

Thinking of the loss caused to the family due to his own fault, and seeing the third brother looking up at him, he felt even more ashamed.

She licked her lips and added:
"If the shopkeepers hadn't shown me the account books yesterday, I wouldn't have known that the Lu family had a deficit of 3 taels because of the purchase of medicinal materials and food in the south of the city. Fourth brother made up for it with his own private bank. It must be recorded in the account of the shop, so if you have money, you should stick to the business of the shop."

"It's for this matter." Lu Yunli smiled, picked up a few crispy cucumber shreds, chewed carefully and then nodded, "This is an expense for the people and the epidemic, and it really shouldn't be for him. Take it, do as you say."

"Okay." Lu Wanlan nodded, hesitated for a while, and said, "Also, I was thinking, or else the third brother should be the head of the family, as I am...not suitable."

"?" Lu Yunli raised his eyebrows and cast a questioning look silently.

Seeing that today's little sister is always hesitant to speak in front of him, he is puzzled.

The little girl was used to being unrestrained and unrestrained, causing countless troubles, but she never lowered her head to anyone.

Today, not only let those old shopkeepers scold him, but also think about saving money for the store, which has already impressed him.But now she actually said that she wanted to resign as the Patriarch...

In Lu Yunli's memory, it was the first time that Lu Wanlan was so cautious.

Although since she came back from Liaodong last time, what she said and did was very different from before.

But at that time, he only thought that the younger sister was enamored of the King of Yan, and fought wits and courage with the King of Yan in order to marry into the palace.

However, even though she and the King of Yan had an indistinguishable fight that time, it also aroused a lot of civil and military discussions in the court. If the King of Yan hadn't handed over the fiefdom of Yanbei in the end, the Holy Majesty and the Empress Dowager would have quelled the farce because of the marriage bestowed by the late emperor. , the Lu family is afraid that they will be pushed to the forefront again.

And a series of changes caused by the marriage of the two families is also predictable.

Even if he lost the money, there would be some big troubles, but he thought he could control everything, so he let her mess around.

I never blamed my little sister.

She never thought about removing her as the Patriarch.

But look at it from another angle.

There have been too many recent changes in the capital. Not only has my little sister been in danger several times, but now she doesn't have a few brothers to accompany her. Maybe this time...
Really scared.

Thinking of this, Lu Yunli changed to a softer tone of comfort:
"Your fourth brother is not at home for the past few days, and no one is taking care of the shop business. Third brother knows that it is your first time to deal with these shopkeepers, and you are powerless. But since you are the owner of the house, you have always been respected and held by people wherever you go. Yes, there is no need to be led by them now. If someone doesn’t listen to you, show your arrogance, and if you can’t, let Chi Zheng deal with them.”

After finishing speaking, Lu Yunli smiled knowingly again: "The scar on the head of the Shandong chief envoy's son has not healed yet."

"Third brother, you made fun of me again."

When Lu Wanlan heard this, the third brother started talking about the original owner's past, and sighed again:

"This time and the other."

Although the original owner was daring, the reason why she dared to do this was because she had the Lu family to rely on behind her, so she was confident.

At that time, the Lu family was unrivaled in the limelight and powerful.

What's more, the six brothers of the Lu family are well received by the Sacred Heart and favored by the Empress Dowager.Even if the rest of the hostile forces wanted to attack the Lu family, they had been secretly laying out their plans and waiting for an opportunity.

Later, because of the marriage between the Lu family and the King of Yan, the Xie family assassinated him, which opened the prelude to the struggle between the two parties.

Crossing over by herself and marrying into Prince Yan's mansion by force is the catalyst for this struggle.

I thought that by hugging Xiao Yanzhi's thigh and seeing each other again, I would be able to stabilize the situation and do my part to protect the Lu family.

But she still thinks everything about the court is too simple.

What they weaved for the Lu family was a net of heaven and earth.

The hand that collects the net will never relax just because he solved a problem by himself.

at this time.

The king of Yu tried his best to counterattack after his attempted rebellion.

When Taifu Xie returns to the court, he will also use the power of the cabinet's chief assistant to eradicate dissidents.

The capital city has been turned upside down in just over a month.

If the Holy Majesty hadn't been afraid of the military power of the eldest brother Lu Yunlie, and Xiao Yanzhi and the third brother Lu Yunli would stir up the rest of the people into the battle, the Lu family would be in danger.

These changes caused by her insistence on marrying King Yan made her blame herself.

What made her even more ashamed was the settlement yesterday.

All she knew was that the Lu family had endless money.

On weekdays, meals, vegetables, needles and threads are all arranged by the elder brothers, and the servants will take care of them, and I can just collect everything according to the orders.

But when the accounts were really calculated, the amount of money Dingguo Mansion spent on her on weekdays still took her by surprise.

Not to mention that the original owner's ostentation of visiting mountains and rivers is comparable to that of the royal family, and the dowry sent to the palace is worth tens of thousands of gold.

Just the 20 taels of tuition money that I donated to the national treasury is already the sum of half a year's taxes for a chief secretary!

Because it was necessary to send the cash into the palace within a limited time, the fourth brother not only moved the balance on the account of the shop in the capital in order to make up the money.It also sold large tracts of land owned by the Chief Secretary of North Hebei and Shandong at a low price.

Originally, the business was bleak and the balance was low, but later, a large sum of money was spent on the Queen Mother's birthday banquet.

Now that the imperial court wants to collect grain, and the brothers need compensation because of those cases, how can the deficit on the storefront be only 3 taels?
Thinking about it the other way around, if I donated 20 taels of silver just because of the backing of the Lu family, I wouldn't let the Lu family get to where they are today.

We must know that a big tree attracts the wind, and a leak of money attracts thieves.

and so.

She now understands even more that her so-called decisiveness in killing and attacking, dismantling every move, and being cautious... can't be played in this big week where everyone is shrewd and there are pitfalls everywhere.

If the Lu family collapses one day, not to mention the shopkeeper scolding him, any cat or dog will step on his head.

The elder brothers must be restrained, and I also need to restrain my mind.

As for the helm of the Lu family, it should be someone with outstanding ability like the third brother.

Seeing Lu Wanlan lowering his head to pick up the rice, his little face turning red and turning pale, Lu Yunli leaned on his chin and stared at her for a long time before interrupting her contemplation with a smile:
"I think some of them are old and stubborn. They have committed an old problem again. Knowing that you are not good at this way, you are in such a difficult situation. Today, if you dare to speak rudely to the Patriarch, I must beat it hard someday."

(End of this chapter)