I go to the ancient imperial examinations

Chapter 411
In the unoccupied ear room of Yuan Mansion Three's entrance courtyard, the quarrel suddenly became fierce, and then was suppressed again.

The veins on Hong Guanshi's neck were protruding. If he hadn't considered that this was the Yuan Mansion, there would have been a commotion. "Mother Cao, are you always going back on your promises and playing me like a monkey?"

Liu Zhongren stood silently in the corner, looking at Guanshi Hong who was about to kill someone in a rage, and couldn't help saying "serve it" in his heart. He had already sold Muxiangju for 3000 taels, but Guanshi Hong broke the contract. This is going to be a chicken-and-egg fight.

Although she is an old woman, but Cao Mama's hair is not messy, she wears two silver hairpins, and her wrinkled long face will become serious now, revealing a domineering meanness, "Guan Hong said cautiously, this My wife did have some interest in Mu Xiangju before, but is she planning to buy it, and Manager Hong is going to buy and sell it in Yuanfu?"

"Mother Cao, it was clearly you who said that the Second Young Madam wanted to move out and was willing to spend 5000 taels of silver to buy Muxiangju!" Guan Hong's voice trembled.

If it wasn't for the old lady's swearing, why would he go to make trouble early in the morning? If the previous buyer didn't buy it, and Madam Cao didn't buy it, wouldn't this Muxiangju be sold again?

Looking at Guanshi Hong who was yelling in disgust, Madam Cao reprimanded with a stern face, "Then you show evidence? Otherwise, don't blame the old woman and I will go to the Yamen to sue you for a false accusation!"

"I..." As if his throat was being choked, the blushing and thick-necked Guan Hong was speechless angrily, wishing he could punch the old woman in front of him to death!

It was just a verbal agreement before, there is no evidence for Hong Guanshi, besides, no one in the Minhe Mansion knew that after the new year, the Yuan Mansion had trouble after another, maybe it was because the house was not enough to live in.

The second room, with few masters but more than 20 rooms, was unwilling to spare a small courtyard for the big house. In the end, the big house had to find a craftsman to demolish the south courtyard and build a small two-story building.

So when Madam Cao said that the Second Young Madam liked Muxiangju and planned to buy it, Steward Hong immediately believed it.

As for the selling price of 5000 taels, it was not a big deal in Hong Guanshi's opinion. The second young lady was a relative of the emperor, and even Yuan Zhifu respected her three-pointedly on weekdays, so 5000 taels of silver was nothing.

"Okay, don't come to Yuan's house to mess around without evidence, let's forget about it today, and don't blame the old lady for kicking you out next time!" Cao Mama snorted arrogantly, turned her head and looked at the door, "Come on, the old lady still wants you!" Go serve the Second Young Madam!"

"You!" Steward Hong squeezed out a word between his teeth, but he couldn't help Mrs. Cao, so he could only walk out the door angrily.

Seeing this, Liu Zhongren bowed to Madam Cao, "I'm sorry to bother you, so I'm leaving."

Watching the two leave, Mammy Cao twitched her mouth, "Things that are not successful enough to be ruined, dare to ask for money, bah!"

After leaving the Yuan Mansion, Steward Hong kicked angrily on the wall of the Yuan Mansion, and looked back at Liu Zhongren who followed him, "Brother Liu, I mistrusted the old woman about this matter, and I also invited Brother Liu to go to Dongsheng Inn." Go for a run."

Manager Hong gave Liu Zhongren a silver ingot of five taels, hoping that he would help make peace for the sake of the money.

Although the gift of five taels of silver is heavy enough, Liu Zhongren took two steps back and did not accept it. He sighed and said, "It's not that I won't help you, it's just that this morning's incident was too ugly. Although that young lady is young, But the entourage next to him is a Lianjiazi, and every time he makes a move, he pays 3000 taels, which is definitely not small, and I am afraid that I will be beaten out if I pass by."

Liu Zhongren is not stupid. The second young lady of the Yuan family turned back on what she said. She didn't sincerely want to buy Muxiangju. It was more like trying to make things difficult for that lady. If he went to Dongsheng Inn, if he offended the second young lady, he would be in trouble.

He wiped his face fiercely. Although Guanshi Hong was annoyed, he had nothing to do with Liu Zhongren, so he glared angrily, "If that's the case, I'll go there myself and say goodbye!"

……

Dongsheng Inn.

Zhan Feiyu, who started to read after breakfast, did not wait for Guanshi Hong who came over.

He Nuan opened the door and looked at the manager of the inn standing in the corridor, then looked back at the arrogant Madam Cao, "Master, why are you knocking on the door?"

Mammy Cao sized up He Nuan with critical eyes. She was wearing a three-pleated horse-face skirt and a round-neck, double-breasted, narrow-sleeved gown. They were all plain, and there were no delicate patterns on the cuffs, neckline, or skirt. The dress made Mammy Cao look even more disdainful.

"Let your lady come out and answer." Cao Mama said coldly, half-closed her eyes and didn't bother to talk to He Nuan, as if talking to her lowered her worth.

With one hand still on the door, He Nuan never stepped aside, "Miss is studying and sees no visitors."

"Reading?" Mammy Cao was stunned for a moment, then laughed mockingly, and tried to look into the room with her head, but He Nuan was too tightly blocked.

On the other hand, the shopkeeper at the side couldn't help but show awe. Everything is inferior, but reading is high. The shopkeeper is a merchant, so he has a natural awe of scholars.

"Okay, don't say such fooling things in front of the old woman, and still study?" Cao Mama's wrinkled old face showed a sarcastic sneer, she shook her head twice, showing a well-informed gesture Come.

"It's just a little girl from the countryside. She has been showing her face outside, but she can only recognize a few words, and she can read a few scripts. Old lady, when I was serving the nobles in the palace, the noble lady Qin who was able to come into the palace to pay her respects... He is proficient in chess, calligraphy and painting, but he dare not say that he can read."

The shopkeeper nodded in agreement when he heard it, he was confused, the big family had strict rules, how could he let a little girl walk outside, she was probably just a girl from a merchant family who didn't respect the rules.

In the room, Zhan Feiyu put down his pen and came over.

He Nuan turned around and gave way, "Miss."

Zhan Feiyu didn't intend to let Cao Mama into the house, and looked up at Cao Mama who was proud and arrogant, "Just say what you have to say."

Seeing Zhan Feiyu with red lips and white teeth, especially the headgear in her hair, Mammy Cao couldn't help showing greed. She claimed that she came from the palace, but she was still a servant after all.

Yao Zhenyi has no brains, Cao Mama naturally holds her tightly in her hands, but Yao Zhenyi's so-called relatives of the emperor are actually of ordinary status, and when they get married, they only get 5000 taels of dowry silver.

The reason why there is a lot of silver at the bottom of the box is because the Yao family converted the farms and shops in the dowry into silver taels for Yao Zhenyi to bring to Minhe Mansion.

Yao Zhenyi spends a lot of money and doesn't get any money, so Mama Cao can at most take a little money out of it. As for the head jewelry, Yao Zhenyi herself only has a few fine pieces, so how could she give a reward to Madam Cao.

But when you look at it, you will say that Zhan Feiyu's pearls are used to adorn the hairpins, which are as big as a little finger, not only round, but also pink and purple, which is a treasure among pearls.

Cao Mama remembers that in the palace, the little princess’s earrings were made of these pink and purple pearls. She accidentally dropped an earring in the imperial garden. At that time, dozens of palace people held lanterns in the imperial garden. Search.

Unexpectedly, after so many years, she would see pearls of this color again, and the key point was that it was on the head of a country girl.

Made up her mind, Mammy Cao suppressed the greedy light in her eyes, and said condescendingly to Zhan Feiyu: "Young Madam heard that the girl is under the tutelage of Mr. Gu, and my old man and Mr. Gu are officials in the same dynasty. Since the girl is here In Minhe Mansion, the young lady always entertains the girl as a landlord, the carriage is waiting outside, the girl will come with me now, don't let the young lady wait too long."

The second son of the old man of the Yao family married the eldest daughter of the county lord. The old man Yao was only a fifth-rank doctor in the Ministry of Industry. He said that he was an official in the same dynasty as Gu Xueshi.

Zhan Feiyu raised his lips and said with a smile: "The rule of the aristocratic family in the capital is to let the servants come to invite them without sending invitations? Is this Yao's out of order? Or is it that you, a nanny from the palace, don't know the rules, so the educated second young master Madame also broke the rules?"

Mammy Cao's high-spirited old face instantly turned hideous. She had also stayed in Minhe Mansion for two years and was praised too highly. She would suddenly be humiliated by Zhan Feiyu. This anger can be imagined.

"Or did you say that you were kicked out of the palace because you violated the rules?" Zhan Feiyu looked at Cao Mama's sudden startled expression, so he guessed right.

(End of this chapter)