Zhumen Hangui

"I told you to take it. You don't dare to take it as a reward from me? It's just a small bead." Su Yizhao pretended to be displeased.

The local tyrant feels really good, and Su Yizhao is in a particularly good mood.

"The servant is thinking that he didn't do anything worth rewarding, so he would be too reckless to accept it, let alone such a valuable item."

Kikyo was very worried, the young master had also given rewards before, which was already very generous.

How dare she accept such a valuable pearl now?

"There's no reason to take back what was rewarded? I'll take it for you as a dowry." Su Yizhao smiled at Kikyo.

The 13 years old boy is very tall, but his face is still a little immature.

But in the eyes of Kikyo, Su Yizhao is already a handsome young man.

It's just that such a young master with a celestial appearance, she didn't dare to have any assumptions in her heart, after all, Zisu's end was right in front of her eyes.

Zisu has been taken in by the fifteenth young master of the third room as a housekeeper, but she is not envious at all.

The fifteenth young master is already engaged, and the house of the young mistress who has not yet been married is very unhappy about Zisu's existence.

In the past few days, Sanfang is discussing what to do with Zisu.

For this reason, Zi Su's former son even came to her to cry and complained, and even borrowed 20 taels of silver from her to manage, hoping to stay with the fifteenth young master.

"You have done a good job during this period of time. I am very satisfied, so I will reward you." Su Yizhao said.

Seeing that Su Yizhao persisted, Bellflower put away nervously.

"Thank you, Young Master, for the bellflower!"

Seeing that she accepted it, Su Yizhao nodded in satisfaction.

She inadvertently asked: "Jiangsu, are your parents in the big kitchen?"

Kikyo was taken aback when he heard the words, then smiled shyly, and replied: "Yes! The servant's father is the chef in charge of the big kitchen, and the mother is the buyer of the big kitchen, but she is not in charge."

"Well! How old are you this year?" Su Yizhao asked suddenly.

Kikyo suddenly felt uneasy, she quickly raised her head, trying to observe Su Yizhao's expression.

It's a pity that Su Yizhao's handsome face was the same as before, and nothing unusual was seen.

Kikyo immediately lowered his head, suddenly felt a movement in his heart.

"The servant girl is sixteen this year."

"Did the family tell you about marriage? I'm afraid your parents are already showing you a picture? Do you have someone in mind?" Su Yizhao smiled.

Kikyo remembered that her mother had recently mentioned the eldest son of the second house steward's family, and she seemed to have some intentions, so she immediately replied: "No, but mother is considering who to choose, and she hasn't made a decision yet."

"Would you like to follow me to the capital?" Su Yizhao's sudden words made Kikyo's legs go weak.

is this real?What Zisu had been thinking about so much, he actually got a chance?
Kikyo's heart beat wildly, and for a while he felt that he was not as beautiful as Zisu, how could the young master be willing to follow him to the capital?
After a while, I feel that the young master looks good, I'm afraid he doesn't pay attention to his appearance.

Then he felt that the young master should just lack a servant, and it was easy to use her.

Su Yizhao didn't know that Kikyo had already had countless thoughts in his heart.

"I saw that you like to make ink by yourself, and you also like to make flower paper. You did a good job."

Su Yizhao's words made Jugeng wake up immediately, and she replied grumpily: "I'm just interested, and this servant can learn a few words from my father, so I can also learn the arty style of a literati."

"Well! How many months can I get for serving people? Craftsmen don't earn more than this? If you want, you can go to the capital with me. I just want to do business in the four treasures of the study. Your idea is very clever. I like the flower paper and colored ink very much.”

"Ah?" Kikyo didn't expect Su Yizhao to mean this, and was a little stunned.

"As long as you become my man, I will definitely not treat you badly. You go back and think about it carefully. If you are worried about your parents, take them to the capital too. But it is easy to find an errand with me. "

Su Yizhao sent Kikyo back to think about it, she knew that it was not easy for women in this era to step out of the shackles.

If Kikyo doesn't want to fight hard and just wants to marry and live an ordinary life, then she also respects the other's choice.

After all, it is difficult to take that step.

Kikyo left with a preoccupied look on his face, but Su Yizhao started the next plan.

He wrote a letter with his left hand and asked the servant to send someone to the Qu family to deliver the letter.

The old man of the Qu family is summoning family members to the study to discuss matters. He has been restless and irritable for the past few days.

"Father, now there are two parties who want to win over our Qu family. But my son always thinks that this matter is too risky, and it is not appropriate to participate in it!" The eldest son Qu Dong advised with a frown.

"Father, I think it's a good opportunity this time. Since they all ask for us, shouldn't we just ask for it?"

The second son, Qu Liang, felt that this was a good time for the family to rise up. Now that Beiyuan Mansion has three wealthy merchants at the top, how could their Qu family have a bright future?

"Second brother, how can it be so easy to get a share of the pie? Our Qu family has a good recipe for smelting iron ore, but those people are used to doing things like crossing rivers and demolishing bridges, so what if they kick us away? To mix with them is to seek skin from a tiger!"

The eldest son frowned and scolded severely.

"Brother! There is a good recipe, but it may not be able to smelt refined iron. Otherwise, why would our ancestors gain a foothold in this way? There are so many experiments, and the tricks of them are only known by our composers. What are you worried about?"

"Master! Someone sent a letter from outside, saying it is urgent." Suddenly, the steward of the outer court reported it outside the study.

"Who sent it?" Old Master Qu asked thoughtfully.

"The man said he didn't know, he just delivered the letter with money, and he was still waiting for your reply at the concierge."

Several people in the study looked at each other, and then Old Master Qu ordered the steward to bring the letter.

After unfolding the letter and taking a rough look, Mrs. Xu's expression suddenly sank.

"Father, who sent it? What did you write?" the eldest son asked.

"Look for yourselves!" Old Master Qu handed the letter to the two sons, and then sighed.

After a while, Qu Dong exclaimed, "Fourth Prince?"

"The fourth prince also wants to win over our Qu family? Could it be that the fourth prince is behind that mysterious person?" Qu Liang said in shock.

"If that's the case, then it's a bit tricky." Qu Dong frowned, and the prince intervened, but they couldn't help it.

"If it's the fourth prince, it's not impossible?" Qu Liang rolled his eyes, thinking that this is a good opportunity.

"No, this matter must not be done." Old Master Qu immediately objected.

"If we take refuge in the fourth prince, then we will become a thorn in the side of some people, a thorn in the flesh. Our family is in decline, how can we win against those people? There are wolves, tigers and leopards in the court, and our Qu family is just ants in their eyes .”