Rebirth of the Main Room Manual

Chapter 186
Hua Yu and Hong's mother went to the front yard to explain to Du Zhong, saying that the young lady would leave the house tomorrow and asked him to make relevant preparations, but Du Zhong followed them back to Yuhuiyuan, saying that he had something to report to the young lady.

Yi Qingping withdrew the girls, sat on the couch and looked at the account book, while listening to Du Zhong explain the situation of Peng Qing, the second son of the Peng family, and the concubine's room.

The engagement between Peng Qing and Wang Wenhui was a matter between two families. Peng Qing himself had long liked the girl he had taken as his concubine. In the home of the uncle who is a teacher in the church, it is naturally difficult for such a family to marry Peng Qing, who is from a famous family. When she learned that Peng Qing was discussing marriage, the girl was extremely sad, and she did not want to see Peng Qing again, so she invited her uncle Hired a carriage to take her back to her hometown, Peng Qing chased her out of the city and stopped the girl from letting her go. The two had a deep affection and finally couldn't bear to part. Peng Qing bought a house outside the city and lived with the girl as husband and wife. On a small day, the girl was pregnant soon, and Peng Qing reported the truth to Peng's mother. The Peng family didn't want their heirs to be left outside, so they had to allow Peng Qingna to marry the girl as a good concubine.

Now, the fetus in that concubine's womb is two months old!That is to say, when Peng and Wang's two families got engaged, Peng Qing was already with that girl!

When the Peng family learned that Peng Qing had raised someone outside and planned to take him as a concubine, they never thought of hiding it from the Hou Mansion. Mother Peng even came to the mansion in person to ask for forgiveness. After all, it is not unusual for a man to take a concubine. It's just that the order is slightly wrong. For this reason, Peng's mother is willing to show the greatest sincerity and make some compensation to the new daughter-in-law who has not been married.

At that time, Mother Peng received Fang Zheng's reception, and I don't know what she said. In short, the matter stopped here, and she stopped reporting to the old lady. Wang Wenhui and even the Wang family didn't know about it, and Fang Zheng's After receiving the 5000 taels of silver given by Peng's mother, plus a farm outside the city, it was Peng Qing's compensation for his wife who had never been married.

It was a very simple matter. Mrs. Fang Zheng blocked it and mixed up the water. Thanks to Wang Wenhui's luck, Peng Qing took his concubine's room out to play and was seen by Wang Wenyuan. The sedan chair was married to Peng's house, and seeing her husband and concubine loving each other, raising a child together, and ignoring her, it was too late for her to cry.

She was fooled by her aunt to fall into that situation, she could have died unjustly!
Yiqing asked: "Are these facts true? Are you sure it's not just hearsay?"

Du Zhong replied: "Young Madam, these people are all top-notch craftsmen, and they are ordered to inquire, and there will be no fakes!"

"Then, they won't go around talking nonsense, right? If it reaches the old lady's ears, the old lady will be very angry!"

"Young Madam, don't worry! I guarantee that there will be no leaks!"

"Okay, let's put this matter aside for now."

Yiqing closed the account book and said, "One more thing: go back and pay attention, there is a man named Lin among the followers around you, he is seventeen or eighteen years old, he has a son, and his family lives in the back street of our Houfu. Now, she is the next door neighbor to a woman surnamed Liang who sweeps fallen leaves in the mansion..."

Du Zhong hurriedly said: "Yes, yes, the young lady will understand when she mentions the young one—it is the sixth son of the Lin family, who has been running errands with the young one for more than a year!"

"How are you sure it's him?"

"Xiao'er has only one surnamed Lin, and his family does live next door to Liang's mother. Lin Liu'er was introduced to me by the second son of Liang's family!"

Yiqing raised her eyebrows: "What does the second son of the Liang family do?"

"The second son of the Liang family is named Liang Youlu, and he is a steward of the front yard."

"A manager? How are you doing?"

"Just take care of some insignificant miscellaneous things, no one can make mistakes!"

Yiqing said: "This steward Liang Youluliang doesn't have any old relationship with you, does he? Why do I feel that you brought him up as steward?"

Du Zhong lowered his head and said honestly: "Returning to the young lady: Liang Youlu was engaged to my sister-in-law's sister in the early years with the consent of the old lady. This relative always sends meat, vegetables and candy to his dead fiancée’s house during the holidays, and my sister-in-law, for the sake of his kindness and honesty, let me support him...Young Madam, what happened to him?"

Yiqing was silent for a while, then said: "Liang Er didn't hear anything about him, how is that Lin Liu?"

Du Zhong said: "Lin Liu is alright, his hands and feet are considered to be diligent, and the boys are like that. If there is nothing to talk about, if you assign them work, you can do it quickly!"

"You follow Master Hou, and they follow you. Don't you have any restrictions and guidelines? For example, sometimes you have to keep your mouth shut when you do something, and you can't say it out at will?"

Du Zhong's expression became serious: "It's not that sometimes people who follow me are not allowed to talk to others casually when they do something outside...even family members are not allowed to talk!"

Yiqing said: "But that Lin Liu, he followed you to do things outside, and when he got home, he not only told his family, but also let his neighbor named Liang know about it!"

Du Zhong was stunned for a moment, and a cold expression appeared on his thin face: "Young one understands! I will investigate this matter when I go back, and deal with it, and then report it to Young Madam!"

"I told you not to do it, what to check? How long do you want to check?"

Du Zhong said anxiously: "Then, can the young lady let the little one know what's going on?"

Yiqing said: "It's the good thing that you Lord Hou did. The house on Ji'an Street is under the name of Xia's family. I heard that you have been leading the boys to run around in that house. All kinds of things, did the Marquis tell you not to say anything about it? Now the aunt knows about it, and the aunt heard it from Mrs. Liang, who sweeps the garden. Mrs. Liang lives next door to Lin Liu, and Mrs. Liang said this clearly I heard it from Lin Liu! My aunt was already at odds with me, how could she let go of the opportunity to embarrass me? There are two ways to go directly to the old lady. Of course, this statement cannot be established, because the accounts I manage are clear and clear, and I can't find any mistakes. Besides, I have been greedy for such a large amount of money in just a few hundred days. I don't have that ability. Another way of saying it is that you Lord Hou couldn’t bear my pleading and gave my family a mansion worth tens of thousands of taels of silver! I have given away the mansion of tens of thousands of taels of silver, can the rest be less? Old lady Now I feel like I’m a picky person, I don’t like to talk to me, the way I look at me is completely wrong, Master Hou is not at home, I can’t explain it, I’m suffering now!”

Du Zhong really wanted to slap himself twice. Before leaving, Lord Hou asked him to take care of the young lady's safety and try his best to help the young lady solve the problems she might encounter. Unexpectedly, he didn't help her with anything. Well, the subordinates couldn't keep their mouths shut, and they actually caused such a big trouble for the young lady first!

He bowed his head in shame and said: "Young one is not good at discipline, and you will be strict with your subordinates when you go back. Then Lin Liu can no longer be used! Check who is involved in these rumors and punish them together! The little one is negligent, but this time Lord Hou is not in the capital at the time, so the younger one cannot leave his post without permission, please young lady let the younger one go for the time being, and make a note of this time, when Lord Hou returns, the younger one will take the punishment himself!"

Yiqing said: "How to punish, you can decide, and you have to be a warning, don't leak other things! This matter is nothing to me, I don't care, but my aunt like Holding me like a big handle, the old lady will only increase her troubles. The old lady is getting old and can't stand the trouble, and the Marquis is not at home. It is best to keep peace and tranquility at home, and don't have any accidents! "

Du Zhong lowered his head even lower: "Young ones should be punished! We must be more careful from now on!"

Yiqing said: "This matter is not over yet, because you are responsible for delivering things to the house, and then, maybe one day the old lady will call your name and ask you, you have to know. "

Du Zhong said dumbfoundedly: "Uh, this... That house is clearly not included in the account, it is not considered the property of the Hou Mansion!"

"You mean that the house actually belongs to the small treasury?"

"Yes, yes! Lord Hou bought several houses last year, but they were all put away after they were bought, and they were not recorded anywhere..."

Yiqing nodded, and said: "I see. The old lady may not ask you in the near future, but she will always ask. Then you can just say - the house was originally bought by Lord Hou for the Qin Palace. One time, Lord Hou was supposed to accompany me back to my natal home to visit my relatives who just came to Beijing, but was sent out of the city by the King of Qin to do some errands, and it took me five or six days to come back, which delayed my reunion with my relatives. People! That is to say, that house has nothing to do with the Zheng Mansion! You just said that, remember?"

Du Zhong was tongue-tied: But that house is really for Lord Hou to honor his father-in-law!Du Zhong knew best. In order to make Xia's family believe that he is a good son-in-law, Lord Hou spent a lot of thought on the new house in the Xia mansion. Now that the young lady wants him to give such an explanation, isn't Lord Hou's intentions all the more? Wasn't it?
Yiqing ignored Du Zhong's strange expression, and continued to ask: "Master Hou once said that there are manpower patrols in Pang Mansion and Xia Mansion. Is there anything you can report to me recently?"

Du Zhong hurriedly replied: "Return to Young Madam: Master Hou has indeed made arrangements, and the people on patrol over there are also under the supervision of the younger ones, just because Master Hou said that there is no need to bother Young Madam with small things, so as to save Young Madam from being in a hurry , as usual, each family lives its own life. For example, this time when people from the south of the Yangtze River came to pass on the news, the younger ones were silent. If there are other big things, it must be reported to the younger generation. Madame's!"

"Very good, that's it."

Yiqing suddenly thought of something, and couldn't help asking: "Miss Wang, is there any arrangement?"

Du Zhong replied: "Yes, Miss Wang lives in a single-door courtyard. In order to prevent accidents, there are guards on duty all the time!"

Yiqing nodded: "It should be like this, that's it, you go down first, if you have anything to do, we will talk about it when you leave the house tomorrow!"

"Yes! Resign, little one!"

　I'm sorry dears, the power was cut off yesterday, and the update was interrupted, and I will try to make it up today!
　　
　
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