Yu Tang Golden Boudoir

Chapter 16 Blackmail (3)

"It's cold in the hallway, third lady, go in and watch the snow. You take this hand stove first, and I'll get it for fifth lady!" Yinhua enthusiastically stuffed a half-worn red copper hand stove into Li Yunshang's arms, walking briskly In addition, I went to fetch the stove for Li Tian.

"Third sister came here to watch the snow. I have walked through this yard several times, and this is the best place to see the snow scene." Li Tian waved across the yard. Lang turned around and stood next to Li Tian, ​​looked up for a while, then suddenly said 'Yah' and said: "Guan Xue, A Niang asked you to come over, saying that it is to cut clothes for the New Year."

"Then let's hurry over there." Li Tian laughed hurriedly, Li Yunshang shook his head and smiled and said, "I came to practice the piano with Mr. Shui, and Auntie asked me to bring a word by the way, she won't send the little girl to run away with such heavy snow. Come on, hurry up and go."

Li Tian frowned slightly, and asked her to go alone, what is there to discuss?In a family like the Yongguo Mansion, there are rules and regulations for everything, and he doesn't know what will happen, Li Tian secretly sighed, changed into a gray and white silk cotton cloak, took Xiongmao and Qingzhi, and went out Go to the chamber.

In the meeting hall, Mrs. Yang was sitting on the front couch, his daughter-in-law Zhou was standing in the corner of the couch on the left, the second wife Xu and the third wife Liu were sitting side by side on the left armchair, Li Tian came in, took off the cloak and handed it to Qing Mrs. Xu glanced at Li Tian presumptuously up and down, and Mrs. Liu kept looking at Li Tian with probing eyes. Mrs. Yang glanced at Xu and Liu in disgust, and then glanced at Li Tian even more disgustedly. Tian, ​​Mrs. Zhou greeted Li Tian with her eyes, subconsciously glanced at her mother-in-law, and lowered her head again.

Li Tian met the ceremony in a proper manner, and stood on the right side of the couch with his hands down.

"Sit down." Madam Yang's voice revealed an undisguised annoyance, Li Tian slightly bowed her knees and thanked her, and sat respectfully on the middle chair on the right.

"Yo! This is the rule of the old lady of the Ningyuan Houfu? Do you still have us elders in your eyes? Ah? Wait until you don't come, just wait until you don't come, it's good to come. If you don't have a gift, you will be ashamed." Sit down? Does any family have the rule that juniors sit in front of elders? Is there a word for filial piety? Dalang’s daughter-in-law is still standing!" The second wife Xu stared at Li Tian and said meanly, Li Tian swept her expressionlessly With a glance, she turned to look at Mrs. Yang, but Mrs. Yang picked up the cup and drank tea with her eyes downcast!

"I don't understand what Second Aunt said. My surname is Li, and I am the eldest daughter of the fourth concubine of the Duke of Yongguo. What does the rules of the old lady of the Ningyuan Hou Mansion that the Second Aunt mentioned have anything to do with our family? Second Aunt Are you waiting for me? I don’t know which woman my second aunt sent to summon my niece and daughter? Qingzhi, go back and check our yard first, if you find something that bullies you, you’ll beat it up and sell it! It's not from our yard, you report it to your uncle, she will never tolerate such a slave who bullies the master in the house." Li Tian's voice was soft and peaceful, but his words were like sharp knives.

Qingzhi agreed bluntly, and it was Li Yunshang, the third lady, who sent the message. Madam Yang's face turned green, she put down her glass heavily and shouted: "Okay!" .Mrs. Zhou looked at Li Tian in surprise, then glanced at her mother-in-law's green face, her eyebrows twitched excitedly, and hurriedly lowered her head holding her breath.

The third wife, Mrs. Liu looked at Mrs. Xu gloatingly, and Mrs. Xu kept patting the table angrily: "It's the other way around! Are there any elders in this eye? Ah? Are there any?"

"Respect yourself!" This time Madam Yang blocked Xu Shi back before Li Tian could speak, "Okay, there's still business to do!"

The second wife, Mrs. Xu, was still quite afraid of Mrs. Yang, and she didn't dare to make any more noise, so she threw the knife fiercely at Li Tian.

"I called you here to talk about the clothes for the New Year." Mrs. Yang said bluntly: "Our family is not as wealthy as your grandma, and there are rules for clothes for the four seasons. Now the girls and women in your yard More than twice as many as my sisters, not to mention the cost of charcoal and vegetables, but even if I wear clothes like this in the four seasons, I can't convince everyone."

Li Tian raised his eyebrows, thought for a while and was about to speak, the third wife, Liu Shi, chuckled and said, "A shop as big as yours says no, and my sister-in-law even talks about a few clothes, so she's not afraid of being laughed at."

"Eat the inside and outside, hold the Li family's bowl, eat the Li family's food, and give the shop to others!" The second Mrs. Xu became angry when she heard this, and she simply jumped up and cursed. Zhou looked at Li Tian sympathetically. , Li Tian turned his head to look at Mrs. Liu San, and said with sudden concern: "It is said that the Sifang Pavilion will be renovating the house starting tomorrow to prepare for the Chinese New Year to receive envoys. I heard that the third uncle has received an urgent mission. , It’s really hard for Third Auntie.”

Mrs. Liu San was stunned: "Fifth sister still knows how to care about your third uncle."

"Grandma Xiong has a distant nephew who is also working in the Sifang Pavilion. I happen to be in the same class as the third uncle. I heard him talk about this." Li Tian met Liu's gaze, his tone was soft but there was a faint chill in the Sifang Pavilion. After a few months of rewards and private distributions, one person gave out 300 taels of silver, and Sanfang kept all the silver in secret without saying a word.

Mrs. Liu San's complexion changed slightly, she subconsciously glanced at Mrs. Yang, laughed a few times, turned her head away, and refused to say even a polite answer.Mrs. Zhou looked at Li Tian in surprise, then at Mrs. Liu San, and secretly made up her mind.

Mrs. Yang was still sad about the shop that Li Tian lost, but she didn't notice Mrs. Liu's sudden retreat. Mrs. Xu's patronage was full of curses, and she didn't even hear what Li Tian said clearly.

Seeing that Mrs. Liu San turned her head and closed her mouth, Li Tian looked for the words of Mrs. Xu Er, looked at Mrs. Yang and said, "These people were left to me by my grandmother, and they are all for my grandmother's love. If you want to reduce them, I will I can't bear to part with one, but if I don't cut it down, I'm going to embarrass my aunt. There are rules in the house. No matter how much my aunt loves me, she can't break the rules. Otherwise, it's the same as the monthly rules. Come on, my sister’s yard has a lot of clothes for the four seasons of the year, and my aunt will send the material and silk thread to my yard, let them piece together, and cut the clothes by themselves.”

Madam Yang stared at Li Tian fiercely. She had taken a fancy to Li Tian's girls, who were hundreds of times better than Li Yunshang's girls. After two years, getting married in the future is a rare arm.This girl doesn't take people seriously!Mrs. Yang suddenly became angry, turned to look at Mrs. Xu and asked, "Didn't you just say you have something to do? Hurry up if you have something to say."

The Second Mrs. Xu was yelling and cursing happily, feeling relieved. After hearing Madam Yang's words, she was stunned for a moment before she realized it. She raised her hand and pointed at Li Tian and said, "I heard that there is a woman named Shui in your yard who can play the piano." , ask her to come and serve your fourth sister, your fourth sister wants a woman who can play the piano to follow."

Li Tian didn't even look at Mrs. Xu, but tilted his head and stared at Mrs. Yang for a long while. The light smile on his face couldn't tell whether it was sarcasm or amused: "Mr. Shui was originally a qin priest in the palace. A few years ago, my grandmother promised her that I would enshrine her as an elder for the rest of my life. Since my aunt wants to ask her to teach the sisters in the mansion to play the piano, it is a good thing, but the matter of Shuxiu must be discussed first. Xiu is a bit more expensive than other offerings, 5000 taels of silver per person a year, and I will ask Mr. Shui again when my aunt prepares the silver."

Madam Yang's face flushed red all of a sudden, and the finger that was pointing at Li Tian kept shaking.

"Bah! You said offerings are offerings? What do you think you are? It's not like you to rob money!" Second Mrs. Xu began to jump and scold again. Li Tian frowned in annoyance. She hated it the most. Such a half-reasonable shrew who can only be vicious and swearing, one day, if no one is driving her, she must let Yue Niang stuff her mouth with horse manure!
"My aunt is busy right now, so I won't bother my aunt any more. My niece and daughter will leave." Li Tian simply stood up and bowed his knees to leave. Zhou's eyes looked at Li Tian warmly and reverently, and moved back and forth twice excitedly. Fifth sister, so attractive!Her offering is so valuable?The mother-in-law who was slapped by this slap will be angry for ten days and a half months!What did she mean by what she said to the third wife?Why is the third wife so afraid of becoming like that?This is an urgent matter, so we must hurry up and inquire about it.

Li Tian came out and walked a long way before he let out a long sigh of relief. Mother Xiong looked at Li Tian and said, "Don't be as knowledgeable as them, alas, how did this Duke of Yong's mansion become like this?"

"Well, how can I have the time to care about these small things? Mammy has someone to prepare the car, I have to go to Fanlou, I have to move around outside." Li Tian ordered while walking to Qingtongyuan, Mammy Xiong agreed, and went straight to the side. The door went out to call a car, Li Tian went back to Qingtong Courtyard to change clothes, took Yue Niang into the car and went to Fanlou.

Mrs. Zhou came out of Mrs. Yang's room very late again, and Nanny Xiao hurriedly picked it up and handed her a hand stove. Mrs. Zhou hugged the stove and asked eagerly and curiously, "Have you found out?"

"Yeah." With a smile on her face, Mammy Xiao looked left and right, leaned closer to Mrs. Zhou and said in a low voice, "I found Mammy Xiong who is next to Fifth Lady, Madam Xiong is really nice and refreshing. Very well, I told me everything, only one thing, grandma has to keep her mouth shut, and Madam must not let this matter know."

"I know, tell me!"

"Mother Xiong's distant nephew, who is in the same class as the third master of our family in the Sifang Pavilion, said that in the past few months, he has been rewarded with dividends back and forth, and each of them has divided two or three hundred taels of silver!"

"So much? Sanfang hasn't paid a penny!"

"It's still handed over, not to mention the money, they didn't even miss a word!" Xiao Momo curled her lips and said, "In this mansion, there are really not many fools like this!"

"En!" Zhou bit her lip, her steps were slow, but her mind was spinning fast.

(End of this chapter)