boudoir

Chapter 403
When Liuli heard the words "his master is down", his heart moved, and he blurted out, "Who is his master?"

Nie Jue said: "It was Song Pi, the father-in-law of Lu Zhen, the eldest grandson of the deposed emperor, who was almost executed by his family. Later, the Holy One took pity on his talent and learning, and pardoned his crimes, and sent him to Guangxi as a county magistrate."

"So it's Song Pi!" Liuli smiled suddenly, "Then the teacher you recommended is surnamed Li?"

"It's the surname Li!" Nie Jue said in surprise, "How does sister-in-law know?" As a man, he didn't know that his mother-in-law, concubine Qi, had told Liuli about the Lu family.

Liuli ignored him, but asked: "I don't know how Mr. Li and the girl from the Lu family are doing now?"

Seeing that she knew even this, Nie Jue thought she knew the inside story, so he said, "The Lu family insisted on not allowing Lu Wanzhen to marry this Li Hong, so they kicked Li Hong out. Li Hong was deeply humiliated and wanted to dance that day." Moat, but was rescued by my family's staff, and then brought him to my house. He has fallen to this point, and now he finally has a decent job for him, can he refuse?"

Liuli pondered for a while, and asked, "How is this Li Hong's character?" Although everyone said that he was talented and learned, she couldn't bring a man with a wicked mind into Zhuangzi, could she?In case Lu Wanzhen was seduced by him and fell in love with him, then she would not sympathize with him even if he was bullied by Lu's family.

"It looks really sincere." Nie Jue thought for a while and said, "I lived in my house for a few days, and I didn't talk much to others. I chatted with him twice, and from what he said, I respect Miss Lu quite a lot. , and only said that I missed her. Later, I was entrusted by my mother-in-law to pretend that Lu Wanzhen was engaged, and he only smiled wryly, and said, "It's good that she is fine."

After Liuli heard this, she was silent for a long time, and said, "If that's the case, let's hire him."

Just as he finished speaking, Jin Xuan had already figured it out, "Forget it, a total of 12 taels of silver is needed, plus the 6 taels that have not yet arrived, a total of 18 taels of silver."

Liuli thought for a while, and said: "I collected some tax money from the fief years ago, and I can invest another 10 taels at most. There are still 8 taels left, can you think of a way?"

Du Rui said, "I'll add 2 taels."

Nie Jue said, "I'll add 1 taels."

Qi Yunke blushed and said, "I only have 5000 taels now."

Liuli smiled and said: "The third master just got married, so of course money is tight. You can forget it. There are still 5 taels. Think about it, who should be brought in?"

Everyone pondered.After a while, Du Rui suddenly said: "Didn't my fourth uncle say that he wanted to invest in shares when Yun Ke got married last time?"

Du Rui's fourth aunt was Marquis Wu'an, the husband of Princess Yitai, who prayed for Yunke to get married last time, and Liuli was indeed listening to them discussing this matter in Chaoqingtang.Princess Yitai Liuli is of course trustworthy, and Luo Qifang is their granddaughter-in-law, so if they want to take a stake, that's of course fine!
"That's exactly what he said!" Nie Jue clapped his hands and said, "I was there at the time, that's what Marquis Wu An said!"

Liu Li happily said: "Since that's the case, Yun Hao, why don't you post a post to visit?"

"Leave this to me!" Du Rui said: "Marquis Wu An has been suffering from a foot disease and is recuperating in the mansion. I can go anytime."

5 taels of silver finally has a goal!We discussed again, and there was no other major matter, so we went our separate ways.

Liuli and Qi Yunhao walked around Xujia Village, and went to Lai Wu's house to eat a few toon omelettes freshly fried by Feng Chuner, and a freshly picked cucumber from the melon shed. Little Dulu wanted to eat it too Then, Qi Yunhao also picked the roots for him and himself. The father and son each held a cucumber, chewing and walking behind Liuli, while coveting the green plums on the tree.

After eating in the Zhuangzi, Liuli lay down in the green gauze tent and fell asleep for a while, then called back the father and son who were watching the hen hatching eggs around the chicken coop, and went back to the house.

Little Dulu was playful and refused to go back, arguing to sleep with the mother chicken. Huangmao couldn't coax her left and right. Min Hua was afraid that the child would lose his voice from crying, so he interceded and let him stay for two days. Zhong Suliang and the others are all here, and they can be a companion.Seeing the child tearing up, Liuli thought that Zuo Minhua would return to the city to hold a wedding in a few days, and she would just let them bring them back when the time came.So he called the people who followed him to stay, and then went back to Beijing with Qi Yunhao.

Du Rui came into the mansion the next day.

"As soon as I mentioned this matter, Marquis Wu An immediately agreed, and he blamed me for not asking him earlier, because he was worrying about it for so long, and he thought we didn't want to see him getting old, so he dragged me to talk for a long time. This is a fifty-thousand-dollar silver ticket, which was given by the princess herself." Du Rui put the silver ticket on the table and pushed it over.

Liu Li didn't expect Marquis Wu An to be so forthright, he didn't take the money for a while, but pondered: "Master Hou, do you have any suggestions for us?" He was the only old man involved in the matter of getting up, if he disagreed with everyone at that time, who would he listen to?Listening to him will definitely affect the overall situation, and not listening to him will inevitably make him unable to step down.Liuli felt that Du Rui took the money too quickly.

Du Rui understood what she meant, and immediately said: "Don't worry, I have thought of everything you think of, so I advocate that I go alone. I went because I am a junior, and the princess loves me, so I can take care of you." The ugly words are all in the front, and it would be hard to say it if someone else went. Marquis Wu An expressly stated that he would not participate in our decision-making, he just pays money and collects money, and not only he doesn’t care about the rest, but the people in Marquis Wu An’s mansion don’t care either.”

Liuli was relieved, "It's so good!" She really admired Du Rui's thoughtfulness so much that she threw herself into the ground.

Du Rui stayed for dinner, praying for Yunhao as the host and Yunke for company. Later, King Dingbei also came, so he added a few more dishes.As soon as Liuli thought that Mrs. Mu was alone in the courtyard, she asked Chunxiang to invite her over again, and the sister-in-law and sister-in-law had dinner in the small flower hall in the backyard.

Mrs. Mu said: "Today Madam went to Mei's Mansion, and Eldest Miss also eats alone."

Liuli smiled and said, "Then add more sets of bowls and chopsticks."

Then Dongmei went to pray for Mulan.

Mrs. Mu said here: "Second Master's wedding date has been fixed. There are three days, the [-]nd of May, the [-]th of June, and the [-]th of June. Let my sister-in-law give her an opinion." Here is another marriage, so a lot of red tape has been saved, and now as long as the date is drawn up, you can wait to do things.

Liuli wiped her nails and said, "Let's set it in May. In June, the weather is too strong, and the visitors may not be able to bear it." Just helping out, it's always too inconvenient to live in someone else's house.

Mu said: "May is still two months away. Everything in the room is ready-made. It will not be too late to make preparations at the beginning of May. However, Auntie Ru in the second room also came to me yesterday and asked about the time of the second master's marriage."

Ruyi again!Liuli sat up: "Next time she asks you this, you let her ask me."

While talking, Qi Mulan arrived, but Li Xie was still behind.Qi Mulan came in first and saluted Liuli, Liuli got up and walked to the dining table, letting them sit down.Then serve.

Like Chunxiang and the others, Li Xie also stood aside, but Chunxiang and the others were there to serve them, while Li Xie stared at Qi Mulan's demeanor.Seeing Liuli pick up her chopsticks, Qi Mulan raised her chopsticks to pick up the braised pork ribs with pickled bamboo shoots in front of her.Li Xie said: "The pork ribs are big, and it's not elegant to eat them. Girl, let's eat meat soup." He pointed to the meat soup on her left.

Qi Mulan had no choice but to scoop up the meat soup.The meat soup is covered with a layer of boiling oil, it doesn't look steamy, but it is very hot in the mouth when you eat it, and the colored glaze is usually scooped into a bowl to dry before eating.Qi Mulan seldom eats at Chaoqingtang, how can she know the mystery of Xie Er's food?Before Liuli could say it, she was so hot that she threw away the spoon.The spoon splashed a piece of oil, and several drops of oil splashed on Liuli and Mu Shi respectively.

Li Xie was startled and said, "Why is the girl so rude?"

Qi Mulan stood up with tears in her eyes, her head hooked like an eggplant beaten by frost.

Liuli didn't know whether she was crying because she was burned or because she was wronged, but seeing this, she couldn't help coughing, and said to Dongmei, "Go get a cup of warm milk for the eldest girl."

Dongmei quickly poured her milk, and Qi Mulan's tears were already falling like broken tears.

Mrs. Mu and Li Xie said, "Mr. Li should go down to eat too."

Li Yan sighed, gave a blessing, turned around and went down.

Qi Mulan was still crying, Liuli said: "Drink the milk, moisten your mouth, and eat."

Mrs. Mu hurriedly supported Qi Mulan's shoulders to make her sit up, and then handed her the milk.

Liuli said: "Do you think Li Shake is in charge of you right?"

Qi Mulan raised her head, looked at her in a daze, then lowered her gaze in a daze.Liuli picked up the bowl and said: "Li Xie's words are correct. There is nothing to cry about. If you know your mistakes, you can correct them. If you have that grievance, you might as well pay attention and try not to let people say that next time." .”

Qi Mulan stayed for a long while, then hummed, wiped away her tears, and picked up her chopsticks again.

Seeing that the atmosphere was relaxed, Mu secretly breathed a sigh of relief and started eating.

Liuli took over the matter of setting the rules, and she will start working on it in the next few days. The next day, she called Qi Mulan and said, "Let your second sister-in-law do the work, and you stay and write for me."

Qi Mulan was surprised and stood still, Mu pushed her hurriedly and said: "Sister-in-law is a month old, so you can stay and help." Then she followed Liuli into the study.

Liuli read one and she wrote one, sometimes deleted and rewritten, and sometimes added and modified, so busy that she was busy until noon, and finally had a preliminary regulation.She didn't say anything else to Qi Mulan from the beginning to the end, as if she was purely someone who came to help her.Liuli didn't keep her food either, and sent her away after leaving the study.Qi Mulan didn't complain a single word, and she bowed silently before leaving.

(End of this chapter)