The Prince's Humen's Wife

Chapter 165
"It's the old slave's disrespect." Mother He quickly put away her emotions, stood aside and wiped the corners of her eyes. She wanted to say something, but when she thought of the girl who was injured last night, and was beaten and scolded by the lady when she returned to the mansion, she felt in her heart I felt a bad breath and didn't know how to vent it.

She squinted her eyes coldly, "Girl, although the fourth girl is miserable, you didn't do this matter, and it's a shame."

Dongyue glanced at Li Chaochao, took a sip, and dared not say that it was Lan Shizi's doing. She also knew that Lan Shizi was doing it for the sake of the girl, and his methods were also ruthless, but it still lacked the woman's delicate mind. The girl was beaked.

Li Chaochao sensed Dongyue's disapproving gaze, and smiled lightly, "Talk off the tongue? It's only the eldest lady who speaks. Didn't the eldest master have someone notify the whole house, and no one is allowed to embarrass me."

Mother He raised her eyebrows strangely, "When did the Elder Master change his temper?"

She really couldn't believe that the old man would help Fifth Miss. He just heard a few words before, and decided that Fifth Miss was a bastard. He wanted to kill Fifth Miss and dig up Fifth Aunt's grave. How could such a ruthless person be so kind.

Could it be that he saw that his daughters were all useless, so he turned his brain on Miss Wu?

There must be some purpose.

Li Chaochao smiled without saying a word, while Dongyue kept staring at her expression, seeing the fifth girl smiling so ambiguously, she suddenly realized that it must be Lan Shizi who did it.

Dongyue couldn't help but want to slap her on the forehead, but she was still stupid when she said it, and couldn't figure out the intentions of these masters. What was the meaning of Lan Shizi's carelessness first, and then to make up for it later?
Li Chaochao knew it in his heart, so he skipped this topic and asked Qiu Shuang first, "Have the store's accounts been sorted out? Will there be losses if the store is closed?"

Qiu Shuang had long been waiting aside with the account book, "No, the servant has verified it, and there is still profit. We made a lot of money from the business in the capital."

Li Chaochao nodded, "Go and get half of it to buy a Zhuangzi and a field."

Qiushuang was stunned, "Miss closed the shop in Zhenjiang, is she going to plant the land? It's going to be winter soon, even if it is planting, it will take next year, I'm afraid there will be no progress."

Li Chaochao smiled, "I'll save it, it's just temporarily closed, and it will be easy to make up for it when Li Boxing goes to the capital to open a shop in a few days. Let me arrange this in advance. Let Xiangchen go out more and find a loyal and honest person to take care of it." Zhuangzi."

Qiu Shuang nodded in response, Xia He opened the curtain from the outside and came in, Li Chaochao saw it and said, "If you don't have enough money, exchange the remaining six pearls for silver."

Everyone was dumbfounded, those were sent by Lan Shizi, ten South Sea pearls, before the fifth girl took two to embarrass her face, and then gave two to her aunt today, the remaining six were actually sold, because she dared to sell them. , They didn't dare, it was Lan Shizi's wish after all.

The people in the Shuangzhu House are all Li Chaochao's confidantes, and they know a little bit about Lan Shizi's friendship with the fifth girl. These days, in addition to sending the cook, they also send people to send a lot of things, but there is no gold or silver. Objects, these ten big pearls are really rare in the world.

Qiu Shuang hurriedly said: "Don't worry, girl, the money must be enough. Now the south has been flooded for a while, and the crops are not harvested well, so the price should not be too expensive."

"Yes, yes." Dongyue also hurriedly said, "Girl, don't touch the pearl, it hurts to see it."

Li Chaochao also responded with a smile, she suddenly thought of something again, bowed her head and gave a few instructions to Mother He beside her, watched her leave, and looked out of the window from a distance, within one night, the whole city knew that the Li family had gone crazy mother-in-law.

There was a faint and cold smile on her lips, and there was no disturbance in her heart.

It only said that that night, the elder of the Li family was drinking outside. After hearing the boy's report, he smiled a little stiffly on his face. He turned his head and held the wine glass to the elegant and handsome man beside him, "That... Lan Shizi, what happened today? And thank you."

Lan Lingyu on the side smiled alienatedly, "It's just a matter of raising a finger, my second brother is going to marry the third girl in your mansion soon, we are already in-laws, how can such a thing that damages reputation be ostentatious, let someone's It doesn't look good on your face."

The elder was a little embarrassed, and said with shame: "If Lan Shizi hadn't reminded you, I would have forgotten that the open-mouthed woman at home knew how to fool around."

Lan Lingyu's eyes turned cold, "You have to look for the right person if you are fooling around. How can Miss Fourth be blamed on Miss Fifth? Is it because Miss Fifth is a concubine? So you can be beaten and scolded?"

He smiled coldly, "It stands to reason that as a junior, I shouldn't talk too much about your family's affairs. It's just that you have been depressed because you offended the prefect Cai. Anyway, our two families are also in-laws. Let me help you." It should be, but Mr. Li runs the family like this, and the house is not peaceful. Even if I want to go back to Beijing to help you move around, I can't erase your family's reputation. I don't want Mrs. Li to frame the concubine daughter, such a shameful thing Everything can be done, even if you are transferred to the capital, you will be shamed by the officials in the capital, and you will not be able to integrate in. No wife or wife of a wealthy family in the capital would do this, otherwise you would have eaten Yushi long ago Taiwan's impeachment. Sure enough, the sky is high and the emperor is far away.

Lan Lingyu's words made Mr. Li's face turn red and white, then turn black and green again, it was not a color at all.

Grandpa Li heard that Lan Lingyu wanted to help him move around and was transferred to be an official in Beijing. He was excited, but the more he listened, the more he felt ashamed, but he couldn't find anything to refute. What Lan Shizi said was the truth, Mr. He had also heard a little about what kind of tricks Madam is. If it wasn't for being scolded by the prefect earlier, Lan Lingyu helped and said a few words, and the two of them came out to drink, Lan Shizi reminded a few words, don't blame people by mistake Otherwise, it would be even more difficult to deal with the trouble. He immediately thought that the woman at home would definitely have trouble with the fifth girl, so he immediately sent someone home to stop him. Unexpectedly, their guesses came true, and he was even more jealous of Lan Lingyu. Nothing to say.

"This... this..." Mr. Li wiped off his cold sweat, and felt a wave of fear in his heart. Not only did he do stupid things for the eldest lady, but also because he almost lost a chance to enter the capital, he had to curry favor with Lan Lingyu no matter what he said. is.

He thought of the idea that the eldest lady wanted to marry the fourth girl to Lan Lingyu a while ago, but now that something like this happened to the fourth girl, how can he speak up, but there is no other way to curry favor with this person Well, after all, Lan Lingyu is a son of the world, and he has never seen any good things.

Grandpa Li thought for a while, and said: "Thanks to Lan Shizi's help this time, otherwise the magistrate would scold me bloody again. You don't know the pain in my heart these days."

"Master Li is serious, don't forget that we are relatives, so we naturally need to help." A sly light flashed across Lan Lingyu's eyes.

(End of this chapter)