in spring

Chapter 132

At this moment, a male voice came from outside the door: "What's the matter? Why is it so quiet?" Then the curtain was lifted, and several men walked in.Although Qing Jiao recognized that the leader was Lord Hou, followed by the familiar young master of the Hou Mansion and a young man, he still cautiously took two steps back and lowered his head.

An's and Li's both stood up to say hello, Yijun and Xijun all saluted, Huo Yi knew they were uncles by their address, and immediately bowed down to salute.Lord Hou smiled and responded one by one, and everyone sat down again.

An's somewhat complained about Huo Yi's words just now, and said: "Master Hou should also persuade my aunt, why should the whole family see each other? Could it be that our house can't live? My niece wants to move out as soon as possible. ?" She was very angry, how much effort did she spend on the Huo family in order to realize the wish in her heart?Who knows that everything is not going well!In the letter sent by Ping An from the south, it was mentioned that Mr. Li Jing stopped him from doing things, it was like turning his arms out!She didn't gain anything for herself, and now the Huo family's little girl still wants to slip away?What a dream!What do you think of yourself as?The little girl doesn't know etiquette, so let someone who knows etiquette suppress her!
Hou Ye frowned slightly when he heard the words, and looked at his sister: "But what's so embarrassing? We are close relatives of flesh and blood. When we communicated earlier, we also agreed to go home and live at home. Why did we change our minds?"

Mrs. Li moved uneasily, and glanced at her daughter: "Yi'er is young and ignorant, brother, don't be angry... Yi'er! Why don't you pay your uncle and aunt soon?!"

Huo Yi pursed her lips, her eyes turned red, and knelt down on the ground: "Uncle, aunt, please forgive my niece for being rude. It's not that my niece doesn't know what to do, it's because she was really scared by others. When I was in Nanjing, my father passed away. , the emperor issued an order to choose an heir for the Huo family, and the clan members... Feeling unwilling, they often came to ask for some benefits. At that time, the whole family was in a hurry for the funeral, and the mother was seriously ill, so the eldest cousin was invited Come to preside over the overall situation, but the clansmen said that the eldest cousin is an outsider and can't control the Huo family's affairs. In desperation, the niece had no choice but to come forward, and they..." She paused, swallowed a few words of complaint with difficulty, and tilted her head slightly , but everyone in the room thought that "they" must have gone too far, and couldn't help but feel angry, but they felt sorry for this weak girl, so polite, and refused to expressly criticize the words and deeds of the elders.

Huo Yi paused, and then continued: "Since I heard that my mother and I planned to return to Beijing with our family, they spread rumors everywhere, saying that our mother and daughter will move all the Huo family's property to the Li family. It's just an empty air. There are countless obscenities. After we set off from Nanjing, we heard that they were collecting travel expenses and would also come to Beijing, claiming to tell the heirs about our mother and daughter swallowing up the Huo family's property. Mother was afraid that they would really After doing this, even if you feel unwell on the way, you have to hurry up so that you can reach the capital as soon as possible. Yi'er knows that her grandmother, uncle and aunt really feel sorry for my mother and me. It’s better to draw a clear line earlier, so that they have no excuses. Please also ask grandma, uncle, and aunt to be careful.” After saying that, he bowed deeply.

Lord Hou hurriedly stood up: "Get up quickly, Yi'er has a grievance, we will naturally make the decision for you, you should have told us earlier!"

With the help of the girl, Huo Yi got up slowly, lowered her head and said, "The Huo family's internal affairs have been troubled by uncle's house, how could my niece have the face to speak out?"

Lord Hou sighed.An Shi didn't respond yet, the old lady was already furious, and hurriedly asked her daughter: "Is Yi'er telling the truth? Are those villains really so bold?!" Li Shi wept, "It's useless to be all daughters..." The old lady became even more annoyed, and called her eldest grandson, Li Jing: "What are you doing to eat? You let people bully your aunt and cousin like this?! What are you doing?!"

Li Jing hurriedly knelt down and said, "Grandson called someone to stop him, but the patriarch of the Huo clan brought someone here himself, and declared that it was the internal affairs of the Huo family, and grandson... really couldn't intervene."

Huo Yi hurriedly said: "Grandmother calmed down, this matter is thanks to my eldest cousin, if he hadn't tried his best to stop them, I'm afraid those people would break into mother's room. Mother is sick, Yi'er is still young, A few more stewards have colluded with those people, if not for the help of the big cousin, I don’t know what kind of chaos will be in the house!"

The old lady kept a straight face and said nothing, so Lord Hou took the opportunity to say: "That's all right, it's what he should do. It's just that there are still many shortcomings." Then he lowered his face and asked the eldest son: "If it's because of Patriarch Huo's Fame, didn’t stop them from making trouble, then how did your aunt and cousin get involved when they went to Beijing?! Look at your aunt’s face! Didn’t you take good care of your elders along the way?!”

Li Jing lowered his head and said: "It's all because of my son's negligence. Because the Huo clan didn't come to the door before departure, my son thought they would not come to make trouble again. How could I have thought that they had such an idea? When I went ashore to buy in Hanzhuang, I just Hearing about this incident, my aunt was afraid that they would go to Beijing first, which would cause misunderstandings and troubles for nothing, so she ordered to leave as soon as possible. The son also agreed with the aunt's idea, but forgot that the aunt was still ill." He solemnly told Li Shi gave a big gift: "It's all my nephew's fault."

Mrs. Li hurriedly helped him: "I made my own decision, how could it be your fault?" Turning back to his mother and elder brother, he said, "For the past half a year, thanks to this child, if it wasn't for him, our orphans and widows would have lost their lives." ..." Before he finished speaking, his voice choked up.

The old lady felt distressed when she saw it, and hurriedly hugged her to comfort her: "Okay, now that we are home, no one will dare to bully your mother and daughter. Don't worry!" Glancing at Li Jing, his complexion improved a lot: "That's all right. You are young, and you may not think carefully. You can't do this again in the future!"

Li Jing said yes and withdrew respectfully.Jing looked at her husband worriedly, then glanced at the old lady quietly, and bit her lip.

An Shi cleared her throat, and said with a smile: "Have you heard what Master Hou said? Don't worry about your niece, just stay with us. If the Huo clan dares to come, let them know how powerful they are! As for the heir, let alone Worry, that's just a child, what do you know?"

Huo Yi frowned quickly, but the old lady said: "Well said! Our family has always had a good reputation, and we are not afraid of others splashing dirty water!" Then she said to her daughter: "Take that child with me tomorrow. Stay here, lest someone provoke you!"

Mrs. Li smiled weakly: "He also has parents. We are already in Beijing, so why separate them?"

The old lady looked at her daughter disapprovingly, and was about to speak, but Qingyu suddenly said: "Madam, are you dizzy again?" Then she told the old lady: "Madam didn't rest well all the way, and she cried in the middle of the night last night. The young one dared to ask the old lady for forgiveness, but the wife is really tired, and she was afraid that she would fall ill again." Hearing this, Huo Yi came over worriedly and took her mother's hand.Li smiled lightly and said: "It's okay, I want to talk to my mother for a while..." But his face became paler and paler.

The old lady was frightened, and hurriedly called the girl: "Hurry up, help my aunt to rest. Is the house all tidied up?"

"It's already packed." An did not dare to say anything else, and hurriedly replied, "The Wanxiang House is next to it. The tea and tea on the bed are ready-made, but I don't know how many people my aunt brought, so I only arranged Five or six people were there."

"Help him over quickly!" The old lady wanted to go out in person, Liuli took two steps forward with a wink, and supported Li Shi with Qingxie, and went out the door.Huo Yi apologized to the old lady, Lord Hou and An Shi, and hurriedly followed.

The old lady sat down and wiped her tears all the time: "Zhang'er, I didn't know that your sister has suffered so much, you have to take good care of her in the future."

"What mother said is true." Hou Ye respectfully agreed, and ordered his wife, "Quickly arrange for people to go there, and then send a letter to the Huo family's old house, and ask his family's steward to bring the luggage and familiar servants over. Although my niece has concerns, our family will not abandon our relatives just to save face!"

An Shi hurriedly agreed, turned her back, but rolled her eyes, thinking about it.

The third young master Li You has been watching this scene silently, for some reason, he finds it a bit ironic.Among them, Cousin Huo is an interesting person. When she finds out about her parents' arrangements, how will she respond?

After everyone dispersed, Li You went back to the main room with his mother. Hearing that she had arranged some housework, he used an excuse to leave and went back to Huanhuaxuan. Do you know what happened?"

"What funny thing happened? The third young master is laughing like this?" It was actually Man Ru who was sitting in the room doing needlework, and stood up smiling.

Li You paused, quickly scanned the surrounding area, and an unknown light flashed in his eyes: "...Why are you? Where is Luer?"

"Just now, Cuiyu from the second lady's room came to look for her, so she went out." Manru smiled softly, and poured him a bowl of tea, "I heard that my aunt and cousin are here today, but there is no one in this room." Man, I dare not go out to watch the excitement, how about the third young master tell me?" Then she quietly sat down on the footrest next to her, and Rourou raised her head to look over, with a longing look on her face.

Li You paused, put down the tea bowl, and twitched the corner of his mouth: "What can I say? My aunt is very kind, but she is not in good health. I was afraid that she would be tired, so I went to rest early. My cousin is also very filial. They will be staying at our house for a while, and if you are free, you should also go to say hello, but don't disturb my aunt's rest."

"Yes." Manru obediently responded, raised her small face and wanted to say something, but heard footsteps coming from outside the door, then the curtain was lifted, and Luer walked in, with a straight face about to speak, when suddenly Seeing Li You, he quickly shut his mouth and saluted him: "Why did the third young master come back so early today? Just now, Dianran sent a message to call you at the second gate. I will pretend that you are still with the old lady and tell him to come back later. .”

Li You said with a smile: "I don't care about anything important. Ignore him. He's just being naughty. My aunt is not in good health. She wants to rest early, so everyone dispersed. I just said to Man Ru, you are free, so you can inquire about it." It's convenient for my aunt, so I should go over to say hello." After that, he opened the snack box on the table, flipped through it, and said with a frown, "What's so delicious about these? You guys like to put them in my room! Manru, what do you want?" I'll make a stewed egg, I haven't eaten it for a long time, I miss it."

Manru responded with a smile, but suddenly thought of something, her face turned pale, forced a smile, and asked, "Do you want the third young master to add mushrooms or minced meat? Do you want to eat salty or sweet?"

"Don't you know what I like to eat?" Li You waved his hand, "Do whatever you want, make it fresher!" After Manru went out, he stopped laughing and beckoned Luer to come over: "Dian Ran What is it?"

Lu'er lowered her voice and said, "It's safe to say that I have something to bring to you, but it's inconvenient for others to pass it on." Li You pondered for a moment, then nodded, "I'll look for him when I turn around. What happened just now? What's the matter? Let Manru stay in the house alone?"

Luer bowed her head and said nothing, Li You sighed, and didn't want to say anything more: "Be careful yourself, don't be fooled all the time——I was at my mother's just now, and I listened to her arrangements, and it seems that I plan to draw a couple of money from each courtyard. I went to the Wanxiang Pavilion to serve my aunt and cousin. I thought... probably the main courtyard had the most people. I was afraid that my mother would be short of manpower. I thought that there were the most idle people in our courtyard, so I wanted to ask you, who do you think is best to send them off? ?”

Luer raised her head to look at him in surprise: "You mean..." She took a deep breath: "I just don't know what the third young master thinks, if it is to serve the aunt and cousin, then anyone in our courtyard can do it." Go, but if you want to reduce some idlers, it should be..."

"What are you discussing?" Before Lu'er finished speaking, Manru suddenly lifted the curtain and came in. Li You glanced at her: "The stewed egg is ready?"

"Where is it?" Manru said with a smile, "Mung Dou said that he had eaten eggs in the morning, and now he is eating eggs again. I'm afraid it's not good, why don't we do it again tomorrow?"

Li You smiled: "That's right, I forgot, Chun'er said this at the beginning, you can't eat too many eggs a day, right?"

Manru's complexion changed suddenly, and she smiled unnaturally: "Yes... I just heard that the third young master planned to send someone to wait on the aunt and cousin. Do you mean that you plan to let Luer go? It's not me Say, third young master, Luer is a first-class girl in our courtyard. She was sent out on a job for no reason. People who don’t know may think she has done something wrong. Anyway, it’s the wife who praised her. You can’t It's good to sweep the face of the wife."

Lu'er pursed her lips and said nothing, her eyes were a little red, and the third young master smiled: "When did I say that I would send her there? I just asked her, if she wanted to, who should I send?"

Manru hurriedly said: "In our courtyard, Ziteng and Shi'er are two top-notch in terms of qualifications and abilities. They are both careful and smart. I think my aunt and Miss Biao will like it?"

Lu'er said indifferently: "The Wisteria came from the wife's house, and she will go back sooner or later. What does the wife think when she is sent away? Shi'er is still young, and she is a little girl. It is not a joke to send her there." There is no one in our Huanhuaxuan. We can’t send anyone, but send a third-class one.”

Manru gritted her teeth: "Then send..." "Okay!" Li You stood up in a lack of interest, "I just asked a casual question, but I got so much talk from you, who is in charge of this courtyard?" After finishing speaking, he walked out the door: "I'm going to practice calligraphy in the study outside, you can play by yourself! Disappointing!"

As soon as he lifted the curtain, he left, leaving Lu'er and Manru in place, staring at each other, silent.After a while, Luer turned around and went to the window to pick up a sewing basket for embroidery.Manru bit her lip, stomped her feet and turned around, clenched her fists.

(Originally, the title of this chapter should be "Beware of a scheming loli meets a black-bellied gentleman", but later I realized that Manru is no longer a loli, so...)
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