Chapter 078: Filibuster
Shen Yan's condition is that when the time is ripe, Li Chengqi must cooperate with her and let her fake her death, so that she can leave the Hou Mansion. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info
"Leaving the Hou Mansion, where are you going? Do you want to go to Nanzhao to find An Yangping? Do you think he's still your husband? Listening to her conditions, Li Chengqi was a little unhappy.
"If you don't leave the Hou Mansion, do you want me to stay in the Hou Mansion for the rest of my life?" Shen Yan looked at Li Chengqi funny, and said viciously: "Don't think that I will be grateful to you if you save me in this way, this is what you owe me, and you owe me to the Shen family." ”
This time, Li Chengqi still didn't argue with her, and quickly agreed to her conditions. He finally took her deed of sale and left the foul-smelling cage.
Back at the Hou Mansion, he encountered another trouble.
Li Chengmao told him that the news had been leaked somehow, and the old lady Jiao knew that he wanted to take Shen Yan as a concubine. He said: "I was about to negotiate, but the eldest lady suddenly ran away, and she didn't dare to squeak one by one with righteous words." ”
Li Chengqi was amazed. This matter is extremely secretive, who will listen to it and tell Jiao's family? He was worried that the situation would expand, and if he wanted Shen Yan to get started, it was not just a matter of a notary public.
"Auntie is only afraid that on the way to question the eldest brother at this time, the eldest brother has to think of a good explanation." Li Chengmao kindly reminded.
Li Chengqi frowned, thought for a while and instructed Li Chengmao: "Second brother, you go and ask those notaries to come to me after late at night." He thought that he would have to come forward in this matter himself.
Li Chengmao promised that in order not to meet Jiao's, he did not stay. Before leaving. He didn't forget to ask his eldest brother that Miss Shen's deed of sale could be done. When Li Chengqi told him. Shen Yan personally wrote the deed of sale to himself, and his heart was inevitably cold again. He said, "Then it's just a matter of a notary." Leave abruptly.
After he left, Jiao's family, accompanied by Jiao Huaiyu, really came to the main courtyard where Li Chengqi lived with a gloomy face. She looked around and saw that there was no one in the house, so she asked Jiao Huaiyu to close the door. Seeing Li Chengqi as usual, she ignored her love and was limited to basic etiquette, so she split her head and covered her face and asked, "Do you want to accept the evil daughter of the Shen family as a concubine?" ”
"Mother heard about it so quickly." Li Chengqi made a relaxed look, but he quickly looked at Jiao Huaiyu who was standing on the side with a cold expression. He said in a deep voice: "I don't know who told you the secret." ”
Jiao Huaiyu immediately sank his head in fright, and hid behind Jiao's family.
Li Chengqi didn't guess wrong, it was she Jiao Huaiyu who overheard his conversation with Li Chengmao and hurriedly ran to tell Jiao about accepting Shen Yan as a concubine.
"Fortunately, Huaiyu ran to tell me, otherwise my mother would still be in the dark. As a mother, I won't agree! Jiao's words changed, and his tone was very gloomy. She also said: "Don't say it's a concubine, she is a slave and a maid in the house, and she is not allowed to be a mother!" As long as there is still a breath of breath for her mother, the evil daughter of her Shen family will not want to enter the door of my Li family. ”
"Mother." Li Chengqi walked to Jiao's side, helped her sit down, changed his previous disrespectful color, and persuaded gently. "The Shen family is ruined, and the hatred of my Li family should also be broken. Why do you bother Miss Shen again? Doesn't my mother chant Buddha and chant sutras every day? The truth that saving a life is better than creating a seventh-level floating slaughter, you should understand it. ”
See that he has a gentle attitude. Jiao's attitude is also kind. She grimaced her anger and took her son's hand. said bitterly: "Qi'er, that Shen Yan is a rag abandoned by other men, how can you still be contaminated?" ”
"My mother doesn't know, then An Yangping is a cripple, and he and Miss Shen have never been husband and wife at all." Li Chengqi's nonsense is half false and half true.
Jiao Shi was stunned, frowned, and said: "You accepted her as a concubine like this, aren't you afraid that the new emperor will blame you?" The emperor gave me the Li family's gold medal for avoiding death, but he didn't let you use it like this. With that, her face was full of sternness.
"Mother," Li Chengqi showed a stubborn look, "I won't care about Miss Shen's life, it's only a matter of time before I bring her in." ”
Jiao immediately jumped up from the chair and said loudly: "My mother will never allow her to enter the door of my Li family!" After that, she glanced at the door, revealing a little jealousy, as if she was afraid that someone outside the door would hear it.
Li Chengqi didn't make a sound and fell into his own calculations. He ignored what Jiao said no matter how much he said, and finally had to stick to his position and leave angrily.
After Jiao's left, Jiao Huaiyu couldn't help but ask Li Chengqi: "Big cousin, what do you like about Shen Yan?" She is a person who has been married and divorced, and you still slap her? ”
"Just as you bake me." Li Chengqi looked at her, and the corners of his mouth hooked up a puzzled smile.
Jiao Huaiyu's face suddenly turned crimson. She turned around, a little overwhelmed, and didn't say a complete sentence for a long time, and finally ran away.
Seeing her panicked appearance when she fled, Li Chengqi had a plan in his heart. Since Shen Yan was ruthless to him and had plans to leave the Hou Mansion, he was not afraid of wronging her.
That night, his cousin Li Chengmao came to his main courtyard with five older people. They are all highly respected elders of the Li family, and although they don't care which family they are, they will play a big role at critical moments, and they are indispensable.
However, after Jiao's trouble, Li Chengqi coerced and lured them again, asking them to be Shen Yan's notary public for selling themselves as concubines in the Hou Mansion, and they all changed their ways to prevaricate.
How could they be so afraid of the Jiao family, listen to the words of the Jiao family's woman, and not listen to the words of Li Chengqi, the dignified Ning Anhou? Li Chengqi was puzzled, until one of them said: "The old marquis respected the old lady all his life, and before he died, he repeatedly instructed me to wait, and asked me to wait for the rest of my life, and only the old lady should look forward, so if the old lady opposes this matter, even if the old lady wants it, we will not agree." ”
Li Chengqi never expected that the Jiao family still had such great prestige in the hearts of these elders. If you want Shen Yan to get started, it seems that you have to pass the Jiao level.
Early the next morning, he came to the Cuifang Pavilion where Jiao Huaiyu lived.
Jiao Huaiyu saw that it was Li Chengqi and thought that he had a dream early in the morning. She stared at the apricot eyes, called "big cousin" stupidly, and quietly pinched her left hand with her right hand, and the result was a "sizzle" pain. She knew that she was not dreaming, so she hurriedly greeted her, invited Li Chengqi to the house, and hurriedly asked the waiting maid to serve the best white dew tea.
"It's the first time my cousin has come to me......" she sat down across from him, virtuous and shy.
"Let me ask you, if I marry you, you may persuade my mother to allow Shen Yan to enter the Hou Mansion as a concubine?" Li Chengqi got straight to the point.
Jiao Huaiyu was so surprised when he heard the first half of the sentence that he was almost faint, and after listening to the second half of the sentence, his face, which was flushed with surprise, suddenly turned a little white. She opened her mouth and closed it, and moved her body uncomfortably in her chair. After a long time, she looked at Li Chengqi very unhappily and asked, "Is the eldest cousin making a deal with me?" ”
Li Chengqi looked at her and tapped his chin unabashedly.
Jiao Huaiyu was even more angry and stood up, thinking: You just coax me, I may still promise you, why don't you even say half a nice word? She took a few steps forward, and quickly looked back at Li Chengqi, "The eldest cousin is really too deceitful......
"Do you say yes? This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. Li Chengqi got up, and there was a lot of toughness in his tone.
Jiao Huaiyu was angry and annoyed, but she was afraid of missing the opportunity, she thought for a while and said, "You let me think about it, and I will give you an answer in the evening." ”
"No," said Li Chengqi, "give me an answer in half an hour." If the answer is yes, I want you to convince my mother before lunch. ”
Jiao Huaiyu frowned, pouted, and finally nodded. After Li Chengqi left, she quickly found her brother Jiao Huaiqing to get an idea.
"Didn't cousin Mo eat the gall of a leopard and want to snatch people from the new emperor's butcher's knife?" When Jiao Huaiqing heard the news, he couldn't help but admire Li Chengqi's courage and stupidity, "He went against the new emperor, did he think about the consequences?" ”
"But my cousin said that as long as he promised Shen Yan to get started, he would marry me......" Jiao Huaiyu said in a low voice, his eyes full of anticipation.
"You're satisfied with that benefit alone?" Jiao Huaiqing laughed, took a step, walked straight out of the house, and said, "I'll talk about it when I go to see my cousin." ”
When Jiao Huaiqing saw Li Chengqi, the first thing Li Chengqi said was "You are here". He seemed to expect that Jiao Huaiyu would go to Jiao Huaiqing for advice, and he also expected Jiao Huaiqing to come to him.
Jiao Huaiqing was a little surprised by his words, and since then, he has become particularly vigilant and cautious when he speaks. However, he thought that what he had to say was still not a word, "Even if my cousin did a perfect job of cheating, although the new emperor has no evidence to convict you of defrauding the king, he knows it in his heart." Cousin, isn't he afraid that the new emperor will do something difficult for you in the future? ”
"Aren't you accustomed to using Hui Hui Xiang to please the new emperor? In this matter, I bother you to find a chance to ask the new emperor for personal favors? Li Chengqi said lightly, "I just fell in love with Miss Shen and wanted to accept her as a thing in the account, as long as the new emperor is willing to look at it this way, won't this matter be trivial?" ”
Jiao Huaiqing wanted to scare Li Chengqi, but he didn't expect him to take the initiative to ask for help. He laughed dryly, and didn't know how to reply for a while.
"The Hou Mansion has relied on the rewards of the imperial court in the past few years, but the Hou Mansion is unemployed, I plan to rent a few shops to make a living, but I don't have the talent in this area, but I don't know if my cousin is willing to serve?" Of course, Li Chengqi knew that even if Jiao Huaiqing promised him to tell the new emperor about it, he would not really do it, and even if he provoked him, he was very likely to go against him, so he decided to give him some benefits.
When Jiao Huaiqing heard what he said, he was secretly happy in his heart, and after saying a few words of prevarication, he happily agreed. He has been in the Li family since he was a child, and he has never had the opportunity to stand out, and this time he was surprised and happy to get this opportunity.
With the support of Jiao Huaiqing and Jiao Huaiyu, there will be no problems on Jiao's side. Not to mention that Jiao Huaiqing has always trusted Jiao Huaiqing, and she can take this opportunity to let her son marry her niece, after kissing the family, why is she afraid of Shen Yan getting started? Little concubine, she can think of giving her the word "death" at any time. (To be continued.) )