22. Connivance
went out to have a good time, but was blocked on the road and threatened, and even took advantage of it, Lu Wan had never suffered such a big loss in his two lives combined, and he was a little sullen in his heart after all, he went into the house to change his clothes, crooked on the kang, thought about it, and didn't come up with any way to relieve his anger.
Tossed until midnight, Lu Wan fell asleep in a daze, and slept until the end of the next morning.
Several girls saw that Lu Wan was awake, so they hurriedly gathered around lightly and waited for Lu Wan to freshen up and dress.
After a while, Lu Zhi came in with a food drawer, just filled half a bowl of red date porridge and handed it over, and when he looked up, he saw Zhu Qing rushing in hurriedly with his skirt, with snowflakes all over his body, he didn't care about playing it, his eyes lit up, and he danced and said: "Girl, it's just been lively again in Jingzhao Mansion!" After a pause, he breathed a sigh of relief with difficulty, and continued with his eyebrows fluttering, "That Zhou Zhijian has been sued again!" I heard that there was also a murder case involved, and the family of the deceased person knelt in front of the yamen of the mansion to shout grievances, crying and wiping tears and begging the adults of Jingzhao Mansion to open a court trial! Jingzhao Mansion was surrounded by a lot of people early in the morning, where are they talking about it, saying that the Zhou family is bullying, and Jingzhao Mansion Yin is timid and afraid! There are also officials who want to pull people, ouch, a group of people directly coaxed, and that battle almost started with the official in front of the government office! ”
Speaking of this, Zhu Qing exhaled and spun around again, and hummed indignantly: "The day before yesterday, so many people went to sue that Zhou Zhijian, but there was no movement in Jingzhao Mansion at all, and there should be such a situation!" Now it's okay, the family knelt at the door of the mansion, and the other sufferers also knelt on the ground in the same way, and some people knelt directly to Lord Cui's mansion. Master Cui was so anxious that he didn't even get dressed, and he heard that he had passed the fold to Chao in the morning, and he didn't know if it was true or not......
Lu Wan's eyebrows moved slightly, smiled and took the porridge in Lu Zhi's hand, slowly stirred it with a spoon, and listened thoughtfully to Zhu Qingmei's dancing gesture, and at the end, he put down the bowl, looked at Zhu Qing with an excited face, and asked with a smile: "Has Xiaosi been here?" ”
Zhu Qing was stunned for a moment, looked at his girl in surprise and admiration, nodded and smiled: "I know that I can't hide the girl, Fourth Brother Zhao just sent New Year's goods over, and the excitement of Jingzhao Mansion is what he said, hey, it seems that what he said is right in front of me, I want to go out and have a look!." ”
Lu Wan nodded clearly, and motioned to Zhu Qing with a smile: "Go and see if the master has come back." ”
Zhu Qing hurriedly stopped talking, agreed, turned around and ran towards Weinan Courtyard again.
Lu Wan looked at Zhu Qing's back, shook her head funny and helplessly, her fingers gently rubbed the teacup, and her mind gradually drifted away...... With so many people kneeling in front of the yamen of Jingzhao Mansion, and the murder case was involved, Cui Ke naturally couldn't hold it back, even if he didn't report it to the imperial court, I was afraid that this matter would have been spread into the palace long ago. What's more, the Chongning Hou Mansion has been too sharp in the past two years, and the people in the mansion don't know how to restrain themselves, so much trouble, I don't know how many people are staring at it, and there are more people who want to push the boat and step on Zhou Guangye's foot. As a result, Zhou Zhijian is afraid that he will not be able to celebrate the New Year in the capital. And not only this year, in the future, as long as the four princes do not ascend to that position, Zhou Zhijian's mud will have to be a man with his tail between his legs in the capital!
Lu Wan exhaled softly, looked at the dishes on the table, and slowly came to her senses. There are too many relationships involved, and there are too many people to use. She asked Zhao Xiaosi to lead the people from Yushitai to the back of Dicui Tower, but she just figured out that Zhou Guangye gave the Zhou family's Mrs. Wen a warning, and she also showed the evil anger in her heart. But the opponent is too stupid, she used this method in the wrong place! Even if she was depressed, she had to admit that her father was right, she didn't take that Mrs. Wen seriously, and she was too impatient to make people take advantage of the loophole.
But she really didn't expect that her father had only been back for a day, and he had quietly cooked Zhou Zhijian, and his movements were so fast that people were caught off guard. For the first time in so many years, she found out that her father was like this, cough cough, scheming......
Lu Wan was out of his mind, and Zhu Qing came in and replied, saying that the master was in the study. Lu Wan pondered for a moment, sent Lu Zhi to Weinan Courtyard to tell Lai the chief steward that he wanted to go over, ate two bites of breakfast, and then got up and took someone to Wei Nan Courtyard to see Lu Chenghui, the father and daughter muttered and talked for a while in the study, until the end of the hour, Lu Wan came out of Wei Nan Courtyard with a smile, beckoned Lu Zhi to go outside and let people call Zhao Xiaosi over.
In the afternoon, Lu Chenghui went to the Lu family's big house to find the Lu family's eldest master Lu Chengyao to speak, and at the end, Fang casually mentioned Lu Wan's plan to sell the shop to help the victims of the disaster for the Lu family, and his tone was three points helpless and seven points conniving, "...... Since that girl has this heart, it's not easy for me, a father, to stop her. After all, it is her mother's inheritance, and it will be added to her dowry in the future, so let it be as she pleases. It's just that the girl is young and hasn't done anything, but I'm afraid that those shopkeepers won't carelessly, and I have to ask my sister-in-law to teach her. ”
Lu Chengyao frowned and listened, looked at Lu Chenghui quietly, held the teacup and was silent for a moment, then nodded and responded: "This is a trivial matter, those shops were originally the dowry of the younger sisters, and the younger sister will naturally follow her as she wants." I'll talk to your sister-in-law about it in the evening. ”
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In the afternoon of the same day, Mrs. Lin got the news that Lu Wan wanted to sell the shop, and as soon as the steward of the outer courtyard left, her face sank.
Lu Pan, the third girl of the Lu family, had a trace of anger on her face, put the teacup in her hand on the table, raised her voice slightly, and said angrily: "What does she mean by this?" My mother has been in charge of the shop for her for several years, how much effort has it taken? Don't talk about it when you're tired, you have to listen to the gossip outside! Can she say half a word for her mother? Now as soon as the third uncle comes back, she is thinking of selling the shop in a way! was also in a hurry for the New Year, and those people outside who didn't know the details heard it and thought that our big house had lost her money! What kind of heart does she have? ”
"That's it!" Mrs. Lin interrupted Lu Pan's angry complaint with a solemn face, and reprimanded in a calm voice, "No matter what the late sister thinks about this matter, since your third uncle opened his mouth and begged your father, that's what your third uncle meant!" You are a junior, you shouldn't say these things! ”
Lu Pan stomped his feet angrily, hugged Mrs. Lin's arm aggrievedly, and hummed angrily: "I'm not wronged for my mother!" The third uncle is too careless, why is what she says? Isn't this embarrassing for my mother? ”
Mrs. Lin frowned and pondered for a moment, glanced at the eldest girl Bi Tao, and motioned to the maids and women who were waiting in the room to retreat, Fang patted Lu Pan's hand, and taught earnestly: "You are also a little impatient, and if you say it, it is disrespectful to your third uncle!" How did your mother teach you? You are everyone's lady, no matter how angry you are, you have to hold it on your face, and you can't let people see that it's not! This is in your own family, that's it, if you get married in the future, you can't be so breathless! ”
"Mother-" Lu Pan's face turned red, and he hurriedly interrupted Mrs. Lin's words, nodding impatiently in response, "I know everything, I'm just talking in the house, not outside......"
"Even in the house, you have to restrain a little" Mrs. Lin listened helplessly to her daughter's muttering, frowned and reprimanded, in the end she still couldn't bear it, paused, eased her face, patted Lu Pan's hand, and patiently explained, "Sister Late wants to sell the shop with her, if there is a good one, my mother will let people buy it quietly, and after two years, it will be added to your dowry, and no one can pick out it!" ”
"I don't want her shop!" Lu Pan raised his voice suddenly, straightened up from Mrs. Lin's arms, and objected angrily, "What's so good about her shop?" I don't want it! Didn't the eldest sister's mother buy several shops for her sister before she got married? I think the big sister's Zhuangzi is very good, I don't want Lu Wan's shop! ”
Mrs. Lin was so angry that she opened her mouth, swallowed back the words when they reached her mouth, and sighed helplessly as she looked at her daughter.