When Qi Yu entered the VIP building, someone came out to greet him, and then he was introduced into a private room on the second floor. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

The furnishings in the private room were simple, with a round table with two cups of steaming tea on top and several round stools around the table.

Several uniformly dressed men stood behind the door, facing him and the man sitting across from him.

The man sat in the middle in a dark brocade robe, with a fair complexion, slender eyebrows, and two beards under the bridge of his tall nose, neatly like the painting. The red lips were thin, the corners of his mouth were lightly raised, and he looked at him with a smile.

This person is Lao Keqin, the eldest son of Uncle Lao.

Qi Yu is most familiar with this person. This person looks amiable on the outside, but his methods are as ruthless as Uncle Lao Guo, and the most terrible thing is that he acts far deeper than Uncle Lao Guo. Delicate-minded, naturally suspicious but scheming, never principled in doing things, and unscrupulous in order to achieve the goal.

If it weren't for the emperor's closeness to the Lao family, he would never want to be involved with such a person.

Seeing Qi Yu coming in, Lao Keqin stood up with a smile and waved his hand to the two people behind him. The man behind the door quietly withdrew and closed the door lightly.

"Qi Gongzi is really punctual, I thought that with your status in front of the emperor today, it is not convenient to come here to see me as an idler." Lao Keqin clasped his fists, "It's rare that Gongzi Qi doesn't dislike it, and Lao is grateful." ”

"Mr. Lao is polite, isn't he an idler?" Qi Yu smiled and returned the salute, and the two sat down at the same time.

Lao Keqin clapped his palms, the door of the private room opened again, and the meals were served one after another.

Qi Yu looked at the table of exquisite food and didn't say anything, just gently turned the teacup placed in front of him with his hand.

"Father said that the emperor arranged another courtyard for Prince Qi? Qi Gongzi is really deeply sacred! Lao Keqin waited for the person who arranged the wine and food to retreat, and then slowly got up and poured wine for Qi Yu personally, "I don't know what happened recently, did Prince Qi hear the emperor mention it?" ”

"Oh? I don't know what Mr. Lao said? Qi Yu took the wine glass with both hands, and his face seemed to be really unclear.

Lao Keqin lifted his robe and sat down, his slender eyes not letting go of any expression on Qi Yu's face, "Young Master Qi, we don't need to beat around the bush like this, right?" I'm talking about the incident that happened in the court not long ago, the father and son of the Wang family were in great shape that day, and now the whole court is talking about it, don't say you don't know. ”

"Oh......" Qi Yu had such an expression, "The emperor did mention this matter to his subordinates." His Majesty's holy will has been decided, and it is already a great grace to be able to listen to the hadith in the next cloth, so naturally he does not dare to speculate. I don't know if Mr. Lao wanted to ...... this invitation, "Could it be that he suspects that the emperor deliberately left the strength of the Wang family to guard against the Lao family, and this move was his Qi Yu's idea?" Although he did warn the Lao family of the danger of dominance in front of the emperor before, he did not really advise on specific strategies, at this time, he must not let the Lao family doubt himself, he really gave up his previous efforts.

So he continued before Lao Keqin spoke again, "Since the emperor ascended the throne, he has been busy rectifying the dynasty and has almost no time to summon Qi. I was fortunate to be summoned by His Majesty today, and I just listened to His Majesty inadvertently mention a few words, the specific situation is not clear, why does Lao Gongzi suspect that His Majesty intends to get close to the Wang family? But I didn't mean that in His Majesty's tone! He remembered that the emperor talked about Lao Keqin, and it seemed that he intended to marry Princess Chaoyang to him, so he immediately changed the topic to this matter to dispel Lao Keqin's thoughts. Lao Gongzi thought too much, His Majesty said most to Qi today has nothing to do with the Wang family. In my opinion, Your Majesty is still worried about Uncle Lao's dragon support, and I can hear the meaning as if he intends to marry Princess Chaoyang to Lao Gongzi. Although Your Majesty is grateful for Uncle Lao's merits, you can't always let the Lao family be in a high position in the court, if you can become the princess of Chaoyang's concubine, the Lao family will naturally have an extra layer of protection, this is Your Majesty's supreme grace to the Lao family. ”

Hearing that the emperor was going to marry Princess Chaoyang to himself, Lao Keqin's face really changed slightly, if this matter can really be done, then his relationship with the royal family is not the so-called "imperial cousin" relationship that is not embarrassing or embarrassing now. Uncle Lao Guo is no longer alone in the court.

"What Childe said is true?"

Seeing that he was already tempted, Qi Yu breathed a sigh of relief and said with a smile, "Of course, if Qi's expectations are good, there will definitely be a holy decree issued tomorrow morning, so you can sit back and wait for the good news." ”

"Good!" Lao Keqin excitedly raised the wine glass in his hand and drank it all, "If this matter is really as the son said, Lao Mou will be grateful!" ”

Qi Yu bowed his head, "Qi Mou can have a few days thanks to Uncle Lao's attention, where can he dare to disturb the son." We used to serve together in the Prince's Mansion, and in the future, we will be loyal to the emperor together, and we need to be helpful to act, right? ”

Lao Keqin smiled and drank with him, no problem.

On the other side, Xi Cui returned to Wang's house, entered the open house, and went straight to Wang Shaoyan's study.

At this moment, Wang Shaoyan was writing with Yun Ting, and stopped when he saw Xi Cui coming in. These days, he is busy with court affairs and has never paid attention to Xi Cui, and today he has to chat with Yun Ting to know that Xi Cui has been very busy recently. It's just right, he should have a good talk with her, otherwise he, the master, doesn't know what the maids in the house are busy with all day, isn't it a joke? What's more, Xi Cui's actions are directly related to Yun Ting, and he has to have more snacks.

Since the Liu family left, the old lady doesn't take care of things much, and Aunt Yu is a good talker, and this open house has become more and more devoid of the rules that should be between master and servant, and it is time to rectify it.

Xi Cuifu couldn't wait for Wang Shaoyan to call up, she was depressed. I heard Yun Ting's voice, "Xianggong, Xi Cui hasn't talked to me well for a few days, if you don't have anything to tell her, I'll take her away......"

Wang Shaoyan sighed, sure enough, Yun Ting was there, and he couldn't fix Xi Cui at all. In desperation, he could only ask Xi Cui to get up and speak.

Xi Cui was pulled aside by Yun Ting as soon as she got up, "Xi Cui, what have you been busy with lately?" Cheng Ri is no one, and Mama Wu is the same, since that Rui Nian you have not been close to Yun Ting, Cheng Ri is with that Rui Niang, is she better than Yun Ting? ”

Xi Cui smiled and let Yun Ting sit on the chair next to her, "Miss, where are you talking about this, no one can compare to you in Xi Cui's heart." It's just that Rui Niang is not familiar with anything when she first arrives in the house, and Xi Cui and Mama Wu are afraid that she will not be sensible, so they use some effort to teach her. ”

"Really? Did she learn then? Is it that if she learns, you will have time with me? Why don't you ask Mama Wu to teach her alone, Mama Wu is the most knowledgeable about the rules, it's enough to have her. Yun Ting has no doubt about him.

Wang Shaoyan heard a different taste, Rui Niang? Who? He only knew that the people arranged by the Liu family in Luju were sent away one by one, and Mama Wu herself found someone to buy some people to come in, but she didn't know that there was such a number one person in it, and she wanted Xi Cui and Mama Wu to let go of Yun Ting's teaching.

Xi Cui wanted to talk to Wang Shaoyan about the draft that Princess Chaoyang talked about today, and was worried about how to avoid Yun Ting when she saw Mama Wu come in, "Miss, the old slave had a hard time going out of the house today, and I bought some interesting things for you to bring back, I wonder if Miss is willing to go with the old slave to have a look?" ”

"Really?" Yun Ting jumped up happily, rushed to Mama Wu's side, pulled her outside, and said as she walked, "Are you out of the house?" Why don't you call me? I'm getting bored these days, and Mama Wu doesn't care about Yun Ting anymore......"

Xi Cui watched Yun Ting leave, and when their figures were far away, she immediately turned around and leaned over at Wang Shaoyan, "Uncle, the emperor is going to be drafted soon, and the two young ladies in our house are on the list, you and the master should make plans early!" ”

Wang Shaoyan originally sat firmly behind the bookcase, thinking that Yun Ting would question Xi Cui after she went out, and didn't want to hear such shocking news, so he immediately sat upright, "What did you say?" Why do you know such a thing? ”

Xi Cui told the story of meeting Princess Chaoyang today, Wang Shaoyan closed his lips tightly after listening, lowered his head and did not speak, and his slender fingers intermittently tapped the bookcase. If the news obtained from Princess Chaoyang about this matter would definitely not be wrong, otherwise Xi Cui would not casually talk nonsense about this kind of thing. The emperor's harem really needs to be filled, and it is reasonable for his two younger sisters to be included in the list, but this matter is too sudden after all.

After the emperor ascended the throne, their father and son almost never had any news exchange with the queen mother in order to avoid suspicion, and the emperor only made a gesture of goodwill to the Wang family in the court a few days ago, and now he wants to include the women of the Wang family in the harem, could it be that he really wants to promote the Wang family? But that doesn't seem to make sense, does it? It is impossible for the emperor to suddenly change his attitude towards the Wang family, with the queen mother there, the power of the Wang family is already very conspicuous, he can even be suspicious of his uncle Lao Guo's family, how can he look at the Wang family differently?

It's better to discuss this matter with your father first. Although it is beneficial for the younger sister to enter the palace, the Wang family is not yet reduced to the point where they need to sell their daughter to protect themselves.

Thinking of his two younger sisters, Wang Shaoyan couldn't help but think of Liu. If it weren't for the three of them, the Liu family wouldn't have done those things, and if it were for her to know that her daughter, who had worked so hard to protect, was now going to become a tool for power and profit, I don't know what she should do?

And I, who was an elder brother, was too busy to take care of myself because of my weakness since I was a child, and I almost never did anything for them, should I do my duty as an elder brother and protect these two poor sisters?

Since he had already told Wang Shaoyan about going to the VIP building today, in order to prevent him from thinking about it in the future, Xi Cui simply didn't do anything and told everything that happened today. The matter she is in charge of Mrs. Hou's property, in the end, these things will be returned to Yun Ting, but Yun Ting is such a person, these things will be handed over to Wang Shaoyan sooner or later, why not take this opportunity to confess. If Wang Shaoyan has other ideas, he can put them forward at this time, and she and Mama Wu can deal with it, if he doesn't worry about himself, she can just throw it away justifiably, but it is easy.

She took out the prepared account book from her arms and handed it to Wang Shaoyan, telling him that this is just the general ledger, and there are sub-accounts from all over the country stored in her and Mama Wu's residence, and a few copies will be handed over every six months.

Wang Shaoyan looked through the account book, and a few drops of cold sweat broke out on his forehead. He didn't know that Mrs. Hou had such ability, and he couldn't imagine that she would make such an arrangement. The discrepancies recorded in this account are each in the tens of thousands of taels, and the total number of zeros and zeros is second only to the household department in his charge. If he hadn't seen it with his own eyes, he really couldn't believe that there was such a rich person in the world, and this person was his stupid wife!

No wonder Mama Wu suddenly disappeared some time ago, and suddenly came back, and after coming back, Xi Cui became busy, it turned out that they had already started to arrange these things.

What puzzled Wang Shaoyan even more was Xi Cui's actions. According to Madame's arrangement, she could have taken over this huge asset without telling herself this, but she told the truth and seemed to have no idea about this wealth at all. I'm afraid that even a man with outstanding virtue can't do this, right?

No one wants to live a poor life if they are rich, let alone a slave or maidservant? Wang Shaoyan's gaze stayed on the low-eyed little maid in front of her for a long time, is she really loyal or has another deep meaning? If it is the latter, this woman is too terrible, and even a man who knows the way of officialdom can't guess the depth of her city, wouldn't it be too risky to keep her by her side of the simple-minded Yun Ting?

But since she entered the Wang family, she has behaved in a proper manner, and she has taken good care of Yun Ting, and even Qi's mother, who has served her since she was a child, is full of praise when she mentions her. What kind of person Mother Qi is, he couldn't be clearer, if she, a teenage little girl, can pretend under the nose of Mother Qi without being discovered, it is already difficult, let alone disguise for such a long time? So Xi Cui shouldn't be pretending.

No wonder...... No wonder Mrs. Hou would look at Xi Cui differently, no wonder Master Huineng would think so highly of Xi Cui...... No wonder a man as indifferent as Xi Yunjian would be tempted by Xi Cui, this woman is indeed worth it.

It's really a pity that such a person only works as a maid...... She should have a better identity, but think about it, if she is not Yun Ting's maid, what qualifications do they have to want her to continue to stay by Yun Ting's side?

He thought of what Mrs. Hou had said at the beginning, she promised Xi Cui to stay by Yun Ting's side for three years, and at that time he still felt that three years was too long, and he was just a maid who was not so precious. Now it seems that there are only three years, what if there is no Xi Cuiyunting after three years? Fortunately, Mrs. arranged Xi Cui to Xi Yunjian, otherwise if Xi Cui really had to leave after three years, he really didn't know how to end it. Just to manage Yun Ting's dowry, he doesn't know who to find more suitable.

After Xi Cui finished speaking, seeing that he had been silent, he gave him time to digest alone, and quietly retreated.

Wang Shaoyan went to Heju an hour later.

After listening to Wang Shaoyan's words, Wang Shangshu thought for a while, "This matter still has to be discussed with the old lady, after all, we are all men, and the lifelong events of their sisters must not let the two of us big men come forward." Although Aunt Yu is in charge of the feed, she has no connections after all, and she is not familiar with the noble circle in the capital, so we just want to marry them off immediately, and we must find someone who is reliable. We can't rush to the doctor, we can't let them avoid the fire pit and be pushed into the mud pit by us. ”

At this moment, the father and son of the Wang family suddenly began to miss the Liu family, if the Liu family was in the mansion at this time, everything would be easy to do. After all, the Liu family has been in charge of the family for so many years, and they have seen a lot of families for the sake of their two daughters over the years, so there must be a few prepared families in their hearts.

The two had no choice but to walk in the direction of the old lady's Ningju, and along the way, Wang Shaoyan mentioned what Xi Cui told him, thinking that Wang Shangshu would be surprised, but he didn't want him to seem to know everything, and his face did not change at all. I was a little emotional about Xi Cui's unreserved truthfulness, but I just said that that girl is really rare. However, he then said something that made Wang Shaoyan even more surprised, he said, "It's not surprising that the person trained by Mrs. Huai'an Hou can have this heartfelt heart, your mother-in-law is a really powerful woman!" ”

Wang Shaoyan listened to his father's emotion, and remembered that he had only met Mrs. Huai'anhou once, who looked just a poor woman with an extraordinary temperament, elegant manners, and a pity for her own children but could not do anything, how could she make her father admire her like this?

Think about it, how can an ordinary woman be in charge of such a huge estate, let alone arrange everything before she loses.

Soon they arrived at Ningju, Aunt Yu and Wang Shaomei and Wang Shaoju were there, just right, they said their intentions.

The two young ladies turned pale after hearing this, and their big watery eyes looked at their father and brother, but they could only look at the old lady on the side.

After listening to their words, the old lady kept her eyes closed and did not speak, and the Buddhist beads in her hand were turned one by one, and the room was quiet.

After a long time, the old lady suddenly opened her eyes and looked at the two girls, "For today's plan, you can only keep one, and you decide for yourself who goes and who stays." ”

"Grandmother......" After hearing this, the two girls threw themselves on the old lady's lap in unison, bursting into tears, "Grandmother, now that the will of the draft has not come down, don't you want to save us?" What kind of place is the palace, don't you know what your aunt has suffered this year? Grandmother really endures? ”

"Bastard!" The old lady angrily threw the Buddha beads in her hand on the two of them, the Buddha beads were suddenly scattered all over the ground, and the whole room echoed with the sound of beads rolling, the old lady pointed to the two granddaughters, and said angrily, "What grievances can your aunt suffer as the queen mother?" Who would dare to give her a grievance? How can you say such disrespectful things casually? What is the situation today? The new emperor ascends the throne, and the status of the royal family is not guaranteed, how can I protect you? Besides, the woman who is the emperor can still wronged you? (To be continued.) )