Chapter 143: Return Gift
Xu Ziruo picked up the tea on the table and took a sip before glancing at Xu Zigui, and said with a smile: "The eldest sister knows how to sell Guanzi, so don't say it quickly."
"That's it," Mo Leyuan patted Xu Zigui on the shoulder and said angrily, "Don't say it again, don't blame us for being polite," he said, making a gesture to scratch Xu Zigui's itch, Xu Zigui hurriedly raised his hand and surrendered
"I said, I said it's not okay?"
Xu Zigui smiled at this time, "Since the Right Prime Minister's Mansion is already the help of the four princes, if the fourth prince marries Shao Qingyuan as a side concubine, and the granddaughter of the right prime minister becomes a concubine, do you want the reputation of the other sisters of the Shao family or not?" The fourth prince accepted Shao Qingyuan as a concubine and ruined the reputation of the other daughters of the Shao family, will the Shao family have no pimples in their hearts? With the suspicious heart of the four princes, do you dare to use it with confidence? The Shao family saw that the four princes were suspicious of them, would they really support him? β
"Yes," Mo Leyuan nodded, "So that's the reason why you want to try to match Shao Qingyuan with the four princes?" β
"No, no, no" Xu Zigui shook his head incomprehensibly, and continued: "The fourth prince will definitely think of that layer, so he will not marry Shao Qingyuan at all, but will find a way to let Shao Qingyuan marry someone else."
"No......" Xu Ziruo was shocked, "Why?" β
"The entire Shao family supports the four princes, Shao Qingyuan is still wholeheartedly devoted to the four princes, if Shao Qingyuan marries other families with real power in the court, it will definitely increase the power of the four princes."
"That's reasonable" Mo Leyuan nodded in agreement, and asked Xu Zigui rhetorically, "You seem to know my fourth brother very well."
How can you not understand the husband and wife who have been in the previous life? Xu Zigui sighed and said perfunctorily: "Knowing each other and knowing oneself will not be defeated in a hundred battles"
Seeing that Xu Zigui was reluctant to mention this topic, Mo Leyuan stopped asking this question and asked another question
"Now that my fourth brother already has an idea. I won't marry Shao Qingyuan, what can you do to change my fourth brother's mind? β
Xu Zigui rolled his eyes helplessly, looked at Mo Leyuan and said helplessly: "I'm not afraid of god-like opponents, I'm afraid of pig-like teammates." I've never heard of that."
No matter how careful Mo Qingyuan's mind was, even if Mo Qingyuan had already planned the next 10,000 steps, as long as he broke one of them, the remaining 9,999 steps would have to be taken anew. Even if you've reached step 9,999. If you make a mistake in the last step, it will be a failure.
Shao Qingyuan has a deep affection for Mo Qingyuan, and Shao Qingyuan is not a fool. If you really want to marry Mo Qingyuan, you will think of a good way.
Mo Leyuan flattened his mouth, understood the truth inside, and said enviously: "Gui'er." You're really thoughtful."
Xu Zigui burst out laughing, pinched Mo Leyuan's nose and asked, "I feel that you are very melancholy today." Say, what happened? β
Mo Leyuan shook his head in denial, and withdrew a smile, "It's nothing, what can this princess be unhappy about"
Xu Zigui raised his eyebrows. knew that Mo Leyuan was forcing a smile, but he didn't force her to say what happened. People will always have their own secrets, which is something that even a best friend would not say, Xu Zigui chose to respect Mo Leyuan. He didn't ask anything, just patted Mo Leyuan's hand. for comfort.
Mo Leyuan knew Xu Zigui's intentions, smiled gratefully at Xu Zigui, got up and said: "When I come, the queen mother will ask me to go to Yikun Palace to see my mother when I return to the palace, and I won't delay your efforts at this time."
From Mo Leyuan's words, Xu Zigui knew why Mo Leyuan was unhappy, but he didn't expose it or ask, just nodded, "So you can go back early" and said, and instructed Zidai, "Go and take away the medicinal diet recipe I wrote a few days ago"
After speaking, he explained to Mo Leyuan with a smile, "I talked about health recipes with Concubine Cheng in Yikun Palace that day, I didn't expect Concubine Cheng to be very interested, I promised to bring a medicinal diet recipe to Concubine Cheng when I entered the palace next time, this is a coincidence, when you go to Yikun Palace, you just help me bring Concubine Cheng to Niangniang, and save her from waiting."
"You have a heart" Mo Leyuan looked at Xu Zigui with emotion, not knowing what to say to thank her
Xu Zigui smiled and said, "What are you doing when you look at me with this expression, go back quickly, you don't have to be careful about me here."
"Go aside!" Xu Zigui's words made all of Mo Leyuan's touched feelings disappear without a trace, glared at Xu Zigui with disgust, and pouted, "Then I'm leaving"
"Hmm" Xu Zigui nodded, and Xu Ziruo sent her outside the second gate, and instructed: "Remember to tell the queen mother, don't point out Shao Qingyuan to others"
"I know" Mo Leyuan nodded, turned around and got into the carriage, Xu Zigui waited for Mo Leyuan to leave, and then looked at Xu Ziruo with a smile and said
"The second aunt gave a big gift on the day of the eldest brother's marriage, how can we not return the gift"
"That's it, what kind of gift is the big sister going to return?"
Xu Zigui smiled mysteriously, laughing without saying a word. Xu Ziruo took Xu Zigui's arm and walked back, and asked, "Do you want to go to the eldest brother's courtyard to see your sister-in-law?" β
Xu Zigui nodded, and the two of them walked to Xu Ziyu's courtyard, and happened to meet Pei Yanran who was going to the main courtyard on the way, Xu Zigui and the sisters smiled and said "It's a coincidence", and the three aunts and sisters-in-law went to the main courtyard together
Qin looked at the three sisters-in-law who walked in, and their smiling eyes narrowed into a slit
"Why did the three of you sisters-in-law come over together in a pile?"
Pei Yanran first took Xu Zigui and Xu Ziruo to ask the Qin family for peace, and then smiled and said, "I happened to meet on the road."
"Originally, my daughter wanted to go to the eldest brother's courtyard with her sister to see her sister-in-law, but I didn't expect it to be so coincidental, and I met my sister-in-law who came to ask her mother for peace halfway, and my mother said it was not a coincidence."
"Qiao, Qiao, Qiao," Qin smiled and took his daughter's hand and said three clever words in a row, turned his head to look at Xu Ziruo and asked, "Can you understand the account book that has been taught to you in the past few days?" β
Since Xu Ziruo came back, he has been very obedient and obedient, and he has not been in the same stream with Xu Ziyun, and he has been rain or shine every morning, and he has not fallen for a day, and he is also sincere filial piety to Qin's family
Xu Zigui also knew the Qin family's plans, and he was also happy for Xu Ziruo in his heart. In this era, few concubines married someone else as the main house, because concubines would not learn such things as housekeeping at home, and they met a good-hearted housewife. They don't owe them anything in terms of food and clothing, but if they meet someone who is bad-hearted and treats them harshly, they have almost no place to cry
Since Xu Ziruo knew that the Qin family wanted to put her under the name of the Qin family, he treated the Qin family more and more respectfully, and when he heard the Qin family's question, he hurriedly replied
"My daughter is stupid. There are still some things I don't understand to trouble my mother."
"If you don't understand, just ask me. Ask your sister, your sister-in-law can be" Qin said with a smile, and looked at Pei Yanran again, "Your sister-in-law was a good hand at reading account books when she was in the boudoir, and she had time to learn more like your sister-in-law."
Xu Ziruo nodded. smiled and said to Pei Yanran, "I have to talk to my sister-in-law more in the future, sister-in-law, don't worry about my sister."
Pei Yanran hurriedly shook her head and said: "It's my mother who exaggerated, and I only know a little bit about it, if my sister doesn't understand it in the future, just come and ask me." If I had understood, I would have known everything. β
"Sister-in-law is really modest," Xu Zigui quipped: "Sister-in-law is a good hand at settling accounts when she is in the boudoir." This is something that everyone knows, sister-in-law, don't be modest."
"Big sister only knows how to make fun of me" Pei Yanran glared at Xu Zigui with disgust, and took Qin's hand and coquettishly said, "Mother has to be the master of her daughter-in-law."
Qin smiled and made a gesture to hit Xu Zigui, but Xu Zigui hurriedly smiled and hid behind Xu Ziruo. pretended to be aggrieved, "Sister, look, my mother doesn't want us if I have a sister-in-law, it seems that we are redundant." Let's go."
Xu Ziruo also followed suit, holding Xu Zigui's hand and pretending to be aggrieved, "Yes, yes." Let's go."
"Look at these two" Qin took Pei Yanran's hand and pointed at the pair of sisters with a smile, pretending to be helpless, "You can be regarded as married, you can follow me to manage these two monkeys in the future"
Pei Yanran responded with a smile, and the mothers gossiped for a while, and then they all got up and left
Xu Zigui had just entered the Qing Courtyard and didn't wait to drink saliva, Yuexi came in with a smile, and said to Xu Zigui with a smile: "Master, the slave has good news to report to the master."
"Look at you happy" Liu Lu handed Xu Zigui tea, and joked with a smile to Yuexi, "Why don't you let the girl drink saliva"
"Yes, yes, yes," Yuexi smiled and raised her hand in surrender, and said with a smile: "What the willow green girl educates is"
Xu Zigui interrupted the two with a smile and said, "Okay, don't make trouble, what's the good news in Yuexi?" Say it quickly."
Yuexi was sent by Xu Zigui to the second room, and he thought about the news of the second room at any time, and as a result, he discovered a huge secret
Xu Zhengheng raised an outer room outside, and the outer room also gave birth to a pair of dragon and phoenix fetuses for Xu Zhengheng, and the two children are about the same age as Xu Zizhen this year, and they were born at the beginning of the New Year when Xu Zhengheng was going to Hangzhou
Because the dragon and phoenix fetus is an auspicious omen, and because it was born on the first day of the Lunar New Year, Xu Zhengheng is very fond of this pair of children, and even with the outer room is quite favored, even if Xu Zhengheng was far away in Hangzhou, he did not forget to send some rare things to this pair of children every year
Xu Zhengheng has been fighting the idea of the Marquis of Weiyuan these days, and he is always thinking about destroying Xu Zhengjie, but now he has the idea of this pair of children, and wants to let the outer room bring a pair of children to the door of the Hou Mansion to cry, and press the three of them on Xu Zhengjie's head, so that it can not only make Xu Taijun disappointed in his eldest son in private life, but also ruin Xu Zhengjie's reputation, and also fill in the big house
ββ¦β¦ The second master's outer room seems to be called Weifang."
"That's good news there!" After listening to Yuexi's words, Liu Lu frowned, and said in an air: "The second master is really uneasy and kind, he has caused a lot of trouble/debts, but he wants our Hou Ye to carry it for him!" What a dream! β
"Why isn't this good news" Xu Zi returned to Liu Lu with a cup of tea, and smiled unfathomably.
Xu Zhengheng has an outer room, she has long known that in the previous life, Xu Zhengheng also wanted to let her father carry his own debts, but fortunately, when Weifang brought the pair of children in the previous life, Pei Yanran saw the flaw in time, and only said casually, "The younger brothers and sisters look a little similar to the second uncle."
One sentence made Mrs. Xu feel that something was wrong, and she forced her to tell the truth, but she didn't know if the person named Weifang was deeply affectionate to Xu Zhengheng, or because she had some handle in Xu Zhengheng's hands, and she didn't say that Xu Zhengheng sent her when she arrived, but only said that she was the outer room of the second master, and because she coveted the glory and wealth of the Hou Mansion, she had a bad heart
The last time Xu Ziyu got married, the Zheng family did those things that completely angered Xu Zigui, and Xu Zigui originally wanted to throw Weifang's mother and son in front of the Zheng family as a return gift, and Yuexi brought the news at this time
Xu Zigui smiled: "We can't always just accept gifts and not return gifts, Yuexi, what should we do without my instructions, right?" β
Yuexi smiled and said: "Master, rest assured, what the slave and maid should do has been done for the master."
Xu Zigui raised his eyebrows and asked with a smile, "What have you done?" Let's hear it."
Yuexi cleared her throat with a smile, took a sip of the tea handed over by Liu Lu, and smiled Yingying to tell her what happened next
It turned out that Yuexi immediately went to Wei Fang's residence after knowing about this incident, and threw Wei Fang a purse containing at least two hundred taels, meaning that these were the silver saved by the subordinates of Xu Mansion (Xu Zhengheng opened a new mansion outside, called Xu Mansion) for a year, and said that a subordinate can earn so much silver, not to mention a favored concubine with children and children
Who knows, Wei Fang is extremely smart, and she is not provoked by Yuexi, she only says that she is a wife outside, and she is very free, and she doesn't want to go to the house to see the face of the main room
If a woman is only herself, it may not be easy to tempt, but if she has a child, it is much easier. Mothers are selfish, and once a woman becomes a mother, she thinks about her children wholeheartedly, and everything is based on the interests of her children
Yuexi is holding Weifang's two children, knowing it with reason and emotion.
Yuexi first talked about the treatment of the three brothers and sisters of Xu Ziji in Xu's mansion, and then told SΓΉ Weifang's children that they couldn't get on the family tree, not to mention that it was impossible for Sister Qi to marry a good family in the future, and even Brother Yue couldn't get a penny of property because he couldn't get on the family tree
Wei Fang listened to Yuexi's words, and really relieved her expression, lowered her eyes and promised Yuexi, saying that she would think about it
ββ¦β¦ After Weifang promised to think about it, the slave didn't dare to push it too hard, so she said that she would go to her in a few days. Just came back."
Xu Zigui nodded and said with relief: "You did a good job, Ming'er, you go and have a look, if she still hesitates, fill the fire for her again, tell her, we have the prince behind us to bear for us and do things for us, we will naturally not treat her badly"
Yuexi nodded, "The slave knows what to say" and said, took out a letter from her arms and handed it to Xu Zigui, and said with a smile: "This is just sent from the frontier" (to be continued)
ps: There's something going on today.,I'm crazy busy.,The manuscript has run out.,Send it so late.,Don't you mind...... Thank you all for your support, go to bed early, and have a good night