"Persimmon, persimmon ......" Li Zhien knew that he couldn't escape, so he had no choice but to take out the hand behind his back. I saw that a round persimmon had been bitten by a crescent moon, Li Mu grabbed it in his hand, and Li Zhien hurriedly said: "Master, this is what I bought with my own private money...... That's it. ”

"Really?" Li Mu picked up the persimmon and looked at it, and asked, "Is this thing delicious?" ”

Li Zhien immediately nodded: "It's delicious!" It's delicious! ”

"I'll taste it!" Li Mu opened his big mouth, and most of the remaining persimmons were thrown directly in, Li Zhien wrinkled his little face in distress, his eyes were slightly red, and he almost cried. Seeing this, Li Mu was immediately in a happy mood and left laughing.

When the other maids saw it, they all wanted to laugh. On weekdays, Li Zhien regards himself as a 'housekeeper', and he oppresses them a lot, and they dare not speak out. Seeing that she was deflated, everyone was in a very good mood. Li Zhien was in this mansion, he was afraid of Li Mu alone, and he was not very afraid of Bai Qiaoqiao, seeing that Li Mu had gone far, these maids and family members all looked like they were holding back a smile, and immediately pinched their waists and said: "What are you laughing at, don't work quickly, if you can't finish it before lunch, you won't have anything to eat!" ”

Everyone listened to their ears, and they all obeyed, but there was no real fear. Don't look at Li Zhien's fierce behavior, but that's just to make people 'afraid' of her, when she actually does things, she is fair and everything is arranged very properly. And she is not bad-hearted, never harsh, and thoughtful, which is why people are willing to listen to her arrangement. Listen to her, at least when you do something wrong, you can still beg for mercy, if you really change to a strict housekeeper, you will be beaten if you do something wrong.

Li Mu also understood Li Zhien's character, so he turned a blind eye and let her enjoy a little privilege in the mansion. This is also to encourage her to help Bai Qiaoqiao share more, otherwise let Bai Qiaoqiao manage the Marquis' Mansion, I don't know what will happen. It's not that she can't control it, it's just that Bai Qiaoqiao's heart is too soft, her ears are also soft, and she hasn't really changed from an ordinary person to a marquise, and she can't afford to stand up, so she naturally can't make her subordinates afraid of her.

In Li Mu's opinion, this is an advantage, and it is also what he likes. But for Bai Qiaoqiao's current position, it seems a little inappropriate. So Li Mu intends to set up Li Zhien to share, after many days of observation, Li Mu became more and more suspicious of Li Zhien's origin, although this girl usually behaves cute and cute, but in fact, she does everything, there is a measure and scale, this is something that will not be learned for a while, and it needs to be cultivated from an early age.

Moreover, when Li Ji and the others entered and exited the Marquis's Mansion, the other maids were so frightened that they didn't dare to come out, only Li Zhien was calm and calm, although he was restrained, he couldn't see any 'afraid' look, which was a bit abnormal. In this day and age, only people who have seen the world since childhood can do so.

"Daughter-in-law, I'm back!" Li Mu rushed into the house, but saw Bai Qiaoqiao's face full of sullenness, and when he saw Li Mu entering the house, he only responded, and did not look happy. Li Mu thought that she was angry that she didn't return at night, so she hurried over, hugged Bai Qiaoqiao, and said, "Daughter-in-law, I can't help it, the emperor has to keep me drinking, I can't say no." And this wine is not in vain, I was promoted, and now I am a waiter in the Ministry of Works. ”

Bai Qiaoqiao snuggled in Li Mu's arms, leaned on his shoulder, and sighed: "I, I don't blame you for not returning at night...... It's just," Bai Qiaoqiao looked up at Li Mu and said, "Your official has been promoted too quickly, and I am uneasy and worried...... Not worthy of you. ”

"Not worthy of me?" Li Mu frowned and said, "Why do you say this, did someone tell you something?" ”

"Nope." Bai Qiaoqiao pursed her lips and stopped talking. Li Mu's brows furrowed even tighter, and he shouted, "Li Zhien, you come in for me!" ”

"It's coming!" Li Zhien answered, trotted over, and saw Li Mu holding Bai Qiaoqiao, and he didn't shy away from it, these days, I don't know if it's a coincidence or what, when Li Mu and Bai Qiaoqiao were close, he had been broken many times. At first, Bai Qiaoqiao still felt shy, but later he was no longer surprised.

"Did someone say something to Madame? Why is Madame sullen? ”

Li Zhien looked at Bai Qiaoqiao, as if asking whether to say it or not. Bai Qiaoqiao saw that he couldn't dodge, so he had to confess to himself, and said: "Actually, I don't blame anyone, yesterday my mother said that she missed me, and sent someone to send a message over, saying that she would go over to see her when she had time." It just so happened that I was fine, so I took Zhien with me. Who knew that it was unfortunate that the female dependents of the Tang family branch came to visit my mother, and when someone asked me my name, I told them......"

"Then there was a person who said that the name Qiaoqiao was taken like a maid!" Li Zhien couldn't hold it back, and said angrily: "If it weren't for Mrs. to stop me, I wouldn't have been able to give up with that slut at that time!" When I came back, my wife didn't let me say it, I was so angry that I didn't sleep well last night! ”

Bai Qiaoqiao hurriedly said: "Oh, my mother has already ordered her to apologize, what else?" If you make trouble again, won't it make it difficult for your mother? ”

When Li Mu heard this, his face turned ugly, and he was also a little dissatisfied with Sun's disposition. In his opinion, what's so difficult about this, no matter what, she is her only son, she should have no reason to ask her daughter-in-law to be is, just ordered to apologize, obviously not satisfying Li Mu.

Unless......

Li Mu took Bai Qiaoqiao's hand and said, "Did my mother tell you something?" ”

"Nope!" Bai Qiaoqiao hurriedly shook his head.

"Yes!" Li Zhien debunked: "Just after the incident just now, the old lady called the lady into the inner room, although she didn't let me into the house, but my ears are good, and I heard it outside." The old lady said that the master is now a marquis and an official, not the hairy boy in Mayi City in the past. The wives of the officials pay attention to the right people, the wives are illiterate, the knowledge is shallow, and the mother's family can't help the master, so she is obviously not worthy of the master. I don't know how many people come to the door these days, and they want to marry their daughter to the master through the introduction of Lord Tang. The old lady also said that she remembered the old love and would not let the master divorce his wife, but in the future, if the Li family wants to spread the branches, she will marry a few more rooms and enter the door, so that the lady will not be jealous! ”

"How can my mother say such a thing!" Li Mu exclaimed, he could have completely figured out the reason why Bai Qiaoqiao was depressed.

In fact, this kind of thing is not uncommon in later generations. When her son was nothing, when her mother-in-law was afraid that her son would beat a bachelor, she caught a daughter-in-law and complimented her vigorously, and she was afraid that she would lose it in her hand, and she was afraid that it would melt in her mouth, and no one could say a word. But when her son is developed, the former kindness and righteousness are gone, and she begins to find faults and thorns, and it doesn't look pleasing to the eye. It's just that Li Mu never thought that the Sun family would be such a mother-in-law, which surprised him somewhat.