Concubine Yang Shu glanced at her and the other three ladies, she didn't have much affection for them, but she brought them here because they were desperately trying to please themselves. What Mrs. Qiu said just now is right, it will soon be the 66th birthday of the Empress Dowager, Cheng Yue, as the first military minister, of course, it is too late to complete the high-rise building, can there be no birthday gift?

Chen Cairen also thought of this, and gave a thumbs up and praised: "What Mrs. Qiu said is very true, please go back and blow the pillow wind with the Metropolitan Governor, with the usual temperament of the Metropolitan Governor, I will definitely agree." ”

The eight concubines all smiled and agreed, with their understanding of Cheng Yue, this was not a big deal at all.

Mrs. Xia looked at Ba Ji enviously and said, "It's a blessing that the little ladies can marry the Grand Duke." ”

Ba Ji smiled when she heard this, Lu Qi glanced at Liyun and said with a smile: "Thank you Madame for your kind words, but there are people who still refuse to cherish it." ”

Liyun was ashamed and said, "My sister is talking nonsense again, and she said that the incident was a misunderstanding." ”

As soon as the concubines heard this, Yang Shufei asked excitedly, "Tell me quickly, what's going on?" Can you talk about it? ”

Liyun glanced at Lu Qi vigorously, but Lu Qi pretended not to see it, and said, "Of course the concubine knows that we are both courtesans. Those of us must always have a few benefactors, first, to raise our reputation and earn some entanglements, and secondly, we must also choose from them that we can rely on, so as to prepare for good business in the future. Before Liyun, there were more than a dozen benefactors who often came to cheer, one of them was the eldest young man of the Yang family in the north of the city, and the family was a mule and horse, and his ancestors had two prefects, so he was a good family. Yang Dashao has always liked Liyun and has been very good to her. I want to take her as a concubine. Liyun was really excited at that time. accepted the token of Yang Dashao's love, and prepared to redeem himself and marry into the Yang family after this year. Who knew that Liyun ancestor was selected to sing in front of the officials, and the officials took a fancy to us and included us in the mansion as the concubines of the officials. Yang Dashao was in pain when he heard about it, and he didn't dare to go to the Dadu Governor's Mansion to cause trouble, so he could only be depressed at home every day. ”

"Things have taken a turn for the better, and later the officials let us sing here, and the Yang family will start from the next day. It must come every day, and it must be spending five taels of silver to sit in front, just looking forward to seeing Liyun, if Liyun says a few words to him one day, he will be even more happy to refuse to leave when it closes. Liyun pitied him for his infatuation and occasionally chatted with him. As a result, this idiot was about to go crazy, and a few days ago, he didn't know which string in his head didn't hit, so he actually ran to the Dadu Governor's Mansion to find an official and ask for someone, and asked the official to fulfill him and Liyun, as if the official was a wicked person who robbed the people's daughters. All the concubines laughed. Some shook their heads, some nodded.

Lu Qi continued: "How can the people in the mansion let him see the officials. It was not good to hurt him, so I had to drive him away. I didn't dare to hide it, so I told the officials about it. Liyun was so frightened that she cried and screamed, knelt in front of the officials and waited for the officials to punish her, and at that time she also frightened the slaves, and they all knelt down and begged the officials. Unexpectedly, the official knew the cause and effect, but comforted Liyun again and again, praised himself for his good vision, and laughed and said that Yang Dashao was affectionate, righteous and courageous, and he should find him an official. Liyun hugged the official and cried to death, and then returned the love token to Yang Da Shaocai in person. ”

Liyun said with shame on her face: "The slave family doesn't have any other thoughts, I really look at him pitiful, speaking of which, the slave family is sorry for him, and leaving that token is also a souvenir." It is rare that the official is not surprised, and comforts the slave family and says that he welcomed the slave family into the door without asking clearly, and he is to blame. The official is so good to the slave family, and the slave family is really sorry for the official. After saying that, I want to cry again.

Lu Qi hurriedly patted her on the back and said: "It's all my talking, talking and playing, if my sister is really sorry for the officials, where would I say that?" The other six Ji also comforted him.

Yuqiong smiled: "It's not just Liyun, right? There are also a few obsessed people around our little lady Luqi! Yesterday I sat at the table on the left, looking at the way they looked at Lu Qi's eyes, really, alas, the iron man is going to melt, hehe. ”

Lu Qi raised her eyebrows and said with a smile: "I told the officials, the officials said that they didn't do anything wrong, pity them for being infatuated, as long as they don't make trouble, whatever they do." ”

Yang Shufei admired in her heart - Cheng Yue is really a strange man! Then he asked: "Then Yang Dashao has really been made an official?" ”

Lu Qi smiled and said: "Concubine Rongyu, Yang Dashao was really found by the officials, and asked him to go to the concubine's brother Lord Yang to be a small official who manages the transportation of cement and sand and gravel. As for how much Yang Dashao will have in the future, it depends on himself, and if the official does this, Sister Liyun is also worthy of him. ”

Madame Winter applauded and laughed, "The Metropolitan Governor is really very human! The breadth of the mind is truly amazing. ”

Mrs. Chun also nodded and sighed: "Yes, I think that Jia seems to kill her just because the concubine said that other men are good-looking, the demeanor of the metropolitan governor is really heartbreaking." The concubines also nodded and sighed.

Seeing that the atmosphere was a little dull, Yu Chun smiled and said, "But officials often do some ridiculous things. Didn't the officials write a "Three Character Classic" for the emperor's enlightenment a few days ago? Later, the Ministry of Rites thought it was good, so it ordered tens of thousands of copies to be printed and distributed to schoolchildren all over the world. As a result, after the officials heard about it, they sent Yang Tingyang to the Ministry of Rites to ask for copyright fees, which made the Ministry of Rites so angry that the Ministry of Rites was so angry that Lord Lu was also complained by the Ministry of Rites, saying that he must have provoked the Metropolitan Governor, and the Metropolitan Governor deliberately embarrassed the Ministry of Rites. ”

Concubine Yang Shufei couldn't help but smile and said: "Yes, it's just that it's not grateful to print your book to help you become famous, but you still have to pay!" It has been unheard of since ancient times. When the news reached the palace, everyone who heard it laughed back and forth. The Empress Dowager specially allocated 1,000 yuan from the Inner Treasury to the Ministry of Rites to pay the Metropolitan Governor, and I heard that the Metropolitan Governor still muttered that it was too little! It's so interesting, no wonder the people from the Ministry of Rites blame Lord Lu, what is actually about him? He's really wronged. ”

The hall was full of coquettish laughter, and Liyun also burst into laughter, Cheng Yue's actions were always so incredible.

Lu Qi said with a smile: "This is not the end, the slave family heard from Mrs. that after the official got the money, he didn't give a penny to Mrs., so he actually wrote a letter in person and sent someone to send all the money to Wang Yinglin Wang." said that Lord Wang's family is huge and life is not easy, which he deserves. But Lord Ye Liye, who was much poorer than Lord Wang, did not penny, saying that he was used to being poor anyway, and it would not be a big problem to continue to be poor. After saying that, he couldn't help but laugh first.

The concubines laughed loudly when they heard this, Yu Chongrong slid down from the chair with a smile, hugged her stomach and screamed that it hurt, Yang Shufei laughed until her hair fell apart, and wiped her tears five or six times before she finally stopped.

Izumo and Ah Jin hurriedly helped her coil her hair, Yang Shufei's hairstyle was a new hairstyle designed by Cheng Yue, and they were naturally handy when they coiled it.

Mrs. Zhu waited for everyone to suppress their laughter and asked, "Ye Li was just a student before, and the Metropolitan Governor suddenly promoted him to a high position, what did he rely on?" ”

Lu Qi pondered for a moment and said: "The officials didn't mention it, the slave family only heard the officials say that Ye Li has the talent of the prime minister, and he will be reused in the future." Let him accumulate some practical experience first, and then gradually increase his responsibilities. Although the slave family didn't know why the officials trusted Lord Ye so much, judging from the various reports and news that came, the officials were very satisfied with Lord Ye, and once said to Xiang Gong Wen that if Xiang Gong Wen became the prime minister in the future, he must recommend Lord Ye as his successor. ”

Yang Shufei exclaimed: "Most of the governors are eclectic in employing people, so they can get talents like Ye Li." All the concubines nodded yes.

The concubines got the definite news today, and they were very interested, and they didn't leave until the evening. When I went back to the palace and told Cheng Yue's meaning to the concubines in the palace, I was jubilant again. The attendants did not react much when they heard that Cheng Yue was going to gradually abolish the castration system, and it had nothing to do with them anyway. Besides, they have suffered a lot, and they don't want others to suffer like this.

Since then, Cheng Yue has often come to Yaleju because of the overseer, and Yun Luo and Ba Ji have accompanied him here to enjoy the blessings of gentleness.

The construction of the house was troublesome, but with the collective efforts of Cheng Yue and many craftsmen, it was generally smooth. As the craftsmen became more and more skilled, the general appearance of the houses in various places was presented, and Cheng Yue ordered them to compile the experience into a book for future construction reference.

On this day, Cheng Yue went to the construction site for a long time, and then slipped to Yaleju and was accompanied by Baji to "rest" for a while, and when he came out, it was when the weather was hot in the afternoon, Cheng Yue and the guards around him walked unhurriedly to the house, and when they were about to reach the gate of the house, suddenly two middle-aged men dressed plainly came out of the crowd on the side.

Xiao Zhen and Ma Fu roared, hurriedly protecting Cheng Yue left and right, and the guards in front immediately rushed towards these two people to subdue them.

Who knew that after the two men came out, they didn't get closer to Cheng Yue again, but just knelt not far in front of Cheng Yue's horse with a "poof", kowtowing and crying: "The metropolitan governor is the master of the grass people!" The Metropolitan Governor is the master of the grass! ”

The guards in front of them pressed them down, and Ma Fu didn't come to one place, and seeing that there was no movement around, he jumped off his horse, grabbed one of the two people, slapped them twice, and scolded: "Bastard thing! Is there such a shouting for injustice? Even if you kill your whole family, you can't afford to kill the Governor's horse! ”

The two men were beaten by Ma Fu and their mouths and noses were bleeding, and they didn't dare to reply, but they just kowtowed while crying, and they seemed to have endless grievances, which made people look sour.

Cheng Yue sighed and said: "Let's bring people into the mansion and talk about it, if there is indeed a grievance that cannot be solved elsewhere, I will definitely make the decision for you, if not, then you will also be responsible for the recklessness just now." ”

The two men were overjoyed when they heard this, and after kowtowing three times in a row, they got up and stood aside, Ma Fu glared at them, and said: "Follow me, after entering the house, you can only keep your head down, and you are not allowed to look around, otherwise you will kill the dog with a knife!" (To be continued......)