Ye Youtong had just returned to the mansion with the slaves, and saw his baby daughter Ye Lanlan guarding the door of the mansion, looking around, looking worried.

Seeing her father come back, Ye Lanlan smiled from ear to ear, stepped forward and pulled him and called out repeatedly: "Aya, why did you go to Qingwangfu for so long, but you are sad to death Lanlan." ”

Ye Youtong glanced at her angrily, and said with some displeasure: "Lan Lan, there are guests in the house, you don't stay in the courtyard for a long time, what are you doing in the outer courtyard?" ”

Ye Lanlan pursed her mouth: "There are people I don't want to see in the house, there are brothers and aunts here, I don't need me, and I'm really stuffy inside, I'm still waiting for Aya to come back." ”

On the way, Ye Youtong heard that Tao Dingqian came with a pair of children, and the only one who could make his daughter unhappy was the Jiuniang of the Tao family.

Since he was preparing to discuss the marriage of King Qing again, he was thinking about the right person in his heart, and when the Tao family came over, he immediately had a suitable candidate.

I heard that Tao Jiuniang is also a smart woman, and the Tao family has now severed its relationship with Beiya, which is the most suitable for marrying Qingwangfu.

Seeing Ye Lanlan's unhappy look, he couldn't help but reproach: "You are naughty, I'm afraid you don't want to see the Tao family's Jiuniang, Aye can give it to you, people come to the house, it's a guest, you can't lose your courtesy." ”

"I don't want to have such a guest in the house, Aya doesn't feel dirty, I still think she dirty our house."

"Shut up", Ye Youtong said sharply: "Who taught you such words?" ”

Ye Lanlan pursed her lips aggrievedly and said, "That's the case, why should Aya be angry with the slave family for such a person." ”

Ye Youtong glared at her fiercely again: "Since you don't want to see her, then your father won't embarrass you, so you go to your own yard and stay for a good time." ”

After that, he directly ordered his subordinates to send Ye Lanlan back to the house, and he didn't bother to pay attention to this vinegar girl.

When he arrived at the guest hall, except for the two serving servants guarding the door, only Tao Dingqian was left in the room sitting on the guest seat, holding the tea cup in front of him, looking absent-minded, and all his thoughts were written on his face.

Seeing Ye Youtong's shadow, Tao Dingqian couldn't wait to get up and greet him: "Ye Xiang, you can be regarded as back, Tao is waiting for you to be waiting for you." ”

"Oh, Brother Tao is really a rare guest, I haven't seen you for a long time, and I don't know which gust of wind blew you here today", Ye Youtong looked around the hall and said with some curiosity: "Ye heard that Brother Tao came with Ling Lang and Ling Ai, why didn't you see Da Lang and Jiu Niang?" ”

"As soon as the dog entered the door, he was called by Ling Lang to look at the calligraphy he had practiced recently, and the woman heard that the eldest lady had been ill recently, and it happened that she would have some partial methods that were most suitable for the doctor to spare her head illness, so Tao told her to go to the backyard to take a look at the eldest lady."

"Jiu Niang is really ingenious, I have long heard that Jiu Niang Lan of your mansion is full of heart, and she is full of economy, Brother Tao really gave birth to a good daughter", Ye Youtong looked at him meaningfully, and asked tentatively: "I heard that Brother Tao was going to discuss marriage for Jiu Niang, how is it, but you have a settlement?" ”

Tao Dingqian smiled bitterly: "Poor girl in such a businessman's family, can't enter the noble door, I thought that the Zhao family in the Yanshou Fang can be regarded as the right family, but that Zhao Sanlang is a domineering gentleman, and he can't be trusted, and now the family has encountered some setbacks, and the woman's family affairs can only be put aside temporarily." ”

He came over today, not for this matter, although he was a little surprised when he heard Ye Youtong mention the marriage of his daughter, he didn't want to delay the time on this matter, and deliberately lowered his eyes to look at a few leather boxes on the ground, and said with a smile:

"Recently, Tao's newly produced purple bamboo shoot tea in several tea gardens in the south has just been sent to Beijing, and he has obtained a few authentic paintings and calligraphy and some jewelry found from Hu Shang's hands, all of which are of the highest quality, so Tao thought about sending them to Ye Xiang in person."

Ye Youtong waved his hand and walked away, only glanced at the suitcases slightly, and did not check carefully, this Tao Dingqian has been the richest man for more than ten years, and he has always been generous.

He has been a household secretary for many years, Tao Dingqian's gold and silver jewelry, famous calligraphy and painting, all kinds of strange things have been sent to the house, looking at the heavy big boxes, this time I am afraid that the gifts are much more than in previous years.

"Brother Tao has a heart", Ye Youtong hurriedly helped him sit down, and said in his own voice: "I also heard that your mansion has encountered some bad things recently, but now that Ye is no longer in the household department, many things can't help, it's really ashamed." ”

Tao Dingqian is also distressed about this matter, although this person is now promoted, but there is no direct contact with the household department, the newly appointed household squire Li Zhi was a guy who did not eat oil and rice when he was the Yin of Jingzhao Mansion, and now he is also leading the judgment branch and the salt and iron envoys, which is simply not giving people a way to live.

He smiled stiffly with a bitter face: "Ye Xiang is sick to Tao's heart, this Li Shilang has only been in office for a few days, and he handed over the tribute of tea to the Zhao family, it is the Zhao family that has transported tea for the palace over the years The tea is not only of good quality, but also the taxes paid in various places are also full of taxes, no difference in the pool, Ye Xiang, what are these words, want tea, in addition to the Mengding tea in Jiannan, what else can compare to the purple bamboo shoot tea of my Tao family, and then my Tao family is only in the hundreds of thousands of acres of tea gardens in various places, The new tea produced every year is much more abundant than the loose tea collected by the Zhao family. ”

Ye Youtong knew the reason why Li Zhu did not hand over the right to pay tribute to the Tao family, and when the first saint was still there, he ordered not to hand over the imperial system in the palace to the Tao family, and now that the Tian family has been overthrown, no one will go to the Tao family again.

But he didn't know these well, and pandered: "If you want this Li Shilang, Ye has heard of this person before, and he is indeed upright, but he handed over the right to trade tea to the Zhao family for no reason, but I am afraid that he still hides some personal feelings, I can hear that when he entered Beijing, he was poor, and it was all thanks to the support of the old lady of the Zhao family that he won today's fame. ”

"Uncle Ye's words have to be reasonable."

While the two were talking, Tao Yunshu walked in silently without knowing when, and when she arrived at Ye Youtong, she first shook her body gently, and said softly: "Uncle Ye is kind." ”

Ye Youtong looked at her intently, dressed in a gorgeous outfit, which was really enchanting, which made him a little moved.

He smiled with a kind smile: "My niece doesn't have to be polite, I have to bother you when I come to the house as a guest, I'm really ashamed of the old man, hurry up and take a seat." ”

Tao Dingqian had a gloomy face, and said angrily: "Shu'er, I will talk to your Uncle Ye, what are you doing here, how did your father teach you on weekdays." ”

"It's okay, it's okay, it's not an outsider, Brother Tao doesn't have to see outside", Ye Youtong waved his hand disapprerovingly, motioned for Tao Yunshu to sit down, and then said: "Since my niece is here, I must have some opinions about the current predicament of your mansion, and I want to hear my niece's wonderful arguments." ”

"Since Uncle Ye asked, the slave family is not easy to hide, so I invited Uncle Ye for today's invitation for my father."

Tao Yunshu said with a smile: "All living beings, all for profit, although my Tao family is blocked at the moment, but there is a good saying 'a skinny camel is bigger than a horse', even if it loses the name of the palace for the book, but my Tao family is the first in the tea gardens and porcelain kilns all over the country, which no one can replace, in the past, the Tian family and the party received a lot of income from our Tao family every year, and now seeing such a large piece of meat fall into the Su family and the Zhao family, Uncle Ye can feel sorry? ”

Ye Youtong calmly picked up the teacup next to him, lifted the lid, took a shallow sip, and did not answer immediately.