Early in the morning of April 24, there was no phoenix crown and no gongs and drums, Wei Ya sat on a small sedan chair and quietly went out of the town and the country.

Although Wen Wei promised that she would hold a grand concubine ceremony for Wei Ya in the Ningguo Hou Mansion, the Zhenguo Hou Mansion would not send anyone to participate.

As soon as the concubine's sedan chair went out, then, Mrs. Tai, Mrs. Cao, and the second master Weijie, and the three masters of Zhenguo Houfu all declared that they were sick.

For a while, the house was very gloomy, and the people were even careful to walk, for fear of making a louder noise and provoking fire.

It's just that at this moment of rumors, something happened soon.

A few hours after Wei Ya went out, that is, not long after the afternoon, the old bustard Hong's mother, the top brothel in the capital, Wanhualou, took an IOU that was said to have been signed by the third young master Wei Zheng himself, and only came to the door to collect debts accompanied by two little maids.

To say, this is a matter of people coming to the door with an IOU to collect debts, in fact, the third young master Wei Zheng often did it in the past, according to Wei Zheng, as the third young master of the Zhenguo Houfu, and he served in the camp in the western suburbs where the noble sons gathered, and he always had to make friends and invite guests to eat and drink...... Even so, not only brothels, but also famous restaurants, teahouses, shops, etc. in the capital, Wei Zheng is a frequent visitor to bookkeeping.

For accounts like this, as long as the person who comes to the door has Wei Zheng's signature, the account office of the Zhenguo Houfu will pay the silver first, and then deduct it from Wei Zheng's monthly silver, the amount is too large, so you can only find Aunt Huang to make up for it.

However, this time the situation is very special.

Wanhualou's red mother showed the white and black IOU in front of the head of the account office Qiu manager, and at the moment, I saw that the old account room manager in his fifties had his legs weak, if it weren't for the timely support of someone around him, the Qiu manager would have been stunned and could fall to the ground.

It turned out that the amount of the IOU in Mother Hong's hand was a full 30,000 taels of silver!

The onlookers all gasped in unison.

Seeing everyone like this, the red mother laughed for a while, and then explained the origin of the 30,000 taels of IOUs in detail...... The two little maids who followed Mother Hong were also very neat-mouthed, and after a while, the circle of people in the town's Guohou Mansion spread the news of how the third young master Wei Zheng owed 30,000 taels of silver.

It turned out that last night, Wei Zheng, who took leave to return to Beijing for Wei Ya to go out, did not return to the town of Guohou Mansion, but went to Wanhualou, and happened to catch up with the Qing Qi people of Wanhua Lou to perform on stage, when Wei Zheng went, there was a Qing Qi person named Li'er on the stage who was dancing in the sky, and the dance was very graceful, which made Wei Zheng fall in love with the Li'er girl at first sight, and he was fascinated by the mind, regardless of the rejection of several powerful people, and photographed the first night of the Li'er girl at a high price......

Because of the identity of the third young master of the Zhenguo Houfu, and Wei Zheng can be regarded as a regular customer of Wanhualou, although Wei Zheng did not give the silver immediately after taking pictures of the girl Li'er, but went to the Furong tent anxiously with the Li'er in his arms...... Mother Hong thought about the reason why the Spring Festival was worth a thousand dollars, and didn't knock on the door to disturb.

A night of romance, to this day, Wei Zheng slept until three poles in the morning before waking up, but when Wei Zheng opened his eyes, he seemed to have forgotten everything that happened last night, not only did he not recognize the girl who was sleeping beside him, but also insisted that he did not shout out 30,000 taels of silver at all...... It's just that so many people in the Wanhua Building watched yesterday, and there were friends who came to have fun with Wei Zheng to testify, Wei Zheng's denial obviously didn't work...... Soon, Wei Zheng signed an IOU of 30,000 taels of silver......

Mother Hong detained Wei Zheng in Wanhualou, and then personally brought an IOU to the Zhenguo Houfu to ask for silver, which led to the scene in front of her.

The matter of 30,000 taels is too important, not to mention a bookkeeper, even the second lady of the housekeeper, Cao, would not dare to dispose of such a large sum of silver at will, not to mention that the second lady Cao is sick at the moment, and will definitely not wade into this troubled water...... In this way, the news was handed to the top layer by layer, and it didn't take long for it to be reported to Mrs. Tai's ears.

Mrs. Tai was furious on the spot, and after dropping her favorite set of white porcelain tea cups, she even threatened that she did not have such an unfilial grandson as Wei Zheng, and directly asked Tao's mother to lead the people from Wanhualou to meet Wei Zheng's biological mother, Aunt Huang.

Yuhuatai is an exquisite viewing pavilion, belonging to the outer courtyard, and the outer courtyard study of the town of the country Hou Wei Bai is very close, so, although the Yuhuatai is used for viewing, in fact, there are not a few flowers and plants around, but there are many tall and low cascading trees, in it, the scenery seen is also very limited.

There is a small path behind Yuhuatai, which leads directly to the small corner gate of the inner courtyard, which was originally set up for the convenience of the town and the country to return to the inner courtyard, so it stands to reason that Yuhuatai is closer to the inner courtyard.

Stepping out of the corner gate, and just after walking a dozen steps, Wei Man heard a female voice with a pinched throat shouting loudly.

“…… Oh, this aunt, listen to what you say, mother, I know that you must be from a big family, oh, a lady of noble birth like you always looks down on us lowly women...... Hey, but my good aunt, you, you really have a deep misunderstanding of our Wanhualou, even if you don't believe in our Wanhualou signboard, you should have confidence in your hereditary Zhenguo Houfu No, you think, I just borrowed courage from the sky, then I don't dare to deceive this dignified Zhenguo Houfu isn't it...... You can see it clearly, this is indeed the handwriting of the third young master of the house, this is written in black and white, how can it be faked, besides, if the aunt still doesn't believe it, then you can go out to inquire about it, last night, my Wanhualou can be said to be full of friends, how many dignitaries and nobles in the capital have seen the third young master of the house take pictures of the girl with their own eyes...... Oh, there is also the second young master of the Hou Mansion of Wuning to testify, if you don't believe me, auntie, then you should always believe the second young master of Yin, the second young master of Yin and the third young master of the mansion were together last night, and now the second young master of Yin is still in our Wanhua Building with the third young master of the house, you can send someone to ask......"

Picking up the leafy branches, Wei Man looked into the Yuhuatai not far away.

I saw a plump woman dressed in red and green, dressed too cool and festive, less than forty years old, pinching her waist, aggressively talking to Aunt Huang, whose face was flushed.

Aunt Huang's "sharp teeth and sharp mouth" on weekdays are just virtual images, which is the sharp teeth set off by the clumsy and blunt Aunt Jiang, she and the real clever red mother confronted, she can only breathe unsmoothly, but she can't refute half a useful sentence.

Seeing Aunt Huang like this, Mother Hong's unusually white face showed a few bright sneers, she looked around at the dense bushes around where many figures could be hidden, wiped her eyelids, pretended to cough a few times, changed her crying tone, and shouted loudly: "Oh, what is going on, our Wanhualou is also for the sake of that person is the third young master of the Zhenguo Houfu, so we will wait for the silver after the candles in the cave room...... Mom, I've been doing business in Wanhualou for decades, oops, how can I get lost for a while and let such a thing happen...... Oh, Jiao'er, Mei'er, you two talk about it, your hard-working sister Li'er, can she still come back with her combing silver......

"Oh, Mom, I won't tell you, Yijiao'er looks at the attitude in this house, Sister Li'er's comb of silver, I'm afraid it won't come, oops, my poor sister Li'er......"

"Mom, don't worry, the third young master of Wei is also the young master of the Zhenguo Houfu, don't you, come to think of it, the dignified Zhenguo Houfu, no matter what, it won't let Sister Li'er lose her body in vain...... Besides, Third Young Master Wei is still living in our Wanhua Building, this huge Hou Mansion, can you really care about Third Young Master Wei or not......"

Jiao'er and Mei'er, the two fourteen or fifteen-year-old maids, cleverly persuaded the red mother with white and black faces, and at the same time did not forget to throw flattering glances at the male family members who were guarding outside Yuhuatai.

Aunt Huang was out of breath and her hands were shaking.

"Auntie, let's not be angry, don't be ......angry," Luo Lan, the maid who was holding Aunt Huang, rubbed Aunt Huang's chest and was angry, while looking back at Mother Hong, and said, "When did my aunt say that she would not give you silver, you should not talk nonsense...... Don't worry, since it is the note signed by our third young master, the silver will definitely be given to you...... You, you, you let our third young master come back first, such a big sum of silver, my aunt always has to ask the third young master in person......"

"Oh, this can't be done, this can't be done...... Mother Hong vetoed repeatedly, looked at Aunt Huang with a smile on her face, and said in a sincere tone: "As long as the silver is cashed, our Wanhualou will immediately let the third young master of the house come back to reunite with his aunt, but if the silver is not given today, or there is a copper plate missing from the 30,000 taels of silver, hehe, then we can't blame Wanhualou for not knowing how to lift, and the third young master Wei is afraid that he will have to stay in our Wanhualou for one more night......"

"You! What do you mean! Aunt Huang stared at Mother Hong fiercely, pointed at her with her finger, and said angrily: "Do you dare to detain the third young master?" I can tell you, my Zheng'er is the young master of Houfu! If you dare to touch a hair of him, I, our Zhenguo Houfu will definitely not let you Wanhualou go! ”

"Huh! Auntie, don't you think it's bad, where do we Wanhualou dare to be disrespectful to the third young master of the Zhenguo Houfu," Hong's mother smiled: "Wanhualou opened the door to do business, from the princes and nobles to the common people in this capital, we are all smiling and welcoming, and we never ...... with people until the last resort."

"Humph!"

A cold snort of disdain suddenly sounded behind Wei Man.

Wei Man turned around, but saw that Wei Feng was standing one step behind her at some point, and behind Wei Feng was Aunt Jiang who was looking forward to the Yuhuatai.