Pingxi Hou Mansion.

"A bunch of waste, even such a few maids can't be arranged!" Pingxihou's voice of gritting teeth came out of his throat in a low voice.

"Master Hou, Madame is here." There was a soft knock at the door.

After a while, Pingxihou's voice came from the joy and anger: "Please come in, Madame." ”

Mrs. Pingxihou is less than thirty years old, but because she is a courtesan of a first-class family in Beijing, she dresses very calmly.

She walked in with a smile on her face and blessed her body: "Master Hou." ”

Pingxihou immediately stepped forward to help her up: "I've said it so many times, Madam and I don't need to be like this." ”

Pingxi Hou's wife Liu, her maiden home is the Maoguo Mansion. At the beginning, the Marquis of Pingxi asked to marry the Liu family, in order to obtain the support of the Duke of Mao, so that the Marquis of Pingxi Mansion would become a real first-class family in Shangjing.

He has always respected his wife and never offered to take a concubine, but the Liu family has always been childless, and he felt guilty, so he carried a few charming and lovely concubine rooms for Lu Ping'an.

"Madame came here today, is there something going on?" Lu Ping'an helped Liu to sit down on the chair and asked softly.

Liu Shi looked a little worried: "General Lu brought his wife to serve tea today, I heard that he doesn't have much respect for his mother. ”

"Oh? What did she say? Lu Ping'an asked with interest.

She told her mother not to be too tired and to share some of the family affairs with me. He also said that he would take his mother's pulse and prescribe a prescription. ”

Lu Ping'an heard it in his ears, and immediately understood what Liu meant, and he looked at Liu with a little apology: "Mother is such a stubborn person, she is not willing to let go of power, and we don't have anything to say, I have wronged you." ”

Liu sighed slightly in his heart, but smiled softly on his face: "What did Master Hou say, such a concubine is just lazy, and she has to work hard for her mother." ”

Lu Ping'an patted Liu's shoulder soothingly, but his mind drifted back to the one in the morning and smiled......

"Since I left you behind, you must be in the mansion well, and I have only one requirement for you, that is, to be loyal to the general's mansion and know what to say and what not to say." Qin Ranran was still sitting in the front hall and took another sip of tea.

"I have always had clear rewards and punishments in my work, Mother Liu, you will tell them about the rules of the house, the monthly money, and I will pick me to serve you next day when everything is cleaned up tomorrow." After Qin Ranran finished speaking, she took the paper bag that Lu Chengan brought her, and the two walked back to the main courtyard hand in hand.

"Why don't you pick someone now?" Lu Chengan raised his eyebrows.

Qin Ranran opened the paper bag, took out a chicken claw and bit it in his mouth: "Tomorrow, I will pick someone to serve closely, and see if anyone can't sit still tonight." ”

"Ranran, I see that you have changed a lot." Lu Chengan took a bamboo skewer and pierced a piece of braised beef and sent it to Qin Ranran's mouth, "Sometimes I suspect that you have changed into a different person." ”

Qin Ranran's body stiffened, she didn't dare to look up at Lu Chengan's expression, she didn't know if he was happy or disappointed, would his eyes be filled with inquiry or questions?

"But that's good, if you go out, I don't have to worry about others bullying you." Lu Chengan's tone was calm, but there was obviously a bit of joy in it, "I used to worry that you would not be able to adapt to the life of the house after getting married, and I also thought that if you really don't fit in, don't participate in those personal exchanges between the female dependents." I didn't expect you to adapt well. ”

"If I don't participate in the communication between the female dependents, you won't get some news......" Qin Ranran was a little distracted and blurted out.

"I'm a dignified seven-foot man, and I act above board, so why do you need to go around here to hear the news for me?" Lu Chengan's expression became serious, and there was a hint of pride between his eyebrows.

Qin Ranran looked at this trace of pride on his face, and his heart throbbed.

In his previous life, he was such a proud and frank person, so he would be taken advantage of.

Lu Chengan, in this life, I will never be like in my previous life, just hiding behind you.

"General, Gonggong Liu is here." Manager Ma's voice sounded on the side, "It is said that there is an edict from the queen's mother." ”

Qin Ranran and Lu Chengan exchanged glances, but they didn't expect the queen to come so quickly.

"Pass on the queen's mother's message, please General Pingxi and his wife enter the palace tomorrow, and Your Majesty and Niangniang will hold a luncheon to celebrate the two newlyweds." After Liu Gonggong finished speaking with a smile, he took the red seal handed over by Manager Ma, exchanged a few words with Lu Chengan, and returned to the palace.

"Go and prepare the carriage and guards to enter the palace tomorrow." Lu Chengan told Manager Ma, "Call Manager Li over, I have something to ask him." ”

Manager Ma was stunned, then nodded and retreated.

Lu Chengan didn't notice Manager Ma's actions, but Qin Ranran saw it, recalling the scene on the guillotine in his previous life, there was no figure of Manager Ma, only Manager Li stubbornly refused to bow his head......

She closed her eyes tightly, and opened them after a while, and her tone was the same as usual: "Since it is a luncheon tomorrow, and let us arrive at the hour, I think the queen mother will definitely let me take her pulse, and I want to read the medical book again in a while, let Mother Liu and Mai Sui accompany me, you send a few people to the place where the maid is placed to watch the point, choose the clever one, and tell me who they say and do in it." ”

Lu Chengan responded with a smile, and when Manager Li came over, he gave instructions to Manager Li, and then said to Qin Ranran: "If there is anything inconvenient to go out in the future, when I am not at home, you will tell Uncle Li, Uncle Li is your own person." ”

The tone is serious, just like when I told myself that Mother Liu and Mai Sui were my own people.

Qin Ranran looked at the man in his forties in front of him, and said with a smile: "Don't trouble Uncle Li in the future." ”

Manager Li pursed his lips, and the expression on his face softened a lot: "Madame, even if she orders." ”

Lu Chengan took Manager Li to his study, and Qin Ranran and Liu's mother Mai Sui also returned to their main courtyard.

She took a medical book and flipped through it, looked at what she had memorized by heart, and set it aside.

"Mother Liu, Mai Sui, come and sit." She thought for a moment, then said to the two who had been standing on the side without speaking.

The two of them did not shirk, and moved the small pestle by the kang in front of the window and sat down.

"What's going on with Mr. Ma and Mr. Li?" She asked directly.

Mother Liu seemed to be a little surprised, looked up at Qin Ranran, and saw that she had a solemn face, and hurriedly sat up straight: "The general is waiting for General Manager Li when he is young, and he is very trusted by the general. ”

Hearing this, Qin Ranran glanced at Mai Sui and said in surprise, "Is there such a thing?" I don't even know. ”

Mai Sui pursed her lips and smiled: "It's not a big deal, if Madam has anything to arrange for me in the future, I'll go and tell my father." ”

Mother Liu continued to speak: "As for Manager Ma, it was sent by the Internal Affairs Office when the general opened the mansion. The general has always entrusted him with some trivial things to do, and the really important things have always been done by General Manager Li. ”

Qin Ranran's fingers tapped on the kang table, and suddenly asked again: "I want to pick the maid today, except for the two of you, who else knows?" ”

Liu's mother thought for a while: "It's not easy for us to go out, so I asked Manager Ma to do this." Madame means ......" Speaking of this, Liu's mother's face has changed several times.

"Mai Sui, you go and tell your father, let me see the movements of Manager Ma, especially the contact with the Hou Mansion."