Chapter 64: Hard Expenses
Yuxiang knew that Li Jingyi was thinking about An Guohou, and said with a smile, "Master Hou has already gotten up, and he also asked someone to pass the word over, saying that he invited the county lord to come over and have breakfast together." ”
"Got it," Li Jingyi changed her clothes, went to the west to see the two of them first, and saw that they had both gotten up, and smiled to signal that they didn't have to be polite, "What?" Happy to this day, are you still happy? ”
Lingxin and Longyi are both people who have followed Li Jingyi through life and death, so their feelings about this matter are much deeper than others, Lingxin nodded vigorously, "The slave maid just thinks that this punishment is still light, this is the county lord has the blessing of the gods to not die, it's not that they don't have the heart to put the county lord to death, and now the vicious mother and son are still in the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion!" ”
Lingxin furrowed her brows, secretly wondering if she could find an opportunity to fight Rongzhi.
"Lingxin actually knows 'Zhu Xin'," Li Jingyi smiled and stroked her long hair hanging down her shoulders, "This is sometimes, life is more grinding than death, and they will regret what they have done every day." ”
"You two just have to recuperate with peace of mind, after we leave Zhuzhou, we will never see these people again, I will tell my father, when I get out of the capital for you, when the time comes, I will marry you beautifully," Li Jingyi looked at the two of them with pity, "In the future, we will be like relatives, and we will come and go often." ”
Relatives? How dare they? Lingxin and Longyi exchanged glances, Lingxin struggled to sit up and knelt on the bed, "County master, the slave maid has discussed with Longyi, the slaves and maids don't want to leave the country, and the slave and maid want to guard the county lord for the rest of their lives,"
Lingxin's tone was firm, "The slave and maid tell the county lord the truth, the two slaves and maids have been disfigured, no matter how much the county lord dowries, what kind of family can he find?" Rather than being disliked in the future, it is better to live with the county lord, the slave and maid also know that taking out like a slave and maid will only lose the face of the county lord, Longyi needlework is good, and the slave and maid will guard the house for the county lord. ”
Seeing that these two messengers had thought about it, Li Jingyi's nose was sour, "You two, I didn't ask you to leave immediately, didn't Mr. Zhou say the scars on your faces, raise them slowly, and only leave very shallow traces in the future,"
Seeing that Linglong and the two of them bit their lips and didn't speak, Li Jingyi sighed and said, "That's it, you don't want to go, and I don't want you to go, so let's go back and give you a naturalization, but you are still on an errand by my side, I will double the monthly case, and your respective families, too, I will reward them with the land,"
"You can't quit this, maybe there will be a talent in the family in the future," Lingxinlong saved her, no matter how much she rewarded, it was not enough to repay their life-saving grace.
When it comes to family members, Lingxin and Longyi are hesitant, one of them is from the Marquis of Anguo's Mansion and the other is from the Eldest Princess's Mansion, but they are all born to the family, and the loyalty of this kind of family is often higher, and now, in front of them, it is possible to give the family the opportunity to leave their nationality and change their homes, and even Li Jingyi also promised the land property and gave them the conditions to settle down, Lingxin and Longyi glanced at each other, and kowtowed to Li Jingyi on the bed, "The slave and maid thanked the county master, and the county lord let the slave and maid's relatives slave and can, and the slave and maid are willing to serve the county lord for life." ”
"Okay, how can your father and mother be good citizens, and your daughter is still a slave? Let's not compete for this, just do as I say, but you have to hurry up and recuperate these days, and in a few days, we will have to go back to Beijing," Li Jingyi recruited Xiuchun and Mingxia, and told them to take good care of Linglong, and he took Yuxiang and Hanxiao to Houde Courtyard.
Li Yuanshan was born in martial arts, although he traveled thousands of miles for more than ten days, but he still got up early in the morning, he saw his daughter come with a maid, his heart was full of joy, how many years, he rarely had to eat at the same table with his daughter, now it's okay, he will go back to the house in the future, he can see his daughter.
"I asked them to set the meal," Li Yuanshan led Li Jingyi into the side hall, "Zhuzhou is not a big place, but it is really good, no wonder Enyihou also wants to buy a Zhuangzi here!" ”
Li Jingyi waited for the servants to set up the breakfast, waved his hand to signal the servants to retreat, and then said softly, "According to my daughter's guess, Enyihou's move is not the scenery of Zhuzhou,"
She told Li Yuanshan what she said to Yun Chi on the boat one by one, "Actually, I can't tell you what is going on, before in the Rong family, I have never asked about mundane affairs, so I mentioned it to Yun Hou in general, but looking at Yun Hou's appearance, I heard it in my heart." ”
Li Yuanshan put the shrimp dumplings that had been picked up back on the plate, "There is indeed something strange here, just like you think, where did the people in the Zhuangzi near Zhuzhou come from?" This extra population..."
He couldn't figure it out for a while, shook his head and said, "That's it, I came to Zhuzhou to pick up my daughter, and now my daughter is gone, so I'll leave the rest to Lord Qincha to worry about,"
If you want to investigate it carefully, I don't know how many people are going bankrupt;
Li Jingyi nodded, the Rong family has a lot of places to come to the silver, and they can't look down on the meager income of the Grange at all, so Li Jingyi can't figure out the joints inside, so she quietly accompanies Li Yuanshan to breakfast.
After the two of them had breakfast, Li Yuanshan summoned the four guards he brought, "Since the emperor has ordered you to reconcile with Rong Zhi, then we might as well make a quick decision, and settle the rest of the matter, so we might as well go back to the capital as soon as possible." ”
"I thought my father would go with Yunhou," Li Jingyi didn't expect her father to be so eager, and pursed her lips and smiled.
Although Li Yuanshan didn't know what the real purpose of Yun Chi's generation of heavenly consolation was, the suspicious emperor in the Jinluan Palace sent his brother-in-law to Zhuzhou not only because he wanted to comfort the soldiers, "If you follow Enyihou, I'm afraid we won't be able to return to the capital in a month, let's go by ourselves, don't wait for him." ”
The two agreed, Li Yuanshan sent his subordinates, and Li Jingyi's original companion room, directly followed him to the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion, Li Jingyi's dowry is still in the Rong family, Rong Lan wanted to give Li Jingyi those things that he didn't receive, Li Jingyi didn't plan to really give it to Rong Lan.
Rong Hai was reprimanded by the holy decree, so he directly "thought about it behind closed doors", and did not see outsiders, he heard a panicked report from someone outside, saying that An Guohou was coming, and his heart was sudden, and he didn't know what kind of damage this person was going to do.
Rong Lan also rushed over when she heard the news, "Father," she knew that Li Jingyi's villains who were bound to repay themselves couldn't just let go of the Rong family.
"Let's go, let's open the middle door to welcome distinguished guests," Rong Hai shook his robe and went to the gate with a calm face to greet An Guohou.
Li Yuanshan sat on the horse and looked at Rong Hai condescendingly, this person also has a way of fighting, but his character is too despicable, Li Yuanshan has never looked up to him, "Governor Rong is not polite, Ben Hou came over today, and he also dealt with the miscellaneous matters on behalf of the little girl,"
He took out a big red bronzing fold from his arms and shook it in front of Rong Hai, "This is the dowry list for the little girl to marry back then, since our two families have broken off their in-laws, we still have to take away this dowry,"
Li Yuanshan looked at Rong Lan, who was following Rong Hai, "I heard that Miss Rong likes the little girl's jewelry from the palace very much, and borrowed a lot, I'm sorry, this time Li wants to get it back for the little girl!" ”
Rong Lan stared at Li Yuanshan with hatred in her eyes, vowing to remember his appearance clearly, as long as she has the ambition of the day, all the insults today must be returned to the father and daughter, "I have packed up the things of the county lord in the morning, and the Hou Ye will pull them back, although our Rong family is not as brilliant as the Marquis of Anguo's mansion, but a few small things are still out of sight." ”
Rong Lan didn't plan to argue with Li Yuanshan here about whether she had taken Li Jingyi's things, because she knew in her heart that Li Yuanshan and Li Jingyi were just waiting for her to do so, so that they could bring the Feng couple out and prove in front of the public how much silver she had taken from Li Jingyi's dowry.
In fact, with the wealth of the Rong family and the Hu family, Rong Lan does not take the thousands of taels of silver a year very seriously, she values more the feeling of mastering everything.
Rong Lan also grinded so much that the Hu family gave her a few shops to practice, but only a few fat powder shops were not enough for her to perform, so she took over her dowry shop from Li Jingyi, not so much for the silver, not so much for the silver, but for the inspection of more than a dozen shops every time she went out, and the sense of accomplishment made her even more intoxicated.
But she never expected that the "hard work" she deserved would become a stain on her.
"Phew, what a few little things, as long as our county lord has got something new in the past few years, you haven't come to ask for it, and our county lord was forced to jump into the river by that negative man the day before, you ran to the Yutang Courtyard to open the county lord's private treasury, and pulled out a few boxes of things from inside, and also picked up the royal gift and pulled it into your yard, "Who hates Rong Lan the most, except for Li Jingyi, is the fish book, "Don't think I don't know, the boxes of things in your house are all poked by our eldest princess's mansion!" ”
The more Yushu thought about it, the more angry he became, and pointed at Rong Lan and scolded, "You don't pretend to be a lady here, like you, a lady like you who can't walk when you see valuable objects, I really haven't seen it!" ”
"You are presumptuous," Rong Hai saw that his daughter was scolded by a little maid and had no power to fight back, and angrily scolded Yushu, "You are so bold?!" ”
Li Yuanshan waited for Yushu to finish scolding before he smiled and said, "She's not bold, she's temperamental, which loyal servant encounters such a thing, can she not say a few words for her master?" According to Benhou, it is Ling Yan who is bold, this greedy sister-in-law's dowry can be done, admire and admire! ”