Luo Xuyan coughed lightly, pretending to be shy, and said, "Daddy is here, don't say it so bluntly......"

Cui Jingshi looked at Xu Yaoyao and Luo Banghao, arched his hand, and said with a smile: "It's hard to help yourself for a while, so please forgive Shopkeeper Xu and Mr. Luo." ”

Xu Yaoyao smiled and nodded.

"......" Luo Xuyan sighed secretly, picked up a piece of dim sum and ate it slowly.

Cui Jingshi brought her a cup of tea, "In a few days, my mother will hold a banquet in the palace, inviting the wives and daughters of officials in Beijing, nominally to enjoy flowers, but in fact ......" He looked at Luo Xuyan and said slowly: "I want to see you." ”

Luo Xuyan's hand holding the pastry paused and answered "oh".

Xu Yaoyao listened, a little nervous, "The queen wants to see Ayan?" ”

"Yes." Cui Jingshi nodded, "Before deciding on the family, I want to meet my future daughter-in-law." ”

Xu Yaoyao looked at Luo Xuyan again and said, "It seems that Ayan has to prepare well." ”

"yes, I see." Luo Xuyan answered and picked up the pastry.

Xu Yaoyao believes that her daughter can deal with the royal family calmly and decently, but in the face of the queen who knows nothing, it is reasonable that she will worry about any accidents.

Cui Jingshi said: "My mother is very easy to get along with, and Shopkeeper Xu and Ah Yan don't have to worry too much." Moreover, I will also go over and take care of Ah Yan when the time comes. ”

Xu Yaoyao said: "I need you to bother." ”

Cui Jingshi said: "Taking care of Ah Yan is what I should do, even if I bother to do it......" When he was about to finish speaking, he blinked his eyes twice, then smiled, and continued to say the rest of the words.

Luo Xuyan glared at him.

Xu Yaoyao smiled.

A few people sat down for a while, Cui Jingshi was going back, and before leaving, he said to Luo Xuyan: "If Ayan wants to find me, after leaving Luofu, someone will come to you." ”

"I see." Luo Xuyan nodded.

Cui Jingshi left the restaurant first, and Luo Banghao called the shop guy to come over to settle the bill, only to know that Cui Jingshi had already paid when he left.

Luo Xuyan saw her father muttering a few words in a low voice, but she didn't pay much attention to it, and walked straight in the direction of the pagoda.

The closer to the pagoda, the more people on the street, the smell of incense is stronger, there are many small stalls on both sides of the street, there are those who sell incense, there are those who sell Buddha beads that have been opened, peace charms, and there are Buddha statues and Buddha cards of different sizes carved from jade and wood, all kinds of things are dazzling, and the ears are full of people's voices.

Today is not the first day of the new year, nor is it the fifteenth, but there are many people gathered around the pagoda, which makes Xu Yaoyao sigh a few times.

"The capital is really lively." She has learned the way of business since she was a child, and after looking at such a prosperous capital, she was ready to move, "There are many, many ways to make money in my head, right, Ayan?" ”

"Yes." Luo Xuyan grabbed her mother's arm and said with a smile: "If you don't make a pocket full of money, it would be a loss to travel so far to the capital." ”

Xu Yaoyao looked at Luo Banghao again, "yes, yes?" ”

Luo Banghao hugged his wife's shoulder, "When the handover is complete, we will have the opportunity to show our ambitions." ”

Xu Yaoyao laughed, but said regretfully: "It's a pity that we can't go back to our old job." It seems that the old lady and her younger siblings don't seem to know what kind of business we are doing in Xiazhou? ”

"Hmm." Luo Banghao said softly: "They have no ability to find out this, the old man and Bangyan will never let this matter spread at home, they know very well that this will be used as a weapon, affecting the peace of the house, and even affecting Ayan's marriage." Similarly, although Li Fang has some prejudices against us, she also knows that compared to those, the continuation of the Luo family's wealth and glory is the most important thing. ”

Xu Yaoyao nodded, "This is the best, there is a lot less trouble." However, we also have to be cautious, just try something else, anyway, Xu Ji's coffin is laid in Xiazhou, and it won't change. ”

While speaking, a family of three has already arrived at the foot of the pagoda.

Xu Yaoyao no longer mentioned doing business, pointed to the entrance of the pagoda, and said, "Let's go in and have a look." ”

"Let's go." Luo Banghao said with a smile.

Xu Yaoyao beckoned to Luo Xuyan, and the mother and daughter followed the crowd and walked into the pagoda together.

After entering the door, you will be greeted by a tall Buddha statue, solemn, surrounded by offering tables, incense racks, and clusters of flowers, men, women and children kneeling on the cushions in front of the Buddha statue, worshipping and praying sincerely.

Xu Yaoyao pointed to the empty cushion and said, "Let's go and worship." ”

"Hmm!" Luo Xuyan followed, knelt down in front of the Buddha statue, folded her hands, kowtowed respectfully three times, and then made a wish.

When she had made her wish, she opened her eyes, took out three sticks of incense from the offering table, lit them, bowed to the Buddha statue, and inserted them in the incense burner.

Xu Yaoyao walked over and said, "Has Ayan made a wish?" ”

"Hmm." Luo Xuyan nodded, raised her head again to look at the compassionate and serious face of the Buddha statue, and sighed slightly.

Xu Yaoyao said, "Let's go, let's go upstairs and have a look." ”

Luo Xuyan smiled on her face, grabbed her mother's arm, and walked briskly towards the stairs.

There were a lot of people in the pagoda, but everyone walked in an orderly manner, walking up the stairs, and as the floors increased, they could see the scenery farther away.

"Look, that's the palace." Someone in front of him said excitedly.

"Where, where, why can't I see?"

"Is it the yellow-tiled building?"

Others were talking.

"I still can't see it, the weather is pretty good today, and there's no fog, why can't I see it?"

Luo Xuyan looked in the direction of those people's fingers, under the clear blue sky, the sun was shining, and the pavilions in the capital were overlapping, undulating.

"If only I could show you the palace from the pagoda? I am afraid that this pagoda has been demolished a long time ago. ”

"Like, isn't it possible that the emperor will let you stand here and see what he is doing?"

Everyone laughed for a while, and they didn't bother whether they saw the palace anymore, and continued to talk and laugh and walk forward.

After visiting the pagoda, the time was not early, and Luo Xuyan followed her father home.

For them to wander around for a long time, no one said anything, Li Suying with a smirk, and took the housekeeper to hand over the account books of several shops to Luo Banghao and Xu Yaoyao.

"You take a brief look at the account book first," Li Suying looked at the account book, holding the key to the shop in her hand, her heart was full of reluctance, and said solemnly: "Tomorrow, the stewards of the shop will come to say hello to you." ”

Luo Banghao nodded, "Trouble the second brother and sister." ”

Li Suying waved her hand, "Oh, I'm going to trouble my eldest brother and sister-in-law in the future." She turned the key in her hand and made a crisp sound, "There are so many people up and down the Luo Mansion, the daily expenses are not small, and there are still a lot of favors to come and go, so it is not only the old man and their money, but more importantly, the income of the shop to maintain the expenses of the family." ”

Luo Banghao nodded, "I understand, Yaoyao and I will take care of the shop carefully." After all, my father trusts us, and we can't let him down. ”

"Hehe," Li Suying looked down at the key in her hand, and there was a little hope left in her heart, that is, now someone suddenly ran over, saying that the old man had changed his mind and did not plan to hand over the shop to Luo Banghao's family, but after waiting and waiting, there was no sound behind her, she could only cough embarrassedly, raised her hand, and handed the key to Luo Banghao, "This is the key to several shops, and now I will hand it over to the eldest brother." ”

In fact, what does she think about the eldest brother even if he was appointed by the first emperor as a tanhua? So many years have passed, and he is living in a small place in the countryside again, and when he has reached this age, what big career can he do?

The Luo family is not without money, so they just keep this family of three as idlers.

Li Suying looked at Luo Xuyan with a simple face and almost rolled her eyes.

I still don't see where this girl is better than her own Yanyue.

After thinking about it for a while, Li Suying found that Luo Banghao didn't take the key, and sent the things in his hand forward in annoyance, "Big brother, take the key, there are other things at home, you want me to do it." ”

Luo Banghao said: "Wait until tomorrow, go to the shop to hand over, and after some things are sorted out, give me the key." Give it to ...... now," he smiled faintly, revealing something meaningful, "If something goes wrong, I'm afraid I won't be able to tell." It's not that I don't trust the shopkeepers, it's just that according to what you said, these shops are very important to the Luo family, and I don't want anything to go wrong, and I just want to avoid unnecessary problems. ”

Li Suying was stunned for a moment, and then said with a smile: "It's still the eldest brother's thoughtfulness, I heard my mother say a few words, so I thought I would send it to you." ”

Luo Banghao said: "Who kept it originally, let's continue to be in charge of it for the time being." Take the key, don't rush this moment. ”

"yes, yes." Li Suying nodded, and when she lowered her hand, she inexplicably felt that the set of keys had become a little heavier.

She suddenly felt that the old lady was going to use this set of keys to make some articles, but Luo Banghao thought it through very well and avoided the trap dug by the old lady?

If she hadn't mentioned her mother, wouldn't Luo Banghao think that she was in charge of the key? What if something happens after that, she bears the brunt of it?

Li Suying pursed her lips irritably, blaming Luo Banghao's family for coming back, if they don't come back, although there are problems between their mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, they will not be intrigued to this extent......

She barely squeezed out some laughter and said, "Tonight, my father and Bangyan have something to do, and we won't come back for dinner." Mother mean, "Would you like to go over and have dinner together?" ”

Luo Banghao said: "Yaoyao and Ayan have been out for most of the day, and we are a little tired, and we are playing in a mess, so I won't bother the old lady." ”

"That's right." Li Suying said: "Then you have a good rest, I won't bother you first." ”

"The second brother and sister walk slowly." Xu Yaoyao waved her hand.

Li Suying nodded to her, and then came out of Qingfeng Courtyard, and within a few steps, she saw her daughter probing her brain in the verandah, and immediately shouted angrily: "Be careful that I ask someone to treat you like a thief, catch you and throw it out." ”

When Luo Yanyue heard this, she hurriedly trotted over, with a smile on her face, wrapped her mother's arm, and said, "Mother, how can you treat me as a thief?" ”

Li Suying snorted coldly and said, "How did you educate you since you were a child?" As a young lady of the Luo family, she should have a look! ”

Luo Yanyue quickly stood up straight, looked at the dress on her body again, and saw that it was clean, without even a little wrinkle, and said, "Mother, my daughter has remembered it and has never forgotten it." I'm concerned about you now. ”

"What do you care about me?" Li Suying said impatiently.

Luo Yanyue was a little aggrieved, "Mother, didn't you promise me to make an appointment with Luo Xuyan and let her study with me tomorrow?" ”

"Reading with you?" Li Suying was a little yin and yang, "You really use her as your maid." ”

Luo Yanyue smiled "hehe" and said, "This kind of country girl, I don't deserve to be a maid." Mother, you all know, those maids in my yard grew up in the capital, studied the rules seriously, read some books, and knew how to read? I don't know how much better it is than Luo Xuyan. ”

Li Suying said: "I don't know anything yet, so I conclude that Luo Xuyan's girl can't compare to you in anything?" At the mention of this, she felt even more angry, "If she really can't compare to you, your grandmother will ask your aunt to go and get them back?" In your heart, there is really no number! ”

Luo Yanyue pursed her lips, "So, didn't I want to know more about her, so I asked her to study together?" ”

"I can't accompany you." Li Suying said impatiently, "Tomorrow, their family may have to go to the shop to have a look." You see, I couldn't find them for most of the day today, didn't you deliberately avoid us? I don't even eat with your grandmother at night, and it is clear that I don't like your grandmother and don't treat us as a family! ”

When Luo Yanyue heard this, she crossed her waist and scolded: "Have they forgotten their surname Luo? Grandmothers are elders, why don't they like them? Still putting on a face like this? ”

Li Suying sneered, "Isn't it because of your grandfather's support?" There was hatred in her eyes.

Luo Bangyan now has a lot of achievements in the officialdom, and he has also won the reuse and trust of the saints, no matter how you look at it, Luo Bangyan's daughter is more suitable for the royal family, and Luo Bangyan is more suitable for the position of the future ruler, who knows......

I'm blind!

She turned her head and looked hatefully in the direction of Seifu-in.

Luo Yanyue was taken aback by her mother's eyes, and said tremblingly: "Mother, if they have been doing nonsense for a long time, I think my grandfather will not always support them, right?" After all, no matter how you say it, the interests of the Luo family are more important? ”

Li Suying looked at her daughter, the hatred in her eyes gradually subsided, and she suddenly smiled coldly, "Yes, let Luo Banghao and his family go, and wait until the old man's patience is worn out, and no one supports them, see if they still have a foothold in the capital!" Will regret returning to the capital! ”