When Xie Tao heard her say this, he comforted himself: "Brother Qinyuan is already very good, at least there are no mothers-in-law and sisters-in-law who are difficult to serve in the house." I heard that the Zhang family has a big business, and there must be very difficult characters in it. ”

"Nope!" Softly hugged the puppy and approached her, tilting his head to look at her, "My son-in-law has already sent away those people in the family who have evil intentions, so that no one will dare to embarrass the young lady!" ”

The master and servant were talking, and a mother-in-law came over with a smile and asked, "Madam, little lady, please go to the opposite side and help see the lantern style." ”

Xie Tao said "oh", got up listlessly, and went to Zhaohua Courtyard with a soft heart.

On the flower table under the eaves, there are several lantern patterns.

Xie Zhao took it and watched it repeatedly, and when he saw Xie Tao coming over, he handed her the pattern with a smile, "Sister, look, what kind of lanterns are good to hang in the house during the New Year?" ”

Xie Tao flipped through it and pointed to the best-looking one, "I think this one looks good." ”

Xie Zhao looked at it, and the corners of his lips unconsciously pursed a smile.

The base of this lantern is gilded, and the tassels hanging under the base are flower spikes made of hundreds of small glass beads, which are naturally the best-looking.

But it is also the most expensive.

If you hang this kind of lantern in the house, you will never be able to buy it without a thousand taels of silver.

Her eyes crossed the dark light of calculation, and she smiled and handed the lantern pattern to the housekeeper: "Didn't you hear what Madame said?" Let the people of the lantern shop bring these lamps, and they will ask for two hundred lamps in all. ”

The woman answered, and immediately went to do it with a pair of cards.

Xie Zhao looked at Xie Tao with a smile, "We are now a family, and it is not good for me to have the final say in everything in this mansion." If my sister wants to, she will decorate the mansion with me, right? You and I sisters are of the same heart, and Xiangye will be happy when he knows. ”

She smiled sincerely.

Xie Tao also wanted to behave in front of Gu Qinyuan, so he did not doubt him, and he was very happy to participate in the trivial matters of arranging the mansion.

In the evening, Gu Qinyuan came back from the palace, and as soon as he stepped into the gate of the mansion, he saw that the mansion was full of lights, and there were many red coral trees outside the verandah.

He frowned displeased and walked towards Zhaohua Temple.

When he entered the Zhaohua Courtyard, a table of wine and delicacies had already been arranged in the small flower hall, and Xie Zhao was sitting at the round table waiting for him with exquisite makeup.

Seeing him come back, Xie Zhao got up, greeted him with a smile, and relieved him of the big problem outside, "Xiangye came back a little late today." ”

Gu Qinyuan took her hand and sat with her, "You arranged the decoration in the mansion?" ”

Xie Zhao gave Gu Qinyuan a bowl of pork rib soup, and shook his head helplessly: "Naturally not." It was my sister who said that the New Year is over, and the house should be more festive, so I advocate buying many luxury things back. The concubine persuaded her a few times, but her sister didn't listen. She is the main mother in the end, and I can't refute her face in front of people, so I have to let her go. ”

Gu Qinyuan had just picked up the spoon, and when he heard this, he immediately put the spoon on the mouth of the bowl and said in a deep voice, "Let her roll over." ”

Xie Zhao's eyes flashed with the dark light of the successful trick, and his tone was soft and asked Fang'er to invite Xie Tao.

Xie Tao was eating steamed buns with Soft, and when he heard Fang'er's summons, he had to come over with a steamed bun.

She glanced at the delicate dishes on the table, and swallowed the dry steamed bun into her stomach, "Brother Qinyuan, do you call me?" ”

"Get on your knees." Gu Qinyuan said coldly.

Xie Tao was stunned for a moment, and looked at him puzzled: "Brother Qinyuan, did I do something wrong?" I'm helping to decorate the mansion today, but it's been a hard ......."

She originally expected Gu Qinyuan to praise her twice, but who knew that Gu Qinyuan was even more angry when she heard it, and said sharply: "Kneel!" ”

Xie Tao pursed his lips and knelt down aggrievedly.

"Do you know that even in the palace, there are no such gorgeous lanterns?! Even my cousin's dormitory won't put red coral trees everywhere! Gu Qinyuan scolded, "In the eyes of others, the true appearance is a breeze on both sleeves." If colleagues come to visit the house after the year, so that they can see this extravagant and wasteful appearance in the house, how do you let the prime minister deal with himself?! ”

Xie Tao opened a pair of innocent eyes, "But Brother Qinyuan is the prime minister, so it is slightly better, so what does it matter?" The saint has won the world, and Brother Qinyuan has made a lot of contributions. ”

Her voice was soft and glutinous with reverence, and the simple love that made Gu Qinyuan's heart suddenly soften, and he couldn't say anything to scold.

Xie Zhao bit his lip, and then smiled and grabbed Gu Qinyuan's arm: "Xiangye, what my sister said is reasonable." The total amount of money spent is not a big deal. ”

Gu Qinyuan was stunned, "How much?" ”

"Twelve thousand six hundred and sixty-six taels." Xie Zhao smiled.

Gu Qinyuan's eyebrows furrowed instantly, and the anger that had just been extinguished burned again, "Xie Tao, you go and kneel outside for me!" ”

He had a clean breeze on his sleeves, and most of the things rewarded by the imperial brother were donated, and the cash stored in the treasury was only 20,000 taels in total!

Xie Tao is good, and directly spends more than 10,000 taels on him!

However, Xie Tao had never learned how to calculate the accounts, and Xie Zhao didn't tell her how much silver there was in the house, so she bought a lot of things in order to make Brother Qin Yuan happy.

Now seeing Gu Qin's original anger, he unconsciously became aggrieved, stood up with tears in his eyes, and rushed back to Chuxin Courtyard crying.

"No rules!"

Gu Qin reprimanded and was about to follow, but was stopped by Xie Zhao.

She said gently: "After all, it's not a big deal, if it spreads, it won't be a joke." I said a few words to my sister tomorrow, thinking that she won't mess around again in the future. ”

Gu Qinyuan looked at her, her eyebrows and eyes were extremely docile and beautiful under the lamplight.

He remembered what a kind girl she was.

The anger in his chest subsided a little, and he summoned the maids and ordered them to reheat the full table.

Xie Zhao looked at the maids taking away the food, and said with a smile: "Xiangye just warmed it up when he came back, where do you need to trouble the maids to heat it again." On this cold day, asking them to run back and forth, Zhao'er really couldn't bear it. ”

Gu Qinyuan held her hand and carefully brushed the broken hair on her forehead behind her ear, "My Zhao'er is too kind." In my heart, you are the only hostess of this prime minister's mansion, and you naturally deserve the best. Not to mention ......"

He looked at Xie Zhao's flat belly, and couldn't help but reach out and cover it gently, "What's more, Zhao'er is pregnant now, and the gold is so expensive that she can't eat even the slightest cold." ”

"Xiangye treats me so well......" Xie Zhao said softly, leaning gently into his arms.

After nightfall, Gu Qinyuan rested in Zhaohua Courtyard.

He was still reading paperwork in the study next door, and Xie Zhao was sitting in front of the dresser in a silk shirt, calmly combing his long cloud-like hair in the mirror.

Fang'er came in quietly from outside, attached to her ear, and whispered: "Madam, the slave maid sent someone to inquire, there is a family on the outskirts of the city that was pregnant with a child two months ago. On the day of the wife's birth, the slave and maid sent someone to buy the peasant woman's child......"