Chapter 273: Thoughts
Back in the carriage, Bishu poured beans into a bamboo tube and told Wei Laner the news she had heard.
Wei Lan'er's face turned blue and red when he heard this, "Little girl?"
Jin Shu glared at Bishu, "You dare to say anything to the girl, and I'm not afraid that Madame will find out and hit you!"
"Oh, okay, just don't let my mother know." Wei Lan'er stopped her words, and then asked Bishu, "What...... It didn't work out, did it?"
Bishu glanced at Jin Shu and said, "No...... It didn't work out, Song Xiaohou almost planted it, but fortunately, Lord Qin, the commander of the East Factory, happened to be there, so he saved Song Xiaohouye."
Wei Lan'er's hand holding the handkerchief loosened a little, "What day was yesterday, why are they in Qu Death Pavilion, Li Qingyi seems to have gone there too."
Jin Shu said, "Maybe Little Marquis Song is chasing after Miss Li!"
Wei Lan'er's gaze swept over, "What do you mean?"
"The slave maid heard that the lord of Rongling went to the Li family to propose marriage for the little marquis, and he was rejected several times, but the little marquis of Song was entangled, and he was beaten by the eldest girl Li, just some time ago, didn't the girl know about it?"
Wei Lan'er clenched his veil again, "I know he was beaten by Li Qingyi, but I don't know because of this."
"I heard that after the little marquis was beaten, he still didn't give up, but the county lord of Rongling didn't allow it, so he said that if it wasn't for Miss Li, he wouldn't marry, and then ran away from home, otherwise he wouldn't have gone to Qu Yan Pavilion to borrow wine to kill his sorrows, and there would be no today."
Wei Lan'er's eyebrows were cold, "Didn't Song Yang want to get married? If you do this, you must want to deal with the Lord of Rongling."
"How does the girl know that Song Xiaohou doesn't want to marry?"
Wei Lan'er lowered his eyes, "I heard it by accident."
Jin Shu said: "Whether he wants to marry or not, he doesn't have to marry in the end, not to mention that he is also old, and he should have agreed to marry someone else's house."
Wei Laner listened and did not speak again.
Bi Shu continued, "Isn't the county lord also choosing relatives for Miss Li? Then her family affairs, do she listen to the county lord, or to the Li family?"
Jin Shu shook her head, "I don't know, I see, that Miss Li has a top idea, no matter who chooses it, it is estimated that she will have to nod in the end."
Bi Shu sighed, "The words of the matchmaker of her parents, she can make her own decisions about other things, this marriage is not a big deal, does she want to learn from the county lord to choose Lang Jun by herself?" But the county lord didn't remarry in the end, and after listening to the arrangement of the queen mother, he married a powerful figure like our eldest lord? Therefore, in this marriage matter, you still have to listen to the elders, and you can't go wrong."
Jin Shu smiled: "You understand very well, don't you have any thoughts, waiting for the family to call the shots?"
"Don't talk nonsense!" Bi Shu's face flushed, and she quickly changed the topic, "Anyway, Miss Li went to see Lord Qin yesterday, right?" is a good young lady, who hangs out with a eunuch all day long, and is not afraid of people talking."
When Jin Shu heard Bi Shu say this, she said disapprovingly, "Lord Qin is not an ordinary eunuch, that is the Admiral of Dongchang! is in charge of Dongchang and Jinyiwei in his hands, and he is the emperor's henchman in front of him, can have a relationship with him, how many people can't dream of it, since Miss Li has this friendship with Lord Qin, can she push it out?"
"That's right, didn't there be a rumor outside before that Miss Li didn't love Langjun and loved eunuchs, and Miss Li didn't care about it." Bi Shu covered her mouth and smiled, lowered her voice and said, "Isn't it that Miss Li really has something to do with Lord Qin? I've heard that there are many powerful eunuchs in the palace who have wives!"
Wei Laner was distracted for a long time, and when he came back to his senses, he heard Bishu's words, and his eyes narrowed.
All the way back to Wei Mansion, Wei Laner was distracted.
When they arrived at the main courtyard of the third room, Mother Wu was kneeling in front of the third lady Guo.
Wei Laner glanced at Mother Wu, isn't this the mother in charge of Li Qingyi's yard?
"Mother, what's wrong?"
Kwok leaned back in his chair, took a small bite of a bowl of lotus seed soup, looked at Wu's mother out of the corner of his eye, and said, "You let Wu's mother say it herself."
Wu's mother's back
Sweating, he laughed dryly, "Three girls...... That's the case, last night Miss Li suddenly called the slave and maid over, saying that the accounts of the Haoxiang Courtyard were wrong, and she wanted to ask, the slave and maid...... Ahem, the slave maid reconciled the accounts with Miss Li, and there was a little discrepancy, which was not a big deal, so Miss Li let the slave and maid go."
The third lady sneered, "It's nothing, what are you doing calling the girls from the various courtyards again?"
"I just called the girls to reward, and Miss Li said that the New Year is coming, and those who have run errands in the Xiangyuan Courtyard will be given another reward of 500 yuan."
Guo put down the small lamp in his hand and asked his daughter, "Do you believe this?"
Wei Lan'er looked at Mother Wu, and her always well-behaved and aura face actually showed a bit of fierceness, "Have you been in the Xiangyuan for a long time, or have you forgotten who your master is?" There is not a word of truth in his mouth!"
Mother Wu changed color in shock, "Third girl, the slave maid didn't lie, Miss Li asked the slave maid to go over and really just reconcile the accounts."
"Reconciliation? Hmph!" Wei Lan'er sneered again and again, "This whole mansion is checking accounts, and the eldest aunt has sent several people, but if there is a bit of needles and threads that can't be matched, it will be sent down, and the subordinates of the dissatisfied mansion will be kicked out?" Since Li Qingyi called you over, it must be that the accounts are very bad, so he will ask you to go over and interrogate, how much are you greedy, say!"
The last word was like a thunderbolt, slashing at Wu's mother's head, shocking Wu's mother.
"Slave, slave ......"
"Dare to stand up! I'll count three, and if you don't tell the truth, hum, three, two......."
"I, I say, slaves and maids say!"
Mother Wu secretly complained in her heart.
She just didn't want the third lady to feel that she was not only useless, but also did something to steal chickens and dogs and was caught by someone, and she would not be reused in the future, so she lied, she knew that the third lady's mother and daughter were so serious, she just told the truth at the beginning, who in this house is not greedy for some silver.
It's good now, being forced to tell the truth is not the same thing as taking the initiative to tell the truth!
You can't get away with a penalty!
"There are twenty taels of income in the Xiangyuan a month, and Miss Li never asks about the affairs of the courtyard, and the slave maid ...... I was greedy for some money, and was seen by Miss Li, at the beginning, the slave maid excused herself for rewarding the maid who ran errands back and forth in each courtyard, and Miss Li called everyone over, and I saw that I couldn't hide it, so I excused myself by saying that I had made a mistake, and there were a few accounts that had not been recorded, and Miss Li did not pursue it, so I asked the slave to keep the accounts again."
When Guo Shi heard this, he almost laughed, "Mother Wu, what kind of ecstasy soup have you drunk, and you have lied to me again and again, have you been away from me for a long time and have forgotten your duty?"