Early the next morning.

Xi Qingyan sat with Lord Xi, Mrs. Shangshu, and Xi Chuyu's family of four for breakfast, and at the dinner table, Xi Qingyan looked at Xi Chuyu with a smug look on the corners of his eyes, and suddenly spoke to Lord Xi.

"Father, today I went to the suburbs of Beijing to collect the rent in the hands of the tenants of Shangshufu, but this is the first time that my daughter has done such a thing since the housekeeper, and my daughter is worried that she will not do well, why don't you let Mrs. accompany your daughter to go with you?"

Xi Qingyan had a shy face on his face, and took the initiative to mention the matter of rent collection to Lord Xi on the side.

Not surprisingly, the chopsticks in Mrs. Shangshu's hand froze, and the look on her face was a little panicked.

"Madam, Qingyan is a daughter who has not yet started a family, Madame has been in charge of Shangshu Mansion for several years, although Madame has also made some mistakes, but Qingyan knows that Madame has never made a mistake in collecting rent, today, Qingyan wants to beg Madame to go to the suburbs with me, I don't know if Madame is willing?"

Xi Qingyan rarely softened his attitude towards Mrs. Shangshu, and Lord Xi on the side only regarded it as the eldest daughter who was in charge of the affairs of Shangshufu, and became more and more sensible.

So, for the sake of the harmony of Shang Shufang, Lord Xi also rarely spoke lightly for Xi.

"Madam, since Qingyan has pleaded with you so much, according to your husband, you can teach this girl well."

"Sir......!"

Mrs. Shangshu didn't expect that she and her husband, Lord Xi, were standing on Xi Qingyan's side, and she was visibly panicked.

"Daddy, don't embarrass your mother like this, my mother's health has been good and bad these days, and the doctor who came to our house to see my mother said that my mother's body has not yet healed, and now it is the autumn and winter season, if my mother goes out, maybe it will be blown by the autumn wind, and it will not be good for the disease to recur again!"

Xi Chuyu saw that Xi Qingyan wanted to take her mother to meet those tenants outside Beijing, and immediately refused the matter on behalf of her mother.

"Ahem...... Ahem......"

Mrs. Shangshu saw her daughter Xi Chuyu covering her up, and hurriedly cooperated with Xi Chuyu to cough twice, not only that, but she also lowered her voice a lot.

"Master, the concubine also wants to go to the suburbs of Beijing with this kid, but ...... But my body is really not angry, this morning was just blown by the cold wind, and now I feel that this throat is very uncomfortable, it seems that I have a cold!"

After Mrs. Shangshu finished explaining to her husband, she took Xi Qingyan's hand affectionately and sighed at Xi Qingyan.

"Light face, I'm afraid my mother won't be able to follow you to meet those tenants."

"But don't worry too much about you, kid, I'll arrange for you to go out of town with your carriage in a moment."

"These veterans all went to the suburbs of Beijing with my mother and me in previous years to collect rents and meet tenants, and they know what to do after seeing those tenants, so you don't have to worry about this matter."

Xi Qingyan saw that Mrs. Shangshu was unwilling to go to the suburbs of Beijing with her, and she knew that the news that Chun Tao got could be confirmed.

Mrs. Shangshu and Xi Chuyu seemed to want to do something on her way to the outskirts of Beijing.

"Ma'am, are those veterans really familiar with this matter?"

"Nature."

Seeing that Xi Qingyan didn't notice her plan, Mrs. Shangshu smiled and spoke.

"Those people have been working in Shangshu Mansion all these years, they are all old people in the mansion, these people are experienced, you can learn a lot from them."

"Mother told you that this time you will go with them, and the next time you will go to the tenants, you will not find it difficult to collect the rent!"

Mrs. Shangshu highly recommended it, and she was bent on Xi Qingyan taking those old servants.

"Madam, since Madame has said so, I am naturally convinced of Madame's vision."

Xi Qingyan sneered in her heart, but she didn't show it on her face, so she pretended to be obedient and continued to speak innocently.

"Father, Madame said this time

The old servants who followed their daughter to the outskirts of Beijing are all good hands, so why don't you let your sister Chu Yu go with me!"

"I'm not going!!"

Xi Chuyu had just helped her mother get out, but she didn't expect Xi Qingyan to book her again!

Therefore, Xi Chuyu subconsciously retorted.

"Qingyan, since your sister doesn't want to go, then she won't go with you, you will go early and return early after you finish your business today."

Seeing Xi Chuyu's resistance, Lord Xi knew that Xi Chuyu had always been pampered and couldn't stand it.

Therefore, he followed his little daughter's wishes and blocked the matter.

"Father, in fact, the reason why my daughter wants my sister Chu Yu to go to the suburbs of Beijing with me to collect rent is because of my daughter's own plans."

Xi Qingyan pretended to be aggrieved and told his father Lord Xi.

"My daughter met His Royal Highness King Li at the palace banquet not long ago, and he learned that his daughter can now be a housekeeper, and he no longer has the same dislike for his daughter as before."

"Daughter...... My daughter was also praised by His Royal Highness King Li at the palace banquet."

Xi Qingyan deliberately made up stories at the dinner table, anyway, at the palace banquet that day, Xi Chuyu left halfway, these days because of the things that made the palace ruin, everyone in Kyoto was silent about the palace banquet of the begging festival.

Therefore, even if she was talking nonsense to the three people in front of her, they had no way of verifying it.

"You're lying! Xi Qingyan, how can His Royal Highness King Li take a fancy to you?"

As soon as Xi Qingyan's words fell, Xi Chuyu directly retorted.

She originally thought that it was a big deal for others to hide her, but she didn't expect that this matter would be related to His Royal Highness King Li and Xi Qingyan!

Xi Chuyu herself failed to make progress with the children of the royal family, but she didn't expect Xi Qingyan, an ugly bastard, to quietly grab ahead of her!

How could she endure this bad breath?

"Xi Chuyu, why are you talking like this? You learned all the etiquette that your mother taught you on weekdays, and you learned it in the belly of a dog?"

Seeing that the second daughter was neither big nor small in front of her, Lord Xi immediately reprimanded her unhappily.

"Father!!"

Xi Chuyu was already unhappy, she didn't expect her father to not help her, and even reprimanded her.

"Sister, sister didn't lie."

"That day, sister, you were drunk at the palace banquet on the Qiqiao Festival, and you had a quarrel with His Royal Highness Su Yiting, and after you left, everyone else felt that the palace banquet was a little confusing, and it was very embarrassing."

"At that time, Concubine Jiang mentioned the matter of my family, and everyone talked about me one after another, and His Royal Highness King Li praised me at that time."

Xi Qingyan saw the displeasure on Xi Chuyu's face, so he deliberately stimulated Xi Chuyu more and more.

She just wants to make Xi Chuyu and Mrs. Shangshu feel restless all the time!

"Oh? It's not clear to the father about this matter, but you can tell me, how does His Royal Highness praise you? For my father, I remember that His Royal Highness King Li has always been cold-faced and cold-hearted, and he will never praise others to his face!"

Lord Xi thought that his daughter had given him a long face in front of the royal family, so he asked with interest.

"Father, His Royal Highness King Li said, 'Marrying a wife and marrying a virtuous, marrying a concubine and marrying a woman, although my daughter's face is ruined, but a daughter who has not left the cabinet can be in charge of the huge Ministry of Rites Shangshu Mansion, which is enough to show that the daughter is the material of the housewife."

"My daughter looks at the meaning of His Royal Highness King Li, and he seems to be particularly fond of a woman who knows how to be a housekeeper......

Xi Qingyan pretended to be shy and talked nonsense to Lord Xi.

"His Royal Highness King Li is right, the man in this world hopes that his wife at home can handle the big and small matters of the family properly, so that the family can live in harmony."

Lord Xi agrees with Xi Qingyan's words.

However, he agrees that it is not Xi Qingyan, but Li Wang Shu's point of view.

"Qingyan, I didn't expect that your child would be able to get the blue eyes of His Royal Highness King Li, but my father also thinks that your child is suitable for housekeeping, and now we are here

The Ministry of Rites Shangshu Mansion is doing a good job."

"Maybe one day, His Royal Highness King Li will marry you into King Li's mansion, and then you will be a relative of the emperor when you become a father!"

Lord Shoshi of the Ministry of Rites doesn't care about his daughter's marriage, nor does he care what kind of person his daughter will marry.

The only thing he cares about is whether his daughter can make him a relative of the emperor.

"Father!"

Xi Qingyan pretended to be shy, and then Yu Guang saw Xi Chuyu twisting the towel in his hand into shape.

Xi Qingyan sneered in his heart.

Xi Chuyu, Xi Chuyu, you really fell for it as soon as you provoked it!

"Father, if the daughter is really lucky enough to marry into the Li Wangfu, then there will be no one to take care of the Shangshu Mansion of the Ministry of Rites at that time."

"The daughter looks at Madame's body and does not see it well, I think it needs to be recuperated for a few years, this housekeeper is a hard work, if it is handed over to Madame, then Madame will not be able to recuperate properly!"

"So, my daughter came up with a compromise."

"Since Madame is unwell and is not suitable for housekeeping, then after I get married, this family can still be handed over to my sister Chu Yu."

"The reason why I insisted on taking my sister to the suburbs of Beijing is that I want my sister to familiarize myself with how to take care of the house in advance, and Mrs. just said that those people who went to the suburbs of Beijing with me are all old people from Shangshu Mansion, and if the experience they have learned from both of our sisters, when I leave the house, my father is still worried that no one will support this huge Shangshu Mansion of the Ministry of Rites?"

Xi Qingyan's words are reasonable and well-founded, and there is no way to refute them.

And Master Xi doesn't think there's anything wrong here.

"Chu Yu, your eldest sister is also for your own good today, otherwise you will go with her to the suburbs of Beijing to learn how to collect rent."

「……」

Xi Chuyu didn't answer for a while, she didn't say that she was going, and she didn't deny it categorically.

Xi Qingyan could see that Xi Chuyu was shaken by what she had just said, so she added fuel and vinegar.

"Sister, His Royal Highness King Li and other royal children all receive the same royal teachings, if His Royal Highness King Li is very appreciative of women who can manage the house, then I think most of the other princes also appreciate the daughter's family with the ability to manage the house."

"Do you still remember that day at the palace banquet, Concubine Jiang and Concubine Dong were full of praise for my sister, sister, don't you want to be a blockbuster in Kyoto?"

「……！！」

Xi Qingyan's words made Xi Chuyu raise his head suddenly.

She glanced at her mother beside her and thought of these days, because her mother was not in charge of the house, and her father had been neglecting her mother's affairs.

Since her mother, as Mrs. Shangshu, needs to have the ability to run the family, if she wants to become a princess in the future, she naturally needs to have her own means.

"Okay, I'll go with my sister!"

Xi Chuyu was confident that those people were her mother's subordinates, so she firmly believed that those people would only attack Xi Qingyan and would not attack her.

"Isn't it just collecting rent? What's so hard about that? Xi Qingyan, I'll let you see what I'm capable of!"