"Husband, the concubine body and the Zhou family, the wife of the household department Shangshu Li, have always been not on good terms, the Zhou family has always looked down on the concubine, and now, husband, you actually want the concubine to go to the household department Shangshu Mansion to apologize?"

Mrs. Shangshu looked surprised and retorted.

"Even if our daughter makes a little mistake in this matter, how can you grow up to destroy your own prestige? In the past, Lord Li, the head of the household department, was rude to your husband, and you picked your nose and eyes, have you forgotten it?"

Mrs. Shangshu knew that the Hubu Shangshu Mansion was not easy to mess with.

But Lord Li, the head of the household department, is no longer a favorite minister in front of His Majesty, and her husband has been squeezed out by Lord Li, so he should not take the initiative to post it on the Internet!

In Mrs. Shangshu's opinion, her daughter Xi Chuyu robbed the things of the Hubu Shangshu Mansion, and her husband should not only not punish her daughter, but should reward it!

"What do you know as a woman! Stupid lady with long hair and short knowledge!"

Seeing that Xu Xian had no intention of repenting or apologizing, Lord Xi reprimanded with hatred.

"Lord Hubu Shangshu Li is not to be seen, and he has never been close to me, but do you know that there are some people in this court who cannot afford to offend?"

"Li Jiaojiao, the daughter of the Hubu Shangshu Mansion, will be engaged to the county king in half a year, and then this Hubu Shangshu Li will become a relative of the emperor! How many heads do you have to fight with your royal relatives?"

Lord Xi scolded Mrs. Shangshu with a slashing head and face.

He didn't want to severely punish Xi Chuyu, but Xi Chuyu did too much!

"Husband, where did you get all this news? Why did the concubine never hear that the daughter of the Zhou clan was going to become the princess of the county?"

Mrs. Shangshu was taken aback.

Outside the study, Xi Qingyan, who rushed to get the news, smiled lightly and explained to Mrs. Shangshu who was surprised.

"Madam, you have been recuperating in the Peony Garden these days, and it is inevitable that you don't know this news."

Xi Qingyan explained as he brought the food box in his hand to Lord Xi.

"Father, my daughter heard that her father was angry with Xi Chuyu, and she didn't use much food, so she specially asked the people in the small kitchen to prepare food for your father."

Xi Qingyan suddenly broke into the study, and Lord Xi was still a little uncomfortable at first.

Because in his opinion, teaching his wife in front of his son and behind his back, although his wife is indeed misbehaved, she should not be reprimanded in front of her children.

Xi Qingyan came at the wrong time, which made Lord Xi feel that his eldest daughter seemed to be coming to see the joke of the continuation string!

"Master, this is your favorite black chicken soup, my young lady personally made it for you, master."

"And this stir-fried lotus root, which is also made according to the taste you like, master!"

Chun Tao put the same food in the food box in front of Lord Xi, and deliberately opened her mouth to compete for her eldest lady's favor!

In Chun Tao's opinion, this Shangshu Mansion is really too unfair to their young lady!

Obviously, their young lady Xi Qingyan is the eldest lady who is a serious child, why is she being treated so unfairly now?

Chun Tao was unhappy for the eldest lady in her heart, so she deliberately invited credit.

"Are these meals really made by your eldest lady?" The slightest displeasure in Lord Xi's heart for Xi Qingyan suddenly dissipated completely after hearing Chun Tao's words, not only that, but he also felt a little more guilty in his heart.

How could he suspect that his eldest daughter was deliberately trying to see his jokes?

Obviously, these days, his daughter Xi Qingyan has been working hard to take care of the huge Shangshu Mansion!

"Master, in fact, there is more than this meal, every meal of the master will be treated carefully by my young lady, and today it is because the eldest lady found out that you didn't use the rice, so she specially asked the people in the small kitchen to send these foods."

After Chun Tao saw that the old man was moved by her, she hurriedly continued to explain for the eldest lady.

"Qingyan, you are busy with so many things all day, I didn't expect to spend effort on these subtleties......

Lord Xi sighed with emotion.

At the beginning, after his continuation became the housekeeper of Shangshu Mansion, he rarely washed his hands and made soup for him, and the reason given by continuation was that she was busy with family affairs, and she really couldn't get away.

He also believed these words.

Now it seems that everything is just his wife's quibble, as long as it is someone who cares about him, no matter how busy he is, he will care about his diet and daily life.

Only a woman like his continuation will keep saying that she loves him, cares about him, and never takes action!

Lord Xi looked at the food in front of him, his heart was turbulent, and he also had a different view of the continuation in front of him.

He now knew that his wife had never liked him, but the title "Lady Shangshu".

He was just a vine she climbed up.

Lord Xi looked at the food box and fell into deep thought, while Mrs. Shangshu on the side was annoyed and angry because of Xi Qingyan's sudden appearance.

The last thing she wants to be embarrassed in front of Xi Qingyan is that it will make her feel extremely embarrassed!

"Xi Qingyan, take your soup and water and get out, do you have a share of your talk? Didn't you see me discussing things with my lord?"

Mrs. Shangshu now only wants to drive Xi Qingyan out of the study.

"Don't think that you can gain a good reputation for filial piety to your parents by doing this, you are not a filial daughter!"

"After you lost your mother, I worked hard to raise you as an adult, and you took away my only support! Xi Qingyan, you are a complete white-eyed wolf! I was blind to see you as my own!"

Mrs. Shangshu originally wanted to use the hand of His Royal Highness Su Yiting to hit Xi Qingyan hard.

But now, she has lost her wife and broken her soldiers, and Mrs. Shangshu, who has not gained any benefits, can't stand the current day anymore.

"Smack!"

Mrs. Shangshu wanted to reprimand and insult Xi Qingyan, but before she could open her mouth, she was directly slapped by Lord Xi.

"It wasn't you who was blind at the beginning, it was me! If I hadn't been blind and married you, why would I be in the situation I am in today?"

Lord Xi regretted it.

Although Xi Qingyan's mother is not as charming and lovely as Xi Chuyu's mother, his deceased wife has always thought about him and the Ministry of Rites!

His deceased wife would never turn a deaf ear to his official fortune for the sake of her own petty profits!

"There are only two roads in front of you today, one is to be sent to the village in the countryside by me, and you don't need to be a decent Mrs. Shangshu, if you still want to be Mrs. Shangshu, then choose the second way, and now you will go to the Hubu Shangshu Mansion to sincerely ask for Zhou's forgiveness!"

Lord Xi didn't let a single step and locked all the retreats of Mrs. Shangshu.

「……！！」

On the way here, Mrs. Shangshu was still thinking about winning her husband's love again for her daughter Xi Chuyu, but she didn't expect that stealing chickens and rice would not be a loss now, and even she would get into it together!

"Madam, what Xi Chuyu snatched from Mrs. Hubu Shangshu today is Li Jiaojiao's dowry, if you apologize late, the Li family will report this matter to Your Majesty, and then you will suffer."

Xi Qingyan timely mentioned Mrs. Shangshu.

Mrs. Shangshu likes to use her pitiful style the most, and she will take off her responsibilities, and Xi Qingyan will not let her succeed again and again.

"Say, which way are you going?"

As soon as Master Xi heard that the matter was far more serious than he expected, he immediately forced him to continue to express his position.

"Husband, don't listen to Xi Qingyan here! Where would she have known all this news! Judging from the concubine, she made all this up nonsense!"

Mrs. Shangshu blindly suppressed her and her daughter Xi Chuyu with a light face, and was directly annoyed and angry.

"The news was told to me by His Royal Highness King Li, if Madam doesn't believe it, you can go to King Li's Mansion with me to confront me."

Xi Qingyan said unhurriedly.

In the return ministry also

On the way to the library, the guards sent to her by Shu Lixiao mentioned the matter of Li Jiaojiao, the daughter of the Hubu Shangshu.

"Everyone in Kyoto knows that Lord Li of the Ministry of Rites is the most favored by His Majesty, and now, he has a son-in-law who is not easy to mess with, madam, you are deliberately wasting time here now, is it possible that you want to watch our Ministry of Rites Shangshu Mansion be copied and beheaded by Xi Chuyu?"

"Go! Hurry up and follow me to the Tobu Shangshu Mansion to apologize!"

Master Xi didn't care about anything else, and urged impatiently.

"Husband, but...... But ......."

"But what is it? If you don't go today, I will immediately write a letter of resignation, and then you will have nothing to do with my Ministry of Rites Shangshu!"

Hearing that Lord Xi was going to divorce his wife, Mrs. Shangshu had no room but to apologize to the Zhou family.

"Yes, I'll go!"

Mrs. Shangshu was driven to the shelves, and she couldn't grind anymore, so she finally gritted her teeth and chose to take Xi Chuyu to the Hubu Shangshu Mansion to apologize.

In the study, Xi Qingyan watched that the matter had been resolved, and was about to leave, but was stopped by his father.

"Qingyan, did you just say that His Royal Highness King Li told you about the marriage between Hubu Shangshu and the county king?"

Lord Xi changed his way to treat Mrs. Shangshu's annoyance and anger, and the angry Tongxi was almost angry.

"Father asked you, what is His Royal Highness's attitude towards you?" Look at the book

Although Lord Xi asked tactfully, everything he thought was written on his face.

Lord Xi also wants to become a relative of the emperor like Lord Li, the head of the household department. Although the weight of the Ministry of Rites in His Majesty's heart is not as important as that of the Ministry of Households, if his daughter Xi Qingyan can marry His Royal Highness King Li, then he will be the princess who will come out of the Shangshu Mansion of the Ministry of Rites!

One person attained the Tao and the chicken dog ascended to heaven.

At that time, even if Tobe Shangshu doesn't want to see him anymore, he will have to be respectful to him when he meets!

「……」

Xi Qingyan saw Lord Xi like this, and sneered in his heart, but he still had to pretend to be ashamed on his face.

"Father, how can a daughter talk about this kind of thing?"

Xi Qingyan didn't want to lie, let alone find out the relationship between her and Su Lixiao, so in the end, she could only speak vaguely, hoping to get away with it in this way.

"Yes, yes, my father is too abrupt!"

Lord Xi saw that his daughter's face was shy, thinking that something good was about to happen in their Ministry of Rites, so his heart was angry and he didn't ask anything more.

"Qingyan, you are a very good child, and my father is very happy to see you today!"

"Don't worry, no matter what you do, your father will support you, and Shangshu Mansion will always be your solid backing!"

Lord Xi was worried that his negligence and harshness to Xi Qingyan in the past would make Xi Qingyan completely forget them after flying on the branch and becoming a phoenix, so Lord Xi took the initiative to promise.

"In addition, you can also bring your father's words to His Royal Highness King Li, as long as His Royal Highness King Li has any needs, his father is willing to serve His Royal Highness!"

Lord Xi's gesture made Xi Qingyan feel more and more uncomfortable.

"Father, I made a note of ......."

After Xi Qingyan hurriedly perfunctory a few words from Lord Xi, he left the study directly and returned to Hanlian Garden.