"Li Shilang, please go back, Mrs. said that she wants to accompany Lang Jun, and she can't go to the appointment." In a box at the Golden Moon Restaurant, the maidservant Rulan saluted and explained to Li Linfu.

While speaking, Rulan put a jewelry box in front of Li Linfu.

"Isn't this a gift from a certain Qianniang? How......? Li Linfu said with some surprise.

Rulan said without changing her face: "This is what Madame meant, saying that there are too many jewelry like this to be worn, so let Li Shilang take it back and give it to others." ”

Li Linfu froze for a moment, a trace of displeasure flashed in his eyes, but he still took out a piece of gold cake and stuffed it into Rulan's hand, and said with some flattery: "It's hard for Rulan girl." ”

What do you mean, the jewelry you carefully selected, you don't accept it, and you can say that there are a lot of jewelry like this, and you can't wear it, it is clear that the jewelry you give away is not valuable enough, Li Linfu lost face in front of a servant girl, and he was a little angry in his heart, but Li Linfu's emotions were well controlled, and he was very unhappy, but he didn't leak it at all on the surface.

Not only did he not have the slightest displeasure, but he even gave a heavy reward to win over the maidservant.

Rulan is just a maidservant, compared with Li Linfu, who was born in the Li Tang clan and lived in a high-ranking squire, it is simply a difference between cloud and mud, Li Linfu looks at Rulan differently The reason is: Rulan is Pei Wu's personal maidservant, and Pei Wu's is Pei Guangting's wife and Wu Sansi's daughter.

Pei Wushi was a famous beauty in Chang'an when she was young, she not only had outstanding appearance, but also behaved quite like her father's martial arts, and before she got married, she had eyebrows with the dignified Li Linfu, and after getting married, she would find a chance to have a tryst and relive the old love.

With Li Linfu's identity and status, what kind of beauty is he looking for, it is not so much that he can't let go of that feeling, but that Li Linfu is unwilling to give up the high-quality resources in the hands of Pei Wu's family, because the two celebrities around Li Longji: Gao Lishi and Concubine Wu Hui, are both related to the Wu family.

When Gao Lishi was not famous, he was attacked by Lingnan to make Li Qianli enter the palace, Wu Zetian praised his intelligence and cleverness, young and beautiful, and let him worship by his side, and then was whipped and driven out because of his small mistakes. The eunuch Gao Yanfu adopted him as an adopted son, Gao Yanfu came from Wu Sansi's family, Gao Lishi then went back and forth to Wu Sansi's house, and later Wu Sansi said good things, so he re-entered the palace, and it is not an exaggeration to say that the Wu family has the grace of supporting him;

Wu Sansi is Wu Zetian's nephew, and now Concubine Wu Hui, who is favored by the emperor, is Wu Zetian's niece, speaking of which Pei Wu and Concubine Wu Hui are still relatives.

Li Linfu's greatest wish is to become the head of the hundred officials, seeing that his career is not smooth, not only offended Zheng Peng, but also had a bad relationship with Concubine Wu Hui, in order to reverse the unfavorable situation, he thought of his old friend, and wanted Pei Wu's family to help him.

What Li Linfu didn't expect was that Pei Wushi couldn't look at the jewelry he carefully selected, and said that there were so many jewelry like that that she couldn't wear them all, didn't she sarcastically have her jewelry too ordinary, and she didn't like it at all?

The old man doesn't give face, Li Linfu is also a little helpless: a person is his age, many times he is powerless, not as good as those young men, this is also the reason why Pei Wu's estrangement from himself, in addition, although he is from the Li Tang clan, but there are too many people in the clan, the royal relatives are getting bigger and bigger, and the family business is not very rich.

No, knowing that Pei Wu's likes jewelry, he put a lot of thought into it, but he didn't expect Pei Wu's to look down on it, because it is not expensive enough.

Seeing the yellow and clear golden cake, Rulan's face also had a smile, and she quietly put the golden cake into her sleeve, and said with a smile: "The servant thanks Li Shilang for his generous reward." ”

If it's three or five dollars, Rulan doesn't pay attention to it, but the golden cake, to say the least, is five or six taels, and this reward is very rich.

is really rich and easy to do, Li Linfu said in his heart, his mouth was not idle, and he lowered his voice and said: "Qianniang won't be angry, right?" What have you been busy with lately, or are you still taking care of that old medicine pot? ”

Qianniang is Pei Wu's milk name, and when Li Linfu and Pei Wu's tryst, they all called her nickname, so there is no need to hide this from Rulan, because when the two had a tryst, she helped to look at the wind.

The old medicine pot is talking about Pei Guangting, he is eight years older than Li Linfu, and I don't know if his body has hollowed out the wife and concubine in the family.

Rulan explained: "Lang Jun's body is not as good as day by day, and he coughed up blood a few days ago, and the imperial doctor secretly told his wife that the medicinal stone has little effect, and it is estimated that it will not last long, and his wife has to take care of him, and also take care of the Pei family's property, so as not to let someone take advantage of the troubled waters to fish." ”

Inadvertently touched the heavy gold cake in her sleeve, and after thinking about it, Rulan took the initiative to explain: "Madam still remembers the old love, otherwise she wouldn't have sent her maidservant to see Li Shilang." ”

Li Linfu secretly breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, and as he guessed, he opened his mouth when he heard the words: "Do you know what Mrs. likes?" ”

The gift can't be sent, Li Linfu is not down-to-earth, seeing that his age is up, if he doesn't go further, maybe his career will stop at this official servant, and now the prince is a mud bodhisattva crossing the river and it is difficult to protect himself, and he has the heart to take refuge in Concubine Wu Hui, and it also makes people get in the way, one more friend is one more way, think about it, and now the one who can help himself the most is the old man Pei Wu.

Thinking about it, it feels ridiculous, when Wu Zetian was in power, Li Tang Jiangshan almost changed his surname, but fortunately, he changed his mind under the persuasion of Di Renjie and other loyal ministers, and returned to Li Tang.

Rulan thought for a while and whispered: "There is a rare night pearl in Duobaolou, Mrs. likes it very much, but the asking price is too high, and I am reluctant for a while, if Li Shilang can take it, give it to Mrs. on Mrs. Birthday, and I will definitely surprise Mrs. ”

"How much does it cost?"

"Three thousand taels of gold."

Li Linfu gasped, three thousand taels of gold is 300,000 yuan, this is a lot of money, and his heart ached, and finally gritted his teeth and said: "It's hard to buy a thousand gold, as long as Qianniang likes it, no matter how much money it is, it's worth it." ”

Although it comes from the Li Tang clan, the ancestors have passed down a lot of industries, not to mention millions of yuan, mostly houses and fields, these are real estate, which cannot be easily realized, how much money is in the net worth and how much money is in the hand, these are two concepts, Li Linfu has recently been in order to be promoted, up and down, the money in his hand is really not much, and it is really a bit difficult to get 300,000 yuan out at once.

However, no matter how difficult it is, we must rise to the occasion, because the resources in Pei Wu's heart are too good.

"Li Shilang is willing to spend a lot of money for his wife, no wonder Mrs. Li Shilang never forgets" Speaking voice, Rulan saluted Li Linfu: "The maid is ordered by Mrs. to buy some things, you can't stay here for too long, Li Shilang, the slave family retires." ”

"Miss Rulan walks slowly."

After Rulan left, Li Linfu thought for a while and decided to go to the Prince's Mansion for a while.

Although he is not very optimistic about the crown prince Li Ying, he stands in a position, and occasionally shows up to brush his presence, after all, Li Ying is still the prince, he can endure it so much, maybe he can really survive until the day he ascends the throne.

Li Linfu made second-hand preparations: the table of loyalty should also show loyalty, should you go around or walk around, it is good to be a wall grass, which side of the wind comes and which side falls, what does it matter if you eat ugly, it is a blessing to be able to eat.

No matter how good you look, what's the use of not eating.

When he arrived at the prince's mansion, the defendant prince was resting, and Li Linfu was taken by the housekeeper to a side hall to wait, drinking tea and eating pastries, while waiting for the prince's summons.

Waiting and waiting, Li Linfu inadvertently saw Steward Liang of the Prince's Mansion with a man with some gorgeous clothes and go straight inside, Steward Liang talked and laughed with that person, as if he was very familiar.

Li Linfu was a little surprised and said to the palace maid waiting on the side: "Qiu Ju, who was that person just now?" Steward Liang seems to have a good relationship with him. ”

Qiu Ju received a lot of rewards from Li Linfu, and said in a low voice: "Back to Li Shilang, that person is Guo Tongxiong from your township, and he has a good relationship with the people in the Prince's Mansion. ”

"Guo Tongxiong?" Li Linfu thought about it, quickly remembered this person, and said with some puzzlement: "It's just a cheap guy, and Steward Liang looks at him a little differently." ”

The official family of the Prince's Mansion is a person with a head and a face in Chang'an, and when Li Linfu entered the Prince's Mansion, he had to greet him with a smile, but Steward Liang seemed to be interested, and there was not much smile on his face, it was just routine, but when he faced Guo Tongxiong, he talked and laughed, as if he saw his sworn brother.

By the way, didn't you just say that the prince was resting, let yourself wait here, why did this cheap Jia surnamed Guo come and bring it in directly?

I'm not as good as a mere?

Qiu Ju whispered: "Li Shilang, don't underestimate the little Langjun of the Guo family, he is the big shopkeeper of the eighteen-flavor fragrant braised pork, and the business is very big, the prince appreciates him very much, and every time Guo Xiaolangjun goes to the prince's mansion, he sends gold cakes when he sees people, by the way, I heard that he sent a white jade Guanyin worth 2,000 yuan to Steward Liang, and since then Steward Liang has looked at him differently." ”

Jia Jia, he was defeated at the hands of a cheap Jia again, Li Linfu's hand shrunk in his sleeve clenched into a fist, and there was a trace of indignation in his eyes.

Li Linfu looked at Guo Tongxiong's distant back, his old face twitched, and he said in a voice that he could hear: "Money, it's money again, these villains, one is more pretending to be higher than the other, but in fact, one is more greedy than the other, I'm angry, Pei Wu's slut thinks that the jewelry is not expensive enough, the prince thinks that he has little effect, and his status is lower than that of a cheap businessman, and the most unwilling thing is that it is Gao Lishi's eunuch, who is loyal to the emperor and pretends to be honest on the surface, but in fact, Zheng Peng gives a little sweetness, and he revolves around Zheng Peng, and he also says one thing and does another. ”

Where is his difference, Li Linfu suddenly fell into deep thought.