It is said that Wang Yu returned to Xiaojia Village with a disgraced face, his small courtyard is located in the alley on the west side of the Xu family, and before he entered the door, he was beaten by Pearl and her mother with three aunts and six aunts with sticks to split her head and cover her face, and Uncle Pearl and other men blocked the alley and did not let people in.

As a result, he was beaten to death, and the Wang family, who rushed to hear the news, rushed up, and finally rescued Wang Yu, who was dying. The two sides were also outnumbered, so they didn't fight, and they quarreled for a long time and went to the eldest lady to evaluate together.

At this time, the Wang family also heard that even the emperor in the capital had come forward, how could he dare to deal with the Pearl family? Good words persuade the two families to value harmony. And Pearl Zilie had to prove his innocence, so Wang found two midwives to enter the house for a test, and they were complete! In this way, the Wang family can only admit that they are unlucky, who is calling it Wang Yu who is spreading rumors?

Soon the news spread to the capital Xu Mansion, everyone came to the Li family to congratulate the joy, praised the pearl is a good girl, the Li family has a vision, said Li Qiu's face was gloomy, and he happily invited the big guy to eat, and there were six or seven tables in the courtyard, and they ate and drank until midnight.

At this time, Xu Hao was on his way to Jingzhou, and the next night he received a message from a fast horse in the post station, which contained a few words of severe reprimand from Comrade Lao Zhu.

After learning about what happened at home, Xu Hao couldn't help but cry and laugh but also secretly rejoiced, but he didn't expect to almost lose his official position in a daze, obviously someone was manipulating behind the scenes, otherwise how could it be so coincidental, everyone rushed to give gifts within a day or two?

There is no need to guess who is behind the scenes, no one can respond to every call except Zhu Yunwen, of course, Zhu Yunwen himself will not come forward, nine times out of ten it is a good thing done by his henchman Shangshu Qi Tai, and only Qi Tai can instruct Ma Niu and the two adults.

There is no need to guess the reason, firstly, he is responsible for investigating the case of King Qin, and secondly, he has a lot to do with the Yanwang Mansion. Since talking to Zhu Yunwen in the Qianqing Palace that day, he has never taken the initiative to take refuge in the other party, so he will naturally be regarded as a thorn in his side.

Xu Hao had no intention of stepping on two boats at all, and he didn't want to be false to Zhu Yunwen. He believes that standing in line means standing thoroughly. It is better to admit that he is close to the Yanwang Mansion than to try to curry favor with both ends and play a dangerous game of tightrope walking in the capital, otherwise Zhu Di thinks that his role in the capital is greater, and if he instructs him to be a double agent, his life will be in jeopardy.

When Comrade Zhu was alive, as long as he did not pose a threat to Zhu Yunwen, his life was still guaranteed. In the past few years, it is best not to provoke him for no reason, be a temple for a few years honestly, and find an opportunity to transfer to the north to raise horses.

Early the next morning, Xu Hao continued to set off for the Xiangwang Mansion in Jingzhou. The acting emperor secretly visited the local area, met with the king of Xiang, and then immediately went west to Bashu to meet the second son of the king of Shu who dared to fight with him for a while, of course, it is best to make Zhu Yueyi know the difficulty and retreat, Xu Hao's final destination is Mufu, Yunnan.

Due to the rebellion of the local minority leaders, Xu Hao took the initiative to ask Ying to leave Beijing under the dictation of Comrade Lao Zhu in the name of inspecting Yunnan.

The words are divided into two ends. After Li Qiu proved his innocence through Pearl, he immediately transferred all his secret love for Zhulan to his fiancée, and in order to express his respect and comfort Pearl, he thought about sending some good things over.

I went out early in the morning and came to the inner house. On the way, I met Xu Rong, the young master of the family, and it was said that Xu Rong and the dead Xu Hannai were cousins, and they moved over to Fengyang's hometown together that day.

In the previous article, Xu Han had a bad idea of Zhu Qiaoqiao, and he desperately befriended Xu Wen. The two ends who thought they were smart flattered each other, but they ended up dying in a daze.

And Xu Rong flattered Zhu Qiaoqiao wholeheartedly, and when Zhu Qiaoqiao was unlucky, he didn't take the opportunity to fall into the well like others. also ran over from time to time to show his loyalty, and gradually became one of Zhu Qiaoqiao's right-hand men, the other is a child of the Xu family who was born in the capital, named Xu Yi.

Speaking of which, whether it is Xu Rong or Xu Yi, they are distant relatives of the Xu family who are out of Wufu, just because after the Xu family made a career, most of the relatives followed the name of the child to Xu Hao's generation, and the name was the young master of the Xu family, but in fact, according to the distant relatives, there was no wealth and dignity from the Xu family.

After Zhu Qiaoqiao moved into the capital, he brought his two families with him and purchased a house for the two families. And the group of flatterers in the past all fell to the side of their wives because they lost power, and they were abandoned like sloppiness.

In fact, Xu Rong and Xu Yi can't help it, the two are considered to have the same fate, Xu Rong is seventeen years old this year, and his father died of illness when he was a child. Xu Yi is twenty-five years old this year, and his father made the first Northern Expedition to Mongolia as Xu Da's personal soldier in the fifth year of Hongwu, that is, Xu Da suffered the first defeat in his life, and was ambushed by the Northern Yuan Army and killed more than 10,000 people and died on the battlefield.

The two were raised by their widowed mother since they were children, but fortunately they had a share of money and food provided by the family, but they did not suffer anything, but they did not enjoy any blessings, they did not have a father as the pillar of the family, they could not afford to buy permanent property, and they were often inconvenient to have money at hand, so they were naturally bullied and despised in the clan.

Wenzhi's grandmother was locked up that day, and the two were extremely nervous, they knew that with their status in the family, even if they ran to join his wife and Xu Wen and Xu Ji, they would not be rare. Thinking that Zhu Qiaoqiao was the county lord in the end, he simply walked to the dark and secretly ventilated and sent some food and clothing.

In a flash, he returned a rich return, such a big mansion of the Xu family, some of them had errands to make money, and the two of them earned no less than 100 taels of silver in a short period of time, and the mother of the family benefited from it, and there was no longer any need to sew clothes for others to do.

Xu Rong, who was wearing a new satin robe and holding a folding fan, immediately smiled when he saw Li Qiu: "I was looking for you." ”

Li Qiu bowed slightly and said, "Young Master Rong, are you looking for something small?" ”

Xu Rong pulled him aside with an affectionate expression and said, "Don't call yourself small, I can't afford it, even Niangniang remembers your name, I should call you Ye." Besides, if you follow the third child, we will be called brothers in the future. ”

Li Qiu said with a smile: "That's not a dare, no matter how you say it, there is a difference between master and servant." Just say it, as long as I can do it, I will definitely help. ”

Xu Rong smiled with satisfaction and said with a smile: "Yesterday I brought people into the garden, but I didn't see the winter, and I painted the third child's Jiangxue Zhai, and the sisters avoided it, and sent a girl named Wanru to deal with it." I'll tell you the truth, I took a fancy to her at a glance, and I want to ask you to ask whose daughter it is, I know the rules of the third child. After inquiring clearly, I have to wait for him to come back, and beg him to fulfill me face to face. ”

"Like?" Li Qiu said with a strange expression: "Are you planning to take her as a concubine?" Then I can say it bluntly, definitely not, the young master will never agree. ”

Xu Rong put away his smile and said, "I plan to marry her, and Ming Media is marrying." ”

Li Qiu said: "It's weird, don't let go of the daughters of good families, you marry a maid?" ”

Xu Rong nodded and said: "You also know the reality of my family, I don't have any savings, and I can't afford to climb a good family." Besides, I'd rather marry a slave. If you don't marry a little girl, who doesn't know that the sisters in the third room are all outstanding and neat, and they don't say anything about reading and reading and treating people, who can compare with the daughters of idlers? ”

"That's just as well." Li Qiu smiled to herself, and then shook her head, "But it's like a maid who has only been a maid for less than a year, and she definitely doesn't want to let her out to marry at a young age." ”

Xu Rong smiled bitterly: "It's okay, I just want to find out whose family it is, and then tell the third child to know." The third child will definitely not be entangled with her in the future. Here, I was born under my sister-in-law and worked for two years, saving more money to marry her. ”

Li Qiu suddenly said happily: "To tell you the truth, it seems that it is not someone else, but my cousin." The milk name is Xiaoyue, and after entering the inner house, it was named Xiangyue, and once it was renamed Wanru by the grandmother. ”

"Oops." Xu Rong exclaimed in surprise: "It turned out to be your sister, it really took no effort to break through the iron shoes and find nowhere to get it." Come on. I'll call you Uncle Brother first. ”

Li Qiu smiled and waved his hand: "Don't be, the eight characters haven't been skimmed yet, the young master has set the rules." The girl next to him can call the shots herself, in case Xiaoyue doesn't look down on you, no one will be able to do it at that time, even the young master. ”

Xu Rong recalled the bits and pieces when he met Xiaoyue yesterday, when the two of them seemed to have a heart, every time their eyes met like sparks, indescribably beautiful and moving, he smiled proudly with confidence, and did not explain.

Li Qiu observed the words and looks, and suddenly saw a little bit of Mingtang, probably the little sister and him were already eye-catching. The heart said that the young master is enough to match the little sister, not to mention, now I am down-to-earth to help the grandmother do things with her heart, I am clever and capable, good at socializing, and I will have no worries about food and clothing in the future. I'm afraid that he is the master, and when he has money in the future, he will dislike Xiaoyuexia's background?

But I'm not afraid, with the support of the young master, I don't dare to treat Xiaoyue badly, Xiaoyue can marry him, and it can be regarded as a phoenix that will fly on the branches and become a phoenix.

After the two chatted affectionately for a while, Xu Rong glanced at no one around him, and whispered, "I'll tell you something, you will be happy after listening to it." ”

After hearing this, Li Qiu was shocked at first, and then sneered: "This is the retribution, he deserves to spread rumors and disgusting people, God really has eyes." ”

Xu Rong smiled: "Okay, I still have something to do." I'll leave the good things with Satsuki to you. ”

Li Qiu smiled and nodded, and then entered the inner house and came to the outermost courtyard, it turned out that Zhu Qiaoqiao had to come from the garden every day to take care of the housework, and yesterday Xu Rong was allowed to take the craftsman into the garden.

The main house is filled with the fragrance of good sandalwood that purifies the heart and calms the mind, and the decoration is just as luxurious as in the North Courtyard.

Today, Zhu Qiaoqiao is dressed in a splendid palace dress, her long hair is wrapped in a silver thread emerald net and combed into a flying phoenix bun, her head is full of golden hairpins, she wears a black white jade forehead on her forehead, and a pair of long emerald earrings; He was looking lazy and half-leaning on the kang, his abdomen was covered with a colorful mandarin duck brocade quilt, his eyes were wandering, and he looked at the marble screen directly opposite from time to time, and listened to the woman in charge standing in front of him.

Sixi walked in lightly outside, and said in his ear: "Li Qiu is here." ”

"Alright, don't say it." Zhu Qiaoqiao didn't raise his eyelids, and the jade hand with the four gemstone rings waved casually, and the crystal clear ivory finger cuff was inlaid with complex gold patterns.

"This time, you put your heart into it, and it's very good. I went to Sanxi to record the file, and sent the number plate to the account room to receive the silver, and the number was sent to her. ”

"Thank you grandma, the slave will definitely work harder next time." Immediately the woman rejoiced, and turned and went out.

Zhu Qiaoqiao smiled slightly, raised her hand and gently twisted the imperial teacup on the rosewood kang table, and ordered, "Call Li Qiu in." (To be continued......)