boudoir

Chapter 183 Suspicious Ledger
Du Rui didn't answer her directly, but said: "I was tied up at home by my grandmother for the past two months, saying that I would not be allowed to come out until I got engaged. I couldn't help it, so I slipped out."

Speaking of engagement, Liuli's face became hot again, and she pretended to be calm and said: "Why are you getting engaged? Which family's girl?"

Du Rui smiled, and said: "I do know each other, she is the ninth girl from the House of the Secretary of the Ministry of Household Affairs. When she turns thirteen in the spring of next year, my father will come to propose marriage."

Liuli blushed to the base of her neck, and finally couldn't pretend anymore.

In fact, she has never had any very eager yearning for marriage. What she wants is not the unrealistic marriage that Huanhua hopes for. What she wants is enough respect and high enough respect. status, sufficient power to safeguard their own interests.From this point of view, she is no different from all the women in the house fight. At the same time, there is nothing to deny. She just wants to live with dignity and be respected by the people around her. Now it seems that Du Rui can Give her these, so she has nothing to be hypocritical about.

With Du Rui's personal acknowledgment, Liuli felt at ease. Although she didn't want to marry, she was in a special situation after all, so she could get an appointment early and feel at ease.In this way, even if there is a solid foundation between the two of them, Liuli will no longer worry about this matter, but the relationship between Huaininghou and Liuli is getting closer day by day, and the old man and He Yuli were also invited to participate in Huaining once. The Hou Ye's birthday banquet, so Yuhua's hatred for Liuli seems to have reached a peak again. This time, she ran desperately to the Buddhist hall, and every time she came out, she had to go into He Weili's study. The connection between them was finally renewed.

But He Yuli's attitude towards Liuli has changed surprisingly because of the four-car reward from the eldest princess. Because of this, he is even more enthusiastic towards Aunt Su. After coming here for more days, he also treats Liuli from time to time Give some small favors.But the more he is like this, Aunt Su

The colder his heart was towards him, and the same was true for Liuli, the more obvious he was, the more his feelings for his biological father would fade away.

Of course, they still flattered them on the surface, after all, no one would intentionally make things difficult for them.

This day when I heard that He Yuli came back for dinner, Aunt Su asked the big kitchen to add some dishes and warm the pot of wine.Liuli didn't want to get involved with them, she let Rui'er burn a warm kang in her room, and leaned on it to read a book.

In a flash, it will be the end of October, and Yuhua will get married in two or three months at most, Liuli stared at the scroll for a while, then called Rui'er.

"What's going on in the Buddhist hall these days?"

Rui'er thought for a while, and said: "Ms. Yu is sick now, and there is nothing serious about it. It's nothing more than cursing and cursing the old man in the yard all day long. But there is something that I think is suspicious, and I want to tell the girl coming."

"What's the matter?" Liuli sat up a little.

"Today, Mrs. Hu said that about three to five days ago, Qi Luo, who was beside the Fourth Madam, went to see Mrs. Yu when she was delivering supplies to the Buddhist hall."

"Qiluo?" Liuli simply sat up, Qiluo is Nie's confidant, even if Nie is in charge of general affairs now, it is not her turn to labor Qiluo to deliver supplies, what does Nie want to do? "Did you hear what they said?"

Rui'er said: "Grandma Hu said that Qiluo only gave supplies to Mrs Yu, and told Mrs Yu to check carefully to see if there were any mistakes or omissions, and then she came out."

Liuli thought for a while, then put the book away with a snort, and said, "Then there must be some letter in the supply! Tomorrow, you can find a reason to search, be careful, don't fall into others' eyes, and try not to disturb them .”

Liuli sent Rui'er to search, and she thought about it herself.Nie Shi is not as easy to handle as she appears on the surface, and now she seems to be submissive to Liuli, but she doesn't think so in her heart. After all, compared with her, a nine-year-old girl who has no foundation, Yu Shi, a lady who is almost down Many people still have some prestige in their hearts, not to mention that Mrs. Nie has been suppressed by her for so many years, and she is always a little bit guilty. At this time, she suddenly provokes Mrs. Yu. Although she does not understand the truth yet, it is not too unexpected.

The next day, Ruier went to the Buddhist hall, and when she came back, she said, "I didn't find any letters, but I found this from the ashes of the charcoal furnace."

It was a small ledger, half burned.Now Rui'er has also learned a few words from Liuli, such as a few numbers.Mrs. Yu is now living half-dead in the Buddhist hall, what other accounts do she have to keep?Liuli opened it and looked at it. Even if she was mentally prepared, she couldn't help being taken aback. There were many incomes and expenditures written on it, and each amount of money was at least a thousand taels!

This is definitely not the account book that Mrs. Yu kept by her side, otherwise, it would have been found when Mrs. Qi ordered people to search it last time.This was probably brought in later, so did Yuhua bring it to her, or Qiluo brought it to her?
Liuli leans towards Qiluo, because if Yuhua gave it to her, she doesn't have to burn it.If it was Qiluo, then what kind of account would this account book contain?
She opened the half-burned book again, and the item column happened to be burned, leaving only the date and payment at the binding.

Liuli thought for a while, went to the fourth room with her notebook, and said to Nie: "The fifth brother will get married soon, and my mother asked me to come over to ask for a banquet list. When the third girl gets married in the future, we will also Good to follow suit."

The fourth wife married the younger sister of King Ning's side concubine, and Tingbang has also recently been selected as a scholar, so no matter what happens, she must be presentable.Mrs. Nie was sorting out the wedding invitations. Hearing this, she cheerfully got up and took out a banquet menu from the side drawer, and handed it to her. "We invited the chef from West Lake Tower. The reputation of West Lake Tower is better than that of Zuixian Tower!"

When Shuhua got married, she invited the chef from Zuixianlou. Liuli never looked down on Nie's petty and self-serving attitude, so she didn't say a word, took the menu and looked at it, then said: "Please invite fourth aunt Make a note on it, and write down what is particular about it, so we can follow suit when the time comes."

Wedding banquets are different from others, and the sequence of serving dishes and the materials used are very particular.Of course, these chefs will tell the owner, but because Mrs. Nie hired a chef who is more famous than Zuixianlou, she was very happy to write a note for her.

Liuli took a look at the list she had finished writing, passed it to Yue Gui to put it away calmly, picked up the grapefruit tea and asked, "Has Fourth Aunt been to the Buddhist hall recently?"

Nie's subordinates suddenly dropped two happy posts, "No, no, what am I going to do there?"

Liuli stared at the wedding invitation on the ground, and hissed: "Marrying a young mistress is a big deal in the mansion. If the fourth aunt doesn't go to the Buddhist hall to ask the eldest lady, how would she know who to invite from the eldest lady's natal family? Even if she knows, the name is too scary." Don't you know it?"

Nie returned to her senses and said with a smile: "That's true. Later, I will send someone to the Buddhist hall to ask!"

Liuli raised her lips, and picked up the pomelo meat in the bowl with a spoon.

Back in the room, Liuli threw the banquet list and small ledger on the desk.

The handwriting on the list was exactly the same as the handwriting on the ledger, and Mrs. Nie was still playing tricks right under her nose!

Rui'er said angrily: "Shall we give Fourth Madam a little more pain?"

"Don't startle the snake, let's see what they are doing!" Liuli locked the tent into a small copper box, and pushed the list to her: "Send this to my aunt, don't say anything else."

Last night, He Weili stayed in Aunt Su's room for the night, and today it is the tenth day of the Lunar New Year's Day when she rests, before going back to her room, Aunt Chen brought Hui'er to the room on the pretext of visiting. The smell is enough to make people faint, so Liuli naturally doesn't need to pass it at the moment.

The auspicious day for He Tingbang and Luo Mingzhu's wedding was set on the thirteenth day of the winter month. The winter rains for several days made the whole capital cold and bleak, but this day was also very auspicious. Many people decided to get married on this day, so the whole city The festive sedan chairs and lanterns added a bit of enthusiasm to the city.

The girls married in the mansion today will also go back to the mansion for the banquet. Huanhua couldn't hold back his joy, so he ran to the Liuli room early in the morning and told her: "I heard that the second and fourth sisters are happy. It's really good news!"

That's all for Min Hua, he has been married for two or three years, so he should have conceived long ago.It's just that Shuhua was pregnant only two months after passing through the door, she really is a lucky person.

Liuli was also happy for them, and while handing her the hand stove, she opened her hands to let Rui'er dress her.Since returning from a trip to Jinquan Temple with Concubine Qi, the first thing Rui'er did was to make some more gorgeous clothes for her, the hazy embroidered makeup and floral jacket dress she is wearing today is one of them.After all, today is a newcomer coming in, and after all, there are many more guests than married women. The girls in the house will be the hosts to accompany the guests. Liuli, after being praised by the eldest princess, is now a somewhat famous figure in the circle of beauties in Beijing. , how can you not dress up well.

Huanhua was picking out jewelry for her, and suddenly gave her a shiny golden hairpin: "You haven't reached the hairpin yet, why is there this in the jewelry box?"

But all hairpins with complicated workmanship will not be inserted stably if they are not in a bun, and the glass is not as good as the hairpin, so naturally they can only be combed with small hairpins such as double rings and double hangings or single hairpins. This hairpin is really eye-catching in the jewelry box.

Liuli only glanced at it, then immediately snatched it away and put it in her sleeve.

The reason why this hairpin is so abrupt is because it is not hers at all, but Yuhua's.She pulled out her hairpin in the imperial garden that day, and this hairpin was brought back.Because it was specially made by Mrs. Yu when she was drafted into the palace, so her boudoir name was engraved on it, so there was no way to find a suitable way to dispose of it.

Now being discovered by Huanhua, someone else will sooner or later discover her. She has not forgotten that there is a Double Happiness in her room.

Huanhua glanced at her, and excitedly picked up Zhuhua for her.

(End of this chapter)