boudoir

Chapter 187 Follow me out of the city
Liuli turned the teacup in her hand and said, "Then what happened to the ledger she gave you?"

Yu's body shook, stared at her, gritted his teeth and said: "She was afraid that I would not agree, so she used that to blackmail me!"

"Then how much money did you collect from Nie Weiliang?"

Mrs. Yu paused, "3000 taels."

Fifty-five thousand taels!
Even though Liuli was on guard, she couldn't help being taken aback. In a world where the annual daily expenses of an ordinary family of five are less than 300 taels, what is the concept of 3000 taels?
"What about the silver?"

"The silver is mine! You don't want to take it!"

Yu's eyes were red, and he roared.

Liu Li didn't want her silver, but just asked casually, even if the nearly fifty or sixty thousand taels of silver were exchanged for bank notes, there would have to be a big stack, right?She always needs a place.Hearing that she was so excited, he ignored it.

When he came out of the Buddhist hall, he still saw that Mrs. Hu had locked the lock, and asked Ruier to give her a few words, and then went back to the long room.

Naturally, I have to discuss with Aunt Su.Unexpectedly, when Aunt Su heard her say that Mrs. Yu had embezzled a huge amount of stolen money, she still acted indifferently and indifferently, so she turned around and talked with her about what Yuhua should prepare for her marriage.Liuli felt that she was a little negative, and she was actually indifferent to such a big event, so she said a few words with her, and then came out resentfully.

However, even if Liuli knew that Yu's borrowed money to collect so much money, she couldn't change anything, because she didn't know who was investigating this matter. If according to what Nie Weiliang said, someone was secretly investigating, then this time The origin of the person is very suspicious.Because if the sage wanted to investigate, it would not be so silent.It must be the enemy of He Fu, and she intuitively felt that this person must be targeting He Fu, not Nie Fu.

Of course, even if she knew who the person who investigated was, with her meager strength, she could do nothing to change the situation. Besides her, there were a lot of elders in the He Mansion, so why let her be a concubine.

Yuhua's auspicious wedding day is set on the twelfth day of the first lunar month, and it seems that there are only a few months left, and Aunt Su is speeding up and busy with these things.Fortunately, her dowry, Mrs. Yu, has already been prepared, and she only needs to take care of what is needed for the auspicious day.The people in Dingbei Palace are also very forthright, sending people over from time to time to ask if they need to cooperate.Aunt Su politely declined twice, and later saw that he was sincere, so she asked someone to bring a reward list for picking up the wedding bride and went back to King Dingbei to see if it was all right.

Just when Aunt Su received the reply sent by King Dingbei, Liuli went to the main courtyard, intending to inquire about the movements of the court from here, but the old lady was receiving visitors from Dingbei Palace in the main hall of the front courtyard, so she had to go first. Go for a walk in Huanhua House.

After reckoning that the time was long enough, she came out of the third room and passed by the Chuihua Gate. She saw two tall men dressed as military guards standing at the gate of Yinsong Courtyard. He couldn't help but lift the plum branch and take a second look.

The two martial guards also looked over, their eyes immediately turned sharp, as if they saw someone who was trying to do something wrong.

It seems that the visitor has not left yet.Liuli put down the plum branch, thinking that all the attendants in Dingbei Palace are so serious?It would be too serious to bring such a mighty person here even for a reply.

Just as they were about to leave, the two guards suddenly bowed slightly towards the courtyard, it turned out that someone had come out from inside.

The old man came out accompanied by a man in black clothes, and said to the man: "For such a trivial matter, General Labor will come here in person. If you are negligent, please invite Haihan."

Liuli heard the word "General" and quickly retreated behind the threshold.Besides Qi Yunhao, who else would be the general of Dingbei Palace?

She didn't turn out until the sound of horseshoes outside the gate.The old man turned around after seeing her off, just in time to see her under the porch.

"what are you doing here?"

Liuli hurriedly said: "Let's see what the old man is doing. Is General Qi here to send King Dingbei's reply?"

The old man nodded, with no abnormal expression on his face.

Liuli was relieved, what she was worried about was nothing but fear that he would tell about the fact that she had pulled out the Yuhua golden hairpin in the Imperial Garden that day.At that time, in front of all civil and military officials and the empress, if he had told the story, she would have died without a doubt.But as a man, and a man with a gun on a horse, it's not easy to gossip like this, so she wasn't afraid at the time.But when it comes to the mansion, it's not sure.

The old master sent Qi Yunhao away, and then went to look for He Cunli, so Liuli had to go back to the long room.

Unexpectedly, when they reached the gate of the long room courtyard, they were blocked by Yuhua again: "Give me back my hairpin!"

During this period, in order to prepare for the marriage, Yuhua did not go to class, had few opportunities to meet, and never spoke.Since she smashed her yard last time, after these days of additions, the things that Liuli smashed in the side building have been added one after another. Now that she has moved back, Liuli is still angry. Being startled by Qi Yunhao, now he wants to take the hairpin back, how is it possible?

"What hairpin? Could it be that the third girl is happy and confused?"

Liuli brushed the snow beads on her clothes, and said coldly.

Yuhua stared at her fiercely: "Stop pretending to be confused, give it back to me!"

A snowball hit the bridge of the nose again, Liuli looked at the sky, turned her head and said, "Dream!"

Yuhua stomped her feet and stared at her back: "I won't let you go!"

Liuli tightened her skirt, and quickly stepped into the courtyard.It's getting colder and colder, and it looks like there will be another heavy snowfall.

According to the common practice, the man who has made an appointment will send a farewell gift to the woman's home before the year. There are not many things, but this procedure cannot be ignored.Dingbei Palace sent 24 kinds of pastries, 24 kinds of cloth and satins, and 24 kinds of silk flowers made by the palace to the Changfang before the New Year's Eve.For the other three-bedroom wives, there are also four bolts of silk and satin, eight kinds of snacks, while for the girls are two pairs of palace flowers.

For a vulgar gift, Dingbei Palace is considered very polite.

On the day of the New Year's Eve, people from the Marquis of Huaining also came, and they also sent Changfang 24 kinds of pastries and 24 pieces of cloth and silk. The difference is that they did not send palace flowers, but pearl flowers.The rest of the wives were the same as those in the Dingbei Palace, but the palace flowers given to the girls were replaced by pearl flowers.

Although the person who brought the things only said that they were ordered to give gifts to the housekeepers, would people in Hefu not understand the meaning?The old man was at a loss for a while, and was so excited that he didn't know how to deal with it. It was Liang who reacted and immediately asked someone to give a share to the Huaining Hou's mansion according to the example of giving back to the Dingbei Prince's mansion.

Now the mansion is full of excitement, Huaining Hou's doing this is not equivalent to announcing to the world that their future Mrs. Xiao Shizi will be in the house of He Fu?Therefore, the statement that Liuli will definitely become the wife of the young son of the Huaining Hou Mansion was almost unanimously agreed, and this news naturally spread outside the mansion. Soon, there were predictions about when the Huaining Marquis Mansion would propose marriage to He Manor It's out, as if it's really a done deal.

Liuli was happy to hear this from Ruier, but she was also a little worried. After all, judging from the changes in the marriages of the girls in the mansion, the more publicity and high-profile, the worse the fall in the end. This is iron lesson.The Marquis of Huaining valued her so much. Naturally, because of her low background, the eldest princess intended to give her some respect, so that she would not be looked down upon in the future. Trouble, there are still some people in this world who are not so happy to see her live well.

In the blink of an eye, it was New Year's Eve, and because of the honor of receiving farewell gifts before and after the New Year's Eve, the old man decided to spend this year grandly, and also to stabilize the hearts of the people in the house, so he invited the theater early The troupe paid three times the price and wanted to sing until midnight on New Year's Eve.As the mistress, the Qi family naturally had to respond to the old man's call, so they also asked people to buy a lot of fireworks and firecrackers, and hung up big lanterns inside and outside the mansion, and the meat and vegetables in the village were delivered to the mansion in carts. The reward money for tipping is distributed to people in handfuls.

Liuli knew that the old man was not short of money as the secretary of the household department, but he really didn't expect to be able to spend money so casually. It's no wonder why He Yanli, as a grain requisition envoy, didn't even have to levy such things as mildewed grain. You can pass the customs safely. In the officialdom, if you have money, what else can you not do?

Ever since he was admonished by the Holy Majesty, He Cunli has obviously had a hard time these days. He secretly wants to guard against the Holy Majesty's further investigation into the matter of food collection, and he also has to deal with all the people involved in it in private. The days here are numbered.

Chaoli rested for two days on the first day of New Year's Eve, and on the morning of New Year's Eve, Liuli finally saw He Yuli's face in Aunt Su's room.And he seemed to really want to see her, so before she greeted her, he took the lead and said, "On the first day of tomorrow, follow me to the White Horse Temple outside the city to pray."

In terms of name, the White Horse Temple outside the city is a bit larger than the Jinquan Temple in the city. However, because most of the pilgrims are women, it is very inconvenient to go out of the city, so this city has become a place where all the noble ladies go.When men want to burn incense, most of them will walk a few more steps out of the city to the White Horse Temple.What makes Liuli wonder is not that He Cunli wants to take her to burn incense, but that he actually wants to take her to the White Horse Temple to burn incense.

If Uncle Xu has not come to see her in Beijing, and she doesn't know that Grandpa has something that happens to be in the White Horse Temple, she may not take it to heart, but He Yuli really wants to get the painting of ink lotus, and he even sent a special double happiness By her side, his intentions can't help but make people think too much.

"May I ask if the master only let me go together, or other brothers and sisters also go together?" Liuli asked.

"Someone will come from Xihe Mansion tomorrow. Your eldest brother and third brother will stay in the mansion to accompany the guests. Your third sister is getting married soon, so it is inconvenient to go. Naturally, my aunt and the others can't go, so you go with me." said.

(End of this chapter)