boudoir

Chapter 283
When people heard the words "1000 taels", they turned their faces back with applause.Mrs. He and others hurriedly knelt down to thank them.Liu Li also bowed down: "The concubine thanked the crown prince for his great gift. However, there is no such thing as a supplementary gift for the funeral. According to the concubine's opinion, it is better to ask the father-in-law to lead the way this time. I am here to refer to someone to go to the East Palace to meet the crown prince. Take it." Saying that, he winked at Liu Wei and told him to go out with the eunuch.

The prince rolled his eyes angrily, gritted his teeth and pointed at her twice, without saying anything, he strode out of the gate madly.

Liuli raised her lips and smiled, glanced at Mrs. He and the others who were stunned on the ground, and went out briskly.

The Ruan family did not appear in front of Liuli that day.Since the arrival of the crown prince, Aunt Guo has also been delayed. Without Liuli's order, Ye Tong would not let her go away like this.After seeing off the prince, Liuli asked Ye Tong to take Aunt Guo into the carriage and sent her directly to Yufu.The news that their concubine's concubine had such a fight with Liuli in front of the gate of the He Mansion, and finally got trampled out of face, of course spread to the Yu Mansion.How to deal with her and save face for the Yu family, that is the business of the Yu family.

The fact that the crown prince came to mourn the Su family in person soon became known to all the families in the capital, and those cliques who were attached to the crown prince also came to the door soon. Since their leaders are here, as subordinates, they have no reason not to come Otherwise, wouldn't he be opposing the prince's actions?As a result, the lively He Mansion became more and more lively. On the fifth day, Uncle Dongyang and his wife came, and on the sixth day, the Yang family and Qi family from the Zhongyonghou Mansion also came.

Although the Zhongyonghou's Mansion Liu has not shown any clear signs of turning to the East Palace so far, but the He Mansion and the Zhongyonghou Mansion are not related, even if she and Yuhua both came from the He Mansion, Qi Shi is the daughter of the Wang Mansion. Madam, there is no reason to follow the younger generation to marry.They came suddenly at this time, didn't Liuli and Shuhua's speculation about why the queen punished Duan Wenhui lightly that day meant they had a clue?
Liuli didn't go to see these two people, she didn't even have any interest in Pu Yan for Duan Wenhui's clan.What's more, the prince suffered a dumb loss at her hands again this time, she was thinking that there must be some movement between the empress and the East Palace, and she still had to find time to think about how to deal with it.

On the morning of the seventh day, Su's coffin was sent to Dong'an Temple outside the city.They will stay there for a few days, and then they will be buried.

At this point, Liuli and Minhua Yuhua's filial piety has come to an end, and the next thing is the internal affairs of He Mansion.

After lunch, Qi Yunhao came to pick her up and brought her back to the palace.After leaving for so many days, seeing the word Chaoqingtang really felt kind, so I didn't care about these things in the house, and pushed Fan Yun and Rui'er to talk back the next day, and let's take a day off before talking.

Get up early the next day, send Qi Yunhao off, and go to Rongxi Hall as usual.Anyway, as an in-law, King Dingbei gave Liuli a lot of money this time, so she also asked Rui'er to pick out a few high-quality silks and satins from the pile of gifts given by He Mansion. , a few nourishing items, and took them to Rongxitang.

Mei didn't even look at it, so Xiangying took it away, and then told her to leave.

Liuli didn't even think about going to please her, seeing that Yuhua was not there, she simply went back to her room.

The first thing to do when returning to the room is to ask someone to find Ji Jiao and ask about the investigation.He Yuli's criminal evidence will be handed over to the Holy Master after the funeral of Su's family. The Holy Master will naturally go to Dali Temple to deal with such criminal evidence, and since Qi Yunhao has also taken over, there is no need for Liuli to intervene. Just wait for the result.So the next person she has to deal with is He Yuhua, and this Ruyi may be a gap.

Ji Jiao'er came soon, "Going back to grandma, I secretly found out that Ruyi was sold into a brothel in the city called Mingyuefang."

Liuli hummed, "How is Second Master these few days?"

"The second master was awkward that day because of the wishful thing. Isn't the second grandma also in the house with the eldest grandma these few days? The second master is happy. He has invited guests for a few nights, and he seems to have called a few The prince doesn’t know about the opera singer’s drinking with him, and the servants dare not pass it on, otherwise they won’t be able to escape the punishment of the prince.”

Kikyo made a face in the direction of Erfang.

Liuli thought for a while and said, "Go to Mingyue Tower and ask the head of the house there how much it will cost to redeem Ruyi. Come back and tell me."

Kikyo let out a hey, turned around and went out.

Before the curtain is drawn, Rui'er has already entered.Liuli came back last night and didn't ask about the things in the house, and was about to ask her, so she pointed to the little bed under the couch and asked her to sit, "Is there anything going on these days?" In fact, she didn't worry about anything else. What I am most concerned about are the two in the backyard. She has been out of the house for a few days, and it is not normal for the two of them to make trouble.

Rui'er's buttocks just touched the stool, so she couldn't wait to speak: "Grandma doesn't ask about this, the servants will also say it, the night before grandma went to He Mansion, the general came back in the middle of the night, Ningshuang called someone to invite her. The general was still in the front study room, so he came over dressed in gorgeous clothes. Later, he learned that the general was spending the night with grandma, and wanted to come, but was blocked by Li Xing. After two consecutive nights, the general did not give her the slightest affection Opportunity."

Liuli smiled knowingly, and then said: "What about Hanxue, she didn't come?"

Rui'er said: "She really didn't come over. I noticed that she has been embroidering in the house for the past few days, and she hasn't gone anywhere except to visit Aunt Mo, the second room."

Liuli frowned, this Hanxue was too deep.If she was really the prince's spy, wouldn't it be a good time to go out at this time?Why did they stand still instead?Of course, if she moves, Rui'er will be able to catch her smoothly. Could it be that she is also worried about this, knowing that when Liuli is not around, people around her will be more careful to stare at her, so as to prevent her from getting close to Qi. Yun Hao, that's why he didn't dare to move?
I couldn't think of a result, so I had to talk about something else first: "I asked you to investigate these people in the house. Is there any result?"

Rui'er said: "In addition to Xia Zhi and Qiu Shuang's suspicion, there is also that Nanny Bi is dishonest. She used to follow the aunt, but the aunt didn't take her away when she left, so she stayed in the mansion. I saw her go to the second room for the first time. Isn’t Zhongyonghou’s mansion on good terms with the mansion? Those two cousins ​​are very close to the second mistress, so it’s hard to guarantee that Nanny Bi has nothing to do with the second mistress when she walks into the second room.”

Liuli said, "What about the rest?"

"The rest of the people haven't found anything yet," Rui'er said. "However, Chief Manager Wu came here a while ago and said that our courtyard should have been equipped with four maids, four maids, eight juniors and twelve maids in the mansion, but since Shuiyun and Feng'er died, they haven't made up for it. The head manager then wanted to ask grandma to see when it would be convenient to bring a few smart girls over for grandma to choose."

"Pick up the servant girl first, and deal with these dishonest ones first." Liuli took a sip of tea and pondered, "If there is any suspicion, no one can be kept, no matter whether it is really about the two masters or not." , you have to find a reason to drive them out. By the way, beat the rest, don't be soft-hearted."

"Yes." Rui'er nodded.

Liuli thought for a while, and then said: "Aside from these dishonest ones, what kind of honest ones are there?"

Rui'er said: "From what I've seen all these days, that girl Dongmei is considered top-notch. She is not too honest, but she is not a half-hearted master. Her old lady used to follow the prince, but she died later. Only her and elder brother are left. My elder brother is still following the prince, and he was promoted to be in charge not long ago."

Since he is the king of Dingbei, no matter how top-notch he is, it is not advisable.Rui'er doesn't know about the grievances between Qi Yunhao and Prince Dingbei's father and son, so Liuli doesn't need to talk to her.He just said, "Is there any more? Someone with a clean net worth."

Rui'er thought for a moment, then said: "Then only Bingling is the only one. She doesn't cause trouble, and she is also smart in doing things."

Liuli said: "You bring her to me to have a look."

Rui'er nodded, turned her head and went out to find someone.

Liuli thought about it secretly for a while, Rui'er had already brought Bingling in.These little girls are usually not close to Liuli, so at most she knows that there are such people, but she has never looked closely and understood them.Because he had a good deal in his heart, he took a closer look at her, and saw her clear eyes and correct description, she looked a bit like the Lian Xin who was miserably harmed by He Yuli back then, and he had a good impression of her.So he asked, "Who else is in your family?"

Bingling kowtowed and said: "If you go back to grandma, there is no one in the servant's house."

Liuli nodded, and then looked at her carefully, only to see that her figure was slightly plump, and she seemed to be very mature.Then he said again: "Are you a slave or a good citizen?"

Bingling said: "Slaves are good people."

"Have you ever been engaged?" Liuli asked more gently.

Bingling's face was slightly red, and she lowered her head and said: "This servant grew up in my aunt's house, and I have been engaged to my cousin since I was a child."

Li nodded and smiled, put down the tea bowl, pondered for a moment, and said: "Since you are a good citizen, do you want to go back and marry your cousin as soon as possible, and then do some small business together to live, so that you don't have to come out to help?" Lian Xin's wish is to create a better future with her future lover, and Bing Ling looks as simple and pure as her, maybe girls of this type have similar goals.

As expected, Bingling's eyes shone brightly, "Of course I want to. The aunt of the maidservant is also a hard-working person. My uncle died many years ago. She raised my cousins ​​and me to grow up alone. It was very hard. We are very happy. I want to earn more money so that she can live a relaxed life for a few days."

Liu Li said: "Your wish is not a problem to me at all. If you can do something for me, I can help you realize this wish. Will you?"

Bingling prostrated herself and kowtowed: "This servant is willing to share her worries and problems for grandma."

Liuli nodded, "If that's the case, come here." She waved to Bingling, and when she approached, she whispered a few words into her ear.Bingling nodded, then knelt down again: "Your maidservant, please obey grandma's orders."

(End of this chapter)