boudoir

Chapter 294
"That's good." Shuhua nodded, and said with a smile: "Then what I told you last time, can you give me an answer?"

Liuli drank the remaining half bowl of soup, and said: "Actually, you know, what you said is not up to me. If King Qing is successful and Qi Yunhao becomes a hero, then we can talk about it." The words are good. But it also depends on how much Song Bi supports the prince. If it is to the point of not regretting until death, then there is nothing we can do. As a king who kills his brothers, he will not tolerate the existence of dissidents. Even if it's you and me, we won't be soft-hearted and leave a henchman of our mortal enemy alive, will we?"

Dealing with Shuhua is inevitable, but with Liuli and Qi Yunhao already on Lu Zhao's side, she must divide the power around the prince as much as possible.If Shuhua can't control Song Bi, then at least Song Ziyu can.The best situation is that the Song family does not interfere with the prince's affairs. In that case, Lu Zhao may still spare their lives. The worse thing is that Song Bi intervenes and Song Ziyu does not intervene. Husband and wife and other people, but they can keep Song Ziyu and Shuhua's side, and it's not too big a loss.

And if Song Ziyu hadn't done something on the side of the prince, even if the prince was in power, he wouldn't be punished, and Shuhua wouldn't suffer any losses.From this point of view, it is the safest and safest way to first ensure Song Ziyu's neutral attitude, and then fight for Song Bi's position.

This is the way Liuli suggested to Shuhua, and it is also her condition.After all, this deal is only beneficial for Liuli in the immediate future. If King Qing fails in the end and the crown prince takes power, then no one will be able to protect Qi Yunhao and her.How can it be worthwhile if you don't get some money back?

Shuhua was silent for a while, then suddenly said: "To tell you the truth, the crown prince is narrow-minded and incompetent. This time, because the emperor approved the re-examination of the salary, King Qing found out that he had bent the law for personal gain, which already made the emperor very angry. These days, it is said that he has been grounded, and even the job of being in charge of the Ministry of Internal Affairs has been refuted by the Holy One. Because of this, Ziyu has made up his mind and asked to be transferred to the sixth department. Otherwise, maybe I would not have come to you so soon."

"How is the Queen's attitude?"

What Shuhua meant was to show her and Song Ziyu's attitude towards the prince, but Liuli cared about the queen.After all, even if it was the criminal evidence submitted by Qi Yunhao that caused the crown prince to be implicated, the queen would not be able to do anything to him. If she wanted revenge, she would only look for her.As long as Liuli suffers, doesn't that mean that Qi Yunhao suffers?

"The Holy Majesty is furious, and the Queen can't do anything about it." Shuhua said, "Besides, this time it is true that the Crown Prince is not doing well. If he could have thought about the long-term and knew that Qi Yunhao would re-examine the matter after returning to the court, he would not He should be greedy for that little gain, and let the old man be so lightly. It's a pity that he doesn't understand, when a person has not yet gained full power, he can't cover the sky with one hand. But," she paused, looking at Liuli: "It is said that the queen has frequently summoned her married woman into the palace these days, saying that she is having tea and talking. Who knows what will happen?"

"Who have been announced?"

"It is said that all those above the first rank have been summoned, as well as those from several Hou's mansions in central Beijing. Of course, Mrs. Zhongyonghou is among them." Shuhua smiled.

Liuli glanced at her and said nothing.

At this time, the queen summoned the high-ranking wives to enter the palace. It may be a real narrative, or it may be planning something through the courtiers' back house.Men have men's battlefields, and women also have women's battlegrounds.Otherwise, why do the struggles in the harem always lead to changes in the court situation?In short, there are people from the Zhongyonghou Mansion among the people who entered the palace according to the order, so things are not so simple.

"Let's eat food." She said.Put a steamed duck in Shuhua's bowl, and said: "Has Song Ziyu been transferred yet?"

Shuhua swallowed the food in her mouth, wiped her lips with the silk, and said: "Come down, I will go to the Ministry of Rites after the new year. Although it is an idle job, it can avoid disputes. It will be good in the long run. We can't control the in-laws. , always try to take care of yourself, don’t you think so?” He smiled and stared at Liuli slightly, not allowing her to avoid it any longer.

Liuli lowered her eyes and nodded.This is considered to be a deal. When the men are working hard in the front for the benefit of the family, they are also acting for their respective families in the rear. If they cannot charge forward, they will seek help for themselves and their families as much as possible. .

"Speaking of next year, do you know that next year will be another trial year?"

After eating half of it, Shuhua suddenly said again.

Liuli hummed, and wrote lightly: "Our family doesn't have any children who want to take the exam, what are you telling me?"

Shuhua stared at her: "You really don't know, Du Rui is also preparing for the exam, and he rejected so many girls in order to prove to the world that he can also gain a foothold in the court like Qi Yunhao, you really don't Know?"

Liuli missed a beat, took back the chopsticks, and put them down with a snap, "I'm already a married woman, why are you telling me this? He is a young master who has inherited the title for generations, so he has nothing to prove to the world What does Qi Yunhao have to do with him whether he stands in the court or not?"

Shuhua raised her lips: "Look, you're excited. I know you're married, and I don't want him to intervene between the two of you, but he has worked very hard these past few years. It is said that his ranking in the provincial examination is quite high. If he wins again and enters the imperial court, I'm afraid there will be more opportunities to meet Qi Yunhao. I heard that in front of Qi Yunhao, people who are familiar with Du Rui's name are afraid to mention it. "

Liuli stared at her, and took a long time to retract her confused gaze, "Let's eat!"

The chopsticks were picking at the dishes in the bowl, but they couldn't taste them.She really didn't know that Qi Yunhao was so jealous of Du Rui. Except for the time he had a quarrel, he never mentioned it to her. She thought that since they reconciled, he had put this aside.

After dinner, the two sat around the stove in the study to have tea. It was a bit like talking with each other when they were girls in Hefu. Shuhua looked at her recent writing and talked about poetry again. After a while, she couldn't help sighing. : "After getting married, I have children, husband and wife, and socializing from time to time. These things have been left behind for a long time. I think Mr. Guo's thoughts on me are in vain." I can't help but talk about Guo Xia again, and Liuli also received it before getting married. I have read a letter from her, and I only said that I had a very pleasant time in Jiangnan. I have sent a few letters so far, but there has been no reply, and I don't know what to do.

"When the things around me are settled in the future, I will always go to the south of the Yangtze River." Liuli sighed, Guo Xia lived in the same town as her old residence, and every time she heard people mention Guo Xia, she couldn't help but I will think of that peaceful place with beautiful mountains and green waters.Speaking of the memory there, it was a matter of my previous life. After being broken into and searched, I don’t know if Uncle Xu and Uncle Jin have restored my grandfather’s old residence.

"Jiangnan—"

Shuhua was about to speak, when Chunxiang came in from outside the door, and said: "Grandma, the second grandma heard that my aunt is coming, she said outside the door that she wanted to come in and sit."

Liuli cast her eyes on Shuhua suddenly, Shuhua took a sip of tea, twitched the corner of her mouth, and said, "When did I have such a big face?" Liuli smiled, and said to Chunxiang: "Go back to Second Grandma, just say Fourth Aunt Grandma This place is not free, please go back to Shangsong Mansion next time to have a look."

Chunxiang is gone.Shuhua put down her hands with a half-smile, and said: "Since the Eldest Master and Mrs. Yu have fallen, you still allow her to hang around in front of you. You are really calm. She has come to the point of begging others. If it's up to me, just give her a good time! — Forget it, I'm too lazy to cause trouble here, so let's go."

Standing up while talking, "Come again in the first month to pay New Year's greetings."

Seeing that she really wanted to leave, Liuli had no choice but to come out to see her off.

With what Shuhua said about Du Rui, when Liuli returned to the room, she still felt like she had a knot in her heart. In the next afternoon, she told Fan Yun and Jijiaoer to take money to do things together, and let Ruier go Wu Zhong took the roster there, and he was still a little absent-minded when he was free. He didn't know what Qi Yunhao was thinking, after thinking about it, he felt that it would be better to explain to him, so he waited for him to come back in the room.

It was hard to wait, and it happened that Ji Xiaoquan came and talked about looking for shops in the past few days, and showed her a few lists of shops for sale.

"Two are single-story frontages with backyards, and two are two-story shops with single-story small backyards. The frontages are suitable for teahouses and cloth businesses, and the two-story shops are suitable for running wine shops and restaurants. The price of a single-story frontage Relatively cheap, you can get it within 2 taels. The two-story shop at the intersection of the cross street costs at least 8000 taels, and the other one in the middle of the street costs [-] to [-] taels. The whole street More than [-]% of the shops in the Hutong are restaurants. The Lianxiang Building, which is slightly inferior to the West Lake Building, and several other large restaurants are located nearby. The land prices have risen in the past two years. Move over and have a look before making a decision."

"Since the land price has risen and business is booming, why are there shops for sale?" Liuli asked.

"These two single-storey facades belong to the same person. That person is also an official businessman. Because his family moved to the south and no one is in charge of him, he had to make room for it. The owner of the restaurant at the street corner changed his career to make silkworms and sold them. The shop is placed in the field. And the restaurant shop in the middle of the street," Ji Xiaoquan glanced at her, then suddenly walked half a step closer, and said in a low voice: "To tell you the truth, grandma, this restaurant shop is Yu Shi's dowry shop. After being remanded, the second master He Tingfang in the big room quietly stole these and cashed them out, and now he is in a hurry to make a move, just to prevent the uncle He Tingfang and his wife from finding out."

Yu's dowry shop?
Liuli looked down at the list in her hand again, - this is interesting!It’s true that the upper beam is not straight and the lower beam is crooked!At the beginning, Mrs. Yu was greedy for the money of Mr. He Fu, but now he is still alive, and the dowry shop in his hand was sold by his own son!If Mrs. Yu knew about this, would she be pissed off?
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