The Book of Raising Children by Houmen

Chapter 169 This Sincerity (1)
Zhao Jing's mouth opened and closed to say auspicious words, but her heart was also a little heavy. On the battlefield, swords have no eyes. No matter how good Xu Si'an's skill is, it will always be dangerous to charge into the battle.Even she is so worried, no wonder the old lady is like this.

Zhao Jing personally served a cup of tea to Mrs. Xu, looked at her slightly trembling old hands holding the cup of tea, lowered her head and took a sip.She took the teacup and put it down, and said: "It's getting late, the old lady is going to have dinner here, so I'll go down first, old lady, don't worry too much, Master Hou has been here all these years like this, Aren't they all safe and sound?"

After listening to the persuasion, Mrs. Xu has improved a lot. If she really couldn't bear it, she shouldn't have agreed to him to go to the military camp in the first place. She also couldn't bear to leave no successor for the meritorious service that Old Hou Ye earned.

"Mr. Zhao, otherwise you can stay and have dinner together. Master Hou is leaving, and I don't have a backbone in my heart anymore." Mrs. Xu raised her head and looked at Zhao Jing, with a gentle face like jade, with a smile on her face. Kind of virtuous, if she had such a daughter-in-law by her side at this time, she wouldn't be so uncomfortable.

"I won't. The old lady and Lord Hou have a good reunion dinner, and the mother and son will chat a little more." Zhao Jingfu was about to leave, and the old lady Xu was embarrassed to stop her. At this moment , Two women from the outer courtyard came in from the door, blessed the old lady and said: "Old lady, Master Hou asked you to go ahead, and Mr. Zhao, also go there together."

Zhao Jing thought that Xu Si'an was going to go on an expedition, and it would take a year or so at a long time, or three to five months at a short time, so he must make arrangements for his family's affairs.What's more, Xu Si'an himself did not expect that this time he was ordered in the face of danger.Now Mrs. Xu is the only one left in the whole Hou Mansion, she really needs to arrange it properly.

Zhang's mother had already stepped forward to help the old lady up, Zhao Jing also walked over, and the two helped the old lady out together.It was still raining outside, and the road was a little slippery. Zhang's mother took an umbrella from the servant girl and put it on for the old lady. Zhao Jing kept supporting the old lady, and the two walked leisurely.

Passing through the Chaoshou verandah leading to the front yard, the outer yard is even more brightly lit. Zhao Jing hasn't been to the main courtyard of the Hou's Mansion for a few days, and it seems that it has been a long time since the last life to manage the funeral for Mrs. Hou.She looked along the corridor at the entrance of the main courtyard, and saw a crowd of people in the main hall, already full of the servants of the Hou Mansion.

Xu Si'an sat in the first seat with his robe pulled back, and the people below were whispering to each other. Zhao Jing helped the old lady Xu to enter the door, and Xu Si'an stood up to greet her in person, with a chill and calm expression on his handsome and flawless face.

"Mother."

He called Mrs. Xu, took her from Zhao Jing and helped her in, and let Mrs. Xu sit in the first seat, "My son is leaving early in the morning, and now my mother is getting old, and there is no one in charge at home." It is really inconvenient for people, so my son called all these managers over, and there are two things to order."

The servants became quiet after hearing this, and raised their heads to look at Xu Si'an with some curiosity.

Zhao Jing is not a servant of the Hou's mansion, she stood beside the old lady Xu, and heard Xu Si'an say in a deep and stern voice: "The first thing is, when the Marquis is not in the mansion, all the affairs of the outer courtyard will be handed over to Zhou. The housekeeper handles it, and the accountant of the outer court settles the expenses of the Fuchu every month, and teaches the steward of the inner court."

When Xu Si'an said this, his voice suddenly stopped, his eyes flashed past Zhao Jing, and he swept sharply and coldly at the kneeling crowd, and continued: "As for the second matter, that is to start from today. , Mr. Zhao will take over all the common affairs of the inner courtyard of the Hou Mansion, and all the pairs of cards that the Hou Mansion originally received will be invalidated, and from today onwards, they will all be replaced with new ones."

Zhao Jing raised her head from the astonishment, her eyes fell on Xu Si'an's face without hesitation, but the corners of the man's mouth seemed to be hooked, he turned and sat down, took a sip of the hot tea, He listened attentively to a group of subordinates whispering to each other.

Such an order unintentionally indicated one thing, that Zhao Jing would definitely be the future mistress of the Marquis of Wu'an Mansion.

Xu Si'an waited for the commotion to pass, then turned to the old lady Xu, "Mother, are you satisfied with my arrangement?"

At this time, Mrs. Xu was also stunned for a while, and when she wanted to understand, she suddenly realized a little bit. She looked at her son sitting next to her with a serious expression, and asked a little confused: "Brother An, Is that the thing settled?"

(End of this chapter)