incense as a medium

Chapter 157

After dinner, Liu Bailu had just called in the person Sun Chengqian had brought in, and stood in a crowd in the yard, when suddenly someone came to report to Lu Guogong's grandson's mother-in-law and Liu Jiayuniang to see him.

Liu Bailu was slightly taken aback, and asked people to call in the mother-in-law of Duke Lu's family first, and asked Yuniang to come in and wait in the east wing, then said to the people in the yard: "I have some things to deal with, you go to Lanmo first There, I reported my age, what I used to do, what I was good at, and what I want to do now, and explained everything clearly."

"Yes." It has to be said that these people knew the rules very well, and they agreed in unison.

Liu Bailu nodded, turned and entered the room.

Qi Peiyun was playing with the children in Xici Room when Liu Bailu went in and talked to him, asking if he wanted to see him.

Qi Peiyun said: "I'm afraid that the concubine Shizi wants to see you, so just go and see you."

"Okay," Liu Bailu nodded, and turned straight at Le Yan: "Don't play for too long, go to bed early, remember to tell your father if it's convenient."

"Oh." Le Yan nodded casually.

Liu Bailu sighed helplessly, turned around and returned to the middle hall.

The mother-in-law of Lu Guogong's family has already entered, staring intently at the three-point area in front of her, and when Liu Bailu came in, she bowed her knees and said: "My maidservant Mrs. Wei has seen Mrs. Qi."

"You don't need to be too polite, come and watch." Liu Bailu smiled and stretched out his hand to help.

Mrs. Wei thanked her, sat sideways on the embroidered pier brought by Zi Yan, looked up at Liu Bailu, and said: "Mrs. Qi really lives up to her reputation, this appearance is really rare in the world."

"Hey, no matter how good-looking it is, it's old now." Liu Bailu said with a smile.

When Mrs. Wei came in, she saw a maidservant in the yard, and knew that Liu Bailu might be busy, so she didn't gossip, and said directly: "Today our son-in-law went back and mentioned Mrs. Qi to the son-in-law, and the son-in-law learned that Qi The wife is good at embroidery, so she ordered the servants to send some embroidery thread as a gift, and if there is a chance in the future, I will invite Mrs. Qi to visit the house."

"Concubine Shizi, you are being polite." Liu Bailu said.

Mrs. Wei ordered people to put the gift boxes on the short tables on both sides, and said with a smile: "The concubine Shizi knows that Mrs. Qi has just entered the capital, and I'm afraid I haven't prepared everything. I'm going to enter the palace again in the next few days to thank you. I'm afraid there will be many guests in the house after that." , I was afraid that I didn’t have time to prepare new clothes, so I ordered my servants to bring her newly made clothes. Mrs. Qi can rest assured that these clothes are brand new and have not been worn yet. The concubine also asked the concubine. They are about the same size, so the clothes fit me well."

Liu Bailu's eyelids sank, his smile narrowed slightly, and he said: "The concubine Shizi has a heart, thank you concubine Shizi for me, I accept the embroidery thread. Please take the clothes back, no matter how glamorous the appearance is, it can't cover up the whole thing." The fact that the family was defeated, forcibly beating a swollen face to pretend to be fat is just an attempt to make people laugh."

Mrs. Wei's face darkened, and she wanted to say that Liu Bailu had shown Shi Zifei's kindness, but he accepted the embroidery thread and said that his words were unpleasant?But that was the truth, not to mention that she knew exactly what her concubine was thinking, so she had to get up and leave in dismay: "Then the servant will go back and return to order."

"Go away. Zi Yan, send someone to see off Mama Wei." Liu Bailu also served tea, and after seeing Madam Wei go out, she put down the tea bowl and said, "Call Yuniang in."

Not long after, Yuniang came in, saluted and greeted her, Liu Bailu let her sit down, and asked in several voices: "How is mother? Is my aunt making things difficult for her? How are my eldest brother and Zongze?"

Yuniang looked at Liu Bailu, and nodded again and again: "Okay, okay, okay. The master has returned to office. Although the official position is not big, after all, the holy family is still there, and the uncles and grandmothers dare not do anything. It is the wife who is worried about the young lady and asks the slaves to come over. Take a look."

Knowing her mother's worry, Liu Bailu pursed her lips and said with a smile, "I'm fine, my husband protects me, I'm fine."

Yuniang breathed a sigh of relief, and said: "Madam asked the servant to ask Miss when to enter the palace to thank you."

The Qi family and the Liu family were able to reverse the case and one returned the title and the house, and the other was promoted to the county magistrate to enter the palace to thank him.

Liu Bailu hesitated for a moment, and said: "This husband has never told me, but I think it will take a few days, and I have to wait a while after handing over the booklet."

Yu Niang nodded, and said: "Madam originally wanted to enter the palace with Miss, so I can have someone to take care of me."

Liu Bailu frowned slightly, and said, "But what happened?"

Yuniang glanced around, Liu Bailu waved his hands to make everyone retreat, Yuniang got up and walked to Liu Bailu, leaned over and whispered: "Uncle and grandma said that there are so many unfavorable rumors about the young lady in Beijing, saying that the young lady has ruined her reputation. , You should use death to justify your innocence, and let people know the pride of my Liu family. And also said..."

Yu Niang didn't go on, but Liu Bailu could guess that her aunt must have nothing good to say, she suppressed her smile, thought for a moment, and said: "If the rumors go too far, I think my mother-in-law should know about it. It will also be used as a cutting tool, but now my mother-in-law hasn't said anything, I'm afraid it's just her family's words." She smiled and glanced at Yuniang, and said: "You have been with my mother for many years, and I will follow you for your loyalty. My mother knows it all, and remembers it in her heart, don't be confused for your children, it will hurt her in the future."

Yuniang's complexion changed, she knelt down on the ground with a plop and kowtowed.

Liu Bailu smiled, and slowly said: "You are a sensible person. Shuang Jiang made a mistake and I kicked her out, but she is doing well now, isn't she? Although General Kang was demoted to a commoner, his sister is a noble concubine In the future, it will not be very difficult to get back to the original position or go further. As his housekeeper, Shuang Jiang will not be much worse in the future, right? If General Kang finds out that Shuang Jiang took action against her former master in the future, what do you say? Will he stay with such a ruthless and merciless personal person? Hmm?"

Looking at the shivering Yuniang, Liu Bailu served tea, and Ziyan Huangshan hurried forward to pick up Yuniang and dragged her out.

When Qi Peiyun came out, he saw Liu Bailu with a tired face, and couldn't help but stepped forward and hugged her into his arms: "If you're tired, take a rest earlier, no matter how busy you are with other things tomorrow, it won't be too late."

"No need, I'll be fine if I finish my work earlier." Liu Bailu patted his hand, got up and went out.

Liu Bailu, who was sent by Zhou Weiqing, didn't intend to use them, so he settled them down and handed them over to Qi Peiyun. However, the people sent by Sun Chengqian were really useful, and I'm afraid they were carefully selected by Qi Peiyun. the result of.

In the kitchen, there are two cooks who are good at red and white cases, and four apprentices.There are four second-class maids aged [-] or [-], and several third-class maids. The rough women are all big-armed and capable of superficial kung fu. If they fight with others, I am afraid that most of the house girls will definitely not be their opponents.

In addition, there are drivers, account managers and warehouse managers. After seeing it, Liu Bailu assigned them according to their previous work, and told them: "You just take care of my place in Xiaoxiang Yuan, and you only obey me. Okay. As for the purchases in the kitchen, they all come in directly from the outside, not out of the big kitchen in the mansion, remember?"

"Yes." The maid at the front and the stewards in charge of the outer courtyard at the back all agreed in unison.

Liu Bailu nodded, and said: "In the Xiaoxiang courtyard, you all live in the back room. There are many rooms there, so you can allocate them yourself. The back room is the warehouse, and the guards live there. Four The second-class girls all live in the two side rooms of the East Wing. The rest of the house has a small courtyard behind our house, and the whole family will ask the steward of the outer courtyard to assign them."

"Yes."

Everything was arranged properly, Liu Bailu breathed a sigh of relief, Qi Peiyun was also quick, and took down the steward of the outer courtyard as soon as he entered the house, otherwise it would be a headache for the steward of the outer courtyard to take care of her. tight.

As for the matter in Qi Ding's courtyard, since Liu Bailu took the opportunity to grab it, she will not let it go easily. She pointed out a few maids to serve first, and the maids sent by Ding's family will be locked up first. After entering the small courtyard at the back of Xiaoxiang Courtyard, if you can't learn the rules, you won't let them out.

There was nothing to say all night, and someone knocked on the door of Xiaoxiang Yuan before the hour of Mao the next day.

Liu Bailu woke up with a start, and was stunned for a moment with sour eyes before realizing that he had really returned to Beijing now.

"What's the matter?" Qi Peiyun wrapped his arms around her waist sleepily and put a belt in his arms.

Liu Bailu pushed him: "There is a knock on the door."

"Don't pay attention to him." Qi Peiyun's hand groped for a series of sparks on her body.

Liu Bailu panted slightly, and twisted her body to avoid it, but how big is the bed?The two children are not around, Qi Peiyun had a good indulgence last night, and now he is tired, and now he just wants to take advantage of what he has at hand, who knows that now being twisted by Liu Bailu, the original star The fire immediately became a prairie fire.

He wrapped his arms around her, hugged Liu Bailu to himself, spread her legs and stretched out his hands to touch her, his hands were muddy, he straightened his waist and went in.

Liu Bailu took a deep breath, and gave him a charming look, who knew that this was even more exciting, and made Qi Peiyun move.

The sound of chanting gradually rose, and the woman who came to report the news listened under the window, and hurriedly retreated to the yard. After waiting for more than half an hour, she heard water coming from inside, and then went up to follow the yellow shirt who came out to boil the water. Said: "Girl, people from the old lady's yard came and said that the old lady asked the wife to serve her."

Huang Shan nodded, indicating that he understood, and said: "You ask people to wait, the wife will go over as soon as she packs up."

"It's already more than half an hour late." The mother-in-law reminded.

"Thank you, Mom." Huang Shirt was on duty in the next room, so he naturally knew what happened during the half hour.

"Then I'll go first." The mother-in-law returned to the concierge.

The Xiaoxiang Courtyard is very large, with a total of five rooms inside and outside the main building. Except that there is no building, it is not much worse than the main room in the main courtyard.

The clean room is in the bedroom, and the bathtub inside is connected to the stove in the side room, and the boiling water in the side room will flow in directly through the pipe, saving the trouble of going back and forth to fetch water.

The hot water will be available soon, Huang Shirt goes in to wait on Liu Bailu, gets up and says what his wife said, Liu Bailu is annoyed in his heart, and secretly glances at Qi Peiyun, which will give Qi Ding an excuse to kill his son again.

(End of this chapter)