incense as a medium

Chapter 87
Liu Bailu just lowered his eyes and moved in to give Qi Pei Iteng a place, but ignored Qi Ding's words.

Seeing Liu Bailu's obedient, even somewhat humble attitude, Qi Ding felt very relieved. He lifted his foot and put it on Liu Bailu's lap, and said, "Give me a hammer."

Liu Bailu beat Qi Dingshi's leg with lowered eyebrows, while Qi Pei'an also sat peacefully by the side.

The appearance of these two small doormats as always made Qi Ding feel more comfortable, but when he thought of marrying his son to Du Shuang, a slightly pungent and rude girl, Qi Ding felt a little uncomfortable , Otherwise, don't marry Du Shuang?Isn't that answer quite to my liking?

right!Marrying Ying Mo, and then taking Du Shuang in, the magistrate's first daughter, will also benefit Pei Yun in the future.

Qi Ding thought secretly, after a while, suddenly remembered that Ying Mo is the daughter of a merchant, not to mention the merchant's humble background, it is not appropriate for a big merchant to be a sinner.

Leaving aside Qi Ding's plans, Liu Bailu was thinking about whether Qi Peiyun would take the opportunity to return to Beijing this time.

But she has been busy these days, so she didn't have time to look for work in the teahouse. After thinking for a while, she said, "Mother, my daughter-in-law wants to go to the teahouse."

"Where are you going? After so many days, I didn't know to come and talk to you, the owner, about the loss in the teahouse. I think the people here took advantage of this opportunity and ran away." Qi Ding went out. She glanced at her and began to think: "I told you a long time ago that the people in this teahouse need to use our own people. I recommended several people to you, and you don't use any of them. It's all right now? And your teahouse is also I can’t earn a lot of money, how about renting it out and collecting some rent as I said? You have to take care of it yourself, and you don’t have time to serve me as a mother-in-law. Do you still think of me?”

Liu Bailu lowered his head and did not speak, Qi Ding muttered even more vigorously: "How many people can drink good tea in this small Yongkang Pass? If you mix the good tea with some inferior tea leaves, who will?" Can you drink it? You are determined to use high-quality tea, so how much money does it cost? Let me tell you, if someone dies in the teahouse this time, you report to the government, and the government will pay you money. But half a point can't be paid!"

Liu Bailu still didn't talk to her, Qi Ding snorted coldly, and said, "Don't I know the little tricks in your heart? You don't want to pay back the money later! Just hand me the account book when you go back, and I will help you in the future." Look at the accounts and take care of the shop!"

Liu Bailu still didn't speak, Qi Ding became angry and said: "Don't think that you are not afraid of anything because Pei Yun is protecting you. After all, I am his mother. To disobey his mother's order is treason. The most filial piety, not to mention that you have ruined your reputation this time, you can rest assured that he will not protect you again."

Qi Ding was extremely annoyed by Liu Bailu's tepid appearance, but even after he uttered such harsh words, Liu Bailu still acted submissively. Picked up the pillow in the car and smashed it over.

Liu Bailu leaned back slightly, and the pillow hit Qi Pei'an's body, and Qi Pei'an immediately knelt down in surprise.

"Hmph!" Qi Ding snorted coldly, leaning his back against the car wall and closing his eyes.

Qi Pei'an looked up and saw that Qi Dingshi seemed to be asleep, and looked at Liu Bailu again, she was still neither surprised nor happy, and couldn't help but wonder.

In her last life, she had the honor to meet Liu Bailu a few times. She was a sharp-edged woman with all emotions on her face. She looked like a cheerful person, but she acted extremely cruel and merciless. And several concubines died in her hands.

Thinking of those rumors, and looking at Liu Bailu, who is calm now and has an impeccable and suitable expression no matter what the occasion, Qi Pei'an felt a chill in his heart.

Inadvertently, Liu Bailu raised his eyelids, that extremely casual glance made Qi Pei'an shrink back and lower his head.

Liu Bailu didn't like the way Qi Pei'an looked at people very much, with a bit of inquiry, as if he knew something, but also seemed to be afraid of something, in short, it made people feel extremely uncomfortable.

Seeing her being so knowledgeable about current affairs, Liu Bailu withdrew her gaze, lowered her eyes again and continued to help Qi Ding's massage in a gentle manner.

The carriage stopped slowly, and Liu Bailu signaled Qi Pei'an to lift the curtain, but before Qi Pei'an's hand touched the curtain, the curtain was pulled open, Ying Mo was dressed in red and smiled coquettishly Looking at the inside of the car, he said, "Auntie, Mo'er saw you coming."

"Ying Mo." Qi Ding opened his eyes and looked at Ying Mo, seeing that she was all dressed up, he smiled and said, "Where did you get that dress? It's so pretty."

It was a red horse riding suit, the material looked smooth, but it was far worse than Yunjin.

Liu Bailu lowered his eyes after just one glance, got up and walked out.

Ying Mo stood outside, looked at Liu Bailu and said with a smile: "Sister Liu, is this dress good-looking? Brother Pei Yun gave it to me. By the way, I also asked Brother Pei Yun to buy a set for you. Shall we go riding together later? The two of us are wearing exactly the same riding outfits, how pretty we look."

"Yes, a pair of sisters." Qi Ding said with a smile, as if she had forgotten that she wanted Qi Peiyun to divorce his wife.

Liu Bailu glanced at her and said, "Miss Ying, please let me go, mother has been away for a few days, it's time to go back and rest."

Ying Mo cast a glance at Liu Bailu, puffed out his chest, and said, "Sister Liu, don't be angry. It's not that Brother Pei Yun doesn't remember you, but he's too busy to remind me."

Liu Bailu looked at her with a smile that was not a smile, and took a step back involuntarily when Ying Mo looked at her, to get out of the way, then she looked away and jumped off the carriage, turned around and said, "Mother, please get out of the carriage."

With the support of Liu Bailu, Qi Ding jumped out of the carriage, saw the courtyard door was wide open, and couldn't help asking: "Could it be that our house was searched by the Tatars?"

Ying Mo squeezed forward, pushed Liu Bailu aside and took Qi Ding's arm and said with a smile: "Why? Brother Pei Yun thought it was not safe in the city, so he asked me to wait outside the city watching the goods. I saw Tatar The Tartars came here with their things after they retreated. Brother Pei Yun also gave the key, so Auntie can rest assured that nothing is lost at home and everything will be fine.”

Qi Ding breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Fortunately, fortunately. I'm sorry to trouble you."

"How could it be? I hope Brother Pei Yun will bother me every day." Ying Mo smiled shyly and said, "Auntie, let's go home. The house has been empty for many days. I just cleaned it."

"Oh? What a good boy." Qi Ding smiled with satisfaction.

Liu Bailu glanced at the direction of the door, and said with a smile: "It's really hard for Ms. Ying, she worked so hard to clean the house, and she can still make the clothes so clean."

Even if it was exposed, Ying Mo didn't care, and helped Qi Ding to enter the door.

Wu Zeng was standing on the porch with a bucket of water and a rag to clean the window lattice. When he heard the movement, he turned his head and smiled when he saw Qi Ding: "Auntie, sister-in-law."

Qi Dingshi nodded, turned his head and cast a reproachful look at Ying Mo, who stuck out his tongue and hugged her arm acting like a spoiled child.

Liu Bailu returned the salute with a nod, then turned to Qi Ding and said, "Mother, my daughter-in-law will make medicine for you, you should go back to your room and rest for a while."

"Okay, okay." Qi Ding nodded with a smile, dragged Ying Mo into the room, and said in a low voice: "I don't know if you have heard about the past few days. Your father will probably be released."

"Really?" Ying Mo's eyes lit up, her father was not at home, her aunt made things difficult for her and her biological mother, everything would be easier if her father came out.

"Naturally, the Prefect Du has even released the death row prisoners, how could he not release your father?" Qi Ding told about the events of the past few days, and then sighed: "It's just a pity that I didn't see your father."

Ying Mo said with a shy smile: "There will be opportunities in the future. By the way, Auntie, I saw that brother Pei Yun made a lot of new things this time, why don't you go and have a look?"

"This..." Qi Ding was a little hesitant. Qi Peiyun seldom brought things home before, and even after a few days, she would send them away quickly. She had never even seen her.

Ying Mo let out an "ouch" and said, "Brother Pei Yun bought these things with his own money. Can't Auntie pick them out by herself? Besides, Brother Pei Yun has accumulated a lot of wealth over the years. Right? Why don't you change to a big house and invite a few people to take care of your aunt?"

Qi Ding coughed, and said: "You know, our master has been sick all these years, but he spent a lot of money, and all the money went into it."

Fortunately, few people knew about Mr. Du spending money to see a doctor for Qi Zhen these years, so Qi Ding was able to prevaricate it.

"Oh." Ying Mo replied with some disappointment, and said after a while: "Auntie, let's go and see those things."

Ying Mo took Qi Ding and ran to the flower hall, pointed to a dozen large boxes on the ground and said, "Brother Pei Yun asked me to send it to another place, but now the Tatars have just left, and the city is so busy. Chaos, can other places be safe? I have someone dragged here, take a look at this."

Ying Mo opened a small box, and there were nearly a hundred glass bottles the size of fingertips neatly stacked in it. As soon as the box was opened, a very pleasant smell wafted out.

***
Liu Bailu was decocting medicine in the kitchen, and Qi Pei'an entered the kitchen spontaneously. Wu Zeng worked very hard, and the bottom of the kitchen pot was polished brightly. After Qi Pei'an found the ingredients, he began to prepare meals up.

Liu Bailu glanced at her and said, "It's better not to say anything about the empress in the future."

"Why?" Qi Pei'an didn't understand.

Liu Bailu put down the fan in his hand and said seriously: "This is a taboo thing, if my sister is not afraid of beheading, go out and talk about it."

"I think you are the one who is afraid of beheading, right?" Qi Pei'an sneered, extremely contemptuous of this woman whom she had respected and feared before.

Liu Bailu smiled lightly: "Sister, maybe you haven't figured it out yet? You said, the queen is me, right? Since I have the queen's life, the current emperor is young and strong, and the prince is also in his prime. How about the princes?" I am only about the same age as me. If such news spreads, I will become the one among several princes competing for each other. The current emperor is not a fool. In order to avoid brother-in-law killing, it is also possible to call me into the palace directly. And what about the Qi family that used to be my husband's family? I'm afraid it will be wiped out by the Holy One, right?"

(End of this chapter)