Li Yuhua was thinking in his mind whether Marquis Lu should make backup plans before returning to Northern Xinjiang. Yunyan and Skylark all sat respectfully by the side, not daring to disturb Li Yuhua's thoughts.
Li Yuhua is the kind of person who has no way of guessing. Yun Yan and Yun Que are both smart maids selected by Mrs. Xu to be Li Yuhua’s dowry. They are not said to be first-class among the maids, but they are also superior, but the two of them used to serve the master.
The experience obviously cannot be applied to Li Yuhua.
Just like Mrs. Lu, Yunyan Yunque only thought that Li Yuhua really didn't know Mrs. Lu. From the sneer on Li Yuhua's lips, it was obviously not what they thought.
However, given Mrs. Lu's noble status, Li Yuhua could be so merciless, which was beyond their imagination.
Of course, they usually serve Li Yuhua in and out, manage Li Yuhua's hairpins, rings, clothes and other matters. They do it meticulously, and Li Yuhua is also very satisfied.
The carriage rolled through the wide streets of the Imperial City and arrived in front of the palace. The guards stood in front of the door holding halberds. The concierge ran out to greet the princess and the empress. One step faster than the concierge was a man in royal blue clothes. Li Yuhua's feet were strong.
Stepping on the carriage bench, the man bowed and said with a smile, "I would like to send you my regards, may your Majesty be well and wish you the best."
Li Yuhua glanced casually and said, "Mei Dianbo, you are back."
Looking past Mei Dianbu, he fell on four other young, middle-aged and elderly men in blue cloth clothes. Li Yuhua walked directly to the house. Mei Dianbu said beside her, "I came back this morning, as ordered by the empress."
The errands and ministers have all been done. We have two villages, two senior stewards, ten junior stewards, and fifty households of tenants, totaling 287 people, thirty livestock, and farm tools...
"
Mei Dianbo was a sharp talker. He even counted the number of men and women in the tenant households, starting from the age of sixteen, by age group of ten years, and gave a clear report. Li Yuhua listened to him as if he was telling a story, and couldn't help but smile, "It can be seen that
You put your heart into it, go and rest first."
Mei Dianbu said, "Madam, the four of them are the stewards of our Zhuangzi. This time they came with the lower officials to pay their respects to Your Highness the Madam."
"I guessed it." Li Yuhua looked up and down at the four people who were hunched over and lowered their heads, said, "It's rare." and walked away.
As soon as Li Yuhua left, the four people talked to Mei Dianbo one after another, "Sir Mei, you must be very considerate for us."
"Yes, why does the empress seem not to be very happy?"
One of the youngest, a boy of 18 or 19 years old, said, "Your Majesty is not very happy with us, but Mrs. Mei is still very happy."
Mei Dianbu folded his cuffs, put his hands behind his back, "It's rare that you understand, Ayou." and walked away casually.
Ayou nodded gently to the other three people and followed Mei Dianbook up.
Yunyan served Li Yuhua and took off her heavy palace clothes. Sushuang brought her home clothes. Yunque helped her remove the gold and jade jewelry from her hair. Li Yuhua took the fragrant tea from Suxue's hand and drank half a cup and asked, "Is Your Highness back?"
Grandma Sun said, "I'm back. What are you busy with in the study?"
"What's going on at home?"
Grandma Sun held up an invitation with gold on a black background and said, "The Second Prince's Mansion sent this, saying that the Second Prince Xiu Mu's Mansion is hosting Anzhai wine and invites His Highness the Lady to come over and have a fun day."
Li Yuhua took the invitation, opened it, glanced at it, and handed it to Grandma Sun. She said with a smile, "I asked why the second sister-in-law didn't come into the palace today. Yue Mo is busy with this matter. Can we, the neighbors on the left and right, go?"
"This is how I went back to the chief steward of the Second Prince's Mansion. He said that His Highness Your Majesty must go." Grandma Sun then handed over another list, "The steward from the village outside came to say hello and brought some souvenirs to honor Your Highness. This is
It’s a list.”
Li Yuhua saw that there were wild sheep, wild boars, deer, deer and other items, as well as hazelnuts, chestnuts, walnuts, almonds and other dried fruits. Li Yuhua threw the list on the dressing table and said, "Where did they get the money to buy these things? It's not easy to accept them."
Grandma Sun said, "It stands to reason that we should come here during the Ninth Festival. We should be filial during the three festivals and two birthdays in Laihuangzhuang. I don't know why I delayed it until now."
"Send them back. Let them take their things back as well." Li Yuhua looked in the mirror at the skylark's bun with clouds. There was only a sprig of osmanthus on the edge of the bun, which was refreshing. Li Yuhua nodded with satisfaction and pulled Grandma Sun along.
He sat down on the couch to discuss his family affairs, "The Second Highness is the elder brother, and the Anzhai wine should be served at his house first. Since His Highness has set a date, we have decided to take a break next time, so we have to prepare in advance.
"
Grandma Sun nodded, "The banquet is easy to talk about. It's nothing more than preparing the ingredients. Some things for Baixi must be ordered early. Some of the top teams in the city are very busy, so go and agree with them in advance. Then there is the banquet order, please
It is up to Your Highness to decide who will be the ones."
"I will discuss this with Third Brother." Li Yuhua said, "I have to help me personally prepare a ceremony for Marquis Lu. I heard that Marquis Lu will be returning to Northern Xinjiang soon. I thought about the trivial things next to it.
If you don’t use them at all, just prepare two old ginseng roots. No matter how much it costs, look for them in drug stores in the city. There are always a lot of fishy ginseng antler products, so don’t worry about them.”
"Don't worry, Madam. Go to the Zhang Family Ji'antang and look for it. You will definitely find it. The Zhang family has been practicing medicine for generations, and now it is the Zhang family who are the judges of the Taiyuan Hospital."
"Okay, I'll leave this matter to grandma."
Li Yuhua has no immediate plans to close the relationship with Lu Hou, but there is no need to deliberately alienate him. For the time being, he can only have normal contacts.
Li Yuhua added, "After the Ninth Festival, the weather is getting colder and colder day by day. Tell the dining room of the Secretary to add a hot pot to the adult on duty in the Chang Shi Department and prepare some simple warm midnight snacks at night."
"Yes." Mother Sun said, "There is one more thing. It's time to make the winter clothes for our house. Today I took Sushuang Suxue to look for materials, but our time in the branch house was short and we didn't prepare in advance. Everyone in the palace was there.
We were giving out winter clothes during the winter solstice, and the sewing room said it would take a few days at night."
Li Yuhua thought that things had been busy since the branch office, and there was no rest from top to bottom. She thought for a long time, "There are two hundred people in the family, each wearing two winter clothes. It's no wonder that the sewing room is too busy. How about this, sewing
The clothes made by the house are like eating from a big pot. Anyway, it is like this. If you want to be precise and fit, you can't do it. Which maid can't sew and thread? The maid here will give them the cotton wadding that should be given to them.
They cut and make it themselves, and I think they are also willing to do it. Among the boys outside, there are some who are willing to make the clothes themselves, and they are given cotton wool, and if they don't want to bother, they can be made in the sewing room."
"This method is good, but my queen has more methods."
"Let's stop flattering each other." Li Yuhua smiled, his cheeks reflecting the light from the glazed window particularly brightly, "Mommy reminded me of one more thing, prepare winter clothes for Chang Shisi in advance. I heard
The most famous tailor shop in the city is a shop called Qianzhenfang?"
"Yes, there is also a Huixinfang, which is quite famous."
"Which company is famous for making boots?"
"There is a very famous Bu's shop called Bu Lingyun."
"Ask Qianzhenfang Huixinfang to bring some clothes, and Bujia shop to bring some boots. I want to see their craftsmanship."
Aunt Sun agreed one by one. After discussing the matters in the mansion, Aunt Sun asked Su Shuang to bring a box of invitations. Li Yuhua was startled, "Why are there so many posts?"
"They are all sent by people from various clans in the imperial capital."
Li Yuhua picked up one to see that her son was having a full moon with wine; he opened another one to see his wife's birthday; the third one was of a dead person; the fourth one was of a married woman... The following posts could not escape these categories.
As for the people above, Li Yuhua didn't know any of them.
Li Yuhua vaguely flipped through the post, "There are still many clans in the imperial capital? Aren't they all the sons of various families in the imperial capital?"
"Originally, in order to show the favor of the imperial court, Emperor Renzong summoned the princes of various vassals to study or serve as errands in the imperial capital. This is still the rule today. However, the vassal princes are more willing to let their children go to the imperial capital to find jobs, and there are some without titles.
Many members of the clan have also come to the imperial capital, looking for a future and so on."
Li Yuhua said, "I'm not familiar with these. I'll ask His Highness to see what he means."
Mu Anzhi casually glanced at the invitations Li Yuhua showed him and found that he didn't recognize any of them, so he said to Li Yuhua, "Ignore them."
Li Yuhua also felt relaxed.
Li Yuhua poured him a cup of honey water and said, "Are you still so busy? I see you have been bored in the study all day. Isn't the case going well?"
"There's nothing bad about the case." Mu Anzhi put down the celadon cup, "What would make someone die without hesitation?"
Li Yuhua raised his eyebrows, "Third brother, are you talking about that Wang Shilang? Didn't he commit suicide out of fear of crime?"
"He once served in the Department of Internal Affairs and was also in charge of the Charity Society, but the time was not long, just three years. Now that I have checked the past events, there is actually no conclusive evidence. Although I gave him a few words to scare him, this kind of officialdom is old
Fried dough sticks, if you could hang yourself with just a few bluffs, all civil and military officials in the entire dynasty would have died long ago." Mu Anzhi leaned back on the couch, "It's really puzzling."
"If it were me, nothing and no one would make me commit suicide." Li Yuhua said, "But as far as I can see, everything in this world is inseparable from fame and fortune. If it's not about fame, it's about profit."
"The Wang family is a well-established family. However, Wang Shilang is just a side branch. He has become an official even though he has no reputation." Mu An said, "What's the benefit? Many of his children and grandchildren have entered the officialdom, and they don't have very prominent official positions.
The one with the highest official position is working as a magistrate outside. However, one of my grandchildren, Wang Hanlin, is in the same department as Ruyu, and is a high school prospect."
"Is his appearance even more outstanding than that of Pei Zhuangyuan?"
"Where are you thinking? It's not just about appearance that makes him the most beautiful person. His articles rank third. If not Ruyu, this Wang Hanlin is really an outstanding figure. He was only twenty-five years old last year."
"That's really unlucky."
Mu Anzhi quite agrees with this statement. When it comes to the twenty-five-year-old Tanhua, one must call him a young talent in every generation. As a result, this Wang Tanhua had a bad fate and encountered an astonishing genius like Pei Ruyu.
Pei Ruyu was enlightened very early. He is the grandson of the Pei family. Prime Minister Pei taught him since he was a child. However, it was not too early for him to formally study. His health has been poor since he was a child. He has been sick for three days and has been ill for five days.
Back then, he was a big incense burner in the imperial capital, and every temple had a life-extending oil lamp that his family lit for his grandson.
How dare his family force him to study hard if his life is at stake.
After living in the temple for three years, Pei Ruyu's health gradually recovered, and she officially started studying for half a year after being a companion to Mu Anzhi. Pei Ruyu was ten years old at that time, and her basic skills were average, and she only read briefly.
Four Books and Five Classics.
Geniuses don't care about the basics. Geniuses can read better than ordinary people if they read casually.
Obviously, Pei Ruyu is such a person. After studying in the palace for two years, he asked for leave to take the scholar examination. As a result, he got the first exam. After two years, he was dismissed in Qiu Wei. As a result, Qiu Wei was cooking in the exam room.
He accidentally tripped over the fire and caused a fire on the mattress in the exam room. He failed the exam and quit midway. Mu Anzhi even comforted his friend. Pei Ruyu said nonchalantly, "Originally, I couldn't grasp the subject of Jie Yuan.
It doesn’t matter if you wait another three years.”
Three years later, Pei Ruyu got Jieyuan back.
Then he participated in Chunwei in the spring of the next year, and his reputation as the number one scholar became known all over the world.
In the face of a peerless genius like Pei Ruyu, the light of talent is insignificant. Even a talent like Wang Tanhua, who is far superior to ordinary people, becomes dim.
"Third brother, do you think Wang Tanhua will secretly hate us for the death of Wang Shilang?"
"what?"
"Let me remind you." The two of them had just gotten married. Li Yuhua couldn't show off his kindness, but deep down in his heart he made a sharp move to kill the chicken and wipe the neck. This kind of grandpa hanged himself, even if it proves that
The old man deserved to be cut into pieces, but who in his family didn't hate him?
"Not urgent."
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