Chapter 230 Wei Zheng Is Sick of Haneda Ethane Dog
"You are eating everything! How many times do I have to say it before you can remember who your master is? I will say it again for the last time! This is your home, and the master of the house is me, Zhuluhou Li Mu, my wife's surname is Bai, Lu County
Madam Bai Qiaoqiao is wrong, you can’t call her Qiaoqiao, I named her Qiaoqiao. Her name is Bailu. You are not allowed to call her Bailu. You can only call her madam! There is only one madam in Zhuluhou Mansion!
According to what you just said, Madam asked the concierge to say that I am sick and have no money for medical treatment? Ha, this is simply ridiculous. I, Li Mu, will be short of money?!"
Pearl knew that she had said the wrong thing, so she quickly knelt down and cried: "Master Hou, Pearl knows that she was wrong. You can hit me or scold me. I just ask Master Hou to be merciful and lend us some money so that we can take it."
Go give it to the old man... give it to the lady,"
Calling Wei Zheng 'Master' was not acceptable, nor was calling Wei Yingluo 'Miss'. Pearl couldn't change her words for a moment, and was so anxious that she pinched herself. After holding it in for a while, she continued: "Let's see a doctor for Yingluo's father."
"Her," Li Mu pointed at Wei Yingluo and corrected, "her name is 'Xiaoying' now, remember!"
"Xiao, Xiaoying... I remember this." Pearl began to cry.
Wei Yingluo also knelt down and said, "Master Hou, Pearl offended you because of the slave. If Master Hou wants to punish you, please punish me. Don't blame Pearl."
Li Mu sat down angrily, rocked the rocking chair, and refused to let the two of them get up. He asked, "Is that guy Wei Zheng sick?"
"Yeah." Wei Yingluo responded in a low voice. Although she was a little dissatisfied with Li Mu calling her father 'that guy', thinking of what Wei Zheng had done, Wei Yingluo did not dare to say anything.
"Going to die?"
After all, Wei Yingluo was Wei Zheng's daughter. When she heard Li Mu say that her father was "dying," she felt very hard to accept it. Although she didn't dare to say anything, she stopped answering and lowered her head and shed tears silently.
Li Mu pointed at Pearl and asked, "Tell me, is he going to die?"
"No, old...Xiaoying's father has contracted the cold."
"Ha! This is retribution!" Li Mu said in relief. Wei Yingluo and Pearl felt very sad when they heard this, but they also understood that Li Mu was Wei Zheng's enemy, and it was normal to take pleasure in others' misfortune.
Li Mu looked at the two women's expressions and said, "Wei Zheng is my enemy, do you two know that?"
Both women remained silent.
Li Mu didn't care and continued: "Does it have anything to do with me having a penny when he died of illness? He asked me to give him money to see a doctor. It's a beautiful thought!"
Pearl raised her head and couldn't help but want to say something. Wei Yingluo grabbed her sleeve tightly to prevent her from speaking. But her heart hurt more than needle pricks. The impression of Li Mu in her heart had just transformed into an idol-like person. She saw
Having an idol shattered is definitely one of the heaviest blows to a lolita in fantasy.
How could my Marquis be such a person?
Wei Yingluo felt extremely uncomfortable.
How much she thought that Li Mu would be a handsome young man who would help her regardless of past grudges... Why is the reality so cruel? Why is this?
Just when the girl's despair reached the extreme, Li Mu suddenly changed the topic and said: "But..."
"but?"
Just two words made Wei Yingluo feel the dawn of hope. She raised her head with tears in her eyes and saw that Li Mu's face seemed to be dyed with a halo against the light coming from the window.
"... After all, you two are maids in my house. Although you are junior and inferior maids, you still have a monthly salary. As for me, one thing is another. Although I am not happy that Wei Zheng will die, I
Nor can I stop the servants in my house from fulfilling their filial piety. Now that you have been here for a full term, you are not qualified to receive the monthly salary. I think of your filial piety. When Madam and Zhien come back later, go to Zhien to advance the monthly salary.
Well. Just say that I promised, Zhien will not make things difficult for you. As for what you do with the advance money, that has nothing to do with me, and you don’t need to tell me."
"Really?" Wei Yingluo couldn't believe her ears, and infinite happiness suddenly surged in her heart. The Marquis did not disappoint me!
"Really!" Li Mu said angrily: "Get up and disappear from my face quickly. Don't disturb me while I'm eating. Otherwise I will think later that you took my money to treat Wei Zheng and regret it later. I'll tell you this.
, but not sure!”
"Thank you, Lord Marquis!"/"Your Excellency, there are a lot of them!!"
Upon hearing Li Mu's words, Wei Yingluo and Zhenzhu quickly got up from the ground and ran out happily.
Although I don't know how much the monthly salary of a junior and low-level maid is, no matter how much it is, it should be able to solve the urgent need.
Li Mu looked at the backs of the two people leaving happily, smiled, got up and went to the workbench, filled up his dinner, made some soup and ate it.
In fact, he was just doing this as a favor. Wei Zheng contracted the cold, and Li Shimin couldn't let him die. He would definitely send an imperial doctor to treat him. Even if Li Shimin didn't care, or Wei Zheng didn't accept it, Li Mu didn't want Wei Zheng to die.
Although he and Wei Zheng fought back and forth and were recognized as mortal enemies by both the government and the public. But in fact, he personally did not have any particular hatred for Wei Zheng. In some matters, he actually admired the old guy's temper.
The important thing is that he needs Wei Zheng.
What Li Shimin said reminded him that the emperor's first priority is balance. Wei Zheng is now one of his balance points, so Wei Zheng is indispensable.
But what puzzled Li Mu was how could Wei Zheng live in such a miserable state? How could a dignified prince not live as well as ordinary people? He couldn't even afford to drink Xiaochaihu decoction when he got wind-cold?
Is it that hard to make money?
Tsk tsk, if you don’t work hard, you really can’t get rich.
Li Mu secretly thought, Wei Zheng, Wei Zheng, you should really learn from your daughter. You see, she is working as a maid in my house now, and her monthly salary is more than enough to treat you. If you are short of money, you can come.
Do you want to be an accountant or something in my house? I think your resume is good, so I can give you an increase of 30% on your monthly salary, ensuring that you have enough food and clothing, hahaha...
Happy, happy, my opponent is unlucky, that’s how happy I am.
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Wei Zheng was wrapped in quilt and was 'playing tricks'.
Since he didn't have money for medicine, Pei used the "local method" to boil some hot water and "gua sha" for him. However, this kind of physical therapy has limited effect and cannot be effective immediately, so Wei Zheng is still very uncomfortable now.
His discomfort was not only physical, but also mental.
Wei Zheng did not expect that there would be eight traitors in the Yushitai under his rule!
They are all from Shandong, and they are all Shandong nobles. Why did they defect? Is it because of Li Mu's threat?
Isn't it just throwing excrement? If you can't die, what are you afraid of? A scholar who is a confidant is not afraid of death, but he is afraid of throwing excrement?
He couldn't understand what those people were thinking!
Especially one of the censors named Wang Jingze! The day before Li Mu threw shit, he kept calling on everyone to unite and fight Li Mu to the end. But when he turned around, he began to praise Li Mu, promote the benefits of the New Deal, and criticize
The Shandong gentry even scolded him as a royal censor.
Wei Zheng's heart was bleeding!
Wang Jingze, Wang Jingze! You have such skills and eloquence, why didn't you use them when dealing with Li Mu! Why did you turn the spear and point it at your own people?
There was a traitor in the team, which was already a blow. What was even more annoying was that Li Shimin actually promoted Wang Jingze to the position of Censor Zhongcheng because he understood the righteousness and preached the New Deal! From a sixth-rank supervisory censor, he was promoted to a fourth-rank lower
The censor Zhongcheng was promoted four levels in a row, taking the position of Zhao Yi who was exiled to Lingnan for impeaching Li Mu, and became the youngest censor Zhongcheng since the founding of the Tang Dynasty!
How virtuous and capable is he to dare to occupy this position?
Is it just because of flattery?
Foolish king!
How could Wei Zheng get used to this bad habit? He had a big quarrel with Li Shimin in front of the civil and military officials of the court. But this time, he did not win the argument. Because the civil and military officials of the court seemed to have united.
In the same way, all the people spoke in unison and attacked him one after another.
A good tiger can't stand up to a pack of wolves, let alone a traitor inside?
Not only did the eight traitors led by Wang Jingze stand up and sing the opposite, but the other censors also remained silent. They had just been splashed with excrement, and the smell on their bodies had not dissipated. Who dared to speak out? Everyone pretended to be deaf and dumb.
Pretend you can't hear it.
Wei Zheng's refutation was thorough. Some people said that Wei Zheng wanted to establish a one-spoken forum in the Yushitai, otherwise why couldn't he tolerate different voices?
Others say, Wei Zheng, you are too domineering. Now when His Majesty appoints officials, does he also need your consent, Wei Zheng?
How unpleasant it sounded, how it was said, how it choked people, how it was said, it made Wei Zheng so crowded that he wanted to explode on the spot! In the end, he really couldn't argue, so he had no choice but to accept the fact that Wang Jingze was promoted to Yushi Zhongcheng, becoming the de facto second-in-command of the Yushitai.
After returning home, Wei Zheng fell ill. Pei had no choice but to think that Wei Yingluo was in Li Mu's house. How did she know Wei Yingluo's current situation? She always thought that Li Mu kept her because he fell in love with Wei Yingluo. This
That's why she sent the concierge over to see if Wei Yingluo could help. If she knew that her daughter was just a maid now, Pei's character would definitely not be able to do such a thing.
"Let's have some porridge."
Mrs. Pei came over with the porridge, placed it beside the bed, and said to Wei Zheng, who had his back turned to her.
In the past few days, Wei Zheng was in a bad mood at home and outside. He was attacked from all sides in the court, and at home, he also had to look at Pei's face. It was a bad time, but he couldn't vent his dissatisfaction to his wife, so he had to do
You're a boring gourd. If you talk to me, I'll just ignore you.
"Don't want to eat?"
Wei Zheng still remained silent.
"You really don't want to eat?"
Wei Zheng actually wanted to eat, but he thought that if he ate, his wife might not be able to eat. He shook his head and said, "I won't eat!"
"Alas," Mrs. Pei sighed and said, "His Majesty sent the imperial doctor just now and asked me to send you away. I know your temper, but you can't do this. Do you really don't want to live anymore?"
"Live! What's the point of living!"
Wei Zheng stood up suddenly and shouted: "The emperor is ignorant and only wants to listen to slander. He is extremely stupid! There are also those people who, as censors, have no integrity at all, and they turned against them in the face of battle. I am not ashamed!"
After yelling, Wei Zheng started coughing again.
Mrs. Pei helped him pat his back and said, "You can't always think of the bad things about others. How do you know that His Majesty and Marquis Zhulu are definitely wrong and you are definitely right?"
Wei Zheng stared at Pei and said, "Even you..."
"Oh, if I don't tell you anymore, you are just stubborn!"
Mrs. Pei shook his head, took the porridge bowl, put it in Wei Zheng's hand, and said, "I don't care whether you like it or not. I'll finish weaving the piece of cloth and sell it tomorrow to buy medicine for you."
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When Mrs. Pei stood up, Wei Zheng saw Mrs. Pei's hand. Her five fingers were all wrapped in rags. There were faint blood stains. It was obviously cut by the thread while weaving.
"Madam!" Wei Zheng couldn't help but say.
Mrs. Pei looked back at him and said, "What's wrong?"
"I can't help you."
"As long as you know."
Mrs. Pei smiled and went out.
Wei Zheng was a stubborn person, and his wife was also a stubborn person. She followed Wei Zheng and suffered a lot in her life, but she never regretted it.
The sun was turning west, and the concierge who had been out for a long time finally came back. Mrs. Pei was weaving when the concierge rushed in and handed a purse into her hand.
"The lady gave it to me." The concierge was the most stupid person and it was very difficult for him to speak, but fortunately he could express his meaning clearly.
Mrs. Pei opened her purse and was surprised, saying, "Why are there so many?"
The concierge shook his head and said, "I don't know."
There are a total of ten taels of silver in the purse.
The salary paid to the servants by the Zhuluhou Mansion can be said to be the highest in the Tang Dynasty. Li Mu had previously stipulated that for craftsmen in the Ministry of Works, technicians should pay 300 cash per day, and laborers could pay 150 cash per day. This is already very high.
However, the servants of Zhuluhou Mansion are even higher. The servants of Zhuluhou Mansion earn ten taels of silver a month, which is thirty-three cents more than the technicians per day. The servants eat and live in the mansion, so the money is not spent at all.
If you don't finish it, even if the maid loves beauty and buys some rouge and gouache, she won't be able to spend more than ten taels of silver.
There are three reasons why Li Mu gave them so much money. One is because he is not short of money. A wine shop can earn tens of thousands of guan a month, and there are only twenty servants in the house. This amount of money is nothing. The other is that
He felt that in the vast sea of people, it was fate that these twenty people came to Zhuluhou Mansion. They lived under the same roof. It was okay to give more, just to be happy. Besides, he had to think about the future of these people. He didn't want to
These people stay in Zhuluhou Mansion all their lives as servants, like Xiaozhu and Xiaolan, they are all young girls. Sooner or later, they have to find a husband's family, save some private money, and have the confidence to go to the husband's family. Those who leave Zhuluhou Mansion must
Have this face.
But the ten taels of silver in the purse were not Wei Yingluo's own money, but belonged to her and Zhu Zhi. Li Zhien gave him half less because they were junior and lower-class maids, and their monthly salary was less than that of Xiaozhu and others.
Even so, Wei Yingluo and Pearl were extremely happy. With this money, not only were they able to treat their illnesses, but they also no longer had to worry about family expenses. Ten taels of silver was not enough to cover the expenses of the Zhulu Hou Mansion for one day, but for Wei
According to the government, three months is no problem.
Mrs. Pei felt relieved when she saw the money.
The daughter can easily spend so much money, so she must be living a good life in Zhuluhou Mansion. For a mother, the greatest comfort is that her daughter can be happy.