But Mammy is also a little helpless, because Mrs. Li is becoming more and more partial now. She is also her own child, but she is obviously kinder and more tolerant to Xia Hongzhang than Xia Zhilu, almost to the point where she can see it with eyes. reached the point.
Xia Hongzhang was also in the house today, but after learning about Li's miscarriage and getting furious, he hid out of the house without even asking!
Fortunately, Mrs. Li was so kind to Xia Hongzhang on weekdays, even grandma could not look down upon her.
But even if she couldn't bear to look at her, Mammy didn't dare to say a word, because Mrs. Li was protecting Xia Hongzhang, and even Xia Zhilu, her direct daughter, would be scolded for even mentioning it, let alone her as a slave?
Therefore, no matter how much she complained in her heart, Mammy still listened to Li's scolding Xia Zhilu silently on her face.
After Li Shi read for a while, she suddenly remembered another thing and quickly told her mother: "The emperor's birthday banquet will be in less than half a month. My clothes, jewelry, and Zhang'er's clothes are all gone." You have to prepare it quickly, Zhang'er needs to prepare a few more clothes, so that he can show off his face well when the time comes!"
Grandma was shocked when she heard this, and quickly said: "Madam, the emperor's birthday banquet is on the 22nd, which is less than half a month away. You don't have enough time in your confinement, so you must not go out! Otherwise it will be harmful to your health!”
After hearing this, Mrs. Li frowned and said impatiently: "I can't care about that much now. I have to attend the birthday party!"
"But your body..."
Grandma wanted to persuade her again, but was directly interrupted by Mrs. Li.
"Okay, no need to say any more, I have made up my mind, I must go to the birthday banquet!" Speaking of this, Li became angry again.
"If I hadn't gone, that bitch Sun Jiaolan would have pestered me to take her there. What would others think then? I'm afraid they might think that I can't survive in the mansion! They feel that the Xia Mansion is now run by that bitch! How can I bear it?!"
The more Li talked, the more she felt like this: "This must also be the conspiracy of that bitch Sun Jiaolan! She chose this time to cause me a miscarriage in order to prevent me from going out to the banquet, so that she could go to the birthday party in my place. It’s a feast!”
After being reminded by Mrs. Li, Grandma also felt that this was a possibility. However, Mrs. Li was already at this age and she would not have a good confinement period even if she had a miscarriage. She was afraid that she would suffer in the future.
Grandma thought this, but she could only hold it back in her stomach helplessly, and said no more words, because she saw that Mrs. Li had already made up her mind and could not listen to the advice at all.
If the master is living a good life, then they, the servants, will be able to live a prosperous and prosperous life. If the master is living a bad life, then they...
Grandma didn't want to think about it anymore, so she could only agree with Mrs. Li, and then asked cautiously: "Miss, do you want to be more prepared? Miss's marriage has not been decided yet..."
"That unfilial daughter!" Mrs. Li opened her mouth and cursed again. She originally wanted to say that she would leave Xia Zhilu alone, but then she thought, if Xia Zhilu could marry into a good family, wouldn't it also be a help to Xia Hongzhang?
With this thought in mind, she reluctantly said, "Just be prepared. Then we'll see if we can find a good family for her. It will be a bit of a help to Zhang'er."
But then Li thought about how her jewelry shop was no longer viable and her monthly income had dropped a lot, so she felt reluctant to part with it.
She thought for a while and then added: "It's almost done, there's no need to pick something too good."
Grandma was stunned for a moment, and then she nodded in agreement. Without even asking, she knew that she must be talking about Xia Zhilu.
Because for the only son Xia Hongzhang, Li's treasures are as good as eyeballs. Everything is given to her with good quality, so how could she let Xia Hongzhang use inferior things?
At this time, not only the Li family was busy with the emperor's birthday banquet, but also the courtiers of various aristocratic families in Beijing were busy with this matter.
The emperor's birthday is no small matter. What's more, the emperor is planning a big event this year and has invited all the surrounding countries to come to the banquet.
These countries have also expressed that they will send envoys. At this time, they are already in the territory of Dazhou and are heading towards the capital. They will arrive in Beijing in a few days.
In order to hold this birthday banquet well and show the power of the Great Zhou Dynasty, the emperor ordered the preparations to start early. Now, in order to ensure everything is absolutely perfect, all the officials are busy without touching the ground. Even Wu Zechen spends all his time in the mansion. Much less.
Although all the officials were busy preparing for the birthday banquet, Xia Luotong knew very well that this birthday banquet would not be stable. This was also Wu Zechen's idea.
Not long ago, they received news from Chu Junxiu, confirming that the banditry that had been entrenched in the southwest for a long time and had left the third prince, King Qin's mother clan, at a loss what to do, was indeed related to Poland.
Chu Junxiu found some clues and found that Poland was involved, and is now continuing to investigate.
Chu Junxiu's investigation in the southwest was difficult, but he finally gained something, but the situation didn't look good.
The Yue family is on an equal footing with the Chu family in the southwest. How is it possible that even Chu Junxiu found clues, but the Yue family gained nothing at all? And he was beaten to the point of losing his temper by this banditry?
This situation doesn't look right no matter how you look at it, but if Yue Jia is really involved, then the situation will be really bad.
Not only the situation in the southwest, but also the assassination incident during the dragon boat blessing ceremony in February. The incident has not yet been investigated.
One by one, the emperor's birthday banquet is destined to be unpeaceful.
Just as Xia Luotong was busy preparing for the birthday banquet, trouble soon occurred in the Xia family again.
As Xia Luotong expected, Sun Jiaolan did have another plan, and this time, she was aiming for the position of equal wife!
After two days of investigation, Li found out some clues, and soon traced the clues to Sun Jiaolan. When she learned that Sun Jiaolan bribed the maid in her yard, and then poisoned herself, she almost died. My lungs exploded on the spot!
After interrogating the maid all night, and seeing that the maid finally confessed, Mrs. Li boldly led people to Mrs. Xia's yard, not even caring about herself sitting in confinement.
When Mrs. Li arrived at Mrs. Xia's yard, Xia Zhihe and Sun Jiaolan were there with each other. The three of them looked happy, as if they were a family of three and she was an outsider!
Especially when the three people turned to look at her, Li had a feeling that she had disturbed them!
Li was furious on the spot and pulled out the maid, preparing to expose Sun Jiaolan's hypocrisy.
However, just when Mrs. Li looked at Sun Jiaolan proudly, thinking that she would achieve a complete victory this time, she did not expect that the maid actually changed her tune at this moment...
