Jiang Shun has a good appearance and is tall. His words are conclusive, and he does have some sense of responsibility and aura as a man.
Li Qingyi looked at him and smiled softly: "Since you are so determined and have such a connection with me, I will leave you to take care of me. However, there are ugly words ahead. If you are not competent, or if you are careless in doing things, I will leave you alone." Heart, please don’t worry about my cruelty and rudeness.”
Jiang Shun raised his head and looked directly into Li Qingyi's cold eyes.
He knew that hidden under such eyes was an extremely gentle soul.
She may be a dangerous sword, but she will never point it at her own people.
"Yes, please rest assured, girl. From now on, Jiang Shun's life belongs to the girl!"
Li Qingyi gave him a hand and said, "Get up, we still need to discuss it in detail."
In fact, she had already planned to take in a servant.
She had to guard against Wei Baozhu attacking the Li family, but there wasn't even an errand boy outside. Changlan and the others were a girl's family, so it was inconvenient to do many things, and she couldn't go to Qin Zeng every time to ask for someone.
But when it comes to recruiting people, she can't just find someone to use. She must have decent character and determination.
Jiang Shun appeared just at this time. It has to be said that being able to become a master and servant requires fate and eye contact.
*****
The clouds that had lasted for several days finally dissipated, and as soon as the sun appeared, the thin layer of snow on the ground melted away.
That night, Mr. Mu Weishen, the second master of Mu, returned to his house with a gloomy expression. Seeing his unhappy expression, Mrs. Yang, the second wife of Mu, asked softly, "What's going on?"
Mu Weishen glanced at his wife with a gloomy expression, and briefly told the whole story.
Mu Yao put down her chopsticks and asked, "That Mr. Cui is two ranks higher than you, I'm afraid it's hard to offend him, right?"
Mu Weishen rinsed his mouth silently, looking like "I'm not in the mood to talk anymore."
Mu Yao thought for a while and said to him: "Father, there is no need to think too much. There is no way to tell the Cui family's affairs. Even if father wants to cover up, he can't do anything. In this case, it is better to deal with it impartially. It will be good for father's official reputation."
"You make it easy. Although he is in the Ministry of Industry and I am in Dali Temple, the officialdom here is all about connections. One level of official rank is the most important thing. Don't say that he is two levels higher than me. Even if he is not as high as me, , how dare I offend you so easily?"
Mu Weishen sighed. He was a concubine. His brother-in-law Mu Yuanchang had never liked him. Their second wife had been living in the cracks in the family. It was not easy for them to climb up to the main position of Dali Temple on their own. Who knows if he had just taken office? In just a few days, I picked up such a hot potato! People sue officials? Not once in decades has a citizen sued an official!
Mu Yao said: "Father, this is the emperor's feet! If you are not careful, you will lose your official position and your head. Do you need to take risks for Mr. Cui, who has no interest in it? Even if our second wife is not valued by the family, we After all, your surname is Mu, you did something wrong, and you slapped the Mu family in the face. Lord Cui will be fine by then, but you are being held by your uncle, maybe Lord Cui will turn around and help you recover?"
Mu Weishen's face became even more gloomy upon hearing this.
Mu Yao looked at him and said, "Besides, the murderer is Mr. Cui's aunt, not himself. At most, it is the result of bad personal ethics and lax family tradition. Moreover, the matter has been revealed. Don't you want to take some credit?" , do you want to destroy your own future? I can’t blame you for doing things impartially, and it’s understandable to offend others. But if you show favoritism... I’m afraid there will be endless troubles!”
Mu Weishen pondered for a long time and said, "Yao'er is right. My father understands."
Seeing that he listened to the advice, Mu Yao couldn't help but breathed a sigh of relief, "Father, actually, my daughter has some gossip about this matter."
Both Mr. and Mrs. Muweishen looked at her.
She said: "The father and son of the Jiang family are illiterate. I heard that Jiang Shunzi went to the Cui family to ask for someone and was almost beaten to death. How could such a person think of suing the public?"
Mu Weishen was startled: "You mean...someone is helping them?"
Mu Yao nodded, "Two days ago, I accidentally saw the young master of the Minister of Rites' family sneaking around Cui's house. However, I heard my eldest brother jokingly say that Young Master Chen San is so warm-hearted.
It's a pity that he is not very smart. Someone probably asked him to do this. I thought that he was guarding the Cui family. He must be taking care of the Cui family's affairs, so he went to the Cui family to wait and see. Guess who I saw? ? "
Mu Weishen didn't even have time to ask her how she knew to go to Cui's house to wait and see, so he couldn't wait to ask: "Who?"
"This is Miss Li from the Xuande Hou Mansion! She is the precious niece of the Prince's Young Master appointed by the Emperor."
"Her? Why does she care about this?"
"Dad, you don't need to know why Miss Li cares about this matter. You just need to know that the Li family is seeking justice for the Jiang family!"
Mu Weishen understood that with the Li family standing behind the Jiang family, Cui Zhenshan would definitely be the unlucky one in the end!
Seeing his father's expression improve, Mu Yao felt relieved and said, "Dad, now that you know it, don't be confused. A fifth-grade director of the Farming Department of the Ministry of Industry is not worth your risk!"
Mu Weishen nodded and looked at Mu Yao with complicated eyes, "Daughter, if you were a man, our second room would have hope, but it's a pity that you are a girl, and your elder brother has no talent in reading, and he doesn't know that our second room When can I get over it?"
"Dad, don't think so much. We can't count on uncle and the others, so we can only rely on ourselves. It's useless to blame others. Aren't you now the chief of Dali Temple? It's all based on your own ability."
Mu Weishen looked at her dotingly: "Isn't there my precious daughter who advises daddy all day long?"
Although Mu Yao is young, she is very precocious. Mu Weishen and his wife have long been accustomed to her coming up with ideas from time to time. "Dad is just afraid of wronging you. You are getting older, and dad and your mother may not be able to give you anything." Make the final decision on your marriage..."
Mu Yao looked determined: "Dad, my marriage is still several years away. We still have time to plan. What if we suddenly fall out?"
Mu Weishen had no hope for this matter at all, and shook his head helplessly: "The silly girl, the uncle, the third uncle, and the concubine who is still in the palace are all direct descendants. They are in the same spirit, and together they support the entire Mu family. Come on, what are we? In their eyes, we are just a nest of cockroaches! The reason we have a place to live in the Mu family is because of their kindness and charity!"
Mu Yao had a cold face, "Dad, I understand what you said, but it's because they climbed too high now. The higher they stand, the more painful they will be when they fall!"
Mu Weishen's face turned pale when he heard this, and he almost covered Mu Yao's mouth.
Mu Yao glanced at the girl beside her, who immediately went to guard the door. ..
Mu Yao considered it for a moment and said, "Father, the prince is obviously the orthodox heir, but the four princes, relying on their grandfather and third uncle to fight abroad, have repeatedly achieved military exploits, and almost regard the throne as their own. If you are the emperor, you Will you feel at ease?"
"Oh, you girl, why do you want me to be the emperor? What nonsense!"
"Dad, aren't we talking behind closed doors at home?!" Mu Yao said angrily: "My daughter doesn't understand the things in the court, but she can just tell you the simplest truth. If it were me, I want to give my things to that person It was given by me, and I am willing. If someone comes to snatch it or even take it as their own before I have thought about it, then I am totally unwilling! Do you think this is true?"
Mu Weishen nodded, "That's indeed the truth, but the emperor is a wise man and naturally will not use personal likes and dislikes to weigh such a big matter."
"Dad! The emperor is a human being too! He also has emotions and desires, but they are hidden deeper than ordinary people! Okay, even if the emperor is a saint, he only cares about the country and will pass the throne to whoever he thinks is suitable to be emperor. But tell me , with the temperament of the fourth prince, will he be a good emperor? Will the imperial concubine be a good queen mother? With the country in their hands, how can they survive?"
Mu Weishen was frightened, "Okay, okay, my daughter, stop talking! Dad understands what you mean!"
Mu Yao sighed, "Dad, please don't deal with me! I'm serious, if you follow the way uncle, noble concubine and the others are going, it will be over sooner or later. Don't even say that we want to borrow their money, we will be implicated by them!" "
Muweishen fell silent.
Mu Yao was even more silent than him.
Yang listened to her parents talking for a long time, made tea herself, and said, "Yao'er, it's not that your father doesn't understand, he just doesn't understand."
I hope you, a girl, have to worry about this kind of thing all day long. In two years when you are older, your parents will find a way to find a stable marriage for you, and you will escape from this wolf den. "
Mu Yao's frown deepened, "Mom, I know you are doing this for my own good, but don't you think about it, my surname is Mu, and wherever I go, I am inseparable from the honor and disgrace of the Mu family. If one day something happens to the Mu family If something serious happens, will my husband’s family dislike me and bully me? Besides, can I just watch you suffer in my husband’s family and remain indifferent?”
Mu Weishen and Yang looked at each other, somewhat speechless.
Mu Yao said: "Father, mother, we have to think of a way to find a way out for ourselves, or in other words, if the Mu family's building collapses in the future, we have to find a way for ourselves to survive!"
Yang was a little anxious, "You kid, are you sure that the Mu family will be finished?"
Mu Yao said: "Mom and dad, the eldest and third eldest eldest and third eldest eldest eldest and third eldest eldest eldest and third eldest eldest eldest and third eldest eldest eldest and third eldest eldest eldest and third eldest eldest eldest and third eldest eldest eldest and third eldest eldest eldest eldest and third eldest eldest mates are so illustrious and illustrious. The world belongs to the Emperor, not the Mu family!"
Mu Weishen pondered for a long time and finally said, "Yaoer, after you have said so much, do you have any plans in mind?"
Mu Yao thought for a while and said, "Yao'er has some plans, but there is nothing clear about the matter yet. Yao'er will tell you when father settles the matter now."
The next day, when everyone thought that the matter between the Cui family and the Jiang family was over, news suddenly came that Mr. Jiang was beating a drum to complain about the Cui family's murder.
The people who learned about this were all excited.
"Lao Zhang Jiang? He actually dares to complain to the officials?"
"Yeah! I can't believe that the old man who has nothing to do all day long and only knows how to beat and scold two children would actually go to the court official for his daughter?"
"Oh, that's crazy! Isn't this just giving people food and drinks? It's a dead end!"
"What's going on? I went out some time ago and I didn't hear about this! Who knows the inside story? Please tell me quickly?"
Everyone looked at me and said something, and they all blocked in front of the government office.
After listening to the discussions along the way, Mu Weishen sighed extremely depressedly. Now that the matter has come to this, what else can he do?
