Master Zheng set off immediately after the banquet without stopping. Mrs. Zheng handed over the housekeeping power to Lishu. Lishu declined several times, but Mrs. Zheng insisted, so she took over.
Although Zheng Qing's health is not the same as that of ordinary people, it is much better than before. From the outside, it is not even possible to tell that Zheng Qing is sick.
Even Ms. Tan is now taking pregnancy pills to prepare for pregnancy.
Li Shu suddenly felt that Mrs. Zheng was really broad-minded. If she had really killed Tan, it was very likely that some smart people would think of Tan and Qiu Rulong together, and then the entire Zheng family would be very embarrassed. When Qiu Rulong went out, he even took advantage of people from the Liu family. He had tried his best to keep the Zheng family out of the matter, and if Tan died again, it would be no joke.
In Shangjing, the reputation of officials is the most important thing. If a girl dies in a family, it will shock the world if the censor finds out. What's more, if a living person like Tan died suddenly, who knows how many things happened.
Tan is a fairly well-mannered person, but she is occasionally greedy. She elopes for love, which can be regarded as breaking the bank. It is easier to deal with such a person. The Zheng family has money and power, and Zheng Qing is slowly getting better now. Tan Thi Mu is strong and lonely. If you catch these two things in her, she will give up.
Besides, is having another wife really better than Tan? It was well known that Zheng Qing was in poor health and his wife died suddenly. At that time, Mr. Zheng had been forced to become an official. The only people Zheng Qing could marry were those who clung to powerful families. With such a family tradition, their daughters must not be really good.
If he comes in dissatisfied and behaves like a monster again, it may not be good for Zheng Qing's health.
Having subdued the Tan family in this way, the Tan family is now safe and sound, and will give birth to a son and a half daughters in the future. Even if Zheng Qing passes away, she will have support and can survive.
Furthermore, Tan also had leverage in the hands of the Zheng family, and she did not dare to make any big splash.
Also because Tan no longer has any ambition, she just wants to have a son and protect Zheng Qing. Housekeeper Lishu has no obstacles now. As for the previous account books, she was very smart and did not choose to check the account books.
The eldest housekeeper in the house is different from Mrs. Zheng. Mrs. Zheng is not very energetic and relies on the help of a few housemates. However, as long as you are a person for a long time, you will have selfish motives and will inevitably pour money into your pocket. Lishu does not choose to ask Zheng Madam and Zheng Qing's room started, but the servants were too greedy, so she would take the initiative to find out and let them make up for it themselves, thus preserving Madam Zheng's dignity as a roommate.
If she was relying on her seniority, Li Shu would not give her face, and let people investigate when she should. Although her reputation has become bad, many people say that she is too cruel, but Li Shu does not care.
Even Zheng Hao said when he came back: "Do you want me to support you?"
"No, no, you know, I have to rely on my own ability. Since ancient times, men have been the masters outside and women have been the masters. If you take charge of the inside, doesn't it mean that I am incompetent and can only rely on you. My own affairs are my own. Do it." Lishu didn't want to rely on men for everything.
Zheng Hao caressed Li Shu's face: "Is it really unnecessary?"
Li Shu nodded: "No need really."
"Okay then." Zheng Hao respected her very much.
Just like they were not married at that time, because of what happened with Princess Shao'an, Zheng Hao wanted to send someone to protect her, but Li Shu said no. Although he was very worried, he still respected her idea.
However, he mentioned something else: "It seems that your eldest brother-in-law wants to follow him to the northwest? My father told me that your eldest brother-in-law seems to have run away to him.
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Dad ignored him. "
Lishu really didn't know what was going on outside. She suddenly realized: "It's strange that my eldest sister sent so many generous gifts. It turned out to be just for this. Before, I only thought that the first sister was like this. Now she is like this too, and she has done even more. Now, everyone in the world is a fool."
Zheng Hao nodded: "Yes, I have rejected it anyway. Everything is fine on weekdays, but problems will occur if you don't have time. In this case, it is better not to say anything."
"Yes." Lishu didn't have a good relationship with Lijia, and she certainly wasn't willing to help, as if she didn't ask Lijia for anything.
But Lijia was not like this before. Lishu sighed: "She used to attach great importance to her reputation and regard it as heaven. She even tried to persuade me when I read the Book of Songs, but now it has become like this. Obviously, because of my father's When we quarreled over something, we pretended that nothing was wrong, and then asked for help, and the gifts we gave before were less than half of what we have now.”
Zheng Hao understands this kind of person: "She and your cousin Fu can be exchanged. Your cousin is like your father's son. He is open and enthusiastic, free and easy, and a true gentleman. She is very much like the Fu family."
Li Shu was stunned. She had never expected to hear such a comment, but she found it strange.
The couple chatted for a while, and Zheng Hao had another protégé come to visit. He was serving as a room examiner in this year's general examination, and the people he recruited also regarded themselves as protégés, so Zheng Hao had to go.
After Zheng Hao left, Tan arrived soon.
This time Tan came over and Li Shu thought something was wrong with her. Unexpectedly, she promoted Ningshuang to be her aunt. Tan smiled and said: "Our father likes Ningshuang very much, but I have some inconveniences, so let her The service was good too.”
Fortunately, Li Shu had a good memory and remembered that Ning Shuang seemed to be serving in Zheng Qing's study. She was a lively, straightforward, strong-willed and simple maid.
But Zheng Qing’s body...
Li Shu hesitated for a moment: "Have you ever heard of this? Does your wife know?"
"Madam knows, I'm afraid I'm pregnant. Rather than letting those ignorant fools play nonsense, it's better for Ningshuang. Ningshuang and I have always been very good, and it's very appropriate to serve our master." Mrs. Tan said sheepishly.
Unexpectedly, Mrs. Tan had a child. Li Shu was very happy for Zheng Qing. She also heard that Mrs. Zheng did not object, so she said: "In that case, you arrange a place for her, and I will send a little girl to her." , in the future, the monthly payment will be one tael of silver per month, how about that?"
Tan smiled and said, "Thank you very much, sister-in-law."
Now the head of Lishu family has not touched the monthly rules of Zheng Qing and Tan family. After all, they will separate their families in the future.
"No need to thank you for being so generous." If it were Li Shu herself, it would be difficult for her to do so.
Little did they know that Mr. Tan was also observing the people in Zheng Qing's room on weekdays, but Ningshuang was the most sincere. People like Zheng Qing were very cruel and cold in heart. He only had some affection for that girl, but only superficial affection for himself. , so that Ningshuang is satisfied. She is a girl who knows what is good and what is bad, and will definitely reciprocate.
Those girls next to him will only compete for favors. If they damage the body of Master Yi, it will not be beautiful.
In this family, the elder Zheng Hao is gentle and elegant, and he is passionate about his sister-in-law. He is an infatuated person. Although he was nice to her before, he also felt guilty that he could not have sex with her physically. Later, what happened with Qiu Rulong made her shorter. For the most part, although she saved Master Yi and she began to admire him, both husband and wife knew
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On the same day, Lishu asked a doctor to diagnose Tan again and was relieved to know that she was indeed pregnant.
Otherwise, if Zheng Qingruo remains childless, he may have to adopt a son in the future. Who knows what kind of trouble this issue will cause in the clan. The Liu family had a lot of trouble because of the adoption, and it was troublesome to think about it. Now that Zheng Qing has a child, it's just right.
Mrs. Zheng knew that Zheng Qing was having a baby, so she offered an extra stick of incense. Mrs. Zheng was also planning to become a vegetarian for a year, but Li Shu persuaded her to do so.
"Last time you were dizzy, the doctor told you to eat meat appropriately. Now that your father is away, you can't harm yourself like this. I am with you, so don't worry."
Li Shu smiled.
Mrs. Zheng was persuaded for a long time before agreeing, and Li Shu felt relieved.
Then Ningshuang promoted her to aunt and set up two tables. The Zheng family also officially recognized her as aunt. Ningshuang was also very grateful to Mrs. Tan and felt that she was looking up to her.
Mrs. Tan did not take any credit: "I know how you treat Mr. Yi on weekdays. You and I are the only ones in this room who have the same heart."
"How can I have such a good thing as grandma said?" Ningshuang was praised by Tan family and said many good things about Tan family in front of Zheng Qing.
Soon, when Tan became pregnant, Song Mingcheng got married. Lishu was unwilling to go and only sent congratulatory gifts.
Lijia was not happy to receive the congratulatory gifts. Song Mingji's errand failed. She also sent many generous gifts at that time, but they were all in vain.
Song Mingcheng was beaming with joy when he became the groom again. Lijia thought of her former sister-in-law and felt that she deserved it. Back then, she relied on her mother-in-law's favor to step on her several times. She also often showed off her power in front of her because she gave birth to a son early. You deserve to end up like this now.
These people who bullied her, Fu Minglun of the Fu family, and the original younger siblings all ended badly.
"Grandma, the fourth girl didn't come either, and she didn't even bring gifts." Mudan checked the gift list and felt very surprised.
Lijia sneered: "She also has no conscience. She lived like a pitiful little girl before. I still took her everywhere. My mother also took good care of Aunt Ding. Otherwise, how could she let Aunt Ding take care of the house? Now she is so married. Okay, it’s my fault. Now she’s fine, but she still blames me. I think she was afraid that I would beg her, so she deliberately broke off the relationship with me.”
Another time Wu Xuanhe beat up Song Mingji, Lijia also resented it. If Cen Shifang hadn't requested it, how could they have done that? It's not like Lirou had never seen Cen Shifang in private before, but now she was pretending to be aloof. .
Mudan didn’t know why the eldest grandma, who had always been silent in the past, was full of complaints now, so she advised: “The three sons of the Wu family have no fame at all. They are all waiting for Enyin. I don’t know if the third uncle can do it. , just let him go. After all, our uncle is now in charge of everything."
"You don't know that your uncle is having a hard time walking now. We gave him a lot of money to cover the expenses, and my dowry was all filled in." Lijia is also very strapped now.
Her dowry is indeed quite large, one hundred and ten cents, so she can put it everywhere. However, the land rent is delivered at the end of each year, as is the money for the shop. But to open up connections for her husband, she has to provide money from her own family, which is okay. Song Mingji was nice to her.
The father-in-law would rather spend a thousand taels on a concubine who is both beautiful and beautiful than run away for his son. The mother-in-law always feels that the favor is in her husband's body.
She didn't give it to her younger son, which was why Song Mingcheng had to work so hard, so all her private money was given to Song Mingcheng. This time, she deliberately didn't take out too much money for the betrothal gift, which was also given by her mother-in-law.
Sometimes she wanted to go back and cry for poverty, but Mr. Fu ignored her and felt that she was exposing her shortcomings, even with a hint of ridicule.
Little Fu really didn't want to pay attention to Lijia. Her relationship with Fu had never been resolved. Fu's death was because the Fu family betrayed her, and Fu's death had nothing to do with her. If she hadn't earned it herself, she would now be She had already been driven to death by herself.
Rao's mother and Yuping were trying to frame her for her miscarriage, but she had already let her go. She was not a Bodhisattva and didn't have so much kindness.
Now Shu Rui has entered the Shuntian Prefecture official school, and his family still hires famous teachers to teach him. This teacher is assisted by Zheng Hao, and he is taught by colleagues from the Hanlin Academy.
Today, Lishu sent a lot of fruits. She said they were seeds that someone asked for last year, and she wanted the whole family to try them.
Mrs. Fu rewarded the person who sent melons, and then asked the person: "How is your grandma?"
"Please rest assured, madam, our grandma is very good. Now she is in charge of the house but she cannot move, so the servants can come over. Now the first grandma in our family is also pregnant, and grandma has to take care of her according to my wife's orders."
"Brother Qing's daughter-in-law is pregnant, which is a good thing."
Little Fu had also heard about Mrs. Tan from Li Shu, and she also appreciated Mrs. Zheng's actions. It seemed a bit weak not to dip her daughter-in-law into the pig cage, but now it was the most appropriate.
With Zheng Qing's body, how could a girl from a good family be willing to marry him? The man who married him was also full of calculations, and Zheng Qing might be blamed for his resentment in the future and the bad relationship between his sisters-in-law.
The Tan family relied on the Zheng family, and the Tan family had something to take advantage of. She kept the Zheng family's reputation intact, and everything was fine.
It may not be a good thing to make a fuss that is known to the whole world and ruin the family just for the sake of a momentary mood.
Now that her daughter is in charge of the family, her sisters-in-law don't dare to compete with each other. The family is the only one, so Mrs. Fu can feel relieved.
He also said that after Fu Minglun went to Jiaozhi, Princess Funing didn't take it seriously. Instead, she held a flower banquet, and Lishu was also invited. This also benefited from Lishu's reputation as a talented woman. Although the most talented woman in Beijing has now been replaced, Lishu's reputation is great and she was invited.
Many people criticized Princess Funing, especially for stealing her fiancé and keeping her reputation. Fu Minglun was even forced to go to Jiaozhi rather than become a consort.
But she seemed like a wild horse running wild and wouldn't listen to anyone.
Even her cousin Chi Song didn't dare to persuade her, and she had to go to the banquet even though she was pregnant. Chi Song and Xiao Yun have always been in agreement on major matters. She said: "The princess is not sad when Fu's consort runs away. I went to the palace to talk to the empress. The empress always loves her daughter, and I am not good either." annoying."
Xiao Yun said "Huh". He did not expect that Fu Minglun was not wise and did not know how to promote, and it would be difficult to implement his plan.
But Princess Funing still has to stand on the same line. After all, she is Empress Chi's only daughter, and her words are very weighty.
"I heard that the Crown Princess is leaving the palace today. The Crown Princess is very strong. It would be better if there is a barrier between them." Xiao Yun said with a smile.
Of course, Chi Song knew that being the queen's niece was not as good as being the queen. The two had a feud because the Crown Princess Li Shouying had snatched her position as crown princess. Now she was able to drive a wedge between the mother and son of the Queen and the East Palace.
Even better.
"I see."
Chi Song agreed.
Although Xiao Yun had no feelings for Chi Song, only Chi Song was worthy of his status. He lowered his head and touched Chi Song's belly and said, "My father has already said that he will take his mother and concubine back to the vassal territory, and your majesty also once said to him My father promised to make me the county king, and the child in your belly will not only be my eldest son, but also the future prince."
The temptation of this sentence is too great.
The one hosted by Duke Funing was called the Spring Banquet. The weather was fine that day. Lishu got up early to dress up. She wore a lake blue dress with silver rice beads and bamboo leaves. She had a white jade and silver hairpin on her head, but the earrings on her ears were made of bamboo. Ye Yinzhu's long hair falls on the ear and is very eye-catching.
She stood up again and took Zheng Hao's hand and said, "Does it look good? I really don't dare to dress up too much, lest people say I'm stealing the limelight."
"It looks good, let me give her a kiss, okay?" Zheng Hao made a fuss about kissing her.
Li Shu closed her eyes and pouted. She heard a burst of laughter. It turned out to be Zheng Hao laughing, and she instantly became angry. Zheng Hao pecked her on the mouth and couldn't help but want to hug her. Li Shu pushed him and said, "Don't be like this..."
Zheng Hao scratched her nose: "You have to be careful. You can't refuse the princess's banquet, but I told you that your cousin Fu is leaving. Xiao Yun asked Song Mingcheng to persuade Fu Minglun to deal with me. , and then used him to exchange Fu Minglun's freedom as a bargaining chip after he came to power. Now I have sent people to protect you secretly, but you have to be careful yourself."
"It's true that when there is no hero, Zhuzi is causing chaos. I think the emperor is just using it as a cover-up. I used to have a nanny who was close to Wang Taifei. It is really not harmonious to mention that the relationship between the emperor and Wang Taifei is not harmonious. Is it possible that the emperor is willing to let Xiao As an heir, will even Princess Wang be able to enjoy the Imperial Ancestral Temple? Just as Emperor Wu valued Wu Sansi, many people really thought that Wu Zetian would pass the position to Wu Sansi. Little did they know that this was just Emperor Wu's way of balancing. The Emperor already He was unwilling to really promote Dong Gong because he was afraid that there would be a circle of people around Dong Gong who would share Bo Le's power with him, but he also didn't want to give it to these vassal kings, but he didn't trust the courtiers either, so he had to let Xiao Yun and Prince Yun do a lot of things for him. Regarding the matter, the East Palace was afraid of being caught and did not dare to contact the courtiers. In this way, the emperor's position is the most secure and everyone demands him." Li Shu clarified the situation in a few words.
Zheng Hao rarely listened to Li Shu discuss these things. He didn't expect that Li Shu was right about something that he might not have been able to figure out. He admired her very much: "Shu'er, you are really a treasure. Many ministers have You may not know as much as you do.”
"It's not that they don't know as much as I do, but I'm an outsider, so of course I have a clear understanding of the situation, but it's hard to figure it out when I'm in the middle of it," Lishu said with a smile.
At the same time, she no longer felt any gratitude towards her so-called savior Xiao Yun. She had also saved him and had returned him long ago. If he wanted to hurt her husband, that was absolutely impossible.
Brother Qi can talk a lot now, and Li Shu always suspects that this boy is a little bit ignorant. Of course, he is still too young, and Li Shu can't say that about her son. Besides, his big eyes were blinking, which made Lishu feel sweet.
"Baby, mother is going out for a while today and will come back later. You have to listen to your father more, okay?" Lishu hugged her son softly.
Brother Qi nestled in Lishu's arms and said, "I can't bear to leave my mother. I want to go out and play with my mother."
"It's good to have daddy with you. Daddy can also take you to play."
Brother Qi pouted: "I only like to talk to you
Mom and dad are together. "
"Hey, eh, eh,
I'm still here. "Zheng Hao finally couldn't help but speak out.
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It's sunny and windy outside,
Seeing Lishu looking outside through the gauze curtain, Zhulan and Lamei couldn't help but said, "Didn't we go out during this year's lantern festival? Grandma still wants to go out."
"Fool, what I think is that it would be great if we women could go out when we want and go out to restaurants when we want." Li Shu smiled.
"How is that possible? Not to mention your status, even we can't come out easily." Zhulan and Lamei felt that their master's thoughts were always shocking.
Li Shu saw their expressions and said nothing more.
Princess Funing's Princess Mansion is on Jiuru Street. This street is almost entirely owned by the Princess Mansion. Almost as soon as you enter this place, there is no noise from the market anymore, and the whole long street is very quiet.
It took three years to build the princess's mansion. The interior is surrounded by mountains and rivers, and is natural. The verandahs are decorated with jade railings, and the interior is even more magnificent.
At this time, some married women had arrived, among whom Li Shu knew Li Zhen and Lin Tao'er. Lin Tao'er was also happy to see Li Shu. Li Shu also thanked her: "I will marry the seeds you gave me." I got the melon and sent it to my parents’ family, and I agreed to eat it.”
Lin Taoer was even happier than eating it herself: "That's great."
After they exchanged a few words, a female official ushered them in, bowed, and then introduced them one by one.
Lizhen was always proud of her status, so she was very willing to salute now: "I am the wife of the eldest son of the Marquis of Guangyang, Mrs. Liu, and I would like to express my regards to your master."
The rest of the ladies entered in a row, three in a row, and they were all concentrating inside. Lishu also went in with the two women, and Lishu also wanted to roll their names.
"Ms. Liu, wife of Zhongyun Zuo Zhongyun of Zhan Shifu and minister of the Hanlin Academy Zheng Hao, sends greetings to the princess. The princess is a thousand years old."
With Li Shu's status, she could only accompany the last one, and Li Shu couldn't compete for it. She looked at Princess Funing in turn. She must be younger than her. She was leaning on a soft couch, with eleven snow satin brocade skirts piled among them. There were golden nine phoenixes on her temples, and her fair and noble hair was exposed under the high veil on her temples. On her forehead, her round and plump face was as delicate as a flower.
From time to time, Chi Song, the crown prince's concubine, came over. She was already pregnant and walked cautiously. Princess Funing was quite close to her and even told a few jokes.
The last person who came to the finale was Li Shouying, the Crown Princess of the East Palace. The Crown Princess was dressed in a golden princess dress. No one dared to look directly at the Crown Princess. When she knelt down to say hello, they could only see her pair of light blue embroidered shoes hanging out from under her skirt. Revealing the sharp corner.
The princess's voice was a little rough, and she said casually: "You all should get up."
Princess Funing smiled and said, "Sister-in-law, please sit down."
"I don't dare. Queen Mother asked me to give you a message, telling you to have a good time."
"The Crown Princess and sister-in-law are here to help, so I will have a great time today."
After they exchanged a few words, they suddenly heard Chi Song say: "I heard that Zheng Zhuangyuan's wife is here. She is a well-known talented woman in Beijing and a disciple of Yan Qing, the guqin master. Every time she plays the qin, it attracts hundreds of birds to stop. I just listened. He said that Grandma Zheng is here too, why not let her play a song for us first? Let me wait and see one by one, how about that? "
Li Shu didn't expect that she would be forced to join the battle. Back then, Li Shouying was selected thanks to the so-called auspiciousness of a hundred birds facing the phoenix. But if she plays it now in front of the princess, wouldn't it mean that Li Shouying is not considered auspicious?
Sure enough, what she worried about most happened.
In the past, when she was a child, in order to get her grandfather to hire a famous teacher for her, she had to cheat and attract birds to come. Now, after several years, she has already achieved the integration of human and piano. Otherwise, it would be difficult to attract birds?
If it didn't attract birds, the princess would be satisfied, but when she actually went to play, Chi Song said that even if there were no birds, she would attract birds to slap Li Shouying in the face.
Before Li Shu could think of a countermeasure, she heard Li Zhen immediately agree: "Yes, my third sister usually plays the piano at home to attract birds and beasts to stop. It is said that she wants to pursue the unity of human and piano."
Li Shouying immediately looked at Li Shu with unkind eyes, waiting to see how she would react. If she admitted it in public, she would be slapped in the face on the spot, and she would even be suspected of deceiving the emperor.
Now, everyone's eyes on the field are focused on Li Shu. !
