The servants in the courtyard looked at Li's mother and son with fear in their eyes.
Although Miss Bao was at fault, the wife and the second master actually beat a child into a fool.
How much hatred is this?
Ms. Li herself was also shocked. She leaned on the armrest and asked the doctor, "Are you really stupid? You must have made a wrong diagnosis! Why are you so squeamish!"
Qi Chengxu stood up and walked inside. Within a few breaths, Qi Baoxin's scream came from inside.
Li's face turned pale, and when Qi Chengxu came out, she walked forward quickly.
Asked softly: "Axu, is she really...?"
Qi Chengxu nodded.
Mrs. Li staggered, held on to the table, and immediately ordered: "No one is allowed to go out and talk nonsense about today's matter! Doctor, please cure her quickly! It's just a knock, she will definitely be cured after a while!" If you need any medicinal materials, go get the money! Make sure to cure her!"
He beat his granddaughter and daughter stupidly. If this news spreads, the reputation of the Hou Mansion will be ruined!
At this time, Song's mother suddenly appeared.
"The eldest madam, the second master, the young madam. The old lady is awake and wants you to go to the front hall to talk."
Several people followed Mama Song to the front hall.
The old lady was sitting on the quiet pillow, her head was wrapped around her forehead, and her face was pale.
"How will today's matter end? This matter is related to the succession and the Hou Mansion! It must be resolved properly!"
The old lady coughed violently, and Mother Song ran to the Buddhist hall at the back, brought the incense burner, and placed it on the small table beside the old lady.
The incense burner rolled up the Zen incense, and the old lady stopped coughing after smelling it.
She looked at the incense burner and thought of Ji Shu. The old lady looked at her and said, "Shu'er, you are the wisest. What should I do in your opinion?"
Ji Shushi Shiran said:
"The most important thing is the attitude. If you want the Emperor to calm down, someone in the Marquis Mansion must first take the primary responsibility for this matter. They must bear the thorn and plead guilty before the Emperor orders punishment."
"What's the way to plead guilty?"
"The emperor's decree is nothing more than a beating with a stick. The Marquis himself will be beaten first, and then he will ask someone to carry him to the emperor to plead guilty. It will definitely be better than waiting for the emperor's decree."
Qi Chengxu had a stupefied expression on his face. He must be the person Ji Shu was talking about, but he has never been hit by a brick wall despite his age.
Mrs. Li also felt sorry for her son and immediately thought of a stupid move.
"Since we are fighting behind closed doors, we don't have to be so sincere. Just slap a few slaps on the face, smear the blood on it, go into the palace, and ask the emperor to take a look..."
The old lady angrily grabbed the pillow in her hand and smashed it.
"Idiot! Ahem! Are you blind when you think the emperor is a saint? If you dare to fool the emperor, do you want me to die without a burial place in the palace?!"
"I'll suffer!"
Qi Chengxu gritted his teeth and looked at Ji Shu, "When should I go to apologize?"
"Of course the sooner the better."
Ji Shu looked at Song's mother, "Hurry and find someone to prepare. The carriage is also ready. Go to the ancestral hall to get the palace entrance badge that the Marquis left behind before he left the capital."
After Song's mother left, Mrs. Li grabbed Qi Chengxu's arm with tears in her eyes.
"Is this, is this all over?"
"This move can only calm the emperor's anger and prevent him from implicating the entire Marquis Mansion in his anger. But this is definitely not enough."
Ji Shu said: "The Hou Mansion must make up for the loss of tribute."
"That Persian sapphire is priceless, how can the Hou Mansion have so much money!" Mrs. Li cried.
The old lady rolled her eyes and said to Ji Shu: "Shu'er, I remember that when you got married, you brought a hundred to carry the dowry... Now the Hou Mansion is in trouble..."
"When the Hou Mansion is in trouble, my grandson's daughter-in-law is naturally obligated to do so."
"But……"
Before the old lady and the three of them showed their smiles, Ji Shu's conversation took a turn for the worse.
"Grandma doesn't know, but six years ago I took over the charge of the prince's palace. It was a critical decision. At that time, both the farm and the shop were unable to make ends meet, and I still owed a large sum of money. My granddaughter-in-law's dowry had been filled in six years ago, so there was no savings. Yu..."
Ji Shu rolled the silk handkerchief between his fingertips and wiped the corners of his eyes.
The three people's expressions stiffened.
Ji Shu looked at them and said, "If grandma doesn't believe it, you can just search my room. I didn't even dare to tell the maid about this, for fear that she would go back to Ji's house to complain. The dowry box was filled with tinfoil Made of silver..."
The old lady was so angry that she almost had a cerebral hemorrhage, but she finally calmed down.
He patted his chest and said, "I've suffered so much for you...Grandma naturally believes in you."
"What about this silver?" Ji Shu asked with red eyes.
The old lady turned around and dug under the bed, took out a large stack of banknotes and handed it to Ji Shu's hand.
"I have some here. Mrs. Li, take some from there. If it's still not enough... sell two shops on West Street to make up for it."
Ji Shu pinched the banknote in his hand and sneered in his heart.
Yueyue asked for money from her and raised a treasury for herself. She didn't feel bad about taking out so many banknotes.
This group of moths who depended on her actually wanted her dowry to provide money for the Hou Mansion.
Why are you so big-faced?
Ji Shu suppressed the gloominess in his eyes and said calmly: "Then I will go to my aunt immediately and ask her to find a buyer as soon as possible."
"No! You go and do this!"
The old lady's face was full of disgust. She didn't want to hear Jiang Fu's name at all now.
Ji Shu said: "It happened unexpectedly. The most important thing is to collect the money. I'm afraid I will lose some money by selling the shop."
"It doesn't matter if you lose or lose, just collect the money together."
"The deed?"
The old lady turned her back again, rummaged around, and gave the house deed to Ji Shu.
"Okay, you all go out and have some peace and quiet by yourself."
The old lady lay on the small table, smelled the Zen fragrance, and drove away the three people.
Song's mother was waiting outside the door and made a gesture of invitation to Qi Chengxu.
"Second Master, everything is ready. Madam, how much is appropriate?"
"According to the emperor's temperament, he will need at least fifty sticks."
"What?! Why is this happening! Call the doctor, he's here anytime!"
Mrs. Li wiped away her tears and ordered anxiously.
"No, if you take the medicine and then go to the palace to plead guilty, how can you show the repentance of the Marquis?"
Qi Chengxu stopped Li and lay down on the bench with a sudden heart.
The two nurses held long boards and beat him hard.
"ah!"
Qi Chengxu gritted his teeth and pushed through the front few boards, but he couldn't hold on from the back, and he screamed after being hit.
Ji Shu raised the corner of his mouth slightly, "My daughter-in-law is going to raise money first."
Mrs. Li almost fainted from crying and had no energy to pay attention to Ji Shu.
Ji Shu returned to Changleyuan briskly and handed the house deed to Xitao.
"Go to Zhuangzi now and find someone trustworthy, smart, with a clean family background and some wealth, and ask her to buy these two shops on West Street."
Ji Shu found the key to the dowry box from the secret compartment and took out a few silver notes.
"Just use this price to buy the shop."
Xitao pinched a few banknotes and was surprised, "Just such a small amount of money?"
"That sapphire can cost up to 10,000 taels each. Now we are still short of 2,000 taels, so we will pay two thousand taels."
Xitao was shocked for no reason. The two shops on West Street were in excellent locations. In the past six years, with the help of agent Shu, the business was extremely prosperous.
If you really want to put it up for sale, a shop will be sold at a bargain price of 5,000 taels, and people will rob it.
Two thousand taels for two rooms, they got a big advantage!
Xitao danced happily, "I'll be there soon, slave!"
