Marquis Dingbei welcomed the brother and sister Li Yunrui to the living room in the front yard.
Li Yuzhu's intelligence was heard by Marquis Dingyuan.
So he didn't treat the girl in front of him as an ordinary lady, and didn't ask his wife and daughter-in-law to entertain her. He took the brother and sister directly to the front yard.
After the servants served tea, Dingbei Hou exchanged a few words with the two of them.
He asked, "I wonder what the second young master and the third young lady do for coming all the way?"
Li Yunrui put down his tea cup and presented a wooden box and a letter that he carried with him with both hands. "Master Marquis, my father asked us, brother and sister, to hand these two things over to you."
Dingbei Hou secretly took a look at the box and the thick letter on it, then took it with a smile.
He wanted to send the brothers and sisters away early, so he took the letter and opened it on the spot.
Liang Wang first denounced Li Yunkai's various crimes in the letter, then hinted that the two of them would join forces, and promised him many benefits.
It was similar to the promises made to him by other princes, except that Prince Liang was more generous. He actually said that he would share Yun Chao Kingdom equally with him, and he was very sincere in every word.
If you didn't know how ambitious King Liang was, Dingbeihou would have believed what he said.
He read the letter, folded it and put it in the envelope, and then said to brother and sister Li Yunrui:
"Second Young Master, Third Young Lady, to tell you the truth, the local soldiers are in great difficulty right now. The Emperor has not allocated food, grass and military pay to the north in the past two years.
But I, Shen Chengzhang, will never do anything like that. No matter when and where, we Shen Jiajun will always support the royal family's orthodoxy. "
Li Yuzhu, who had been silent, smiled and said: "Master Hou, I admire you very much, but I still want to ask, is an emperor like Li Yunkai worthy of your following?"
Dingbei Hou looked in the direction of the capital and remained silent.
Li Yuzhu didn't know if he was loose? Then he continued: "Master Hou, actually my father doesn't want to come to this point, but look at what kind of life the people are living now.
If this continues, the entire Yun Chao Kingdom will not be far from destruction. My father said that even if he was reviled by everyone in the world, he would still stand up.
Because our surname is also Li, Prince Liang’s Mansion will never turn a blind eye while the people are displaced.
My father can't watch the country built by his ancestors be destroyed by that bastard Li Yunkai. "
Dingbeihou heard her talk about the rebellion so noblely and really admired her eloquence.
The King of Liang was really not a simple man. None of the children he gave birth to was stupid.
He cupped his hands toward the northwest and said, "The King of Liang can always consider the people of the world, which really makes Shen admire him."
He also pointedly said: "I am not that pedantic person. If there is someone more suitable to be emperor than Li Yunkai, then I, Shen Chengzhang, will surrender to him without hesitation."
The brother and sister looked at each other and knew that Marquis Dingbei was trying to relax. Feeling very happy, I stood up and thanked him.
Marquis Dingbei smiled, but in his heart he was complaining that the brother and sister were so sentimental.
When he talks about surrendering to the person who is suitable to be the emperor, he doesn't mean King Liang. Who do you think you are?
Just now I praised them for being smart, but now it seems that is not the case.
His Royal Highness, the Crown Prince, is a truly smart person.
He is low-key and humble. The key is that he really thinks about the people.
Unlike these two brothers and sisters, what they say sounds nice, but the things they do are not on the stage.
Although he felt disgusted in his heart, he didn't show it on his face at all, and even asked his servants to prepare a banquet to entertain the two of them.
The brother and sister were not polite and just stayed.
They also wanted to meet the two sons of Marquis Dingbei. They heard that the two men were brave and resourceful, not inferior to their father at all.
When Dingbei Hou was under house arrest in the capital, Li Yunkai's second uncle took over Beidi, but neither of them got any advantage.
Li Yuzhu asked with a smile: "Uncle Shen, I brought some leathers from the northwest to give to Mrs. Hou and her two sisters-in-law. I wonder if they are in the house?"
She has even changed her title now. She no longer calls her Marquis, but affectionately calls her uncle.
Marquis Dingbei really admired this girl, she was thick-skinned and flexible.
If he were a man, he would definitely be more capable than her second brother.
He smiled and said: "Yes, you just said you wanted me to keep you for dinner."
Dingbeihou called two nuns over and asked them to take Li Yuzhu to the backyard.
Qin Qianyun and Sister-in-law Shen have already arranged the Hou's mansion and are talking to Madam Hou in the courtyard.
Mrs. Hou's maid came in and announced that Li Yuzhu was here.
The mother-in-law and daughter-in-law looked at each other, and Sister-in-law Shen and Qin Qianyun stood up and went out with smiles on their faces.
As soon as Sister-in-law Shen saw her, she greeted her with a smile, "Rare visitor, rare visitor, really rare visitor. The third lady came from afar. My siblings and I heard about it and went to look for you."
But the housekeeper said that you, the second young master, and my father-in-law were discussing business, so we didn’t dare to go over and disturb them, so we had to come back and wait. "
While they were joking, the two of them had already walked in front of Li Yuzhu.
Qin Qianyun held her hand and said with a smile: "Miss Third, please don't blame us for being rude."
"Sister-in-law is so polite, Yuzhu really can't take it seriously."
Li Yuzhu gave them a blessing gift and smiled: "I hope the two sisters-in-law don't blame me and my brother for coming unexpectedly."
The two of them quickly stopped her from saluting and immediately returned her salute.
Although Li Yuzhu was a concubine, she was also the daughter of Prince Liang. If he asks her to salute him, if others find out, the Beihou Mansion will be arrogant.
"Miss Third, please come in quickly."
Li Yunzhu smiled and followed the two of them into the hall, followed by several servants, holding fine furs in their hands.
Qin Qianyun's maid Xiaohong was talking to Ye Yutong.
Miss Xiaohong is fifteen or sixteen years old. She is very talkative and her speech is very interesting.
When it comes to the customs and customs of the North, they are all one thing after another.
Ye Yutong took a piece of snack and handed it to her, "Xiaohong, are you a local? How do you know so much?"
Xiaohong took the snacks with both hands, wrapped them in a handkerchief, placed them on the low stool next to her, and said respectfully:
"As a girl, I live in Sanlipo outside the city. Four years ago, my father rolled down a mountain while cutting firewood and broke both legs.
There is no strong labor force in the family, and my two brothers are young. There is really nothing the family can do, so I plan to sell myself to get some money to help my father see a doctor.
But neither my parents wanted to, so I went into the city without telling them. I was also lucky. I met the Second Young Mistress as soon as I entered the city. She took me back after hearing about my experience.
Let me work in the house, give me one tael of silver every month, and let me go home every half month. "
Ye Yutong glanced at the snacks she was reluctant to eat, opened the washed and white handkerchief, poured all the plate of snacks on the table into it and wrapped it up.
Xiaohong wanted to stop, but Ye Yutong waved his hand towards her, "I don't like snacks, and it would be a waste to leave them here. You can take these back."
"Thank you girl."
Xiaohong was a little embarrassed. She wouldn't have talked about the situation at home if she had known about it.
Desserts are so expensive these days, why wouldn’t a girl like to eat them? It was obviously given to her because her family was pitiful.
Ye Yutong asked her to sit down and asked: "Is your father's leg healed now?"
Speaking of this, Xiaohong nodded happily, "Okay, it was fine the year before last. It was the Second Young Mistress who asked Dr. Sun from the military camp to look at it for my dad personally."
Ye Yutong touched her hand and said happily, "That's great."
"The second young lady is the benefactor of our family. My parents have told me to serve her well in the house."
After a while, Xiao Hong approached Ye Yutong again, blushing and whispered: "Miss Ye, the Second Young Master has been very kind to me. Last month, she even found my husband's wife, Chunsheng, who is the Second Young Master's attendant."
Ye Yutong said in surprise: "Ah, Sister Xiaohong, do you have a husband's family?"
"Girl, I'm fifteen this year, it's time to find my husband's family."
Xiaohong glanced at her shyly and asked: "Girl, aren't you already married? Why can't I find my husband's family?"
Ye Yutong was speechless by her question, and finally laughed.
Yes, she is married, but she always forgets her identity.
