Li Xutang ran away, which was something no one expected.
When Si Ning and Lu Hanxiao got the news, they were just about to go to bed when the maid hurried over to tell them the news.
Lu Zhiyuan asked them to go to the front hall to discuss, saying that they were discussing was just to quibble and shirk the matter.
Si Ning was about to get up, but was stopped by Lu Hanxiao.
"I'll go take a look, just rest."
Si Ning thought and sat back on the bed again, nodding.
Lu Hanxiao left the room with his front legs, and Qiu Ju walked in with his back legs.
She took a cloak and put it on Si Ning, complaining.
"The second bedroom is too much. He can even come up with such sinister tricks. I think besides that Li Xutang, the second master is also involved in this matter."
As the New Year approaches, the weather suddenly turns cold.
Si Ning gathered his cloak and had a different idea.
"Lu Zhiyuan can't be that stupid. After this incident, he will bear the reputation of doting on concubines and killing wives. Even if all the faults fall on Li Xutang in the end, Lu Zhiyuan's reputation will be ruined."
In fact, Si Ning felt that this matter was a bit like the handiwork of another person, but it was just as he thought. Then even if Li Xutang was not around, the Lu family might not be at peace in the future.
Of course, she didn't say these words to Qiu Ju. This was just her guess and could not be calculated.
The two chatted about today's events in the room, and Qiu Ju expressed her confusion again.
"Is your sister really unaware of this?"
"I don't know, she was really knocked out."
This is a fact, Si Wan seems to be the most innocent victim in the whole thing.
"But I always feel that she is not what she seems. Madam, you have to be careful."
Just as he was talking, Lu Hanxiao came back.
When Qiu Ju saw it, she hurriedly bowed and left.
Lu Hanxiao threw his cloak far away and stood at the door for a while before walking towards Sining.
"What did you say?"
"Chat, how's it going?"
Lu Hanxiao's eyes deepened and he repeated Lu Zhiyuan's words to Si Ning.
"It was said that Li Xutang wanted to see his mother, but he never came out after going to his mother's yard. The maid who went with him felt something was wrong, so she went in to check, but she was nowhere to be found."
"I asked the concierge, but no one has gone out. He must have jumped over the wall and ran away. I have sent secret guards to look for him. I think there will be results soon."
"Why did the old lady send her away?" Si Ning asked in confusion.
"Maybe it's because we are both members of the Li family..."
But no one would have thought that the old lady was still willing to do this for Li Xutang.
"Don't worry, she won't run far."
Because of Li Xutang's incident, the Ning'an Hou Mansion fell into deathly silence.
Various rumors spread throughout the city, and the Lu family's reputation became bad because of the second wife.
Li Xutang had been wooing those ladies before this. Everyone thought that she just wanted to be friends with him, but she didn't think she had another purpose.
The connections that Lu Zhiyuan had already established were cut off because of this incident.
He even heard someone talking about him behind his back, saying that he couldn't even control a woman and that he wasn't capable of being a playboy.
He lost his temper quite a lot, but Li Xutang was nowhere to be found and he couldn't let go of his anger.
He wanted to go to Hongluan Tower to complain to Honglian, but after what happened last time, Honglian kicked him out directly.
"I'm in your house, but you didn't protect me, but instead blamed me, and kicked me out with that old guy. Do you think I'm a vegetarian, and are you allowed to be bullied by a coward like you?"
She also had Lu Zhiyuan beaten and thrown out of the brothel.
The reason why the two got together in the first place was that Honglian was interested in the position of Mrs. Ning'an Hou. She coaxed Lu Zhiyuan to agree to her, marry her into the family, and became an official wife. Her status was different from what it is now. .
But she didn't expect Lu Zhiyuan to be ungrateful. He took her money but didn't protect her, which made Honglian see his face clearly.
Honglian can't be related to him anymore, she still wants back the money she gave to Lu Zhiyuan.
Lu Zhiyuan had never been so decadent before. He collapsed on the street. A carriage just passed by, and someone took him into the carriage.
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After this pre-holiday banquet, Si Ning no longer stayed at home and shut up.
The medical clinic has to be busy, and the hot pot restaurant has to open before the Chinese New Year.
She first went to the medical clinic. Sun Yifan and Ren Zhongyuan had not seen her for a long time and were very happy.
The three of them sat together and chatted for a while, and then Sining planned to go to the hot pot restaurant, but as soon as he went out, he saw a long queue at the Yisheng Medical Center opposite.
Although it was a little worse than Yuan'an, Sining remembered that few people went to the Yisheng Medical Center to see a doctor before.
"Recently they have launched a recipe for immortality, which is very popular among the ladies in the capital."
"Immortal?" Si Ning was surprised.
"It is said that the palace doctor brought Fang Zi out after leaving the palace. I don't know the specific details."
Si Ning nodded and didn't care. He got on the carriage and went to another busy street.
This place is not far from the medical center. After a cup of tea, Si Ning got off the carriage.
The hot pot restaurant has almost been repaired, and the tables and chairs have been put in order. Only the customized pots and pans are ready, and it can open to welcome guests.
When Si Ning went there, Si Yihan was busy cleaning up. When he saw Si Ning, he hurriedly greeted him.
"Ma'am, why are you here?"
The waiter in the store saw that Si Yihan was so humble towards Si Ning, so he quickly stopped what he was doing and saluted to say hello to Si Ning.
Si Ning smiled and nodded, very satisfied with the intelligence of these guys.
He praised Si Yihan with satisfaction, "Not bad, the people we invited are all very nice."
Si Yihan blushed at Si Ning's words and scratched the back of his head in embarrassment.
After coming back to his senses, he hurriedly asked Si Ning to sit inside and called all the waiters in the store over.
"This belongs to the shopkeeper of our store. From now on, you will all call me Madam."
"lady."
Everyone called out to Si Ning. Si Ning nodded and said to everyone.
"I don't have too many rules, but I have one request. It must be sincere. If you are not happy with what you are doing here, you can leave, but you cannot leak the things in our store. Once I know that someone has leaked the information in our store, Things here will never be taken lightly."
When Si Ning spoke, his tone was soft and gentle, but people dared not ignore him.
Everyone hurriedly claimed that it was, and Si Ning said a few more rules that needed to be followed.
There is no rule without rules. There is nothing wrong with saying ugly things in front of others.
After saying that, she asked everyone to go about their business and left Si Yihan behind.
"Si Yihan, I need to help find an experienced guy to train these people."
"Training?"
Si Yihan didn't quite understand what Si Ning meant, so Si Ning explained it to him.
"I need them to dress uniformly, have uniform service standards, and formulate uniform service procedures. You first find the person, and I will write down what I want to do. Then you ask the person to relay what I wrote to the store. The workers here will be given more wages every month if they do well, and deduct money if they do not do well. Of course, deducting money is not the purpose, but having them work according to standards is the purpose..."
After staying in the store for an afternoon, Si Ning finished explaining everything he had to do and returned to his house.
He happened to bump into Lu Zhiyuan coming back from outside at the door. He got off the carriage, turned around and stretched out his hand towards the carriage, and then a figure walked down.
