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Zhang Yulu walked forward, looking at the new house.

Qiu Feng smiled and pulled Liu Zhongqing over to the side: "Did you see that? I really like this house. We can recite poems and paint here, just like we did before."

Qiu Feng pointed to a pillar on the corridor and said, "Didn't we agree before that we would write poems on the pillars of our own house?"

Liu Zhongqing turned around and looked at Zhang Yulu. As he watched Zhang Yulu walk away, he thought to himself, "Why does he seem to not care at all? Is the house really that beautiful?"

After realizing this, Liu Zhongqing turned to Qiu Feng and said, "Go take a look at your room first. What do I dislike about it? I'll ask the servants to help you decorate it."

Although Qiu Feng still had some reservations about what happened in the bridal chamber yesterday, seeing how nice Liu Zhongqing was to him, he had no choice but to nod and agree.

A few people were cleaning the house when they heard someone knocking on the door.

Liu Zhongqing felt very strange: "I just arrived here and haven't officially moved in yet, how could someone come here?"

When Liu Zhongqing opened the door, three beggar-like people knelt on the ground and kept knocking their heads: "Sir, please be merciful and give us something to eat."

Zhang Yulu ran over and saw the three people in front of him. He felt a little pitiful: "But this is our new mansion. There is nothing to eat here. How about I give you a few taels of silver?"

After hearing this, the three beggars started to get upset: "There is no food in such a big yard, who would believe it? Just give us something."

Qiu Feng searched the house for a long time and finally found some dried rape flowers.

Qiu Feng said to the three of them, "This is what we found in the house. Just eat a bite. After all, there is nothing delicious right now."

The three beggars swarmed together and started to grab things.

It seemed that two beggars were fighting over a piece of cauliflower.

Liu Zhongqing felt very strange: "We just got this mansion, how come there are these things?"

Qiu Feng sighed, "If you don't manage a household, you don't know how expensive firewood and rice are. When my mother was here, she managed the affairs of the house in an orderly manner. For me, today is a special day."

Seeing Qiu Feng acting as the hostess, Zhang Yulu didn't say anything: "From now on, I won't bother to take care of all the affairs in the mansion. I'll leave everything to you."

When Qiu Feng was feeling happy, Zhang Yulu said, "But you need to bring me the monthly account books so I can take a look."

Seeing that both of them were acting like mistresses, Liu Zhongqing felt that she had become insignificant: "I hope that you two can live in peace in the future. This mansion is only this big, so you can discuss anything."

Qiu Feng nodded: "Please rest assured, just focus on the affairs of the court. If there is anything, I will report to you."

Liu Zhongqing now thinks that he should take a few quick steps forward, otherwise he will be in trouble if he is caught between these two women.

After inspecting the mansion, the three decided to go back to Yiren Villa to pack up their things.

When we just moved in at night, someone started kneeling on the ground and crying at the door.

This is definitely not a good thing for a royal palace.

Qiu Feng hurried out, and Zhang Yulu followed him out. They saw a woman in mourning in front of them, with a dead body lying beside her.

The woman cried and pointed at Zhang Yulu, saying, "It's all your fault. You gave us some dried cauliflower in the morning, but after we ate it, my husband died."

Zhang Yulu found it very strange: "Are you sure it's here? There were clearly three men this morning, where are the other two?"

The woman cried, "My husband died tragically, and not only did you not give me an explanation, you are also making false accusations here. Please find out the truth of this matter as soon as possible."

Qiu Feng said, "This matter can be big or small. Don't joke with the lives of the marquis. Just give them some money and send them off, okay?"

Liu Zhongqing felt that this matter should not be done this way. After all, Liu Zhongqing had been observing it for a long time.

Liu Zhongqing watched quietly, wanting to see how Zhang Yulu would handle it.

Zhang Yulu looked at the woman in front of him and said, "I guess you should have children at your age. Where are your children?"

The woman continued to cry: "My father is dead, and the two children can only wait obediently at home. We all make a living by begging, and now we are all in the dilapidated temple."

Zhang Yulu found it very strange: "How did you find it so accurately? Since you know where the dried cauliflower was taken from?"

The woman squatted on the street and cried non-stop, and shouted to the people on the street: "Everyone come and take a look, this is how the Marquis' Mansion handles things. My husband died at their doorstep because he ate their cauliflower."

Many people watched the scene immediately. Liu Zhongqing felt that it had a bad influence: "How could you possibly think that? Listen to me, I was just kind enough to give them some food, but now this has happened."

Zhang Yulu continued, "There were two other people at the time. Now this person has died. Could it be related to him?"

Qiu Feng pulled Zhang Yulu: "We can't say that now. If you think we are shirking our responsibilities, it will be difficult to deal with it in the future."

Someone in the crowd also said: "It's obvious that the palace is shirking responsibility. They think they are great because they are officials. Are the lives of ordinary people like us not important?"

The woman cried even more when she heard this: "My husband died tragically, leaving behind our family, including our elderly mother."

As he said this, an old woman from Qiqun, with two young children, walked along in mourning, crying.

He came to Liu Zhongqing and accused him, saying, "Don't think we don't know your purpose. You can do such a hateful thing. If you don't want to give it to us, you don't have to. In order to win a good reputation, you gave us something poisonous."

Zhang Yulu felt that the matter was not simple: "Why is it that only our new house, which has not even been occupied yet, you came to me to ask for things? At that time, there was nothing but a few dried cauliflowers, and I gave them to you."

When everyone heard this, they also felt strange: "Why would you go to the gate of a new mansion to ask for something? This is obviously a bit unexpected."

The woman started to cry, "We just heard from others that the Marquis is very generous and his family is a royal merchant with a lot of silver. So we came here to take a look and try our luck."

Hearing this person say this, Zhang Yulu nodded: "Then who did you hear that from?"