A dream ends life

It was the first time that Yu Luohan returned to his home without Su Ci. He sat in the study room in a daze.

In the past, even if I didn’t go home for several days, even if I came home very late and couldn’t see her at all, I would feel at ease as long as I thought of her at home.

Tonight the study is still the same study, and the Grand Tutor's mansion is still the same mansion, but they always feel empty.

He sat there in a daze until dawn, when the old butler brought a brand new official uniform and asked Yu Luohan to change into it before going to court.

Before leaving, he said to the old housekeeper, "Send someone to Xiangguo Temple to pick up the lady. Nothing should go wrong on the way."

The old butler agreed and sent Yu Luohan out the door.

He sighed as he turned around, saying, "My lord, you really don't know how lucky you are. You married a virtuous wife like me, but you don't know how to cherish her. You will regret it one day."

I don’t know what’s so good about the girl in the palace that makes you so reluctant to let her go. It might have been fine before, but why is it still like this now that you have a family... Alas!

Just as I was about to go back to the front yard, I heard some noise outside the door and turned around to look...

……

In the evening, the eunuch came to report to Yu Luohan that there was an urgent matter in the mansion and asked him to go back to deal with it.

Yu Luohan frowned. This was the first time such a thing happened. He stood up and walked out.

As soon as I reached the door, the head maid beside the empress dowager came over and said, "Master Taifu, the empress dowager would like to know about the emperor's recent academic affairs. Please go to Fengyi Palace for tea."

Yu Luohan pondered for a while and said, "Please tell the Queen Mother that there are some urgent matters in the mansion that require me to return home. I will go there later."

"This," the maiden didn't expect it to be like this, and didn't know how to react for a moment. She didn't expect Yu Luohan to refuse.

Yu Luohan left the palace in a hurry. Su Ci never sent anyone to call him back. It must be that something big had happened, and he would feel uneasy if he didn't go back to check.

The house was very quiet, and I couldn't help but quicken my pace.

When the old butler learned that he had returned, he hurried out to greet him.

Wiping the sweat off his head, he said, "My Lord, you are back."

"What happened?" Yu Luohan asked in a deep voice.

The old housekeeper looked anxious: "My uncle and his concubine are here. The old lady asked me to withdraw 60,000 taels of silver from the account office. Look..."

Sixty thousand taels? Yu Luohan's forehead throbbed.

"Where is the madam?" Su Ci was in charge of all the affairs in the mansion.

"Madam hasn't come back yet, and the old lady is in a hurry to get the money. The amount is too large, and the accountant can't take out so much money at once. But the old lady doesn't believe it and insists on giving the money to my uncle and concubine. I have no choice but to ask you to go back to the mansion to make the decision."

The master's uncle and aunt come to ask for money from time to time, but the old lady thinks it is their due. Every time they come to ask for money, only the lady can handle it with ease.

The master never took care of household affairs and the mistress was not at home. The old lady felt that she was the mistress of the house and actually agreed to their request.

All the expenditures for the projects in the mansion were supported by the lady's private money. The master's salary was not enough for the old lady to buy a hairpin. Sixty thousand taels, the old lady gave it away with just a few words.

Yu Luohan was surprised: "Madam hasn't come back yet, you didn't send someone to pick her up?"

The old housekeeper was having a headache and didn't expect him to ask Su Ci, so he quickly replied, "I heard that the Madam had a high fever that day, and it hasn't subsided yet, and she is still unconscious."

Yu Luohan was a little stunned.

"The abbot of Xiangguo Temple knows some medical knowledge, so you don't have to worry." The old housekeeper said again.

There were footsteps behind her, and Shanhu, the maidservant beside the old lady, came closer and bowed: "Sir, the old lady wants you to go over there."

Yu Luohan went to Rong'an Courtyard with an unhappy look on his face.

"Han'er! You're back just in time. Your good daughter-in-law actually sent people to your uncle and aunt to collect the debt. Does she still have me, her mother-in-law, in her eyes? It seems that you are too good to her, which is why she is so disrespectful to her elders!"

Xu was a beautiful woman with retained charm. Her well-maintained face had not a single wrinkle. Even at the age of nearly forty, she was still as attractive as a young woman.

A beauty is a beauty, even her anger has a unique charm.

Yu Luohan glanced at the two people sitting next to her.

Xu Zhinian and Xu Zhiru both shrank back. They always felt uneasy when facing this nephew.

Not everyone can bear Yu Luohan's cold face.

"What's going on?" Yu Luohan asked in a deep voice.

Xu stroked the pearl hairpin on her head and snorted coldly, "Your cousins ​​only took some small items from her shop, and she sent people to collect the debt. She is so petty, how can she be a wife of the Grand Tutor? If she continues like this, she will bring shame to the Grand Tutor's Mansion."

"When she comes back, let her take care of the household expenses. She doesn't need to worry about the shop outside. It's not good to be out in the public all the time. Let your uncle take care of it for her. We are a family after all, and your uncle won't bother with her."

After Xu's conversation, Xu Zhinian and Xu Zhiru looked very proud. After all, this mansion belonged to Yu Luohan. With just a word from Yu Luohan, all of Su Ci's shops would be theirs.

Yu Luohan looked at them straight.

"You never pay for things you buy in the store?"

An unnatural look flashed across the three men's faces, which had been smug just now.

Xu said as a matter of course: "They are all our own shops, so it's not polite to pay. Only someone as short-sighted as Su would be so fussy..."

Yu Luohan interrupted: "How much is it in total?"

The three of them looked at him in a bad mood, and they looked at each other. It was still Xu who stammered, "Not much, just over fifty thousand taels."

Yu Luohan laughed angrily, he really didn't know when they became so wealthy, "Since it's not a lot, why owe it and not pay it back, just pay it back"!

The three people's faces all changed. Xu Zhiru said, "Ahan, we are your relatives. The Su family is so disrespectful to us, which means they don't take you seriously. If we give in to you today, where will you put your face in the future? You, the daughter-in-law, really deserve a good beating."

Xu Zhinian also echoed in a serious tone, "She is an orphan girl, and she has the status and position she has now, all thanks to you, but she doesn't know how to appreciate it. Not only does she often talk back to the elders, but now she doesn't even give us a chance to show respect. It's better to divorce such a daughter-in-law as soon as possible."

Xu frowned slightly, looking worried, and said, "Su never takes me, her mother-in-law, seriously, and she controls all the affairs in the mansion in her own hands. It's not easy for mother to have to look at other people's faces."

Yu Luohan didn't respond to her. He looked at the three of them for a long time, then turned around and walked out weakly.

He returned to the study, opened his private vault, took out a few banknotes, and said to the old housekeeper, "Pay the money back first, and wait for the lady to come back and let her decide what to do."

The old butler was about to go out with the money when he was stopped by him again.

"How did Madam handle it before?"

The old housekeeper said: "In the past, the old lady and my uncle and aunt's accounts were settled by the lady every month. There were no mistakes in the accounts. Even if the lady took something from the shop, she had to pay for it."

"Ready your horse."

"Yes!" The old butler walked out with satisfaction. The master was going to pick up his wife, and he still had his wife in his heart.

"Master Yu! The Queen Mother has fainted, please come to the palace immediately!"

As soon as Yu Luohan walked out of the gate, the eunuchs in the palace hurriedly stopped him!