Crossing the Passenger Sacrifice

"She's not here." Li Lian replied, "She went back to her parents' home. I don't know when she will be back. Do you still want to look for her?"

What are you looking for! I wish she wasn't here!

"……I did not mean that."

Mrs. Sang began to have a headache and didn't know how to communicate with Lord Li.

"I mean, Li Huoyue is so young, should we let her take charge of the money of the Li Mansion?"

Li Lian shook her head and said, "How can that be possible!"

Mrs. Sang nodded, thinking that this made sense.

"She not only has to take care of the expenditure of money, but also the warehouse, the outer farm, the shop, etc. She has to take care of all the big and small affairs in the mansion. How can she be allowed to take care of such a small matter as the expenditure of money?" Li Lian strongly disagreed.

Madam Sang: "??? This, this... is all under her control?! It would be strange if there is no chaos in your Li Mansion!"

Mrs. Sang was a little scared.

The Li Mansion is neither big nor small. If Li Huoyue is really capable of arranging all the affairs of the Li Mansion, then wouldn't it be easy to deal with their Sang Mansion?

Li Lian picked up his cup of tea again and took a sip. "What kind of trouble can happen? For so many years, whenever her mother came back to her parents' home, the Li Mansion was handed over to her to manage. I have never seen any trouble."

Mrs. Sang was shocked again: "So many years?"

She thought it was just this period of time.

"Yes." Li Lian nodded, "It started when she could read and write."

Mrs. Sang: “!!!”

No, we can't continue this topic.

"Then call her over. We have to meet each other eventually." Mrs. Sang said, "It's a good opportunity to tell her about Jiao'er's future arrangements."

"Jiao'er?" Li Lian had a bad feeling in her heart, "Is it that Xu Jiao'er?"

Mrs. Sang smiled and nodded: "Do you know him?"

"Yes, of course I know her." Li Lian said unhappily, "Now, there is no official above the third rank in Kyoto who doesn't know her!"

How could he say he didn't know the person who openly insulted his daughter in the hall?

unlucky!

These words sounded different to Mrs. Sang.

Xu Jiao'er is famous, which is an indirect benefit to Mrs. Sang.

It seems that the good days of the Sang family are just around the corner!

"Why did you go to Huo Huo to tell him about that female number one scholar?" Li's father asked, fearing that the woman had nothing to do and would tell Li Huo Yue what was said in the hall.

Mrs. Sang smiled, thinking that Li Lian seemed easy to fool, she changed the order of her original plan.

Said: "I was thinking about going to Shengyu Street some time ago to look at the wedding dress we ordered, and it doesn't look suitable. Can we let Huo Huo change into a new one and give this one to Jiao Er? Isn't this the case that they will be a family from now on? Xu Zhuangyuan has no parents and doesn't understand these things. Our Huo Huo is generous, and she shouldn't mind it, right?"

In order to show closeness, Mrs. Sang also used the nickname Li Huoyue.

Li Lian didn't care about the wedding dress and didn't really listen. She only heard "we are a family now". She thought about it for a long time but couldn't figure it out. She said:

"It's her business that she doesn't have parents, but how can she be a family with Huo Huo? Does she want Huo Huo to be her mother?!"

Mrs. Sang took a deep breath and kept reminding herself that she still had goals to achieve and she couldn't turn against her now.

After adjusting her mindset, Madam Sang said, "It's not about letting Huo Huo become a mother, it's about letting her and Xu Zhuangyuan enter the Sang residence together."

"Let the top scholar be a maid? This is inappropriate."

Mrs. Sang could hardly tell whether Li Lian really didn't understand or was just pretending to be confused.

I told her to give me a wedding dress, how could she still be a maid?

"It's to let Xu Zhuangyuan marry my Qing'er!" She said angrily. Why is it so difficult to talk to him? How did he become a third-rank official?

Li Lian inexplicably recalled the phrase "a lifetime of love for one couple" in the hall. He knew that his wife would definitely not agree to let Li Huoyue share a husband with someone else, so he was more curious about:

"Xu Jiao'er agrees with this approach?"

When Mrs. Sang was asked this question, she seemed to remember that she had not yet asked Xu Jiaoer.

But it shouldn't be a big problem. Xu Jiao'er's love for Qing'er is obvious. And when they are out in the future, they will also say that Xu Jiao'er is his wife. What else can he be dissatisfied with?

"Of course I'll agree." Madam Sang said nonchalantly, "She's lucky to be able to marry into our Sang family. And she couldn't ask for more to be a sister to a... uh, virtuous woman like Huo Huo!"

Li Lian agreed: "Hui Huo is indeed very nice to his brothers and sisters, but..."

But she is far from being virtuous.

In Li Lian's eyes, the rumors from the outside world did not wrongly accuse Li Huoyue.

Sometimes it's really fierce.

Madam Sang thought Li Lian was going to refuse, so she quickly used her trump card: "Look, our Jiao'er has already won the first place in the imperial examination. It is only a matter of time before she is appointed as an official. If something happens at that time, can Jiao'er still be at a disadvantage to Duoduo?"

Li Lian didn't say anything. He knew very well whether Xu Jiaoer could be granted an official position.

It has been so many days since the top scholar was named, even the second and third place scholars are "at work", but the top scholar is still "idle". Don't they find it strange?

He is still dreaming of getting promoted.

Li Lian didn't expose it, mainly because the nature of his job prevented him from saying anything.

I could only watch as Mrs. Sang babble on and on:

"No matter how powerful a woman is, she can only stay in the boudoir. With Jiao'er's ability, she can also get some of the glory she wins in the court, so she can stand up straighter when she goes out, right?"

Li Lian nodded and took a sip of tea, but he was wondering when his wife would come back from her parents' home.

It’s been too long since I went back this time.

Mrs. Sang kept talking and Li Lian nodded perfunctorily, but in fact he didn't listen to what she was saying at all.

He couldn't make the decision after listening to what was happening in the mansion. It would be better for him to think about his own affairs instead of listening to them.

Seeing that Li Lian did not refute her statement, Mrs. Sang thought that she must agree with it.

She thought that this relative-in-law had a good understanding of the overall situation. After seeing that he had almost finished talking, she took a sip of tea and planned to bring up the matter of her youngest son.

At this time, the voices of the maids and servants came from outside the door:

"Miss."

"Miss Huo Huo."

"Miss Six."

As the sound got closer, Li Lian came back to her senses, finally breathed a sigh of relief, and looked towards the door happily:

"Huo Huo is here, hurry up, I suddenly feel a little tight in my chest, I need to go get some fresh air, you take care of things here."

Mrs. Sang was a little anxious. How could she let the younger generation handle such a matter!

She quickly called Li Lian: "Master Li, since we have come to this point, why not deal with the rest before leaving."

Not too late?

Why not late?

He didn't want to come at all! It's never too late to leave!

Li Lian was furious, but her expression was completely different: she was hesitant and stammering:

"me……"

Li Huoyue waved his hand and asked Li Lian to go first, and Li Lian quickly ran away without looking back.

"Hey - Lord Li -"

How can you run so fast?!