Noble Lady

"Tell me, what kind of friend did Dalang find who could help him so much?" Liu was both relieved and sad.

It was really difficult for Dalang to fill such a big hole at home, and it was also difficult for him to actually come up with a solution.

"Madam, how could I possibly know this?" Madam Huang said in embarrassment. "Your Excellency only associates with those high-ranking officials in the imperial court. How could I, a servant in the harem, know about them?"

"That's true." Liu nodded.

The annual salary of court officials was fixed at a certain amount of silver, and after deducting household expenses, there was usually not much left.

The Dazu family, which has the support of ancestors, is not counted. They have been passed down for hundreds of years and are not comparable to ordinary people.

And those noble families also had rich assets, but it was also because they had wealthy family backgrounds themselves, and the wives they married were mostly daughters of wealthy families. When they got married, their parents prepared a thick dowry, and everything from the day she got married to the day she died was prepared.

But in her opinion, Dalang is still out of reach of such a family.

Among the people he could make friends with, the one with the highest social status was the fourth son of Lord Yu, and it was the fourth son of Lord Yu who gave him a favor.

But Lord Yu was known for his incorruptibility, and it was impossible for him to give Dalang such a large sum of money.

To sum up, given his status, the fact that he could lend him so much money at once must not have been obtained through ordinary means.

People like that naturally don't want to make their affairs known to others.

Liu naturally felt that as a mother, she had done this for her son, with proper planning and pretending to be confused when necessary.

Little did she know that it was her "blessing ignorance" that caused her good son, whom she was so proud of, to completely ruin the little reputation that the He family had left.

However, that is all a story for later.

……

Later.

It was ten o'clock in the evening when Qiuhua returned from the Marquis' Mansion, bringing with her Madam Xue's words.

Xue Chenyu asked about the situation at that time, and Qiuhua also answered in detail. After that, he patted his chest with fear.

She was scared all the way back from the Marquis' Mansion, and the fear has not gone away yet.

I'm still scared when I talk about it now.

"The look in Madam's eyes at that time was as if she wanted to tear me apart. In all the years I've been in the Marquis' Mansion, I've never seen Madam lose her temper like that."

Xue Chenyu knew her mother would be angry, but she didn't expect her to be so angry.

Qiuhua didn't look like she was lying to deceive him. Besides, Qiuhua didn't have the courage to lie about such a serious matter.

"My mother didn't say anything else?"

Qiu Hua carefully recalled several times, making sure that he had not missed anything, and then he said solemnly: "No, that's all the Madam said."

"Oh, by the way, Madam also said that the courtyard must have an experienced woman to take charge. She will send someone to take over tomorrow."

Xue Chenyu nodded, indicating that she understood what was going on.

She always felt that something was not right.

The last time she wrote to her mother, she asked her to be on guard against Sun Ping'an and told her to tell her father to sever the relationship between Sun Ping'an and the Marquis' Mansion this morning. Her mother didn't seem to take it too seriously and just said in a quick reply that she knew it.

But this time, the incident involving Xu's mother seemed to have touched a taboo that she could not touch.

Even though this Xu Mama had been disloyal, it hadn't caused her any substantial harm so far. She was just taking precautions, not wanting to keep such a troublemaker around. Why was A Niang so angry?

Unless there is another hidden story behind it.

But what kind of secret could it be?

Xue Chenyu didn't know what was going on for a moment, but she instinctively glanced at Yumei.

Last time, she asked Yumei to ask her cousin who worked at Yuelu Academy to check on Sun Ping'an.

This girl wouldn't be hiding something from me, right?

When Yumei heard Qiuhua say that Madam Xue was very angry because of Mother Xu's matter, she couldn't help but think of the dirty thoughts of Sun Ping'an that her junior uncle had investigated before, and she was immediately shocked.

Could it be that Mrs. Xue had already known that Sun Ping'an had such thoughts?

Yes, Madam Xue is the legitimate daughter of the Jiang family and has good business skills. With such a ruthless gaze, it is impossible that she did not notice that Sun Ping'an had thoughts that he shouldn't have.

But remembering the old relationship between Xu Mama and him in the mansion for many years, he just kept Sun Ping'an away so that he couldn't come and jump in front of the girl.

But he was afraid that others would find out something was fishy, ​​so he kept Mother Xu and entrusted her with important tasks, or even assigned Mother Xu to a girl as a dowry to the He family.

Now that the girl had exposed the true face of Mother Xu, Madam Xue learned that she had retained her and given her son a good future. Not only was she ungrateful, but she also wanted to repay her kindness with enmity and plot against the girl together with her son. This made Madam Xue extremely angry.

But she only thought about these in her mind, they were all guesses and could not be counted.

Unexpectedly, when he looked up, he met Xue Chenyu's eyes. He felt guilty for a moment and his eyes showed timidity.

But after just a moment, she immediately revealed her natural and innocent look again.

Xue Chenyu had a smile on her lips and continued eating as if nothing had happened.

But in Yumei's opinion, she always felt that her smile was a bit ambiguous, as if someone could see through her thoughts.

Tonight we have a dish of braised pork with preserved vegetables and salted duck, both of which are food from different places, one is a specialty of Lingnan and the other is a famous dish of Jinling.

These are all what Xue Chenyu likes.

Therefore, when He Minzhi heard the news he wanted, although he had many doubts, none of them could outweigh the joy that made him fall flat on his face.

"Let's sit down and eat. Why are you standing?" Xue Chenyu called them. "I specially asked Yuzhu to make a few more dishes today. If you don't eat, you won't have anything to eat later."

Upon hearing this, the maids lost their composure and hurried to wash their hands and get the dishes and chopsticks.

Although there were only a few of them in Furongju at the moment, plus a maid who was cleaning outside, they were united in mind.

So Xue Chenyu was in a particularly good mood and even ate half a bowl of rice more.

After dinner, it was dark.

Xue Chenyu asked a few maids to light the stone lamps in the yard, making it bright and shining, and then took them for a stroll in the yard to help digest their food.

When they came to the swing, they all sat on it one by one and pushed it one by one, regardless of whether they were girls or servants.

They are not master and servant at all, they are clearly sisters.

Then they talked about how the summer clothes Xue Chenyu made for them were almost ready.

The days are getting hotter and hotter, and it's just in time for the new clothes to arrive.

Looking at the starry sky, Xue Chenyu smiled and said, "To celebrate the Second Miss's wedding, we should all put on new clothes and go to the banquet happily."

Yuzhu thought of He Minzhi's predicament today and smiled, "Yes, I heard that the wedding banquet prepared by Lord He for Miss He Er is very sumptuous. It is based on the specifications of our girl's wedding. Let's all go and enjoy the feast."

Weddings are always taken more seriously the longer they take. If the six rituals are just for show, and the engagement ceremony is done immediately, any wedding banquet will only make people laugh.

The girls present all knew the faces of He Minzhi and He Ruyi, brother and sister, so they naturally burst into laughter.