Chapter 172 We must not let our guard down.

Yu Qingci smiled and said, "What's so funny? They can say whatever they want. The most important thing is to live our own lives behind closed doors. If we get angry, they might say even more outrageous things."

Therefore, in the future, when you encounter such situations, don't worry about what they say, but don't be too cowardly in front of others. Remember, your father and brothers were heroes who sacrificed their lives for the country.

Lu Yunchu nodded: "I know, I'll remember, but I'm just so angry."

Yu Qingci reached out and patted her head: "Okay, don't be angry. You didn't eat well outside, did you? It's still early before dinner. I asked the kitchen to make your favorite snacks. Have some before you go back."

After appeasing her sister-in-law, Yu Qingci sat there silently lost in thought. Yu Qingyan had been carefully raised as the eldest daughter of the Marquis of Nanping, but unfortunately, not only was her character mediocre, but she was also not very bright.

Even if the sisters in a household have a sordid relationship, they will try their best to cover it up to outsiders, instead of slandering other sisters like she does. In the eyes of those truly noble ladies, she herself has also been made to look bad. This is called hurting the enemy a thousand while losing eight hundred of her own, which is not worth the loss.

Besides, regarding the marriage she's now in, given Li Chen's dissolute character, how could he possibly be a good husband? Once she marries into the royal family, with Yu Qingyan's shrewdness, she'll definitely have no shortage of sisters and cousins ​​around her, and she'll have a hard time then.

And there's that time bomb.

Therefore, there's no need to pay attention to temporary verbal disputes.

"By the way, you just said that a young lady from another family asked you about your clothes. Tell me about it."

When Lu Yun first heard his sister-in-law ask about the clothes, his attention was immediately diverted.

"Yes, several ladies have asked me where I bought it. I told them it was the latest design from Jinxiufang. I also told them that Jinxiufang has many other beautiful designs. The ladies were very interested and said they wanted to go and take a look."

Yu Qingci chuckled and teased, "It seems my Yun Chu had a pretty good trip. When Jinxiufang releases new styles, you should bring your girlfriends to support them. The prices will definitely be 20% cheaper than selling them to others."

Lu Yun Chu's eyes lit up immediately: "Really? Then I will definitely send invitations to Lin Wu and Sister Bai as soon as possible. Don't worry, sister-in-law, I will only invite the two of them. I won't make things difficult for you."

However, if Lin Wu goes, she'll definitely invite her cousin. Her cousin is a very nice person, and more importantly, her family is wealthy and she has many friends. If she likes the clothes in her sister-in-law's shop, she might even bring in more customers for us.

Yu Qingci smiled and said, "That's perfect. I'll instruct the manager of Jinxiufang to keep track of the accounts. For every customer you introduce, I'll give you a 10% cut."

"Really? No, no."

Upon hearing this, Lu Yun Chu's eyes widened, and then she realized what she was doing and waved her hands repeatedly. She had already received so many benefits from her sister-in-law, how could she possibly accept any more dividends?

But Yu Qingci was serious: "It's settled then, sister, you don't need to refuse me, this is what you deserve."

When Granny Pei came in from outside, she saw the two sisters-in-law chatting enthusiastically. She happily went up to greet Lu Yun Chu, but Lu Yun Chu realized that her sister-in-law had important matters to attend to and was too embarrassed to disturb her any longer, so she said goodbye and left.

Granny Pei stepped forward and handed the account books she had collected from the shop to Yu Qingci. Yu Qingci looked through them and expressed her satisfaction with the profits of the past few days.

Granny Pei chimed in, "I ran into the eldest and second young masters of the second branch of the family outside today. They seemed to have arranged to meet someone at a restaurant to discuss some business, but it didn't seem to go very smoothly."

"Really? So Lu Yunbo is planning to start learning how to do business?"

Yu Qingci flipped through the ledgers with her hands moving non-stop, while in her heart she wondered if she could secretly do something to ruin his business.

Anyway, I don't have much to do lately, so I'm just killing time.

Granny Pei shook her head: "The two brothers weren't together. It was the eldest master who invited people to the restaurant first. Those people seemed to be doing business together."

As they came out, they ran into Second Master leading an official inside the restaurant. Judging from their manner of conversation, the others seemed to treat the official Second Master had invited with great respect, especially Second Master, whose posture was practically fawning.

After they left, the old servant asked the waiter a few questions. It turned out that the official seemed to be from the Dali Temple. Young mistress, the Second Master invited someone from the Dali Temple to a restaurant at this time; do you think he still wants to go back to work for the Dali Temple?

Yu Qingci paused as she flipped through the account books. What could be the purpose of inviting officials from the Dali Temple to a restaurant for dinner and tea? It turned out that Lu Yunbo still wanted to return to work at the Dali Temple.

It seems that last time he was just putting on a brave face, saying that his heart wasn't in it, but he was just being stubborn and unwilling to admit it.

But how could she let him have his way?

Yu Qingci: "Without the General's Mansion as his backing, it won't be so easy for him to return to the Dali Temple."

Granny Pei agreed: "That makes sense. This world is all about currying favor with the powerful and favoring the weak. Back then, those two brothers relied on the name of the General's Mansion to act arrogantly and domineeringly. Now that they've separated and have no one to rely on, who will give them face?"

Yu Qingci: "But we can't let our guard down. Tomorrow, have someone send a message to my father, saying that I miss him."

"yes."

Granny Pei agreed.

She remembered all the despicable things the Second Master had done to her young mistress, but all she did was have him beaten up afterwards. That wasn't enough.

The day after Granny Pei sent out the message, the Earl of Nanping came to visit.

Yu Qingci stepped forward and greeted her father first: "Father, how are you? It should be your daughter visiting you, but unfortunately, I cannot leave the manor at will. I miss you, Father, so I have to trouble you to come to my door yourself. I am truly unfilial."

“My dear daughter, how have you been unfilial? I told you that if you wanted to see me, you could just send someone to tell me. I received your letter today, and since I had nothing else to do, I came.”

Uncle Nanping chuckled as he helped his daughter up and looked her over. Seeing her simple attire and her smooth, unmade-up face, as white and delicate as a peeled egg, he still frowned slightly.

"You've lost weight again. Have you been too busy at home and haven't been eating or sleeping well lately? Your health is the most important thing. There's always your mother-in-law to handle things at home. Don't try to take on everything yourself. Also, hand over any business outside to the servants. Otherwise, what's the point of keeping those people around?"

And your father is keeping an eye on the winery, so you can just lie at home and wait to collect your money.

Taking good care of yourself is true filial piety.

Yu Qingci touched her smooth, porcelain-like cheeks and protested, "I haven't lost weight at all, I've actually gained weight! I feel like I've eaten a lot of good food these days and I've gotten several sizes bigger. How come Father thinks I've lost weight?"

The father and daughter chatted warmly as they entered the main room.