Chapter 140: Difficulties for the Shangshu Father and Son

"Miss, the Shangshu and his son outside the door are back again and want to see you."

Xiaobao ran to Pingyuexuan and said breathlessly.

"Just tell him that I'm taking a nap and don't have time to receive him. Xiaohe, tell Xiaobao what I just told you."

When Su Yue heard Xiaobao say that Minister Li and his son wanted to see her, a glimmer of understanding flashed across her eyes. It seemed that they must have found a good doctor when they returned to see Li Yan's condition.

However, she now has the upper hand. If she lets Minister Li see her easily, he may not hand over the silver mine so easily.

After all, in the previous life, Shangguan Nanfeng designed to seize the silver mine, and Minister Li even paid the price of his life in order to keep the silver mine.

To such a person, the silver mine is more important than his life. How could he hand it over so easily?

If you want to snatch food from a tiger's mouth, you must hit the tiger's sore spot so that it cannot fight back and will hand over the food obediently.

Before, Su Yue guided Minister Li step by step and gave him hints. Now is the critical moment and she must not relax.

After hearing what Su Yue said, Xiao He hurried forward and talked in Xiao Bao's ear for a while. After listening, Xiao Bao just nodded and left.

"Xiao He, come on, accompany me to find our father." After Su Yue said that, she stood up and walked towards the door. Xiao He hurriedly took an umbrella to shield Su Yue from the rain.

In order to prevent his father from interfering and disrupting his plans. She had to go there herself.

"Sir, my lady is taking a nap. It is not convenient for her to see guests."

Xiaobao saw the anxious father and son from a distance, ran up to them and said with regret.

"What should I do with my father? It's already this late, and he's still taking a nap. It's obvious that he doesn't want to see us. What should I do with my life?"

When Li Yan heard that Su Yue was taking a nap, he was so scared that he almost cried. It was almost dinner time now, who would take a nap? This was clearly an excuse.

"Hello, could you please tell them that my father and I have something urgent to deal with?"

Minister Li took Xiaobao's hand, and when no one was paying attention, a silver ingot slipped into Xiaobao's hand.

"Sir, it's not that I don't want to help you. The young lady is indeed sleeping and will not wake up for an hour."

When Xiao Bao saw the Shangshu stuffing a silver ingot into his hand, a look of surprise flashed across his eyes. This Second Miss Su was really amazing. She could actually guess that he would bribe her.

So he hurriedly said what Xiaohe had just taught him to say, and pretended to return the silver.

"Don't refuse this money, little brother. Just think of it as me treating you to a cup of hot tea. It's so cold, and it's hard to stand in the wind."

After hearing what Xiaobao said, Minister Li turned and walked towards his son.

"Yan'er, after all, we were wrong first, so it's only right that we wait a while."

He patted his son to comfort him.

"Sir, I'm not being nosy. Since you care so much about us brothers, I'm going to ask you a question. Did you offend Miss Su just now?"

After taking the silver, Xiaobao signaled to the other brothers who were guarding the door with his eyes, then walked to the side of Minister Li and asked in a low voice.

"Young man, how did you know that?" Minister Li pretended to be surprised. But I sneered in my heart, thinking that money is indeed the most useful thing in this world.

"I will tell you quietly, sir. Please don't let it be known that it was I who said it."

After Xiao Bao finished speaking, he deliberately stepped forward and whispered in a voice that the three of them could hear: "To be honest, the one who told me to tell you that Miss Su was taking a nap was Miss Su herself."

"Father, I was wondering what time it is, how could anyone be taking a nap? She is clearly trying to embarrass us."

When Li Yan heard Xiaobao's words, he immediately became dissatisfied.

"Thank you for revealing the truth, brother. However, I have something to ask you. What does Miss Su like?"

After hearing what his son said, Minister Li naturally knew that Su Yue was deliberately making things difficult for him, but when he thought of what Su Yue said when he was leaving just now, he asked Xiaobao.

"Our Second Miss Su has a very strange temper. We servants naturally don't know what she likes.

Didn’t the emperor confer the title of county princess on our young lady before? She didn't even look at the thousand taels of gold she was rewarded with. ”

Xiaobao looked at Minister Li and said nothing more and walked back.

After hearing this, Minister Li felt a pang in his heart. Since he didn't even care about a thousand taels of gold, then the price he would pay this time would definitely be more than a thousand taels of gold.

However, if my son's illness can be completely cured, it is reasonable to pay some money.

An hour later.

"It's time now. Please go again and tell them that it's us, father and son, who want to see you."

Minister Li calculated the time, and when one hour had just arrived, he called Xiaobao and asked him to go check on Su Yue again.

Not long after, Xiaobao came back with a troubled look on his face.

"Young man, is there any problem?" As soon as Minister Li saw Xiaobao's expression, he knew that things were not done well, so he hurried forward to ask.

“The young lady is awake, but she said she is hungry and wants to eat the pearl jade dumplings made in the west of the city, the rose cakes made in the south of the city, and the sweet-scented osmanthus sugar steamed chestnut cakes made in the north of the city.

The young lady said she had no intention of seeing the master, and asked the master to go back, saying that she was busy buying pastries. ”

After Xiaobao finished speaking, he pretended to walk out the door.

"Brother, brother, please wait here. It's so cold and rainy, how can I trouble you to do these things? I can just send someone to do it."

Minister Li quickly pulled Xiaobao and asked his servant who was driving the carriage to buy the cakes.

"Father, this Su Yue is obviously trying to embarrass us. Otherwise, I will just stop watching and put up with this."

Because during this hour, in order to show sincerity, Minister Li and Li Yan stood at the gate of the Prime Minister's Mansion.

Li Yan did not get into the carriage. He was already shivering with cold. When he heard Su Yue's refusal, he became furious.

"Asshole! If you can't even handle this, how are you going to accomplish anything great in the future?

Is your life more important, or is your face more important? I didn’t say anything, but when you see Miss Su later, you’d better shut up! ”

Minister Li looked at his son with a look of disappointment and said, of course he knew that Su Yue was also making things difficult for them.

The Prime Minister's Mansion is located in the east of the city. Going to these three places to buy things basically means running all over the city.

After hearing what his father said, Li Yan lowered his head and said nothing more. He waited until it was almost dark and the people he sent out to buy cakes came back.

"Little brother, we have bought these pastries as well. Please lead the way and let us deliver them."

Minister Li looked at Xiaobao and forced a smile on his face.

"I think you really want to see the young lady, so I will dare to do it once. Please follow me. But if the young lady refuses to see you, please don't blame me."

After Xiaobao finished speaking, he signaled Minister Li and his son to follow him.

"Of course I won't blame you, brother."

When Minister Li saw Xiaobao leading the way, he quickly pulled Li Yan to follow.

In a corner where no one could see, he secretly stuffed a silver note into Xiaobao's pocket. Xiaobao pretended to refuse, but the note was stuffed into his arms.

"Miss Su, I bought some pastries for you." Minister Li shouted as soon as he arrived at Su Yue's room in Pingyuexuan.

In fact, he had his own little plan in mind. As a Shangshu, buying cakes for her was already a condescending act for him.

Now that I shout like this, Su Yue will definitely feel embarrassed to keep putting on airs.

"Sir, my lady will let you go in first by yourself."

Sure enough, not long after he finished speaking, a little girl walked out of Su Yue's room.