She continued, "Now he has been appointed as the Dali Temple Secretary, and the No. 1 Scholar's Mansion has been granted to him. You will follow me to the No. 1 Scholar's Mansion and clean it up."

When they heard they were going to the new mansion, they all showed excitement and replied in succession, "Yes, Madam."

As soon as the voice fell, Xiao Mu came in from outside. Seeing Su Li here, he hurried forward and saluted: "Madam."

Su Li asked, "How's Zhao Xingwen doing?"

Xiao Mu reported, "Early this morning, Zhao Xingwen hired a carriage and went to the Minister of Works' residence. Not long after, he came out looking a bit embarrassed, following Minister Zhang. However, Minister Zhang was furious and ignored him. He waved his sleeves and got in the carriage and left. Eventually, Zhao Xingwen also got in his own carriage and followed behind. After that, Minister Zhang entered the palace, and he went to the Ministry of Works. Then I returned."

It seemed that Zhang Yao already knew about it, so she felt relieved. In the original novel, Zhao Xingwen was always cautious in doing things, and she didn't believe that he would hire someone to kill his wife when everyone knew that he already had a wife and children.

In that case, there was no need for her to stare at him anymore, so she said, "You don't need to follow him anymore."

"yes."

"By the way, aren't the clothes in the tailor shop ready yet?"

Look, they are still wearing their old clothes.

Cuihong replied, "Madam, it's ready. It was delivered the day before yesterday. We servants planned to wear it when we get to your house."

Since that was the case, Su Li let them do what they wanted. Then she remembered that Xiao He and her son had just arrived and that they hadn't been asked to make clothes before, so she instructed, "Madam Xiao, go to the tailor shop later and ask them to take measurements for you and Xiao Mu, like Cui Hong and the others. You should each have two sets of spring and summer clothes."

Then he looked at Su Er and said, "Su Er, keep the account."

"Yes, ma'am." Xiao He and Su Er responded respectfully.

Not long after, Xiao Sanzi and Ah Fu came back each driving a carriage.

Except for the color of the curtains, everything else about the carriage was exactly the same as Mr. Song's carriage. Su Li was very satisfied when he saw it. Everyone also gathered around the carriage and looked at it curiously for a long time before getting on the carriage under Su Li's arrangement.

There were two carriages. Su Li took Xiao Wu and Xiao Ye in one. After all, they were to be trained as personal maids, so they sat with her. Xiao Sanzi was driving outside. Cui Hong and Xiao He sat in the other carriage, while A Fu and Xiao Mu were outside.

Then the carriage started and headed for the top scholar's mansion.

Zhuangyuan Mansion is located in the residential area in the north of the city, very close to Jinxiu Street.

After the carriage arrived, Su Li got off the carriage with the help of Xiao Wu, while Xiao Mu went to open the door first. Then several people entered the mansion under the leadership of Su Li.

This is a very new three-courtyard mansion, and its area is larger than the average three-courtyard mansion. In fact, the mansions of the top scholar are usually granted two-courtyard mansions. Probably because Pei Ji holds a fifth-rank official position, the top scholar's mansion was allocated according to the specifications of a fifth-rank official position.

The three courtyards in the mansion are all bare, with no green plants to be seen. It seems that this is a brand new mansion.

Leaving a few people here to clean, Su Li took Xiaowu and Xiaosanzi to the furniture store to buy furniture.

The first thing to buy is beds, which are needed for the main room, the east wing, the west wing, and the back room where the servants live. There are also various tables, chairs, desks, bookcases, and screens. After a whole morning of picking and choosing, I finally bought all the furniture.

Then I went to buy quilts, vases and other decorations.

She bought so much furniture that in the afternoon, the furniture shop pulled all the furniture from the warehouse and delivered it to the Zhuangyuan Mansion.

While the shop waiter was moving furniture into the house, Su Li gave Cuihong another sum of money and asked her to buy pots and pans for the kitchen, as well as rice, flour and other food that she would need to eat later. He also told her to ask Su Er to keep the accounts when she came back. Cuihong smiled and immediately went out of the house to buy some.

For the rest of the afternoon, Su Li was directing the placement of the furniture, and Xiao He and others followed behind to clean the placed furniture.

After a busy day, the mansion was basically arranged. Seeing that the sun was about to set and Pei Ji was almost off duty, Su Li ordered Ah Fu to drive the carriage to the Dali Temple to pick up Pei Ji.

Afterwards, she asked Xiao Sanzi to take her back to the inn. When they reached the inn door, she said, "Come to the inn tomorrow morning to move your luggage. You should also pack up your luggage from the rented room and prepare to move it to the mansion."

"Yes." After watching Su Li enter the inn, Xiao Sanzi drove the carriage back to Zhuangyuan Mansion to pick up Xiao Wu and others.

As soon as she entered the inn, the waiter called her, "Madam Pei, someone claiming to be Butler Liu came to see you today. He came twice, but you were not in the inn."

Since they knew that she was the wife of Mr. Pei, the innkeeper and the waiter changed their address to Mrs. Pei instead of guest.

Su Li frowned. What was this Liu guy doing here again?

After thanking the waiter, she returned to her guesthouse.

After dinner, Ah Fu came to the inn and told her that Pei Ji would not be coming back from the Dali Temple that night.

He is indeed a workaholic. Su Li has become accustomed to him staying in the Dali Temple all night to handle cases, so she ignored him, took a comfortable bath and went to bed.

The weather started to get hot without us noticing.

The next day, Su Li woke up sweating all over and felt sticky and uncomfortable. She quickly took a shower and changed into a thin spring dress.

After breakfast, Xiao Sanzi arrived on time in a carriage, and Xiao Wu and Xiao Ye also came with him. They said they were there to pack her luggage. Cuihong and Xiao He went to Zhuangyuan Mansion first to wash the quilts and other things they bought yesterday.

Su Li did not give any instructions on this matter, but she was very satisfied with their flexible attitude in taking the initiative to do things this time. After all, servants are not wooden people who have to be manipulated before they move. It is better for them to do things within their rights.

Su Li simply ignored the matter of packing and let the two of them do it.

“Knock knock knock!”

Just then, someone knocked on the door.

Su Li went to open the door.

"Madam Su, you really made it hard for me to find you."

The person who came was Butler Liu. When he saw Su Li, he looked dissatisfied. It was finally time to find her in the inn.

As he said this, he glanced at the servant following him, and the servant bowed and ran out quickly.

Su Li pretended not to notice, and said casually, but politely, "Butler Liu, what can I do for you? I knew without asking that he was here for the shop. I just don't know why he suddenly felt so confident.

"My wife wants to discuss something with you." Butler Liu raised his chin and said arrogantly.

laugh!

Su Li wanted to laugh. The last time Butler Liu came, he ran away in disgrace with a cowardly look on his face. Now, after just a few days, he came back with such an arrogant attitude. He couldn't hide his emotions at all. I don't know how he became the butler of the Duke's Mansion. Maybe he just looked down on her and didn't hide his true nature in front of her.