Chapter 439 Gift Giving

Xu Ming returned to the Xu Mansion and to his own courtyard.

The courtyard where Xu Ming lives is still the same small villa as before.

The Xu family wanted to exchange a larger courtyard with Xu Ming more than once.

As Xu Ming's status became higher and higher, it would be a shame for him to continue living in such a small courtyard.

But all of them were rejected by Xu Ming.

Xu Ming didn't care about the size of the yard at all, as long as he could live comfortably.

Xu Ming didn't even want a maid.

However, there is a special person responsible for cleaning Xu Ming's yard.

When Xu Ming walked into his courtyard, he saw the stone table in the center of the courtyard piled with gifts.

The maid Chunyan is arranging them.

"Sister Chunyan." Xu Ming called out.

"Ah!" Chunyan was startled and turned to look at Xu Ming, "Master, you scared me to death."

"Sister Chunyan is still so timid." Xu Ming smiled, walked forward, looked at the gifts and asked, "Who sent these gifts?"

"Who else could it be? Of course it was the masters in the court. Since this afternoon, officials have come to give gifts one after another." Chunyan took out a gift list and handed it to Xu Ming. "The ancestor didn't know whether to accept it or not. In the end, the ancestor kept it in his own name. Then this is the gift list, please take a look."

Xu Ming took the gift list and looked at it. He couldn't help but exclaimed, "These officials are really rich. They must have a lot of extra income."

"Look at what you said, young master. Who among these gentlemen in the capital doesn't have money?" Chunyan said with a smile, "By the way, young master, do you want to accept these gifts?"

Xu Ming nodded and said with a smile: "Of course we have to collect it. If we don't, I'm afraid these officials won't be able to sleep well tonight."

"Oh."

Chunyan actually doesn’t understand all this.

Chunyan just heard that the young master had become a high-ranking official, so so many people came to give gifts.

As for why those officials couldn't sleep because the young master didn't accept gifts, Chunyan didn't know.

But Chunyan really doesn't need to think about all this.

"Ask a few maids to help me move these gifts and gift lists to the storeroom of the Xu Mansion, and then tell the old lady that no one can touch these things."

Xu Ming instructed Chunyan.

"Yes, Master."

Chunyan nodded and quickly retreated to carry out Xu Ming's order.

Not long after, Chunyan came in with a few nimble maids and took away all the gifts.

No words were spoken that night.

The next morning, more officials came to give gifts.

Xu Ming used the excuse that he had something important to do and couldn't get away, so he asked his cheap father to come forward to entertain him.

Although his cheap father didn't have any special skills, he was still very experienced in receiving guests. After all, he really had nothing to do every day. He either drank with his colleagues or went to brothels with them.

Over time, he became professional in dealing with people and reading people's faces.

Moreover, Xu Ming felt that his father would certainly be happy to receive those officials, because these officials would definitely flatter his father, and his father probably liked being flattered the most.

Of course, Xu Ming also specifically told his father not to promise anything to others.

Xu Zheng said, "Dad, I understand, don't worry," and then walked out happily.

In the afternoon, there were fewer officials coming to visit and give gifts.

Looking at the lists, Xu Ming recognized quite a few officials who claimed to be clean officials. The gifts they sent were not more expensive than those of some other officials, but it was obvious that they had scraped together a lot of money to buy such a thing and sent it over.

Xu Ming shook his head and still had people lock all the gifts into the warehouse, along with the gift list, to prevent any accidents from happening.

The old lady of the Xu family did not ask anything. Instead, she personally went to help Xu Ming collect the gifts. She even counted them herself, for fear that the servants might do something clumsy.

Xu Ming saw what the old lady did.

In fact, from beginning to end, Xu Ming never underestimated this old lady.

To be able to become the legal wife of Duke Xu and live for three hundred years, this old lady of the Xu Mansion must be no ordinary person.

Her vision, experience, and the variety of people she has met are definitely greater than most people in the capital.

There is no mistake in the poem, post, content, and read the book on 6, 9, and bar!

Not to mention that this old lady had followed Duke Xu and fought her way out of the sea of ​​blood.

It's just that time has passed so long that the old lady has lost a lot of her spirit.

Doesn't the old lady know what's going on in the Xu family? Doesn't she know that the masters in the Xu family go to brothels all day?

Doesn't this old lady know that the Xu and Qin mansions are slowly declining? Doesn't she know that the Xu and Qin mansions are only living on the grace of His Majesty? This old lady must know.

But the old lady has always turned a blind eye to it. She just wanted to fool her children and grandchildren and live out her days in peace. That's all.

Because she is really too old, she just wants to spend the little time she has left in peace. Even if everything is just superficial vanity, she doesn't want to worry about other things.

And the old lady also knew that the more she did this, the safer the Xu family would be.

Although the Xu family has connections in the capital, few of the masters in the Xu family have real power.

Even if they have real power, it is only small power.

So the old lady knew that although the Xu Mansion would decline if it continued like this, at least the Xu Mansion would be safe and stable, and His Majesty would also turn a blind eye for the sake of Duke Xu and Duke Qin and protect the peace of the Xu and Qin Mansions.

But now, everyone can see that the Xu Mansion has become the center of capital's politics.

And this is all because a talented child was born in the Xu family.

If they are not careful, the Xu and Qin families will be in an irrecoverable situation.

The old lady naturally couldn't play dumb any longer.

Especially now that the Xu and Qin families are in power, and the Xu and Qin families have many relatives, I'm afraid they have all started to have ideas.

The old lady knew that she had to be the stone that calmed everyone's restless hearts.

After a busy day, the old lady sat back in her bedroom.

This was the first time the old lady had felt so tired in all these years, as if she had returned to the time when she was following her husband.

In the past, the old lady always wondered whether there was someone in the Xu family who could support the family. But now, all the civil and military officials in the court have to look at the Xu family’s face. The old lady really doesn’t know whether it is good or bad.

(End of this chapter)