"Madam, when the second lady was the housekeeper, she hasn't received her monthly salary for the past three months." Someone jumped out and said.
Gu Yunran was stunned for a moment. Madam Lu was even worse than she thought. She had squandered thousands of taels of silver and still owed the servants their monthly wages, which she had never paid once.
She rubbed her brows with a headache and said to Zhuye, "Send it to them."
Finally, he added, "Give them an extra month so they can find another employer."
"Yes." Zhuye distributed the monthly wages one by one. Some people took the monthly wages and ran faster than rabbits, while some were reluctant to leave and wanted to stay.
"Madam, I think you are kind-hearted and I want to follow you forever."
"I won't be in charge of the Lu Mansion anymore." Gu Yunran said calmly, "What's your name? I'll recommend a family to you."
"Your servant Ling Chun."
"Ling Chun?" Gu Yunran muttered to herself, wrote down the name, and asked Zhuye to go to Minister Li's house to recommend him. She remembered what Lu Qingzhou had done for Minister Li before.
It seems like they are going to rebel.
This girl is pretty and smart, and is very suitable to be recommended to Minister Li.
"You stay in my yard first."
Gu Yunran yawned and instructed Zhuye, "Send the remaining cloth and silver to Juxiangyuan."
Qiuju can use it when she is pregnant.
"yes."
By the time everything was done, it was already dark.
Taohua tied Lu Changzhu to the martial arts hall and told the teacher what happened. The teacher was furious and not only beat Lu Changzhu up, but also expelled him and announced that anyone who dared to help Lu Changzhu would have trouble with the martial arts hall.
Xiwu Hall is a royal martial arts hall. The students who come here are either rich or noble. They can not only practice martial arts but also study, and learn both civil and military skills.
The martial arts hall's announcement was tantamount to ending Lu Changzhu's official career.
Lu Changzhu was sent back with a black eye and swollen face. Mrs. Lu Er cried bitterly as she looked at her son. Lu Qingshan stood up from the wheelchair, took a pen and scribbled on the paper, angry.
"Uh uh..." He asked Mrs. Lu Er to look at what he had written.
"You stupid woman, I told you not to provoke Gu Yunran, but you insisted on provoking her. Now your son's future is ruined."
"Go and apologize to Gu Yunran, even if you have to kneel down in front of her, as long as she can forgive you."
Madam Lu Er looked at her husband in shock and shook her head desperately: "I won't go."
Asking her to kneel down to Gu Yunran was simply asking for her life. Lu Qingshan was furious and ran to the corner to grab a stick. His eyes were bloodshot, as if he was going to beat Madam Lu to death if she didn't go to beg Gu Yunran.
Lu Changzhu ran over to protect Mrs. Lu Er, "I don't want any future. I don't want my mother to kneel down to Gu Yunran for me."
"Who is she? Why would my mother kneel down to her?"
Lu Changzhu clenched his fists tightly. He hated Gu Yunran to death. He had suffered so much in the martial arts hall for so many years, all because of her.
"I don't want a career in politics. I have hands and feet, and I can definitely support mother and you."
Lu Qingshan looked at his son and felt very disappointed with him. He threw the stick in his hand to the ground in anger and turned around to go into the house.
Mrs. Lu heaved a sigh of relief. Lu Changzhu helped her up from the ground, "Mother."
He lowered his head in shame and said, "I am an unfilial son. I have failed you and your father's expectations."
Mrs. Lu reached out and wiped his red and swollen cheek, full of heartache. She sighed and said, "Go back to your room and accompany your father first."
She couldn't let her anger towards Gu Yunran ruin her child's future. She said earnestly, "Mother, you can't be so selfish."
She was going to ask Gu Yunran for help.
Lu Changzhu stopped her: "I said I don't want Ru Shi, that vicious woman Gu Yunran. If mother goes to beg her now, she will only humiliate you."
"Mother, I'm not afraid of being humiliated. As long as she is willing to help, it doesn't matter if Mother suffers a little injustice?" Tears welled up in Mrs. Lu's eyes.
Lu Changzhu stood in front of her with a cold face, unwilling to give way to her.
"Second Madam, there's a letter from the young lady."
The maid Lianxiang hurried in with an envelope, her face full of joy, but as soon as she entered the yard, she felt that the atmosphere was a little off.
She lowered her head and called out cautiously, "Second Madam."
Mrs. Lu wiped her tears with a soft handkerchief, calmed herself down, took the letter from Lianxiang, and went back into the house.
As soon as she entered the room, she asked Lu Changzhu to close the door.
She sat in the main seat, opened the envelope and read it carefully. She didn't know what was written in the letter, but her originally frowned brows relaxed and her smile became more intense.
"Second Master, Second Master, your daughter is coming back home."
When Lu Qingshan heard this, he didn't show much expression. He sat in the wheelchair, tilted his head and remained silent. Mrs. Lu was in a much better mood.
She ordered Lianxiang: "Go and call Gu Yunran to the old lady's Baomo Hall."
The old lady is gone, why ask the lady to go to Baomo Hall?
Lianxiang was surprised, but she didn't dare to ask more questions and said obediently, "Yes."
Madam Lu Er asked other maids to call the eldest lady to go to Baomo Hall together. Lu Changzhu didn't know what his mother was going to do.
However, this was a matter of the inner house, and he didn't want to ask. He returned to his room and lay on the bed to recuperate. He also asked someone to go to the kitchen to prepare him a bowl of Panax notoginseng chicken soup.
Fang Xingyuan.
Taohua had just come back from outside, holding a yellowed oil-paper package in one hand and a red post in the other.
"Miss, this is the letter sent by Madam Gao."
Taohua placed the oil-paper package on the table and handed the red invitation card to Gu Yunran. Gu Yunran took the invitation and smiled: "It turns out that the old lady's grandson is getting married, and he is marrying a legitimate wife."
She covered her lips and smiled, and ordered: "Prepare a generous gift."
"yes."
Gu Yunran then turned his gaze to the oil-paper package on the table and asked Taohua, "What did you buy?"
"Where did I buy this?" Taohua opened the oil-paper package. "I ran into the eldest master in the shop, and he bought it and asked me to bring it back to the young lady."
Gu Yunran looked at the sesame cake wrapped in yellowed oil paper, her eyes welling up. This was a sweet she had loved since she was a child, and her mother would make it for her personally when she was at the Gu family.
After arriving at the Lu Mansion, she seemed to have grown up all of a sudden and rarely ate these sweets.
As soon as my brother came back, he would send some over every now and then.
She pinched a piece and put it in her mouth. It was sweet, fragrant and delicious, and it had the taste of her childhood. She pinched two more pieces for Peach Blossom and Bamboo Leaf.
"Don't stand, both of you. Sit down and eat with me."
The three of them were enjoying their meal when the door to the courtyard rang. Zhuye stood up to open the door. Seeing that it was Lianxiang, the maid from the second room, she asked in a bad mood, "What are you doing here?"
Lianxiang smelled a fragrance in the yard, which made her gluttonous. She licked her lips and said, "The Second Madam asked Madam to go to Baomo Hall."
"What is the Second Madam doing now?"
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