This was the place she longed for. The yard of her cousin Huangli yesterday was not even as good as the servants' room in her family.
"Lower your head and don't look around." Nanny Chen scolded softly, and Li Qinghe quickly lowered her head.
They then entered the main hall of the courtyard. The marquis's wife sat at the head of the table, gracefully twisting a piece of dessert into her mouth. She didn't even raise her eyelids when she saw them come in.
"Come and meet the Marquis' wife." Nanny Chen pulled Li Qinghe to kneel down.
Li Qinghe knelt with her head lowered, not daring to look up.
"Your servant Li Qinghe pays homage to the Marquis' wife." Li Qinghe didn't know what to call herself, so she just called herself a servant.
Li Yunyan took the handkerchief handed to her by her personal maid and wiped her hands.
Then he said, "Get up, you don't have to call yourself a slave, you are not a house-born child who grew up in the Marquis's mansion."
"Although your father is still a servant of the Li family, it has nothing to do with you."
Li Qinghe was a little surprised. Didn’t her grandmother say that the Marquis’ wife had an unpredictable temperament?
It doesn't seem as wrong as grandma said?
Nanny Chen was extremely anxious. How could this little girl be so stupid?
The Marquis's wife loved this kind of behavior the most, but fortunately Li Qinghe was not too stupid.
"Then I would like to thank Madam Hou very much." Li Qinghe still lowered her head.
Li Yunyan played with the ring on her hand and said softly, "Look up and see your seat."
Li Qinghe raised her head cautiously and looked at the person sitting in the main seat.
Li Yunyan has taken good care of herself and has fair skin. She is indeed a beauty, otherwise she would not have won the heart of Marquis Pingyang.
"She is quite a pretty girl. Tell me about the background of that embroiderer!"
Li Qinghe thought for a moment and didn't sit down. Instead, she stood there and reported, "To answer Madam Hou, that embroiderer was originally the apple of the Zhao family's eye in Qingquan Town. Later, it was discovered that she was taken away by mistake."
"After she returned home, perhaps to make a living, she made a deal with Mo Niang from Li's Embroidery Workshop."
"Later, my brother's leg was broken, and I learned that she had embroidered a folding screen for the Shangshu's wife to give to her."
"My daughter and my family failed to complete the task assigned by Madam Hou. Please forgive me."
As he spoke, Li Qinghe knelt down again.
Li Yunyan looked at Nanny Chen with a reproachful expression and said with a smile: "Nanny Chen, your granddaughter is quite sensible."
"Yes." Nanny Chen agreed.
Li Yunyan had Li Qinghe helped up and said, "Then this lady has a task for you. Are you willing to do it?"
Li Qinghe looked at the Marquis' wife in confusion, until Nanny Chen coughed lightly to remind her, and then she reacted.
"Madam Hou, please give me your orders. As long as I can do it, Madam Hou, please save my father."
"Oh? What happened to your father?" Li Yunyan's eyes flashed with impatience, but she still asked.
Li Qinghe then told him how his father's concubine had instigated him to cause trouble at Qiu Yinong's restaurant.
Li Yunyan raised her eyebrows in surprise. "You mean, that little girl opened a restaurant in Qingquan Town? No wonder the account books submitted by the shops in Qingquan Town have always been in the red in recent months."
"That surprised me."
"Butler Li is, after all, a servant of my wife's family. Since you've come to me with such begging, I won't sit idly by."
"Thank you, ma'am. Thank you, ma'am." Li Qinghe kowtowed excitedly upon hearing this.
Li Yunyan raised her hand, picked up the tea bowl and took a sip before speaking: "This lady can save your father, but you also have to help this lady fulfill her wish."
"You go ahead." Li Qinghe bowed respectfully.
"Go and make her change her mind and give you the embroidery for *** to bring to this lady."
"If she doesn't want to, then bring her to the capital. I don't believe she's that stubborn."
Li Qinghe became even more agitated when she heard this: "Madam, if she doesn't want to, arrest her brother and parents."
"Although the Zhao family is the richest family in Qingquan Town, they cannot cover the sky with one hand. To go against you is to seek death."
"Her third brother has now passed the examination and will definitely take the imperial examination in the future. With so many bargaining chips in hand, there is no need to worry that she will not compromise."
"Since she has this skill, it is her blessing to be able to work hard for the Marquis' wife."
"As long as you grasp her weaknesses, I don't believe she won't compromise."
"Which is more important, her third brother's future or the commission from a minister's wife? I think she will be able to distinguish the priorities."
Listening to Li Qinghe's words, Li Yunyan's eyes flashed with a smile: "She is indeed a smart girl, just like your mother when she was young."
"Is your mother okay now?" Li Yunyan couldn't help but ask when she thought of Jiang Cuirong.
Li Qinghe's face showed worry: "I don't know, my mother and father have divorced, and I thought she returned to the capital to look for you, Madam Hou."
"I came here to ask and found out that my mother had not returned at all."
"Now I don't know where Mom has gone. Grandma said I should write to my two uncles and ask if Mom has looked for them."
Li Yunyan's expression remained unchanged: "When your mother got married, I returned the indenture contract to her."
"She is now free. Perhaps she is in a bad mood after the divorce and wants to go out for a walk. Your mother is an adult, so she will generally be fine."
"Thank you for your good wishes." Li Qinghe breathed a sigh of relief after hearing this.
"By the way, Madam, Qiu Yinong knows martial arts. If we really want to capture her, I'm afraid we won't be able to do it."
Li Yunyan looked at her and said after a while, "It's okay. I will send someone to go back with you. If soft tactics don't work, we can just kidnap them and bring them to the capital."
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