Chapter 60 Liu's Arrival

Xing Dairong kept talking to Cheng Yunshuo, saying that she wanted to increase her share to give her more jewelry, and then asked Cheng Yunshuo to make her more winter clothes. She also complained that she had been wronged because of her status as his concubine, and he must compensate her materially.

Before he finished muttering, Cheng Yunshuo turned around and walked out.

"Where are you going!"

"Go back to bed."

"Please spend more time with me and the kids." Xing Dairong stamped his feet.

Cheng Yunshuo left Xing Dairong's place and passed by Qiuxiangyuan on his way back to Yaoguang Pavilion. Cheng Yunshuo thought of Qiu Ling, whom he had not seen for a long time.

"How is Qiu Ling?"

"Aunt Qiu has been released from house arrest." Qingfeng said at this time, "Sir, if you have time, go and see Aunt Qiu. You can also share the good news with her."

Lu Lingyun agreed to Qiu Ling's request to ask Cheng Yunshuo to visit her more often, so she asked Qingfeng to give her some advice.

When the time is right, Qingfeng will go to Cheng Yunshuo to enjoy the breeze.

After hearing this, Cheng Yunshuo pondered for a moment and then walked towards Qiuxiang Courtyard.

He saw Qiu Ling, who was embroidering knee pads in the house.

With candles burning brightly, Qiu Ling was embroidering thick rabbit-skin knee pads stitch by stitch. For a moment, Cheng Yunshuo thought of the past again.

Qiu Ling would make knee pads for him every year, and all of his personal belongings were embroidered by Qiu Ling herself.

Thinking of this, he couldn't help but feel a little guilty. Was it too much to confine Qiu Ling to house arrest for half a month last time?

"Sister Qiu Ling..."

Cheng Yunshuo spoke.

Qiu Ling in the room heard his voice and glanced at the door. After seeing Cheng Yunshuo, there was no trace of her previous eagerness to please him. She even refused to take the sewing basin in front of her. "Why did you come to my place instead of accompanying Aunt Xing, my Lord?"

"Qiu Ling, let me come and see you."

"You've seen it all, please go back, Prince."

Qiu Ling continued to wear her knee pads and directly rejected him.

Cheng Yunshuo: “….”

Qiu Ling actually chased him away.

Is this still his sister Qiu Ling?

Seeing Qiu Ling embroidering a kneepad, Cheng Yunshuo found an excuse to sit down. "My kneepad just broke. The new one you made for me looks very useful."

Qiu Ling raised her head and looked at him, "My Lord, you misunderstood me. I embroidered this for the young lady."

Cheng Yunshuo: "......"

"If you need knee pads, go talk to Aunt Xing. She is your favorite. You will definitely like what she makes."

Cheng Yunshuo: "......"

This is really not his sister Qiu Ling.

Qiu Ling drove Cheng Yunshuo away from her.

She has come to realize that there is no good man in the world.

No matter how much she did, and how much she tried to please him with all her heart, it could never match a look from another woman.

He only thinks of her when he gets angry with other women. She doesn't want a man like him!

From now on, she will live for herself. As long as she can please Lu Lingyun, she can still live a good life!

After sending Cheng Yunshuo away, Qiu Ling continued to sew knee pads for Lu Lingyun.

The next day, Lu Lingyun received a notice from her parents-in-law.

Qin and the old marquis will return to the marquis's mansion from the villa in the middle of the month.

Lu Lingyun immediately got busy.

In addition to the year-end purchases, winter purchases, personnel placement, and year-end accounts, he also had to tidy up the yard and finish all the work for Qin.

Fortunately, the two concubines in the back house are now safe and sound.

Qiu Ling no longer paid attention to Cheng Yunshuo and Xing Dairong. Xing Dairong would pester Cheng Yunshuo and ask for things from him every day, but the backyard was quite peaceful.

She had enough time to take care of the chores in the Marquis' Mansion one by one. After hosting a lively and noisy promotion banquet for Cheng Yunshuo, she also took the time to take care of the affairs of her own shop.

"Young Madam, Sister Zhiran said that many people have come to ask about charcoal recently. Shouldn't we start selling it yet?" Sister Xia was telling her the news from the grocery store.

"There's no rush for now, let's start in Ramadan."

The charcoal has already been used, and now costs two taels of silver per cart.

After the last month, the price of charcoal soared to four or five taels of silver per cart.

"yes."

The sound of charcoal fire crackling could be heard in Lu Lingyun's house.

Now the Marquis' Mansion has also started full heating. As the mistress of the mansion, she uses the most charcoal, three basins of smokeless charcoal, which make the house warm.

It was rare for Lu Lingyun to have such a comfortable winter, and she lived a comfortable life in a wealthy family.

After Xia Mei left, Chun He came in again, "Young Madam, there's a letter from your parents."

"What's wrong?"

"Your mother said she wanted to come visit you."

Liu is coming?

The last time Liu was sick, Lu Lingyun went back to take a look, but it wasn't a big deal, it was just a casual chat and a way to keep in touch with her.

It's not even a month yet and she's coming over again. It seems that Liu is still holding back on something and wants to get to know her first.

"Okay, if mother is willing to come, I will send a car to pick her up."

"yes."

That afternoon, Liu took her two concubines and several cousins ​​to the Ningyang Marquis' Mansion in a carriage.

As soon as they entered Lu Lingyun's room, everyone's eyes lit up.

The first thing I felt was the temperature in the house. It hadn't snowed yet, so some officials with smaller households couldn't afford charcoal fires at home.

Even in the Lu family, only Liu and Lu's father had a charcoal fire in their rooms; the concubine and the illegitimate children in the house did not have one.

There were three full pots of charcoal in Lu Lingyun's house, and it was smokeless charcoal!

"It's so warm here, Sister Yun."

A niece from Liu's family spoke.

Lu Lingyun knew her. Her name was Liu Qingping, and her mother was her aunt who had done makeup for her.

"Qingping is here too."

"Sister Yun, you are really extraordinary now!" Liu Qingping came to Lu Lingyun with a smile on her face, looking her up and down. Seeing Lu Lingyun wearing gold and silver jewelry and her clothes embroidered with gold thread, she touched her blouse and her gold pendant, "These are all very expensive, right?"

Liu Qingping's father was only a seventh-rank Hanlin reviewer, the lowest-level proofreader in the Hanlin Academy.

These civil servants have no real power and are just low-level proofreaders. How could they have any money at home?

Liu Qingping was wearing a silk cotton early winter gown, with only the two front lapels of her jacket made of silk. The most expensive thing on her was a gold-plated hairpin on her head. Her attire was not as good as that of Aunt Qiu in Lu Lingyun's mansion.

"Qingping, your sister is the wife of the Marquis now, so of course things are different." Liu said with a smile. She looked at Lu Lingjun with sparkling eyes, which contained surprise, envy, flattery, as well as well-hidden jealousy and resentment.

Originally, everything Lu Lingyun wore should belong to her own daughter, and the life in this wealthy marquisate should be lived by Lu Hanyi.

How could Lu Lingyun survive this!

Her foolish daughter insisted on marrying a poor boy named Li. She did not see any potential in Li Wenxun to make a comeback, but she saw that her life in the Li family was getting worse day by day.

She came here just for Lu Hanyi's matter!