Chapter 199 Anyway She Doesn’t Believe It
Huo Yi quickly connected.
Lu Xiang stood up to say goodbye, and just as he took a step, he suddenly looked at him and asked, "Have you ever read a book?"
Huo Yi blushed when asked, and said embarrassedly: "When I was a child, my father sent me to an academy and forced me to study for two years..." Later, because he was a bully in the academy, he was sent back. In addition, he himself did not want to study, which was exactly what he wanted.
"After two years of study, you should be able to read. Start studying hard today. You can ask a teacher to come back if you need." Lu Xiang said.
Huo Yi: “…”
a bolt from the blue!
Just because he doesn't go to brothels anymore doesn't mean he wants to study.
"Miss San, I... I'm not going to take the imperial examination, so I don't need to study."
His father runs a gambling house, and he is the only son. He has no worries about food and drink, so why should he study?
After hearing this, Lu Xiang wanted to hit someone.
Very good, this is very second-generation rich.
"Reading can help you understand reason and know right from wrong. At least you won't spend your days just drinking and partying and visiting brothels." Lu Xiang looked at Huo Yi and said with a half-smile, "Don't tell me you just want to live like this and wait for death."
Huo Yi wanted to cry but had no tears. "Miss Third, why are you still exposing other people's shortcomings?"
It's so heartbreaking.
"I...I can't learn it."
"Well, I'm leaving now."
After Lu Xiang finished speaking, he took Ah Man away.
Once Jiang Jin was eliminated, Zhaocai Casino would be under her control. She couldn't guard the casino every day, and she couldn't rely on Uncle Huo alone. There was no one she could trust more than her son.
As for the other people in the gambling house, after what happened with Jiang Jin, Uncle Huo will surely conduct a thorough investigation. Although those who remain may not be particularly capable, they are definitely not Jiang Jin's people.
As soon as Lu Xiang returned to the Lu Mansion, Ah Man went to Jilan Lane to look for someone.
When she passed by the garden, she heard laughter in the distance. She was about to go back to her own yard to ask what was going on when she suddenly saw Zhao Qingya coming towards her holding a box.
"Miss Third." Zhao Qingya called out happily when she saw Lu Xiang, "I was just about to go to Qixia Courtyard to find you."
"Aunt Zhao." Lu Xiang called out, "Aunt, do you want to talk to me about something?"
"The master gave me some jewelry. I think they are new styles, so I brought them to you to choose from. As for the eldest young mistress, ask her to come and choose something she likes."
Although Zhao Qingya was a little reluctant, she knew better why she was doing so well in the mansion.
Although the old lady’s support is important, Lu Xiang cannot be underestimated.
"Thank you, aunt." Lu Xiang said with a smile and followed Zhao Qingya back to Qixia Courtyard.
One of them couldn't help but glance towards the lively place.
Zhao Qingya said, "Miss Third, you may not know that Aunt Yao's brother is here, so the Pear Courtyard is so lively right now."
Lu Xiang looked at Zhao Qingya in surprise: "Aunt Yao has a brother? A biological brother?"
Never heard of it.
Even in her previous life, I never saw Aunt Yao’s brother go to Beijing to look for his relatives.
Zhao Qingya didn't know what she was thinking of, and sneered, "She said that he was her biological brother, with a wife and children, and a big family. I don't know how he got lucky, but he got a job as a clerk in the Imperial Observatory. This time he came to Beijing to take up the post, but I see that family is so shabby, it doesn't look like they are from a scholar family, and they are full of petty airs. Third Miss, do you think that the official position of Aunt Yao's brother was obtained by the master on his behalf?"
Although Si Li of the Imperial Observatory was a low-ranking ninth-rank official, being an official in the capital was already a skill.
"It can't be the father."
If it was Liu who went to ask him for help, Dad might have found a way to get help, but Dad would not do that for Aunt Yao's brother.
Aunt Yao doesn't have the face to owe favors like this.
Seeing Lu Xiang's certainty, Zhao Qingya couldn't help but become more confused: "Could it be that it's really her brother's ability? He doesn't look like a capable person."
"What did Aunt Yao say?" Lu Xiang asked.
"She..." Zhao Qingya pursed her lips and said, "She said that her elder brother got the position based on his own ability. Do you believe it?"
Anyway, she doesn't believe it.
Even a local official needs connections to make money.
Not to mention being an official in the capital.
What does her Aunt Yao have?
"Could it be that Aunt Yao did something secretly to make a lot of money?" Zhao Qingya said to herself.
Lu Xiang was silent.
Rather than Aunt Yao spending money to buy an official position for his brother, Lu Xiang trusted someone Aunt Yao hooked up with in the capital.
When Xiangyu was asked to harm her, it was someone else's idea, but she never found out.
"Is Dad in the Pear Courtyard?"
Zhao Qingya smiled disdainfully: "The master has gone to meet a friend. He is just a small official. How can you accompany him?"
Lu Xiang said, "Aunt, please don't say such things in front of Dad. No matter how low the official position of Aunt Yao's brother is, her brother from her mother's family is the most capable among the three aunts. Dad may not care about it now, but he may not care about it in the future."
If Aunt Yao's eldest brother was more tactful and good at flattering others, who knows what the situation would be like.
Zhao Qingya didn't think so far ahead. When she heard Lu Xiang's words, she was stunned for a moment, then nodded seriously: "Miss San is reminding me, I will be careful."
If Aunt Yao got up, she would be suppressed.
After returning to Qixia Courtyard, Lu Xiang asked Yunzha to invite Qiao Jingru.
The three of them sat in the warm room looking at jewelry. Lu Xiang and Qiao Jingru each picked a hairpin and didn't take any extras.
While drinking tea and chatting, I heard Yun Zha at the door say, "Miss, the Seventh Young Master is here."
Lu Xiang: "Please ask him to come in."
After he finished speaking, Lu Xiao came in with a plate and called everyone one by one: "Sister-in-law, Third Sister, Aunt Zhao."
Lu Xiang looked at him and asked, "Why is Seventh Brother here?"
Lu Xiao took two steps forward and handed the plate in his hand to Lu Xiang, smiling and saying, "My uncle brought some preserved fruits from his hometown. I think they are delicious. I will send some to you, Third Sister. Please try some."
Lu Xiang was slightly stunned: "For me?"
"Yeah." Lu Xiao smiled and said, "My uncle said it's a specialty of their place, and it's rarely available in the capital."
Lu Xiang pinched a piece and took a small bite: "Yeah, delicious."
When Lu Xiao saw that Lu Xiang liked it, he smiled as if he had received candy.
"Sister-in-law, Aunt Zhao, you guys should eat too." Lu Xiao gave another piece to Qiao Jingru and Zhao Qingya.
"Does Aunt Yao know that you came to my place?" Lu Xiang asked.
Lu Xiao nodded: "I know, but my aunt was busy talking to my uncle and aunt and didn't pay attention to me."
Lu Xiang nodded in understanding, and then asked, "What did Uncle Yao do before?"
Lu Xiao shook his head blankly: "I don't know."
"I'm just asking. Thank you for the preserved fruit."
"As long as Third Sister likes it, I'm leaving now."
Lu Xiang shouted towards the door, "Yun Zhe, send the Seventh Young Master back to the Pear Courtyard."
After eating one, Qiao Jingru took another and asked, "This preserved fruit is delicious. Xiangxiang will let me pack some for you to take back later."
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