In the garden, Su Li walked for a while and caught a maid. He ordered her to lead the way. This place was really winding and it was inconvenient without someone to lead the way.
The maid had never seen her before, and because of her strong tone, she thought that the princess's guest had lost his way. She didn't even dare to ask, and hurriedly walked respectfully in front to lead the way.
Su Li followed behind and thought all the way that the way Princess Rongfu treated her now was different from the way she treated the original owner in the original book.
In the original novel, the original owner came to Beijing very late with her two children. Two days after arriving in Beijing, Pei Ji only asked someone to look after the three of them and then hurriedly left Beijing to do business. The original owner and her two children were very confused and frightened in the champion's mansion where they were unfamiliar with the place.
Princess Rongfu took advantage of Pei Ji's absence from the capital to visit her in person, and learned that she was just a weak, timid, and ignorant country woman. She knew that such a woman was not worthy of Pei Ji at all, and Pei Ji could not possibly focus on such a low-class country woman. For her sake, she refused the emperor's marriage, perhaps just out of responsibility and conscience, so she did not take her seriously at all, and was even more disdainful to play tricks with her. She directly asked people to pretend that there was a fire in the No. 1 Scholar's Mansion, burning the original owner and Pei Chu'er to death, and also burning Pei Zhao to death.
Now, not only did she let Madam Kong and Tao Ying come to her house to sow discord, she also had no qualms about saying threatening and intimidating words in front of her. The way she dealt with her was very similar to the way she dealt with the heroine in the original novel.
Su Li guessed that perhaps it was because she and the original heroine were difficult to get along with, which made her even more wary...
In front of the princess's mansion, Xiao Ye secretly breathed a sigh of relief when he saw Su Li coming out, and hurried forward: "Madam..."
Su Li walked without stopping and said, "Let's go back home first."
"yes……"
The two of them got on the carriage and went straight back to the No. 1 Scholar's Mansion.
In the carriage, Su Li asked, "What day is it today?"
Xiao Ye replied: "Madam, today is twelve."
"May 12th..."
Four days left...
When I returned home, it was already dark.
After dinner, Su Li called Xiao Sanzi and a few others over.
She first instructed Xiao Ye: "Xiao Ye, go to the dance hall and tell them that the time has changed. Ask Yu Fengzhu to bring the account books and roster to the mansion."
Yu Fengzhu had sent a message yesterday saying that the account books and rosters had been obtained, and asked her when she could go over.
She had originally planned to go tonight, but after what happened today, she simply called him to her house to discuss it.
"Yes, ma'am."
Xiao Ye responded and went out.
Su Li continued, "Zhichang, Zhitang, you two should pay attention to the surroundings of the mansion these days, especially at night. Report anything unusual to me immediately."
Princess Rongfu attacked her nearly two months earlier than in the original novel. If we fail to kill her today, she will come again soon.
In the original novel, she set fire to the No. 1 Scholar's Mansion by disguising it as an accident. Now, it is very likely that the same thing will happen again.
Zhi Chang and the other two responded respectfully: "As you command!"
"Well, go down."
"Yes." The two of them walked out the door quickly.
"Xiao Sanzi, come here."
Xiao Sanzi immediately stepped forward: "Madam."
Su Li instructed: "Listen to me, three days later..."
"Do you remember it?"
The third child took note of it carefully before saying, "Madam, I have remembered it."
Su Li nodded with satisfaction. Xiao Sanzi has always been smart, and she can trust him to do things.
He reminded her again, "Remember to disguise yourself. The other party is a princess of noble status, not the original candidate..."
"I understand."
Xiao Sanzi was eager to try it. Ever since the rumor about the three new Jinshi scholars spread last time, he thought that his wife might give him such an order again in the future. In order to conceal his identity, he practiced the technique of disguise for some time.
Su Li only found out about this later when Xiao Wu mentioned it unintentionally. He also specifically instructed that if he needed to buy any disguise tools, he could ask Su Er for the money and put it on the account in the mansion.
With Su Li's support, Xiao Sanzi studied even harder, and now his disguise skills have become more and more advanced.
Of course, this is only compared to Xiao Sanzi himself. His disguise skills can deceive ordinary people, but compared with the previous flower thief Zeng Ping's superb and lifelike disguise skills, he is far behind now.
After Su Li had explained everything she needed to, Xiao Wu gave her the lease contract for her to review.
There is only one, but this is the last big shop. The other party had negotiated with them before, but unexpectedly something happened at home, so the signing was delayed until today.
Su Li looked at it carefully before letting Xiao Wu put it away.
After a long time, Xiao Ye still hadn't returned. Su Li couldn't help but feel a little puzzled. The dance hall was very close to the Zhuangyuan Mansion. Logically, if he just went to inform Yu Fengzhu, he should have returned long ago. However, perhaps he had encountered something. It was better to wait a little longer.
After waiting for a long time, Xiao Ye still didn't come back. Just when Su Li was about to send someone to look for Xiao Ye, she came back.
As soon as he came in, he reported: "Madam, Master Yu will be at the mansion shortly."
Su Li asked: "Why did you take so long? What happened?"
Xiao Ye replied truthfully: "Master Yu encountered some trouble, which is why I was delayed."
"Oh? What trouble is he in?"
"He, he was entangled by someone in the dance hall and couldn't get away. I didn't want to attract attention, so I didn't go forward to help him. I didn't show up until the person left..."
"Do you know who is haunting him and why?"
"He's Uncle Qingping's second master. Everyone watching the excitement knows him. He..." After all, Xiao Ye had never seen such a thing in his life, so he found it difficult to speak. "He seems to have taken a fancy to Master Yu. He bluntly asked Master Yu to follow him, and he followed him..."
"The Second Master of the Qingping Marquis's Mansion..."
Su Li raised his eyebrows.
The Xiao family of the Qingping Earl's Mansion is the maiden family of the current Concubine Xiao, and the second master of the Earl's Mansion is Concubine Xiao's third brother, Xiao Shaokun.
Everyone in the capital knows that Concubine Xiao in the palace is virtuous and kind, and her father is loyal to the emperor and patriotic. The only thing people talk about is this younger brother who is in his thirties and still a playboy.
Xiao Shaokun was a man of all kinds of habits, including eating, drinking, whoring and gambling. What people despised most was that he was fond of homosexuality. Whenever he saw a good-looking man, as long as he was of low status, he would force him to take him back to his house.
For this reason, Lord Qingping was impeached many times, but Xiao Shaokun refused to change his ways despite repeated warnings, and he had a grandmother who doted on him extremely. Lord Qingping was often furious, but he could do nothing about him. Fortunately, he didn't cause any major trouble over the years.
Yu Fengzhu is a beautiful actress of low status, yet she is very well-known. It is no surprise that she is favored by Xiao Shaokun, who is fond of homosexuality.
However, in the original novel, Yu Fengzhu found Pei Ji a few years later, handed him the list and account books, and asked him to clear her father's grievances. She did not mention that he was entangled by Xiao Shaokun, so she had no way of knowing whether he got rid of him later or how he got rid of him. After all, Xiao Shaokun was not a kind-hearted playboy.
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