Relying on the information from the Ministry of Eagles, the matter of taxation in Fontaine County has temporarily come to an end, and Ji Yun, who is looking for trouble, has not heard from him. Presumably he has learned a lesson and will be quiet for a while.
On the second day after returning to the Duke's Mansion, Yue Jinghua called the old housekeeper, Hongshan, and asked about the current situation of the Duke's Mansion.
Although it's only been one night, Sequoia has already discovered that both his wife Lierou and his daughter Hongling now regard Yue Jinghua's words as imperial edicts.
During the time when the young duke was away, the affairs of the mansion were naturally handed over to the young lady.
Yue Jinghua took an inventory of the debts of the Duke's Mansion, and found that, as Hong Ling said earlier, the Duke's Mansion was once rich as a country, but about six years ago, it gave a large sum of money to the Imperial Army as military pay, about Four years ago, after the Lord Jue and General Long Ao had a good time with each other, they gambled with all the ministers of the imperial family and lost all their money, and the Duke's Mansion ended up bankrupt.
"In this way, the biggest creditor of the Duke's Mansion is the General Protector's Mansion, followed by the big families in the imperial capital?" Looking at the empty Duke's Mansion with only houses and walls left, Yue Jinghua knew that at the time When the Duke's Mansion went bankrupt, those so-called rich families from the imperial capital must have sent someone to ransack the entire Duke's Mansion.
"Actually, the Duke's Mansion is not completely without property. The old slave still has one or two shops in his hand. It's just that the situation of those few shops is a bit special and cannot be rented out. This makes the situation of the Duke's Mansion have not improved. Except for the guard Because of our in-law relationship with us, the General’s Mansion has never come to make trouble. For the other families, at the end of previous years, the stewards and domestic slaves of each family would come to the Duke’s Mansion to make trouble. Selected into the Dragonrider Preparatory Battalion, we had a quiet year last year," Sequoia said with emotion.
"In-laws?" Yue Jinghua was curious.
"Hua'er, you forgot. In the early years, your elder brother was engaged to Miss Long Rui, the eldest granddaughter of the General Protector's Mansion," Lie Rou softly reminded, explaining to Sequoia, since Yue Jinghua was frightened in Baishou Mountain Then, I forgot some things.
Sequoia also knew that the young lady and his wife had not had a smooth life outside these years, so he looked at Yue Jinghua with a dazed face distressedly, and he thought for a while, "Madam, I shouldn't have said much about this, but Mrs. The young master is already nineteen years old, and he should have started a family long ago. But the marriage between him and Miss Long Rui has been delayed again and again, and I'm afraid that if it continues to delay, it will be bad for both of them."
Having said this, Lie Rou also let out a long sigh.
Among the several children, Lie Rou owed Yue Minzhi the most.
Yue Minzhi had no worries about food and clothing when he was young, and he was a young master with a prominent status.
The drastic changes in the family overnight made him grow up overnight and take on the responsibility of the whole family.
A few years ago, Lie Rou was in the Shang Kingdom, and she had no way to intervene in the marriage of the eldest son, but now she has returned to the imperial capital, and Yue Minzhi has turned nineteen years old. In the imperial capital, many children from aristocratic families are already full of wives and concubines at such an age. , only Yue Minzhi is still alone.
This makes her a mother, how can she not feel sad.
But Yue Minzhi's marriage is indeed a difficult problem.
One must know that if the Duke's Mansion hadn't fallen, they would be rightly matched with the eldest granddaughter of the General Protecting the Country, which would be regarded as the envy of everyone.
But now that the Duke's Mansion is in decline, if he comes to propose marriage, he is afraid that he will be ridiculed as a toad for wanting to eat swan meat, but if he does not propose marriage, since Yue Minzhi has a marriage contract, it is not easy to go to other houses to propose marriage.
"Since it's a dilemma, it's better to go to the General Protector's Mansion and make it clear as soon as possible. If they are willing to marry, we will dare to marry. If they don't want to marry, we will terminate the contract. Why bother to drag things around? There is a dilemma," Yue Jinghua said. I think that the matter of men and women is all about your love and my wish.
If the General Protector's mansion sees people as inferior, it is better to terminate the contract as soon as possible. Even if the Duke's mansion is in decline, it is not easy to find another educated and reasonable woman in the imperial capital. Why should I wrong my brother.
"Miss, you are not in the imperial capital, so you don't know the reason. The General Protector's Mansion has long wanted to dissolve this marriage, but Miss Long Rui is determined not to terminate the contract. She is very popular with the veteran General Long Ao. That’s why the General Protector’s Mansion didn’t propose to terminate the contract,” Sequoia sighed secretly, her young master was born with a good appearance, and now he has been selected into the Dragonrider Reserve Camp, so it is reasonable for Miss Longrui to fall in love with him.
"What do you mean by big brother?" Yue Jinghua asked Long Rui's curiously.
She has already met Long Jiuzun, and she has a very general impression of the Long family. Long Rui is also one of the "evil officials" in the imperial capital. She doesn't know what kind of person she is, but if her brother likes her, she doesn't reject Long Rui. After all, she still believes in her brother's vision.
"The young master never mentioned it, but for the sake of the young master, Miss Longrui also joined the dragonrider preparatory camp," Sequoia said with pride and emotion.
"Miss Long Rui's child is also a solid-minded one." Lie Rou and Long Rui's mother have a good relationship, and they also watched Long Rui grow up, knowing that although the child is a bit arrogant, he is devoted to Min Zhi.
The training in the preparatory camp of the Dragon Riders was extremely hard, but a delicate lady from a family like Long Rui voluntarily went there, which shows that she is also a tough person.
"It's a pity that the Dragonrider preparatory camp is closed for training, otherwise I would have to see with my own eyes what kind of person Long Rui is and whether she is suitable to be my sister-in-law," Yue Jinghua laughed.
Unexpectedly, Lierou coughed and muttered: "Hua'er, you are already seventeen years old, if you talk about marriage..."
I am not afraid of the sky, I am not afraid of the earth, I am afraid of the nagging of the beautiful mother.
Before Lierou finished speaking, Yue Jinghua jumped up like a fire burning her butt, and ran out after calling on Salman: "Mother, I'll go for a walk in the city first, it's been so long since I've been back to the imperial capital, I haven't gone yet Find Yunluo."
Seeing her daughter disappearing in a flash, Lierou shook her head and laughed and scolded, her eyes were full of doting.
Seeing Sequoia on the side, his old face also smiled into a chrysanthemum.
"Ma'am, according to this old slave, the young lady has changed the most in the past few years. When I come back this time, the young lady seems to be a different person. The young master will be very happy to see you," Sequoia looked at the Yue family. Several children have grown up, and seeing Yue Jinghua's transformation, he feels very relieved.
"Sequoia, does Yue Nian... have any news?" Lie Rou hesitated for a moment, but couldn't help but ask.
"Ma'am," Sequoia was very surprised. How long had he not heard his wife mention the Sir, and his wife kept silent about the matter of the Sir's disappearance, and avoided it very much. People have inquired, but there is still no news."
"Forget it, don't look for it anymore," Lierou seemed to have expected this result, but the sadness of the past was no longer in her eyes. In the past few years, not only her two children have changed, maybe unconsciously, her heart There have also been changes.