When Liu Jingyu left, he specifically instructed the people in the yard to stay at home and not go out, and that all necessary expenses would be delivered to them.
Mrs. Liu's yard has a small kitchen, so Liu Jingyu will not be too harsh on his own mother when it comes to food.
Although Minister Liu asked her to put the people in this courtyard under house arrest, the people who delivered the food could not be spared. Madam Liu was very picky about food, and this place was at the back door. In the past, fresh vegetables were delivered directly to Madam Liu's courtyard from the back door, and they were not purchased from the same place as the main kitchen in the Liu Mansion.
There is a special purchasing office at the back door, which mainly purchases dishes for Madam Liu and Liu Jingyu.
There is also a small kitchen in Liu Jingyu's yard. As for the others, they all eat in the big kitchen. The purchases from the big kitchen go through a small door on the side and do not enter through the back door.
Liu Jingyu certainly wouldn't stop his mother from purchasing kitchen-related items. Besides, she had her own small kitchen and everything here remained the same.
After listening to Liu Jingyu's talk about the small kitchen, Mrs. Liu waved her hand and asked her to leave.
Seeing how tired she was, Liu Jingyu comforted Madam Liu a few more words before leaving with his people. After leaving, he deliberately went outside to find two maids to watch over the people inside and not let them go out.
This was Minister Liu's intention. Even though the two servants who were guarding the door were trembling with fear, they had to stand guard outside the door.
Fortunately, the lady's legs were injured and it was impossible for her to come out, otherwise how could the two old women keep an eye on her? In the past, it was the lady who was in charge.
When Liu Jingyu left, he also took away some account books.
These are the accounts of some of the housekeepers in the mansion, and some are the dowry that Madam Liu originally prepared for Liu Jingyu. There is actually no rush to give these things to her at this time, but Madam Liu said that she is powerless now, so let Liu Jingyu check them out first, and come and ask if there is anything he doesn't understand.
Before, Liu Jingyu was also helping Madam Liu with household management, but after all, Madam Liu was the main one and she was the assistant. Now that she was asked to make the decision on everything, she was still very confused and couldn't find a clue for a while.
"Madam, what should we do now?" A maid sent Liu Jingyu to the gate of the courtyard, turned back into the house and asked anxiously.
This happened so fast that people couldn't react in time.
"Whose letter is this from?" Madam Liu asked with a gloomy face. Another maid was applying medicine on her neck. Minister Liu pinched her neck so hard that there were scratches from his fingernails and a few blood marks on her neck.
He pressed his hands hard on the quilt, trying to endure the pain in his neck.
"I don't know either... Do you want me to go ask everyone one by one?" The old woman said anxiously. She hadn't seen the letter just now, and now the letter paper had been taken away by the adults. She had no place to read it even if she wanted to.
I have sent out several letters recently, some from the past and some from the present. I was afraid that they might be lost, so I sent out several of the same letters. Of course, the writing was not very clear.
"No need to look for it. It should be one of the ones we sent out before that has replied." Madam Liu shook her hand. "Now is not the time to check this. This letter should be real. Who sent it to Liu Borui?"
"Madam, do you want to investigate this matter?" asked the old woman.
"Investigate...just investigate this matter, and then find out what happened to Liu Borui recently. Why did he suddenly become so abnormal and actually want to kill me." Madam Liu's face was cold and hateful. At that moment, she truly sensed Liu Borui's murderous intention.
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I don't believe this is for no reason!
For so many years, Minister Liu has been weak in front of her, just because he has the Duke of Qi's Mansion behind him. Even if Liu Borui doesn't like him, so what? Besides, Xiao Yue is already dead, could it really be related to a woman
"Go check if Liu Borui has been close to any woman recently, or... does he have a woman outside?" Madam Liu said this to herself, but after she said it, it seemed more and more like it.
In the past, Liu Borui had always been very patient with himself, but now he suddenly couldn't tolerate it anymore!
"Check it out. Make sure to check it out thoroughly..."
"Yes, I understand." The two old women looked at each other and nodded.
Although they couldn't go out, the two servants guarding the door couldn't scare them. They were Madam Liu's confidants, and in the eyes of the two servants, they were superior.
And they would not go out against the rules, they were just asked to find a few people to bring two pieces of material for making knee pads to the lady.
They didn't dare to bring the matter to the Shangshu. The Shangshu Liu's previous tyrannical behavior made the two maids who had always been domineering in the mansion dare not really disobey him in person.
Lord Cha Shangshu, this is something my lady has never done before. After all, apart from being indifferent to my lady, my Lord has always been very family-oriented. In the eyes of outsiders, my Lord and my lady are still a beautiful couple. I wonder how many people envy my lady for marrying such a family-oriented husband.
The master is not interested in women. Previously, the lady wanted to give him a few concubines, but he refused. Even if the lady doesn't like the master, she is very confident in him in this regard.
Therefore, we never waste manpower to investigate adults' matters.
But today, the adults are too abnormal, and the most likely thing is that they were picked on, and the most likely people to pick on them are women...
Then she would send someone to investigate, because she didn't believe that Liu Borui was really alright...
Not long after, a maid hurried out from the back door of Minister Liu's mansion, and it seemed that something really happened.
As soon as I went out, I saw a little maid waiting there stealthily. After seeing her come out, she was stunned for a moment, and suddenly asked stupidly: "This... isn't it a side door?"
"This is the side door. Who are you looking for?" The old woman stopped, her face turned cold, and she asked quickly.
He looked the maid up and down. She was a maid he had never seen before, but she looked very familiar.
"Where is the nanny from last time?" The maid looked at her suspiciously, obviously not believing her.
"She is sick and can't come for the time being, so she asked me to come and help her." The old woman said vaguely. Since this maid was not here for the first time, there must be someone to pick her up. She didn't know who it was at the moment, so she could only speak vaguely.
"Sick? He was fine before, how come he got sick?" The maid was obviously a little unconvinced and said to herself.
"Look at what you said. People who eat all kinds of grains will inevitably get sick. This time, he just caught a cold and can't get up from the illness for a while!" The old woman asked back, sounding very reasonable.
"Okay, I'm sick, so I'll trouble you... to deliver this letter to the master?" The maid took out a letter from her bosom, and then took out a purse and handed it over with a smile.
The purse looked bulging, with quite a bit of change in it.
After the old woman took it, she smiled and took the letter as well, "Do you want to reply?"
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No need, the master will know once he reads the letter." The maid looked around carefully and then reminded, "Don't let the other masters in your house see it."
The so-called other masters are naturally the madam and the county lady!
"Of course, of course, I seem to have seen you before. Are you from that family? The master is a beautiful one..." The old woman said, looking at the maid suspiciously, as if she really recognized her.
"Don't talk nonsense!" The maid shuddered with fear and rushed forward to cover her mouth, warning, "Our lady is not the person you have seen."
After saying that, he looked around again and said impatiently, "Go and turn it off quickly. If you go too late, the adults will scold you."
Then she turned and left, as if someone was chasing her.
The old woman stood behind her, looked at the direction she left, her face darkened, she put the letter into her sleeve and came back.
"So soon?" The two maids guarding Madam Liu's yard said in surprise when they saw her come back.
This is the old woman who just delivered the material, but it still lacks some materials for edging, so I asked her to go purchase some and come back later.
"I just remembered that there seems to be some material in the needlework room that can be used to make these edgings. I wanted to ask if Madam needs to use these first!" said the old woman with a smile.
The two servants did not dare to hold him back and let him go immediately.
The letter was opened, and seeing the few nonsensical words on it, Madam Liu became so angry that her face turned pale and she was shaking all over. She had originally asked this old woman to go out and find her people outside to check on Liu Borui, but she didn't expect that someone would bring her a letter before she even left the house.
What are you talking about side doors and back doors? It turns out that Liu Borui really had a mistress over the years, and he had contact with her through the side door. It was a waste of time for him to think that he had Liu Borui firmly under his control.
The letter was very simple, with only a few words.
"My dear husband, Xiang'er's marriage has been arranged. Xiang'er likes her very much. I like her very much too. My son is feeling a little unwell."
There is no signature below.
This letter was addressed to Minister Liu, and it seemed that a special maid had taken over the matter. It looked like the couple already had two children, one of whom was engaged and must be at least a teenager. This meant that Liu Borui had been hiding this from her for more than ten years, and she actually believed that he was a man who did not value women.
The reason why he was cold to me was because of Xiao Yue.
But even so, he had no other women, and he was not pretentious towards the beautiful maids in the mansion. She really thought he was a gentleman...
It turned out that he had been a hypocrite all along, and she was actually a fool who had been kept in the dark by him for so many years. Thinking that Shangshu Liu was with another woman, and maybe even mocking her, the Shangshu's wife, Madam Liu was furious.
She was born a noble lady, loved by the old duke and the old lady since birth. Before she got married, she was doted on by them. Although she married into a lower class, she had the emperor's decree to grant the marriage. Later, Minister Liu also worked hard, and her daughter became a county lady. Now she is going to marry the prince and become the prince's consort.
Such experiences destined her to be a person who is not gentle and can not tolerate bullying. Moreover, she always boasted that everything is under her control, and she enjoyed this control...
Now it was Liu Borui, who she thought was the least likely to get into trouble, who betrayed her and kept it a secret from her for so many years. She was furious...
She wants to go out, she wants to go out even if it costs her life, let's see who dares to stop her...