Everyone looked towards the door and saw that it was Wen Shuquan.
Wen Qingzhu and others immediately stood up and moved their seats out of the way.
Yang twisted her handkerchief, somewhat unwillingly.
Aunt Wu lowered her head, wondering what she was thinking.
Aunt Yue stepped forward to greet him.
Everyone had different expressions as they watched Wen Shuquan take the lead.
"Father." Wen Qingzhu was closest to him and saluted.
Then Yang and others saluted and said hello.
Uncle Wen nodded calmly, then glanced at Aunt Wu and others.
Finally, he raised his eyes and looked at Yang: "I don't know if the fourth brother and sister are here, but what's the matter?"
Yang suppressed her inner reluctance and smiled reluctantly: "Nothing's wrong. I just heard that Aunt Wu was sick and came here to take a look."
"Really? What happened to them?" Wen Shuquan looked at Xiaocui who was being held in custody.
Yang bravely replied: "It's Aunt Wu's maid who doesn't understand the rules. I was angry for a moment and planned to order someone to punish her. But since the third uncle is here, I won't go overboard and take over."
Unexpectedly, Wen Shuquan said: "Since you don't understand the rules, you can punish me according to the law. You continue to do it."
Several maids looked at Yang subconsciously.
Yang was in a dilemma.
When Grandma Fang saw this, she immediately explained: "Since the fourth master is here, it is natural to let the master of Yanyuan make the decision. You all should stand down."
As soon as these words were said, the servant girl who was holding Xiao Cui immediately let go of her grip and all of them stepped aside.
Wen Shuquan was about to speak, but Yang was the first to say, "Since the third uncle is here, I won't keep any more brothers and sisters."
"Well, Zhu'er, I'll give it to your fourth aunt." Wen Shuquan suddenly ordered Wen Qingzhu without trying to persuade him to stay.
Wen Qingzhu didn't know what he meant, but he nodded quickly.
Send Yang out with Lu Tao.
As soon as she walked out of the door of the west courtyard, Yang's face immediately changed and she waited fiercely behind her.
It was obvious that she was unwilling to give in and hated Aunt Wu in her heart.
After Wen Qingzhu sent them away, Lu Tao pointed to the west courtyard and asked her, "Miss, do we want to go back?"
After thinking for a moment, Wen Qingzhu shook his head: "Let's go back to the east courtyard. My father is there in the west courtyard. Everything will be fine."
Just now Uncle Wen asked her to send Yang away just to get rid of her.
It was not until late in the evening that Wen Shuquan left the west courtyard.
Soon after, Ruhua, who was next to Aunt Yue, sent a message.
"Seventh Miss, Third Master asked you to learn housekeeping from Aunt Yue, and the fourth Miss will also be taken care of by Aunt Yue."
When Wen Qingzhu heard this, he was stunned for a long time.
Things have taken a huge turn
Has Aunt Wu completely fallen out of favor
Wen Qingzhu didn't believe it, after all, Wen Mingqian was still there.
But now Wen Qinglan is left to Aunt Yue to take care of her, so this is a bit too much.
After expressing his knowledge, Wen Qingzhu ordered people to send Ruhua away.
After returning to the study and sitting down, Wen Qingzhu picked up his Xuan pen and continued practicing calligraphy.
Wen Qinglan is about to get married. She has been following Aunt Wu for more than ten years, and now she is suddenly asked to follow Aunt Yue.
Let alone whether Aunt Yue has the energy or not, Wen Qinglan herself would definitely not agree.
Sure enough, that night, Wen Qinglan made a fuss.
There was a certain distance between the east courtyard and the west courtyard, but they still heard the noise from the west courtyard.
Lu Tao stood next to Wen Qingzhu and asked, "Miss, should we go over and take a look?"
"You don't have to go. This is a matter that father has left to Aunt Yue. If I interfere, he will not be happy." Wen Qingzhu still didn't quite understand what Wen Shuquan meant.
This is not good for the West Courtyard, nor is it good for Tingqinxuan.
etc! Uncle Wen asked her to follow Aunt Yue as the housekeeper...
"Lu Tao, ask Jasmine to go to the west courtyard to check the situation." Wen Qingzhu thought of a possibility.
If Wen Shuquan really planned this, she really didn't know if she should be happy.
Half an hour later, Jasmine returned to the study in the east courtyard.
"Miss, the fourth young lady in the west courtyard is crying and making trouble. Sometimes she wants to hit the pillar, and sometimes she wants to hang herself. Aunt Yue can't get away at all."
Wen Qingzhu did not raise his head and continued writing: "Then what was Aunt Wu's reaction?"
Jasmine replied: "I haven't seen Aunt Wu, but I heard from Lu Yu that Aunt Wu is seriously ill and has rested."
Lu Tao stood aside. After listening to Jasmine's words, he felt very strange: "Aunt Wu actually doesn't care about Miss Fourth? This is impossible!"
Taking a deep breath, Wen Qingzhu put down his pen, raised his head and replied: "Aunt Wu is letting Wen Qinglan make trouble. It is almost impossible for Aunt Yue to take over the West Courtyard, but my father has given an order. Aunt Wu cannot comment, but Wen Qinglan can."
"Why can she?" Lu Tao didn't understand.
Wen Qingzhu sighed: "Because Wen Qinglan has her father's blood in her body, no matter how much she makes a fuss, everyone just thinks she is a child. But Aunt Wu is different. If she makes a fuss, she is openly disobeying her father, and she may be carried out horizontally tonight." Wen family."
Wen Mingqian's so-called 'loyal advice' had already made Wen Shuquan aware of Aunt Wu's short-sightedness.
"If this stalemate continues, Aunt Yue will definitely not have time to take care of the house, and then the housekeeper will fall..."
Lu Tao looked at Wen Qingzhu in surprise.
Wen Qingzhu nodded: "Father is planning this for me. We don't have a mistress in Yanyuan. Logically speaking, I should be the housekeeper."
"Then we won't be bullied anymore!" Lu Tao was suddenly surprised.
Wen Qingzhu shook his head slightly: "That's not what father meant."
Lu Tao suppressed his smile: "What does the third master mean?"
This time, Wen Qingzhu did not reply.
Because her mood was a bit complicated now, Wen Shuquan secretly handed over the housekeeper's rights to her.
Are you worried that she will be bullied by her husband's family when she gets married in the future
Or he felt that her legitimate daughter finally had something to use...
In the next two days, Wen Qinglan, under Aunt Wu's hint, pestered Aunt Yue.
Aunt Yue has no way to escape.
In this way, all matters in Yanyuan can only be left to Wen Qingzhu to handle.
Aunt Yue took pictures of both Ruxing and Ruyun.
Ruxing is the maid who follows Aunt Yue as the housekeeper, so it is normal for her to come.
But Ruyun is actually a marginal figure when it comes to Tingqinxuan.
Sitting in the front hall, Ruxing presented Yanyuan's account book for this month.
Mother Ye took it and didn't give it to Wen Qingzhu directly. Instead, she asked Ruxing: "When did these account books start?"
Ruxing replied respectfully: "These account books were handed over from Aunt Wu. Aunt Yue has done the accounting in the past two months."
In a simple sentence, the dividing line of the ledger is clearly stated.
"I know, you go down." Mother Ye frowned and raised her hand to let them go down.
Ruxing was startled: "Won't Miss Seven take a look for herself?"
Wen Qingzhu smiled and replied: "Since Aunt Yue has done the two months' accounts, it's no problem. I just need to do the next accounts well."
"My slave knows." Although Ruxing was surprised, she still retreated.
Ruyun stood aside and didn't move at all.
"Why don't you leave?" Mother Ye looked a little unkind.
Hearing this, Ruyun was so frightened that she immediately knelt down: "Miss Qi, Aunt Yue, please let me follow you from now on!"
"Really?" Wen Qingzhu's lips curled up slightly.
After a while, Xi'er brought lunch.
"Miss, you can eat now." Xi'er had completely let go. When she walked into the room, she didn't see Ruyun at all.
After she walked in, Wen Qingzhu pointed at Ruyun who was kneeling on the ground and said, "Xi'er, how about I ask her to deliver food from now on?"
Following Wen Qingzhu's gaze, Xi'er was startled and took two steps back out of habit.
Seeing Xi'er looking like this, Ye's mother hated the iron.
How could the girl from the east courtyard be so timid!
But Mother Ye didn't say much because she knew Wen Qingzhu made his own arrangements.
Ruyun, who was kneeling on the ground, stiffened when he heard these words.
Back then, she had forced and threatened Xi'er to steal Wen Qingzhu's cage key!
"You don't want to?" Wen Qingzhu's tone was still gentle.
Xi'er stepped forward bravely, lowered her head and said: "It's not that Xi'er is unwilling, it's just that Sister Ruyun is the eldest maid of Tingqinxuan, and the slave is nothing more than a second-class maid..."
Wen Qingzhu smiled and said: "You don't have to worry about this. Aunt Yue sent Ruyun to help me. From now on, he will be considered half of our east courtyard. I have Lu Tao and Mama Ye to serve me. We already have enough people. You are responsible for the kitchen alone." It’s a bit hard over there, so if you have anything to do in the future, just give Ruyun your instructions.”
After listening to Wen Qingzhu's words, Xi'er was still a little timid.
Back when Ruyun was so arrogant and domineering, she suffered a lot of bullying, which is still vivid in her mind.
Now let her take care of Ruyun...
But Wen Qingzhu had always treated her very well. Xi'er didn't want to let her down, so she gritted her teeth and nodded: "I understand, I know."
"Ruyun, please get up. I'll see Xi'er first." Wen Qingzhu turned his head and raised his hand to Ruyun.
Ruyun stood up stiffly, with a sullen face, and slowly turned her head to look at Xi'er.
"Hi, Xi'er." Ruyun didn't understand what Wen Qingzhu meant, so she could only endure the strangeness in her heart and salute Xi'er.
Xi'er was startled and almost lost her grip on the food box in her hand.
"You, get up! No, you don't have to be so polite."
She still couldn't get used to it. When she saw Ruyun before, she was the only one who greeted him.
After the two exchanged extremely awkward greetings, Wen Qingzhu asked Xi'er to put down the food box and take Ruyun to get familiar with the environment of the east courtyard.
After they left, Mother Ye laid out lunch for Wen Qingzhu.
Wen Qingzhu stood up, walked to the table, sat down, and started eating.
Mother Ye was a little confused: "Why do you want to keep Ruyun? Why are you willing to use someone who Aunt Yue is not willing to use?"
After drinking half a bowl of soup, Wen Qingzhu took a small bowl and explained: "Sometimes, we always think that the iron bucket in our yard is a piece of metal, but in fact there is a gap, but it will be latent for a long time before it is discovered."
"There is a traitor in our courtyard!" Mother Ye was suddenly shocked.
Wen Qingzhu waved his hand and said: "It's not that there is a traitor, it's just a precaution in the future. If there are many like a cloud as a cover, it will always attract some attention."
That afternoon, Shaoyao asked to see him.
Wen Qingzhu was looking at the account book in the study and asked Lu Tao to bring in the peony.
After Shaoyao came in, she walked up to Wen Qingzhu, knelt down with red eyes and said, "Thank you for your kindness, Miss! My father is already well!"