At night, Wen Qingzhu tossed and turned and couldn't sleep.
Lu Tao heard the noise outside and quietly got up and walked outside the screen.
"Miss, are you still thinking about what Third Master said?"
"Um."
Wen Qingzhu simply sat up, lifted the quilt, put on his white fox fur, and told Lu Tao: "Light the lamp and go find mother's letters."
"Yes." Lu Tao turned around and lit the lamp.
After a while, the room became bright.
Wen Qingzhu sat on the small couch, and Lv Tao took out a yellowed notebook.
After reading for half an hour, Wen Qingzhu discovered that what Uncle Wen said was true.
Raising his head in confusion, Wen Qingzhu murmured to himself: "How could mother know Mrs. Lei San? It's impossible..."
"Miss?" Lu Tao called her worriedly.
Wen Qingzhu came back to his senses, looked at Lu Tao and said, "Quick, go and call Mother Ye, I have something to tell her."
Half a quarter of an hour later, Mother Ye put on her clothes and entered the house and asked hurriedly: "Miss, what happened?"
Wen Qingzhu said solemnly: "Mother Ye, has she heard of the third lady of the Lei family? Are mother and her close friends?"
"The third lady of the Lei family?" Mother Ye thought carefully.
After a moment, she suddenly exclaimed: "Is the third lady of the Lei family named Ruan?"
She didn't know Mrs. Lei San's last name, but from Ye's mother's reaction, her mother did have a close friend.
After a long silence, Wen Qingzhu held his forehead and said, "It's okay. You go down and rest first. I'm going to see Mr. Fu tomorrow night."
Mother Ye looked at her and finally decided not to ask any more questions.
In the early morning, Wen Qingzhu had already gotten up, and Lu Tao was dressing her up.
Jasmine announced outside the door: "Miss, the second lady and the eighth lady want to see you."
"Just ask them to wait for a moment and I'll be out right away."
Wen Qingzhu looked at himself in the bronze mirror. Although there was no cardamom, his eyes were like an old woman's, without any ripples in the ancient well.
After finishing dressing up, I went to the front hall.
Seeing Wen Qingzhu coming, He and Wen Qinghe stood up quickly.
"Miss Seven."
"Seventh sister."
"Why are you so polite? Sit down." Wen Qingzhu raised his hand and fell into the main seat.
After the two parties sat down, Mr. He's face was full of gratitude: "Thank you very much, Miss Seven, for your help the day before yesterday, otherwise Shuiqi would have been in great trouble."
Wen Qingzhu smiled and replied: "Second uncle, you're welcome. This is what Xiaoqi should do. Shuiqi is a good boy."
He knew in her heart that Wen Qingzhu was very kind to both her Zhou Qi and Qing He.
But this time it was different, the Wen family masters were angry.
After thinking about it for a moment, Mr. He asked: "I heard that Miss Qi is prescribing medicine for Manager Tian's mother? But do you need Manager Tian to ask for something?"
Wen Qingzhu was startled, and then asked, "Can Second Auntie talk to Manager Tian?"
Mrs. He nodded slightly: "That's right. Aunt Bao's granddaughter is Manager Tian's niece, but they are not in the house. They have helped Manager Tian twice before. If Miss Seven needs help, You can talk and listen.”
"Really? That's just right. I do have something to ask Manager Tian." Wen Qingzhu was not polite.
Since He is here, he must have heard about it all.
"Miss Seven, please speak." He agreed.
Wen Qingzhu replied: "It's like this. Previously, Mingxuan lived in Zimingtang, and the daily expenses were always a little bit troublesome. I would like to ask Steward Tian to help keep an eye on it."
After hearing what she said, Mr. He felt relieved and said: "It's simple. Today I will bring a letter to Manager Tian. He is also at Zimingtang and is someone close to Third Master. He will definitely be willing."
"Thank you, Second Auntie." Wen Qingzhu felt really grateful and stood up to say thanks.
He quickly stood up and went over to help her up: "Miss Qi, this is what I should do."
Wen Qingzhu glanced sideways at Lu Tao.
Lu Tao nodded, turned around and entered the back room.
Less than a quarter of an hour later, Lu Tao came back with a tray in his hand.
The tray was covered with white silk and placed on it were a pair of agate earrings, a pair of mutton-fat jade pendants, and six small gold bats.
"Second aunt, this is a thank you gift for you." Wen Qingzhu asked Lu Tao to deliver it to him.
Mr. He hurriedly declined: "I should have helped Miss Qi, how could I ask for Miss Qi's things!"
Wen Qingzhu grabbed her hand and said with a serious expression: "Second aunt can help, and it has been a favor of aunt. Xiao Qi is very grateful. After all, she is asking for help from Manager Tian, and we can't let aunt spend money!"
He still felt that this was inappropriate: "But Miss Seven has already helped so much -"
Wen Qingzhu deliberately frowned and interrupted He: "Second aunt!"
Seeing the two rejecting each other, Wen Qinghe took the opportunity to say, "Seventh sister, Qinghe brought you lotus cake, do you want to try it?"
"Okay." Wen Qingzhu immediately turned around and walked to Wen Qinghe.
Looking at the two people getting along harmoniously, He was both pleased and worried.
At this moment, Lu Tao beside her reminded: "Second Madam, can this servant wrap these things for you?"
"Yeah." He finally compromised.
After they left, Wen Qingzhu sent someone to notify the stewards from all over Yanyuan.
Half an hour later, only three of the eight stewards came.
Wen Qingzhu was not surprised. When Aunt Yue first started taking charge of the house, there was only one steward.
Three stewards came today, which gave her a lot of face.
"You should report the situation everywhere first. If you have any questions, just ask." There was no displeasure on Wen Qingzhu's face.
The three stewards looked at each other, wondering why the seventh lady didn't ask about the accounts
After a while, the kitchen steward was the first to report.
Immediately afterwards, the remaining two also reported their respective management situations.
Wen Qingzhu nodded, and then told Lu Tao: "Reward."
Lu Tao walked up to the stewards, opened his purse, and rewarded each of them with a fifty tael of gold.
The three mothers in charge were shocked. Wen Qingzhu gave them such a heavy reward without doing anything.
The three of them looked at each other again, and finally thanked them nervously.
"Well, you can go down now. When I'm not around, you can just find Mother Ye." Wen Qingzhu didn't ask much.
"My slave, I obey." The three mothers in charge all bowed their heads in thanks.
After leaving the east courtyard, Mother Luo in the kitchen asked the other two: "Do you know what Miss Seventh means?"
They both shook their heads at the same time.
The three of them fell into silence, with different thoughts, and separated in the front yard.
In the room in the east courtyard, Lu Tao asked in confusion: "Miss, they haven't done anything, why should they be rewarded with so much money?"
Wen Qingzhu smiled and looked at Mama Ye next to her, who was counting the accounts.
"This is to win people's hearts. Believe it or not, next time, at least six stewards will come."
"But what's the use of people's hearts bought with money!" Lu Tao thought that she had tried hard to understand, but she still didn't understand Wen Qingzhu's approach.
At this time, Mother Ye raised her head and explained: "Silly girl, money can make all the difference, even if it's the hearts bought with money, as long as they do things for you, it's worth it, no matter what kind of things you do. , it depends on how much this thing is worth.”
"Is this okay?" Lu Tao seemed to have some understanding.
Mother Ye smiled and said: "You still have to learn in the future. Many things do not necessarily need to be handled by loyal people. Most things are small things and can be done with money."
"I probably understand." Lu Tao touched his chin and thought seriously.
At nightfall, Wen Qingzhu changed his clothes, put on his cloak, brought his Miwei, and his green pottery and quietly left Yanyuan.
Walking all the way to the small courtyard in the northwest corner, they saw a carriage as soon as they got out of the courtyard wall.
There was a familiar figure standing in front of the carriage.
He was dressed in a tight-fitting martial arts suit and had a tall figure, casting a long shadow in the moonlight.
Half of his face was buried in the shadows, and his expression could not be seen clearly.
Looking at the visitor, Wen Qingzhu seemed to have seen the night when he became a general.
She couldn't help but murmured: "General..."
Fu Lie had an excellent ear and immediately stepped forward and asked, "Miss Seventh?"
Hearing his voice, Wen Qingzhu came back to his senses.
She took off her hat, and a small face as bright as the morning sun suddenly appeared in front of Fu Lie's eyes.
"Master Fu." Her voice was like running water in a mountain stream, gurgling sweetly.
Fu Lie took a deep breath, tried hard to control the strangeness in his heart, and turned sideways and said, "Miss Seventh."
Wen Qingzhu nodded and got into the carriage with Lu Tao's help.
Then, Lu Tao and Fu Lie came up one after another.
Fu Lie sat opposite Wen Qingzhu. When he raised his eyes, the two met each other's eyes.
Wen Qingzhu smiled slightly, Fu Lie sat upright, his cheeks were hot, and he couldn't help but look sideways, avoiding her sight.
Seeing this, the smile on Wen Qingzhu's lips deepened.
She really didn't expect Fu Lie to have such an innocent side.
In his previous life, Fu Lie always had a calm and self-possessed face, with very few expressions.
"Master Fu?"
"Yeah." Fu Lie still didn't dare to look at her, but Wen Qingzhu's appearance kept appearing in front of him.
Wen Qingzhu seems to be particularly exciting tonight.
"Last time, Qingzhu made a mistake. Are you okay?"
"No problem." Fu Lie's words were always concise and to the point.
Wen Qingzhu sighed slightly.
Hearing her sigh, Fu Lie immediately looked over: "What's wrong?"
Wen Qingzhu said subconsciously: "Master Fu doesn't even look at me, is it because I'm unsightly?"
As soon as these words came out, Wen Qingzhu himself was stunned.
Fu Lie was startled for a moment, then shook his head: "No, no! The seventh lady is so beautiful that I dare not look too much at her."
Wen Qingzhu pursed her lips and smiled. This was the first time she heard Fu Lie compliment him on his good looks.
After a moment of silence, Wen Qingzhu got straight to the point: "Master Fu, I came to you this time because Qingzhu has something to ask for."
"Miss Seven, please speak." Fu Lie raised his hand slightly.
Wen Qingzhu pondered for a moment, and then said: "An article criticizing His Majesty appeared in my house. I suspect that someone sent it in deliberately. I would like to ask Mr. Fu to help check. Has the Wen family offended anyone recently?"
"Did the Wen family offend someone?" Fu Lie nodded in thought.
After a while, he raised his head and replied: "Mr. Wen is looking for a way to be promoted recently, and he seems to be very close to the fifth prince."
Hearing the name of the fifth prince, Wen Qingzhu frowned and asked, "The fifth prince and the Wen family are still in contact?"
Didn't Mr. Zhuang's copybook make Jiang Yuancheng lose face last time
Why is Jiang Yuancheng still dealing with the Wen family? He is definitely not coveting the money from the fourth house, right
After a long while, Fu Lie asked aloud: "Does the seventh lady know the fifth prince?"