Guan Suyi had torn his face with Zhao Luli, so he was not polite to speak at this moment, and ordered Jinzi to bring the map of the Hou's mansion and pointed out, "The current Zhenbei Hou's mansion is the former residence of Longqiu, an official of the former dynasty, and the official Longqiu is here. Lang Zhongling, the mansion was built with reference to the grade and ancestral system, and it was not very spacious at first, and the population of the Hou mansion was simple. When I moved in, many mansions were not used, so they were closed. No one. If Marquis wanted to accommodate this hundred or so people, he would have to spend a lot of money to repair the mansion.
Having said that, she swayed the abacus up and down, put the bead back in its place, and continued, "I will do the calculation for this account. If the wood is made of inferior elm, the stone will be taken from the nearest place, and the furniture will be built and furnishings will be purchased. , add a mattress..." There was a crackling sound, and she spread her hands, "The total is 6,680 taels, if you wipe off a fraction, it will be 6,000 taels. Lord Hou, this year's prosperous villages and shops have not yet delivered them. Where did you find so much money?"
Zhao Lu felt blood dripping from his head and thought for a while before saying, "I still have a lot of antique calligraphy and paintings there. If I sell them, I should be able to raise 10,000 pieces of silver."
Guan Suyi nodded, "Okay, the money to repair the house is available, but it will take time to raise it. After all, you have to find a buyer slowly, right? Besides, the repair of the house will take a year and a half to complete, and the Ye family will soon Please come out with a charter when you check in. But I have to say first, the old lady has a problem with migraine.
Seeing that his wife was ready to let go, Zhao Luli hurriedly said, "It's natural."
"My younger brother and sister are pregnant and need to have a baby. Mu Mu is sensitive and thoughtful and can't be frightened, so he can't add people to the second room." Guan Suyi glanced at him strangely, and found that he was a little low-spirited. Not delusional.
"Naturally, naturally." Zhao Luli continued to respond.
"I have an undeniable feud with the Ye family. In order to prevent someone from being assassinated one day, I can't add anyone to the main room." Guan Suyi's tone was cold and severe.
"I will not let the Ye family disturb Madam for half a minute." Zhao Luli swore quickly and said with a blushing face, "Then what arrangements will Madam have next? Going around, but managing a family is no easier than managing a country. Madam’s hard work, her comprehensiveness, and her good intentions, I finally understand.”
He paused, as if he still had a lot of insights to say, but because his throat was choked, he couldn't speak for a while, and when the surging shame and regret swallowed, he didn't know how to say it.
Guan Suyi didn't expect Zhao Luli to be able to speak human words, so she looked at him for a while, then clicked on the map and said, "Among the hundred or so people, the rough servants live together with the rough servants of the Hou residence. , anyway, they are all Datong shops, and a few more beds can be added; the first-, second-, and third-class maids, long attendants, and stewards also follow this example. In other words, people who were able to live alone in the past now have two, three, or even four mixed If you live in a house, I will hand over such trivial matters to the housekeeper to coordinate and deal with; the woman and the old man are elders after all, so it is better to live in a more spacious place, so I ceded the main courtyard of Penglai Garden. In Henuang Pavilion, the twelve young ladies live with Zhao Chunxi; the young masters naturally accompany Zhao Wangshu. In this way, there are still five empty rooms in Jingzhe Building, just for a few young children and their nurses to live in temporarily, but they are reluctant. Can be plugged."
Zhao Luli nodded again and again and thanked him continuously. Zhao Wangshu was also looking forward to the days of having several cousins every day. Only Zhao Chunxi, whose heart was smashed, had to pretend to agree.
Guan Suyi glanced at her lightly, patted the old lady who was obviously unhappy, and suddenly changed the subject, "Eating, clothing, housing and transportation are all settled, Lord Hou, don't think that everything is fine, there are still worse things to come. on."
Zhao Luli thought for a moment, then said sadly, "Madam is worried that the Hou Mansion will also get into a lawsuit? Please rest assured, Madam, I have a charter, and I will never implicate my wife, children, and children."
Guan Suyi didn't seem to know him, so she looked up and down, left and right for a while, until she saw that his face was red, turned white again, and then turned green, and then said, "This is just one of the concerns. Take it seriously, you must be deeply involved in those bad things in his family, and you can't pick them up easily."
Zhao Luli cupped his hands in despair, "Mrs. is absolutely right. I'm really stuck in the mud."
"Dad!" Zhao Chunxi exclaimed in surprise, until Fang shed a few sincere tears and choked, "Are you really going to be implicated? Will something happen to you? Will you be taken to prison, will you? It won't be like my grandfather, that..." She didn't dare to say the word "Fu Zhu", countless fears hit her heart, and her mind was buzzing.
Zhao Wangshu finally felt that something was wrong. He jumped out from behind the old lady and said repeatedly, "Dad will also be arrested and sent to jail? Really? Really?"
"It's a sin! It's a sin!" The old lady hugged her grandson and cried bitterly, she couldn't care about the Ye family outside.
The room was immediately shrouded in gloom and mist, but Guan Suyi remained calm, and when their voices faded, he said, "Blindly crying can't solve any problem, so the emperor has not yet started the trial, and the Hou Ye still has a chance to undo his crimes, just fade away. Put on your official robe, put thorns on your back, and go to Chengde Hall to confess your sins."
Zhao Luli felt more and more that his wife was calm and quick-thinking, and she thought of something with him. He couldn't help softening his face and sighed, "My wife is really virtuous and smart. I am very relieved to hand this family over to you. I am really happy to marry you. mine… "
Guan Suyi was impatient to listen to his compliments and interrupted by tapping on the table, "Let's settle the Ye family's affairs first. To settle them, you will not only have to bear financial pressure, but will also cause many far-reaching and negative effects. You can see clearly those beautiful girls in the Ye family? They are all chess pieces that Ye Quanyong used to win over each family. They have received special training since childhood. , let them live together with Zhao Chunxi, which may lead her to go down the wrong road and cause chaos in the back house. Furthermore, when Ye Quanyong's crimes are fully exposed, you can be so sure that these female relatives are innocent, and no officers and soldiers will bring them. If you catch the fish that slip through the net? You won't accidentally hurt your children? If you marry the Ye family's daughter, divorce your wife, or give out a concubine, you will definitely try to get rid of the relationship with the Ye family. If those women come to join you, you will not accept them. Then? Ye's daughter will have a terrible reputation. Are you afraid that it will implicate Zhao Chunxi and tell her that she will not be able to marry? Ye's sons and daughters are often playful. How many of Zhao Wangshu's cousins are really promising? What will they do to Zhao Wangshu? Influence, have you considered it clearly?"
Guan Suyi knocked on the table and pointed out, "For the reputation of your son and daughter, for their future and marriage, and for the future peace of the Hou residence, I suggest you invite them out. Of course, if you give money outside They bought a house to settle down, and I have no objection."
The daughter-in-law had already spoken to this point, and the old lady thought that her son would find his way back, but he thought hard for a long time, then gritted his teeth, "Madam, what do you know, my deceased wife Ye Zhen and I got to know each other in Wei Mo, and we were in danger. She My death is also because of me. Without her, there would not be the current Zhenbei Houfu, nor the rich and noble life of this family. My Zhao family was originally a criminal and lived in extreme poverty at the border, and suffered a lot of humiliation. If it weren’t for me My father-in-law and mother-in-law have a lot of alms, and our family starved to death long ago. I can’t forget these kindnesses, let alone repay them. Madam comes from a Confucian family, and the most important thing is benevolence, righteousness, courtesy, wisdom and faith. She should be able to understand me and fulfill me. After this pass, we can live a good life. All the misunderstandings, hurts, and quarrels in the past were all because of me. Xiaojia, it has been ruined into the current state of broken pieces. Madam, I am sorry for you! I borrowed a word from the people of the time, how can I, the Marquis of Zhenbei, He De, marry you Guan's wife, if you don't cherish it, you should really Thunder strikes!"
Zhao Luli sincerely repented, and also sincerely felt that Guan Suyi was good. It may not be obvious in normal times, but in the face of such a catastrophe that endangered the whole family, her calmness, strength, and ability are fully revealed. With her here, there is a sea-fixing needle at home, and I feel extremely comfortable and at ease.
Guan Suyi's heart was already cold, and she lowered her eyelids and said, "You are messing around a lot, but you are just begging for the Ye Mansion. You still want to take them in, even if they may harm your children?"
"What Madam said is not alarmist. I will tell Yue and Madam Liu to take care of her family. If the mother's family is killed, I will not care about my Houfu and my two children. Will my reputation be good? I believe Wang Shu and Xi'er. I won’t die without help. When everyone settles down properly, I will naturally find a way to eliminate all kinds of hidden dangers. It’s one thing to take the time to repair the house, it’s another thing to distribute silver taels to send back those who have a heart, and the rest are arranged slowly. It's not that I don't want to place them outside the mansion, but the Ye mansion case just broke out, and the situation is still waiting to develop. If those who hold grudges against their father-in-law take action against them, they will surely die. How can I have the face to go under Jiuquan in the future? See the deceased wife. When the storm subsides in the future, I will naturally move them out."
In fact, Ye Zhen didn't die at all, so he couldn't abandon the entire Ye family.
"You don't have the face to see her, but you have the face to see me." Guan Suyi sneered.
"I don't have the face to see my wife." Zhao Luli said bitterly, "I want to be loyal, I want to be observant, I want to be full of filial piety, but I am already in such an embarrassing situation, but I can't go up, I can't go down, I can't go in, I can't go back. , In addition to living in a daze, there is no other way to live. The twists and turns are unbearable, please forgive me this time, madam! Madam please!"
Huan Luo pulled a pair of children and choked out, "Hurry up and kowtow to your mother. In the past, you were unfilial and always disobeyed the lady. I will definitely not forgive anyone who makes the lady angry in the future. Your mother is kind and kind and will not leave your grandmother alone. ."
Zhao Wangshu listened to his father's words the most, and immediately kowtowed three times. Zhao Chunxi almost clenched the roots of his teeth to keep himself from roaring. Daddy, don't just think about the Ye family and your mother, think about us too!
Guan Suyi said slowly when she saw that the fire was almost over, "Okay, since you are going your own way, I will fulfill you."
The old lady was shocked, and when she was about to object, she was interrupted by her daughter-in-law raising her hand. She took a sip of hot tea unhurriedly and continued, "Look carefully at this map, the main courtyard, the main house, and the second bedroom are on the same line, and the cost of the three houses is also different from yours. In this case, it is better to build a wall in the middle to separate the Hou residence. You father and son live in the east with the Ye family, and I, the old lady, my younger brother and sister, and Mu Mu, live in the west. The second brother has already married and established a business, and the residence should have been opened long ago. Let's just use his name for the first time, and come to a branch, regardless of the family, and the east and west houses are single, and they have nothing to do with each other. What do you think?"
East and West? Such a big change, such a comprehensive plan, such a wonderful idea, I am afraid it is not a flash of inspiration, right? When Ye Manor was in distress, when she brought everyone back, she might be planning this matter, but under her deliberate guidance, she fell into the trap step by step, and her food, clothing, housing and transportation were clearly separated. There is nothing to say against it.
Madam is so delicate, so clever, so decisive! If this time I can't get out of my body, the Zhao family has her, and it seems like a hundred and twenty hearts are relieved, and there is no worries at all. Zhao Luli frowned for a while, sighed for a while, and finally bowed deeply, but had no choice but to compromise, "Just follow what Madam said."
The old lady thought for a while, and acquiesced to the matter, her pale face finally turned red. It is really a blessing that his son can marry Suyi in his previous life. I hope this time he really knows how to return from the lost way and can live a good life with Suyi. This fence has been built, and it can be demolished one day. As the saying goes, if it is not broken, it will not stand. If it is broken, it will stand.