Mrs. Li said it beautifully, but she didn't really have any ideas in her heart. After sending away her son and daughter-in-law, she had no choice but to bite the bullet and go find her husband, Lord Jingguo. It was about their three sons. She didn't believe that he could really be ruthless. Regardless!
After hearing her words, Lord Yasukuni remained silent for a long time. Although he said that it would be good if the three sons didn't have to be tempered by Xijue, but after all, they are close relatives of flesh and blood, and no matter how ineffective the sons are, they are his own.
He never mentioned it in his mouth, but in fact, he had long felt that sooner or later his younger brother's Duke of Loyalty would be inherited by one of his sons. Especially after his niece had an accident and became unrecognizable, he was even more sure that the title of Duke Zhong would never be lost.
How can a woman as ugly as a ghost get married? Even if you recruit a relative, you won't be able to recruit any decent good sons, and the second brother's family is absolutely perfect.
The reason why he has not urged his siblings all these years, other than worrying about his face as the eldest brother, is because of the determination in his heart.
I didn't expect the change to come so fast and so suddenly. The title that I thought was a sure thing suddenly became full of variables. As a parent, how could he have no selfishness, otherwise he would not have used his illness to indulge his children to occupy the magpie's nest, openly occupying the Zhongguo Duke's mansion, and now the situation is changing, he has to seriously think about how to keep this opportunity to seize the title.
He thought about it, but found that he had no other way to turn the situation around, except to act like an uncle and force his younger siblings to agree to his adoptive son's success.
The two brothers have already separated and set up their own houses, but there is no wall to separate the two houses. The second brother has earned the family business by his own ability. It can be said that every brick and tile has nothing to do with the Yasukuni Mansion. Now If he wanted to open his mouth to force his son to adopt Xijue, he really couldn't bear this face.
Duke Yasukuni thought that there was nothing to think about, and sighed, "It's a pity that Qinsi and Qinshu are already married, otherwise..."
"Otherwise what?" Mrs. Li didn't realize it for a while, and he didn't know why he suddenly got involved in the marriage of the two grandsons.
"Otherwise, wouldn't it be great to kiss your niece's girl?" Jing Guogong shook his head and smiled wryly, but these two grandchildren are already in their twenties, so how could it be possible to wait until today
When Mrs. Li was brought up by him, she suddenly thought of the idea that her third son, Mu Lian, had mentioned to her, her eyes lit up, and she pretended to say: "Your niece and niece-in-law regard your daughter as a pearl, how can you be diligent?" Si, Qinshu two brothers?"
"That's right..." Duke Jingguo thought of Bai Fuling's outstanding appearance, which was enough to disdain the noble ladies in the capital, and also felt that his two grandchildren were really not good enough.
Mrs. Li tentatively said: "The third child told me an idea, now it seems that you might as well give it a try!"
When Jing Guogong heard that it was his third son's idea, his enthusiasm immediately faded. Relying on Li Shi's favor, that scoundrel did not do business since he was a child, and he was proficient in eating, drinking, whoring and gambling. What good idea could he have
Li looked at his words and understood his disapproval, and said: "The emperor once mentioned that he would choose the concubines of the adult princes a few years ago. Huiyun and Huiru are both born of a concubine and the other is too young. They don't have such blessings, but your niece Dear baby, but it is perfect! Her parents are inconvenient to come forward now, if we help them find the princess and concubine for that girl, then they should be able to let go of the matter of reciprocating the favor and seizing the title, right?!"
Duke Jing was not very clear about his wife and son's plan, he just shook his head and said, "Now the emperor has not established a heir, and the two factions in the court and China are attacking each other, and the situation is at odds. Why should we get involved? How many dynasties can my Lin family go through?" Standing upright is because I know how to be wise and protect myself. At this time, if I get involved with the princes, one bad one in the future may cause a catastrophe! If I didn’t see that the two girls couldn’t be selected before, I wouldn’t let it go. Let you go and fiddle around!"
Mrs. Li had quarreled with him many times before about this matter, but he refused to agree to dredge their joints and begged for mercy.
The reason why she hasn't mentioned sending Bai Fuling to the election these days is because she has always been at odds with the concubine of the Duke of Zhongguo's mansion, and hastily recommended her granddaughter to run for the princess concubine. All fools know that she has ulterior motives. Even if you mention it, your husband will definitely not agree. She didn't expect what happened today to turn her around. With her husband's help and Bai Fuling's astonishing beauty, why can't she and her son's plan come to fruition? At that time, maybe her son will be made a Duke, and use it to see the face of that woman in Duke Zhong's Mansion? !
She was happy in her heart, and tried her best to lobby: "The emperor is not only the eldest prince and the second prince who are grown-up princes, but there are also several princes such as the fourth prince and the sixth prince."
"You put it simply, can you become a concubine if you want?" Duke Jing's heart moved, and his tone softened a little.
Mrs. Li is full of confidence: "Others may not be able to, but look at that girl's appearance, there is no one in the capital that can compare with her, and she is the only granddaughter of Duke Zhong. It's okay."
That's right, Jingguo thought that if the eldest prince and the second prince married the concubine, they would definitely choose a woman from a family who would be more helpful to them, and would not choose a granddaughter of an outdated Duke, while the other four The prince has no real power, and he is smart enough to never get involved in the struggle between the two elder brothers. Even if the new emperor ascends the throne in the future, he will not do anything to them. To marry them, Bai Fuling's identity is indeed enough.
He never expected that the plan of his wife and children was more than that... However, after thinking about it carefully, he still felt that it was wrong, and said: "You said that if the boy who entered the mansion today is an offshoot of the same clan, it's okay, but if it's Pei Lan's at all... Dear son, is she willing to sacrifice her son's dukedom for the sake of her daughter becoming a concubine?"
Mrs. Li had thought of this festival a long time ago, but she was just looking for an excuse to ask her husband to find a way to get Bai Fuling on the candidate list for the prince concubine, so she didn't care about it, and instead persuaded: "It's just a guess, not sure. It's her son."
Lord Yasukuni really had no other choice, so he could only say: "Then you should find out first before we talk about it."
"The matter of recommending that girl to run for the imperial concubine..."
"You just do it, and I will send someone to clear up the relationship." Duke Yasukuni finally agreed.
Li's eyes rolled and said: "Before this matter is completed, don't let them know, otherwise this condition cannot be negotiated."
Duke Yasukuni was annoyed, waved his hand and said, "Understood..."
Mrs. Li was dissatisfied with her husband's attitude, but there was nothing she could do, so she sent a nanny to invite Mu Peilan's family to the Yasukuni Mansion for lunch at noon tomorrow, and specially proposed to invite the little distinguished guests who came today.
On the other side, Bai Fuling was reading Yunxuan with a few maids and maids to count and check the deed of prostitution and various accounts and report letters sent by Ning'an River.
One of them is the deed of sale for the Bai family to buy the victims, because they have to be carefully selected according to Bai Fuling's requirements, and now they only bought 126 people, which is still a little far from the goal of 300 people.
This stack of sales deeds was counted and collected by Bai Fuling herself, and it was not faked by others. She counted three times repeatedly with a smile on her face, and read everyone's description materials, then ordered Bai Guo to bring the box specially containing the deeds of sale, took the envelope, packed the stack of deeds, and wrote the number of deeds on the envelope , when and where to purchase, and then put the thickly stuffed envelope into the box and lock it.
Adding these more than a hundred, there are 9,082, which is a big step closer to the goal!
Xiao You was sitting beside her, watching her behave like a miser, her eyes flickering and she didn't know what she was thinking. Ever since he entered the Duke's mansion, he has been sticking to Bai Fuling's side, holding her by the hem of her clothes and refusing to leave no matter what.
Bai Fuling persuaded him to bow his head and ignore her, threatened and reprimanded him and looked at her pitifully with blinking big eyes, causing everyone around her to despise her with condemning eyes, and even she herself felt as if she had done something heinous generally.
Fortunately, he was young, and the contract accounts to be dealt with today were not classified, so Bai Fuling didn't try to drive him away, and let him stay by his side.
Seeing him looking at the box containing the deed of prostitution, Bai Fuling couldn't help feeling bad again, reached out to rub the top of his head, and asked, "Are you literate?"
Xiao You nodded vigorously, and said softly: "Mother taught me..."
Bai Fuling knocked on the box and said, "Do you know what's inside?"
Xiao Mi hesitated for a moment, then nodded.
Bai Fuling laughed wickedly and said, "If your uncle doesn't come back safely, you will sell yourself to me to pay off the debt. He owes me twenty thousand taels of silver! Are you afraid?"
Xiao Mi looked at her aggrievedly and stopped talking.
Yang Mei glared at her unbearably and said, "I know how to bully and scare children!"
"Hmph! I hate raising children the most!" Bai Fuling looked depressed.
"Because you are a bad child yourself! You are so good, you don't make noise or make trouble, you don't like this! When you get married and have children in the future, let's see what you do!" Yang Mei said that she was married. A woman's muzzle.
Bai Fuling didn't take it seriously, she only had three years left, so getting married and having children was nothing but floating clouds! However, she was also afraid that Yang Mei would continue nagging, so she quickly pointed to the other two piles of letter books on the table and said, "Stop being nagging, and quickly organize these two piles with Bai Guo and the others, copy a copy and send it to the Jiyuntang."
Those two piles of account books and letters, one was the stolen money that Haifushi entrusted her to deal with that day, and the other was the 20,000 taels of silver she used to exchange for the ghost-faced Gu mother. The amount of work for buying and selling bills and signing receipts is not small.
Bai Fuling, the hands-off shopkeeper, is now not willing to do anything except for the trafficking of human beings. All the maids and maids under her hand have been "made up" by her to become hard-working accountants who count pennies and pennies, and now they are all sitting around the table , Crackling and checking the accounts.
Yang Mei was about to go there, when Bai Guo suddenly brought an account book to Bai Fuling, and interjected, "Miss, it's written in the account book of shopkeeper Ge, so it's not good for Master Hai to see it."