Main courtyard.

Seeing Mrs. Li taking care of the flowers and plants, Daohua looked at the already dark sky: "Mom, father has gone to Shuangxinyuan."

Without looking back, Mrs. Li continued to trim the potted flowers and said calmly: "Isn't it normal for your father to spend the night in Shuangxinyuan at night? Is there anything good to say about this?"

Daohua was speechless. She didn't believe that Mrs. Li didn't know what she meant: "Mom, if you rejected Mrs. Zhu today, Aunt Lin and Third Sister will definitely tell their father."

Mrs. Li was unmoved: "Just say it, it's not something shameful."

Daohua tilted her head and looked at Mrs. Li. Did she really not know what she meant, or was she pretending not to know?

"Mom, what if my father is instigated by people from Shuangxinyuan and agrees to allow Zhu Xiuyun to come to our home to study?"

At this time, Mrs. Li put down the small scissors in her hand and turned back to look at Daohua: "I asked you why you stayed in my room today and refused to leave. So you were thinking about this?"

Daohua didn't hide it, and directly expressed her inner thoughts: "Mom, I don't want Zhu Xiuyun to come to our house to study and take classes. I think the current classroom atmosphere is very good, and the three sisters are also very peaceful. This requires

If there is one more person, something might happen."

Mrs. Li smiled and walked to Daohua and sat down: "Didn't Mom reject everything today?"

Daohua glanced at Mrs. Li: "You refused, but don't we have a father who can't figure out his concubine when he meets him? What if he agrees?"

Mrs. Li nodded Daohua's forehead: "Have you ever said that about your father?"

Daohua raised her head: "My father wants to be upright and do business, so naturally I have nothing to say, but does he? He has chosen to help Shuangxinyuan more than once or twice. Anyway, I have little trust in him."<

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Hearing this, Mrs. Li was silent for a while. After a while, she spoke: "Don't worry, this time, no matter how much trouble there is in Shuangxinyuan, your father will not agree."

Daohua looked at Mrs. Li with extremely confident eyebrows in surprise: "Why?"

Mrs. Li said angrily: "Where has your usual cleverness gone? You don't even have to think about this, you know your father won't agree."

Daohua was stunned for a moment, thought for a moment, and then immediately said: "Because my father took the initiative and sang the song?"

Mrs. Li: "......"

After a few seconds of silence, Mrs. Li knocked Daohua on the head with a speechless expression. She probably understood what her daughter meant.

It just means that since I have been promoted, I no longer need to take Zhu Jiaoyu into consideration.

"Do you think your father is you and only does things for the immediate pleasure?"

Daohua rubbed her forehead and wondered, "Isn't it?"

Mrs. Li: "...there must be some! Zhu Jiaoyu is indeed very knowledgeable, but he is a bit too aloof. He comes from a noble family and is arrogant. He has embarrassed your father several times."

"You also know that your father has no foundation in the officialdom. Facing his colleagues with family backgrounds in the government office, for the smooth implementation of government affairs, he has to indulge them, and sometimes he even has to sacrifice his face to beg them.

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"Tell yourself, what would you do if you were your father?"

Daohua straightened her waist: "Do you need to say that? I definitely don't want to give them a good look."

Mrs. Li shook her head, knowing that her daughter was still young, so she patiently analyzed it for her: "Official affairs are complicated, and interpersonal relationships are intricately entangled. How can your father do whatever he wants?"

"Even if he is dissatisfied with a person, he will not show it clearly."

"Although Zhu Jiaoyu's family has declined, a skinny camel is bigger than a horse. The Zhu family's relationship in Zhongzhou Province is definitely better than ours."

"Look, didn't they just transfer them to Xingzhou?"

"Even if we don't like this kind of family, we still have to live up to our reputation. First, to prevent them from cheating behind their backs; second, what if they become prosperous again in the future?"

Daohua: "...Why did the mother reject Mrs. Zhu?"

Mrs. Li smiled and touched Daohua's head: "Since the young prince came to our house several times, our house has become a favorite in the eyes of every family in Xingzhou City."

"Today, if we agree that Miss Zhu will come to study at home, let's wait and see. Tomorrow, Miss Qian from Tongzhi's family and Miss Wang from Tongpan's family will have to come to our house."

"Do you think your father would agree?"

Daohua stood up immediately and patted her head: "Yeah, why didn't I think of this!" She worried in vain for a whole day.

Mrs. Li smiled: "You are still young, learn these things slowly, and you will naturally understand them clearly if you are exposed to them more."

At this moment, Ping Xiao covered her mouth and walked in with a smile on her face.

Daohua: "Sister Pingxiao, are you so happy to have found money?"

Ping Xiao grinned and said: "I am even happier than finding money. Madam, girl, I just heard from Butler Sun that the master punished the third girl and even talked about Aunt Lin."

Daohua looked surprised: "The sun is coming out in the west? Doesn't father have a fever?"

Mrs. Li glared at her: "Speak nicely!"

Daohua shut up immediately.

Mrs. Li smiled faintly: "In front of an outsider like Mrs. Zhu, that girl Yishuang dared to openly contradict me. If the master doesn't punish her, it will be really hard to screw her up."

"If a concubine of the Lin family dares to interfere in the family's social affairs, she will be given a few words. That is light."

Hearing this, Daohua was thoughtful.

Are you trying to appease your mother?

Also, after being promoted to magistrate, the family gradually became busier, and Mrs. Li was needed in more and more places. As long as the cheap dad was not stupid, he would also know that the person who supported the Yan family with him was Mrs. Li, instead of just knowing

Asked by Aunt Lin.

......

Zhufu.

When Zhu Jiaoyu saw Mrs. Zhu coming back with Zhu Xiuyun, he immediately asked: "How is it? Did your chat with Mrs. Li go well today?"

Thinking of the cold reception she received at the Yan family today, Mrs. Zhu's face became a little ugly, and she snorted coldly: "After all, she was born as a merchant, and when she gained some power, her tail was raised. Now she is just a wife of Zhizhou, and she looks down on others."
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Hearing this, Zhu Jiaoyu's heart suddenly hit rock bottom. He knew his wife's temperament. He had never given Mrs. Li any good face when he was in Linyi County.

At first, Mr. Yan was just a county magistrate, so he didn't think anything of it, but things were different now. Thinking of the news that his family had just sent him, Zhu Jiaoyu became extremely anxious.

"Did you look down on Mrs. Li again?"

Mrs. Zhu got angry: "What do you mean I showed her face? It was she who showed me how to look. I went today. It didn't matter if she didn't come to see me in time. She actually asked Lin, the concubine, to receive me.

Tell me, what does she mean?"

Zhu Jiaoyu was silent for a moment: "I told you not to have much contact with that concubine of the Yan family, but you didn't listen. Now it's better. With Mrs. Li's actions, you can only swallow your anger."<

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Mrs. Zhu is dumbfounded.

She is indeed to blame for this.

The wife of the wife has made a concubine, and if she tells her about it, others will just make fun of her.

Zhu Jiaoyu looked at Zhu Xiuyun: "What about Xiuyun going to Yan's house to study?"

When she mentioned this, Mrs. Zhu became angry again: "I was rejected, and I refused without hesitation. It was because I didn't leave any favors for us."

"After all, you have to follow Mr. Yan to do things. Tell me, why is Mrs. Li so ruthless?"

Zhu Jiaoyu sighed and looked a little disappointed: "It's my fault that I didn't restrain you and Xiuyun properly, which resulted in the relationship between our family and the Yan family not being close at all."

Zhu Xiuyun stepped forward and pulled Zhu Jiaoyu's sleeve: "Dad, go and talk to Mr. Yan and let me go to Yan's house to study. I don't want to study at home alone."

Zhu Jiaoyu smiled bitterly: "Since Mrs. Li did not agree, Master Yan will not agree even more."

Mrs. Zhu looked over: "No room at all?"

She had heard that Mrs. Shen hired by the Yan family was the most famous female master in Xingzhou. If her daughter could be taught by her, her reputation would be better in the future.

Zhu Jiaoyu looked at Mrs. Zhu: "Do you know how many families in Xingzhou City are looking at the Yan family now? If you don't talk about other families, let's talk about the Zhou family, the number one family in Xingzhou."

"The daughter-in-law of the Zhou family runs to the Yan family every now and then. Apart from the boudoir friendship between the little sisters, isn't there any encouragement from adults?"

Mrs. Zhu was stunned: "The Yan family...is already so powerful?"

Zhu Jiaoyu presented the letter he had just received to Mrs. Li: "Read it for yourself."

Mrs. Zhu took the letter and read it quickly, and then she exclaimed in surprise: "We will get one to two stones more winter wheat! Is it true?"
Chapter completed!