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After resting for only four hours, it was already the beginning of the morning. Hearing the rustling sound of the orchids, I also hurriedly opened my eyes and pulled out my robe from the headboard to put on my clothes.

When Lan Li was fully dressed, and the knot in my jacket was still untied, I called to her with a smile, "Come and help me!"

Lan Ling looked at me, pursed her lips into a smile and said, "Without me, don't tell me you don't even wear clothes?"

I laughed and laughed at her: "As the saying goes, there is always a road in front of the mountain, and there is always a road in front of the bridge." "At that time, there will naturally be someone to help me!"

From my body to my body, I changed into plain white clothes. I couldn't wear ornaments, my hair was tied up, and there was a white silk flower on my temple.

Thinking that I would have to see Manager Lu again today, I couldn't help but sigh to myself.

Who knew if they could suppress him!

While I was facing the mirror, Lan Zhi came in and reported, "Miss, Second Young Master has arrived!"

He thought that this child would have to wait a bit longer, but he didn't expect that he would arrive so early! I couldn't help but grow a little more fond of the child. Pulling on my shirt, I hurried to the hall.

Jiayi was sitting on the bed that I used to sit on. He was leaning against the wet nurse who was standing behind him with his eyes half closed.

I glanced out the window.

The autumn sun was short in the north, and the night was dark early in the morning. Although it was already the beginning of dawn, the sky was still barely bright.

When the wet nurse saw me coming out of the inner room, she patted my head and shouted, "Young Master! Young master! The young miss is here! " Unfortunately, even though he was only five years old, he was still short of sleep. The weather was so cold that it was easy for people to get tired. Hearing the wet nurse's call, he could only tilt his head and rub his head against the wet nurse's body a few times before falling asleep again.

However, a five year old child had to suffer such pain. Looking at that tiny figure made my heart feel a little more pity.

It was just that in this world, it was never because of someone's pity that they favored someone more. The law of the jungle had always been this way since ancient times. If I condone him now, who will be humble enough to let him go in the future? Since the laws of the world were equal, it would be better to throw him into the dust early in the morning and grind him, training him to be able to live a peaceful life.

"Go, get a bottle of cold oil from my drawer and give it to Second Young Master!"

The young mistress hurriedly entered the inner room.

When I woke up from my choking, I sneezed a few times. The wet nurse behind him looked at him with a pained expression, but the child had an apologetic expression as he apologized, "Big sister, I was wrong!"

I smiled and patted his head. I took the small blue and white porcelain bottle from Sister Liu and gave it to him. "If you are sleepy, use this. When I bring you to see Manager Lu, don't fall asleep!"

The family was going to manage the outer court in the future. The inner court and outer court are different after all, and the inner court spends money every year. All of the money in the inner court is just small money, like the powder powder and rouge, but the outer court involves large profits like the manor, the farmland, the shop, and so on, and also the transfer of the warehouse. Although I don't have the ability to make my family follow those big shopkeepers and teach, I still hope that he can come into contact with these people a lot.

In addition to this, I also had a little plan in mind.

The family was a very smart child, but this kind of child usually had to be the best. If we stay in the inner chamber all the time, we women and children will inevitably have a narrow-minded mind and shallow knowledge. Furthermore, there will also be a few flattering people who will take the opportunity to tease us. However, if he was able to come in contact with these people who were open-minded, experienced and good at dealing with people since he was young, he would naturally have different experiences. If he had a good teacher to guide him, he would not dare to say that this child could become a great figure of his generation, or at least support a family.

"Thank you, sister!"

It must have felt really bad just now. Jiayi held the bottle carefully, not daring to remove the stopper to smell it again.

Because the appointed time to meet Manager Lu was ChenZheng, there wasn't any time for breakfast so I led him to the mourning hall. From afar, I could hear the chanting of monks and the chanting of Taoists. The buzzing sound was really annoying. I quickly pulled Jianyi through the back door and entered the house.

Since he had entered from the west gate of the Moon's Passage, he went directly to the west wing. The letter was lying on the bed, sleeping with his clothes on. His wet nurse was sitting in front of the bed with her feet crooked as she also fell asleep. When Jiayi saw it, he smiled at me and said, "Shame! Big Brother said that he will guard the place for an entire night! "

Half a child, the outside is filled with the chanting of monks and Taoists, even I feel like fighting between the eyelids when I listen to the outside, not to mention him, he can't even stand kneeling for two hours, much less guarding the whole night!

I smiled and nodded towards Jiayi. I patted his head and said, "If you can't do it, don't try to force yourself. Otherwise, you will be laughed at. Do you understand what Jiayi means?"

The little boy's eyes were like grapes. He smiled and nodded at me, and as he struggled to get into bed, he went to wake his brother. Fortunately, I reacted fast and grabbed onto him, covering his mouth as I pulled him out.

"Why can't you wake your brother up?"

He looked at me with watery eyes.

"If you wake me up like this, and I remember what you said yesterday, how awkward would it be?"

"But my brother used to say that it was a gentleman's fault for reprimanding others. Many powerful officials were like this!"

I suppose he meant to say those courting courtiers.

In the end, he was still a blood brother, yet he looked like an idiot!

I looked at the stubborn child in front of me and found it funny. He had already become a bookworm. He thought that Ye Zichen would be a bit more nimble, but he actually ended up in the same mold!

"Miss, Shopkeeper Lu is already waiting for you at Lu Mingxuan!"

The one who answered was Lu Kui.

Even though they had stayed up all night, the green bandits were still neat from top to bottom. They didn't even have a single strand of hair. Other than the slight redness in the corners of their eyes, it was impossible to tell that they were people who had slept through the night.

I smiled and nodded at her. "Have you eaten yet?"

Lu Kui nodded with a smile.

"Stay here and watch!"

I turned around and instructed Lan Li to lead Jia Yi and my mother to Lu Mingxuan.

"Which powerful minister would tell my sister straight up?"

As I walked toward Lu Mingxuan, I spoke to him. He would occasionally use his small hand to tug at the leaf. The autumn dew was thick, and was soon soaked in water.

"My brother said that during the Tang Dynasty, there was an emperor who was particularly fond of birds. He was still playing with them when another minister came to see him. After that, the minister kept talking to him and the bird was suffocated to death."

I guess he wanted to tell me the story of Wei Xuancheng's advice to Tang Taizong.

I couldn't help but think, has Jiazhen already read about Chastity Temple's dignitaries?

"Does the family feel that this is called speaking bluntly?" I smiled and shook my head. If so, why did Wei Zheng not directly criticize the Emperor for playing the game and keeping him busy? There was also a historical reason why the Emperor would tolerate it. "Taizong initiated the Black Turtle Sect's change. Scholars of the world have always felt that his title as Emperor was not right and unjustifiable. He, as the emperor, didn't even get to sit on the throne properly, which was why he had to be so courteous to scholars of the world!"

Think about Tang Taizong all his life, how could he be afraid of a few words from a civil servant. The only reason why he was so polite was because of his reputation as a wise man! If that were not the case, would this courageous and warlike emperor really tolerate the reputation of Wei Zhaoge?

Since ancient times, the number of famous officials like Gongbo and his courtiers had been countless. In fact, it was all because of Zhou Yu. One wanted to be a king, the other wanted to be a great official.

Looking at the family's confused gaze at me, I knew he didn't understand the meaning behind my words. When I thought of the impending assignment King Qi had given me, I thought that once I was done with it, I would be able to retreat into the mountains, but seeing that this child was still too young to take on the responsibilities of a steward, I hesitated for a moment.

In the end, I am not a carefree person. Whether it is in my previous life or this life, I will never be able to let go of this matter. I can't be cruel to others, but I can't be cruel to myself.

People like me are destined to never be happy again. I'm not happy when my mother is alive, and I can't really be happy when my mother is dead. I am not happy to have the right to be the housekeeper, and losing the right to be the housekeeper will only make me worry about my personal gains and losses.

Maybe I should learn more from my grandmother!

I sighed to myself. I was like a sprout. Not only would it not do the child any good, it might even change his temperament.

As I led him into Lu Mingxuan, Shopkeeper Lu and Zhou Bamu were already waiting there. When I entered, I hastily retreated to the side. Not daring to raise my head, I bowed towards that direction and quickly brought my family into the screen.

"Please have a seat, Manager Lu!"

The moment I entered the screen, I immediately invited Manager Lu to take a seat.

Ever since he could remember, he had been a manager in the Yang family's outer court. In my previous life, Xue Lang and I eloped. Father was in Zhaozhou at the time, so he didn't have time to return to settle this matter. At that time, Mother handed this matter over to this unassuming Manager Lu, showing his status in the Yang family.

To such a person, the amount of respect he had wasn't excessive.

"Thank you, xiaojie!"

Manager Lu cupped his hands towards the screen and sat on the penultimate chair on the right-hand side of the door.

"You already know the situation at home, so I won't say much!"

A maidservant came from inside and outside to serve tea, interrupting my words.

"I already know everything about Madam, what orders do you have for me?"

Waiting until the maidservants had finished carrying the tea tray down, Manager Lu said with a smile.

What a fox!

You clearly know that I don't have the experience to do such things, yet you're asking me! It was obviously because I had been keeping an eye on the movements in the inner chamber. After realizing that the situation wasn't clear and that I wasn't willing to stand in a random queue, I pushed the blame onto myself. It's fine if I think of it, but if I don't, I can't blame it on him. At that time, I'll just say that I'm young and have no experience in handling matters.

You have a good plan, I have a wall-ladder!

"Uncle, you should know as well!" I took a handkerchief from my sleeve and wiped my cheeks, which were not even crying: "My grandmother was old and could not bear the noise, and my father was the pillar of her family, but she went out again, and now my mother is gone again, and there are three younger brothers in the family, so my little girl has to take on this burden!" It hasn't been one or two years since you've been in our Yang family. Father has never cared about your title as master and servant, he only said that it was because of friendship between friends. Although your niece is young, she is not the kind of person who doesn't know the importance of being arrogant. If there's anything that you're wrong with, you just have to teach her a lesson. "Even if I don't give face to my grandmother and father, I still have to give face to them!"

Even I was a little surprised to hear that. I had never said such flattery before, but now I opened my mouth. I couldn't help but mock myself. Could this be counted as practicing some kind of ability in some sort of environment?

Manager Lu was silent for a long time as he held a bean-green pattern on a twig in his hand.

"As you know, the mother's body stopped at the inner chamber today, so she was going to move to the outer courtyard. At that time, the women who came and went would inevitably have to ask who was responsible for the funeral, and how could a nephew like her be worthy of such a grand occasion. They would inevitably have to say something inappropriate, and they would have to rely entirely on Uncle's reminder. Do you remember that Liu Lang, the one who used to walk in the inner court? I heard he used to be the one who cured your family, but somehow he just disappeared a few times. At that time, my aunt and grandmother were both sick, so if I were to speak the truth, you might get into some trouble, no? "

If one were to say that the first few words were a sign of affection, then it would now be a true threat. Those madams had always liked to talk about the East Gargantuan West's family, not to mention the fact that their mother had passed away, and their grandmother had fallen ill, all thanks to the support of their twelve-year-old daughter. The ladies, whether out of curiosity or courtesy, were bound to ask me who was running the house. As a girl, it's naturally impossible for me to reach my hand into the outer court. A discerning person would know it was definitely the head manager. If my mother's funeral was done smoothly, they would not only criticize me for being unfilial, they would also think about the internal situation of the Yang family. As the saying goes, a house is ugly and cannot be seen from the outside. In this situation that was unclear, Manager Lu did not want to stand in the front line, and even more so did not want the internal chaos of the Yang family to be exposed. In the latter case, it would be inappropriate to recommend him, but in the larger case, it would only be murdering the owner of the house. For such a person, if he left the Yang family, it would be equivalent to losing his reputation. No matter how capable he was, no one would be willing to hire him.

These words seemed to have grabbed seven inches of Manager Lu's skin. Even though there was a screen screen separating them, I could still see that Manager Lu's face was a little livid.