"That's great. There's food, a place to stay, and even fun. Your Lu Family's hospitality is quite good. It would be even better if there were a few beautiful maids to serve you. " “
Young Master Wan's eyes flashed with greed when he saw the satisfied expression on his face. It was obvious that he yearned for the days of eating and drinking in the Lu Family. His disdain deepened.
Now that the business was settled, they were business partners. The Lu Family didn't really care about using money to entertain business partners, but Young Master Wan's face made Lu Zheng feel disgusted.
"Lu Xi, send Young Master Wan and his group to the guest courtyard." Lu Zheng flicked his sleeves and turned around.
Pang Xiao held Qin Yining's hand and brought along Huzi, Bing Tang, and Ji Yun. They happily followed behind Lu Xi to the guest courtyard.
Although the Lu Family's residence was just a branch residence, it was still a century-old residence that had been renovated several times. The guest courtyard's architecture was obviously newer. It was probably built for the convenience of receiving guests.
Qin Yining and Pang Xiao admired the scenery while secretly memorizing the layout and location along the way.
Lu Xi also couldn't help but size up the two. Seeing that they were both amazed, he confirmed Lu Zheng's previous guess.
It seemed that the Guangtong Family's Wan Family was a nouveau riche without any foundation. This Young Master Wan was probably an idiot who didn't have much knowledge in his stomach. At first, he thought that this person purposely reminded him on the boat to help the Young Master solve a problem. Now, he understood that he had overestimated this person.
The guest courtyard was at the northeast corner of the Lu Family's residence. It was connected to the outer courtyard on the back street.
There was a side door for easy access. There were three main rooms in the courtyard. There were two side rooms on each side. The back seats were turned into small kitchens. This was also the Lu Family's thoughtfulness. Guests who stayed for a long time could go to the main kitchen to order dishes. They could also cook for themselves.
Qin Yining looked around the courtyard and leaned against Pang Xiao, looking tired.
Pang Xiao asked, "Beauty, are you tired?"
"Yes. I haven't been able to eat or sleep well in prison these days. How can I not be tired? "
Lu Xi smiled and bowed his head, "It was just a misunderstanding. Young Master has already prepared food and wine for the two of you. Someone will send it over in a moment."
She turned around and introduced the two sturdy female servants and the two young maidservants behind her.
"They are Old Maid Hua and Old Maid Zhang, specially arranged by the young master for Master Wan and Mrs. Ning."
Two old maids in dark green armor came forward and saluted, "Greetings, Childe Wan and Mrs. Ning."
Lu Xi continued, "This is Sulan and Sufang."
"Greetings, Young Master, Wife." The two maidservants wearing light green narrow-sleeved jackets and dark green armor bowed together.
Pang Xiao's eyes swept over the two maidservants, then she shook her head and said with dissatisfaction, "Don't you have any pretty girls in your residence? Like Fu Xue? "
Lu Xi clenched her fists in an instant, and the blue veins on her forehead jumped twice. She put on a fake smile and said, "It's rare to see someone as pretty as Mrs. Ning."
Pang Xiao waved his hand and said generously, "Well, well, you can go. You don't need to serve here."
Does anyone want to come down and serve you? Lu Xi couldn't help complaining in her heart. Because the other party was a business partner, she could only force herself to hold back. She said yes respectfully and left after saluting.
Pang Xiao put his arm around Qin Yining's waist and entered the room. He asked Bing Tang to follow the two maidservants to get the food. Ji Yun and the two nannies went to prepare the bedroom, leaving only Huzi beside them.
When there was no one around, Pang Xiao and Huzi checked the surroundings carefully again. After making sure that no one was monitoring and eavesdropping, they relaxed.
Pang Xiao could finally sit upright as usual. He said with a smile, "Ah, deliberately bending my neck is more tiring than fighting a war."
Qin Yining giggled, "Don't I feel tired talking in a coquettish voice?"
"In fact, I like your appearance very much."
Qin Yining couldn't help but stare at him, "I'm afraid that it will become a habit. If I don't behave properly when I go back, I can't teach the children well."
"That's true." Pang Xiao touched his chin and nodded.
Huzi, who was standing aside, couldn't help but chuckle when he saw that the topic of the two of them happily turned back to the children.
Pang Xiao stared at Huzi. Huzi immediately kept quiet and retreated to the corner.
Qin Yining's face was a little hot. He coughed to clear his throat and asked seriously, "Are you going to tell your people to the Lu Family and let them arrange it?"
"That's what I want to do." Pang Xiao thought of Lu Zheng's appearance just now and shook his head with a smile, "Although he is a gentleman, he is still inexperienced."
"It's because you acted too well."
Pang Xiao laughed and said proudly, "I couldn't help laughing when I saw him looking at me with disdain. But this deal is really good. I don't need to pay the capital and I can get one for one. "
Qin Yining counted with his fingers for him, "You don't need to pay the capital now. In the future, the Lu Family will arrange for people to go to Guangtong. Your people can be imperial envoys and we can have more confidence in the old capital. As long as we don't expose our contact with the Qiu Family, everything will be fine. "
"Exactly. After the deal is done, we can retreat. Not only can the Lu Family arrange people for me for free, but we can also make the Qiu Family pay a price. After that, they will settle accounts with each other and I'm afraid they will become enemies. "
Huzi clicked his tongue, "They will be in big trouble this time."
"If we don't do it, we will be the unlucky ones in the future." Pang Xiao supported his face with one hand and smiled, "In the coming days, I will have to trouble you to accompany me to travel."
Qin Yining smiled and said, "It's my pleasure."
Pang Xiao had to go all the way. In the days that followed in the Lu family, Pang Xiao played the role of a petty playboy to the fullest. On one hand, he showed off his wealth, but on the other hand, he wanted to take advantage of the Lu Family. He took Qin Yining to visit all the scenic spots around Danzhou City.
Qin Yining and Pang Xiao went out to play every day. When they returned to the Lu Family, they were treated with good wine and good food. They lived a happy life. It was the most peaceful and sweet time they had had since their wedding.
Lu Zheng originally paid attention to Young Master Wan and investigated him. But in the end, Lu Zheng didn't even bother to look at him. Occasionally, he heard from Lu Xi that "Young Master Wan" lived in the guest house and took beautiful women to tour the mountains and enjoy the scenery. Then he looked at his busy days and thought of Young Master Wan's contemptible face. He couldn't help but feel irritated.
"Young Master, have some hot tea and take a rest." Lu Xi put a delicate white porcelain teacup in Lu Zheng's hand.
Lu Zheng nodded and took a sip of tea, "What else does Young Master Wan do except eat, drink, and play?"
"I haven't seen him do anything else. He seems to be busy trying to please Mrs. Ning these days. He bought a lot of gold and silver jewelry, rouge, face powder, silk and satin. They couldn't fit everything in the guest house, so he arranged for people to send them back to the ship. "
"Yes. How is Mrs. Ning living with him? Is she bored? "
Lu Xi wasn't surprised. He had seen through Lu Zheng's feelings for Mrs. Ning.
"Mrs. Ning is still the same as before. Young Master, you care about Mrs. Ning a lot?"
Lu Zheng snorted and said bluntly, "That idiot tarnished the beauty for no reason. Unfortunately, the beauty is blind. "
Lu Xi agreed. "That guy with the surname Wan was just a little lucky to have met a beauty first. If Young Master likes her, he can use some tricks to get her. Looking at Young Master Wan's appearance, he was just a bag of skin. Young Master Wan was handsome and confident, not inferior to Young Master Wan. In addition, the Lu family's foundation was right there.
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Lu Zheng was a little melancholy, "But last time I asked, Mrs. Ning bluntly refused."
Lu Xi shook his head in amusement.
With Lu Zheng's status, all his women rushed to get close to him. Lu Zheng didn't even need to ask. Among all the maids in the mansion, as long as they were pretty, which one of them did not want to be Lu Zheng's maid?
"Young Master, your relationship has always been too smooth." Perhaps the Young Master had never truly fallen in love with any woman.
Lu Zheng was stunned for a moment as if he was lost in his memories. After a while, he said, "Yes. Speaking of which, there is no woman that I can't get. "
The master and the servant fell into a short silence.
After a while, Lu Zheng came to his senses and said, "Go to the warehouse. I remember that someone sent me a set of jade head ornaments inlaid with gold and jade a few days ago. Together with several sets of earrings and cloves, there are a total of 108 pieces. You can send the box to Mrs. Ning."
Lu Xi was surprised, "Did Young Madam see that set before?"
Lu Zheng said, "She has a lot of jade. She doesn't care about this set. Go ahead. See if Mrs. Ning likes it or not. "
"Yes." Lu Xi thought for a moment and suggested, "Young Master, this time when you send the jewelry, why don't you avoid that Young Master Wan? Who knows, maybe she was afraid of Young Master Wan's presence and couldn't agree, so she rejected Young Master?"
"That's reasonable." Lu Zheng thought for a while and said, "Well, you don't need to get it. I'll ask Young Madam to do it. It's easier for women to talk. "
Lu Xi hesitated and persuaded, "I'm afraid it's not good for Young Madam to know."
"Why not?" Lu Zheng didn't understand and raised his eyebrows, "She will marry into the family sooner or later. Won't she know then? Besides, she is the legal wife. Shouldn't she deal with these things? "
Lu Xi thought for a while and found it reasonable. So, she didn't say more.
Therefore, when Qin Yining and Pang Xiao were discussing where to go today, someone came to the door of the guest house to deliver a message.
After a while, Bing Tang came to the corridor and said, "Mrs. Ning, Young Madam wants to see you."
Qin Yining raised his eyebrows in surprise, "Young Madam wants to see me?"
Bing Tang said at the door, "Yes."
Qin Yining and Pang Xiao looked at each other and stood up, "I'll go and see what she wants to do. Maybe I can get something out of her."
Pang Xiao thought for a while and shook her head, "No, you'd better not go. This Young Madam didn't show up at the beginning. She must be ordered by Lu Zheng to come here suddenly. Lu Zheng didn't like me from the beginning. There's no relationship between noble ladies. She must have a reason to come to you. After all, Lu Family is the most powerful family here. You'd better not take the risk. "
"You're right. Then I won't go. "
Pang Xiao simply held Qin Yining's shoulder and went out, "Let's go out and discuss where to go today."
Bing Tang, Ji Yun, and Huzi immediately followed.
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