novelraw Chapter 22
Chapter 22
Mrs. Wei snorted and did not answer him, but put those things into the box and closed them one by one. Fang said coldly: "You are not satisfied with Miss Qi's family, and my mother will not make things difficult for you. It's just that she We don’t have any reason to keep these good things as gifts, we have to give them back to others.”
Yan Li hurriedly echoed, "Mother is very considerate!"
Mrs. Wei gave him a sideways glance, and continued: "Since we want to return the gift, we should show sincerity. After all, it is our fault, and we can't wait too long in terms of etiquette. So, I thought about the person who returned the gift, You have to go there yourself, so that people won't blame us, saying that people like us are not only poor and poor, but also don't know how to be polite. Li'er, what do you think?"
"This..." When Yan Li heard this, he immediately felt troubled, thinking, would it be too much to ask him to do such a thing?But since Mrs. Wei said so, it was not easy for him to refuse directly, so he had to think about it before and after he suggested: "Mother, why don't you send the housekeeper to deliver it first, if the Qi family refuses to accept it, or insists on letting me Send it off in person, then I will make this trip, and I will never let you, the old man, embarrass you!"
"No!" Mrs. Wei said decisively, "I've thought about it a long time ago, this matter is up to you, so don't talk too much!"
"I...Okay, I'll go!" Seeing Mrs. Wei's resolute attitude, Yan Li knew that he could not escape, so he had no choice but to take over this embarrassing task. Explain it yourself, so that you have a clear conscience.
After such a decision was made, Yan Li asked, "Should this gift be returned directly to Qi's residence, or to an intermediary!"
Mrs. Wei had been waiting for him to ask this question a long time ago, and hurriedly said: "I have sent someone to inquire in advance. The Qi family means that it is not good to retreat directly to the mansion. I am afraid that it will be detrimental to the reputation of his young lady, so let us Send it to Wangyue Teahouse at noon tomorrow, and there will naturally be someone to pick it up."
Wangyue Tea House is the highest-grade tea house in the county, with magnificent interior decoration, it has always received high-ranking officials and dignitaries in the county, Yan Li thought that this Qi's mansion is a Beijing official, and it is normal to make an appointment here, so he also Without doubt, he quickly agreed, asked some more details, and then retreated.
After returning, Yan Li saw that the rain was slowing down and it was still early in the morning, so he called Song'er and another servant named Bai'er to take the framed picture scroll, and set up a car until Ye Mozhi's residence.
When they saw Ye Mozhi, they naturally had a long talk with each other, and they insisted on keeping him for dinner before letting him come back.A few people entered Yan Li's courtyard, and saw a maidservant of Second Miss Yan Ying waiting on the porch, knew that Yan Ying was waiting here, hurriedly opened the curtain to go in, and saw Yan Ying waiting inside the room with an anxious expression on her face.Seeing him coming in, she hurriedly got up and said, "Where did brother go, let Ying'er wait!"
Yan Li smiled and said, "I went to Ye Mo's house, what do you need from me?"
Yan Ying hurriedly asked the maids to leave, Fang Du pursed her mouth and choked dissatisfiedly, "Brother did such a good thing, you still come to ask me!"
"Oh? What did I do to make you so angry?" Yan Li asked curiously as he took off his outer clothes.
Yan Ying let out a "hum" before telling the truth, and said: "Qing'er entered our house and served her elder brother, and it has been several years now, logically, elder brother should promise her a good future, why send her away instead? She went to mother's side, and she is still working under Nanny Li. Doesn't brother know that Nanny Li is your nanny when she was young, and now she has the most face in front of mother, and is getting more and more arrogant? "
"So what?" Yan Li was also a little unhappy, and retorted coldly, "Is it because Mother Li is a bit arrogant, should I keep Qing'er by my side for the rest of my life?"
"Brother!" Yan Ying stomped her feet anxiously, and said angrily, "Is brother really confused or fake? Don't you know what Qing'er has been thinking about brother all these years? It's impossible for brother to push her out so heartlessly now." It's so chilling!"
"Okay, you don't need to worry about my affairs!" Yan Li finally couldn't listen anymore, lowered his face and scolded, "You are a girl who hasn't been out of the court, where did you hear such a mess? Could it be that Qing'er told you personally ? If that's the case, then Qing'er absolutely can't stay, and has to be sent out!"
"No, brother, please!" Yan Ying jumped and pleaded, "Qing'er didn't tell Ying'er these things, it was just Yinger's personal guesses, if my brother would blame Qing'er because of these , then Yinger has committed a serious crime!" After speaking, she still pulled Yan Li's sleeve and shook it back and forth like she did when she was a child, begging for forgiveness.
Yan Li usually loves this sister the most, seeing her pleading for forgiveness like this, she has no intention of pursuing it any further, and hurriedly waved her hands and said, "Forget it, since it's your own guess, then I don't care about it, I just don't make an example, and I won't let you You're messing around!" After saying that, he waved Yan Ying to go back.
Yan Ying came here today because she saw Qing'er being punished to kneel when she saw Qing'er in Madam Wei's courtyard on the first day she went to work. Master Li Xing questioned the crime, but Yan Li had such an attitude. She lost her mind for a while, but when she thought of Qing'er's pitiful appearance, she had no choice but to bite the bullet and plead for her: "Brother doesn't know, today Qing'er My son has been greatly wronged, and she was punished to kneel and scolded on the first day she came to her mother's courtyard. I really couldn't stand it, so I came to beg my brother. I begged my brother because of the love she has served him for these years. At least find another excuse to let her come back, otherwise she will be tortured to death by Nanny Li."
After hearing this, Yan Li knew the real purpose of Yan Ying's visit. He couldn't bear it for a while, but when he thought of the excessive things Qing'er had done behind his back, he felt hateful, so he had to grit his teeth after thinking about it. Rejected: "Since Qing'er has served her mother now, I have no reason to intervene. I can only see her own good luck. And Ying'er, if you think she is pitiful, you can help her in private. My side I also ordered Zhao'er to let her take care of it, I think this is enough, lest she get used to idleness and have any bad intentions to harm others."
"What did you say, brother? Could it be that Qing'er has hurt someone?" Yan Ying retorted dissatisfied.
Yan Li didn't want to talk too much with her, so he waved his hand to stop him and said, "Whether you have it or not, you don't need to worry about it, go back quickly!"
Seeing Yan Li's resolute attitude, Yan Ying couldn't say anything, so she turned around with tears in her eyes.
As soon as Yan Ying left here, Yan Li called Zhao'er in and asked, "You and Qing'er have been working together for the longest time, do you know what she is like?"
When Zhao'er heard this, he was stunned for a while, and Fang hesitated and said: "This...although we used to work together on errands, but...but we didn't talk much, and if we want to say we understand, we can't talk about it!"
Yan Li frowned, and had no choice but to ask another straightforward question: "Then tell me, has she ever bullied you, has she done anything excessive?"
"This..." Zhao'er was even more shocked. After observing Yan Li's expression for a while, Fang cautiously said, "If you talk about bullying, it's not too much. After all, we maids are together, and we occasionally quarrel; As for the excessive things she has done, I don't think there are many, it's just... "
"Just what?" Yan Li knew that she was hiding something when she stuttered, so he deliberately lowered his face and shouted, "Zhao'er, you also know that the old man who served in my courtyard is now only you Well, if you still hide it from me, then I can't keep you..."
"My lord, don't!" Zhao'er turned pale from being frightened, and hurriedly fell to his knees with a "plop", and said with red eyes, "I said... I just want to say one thing, that is... Sister Qing'er blocked that for you The thing that hurt her waist all of a sudden, in fact...it was actually planned by her in advance, in order to make the young master fall in love with her, so...so..."
"Okay, don't say any more!" Yan Li's face also changed color suddenly, the ruthlessness in his eyes flashed past, and he waved his hand and said, "You back off, remember not to tell these words to others!" Said After that, he quickly got up and went to the inner room, came to stand in front of the desk under the window, suddenly raised his hand and punched the desk violently, causing the pen, ink, paper and inkstone on the desk to rattle.