Does the villain stepmother have a headache again today!

At the corner of the window, Ruan Tao watched the carriage of Ping'an Marquis Mansion leave.

When the carriage of the Marquis of Ping An leaves, the eyes and ears from all over the capital will also leave.

Therefore, when she came, she came first, and when she left, Xu Jinan's family left first.

It’s time to say goodbye!

As Xu Jinan said, things will get better in the future.

There is no date for the future meeting, which means both parties are fine.

Only Xu Jinan, who has stayed in Beijing for more than 20 years, understands this situation.

And after Xu Jinan left, Ruan Tao was watching in the corner as countless carriages, people, and people in brocade clothes walking on the roof at night all left one after another as Xu Jinan left.

I feel that most of Beijing may not believe whether the Ping'an Marquis Mansion can truly leave Beijing.

But she knew that she could...

Because the emperor acquiesced to Xu Jinan's departure, Xu Jinan could leave safely.

In fact, the moment the emperor asked her, Xu Jinan's fate was hanging in the air.

The emperor wants to test her, but he may not just test her.

The emperor was still undecided in his heart, subconsciously waiting for someone to speak.

She shouldn't be the only one.

But he became the last one.

In the book, this is how the gears of fate turn.

Ruan Tao stood for a while longer. When the copper kettle leaking in the room started to sound again, Ruan Tao knew what time it was.

Hai Lingchen was still in the mansion and was being used as a cover by her.

Mongolian sweat medicine also has a time limit.

Especially since Hai Lingchen is a practicing practitioner and is as healthy as a cow. When she asked Doctor Lin to use as much weight as a cow, Doctor Lin almost cried in fear, "Madam, are you trying to fool a person or a cow? "

"A man as strong as an ox."

Dr. Lin is not willing to do anything.

In the end, Ruan Zhao had rich experience and said, "Then you can use it yourself."

Then Dr. Lin dispensed the medicine without saying a word.

In this way, she first thanked Hai Lingchen for being able to accompany the old lady around the capital during her stay in Beijing. She was extremely grateful and could only invite him to dinner to express her gratitude. If he didn't come, then she could only let him pay homage to Fu Boyun. He entrusted it to him in a dream and "thanked" him properly in the dream...

The hair on Hai Lingchen's body stood up!

Correct!

Yes!

Although he was actually close to Fu Boyun, he couldn't help but drag Fu Boyun up to thank him!

"No, no, no, don't worry, Madam-in-law, I will be there, I will be there."

She was dignified, generous, and smiled gracefully, "That's great. Don't be late. Boyun doesn't like people being late in front of him."

Hai Lingchen's face turned green!

So Hai Lingchen arrived very early, just in the time Ruan Tao expected.

Therefore, not only did Ruan Tao have sufficient alibi, she did not show up at the garment shop because she was guilty of eating hot pot with Hai Lingchen.

Moreover, Ruan Tao didn't have a motive yet, because Ruan Tao's time was later, but Hai Lingchen came very early, and the time was not under her control, so the time of the motive did not match.

In this way, Hai Lingchen drank the Menghan medicine used for Mengniu one cup at a time.

While drinking, I was still complaining to Ruan Tao about how slow the mutton was cooked, and why it wasn’t good!

Ruan Tao calm down and ask someone to cut it thinner next time. You drink first and wait. It will be fine soon.

Hai Lingchen drank heavily as expected.

Ruan Tao ate cold dishes in silence.

Just like that, Hai Lingchen drank and drank, and finally, after drinking Mengniu's measured amount, he started talking nonsense.

Ruan Tao speeded up his progress, and finally, Hai Lingchen fell asleep while talking.

Ruan Tao tried calling, scaring, intimidating, and, fingertips...

Well, slept like hell.

Ruan Taocai said the code word, "Third Young Master has finished his wine. Let Ruan Qian come in with a large jar and bring some more food and drinks."

Just like that, Ruan Qian successfully carried the wine jar in, and then Ruan Qian could pretend to be the still sober Hai Lingchen.

The maid serving cold dishes also came in.

The maid is similar in stature to Ruan Tao. She is an old member of the Ping'an Marquis Mansion. She agrees to something as soon as she hears something.

In this way, Ruan Tao first pretended to be a maid in the mansion to get the jade cake.

Then he went in and out of the jade cake workshop, changed into a carriage and clothes, followed Mrs. Zeng, pretending to be Mrs. Zeng's maid, and went to the garment shop together.

After changing carriages and clothes twice in succession, the possibility of being discovered and noticed again was too slim.

But Zeng Er and his wife are the ones who dare not mention it the most.

The first level of officialdom is overwhelming. The wife of the Marquis of Nanping is not the first level of official. In one sentence, the two of them could be wiped out in ashes, so they can only agree to it and do it. They are still worried about not doing well. Afterwards, they will be the worst. User return visit.

For example, right now, all the informants who followed Marquis Ping An were gone. It was almost time for Ruan Tao to leave, so he changed his voice and said, "Zeng Er."

Zeng Eryi changed his earlier "begging ancestors to leave quickly" expression and said respectfully and flatteringly, "Madam, are you satisfied today?"

In fact, it is also an advanced version of "Please, ancestors, leave quickly."

Ruan Tao smiled and said solemnly, "Satisfied."

Before Zeng Er could breathe a sigh of relief, Ruan Tao said again, "I'm quite satisfied. I'll see you next time."

Zeng Er froze, "Well, there's still a next time?"

"Otherwise?" Ruan Tao turned around and said, "I will go back to my hometown later. Thank your wife for me and ask her to make a trip."

"How, how could it be possible? It is an honor for us and my wife to serve my wife." Zeng Er quickly followed, but he was already overwhelmed.

But when dealing with an official's wife, even if her teeth are knocked out, she can only swallow them all in her belly; let alone the Marquis of Nanping's wife?

"I have one more thing to discuss with you." Ruan Tao said as he went downstairs.

There are three horizontal lines on Zeng Er's forehead. We still need to discuss it. It's late at night, so don't discuss it. If we continue to discuss it, we won't be able to sleep.

I don't know why, but every time I see this Madam Hou, I feel frightened; I feel more discouraged than when I see the Marquis of Nanping himself.

But they are obviously very similar!

The way she behaves and speaks are very similar. Sometimes, I really wonder if Mrs. Hou’s words and actions were all taught by Nanping Hou.

Still greener than blue and better than blue...

But when Zeng Er opened his mouth, he immediately said, "Madam and I, what else do we need to discuss! Then I will do whatever the madam says! Even if it is a sea of ​​swords, mountains of fire, and madam asks me to jump, I won't even think about it." Yes, I will immediately..."

"Really?" Ruan Tao didn't show any interest, "I have something to ask for your help here."

Zeng Er: "..."

I really want to dance...

Ruan Tao clenched his fists, coughed twice, and said quietly, "Didn't you tell me everything before?"

"Ok?"

What did you say before?

Why did he lose his memory?

Ruan Tao continued to go downstairs slowly, "Actually, the Nanping Marquis Mansion does not need these shops in Beijing. Look at me, my energy is limited, there are many children in the mansion, and there is an old lady to take care of, so I always have something to keep in mind here. , and it also consumes my energy. To put it bluntly, compared with those in the Marquis's treasury, these more than ten shops are really just a drop in the bucket, don't you think?"

Zeng Er quickly responded, "Yes, yes, Mrs. Hou said yes."

Zeng Er was sweating in his heart.

"So, you can't do these things in vain all the time. You have to find a legitimate way to make the transition slowly."

After Ruan Tao finished speaking, Zeng Er was stunned, and then hurriedly said, "I can't do it, I can't do it! Isn't it a natural thing to do things for Mrs. Hou? It is a blessing for us and my wife to be able to work for Mrs. Hou. Mrs. Hou Both of us are very grateful for being able to give us a piece of the pie, how can we miss this shop?"

Zeng Er is well versed in the methods and principles of dealing with officialdom.

The more the leader says he wants to give it to you, the more you can’t take it!

Because if the leader wants to give it to you, he will give it to you first!

Giving it to you is equivalent to recruiting you into the gang!

If the leader says he will give it to you, he is testing you!

If you act impatient, in the end it may seem like your mouth is flying, but in fact you haven’t even passed this level yet.

Only then could Zeng Er be so confused!

There are many benefits to following the Nanping Hou Mansion. It depends on the long term, not necessarily the immediate benefits, but Mrs. Hou said that she would give him the shop, so why not! Of course not!

Earlier, he just put it off and pretended, thinking of a lucky move that Ruan Tao didn't know about; but Ruan Tao knew about it and asked him to turn the things in the Hou Mansion into his own in front of Ruan Tao. , he just doesn’t have enough brains, and he wouldn’t even dare to lend him a few more courages!

Ruan Tao comforted him, "You work for me, and I will transfer part of the rights and interests of the shop to you. The shop will not all belong to me. We will get the dividends in proportion. How about this?"

As a half-businessman with a keen sense of smell, Zeng Er's eyes lit up! I seem to understand somewhat, but not completely.

Ruan Tao continued, "These ten shops, together with self-operated assets like this garment shop, are divided into ten parts. Now all ten parts belong to the Nanping Hou Mansion. You help the Hou Mansion keep an eye on these shops. The Hou Mansion I’ll give you a commission from the profits every year, right?”

Zeng Er nodded, "Yes, yes..."

"Okay." Ruan Tao stopped and turned to look at him, "Now that you are working for the Marquis Mansion, we have made a gentleman's contract and I will hand over two of these ten shares to you. At the end of the year, except for the one you should take, We will take part of the commission and divide the remaining part according to the proportion each person holds. What do you think of this?"

That is, in addition to the salary, the CEO also gets some original shares.

It’s impossible for Zeng Er not to understand!

But most of the equity is still with her and the Nanping Hou Mansion, and Zeng Er also feels safe.

Moreover, Zeng Er can be directly promoted from a worker to a partner.

Isn't it fragrant?

Fragrant!

It was hard for Zeng Er to say no.

Ruan Tao continued to offer an olive branch, "Twenty percent first, and then I will gradually transfer the rights and interests to you, 30%, 40%, the more you work, the more you will get. What do you think?"

"Zeng and his wife will definitely live up to their high expectations."

Ruan Tao took out the prepared share splitting document and said, "Keeping your word is the foundation of business."

Zeng Er was stunned.

*

When Hai Lingchen woke up from sleep and stretched his hands, he said, "Ah!!!"

My hand touched the wall of the copper pot!

Ruan Tao felt sorry for him.

There was also an old lady on the side who was so worried that she didn’t even expect it!

Fortunately, Hai Lingchen was thick-skinned and thick-skinned, but he was sober after drinking!

When he woke up, he immediately saw Ruan Tao and the old lady in front of him. Hai Lingchen was stunned, and suddenly remembered that he came to Ruan Tao's place to eat hot pot today!

The hot pot was quite delicious, and I also drank a lot of wine.

Good guy!

It seemed like he had too much to drink. Did he fall asleep while drunk?

Sure enough, the old lady said, "Are you sober?"

That's true. Hai Lingchen suddenly realized, "Old madam, when did you come?"

"You were drunk as soon as we arrived." The old lady complained, "I asked the palace doctor to hurry up, hurry up, and he will slowly take the pulse..."

The old lady explained it very clearly.

Ruan Tao continued, "I told you that this wine is impatient and I asked you to drink it slowly. If you don't believe it, if you don't believe it, if you squint for a while longer, you will have to add another soup."

Hai Lingchen took a look and saw that there was really only a little bit of soup base left.

Hai Lingchen muttered, "Have you been eating?"

"Otherwise? Let the pot cook dry?" Ruan Tao asked.

Also.

Hai Lingchen retorted dejectedly, "We agreed on the thank you banquet, but I didn't even eat a few bites of meat in total."

"You've been drinking~"

Hai Lingchen was speechless.

It was the old lady who came to the rescue, "Come on, there's still meat, eat quickly, don't be hungry."

The old lady gave Hai Lingchen some meat. Hai Lingchen was grateful and said, "Old lady is better."

Ruan Tao frowned.

Eat it, eat it, it has been cooked for so long and is full of purine...

Hai Lingchen really enjoyed the food.

"Why don't you eat?" Hai Lingchen was alert.

"I just ate a lot, and the rest belongs to the third young master. If you don't believe me, ask mother?" Ruan Tao looked at the old lady.

The old lady almost choked on her tea, "Yes, my daughter-in-law has eaten a lot, so hurry up and eat it yourself."

Hai Lingchen: "..."

The entire Nanping Marquis Mansion seemed to listen to Ruan Tao unconditionally...

"What kind of wine are you drinking?" Hai Lingchen looked disgusted, "Why is it different from the wine just now?"

The old lady slowly sat up straight, which was a sign of her nervousness.

Ruan Tao said slowly, "The wine just now cost five taels of silver per bottle, and this one costs half a silver per jar."

Hai Lingchen looked disgusted, "You are treating me with such cheap wine!! Stingy!"

"Have you ever had a bad drink? This is called etiquette being ignored but affection being valued. Come on, eat some pig brain to replenish your energy!!"

After Ruan Tao finished speaking, Hai Lingchen wanted to die!

The old lady smiled.

There was thick snow outside, and laughter could be heard in the house.

*

When the young man led Hai Lingchen away, Ruan Tao happened to take the old lady back to the garden and told everyone that Marquis Ping An had sent her away. The entire Marquis of Ping An was grateful to the old lady.

The old lady whispered, "Thank you for what I did!"

Ruan Tao smiled and said, "How can I do well without my mother to help me?"

The old lady pursed her lips, that's not all...

In short, the incident in Ping'an Hou Mansion is over, and her daughter-in-law can tell her because she trusts her.

She never thought behind it.

In the end, it was also Boyun’s intention.

As a mother, she finally did her part to make everything possible.

After all, it was the daughter-in-law who took care of these things.

"Mom, go to bed early. I'll come back tomorrow." Ruan Tao said goodbye to the old lady and left the garden. He Ma quickly put a thick fox fur cloak on her.

It's not cold when it snows, it's cold when it melts.

There were some heavy snowfalls in the past few days, but today the snow began to melt slowly, and it felt cool everywhere.

The lady even ran outside the house.

These are what He Ma cares about.

He Ma was tying her collar, and Ruan Tao looked at the figure behind He Ma.

Fu Aoquan?

Ruan Tao thought of what Xu Jinan told her when she met Xu Jinan today...

Fu Aoquan has already stepped forward, "Mother."

Ruan Tao smiled, "After eating hot pot, I went out for a walk to eat. Hey, what a coincidence, you are here too?"

Fu Aoquan's face turned dark.