The widowed sister-in-law is embarrassed, she criticizes the villain like he only wants to be a love

New Year's Eve morning

There was a knock on the door of the Yan family's courtyard. Yan Ersheng heard the noise and stepped forward to open the door.

There was a carriage parked outside the door, and a well-dressed middle-aged man bowed to Yan Ersheng.

"Excuse me, is this Miss Yan Shu's house?"

Yan Ersheng paused for a moment and took a look at the person coming, and was sure it was an unfamiliar face.

Looking at the carriage behind him, it was made entirely of pear wood. The carriage was wrapped in silk on all sides. At first glance, it was not something that ordinary people could afford to ride.

"Who is your Excellency?"

With suspicion, Yan Ersheng asked for an explanation.

The visitor smiled slightly: "I am a servant of the Yongding Marquis Mansion. My master was taken care of by Miss Yan on the way to Xinyang Mansion. Seeing that the new year is approaching, I sent this villain to deliver some New Year gifts to Miss Yan."

Upon hearing that the other party was from the Yongding Hou Mansion, Yan Shu, Jiang Ci, Liu Wenniang, the three brothers of the Yan family and others walked out of the room one after another.

The other party's eyes quickly locked on Yan Shu in the crowd. After taking a look at Yan Shu, he smiled and stepped forward to say hello.

"Miss Yan, my master originally wanted to come to visit the girl in person. Since the weather has been getting colder these past two days, he has been feeling a little unwell, so he sent a servant to deliver the gifts. The master told the servant to make sure that the girl accepts these gifts."

After finishing speaking, he turned around and waved to the two boys behind him, who immediately moved the gifts from the carriage.

There are more than a dozen beautifully packaged boxes, some big or small, and I don’t know what’s inside.

Yan Shu said to the visitor: "I was paid to take care of him at that time. Please take these gifts back."

"Miss Yan, you must know my master's temper. If I bring these gifts back intact today, I will inevitably be punished."

Yan Shu frowned, how could there be any reason for someone to force someone to accept a gift?

Seeing that Yan Shu was in a dilemma, the man hurriedly said: "Girl, these gifts are personally selected by my master. If you don't accept them, my master will definitely be sad..."

Why did Liu Hanyue give her so many things?

The relationship between the two of them shouldn't be that good yet, right?

But it is the New Year after all. At this time, people come all the way to send gifts. If you don't accept them, it will really hurt the other person's face.

What's more, Liu Hanyue is still the key to getting the 50,000 military power in Liu Bin's hands, and cannot be offended easily.

Yan Shu glanced at Jiang Ci, who understood.

"Since it is a New Year's gift, we should prepare a return gift for Miss Liu."

Yan Shu smiled and said to the man: "I accept Miss Liu's suggestion. You go in first and have a cup of hot tea. I would like to prepare some gifts in return for you to take back."

The man felt relieved when he saw that Yan Shu was willing to accept the gift and that the errand assigned by his master was finally completed.

Yan Ersheng invited them to the main room, and the servant handed the congratulatory gifts to the three Yan brothers.

Liu Wenniang went to the kitchen to boil water and make tea.

Yan Shu returned to his room, and Jiang Ci followed him in.

"I have seen Liu Hanyue's congratulatory gifts. There are snacks and teas special to Xinyang Mansion, as well as balm, powder, rouge, etc. commonly used by women. The rest are gold, silver and jade. Any piece of jewelry is worth a hundred taels. silver."

Is it so valuable?

Yan Shu thought for a while and decided that this gift should not be too shabby, and he wanted to give something that would satisfy Liu Hanyue.

Thinking of Liu Hanyue's frail body, Yan Shu suddenly had an idea.

After about two cups of tea

Yan Shu walked into the main room carrying a bamboo basket.

When the servants of the Yongding Marquis Mansion saw Yan Shu entering the door, they immediately stood up from their chairs.

Yan Shu walked up to the middle-aged man who was leading the group.

"Miss Liu must have a lot of silks, gold, silver and jade. We country people don't have anything valuable at home. This basket contains some food I made myself. Let's take it back and give it to Miss Liu to try."

The leading man smiled hurriedly and reached out to take it: "My master will definitely be very happy if he knows that Miss Yan made it by herself."

The bamboo basket was covered with a clean white cotton cloth. The man felt that the basket was heavy and did not open it when he left Yan's house.

After a short rest, a few people got up and left.

When the three of them got on the carriage and left Banpo Village, the two boys glanced at the bamboo basket with disgust.

"I don't know what the master thinks. Why should he value a country woman so much? Those jewelry are all painted by the master himself and then made by the best craftsmen in Xinyang Prefecture. The Eight Treasures Royal Duck and Buddha's Hand in Liufangzhai The golden rolls are a good thing that ordinary people are not qualified to eat. The master actually asked us to deliver them all the way in a thermos bucket. The result? The return gift was a basket of rough food from the countryside. The master is so picky that he would not eat these. Poor man’s stuff.”

The middle-aged man glared at the boy.

"When will it be your turn as a dog slave to arrange your master's gossip? You can also dictate who the master wants to make friends with."

The young man who spoke immediately put away his arrogance, lowered his head slightly and said, "Young man is just doing it for the master. The master has spent so much time preparing gifts for that man, but he is so ungrateful!"

"Shut up, it's up to the master to decide whatever he wants to do. If you dare to say such things in front of the master, you will definitely get a slap in the face."

"What Manager Zhang taught me is that I realized I was wrong."

Manager Zhang didn't speak any more, and snorted lightly with a gloomy expression.

Evening

Liu Hanyue was lying on the beauty couch in Nuang Pavilion, holding a book in her hand and flipping through it lazily.

The maid Lingxiang hurried in.

"Girl, Manager Zhang is back and is heading to our yard."

Liu Hanyue raised her eyebrows slightly, with a smile in her eyes. She stood up and put the books in her hands on the couch, put on her deerskin cotton boots and walked towards the door.

Lingxiang was startled when she saw this, and hurriedly took a cloak off the hanger and chased him out.

"Girl, it's cold outside. Please put on a cloak before going out."

Liu Hanyue walked to the corridor, and Manager Zhang had also walked into the yard.

Seeing Liu Hanyue standing at the door looking towards him, Manager Zhang walked over quickly carrying a bamboo basket.

"I've met the young master."

Manager Zhang is Liu Bin's confidant and one of the few people who knows Liu Hanyue's gender. He never calls Liu Hanyue a girl, but his mistress.

She was born as a boy, but if the eminent monk hadn't said that the young master had too many disasters in his life and had to hide, he had no choice but to change from a boy to a girl.

"Have you seen her?"

Seeing the hope in his master's eyes, Manager Zhang said truthfully: "The congratulatory gifts have been delivered. I personally delivered them to Miss Yan. At first, Miss Yan felt that the congratulatory gifts prepared by the master were too expensive and refused to accept them. I said these gifts are all The master personally selected it for her, so Miss Yan is willing to accept it. By the way, she has also prepared a return gift for you. These are all made by her for you to try."

Liu Hanyue's peach blossom eyes suddenly lit up. She raised her feet and wanted to walk down the steps. But she felt that she was too eager. Lingxiang behind her happened to catch up, and he stopped in time.

Lingxiang put the big cloak on Liu Hanyue: "Girl, you are too disobedient. The Marquis told you that you need to take good care of yourself in the thermal pavilion in this weather."

Alas, she was really worried about the girl. If the girl got sick, the Marquis would feel sorry for the girl and would not be willing to scold her, but she, the little maid, would be in bad luck.

Liu Hanyue raised her fair and slender hands to wrap around her soft cloak, and said to Ling Xiang beside her.

"Go and take that basket and take it back to my room."

"Yes!"

After Manager Zhang left, Liu Hanyue took Lingxiang back to the room.

"You go out first."

As soon as Lingxiang put down the bamboo basket, she was driven out by Liu Hanyue. When the door was closed, Liu Hanyue walked to the table and lifted off the white cotton layer on the basket.