Kick out the general as soon as you are reborn

Liu Yanyan didn't say much. After covering her lips with a handkerchief and wiping the corners of her mouth, she raised her eyes lightly and glanced at Yuzhen, "In the future, Yuzhen, just do it a few more times." Alas, she was scared.

Yuzhen fell to her knees and said, "Thank you, Miss."

Yuzhu helped the young lady walk into the house.

Liu Yanyan walked through several corridors and saw that the furnishings in the house were exactly the same as when she was a child. She smiled knowingly. She and her father had lived here for a period of time when she was a child. It seemed that Old Liu was still honest and did not dispose of these things casually, although they were a little old.

She brushed her fingers across the pearwood dressing table, opened the drawer, and saw the jewelry box inside. She took it out and wiped the dust off it with a handkerchief.

Yuzhen was so nervous when she saw this that she knelt down with a plop, and the maids behind her followed suit and knelt down, "Miss, please spare us! We didn't mean it, Miss."

Liu Yanyan held the jewelry box and said calmly, "Five slaps per person. There will be no next time."

Several people said in unison, "Thank you, Miss, for your mercy."

Liu Yanyan held the jewelry box and came to the table next to her. She sat on the pearwood chair, opened the long-dusty box, looked at the delicate peony hairpin inside, and smiled softly. When she was a child, she always played with this hairpin and thought it was lost. After wiping it clean bit by bit, she wore it diagonally on her bun.

Yuzhu came in with hot water and said, "Miss, please wash your hands first. They are covered in dust."

Only then did Liu Yanyan notice the dust on her fingertips. She nodded, put her hands in the copper basin, and washed her fingers bit by bit. When she raised her slender hands, they were pink and tender. She wiped them dry with a silk handkerchief and put them back in Yuzhu's arms.

Yuzhu saw that the young lady's face was not angry, so she took the copper basin out. When she poured out the water, she looked at Yuzhen beside her and said, "Young lady, don't be angry anymore. Go in. Be more careful next time. How could you not even clean up the dressing table?"

Yuzhen's lips were red. After hearing that the young lady was not angry, she nodded, went to the kitchen to get a wooden basin, scooped water from the water tank, and then walked into the house carefully.

Liu Yanyan saw that she didn't say anything, but looked carefully at the book in her hand, allowing her to clean the house carefully again.

After a long while, Liu Jiu's voice came from outside the door, "Miss, I have found out what happened in the manor."

Liu Yanyan raised her eyes, waved to Yuzhu, and brought Liu Jiu into the house.

After Liu Jiu came in, he knelt on the ground and reported, "Miss, I walked around the farm and found nothing special. It's just that he sold grain in the snow and became thinner due to hunger."

Liu Yanyan nodded calmly, "Continue."

Liu Jiu said, "Liu Zhuangtou gave them some grain, but he only wanted to charge a little interest."

Liu Yanyan put down the book in her hand and said, "During the autumn harvest, have someone keep an eye on it to make sure nothing happens on the farm." Don't tell me she's trying to lend money at high interest!

Liu Jiu bowed and replied, "Yes."

Liu Yanyan continued to ask, "What happened to Lin Rou today? She looked so embarrassed and tried to stop a car on the road."

Liu Jiu said with a look of shame, "Miss Lin Rou, she, she deliberately fell into the water at the Shangshu Mansion's concubine's boat party, wanting to get close to the Shangshu Mansion's legitimate son. Unfortunately, no one rescued her. She was rescued by a few fishermen nearby, who said they wanted to marry her, so she ran away."

Liu Yanyan frowned. "Hasn't she already been taken as a concubine by Gu Beichen? Why does she want to climb up the social ladder?"

Liu Jiu said, "She didn't have the documents to take a concubine, and originally wanted to be the main wife. Now that she saw Gu Beichen in prison, she took the risk, fearing that she would be implicated."

Liu Yanyan looked at Liu Jiu in disbelief, and only after he nodded seriously did she accept this fact. It seemed that the old lady really liked Lin Rou! "How is Lin Rou now?"

Liu Jiu continued, "Lin Rou was being dragged away. The old lady of the general's mansion passed by and heard her crying. She asked a few maids to take her back. Now she is being punished to kneel in the ancestral hall of the mansion."

Liu Yanyan nodded nonchalantly, "You've worked hard, you can leave." She turned and gestured to Yuzhu.

Yuzhu was tactful and took out a heavy purse and handed it to Liu Jiu.

Liu Jiu was so happy that he couldn't stop smiling. He knelt down to express his gratitude, "Thank you, Miss, for your reward. Thank you, Miss, for your reward." The young lady was really generous.

Liu Yanyan waved her hand, and Liu Jiucai stood up, walked back a few steps, and turned to leave.

Liu Yanyan watched him leave before picking up her book and continuing reading.

Yuzhu, wait by the side.

Yuzhen continued to clean the house bit by bit.

General's Ancestral Hall

Nanny Zhao was guarding outside, afraid that Lin Rou would be lazy. But the old lady had said that she was not allowed to get up until midnight, otherwise everyone in the courtyard would be punished together.

Inside the dark ancestral hall, Lin Rou knelt on a mat in wet clothes, her face red and swollen. She looked at the tablet and cried pitifully, "Cousin, what should I do? Wuuuuu, why do you treat me like this, wuuuuuu."

A gust of cold wind blew, and Lin Rou pulled her wet clothes together in fear. She was even more frightened. The sunlight outside could not come in at all. The white candles on the table were exploding with sparks, and it was eerily quiet.

I felt a cool touch on my body, and my whole body tensed up. "Cousin, I really have no choice! I don't want to be beheaded, and I don't want to be exiled! I have inquired about it, and there is almost no chance of surviving cheating in the imperial examination! Cousin, please forgive me and don't bother me anymore."

The cold feeling has been lingering around Lin Rou, frightening her so much that she trembles and can't even kneel steadily. Looking at the white candle still burning in front of her, she said, "Cousin, you don't have to haunt me. I'll burn some paper money and a few beauties for you later. What do you think? At most I'll burn a house. I still have to live!"

Aunt Zhao, who was outside the room, was speechless as she listened. Fortunately, there was no one else around, otherwise the old lady would have to kill her. The young master was clearly beaten with a stick, so how could he die? She knocked on the door in anger.

Lin Rou knelt down immediately and didn't dare to mutter anymore, for she was afraid that Nanny Zhao would tell her aunt. Her aunt would definitely be angry, and she didn't want to be beaten again.

Soon, Lin Rou kept sneezing. After she finally recovered, she said to the outside, "Mammy, can you bring me some clothes? I can't stand it anymore."

Aunt Zhao said expressionlessly, "The old lady said that Aunt Lin cannot get up before midnight. She wants Aunt Lin to reflect on herself."

Lin Rou said pitifully, "My aunt told me to kneel, but she didn't say I couldn't change my clothes! Bring me some clothes and some food."

Thinking of the old lady's love for her, Nanny Zhao took off one of her coats and threw it in.

Lin Rou was very angry when she saw that she only had clothes and no food, but the situation was beyond her control, so she could only endure it silently and changed her outer clothes.

After kneeling for a while, her legs became numb. The slightest movement caused pain, itchiness and soreness. She rolled on the ground in pain, waiting for her legs to recover.

Nanny Zhao knocked on the door at the right time, and Lin Rou had to kneel down on the cushion filled with soybeans again.

In the middle of the night, Lin Rou had fainted and was dragged back by several maids.