Jiu Zhang Ji: The Daily Life of the Reborn Daughter

Chapter 32 The Show Starts

At this time, Qiao Lili walked in. She knew that someone from the East Palace had arrived, and was afraid that her grandmother would have to deal with it alone, so she hurried over from the outer study.

After greeting several elders and taking a seat, the second old lady frowned when she saw what Qiao Lili was wearing.

"Lili, what are you wearing? How can a girl dress like this? If you go out, it will damage the reputation of our Duke Dingguo Mansion."

Qiao Lili was wearing simple casual clothes. She smiled brightly: "This is my mother's clothes. I remember she loved to wear it like this when I was a child. If the second old lady feels that it is inappropriate, go and talk to my mother." Qiao Lili rolled her eyes in her heart. You are the one who talked about our Dingguo Mansion? Are you qualified to say that about us?

This sentence choked the second old lady to the point of being unable to breathe. She went to talk to her mother, but her mother had been dead for six years. How could she find her? Wasn't this a curse on her to death?

"How can you talk like that, little girl? How can you treat your elders like that?"

"Then how should I put it? I wish you good fortune as vast as the East Sea and a life as long as the Southern Mountains?" Haha, elders, what crappy elders, what kind of elders are they.

"We must respect our elders, be filial to them, and listen to them. This way, they won't get angry and we can live longer." The second old lady saw that Qiao Lili's tone softened, and she felt that she was fine again.

"Is that so? But I know a centenarian. I asked her the secret of her longevity and she said, "Mind your own business." Qiao Lili looked at the second old lady and her smile dimmed all the flowers.

"You, you..." The second old lady's face was green with purple, and purple with black. Qiao Lili thought, it was really beautiful.

The old Duke's wife was afraid that her granddaughter would go all out and make the old woman faint from anger. It would be fine if she just fainted, but she might also spit or vomit blood, which would dirty her Zhenxiayuan. So she quickly changed the subject of her granddaughter's conversation.

"Lili, have you told Master Monk about your search for a guard? The assassin last night ran away, and there's no guarantee he'll come back again."

"I just said that Master Shang asked us to find another hundred people. The assassins last night were very powerful, and it might be useless without enough people." Qiao Lili deliberately bluffed like this to scare the two old guys to death.

This time, not only the second old lady looked ugly, but the second master's face also turned several shades darker.

Just as he was about to ask more about the assassin, the servant Xiao Sanzi outside the door came back and said, "Bai Junzhe is kneeling at the door with a woman, asking to see the old lady and the eldest lady."

Oh, this is interesting.

Qiao Lili looked at the old Duke's wife, and there was a gleam in the old Duke's wife's eyes. It seemed like she was going to watch a good show.

If Bai Junzhe outside the gate knew their mentality was like this, would he still come and kneel?

When the Second Master and Second Mistress heard the report, they couldn't hide their excitement, and even their faces looked much better. Are they going to see a good show from the Duke Dingguo's Mansion?

It is true that when you stand on the bridge to enjoy the scenery, the people who are enjoying the scenery are looking at you from upstairs. If you want to see a good show, there are people waiting to see your show.

After Xiao Sanzi finished replying, he waited for instructions. Qiao Lili said, "Then let her kneel." Let her kneel for a while longer, and then a little longer. Oh my, what should she do when she suddenly felt good.

If you want to kneel, then kneel down. Outside the gate of the Duke Dingguo's Mansion is the territory of the Great Yan Kingdom. Kneel down as you like and kneel as long as you want. It has nothing to do with the Duke Dingguo's Mansion.

Just as Xiao Sanzi was about to leave, Qiao Lili stopped him again, "Open the door, put some tables, chairs and benches outside the door, put out coarse porcelain bowls, boil water on the coal stove, and make some big bowls of tea. People passing by can sit down and rest for a while if they are tired, and drink two bowls if they are thirsty."

The third boy was also a smart guy. If he wasn't smart, he couldn't be asked to run errands or answer questions. He immediately understood what his eldest lady meant.

The idea is to embarrass Bai Junzhe in a big way. It would be best if the whole Beijing knew about it.

Xiao Sanzi ran away. I can't handle these things by myself in the shortest time. I have to call a few more people.

As soon as the door of Duke Dingguo's Mansion opened, Lou Xinyue, who was kneeling outside, thought that Qiao Lili was about to come out. She raised her palm-sized face, her seductive eyes filled with tears that were about to fall, which was really pitiful.

But the people who came out were not Qiao Lili, or even the housekeeper, but a dozen servants. They carried tables and chairs and set them out along the road in front of the Duke Dingguo's Mansion, holding coarse porcelain bowls, with four on each table.

Four small red clay donkeys and four fans fanned the stove. After a while, the teapot on the stove started to boil, bubbling with hot steam with the fragrance of tea. Four servants carried the teapots and filled the coarse porcelain bowls on the table.

"For those who pass by, there are free benches to rest your legs and free tea to moisten your mouth."

"Rest in the shade. Tea is just being prepared. You're just in time."

As soon as the servants shouted, the people who had gathered to watch the fun all sat down. It was too tiring to stand and watch, so they sat on the benches with their legs crossed, and drank a few bowls of tea. It was really relaxing to watch the fun.

Only Bai Junzhe, who was standing, and Lou Xinyue, who was kneeling, were left at the gate of Duke Dingguo's Mansion.

People passing by the alley entrance saw a group of people sitting on the street drinking tea, their eyes fixed on the man standing and kneeling. They thought they were opera singers, so those who were not in a hurry also walked in and sat down to watch.

The people who live near the Duke Dingguo's Mansion are all officials and families. Which of those families does not employ a few servants who are specifically responsible for gathering information? Living in the circle of the powerful, one can do nothing, but one must be alert and vigilant. If one knows nothing, it is easy to violate other people's taboos by saying something.

Before long, the servants from each household quietly dispersed into the crowd of people watching the fun.

The eloquent old woman in the mansion of Duke Dingguo, the old gardener with a simple face and a clever tongue, the purchasing agent who said different things to different people, in short, all the people who were good at talking in the housekeeper Zhongbo's house on weekdays were sent out.

What are you going to do?

They went to crowded places to spread the news that General Bai Xiao had brought a prostitute to the Duke Dingguo's mansion to cause trouble. They bullied the Duke Dingguo and his son because they were both at the border and there were only women and children at home, so they went to their doorstep to bully them.

Therefore, people who came to watch the fun, people with a sense of justice, and people with various psychological concerns came to the gate of Duke Dingguo's Mansion in an endless stream.

Soon there were not enough tables, chairs, benches and coarse porcelain bowls, but it didn't matter, there were plenty in the mansion. Another group of servants moved the household items and placed them at the door, and four more stoves for boiling tea were brought out.

Bai Junzhe and Lou Xinyue thought that it was Qiao Lili who came out when the door of the mansion opened this time, but just like last time, a group of servants carrying things came out. There were not enough servants, so all the servants who did the rough work were sent out.

Bai Junzhe and Lou Xinyue wanted to leave, but they had been kneeling for so long, if they left now, wouldn’t it be in vain?

If you leave now, you will leave in disgrace. It is better not to come at all. If you want to come back to ask for reconciliation in the future, it will be harder than climbing to the sky.

So, Lou Xinyue endured the pain in her knees, gritted her teeth, and continued to kneel with her head lowered. Bai Junzhe continued to stand dejectedly under the sharp gazes of dozens of people.