Crossing should also be very low-key

Li Qingjiu came to a place other than the North Courtyard for the first time, because without permission, the princes and wives in the palace were not allowed to leave the North and South Courtyard.

In the middle of chatting with Zhang Xiaoyue in his yard, the housekeeper suddenly appeared and told him to follow him to the reception room of the main courtyard immediately, and also told Ah Shun not to follow.

The reception room sounds like a place to meet guests.Any guests want to see him?

Li Qingjiu asked Ah Shun and Zhang Xiaoyue with his expression if they knew what was going on, or what was the custom?As a result, they all expressed ignorance.

"Excuse me, butler, who wants to see me?" Li Qingjiu thought in his heart that the butler should know what's going on, right?

"You'll know when you get there." The butler replied blankly, then turned and left.

"..." The result is the same as if I didn't ask.Li Qingjiu saw the butler leaving on his own, so he hurriedly waved to Ah Shun and the others, and followed quickly.

When I went to the reception room, I saw, hey, isn't this Li Ajiu's little aunt and Li Dayong brother?

Zhu Alan looked at him excitedly, but did not dare to come forward to recognize him.

Because he lost his mother's relationship very early in that era, after Li Qingjiu came to this era, he was still somewhat grateful for this little aunt who completely released her mother's love, cared for him, and cared for him.Seeing her again after almost a month of separation, he stepped forward and held her hand without thinking too much.

"Little aunt, why are you here?"

Zhu Alan was moved to tears.He called her little aunt, and this is her Xiaojiu!She turned her head and glanced in the direction of the screen, expressing with her eyes that the person in front of her was Li Qingjiu.

After Zhu Ahlan recognized it like this, the Li Dayong brothers had nothing to say, after all, they were not familiar with Li Ahjiu at all.

"Uh, I came here because my aunt missed you. Fortunately, the prince was sympathetic and willing to let us come to the mansion to see you. Xiaojiu, how are you doing? Have you lost weight?" Thinking of his miserable life What did the nephew come to the palace for, Zhu Alan couldn't help but have a sore nose.

"I'm not thin! I should be a little fatter! Auntie, don't worry about me, I will take care of myself. Didn't you get up to your waist when I was about to leave? Are you feeling better?" Li Qingjiu asked with concern ask.

"Okay, okay, it's been more than a month, how could it be bad." Xiao Jiu still remembers the incident when she flashed her waist, which further proves that he is Xiao Jiu.As soon as Zhu Alan was happy, she forgot the things that the prince explained to her, such as why she knew how to read, whether she could remember things from her childhood, why her personality changed, and so on.

"Okay, that's good. The weather is getting colder and colder recently, you need to wear more clothes." He said this, but he knew that this elderly maid bought by Li Dayong didn't have a few good clothes to wear.

A thought suddenly flashed in his mind, Li Qingjiu turned his head and asked the cold-faced butler beside him in a low voice.

"Housekeeper, may I give some of my monthly salary to my little aunt?"

"The prince will not interfere with how the princes use their monthly salary."

"Yeah." Li Qingjiu turned around again, and whispered in Zhu Ahlan's ear, "Little aunt, do you still remember how much Li Dayong bought you back then?"

"Well, I don't remember very clearly, but it should not exceed five hundred copper coins!" Zhu Alan didn't know why he asked this.When I was young, my parents couldn't afford to support them because there were too many children in my family. At that time, Li Dayong was just beginning to prosper, so my parents sold themselves and my younger sister to Li Dayong as maidservants.Although Li Dayong didn't treat his subordinates kindly, at least they had food and clothing, so they never thought about redeeming themselves, so of course they didn't care about their selling price, let alone their current status. There is no way to save money to redeem yourself.

Five hundred copper coins....Fortunately, I still earned the "appearance fee" this month, so it should be enough.

"Master Li, I want to discuss with you to redeem my little aunt." When he first came to this era, Zhu Alan told him that Li Ah Jiu used to be called Master Li Dayong, so he followed suit. called.Anyway, he is very cold about the titles related to his father, and it can even be said that he hates them deeply.

Li Qingjiu's shout was nothing more than a slap to Li Dayong.He had just sworn that Li Qingjiu was his son, but now the son he was talking about called him Master, which made Li Dayong a little angry, and he was even more worried that the prince would punish him.

"What do you call me, you unfilial son? I'm your father!" He glared at Li Qingjiu fiercely with his usual old-fashioned tone and expression.In the past, as long as he stared like this, this little servant would obey all his wishes in fear.I believe this time he will also know to call him dad instead.

In the end, Li Qingjiu just looked at him coldly, without any response.

"How much do you need to pay to release my little aunt?" He didn't want to waste time with him on the question of address, so he continued to ask the question just now.

"You..." Li Dayong has rarely been disobeyed like this, and this little servant actually wants to buy back this lowly maid, so he can't swallow this breath. "You want to take her away, don't you? Then take out five taels of silver!"

Upon hearing this, Zhu Alan knew that Li Dayong was making things difficult on purpose, and felt desperate in his heart, so he took Li Qingjiu's hand and signaled him to give up.Unexpectedly, Li Qingjiu patted her hand instead, and gave her a confident look.

"Housekeeper, I would like to ask, what the prince said should be very important, right? If the prince said that he wanted to stay in the palace to work with this lady, would Master Li not be able to refuse?" Anyway, the prince is not here, let me borrow him His name should be fine, right?Besides, he was only talking about "if"!Now I just hope the butler is willing to cooperate...

"....yes."

Hearing the butler say yes, Li Qingjiu seemed to have taken a reassurance.He cast a grateful look at the butler, and decided in his heart that he must repay him well in the future, but he didn't know that the butler also responded like this after receiving the prince's instructions.

"Master Li, do you want me to redeem my little aunt with five hundred copper coins, or do you want me to get no money at all?"

Although he didn't understand what a dime was, Li Dayong became a little panicked just hearing that the housekeeper echoed the servant's words.Is it possible that this little servant can really make the prince ask for someone?

Li Qingjiu was not in a hurry, he held Zhu Alan's hand, and said to her in a moderate voice: "Little aunt, although I can't leave the north courtyard casually, maybe you can use your position to come and see Me. For example, if you are in charge of the kitchen, you can help me deliver the food; if you are in charge of the laundry, you can also say a few words to me when sending and receiving clothes. By the way, when it comes to clothes ...Little aunt, if the five hundred copper coins can be saved, I will make two sets of warmer winter clothes for you. I will buy the rest and give the prince a thank you, and the prince will be very happy too."

Li Qingjiu spoke as if Zhu Alan was going to stay in the palace, which made Li Dayong even more nervous.

"Hey, um, five hundred copper coins...Although it's a bit of a loss, I can barely accept it!"

Li Qingjiu glanced at Li Dayong coldly.

"The more I talked about it, the more I felt that there was no need to give you the five hundred copper coins..."

"You, how can you go back on your word?" Li Dayong yelled worriedly.

"It's not decided yet, how can it be considered repentance?" Li Qingjiu chuckled. "Besides, my little aunt has done several tasks by herself these years, and you saved more than five hundred copper coins, right?" Although he didn't see it, but during the half month in Li's residence, he was already able to Feeling Li Dayong's harshness to his servants, so what he said now is probably in line with the facts.

"But I also gave her room, board, and clothes. It took more than ten years to calculate and it was not only five hundred copper coins!" Li Dayong felt very distressed when he thought that he might not even get a single copper coin.

"Well, I think what you said is very reasonable, but I don't know if the prince thinks so too?"

"This..." Li Dayong wiped his sweat nervously when he heard Li Qingjiu mentioned the prince again.

Li Qingjiu saw that the time was almost up, so he said in a benevolent tone: "Okay! I won't let you lose everything, just three hundred copper coins! You take it and leave quickly, don't let the prince know that you are with me." If you want someone else, you have to buy it. Also, after you go back, quickly tear up my little aunt’s deed of sale and burn it, so as not to cause trouble.”

"This, this, this..." Although he was very dissatisfied in his heart, he didn't dare to bargain with him any more when he thought that he might lose everything as the little servant said.The younger brother who had been standing next to him without speaking also gave him a signal with winks at this time, signaling him to agree quickly, so as not to get anything, so Li Dayong finally reluctantly nodded to Li Qingjiu, expressing his acceptance.

Li Qingjiu shouted "YES" in his heart.

It turned out that as long as the name of the prince was used to bargain, he could save two hundred copper coins. It was so convenient!For the first time, he felt that Wang Ye was so easy to use.

"Butler, I'm sorry, can I ask the accountant to give it first? I'll ask Ah Shun to return it to the accountant as soon as I get back." Li Qingjiu asked the butler again in a low voice. "I will give you half of the remaining money, thank you for your help."

"Don't dare." The butler remained expressionless, and his words were so brief that Li Qingjiu couldn't understand what he meant.He turned to brother Li Dayong and said, "Come with me."

Watching the housekeeper take Li Dayong brothers away, Li Qingjiu knew that the matter was over.He happily grabbed Zhu Alan's hand, and Zhu Alan also looked at him in disbelief, both happy and excited.

"Little aunt, you don't have to work for that bastard anymore! I still have two hundred copper coins this month, you can take them later, and find a place to live nearby. Bring you money. From now on, you can do some business around here, or do nothing, and let me support you!" Li Qingjiu thought to himself, anyway, he has [-] a month, and it would be better to support one more person. not a problem.Since Li Ah Jiu's body is being used, it is also right to help him take care of his elders.

"Hey, didn't you just say that the prince will let me work in the palace?"

"That's my nonsense." Li Qingjiu said shyly. "How could I have the ability to ask the lord to help me find someone? It was because the housekeeper was kind enough not to expose me that things went so smoothly."

"I thought the lord was very kind to you, so I really will help you!" Not only Li Dayong, but even Zhu Alan was deceived by what he just said.

Li Qingjiu looked outside the door, then pulled Zhu Alan to a deeper corner of the room, and whispered to her.

"Little aunt, don't be stupid, that prince has so many male concubines, who am I? How could he help me?"

"Is that so.... I thought you were very favored by the prince here..." Hearing what her little Jiu said, Zhu Ahlan couldn't help feeling worried again.She has seen how the ladies and wives of the Li family compete for favor, and she knows how miserable it is for those who are not favored. "Then, have you thought of a way to get the prince to notice you?"

"It's not like I'm full." He said without interest.

"Hey, why are you talking like that! Now that you've entered the palace, of course you have to work hard to serve the prince! Could it be that you want to be like the fifth lady, who even buys clothes depending on the third lady's face?" Although there are still some differences, but Xiao Jiu's current position is similar to that of the wives of the Li family.Zhu Alan felt that after observing those wives for many years, he should be able to give Xiao Jiu some advice. "Little aunt told you, when you have a chance, you should smile more at the prince, soften your figure, and say more pleasant words. Men like gentle women..."

"I'm a man." Li Qingjiu got goosebumps while listening, and didn't really want to imagine what Zhu Alan said.

"Men are similar. In short, use more snacks and let the prince pay more attention to you, and your life will be easier."

"Let the prince pay attention to me, so my life will be sad! Little aunt, you are not a man, you don't understand. Anyway, my current monthly salary is [-] copper coins. If I save a little, I can still save a lot. Why? Want to ask for trouble?"

"Silly boy, why don't you understand after all these words? Are you trying to make my auntie worry to death?" It was the first time her Xiaojiu didn't listen to her, and she didn't seem to understand her words either. , making Zhu Ahlan anxious and angry, and his eyes turned red all of a sudden. "If you're having a bad time, how can I explain to your mother..."

"Okay, okay, I know!" Having lost his mother in his early years, he had no chance to learn how to appease such mother-level women. He would directly pass on such people to his colleagues before, so now he has to adopt a perfunctory policy. She repeated what she had said. "Next time I have a chance to be favored by the prince, I will give him a little more smile, soften my body, and say a bunch of obedient things that can sweeten him to death, so that he will remember me deeply in his mind. That's fine. Bar?"

With such a promise, Zhu Alan reluctantly felt relieved.I wanted to say something, but the butler appeared.

"Li Dayong and the others have already left, and you can leave too."

Zhu Alan nodded in fear, bid farewell to Li Qingjiu in a low voice, and followed the housekeeper.

"Ah, housekeeper, can you give me another two hundred copper coins to my little aunt first?" Li Qingjiu chased after him and asked politely, but the housekeeper immediately nodded in agreement.

"Mr. Li, please go back to the North Courtyard." The butler said so, and then led Zhu Alan away.

Seeing the backs of the two leaving, Li Qingjiu felt that one matter had finally been resolved.He took a deep breath, hummed a song while taking a walk in a good mood, and walked back to the north courtyard leisurely.

But I don't know if it's because of the relationship that has been in a state of panic recently, and I have become a little overly nervous.Even when he and Zhu Alan hid in the corner by the wall and whispered, he still felt the feeling of being stared at by some beast from behind, which made him look back frequently with horror in his heart.

But no matter how you look at it, there is only such a screen behind him...

Writer's words:

There is only one episode left to save, and I am so stressed...XD|||||