Interstellar female dressed as country dude
Chapter 99
In the upper-class circles in the capital, everyone was discussing the farce that happened at Earl Xie's house.
Rumor has it that the illegitimate son of the eldest son of the Xie family changed his identity and became the concubine of the second son Xie Qi.And Lord Xie also entered the palace to order the heir to the pending title. The title of the Xie family is destined to miss his second son Xie Qi.
Although the illegitimate child matter is embarrassing.But after all, this matter is not related to the heir, but the second son of the Xie family, it can be regarded as a matter of necessity.
What's more, although the emperor gave Mr. Liu an explanation this time, his support for Xie's family is still very obvious, and because of this, the status of Xie's family has not been affected in any way.
Overnight, those fools who had been chasing Xie Qi in the past immediately changed the direction of the wind.
Xie Huaiyu received more than a dozen posts a day, either inviting him to the Polo Poetry Club, or inviting him to drink and have dinner.
For a while, it was much more lively than before he left the capital.
Although Xie Huaiyu didn't like these banquets, he didn't refuse them all.
He threw away all the previous invitations such as Xie Yong and Wen Song who kneeled and licked Xie Qi, and picked out some valuable ones from the rest, which was less than one-tenth of all the invitations.
But even so, he was busy all day without touching the ground, and he could only rest late at night.
Contrary to Xie Huaiyu's enthusiasm.The Xie family was shrouded in gloom.
Lord Xie was run over by Xie Huaiyu, so naturally Xie Qi would not be spared.Both Lou Shi and Xie Qi were furious.
Xie Qi was grounded for a year, and her husband was invited to come over, and she could only study in the courtyard every day.
However, this ascetic life was not the most uncomfortable for him.
All those cronies and friends who hung around him like flies in the past have disappeared like amnesia.
Xie Qi also saw the person who called her little lord come to the house, facing Xie Huaiyu with a flattering face.When he saw him, he just nodded and said sarcastically: "Master Qi is happy to have a son, it's really gratifying."
Xie Qi lost her temper that day, and when she returned to the house, she smashed everything into pieces.
When Lord Xie found out about this matter, he became even more annoyed, and ordered the family servants to take away all the vases, antiques, calligraphy and paintings in Xie Qi's room, leaving him an empty room.
After Xiaoshu found out about this, she immediately told Xie Huaiyu.
After hearing this, Xie Huaiyu's expression was unclear, and he didn't show any special joy. He only had eyes for opponents, and people like Xie Qi were no longer in his eyes.
Xie Qi was not happy, but Lou Shi suffered even more than Xie Qi.
After Mr. Xie returned home, he brought Mrs. Lou to him for questioning.Stepmom fucks her son and a pregnant one...
No matter what Lou's explanation is, Lord Xie does not believe it.He slapped Lou's face severely, scolded her for being vicious and jealous in front of many servants in the house, and threatened to divorce her if it wasn't for the fact that she gave birth to a son for him.
Lou was fined to kneel for the first time. A week later, Xie Huaiyu saw her come out of the ancestral hall. Her knees were bruised and blackened. She was held up by several maids, and she could hardly walk.
When seeing Xie Huaiyu, the hatred in Lou's eyes could hardly be concealed.
She has worked hard for many years, but she never thought of making a wedding dress for others.
After she gave birth, she hurt her body, so she had only this one son for many years, and now seeing him as hopeless, it was like the fruit she had raised with great difficulty, was smashed to pieces, and her heart hurt like being cut by a knife .
Treating Lou's differently from Xie Qi, Xie Huaiyu felt a little resentful in his heart.
At that time, he was still young, only six years old, and Lou looked at him kindly, so he was defenseless.
When Mrs. Lou first came to Xie's mansion, she did not show such viciousness as later.
Xie Huaiyu still has some admiration for this young stepmother.
Only half a year later, Lou became pregnant, and since then, she has changed like a different person.
But within a few months, Xie Huaiyu had replaced all the old people who served her.
The new servants are very lazy and don't listen to Xie Huaiyu's orders.
Xie Huaiyu still remembers that once he caught a cold and his throat was so thirsty that smoke came out, but he called several people, but he couldn't even get a cup of tea.
He was exhausted, hot and cold, groggy and had a high fever.When he opened his eyes again, he found himself lying on the bed.
Xie Huaiyu got up and walked to the table, wanting to check to see if there was water in the teapot, when he heard two people talking softly outside the room.
One of them is very familiar, it is the servant girl serving in his room, and the other one is not so familiar, he peeped through the crack of the door, it turned out to be the personal maid next to his stepmother.
He saw the personal maid took ten taels of silver and stuffed it into the hands of his servant girl, saying: "You did a good job, this is a reward from the madam. The young master is still young, so it is normal even if he dies of illness. You just don't do it." It’s too obvious, it’s good for people to catch the handle.”
The servant girl seemed to have some doubts, so she asked: "If the young master dies, I won't be kicked out of the Xie mansion, will I?"
The personal maid said: "After the matter is completed, the madam will send you to serve the young master. The young master is the son of the earl and has the blood of the marquis. The future is boundless. What are you afraid of?"
The maid believed it, and nodded happily, and took the money.
Xie Huaiyu's heart was in her throat at that time, nervous and scared, she secretly ran back to her bed and lay down.
Someone in his family wanted to kill him!Xie Huaiyu was still a child and didn't know what to do.
He saw that the maid took the money and sent the personal maid away, as if she was going back to the room.
He quickly ran back to the bed and lay down pretending that he was still asleep.
The servant girl came in, lifted the bed curtain and glanced at him, touched his forehead and said: "It's still burning, I'm afraid it won't work." Then she turned and left.
After she left, Xie Huaiyu struggled to get up, walked to Lord Xie's yard alone, took the tea on his table and drank it.
Since then, Xie Huaiyu has paid more attention to this new stepmother.
He doesn't trust anyone, and he is on guard against everyone.
After he recovered from his illness, he tried to find an excuse to send out the maids and servants in his house one by one, and asked a few old people from the Tang family to come and serve him.
Later, he tried to find someone to contact the relatives of the Tang family.
Xie Huaiyu's uncle came to Xie's house and sent him some people and money.His life is getting better.
Being looked at by Lou Shi like this, Xie Huaiyu also looked back.Lou's eyes were hurt by the superiority of the victor in his eyes.
"Xie Huaiyu! What are you proud of!" Lou said through gritted teeth, "It's just a lowly son of a merchant with a low bloodline who wants to inherit the title. You don't even know what Daxuan's clan nobles think of you!"
"I don't care what they think." Xie Huaiyu said coldly with a hint of sarcasm on his face, "You say my mother and businesswoman are mean, but she earns all your food and clothing."
"It's just that in the future, when I inherit the title, the expenses of the family will not be as expensive as they are now. When the time comes, my mother's money will be in my hands. It will depend on your performance. I am afraid that you will not have to worry about not having enough to eat, and if you sell any of your gold and silver jewellery, you will surely be able to live comfortably."
Lou's favorite is luxury, and he likes to show off. When he thinks that he has become a joke among the female family members in the capital now, and will only be able to rely on others in the future, it is as if all the strength has been sucked out of his body in an instant.
"Madam...Madam, get up quickly..." Several maids and servant girls immediately went to help Lou Shi who was paralyzed on the ground.
Regardless of what happened to Mrs. Lou, Xie Huaiyu left without looking back and returned to her yard.
When walking to the gate of his yard, Xie Huaiyu saw a slender figure from a distance, it was his younger brother Xie Ling.
As soon as the news that he was able to inherit the title in the past few days spread, Xie Ling came over every day to pay his respects to his elder brother.
Facing Xie Ling, Xie Huaiyu felt a little complicated.This younger brother has been around for several years now, and is two years older than Xie Qi.But because of Lou's deliberate delay, he never got married.
"Brother." Xie Ling leaned towards Xie Huaiyu, smiled slightly, with a hint of flattery on his face, which made Xie Huaiyu very uncomfortable.
This posture of watching people order dishes is too obvious, and Lou really taught him badly.
Xie Huaiyu felt a little sad for Xie Ling.It's just that he was raised by Lou's side since he was a child, and it was not his wish to develop this temperament.
As an elder brother, I can't protect him well, so in Xie Huaiyu's heart, I always feel a little guilty towards him.
"Come in." Xie Huaiyu nodded and let Xie Ling in.
Xie Ling followed him in.
Xie Huaiyu noticed that there were two maidservants beside Xie Ling, but they looked familiar.
"What about the two before?" Xie Huaiyu asked.
"I've sold them out." Xie Ling said, Lou's front foot entered the ancestral hall, and he sold out those two beautiful maids behind his back: "The two servant girls who are serving me now were sent by my uncle's house in the past. , listen to what big brother said, I want to come back again."
Xie Huaiyu nodded and said, "That's great, let them stay by your side and take good care of you."
After he finished speaking, he beckoned, and Xiaoshu took out a few ingots of silver, and rewarded the two maidservants: "From now on, you should serve Young Master Ling with all your heart, and if there is anything wrong, please hurry up." Report to the young master."
The two servant girls were very happy to receive the silver reward, and accepted the silver with a smile.
"Brother, you don't need to go to the countryside when you return to Beijing this time?" Xie Ling said.
"We'll be leaving after a few more days. Since we said we'll keep our filial piety for three years, how can we just come back like this." Xie Huaiyu said flatly, "If you want, you can come with me."
Xie Ling was stunned, frowned and said: "I...I don't know the old Xie family house, so I'll forget it."
Xie Huaiyu took a deep look at Xie Ling and said: "If you don't want to, forget it. I'm not in Beijing, so don't waste it. Those female celebrities and piano skills are good, but writing is not good. I don’t know anything. I found a teacher for you, a brother, so you should learn from him.”
Xie Ling smiled and said, "Brother Xie for cultivation, you are always good to me."
After Xie Ling was sent away, Xiao Shu stood aside, still a little angry.
Seeing his appearance, Xie Huaiyu felt a little funny, so he asked, "What's wrong with you?"
"I feel uncomfortable!" Xiao Shu said, but he didn't say anything bad about Xie Ling.
He couldn't understand Xie Ling's behavior now, but the young master valued family affection the most, and after finally getting close to his younger brother, he couldn't say anything else, which would ruin the brotherhood.
"I know it well." Xie Huaiyu said to Xiaoshu: "Ling'er's temperament can't be changed for a while. He is at this age, so he will be educated at home for two years, and then he will find a good man to marry. alright."
Xie Huaiyu stayed in the capital for half a month. At the beginning of April, he would often think of Bai Zhu's appearance in his dreams at night. He couldn't stay any longer, so he set a date to go back.
On the day of leaving, the rest of the Xie family were still in the future, so Xie Ling really came to see him off.
Xie Huaiyu didn't say much, but only told Xie Ling to let him study with the teacher.
In addition, Lin Shuyu also came, hugged the child and bowed to Xie Huaiyu, thanking him for taking care of himself and the child.
Seeing Lin Shuyu, Xiaoshu asked, "The maid Luluo who was beside you was sold by you?"
Lin Shuyu smiled and said, "I want to sell, but it's not my turn."
It turned out that when Lin Shuyu and Xie Huaiyu entered the palace that day, Lu Luo followed Steward He to Xie's mansion first.
As soon as she arrived outside Xie's mansion, two women with thick waists and round arms came out and tied her up and sold her into a brothel.
"She is a servant who betrays her master, and she even wants to climb into the master's bed. How can Mrs. Xie keep her?" Lin Shuyu said: "She still fantasizes that she can be taken as a concubine by Xie Qi. I asked someone, Mrs. Xie is a ruthless one, probably because she was afraid that she would leak something, she sold it directly to the lowest kiln, but after a few days, she went to the south again."
When Xiaoshu heard this, he laughed loudly and said, "She deserves it, but she believed Madam's words, she is really a fool."
"Xiaoshu, let's go." Xie Huaiyu urged, lifting the curtain of the car.
Only a few steps later, Xiao Shu jumped into the carriage and let Old Feng drive away.
In Baitang Village, after Xie Huaiyu left, guests from Baiyu Villa came like a cloud, very busy.
Then Baishu recruited many experienced servants from the town, and finally managed to come over.
The spring is warm and the flowers are blooming, and the land received from Bai Laosan can also start construction.
Baishu recruited the villagers who participated in the house construction last time, and planned to build a staff dormitory. Otherwise, more and more employees would be recruited, and there would be no place to live in the basement.
He is going to repair the dormitory on the ancestral house of the Bai family, and it doesn't need to be complicated.
He transferred the old supervisor to supervise, and he produced a blueprint, and asked people to demolish the old house.
The house is very slow to repair, but it is easy to dismantle it. In just half a day, the old house of the Bai family became a pile of ruins.
A house like a dormitory is naturally different from Baiyu Villa, and repairs are also quick. A two-story dormitory only needs a one-meter-deep foundation, and the hands and feet can be repaired in more than a month.
The dormitory side is getting busy, and Bai Shu is not forgotten by the children in the town.
He found some masters and started teaching these children.
It is better to teach people to fish than to give them fish. Naturally, he cannot raise these children for nothing.
Bai Shu originally wanted the children to learn some skills, but those with skills in the Xuan Dynasty would not easily recruit apprentices for fear of being robbed of their business.
Bai Shu had no choice but to find a teacher to teach them how to read and write.
What they learn most is accounting. When they learn the skills and their business grows bigger, let these children go to work in their own shop.
A letter came from Nanyang, and it was sent by one of the three craftsmen. It turned out that they had followed Wankang to Nanyang.
The reason why I sent a letter to Baishu is because Nanyang and Jiangnan are very different, and the geographical forms are also very different.The original idea of copying the past of the entire Baiyu Villa fell through.
They are all very experienced masters, and this time they sent with the letter, there is a topographic map drawn by themselves.
Bai Shu looked at the map, although it was simple, it was clearly marked.
The piece of land that Wankang settled on was flat, without any gullies, and it was not far from the port.
However, Nanyang and Jiangnan have different climates and geographical differences.
First of all, the land is mostly sandy land, and the grassroots is easy to lose, which is more difficult to build than muddy land.
Moreover, the climate in Nanyang is hot, and the four seasons are like summer. The ordinary peach blossoms and maple trees in Daxuan cannot survive, and the local vegetation is also very different.The garden design of Baiyu Villa is completely unacceptable.
After seeing the blueprint and letter, Bai Shu had a rough idea of the terrain in his heart.
It is not impossible to build a house on sandy land, but the pile foundation needs to be driven deeper, and it is best to backfill it with rammed soil.Plants placed in the garden...can be redesigned based on local plants, isn't it a special style?
He first drew out the ideas and designs he knew, and then wrote a letter stating that the construction of Bie Zhuang should not be limited to the shape.The characteristics of Baiyu Villa are novelty, convenience and beautiful scenery.
As long as this feature remains unchanged, it doesn't matter what kind of flowers or grasses are planted in the courtyard, how many bridges and roads are built.
After the letter was sent, Bai Shu still felt that something was wrong.The construction of Zhuangzi is the basis for the establishment of other villages. It is best for him to go there himself for such an important matter.
It's just that before Xie Huaiyu left, he told Bai Shu to wait for him for half a month...
Now that the half-month period has come, Xie Huaiyu might come back.
Bai Shu was afraid that Xie Huaiyu would not find him when he came back, so he was reluctant to leave at this time.
Thinking of Xie Huaiyu, Bai Shu sighed again.
The two hadn't seen each other for half a month, but he felt lost in his heart... It seemed like he hadn't seen each other for several years, and he didn't know how Xie Huaiyu was doing in Beijing, whether he had been bullied.
Just as he was thinking, someone pushed the door open.
It turned out that it was Xiaoqiu who came to report, and said with a happy face: "Little boss! Go out and have a look! Xiaoshu is back!"
Xiao Shu is back?Bai Shu was overjoyed, his brows and eyes softened like a spring breeze.
Even if Xiaoshu came back, then Xie Huaiyu must have come back, and I don't know if he is downstairs now.
When he hurried out, he saw Xiao Shu opened the curtain on the familiar carriage outside the village, and a man got out of the carriage.
"Xiaoshu. Your young master?" Bai Shu smiled with crooked eyebrows, showing a mouthful of white teeth, and was about to lift the curtain.
But Xiaoshu said: "Brother Bai, don't lift it up, the young master is not inside."
Bai Shu was startled, with a bit of surprise on his face, he couldn't help asking: "Could it be that your young master went back to Xie's house first, and didn't come here?"
"Master, he is still in the capital, he has complicated affairs, and he will come back after a while, so let me come back and report a letter." Xiao Shu said, blinking at Bai Zhu.
Bai Shu was suffocated when he heard the words, and his face instantly became depressed, even his shoulders collapsed.
Xie Huaiyu hasn't come back yet, and I don't know how he is doing in the capital...
Perhaps Bai Shu's expression was too different, Xiao Shu and the servants beside him all looked at him with a slightly weird expression, as if secretly suppressing a smile.
Although Bai Shu looked into his eyes, he didn't have the heart to think about the meaning.He turned around and left, returned to his room a little dejected, and thought to himself: It's okay, since Xiaoshu came back first, then Xie Huaiyu must not be a few days late, so I can just wait for him.
Thinking of this, Bai Shu turned around and closed the door, somehow, he seemed to feel a familiar breath.
Before he could figure out what was going on with that breath, there was a sudden heat behind him.
As soon as Bai Shu's eyes went dark, his eyes were covered from behind.
"Thanks... Xie Huaiyu?" Bai Shu whispered in disbelief, his emotions went up and down several times, which made him feel unbearable, his heart was pounding, and he was about to burst out with joy.
Being hugged by Xie Huaiyu from behind, Bai Shu's body and face were full of the other party's breath.Only Xie Huaiyu's breath could make him unaware that there was someone more in the room.
"It's me." Xie Huaiyu lightly pecked his earlobe, and whispered in his ear.
Baizhu's ears were buzzing, itchy and numb.The hot air sprayed against his ears, making him shiver slightly, his ears turned red.
At this moment, he couldn't see Xie Huaiyu behind him, but his body's sense of touch became more acute.
His back was pressed against the other's chest, and the base of his ear was kissed several times, Bai Shu felt his feet fluttering, tremors rushed from the soles of his feet to the top of his head, and his waist was a little soft.
I haven't seen him for half a month, but Bai Shu has become more sensitive, Xie Huaiyu smiled slightly, and his eyes deepened a little.
He originally thought that after seeing someone, his longing would fade away.Now that he held her in his arms, he realized that this longing could not be relieved by just seeing him.
After all, facing Bai Shu, I have thought about everything from head to toe for a long time...
Xie Huaiyu fell into silence, Bai Shu was not in a hurry to wait, so he grabbed the hand covering his eyes, turned around and said, "Why did you hide earlier? It made me feel very sad. Now that you have returned, let me quickly look at you!"
Only then did Xie Huaiyu let go of his hand generously, and stood in front of Bai Shu, following him to watch.
He rushed all the way back from the capital without stopping, and he didn't sleep all night, his whole body smelled of travel and dust.
But this appearance is also very beautiful in Bai Shu's eyes.
Xie Huaiyu's running around day and night is also for the purpose of returning as soon as possible, reuniting with him, and making Bai Shu's heart as warm as if soaked in warm water.
He sized Xie Huaiyu up and said, "You've lost some weight."
Xie Huaiyu laughed and said, "Going to banquets every day is like a busy spinning top. Naturally, I can't gain weight."
Seeing Xie Huaiyu's smile this time, Bai Shu felt that it was very beautiful, and it seemed to be a little different from before.
"Is everything at home settled?" Bai Shu thought for a while and asked tentatively.
Sure enough, Xie Huaiyu nodded and said: "It's almost there, there are still some trivial matters, which are not in the way."
After finishing speaking, as if thinking of something, he pinched the tip of Bai Shu's nose and said, "Now that the Xie family has finally calmed down, we can think about other things."
"What other things?" Hearing Xie Huaiyu's words, Bai Shu was a little confused.
"What else can I have? Of course it's between you and me..." Xie Huaiyu said, then covered his lips and kissed her.
Such important matters must naturally be put on the agenda. He has endured it for too long.
Probably because Xie Huaiyu's heart troubles had been healed, Xie Huaiyu's kiss was extraordinarily hot, and his fingers moved down restlessly along the neck, sliding down as if swimming.
Bai Shu's brows stretched, his eyes couldn't help but close, and his eyelashes fluttered one by one.
Xie Huaiyu's nose was stuck to his, and his forehead was against his forehead.
After a quarter of an hour, Bai Shu felt that he had fully understood the word "together with each other".
After a long time, Xie Huaiyu finally let go of the panting Baishu.
He pinched Bai Zhu's chin with one hand, stroked his plump lower lip, and then slowly said: "The Xie family's overall situation has been settled, I have to find a way to give you a name..."
Suddenly mentioning this, Bai Shu came to his senses, his mind was hot, and he said with a bit of excitement and a bit of worry: "But my current status, is it too early?"
Although he has no worries about food and clothing, he is still an ordinary merchant and has no social status.It's just that this promotion of status will not be realized in a year or so. He is not afraid of waiting, but he is afraid that Xie Huaiyu will not be able to wait.
"Don't be afraid. When my mother married my father, she was only a merchant's daughter. From the perspective of my mother, I am also only a merchant's son." Xie Huaiyu said: "The word status is nothing more than those who do it for their own interests. The excuses I found. Didn’t a count like my father marry my mother for money, and when he got her money, he despised her for being low-status.”
Hearing what Xie Huaiyu said, Bai Shu nodded in a daze.He was both happy and sad.
The happy thing is that Xie Huaiyu is really not the kind of person who values status.The sad thing is that these heartfelt words are because of his past, which makes people feel distressed.
Xie Huaiyu herself didn't feel any sadness, seeing Bai Shu's expression and knowing what he was thinking, she smiled again.He kissed Bai Shu fiercely and said: "Don't worry, I have already thought of a way to let you enter Xie's house in a legitimate way, no one can say anything."
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In the Queen's Palace, Zhao Yan raised his hand and smashed the Ziying stone cup, which was as thin as a cicada's wing, to pieces.
"This Xie Huaiyu is really hateful! He is against me everywhere! No wonder that guy from Zhao Liang bought 30 shi of grain to buy people's hearts." Zhao Yan said, "Which Tang family is it? After a lot of research, I only found the Tang family in the south of the Yangtze River, but I didn't expect that the Tang family had such a relationship with Xie Huaiyu!"
"Yan'er, don't get angry, lest you burn yourself out of anger." Empress Qi said.
She called the palace maid to clean up the pieces of Ziying sitting down, narrowed her eyes and said: "It seems that Xie Huaiyu really underestimated this, originally thought that he was just someone with no background, and it would be fine if he made friends with Zhao Liang. No Thinking about the relationship behind it..."
"Now that Zhao Liang has the strength of the Qi family and Xie Huaiyu's money, it is really not to be underestimated. It is no wonder that the father and the emperor have changed the direction and treat Zhao Liang differently." Zhao Yan gritted his teeth and said.
"That's right..." Mrs. Qi said, then raised his handkerchief to touch the corners of his eyes: "Your father used to listen to me the most. He stayed in my bedroom for half the time every month. But now..."
She said with a sigh: "He hasn't come to my place for half a month, but he dotes on the new concubine Ning who has just entered the palace every day. If this continues, I'm afraid he will be displeased one day, and the back of the Qi family will be ruined." The road is also cut off."
"No! You can't just sit and wait like this!" Zhao Yan said coldly after hearing the words: "Instead of waiting for the father to cut off the way of my Qi family, why don't we take the first step and cut off the money behind Zhao Liang."
"Yan'er...you mean..." Mrs. Qi raised her head and looked at her child, only to see that Zhao Yan's gaze was slightly narrowed, and his eyes flickered, his expression was no different from that of his father.
Yan'er looks so much like the emperor, and was smart and healthy since childhood, with outstanding talents, even if his temper is a bit fierce, it is also due to his status, which is understandable.
How could such a stalwart man be compared to the son of Zhao Liang, the daughter of a petty official?The Qi family thought to themselves, and then heard Zhao Yan get up, and said with a hint of sarcasm:
"Then Xie Huaiyu is in the countryside?" Zhao Yan hooked the corners of his lips: "There must be a lot of troublesome people in such poor and remote areas, and there may be bandits on the mountain, just doing some things to kill people and rob money , that's natural, it's nothing unusual..."
Rumor has it that the illegitimate son of the eldest son of the Xie family changed his identity and became the concubine of the second son Xie Qi.And Lord Xie also entered the palace to order the heir to the pending title. The title of the Xie family is destined to miss his second son Xie Qi.
Although the illegitimate child matter is embarrassing.But after all, this matter is not related to the heir, but the second son of the Xie family, it can be regarded as a matter of necessity.
What's more, although the emperor gave Mr. Liu an explanation this time, his support for Xie's family is still very obvious, and because of this, the status of Xie's family has not been affected in any way.
Overnight, those fools who had been chasing Xie Qi in the past immediately changed the direction of the wind.
Xie Huaiyu received more than a dozen posts a day, either inviting him to the Polo Poetry Club, or inviting him to drink and have dinner.
For a while, it was much more lively than before he left the capital.
Although Xie Huaiyu didn't like these banquets, he didn't refuse them all.
He threw away all the previous invitations such as Xie Yong and Wen Song who kneeled and licked Xie Qi, and picked out some valuable ones from the rest, which was less than one-tenth of all the invitations.
But even so, he was busy all day without touching the ground, and he could only rest late at night.
Contrary to Xie Huaiyu's enthusiasm.The Xie family was shrouded in gloom.
Lord Xie was run over by Xie Huaiyu, so naturally Xie Qi would not be spared.Both Lou Shi and Xie Qi were furious.
Xie Qi was grounded for a year, and her husband was invited to come over, and she could only study in the courtyard every day.
However, this ascetic life was not the most uncomfortable for him.
All those cronies and friends who hung around him like flies in the past have disappeared like amnesia.
Xie Qi also saw the person who called her little lord come to the house, facing Xie Huaiyu with a flattering face.When he saw him, he just nodded and said sarcastically: "Master Qi is happy to have a son, it's really gratifying."
Xie Qi lost her temper that day, and when she returned to the house, she smashed everything into pieces.
When Lord Xie found out about this matter, he became even more annoyed, and ordered the family servants to take away all the vases, antiques, calligraphy and paintings in Xie Qi's room, leaving him an empty room.
After Xiaoshu found out about this, she immediately told Xie Huaiyu.
After hearing this, Xie Huaiyu's expression was unclear, and he didn't show any special joy. He only had eyes for opponents, and people like Xie Qi were no longer in his eyes.
Xie Qi was not happy, but Lou Shi suffered even more than Xie Qi.
After Mr. Xie returned home, he brought Mrs. Lou to him for questioning.Stepmom fucks her son and a pregnant one...
No matter what Lou's explanation is, Lord Xie does not believe it.He slapped Lou's face severely, scolded her for being vicious and jealous in front of many servants in the house, and threatened to divorce her if it wasn't for the fact that she gave birth to a son for him.
Lou was fined to kneel for the first time. A week later, Xie Huaiyu saw her come out of the ancestral hall. Her knees were bruised and blackened. She was held up by several maids, and she could hardly walk.
When seeing Xie Huaiyu, the hatred in Lou's eyes could hardly be concealed.
She has worked hard for many years, but she never thought of making a wedding dress for others.
After she gave birth, she hurt her body, so she had only this one son for many years, and now seeing him as hopeless, it was like the fruit she had raised with great difficulty, was smashed to pieces, and her heart hurt like being cut by a knife .
Treating Lou's differently from Xie Qi, Xie Huaiyu felt a little resentful in his heart.
At that time, he was still young, only six years old, and Lou looked at him kindly, so he was defenseless.
When Mrs. Lou first came to Xie's mansion, she did not show such viciousness as later.
Xie Huaiyu still has some admiration for this young stepmother.
Only half a year later, Lou became pregnant, and since then, she has changed like a different person.
But within a few months, Xie Huaiyu had replaced all the old people who served her.
The new servants are very lazy and don't listen to Xie Huaiyu's orders.
Xie Huaiyu still remembers that once he caught a cold and his throat was so thirsty that smoke came out, but he called several people, but he couldn't even get a cup of tea.
He was exhausted, hot and cold, groggy and had a high fever.When he opened his eyes again, he found himself lying on the bed.
Xie Huaiyu got up and walked to the table, wanting to check to see if there was water in the teapot, when he heard two people talking softly outside the room.
One of them is very familiar, it is the servant girl serving in his room, and the other one is not so familiar, he peeped through the crack of the door, it turned out to be the personal maid next to his stepmother.
He saw the personal maid took ten taels of silver and stuffed it into the hands of his servant girl, saying: "You did a good job, this is a reward from the madam. The young master is still young, so it is normal even if he dies of illness. You just don't do it." It’s too obvious, it’s good for people to catch the handle.”
The servant girl seemed to have some doubts, so she asked: "If the young master dies, I won't be kicked out of the Xie mansion, will I?"
The personal maid said: "After the matter is completed, the madam will send you to serve the young master. The young master is the son of the earl and has the blood of the marquis. The future is boundless. What are you afraid of?"
The maid believed it, and nodded happily, and took the money.
Xie Huaiyu's heart was in her throat at that time, nervous and scared, she secretly ran back to her bed and lay down.
Someone in his family wanted to kill him!Xie Huaiyu was still a child and didn't know what to do.
He saw that the maid took the money and sent the personal maid away, as if she was going back to the room.
He quickly ran back to the bed and lay down pretending that he was still asleep.
The servant girl came in, lifted the bed curtain and glanced at him, touched his forehead and said: "It's still burning, I'm afraid it won't work." Then she turned and left.
After she left, Xie Huaiyu struggled to get up, walked to Lord Xie's yard alone, took the tea on his table and drank it.
Since then, Xie Huaiyu has paid more attention to this new stepmother.
He doesn't trust anyone, and he is on guard against everyone.
After he recovered from his illness, he tried to find an excuse to send out the maids and servants in his house one by one, and asked a few old people from the Tang family to come and serve him.
Later, he tried to find someone to contact the relatives of the Tang family.
Xie Huaiyu's uncle came to Xie's house and sent him some people and money.His life is getting better.
Being looked at by Lou Shi like this, Xie Huaiyu also looked back.Lou's eyes were hurt by the superiority of the victor in his eyes.
"Xie Huaiyu! What are you proud of!" Lou said through gritted teeth, "It's just a lowly son of a merchant with a low bloodline who wants to inherit the title. You don't even know what Daxuan's clan nobles think of you!"
"I don't care what they think." Xie Huaiyu said coldly with a hint of sarcasm on his face, "You say my mother and businesswoman are mean, but she earns all your food and clothing."
"It's just that in the future, when I inherit the title, the expenses of the family will not be as expensive as they are now. When the time comes, my mother's money will be in my hands. It will depend on your performance. I am afraid that you will not have to worry about not having enough to eat, and if you sell any of your gold and silver jewellery, you will surely be able to live comfortably."
Lou's favorite is luxury, and he likes to show off. When he thinks that he has become a joke among the female family members in the capital now, and will only be able to rely on others in the future, it is as if all the strength has been sucked out of his body in an instant.
"Madam...Madam, get up quickly..." Several maids and servant girls immediately went to help Lou Shi who was paralyzed on the ground.
Regardless of what happened to Mrs. Lou, Xie Huaiyu left without looking back and returned to her yard.
When walking to the gate of his yard, Xie Huaiyu saw a slender figure from a distance, it was his younger brother Xie Ling.
As soon as the news that he was able to inherit the title in the past few days spread, Xie Ling came over every day to pay his respects to his elder brother.
Facing Xie Ling, Xie Huaiyu felt a little complicated.This younger brother has been around for several years now, and is two years older than Xie Qi.But because of Lou's deliberate delay, he never got married.
"Brother." Xie Ling leaned towards Xie Huaiyu, smiled slightly, with a hint of flattery on his face, which made Xie Huaiyu very uncomfortable.
This posture of watching people order dishes is too obvious, and Lou really taught him badly.
Xie Huaiyu felt a little sad for Xie Ling.It's just that he was raised by Lou's side since he was a child, and it was not his wish to develop this temperament.
As an elder brother, I can't protect him well, so in Xie Huaiyu's heart, I always feel a little guilty towards him.
"Come in." Xie Huaiyu nodded and let Xie Ling in.
Xie Ling followed him in.
Xie Huaiyu noticed that there were two maidservants beside Xie Ling, but they looked familiar.
"What about the two before?" Xie Huaiyu asked.
"I've sold them out." Xie Ling said, Lou's front foot entered the ancestral hall, and he sold out those two beautiful maids behind his back: "The two servant girls who are serving me now were sent by my uncle's house in the past. , listen to what big brother said, I want to come back again."
Xie Huaiyu nodded and said, "That's great, let them stay by your side and take good care of you."
After he finished speaking, he beckoned, and Xiaoshu took out a few ingots of silver, and rewarded the two maidservants: "From now on, you should serve Young Master Ling with all your heart, and if there is anything wrong, please hurry up." Report to the young master."
The two servant girls were very happy to receive the silver reward, and accepted the silver with a smile.
"Brother, you don't need to go to the countryside when you return to Beijing this time?" Xie Ling said.
"We'll be leaving after a few more days. Since we said we'll keep our filial piety for three years, how can we just come back like this." Xie Huaiyu said flatly, "If you want, you can come with me."
Xie Ling was stunned, frowned and said: "I...I don't know the old Xie family house, so I'll forget it."
Xie Huaiyu took a deep look at Xie Ling and said: "If you don't want to, forget it. I'm not in Beijing, so don't waste it. Those female celebrities and piano skills are good, but writing is not good. I don’t know anything. I found a teacher for you, a brother, so you should learn from him.”
Xie Ling smiled and said, "Brother Xie for cultivation, you are always good to me."
After Xie Ling was sent away, Xiao Shu stood aside, still a little angry.
Seeing his appearance, Xie Huaiyu felt a little funny, so he asked, "What's wrong with you?"
"I feel uncomfortable!" Xiao Shu said, but he didn't say anything bad about Xie Ling.
He couldn't understand Xie Ling's behavior now, but the young master valued family affection the most, and after finally getting close to his younger brother, he couldn't say anything else, which would ruin the brotherhood.
"I know it well." Xie Huaiyu said to Xiaoshu: "Ling'er's temperament can't be changed for a while. He is at this age, so he will be educated at home for two years, and then he will find a good man to marry. alright."
Xie Huaiyu stayed in the capital for half a month. At the beginning of April, he would often think of Bai Zhu's appearance in his dreams at night. He couldn't stay any longer, so he set a date to go back.
On the day of leaving, the rest of the Xie family were still in the future, so Xie Ling really came to see him off.
Xie Huaiyu didn't say much, but only told Xie Ling to let him study with the teacher.
In addition, Lin Shuyu also came, hugged the child and bowed to Xie Huaiyu, thanking him for taking care of himself and the child.
Seeing Lin Shuyu, Xiaoshu asked, "The maid Luluo who was beside you was sold by you?"
Lin Shuyu smiled and said, "I want to sell, but it's not my turn."
It turned out that when Lin Shuyu and Xie Huaiyu entered the palace that day, Lu Luo followed Steward He to Xie's mansion first.
As soon as she arrived outside Xie's mansion, two women with thick waists and round arms came out and tied her up and sold her into a brothel.
"She is a servant who betrays her master, and she even wants to climb into the master's bed. How can Mrs. Xie keep her?" Lin Shuyu said: "She still fantasizes that she can be taken as a concubine by Xie Qi. I asked someone, Mrs. Xie is a ruthless one, probably because she was afraid that she would leak something, she sold it directly to the lowest kiln, but after a few days, she went to the south again."
When Xiaoshu heard this, he laughed loudly and said, "She deserves it, but she believed Madam's words, she is really a fool."
"Xiaoshu, let's go." Xie Huaiyu urged, lifting the curtain of the car.
Only a few steps later, Xiao Shu jumped into the carriage and let Old Feng drive away.
In Baitang Village, after Xie Huaiyu left, guests from Baiyu Villa came like a cloud, very busy.
Then Baishu recruited many experienced servants from the town, and finally managed to come over.
The spring is warm and the flowers are blooming, and the land received from Bai Laosan can also start construction.
Baishu recruited the villagers who participated in the house construction last time, and planned to build a staff dormitory. Otherwise, more and more employees would be recruited, and there would be no place to live in the basement.
He is going to repair the dormitory on the ancestral house of the Bai family, and it doesn't need to be complicated.
He transferred the old supervisor to supervise, and he produced a blueprint, and asked people to demolish the old house.
The house is very slow to repair, but it is easy to dismantle it. In just half a day, the old house of the Bai family became a pile of ruins.
A house like a dormitory is naturally different from Baiyu Villa, and repairs are also quick. A two-story dormitory only needs a one-meter-deep foundation, and the hands and feet can be repaired in more than a month.
The dormitory side is getting busy, and Bai Shu is not forgotten by the children in the town.
He found some masters and started teaching these children.
It is better to teach people to fish than to give them fish. Naturally, he cannot raise these children for nothing.
Bai Shu originally wanted the children to learn some skills, but those with skills in the Xuan Dynasty would not easily recruit apprentices for fear of being robbed of their business.
Bai Shu had no choice but to find a teacher to teach them how to read and write.
What they learn most is accounting. When they learn the skills and their business grows bigger, let these children go to work in their own shop.
A letter came from Nanyang, and it was sent by one of the three craftsmen. It turned out that they had followed Wankang to Nanyang.
The reason why I sent a letter to Baishu is because Nanyang and Jiangnan are very different, and the geographical forms are also very different.The original idea of copying the past of the entire Baiyu Villa fell through.
They are all very experienced masters, and this time they sent with the letter, there is a topographic map drawn by themselves.
Bai Shu looked at the map, although it was simple, it was clearly marked.
The piece of land that Wankang settled on was flat, without any gullies, and it was not far from the port.
However, Nanyang and Jiangnan have different climates and geographical differences.
First of all, the land is mostly sandy land, and the grassroots is easy to lose, which is more difficult to build than muddy land.
Moreover, the climate in Nanyang is hot, and the four seasons are like summer. The ordinary peach blossoms and maple trees in Daxuan cannot survive, and the local vegetation is also very different.The garden design of Baiyu Villa is completely unacceptable.
After seeing the blueprint and letter, Bai Shu had a rough idea of the terrain in his heart.
It is not impossible to build a house on sandy land, but the pile foundation needs to be driven deeper, and it is best to backfill it with rammed soil.Plants placed in the garden...can be redesigned based on local plants, isn't it a special style?
He first drew out the ideas and designs he knew, and then wrote a letter stating that the construction of Bie Zhuang should not be limited to the shape.The characteristics of Baiyu Villa are novelty, convenience and beautiful scenery.
As long as this feature remains unchanged, it doesn't matter what kind of flowers or grasses are planted in the courtyard, how many bridges and roads are built.
After the letter was sent, Bai Shu still felt that something was wrong.The construction of Zhuangzi is the basis for the establishment of other villages. It is best for him to go there himself for such an important matter.
It's just that before Xie Huaiyu left, he told Bai Shu to wait for him for half a month...
Now that the half-month period has come, Xie Huaiyu might come back.
Bai Shu was afraid that Xie Huaiyu would not find him when he came back, so he was reluctant to leave at this time.
Thinking of Xie Huaiyu, Bai Shu sighed again.
The two hadn't seen each other for half a month, but he felt lost in his heart... It seemed like he hadn't seen each other for several years, and he didn't know how Xie Huaiyu was doing in Beijing, whether he had been bullied.
Just as he was thinking, someone pushed the door open.
It turned out that it was Xiaoqiu who came to report, and said with a happy face: "Little boss! Go out and have a look! Xiaoshu is back!"
Xiao Shu is back?Bai Shu was overjoyed, his brows and eyes softened like a spring breeze.
Even if Xiaoshu came back, then Xie Huaiyu must have come back, and I don't know if he is downstairs now.
When he hurried out, he saw Xiao Shu opened the curtain on the familiar carriage outside the village, and a man got out of the carriage.
"Xiaoshu. Your young master?" Bai Shu smiled with crooked eyebrows, showing a mouthful of white teeth, and was about to lift the curtain.
But Xiaoshu said: "Brother Bai, don't lift it up, the young master is not inside."
Bai Shu was startled, with a bit of surprise on his face, he couldn't help asking: "Could it be that your young master went back to Xie's house first, and didn't come here?"
"Master, he is still in the capital, he has complicated affairs, and he will come back after a while, so let me come back and report a letter." Xiao Shu said, blinking at Bai Zhu.
Bai Shu was suffocated when he heard the words, and his face instantly became depressed, even his shoulders collapsed.
Xie Huaiyu hasn't come back yet, and I don't know how he is doing in the capital...
Perhaps Bai Shu's expression was too different, Xiao Shu and the servants beside him all looked at him with a slightly weird expression, as if secretly suppressing a smile.
Although Bai Shu looked into his eyes, he didn't have the heart to think about the meaning.He turned around and left, returned to his room a little dejected, and thought to himself: It's okay, since Xiaoshu came back first, then Xie Huaiyu must not be a few days late, so I can just wait for him.
Thinking of this, Bai Shu turned around and closed the door, somehow, he seemed to feel a familiar breath.
Before he could figure out what was going on with that breath, there was a sudden heat behind him.
As soon as Bai Shu's eyes went dark, his eyes were covered from behind.
"Thanks... Xie Huaiyu?" Bai Shu whispered in disbelief, his emotions went up and down several times, which made him feel unbearable, his heart was pounding, and he was about to burst out with joy.
Being hugged by Xie Huaiyu from behind, Bai Shu's body and face were full of the other party's breath.Only Xie Huaiyu's breath could make him unaware that there was someone more in the room.
"It's me." Xie Huaiyu lightly pecked his earlobe, and whispered in his ear.
Baizhu's ears were buzzing, itchy and numb.The hot air sprayed against his ears, making him shiver slightly, his ears turned red.
At this moment, he couldn't see Xie Huaiyu behind him, but his body's sense of touch became more acute.
His back was pressed against the other's chest, and the base of his ear was kissed several times, Bai Shu felt his feet fluttering, tremors rushed from the soles of his feet to the top of his head, and his waist was a little soft.
I haven't seen him for half a month, but Bai Shu has become more sensitive, Xie Huaiyu smiled slightly, and his eyes deepened a little.
He originally thought that after seeing someone, his longing would fade away.Now that he held her in his arms, he realized that this longing could not be relieved by just seeing him.
After all, facing Bai Shu, I have thought about everything from head to toe for a long time...
Xie Huaiyu fell into silence, Bai Shu was not in a hurry to wait, so he grabbed the hand covering his eyes, turned around and said, "Why did you hide earlier? It made me feel very sad. Now that you have returned, let me quickly look at you!"
Only then did Xie Huaiyu let go of his hand generously, and stood in front of Bai Shu, following him to watch.
He rushed all the way back from the capital without stopping, and he didn't sleep all night, his whole body smelled of travel and dust.
But this appearance is also very beautiful in Bai Shu's eyes.
Xie Huaiyu's running around day and night is also for the purpose of returning as soon as possible, reuniting with him, and making Bai Shu's heart as warm as if soaked in warm water.
He sized Xie Huaiyu up and said, "You've lost some weight."
Xie Huaiyu laughed and said, "Going to banquets every day is like a busy spinning top. Naturally, I can't gain weight."
Seeing Xie Huaiyu's smile this time, Bai Shu felt that it was very beautiful, and it seemed to be a little different from before.
"Is everything at home settled?" Bai Shu thought for a while and asked tentatively.
Sure enough, Xie Huaiyu nodded and said: "It's almost there, there are still some trivial matters, which are not in the way."
After finishing speaking, as if thinking of something, he pinched the tip of Bai Shu's nose and said, "Now that the Xie family has finally calmed down, we can think about other things."
"What other things?" Hearing Xie Huaiyu's words, Bai Shu was a little confused.
"What else can I have? Of course it's between you and me..." Xie Huaiyu said, then covered his lips and kissed her.
Such important matters must naturally be put on the agenda. He has endured it for too long.
Probably because Xie Huaiyu's heart troubles had been healed, Xie Huaiyu's kiss was extraordinarily hot, and his fingers moved down restlessly along the neck, sliding down as if swimming.
Bai Shu's brows stretched, his eyes couldn't help but close, and his eyelashes fluttered one by one.
Xie Huaiyu's nose was stuck to his, and his forehead was against his forehead.
After a quarter of an hour, Bai Shu felt that he had fully understood the word "together with each other".
After a long time, Xie Huaiyu finally let go of the panting Baishu.
He pinched Bai Zhu's chin with one hand, stroked his plump lower lip, and then slowly said: "The Xie family's overall situation has been settled, I have to find a way to give you a name..."
Suddenly mentioning this, Bai Shu came to his senses, his mind was hot, and he said with a bit of excitement and a bit of worry: "But my current status, is it too early?"
Although he has no worries about food and clothing, he is still an ordinary merchant and has no social status.It's just that this promotion of status will not be realized in a year or so. He is not afraid of waiting, but he is afraid that Xie Huaiyu will not be able to wait.
"Don't be afraid. When my mother married my father, she was only a merchant's daughter. From the perspective of my mother, I am also only a merchant's son." Xie Huaiyu said: "The word status is nothing more than those who do it for their own interests. The excuses I found. Didn’t a count like my father marry my mother for money, and when he got her money, he despised her for being low-status.”
Hearing what Xie Huaiyu said, Bai Shu nodded in a daze.He was both happy and sad.
The happy thing is that Xie Huaiyu is really not the kind of person who values status.The sad thing is that these heartfelt words are because of his past, which makes people feel distressed.
Xie Huaiyu herself didn't feel any sadness, seeing Bai Shu's expression and knowing what he was thinking, she smiled again.He kissed Bai Shu fiercely and said: "Don't worry, I have already thought of a way to let you enter Xie's house in a legitimate way, no one can say anything."
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In the Queen's Palace, Zhao Yan raised his hand and smashed the Ziying stone cup, which was as thin as a cicada's wing, to pieces.
"This Xie Huaiyu is really hateful! He is against me everywhere! No wonder that guy from Zhao Liang bought 30 shi of grain to buy people's hearts." Zhao Yan said, "Which Tang family is it? After a lot of research, I only found the Tang family in the south of the Yangtze River, but I didn't expect that the Tang family had such a relationship with Xie Huaiyu!"
"Yan'er, don't get angry, lest you burn yourself out of anger." Empress Qi said.
She called the palace maid to clean up the pieces of Ziying sitting down, narrowed her eyes and said: "It seems that Xie Huaiyu really underestimated this, originally thought that he was just someone with no background, and it would be fine if he made friends with Zhao Liang. No Thinking about the relationship behind it..."
"Now that Zhao Liang has the strength of the Qi family and Xie Huaiyu's money, it is really not to be underestimated. It is no wonder that the father and the emperor have changed the direction and treat Zhao Liang differently." Zhao Yan gritted his teeth and said.
"That's right..." Mrs. Qi said, then raised his handkerchief to touch the corners of his eyes: "Your father used to listen to me the most. He stayed in my bedroom for half the time every month. But now..."
She said with a sigh: "He hasn't come to my place for half a month, but he dotes on the new concubine Ning who has just entered the palace every day. If this continues, I'm afraid he will be displeased one day, and the back of the Qi family will be ruined." The road is also cut off."
"No! You can't just sit and wait like this!" Zhao Yan said coldly after hearing the words: "Instead of waiting for the father to cut off the way of my Qi family, why don't we take the first step and cut off the money behind Zhao Liang."
"Yan'er...you mean..." Mrs. Qi raised her head and looked at her child, only to see that Zhao Yan's gaze was slightly narrowed, and his eyes flickered, his expression was no different from that of his father.
Yan'er looks so much like the emperor, and was smart and healthy since childhood, with outstanding talents, even if his temper is a bit fierce, it is also due to his status, which is understandable.
How could such a stalwart man be compared to the son of Zhao Liang, the daughter of a petty official?The Qi family thought to themselves, and then heard Zhao Yan get up, and said with a hint of sarcasm:
"Then Xie Huaiyu is in the countryside?" Zhao Yan hooked the corners of his lips: "There must be a lot of troublesome people in such poor and remote areas, and there may be bandits on the mountain, just doing some things to kill people and rob money , that's natural, it's nothing unusual..."
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