The Zheng House butler was invited in.
Upon entering and seeing Xu Liang standing in front of the bed, something flashed in his eyes, he lowered his head and respectfully bowed to Li An, “I, Zheng Fu, see Lord Li.”
Li An lay on the bed, his eyes fixed on him, trying to see something in his downcast face.
There was silence in the room.
Zheng Fu bowed, never receiving a response from Li An, and could not help but look up strangely, just in time to meet Li An’s inquiring gaze. He stopped hiding and said again, “I have met Lord Li.”
Li An’s voice was weak, “Housekeeper Zheng has flattered me, how can I accept your great salute?”
The Marquis of An Guo’s residence was an old marquis’s residence, and there was also a concubine in the palace, so the housekeeper was naturally of a higher status than the average minor official.
Hearing this, Zheng Fu couldn’t help but feel smug, thinking that this Li An wasn’t quite mute enough to know this. However, he had come here today on the orders of the young marquis, so naturally he would not be overbearing in front of Li An at this time.
“What are your words, my lord, I am just a subordinate, how can I compare to you.”
After saying that, he even gave Xu Liang a traceless glance.
He naturally recognised the person who served the old gentleman, but he didn’t know if Xu Liang was the only one who had returned, or if the old gentleman had returned with him? If the old gentleman had returned, the matter would be a bit troublesome.
Li An was lying on the bed with his eyes fixed on him, naturally he saw this action of his, his heart kept sinking down, it seems that the Marquis of An Guo’s House really wanted to climb up with the Xu House by nabbing Ling’er.
“You have something?”
Li An asked knowingly.
Butler Zheng glanced at Xu Liang again and re-considered his words, “Our young marquis is thinking of your health and specially asked me to come over and see if there was anything I could do to help you.”
“Thank you, Little Marquis, for thinking of me, my family is still doing well at the moment.”
Zheng Fu did not deny it, the Li family’s family had already sent someone to find out clearly, they were already stretched to the limit, they could not even afford to buy him a tonic.
But he still smiled and took out a thousand taels of silver cheque and held it up respectfully in front of Li An, “This is what the young marquis asked me to send you.
Li An didn’t extend his hand, “I don’t get paid for my work, please take it back.”
Zheng Fu’s movements didn’t change, “You are too kind to say that, Lord Li. If Miss Ling’er enters the marquis’s residence, you will be the young marquis’s father-in-law, it is only right for the family to help each other out.”
Li An’s face sank, “Housekeeper Zheng, I have clearly refused, Ling’er will not enter the marquis’s residence, so please let go of your heart.”
The smile on Zheng Fu’s face receded a little, and then rose back a little when it was almost finished. He tried to forcefully put the silver ticket on the bed, but was blocked by Xu Liang, “Didn’t Steward Zheng hear me? Lord Li doesn’t want it.”
Zheng Fu, however, was delighted. This defensive action by Xu Liang did not seem like Li An’s family had really broken off relations with the Xu House, if that was the case, it would be much easier to get in touch with the Xu House than the young marquis thought.
So he smiled, still maintaining his earlier actions, “Brother Xu doesn’t know, our young marquis has seen Miss Ling’er once by chance, and has always thought about it, so he wants to take Miss Ling’er into his house as a noble concubine, second only to Madam.”
“We dare not climb high!”
Li An refused unequivocally.
Zheng Fu was not annoyed either, they knew exactly what kind of person Li An was, if the young marquis had really taken a fancy to Xu Ling’er, he would have had someone snatch her into the mansion without a sound, where was the need to go to such great lengths? However, they had no intention of talking to Li An, so they accepted the silver ticket, “I know that Lord Li is in a bad mood, so I will not bother you.”
“No see you off!”
Zheng Fu bowed towards him and turned to walk out, just as he turned around, he paused again and asked Xu Liang, as if inadvertently, “Did the old man come back with him? Our young marquis has long been interested in going over to pay a visit, but the old gentleman has been away in the capital.”
Xu Liang answered him, “He has returned.”
Zheng Fu nodded and turned to walk outside, picking up his pace as he left the house.
Song Wangyue came out from behind the screen.
Li An tried to struggle to stand up, if not for Song Wan Yue’s reminder, he would have simply thought until now that he just wanted to take Ling’er into the house.
Song Wangyue stopped him.
Li An was so anxious, if things were coming for him, he could not afford to die, but the Marquis of An Guo’s house was coming for Ling’er, he could not be a match for the Zheng family even if he was not injured, not to mention injured.
“You take it easy.”
Song Wangyue sent her subordinates to call Xu Ling’er over.
Xu Ling’er already knew that someone from the Zheng family was coming, and as soon as she entered, she looked at Song Wangyue eagerly, “I don’t agree to be a concubine, if they force me, I, I, I, I will crash to death in front of the Zheng family’s door.”
What Song Wan Yue wanted from her was these words, she said, “Now that the Zheng family knows that grandfather has returned, they will not have the patience to deal with you anymore, they may come to the door one day and steal her.
Xu Ling’er begged for more.
Song Wan Yue got up, “You guys pack up first, I’ll go back to the house to get some things and come back to pick you up later.”
Xu Ling’er sent her out the door, watched her ride away in the carriage, closed the door herself, and hurried back to the house to pack.
When she returned to the Xu residence, Song Wan Yue went to the old man’s house and told him of the Zheng family’s true intention to take Xu Ling’er.
The old gentleman was so angry that he heavily slapped the table, “Xu Liang, go and fetch them here, I want to see, if they live in the Xu residence, the Zheng family will still dare to hit on them?”
Song Wan Yue stopped, “If you pick them up, it will give them an excuse to come to the door, I still have a mansion in the South City, so I will hide them there first, the Zheng family can’t find them and naturally can’t make any waves.”
“That’s good.”
The old gentleman nodded and instructed Xu Liang, “Take more silver to them, tell them to stay in peace, have the underlings buy anything they need, and don’t let Xu Ling’er show herself.”
Xu Liang answered.
Song Wan Yue went back to her courtyard in the Xu Mansion, entered the house, walked to a cupboard and opened it, took out a box from inside and opened it, inside were three house deeds and keys.
These were the three mansions that Gu Yi had bought at the time, and had forcefully given them to her for safekeeping. Now it seemed that the guy had planned everything long ago, but had kept them from her.
“Chu Yunxiao, you wait for me!”
Song Wangyue gritted her teeth.
And at that moment, thousands of miles away, a teenager sitting on the back of a horse suddenly shivered.
“Young master, what’s wrong with you?”
The youngster, who was about his age, urged his horse forward and asked.
The young man shook his head and raised his whip to urge his horse on, “Let’s go.”