bookrebus Chapter 248: Lin Xianer and her daughter
Chapter 248: Lin Xianer and her daughter
Ruhua brought a stack of account books to report to the young lady. Luo Li was delighted when she flipped through two of them because so much money flowed into her pocket. But when she turned to the third one, she lost her patience and closed the account book: "Ruhua! Your young lady has a headache just looking at the account books. From now on, don't show me these account books. Just verbally report how much money you made. I just need to listen to it and have an idea in my mind."
Miss, this lazy bug has come back. Ruhua secretly laughed at her, but she was unwilling to indulge her. "Miss, before the business was not so big and the money earned was not so much, you didn't need to look at the account book, but now, gold and silver are pouring into the house every day. If you don't check the account with your own eyes, I will always be worried. What if there is a mistake?"
"Mu Xiu!" Luo Li was lazy, and an idea flashed in her mind, "We will go to the hot spring villa to stay for a few days tomorrow, and take Wu Ji and Mu Xiu over. You can settle the bill with Mu Xiu. Anyway, this child's ambition is to be the head shopkeeper who manages all my business, so just consider it as training him in advance."
Ruhua covered her forehead and said, "Miss, Mu Xiu has just turned nine years old, and I have never seen you so lazy and careless."
Luo Li didn't take it seriously at all: "What's wrong with nine years old? Gan Luo could be the prime minister of a country at the age of twelve. Besides, aren't you still at the helm?"
"Alas..." Ruhua sighed helplessly and tidied up the account books on the table, "Miss, you are putting a lot of pressure on me by doing this!"
Luo Li stood up distressed and hugged Ruhua's shoulders, saying with a flattering smile: "Ruhua, you have worked hard. Come, Miss will massage your shoulders for you."
Ruhua chuckled and pushed the lady's hand away, "Okay, if the lady gives me a massage herself, Ruhua will shorten her life by thirty years." The lady's laziness relapsed, and there was nothing she could do but to indulge her.
"Hong Gu, Yu Li, you two go to pick up Wu Ji tomorrow, let Pang Ying and Mulan'er go back to the Big Foot Women's Corps camp, and send Mu Xiu to the Hot Spring Villa. I will go to the palace to pick up Yong Qing and take her to the Hot Spring Villa to play for a few days." Luo Li ordered with a smile.
"Miss, you want to take Princess Yongqing to stay at the hot spring villa for a few days. Will the palace agree?" asked Hong Gu.
Luo Li was confident: "Tomorrow when I enter the palace, I will first give a big gift to Concubine Li Xian. As long as she nods her head, it will not be a problem to take Yongqing out to play for a few days." ...
Concubine Li looked at the equity contract brought by Princess Qin and smiled happily.
"Princess Qin, you are such a smart and sensible child. After you give me 20% of the toilet paper shares, you can make a lot of money without any worries. I will take care of everything for you.
Wan'er, quickly bring the 20,000 taels of silver notes, and let the Princess of Qin take this gold."
"Thank you for your trust, Concubine Xian. I didn't agree to your investment because I was afraid that the toilet paper would not sell well and I wouldn't make any money. Don't worry, I will make your 20,000 taels of silver increase rapidly.
Let me tell you the truth. I made over 300,000 taels of silver in four months of selling toilet paper. Now, more and more people are using toilet paper, and my business is getting better and better.
Concubine Li smiled until her eyes narrowed into slits. She extended her arm affectionately and patted the back of Luo Li's hand. "You, kid, are probably the reincarnation of Shancai Tongzi. Your ability to make money is unmatched in the world. In the future, if you come up with something good, I will buy two shares in it regardless of whether it can make money in the early stage."
"Of course, of course. Thank you, Concubine Xian, for your appreciation." Luo Li quickly struck while the iron was hot, "Concubine Xian, Princess Yongqing is getting bored in the palace every day. I want to take her out of the palace to play for a few days. I beg Concubine Xian to allow me."
Concubine Li Xian said sympathetically, "Alas! Young girls like to be lively. I'm afraid Yongqing will get sick if she stays in the palace every day. Since you are taking care of her, it's okay to let her go out of the palace to play for a few days."
"Thank you for your care and consideration, Concubine Xian. I will go find Yongqing and take her out of the palace to have fun for a few days."
"Go, go! Princess Qin, you are a lively and lovely child, always making people happy. Come to the palace and talk to me when you are free." Concubine Li, who had gotten a great advantage, was particularly easy to talk to today.
Luo Li agreed, said goodbye and left. …
"Really? Can I leave the palace and go to the hot spring villa to stay with my sister-in-law for a few days? Ahhhh!... That's great, sister-in-law, you are so kind!" Princess Yongqing was ecstatic when she heard the good news.
"Look at what a mess you are in. Go pack some clothes to change into. Wanting, go with Yongqing and take good care of her." Queen Song was also happy for her precious daughter, and after a scolding, she reminded him.
The maid Wanting's pretty face flushed with excitement. It was something she had never dreamed of to be able to accompany the princess out of the palace to play for a few days. "Yes, Queen, I will definitely serve the princess well." She agreed and hurried to help the princess pack her things.
After Luo Li took Princess Yongqing out of the palace, the carriage headed straight to the hot spring villa outside the city. …
When they arrived at the manor gate, Luo Li did not wait at the door because she saw that the carriage to pick up Wu Ji had not arrived yet.
After getting off the carriage, two servants at the gate came over to greet him and said, "Greetings, Princess. I will go and inform Butler Cheng to come out to greet you."
Luo Li nodded and said, "No need to be polite! No need to inform, we will go in by ourselves."
Mo Ming directed the several shadow guards who were accompanying him to carry the luggage. Luo Li held Princess Yongqing's hand and walked into the manor talking and laughing.
"Kill this bitch! How dare she offend me? Are you tired of living?"
"Madam, please spare my life!... I didn't see you, it was really not intentional, please have mercy on me!"
"Mrs. Lin, please be magnanimous and forgive her this time!"
"Butler Cheng, you have failed to discipline your servants, yet you still want to plead for her? If I don't use her to establish my authority today, the servants in this hot spring villa will not take us mother and daughter seriously."
Turning around the screen wall, Luo Li saw a dozen people gathered under the holly tree on the roadside in the front yard.
Mrs. Lin looked furious, while Lin Xian'er stood beside her indifferently and said nothing. A little maid was kneeling at their feet. Mrs. Lin's personal maid Chunmei was beating her severely on the head and face with a rattan stick.
Butler Cheng's plea failed and he was feeling very aggrieved. He looked up and saw Princess Qin approaching. He shouted in surprise, "Princess, you're back!" and quickly stepped forward to pay his respects.
The maids and servants who were watching also bowed and greeted her, secretly rejoicing that the princess had returned and Cui'er was saved.
Luo Li took a few quick steps and nodded to Butler Cheng, "Uncle Cheng, what's going on?"
"Reporting to the princess, the maid Cui'er was in a hurry to walk and didn't see Madam Lin, so she accidentally bumped into Madam Lin."
The maid Cui Er, whose face and head were covered in blood from being whipped by a cane, turned around and knelt down to Luo Li's feet as if she had seen a savior, crying and saying, "Princess, when I learned that my mother was seriously ill, I asked for leave from Butler Cheng and ran out in a hurry. I accidentally bumped into Madam Lin.
Princess, I really didn't mean it. Please have mercy on me and let me go home! If I come back too late, I'm afraid... I'm afraid I won't be able to see my mother again..."
Madam Lin spoke coldly: "Princess, servants in wealthy families all know the rules, let alone a distinguished family like ours, the Prince of Qin's Mansion. We must discipline our servants strictly, so as not to be laughed at by the rich and powerful."
Luo Li reached out and pulled Cui'er up, and said, "Siyu, apply some ointment on the scars on her face to avoid scars."
After giving the order, he turned to look at Madam Lin and her daughter, "Even if the servants in the Prince Qin's Mansion don't know the rules, why do I need the guests of the Prince Qin's Mansion to discipline them? Madam Lin, don't you think this makes sense?"
Mrs. Lin choked and immediately became angry.
Lin Xian'er quickly grabbed her mother's sleeve and said, "Mom, my cousin is not here, please calm down."
"Princess, since you are here, I'll leave this matter to you! I'll take my mother back to the house." Lin Xian'er knelt down and bowed to Luo Li, then took her mother away.
"Stop that slutty maid Chunmei. I want to teach her a lesson for her disrespect for the inferiors."
Mo Ming agreed, leaped forward, grabbed the maid Chunmei, who was following Lin Xian'er and trying to run away, by the collar and threw her back.
"Princess, please spare my life! I was rude and did not mean it. Please have mercy on me, Princess!" The maid Chunmei was so scared that she cried for mercy.
"Princess Qin! How dare you!" Mrs. Lin finally couldn't hold back her anger, turned around and walked back shouting.
Luo Li looked at Madam Lin with a half-smile and asked, "Why shouldn't I dare? Chunmei, the lowly maid, is a slave who sold herself to the Qin Palace. She didn't even show courtesy to me, the Qin Princess. How can I discipline such a disrespectful slave? How does it affect you, Madam Lin, the distinguished guest?"
"You!... You!" Mrs. Lin was so angry that she was shaking, but she couldn't speak. Although the maid Chunmei was her close confidant, the indenture was signed with the Qin Palace. When she handed over the power to manage the palace's household, Chunmei's indenture was also in the box containing the servants' indentures.
Luo Li was too lazy to pay attention to her. After she finished applying the ointment on Cui'er's face, she ordered, "Cui'er, pick up the cane. Count the number of times that slave girl whipped you just now and whip yourself back."
Cui'er was startled! Shaking, Wanwan picked up the cane and walked to Chunmei who was kneeling on the ground. She hesitated for a moment and said, "Princess, I don't remember how many times she whipped me."
Luo Li glanced at Cui Er with hatred, thinking that if you didn't remember, just count a few more times. "You didn't remember the number? Then just count until you are tired!"
Chunmei was so frightened that she quickly reported the number: "Princess, I remember it! I hit Miss Cui'er twenty-three times."
The princess backed her up, and said, "Go ahead and beat him when you have the right number!" Cui Er mustered up her courage, raised the cane and beat him hard.
This time, it was Chunmei's turn to cry and beg for mercy. She endured the pain and cried while secretly cursing herself. Why did she get so scared after seeing the Princess of Qin that she was so stupid and stunned that she forgot to salute her master?
"Are you done with the beating? Did it feel good to have your revenge?" Luo Li asked jokingly as she watched Cui'er, who was exhausted after being beaten with twenty-three canes.
Cui'er's eyes turned red. She threw away the cane, walked to Luo Li and knelt on the ground. "Thank you, Princess, for taking care of this servant. Princess, my mother is very ill. Please let me go home and see my mother!"
Damn! I forgot about that.
Luo Li patted her forehead. She had good intentions but ended up doing something bad. She was only concerned about letting Cui'er vent her anger and take revenge. If she delayed, her mother would have died at this critical moment. It would have been a sin if the mother and daughter could not see each other for the last time.
"Ruhua, give Cui'er fifty taels of silver, hire a doctor for her mother, and send her home quickly in a carriage."
Cui'er kowtowed repeatedly in gratitude, and Ruhua pulled her up, stuffed fifty taels of silver into her hand, and took her to the carriage to send her home.
After sending Cui Er away, Luo Li didn't even look at Madam Lin and her daughter, and dragged Princess Yongqing to the backyard, "Let's go! Yongqing, I'll take you to the hot springs."