Chapter 128 Confiscating the house
Mr. Chen San said calmly: "The house was confiscated and the official position was lost."
He let go of Liu Yu, walked to the window, and opened it.
Qinyuanju, which was originally full of greenery, has lost all its leaves in early winter, leaving only bare tree trunks. The cabbages and radishes planted by Liu Yu and his colleagues did not take good care of them due to the busy months, and the seeds did not germinate.
Liu Yu came to his side and said, "After being busy for a while, the yard has become deserted."
Originally, the yard was left to Lixia to take care of. Recently, since Lixia went to manage Yuzhen Hall, Jingzhe had to cook for the people in Yuzhen Hall, so the yard was left to other servants in Qinyuanju.
"I'll plant some winter flowers next time." Liu Yu said with a smile.
"I'll find some varieties of this season and send them to you." Master Chen San closed the window. The servants had already heated up the kang and lit the stove, then left the room.
The two were alone together, and the words they had said the night before leaving for Lingnan came to their minds again.
Compared to Mr. Chen San, Liu Yu was more experienced. If she stuck her head out, she would get a knife. If she withdrew her head, she would also get a knife. She stopped hesitating and took the initiative to say:
"Third Master, please stay at Qinyuanju tonight! I'll ask the servants to bring you some water so you can take a bath."
Mr. Chen San wanted to agree, but the housekeeper of the East Courtyard had just come and heard that he had returned from the Marquis of Pingnan's Mansion. He said that his staff had come overnight and were all waiting in the study.
The Chen family has experienced such a great disaster, he really should meet them and comfort them.
As for those who took the opportunity to leave Chen Mansion, they need to arrange for people to take care of the things they are doing.
"Yu'er." Master Chen San stopped Liu Yu who was about to go out to call for help:
"I just came back recently, so I might be very busy. Come back when I'm done."
Liu Yu looked at his hand worriedly. Although it looked no different from normal, she still remembered that the last time she saw him, his hand was still bandaged and in a sling.
It's only been a few days, how could it be healed?
"But you are still injured." Liu Yu wanted to lift up his sleeve to take a look.
Mr. Chen San held her down:
"I'll take care of it, don't worry."
Many things in the Chen family cannot be done without Master Chen San. No matter how worried Liu Yu was, he still had to let Master Chen San go and let him leave Qinyuanju. That night, Master Chen San and his staff talked in the study all night.
Early the next morning, Guyu picked out three third-rate maids in Qinyuanju according to Liu Yu's request and brought them to Liu Yu for selection.
Liu Yu understood the basic situation and chose one of the maids named Bingqing. She was smart, looked more pleasing than the other two, and spoke in a pleasant way.
After dismissing the other two, Liu Yu did not hide anything and told Bingqing what he needed to do for her, and promised that if she succeeded, he would pay her a sum of money and free her from slavery.
Bingqing agreed without much hesitation.
After confirming, Liu Yu told Mr. Chen San that he was going out when he delivered bone soup to him.
Master Chen San knew that she was going to deal with the affairs of the Pingnan Marquis Mansion. Because she was taken away silently by Qiu last time, he instructed that this time Granny Kui must go with him. He also appointed a few guards in Tingzhuxuan to escort her to the pile.
Liu Yu did not refuse. After what Qiu did, not only Mr. Chen San, but she herself was also frightened.
The guards, together with Guyu, Bingqing, Nanny Kui and A Zhong, left the Chen Mansion and headed towards the suburbs.
According to Liu Yu's understanding, after Liu Zhang took over the Pingnan Marquis Mansion, five or six stakes have been sold one after another, leaving only three stakes, two on the east side and one on the west side. The one on the east side is a hot spring stake, and the other is used to grow the most popular cherries.
The pile on the west side is all rice fields. Except for the tenant farmers, all the people working here are maids and old women who made mistakes in the Pingnan Marquis Mansion and were sent here. They do the most tiring and difficult work.
Liu Heng was inside this pile.
When Liu Yu and his group arrived at the farm, they just happened to catch lunch.
When the people on the pole heard that she was the fifth girl of the mansion, they immediately called the steward.
The steward on the stake knew that Liu Yu was a concubine of the Chen family. If it was the second lady, or other ladies in the family who were concubines, he would not be so concerned. But the man she followed was a powerful official in the cabinet! The most important thing was that he did not have a wife yet. It was said that he only had a concubine, the fifth lady. This was different.
I heard recently that the old man is back again.
The steward did not dare to be negligent and naturally did not dare to give Liu Yu the meals that the servants ate. He specially asked the cook in the kitchen to prepare a table of delicious dishes for Liu Yu.
Liu Yu didn't move his chopsticks and told the steward:
"Please, Manager Wu, take my maid to find my third uncle."
"this…"
Manager Wu was in a bit of a dilemma.
Liu Yu winked at Guyu, who stepped forward and slipped a piece of silver to Manager Wu.
Manager Wu immediately smiled happily and took Guyu out. After a while, he brought back a thin, sallow-faced middle-aged man who looked 50% similar to Liu Yan.
Liu Yu stood up and greeted Liu Heng: "Third Uncle."
"Are you the fifth lady?" Liu Heng actually didn't remember Liu Yu, but Manager Wu had just mentioned it to him.
"Yes." Liu Yu smiled warmly and motioned Liu Heng to sit down.
Liu Heng looked at the food on the table and swallowed his saliva, but did not dare to move. He asked uneasily:
"Fifth Miss, just tell me what you have to say!"
Liu Yu sighed silently. No matter whether it was him or Liu Yan, being the son of the old marquis was really unlucky.
"Let's eat first! I'm hungry after traveling all the way here. Uncle San, please sit down too." Her tone did not allow for refusal.
Over the years, Liu Heng has learned to read people's expressions. He could only sit down but did not dare to pick up any dishes. It was Liu Yu who picked up dishes for him several times.
After the meal, Liu Yu told Liu Heng about Liu Zhang's giving up the title and that he was chosen by Qiu as the heir to the title of Marquis of Pingnan.
Liu Heng was so frightened that his legs went limp.
"Fifth Miss, I don't want to be the Marquis of Pingnan, okay?" Liu Heng's face was full of resistance. Although he was honest and not smart, he was not stupid. His mother's death, his eldest brother's madness, and the fact that he was driven to the stake were actually all related to the Qiu family.
If he goes back to take on this title, the Qiu family will skin him alive.
Liu Yu winked at Guyu, and Guyu led the others out.
No one knew what Liu Yu said, but after a quarter of an hour, Liu Heng, who had originally refused to agree, actually agreed. It was just as they expected. Liu Heng accepted Bing Qing.
Before Liu Yu left, he asked Guyu to give a large bag of silver to Manager Wu, asking him to keep the news of Liu Yu's visit and Bingqing's identity secret and not to reveal it to anyone, even if that person was from the Qiu family.
Faced with so much silver, Manager Wu agreed very readily and also assured Liu Yu that he would also make the people below shut up.
After getting the answer he wanted, Liu Yu left the job with satisfaction and returned to the capital with his group.
"Have you heard? The sentence of Minister of Industry Feng Bu has been issued. He has been dismissed from his position as Minister and all his property has been confiscated into the national treasury."