flstandardbreds Chapter 173 Settlement of Accounts
Chapter 173 Settlement of Accounts
After Shen Li nodded in agreement, Mother Xu quickly left the yard. She must be rushing to the Lu family.
Mother Wu also heard that Shen Li had saved the young lady of this family, and now with Mother Xu's instructions, she did not look down on them.
"Miss Shen, I see you are exhausted from the journey, so I have arranged for someone to boil water for you to bathe, and also prepared some food, which will be delivered to you."
"Thank you, Mother Wu."
Although there has been no owner in this house for a long time, there are still more than twenty servants. Now they are all busy with the arrival of Shen Li and others.
It took an hour for everyone to finish bathing, and Mother Wu made careful arrangements, delivering meals directly to each courtyard.
It was almost dark after the meal. The group had been traveling recently and had not had a good rest. After the meal, some took a rest while others practiced martial arts.
After a while, Mother Wu came over with an old doctor with white beard.
"Miss Shen, I saw that there was a pregnant woman among you, so I took the initiative to invite a doctor. I hope I didn't disturb you."
Lin Cuicui and Xu Taohua were a little flattered and quickly thanked Mother Wu.
Xu Taohua has been pregnant for almost 8 months and will give birth soon.
After checking, the old doctor nodded: "The pregnant woman is in good health and the fetus is healthy, but she will be born in less than two months. You should be careful when traveling."
"Okay, thank you doctor."
While apologizing, Lin Cuicui took out the prepared medical fee and handed it to the old doctor.
The old doctor was packing his medicine box and the servant beside him took it.
After making sure Xu Taohua was fine, Mother Wu took the old doctor away. After all, they looked young and strong and extremely healthy.
After making sure that everything was fine, Lin Cuicui asked Shen Jingyuan to take Xu Taohua to rest.
After watching the eldest and his wife enter the house, he looked at Shen Changshan with a worried look, "How long will it take us to reach Suzhou?"
"It's almost there. We'll rest here for two days and then set off. We'll reach Suzhou in about ten days."
"Mother, the weather is getting cold now. You can put two more mattresses in the carriage and try to make my sister-in-law sit more comfortably."
"Well, that's all we can do."
Shen Changshan looked at his sleepy wife and said to her, "Okay, go and have some rest first. We'll buy everything we need tomorrow."
When Shen Li stood up, she thought of the many knives they still had in their hands. Jiangnan was safer, so carrying those weapons would be too conspicuous.
It would be fine if no one found out, but if someone did, it would bring them trouble.
"By the way, Dad, we can only keep two or three of those weapons. Let's sell the rest."
"Row."
Shen Changshan nodded readily in agreement, then took his wife into the house to rest.
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"Madam, it's bad, the eldest lady and the eldest master are back!"
Upon hearing this, Chen, who was arranging flowers, cut the flower stem in her hand in half with a pair of scissors.
"What did you say!!"
Diancui's face was very solemn. "Madam, the eldest lady and the eldest young master are back. They were brought back by Madam Jiang."
"Crack~"
Chen slammed the scissors in her hand on the table, her fingers scratching her palm unconsciously, but her face showed no panic.
"When will the master be back?"
Diancui lowered her head and answered respectfully: "Grandpa said he would be back in a few days."
Chen heaved a sigh of relief. As long as the master was not around, wasn't it up to her, the mistress of the house, to decide what was right and wrong in the mansion?
It is true that the Jiang Mu family is powerful and influential, but this is his Lu family, not the Jiang family or the Mu family, and he can't let her control him.
Thinking of this, the last bit of uneasiness in her heart disappeared, and she curled the corners of her lips, "Mrs. Jiang actually brought the eldest young lady and the eldest young master back. As a mother, I must thank her very much."
As he spoke, he took Diancui and the maid beside him and walked towards the front hall.
In the front hall, Mu Nanzhi was sitting with her three children drinking tea and eating snacks. After a while, they heard footsteps approaching.
As soon as Chen saw Lu Jing and Lu Nian, she rushed over and said, "Ah Jing, Ah Nian, where have you two been these days? You made your mother very worried!"
Lu Jing and Lu Nian quickly dodged behind their aunt, but Chen missed and fell directly onto the chair.
Mu Nanzhi took a sip of tea slowly without even raising her eyes. "Alright, stop acting here. Where's Lu Cheng? Call him out!"
Chen took out a handkerchief and wiped away her nonexistent tears. "Mrs. Jiang, you came at a very unfortunate time. The master is not at home today and may not be back for a few days. Tell me if you have anything to say."
Mu Nanzhi put down the teacup, raised her eyes and glanced at her with a smile, "This is a serious matter, and you, a woman, can't handle it. I'd better wait for Lu Cheng to come back."
Seeing her persistence, Chen didn't know what to say. She sat down on the upper seat and directed the maid at the door: "Take the eldest young lady and the eldest young master downstairs to wash up first, and see what kind of mess they have made outside."
"Yes."
As soon as the two maids approached Lu Jing, they were scared away by his eyes, "Step back, the young lady and I will wait here for father to come back."
The maidservant couldn't say anything because of Lu Jing's gaze. She just mumbled "yes" and left.
When Chen saw this, a dark light flashed in her eyes. It seemed that he had grown a lot during this period of time outside. What a pity!
A group of people sat here for half an hour. Just when Chen was about to say that the master would not be back today and wanted to take them downstairs to rest, a servant ran in from outside.
"Madam, madam, the master is back!"
Chen suddenly looked at Mu Nanzhi beside her, digging her palms hard with her fingernails, and then looked at the two little guys beside her. It seemed that she came prepared today.
Stay calm and don't panic. She forced herself to suppress the uneasiness in her heart and wanted to get up to greet him, but Mu Nanzhi had already asked two maids to stand in front of her and reached out to press her down on the chair.
"What does Madam Jiang mean?"
Mu Nanzhi still had a faint smile on her lips, and said softly: "I will discuss something with Lu Cheng later, you sit aside and listen, don't run around, and I will give you a chance to quibble."
Chen's pupils dilated. What did she mean?
Not long after bringing Lu Cheng back home, noises of quarreling and argument were heard from a courtyard of the Lu family, which did not stop until the evening.
Mu Nanzhi, Lu Jing and Lu Nian, who were the fuse of this incident, had already been sleeping soundly in bed, and had no idea about the chaos in the Lu family's house.
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The next morning, with bloodshot eyes and a tired face, Lu Cheng personally prepared a carriage full of gifts and took his two children to personally thank Shen Li.