[Red House] Release a concubine and have children

When Dongchun's figure first appeared in everyone's sight, the hearts of Mrs. Zhifu and the others jumped violently, as if they had been hammered from behind with a hammer, their expressions were very painful.

But when they found that there was no one else behind her, all these people breathed a sigh of relief, and looked at Dongchun with much gentler eyes.

Yes, Dongchun came back alone, and there was no one behind him, let alone a doctor.

With a thud, Dongchun knelt down in front of Fu Li: "Forgive me, Ma'am, the servant is ineffective and failed to invite the imperial physician."

Fu Li glanced at the prefect's wives, his eyes were mocking, but the expression on his face was full of worry and anger: "I asked you to invite the imperial physician, why didn't you invite any of them? I didn't see the faces of the prefect's wives all pale, very uncomfortable ? I tried my best to let the prefect's wives stay at home and wait for the imperial physician, but you didn't invite the imperial physician over after half a day? If you don't give me a reasonable explanation, you can bear the punishment after coming here .”

Dongchun hurriedly explained: "The servant girl specially ran to the residence of the two imperial physicians, and wanted to invite the two imperial physicians here to treat his wife, but the two imperial physicians were not acclimatized, and fell ill yesterday. I heard that the ladies are all elderly. It’s a problem, the family has prepared medicines, so I just drove the servants away... I don’t want to come over.”

Fu Li looked annoyed: "They've gone against the sky? I asked you to invite someone to treat your illness with good words, but they dare to refuse? I..."

"Don't worry, Mrs. Hou," the prefect's wife said with great difficulty, "Our illness is indeed a chronic disease, and there are medicines at home, as long as we go home and take a dose of medicine, it will be fine. Please come here. What's more, the imperial physicians are all sick because of acclimatization... If two imperial physicians dragged their sick bodies to treat us, I would really feel guilty, and there is really no need for Madam Hou to be angry about it."

Worried that Fu Li would make trouble again, Madam Zhifu spoke before she spoke, "It's just that my body is getting more and more uncomfortable, and I have to go home and take medicine. I can't stay at Wei's house for a long time. If Madam doesn't want to give up, my wife I will definitely visit again next time, but this time, I can only leave first."

As soon as she finished speaking, the other wives also echoed.

"Yes, Mrs. Hou, since the imperial physician is not acclimatized, there is no need for him to come over to diagnose our pulse and treat our illnesses."

"Yes, yes, the imperial physician himself is not feeling well. Who knows if it will affect the result of our pulse diagnosis? Besides, the magistrate's wife is already very uncomfortable. I don't know how long it will take until the imperial physician arrives. It is more convenient to go home and take medicine .”

"That's right, we can all see Madam Hou's benevolence, but we have so many people here, even if we invite the imperial doctor over, we don't know when we will see it, not to mention that after getting the pulse diagnosis result, we still have to prescribe medicine and boil it Medicine... When everything is done, I'm afraid we're all going to die of pain, and if we show our ugly face in front of Madam Hou and stain Madam Hou's eyes, I really wish I could hang myself in front of you."

"..."

It is said that three women play a show, and these ten or so women chirped one after another, without any order, one mouth after another, which made Fu Li's ears ringing.

She quickly raised her hand to stop these people from continuing to speak: "You ladies are so considerate of me, I am really touched. If you let the ladies go like this, I feel really guilty. After much deliberation, I still want the imperial doctor To see the pulse of all the ladies is the best of my heart, and I hope that the ladies will not refuse."

The magistrate's wife and the others were almost not scared to death by Fu Li's words, and thinking that if they didn't leave, they didn't know what would happen later, their faces changed one after another.Among them, the magistrate's wife had the most violent reaction. After listening to Fu Li's words, she could hardly restrain the malice in her heart, and almost yelled at Fu Li...

Fortunately, before she opened her mouth, Fu Li said with a look of consideration for them: "It's just that everyone's illness can't be delayed today, and I don't want everyone to be troubled by illness anymore, so I can only give up this idea temporarily. But in the future I will There will also be a banquet, and I will invite all the ladies to join in the show, I will definitely let the two imperial physicians diagnose the pulse for everyone, pull out the root cause of the disease for everyone, and for everyone..."

"Thank you, Mrs. Hou, for your kindness." Madam Zhifu quickly interrupted Fu Li's long speech, "In the future, Madam will hold a banquet, and we will all be there, but today everyone is sick, so we won't stay any longer, and leave!"

After finishing speaking, Madam Zhifu took the lead and turned around to leave.

Others dare not offend Fu Li, but their own bodies know that if they don't leave now...they don't have the patience of the magistrate's wife, and they have no way to guarantee whether they will really make a fool of themselves in front of Fu Li later.

I heard that there are already people in the capital who are addicted to opium and opioids. I think Mrs. Ding Weihou is very clear about the various manifestations of drugs and addictions. Other reasons can be dealt with, but if the drug or addiction really breaks out, can they still please Madam Dingweihou?

Don't forget that Dingweihou was appointed by the emperor as the imperial envoy just to find out about the smoking and drug abuse of officials in Huguang and Guangxi provinces.

No one dared to show the ugliness of drug or addiction in front of Fu Li, and no one dared to guarantee that if they stayed in Wei's house for a while, they would have drug or addiction in front of Fu Li, and then directly kill themselves. Send the handle to Fu Li's hand.

So even though they didn't dare to offend Fu Li, these ladies who changed their faces one after another turned around hard-heartedly and followed the magistrate's wife.

Looking expressionlessly at the backs of these people after they left, Fu Li raised his eyebrows and smiled: "Why did you just leave?"

Not everyone left Wei's house with the magistrate's wife. There were still a few official wives with normal expressions and no signs of drug addiction. There were also two or three officials with equally ugly expressions, but they still chose to stay. lady.

Fu Li turned his head and looked at the three officials' wives who were also pale and trembling in surprise: "Why didn't you leave?"

Several people looked at each other, but didn't know what to say.

They want to show their loyalty, but it seems a bit deliberate and a bit like a show; if they don't show their loyalty, this is the purpose of their choice to stay.

For a moment, the eyes of several officials and wives were quite embarrassed.

Fu Li thought for a while and said with a smile: "I already know what you mean. You should not be delayed by your current situation, right? You should go home and take your medicine as soon as possible. I won't keep you here any longer."

The three of them breathed a sigh of relief, and quickly stood up to say goodbye.

After the people left, there were not many people left.

But Fu Li's defenses were not removed at all, and he was even more vigilant than before.

Those people who have been infected with drugs and addictions are too

Easy to distinguish, just like what she did today, with almost no effort, it is easy to separate people who are addicted to drugs from a group of wives, no matter how many good people and how many bad people are among these people, But when facing them, it is enough to remember multiple thoughts.

Wei Yan was sent here by Emperor Yonghe this time to investigate and clear up the officials who were addicted to drugs and drugs and colluded with overseas forces for the sake of drugs and drugs. He and his wife will naturally make people wary, while those who are not infected will make people subconsciously want to trust.

But who knows if any of these people who have not been infected with drugs or addictions have betrayed the court for profit?

But these people are mixed among those who are loyal to the court, and it is much harder to distinguish than those who are addicted to drugs.

These people didn't know what Fu Li was thinking. They looked at Fu Li and opened their mouths one by one, as if they wanted to say something to her, but they didn't dare to speak because they were concerned about the presence of other people.

Fu Li looked at these people, thinking about what to do to distinguish trustworthy people among them.

At this moment, someone suddenly said something: "Mrs. Dingweihou, can the woman tell you what she wants to discuss with you now?"

Fu Li was taken aback for a moment, and turned to meet Xue Qinshi's beautiful face.

She smiled and looked at Xue Qinshi intently: "The matter you want to discuss with me is so urgent, do you have to tell me today?"

Xue Qinshi paused, with a hesitant expression.

Fu Li turned his head to look at the other people present, and said with a smile, "Can't this matter be heard by others?"

Xue Qinshi nodded again and again: "Because it involves some commercial secrets, if someone listens to it, it may affect our business."

As soon as she finished speaking, the few remaining ladies turned their heads to stare at her with unkind faces.

Facing the eyes of these people, Xue Qinshi was also uncomfortable. After all, she is just an ordinary businessman's wife, and she is not of the same class as these wives. It would be too much for these wives to deal with her. It couldn't be easier.

After Fu Li glanced at the others, he thought that there would be no useful news to chat with these ladies today, so he simply said: "Do the ladies have anything else to do? If not, I will talk to this Madam Xue." Went to the living room to discuss business matters."

Although the others were not willing to give up this rare opportunity to have a relationship with Fu Lila, but they really had nothing serious to do in Wei's house, so they could only stand up and leave without knowing how to advance or retreat.

Fu Li turned his head to look at Dongxia: "Dongxia, go and send off some wives."

Dongxia is Fu Li's personal servant girl, and she has been with her all the time before. Fu Li asked Dongxia to come out to give them away, which is enough to show that she attaches great importance to these wives.

And these wives want to have a relationship with Fu Lila, because of this idea.

By the time these wives left Wei's house, their original dissatisfaction with Xue Qinshi had all disappeared without a trace.

After the people left, Fu Li turned his head to look at Xue Qinshi: "Tell me, what do you mean when you came to Wei's house today?"

She was actually a little curious and a little surprised

After all, the four major families were all ransacked before, and of course the Xue family was not spared.Although it was Emperor Yonghe who gave the order, it was Wei Yan who finally carried out the order to raid the house.But now, a member of the Xue family actually said that she wanted to discuss something with her, Wei Yan's wife, which really made her a little curious.

And what Xue Qinshi was talking about was business.

Business?

No matter what Fu Li thinks, he doesn't think that he owns a restaurant and can have any business relationship with Xue's family.

Xue Qinshi met Shang Fuli's eyes with a slightly nervous expression: "Our branch belongs to the side branch of the Xue family, and we have been walking outside before, so we are not close to the main family, so after the Xue family was raided before, although the family wealth It’s all filled the treasury, but the contacts are still there, and we have the capital to make a comeback.”

Fu Li nodded and did not comment on this.

Seeing that Fu Li's attitude was as usual, Xue Qin didn't seem to be angry with them because of Patriarch Xue's family.

After a moment of silence, she continued: "However, in order for the children in the family to get a better education and to allow them to live the same life as before, after discussing with the master, I finally decided to become a sea merchant."

Hearing the word "Maritime Merchant", Fu Li immediately came to his senses: "Who is your husband? When did you start shipping business? Have you ever had contact with those overseas foreigners?"

Seeing Fu Li's change, Xue Qin became more cautious when speaking: "The husband of the civilian woman is Xue Renming, who started shipping business half a year ago. At that time, he bought two ships with money borrowed from a friend he had made before. The big boat has been sold and bought twice now, and the family has accumulated a lot of money." After she finished speaking, she took a careful look at Fu Li, "As for the foreigners, although the master himself will not set off with the boat, but every time he does The business is all in the same pier, so I have seen many foreigners."

Fu Li suddenly fell into deep thought. Hearing this, she finally figured out why this Xue Qinshi found herself.

She thought for a while and said, "You came here this time, but what important news do you want to tell me? Or, do you want to tell Dingweihou or even the emperor through me? But if you really plan like this, why? Getting involved with the magistrate's wife? It's hard for others to say, but this Huzhou prefect has something wrong, you got involved with the prefect's family, I can't believe everything you say."

It's hard to say about other wives, but the prefect's wife, or the prefect himself must have a very close relationship with those overseas forces

It's not that there's anything wrong with her performance today, but because the magistrate is already the biggest official in Huzhou, and the only one who can stand on equal footing with him in Huzhou and Guanghai is the magistrate of Guanghai Prefecture.After Emperor Yonghe conveyed the order to destroy poppies, opium, and tablets to the two provinces of Huguang, there were problems in the implementation of the decrees in these two provinces. If the two prefects themselves had no problems, it could only be that all officials except the prefects There are problems, but after the incident, many officials in Huguang and Guangxi Provinces submitted memorials and reported the matter to the court, so it is not true.

So I don't know if other officials in Huguang provinces have problems, but there is a 90.00% chance that these two prefects have problems.

Even if Xue Qinshi wants to see him, there is no need to get involved with the magistrate, right?There are so many officials in Huzhou, which one is not more reassuring than the relationship with the magistrate's wife?

Furthermore, if the relationship between Xue Qinshi and the magistrate is not close enough, how could the magistrate's wife bring her to the banquet held by him?

Although Fu Li himself didn't mind, but in these ancient lands

From the looks of it, the Xue family is just a businessman.Even though merchants can take the imperial examinations today, the status of scholars, farmers, businessmen, and merchants is still at the bottom of the Great Xia Dynasty.

Xue Qinshi was so frightened that she got up from her chair and fell to her knees on the ground with a plop.

Fu Li was taken aback by her: "...What are you doing?"

Xue Qinshi swallowed her saliva, and carefully replied: "Whether it is based on the master's current status as a pure businessman, or the grievances between the Xue family and the Dingweihou's mansion, if it is in the normal way, it is impossible for the women to have the opportunity to see each other. To you. But the woman does have a major event that she has to meet you in person, so she can only try to find other ways."

"I didn't blame you for coming to my banquet through other means, I just asked why you didn't find someone else, but went to the magistrate's wife instead." Fu Li frowned, "You should get up first."

Xue Qin shook her head, and then answered Fu Li's question: "Because among the female family members, besides you, the wife of the magistrate has the highest status. Before you came, all the officials and female family members in the entire Huzhou only followed the wife of the magistrate. Even if I find someone else, without the consent of the prefect's wife, it is absolutely impossible for me to appear at this banquet. And once the prefect's wife agrees, the women can only take another sum of money to honor the prefect's wife, and then follow the prefect Ma'am come in."

"The women are just thinking, since the end result is the same, it's better to go the way of the magistrate's wife from the beginning, so that there will be a lot of money left." We used to be wealthy, but our family is much poorer than before. The family can achieve such a great improvement now, all thanks to the master alone, and the women of the people can't just take the hard-earned money of the master to waste. "

In the past, let alone a few thousand taels of silver, even tens of thousands of silver bills, as long as it was useful, she could spend it all without blinking an eye.But after going through the hardships before, she already knew that the money was not easy to come by, so she naturally didn't want to waste it.

Those silver coins are all the hard work of the master.

Fu Li didn't know what Xue Qinshi was thinking, but he also understood her concerns, so he nodded after listening, and didn't hold on to this question any longer.

"Tell me about what you are talking about when you come to see me this time." Fu Li smiled, "No matter what you say, or what I think, I can assure you that I will definitely treat you exactly as it is. What you said, tell Ming...Hou Ye."

Xue Qinshi nodded earnestly: "The woman came here this time because of the master's instruction. Although the master is now guarding the pier and focusing on shipping, but he traveled all over the world and made friends with many businessmen in the past, and they have very good relationships with each other. That's right. After knowing that the master decided to become a sea merchant, his former friends also provided a lot of help to the master, whether it was borrowing money or things. Therefore, after the master got involved with the largest sea merchant in Guanghai, he also wanted to repay those Helped his brothers. After those two ships returned safely for the first time, the master specially set aside one to help his brothers deliver goods."

"Half a month ago, the master's sea boat returned safely again, and brought back a lot of rare overseas goods. After selling the overseas goods for more than half, the master took the money to find his brothers , wanting to return the money to them. Then, from those friends, I learned that poppies, opium, and tablets are addictive, and that the No. News of reselling opium and opium."

Xue Qin looked up at Fu Li, seeing her expression was calm, she hurriedly lowered her head and continued, "Master didn't take this matter to heart, after all, businessmen value profits, as long as we don't endanger ourselves, we are not very willing to meddle in our own business." But after the master came back, he checked his two ships just in case, and who would have thought that some traces of opium were found in the cargo holds of his two ships."

"It was not easy for us to have our current family property after being ransacked. Although it is not as rich as before, it is gradually getting better. If we work steadily, it may not take many years for our family to return to our previous life. But who would have thought that the No. [-] Maritime Merchant was just doing the opium business by himself, and secretly used our Xue family's cargo ship?"

Not all businessmen are like this, but the Xue family is obviously like this.

If Xue Qinshi said that she came here this time for the righteousness of her family and country, to serve the court, she would probably not believe it at all, but Xue Qinshi said that she would find her because the Xue family was almost implicated...

Thinking of the temperament of the Xue family, Fu Li believed this with his heart.

"It's okay before, but the emperor ordered to destroy all opium and poppies. Who would dare to get involved in such a thing?" Speaking of this, Xue Qin's face was full of hatred, obviously towards the Guang who almost harmed his family. Hai No. [-] merchant was full of hatred, "Furthermore, our Xue family was ransacked not long ago, and it was the time when we couldn't stand out in front of the emperor. If we were involved in this matter again, who would know that the emperor's little... Who knows if the wise and mighty Holy Majesty would think that the ransacking of the house was an advantage for us, and then the others would just convict us as usual, but give our Xue family a higher crime, and then the whole family will be exiled?"

Fu Li held back his laughter, and managed to pretend that he hadn't heard the word "little".

Xue Qinshi was obviously scared out of psychological shadow by the previous confiscation of the house. Now as long as she thinks that her family may be remembered by the narrow-minded emperor Yonghe Emperor again, she can't control her inner feelings and keeps complaining and hurting. Cursing those who almost implicated the Xue family.

But Fu Li can't say that all Xue Qinshi's worries are groundless

If Emperor Yonghe knew that the Xue family was also involved in the transportation and reselling of opium and film, he might be able to do something like exile the entire Xue family.It is even possible to directly kill the entire Xue family.

It's like Wang Xifeng, because she didn't know the real effect of opium and pills at the beginning. It stands to reason that after finding out the truth, Wang Xifeng would be imprisoned for life at most, or directly exiled, but the punishment set by the emperor himself for Wang Xifeng ,but it is……

Send it to the coal mine and dig mines for a lifetime.

Before Fu Li left the capital, he heard that Wang Xifeng had chosen to commit suicide because he couldn't bear the pain of mining.

For Xue Qinshi to say such a thing, he obviously heard about it.

Fu Li smiled, and asked: "Mrs. Xue, I can't just listen to you for many things. You have to produce evidence before I can believe what you said. I don't know, did you bring the evidence with you today?"

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