Chapter 333: Plywood

As soon as Li Qing'an returned to the mansion in the evening, he immediately felt that the atmosphere was wrong. Everyone saw him like a mouse or a cat, and turned around and ran away. At this time, his wives should have gathered in the side hall and chatted with smiles and waited for him to come back to have dinner together. What a harmonious and happy scene, but now there is not a single person in the side hall, and he can't even smell the fragrance of the food.

He walked around the side hall. The side hall was deserted and cold, and the cold air forced people to go out. At this moment, he suddenly heard a "click" behind the door. When he turned around, he saw a little maid coming out from behind the door and preparing to sneak away.

Li Qing'an was quick-eyed and quickly grabbed the little maid's arm, "Don't run!"

"Master, I don't know anything. You let me go!"

"You must know. Tell me the truth, what happened?" Li Qingan said viciously.

The little maid had no choice but to look at both sides and whisper: "The eldest lady and the second lady have a fight today, it's amazing! I heard that they even had a fight, and the second lady's face was caught."

Li Qingan was shocked. Did Mingyue and Wuyi have a fight? What's going on?

"Tell me quickly, why?"

"I don't know the reason either, I just know that they were quarreling, and they were quarreling very hard."

Li Qing'an had a headache. The thing he was most afraid of finally happened. He knew that there was actually a contradiction between Mingyue and Wuyi. Wuyi was always a little resentful about him marrying him. When she got married with Mingyue, she deliberately avoided it and did not participate. The reason why Wuyi was so resentful was that she was unwilling to share her husband with others. Love was selfish. Wuyi, who grew up in music, was more delicate and sensitive emotionally. The misfortune of her life and her long-term living under the roofs of others made her noble and arrogant.

Li Qingan could understand all these, so he felt a little guilty towards Wu Yi and loved her more. However, he needed Mingyue to support him, and he also took good care of Mingyue. But now, the conflict between Wu Yi and Mingyue has finally erupted. Li Qingan really wanted to know what the reason was?

He thought about it and said to the little maid: "Go to the backyard quickly and tell the third lady that I will wait for her in the study outside and let her come over immediately."

The third lady is Rushi. Now Li Qing'an wants to know the truth, so he can only learn from Rushi.

After a moment, Rushi hurried to Li Qing'an's outer study. Although Rushi ranked third in the family, she was Li Qing'an's most trusted wife. He knew that if something happened to him one day in the future, only Rushi would die for him without hesitation. Because of his absolute trust in Rushi, Li Qing'an's most private inner study was also handed over to Rushi to clean and organize.

But now he is in the outer study room, and he dare not enter the inner house before he understands the situation clearly.

As soon as Rushi entered the door, she smiled bitterly and said, "Do you already know?"

"I only know that they have quarreled, but tell me why and how much quarrel and how big it is?"

Rushi sighed, and she poured Li Qing'an a cup of hot tea first, and gave it to him with both hands. Then she said helplessly: "Actually it's for the Jade Slave?"

"Yu Nu?" Li Qing'an was stunned. He suddenly remembered that Mingyue told him this morning that Yu Nu wanted to be his concubine. He was a little moved at that time. Yu Nu was very beautiful. This was undeniable. He wanted to marry beautiful women in the world. This was undeniable. Could it be that Yu Nu had a difference between Mingyue and Wuyi in the matter of being a concubine for himself?

Originally, he planned to ask Wuyi quietly in bed tonight if Yunu was willing to give him it? Unexpectedly, something happened before he could ask, which made Li Qingan feel guilty. He hurriedly asked, "Tell me clearly, what's wrong with Yunu?"

"My sister Wuyi found a family for Yunu, but she agreed without obtaining Sister Mingyue's consent. Sister Mingyue was angry about this and asked Sister Wuyi to discuss the matter. As a result, the two of them started arguing without any speculation."

Rushi told Li Qing'an everything about Mingyue telling her in the afternoon, and finally said: "In fact, Yu Nu is just an introduction. The fundamental reason is the status of Mingyue and Wuyi. Can Mingyue take charge of Wuyi?"

It was indeed the root of this. Li Qing'an lamented. Of course, he knew that Mingyue should be in charge of Wuyi, but he secretly told Wuyi in private that she could make the decision on her own. In the relationship between her, he had been practicing Tai Chi with Xiong Mui, and now the conflict broke out. However, Zhao Shenjun actually wanted to marry Yu Nu. Did he eat the courage of Xiong Xin Leopard? Isn't you Wu Yi's dowry maid? There is no dowry maid in the world? This made Li Qing'an feel a little angry, as if the conflict between Mingyue and Wu Yi was not caused by himself, but by this damn Zhao Shenjun.

"Brother, how do you plan to deal with this? I mean, who do you prefer?" Rushi asked with a little concern.

In terms of personal feelings, Rushi prefers Wuyi. After all, she has been with Wuyi for a long time, and Wuyi has a pitiful life experience, very similar to her, both are orphans, and she has taught her to play the piano. However, in theory, she supports Mingyue, who is the mistress, and she should indeed be the one who does anything in the family, so she believes that Li Qing'an's attitude is the most important.

Li Qingan couldn't help but smile bitterly. It's hard for a clean official to make a decision. Who can he favor? He loves both women, or he can't afford to offend his two wives.

"How much has they quarreled? I heard from the maid that Wuyi's face was scratched."

"Who is there anything wrong with this?"

Rushi said angrily: "Brother, do you think this is possible? They are all people with status and cultivation. Will they quarrel like women on the street? They just have a little louder voice and a little heavier tone. The three of them become tigers, so don't forget them."

"Well! Three people become tigers. This word is well used. Rushi, you have made great progress!"

Rushi felt joy in her heart when she heard her husband's praise. The shadow of the two ladies' quarrels suppressed her joy in a blink of an eye. She said worriedly: "Brother, what do you think you should do?"

Li Qing'an's head was as big as a fight. He glanced at Rushi, then hugged her and said with a smile: "Rushi, I will leave this matter to you."

"Leave it to me!" Rushi was shocked and quickly pushed Li Qing'an away and said, "No! No! How could I care about their affairs, especially the eldest lady. It is Yuli who cares about her affairs. I will be kicked out of the house."

"Where are you thinking about it? You are all my wives, so how can you drive your wife out?"

Li Qingan quickly comforted her a few words, and explained with a smile: "Actually, it's not that you are asking you to care about them. I'm not easy to come forward. Just persuade them more and let them calm down first. You persuade them, saying that I'm busy with business and a lot of pressure, please try to be tolerant. Anyway, that's what you mean, you can think about it yourself!"

Rushi nodded silently. At this moment, Wuyi's voice suddenly came from outside the door, "Li Lang, can I come in?"

Rushi was shocked and turned around and wanted to walk through the back door. However, Li Qingan grabbed her and pointed to the inner room. Rushi knew it. She opened the back door first and then flashed into the inner room. Li Qingan saw that she was as careful as her hair, and couldn't help but nod and admire her secretly.

"Come in!"

The door opened, Wuyi walked into the study. She cried all afternoon, mourning herself for a misfortune in her life. Later, she gradually regained her peace and rationality. She also realized that she was at a disadvantage in the dispute with Mingyue, but she refused to bow to Mingyue. She also knew that once she bowed her head, she would completely lose her autonomy in the future. She was unwilling to get such a result. Her only support now is her husband Li Qing'an, and she hoped to get some comfort from Li Qing'an.

Li Qingan looked at Wuyi's face carefully. Although there was no trace of scratching, his eyes were red, and he obviously had cried. When Wuyi saw her husband, she felt extremely aggrieved. Her eyes turned red, and she turned her head and sobbed with her mouth. Li Qingan felt heartbroken. She hurriedly hugged her in her arms and comforted her: "It's normal for them to quarrel. It's not a big deal. Don't be so sad."

He sat down with Wuyi's hand and smiled, "I already know the situation. I don't think it's a big deal. As long as you can understand and give in to each other, everyone will make every concession, and things can be solved. For example, the matter of Yu Nu, in terms of love, she is as close as a sister, and her marriage should be considered by you. But Mingyue is the mistress after all, and you have to consider her face, especially in terms of external affairs. If she doesn't care at all, then how others think of her and how she will care about others in the future, she will have difficulties. So you discuss with her to give her face, and then I ask her to respect your decision, so that you won't argue like this."

Wuyi lowered her head, and her husband's earnest advice was well-known for his feelings and reason. In fact, she also knew that she was a little disrespectful to Mingyue. Although she understood this in her heart, women were emotional animals after all, and they were less rational. Moreover, she was afraid that Mingyue would use the work of a jade slave as a breakthrough. Once she gave in, she would be passive in everything in the future.

Although she can not give Mingyue's face, she cannot give her husband's face. She wiped her tears with a handkerchief and choked and said, "You can make the decision on Yu Nu's marriage. Only you can control my affairs. I will listen to what you say, but I will not be instructed by anyone except you. Li Lang, you also know that when did I bow my head over for so many years in my uncle's house? If I bowed my head, I would have been successful by those who were not good at it, and I would not be your wife today. This is my bottom line, you must understand me."

Li Qing'an understood that Wu Yi was actually giving in. She meant that if Mingyue had any requests, she could convey them through herself, and she would accept them. But she could not accept Mingyue's direct instructions on her. Li Qing'an sighed in his heart. He knew that Wu Yi was extremely stubborn and liked to be stubborn. That was all the concessions she could make. This matter was really not urgent, so he had to persuade her slowly. Thinking of this, he said, "Let's do it! You can't get back the proposal of Zhao Shenjun first. I don't like him very much. Wang Changling also told me that this person is famous for playing horses and is not worthy of the lifelong entrusting of Yu Nu."

Wuyi understood what Li Qing'an meant. Yu Nu's marriage should be handled coldly first, so as not to intensify the conflicts. In fact, after Mingyue said that, she felt that she was too hasty and made a decision without understanding the situation of the Zhao family. It was indeed inappropriate. She originally wanted to delay it, but Li Qing'an's attitude was very clear. She had to nod and said, "I'll listen to you, I'll go back to this marriage tomorrow."

At this moment, Mingyue's voice suddenly came from outside the door, "Husband, can I disturb you?"

Li Qingan was startled and quickly pointed to Wuyi at the side door, trying to let her avoid it. Unexpectedly, Wuyi sat there motionless and had no intention of avoiding it. Li Qingan had no choice but to mediate in person. He had to bite the bullet and said, "Come in!"

Mingyue pushed the door and walked in with a smile on her face. She had just heard from the maid's report that the master came back, so she rushed over. Unexpectedly, when she saw Wuyi, the smile on her face disappeared immediately, and she snorted coldly in her heart, "The evil man complained first!"

She also walked in, sat down on the other side of Li Qing'an, and smiled and said, "Mr. I have already ordered the kitchen to prepare, just wait a while."

"Haha! I'm not hungry yet."

"If you are not hungry, you have to eat, so do this! I asked them to put the food in the west courtyard. Wouldn't the husband also live where today?"

Speaking of this, Mingyue glanced at Wuyi. Her implication was to tell Li Qingan that although she quarreled with Wuyi, she would not undermine the principle because of this, what should it be or what.

For Wuyi, although she had already made concessions, agreed to reject the Zhao family's proposal, and was willing to accept Mingyue's arrangement through Li Qing'an, the woman's heart, the undersea needle, she was easy to say anything in front of Li Qing'an and was willing to give in. But when she and Mingyue faced each other, all her concessions were immediately thrown away. She curled her lips and said, "Pretty, pretend!"

Mingyue's face suddenly turned red, and the fire in her heart was ignited again. She stood up suddenly and glared at Wuyi and said, "You have explained it clearly to me, why am I pretending to be a pretentious person? Have you regarded my tolerance and kindness as a donkey?"

Wuyi also stood up and retorted without any concessions: "Am I wrong? Li Lang was going to go to my place tonight, but when you say it in front of me, will he still dare to go? You said this clearly to remind him not to go to my place tonight."

Mingyue was so angry that she trembled all over, "Okay! OK! What an unreasonable woman, I saw it today."

"Hmph! You don't have to worry about who I am. I am a straight person. I say whatever I have. Unlike some people, I have a different story in my heart."

"alright!"

Li Qingan shouted in a low voice and said angrily: "Don't make arguing any more."

When the two women saw their husbands getting angry, they sat down together, with their backs facing each other, and were so angry that they didn't speak.

Li Qing'an couldn't say a word. No matter how he said this, there was no right or wrong in this kind of thing. It seemed that Wu Yi's fault was not the case. Li Qing'an still retained some of the thoughts of later generations in his heart. He did not want Wu Yi to lose himself, and he also hoped that Wu Yi could retain his personality and freedom. But Mingyue was not wrong. According to the etiquette system, Mingyue had the power to manage all the affairs of the family and could even drive Wu Yi out of the mansion. But her failure to do so could only show her tolerance and generosity. Li Qing'an looked at Mingyue and then looked at Wu Yi. He was in a dilemma. At this time, he could not favor anyone. It was not the time to reason at all.

Li Qingan suddenly felt a little tired, and waved his hand and said, "You guys go back first! I want to handle official duties."

This sentence works better than anything else. Both women knew that family affairs should not be misleading business. They stood up together and walked towards the door at the same time. They walked a little anxiously. The two of them bumped their shoulders. They glared at each other, and Wuyi turned around and walked through the side door.

The room became quiet again, and Li Qingan lay weakly on the rattan chair. At this moment, he felt that the conflict between his two wives was even harder to resolve than Dashi. At this time, Rushi came out of the inner room and gently stroked Li Qingan's hair. Li Qingan held her hand and hugged her into his arms. Rushi didn't persuade him, and lay on him like a cat. After a while, Rushi whispered: "Brother, stay at my place tonight!"

Li Qingan shook his head and smiled bitterly: "It's not appropriate to live in your place, and I can't explain it to Wuyi. I'll go to the Political Affairs Hall for a night tonight! Stay at home, maybe they both torture me tonight."

Rushi nodded, she could understand, and then smiled and said, "Then leave after dinner."

"Okay! You bring the meal here, I'll leave after I'm having a meal."

Li Qing'an hurriedly had supper in the study outside, and then returned to the Political Affairs Hall, where he had a bedroom.

The Political Affairs Hall covers a wide area and consists of more than 30 buildings. Like Chang'an, officials come to work before dawn and can go home in the afternoon. At this time, it was already dark, and the Political Affairs Hall was quiet. Occasionally, the lights were on in the windows. They were busy and overtime officials. Teams of fully armed soldiers were patrolling safety. Li Qing'an's office was located on the east side of the Political Affairs Hall, but not in the middle. It was a building covering an area of ​​five acres.

It was not big, only twenty houses, which were the place where he and his staff and their clerks worked, as well as a rest room for their personal soldiers. There were walls around it, surrounding the building. Like other buildings, the building was built on a foundation about ten feet high. The foundation was made of flat boulders and tightly stitched. The building itself was also made of boulders, which was inconspicuous from the outside, but was extremely solid. There was also a basement under the building, and some important items were placed.

The civil servants have already returned home from get off work. Only Li Qing'an's room is still on in the government room. Li Qing'an's office is composed of four houses. Outside is the place where several clerks organize their documents. Inside is a row of three houses connected. In the middle is his office house. On the left is a war room, a huge sand table is placed, which accommodates the entire Anxi. On the right is a small house with beds and bedding, which is his temporary resting place.

At this moment, Li Qing'an sat behind the table, lying on a wide chair. He was thinking about how to resolve the conflict between Wuyi and Mingyue. But after thinking about it, in addition to using time to cool down and dilute the conflict between them, he could never think of a better solution. Of course, he could find something for them to do so that they would not think of those trivial matters all day at home, but this still treats the symptoms but not the root cause. In fact, Li Qing'an also thought of the best way, that is, children. If they have children, their relationship will be much more harmonious. It seems that he has to find a famous doctor to see a doctor and solve his fertility problem. He didn't take it seriously before, but now the problem of offspring is becoming more and more urgent.

Li Qingan was thinking about it all, and at this moment, a noise suddenly came from outside the door. He frowned and asked, "What happened?"
Chapter completed!