Chapter 1162: Loyal Servant Zijuan, Wang Xifeng's Resentment

April 22nd turned out to be my birthday.

Su Mingzhe searched his memory and finally remembered.

The original owner had a childish temper, and Jia Zheng was strict and never allowed him to go out to play, so he just relied on birthday celebrations to have some fun.

Although Su Mingzhe is only one year older now, because he has passed the county and prefectural examinations consecutively, Jia Zheng has already treated this son like an adult and no longer restricts him to stay at home.

Therefore, the memory of the lively birthday celebration has never come to my mind.

Seeing that everyone wanted to celebrate his birthday, Su Mingzhe quickly opened his mouth and declined:

"There's no need to celebrate your birthday. After all, we just had a great time a few days ago. It's just a few days later, and it's such a waste to have another one!"

"Second brother is right. There is really no need to hold a grand celebration like in previous years."

As the current housekeeper of the Jia family, Tanchun knew that the Rongguo Mansion was going downhill, so she naturally wanted to reduce the expenses. However, she changed the subject and said with a smile:
"But, after all, birthdays only come once a year. Besides, next year, my second brother will probably be attending classes at the Imperial College, so it won't be easy to celebrate his birthday. I think we should invite a troupe this year, and let the Rong and Ning families have some fun. What do you think?"

"Good good!"

Everyone nodded.

Seeing everyone so enthusiastic, Su Mingzhe could only smile bitterly and nod in agreement.

It's almost dinner time.

Everyone stood up and went to find Lady Jia and told her the result of their discussion. Lady Jia was also very happy about celebrating her grandson's birthday.

There were few entertainment options in ancient times, and women and children rarely went out.

For women and children, being able to invite a troupe of actors to perform at home is a lively and joyous event that they absolutely cannot miss.

Soon, Yuanyang, a maidservant beside Lady Jia, passed the news to Shan Daliang, the new chief steward of Rongguo Mansion.

Shan Daliang, together with Lai Da, Lin Zhixiao and Wu Xindeng, was one of the four stewards of Rongguo Mansion. His status was higher than that of Zhou Rui, Lai Wang, Wang Shanbao and other stewards.

As a result, all the other housekeepers and managers lost their heads, and their entire families were exiled to the border as slaves. Only Shan Daliang, who was specifically responsible for comprador work, remained as stable as a rock.

Even after the storm, he succeeded Lai Da and became the chief steward of Rongguo Mansion.

Even Su Mingzhe became curious about him and found an opportunity to use his soul-stealing technique to examine him.

The results were as expected.

Being able to become one of the four stewards of Rongguo Mansion, Shan Daliang cannot be clean.

The reason why he was able to safely survive the investigation by the prefect of Chang'an was very simple.

When Chang'an prefect Jiang Li was investigating Shan Daliang, Dai Quan, the eunuch in charge of the Daming Palace, came forward and signaled to stop the investigation of Shan Daliang.

After Su Mingzhe learned that Shan Daliang was the emperor's man, he directly "turned him against the emperor".

When Shan Daliang learned that he had to celebrate the birthday of his new master Su Mingzhe, he immediately put in a lot of effort and used his connections to find the most famous family in Chang'an, the Yang family, to come for the party.

Yang Dajia was one of the mainstays of the four major Anhui troupes. His best plays included "The Drunken Concubine", "Borrowing Boots" and "The Trial of the Black Basin".

When Mr. Yang learned that there would be a banquet at the Rongguo Mansion, he naturally did not dare to neglect it. He came to check out the place in advance and spent a day to make arrangements.

Don't mention birthday celebrations.

Had dinner.

Su Mingzhe came to Lin Daiyu's place as usual and copied the Diamond Sutra.

It's Haishi.

Su Mingzhe and Lin Daiyu said goodbye and were about to leave, but were stopped by the maid Zijuan:

"Master Bao, can you lend me a hand?"

"Zijuan, what's the matter?"

Su Mingzhe was quite satisfied with Zijuan. This girl was not only loyal to her master, but also had a keen eye. It could be said that she was on par with Xiren.

After Lin Daiyu marries me, I will definitely make this girl my concubine.

The two came to an empty corner.

Zijuan then asked with a slightly nervous look:
"Second Master, my daughter doesn't really like the two dancers that Prince Beijing gave you."

"Yu'er doesn't like them?" Su Mingzhe was surprised at first, then he reacted:

"In that case, I will send them out after a while."

Su Mingzhe could guess why Lin Daiyu didn't like it.

They are nothing more than the two sisters Ruixue and Woxue. They smell too much of smoke and dust and their looks are too seductive. The first impression they give people is that they are not serious and are too good at seducing men.

It is normal for Lin Daiyu to be worried about this.

At this time, Su Mingzhe must make a decisive choice and not be indecisive.

Zijuan didn't expect that Su Mingzhe would agree to her so quickly. Fortunately, she reacted very quickly and smiled:
"Second Master is so kind to my girl!"

"You don't have to flatter me, girl. As long as you can say a few good words for Sister Lin when she is angry with me, I will be satisfied."

Su Mingzhe chuckled, resisted the urge to pinch the girl's face, and said goodbye and left.

Back to the residence.

Su Mingzhe only saw eight maids in his room, but did not see Ruixue and Woxue. He only found out after asking.

These maids also disliked Ruixue and Woxue, so they simply arranged the two sisters to live in the next room with the two other maids Liang'er and Zhuier.

After Xiren finished speaking, she said expressionlessly:

"If the Second Master wants them to sleep with him, just go find them. We maids won't dare to object."

"Forget it. Since you guys have arranged it this way, let's just do it. I'll find a place to send them out in a few days."

Su Mingzhe had already promised Zijuan at Lin Daiyu's place, so he was naturally happy to move Xiren and the other girls once again.

as predicted.

Several maids were deeply moved, and when it was time to go to bed, they asked Su Mingzhe to show them many different poses.

On the second day.

Su Mingzhe copied scriptures at Lin Daiyu's place in the morning. After lunch, he took Li Gui out of the house.

I walked around the nearby market and bought a lot of things.

At the end of noon, Su Mingzhe arrived at Sister Feng's place.

Sister Feng got up late this morning and was drinking with Ping'er and Feng'er. When she saw the man coming, she immediately asked him to get on the kang.

Su Mingzhe was not polite and hugged Sister Feng in his arms, motioning Ping'er and Feng'er to serve her one on each side.

"Sure enough, there is nothing good about this man!"

Noticing the man's skilled movements, Wang Xifeng immediately guessed that although Su Mingzhe was young, he was an inveterate visitor to romantic places.

"Why do you say that, sister?"

Su Mingzhe smiled and kissed him, then said:

"I did a lot to save my sister before, and it would be fine if my sister didn't feel grateful, but she actually slandered my innocence."

Wang Xifeng saw the man quibbling and snorted and asked back:

"What good man would come out and steal a woman?"

"Does stealing a woman make you a bad person?"

Su Mingzhe does not agree with this statement at all:

"There are so many heroes who stole women. The most famous ones are Emperor Gaozu of Han, Liu Bang, Emperor Wu of Wei, Cao Cao, Emperor Taizong of Tang, Li Shimin, and Emperor Taizu of Song, Zhao Kuangyin. They all stole women and even robbed other people's women."

Wang Xifeng had not expected that Su Mingzhe would compare himself to some of the founding emperors, and she was immediately amused:

"If you become the emperor, even if I am asked to serve you footbath water, I will work hard and never say no. The question is, can you do it?"

Su Mingzhe didn't expect that a casual remark of his would be taken out of proportion.

But at this time, no man can let down his guard.

Su Mingzhe patted his chest and shouted:
"With Sister Youfeng's words, I, Jia Ying, swear that I will change the world as long as I live!"

(End of this chapter)