Poor Lady

Luo Shimin stared at Qi Surong, who looked directly at him without fear: "General Luo, do you want this outfit on me, this royal bracelet, or this Tianyinqin?"

Luo Shimin's face was gloomy and silent, but he was weighing the pros and cons in his heart.

Qi Surong said this, no doubt to remind him that the Qi family has been in business for a hundred years, and even if there is a change, its influence in the capital should not be underestimated. Luo Shimin was born in the rough, and his family status and vision were far inferior to the famous nobles in the capital. Even if the Qi family is reduced to a grass house, it is still a phoenix, and its status is still there.

The girl in front of her, at a young age, has already shown everyone's demeanor. She can be so calm, maybe there is another way to rely on it, it should not be forced too much.

Luo Shimin figured it out and said with a smile, "Miss, where did you say this? How dare you offend me at the end? Well, the baggage has been searched. Mrs. Qi, Miss Qi, and the young master, please do it."

He said, took a step, and stepped on the clothes scattered on the ground as if unintentionally, leaving footprints of different shades.

The faces of the stewards and the servants showed anger.

Qi Surong watched with a cold eye, this person was narrow-minded and stingy, and was destined to fail on the stage. Put up with him and let him, in a few years, you will see him.

Qi Surong said, "Ping'er, pick up all the baggage, let's go."

Ping'er hesitated for a while, then greeted the other maids and started to clean up together.

"Hahaha." Luo Shimin laughed a few times and shouted to the surrounding soldiers, "You guys hurry up and drive out these idle people. We still need to count our belongings, but we don't have time to continue to spend with them."

"Yes!" The surrounding soldiers responded with a bang.

They speeded up and drove the people of Qi Mansion everywhere.

No one in Qi Surong and his party dared to be rough. Among a group of people running in a hurry, they walked smoothly.

After walking out of the gate of Qi's house, there were many people watching the excitement standing on the street. Qi Surong ignored it and just looked back at the plaque on the gate of Qi's house.

Farewell, Qi Mansion.

Carrying a few silver notes and a list of Qi's collection, she walked to the other side of the street with her mother, younger brother and a few servants.

Pedestrians on both sides of the road pointed at them and talked a lot.

Mother Qi lowered her head, embarrassed and angry, and the others were also timid. Qi Surong naturally knew how many people were watching their jokes, but the matter had come to an end, it was better to be calm. In her last life, she cared too much about other people's eyes, and she forced herself into a desperate situation.

"Rong'er, what should we do now?" Qi Mu asked absentmindedly. The Qi family's houses and shops in the capital, including their property, were all confiscated, and now they have become a real "clear and two white".

"Go to Wangu Lane on East Street." Qi Surong replied, "Let's find a private house first."

"Wangu Lane?" Mother Qi asked in confusion, "Wangu Lane is at the end of the East Street and is quite remote. Why should we go there? Why don't we go to Wei Niang's cousin for help first."

"Mother," Qi Surong sighed, "with our current situation, how can we trouble our relatives and friends? Even if they are willing to help, we can't let them help."

"You're right, you're right." Mother Qi nodded lowly and followed her obediently towards East Street.

After turning a few alleys, the surroundings became quieter and quieter, and there were fewer onlookers, and the expressions of everyone were obviously relaxed.

"This is it?" Mother Qi asked aloud, looking at the small house in front of her that had only entered the courtyard twice.

Qi Surong nodded: "Well, it's here."

"Are we going to buy it?"

"Yes, I heard it not long ago that there are several houses for sale in this area, and we happened to buy one to live in."

"Are we still staying in the capital?" Mother Qi was worried. Almost all of the dignitaries in the capital have contacts with the Qi family. They can't see it when they look up. Now that the Qi family has been sealed up, how can they still stay in the capital? "Why don't you find an inn to stay at first, and then make plans when your father comes back?"

Qi Surong sighed secretly, her mother didn't know yet that although the emperor did not punish his father this time, he did not allow him to leave the capital. His father was a military general, who had made great contributions to Wei Guoli, specialized in tactics, and was good at training troops. How could the emperor let such a general out of his control?

They can no longer leave the capital, at least not until the charges are cleared.

"Mom, staying in an inn is too wasteful. There are so many of us, and our daily consumption is not low. Besides, we are not sure when Dad will come back. If it is a month or two, how can we afford it?"

"This?" Mother Qi hesitated.

Qi Surong continued to persuade: "I estimate that buying this house will cost more than 3,000 taels. It seems that it costs more than staying in an inn, but you don't need to worry about homelessness. Besides, the inn has a lot of people, far from it. Quiet place."

"That's right. But more than three thousand taels? Rong Er, do we still have money?" Mother Qi asked, as if remembering something, "Isn't all the money in our baggage seized?"

Speaking of this, the nanny on the side was surprised. She clearly remembered that she didn't put the money in the bag, but carried it all in her arms.

Qi Surong said calmly: "It's okay, there is still money to buy a house."

In fact, Qi Surong temporarily stuffed the silver notes and pieces of silver in their baggage. She knew that Luo Shimin would make things difficult for them. If he didn't satisfy his villain's ambition, how could he let them go easily? She just gave up a small part of the interests and kept the bigger ones.

I just hope that my father's concubines won't be too stupid and put all their money in the bag.

Qi Surong glanced behind him and found that there were two concubines following him. Qi Surong didn't have any special feelings for them. Maybe she hated them before, but now she is just a passerby. If there is a chance, she will try to send them away.

After convincing Qi's mother, Qi Surong asked the steward to go to the owner of the house to discuss the purchase.

Qi Surong means that it doesn't matter if the price is a little higher, the point is to be fast.

There is actually another reason why she chose this house.

Qi Surong's eyes moved to the opposite side of the house, where stood a century-old house. Because of its disrepair and disrepair, its appearance was a bit dilapidated. But in a few years, there will be a big man here, that is the old prime minister of Wei Guo, the emperor's teacher Wang Qinghe. After he resigned from office, he moved here. Because of his arrival, the houses near Wangu Lane rose with the tide, and many dignitaries and nobles bought houses here. Unlike his father, who was a military commander, his reputation was derived from his political achievements, character and profound knowledge. On the battlefield, his father may have the potential to be in charge of his husband, but in the imperial court and in the capital, Wang Qinghe is a big man with absolute influence.

If Qi Surong wants to clear his father's name, this person is very important.

Half an hour later, Qi Surong and others successfully settled in this house, spending nearly 3,000 taels, which is half of her entire property. In the days that followed, they had to save money and find another way out.

This mansion is about the size of two courtyards of Qi Mansion, with more than 30 rooms. The house is fairly clean, and the furniture is complete, but it's all ordinary things, simple and practical but not beautiful.

Qi Mu and others were very uncomfortable and lived in trepidation. Almost everyone lost sleep that night.

In the early morning of the next day, Mother Qi finished her grooming under the service of the maid, and came to the lobby in a trance, and suddenly smelled the fragrance of rice in her nose.

Qi Surong came over with a tray and greeted with a smile: "Mother, are you up? Come and eat, this is the breakfast I asked Ping'er to buy at the market, and it's still hot."

Seeing her smile, Mother Qi felt a little warmth in her heart.

She sat down at the table, quietly watching her daughter put out the tableware, her movements were skillful, and there was no sense of disobedience.

"Where's Su Bao?" Qi Surong asked Xiang Nanny.

"Miss Hui, Shuang'er is serving and should be out soon."

"Well, you also went to the kitchen to eat something. You don't need to say hello here for the time being."

"Yes." As soon as the nurse and others left, Su Bao was also brought in by the maid.

At the dinner table, Qi's mother and three sat together and ate breakfast quietly.

Eating and eating, Mother Qi's tears suddenly fell.

"Mother, why are you crying?"

"Why don't you cry for your mother?" Mother Qi choked and said, "How beautiful the Qi family used to be, and now it's down to this place, living in a poor house and eating poor food. The glory of the past has disappeared in an instant, and we don't even know why this happened so suddenly. disaster."

"Mother," Qi Surong handed the handkerchief to her mother and said warmly, "The world is unpredictable and beyond human resources. What we have to do is to protect ourselves first, and then find the root cause."

"Rong'er..." Since the incident, her daughter's calmness has repeatedly surprised Qi's mother. Her appearance has not changed, but her eyes and temperament are quite different. The kind of calm with a bit of vicissitudes, the kind of arrogance that reveals a bit of indifference, the kind of reassuring maturity, it is so different.

Qi Surong picked up her rice bowl and said, "Mother, Subao, let's eat."

No one knows how happy she is at the moment, and being able to sit around and eat with her family again is something that can't be exchanged for any glory and wealth. Although it failed to change the fate of Qi's family being sealed up, she still thanked God for giving her this chance to be reborn, so that she could make up for everything she missed in the past.

In the last life, when they were kicked out of Qi's house, they were penniless and could only go to the pawnshop to **** off their valuables. They were ridiculed and the price was also pressed again and again. In the end, they only managed to raise a few hundred taels. . Afterwards, they found an inn to live in, but they were so disturbed by the servants who came to seek trouble that they were driven out of the inn like cattle and wandered on the streets. For dozens of days, they spent their days in fear and did not have a good meal. If it weren't for the help of relatives and friends in secret, they would even have difficulty surviving.

Compared with the desolation of the previous life, this time is much better. They have the capital to settle down, less disputes between subordinates, and the embarrassment of living on the streets. When his father came back, what he saw was not a downcast family, but a peacefulness after a setback.

Change starts now.