Daily life of the mistress

Chapter 43 Liu Shuhui

Lu Lingjun took Xia Mei back home.

    After returning, I handed her over to Shuanghong first, gave her a bath, changed her clothes, and assigned her a room.

    Lu Lingjun asked Shuanghong to live with her first.

    There are three maids in her courtyard, and each of them lives in a room with two people. Shuanghong used to live with Zhiran, but now it happened that Zhiran was out, so she asked Xia Mei to live with Shuanghong.

    Sister Xia was young, so Lu Lingjun asked her to follow him closely and do the most relaxing things.

    After settling Xia Mei, Lu Lingjun had some free time again.

    Qin was the head of the household. Except for the servants being a little greedy in the accounts and money, no one else dared to cheat.

    Now that Lu Lingjun has taken over, the last time she repaired the wall was used as a warning to others, and the amount of bills sent in since then has been much smaller.

    She is now in the Marquis' Mansion. Nanny An has already taken the position of the head nanny, and Xiaowei is in charge of Mr. Cui's purchasing job. On the surface, she has considerable influence in the Marquis' Mansion.

    Of course, Lu Lingjun knew that considering the Marquis' Mansion as a whole, the power she now possessed was less than one-tenth.

    She also needs to cultivate more confidants in key positions.

    She was resting in the soft chair, bored, when a housekeeper came in with an announcement.

    "Madam, there is a lawsuit coming to our house."

    "litigation?"

    Lu Lingjun perked up.

    The wealthy and powerful families all have great power and connections, and many things can be solved by someone with just a few words.

    As a result, some small families would have to ask the wealthy families for help when they encountered injustice.

    For example, farmers in small places would mostly seek justice from the local gentry, while in larger places, they would seek justice from the local prominent families.

    The Ningyang Marquisate is not considered to be the most powerful in Kyoto, but its strength is enough to attract many people to seek help through connections.

    When Lu Lingjun was in Jiangnan, she had seen and handled many such lawsuits.

    "He is also the nephew of an old man in our house," the housekeeper nanny said. "His family opened an inn in the west of the city. Next year is the spring examination. There are many candidates going to the capital at this time of year, and their inn is doing a booming business. A few days ago, someone was killed in their inn, and the innkeeper was arrested. His family begged our house, hoping that the young lady would rescue the man."

    Lu Lingjun frowned slightly, "What life?"

    "It was probably a quarrel between several candidates, and finally they resorted to violence. It just so happened that the handrail on the second floor was rotten and had fallen into disrepair, so the unfortunate shopkeeper was arrested."

    After hearing this, Lu Lingyun said, "From what I hear, he is not unlucky. As the head of the shop, he should go to jail for not repairing the furniture for his business in time and causing a death."

    The housekeeper heard this and said, "That's what he said, but he didn't mean it. Madam, the housekeeper's surname is Zhao, and his uncle was the late old master's butler. Butler Zhao took a knife from the late old master, and that knife killed his entire family. He has no children and only a nephew to take care of him in his old age. He is now in his seventies and eighties, and now he has come to our house with white hair, hoping that we can come forward to save him, no matter how much compensation we have!"