"Permace, persimmon cake..." Li Zhien knew that he could not escape and had no choice but to take out his hand behind him. He saw that a round persimmon cake had been bitten for a month. Li Mu grabbed it in his hand. Li Zhien hurriedly said, "Master, this is what I bought with my own private money...this is the only one."

"Is that right?" Li Mu picked up the persimmon cake and looked at it, and asked, "Is this thing delicious?"

Lee Ji-en nodded immediately: "It's delicious! It's so delicious!"

"I'll try it!" Li Mu opened his mouth wide, and threw the remaining half of the persimmon cake in directly. Li Zhien wrinkled his little face with heartache, his eyes were slightly red, and he almost cried. Seeing this, Li Mu was in a happy mood and left with a laugh.

When the other maids and servants saw each other, they wanted to laugh. On weekdays, Li Zhien regarded himself as a "housekeeper" and bullied them a lot. They dared not speak out. Seeing that she was defeated, everyone was in a very good mood. Li Zhien was in this house, afraid that Li Mu would be alone, and he was not afraid of talking about Qiaoqiao. Seeing that Li Mu had gone far, these maids and servants looked like they were laughing and immediately pinched their waists and said, "What are you laughing at? You might as well work quickly. If you can't finish cooking before lunch, you will have no food to eat!"

Everyone heard it and agreed, but they didn't look really afraid. Although Li Zhien was so fierce, it was just to make people "afraid" her. When doing things, they were fair and arranged everything very well. Moreover, she was not bad-hearted, never blamed, and thought carefully. This is why the servants were willing to listen to her arrangements. Listening to her, at least when doing something wrong, they could still beg for mercy. If they really changed to a strict housekeeper, they would be beaten if they did something wrong.

Li Mu also understood Li Zhien's character, so he turned a blind eye and allowed her to enjoy some privileges in the mansion. This was also to encourage her to help Bai Qiaoqiao share more, otherwise Bai Qiaoqiao would be able to manage the Marquis' Mansion and would not know what it would be like. It was not that he couldn't control it, but Bai Qiaoqiao's heart was too soft and his ears were soft. He had not really transformed from an ordinary citizen into a marquis. He could not put up an air and naturally could not make his servants afraid of her.

In Li Mu's opinion, this is an advantage and a place he likes. But for Bai Qiaoqiao's current position, it seems a bit inappropriate. So Li Mu intends to establish Li Zhien's share of the burden. After many days of observation, Li Mu has become more and more suspicious of Li Zhien's origin. Although this girl usually acts cute and cute, she actually has a sense of proportion and standard in everything she does. This is something she can't learn for a while and needs to be cultivated from an early age.

Moreover, when Li Ji and others entered and left the Marquis' Mansion, the other maids and servants were so scared that they didn't dare to show off. Only Li Zhien was calm and composed, although he was restrained, but he could not see any "fear" appearance, which was a bit abnormal. In this era, only those who had seen the world since childhood could do this.

"Wife, I'm back!" Li Mu rushed into the house excitedly, but saw Bai Qiaoqiao's face full of depression. When he saw Li Mu enter the house, he just responded, and looked happy. Li Mu thought she was angry that she was not home at night, so he hurried over and hugged Bai Qiaoqiao and said, "My wife, I have no choice. The Supreme Emperor has to keep me drinking, I can't say no. Moreover, this wine is not in vain. I have been promoted and now I am the Minister of Works."

Bai Qiaoqiao snuggled in Li Mu's arms, leaned on his shoulder, and sighed, "I'm not blaming you for not staying at night... but," Bai Qiaoqiao looked up at Li Mu, and said, "Your promotion has been too fast. I feel uneasy and worried... I am not worthy of you."

"Isn't worthy of me?" Li Mu frowned and said, "Why did you say this? Did anyone say anything to you?"

"No." Bai Qiaoqiao pursed her lips and stopped talking. Li Mu frowned even more and shouted, "Li Zhien, come in!"

"Here!" Li Zhien responded and trotted over. Seeing Li Mu holding Bai Qiaoqiao, he didn't avoid it. Over the past few days, I don't know if it was a coincidence or something, but when Li Mu and Bai Qiaoqiao got close, he had been knocked out by him many times. At first, Bai Qiaoqiao felt shy, but later he was no longer surprised.

"Has anyone said something to his wife? Why is the wife so depressed?"

Li Zhien looked at Bai Qiaoqiao, as if asking whether to say or not. Seeing that Bai Qiaoqiao was avoiding it, she had to confess herself and said, "Actually, it's not anyone. Yesterday, my mother said she missed me, so she sent someone to send a message and said that she would go over to see her when she had time. It just so happened that I had nothing to do, so I took Zhien with me. Who knew that unfortunately, it happened that the female family members from the Tang family branch came to visit her mother. Someone asked me about my name, so I told them..."

"Then someone said that Qiaoqiao's name was like a maid!" Li Zhien couldn't hold it back and said angrily: "If it weren't for the wife stopping me, I wouldn't have let that bitch go! When the wife came back, she didn't let me say it. I was so angry that I didn't sleep well last night!"

Bai Qiaoqiao quickly said, "Oh, my mother has ordered her to apologize, what else can I do? If you make trouble again, wouldn't it be difficult for my mother to do it?"

When Li Mu heard this, his face became ugly and he was a little dissatisfied with Sun's treatment. In his opinion, there was nothing difficult to do. No matter what, she was her only son, and she should have no reason to give her daughter-in-law, but just ordered an apology, which obviously could not satisfy Li Mu.

unless……

Li Mu took Bai Qiaoqiao's hand and said, "Did you tell you something too?"

"No!" Bai Qiaoqiao shook her head quickly.

"Yes!" Li Zhien exposes the truth: "Just after the incident just now, the old lady called her into the inner room. Although she didn't let me into the house, I heard it well outside. The old lady said that the master is now a marquis and an official again. He is not the young boy from Mayi City in the past. Officials always pay attention to the right family. The wife is illiterate and has little knowledge. Her parents can't help her master, obviously she is not worthy of her master. I don't know how many people have come to the door these days, and want to marry her daughter to her master through Lord Tang's introduction. The old lady also said that she is thinking about the old love and will not let her master divorce her, but in the future, the Li family will have to marry a few more houses to let her not be jealous!"

"How could mom say such things!" Li Mu said in surprise. He had completely figured out the reason why Bai Qiaoqiao was depressed.
Chapter completed!