The red building is so arrogant

Chapter 515 Poetry
After Niu Siyuan left, Jiao Shun pressed his hand on the gold-plated invitation card, tapped it lightly with his fingers, and was thinking about the real intention of Uncle Yong Yi who jumped out at this time.

It may not be false to join in the grand event.

The overall decline of noble relatives, especially when many hereditary titles are coming to an end, and there are only a handful of people who have successfully transferred to the imperial examination to become officials, so the emergence of the new road of engineering is nothing more than a life-saving straw for them.

In addition, the noble relatives are naturally close to the imperial power, so it is perfectly normal for them to choose to join it.

However, because of their grandparents' extravagance and licentiousness, the noble relatives are also the group that cares about face the most. If they are willing to obediently be equal to him, who was born as a slave, or even unite with himself as the core, Jiao Shun will definitely not believe it.

This can be seen from the fact that the government of Zhen Guo had set up Niu Siyuan's secret banner early on, but never communicated with him.

Now that they suddenly appeared to participate in the grand event, most likely it was due to the deterrent effect brought about by the incident of the Ministry of Rites on the eighth day of September.

In short, it is okay to cooperate with honorable relatives, but you must be careful, and you must maintain your prestige, otherwise there will definitely be domineering children from self-sustaining backgrounds who will jump out and challenge themselves.

Just as he was thinking about it, he saw Xing Xiuyan coming out of the south room holding an invitation card.

Compared with Uncle Yongyi's bronzing post that tried his best to show wealth and honor, the one in Xing Xiuyan's hand is much more elegant. The whole is embossed with wood grain, and it is wrapped in a layer of silver-gray fine velvet cloth.

It doesn't look very eye-catching at first glance, but in fact, the labor-intensive process required to glue the fine velvet cloth on it without wrinkles is more than that of bronzing posts.

Jiao Shun only glanced at it, then asked very firmly: "Is this just delivered from the garden?"

Apart from the group of Yingying and Yanyan in the Grand View Garden, there is probably no one else who can put effort and thought into it.

"Ms. Smith's post."

Xing Xiuyan stepped forward, showed the front of the post and said, "Please invite me to have a banquet in the garden early in the morning. It is said that before the Xue family sisters move to Zijin Street, there will be another chrysanthemum poetry meeting at the end."

When Jiao Shun heard that it was a poetry meeting, he immediately lost interest.

He didn't know anything about it, but Wen Chaogong's way was blocked by Emperor Taizu long ago.

Immediately, he only said: "Zhixia has a nanny watching, so you can have fun tomorrow, and if you have anything to prepare, let others arrange it yourself, and I won't help you prepare it."

Xing Xiuyan nodded, and now she handles most of the housework in the Jiao family, and she can even withdraw the money from the public account at will, and it is true that Jiao Shun does not need to help prepare anything.

but……

Xing Xiuyan hesitated and said: "Master, when I see Sister Lin tomorrow, should I persuade her again?"

Lin Daiyu has never been secretive, so naturally she has already informed Xing Xiuyan of taking the initiative to 'give way' to Xue Baoqin.

But as far as Xing Xiuyan's heart is concerned, she still hopes that Lin Daiyu can come to Jiao's house to be half the master. Firstly, the two sisters are closer and familiar, so there is no need to worry about any future disputes; secondly, she is also worried that she will not have a good future. destination.

If you put it on someone else, even if you are blind and dumb, you will probably get used to it if you bear with it, but Lin Daiyu's temper...

Instead of taking this risk, it's better to do part-time for my uncle, so that each other can take care of each other.

But Jiao Shun's recent enthusiasm for Xue's family made Xing Xiuyan worry that his uncle had identified Xue Baoqin, so he came to ask him in advance, lest he would make his own claims in private, and instead make the meal raw.

In fact, what Xing Xiuyan didn't know was that Jiao Shun had not only hired two families, there was also Jia Tanchun secretly eyeing this position.

"Is this..."

Jiao Shun was also caught in a difficult choice. Among the three candidates at the moment, Bao Qin undoubtedly had the upper hand in terms of overall beauty, but Lin Daiyu was one of the two heroines in the original novel, with a special status bonus.

And Jia Tanchun...

Although he is at the bottom in all aspects, he can brazenly eat rice bowls.

Hey~
It's really difficult to choose.

In the end he had no choice but to wave his hands and said: "You can see for yourself, I just hit three poles first if there is a date or not, and I may not be sure which one it is."

Seeing that Jiao Shun himself had no idea, Xing Xiuyan didn't bring up the matter again, and sat across from him, chatting with Jiao Shun about trivial matters at home.

The biggest family matter of the Jiao family these days is naturally that the new house on Zijin Street is about to be completely completed. According to Xu, it is best to move there by the end of this month.

But both Lai Wang and Jiao Shun, father and son, opposed this.

The reason for coming to Wang is so urgent, it seems that he is eager to cut off from the Rongguo Mansion, which may arouse some unnecessary suspicions.

And Jiao Shun, apart from being reluctant to part with Yingying and Yanyan in the Grand View Garden, is more worried about the poisonous gas that will exist in the newly built house-although chemical raw materials are rarely used these days, once they are used, they will not be at all. Consider the problem of excessive toxins.

After some discussions, it was finally decided to move at the end of November.

In this way, after everything is tidied up, it is just right to close the door and celebrate the new year.

However, although we will not move there until the end of November, we can prepare everything we need to buy in advance.

The Xu family and Xing Xiuyan have already pulled out a long list in the past few days, and they are going to start buying in large quantities just waiting for Laiwang and Jiao Shun and his son to check and make up for the omissions.

Jiao Shun took a cursory glance and saw that there were as many as four to five hundred items, big and small, and immediately felt a headache, saying that he only cared about paying the money and didn't care about shopping.

It's rare that there is nothing to do, the two of them just chatted with each other for half a day, and as for the lingering at night, there is no need to mention it...

Flip the day to September eleventh.

Since the Double Ninth Festival is only a two-day holiday, Jiao Shun had to go to work in the yamen early in the morning—Boyong Yi had a treat on September [-]th.

I didn't want to drive halfway, but was suddenly blocked by Jia Yucun.

"Brother!"

Jia Yucun jumped out of the car without waiting for the servants to set up the ladder, and walked towards Jiao Shun, complaining, "You've made me suffer this time."

Jiao Shun also jumped out of the car, patted himself on the shoulder and said with a smile: "Little brother is also on the shoulders of the emperor, and I can't help myself—besides, since your elder brother is an official in Shuntian Mansion, he wants to stay out of it all the time." It's impossible."

Jia Yucun couldn't help but startled when he heard the words, he was scared for a long time after he came out of the palace yesterday, and then he began to have a headache how to resolve the dispute between King Zhongshun and King Nan'an.

These two families are not easy to mess with.

Needless to say, King Zhongshun is the younger brother of the empress dowager's mother and the uncle of the current emperor; the king of Nan'an is not only the hereditary prince, but also the nephew of the empress dowager and the emperor's cousin.

Which family would Shuntian Mansion dare to offend?

But neither side can offend, so how can it be possible to fulfill the emperor's entrustment?
After much deliberation, Jia Yucun still decided to find out the emperor's intentions first, so he ran to Jiao Shun in advance to block him on the only way he must pass, intending to find out the emperor's tendencies through Jiao Shun.

However, hearing Jiao Shun's meaning, it seemed that he already knew that the emperor would hand over this hot potato to him for disposal.

Or, it was Jiao Shun who came up with this idea.

Or, the emperor communicated with Jiao Shun in advance.

No matter which one it is, it proves that the relationship between Jiao Shun and the emperor is unimaginably close to outsiders!

After figuring this out, Jia Yucun's attitude softened by three points invisibly, flattery appeared in his brows and eyes, and his waist was not as straight as before.

"Brother."

He cupped his hands and said with a sneer: "Since you already know, I won't go around in circles anymore, and please take into account the past and show me a clear way to see how to deal with this matter." Son is good."

"I can't make up your mind about that."

Jiao Shun was not willing to meddle in this matter. Before, he confronted the chief minister of the palace face to face. It was because King Zhongshun had crossed the line, but this did not mean that Jiao Shun was qualified to intervene in the dispute between two top royal relatives. .

Seeing that Jia Yucun still wanted to sue, he added: "Anyway, both sides can't afford to offend, as long as my brother enforces the law justly and has a clear conscience."

It’s the same as saying nothing. If one party is obviously wrong, then it’s easy to solve. The problem is that the two parties are actually jealous and jealous.

Jia Yucun wanted to say something with a bitter face, but Jiao Shun bowed his hands and said goodbye early: "My brother still has important work to do, please let me out of the way, so as not to miss the business."

Seeing his resolute attitude, Jia Yucun had no choice but to look back and signal his carriage to avoid the side of the road. After thinking about it, he couldn't help complaining: "My brother doesn't want to get into this muddy water, and there's no need to perfuse me with official business, right? Who doesn't know engineering? The matter is now stuck by the household department?"

After finishing speaking, he suddenly thought of something, and said in surprise: "Could it be that the Ministry of Accounting has let go?"

"How can this passing God of Wealth let go so easily?"

Jiao Shun got into the car and lifted the curtains and said, "Today is our ministry to discuss the construction of the Xijing Railway."

Xijing?railway?
Seeing Jiao Shun's carriage driving away, Jia Yucun was full of question marks.

The Ministry of Industry wants to use iron to pave the road in Chang'an City? !

What is this ghost?

…………

the other side.

After Xing Xiuyan had breakfast, he left Siqi and his nanny to look after Xiao Zhixia, reluctantly took Xiangling and Hongyu to the Grand View Garden.

Unsurprisingly, as usual, they gathered in the Lotus Champs.

But when it was time to recite poems, Yuemo would still go to Liaoting Huaxu.

At that time, Shi Xiangyun, the initiator, had already arrived, but he was lazy and handed over the on-site command to Tanchun. He took his maid and hung six or seven fishing rods on the terrace, saying that he wanted to catch some fresh fish and shrimp for his sisters. Good with wine to add to the fun.

Hearing that Tanchun was half complaining and half joking, Xing Xiuyan also laughed and said: "The last time our master came home, he praised the girls for their craftsmanship. Is it possible that I am lucky enough to have a taste today?"

Tanchun turned his head and gave Shi Xiangyun a glance, pulled Xing Xiuyan to sit down at the tea table, greeted people with good tea, and joked: "Sister, this is hard for her, she can eat, but she is too patient to learn how to cook." These fresh products that take a lot of effort?"

"Humph~"

Shi Xiangyun made a grimace at Tanchun, and said charmingly: "If you want to talk about cooking fish, it must be Sister Bao. The West Lake vinegar fish she cooks is really better than the ones made in the kitchen!"

As he said that, he became emotional again, and sighed helplessly: "Unfortunately, it will be difficult to eat in the future."

"That's what I said."

Tanchun teased her again: "When are you going to come home, how can my sister-in-law stop you?"

The two of them are playful and quarrelsome. After two small essays, they became closer to each other—of course, this was mainly the result of Tanchun's deliberate closer relationship for the sake of future affairs.

As they were talking, Lin Daiyu and Baoqin also came hand in hand.

Because Baoqin has to take care of her mother, Baoqin has lived outside these two days. Everyone thought she would join Baochai, or simply come here by herself, but they didn't expect that she would still be inseparable from Daiyu.

Seeing her sisters being so close, Xing Xiuyan hesitated for a while.

But thinking that this matter is related to Lin Daiyu's fate in the second half of her life, she still found an excuse and called Lin Daiyu aside alone to whisper.

"elder sister."

Before Xing Xiuyan could speak, Lin Daiyu asked first, "Does Zhixia still like the set of wind chimes I made for her?"

"I like it so much. It's been hanging on her little bed during the day, and when the wind chime rang, she would giggle along with it."

"Then I'll make another bad set when I have time, lest she get bored."

When Lin Daiyu heard that her niece liked it, she clapped her hands happily too.

Seeing this, Xing Xiuyan couldn't help sighing: "My sister is like this. Whenever she gets close to anyone, she can't wait to show her heart - this is certainly in your interest, but there are some things that should be fought or must be fought!"

Seeing Xing Xiuyan's angry expression, Lin Daiyu immediately understood what she was talking about, stuck out her lilac tongue, took Xing Xiuyan's arm and said coquettishly: "My sister knows me, and I admire Brother Jiao very much, but It has nothing to do with the relationship between men and women."

"Ah~"

Xing Xiuyan sighed again, stretched out her hand to help her straighten her temples lovingly, and said softly: "How can there be a perfect marriage in this world? But you are not a person who is willing to live with it, if..."

After a pause, Xing Xiuyan turned her gaze to Baoqin, who was chatting and laughing with Shi Xiangyun on the terrace, and said softly: "Sister Baoqin's fate is pitiful, but after all, she has her mother and elder brother to take care of her. If you marry into our family, you should find another marriage, so you won't end up in the Mei family with a blind marriage."

"It's you..."

Speaking of this, her face turned solemn: "It's okay if the old lady decides, but if it falls into the hands of the second wife in two or three years, I'm afraid it will be..."

"If that's the case, I'll come to Hong Fu Ye Ben!"

Lin Daiyu stretched her waist, and said with a smile: "Sister Baoqin once made a great wish to me, hoping to travel all over the world as a daughter, but unfortunately she still has a mother and elder brother in her family, so it is rare to be free in the end - but I have nothing to worry about, Maybe it will be able to fulfill this dream for her in the future."

Hearing that her words were free and unrestrained, and she didn't see the sadness of spring and autumn when she was trapped in love, Xing Xiuyan didn't know what to say for a while.

Finally sighed again, hugged her into his arms and said: "What nonsense are you talking about, girl, there are many people who care about you in this garden."

(End of this chapter)