The rebirth of a concubine: Gong Du will become the Queen Mother

When Jiang Shiying married Zhaoyuan, the Jiang Mansion was full of gloom and gloom.

Last night, Jiang Pengyuan received a letter from Jiang Shiying from the palace, asking him to collect his family's money, donate it to the court for disaster relief, and sell it well with His Majesty.

After thinking about it over and over, he decided it was a good idea.

Money is nothing more than external possessions. If His Majesty can be recognized for his merits and offset his past mistakes, plus the second daughter who is favored in the palace, then there is still hope for him to recover.

At night, Jiang Peng stayed far away in Aunt Lin's Yixia Courtyard.

Although Aunt Lin has been here for more than half a year, there is no movement in her stomach. But she was young and beautiful, and she was good at talking and pleasing people, so Jiang Pengyuan still doted on her very much.

Perhaps because he felt that there was hope for his recovery, Jiang Pengyuan changed from his previous decadence today.

Seeing this, Aunt Lin leaned into his arms and asked with a sweet smile: "Master seems to be in a good mood today?"

Jiang Pengyuan said: "Master, there is hope for recovery."

"Oh?" Aunt Lin's eyes lit up.

Then, she heard Jiang Pengyuan say to her: "There are snowstorms in several cities in the north now, and everyone in the court is busy with this matter. Your Majesty must also be quite troubled by this. If you are the master, I will donate all the money at home to the court for disaster relief, saying Otherwise, Your Majesty will give me a chance to retaliate for the sake of the money."

He didn't say that this was the suggestion given to him by Jiang Shiying's letter, only that it was his own idea.

After hearing this, Aunt Lin said: "In this case, I would like to congratulate the master in advance, and he will be restored to his original position soon."

Jiang Pengyuan laughed loudly and said: "It's not a big deal if the official is reinstated. It would be great if he can stay at home without being idle."

He said it modestly, but he didn't think so in his heart.

In his opinion, as long as a talented person like himself has a chance to return to officialdom, he will climb up step by step sooner or later.

Aunt Lin said: "It's such a happy event that we should celebrate it properly."

With that said, she went out and ordered people to prepare wine and food.

Jiang Peng saw the situation and did not stop her.

After everyone put the food and wine on the table, Aunt Lin personally held the pot and poured Jiang Pengyuan a glass of wine.

The amber wine was poured into the jasper cup, glowing under the candlelight.

After drinking one cup and another, Aunt Lin's voice was charming and she picked out what he liked to say. Jiang Pengyuan had just seen the hope of recovery, and when he was satisfied with his ambition, he inevitably indulged a little.

Soon, the bottle of wine was empty.

Jiang Pengyuan felt that the wine today seemed very strong, and there were already some double images in front of his eyes.

What he wanted to say, but before he could say it, he fell limply on the table as if his muscles and bones had been ripped out.

Aunt Lin came close to him, pushed his body, and shouted: "Master, Master."

Jiang Pengyuan showed no reaction.

Seeing this, Aunt Lin had a sneer on her lips, and her eyes were filled with a dim light.

She stood up and said condescendingly to Jiang Pengyuan, who was drunk to death: "Give all your wealth to the court? Do you want me to follow you and eat chaffy vegetables? You think so!"

The reason why she married into the Jiang family as a good concubine was because she came here to live a good life.

At first, she thought about having a child and then killing that idiot Jiang Jing so that her own child could inherit the great property of Jiang Mansion.

Later, when she saw that there was no movement in her stomach, she secretly glanced at the doctor, but the doctor said that she was born with difficulty conceiving. She gave the old doctor a large sum of money to seal the deal.

Then, taking advantage of the convenience of being in charge of Zhongfu, she secretly sold many valuable items in the warehouse and put them into her own pocket. Originally, I thought of using it as my future pension money. Without biological heirs, only money can be relied upon.

But I didn't expect that an official as big as Jiang Pengyuan would throw him away at the drop of a hat. Forget it, at least the Jiang Mansion is rich and there is a noble concubine in the palace.

Unexpectedly, Jiang Pengyuan now wants to donate all the money in the house to the court.

In this way, her previous behavior of harming the public and enriching her private life will definitely be exposed. Moreover, you might even have to live frugally.

How could Aunt Lin endure it?

The next day, when Jiang Pengyuan woke up, the sun was already high outside.

He opened his eyes and realized that he had slept on the table all night. No wonder his shoulders, neck and arms were so sore.

Looking at myself again, I still see the clothes I wore during the day yesterday.

Jiang Pengyuan frowned, how did Aunt Lin serve her? After he was drunk, did he just let him sleep on the table all night? No one helped him to bed to rest, nor did anyone change his clothes.

Looking around, I didn't see Aunt Lin.

He opened his mouth to speak, but his throat was very dry and hoarse.

He first poured himself a glass of water to moisten his throat, and then shouted: "Here comes someone."

The person who came in was a little maid from Yixia Courtyard.

"What are your orders, Master?"

Jiang Pengyuan asked: "Where is Aunt Lin?"

The little maid replied: "I don't know."

Jiang Pengyuan asked: "Isn't she in Yixia Courtyard?"

The little maid said: "I haven't seen my aunt."

Jiang Pengyuan felt something was wrong, and walked quickly to the study in the front yard. As he walked, he ordered: "Ask the housekeeper to meet me in the study."

After the housekeeper opened the study, Jiang Pengyuan first ordered: "Open the warehouse, collect the property in the house, and ask the accounting office to count the remaining money in the account."

After the housekeeper took the order, he ordered his trusted servant: "Check where Aunt Lin has gone."

After a cup of tea, the boy came back and said: "To tell you what to do, Aunt Lin went to the Lin family last night. She said that the Lin family had a sudden illness. Aunt Lin has not returned home yet."

Jiang Pengyuan felt something was wrong and arranged: "Take more people and go to the Lin family to see them. Bring their whole family back to me."

The boy didn't understand what he was going to do, but he followed the order anyway.

After the boy went out, the housekeeper came back.

Seeing the butler's face, Jiang Pengyuan knew something was wrong.

Sure enough, I heard the housekeeper say: "Sir, except for some large pieces of furniture, there are almost nothing valuable left in the library. The accounting office said that Aunt Lin took your seal and went to withdraw money from the account last night. All the remaining money.”

Jiang Pengyuan looked at his waist, and sure enough, the small seal he carried was missing.

His face was ashen, and it was difficult to guard against a domestic thief. Who would have thought that the usually delicate and charming aunt would take away the property in the house and run away in the blink of an eye.

The money she took away was worth hundreds of thousands at least.

Jiang Pengyuan is now certain that the Lin family must have been deserted.

He squeezed out a few words through his teeth: "Go and report to the official."

Just as the housekeeper was about to take orders and go out, he stopped him again: "Wait a minute."

Reporting to the official now may not be able to recover the money that Aunt Lin took away, but the face of the entire Jiang Mansion will definitely be completely lost.

Jiang Pengyuan told himself in his heart that there was still a pure noble concubine in the palace. As long as the pure noble concubine was there, the Jiang family would still have hope. He couldn't help much outside the palace, at least not to make the Jiang family the laughing stock of the entire capital and bring disgrace on the face of the noble concubine.

The housekeeper had been with him for many years and could guess what he was thinking. He said cautiously: "Master, there is not a penny in the account now, and the house may not be able to run smoothly."

There were actually some banknotes in Jiang Pengyuan's study, but he couldn't bear to touch them, so he ordered: "Take all the account books and cards to the main courtyard and let my wife take care of the house."

The Queen Mother originally ordered Mrs. Jiang to be grounded for half a year. In fact, the time was up last month, but Jiang Pengyuan pretended not to know. Now, Mrs. Jiang had to be invited to be the "housekeeper". After all, the Jiang family was poor, but Mrs. Jiang still had a large dowry.

Jiang Pengyuan thought that the Lin family had run away, but unexpectedly, the three Lin family members were sleeping soundly in the open air in a small forest not far from the city gate.

After Jiang Shiying sent someone to send a message last night, they kept an eye on the activities in Jiang Mansion. Based on her understanding of Aunt Lin in her previous life and her control over her whereabouts in this life, she expected Aunt Lin to figure out some tricks here.

Sure enough, Aunt Lin is her wealth-giving girl.

She accepted the hundreds of thousands of Jiang Mansion's property with a smile.