A close look at the Red House

On the way back, I knew it wasn't because the old lady had something to ask her to go back.Instead, an eunuch named Xia came to the palace.The gentlemen are not at home.The second wife had a headache and couldn't manage.That's when I sent someone to look for Sister Feng to go back.

Originally, Zhou Rui's family was sent to look for him.When Lin Zhixiao's family saw that they were going to Lin's mansion, they volunteered to go for her.When no one was paying attention, he brought Eunuch Xia to the mansion mainly to borrow money from Sister Feng.

When Sister Feng heard this, she understood.This is to let her go back and be taken advantage of.There are eunuchs in the palace, and they always have to take care of them.The second wife didn't want to pay for it herself, so she thought about her.

After Sister Feng returned to the mansion, she first went to see Eunuch Xia. Eunuch Xia said that money was tight, and she wanted to borrow 500 taels of silver to make an envoy first, and then return it when she got it.When Sister Feng heard it, the amount was not small.Then they sent someone back to the second wife.The second wife let him handle it by himself, so there is no need to return to her.When Sister Feng gritted her silver teeth, she knew that the bloodletting would have to be done.So Ping'er went to the back room to get it and gave it to Eunuch Xia.Fu sent people away again.

Sister Feng went back and forth all day, and her mood fluctuated too much.This will be really tiring.So Ping'er and others took off the hairpin and fell on the couch.Although tired, I couldn't fall asleep for a while.He raised his hand and looked at it.Think back to some things in the past.After taking care of the house for so many years, nothing good has been left behind, but money has actually been put into it.If it sounds good, it's the housekeeper's grandma, but if it's not good, it's no different from the big girl in charge.Butler, butler, I haven't even touched the key to the warehouse, what kind of butler is this.

He raised his head again and looked at his own room.The dignified Xijue's eldest son lives in a merchant house that is not as good as a guest's.What a day it was.Think about it in Rongguo Mansion, where the Second Household family dominates, apart from the big house's indisputability, there is also the old lady's partiality in it.Today, the Second Household has a concubine, who is even more powerful in the mansion.If you don't fight, Dafang really won't see the light of day.Thinking of this, I thought of the news I heard in the Lin Mansion today.Empress is not favored in the palace?Is Baoyu's jade fake?And the most important point is the separation suggested by sister Lin.Today, coupled with the old lady's eccentricity.If the first room and the second room are really separated, and the one who is separated out, I don't know which room it is.So what about Xijue?The old lady is pressing on it.I haven't finished talking today, I can't hang up or down, I will go to the Lin's house sometime someday, maybe Sister Lin really has some tricks up her sleeve.

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This day, Sister Feng had just sent away a group of nuns in charge, when Pearl from Jiamu's courtyard came over and said, "The old lady asked the second grandma to come over and discuss something important."

As she walked, Sister Feng thought about what the old lady was talking about.Recently, there is nothing else going on at home except to build a provincial garden.It is estimated that it is only this thing that people are called to go over at this moment.Sister Feng recalled what Daiyu said the second time she went to Lin's mansion—to ensure her own interests, and to divide the property without dividing the family.It costs money to build a garden, but it needs to be explained clearly how to spend the money.The whole family can't pay all the money for the girl in the second bedroom to go back to her mother's house once.Besides, why should the girl from the second room ask our first room to spend money on visiting relatives?On the way back, I saw Lin Zhixiao's family. Sister Feng looked at Lin Zhixiao's family and nodded slightly.Lin Zhixiao's family also took advantage of people not paying attention, and nodded back to Sister Feng.

Sister Feng walked forward without looking sideways.There are some emotions in my heart.Who would have thought that Lin Zhixiao's family, who usually does not show much, is actually a member of Sister Lin.When sister Lin asked for the life deeds of Zijuan and Lin Zhixiao's family from herself, she was really taken aback.I really didn't expect it!At such a young age, Sister Lin has her own family in Jia's family.However, although he secretly gave Daiyu these deeds behind his back, he also agreed that Lin Zhixiao's family will stay in the mansion temporarily to help her for two years.At that time, she will redeem herself and leave the house by herself, so neither she nor Daiyu's reputation will be affected.

When Sister Feng came to Jia's mother's courtyard, she saw Jia Zhen from the East Mansion, Jia Zheng Wang and his wife, Mrs. Jia Shexing and Jia Lian were all in the house, and it seemed that she was the only one waiting for her.

After Sister Feng came in, she pleaded guilty, saluted everyone in the room and stood beside Jia Lian. When Jia Lian saw her, Sister Feng smiled at Jia Lian.Jia Lian knew in his heart that it was done, so he relaxed a lot.

It turned out that the sketches for building the garden yesterday had already been drawn up and shown to Jia Zhen, and the various expenses of the whole garden were also calculated for Jia Zhen, Jia Zheng, and Jia Lian to see.Jia Lian secretly wrote down the numbers, and then went back to the yard. The young couple quietly calculated the accounts, and found that it would cost at least seven or eight million taels of silver to build the garden.Even if all the money for the construction of the garden came from the public treasury of the government, it would not be that much money per kilometer.Besides, the money from the public treasury does not belong to the second-bedroom family, so it is all taken back to repair the garden with the land.Therefore, the young couple thought that before the garden was built, the property should be divided first.After the distribution of the property, there is no problem with how the second room can repair the garden.At the moment, according to Daiyu's bad move, the young couple let people go out to pass on "the two or three things about the title of the empress and the uncle's family" or "the things that the empress's parents and elder brother's family have to say."

When Jia Mu saw that everyone had arrived, she said what she meant to call everyone.

"Yuan girl has sealed the empress, and has received the grace of today, so she can go home to visit relatives. Whether visiting relatives or building a garden, this is a big event for our whole family. The servants of the family must not slack off. Brother Zhen a few days ago I have asked someone to plan the garden, and I drew up the sketches yesterday, and I have calculated the consumption of rocks and trees in various places, and I am asking everyone to discuss the matter of building the garden." After the old lady Jia finished speaking, she looked at Jia Zhen .

"From the east area, then the garden in the East Mansion, to the northwest, it is measured, a total of three and a half miles, which can be built to build a relative's house. The cost has also been calculated, and it needs about 80 million taels of silver. Now the craftsmen have arranged everything. , just wait for the materials to be purchased before starting work. It’s just that there are so many people in the capital who want to build gardens, and many trees, stones, flowers and plants are much more expensive than before. What I mean is, let’s prepare 80 taels of silver first, and start with one. Account." Jia Zhen told everyone about the plan to build the garden after receiving Jia's mother's signal.

"Big brother said it easily, but we don't have much money in the park now. In the past two years of floods and droughts, the rent paid is more than half of the previous year. After autumn, the rent will be paid. Come on. If you take out the expenses of the mansion next year, you can get together 40 taels at most, and this amount is only half a garden." Wang Xifeng spread her hands, looking helpless.

Seeing that everyone was silent, Jia Zhen thought for a while and said: "Old lady, it is also a big event for the whole family. I will take out 10 taels on behalf of the family, and the rest...Jane There’s nothing I can do.” Jia Zhen is a local tyrant, and when she asked for 10 taels, what would she do with the remaining 10 taels?

Mother Jia listened to Jia Zhen's words, thought for a while, and said: "Yuan girl grew up beside the old lady since she was a child. Now that she has become a concubine, I, as a grandmother, will also give 10 taels." First he looked at Jia Amnesty, then at Jia Zheng, and then said: "The public will pay another 30 taels, and the remaining money will be 15 taels each for the big house and the second house."

Jia's mother thought that this way of handling was fair, and no one would object to it, but she didn't expect...

"Old lady, my mother is the second brother's daughter, not mine. Why should our eldest and second wife pay the same amount? What's more, I'm the one who inherits the title, and more than half of the money in the palace belongs to me." Why should we use the money from the public office, and let our first and second families pay the same amount of money." Jia She heard that and quit on the spot.

"You bastard, what are you talking about? Although the empress is not your own daughter, she is also your own niece. She is the honor of the whole house to confer the title of empress. Don't tell me you haven't been honored?" Why didn’t you say yes when you were in the spotlight, now I’m asking you to pay for your empress. Just push back and forth, and you won’t be afraid of losing your face by spreading the word!” Mother Jia’s complexion changed, and she scolded loudly.

"Our eldest room has not been honored by the empress. If the empress is really reasonable, I will ask the empress to order her to pity his uncle. He has been a prince for almost 30 years and has not lived in the main house for a day. As long as he can stay for a day, he is willing to let his uncle die," Jia She said angrily.While talking, he looked at Jia Zheng who stood aside pretending to be a filial son.

Jia Zheng was blushed by Jia She's words, but he said righteously: "How can elder brother say that? My younger brother thinks that he is filial to the old lady. The old lady's meaning is that the younger brother lives in the main courtyard. Of course, only those who obey Who dares to refute half a sentence?"

"Oh~, it turns out that the old lady let the younger brother live in the main house. It turns out that the younger brother also knows that the elders and children are orderly, and it is wrong to live in the main house. The younger brother said this because he blamed the old lady for making you unreliable and ignorant of the rules. Is it a disrespectful person who is different from the old and the young?"

"You, you," Jia Zheng was speechless angrily.Turning to look at the old lady, she anxiously replied, "Old lady, my son didn't mean that."

"Good! Good! Good!" Jia's mother glared at Jia She, and she was so angry that she didn't know what to say.

"Old lady, something serious has happened. It's not good!" Just as Jia's mother was about to say something, Lin Zhixiao's family ran in.

"Why panic, you know what's in the nest if you haven't seen anything in the world." Mother Jia scolded Lin Zhixiao's family with something pointed.

When Jia Amnesty heard what Jia Mu said, his eyes dimmed.My heart was sore, but when I saw Jia Lian at the side, my heart that had just softened hardened again.