Red Mansion: Taming the Overlord

After returning from Shizhong Temple, Bo Yang immediately asked Xue Pan to post a message to Zhao Ziyi, asking him to come out and meet tomorrow.

Early the next morning, Bo Yang and Xue Pan went to the shop respectively.

The business in Xue Pan's hands was only three shops in Jinling. After moving to the capital and starting the spice business, he simply sold the shop there to develop the business in the capital.As for Bo Yang, since Jinling had business dealings with the Xue family and the Jiangning Weaving Mansion, and the collection and dyeing of cloth had to be done in Jiangnan, so he had to take care of both.

Fortunately, Xingnu and Xuan'er didn't have any problems. They usually manage things together, and if they can't make a decision, they write to Bo Yang. In the middle, each of them came to the capital once to report to Bo Yang. smoothly.

As for Bo Yang himself, he has opened two shops in the capital in the past six months, one is still in cooperation with Xue's family and Jiangning Weaving House, taking the high-end boutique route, focusing on quality rather than quantity.The other is dedicated to selling fabrics dyed by his own dyeing workshop.Because the original cloth is purchased directly from the countryside, it is self-produced and sold, and there is no need to change hands, so although the cloth has to be transported from the south of the Yangtze River to the capital, the profit is more than before.

After a period of care, the store has gradually been on the right track.So Bo Yang didn't need to stay here all day, he came over to look at them, and after checking the accounts, he went to the place that he had made an appointment with Zhao Ziyi.

This is a garden carefully built by a nobleman in the previous dynasty. It took more than ten years to combine various garden styles from north to south. The scenery is different and exquisite.It's a pity that that Xungui's life is not good. The garden has just been built, and the previous dynasty died.When the present dynasty was established, no one dared to occupy the garden at will because of its extravagance and exquisiteness, and it was finally returned to the royal family.

Tai/ancestor had a Palm Pearl, who traveled all over the world with his car, and came and went freely in the army. Heroines did not give way to men, and they were extremely loved. He was named Princess Dingguo.After the princess returned to Ning, the Tai/Zu gave this house to her and made it the princess mansion.Unexpectedly, this Princess Dingguo is also a wonderful person. She and her son-in-law love each other very much, and she does not want to be bullied by the emperor, so she reports to the Ming emperor/ancestor and moves into her husband's house. , husband and child.

The eldest princess and the son-in-law have only one daughter, who is titled Princess Qinghe.Princess Qinghe married the Liu family of Jiangzhou, and this garden became her dowry.The Liu family lived in Jiangzhou for generations, and was well-known in the world for his poems and books, his family, and his romantic affairs. Except for one or two children who became officials, the whole family lived in Jiangzhou, and sang with the literati.Princess Qinghe naturally settled in Jiangzhou with her husband, and because she couldn't bear to let the garden be abandoned, she simply used the garden as a place for Beijing Chinese and elegant scholars to gather and sing, and held regular literary meetings, gradually becoming the most elegant place in the capital.

Nowadays, even if there is no literary society, everyone is willing to come here to enjoy the scenery, or invite a few or three bosom friends to taste the famous garden with their own food and wine.If he was not prepared in time, he would give the garden guard a few taels of silver, and he would naturally be able to set up a table with high-quality noodles.

Zhao Ziyi, as a well-known son of the clan in the capital, often comes to this place.After Bo Yang had been with him a few times, he fell in love with this place. Whenever there was a need for banquets, he would choose this place. It was far more quiet and elegant than those book apartments in dark alleys, and it had a better reputation.

——Although it is the fashion nowadays to invite one or two prostitutes to accompany wine, Bo Yang himself doesn't like it.Because this garden is the property of the princess's family, no one dares to make a mistake. Even those scribes who are dissolute and unrestrained, when they come here, they all dress up and look good.

What he is going to talk about today is more appropriate here.

Zhao Ziyi also knew about Lin Daiyu's move out from Jia's house, so he couldn't help asking.He knew Bo Yang's plan, but he didn't expect it to be resolved in this way. After meeting, he said, "I've heard about Miss Lin. According to me, Brother Bai is too careful. Why bother?" It's the same when you live at home, is it possible that you still dare to come here to make trouble?"

Bo Yang smiled and shook his head.Zhao Ziyi's status was noble, so naturally no one would dare to trouble him, but neither Daiyu nor herself could have such confidence.He said, "One thing more is worse than one thing less."

"It's just that Miss Lin has been wronged." Zhao Ziyi said.

He knew that Baochai and Daiyu had a deep friendship, and that the Xue family cared very much about this adopted daughter, so they naturally regarded Daiyu as one of their own in their hearts, and seeing her wronged, naturally felt aggrieved.In addition, I don't think much of Jia's family in my heart, and I know that their current scenery is rootless duckweed, so my attitude naturally brings it out.

To put it bluntly, even if the Jia family is still as beautiful as it used to be, with the eldest princess' mansion as the backer, why should they be afraid of him?

Bo Yang's eyes flashed slightly, and he said with a smile, "After all, it's a matter of relatives. Sister Lin should be taken care of by his family and save some face for each other. Nobles, but they also have their own means."

Although Zhao Ziyi was proud, he was not self-willed, and he knew there was something in Bai Yang's words, "Brother Bai, what do you mean by that? Could there be something else to hide?"

"It's just random nonsense." Bo Yang shook his head immediately.

The more he was like this, the more Zhao Ziyi cared, "Brother Bai is not kind," he said, "No matter what happens, you have to speak up and try to solve it. It's not like your style to hide it like this."

"I shouldn't have said that," Bo Yang shook his head, "If you have the heart, you will always know."

Having said this, Zhao Ziyi knew that he would never say anything.But with this reminder, it is not difficult for Zhao Ziyi to investigate.

So after separating from Bo Yang and Xue Pan, he went to find Lin Qi.

——Although it's not that he doesn't have his own news channel, but how convenient and fast is it like Shangyu's spare place?Moreover, this is also a statement to the emperor, and all actions are under his control.

Lin Qi was very puzzled by his request, "Why are you investigating the changes in Jia's family? I have other things on hand recently, and this has been handed over to others. You know our rules."

The Shangyu Reserve Department is in charge of military and state secrets, so the management method is naturally different from other agencies.They are all specialized here, and they don't ask about the things they don't handle themselves.Therefore, it is very taboo to inquire about other people's errands.

Zhao Ziyi said, "If it wasn't something urgent, I wouldn't look for you either."

"Then I'll try to find out a thing or two." Lin Qi said, "But there is no guarantee that I will find out."

It turned out, however, that the news was much easier to sniff out than they had imagined.Because there was no secret involved, and there was no requirement to keep it confidential, Lin Qi quickly found out the result.

However, this news that others thought was unimportant made Zhao Ziyi very angry.

The Jia family planned to marry the Xue family!

Although the Jia family felt that their minds were secretive, Bo Yang knew it, the Xue family knew it, and Daiyu knew it, so it was not difficult for Shangyu to inquire about it.

What made Zhao Ziyi angry was not the fact that the Jia family had taken a fancy to Baochai. After all, there were hundreds of girls in the family, which only showed that Baochai was indeed very good. Even if he was uncomfortable, he could deal with it calmly.Besides, he didn't think that the Xue family would abandon him and choose Jia Baoyu, so naturally he didn't take it seriously.

What he was angry about was that the Jia family wandered between Daiyu and Baochai several times, picking and choosing, and finally settled on Baochai after visiting their relatives.Who gave their family the confidence to make them feel that other people's daughters can be chosen by them?

And here, Zhao Ziyi finally understood why Daiyu had to move out of Jia's house, and why Bo Yang kept silent about this matter.Although he felt that the Xue family cared about him, but if he didn't come to propose marriage for a day, the woman would naturally not admit it. Being able to give him a little hint already showed the Xue family's attitude.

What made Zhao Ziyi most ridiculous was that, in order to show their solemnity to this marriage, the Jia family even planned to ask the virtuous concubine in the palace to issue a decree to facilitate this marriage.

Fortunately, I discovered this matter first, otherwise, if this decree was really sent out, wouldn't Zhao Ziyi become the biggest joke?

Zhao Ziyi knew what was going on with this virtuous concubine, but now in the eyes of the world, and in Jia Yuanchun's own eyes, this kind of favor is real, and now it's really not time to move the Jia family, when the time comes Do you want him to be patient for the time being, and let him and his mother choose the wife whom he and his mother have chosen thousands of times?

That's all, but in Zhao Ziyi's view, this decree is not a persecution decree, it is for the Xue family to be unable to refuse.Combined with the previous matter of borrowing money, what kind of abacus they are planning is already ready to be revealed.

It's just too deceiving!

Zhao Ziyi was furious, but he couldn't help feeling a little scared.

Just as Bo Yang said, he really didn't pay attention to the Jia family before, so naturally he didn't pay attention.If it wasn't for Bo Yang's reminder, maybe he would have missed this matter in a daze, and it would be difficult to deal with the matter when the Jia family got the imperial concubine's oral order.

Thinking of this, Zhao Ziyi couldn't sit still any longer, and immediately stood up, intending to enter the palace.

What is the emperor's imperial edict?Since the Jia family wanted to fight with him, he might as well ask for an imperial decree from the emperor. At that time, we will see if the Jia family dares to use the so-called Yi decree to speak out!

If it was normal, neither Princess Jingping nor the Duke himself were such high-profile people, this marriage should be settled as unobtrusively as possible.But now the situation is different, so Zhao Ziyi couldn't care less.

Not to mention the reaction of the emperor in the palace after hearing his request, just talking about Jia's side, the old lady and Mrs. Wang just came out of the palace at this time.Naturally, they came here to visit the concubine Xiande, and also to discuss the matter of marriage with the Xue family.Concubine Yuan has already agreed, and will announce Xue's family into the palace later.