The Wang family of the Red Chamber has a wife

Standing on the bow of the boat, Wang Ziteng couldn't help sighing, with some joy and peace of mind: "The capital, finally arrived!" Hearing the movement behind him, he turned his head and supported Shi Qingwan who came out later.

She came out of the cabin with her embroidered hands on her hands, through the thin gauze hanging from the edge of the veiled hat, watching the bustling people on the pier getting closer and closer, Shi Qingwan nodded when she heard him sigh, the gauze The next smile was as bright as the morning glow reflecting the snow: "Yeah, it's finally here!"

This journey was really not easy. In the past, the waterway checkpoints were loose, but this time it was quite different. Every time they passed through the towns, there were people who carefully questioned them.Fortunately, even though they were away from Jinling, the Wang family's power still remained; in addition, the Zhen family had some friendship with the four major families in Jinling, and it was heard that it was the second master of the Wang family's boat, so they only checked briefly and let it go.Faced with such a situation, Wang Ziteng specially sent someone to go ashore to inquire about the news. He knew that Sheng Jia was already on his way back to Beijing. Although he did not get the news of the disappearance of the fourth prince, he learned that Concubine Zhen was fined and grounded for her misbehavior in front of the imperial court. .

Speaking of the connection between the Zhen family and Jinshang, it is not shallow.Concubine Dong Gui was the only one favored by the empress and concubine Dong in the palace. She loved Concubine Dong's son even when she was born. Gao is the consistent rule of survival, so it was not easy for him at that time.Fortunately, the nanny Zhen has always been kind to him and has served him faithfully and diligently. Over the years, the emperor has been deeply moved. Therefore, the emperor has been very tolerant to the Zhen family since he took the throne, and even after bringing the nanny and only daughter into the palace. There is a lot of love; of course, this was all before Concubine Lin entered the palace.

Although Concubine Zhen's love has already been greatly reduced, but behind her is Mrs. Zhen, who also has the third prince Tu Wenhuai under her knees, so the emperor still gave her enough face.Now that something like this happened, Wang Ziteng also guessed in his heart that there were twists and turns in it. He thought that the reason why the fourth prince was rescued by his own ship in such a state of embarrassment must have a great connection with Concubine Zhen.

The checkpoints set up on this road did not come from the meaning of the Holy Majesty.The Zhen family has been operating in Jinling for more than 20 years, and they are escorted by the emperor. The wind is smooth and the wind is smooth, and the power is bigger than ordinary noble families. It is easy to set up a few waterway checkpoints.No one in Jiangnan dares to say anything!

Although I don't know why the emperor pressed the news of the disappearance of the fourth prince, but it is better for a small person like myself to know less about the affairs of the royal family.Wang Ziteng is well versed in the ways of the world, and discusses how to dress Tu Wentang as a sweeping boy on the boat, and stay with Huier and the others without being conspicuous. He escaped several inspections calmly and arrived in the capital safely with caution.

Abandoning the boat and landing, the servants left by Wang Ziteng had already arrived with the sedan chair and the carriages pulling the luggage.On the bustling Zhuque Street, a group of people, sedan chairs, carriages and horses are not eye-catching, and the vermilion lacquered gate slowly opens and closes again.

Sitting in the sedan chair, Shi Qingwan slightly lifted the gray-blue sedan curtain and peeked out. Seeing the flowers and trees on both sides and the layers of rocks, a trace of satisfaction flashed in her eyes, and she turned her head and said with a smile: "This The choice of the house is really good!" Wang Ziteng was really lucky to find such a moderately sized and unobtrusive house on Zhuque Street.

The sedan chair came down in front of the hall, and Wang Ziteng went down first.I could only hear him ordering in a deep voice outside: "It's really hard work for you to organize this house into such a look these days. Each person will be rewarded with one or two taels of money! It's just that everything in this house is cumbersome and cumbersome, and I still have to work for you." Spend some energy and explain the situation in the house to your grandma clearly, and you have to continue to do your best in the future!"

Shi Qingwan listened in the sedan chair, and the sound of thanks and greetings from outside came to her ears. She pursed her lips and smiled slightly, and raised her voice: "Forget it! You are so loyal to do things for the second master. It's the second master and I'm lucky!" Wang Ziteng was able to keep them in Beijing to plan and arrange his own affairs, so these people must be highly trusted and valued by Wang Ziteng.If you can use it, you can save yourself a lot of effort——

The servants all retreated, and Wang Ziteng stepped forward to help Shi Qingwan off the sedan chair. Although the two did not communicate with each other, there was a lingering lingering feeling between the brows and eyes and the gestures.A few long followers who stayed in the middle of the capital nearby saw that the love between their master and second grandmother was more different than before, and they all had a rough idea in their hearts. They looked at each other, and one of them came forward and gave a respectful slap "Second Master, Second Mistress, why don't you let someone put your luggage away first, how about I take you two for a stroll around the house?"

Shi Qingwan was scrutinizing and paying attention to the changes in the expressions of these people, thought for a while, and nodded: "That's fine, Xiurui, hibiscus, embroidered tea, the four of you can go and arrange the luggage points! It's the old habit!" Wang Ziteng tilted his head slightly, and gestured to the boy in gray-blue clothes who was about two steps behind him, and the boy nodded, with relief and relaxation in his eyes.

The four maids responded repeatedly.

Seeing the interaction between Wang Ziteng and the servant, Shi Qingwan smiled knowingly, and waved her hand to let the four servant girls leave with one servant.

Entering the main hall, I saw that on the table of the huanghuali carving Kuilong table, there was an ink smoke and frozen stone tripod, and a picture of green pines and cypresses hanging on it; Xiangyun octagonal bronze ancient mirror, with two rows of eight chairs underneath, all of which are made of chicken wing wood.It is not like the magnificent furnishings of ordinary noble houses, but it is elegant and dignified, and the more you look at it, the more noble and majestic it is.

"It can be seen that a lot of thought has been put into it!" Shi Qingwan admired this style very much, bent down and reached out to caress the exquisite pattern of five blessings on the top chair, raised her eyes to Wang Ziteng and smiled admiringly: "But I want to thank Chen That's the master!"

The Uncle Chen she was talking about was Wang Ziteng's close friend, named Chen Yude, a native of Jinling, who was born in martial arts, and was appreciated by the emperor for his outstanding martial arts skills, and was exceptionally promoted to the fifth-rank dragon forbidden captain. In a few years, he was promoted to a third-rank imperial guard, and was deeply trusted by the emperor.

"Exactly!" Wang Ziteng took a few steps forward, carefully measuring the ink-smoke frozen stone tripod on the case: "He is also true, we will keep these decorations for us, and he will help us to fix them all! Come on, tomorrow Buy him a drink!" Chen Yude worked as an imperial guard for several years, and his family has improved a lot. Although these ancient pots and mirrors are easy to come by, this whole set of chicken wing wood tables and chairs and rosewood desks are worth a lot. Not cheap.

The couple took a look at the flower hall together, walked through the corridor, and briefly understood the layout of the courtyard. It was indeed exquisite and exquisite without losing the usual atmosphere of the capital.As Wang Ziteng said, a garden was circled on the west side of the house. Shi Qingwan was really pleasantly surprised when he saw it.

One side is clear and green, with sparkling green water, and koi carp jumping out, with stacked stones forming mountains in the middle, and occasionally dotted with green grass seedlings, which is very interesting.Two steps away, there is a wisteria honeysuckle and so on, hanging down scatteredly on the ground, and stone tables and benches are set up, and the dazzling and brilliant Lingxiao flowers are in full bloom.Turning around the flower stand, there are two tall trees, one of which can be identified as a laurel tree.The garden is separated from the rest of the house by a long corridor and a long flower wall. On the flower wall are leaky windows of various shapes, such as auspicious clouds, rich peonies, or interlaced round water chestnuts; Several stalks of green bamboo are planted or a few pieces of mountain rocks are stacked, all of which are of different colors and shapes, which can be called changing scenery step by step.Whether it is the Taihu Stone, the Water Wave Corridor, or the exquisite and meticulous scenery structure in this square inch of land, Shi Qingwan feels a sense of familiarity.

"I heard that the original owner of this house was a scholar from the south of the Yangtze River. After his parents passed away last year, he resigned from office and went back to seclusion. Therefore, this house was left vacant, and I happened to pick it up!" Wang Ziteng leaned into Shi Qingwan's ear and laughed. Very proud, when the house arrived, there were two or three people who wanted to buy it, one of them thought the price was too high, another thought the garden took up space and needed to be repaired, and the last one thought the entrance was too small and not grand enough; but Wang Ziteng I think it's just right, he is the forbidden captain of Wupinlong, and the guards in the forbidden center must be cautious in their words and deeds to be proper. Although I don't know how to be promoted in the future, there will be no mistakes in restraint and prudence!

After walking around, Shi Qingwan's thoughts were quite similar to Wang Ziteng's.Although this courtyard is not very grand, but all the subtleties have been extraordinarily thoughtful, the exquisite layout is excellent, unassuming and low-key; Shi Qingwan has not practiced for a long time, and she barely understands the five elements and eight trigrams, so she can calculate carefully Underneath, metal, wood, water, fire, earth and five elements are in balance, so it is very comfortable to live in.

According to the narration in the Dream of the Red Chamber, Wang Ziteng later became a high-ranking official but died suddenly on the way to Beijing. Shi Qingwan thought about the reason many times.Thinking about Wang Ziteng's life experience, Wang Ziteng was just a second son who was not considered favored by his family and could not be a nobleman at first. Rely on the object of fawning; Although the process of this process is not described in the Red Mansion, but the first appointment was such a crucial position as the Jingying Jiedushi, it can be seen that he must be trusted and valued by the emperor; then why did he die suddenly? ?The niece of the imperial concubine also passed away suddenly, saying that there is nothing tricky in it, it is really unbelievable.

Shi Qingwan speculated that Wang Ziteng was implicated by the four major families, and he might also be complacent about his own power and power in the later stage, and he was out of control. What's more, he might be involved in certain things, so he was recruited. The emperor was suspicious and suspicious, which led to the disaster of killing himself.

Thinking of the high-quality coffin that Xue Pan provided at Qin Keqing's funeral, "the bottom is eight inches thick, the patterns are like betel nuts, the taste is like sandalwood musk", and the "pearl is like gold and jade", Shi Qingwan shook her head and committed a crime. The coffin of my son's Prince Yizhong is in Xue's shop, which itself is a matter of doubt.

In the evening, Shi Qingwan was sitting opposite Wang Ziteng for dinner and drinking tea when Xiurui came in, holding a brochure in her hand.

After blessing her body and saluting, she presented the booklet in her hand to Shi Qingwan: "Grandma, I'm afraid we don't have enough manpower in the yard! After all, when you come up, you only bring the four of us and the two second-class maids in the yard." , Second Master only has five people around him, rough servants—these stewards bought four or five, and the total adds up to about twenty people, how can this be enough?"

"Well, I'll discuss it with the second master, you go! Bring some hot water later—" After letting Xiurui go down, Shi Qingwan turned over the paper and looked at it carefully, looking up at Wang Ziteng: " Do you need some staff around Second Master? If you need it, please tell me carefully now! I will call the matchmaker tomorrow or the next day—"

After careful calculation, Wang Ziteng waved his hands, and replied nonchalantly: "It's not necessary, Cheng Feng and Yin An who were originally in Beijing were still the stewards of the outer court, and Hai Chuan was doing shopping and so on. He is very good at this aspect. Proficient; As for me, I don’t need many people. Huier Fengnian follows me on weekdays, runs errands, sends letters, and waits for pens and inks. Capable, I thought it would be good to let him go out and run the shop for us!"

Hearing this, Shi Qingwan was stunned, and covered her mouth with a narrow smile: "Master, you are joking?! You are also a fifth-rank official, how can there be such a shabby person around you? Isn't it a joke?" Squeezed Winking: "Hongxiu Tianxiang reads at night - how about?"

Seeing his wife's smile trembling and dizzy, Wang Ziteng squinted his eyes, Shi Qingwan caught off guard and fell into his arms, seeing the danger in the man's smile, her body trembled, silently A bad feeling.

She smiled flatteringly at him, but before she had time to speak, Shi Qingwan only felt her feet lighten, and she was hugged by him, and she could only hear the triumph and slight annoyance that could not be hidden in his voice: "What is Hongxiu Tianxiang reading at night?" Yes, it is not necessary for a husband; but such a beautiful day——" leaning into Shi Qingwan's ear and blowing a breath, it was meaningful: "Don't let it down easily!"

Carrying a pot of hot water to the door, Xiurui was a little puzzled when she saw the door was closed tightly just now, and was about to knock on the door, when a faint sound fell into her ears; she is not a fool , suddenly understood something, blushed, and quietly backed away.