Why didn't Sister Feng smile?

She clearly always followed Mrs. Wang's lead, except for Jia's mother, she only flattered Mrs. Wang the most.

But why do you do this now.In fact, this New Year's Eve Wang Xifeng has experienced more shocks than growing so big, sometimes sighing "the dust has settled", and sometimes "surging waves suddenly rise".I thought that "the willows are dark and the flowers are bright", but who knows that it is "the mountains and rivers are exhausted".The wife's punches and kicks all hurt her own family: Wang Xifeng's heart aches for those families who have been scattered, but Jia Lian is ashamed to go out because of the face and dignity of the few families who lost it.

Mrs. Wang is her aunt after all, and the ladies have been very affectionate all these years. Besides, there have been a lot of things recently. Wang Xifeng, a young daughter-in-law who has been in the house for less than a year, has rushed to the shelves and hastily took over the housekeeping business. It turns out that if you don't talk about it in a day, you have to go to the main room seven or eight times a day.Therefore, Sister Feng didn't shirk, let alone delay, and hurried up with Ping'er——Yu Chuan'er opened the door curtain and shook her head quietly to Sister Feng. , I shed tears while thinking about it.

Ten years ago, Wang Xifeng tried to persuade her, but now she knows that persuasion is useless, so she doesn't mention it anymore, only Su Rong went to help her up.

Mrs. Wang pressed her cheeks with a handkerchief, grabbed Xifeng's hand and asked, "Do you have a letter from Uncle?"

Sister Feng thought to herself that she really asked this question, so she shook her head.

After a pause, Mrs. Wang said tremblingly again: "Go ask your uncle and wife, and bring your sister An with you."

Hearing her words, Sister Feng was startled, and hurriedly persuaded: "Madam, wait a little longer. My uncle and wife have already visited the palace to visit my eldest sister, but the Queen Mother still refuses to see her. This matter is temporarily frozen."

The empress dowager's assignment of Yuanchun to King Beijing was too sudden, and it was a matter of the inner palace. The former officials who had just resumed the matter did not react for a while.Not only the officials, but even today, they didn't think deeply about it at first. They just thought it was a female official who was promoted from a court lady, and the queen told him, and the saint also had a headache.

It's just that the current situation is complicated, and the emperor has revealed his country's intentions, and the courtiers are mostly focused on this important matter.Moreover, when the crown prince was established and Emperor Zuo was about to change, it was the time when princes with different surnames such as King Beijing were most tabooed and guarded by the Holy Majesty and the cabinet.The Prince of Beijing is especially water-soluble. Although the Holy Majesty pointed out that the daughter of the Zhen family and the cousin of the sixth prince gave him the concubine, but the Holy Majesty had two ideas, and pointed out that while the marriage was comforting the King of Jingjing, he still lent the belt to the old Dowager Zhen. Because of Xi', Qin Tianjian chose a very hasty auspicious day, which shows that the emperor was afraid.One is to use this to send a signal to the courtiers, and the other is to refuse to give the four former supporters of Wang with different surnames the opportunity to gather and unite again by taking the opportunity of King Beijing's wedding.

This is the holy will, so it is so difficult for these in-laws and relatives headed by Wang Ziteng to ask for the grace of this matter.

Because apart from the crown prince's concubines, concubines, talented people, and selected servants, who have been granted crowns and uniforms, when did the other princes and princes ever have such honors.Even the fourth prince, because Princess Beijing was born Zhuo Jia, which brought out the old affairs of the fourth prince's concubine's mother's family, the empress would specially choose a lady to bestow grace on him, in order to show that the emperor had a good relationship with the fourth and sixth His Royal Highnesses. Bowl of water level attitude.If this is the case, it also caused an uproar in the court. Some people speculated whether the sage was interested in the Fourth Highness, and the ministers' comments were like snowflakes.

It is rare to see grace given to a concubine who has not made any achievements, but it can never be done again, and this time it is a concubine of a different surname.It's a headache now, but this mess fell on him. It's rare for the Empress Dowager Geng to insist once. It's useless for the Empress to persuade her. What the Empress Dowager said is also reasonable. Although she didn't think it through, how can the empress dowager of a country withdraw her words? Woolen cloth.

The Holy Majesty also understood that Wang Ziteng had no choice. If Wang Ziteng quit at this time, not only the daughters of the Jia family and the Wang family would have no future, even Wang Ziteng and other officials in the court would lose face.

Beijing Jing Wang Shui Rong also made an apology.

It is also easy to solve this matter, just give Jia Yuanchun a grace like Miss Wu.The difficulty lies in this, the emperor is unwilling to give a king with a different surname the grace of the fourth prince.The ancestor of King Beijing has the highest merit and has many fans. It would be fine if King Beijing is a dou who cannot be supported, but he has been known as a "virtuous king" at a young age, and he is even more unwilling to use this special Grace to him.

The parties are stuck in one place, unable to advance or retreat.

It is useless for Mrs. Wang to wait any longer.

At this time, the performances of the ladies in the Rong Mansion were different.

First of all, welcome, explore, and cherish the three people who are closely related.The side of Yingchun who was influenced by Lao and Zhuang made it out, and was especially calm and calm at this time, and Yuanchun itself was the one who was worried; , Privately said that he would become a monk with his eldest sister and become an aunt.But because of Yingchun's greatest calmness, the next two younger sisters seemed to have the backbone, and on the surface they lived as usual.

Then there are four guest girls.As soon as the incident happened, Shi Xiangyun was taken back by Shihou's mansion. Mrs. Hou's attitude towards her was unprecedentedly tough, so Xiangyun had to quietly ask Baoyu not to forget to remind the old lady to send someone to pick her up in the future.A few days later, Aunt Xue also called Baochai's home on the pretext of coughing and back pain. These days, Aunt Xue often went to Jia Mu and Mrs. Wang to talk and talk, but Miss Bao had spring ringworm and never showed up.As for the other two, Daiyu and Yun'an, one of them is out of reach of Lin Ruhai, I'm afraid they haven't received the letter yet;Both of them had a clear mind, knowing that it would be useless to hide out, so they simply played with Yingchun's books, calligraphy and paintings in the courtyard with peace of mind.

Among the rest of Rongfu, Jia's mother really suffered from headaches and couldn't bear the noise. Except for Baoyu, even the girls were not allowed to go up there.Jia Amnesty just hid in his own courtyard and rejoiced.Jia Zheng felt that his comprehension was not as good as that of a woman in the back house. At the beginning, he thought that the king of Beijing was noble and close to his family, but after Jia's mother lost his temper, Jia Zheng was still a bit ignorant, and he was invited to the family school on the second day of the new year. Watching the ceremony, it was not until the incident at the gate of the family school that I was ashamed to go home that I gradually realized the true meaning, so I became more and more ashamed and refused to go out.Jia Lian was shrewd and hid in the house early in the morning.Jia Huan, Jia Cong, Jia Lan and others are still young, so no one cares about them.The most "hateful" thing here is Jia Baoyu. Jia Baoyu has long heard that the King of Beijing is the most elegant and handsome virtuous gentleman, and he deeply regrets that he has never had the chance to meet him. His eldest sister was happy that she was "a talented and handsome man"—the only happiness in this house full of sorrow.

In addition, Mrs. Wang shed another vat of tears for Xifeng. Because Jia's mother resented her for making her own decisions, she had to send Sister Feng to the upper courtyard to inquire about the situation.

When Sister Wang Feng left the Rongxi Hall, Shun'er quietly came to tell, "Miss An came back well, and she didn't disturb her superiors."

Sister Feng nodded: "Got it, go and tell my sister, I'll go and see her when I'm done." Then she went to Jia Mu's upper room without stopping.

Before entering the gate, she saw Jia Lian catching up in a hurry, and Sister Feng asked in surprise, "What are you doing here?"

But Jia Lian said, "Tell the old lady quickly, my uncle will come to see you in person." Then he hurried back to meet Wang Ziteng.

Sister Feng was taken aback, so she hurried in and told Jia Mu, and after thinking about it, she asked Ping'er and Shun'er to tell Mrs. Wang and Yun'an.

Wang Ziteng kept a low profile, Jia Zheng didn't come back to his senses when he was invited to come into the study, it was Wang Ziteng who said: "I have a business here, I need my sister-in-law to ask the old lady and elder brother to discuss it together."

Mother Jia heard that she couldn't care less about the headache, so she ordered Yuanyang to tear off the plaster on the sun, open the door all the way, and invite Wang Ziteng to speak at Rongxi Hall.

When he didn't see Jia Mu and Jia Amnesty, even when Wang Ziteng saw his own sister who was helped out and was crying, he refused to reveal his plan.

Mrs. Wang was very anxious, she asked a lot of questions, but Wang Ziteng just sat quietly and ignored her.Mrs. Wang knew that this incident had planted a thorn in the heart of the second brother, and she cried even more for her own life.Jia Zheng sat at the bottom, his face was livid with anger, he wanted to tell Mrs. Wang to go down several times, but Wang Ziteng endured it, and when Mrs. Wang said that her eldest son, Jia Zhu, died early, he really slapped the table with anger——

The prince paused the hand that was skimming the tea foam, and looked over indifferently.It was difficult to distinguish between joy and anger, which made Jia Zheng, a man of letters, shrink back, not daring to attack his sister in front of his brother.

"Uncle!" Mother Jia said before entering the hall, leaning on a crutch with a chi pattern.

Wang Ziteng and a group of people rushed out to welcome them out, and Jia's mother was so anxious that she didn't want to exchange greetings and went straight to the point, because she asked what was the matter.

Wang Ziteng said: "Brother Amnesty hasn't arrived yet."

Jia's mother frowned, intending to say that she didn't have to wait for him, but seeing that Wang Ziteng insisted on waiting for Jia Amnesty to come before speaking, she had to urgently order her family to urge Jia Amnesty again.

At this time, in the main hall of Rongxi Hall, Wang Ziteng and Jia Mu sat on top, and Jia Zheng and Mrs. Wang sat down at the head. It was obvious that the relatives and guests were there, but there was no sound, and the whole main hall was extremely oppressive.All the housekeeper's servants hid out, listening far away and dared not come up. They even forgot to serve tea to Jiamu, and Jiamu didn't argue.

On the other hand, Jia She, who just woke up from a hangover, scolded him as soon as he arrived: "Why don't you serve tea? Master, you can't even take a sip of tea from Rongxitang!"

Danger is imminent, and the family's financial situation is so difficult that Jia Amnesty still looks like mud, finding faults and fighting with everything, almost mad at Jia's mother.

Wang Ziteng turned a deaf ear to it, and only looked at Jia Mu, Jia She, and Jia Zheng in turn, and then bowed his hands to Jia Mu: "I am here to do Yuan'er's business, and the last day is not far away, so we can't delay any longer."

The queen mother in the palace chose a good day for Yuanchun, and ordered her to enter the Beijing Palace on the Shangsi Festival.

"For the current plan, we can only find a way to set up a step by ourselves, so that the Holy Majesty, the Queen Mother, the King of Jingjing and I all have a space to retreat."

Mother Jia has thought about it all, but she can't figure out how to do this step.She wanted to give up her old face to beg the Queen Mother and Concubine, but this time she saw clearly that after the death of the old Duke, the face of her superior Mrs. Duchess was no longer worth anything—— Lian Zhen Taifei Did not accept the sign she asked to see.

"Uncle just say what to do!" Jia Mu stared at Wang Ziteng burningly.

Wang Ziteng pondered for a moment, and then said: "Does the old lady know about the money owed by the treasury?"

"The Holy Majesty is worrying about the national treasury. The Ministry of Household Affairs once told the courtiers to borrow as much as half of the treasury's silver. At this time, if the government is willing to ask for the money back..."

"What!" Mother Jia stood up, "This is not acceptable! Our family cannot bear the responsibility of opening this hole!"

Wang Ziteng smiled bitterly: "Besides this method, is there any other way for the old lady? After the last day, not to mention the daughters of each family, even my sister-in-law and I will have no face to stand in the court."

Jia She, who had acted like he was bored just now, quit now, jumped up and said, "For the daughter of the second room, are we all going to starve? Brother Wang said it lightly, do you know how much money my family owes?" What! A full 22 taels!"

Jia's mother glared angrily at the confused older son, "Where is it just Yuan'er, isn't it for welcoming the spring and their sisters?"

"I have my own plans for the second girl's marriage, after all, I am her father!" Jia She said generously: "If the eldest niece is sensible, I should take care of it myself-if it is about the second girl, I will just tell her to die! "

Mrs. Wang screamed and cried, "Her uncle is so cruel!"

Prince Teng has been tired these days, so he really doesn't want to listen to these people's troubles.Did they think it was easy to pay back the money? For this matter, he had to go up and down to manage it. He had a tacit understanding with all parties before he came to the door and told the Jia family about it——Wang Ziteng was also afraid, and he was afraid he would tell it first. Well, before he could figure it out, these people from Jia's family made trouble behind his back, and were used by others to stab their own family.

"It's not Yuan'er's business until now. If the child is really asked to die, there will be no way around it." Wang Ziteng sneered: "Brother She is using his words to make the Queen Mother have the reputation of killing a noble daughter. , the Holy Queen is unkind, the King of Beijing is unkind... My prince Teng is even more ruthless. Is that what Brother Pardon means?"

If Yuan Chun's death could solve all the problems, the queen would have done it long ago, and Wang Ziteng would not be reluctant to ask himself.

"Old lady, listen to me. Now the southern border is unstable, and the north is also eyeing. Even if the imperial court refuses to use military force lightly, it has to make preparations early. The treasury will have to be paid back sooner or later. Last year, the Yellow River broke its embankment and three provinces were hit by disasters. The national treasury has almost been exhausted for disaster relief... When the court orders to recover the arrears, it will have to be repaid at that time, but what good will it be at that time?" Wang Ziteng said patiently: "Old lady, please rest assured, this debt The silver can be returned quietly first, and the Holy Majesty will express his loyalty to the emperor slowly." This is a good bait, and it is not willing to be thrown out casually nowadays, and the Jia family will have to wait when it becomes a target. .With this breathing room, Wang Ziteng can deal with it calmly.

Jia She heard this, and sneered: "If there is no credit for the initiative to repay the money, what reason does the Holy One use to give grace to the eldest niece? Brother Wang, don't fool people."

At this time, he was sober and sharp, Wang Ziteng smiled faintly: "Of course there are other things to say."

"Three, there is only one way, and I will stop here." Wang Ziteng stood up and said: "If it doesn't work, then I will take the little girl home today, and I will resign at another day."

Saying that, Wang Ziteng got up and ordered the servants outside: "Go and tell me the girl, quickly collect the private belongings, and come home with me!"

But she immediately wanted to take Du Yunan, a goddaughter, to her house, and put on a posture of resigning herself to fate and letting go of her hands.

Mother Jia hurriedly said, "No."

Jia Zheng also came forward to ask the prince to vacate his seat.

"Uncle allows us to discuss it for a day, and it will take time to raise funds." Jia Mu said softly.

Wang Ziteng shook his head: "If you are late, you will change. I have invited the good officials from the household department to wait outside the mansion. If the mansion agrees to this method, the matter will be settled today. If not, I will invite old friends to the banquet tonight." . ” In the near future, I will resign from office and return to my hometown, and Quan Zuo bids farewell.

What he meant, how could the four of Jia's mother not understand.I didn't expect my uncle to be so tough, but he asked them to take out 22 taels in court.

Wang Ziteng glanced at the large western clock in the hall, and Jiamu and others also took a look, knowing that if they wanted to follow Wang Ziteng's wishes, they had to collect the money before the household department distributed the value.

To say that this person is very strange, if Wang Ziteng is a good talker, Jiamu and others will have to think twice, pushing back and forth, asking Wang Ziteng to find a safer and more economical way.But once Wang Ziteng put on such a non-negotiable posture, outspoken and pressing every step of the way, not only Jia's mother agreed in her heart, but even Jia Amnesty, who was most opposed on the surface, was actually afraid.Jia She thought about it for a while, and felt that Wang Ziteng's appearance of resigning did not look like a fake, and then he worried about his own title——

It's just that Jia Amnesty still didn't give up, looked at Jia's mother, rolled his eyes and smiled suddenly: "Actually, there is still a way."

Everyone was thinking about it, but only Wang Ziteng looked over, and Jia Sheyin said: "I will separate the family from the second child, and I will separate the second child..." Such a girl from a fifth-rank official will be a concubine for the county prince. , although it is embarrassing, but it can also be inferred that the second child's clinging heart did it.

"Shut up!" Jia Amnesty's words were the last straw that overwhelmed Jia's mother, and the old lady made a decisive decision: "Let's pay back the treasury silver!"

Wang Ziteng snorted coldly at Jia She, he had a good idea, but after the family was divided, wouldn't the second wife of Jia's family not be a descendant of the Duke, or his niece of Wang Ziteng.Doing this is just to complete the title on his head, so that people cannot be impeached for it.But this kind of behavior has been seen by the people above, and some of them are governed by other methods, which have been passed down for several generations, and the family is not holding a pigtail in the hands of the saint.

Jia's mother became ruthless, and Jia Amnesty had to obey.

Only then did Wang Ziteng take out two bank notes from his sleeve pocket: "This is twenty thousand taels."

Looking at Mrs. Wang again for the first time, she reprimanded: "You haven't taken all your ladders yet!"

Jia Mu also called Yuanyang and ordered her, "Go to my treasury and get the silver box." Then she gave her a small key that she kept with her.

Turning back to Jia She said: "The owed silver is the owed silver of the entire Duke's mansion. You took the title, so the owed silver is also yours... But it happened suddenly, and it was also because of your niece, so I only teach you how to do it. 10 taels. Don’t you want to bear it?”

This old lady usually has kind eyes and kind eyes, but now she turns cold and stares at Jia She, which is really scary.

Jia She sneered: "What the old lady said is that Shiling hand over the keys of the second son's general, and count how much money is left in the official. I will make up for the shortage with the second son."

Jia Mu nodded: "It's about to be assembled at this time. I don't have time to count it. You take it separately first, and then nod to the bank to supply it to you."

Speaking here, Mrs. Wang has brought in a box, which also contains bank notes. She counted them herself, and there are more than 2000 in total.Jia Zheng also collected 2 taels.Jia Amnesty refused to take more, and gave [-] by comparison.

Sure enough, Jia Mu made up her mind and made up the rest from her silver box.There were not enough silver notes, so he carried a whole box of gold.

Wang Ziteng took everything together, took out 2000 taels from his pocket, and gave it to Mrs. Wang in front of everyone, asking her to spend it.

Jia's mother and others knew that this was Wang Ziteng's way of supporting his sister.

Now, even Mrs. Jia can't show face to Mrs. Wang anymore.Mrs. Wang was so grateful that she cried like tears.

Jia's mother clenched her handkerchief tightly, thinking that the Zhen family's [-] silver was given away by Wang's idiot, she must keep a tight lid on it, and the boss should not know, otherwise it would be another trouble, and Wang Ziteng might be offended.

Wang Ziteng didn't say much, and asked someone to take a box of things from his carriage and send it to Du Yun'an, as if he came here this time to give something to his daughter.

……

In the carriage, Wang Ziteng's friend cupped his hands: "My brother is very capable."

Wang Ziteng smiled slightly, noncommittal.Prince Teng was also furious when the Yuanchun incident happened, but he turned his mind back and remembered what Wang Ren said that after his death, the emperor ordered the Wang clan to make up for the shortfall, so he laid the matter out. It will be a good thing - of course, the benefits are probably made by his prince.

His Highness the Fourth Highness has long been dissatisfied with the minister's habit of borrowing money from the treasury. This person can't rub the sand in his eyes, and he will be liquidated sooner or later.If the Jia family is asked to pay back the money first, it is also to be an early bird. With the Jia family taking the initiative to pay back the money first, it will be appropriate for him to pay back the money with a few in-laws.Also let His Highness know his loyalty.

In fact, this mess is in urgent need of a step up, and Wang Ziteng's move is a result of selfishness.But when the steps were raised, the Holy Majesty took a step back, and the old man was indeed narrow-minded. Since the queen mother refused to take back the decree, she sent Yuan Chun to the queen mother's natal family now—the Geng family begged to recognize Yuan Chun as their daughter. A serious lady with a family tree.

The old queen suffered from being dumb, but the Geng family was really impatient, so how could they dare to disobey the holy will, so they had to pinch their noses and admit it.It has to be publicized that everyone knows that they are rushing, because the old lady likes Jia Nushi so much.

Jia Yuanchun's assignment to the King of Beijing cannot be changed. It gradually spread in the city that the old lady loves the female officials around her.It's just that Old Concubine Zhen also fell in love with King Beijing, and she was the first to marry her grandniece to Shui Rong...

Wang Ziteng was extremely cunning, and his moves to break the game were directly aimed at King Beijing.Isn't the Holy Majesty jealous of kings with different surnames called "virtuous kings", and he just pulls the wise king down.This repeated trick, which is true, false, and false, not only conforms to the holy will, but also satisfies the heart of the fourth prince, and also suppresses the help of the sixth prince. "The acting is as real as it is.

Therefore, even the old queen mother still gave Yuan Chun a favor and taught her to be a concubine for the King of Beijing—but people in the court, and even the whole world, rumored that the old queen mother and the concubine in the palace were picky about persimmons. Otherwise, why don't you choose other princes and sons, but choose the King of Beijing, because although the King of Beijing has the title of prince on his head, he is not very useful.

The reputation of "the virtuous king in the past" is nothing more than a whitewash for doing nothing properly.

After this encounter, the Holy Majesty was relieved, and the Fourth Highness also saw a good sign of taking back Kuyin, but King Beijing Jing seemed to have benefited, but in fact he lost most of his money to go in.

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Two flowers bloomed, each representing one branch, but said that Du Zhong sent his sister back to Rongfu, turned around and went to inquire about Jia Rui himself.

Unexpectedly, he saw acquaintances, they were the two attendants that Song Chen had to use by his side.

Du Zhong took him away, and went to look for him, Junior Brother Song, with a dark face that night.

"You did it?" Du Zhong asked nonchalantly.

Song Chen looked at his senior brother, thought for a moment, and refused to put on any pretense, he nodded and admitted.He shouldn't have kept the matter of his sister Yun'an from his senior brother.

Du Zhong couldn't speak for a while, and finally squeezed out a sentence: "Come and practice with senior brother!"

The two fought until midnight, and Lu Burt and others advised the gentlemen to discuss each other another day.After all, Du Zhong stopped, and refused to keep Song Chen in the east chamber, so Hei pushed him away with this face.

Brother Song, who had just beaten up his 'rival in love' a few days ago, not only had his feng shui turn around, he was beaten, and he was kicked out of the house.

Song Chen thought about it, and finally learned one and a half moves of his elder brother Xie Jing, raised the sledgehammer on the weapon rack, and opened a hole in the wall of the two courtyards in twos and threes.Seeing that the two families became a family, this serious rogue almost caused Du Zhong to catch him and beat him up again.

The next day, everyone in the two families who hadn't seen Xiao Langjun's face clearly the night before laughed: Song Chen's left face was bruised and purple by his senior brother's black hand, which was almost symmetrical with the birthmark on his right face—if Du Yun'an could see it , must be amazed, such a standard bracket face.

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