Kuai Chuan's brother is the real boss

Fu Ling went to sea this time, not to do business, but to explore the way, to clear the way outside, to pave the way for future business, so the time to go is not too long, and he came back in more than three months .

She didn't know about the fake pregnancy until she came back, she was stunned on the spot, she regained her composure and quickly took a sip of the tea Yue Xin handed her.

"Madam Wang came up with this idea?" When talking to them about her adoption, Madam Wang dragged her to a side room and talked to her a lot, moving her with emotion and understanding. What Fu Ling was thinking at the time was "If she is really married and has no children for ten years, she will definitely agree to it anxiously."

Seeing Jiang Yan nodding, her guess was confirmed, "It seems that I can only do what they say for this trip."

Over the years of getting married, she has been trying her best to keep herself less involved with Jiang Yan. She knows that in this era, men and women are extremely unequal, so she tries to get along with Jiang Yan in an equal way.

They helped each other to deceive Jia's family and Fu's family, and she also did her best in business, and signed a gambling agreement not to take advantage of Jiang Yan. Now when it comes to giving birth, she still inevitably gets involved with Jiang Yan.

But thinking about it carefully, she had already had this kind of contact with Jiang Yan when she agreed to adopt Tanchun, and it wasn't at Madam Wang's suggestion. She had planned to be responsible for Tanchun's life before she went to sea.

Now it's just a different way of Tanchun coming to her. Fu Ling sighed silently. Since it can't be changed, she simply doesn't think about it.

Instead, she talked to Jiang Yan about some things about this trip to sea. She didn't know where Jiang Yan got the blueprints for building the ship, and the speed was very fast. Driving on the magnificent sea is very smooth, and few people experience seasickness.

The faster the speed, the more countries she will go to, and the more she will learn. On the way back, she has already planned a way to go out for trade. Fortunately, in this era, there is no closed country, and people are allowed to go to sea to do business.

It’s just that those people didn’t travel very far, at most they went to the Koryo generation. Those who wanted to go to western countries did not go by sea but by land. They took the same road that Zhang Qian used when he was envoy to the Western Regions. He set off from the East China Sea by boat and went around. Not on the west side.

Jiang Yan had no objection to the plans proposed by Fu Ling, but only supplemented them in places she hadn't thought of. After that, Fu Ling began a long life of 'raising a baby'.

Jia Min also knew about this matter, and Jiang Yan went to Gusu when he first found out about it, and told her about it.

Like Fu Ling, Jia Min's first reaction was Mrs. Wang. She had a lot of quarrels with this second sister-in-law at home before she got married, but at that time, due to the affection of relatives, they still maintained their superficial love. Harmony, their upbringing also prevents them from being like shrews in the market.

The number of times Jia Min has returned to Rongguo Mansion in these years is limited, and the only few times he has been close to his mother is still not close, so there is no time to pay attention to her, but after she gave birth to three concubines, the concubine's room was pregnant, so It can be seen that she is intentional.

But this is understandable, for the sake of her own calculations, others have no position to criticize her when they see it. If Lin Ruhai dotes on the concubine's children, she will definitely not be able to stand it. Fortunately, Lin Ruhai treats her wholeheartedly. She is a woman.

"Mother, uncle sent something over."

Jia Min was making small clothes for the baby in his womb. Lin Jin ran in and said, sweating profusely, it can be seen how much he had exercised just now.

Jia Min wiped his sweat with a handkerchief, "What good thing makes you so excited? Let your father see you like this and say you are not stable."

Lin Jin was about the same height as Jia Min at the age of 13. She took the handkerchief to wipe off her sweat, and smiled, "Daddy won't say anything about me. Of course, Jin'er should be more mature and stable outside."

While the mother and son were talking, a servant came up with a box, "Ma'am, there are still some jewelries in here. The third master got them from overseas and picked some to send to his wife. There are also some fine wines unearthed here, which have been unearthed here." Sent to the warehouse."

Lin Jin knew that what Jiang Yan sent was all good things, so she couldn't wait to open the box. There were many small boxes inside. When the small box was opened, there were jewelry wrapped in silk, including gold, silver and jade, which were worthless regardless of weight. But it looks beautiful.

Even Lin Jin, a half-grown child, thought it was shiny and beautiful. "I don't know where my uncle found so many masters with exquisite craftsmanship. These are all genuine craftsmanship."

The servant took a box, opened it and brought it to Jia Min, "This is what the third master specially ordered, saying that it is reserved for the unborn niece in the wife's womb. The flowers will bloom and be rich, and the girl will surely be able to outshine everyone in the future. "

Because she told Jiang Yan many times before that she wanted a daughter for this child, Jiang Yan simply didn't hide it, and prepared things according to her daughter.

Jia Min took the jade pendant with peonies in full bloom in the carving, and thought it was very beautiful, the jade was warm and moist, and all of them were exquisite upon closer inspection.

"It's so beautiful. My uncle is so kind to my mother. I wish I had an older brother." Lin Jin said enviously. As far back as he can remember, his uncle has sent many things home, from antiques and famous paintings to cups of tea and bowls. , and the Four Treasures of the Study are countless.

And those things are very delicate, one of which is rarely found in ordinary people, but my uncle sent it over as if he didn't want money. Lin Jin remembered that there was no tea at home, and his father sent someone to buy it on the street, but he bought it back. It always tastes wrong when you drink it.

After asking my mother, I found out that the tea they drank before was sent by my uncle. Although the ones I bought in the market were the best, they were still the best in the market. incomparable.

Jia Min took her son's words as envy for her, and she was indeed very happy to have such a brother who thought about her everything. Even though she knew that she was already a family member, it was different from before, but most of the time she felt that her relationship with Jiang Yan was still the same. As close as ever at home.

She will always be the little girl in the palm of his brother's hands, and she will never have to worry so much in front of her brother, and she doesn't have to think about taboos, and she can say whatever she wants, and speak freely.

Of course, she is also like this in front of Lin Ruhai. She will have no regrets in her life if she can meet these two men in her life.

Jia Min asked Lin Jin to be responsible for putting away all those things, and only kept the jade pendant carved with peonies beside her. She personally made a luozi to hang the jade pendant on, and she would put it close to her daughter in the future.

The reason why Jiang Yan gave Lin Daiyu the jade pendant was not only because of the formation in the jade pendant, but also because it belonged to jade.

Bringing the jade pendant, if one day in the future when I go to Rongguo Mansion, when Jia Baoyu asks 'Do you have any jade', I will answer it, so I don't need to provoke Jia Baoyu to throw the jade.

Time passed by in a hurry, and in a blink of an eye, it was the end of the year. As usual, this year was still spent by Jiang Yan and Fu Ling in Jinling with a group of servants.

Because Fu Ling wanted to fake the false appearance that Fu Ling was pregnant, Fu Ling never went out at home during this time. The New Year's Eve is the most lively time of the year. Fu Ling always loves to be lively, so how could it be quiet? Stay at home and listen to the hustle and bustle outside.

So she pretended to go to the temple to pray for blessings, but as soon as she entered the temple, she came out in men's clothing. In order not to be seen as Fu Ling in Jinling, she turned to Gusu.

Both Jinling and Gusu are big cities, not far from each other, and the streets are similar, Fu Ling looked around with great interest, and the reason why she chose Gusu this time, besides not wanting people to recognize her, she also had a purpose.

Because of Jia Baoyu's birth, Jia Min will soon give birth to Lin Daiyu, and Aunt Zhao will give birth to Tanchun. These impressive names were born one by one, reminding her of another person.

A three-year-old girl who was abducted by human traffickers because she was carried out to watch lanterns by her subordinates, and finally married to Dumb King, a girl who went deep into the mansion and couldn't escape.

The girl's name was Yinglian before she was kidnapped, and Xiangling after she was kidnapped, with a little rouge mark on her forehead that people couldn't ignore.

Fu Ling was dressed in men's clothes, and stood at the entrance of Renqing Lane with his hands behind his back, looking at the gourd temple and the Zhen's house next to the gourd temple, with deep eyes.

She has never thought of herself as a kind person, but knowing that child's tragic future fate, she can't do this. She has no compassion.

Even if Yinglian's fate will still be miserable in the future, at least she has worked hard, and she will not regret it when she thinks about it later.

At the same time, Jiang Yan came to Lin's house. Now Lin Ruhai is resting for the Chinese New Year. When Jiang Yan came, he was taking Lin Jin to practice calligraphy in the study.

"My husband always said that Jin'er has more than enough wrist strength but not enough strength of character. I want to take him to practice, so that when I take the exam, I can give people a better first impression of him."

Jia Min explained with a smile, seeing that the exam was not long before, and it was too late for the academic questions, so she started to practice calligraphy, winning in the details first.

"Did sister-in-law not come with you this time?"

"She has something to do, so she won't come." Jiang Yan said casually. He knew what Fu Ling was going to do. In fact, he would have done it if it wasn't for Fu Ling. On this point, the relationship between the two of them The idea is the same.

Jia Min thought it was inconvenient to come out because she wanted to hide the fake pregnancy, so she talked about other things with Jiang Yan.

Jia Min is now nine months pregnant, and she may give birth at any time later. Jiang Yan has been watching her situation at the Lin's house. Besides, she is also paying attention to Fu Ling'an's situation.

Jiang Yan didn't know the specific details, but he knew that Yinglian was not abducted by traffickers on the Lantern Festival on the 15th day of the first lunar month, and there was no fire in the Gourd Temple, so naturally it would not affect the nearby Zhen's family.

Just like Fu Ling's revenge on Wu Meng ten years ago, Jiang Yan didn't know the details, but only knew that if Fu Ling let everyone know that Wu Meng was a pompous person, his reputation would be ruined.

And it may be because the matter was too serious that the government revoked his title of scholar, and now he makes a living writing for others in Jinling, but his reputation is too bad, and his handwriting is not very good-looking, and this job is not enough to maintain For his livelihood, he can only rely on his mother to wash clothes for others.

After the first lunar month, Jia Min's belly got bigger and the baby started to move. On February [-]th, Jia Min gave birth to a daughter. The mother and daughter were safe. Lin Ruhai named her Daiyu.

February [-]th, Hundred Flowers Festival, is the same as the day when Lin Daiyu was born in memory. The difference is that now Daiyu is a healthy child. As an elderly mother, Jia Min did not make herself weak because of giving birth to her. For the best.

Jiang Yan left some prescriptions for Jia Min, and because of the formation in Yuzhong, they can bless their family, so he has nothing to worry about when things come to this, and it is time to deal with his affairs.

Years ago, I received a letter from Mother Jia, which said that Aunt Zhao's baby was in March, and now it's February, and the baby should be sent in a month later. They kept this matter from Aunt Zhao Yes, if you think about it, the child will not be allowed to stay in the capital for a long time, and if there is no weakness, he will be sent to Jinling.

"Did you never think about being a father?" Seeing Jiang Yan, Fu Ling asked calmly. Even though the child was not born to her, when she thought of a child who would call her 'mother' in the future, she still felt in her heart. There will be agitation, but Jiang Yan can't see any emotions.

Jiang Yan has been a father, but it was too long ago, and I can't remember clearly, "I will fulfill my responsibilities and obligations as a father, and I can't promise too much about other things, I can only do my best."

Fu Ling rested his elbows on the table, resting his chin on both hands, carefully watching Jiang Yan wanting to find out the truth of what he said, "Then we can only explore together."

To be honest, Fu Ling felt a little regretful, especially after seeing Jia Min giving birth to a child, she thought of the child wholeheartedly. She must not be able to do that.

Not only is it stressful for her, but if she doesn't have the ability to take care of a child, it will be painful for that child to stay with her.

But now, it's too late to repent, she can only do her best like Jiang Yan, Tanchun is the first daughter and she is also the first mother, let's learn from each other.

Fu Ling sat upright and breathed a long sigh of relief. For the next period of time, she quietly played the role of a pregnant woman until the end of March when a baby girl who was less than one month old was sent home, and that would be her future daughter.

Tanchun's birthday is the third day of March, and after she was born, she was sent to be raised outside the mansion. It was only said that Aunt Zhao's child died at birth, and Tanchun, after more than ten days of raising her, saw that she was in good health. It was sent to Jinling by people.

The little guy was lying in the cradle, completely unaware that she had already traveled from the capital to Jinling before the full moon.

As soon as the nanny and maid had already prepared, Jiang Yan wrote Tanchun's name on the genealogy of Jia's old ancestral hall. From now on, she will be his biological daughter, and has nothing to do with Jia Zheng or Aunt Zhao.

Jiang Yan never thought that he would adopt his daughter, and he didn't know whether it was good or bad to do so. There is no doubt that taking his own daughter away is a kind of torture for Aunt Zhao.

Everything has been settled, and Jiang Yan is not a person who likes to go back on his word. Even if he is wrong, he can only continue to make mistakes.

Because the birthdays of Daiyu and Tanchun were only less than a month apart, and they were both daughters, and Jia Min had experience in giving birth to children before, so Fu Ling often went to Gusu.

In this way, Tanchun and Daiyu grew up in this kind of acquaintance. One is quiet and the other is enthusiastic. Daiyu has both parents because of her health, so she doesn't have so many sorrows. Compared with Tanchun, she just seems a little quieter. That's all.

Five years have passed in the blink of an eye, and during this period Jia Min has never been pregnant. In my memory, another son was born after Daiyu, but he died when he was three years old. Every day is not as good as every day.

But now that Jia Min is in good health, the child hasn't appeared, and he probably won't appear again. Apart from this, Jia Min's body has never experienced any discomfort, and he definitely won't go there in a year or two.

On this day, Jiang Yan received a secret letter and went to the appointment according to the time and place stated in the letter. When he arrived, someone was already waiting for him.

"long time no see."

"I have met His Royal Highness Chen Wang." Jiang Yan saluted after seeing the person coming. The last time he met Sheng Ling was a year ago, when he returned to the capital, the two met.

Sheng Ling raised his hand to tell Jiang Yan not to be too polite, "You have lived in Jinling all these years, and your wife and daughter are by your side. I think everything is fine."

"Thanks to His Highness's concern, everything is fine." The wife and children are hot on the bed, so naturally everything is fine, even though the wife is fake and the children are not his.

Sheng Ling felt that Jiang Yan was alienated from him. In fact, except for the first few times they met, Jiang Yan exposed his heart to him, Jiang Yan has always been alienated from him for so many years.

"Father has already drawn up an imperial decree. At the beginning of next month, I will be named the crown prince. When I ascend the throne next year as emperor, my father will be the supreme emperor." Sheng Ling said.

Although it was expected, Jiang Yan still expressed his joy at the right time, "Congratulations to Your Highness for finally getting his wish after so many years."

"There is nothing to congratulate. This step by step has exhausted the king." Sheng Ling bent his fingers and tapped the table, "So the king came today to ask you, would you like to join the king as an official?" , follow this king in the open?"

"Your Highness, forgive me, I don't want to." He just didn't want to take an official career, so he chose Sheng Ling's 'shortcut', and it didn't make sense to go to the mainland by the 'shortcut'.

It was an expected answer, but it was more straightforward than expected to refuse. Sheng Ling nodded. Just give me a helping hand."

"Definitely serve the prince after the saddle."

Jiang Yan's refusal was straightforward, and he expressed his loyalty very simply at this moment. Sheng Ling couldn't help but smile when he heard this. He has been plotting and plotting all these years, and getting along with Jiang Yan is relatively comfortable.

Knowing what Jiang Yan wanted, he gave Jiang Yan something in exchange, and the two got both money and goods, and there was not so much intrigue.

Fifteen years ago, Jiang Yan said that big families were rotten from the inside. At that time, he thought of the imperial palace, but now that 15 years have passed, he understands Jiang Yan's meaning better.

In recent years, those big families have not been as good as each year, and the sons and brothers have started to do nothing. It can be said that they are living on the old roots of their ancestors.

In the Jia family, Jia Amnesty was completely ruined by women. Jia Zheng devoted himself to serving the country, but his ability was limited. In addition, only Jia Zheng's son Jia Zhu participated in the imperial examination. Now he is a scholar at the age of 16, and he doesn't know how to do it. Whether to embark on the career path that his father did not embark on.

In addition, among the four famous families back then, only Prince Teng of the Wang family was still an official in the court, and the others were simply holding back.

Sheng Ling gave Jiang Yan a list, "You find a way to get me the things on this list, and give it to my father when he celebrates his birthday."

Jiang Yan didn't look at the items on the list before accepting them. He and Sheng Ling had worked together for many years and were quite familiar with each other. If it was something he couldn't get, Sheng Ling would definitely not bring it up.

This time, Sheng Ling came to Jiangnan for the first generation, just to see what the customs and opinions of the people here are. He participated in the seizure of the throne and the throne, so he naturally wanted to be famous forever. If possible, any emperor with normal intelligence would not want to To leave a bad reputation forever.

And if you want to be famous in history, you have to do something, otherwise, in the long river, who would know his name?

Jiang Yan knew that for Sheng Ling, the customs and opinions of the people were not important at all. These people were just his tools, and they were his tools for becoming a generation of Mingjun.

Although the motive is not pure, it is much better than being a foolish ruler regardless of the life and death of the people. Jiang Yan doesn't care what Sheng Ling thinks, as long as he doesn't support the wrong monarch.

If Sheng Ling is a pebble in the long flow of history, he is an even smaller pebble. He doesn't have much influence in the first place, and the distance he can reach is also very limited. We can only let everything go with the flow and do what we can. Just some changes.

We only talked with Sheng Ling for a quarter of an hour, and Sheng Ling got up and left. They have always staggered the time to go back. In the past 15 years, except for Fu Ling and the people around Sheng Ling, no one knows about their relationship. And no one knows about their various dealings over the years.

Seeing that the figures of Sheng Ling and his party had disappeared at the entrance of the alley, Jiang Yan got up and went out. He simply had nothing to do outside, and returned home to hand over Sheng Ling's list to Fu Ling.

She has been taking care of the business these years, including overseas trade. It is perfect for Fu Ling to prepare these things, and she was also asked to do such things before.

However, it might be different this time. After seeing it, Fu Ling looked up at Jiang Yan, "You haven't read this list, have you?"

"What's written on it?" Jiang Yan asked.

Fu Ling remained silent, and turned the form in his hand so that Jiang Yan could see the words on it clearly.