[Red Mansions] The Road to Empress Dowager

Mrs. Wang also had red eyes, and things are not going well now, even her younger sister has separated from her, and Baochai has loved her for nothing all these years.

Aunt Xue didn't want to make an ugly fight with her sister, and she didn't expect Mrs. Xing's firepower to be so fierce.

Aunt Xue said: "Old lady, sister, we are also grateful for the kindness of sojourning in these years. I am afraid that the tens of thousands of taels of silver my sister is really worried about, but our Baochai is not so lucky. I just... just want to My sister took pity on Baochai once and asked her to marry decently, and the 10 taels would be worth [-] to [-] taels... It's better than Baochai marrying poorly."

Although Jia's mother is greedy for money, she is also the most decent person. She said to Mrs. Wang: "We watched Bao girl grow up, not to mention borrowing other people's dowry money, we just added some makeup to her. You can figure it out, don't say you haven't."

Mrs. Wang looked at the cold light in Jia Mu's eyes, and then realized that there was no room for redress in this matter. She was in charge of the farm and family business, and the old lady had to protect her to keep this power.

Mrs. Wang trembled, and replied to Jia Mu: "Since the old lady has spoken like this, the daughter-in-law...she has to pay back her sister's money after spending all her own dowry."

Mrs. Xing said: "Sisters and brothers are indeed reasonable. Then choosing the day is worse than hitting the day. Mrs. Xue is busy with Baochai's marriage, so she can't come to the house every day."

Jia's mother gave Mrs. Wang a warning look. The second room's reputation could no longer bear the toss. Jia Zheng was promoted to an eighth-rank official because of his reputation as a "hypocrites". Look down on him.At that time, he didn't go to work for several days and was almost dismissed from office. It was Jia Huan High School Jinshi who relieved him a little bit. Everyone felt that he still had some ability.At this time, we can no longer make a fuss about not repaying the money borrowed from my sister-in-law.

Aunt Xue and others followed Mrs. Wang to the east courtyard to get the money, but Mother Jia was about to rest. Jia Yuanchun went to take care of her, but Mother Jia paused when she was helping her, and gave her a cold look.

Finally, Mother Jia couldn't bear to ask: "How much silver has your mother given you over the past ten years?"

Jia Yuanchun seemed drained of strength, and was silent for a long time, unable to answer.

Jia Mu said, "I can ask your mother."

Jia Yuanchun knelt down and cried: "The granddaughter is unfilial, and the old lady and mother are too tired to plan for the granddaughter. In the past ten years, the palace has been asking for money everywhere, and it has spent a total of 80 million taels..."

Jia Mu sneered and said, "I have been serving as a slave in the palace for more than ten years, but I want seven or eight million taels of silver to be posted in the mansion. You are really my good granddaughter, but you have spent all Baoyu's silver. I came back to the mansion. I don’t need you to wait on me today. The old lady can’t bear the seven or eight million taels of money to serve her..."

Mother Jia called Yuanyang, but Yuanyang had been guarding the door all the time. At this time, she couldn't help trembling, seeing the eldest girl collapsed on the ground with tears streaming down her face.

She is a servant girl, a confidant of Jiamu, and she knows it is better not to speak at this time, so she helps Jiamu into the bedroom.

Although Mrs. Wang was 1 unhappy, and Jia Mu also said something, she just waited for her deep hatred for Xing, Feng, and Xue to go back to the east courtyard where she lived, and find out what happened to her. Several layers of locked boxes, take out the banknotes.

She has been in charge of the family for more than 20 years, and has swallowed Shi's dowry Zhuangzi for 20 years. Even though Yuan Chun spent more than 80 taels of silver, she still has a surplus.Everything in the treasury can be taken out by her, and Zhou Rui's family helps to sell things.After all, Mrs. Wang was born in a great family, so she would not sell the things that were bestowed by the emperor, so when the staff from the Ministry of Rituals came over, most of the public decorations were matched.

Mrs. Wang has more than 30 taels of cash from her private house, which even Yuan Chun doesn't know.At this time, halfway there, she only felt blackness in front of her eyes.

But she still took it out and returned it to Aunt Xue. After counting, Aunt Xue returned the IOU to Mrs. Wang.Aunt Xue wanted to say something soft, but seeing Mrs. Wang exuding a zombie-like aura of "swallowing ability"—if she knew about it, Aunt Xue was afraid and couldn't speak.

Mrs. Xing's eyes shone brighter than gold, and Wang Xifeng's eyes lit up, thinking about another income.

Mrs. Xing said: "My brother and sister, if you haven't spent all the 5 taels of silver you managed, then..."

Aunt Xue hurriedly said: "No need... this... I, I'm just doing it for Baochai's marriage, so my sister must have spent all her money."

Wang Xifeng looked at Aunt Xue, sighed and shook her head, her aunt is really too soft-tempered, if she doesn't argue with herself, they have no choice but to forget about it.

The Xue family was really honest about this matter, they recovered 10 taels of silver and gave 5000 taels each to Mrs. Xing and Wang Xifeng, which made the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law happy for a few days.

This matter is not mentioned in detail.

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Time flies, and it is late May, and Jia Huan, Shi Cong and other new scholars have already taken up their posts.

In mid-May, the examinations of various subjects of the Wu Enke were held in the Jingying School and the Gongyuan, which was also something that the people of Kyoto enjoyed talking about.

Let's talk about who was the first martial arts champion in the Qianyuan Dynasty?

Speaking of it, it will make all the daughters in the capital feel bitter again, that is, the prince Dingzhong who is betrothed to He Yuxian Jun, Liberal Arts Tanhua Lang, the real outstanding talent and appearance.

Xiao Jingyun is both civil and military, and his martial arts are superior to ordinary people. There is a story of its own, and it will be unfolded later.

However, because Xiao Jingyun is a civil and military Jinshi, and he is also the son of Dingzhonghou, the future brother-in-law of the emperor, he is naturally favored by the emperor.After he won the first prize in martial arts, he was selected to practice in the Gongsheng Army.But I often go to the imperial court to accompany the driver, isn't it good to be a Jinshi Tanhualang literary talent, and to be the emperor's temporary secretary. Although the stingy emperor works overtime and doesn't pay him, he makes many people jealous. Everyone thinks that he has all the benefits of the world.

But at this time, the celebrity is jealous of Tan Qian, his future righteous brother-in-law.He was going to marry a wife so quickly, but he had to wait until the end of the year.

Tan Qian was originally a student from a poor family, but he had already won the Jinshi and entered the Imperial Academy as a scholar. At this time, he also bought a five-admission mansion in the inner city of Kyoto.

In this matter, Xiao Jingyun was of great help, otherwise Tan Qian would not have been able to find such a cheap and good house. The two of them are from the same family and will be brother-in-law, so Tan Qian would not be polite to him, the prince and grandson of the Hou family.

This May 25th is the day when Su Fuer gets married, and on May 24th she will wear her makeup according to the custom.

The man reminds the makeup, the woman sends the makeup, both men and women have a lot of guests in their homes, and both of them have to show off in the sun.

Xiao Jingyun asked for leave today, and accompanied her brother-in-law Tan Qian to the Xing Mansion early in the morning with many friends to urge her makeup.

After all, Xiao Jingyun is from the Hou family, heirs of several generations, he is used to the rich and the rich, he knows that the future "dry father-in-law" Xing's family was originally from a poor family, and they were all established by noble concubines.

I only know that there is a gap between the Xing family marrying a righteous daughter and a real noble daughter, but this makeup scare everyone.

Today, the Lin family and the Shi family have put on a lot of makeup, each adding eighteen liters of makeup. Gold, silver, antiques, and ornaments are not something ordinary people can make. Even the eldest family of the Jia family has added makeup. up.

In addition, Li Shangshu's wife, Kong, and the wife of the General Secretary, Sun, also put on makeup, and some female relatives in the clan came to express their intentions.

Not counting these, the Xing family also carefully prepared 64 loads of heavy dowry for the adopted daughter, and gave 3 taels of silver in the box.

When the sun was shining, Zhao Gui from the Taiji Palace personally brought the imperial concubine and empress to add makeup to Yijie, which cost a full ten lifts.Xiao Jingyun's eyes were sharp, and he could see that they were all top-level tributes, and they were no longer measurable with money.

Also, Miss Su's parents left her money, Su Fuer has spent a lot of money in the past six months to invest in the sister business, and she is also filial to Xing Zhong and his wife.At this time, she secretly hid 50 taels, and took out 18 taels for drying, but it was enough to make people's eyes stand out.

This made all the guests present dumbfounded, and many wives of honorable families regretted not asking for their sons to marry.Originally, he had planned that, but he cared that Su Fu'er didn't have parents and brothers, and only those with some flaws would propose to marry her, but he didn't expect it to be a mistake.

The friend from the same department who came with Tan Qian said: "Brother Tan, you are not married, you have entered Baoshan by mistake."

Tan Qian insists on being a gentleman, and has long prepared that his wife is not a real noble lady. He only hopes to connect with her and raise his eyebrows.Therefore, he himself was shocked.

After all, Xiao Jingyun was used to being rich and honored, and these were nothing compared to his family, so he stretched his head and looked in the direction of Miss Su's yard, knowing that he would lose sight of his future daughter-in-law, but he still couldn't help it.

The next day, May 25, was sunny and bright in the afternoon.

It was the time of welcoming the bride, and the groom took the welcoming team to Xingfu.

The Xing family had no sons yet, so they had to invite Jia Lian, Shi Rui, and Shi Cong to be their brother-in-laws and to teach the groom.

Except for Jia Lian, all the Shi family sons were Jinshi, and they fought with Tan Qian, who was also a Jinshi, for a while.

All kinds of problems did not bother him. At this time, the brothers of the Shi family couldn't help admiring the imperial concubine and empress for picking people up for Yijie.How did they know that the emperor opened the back door for Xing Xiuyan to choose, and Xing Xiuyan picked the best of them.This brother-in-law in Tu Yuanyi's previous life was the god of Dinghai in his later ruling. At that time, Tu Yuanyi's health was getting worse and worse. Said it was a legend.

At that time, Hou Jin entered Fan twice, and it was Tan Qian who fought against Jin twice. After the rear deployment and retreated twice, Jin went south.Until the death of Tu Yuanyi in his previous life, his unworthy son was narrow-minded and self-willed. He didn't know how to govern the country or control people. He also felt that Tan Shoufu had a tough personality and was very domineering in government and state affairs, so he used his relatives to engage in internal strife with Shoufu. The feudal dynasty, which can last for a hundred years if it can be managed well, will be defeated in 20 years.

The auspicious time has come, Su Fuer bid farewell to Xing Zhong and his wife, put on the hijab, and was carried by Jia Lian into the sedan chair.

Su Fuer got married with ten miles of red make-up, and everyone put on make-up, and together they are 180 or [-] years old.Tan Qian's family is also in Kyoto. When the sedan chair entered Tan's house, the Xing family's dowry hadn't been carried yet.

Tan Qian didn't have any parents, so although he was a bit embarrassed when he prayed to heaven and earth, he completed it smoothly.

After being sent to the bridal chamber, the guests made a new house to see the bride, and Tan Qian lifted his hijab with full of expectation.But seeing a beautiful face exposed under the hijab, the temperament is absolutely dusty, the skin is like beautiful jade, the cheeks are dizzy, the eyes are beautiful, the nose is beautiful and the lips are bright.

Everyone was stunned, and Tan Qian was even more dumbfounded. Tan Qian is a person with extremely strong perseverance. With his family background, he passed all the way, and there are not many young people in high school in the world.Therefore, unlike Suan Xiucai and Gaoliang's children, he didn't pay much attention to female sex. When he was 20 years old, his mother was still alive and found him a maid.But Tan Qian used to think that girls are not the brothel girls that some friends have seen, or the rascals/sluts/girls in the market, or the honest maid back then, who has never seen the romantic characters in the "Twelve Hairpins" book!But it was really as Xi Niang said, she was satisfied, and she even showed a smirk.

Xiao Jingyun was the only one in the audience who felt that Yijie was still inferior to his wife, but no matter how good the daughter-in-law was, she still couldn't marry her.

Back at the banquet, Xiao Jingyun had no choice but to turn his depression into alcohol, and slaughtered everyone at his brother-in-law's wedding banquet. After getting drunk, he was carried back to Xiao's carriage by a servant.