Red House Farm Stay

It took Jia Zhuo a while to explain Yoko's matter clearly. When Fangling heard that he was inquiring about a servant, he waved the handkerchief on his hand, "I mean, I'll go back and ask you Brother Qiang about this. It's impossible for King Zhongyong to climb up to the outsiders, so it shouldn't be a problem to find a few stewards to inquire about it."

"Thank you so much. We promised Yoko about the matter. Who knows that there will be twists and turns. The Wang family has no connections in Jinling. They are like headless chickens. I am really afraid that they will cause disasters due to their taboos that annoy the nobles." Jia Zhuo stood up, Just give Fangling a blessing.

"The Wang family is as good as it is, and there are fewer and fewer people like this." Fangling was a little emotional, and what was even more emotional was that she could hear where her heart was from Jia Zhuo's "we". It seemed that Jia Lian was peaceful. The son took back her people, but did not take back her heart.

"Yangzi helped us a lot. At that time, we were in Xiaodongshan..." The Wang family didn't tell anyone about this part of Xiaodongshan in detail, and it was the first time Jia Zhuo talked about it. Fangling sat up "clicking" , almost flashed to the waist.

"Kill, kill...Kill." She had experienced a lot of things, but she had never experienced murder before, and her jaw almost dropped when she heard it.

Jia Zhuo nodded, "So about Yoko, we won't give up until the last moment."

"Don't meddle in this matter, so as not to be misunderstood. I will ask your Brother Qiang to find your Uncle Wang and see if he can help you."

"Is there any misunderstanding, what Sister-in-law Qiang said just now, what happened to the princess's serious illness?" When she arrived in Jinling, Jia Zhuo became deaf and blind, and she had no way of knowing what happened outside.According to Fangling, everyone knows this, but she doesn't know it at all.

King Zhongyong's concubine is also from a powerful family. Fangling took a look at Jia Zhuo, "The Jin family, the great-granddaughter of the Prince of Xining, is one of the four kings and eight princes of the Jin family established by the founding of the country."

"That's a real noble daughter. I'm afraid her natal family is not in Jinling." Jia Zhuo thought to himself, if the Jin family lived in Jinling, King Zhongyong's hobbies might not be hidden from the Jin family. said.

"The king of Xining County is far away in Xiping Mansion. I heard that the princess is seriously ill, and several sisters from her natal family have come." Fangling's mouth twitched, revealing a hint of mockery.So what about the noble girl, she was dying of illness, but her natal family sent a few teenage girls over, saying that they were taking care of the concubine's sister.

"Don't they know..." Jia Zhuo was dumbfounded, she really thought highly of these aristocratic families, in their eyes, the position of princess was more important than blood relationship.They were far away before and didn't know about it, but with so many people here, they shouldn't be ignorant of King Zhongyong's hobbies.

This time it was Fangling's turn to be dumbfounded. She didn't expect Jia Zhuo to know about it. When she thought about Jia Rong, she understood that this child must have inquired about the whereabouts of Jia Rong and Wang Ren, and by the way knew about the whereabouts of King Zhongyong. hobby.

"So what if you know? Who cares? They can only see the gleaming throne of the princess, but how can they see that there are thorns growing on the throne, and the people who pierce it are bleeding."

Jia Zhuo was speechless, and then thought, "What do you mean just now, not only the Jin family is here, but other people are also paying attention?"

"Isn't it? For a majestic princess, it's okay for outsiders to expect you to die, but your own family also expects you to die, and even a successor has been found. You say, even good people are angry and sick. Where is it better?"

Thinking that more than half of the aristocratic families with school-age girls in Jinling were looking forward to the princess' death and moving away, Jia Zhuo felt that the hairs all over his body were about to stand on end.An indescribable sadness flooded into her heart.

"Why are you staring at me like that?" Jia Zhuo finally pulled back his thoughts, and found that Fangling had been staring at her, making her feel terrified.

"It's nothing, I just think, forget it, I must be crazy to think so. What did you say that boy's name is, rich and noble..."

"Oh, Brother An woke up..." Fang Ling hugged Brother An, and fed him milk and urine. Jia Zhuo was dizzy from crying with Brother An, and he was soothed. , I have long forgotten what topic I was talking about just now.

"When the child wakes up, he doesn't have to do anything. When our family was young, if we just ignored him, we could cry for a long time without rest."

Even with the two adults watching, Jia Zhuo felt that he was about to die.But children just have a kind of magical power. They are so tired that they want to die, but when they see him smiling and blooming at you, they feel that everything is worth it.

When Ping'er came back from the palace and thanked Fangling, Fangling naturally waved his hands repeatedly, "I'm idle, I'm idle, I wish someone could talk with me. If there's something to do next time, just send someone to tell me."

"Next time Sister Qiang wants someone to accompany her, just send someone to come to me." Jia Zhuo sent her out with a smile.

"The empress won't dislike me for my bad manners, I'll embarrass her." Jia Zhuo came back, carried Brother An's things in his room to the main room, saw Ping'er sighed, and couldn't help curling his lips.

"She's doing it for your own good." When Ping'er said this, it was tantamount to acquiescing to Jia Zhuo's words. He realized that something was wrong when he said it, and hurriedly made up for it. "Adults speak seriously, so there is no reason for you children to ask."

Jia Zhuo raised his eyebrows, don't ask if you don't ask.But looking at Ping'er's face, he knew it was not a good thing.

After leaving the main room, instead of walking through the courtyard that she usually likes to walk, she walked slowly back to her room from the corridor.She knew that Fu'er was cleaning her messy room right now, so she walked very slowly.

The window was wide open, and she could already see Fu'er kneeling on the kang, cleaning up the pastry crumbs that fell on it.A shiny thing was torn from the corner and she caught it in her hand.Just as Jia Zhuo was about to step forward, he held back and simply stood there to see what she would do.

Fu'er quickly raised her head and looked towards the courtyard, but ignored Jia Zhuo who was in her blind spot.Perhaps because there was no one outside, Fu'er caressed for a long time, and Jia Zhuo could even see the struggle on her face.

Gritting his teeth for the last time, he stuffed it into his arms.

Jia Zhuo shook his head in his heart, if Ping'er knew that the hands and feet of the family servants were not clean, he would feel ashamed.

Hearing the noise, Fu'er jumped up like a frightened rabbit, and when she saw Jia Zhuo coming in, she panicked even more.Jia Zhuo sighed, even if she didn't know anything, she knew something was wrong when she saw that she was not a fool.

"Fu'er, I'll exchange this for the ring on your finger." Jia Zhuo took off a pair of gold lilac earrings from his ears.

"Small, miss, say, what are you talking about, servant girl, listen, I don't understand." Fu'er's hands tightly clutched the hem of her clothes, the veins on her forehead popped out, and her face turned even paler.

"It's the gold ring inlaid with diamonds, the one you put in your left bosom." As soon as Jia Zhuo finished speaking, Fu'er knelt down with a "plop".

He kowtowed desperately, "I don't dare, I won't dare again, I beg the young lady to forgive me."

"Excuse me? That's fine, as long as you do one thing for me." Just as Jia Zhuo took back the ring, she heard Zhang Ma leading Fangling's maid outside, saying that her master had lost a handkerchief. Is it on her kang?

Jia Zhuo smiled lightly and handed out the ring, "I didn't see the handkerchief, but I saw a ring."

"Thank you, Miss. My master didn't pay attention to the ring. He probably took it off when he hugged the young master and forgot about it." The servant girl took the ring generously, thanked her and left.Fu'er stood aside tremblingly, waiting for Jia Zhuo's fate.

At night, Jia Zhuo took a tambourine found on the kang and handed it to Fu'er, "Brother An's toy, send it to him."

"Yes." Fu'er turned pale, took the tambourine with trembling hands, glanced at Jia Zhuo, turned her head and left the room.

It's a pity that this place is no longer the Duke's Mansion, and there are no servants, let alone loyal family members.The biggest wish of Fu'er, who bought it halfway, is to be able to redeem herself in the future and go out to live a good life instead of being assigned to a slave and giving birth to a child who will be a slave for generations.

Jia Zhuo flipped through the travel notes at hand, and there were several books on the bookshelf, all of which she bought these days. Apart from the travel notes, there are also all kinds of curious experiences, especially those about customs and customs, which are her favorites.The path of time and space and the way of travel doomed her to not be able to go to many places, so reading the experiences written by others can be comforting.

When Fu'er came in, she shrank behind her like shaking chaff.

"The things have been delivered."

"Yes." Fu'er glanced at Jia Zhuo fearfully.

"Then what did you hear?" Jia Zhuo sat on the dressing table and took out the gold earrings that she dared not pick up this afternoon.

"Do you think I'm just kidding? I'll give it to you if I say it. Don't you want to redeem yourself? As long as you are my girl for a day, I think it's not difficult to make you redeem yourself."

"Really, really?" Fu'er knelt down sincerely this time, and hesitantly accepted the gold earrings. When she heard Jia Zhuo's affirmative words, she trembled and confused what she had heard. Wu Shi said it out.

After Jia Zhuo listened, he nodded and said, "Go and rest, but I want to remind you that with your current expression, Second Mistress can tell that something is wrong with you without me telling you. At that time, I will not be able to help you. "

"Miss, don't worry, this servant knows what to do." Fu'er lowered her head and walked out, returned to her room, rubbed her face vigorously, said something in front of the mirror, her expression gradually calmed down, and she was no longer the same as before. Panic.

Jia Zhuo watched as the lights in the main room went out, and also blew out the oil lamp on the table.She knew that whenever someone from the family entered the palace, Jia Lian would come back very early.

Ping'er is the link between Jia Lian and the empress, she will definitely tell Jia Lian what the empress said verbatim.

Her guess was right, the empress was very disappointed in her.She said that sister Qiao was as beautiful as she was beautiful, but she didn't have the overall style of a noble lady, nor did she have the gentleness and softness of Xiaojiabiyu.When looking at people with a pair of eyes, it made her extremely uncomfortable, full of rebellious and savage aura.

As for why she was so disappointed, Ping'er told Jia Lian her guess. She suspected that the empress wanted Sister Qiao to enter the palace and help her to be a firm favorite.Jia Lian was naturally unhappy, saying that the empress was messing around, and asked Ping'er to find a reason to go to the palace next time to tell the empress and empress that Sister Qiao was not suitable for entering the palace.

Although Jia Lian refused and Ping'er was unwilling, Jia Zhuo was not at all happy.Because she understood that Jia Lian didn't let her into the palace not because she felt sorry for her daughter, but because there was already a queen and a seventh prince in the palace, so why bother with a young lady from the Jia family, it was pure waste.

If there was no Jia Peng in the palace, and Jia Lian had another chance to send his daughter into the palace, he might wake up laughing when he fell asleep.

Auntie, Jia Zhuo sneered in his heart, would he care about the happiness of a niece if he could climb from a palace slave to his current position, a great demon king with a full level of palace fighting?

Soon, Ping'er held several banquets, and many members of the Jia family brought their daughters.Some of them are stunning, but with their timid appearance and slender fingers that are more delicate than hers, Jia Zhuo does not believe at all that these people are really surnamed Jia and are the daughters of the Jia clan.

Ping'er picked out thousands of choices and brought four girls into the palace. When he came back, there was only one of them. It was said that those girls had voted for the fate of the empress and would stay in the palace for a few days.

After this stay, what came back was an imperial decree, all four of them conferred beauties, beauties were low-rank concubines, and could not live alone in the first palace, but could only rely on the main seat to live in the side hall.The queen kept them in her own palace, and the emperor stayed in the queen's palace for several days, causing the other concubines in the harem to almost grit their silver teeth with hatred.

He only dared to call her shameless in private, and as a queen, she used such means to cling to her favor.But Mingli sent letters to her natal family one after another, asking them to quickly pick out suitable candidates to send in. They also wanted to see their nieces or younger sisters.

The struggle in the palace is in full swing, and Jia Zhuo and Wu Yan's shops are also in full swing. The inside and outside have been taken care of, and Ban Er brings Xiao Cai and Duo Luo along.I didn't have enough mule carts, so I ordered a few more carriages to accommodate them.

Seeing Qing'er jumping out of the carriage, Jia Zhuo stepped forward and hugged her, "Good Qing'er, why are you here?"

"I, I'm here to see if you've forgotten about us." Qing'er hugged Jia Zhuo and cried out, crying and complaining, "Liar, I've agreed to go back for a while. You will get married soon, and Xiaocai and I will help you embroider your dowry day and night, and even embroider a dozen pairs of insoles for you, why don't you come back?" ddd

Hearing this, Jia Zhuo wanted to cry a few times, so Ban'er came over and grabbed his sister and dragged her to his side, "Why are you crying? You promised me something before I brought you here."

Qing'er pouted angrily, "If you lie to you, you will believe it."

Ban'er was angry and funny, and rudely played tricks on her face with his cuff, "I'll send you back tomorrow."

"Miss Zhuo..." Qing'er screamed.

Jia Zhuo struggled for a long time before rescuing Qing'er from Ban'er, "Don't listen to your brother, come back with me for a few days."

"Okay." Qing'er didn't know how loudly she answered, then she turned her head and blinked at the board, smiling smugly.

Xiaocai instructed the shop assistants to move Doro to the backyard. She was particular about how to place it and in what direction.Seeing her resemblance, Jia Zhuo couldn't help wondering: "When did she become an expert."

Qing'er seized the opportunity and began to sue, "They are all big brothers, and they will not go home when they go to Jinling with Daddy, and Xiaocai and I will take care of Doro at home, otherwise he would have died."

"Well, our Qing'er is still caring. I left something good for you. I'll go back and look at it later."

"Really, really, what is it, does Xiao Cai have..." Qing'er saw that everything was fresh, walked around the shop, and went to look at Xiao Cai's room.

"I've already talked to Ren Yazi. She will bring a few people over to choose for us tomorrow. Let's take a look together." The things in Xiaocai's room were prepared by Jia Zhuo, and they were all brand new. Jia Zhuo let her in while talking. See, "Buy what you need."

"I don't need anything, but I'm so flustered, I don't know if this servant can do it." Xiao Cai only listened to what the board said, then packed her luggage and got on the car. believe.

"I said you can do it, so you can do it." For Xiao Cai, Jia Zhuo felt conflicted. She and Qing'er had known each other several years ago and had always been friends.It is really unacceptable to suddenly become a servant of one's own family.She could treat Fu'er as a girl, but she couldn't imagine asking Xiao Cai to serve her tea and water.

She planned early in the morning to let Xiao Cai be the lady in charge. She used to serve in front of the magistrate's wife, so she has seen the world and is capable.If she can afford it, it would be most appropriate for her to take care of Qing'er's dowry outside.In this way, even if they are slaves, they will not be so awkward when getting along.

Now let her participate in the business of Suyunfang. On the one hand, she is really no one available, and on the other hand, she wants to train well, so that she will be able to take care of things in the future.

Li Rong and Wu Yan also came from home, Li Rong saw Ban'er hugging his shoulders, "Walk around, I've searched for you a few times but there's no sign of anyone, you can't escape today, let's go drink."

Wu Yan glanced at him, shook her head and said to Jia Zhuo: "It's just right that they're not here, I'll call you table seats, and we'll have dinner in the new shop."

"That's good." Jia Zhuo drove away the two men, and sat Wu Yan down, and the two talked about the preparation work in detail.

"There are two women in the backyard. They signed a long-term contract. They help Xiaocai and do some rough work. The guys at the front all go home when the store closes, and they don't affect the back." In this world, men and women are big Defense is a major issue, so it's no wonder Wu Yan made it clear from the beginning.

"Have you found the shopkeeper?" Jia Zhuo was most concerned about this matter. Without a shopkeeper, the shop couldn't open at all.

"I've met a few of them, and they don't seem like honest people." It's not convenient for them women to show their faces in business, and what they value most is loyalty, otherwise they would really take money and run away, and there would be nowhere to cry.

Wu Yan is not like other families, there are always a few loyal servants, or family members who accompany the house, and they really start from nothing.

"What should I do? Otherwise, I'll ask some elder brothers in the clan to see if they have any good recommendations." Jia Zhuo thought to himself, Jia Yun and Jia Qiang seemed to know each other well, maybe they could find a suitable one.

"It's really that good, and they don't want to give in to us." Wu Yan sighed and explained the reason.After all, it is at the foot of the Son of Heaven, there are many merchants here, and there are shops from all over the world, and good shopkeepers don't have to worry about having nowhere to go.They are really so capable, and they look down on the two women. They think they are partners and are afraid of disputes. They also say that they are making money from makeup fans, and they may close their business someday.

This is difficult to handle, Jia Zhuo now knows what it means to be a good guy with three gangs, and not having manpower is really a big problem.

"I have a suitable candidate, but I'm afraid you don't think it's suitable." Wu Yan looked at Jia Zhuo and said slowly.

"No way?" Jia Zhuo had thought about it before, but she was afraid that Wu Yan would have some ideas. After all, it was a partnership business. If the shopkeeper and the one who raised Doro belonged to her, Wu Yan was embarrassed to say anything on the surface, but in her heart There will definitely be murmurs.

"It's Ban'er's father, do you think Uncle Wang can come to be the shopkeeper of our shop? But if you don't like it, just pretend I didn't say it." Wu Yan narrowed her eyes and smiled.

"I also think it's appropriate, but it's up to you to invite the shopkeeper. If you want to invite it, you should do it." Jia Zhuo still felt that it was better for him to avoid suspicion, and Wang Gou'er was naturally suitable, but Wu Yan didn't say it at first. , until now I really can't find a suitable person to say it.It means that Wang Gou'er is not her No.1 choice, so let her invite her herself.

"All right, all right, I'll make Li Rong take care of the thatched cottage and invite Uncle Wang over here." Seeing that Jia Zhuo had no doubts, Wu Yan breathed a sigh of relief. Not far away.

After eating the noodles, Wu Yan took Jia Zhuo's hand, "I'm going to visit Mrs. Du's house in two days, and I'll pick you up early in the morning."

"Mrs. Du is not as lonely and arrogant as it is rumored outside. I think she is very understanding of the world." Jia Zhuo took Qing'er's hand and walked out slowly with her.

"Pfft, those are all self-promotion tricks, you really believe it." They were all women, who didn't know who was so careful, Wu Yan laughed and sent them to the car.

"Who is Mrs. Du?" Qing'er didn't dare to interrupt just now, and asked as soon as she got in the car.

Jia Zhuo naturally told her that Jia Lan and Mrs. Du's daughter just got married.It happened to be Miss Du's birthday, so Mrs. Du invited Jia's family members who were close to Jia Lan to her home, obviously hoping that her daughter would get close to her husband's family before marrying into the Jia family.

For the sake of his daughter, Mrs. Du, he took great pains. Jia Zhuo patted Qing'er's head and asked about his grandmother and Mrs. Liu's health.

"Grandma is still the same, her energy is not very good, and she often wants to sleep." Qing'er looked sad when she mentioned her grandma, and the family invited a doctor to ask her pulse, and the doctor talked for a long time, only one meaning, "Nurture."As for the situation, it has improved if not worsened.

"But we are not by my grandma's side. It's really unfilial." Jia Zhuo panicked when he thought that his grandma had only Liu Shi by his side.