[Red Mansions] The promotion of the female history of salted fish

Compared with ordinary merchants, the salt merchants have closer ties with the upper-level officials. Not long after the sixth prince left Beijing, the salt merchants in Jiangnan received the news.When the guard of honor of the sixth prince arrived in Jinling, the price of coarse salt on the market had been reduced, although it was still expensive, but ordinary people gritted their teeth, and could still buy a few taels a month.

Of course, the sixth prince is well aware of the tricks here.Being entrusted with important tasks by the emperor and the sense of mission of pleading for the people, the sixth prince is of course not satisfied with seeing a "peaceful and prosperous age" and returning home, but decided to stay in the south of the Yangtze River for a while, to find out the reason for this price gouging What kind of salt merchants are there?

The big salt merchants who have an intricate network of relationships in the officialdom are not afraid of the sixth prince,? In their eyes,? This is a half-grown child who has not yet received an official job.After methodically sending a few letters to the big families in Jinling and the capital, the salt merchants began to warmly entertain the sixth prince.Eating and playing with him are all trivial things, right? The well-trained Yangzhou skinny horses were pulled in front of the sixth prince and swayed several times.

Let's not talk about whether the sixth prince can stick to his heart in such a gentle village, or will he not think about it for a long time.In the capital, in the Fifth Prince's Mansion, Mrs. Chen stared at the letter paper in front of her, and shed tears in a daze.

Chen's personal maid came in from the outside, and seeing Chen's face covered with tears, she couldn't help feeling anxious, "Don't cry, Auntie, what if your eyes become swollen from crying? What should you do?"

Seeing someone come back, Mrs. Chen put away the letters from "home", "How about the matter I asked you to inquire about?"

The servant girl lowered her head, looking not confident enough, "The servant girl just stayed in the courtyard near the second gate for a while, and saw Mr. Su, who is beside His Highness, heading towards Guantong Courtyard."

In the past few days, His Highness went to Guantong Courtyard frequently, which made the concubines in the mansion jealous.But what can be done?Who told someone to be rewarded by the empress?If it's not a last resort, Mrs. Chen doesn't want to have a bad relationship with Miao Yunling, but isn't there no other way?Holding the folded letter paper in his hand, Chen's expression became firm.

Yun Ling didn't know that someone was targeting her, and at the moment she was excitedly ordering Dong Xue to bring over the clothes she had made before, while she said to Su Hong, "Why did your Highness suddenly think of taking me to play? "

Su Hongbao was convinced by this Miao Ruzi, and while looking at the jade swallow that was rummaging through the clothes, he said in a low voice, "Your Highness is fishing by the lake in the mansion. The story about picking lotus pods on the farm said that you are a playful person, so let the servants invite you over."

Over the past year, Su Hongbao has seen His Highness the Fifth Prince becoming more and more warm towards Guan Tongyuan, and what is even more surprising is that the Fifth Prince's concubine is also quite kind to this Miao Ruzi in front of her.The fifth concubine has always been virtuous and magnanimous, and she is hostile to children and concubines, but it is difficult for her to make her and the concubines as close as sisters.But this Miao Ruzi was able to be commensurate with the five princes and concubines, and even the elder sisters in the family liked her quite a lot.

"Thank you, father-in-law, for your suggestion," Yunling motioned to the little girl beside her to pour a cup of tea for Su De'er. She glanced at the clothes that had been spread out on the bed, and said to Yuyan, "Then choose a shirt with narrow sleeves, look at it." With a skirt, it doesn't have to be too fancy."

There is a lake behind the main courtyard of the Fifth Prince's Mansion. Yun Ling came over after changing into clothes that were convenient for activities. Situ Hui was leaning on the railing by the lake with a fishing rod in one hand, with a leisurely posture, and there was no need to catch fish. "The kind of persistence.

Yun Ling stepped forward to salute, "Your Highness, Wan An."

Situ Hui's posture remained the same, but his voice was lower than usual, "Excuse me." As he spoke, Situ Hui seemed to feel the hook move, and when he pulled hard, it turned out to be a lively crucian carp.

Listening to what Su Hongbao said just now, it seems that Situ Hui asked Su Deer to call her when he wanted to go fishing. It hasn't been long until now, and there are already five or six fish in the bucket carried by the little eunuch behind him. up.

Seemingly enjoying himself, Situ Hui handed the fishing rod to Yunling. Seeing that he had no intention of going back, Yunling swung the fishing rod, and the hooked end sank to the surface of the water.After a while, Yunling felt her hands sinking, and she picked up the fishing rod, but it turned out to be an empty hook.Seeing that Situ Hui's "battle results" were so brilliant, she thought it would be easy to fish here, but she didn't expect the start to be unfavorable, so she had to put down the hook again.

After standing leaning on the railing for a while, Yunling felt the hook moving again, and hurriedly picked up the fishing rod, but this time there was no fish again.Yunling retracted the hook for a closer look, and found that even the bait she had just hung on it was gone. "The fish in this lake also know that concubines are not as useful as His Highness? They will bully concubines." Yunling stomped her feet, "I still don't believe it. Could it be that they can't catch any of them?"

Seeing that she got empty hooks twice, Situ Hui couldn't help laughing, "I heard from my eldest sister that you are very good at picking lotus pods, why is it too early or too late to take up the thread now?"

"The lotus pod grows in the water, and it doesn't move." Yunling whispered unconvinced, for fear of scaring the fish that came to bite the hook.After a while, Yunling felt her hands sinking, and she quickly pulled up the line with a sound of "Ouch", but she didn't expect the fish to be quite heavy this time, as soon as Yunling lifted the fish out of the water, the strength in her hands couldn't hold it anymore , repeatedly called Yuyan to help her pull.Those who have fished know that sometimes two people may not be able to reel in the line quickly, especially Yunling and Yuyan have not cooperated before, the strength of the two is not in the same direction, and they froze for a while.By the time Yunling and Yuyan reacted, the fish that had been hooked had already bit off the fishing line and slipped away.

The moment just now was enough for Yunling to see that it was a silver carp, but now that the fish ran away, Yunling threw away the fishing rod angrily, turned to look at Situ Hui's eyes and blinked, "Let's eat braised pork tonight. Silver carp."

Situ Hui was amused by her, and motioned the little eunuch behind him to take the bucket to the kitchen, while saying to Yunling, "Okay, I'll catch that silver carp for you to eat."

The two walked to Guantong Courtyard together, Yunling reckoned that Situ Hui was in a good mood today, and told a few interesting things about last year's Zhuangzi, which made Situ Hui laugh even more happily.Passing by a rockery, Yunling suddenly heard mournful cries.Fortunately, it is summer now, and the sky is not completely dark, otherwise Yun Ling would think that she saw a ghost.

But the current situation is similar to seeing a ghost. The woman behind the rockery has a slender figure, and she is reciting to the cluster of flowers in front of her, "I don't see the phoenix flying on the high platform, and the souls of the gods are soothed. In the evening, when the evening wind falls on the fence and the swallows return..."

The artistic conception of the poem is cold, and the tone of the poet's reading is mellow, with a little bit of melancholy.With such a pleasant voice, if it wasn't for the wrong time and place, Yunling couldn't help but ask her why she was worried.

The eunuch who opened the way ahead has already passed by with a lamp, "Who is here?"

The woman turned around, and it turned out to be Mrs. Chen.Scared by the little eunuch's voice, she didn't continue to read the poem, but turned around, and finally found Situ Hui and his party, "I have seen Your Highness."

Yunling saw that the writing on her head had changed from golden to orange, it seemed that she did it on purpose tonight.

Not to mention, under such dim light, it is really interesting to see beauties under the light.Yunling looked at Situ Hui with a smile, wanting to see what he did.

Situ Hui's method was quite simple and rude. He pointed to the clump of impatiens on the edge of the rockery and told Su Hongbao, "Since Mrs. Chen likes it, ask the little eunuch in charge of flowers and trees to plant some for her in the yard."

Yunling almost laughed out loud, she assured that when Chen came out to recite poems at night, the emphasis was definitely on the melancholy contained in the poems, as for whether it was Phoenix Fairy or Begonia, did it matter?However, Situ Hui can directly ask someone to dig a clump of Phoenix Immortals for her, and I don't know if this person is really stupid or just pretending to be stupid.

Chen had originally set the angle, but now she was slightly stiff, so she could only step forward, "Thank you Dian□□sympathy."

Situ Hui also felt that he was very considerate of his servants, and he didn't blame Mrs. Chen for almost scaring him at night, so he nodded, "The gates of the courtyards will be locked soon, you can go back to the courtyard first, there is no rush to enjoy the flowers For a while, I will ask them to send it to you tomorrow."

Mrs. Chen lowered her head, and Yun Ling stood beside Situ Hui, she couldn't help but sigh that Mrs. Chen was really the highest standard of appearance in Situ Hui's backyard.With the posture of bowing the head, the small part of the wrist that was exposed when saluting, the charm can be seen in every gesture.

But Yunling didn't know that when Chen Shi first entered the mansion, this trick was really easy to use.At that time, Situ Hui loved Concubine Cui so much, and his trust in Concubine Yang Peishan gradually weakened in the ears of Concubine Cui again and again. Your Highness, the servants in the mansion watch people order dishes, and the rules for concubines are slightly flawed. If Situ Hui hadn't made up his mind to go to someone at that time, he would probably be able to take him directly to the room.

Moreover, the best part of this strategy was that although Situ Hui's trust in Yang Peishan was gradually weakening at that time, his respect for his wife was still there.The male leads the outside, the female leads the inside, unless it is absolutely necessary, he will not put forward any opinions on the appointment and removal of the stewards of the inner court.What's more, the problems pointed out by the concubines to him were not serious, at most they hadn't seen him for a long time, and the vegetarian dish in the order used to be cabbage heart, but now it was replaced by cabbage clam.He has also experienced this kind of flattery in the palace, and it is not something that can be solved by changing the manager.

Now, because of the health of his fourth brother, Situ Hui felt a little bit resentful towards Concubine Cui: two children were not born well, so it can be seen that Concubine Cui is in poor health and is not suitable for having children.Situ Hui didn't even dare to get close to the fourth brother because he was afraid of getting close, but one day the child was like the third brother, and he said nothing.

Under such circumstances, the big brother who has grown up and is smart is very pleasing.Yang Peishan would not take the initiative to use her children to compete for favor, but Situ Hui came to discuss things with her because she valued her elder brother, would Yang Peishan refuse?After a long time, although the relationship between the two will not return to the time when they were newly married, it is much stronger than the previous few years...

The author has something to say: I found out from the comments that the name of the eunuch in this chapter was wrongly spelled, I am catching a bug...