The maid of the red house

Princess Zhongshun hesitated after hearing this, and said: "I'm afraid that the empress dowager will punish you for acting like this."

When the empress dowager was young, she was cautious in every step and paid attention to everything. When she became old and became No. 1 in the harem, she became more and more disliked by others who disobeyed her, and her temperament became a little left-handed.

Princess Ning'an sneered, and said: "So what if you are furious? How can the harem interfere in politics? How much face have I given her in the past few years? How did she treat her mother and aunt? I only talk about the Rong family, which is already considered Give her face. You shouldn't, you shouldn't hurt Bao'er, don't forget, even if we don't take such a book, their family still has a crime of harboring secrets."

Princess Zhongshun remembered the news she had received, nodded and said: "You don't need to submit this paper. You are a woman, and you will have to support Brother Bao in the future. If you submit such a paper, you may be impeached. Tell the prince to go. Anyway, the prince is in the Hou family. I see. Although our family has no power, we have been honest and honest for so many years, and have never been involved in court affairs. The saint also remembers it in his heart, and now he has found out the secret work, which gave the saint a reason to conquer the countries along the West Sea. This is also a great achievement.”

Princess Ning'an caressed her son in her arms, unconsciously shed a few tears, and said, "Thank you, father and mother, for taking care of me."

Princess Zhongshun let out a long sigh, put her arms around her daughter and grandson, and said: "You are the flesh of my heart, why are you thankful? If it wasn't for our family, why would you be so wronged? It is what we parents should do to give you a sigh of relief. "

Princess Ning'an and Concubine Zhongshun had a good plan, heard that Xueyan had finished her breakfast and was talking to Zhao Yanran, so she hurriedly ordered someone to invite her.

Xue Yan was listening to Yan Ran sighing: "I vomited so badly in the past two days that I couldn't take care of the affairs of the house. The eldest sister said that there are all maids, nurses and nurses in her house, so it's okay to ask Brother Bao to stay at home for two days. Who would have thought that something like this would happen in just two days."

After hearing this, Xueyan said: "No matter what, I shouldn't use Brother Bao as a raft, it's too vicious."

Yan Ran was startled when she heard the words, she shouldn't have told Xue Yan about this, but Xue Yan was Hou Bao's savior, so she explained to her quietly, saying: "It's not the two of them, but someone else, who stayed overnight last night. The interrogation came out, and the traffickers who were good friends were found, but I didn't expect to be fished by other kidnappers, so there will be chaos."

Although Hou Xin's wife and the Rong family were not responsible, they deserved a beating because they bullied Princess Ning'an.

Xueyan was stunned, and said: "Could it not be? Who is that? Treating Brother Bao like this for no reason, it should be cut into pieces!"

Yan Ran said: "Although it's not them, it has something to do with them. Our princes and concubines passed by yesterday. Without a word, we first smashed the palace to pieces, and even beat Ning'an County Ma and Narong family. It's natural for parents-in-law to beat son-in-law, our prince doesn't care what people say, and the princess also vented her anger on the elder sister, who is higher in rank than Mrs. Hou, and slapped her in the face in front of everyone. The Rong family is just a concubine, a woman is a concubine, concubine Don’t hire, the second wife is also a concubine, the concubine is in business, and she was not killed, but the brother who was only three or four months old lost, so what? Hurting our brother Bao, even if it is an individual, don’t expect to be safe .”

In the past, their family endured it because they had just ascended the throne at that time, and their foundation was not stable. The Rong family was too powerful, and the emperor supported the Rong family. What are you afraid of?Kill it.

Yesterday their family made a big fuss in the third-class mansion, and they have not committed any crimes so far, which is the meaning of Emperor Changqian.

After hearing this, Xueyan admired the methods of Prince Zhongshun and Princess Zhongshun very much in her heart, and she was really happy, unlike the Rongguo Mansion who bullied them and couldn't say no, but she said worriedly: "In this way, won't it offend the old empress dowager?" Displeased? After all, the Duke’s House is the Empress Dowager’s natal family, and the Jun Maye is the Empress Dowager’s only nephew.” If it weren’t for relying on the Empress Dowager, how would the Hou family dare to marry the second wife after marrying the princess?The empress dowager is also a fool?

It stands to reason that Rong Kui is extremely powerful, no matter what, he should make his grand-niece a wife instead of a concubine.

Yan Ran sneered, and said: "After the fight last night, our concubine went to the palace to plead guilty. Because I have found out the ins and outs, our prince told the saint, and the saint said that the fight was good. For the sake of this country, the empress dowager can't do it either." Come and blame us."

Xueyan became more and more puzzled, but she didn't ask any questions because she thought about the secrets of the palace.

Yan Ran didn't hide it from her, and said softly: "Yesterday, the third-class mansion was surrounded by water, and I asked them one by one, but it was Rong's nanny who said that she often heard Rong complaining that if there is no brother Bao The family business belongs to the child in her womb, and this old woman lost the bet again, so she made her own decision and discussed with the traffickers who she was close to to sell Brother Bao far away, so as to ask for credit from the Rong family."

Xueyan heard this, but she couldn't believe it, and said: "I have eaten the heart of a bear and the leopard. If it weren't for the words of someone above, a nanny would dare to do such a thing? I wouldn't be afraid of being found out and beaten." It stinks? Also, who took Brother Bao to the mansion? Isn't there some suspicion?"

Yan Ran pursed her lips into a smile, and said, "You really deserve to be the pretty girl who supported Sister Lin back then, she is really very smart."

Xueyan heard this, and said, "The Imperial Concubine is here to laugh at me again."

Yan Ran shook her head, took a sip of water, Fang said: "I'm not making fun of you, only you have such courage and heart, thanks to you two, if someone else, I'm afraid they wouldn't take it seriously even if they recognized it, I dare not reach out to help. The former sister Lin also said that the more you know, the more you understand how much you have done for her."

Xueyan couldn't help but blushed when she heard these praises. Although she and Daiyu have been in love with sisters all these years, at the beginning she really thought that if Daiyu was not good, she would not end well, so she made up her mind Determined to help her, after getting along with each other for a long time, the friendship grew deeper, until now, she is closer than others.

Yan Ran continued: "Ms. Rong keeps denying it, but others think that she ordered the nanny. In fact, this nanny has a history. It is the secret work of a small barbarian country on the coast of the West Sea. She has been living in this country since she was seven or eight years old. I was in the capital, and I somehow entered the Rong family to be a girl, and later married a young servant, and became the nurse of the Rong family, and followed to the third-class mansion. Have you heard that we are fighting with some small countries along the West Sea? ?Therefore, there is a country along the West Sea that wants to kidnap brother Bao, so that our family and the third-class government can turn against each other, anger the empress dowager, and make the sage condemn us, so that we can force us to rebel and mess up our own positions."

Hearing this, Xue Yan suddenly realized: "It turned out that such an important matter was involved. Yes, the manor has caught a few secret agents, who have been loyal to the country and made meritorious service. Could it be that the empress dowager still blames the prince and concubine?"

Yan Ran smiled lightly, and said: "That's not necessarily the case. If the Empress Dowager loves Eldest Sister a little bit, she won't let Eldest Sister recruit such a county horse. In the end, she prefers her natal family more. Back then, the Ning'an County Horse married After marrying the eldest sister, she immediately became a county horse from a white body, and later sought life and death for the Rong family, and the Rong family also made decisions for the Rong family. The empress dowager had to allow her to marry as the second wife. I am afraid that the throne of the saint will be shaken, so we have to swallow our anger."

In fact, the empress dowager still favors her own family.

When the empress dowager was young, she was just the concubine of the emperor when she was crowned king. She was useless in serving tea and water, and she was not even allowed to go to the banquet. Although Princess Zhongshun was young, she was a concubine. Princess Yongchang was also the eldest princess. Tianyuan, after the empress dowager became a concubine, she was a little proud and didn't want to be honored as empress dowager again. Such behavior naturally felt overwhelming.

But Yanran knew the truth from her mother and mother-in-law, but she couldn't say it out loud, so as not to bring disaster to Xueyan.

Xueyan sighed secretly, it's just a pity that a smart woman like Princess Ning'an has been ruined all her life, the contemporary rules are very strict, just to protect her brother, Princess Ning'an can't get back together, let alone remarry, Not everyone has the ambition of Mrs. Lie, if so, the Zhou family did not get any benefits but went away.

Yan Ran continued: "Nowadays it is said that the two of their wives teamed up to harm Brother Bao. We don't make any excuses. It's the best policy to do things carefully and not to make it public. First, Ma's mother in Ning'an County couldn't stand the woman's instigation. Picked up Brother Bao, and then Brother Bao disappeared, and the two of them were in a hurry, killing the person who followed Brother Bao was just asking where Brother Bao was, but they didn't ask anything when they died. Instead, they gave us a handle, beat them first, and then interrogated everyone in the mansion one by one before we got the news."

Seeing her overjoyed appearance, Xueyan chuckled lightly, and said, "It deserves it."

Yan Ran nodded, what else to say, Princess Pian Zhongshun sent someone to invite her, and she hurriedly brought Xue Yan over.

But there was only Princess Zhongshun in the room, she had freshened her clothes, pulled Xueyan to sit on the drum stool in front of the couch, and said: "Brother Bao refused to leave the Princess for a while, so the Princess took Bao to rest. Okay. Son, thanks to you, Brother Bao is safe and sound, when Brother Bao comes back to his senses tomorrow, I will ask the princess to take Brother Bao to thank you in person."

Xueyan hurriedly said: "Don't say it's me, or someone else. If you know it's a kidnapper, you should reach out to rescue Brother Bao and bring those wicked people to justice. The princess said let the Princess and Brother Bao thank me. I really can't afford it."

Princess Zhongshun said: "Why can't you afford it? I said I can afford it. In the future, if you have any difficulties, just come to me."

Xueyan pondered for a while, then smiled and said: "I really have something to ask Wang Hao, but I just saw Wang Hao today and made such a request, I am afraid that Wang Hao thinks I am too much."

Princess Zhongshun hurriedly said: "Just say it, I'll make the decision for you."

Zhao Yanran knew Xueyan's temperament well, and when she glanced at her, there was a three-point smile on her face, with a hint of admiration in her eyes, she was a smart person, so naturally she would not repay her kindness, and now that she asked for it, she was just telling Zhongshun In the palace, she saved Brother Bao, and she begged for grace today, and she will not ask Brother Bao to return any life-saving grace in the future, and Brother Bao will not be bound by this kind of grace in the future.

With a red glow on her face, Xueyan said with a smile: "Princess also knows that I was born as a girl, but relying on the dignity of the old master and sister, today is safe and prosperous, but I can't just sit and eat, and I also married a few taels of silver when I left the pavilion that day. I want to buy a few more acres of land, but I heard that ordinary people can't buy any good land, so I asked the princess to make the decision for me, and send someone to buy a few acres of land for me?"

Regardless of whether it is the capital city or other places, most of the fertile land is occupied by the rich and powerful, and they can't get it if they want it. Unpredictable.

Princess Zhongshun was startled when she heard the words, and said in surprise: "You only have such a little wish?"

Xueyan nodded and said with a smile: "We have enough food and clothing now, and no one dares to bully us, so I want to set up more family property for my children and grandchildren. Apart from that, I have nothing else to ask for."

Princess Zhongshun originally thought that Xueyan would open her mouth like a lion, or ask for an official position for Zhao Yun, or ask for some kind of glory and wealth, and at the worst, she should ask for some gold, silver and jewelry. The mansion came forward and used her own dowry silver to buy the Zhuangtian, and she couldn't help being surprised.

Seeing this, Yan Ran smiled in her heart, and hurriedly intervened to persuade Princess Zhongshun: "Xueyan has such a temperament, so why not let Princess agree to her? It's not a problem for us anyway. She has nothing to ask for now, and if she encounters any difficulties tomorrow, We know that even if she doesn't come to beg, we can't lend a helping hand?"

Princess Zhongshun quickly nodded and said yes, and said with a smile: "Exactly, I was confused. Where do you want to buy?"

Xueyan pursed her lips and smiled, and said: "I don't know where is better. The capital is close to home, but the south of the Yangtze River is a land of fish and rice, and each has its own advantages. Wangfei, let me see, although my dowry money is not much, I have some. More than [-] taels can buy a lot of fertile land."

Lin Ruhai left her 600 taels of gold untouched, Zhao Yun's dowry was 3000 taels of silver, and she continued to receive money for other things. She now has more than 2 taels, and she is not at ease at home, so she told Zhao Yun to dig Digging out the wall is not as good as buying good farmland and houses. Zhao Yun asked her to make decisions on her own because these were her dowry money, and she didn't want to interfere.

Princess Zhongshun thought for a while, and said: "If you are interested, you might as well wait."

When Xueyan heard this, her face was full of doubts. She believed that this matter was just a trivial matter for the Zhongshun Palace, so why wait any longer?

Princess Zhongshun smiled and said: "Last year, the imperial court disposed of many officials' families, among which the Zhen family was the most. After their family properties were seized, except for the silver that was first rescued last winter and this spring, the rest of the houses were Zhuangtian, shops, jewelry and antiques. The silk and other things are sealed and have not been sold. Why don't we wait for the court to take care of this matter, and we will find a way to buy land for you. The land of the Zhen family is good land, not to mention. Every time the court disposes of criminal officials' property, the official price will be higher It is several times cheaper than the market."

Xueyan had never heard of this matter, and asked in surprise: "Last year, the property of the criminal official has not been disposed of yet?"

Princess Zhongshun nodded, sighed, and said: "In the past, the family property of criminal officials was taken care of early, and most of them were snatched up by the family of officials, because it was much cheaper than the market. But this year is strange, and it has not yet Cooking, there were two avalanche disasters in the early spring, and several battles were fought along the West Sea. The treasury was in a hurry to spend money. Fortunately, there were four or five million taels of silver copied from Zhen's family last year, plus other people's copying. , there are all kinds of tens of millions of taels, but they are all covered."

Xueyan couldn't help but smile when she heard it. She usually heard Yu Liansheng's description, and she felt that Emperor Changgan was a very shrewd person. He was not greedy for money, nor was he stingy. Yu Liansheng knew a lot of things outside, so naturally he didn't want to fold the confiscated tens of millions of taels into two or three million taels.

Xue Yan did not guess wrong, Emperor Changgan had this idea, and had handed over the matter to Zhou Yuan, who was in charge of the household department, and asked him to find ways to get at least one million taels of silver from the Zhen family's tens of millions of property to fill the treasury.

Zhou Yuan was originally a scholar, so he was not good at it. Recently, he was busy with the national funeral, so he thought about how to solve it in his spare time.

Xueyan didn't know at this moment, but just smiled and said: "Anyway, we are not in a hurry, it doesn't matter if we wait a little."

After listening to Princess Zhongshun, she became more and more fond of her, not for anything else but because of this exquisite and penetrating mind, and said with a smile: "Don't worry, the court will take care of these things tomorrow, please let our lord personally order it, and give it to me." You keep some good ones."

After hearing this, Xueyan thanked her again and again, and said: "When the time comes, please tell me earlier, and I will tell Grandma Zhou."

Princess Zhongshun wondered: "What is the reason?"

Xueyan smiled and explained to her: "When our master left, the family property was taken care of by the second master Lian of the Rongguo Mansion. Among them, the shop Zhuangtian worth 5 taels was sold to the Zhen family for [-] taels. Half selling and half giving away, several years have passed in a blink of an eye. I guess that Grandma Zhou will be willing to use the money to buy back her own family business when she knows the news of the Zhen family's business change."

Xueyan knew Daiyu best, and her money was wasted anyway, so it would be better to set up a shop in Zhuangtian and earn money every year.

Princess Zhongshun said: "So there is such a thing."

Yan Ran smiled and said, "It's hard for you to think about Sister Lin whenever good things happen."

Xueyan just smiled, but Princess Zhongshun agreed, and only said that when these things changed in the future, they would send someone to tell her.

At this moment, suddenly hearing from the outside that all the kidnappers have been brought and the prince has gone to interrogate in person, Princess Zhongshun immediately showed a bit of anger on her face, saying: "These kidnappers are really hard to cut into pieces. "

Both Yan Ran and Xue Yan agreed: "Exactly, I don't know how many children and families I have harmed."

Xueyan said: "I have something to say, I don't know if I should say it or not."

Princess Zhongshun said: "My good boy, if you have something to say, just say it, we are no longer outsiders."

Xueyan said humbly, "Such abductors are all in the same group. They act so decisively and savagely. I don't know how many children have been abducted and sold in the past. There must be many Baogeer. They abducted children and had them raised There is also a place for sale. You might as well ask the prince to interrogate them severely to find out how many of them are still at large, and where they sold the children they originally abducted. To have a child can be regarded as accumulating virtue.”

After hearing this, Princess Zhongshun remembered that she and her grandson were on the verge of being separated. She hated the kidnapper so much that she hurriedly ordered someone to pass the news on to Prince Zhongshun. Sure enough, the kidnapper was interrogated, and seven or eight more kidnappers were arrested later. , Rescue twenty or thirty children who have not been sold, and two or three children who were sold in the past have also been recovered, but it is not mentioned later.

Xueyan said a few more words with the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, and then left.

Princess Zhongshun wanted her daughter to thank her personally, so she sent her to the second gate, Princess Ning'an came out in a hurry when she heard that they had left, and took Xue Yan's hand to thank Dade, saying: "Tomorrow, I will go to thank you in person. "

Xueyan even said that she didn't dare, and came out to meet Zhao Yun. Someone had already carried the carriage over, and put on the horse after going out.

When the husband and wife talked about this matter in the car, they didn't feel a lot of emotion.

Zhao Yun sighed: "It's better to live in peace and quiet. What are you doing now because of these things? Husband and wife are not like husband and wife, masters and servants are not like masters and servants, in-laws are not in-laws, but nobles in the palace are also involved. It's ridiculous."

Xueyan smiled and said: "You say that, and you don't think about the benefits of others?"

Zhao Yun was stunned, then laughed, and scratched her armpit, saying: "What's the benefit? I only see the house is not peaceful. Self-cultivation, family management, country and world peace, such people's hearts are not righteous, and their intentions are not sincere, even if there are some benefits. It’s just that right now, it’s rare for a long time.”

It was so itchy that Snow Goose begged for mercy repeatedly, her hair fell loose, and her hairpin loosened.

After a long quarrel, Xueyan sat up straight, pulled her hair with her hands, straightened the hairpin, and said: "Today, the princess said that she will have trouble finding her in the future, so I begged her first, and used my dowry silver to buy some money. You don’t want to blame me if you don’t want to sit and eat the mountains and empty land, don’t you? If I don’t ask for this, I’m sure I can ask for a future for you.”

Zhao Yun supported her by the shoulders, and said: "It's so good, anyway, we just do our best, and we didn't expect any benefits at all."

Xue Yan listened and smiled slightly.

Back home, it was already a quarter of noon.

Xiaolan, Cui Liu and the others stood outside the door and sat in the shade with Chang's Doumu and the others talking. When they saw the moon watching the wind and driving back, they knew that Xueyan and Zhao Yun were back. They rushed up to greet them and said: " Why have uncle and grandma gone for so long?"

When the husband and wife rescued Hou Bao, they didn't tell them Hou Bao's identity, so they didn't know that they went to Zhongshun Palace.

Xueyan and Zhao Yun got out of the car and hurriedly met Changshi and Doumu.

Xueyan thanked Dou Mu again, and said with a smile, "I asked for Dou Zi's clothes last night, and tomorrow I will make him an exquisite one."

Doumu hurriedly said: "It's just a suit of clothes, what is it? Why do you have to be so ostentatious?"

Xueyan said: "What I made for Douzi is nothing more than a suit of clothes. I'll give it to him in late spring, so he can wear it in summer." Now it's April, and the end of the month will be early summer. These days are enough for him to make two exquisite clothes for Douzi. up.

Mother Dou knew that this was not difficult for her, so she no longer refused.

Mrs. Li and the others had already prepared lunch and it was heating up on the stove. When they heard that they came back, they rushed out and said, "Grandpa and grandma are back, let's eat first."

Xueyan hurriedly asked Changshi and Doumu, both of them smiled and said: "The family has already prepared, so I won't stay."

After speaking, they went back separately.

Zhao Yun and Xueyan entered the room, washed their hands and sat down to eat.

Xueyan ate half a bowl of white rice, and suddenly said: "We don't have to give the old man and the old lady some money and food every month? I said it seemed like I forgot something, and I just remembered it now."

Zhao Yun had already finished eating two bowls, and asked someone to add another bowl, and said, "Except for the three festivals and two birthdays, every year, they are given away at the end of the year, 20 taels of silver, three hundred catties of rice, three hundred catties of noodles, and five hundred catties of noodles." Charcoal, plus some wine and meat snacks."

Speaking of this, he reminded: "June [-] is the old lady's birthday, don't forget it."

Xueyan nodded, kept it in mind, and said: "After dinner, tell me carefully about the birthdays of the old men and women on both sides, the money and things that should be given every year, and the birthdays of the neighbors. I know very well that my grandparents will send things here, and my grandparents will not be missing, so let’s eat first and talk about it later.”

Zhao Yun smiled and agreed.

After dinner, the two went to the study, and Zhao Yun drew up a list for her.

After Xueyan read them all, she memorized the past one or two months, and then ordered Xiaolan to put it in the dowry.

After more than a month, the Chinese and military officials in the capital ordered to wait for the spirit to come back, and they learned a shocking news. It was Prince Zhongshun who wrote a letter, bluntly impeaching the concubine of the horse of Ning'an County of the Hou family for exceeding the system, and there are many royal objects in daily use , and said that he is a prince, and his daughter is a princess, so he dare not use it. It is unbelievable that a little concubine Ji can use it. This is already the case for a daughter of the Rong family, let alone the Rong family?So he bluntly impeached the daughter of the Rong family for not being strict.

Rong Kui was stunned for a moment, he couldn't believe that Prince Zhongshun, who had always been powerless and powerless, dared to impeach him.

The third class was even more surprised. He thought the matter was over. After all, it wasn't his daughter-in-law and the Rong family who did it. He didn't expect that the Lord Zhongshun waited until after the soul was sent to make trouble. Overstepping the rules is a serious crime!

Listening to Prince Zhongshun's sins one by one, although most of them belonged to the Rong family, the third-class gentleman still knelt down on the ground dripping with cold sweat.

Emperor Changqian was overjoyed when he heard the words, he was worrying about how to take care of the Rong family, because it was a national funeral, he hadn't done anything, fearing that the courtiers would panic, his uncle sent such a handle, and it would not damage his reputation, wouldn't it be wonderful?

Soon, Emperor Changqian made a decree to search the house of Ma Ji's concubine Rong's house in Ning'an County, and found many things that violated the regulations. He failed to follow the way of husband and wife, and went to the post of county horse, and Yun Houxin was incapable of teaching his children, and failed to cultivate himself and manage the family. However, it seems that it is the reason of the Rong family, so he only took away his post and left the house idle, and his wife also left. Order.

When the Hou family heard the news, the third-class lady-in-law immediately went to the palace to see the empress dowager and asked the empress dowager to intercede for them.

The Empress Dowager knew that Emperor Changqian had never dealt with the third-class duke and the third-class duchess, but it was because of her own fault that she had already made an exception, even if she did not dare to intercede for her elder brother and nephew. With a word of concealment, the family will only die, so they can only comfort the third-class lady and say: "At least I didn't hurt my life."

When the third lady heard this, her heart suddenly became cold, and she secretly hated Mrs. Hou Xin and the Rong family for their crimes, which hurt the children and grandchildren of the family.

After learning about it, Xueyan said: "If you dare to treat Princess Ning'an like that, you deserve it."

Zhao Yundao: "The Hou family is just a trivial matter, the goal of the saint is the Rong family."

Xueyan smiled and said: "Why don't I know this truth? Zhongshun Prince's Mansion can be regarded as a name for the sage to dispose of the Rong family, and the disposition of the Hou family is the sage's return. Let me ask you, has the Rong family been disposed of? Is it the same as the Zhen family? Although there are many officials involved in the Zhen family, I'm afraid they are more involved than the Rong family?"

Before Zhao Yun could answer, he heard Daiyu send someone to invite Xueyan to come over, and Zhou Hong invited Zhao Yun to come over.

Xueyan hadn't seen Daiyu for more than a month, so she missed her very much, so she changed her clothes, and the husband and wife went by car.

As soon as she entered the capital, Xueyan noticed a different atmosphere. Many people were afraid to walk on the street. She looked at Zhao Yun, and Zhao Yun's face was sinking like water. She hurriedly ordered Guanyue to drive to Zhou's house. Passing by a street, I saw countless noises coming from the other end of the street. Xueyan quietly opened the curtains and waited and watched.

I saw carts of boxes and cages passing through the streets in an endless stream. After countless carts passed by, there were high-ranking servants with still bright colors, all unkempt, tied up with ropes, and escorted by soldiers. At this time, all the flaring teeth and claws from before are gone, only a panicked expression.

Zhao Yun only glanced at it, and said: "The other end of this street is the Rong family, and it's the Rong family's way. These are all from the Rong family."

Xueyan looked at it quietly for a while, and said: "The trees fell and the monkeys scattered, and the walls fell and everyone pushed them. They used to be so pretentious. Today, the Rong family was defeated, and they ended up being sold by officials. It is better than the masters. Sell them." They are still servants, but they go from one house to another, but the masters of the Rong family will either be imprisoned or sold by the government, it will not be good."

Zhao Yun said indifferently: "Since they enjoy the glory and wealth brought by power, they should suffer the suffering brought about by the overthrow of a dynasty. Don't feel sorry for anyone in their family who is innocent. After all, they don't have enough food and clothing. Is it all the blood and sweat from the exploitation of the common people? Otherwise, why would everyone say that the law of heaven is reincarnated, and retribution is not good."

Xueyan nodded and said: "I naturally know this truth. They can't enjoy wealth, but they don't want to endure poverty."

Just as he was talking, when the car dealership arrived at the door of Zhou's house, someone had already invited him in.

Seeing Xueyan, Daiyu sighed, "When you came, did you see that the Rong family ransacked the house?"

Xueyan said: "I see, when we passed by, the things and servants had not yet been placed."

After hearing this, Daiyu said: "The decree came down before dawn today, ordering our lord to lead troops to raid the Rong's house, and there are countless imperial guards watching, and the soldiers and officials who raided the Rong's house are not allowed to embezzle a single piece of money." For this item, all the masters and masters of the Rong family will be put in prison awaiting trial, and the servants of the family will register it first and prepare to sell it tomorrow."

Seeing Daiyu's pale face, she obviously wondered whether the Rongguo Mansion would end up like this, Xueyan hurriedly walked over to comfort her and said: "The Rong family is like this, it's their own fault, what is the girl thinking?"

Daiyu smiled bitterly and said, "I feel more and more ominous in my heart, first the Zhen family, then the Rong family, and I don't know how my grandmother's family is."

Xueyan knew that she was intelligent by nature, so she had nothing to say to persuade her, so she turned aside and said, "What did Miss ask me to come today? I just remembered something, because Miss went to send the spirit, so I didn't tell Miss."

Daiyu hurriedly asked, "What's the matter? I want to ask you for something."

Xueyan rescued Hou Bao by herself, and begged Princess Zhongshun to buy land and other things, and said: "I thought, the girl's money is for nothing, why not buy back our land, house and shop , isn’t it better than others?”

Daiyu was shocked when she heard this, and said: "It's true that you are so courageous, it's thanks to Mr. Zhao's ability to save these people."

Xueyan said: "Saving someone's life is better than building a seven-level pagoda. Now that we have encountered it, of course we can't stand by and watch."

Daiyu nodded, thinking about Yinglian, she also scolded the kidnapper a few words, then smiled again: "We have a good understanding. Our master said a while ago that the sage ordered him to find ways to convert the confiscated things. Eighty percent of the total amount was paid, and the master was so anxious to eat and sleep. After I knew it, I said to take out 8 taels of silver and buy our family's Zhuangtian shop in Zhen's house first. I have done my best for the court and relieved the worries of the master. With us in the beginning, maybe it will be easier in the future. I also said that you have some money in your hand. You might as well take this opportunity to use it to buy some family business. You don’t have it. I give you."

Xueyan smiled when she heard this, and said, "Could it be that the master is in charge of this?"

When she was in the Zhongshun Palace, she was just guessing, but she didn't expect that Emperor Changqian would hand over to Zhou Yuan to take care of it.

Daiyu said: "No, the saint only handed it over to the master. Who let the master take care of the household department? The household department often said that there was no money, and there was no silver in the treasury. The saint said that he asked the master to think about it and hand over things. Let the master deal with it. This time it is a bit difficult, and it is easy to convert the family property of criminal officials in the past, because it is only [-]% to [-]%, but now it is [-]%, and those people are reluctant to part with the money."

Xueyan smiled and said, "Master is really helpless?"

Daiyu nodded, sighed, and said: "For this reason, my wife also said that I took 2 taels of silver from the public to buy it."

Xueyan said: "With the old lady and the girl setting an example, the outsiders are too embarrassed to say that they spend [-] to [-]% of the money to buy these things. Although the prices of these things are several times higher than in previous years, they are much cheaper than those on the market. , and the Zhen family's things are all high-quality things, they are just watching now, and when someone makes a move, they will take action in unison."

Many of the houses and good land of the Zhen family were obtained by opportunistic tyranny, and they were all of the highest class. Many officials and rich families may not be able to obtain such good land, houses and shops in a short time, so Xue Yan thought that even if the official price was [-]%, There are also many people flocking to it.

Seeing that she also agreed with this move, Daiyu felt relieved and laughed.

Xueyan thought for a while, and said: "Miss, just buy our own property. If I want to buy it, I still have to trouble Prince Zhongshun, so you don't need to bother."

Daiyu nodded and said: "Alright, Prince Zhongshun has done something for you, so you can rest assured that you don't have to worry about repaying your kindness."

Xueyan smiled and said, "That's exactly what I mean."

Prince Zhongshun's mansion is now watching the Hou family fall into a slump with cold eyes, seeing the trees of the Rong family fall down and the monkeys scattered, implicating countless officials in confiscations and imprisoning them one after another. In a short while, [-]% of the cultural relics of the Manchu Dynasty were empty, but a new official was appointed soon, without any damage to the court. The hall was stable, until more than ten days later, the crimes of the Rong family had not yet been determined, and they were still under court discussion. Zhou Yuan first took care of the belongings of the Zhen family, posted a notice, and changed the official price.

For a while, everyone in Beijing said: "My lord Zhou is such an elegant person, and now he is also concerned about these yellow and white things. Is it because the minister of the Ministry of household affairs has been sitting for a long time, and he is contaminated with the smell of copper? Which of the criminal officials' things in the past is not I bought it back at a price of [-] to [-] percent, thinking of this, who would have thought that it would cost [-] percent at this moment, and treat us as fools!"

Prince Zhongshun knew the reason after thinking about it for a while, sighed secretly that Emperor Changqian was tricky, so he asked the princess to tell Xueyan.

Xueyan had already discussed with Daiyu, so she and Zhao Yun sent the silver to Zhongshun Prince's Mansion, and Zhongshun Prince's Mansion bought two Zhuangzi first, one at the foot of the West Mountain near the capital, about 2000 hectares, and one in the south of the Yangtze River. There are about [-] hectares. Because it was [-]% of the price, it cost more than [-] taels in total, and the remaining [-] taels bought a house of Zhen's family in the capital, with a shop front attached to it.

Prince Zhongshun took the opportunity to add tens of thousands of taels of family property, these were bought for Xueyan, and they passed under Xueyan's name that day.

The good land in Zhao Yun's name can be exempted from tax, but both husband and wife feel that the good land in Bajing Town is entrusted to Zhao Yun's name because of favor, so it is not easy to refuse politely. Taxation is also a thought, so they negotiated to put it under Xueyan's name and pay taxes according to the rules.

Xueyan herself is not troubled by this, and feels that only by doing so can she feel at ease, why bother to evade taxes.

Immediately following Prince Zhongshun's Mansion was Zhou Hong who bought back the former Lin family's house Zhuangtian store for Daiyu, spending a total of 8 taels of silver, and bought a 2 tael house Zhuangtian store for his family. Daiyu also gave 2 taels to ask him to buy many authentic calligraphy, painting, calligraphy and ancient books of famous masters for himself, leaving them for his descendants, which is more elegant than gold, silver and jewelry.

Seeing other dignitaries, although they still think it is expensive, it is better than nothing. Many houses and shops in Zhuangtian are hard to come by, so they rushed to send housekeepers to buy them back. Only some clothes, silk, satin, etc. Ask about.

When they started to buy, Xueyan and Zhao Yun were already sitting at home, looking at the house deed and land deed, smiling from ear to ear.

Xueyan had already estimated in her heart that with more than 3000 mu of land, even if their rent was cheaper than others, they would still have an annual profit of 4000 to [-] taels, which was better than worrying about keeping the money in their hands.

Zhao Yun looked at her smiling face with a smile, and when he wanted to discuss with her how to rent to the tenants and how to collect the rent, he suddenly heard Xiaolan coming from outside and said: "A lady from a big family came to find grandma, and