History of Cannon Fodder Struggle [Qing]

On the day of Concubine Zhang's funeral, apart from several young princes, several older princes attended the funeral ceremony.This time, all the female relatives of the fourth master's mansion went, regardless of their status. When Min Ning, who was dressed in plain clothes, knelt down, he saw Elder Brother Thirteen staring blankly at Concubine Zhang's coffin in front of him with red eyes.

Min Ning could not help but sigh inwardly, only when people bowed down to the coffin would he return the gift mechanically. Brother Thirteen was only 13 years old, and he was still a child. Seeing him like this really made people feel distressed.

The fourth master was standing beside Shisan quietly accompanying him, and the family members didn't even glance at them when they knelt down.

After kowtowing three times, Fujin got up, and the concubines such as Minning and Li Gege also got up, and then Minning saw Fujin walking to the side of the fourth master, and the fourth master whispered something, and saw Fujin nodded solemnly.

"You guys go outside to receive the family members and women in the backyard. I will go to San Fujin and the Crown Princess to bring all the princesses here. It's a mess outside, Xiao Shisan can't do without someone to help." Fujin general Min Ning Several people were called aside and assigned tasks to several people.

Li Gege was eager to try: "Fu Jin, don't worry, this is on the concubine!" Li Gege is very willing to show his face among the clan and family members, although these people are all concubines of princes and palaces.

Fujin frowned, and reprimanded her, "Take back the smile on the corner of your mouth, this is not the place for you to laugh."

Li Gege quickly covered his mouth.

Fujin just scolded her, and didn't have the time to teach her a lesson.Then he looked at the well-behaved Angege next to Mrs. Li, and couldn't help but get a headache. He thought it was a good one, but he was also a troublesome one. If it wasn't for the fact that he dared to go to the outer courtyard to intercept someone a while ago, Fujin really thought her Be honest.

The outer courtyard is the master's place, and outsiders often come and go, and An Jia's running out has violated a taboo in the mansion.If the master hadn't taken the initiative to ground her, Fujin would have to ask his mother to give him a nanny to come back so that An Jia could learn the rules!

"Just give Li Gege a hand, and if you do well, you won't be grounded." Fujin looked at An Gege helplessly, who cares about it now, and will teach her how to behave when she gets tired of it later.

Min Ning said yes in a low voice, now she is always acting with her tail between her legs, and she doesn't dare to catch Fujin's eyes casually.

Minning, who was so busy all day, couldn't touch the ground with his feet. Fortunately, when the coffin was moved to the funeral palace, he could finally rest.

The various houses also began to disperse. For the next seven days, the thirteen elder brothers will stay in the funeral palace to guard the spirit of Concubine Zhang. The fourth master cannot accompany her during the vigil. Otherwise, what will be the status of the birth mother Concubine De?

Although the fourth master was not with him, the thirteenth elder brother was still grateful. If the fourth brother and the fourth sister-in-law hadn't been there to help, otherwise, in his muddle-headed state, something would have gone wrong.It doesn't matter anything else, but if he disturbs Er Niang's heroic spirit, he will never be able to forgive himself.

The shaman performed rituals around the coffin. The fourth master looked at Xiao Shisan kneeling piously on one side, and remembered that he ran to him to ask for blessings a few years ago. At that time, he was a shy child. It's like growing up.

He didn't say any words of comfort, and now he doesn't live in the palace anymore, and he can't take care of him, thinking about the age of thirteen or fourteen, so please ask the empress to take care of him sometime.

After returning home, Fourth Master told Fujin to keep a close eye on his family, "During this time, try to wear plain clothes, eat less meat, and go show off elsewhere if you have nothing to do."

Fujin understood what Fourth Master meant, and agreed wholeheartedly.

Zhang Jia is a concubine, if she was the original concubine, she would naturally not have to keep filial piety, but now that she is enshrined as a concubine, the situation is different, the concubine is also a mother, although other princes don't have to stay for three years like Thirteen, but they can't do it for a hundred days Less.

The fourth master brought this up because he was afraid that Fujin just moved out of the palace and didn't understand anything. Now it's the cusp of the storm, and if he makes a mistake, he won't be caught and sued to Khan Amana.

Because Fujin had tightened his control over the mansion, Minning's hands could not hand in the accounts even after they checked them out. Finally, after sweeping around the mansion, she turned her eyes to Mo Shu.

Mo Shu has been in charge of Minning's warehouse and needlework, unlike Biying who takes care of Minning all day long.

Minning also had his own considerations when he brought the two out of the palace. Firstly, both of them wanted to leave the palace early; 25 What kind of good man can you find after leaving the palace, you can only be a step-wife or a concubine for a high-ranking official's clan.However, both of them are people with backbone, how could they be willing, they begged Minning, willing to serve for another two years, and then followed them out of the palace.

Unlike Biying's goal of being the imperial wife, Mo Shu is willing to leave the palace because he has a fiancé waiting at home.Originally, according to Minning's plan, after the two of them came out, they would help her for two years and then release her after bringing out a successor maid.

Unexpectedly, the situation has changed now. Minning urgently needs a person who will go out of the house to help her manage the property outside the house. This person can go in and out of the Baylor House from time to time, can communicate with both sides of the news, and can be trusted by Minning, so that she can control the house through this person. I searched for the industry outside, and only the ink books around me echoed this situation.

As for Biying, she was focused on finding potential stocks, so Minning simply kept the person by her side, and let Fourth Master see if there were any suitable disciples under him.

Mo Shu and Biying’s current names are not their original names. The maids and eunuchs who have just entered the palace do not have their own names. The maids are better. When they are trained in the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the aunt in charge will give them names, and the eunuchs are even more miserable. No, you can't even have a name. If you want a name, you have to spend money to buy one.

This is also one of the reasons why the status of maids in the palace is higher than that of eunuchs.

The most important thing in choosing ink books is that she can still go back to the mansion to serve after she gets married. She doesn't have to live in the mansion and can go home every day. This situation is suitable for Minning to be a bridge with the outside world.

But right now the mansion is keeping filial piety for Concubine Zhang, so it's inappropriate to mention such a thing, Minning plans to wait for Concubine Zhang for a hundred days before asking Fujin for mercy.

Unable to choose ink books in a short period of time, Minning could only take a step back and let the eunuch Xiao Luzi in the yard run over.Speaking of which, Xiao Luzi can be regarded as a clever person. Originally, Minning was very taboo to let eunuchs serve him, and he did not agree with the use of eunuchs.

Disapproval doesn't mean it doesn't exist, she can only try to avoid using eunuchs.It was Zhang Qilin who brought a little eunuch over and said that he could let the eunuch run errands if he said something inconvenient.

This incident happened after Minning ran to the outer study room and was grounded by Fujin. If she hadn't thought about it before, but after that, Zhang Qilin suddenly came to this, and made Minning understand that if there was no meaning of the fourth master. No wonder!It was obvious that the person who sent her an errand was to tell her not to do anything in the future, so as not to be punished again.

Well, that trip before was indeed her fault. Fujin punished her with this, and even Fourth Master couldn't intercede for her because she had crossed the line.

The little eunuch sent by Zhang Qilin was Xiao Luzi, and he didn't know how to catch Zhang Qilin's way and was sent to her yard.On weekdays, Minning only let him run errands, and did not let him enter the house to serve.But this little eunuch was really sweet, coaxing all the maids in the yard, big and small, into joy, and even Biying said good things about him in front of Minning.

Generally speaking, Minning had a preliminary impression of him, and it was not like he couldn't find someone to leave the house temporarily, so he thought of him.

Moreover, he has a close relationship with Zhang Qilin, so it is not easy to get out of the house.

"The slave pays homage to the master, the master is auspicious."

On this day, Minning made up his mind to have Xiaoluzi come over, and as soon as Xiaoluzi entered the room, he knelt down neatly and gave Minning a real big kowtow.

"Hurry up, get up soon." Minning was startled, and hurriedly called him up.

Xiao Luzi got up from the ground with a smile.

Minning saw that he was young and acted like a child, so he wondered how old he was?

"Returning to the master, the slave is thirteen this year."

13 years old is indeed not very old, but in this era, it is already the age to support a family.

For Minning, although he can't deal with urgent matters at such an age, he can still run errands.

Thinking of this, Minning said to him, "I came here because I need your help on an urgent matter. Those accountants have cleared up all the accounts under my name. You can run an errand for me and clear up the accounts that have been reconciled. Get the account book back. Then ask those people, what should I do with my dowry? Should the shop be taken back to do business or put there for rent? And the annual income should continue to purchase properties or other? Let them each give This is a solution, regardless of the two things I mentioned just now. If I have a good idea, I will give this person a sum of money as a reward after I adopt it. Just tell them this, and then watch them write, no Discuss with each other, and collect it after writing."

Xiao Luzi patted his chest and assured Minning, "Don't worry, master, I promise that this matter will be settled for you!"

After Xiao Luzi went out for a trip, he didn’t come back until it was almost dark. When he came back, he gave Minning a dozen ledgers and a few sheets of paper, and put the ledger aside. Minning planned to read it again when he had time, so she picked up the few sheets of paper first. .

Minning let these people express their opinions, especially wanting to feel the character of these people.If you are a pedantic person, then you should be an accountant honestly. If you have that bit of cleverness, Minning will be able to make the following arrangements.

She flipped through them one by one, and the first few sheets were all advising her to buy land and collect rent twice a year.Later, she was eager to persuade her to buy more coal kilns. More and more people began to use briquettes for cooking. At that time, coal will not only be needed for heating in winter, but will be needed all year round. The coal kiln in hand will be the same as Like a chicken that lays eggs, it can continuously produce silver. This is a cornucopia that can be passed on to future generations.

Minning shook his head and laughed. The opinions of these people are quite in line with the views of this era, and they all want to seek stability.

However, as far as the rent from the tenants is concerned, she still despises them, and she doesn't bother to squeeze those tenants who are digging in the soil.

If you really want to make money, you might as well stare at the rich households. What good is there to do if you stare at the output in the soil?

Besides, it is not like the sea ban in later generations, Minning still wants to rely on the relationship of the fourth master to go to sea to make a fortune.

As for the latter...

It’s not that Minning didn’t think about making money from coal kilns at first, but later he found out that his job was smashed by his fourth master. Many stoves, tongs, and coal pellet molds were all introduced to the people by his fourth master. It was a blacksmith who figured it out. As a result, the briquettes she made were not as much as the coal that was sold.

Later, there were more pirated copies, and Minning didn't bother to take care of it anymore, so he took it as a good deed to give back to the people.

Recalling the time when Fourth Master praised her happily, Minning panicked. Originally, she gave him the blueprint of the coal stove and briquettes in order to let him open up the market, and she followed behind to make money.

Unexpectedly, he directly passed these things to the folks, bankrupting her previous idea of ​​making money.

Well, the pursuit of the two is different. The fourth master is full of enthusiasm and wants to show some achievements to the emperor. This situation naturally meets his requirements, but it hurts her purse.

Depressed for a while, Minning opened another sheet and continued to read. There were not many words on this sheet, and instead of mentioning open source, he thought of saving money.

It is suggested that Minning close down the loss-making garment shop and rent out the shop to collect rent. After all, people nowadays are used to buying cloth and making it at home.Clothes are private things, who wants to go to a tailor shop to buy them, besides, whose women don't know how to order female celebrities now?

This suggestion is sincere, but it is not in line with Minning's plan. She still has great use for the clothing store, which is why she wants to keep it even if it loses money.

Shaking her head, she looked at the next sheet. The neat font on the paper made Minning's eyes shine, as if she saw blackboard writing, the writing was smooth and smooth, and the handwriting was strong through the back of the paper.

Although this person's proposal was nothing new, his font gave Minning a new idea.

In a blink of an eye, she called Xiaoluzi over and told him to do some things tomorrow.

Three days later, Xiao Luzi came to report, and first handed Minning a bookstore title deed, "Return to the master, I have already agreed with Mr. Zheng, the accountant, and I have made an appointment with him, as long as it is lower script, and the commonly used characters are the same size."

Minning nodded, and asked him again, "Have you found the craftsman I asked you to find?"

Xiao Luzi: "It's all arranged in the bookstore. But I haven't found those who know how to print books yet."

Minning hummed, "Take your time, so that people can tell the news to those foreigners, and also to those businessmen who go to sea, and say that we hire people who can make type printing machines with high salaries. If not, you can start from When the West recruits people, they will still pay a commission.”

Someone must have guessed what Minning wants to do?

That's right, she bought the bookstore because she was planning to do movable type printing. Most of the printing techniques in this era are still engravings, and most movable types are carved with wood, which can basically only be used once.

However, the cost of using copper characters is too high, and hundreds of thousands of copper characters are needed to meet the needs, and it takes two to three hundred thousand taels of silver to make them.

Probably only the official can afford the expense.

She has studied it before, and the first time the government used copper movable type printing was when the fourth master was the emperor, and she used it once and put it on the shelf.Later, because of lack of money, his lavish son melted these copper characters to make copper coins.

However, Minning does not intend to make copper characters. She intends to introduce more advanced lead printing from abroad. Before the advent of laser typing, lead printing has been active on the earth.If I remember correctly, movable type printing machines in Germany have been around for more than 200 years, and the technology should be mature now.

She didn't believe that among the foreigners who came to Qing Dynasty, none of them had studied movable type printing machines. Even if they hadn't, those businessmen who paid a lot of money could bring people and printing machines to her.

Money can make money, this sentence also applies to those European businessmen.

But before people come, they have to make preparations first, such as having a bookstore, and then such as font samples.

After arranging this matter, Minning made people stare at him. At this time, people in Europe were very active. It was the big wave of gold panning in the Americas. Merchants’ ships could travel all over the world. As long as they had silver, they could buy Not coming.

Thinking of this, Minning said to Xiao Luzi again, "If there is news from the Fanren, give me a large sum of money until they get the printing press. Then tell them that as long as it is something that the Qing Dynasty did not have, they will get it." When I come here, I will pay a lot of money to buy it for him.”

Xiao Luzi didn't know why, but he respectfully agreed.

But he wondered in his heart, could Master Baylor have so much money for An Gege to squander?

With a place to spend a lot of money, Minning began to actively prepare to make money.

When it comes to making money, there is nothing faster to make money by going overseas, that is at least ten times the huge profits!Thinking of going to sea, Minning thought about organizing a few merchant ships for a trip by himself, and then fooling the fourth master aboard. When he tastes the sweetness of making money, he will definitely realize the benefits of sailing.

To be honest, the current emperor and the fourth master were very enlightened when they were in power, and the national power was booming. Since more than ten years ago, the sea ban has been lifted, the business of several ports is even more prosperous, and foreigners are also common.

Even Da Zhonghua once said that Emperor Kangxi was a man of great ability. Minning firmly believed in what he said, there was no one in the Qing Dynasty that was more tolerant of foreign cultures than the Kangxi Dynasty.

Emperor Kangxi was the first enlightened monarch to learn knowledge from Western capital civilization. The fourth master was somewhat influenced by him to tolerate Minning's weird ideas and inventions. As long as it was not harmful to the Qing Dynasty, he would not delve into it.

If these things she did were put on the occasion of fourth master's son, she would be beheaded directly. It would not be as tolerant as fourth master is now.

Asking Xiaoluzi to step back, Minning began to think about how to get the money out of Fourth Master's pocket.

The splitting fee given by the emperor, and the 1 taels of silver salary received this year cannot be changed. These are money that are clearly managed by Fujin.

However, Minning knew that Fourth Master had many other properties. For example, the Xiaotang Shangzhuangzi where she stayed for two years was not Fourth Master's private property.

If she remembered correctly, the fourth master of private property was not handed over to Fujin. There should be a lot of money saved over the years, right?

The fourth master rushed back to the mansion before the curfew, and couldn't help but sneezed as soon as he entered the door. Su Peisheng was very anxious beside him, "Master, do you want to call the doctor from the mansion to show you?"

The fourth master rubbed his nose, never expecting that someone would be thinking about his private money, and felt that he didn't seem to be sick, so he shook his head, "No, I'll take a bath first, and you send someone to send a message to Fujin, just Said I'll come over later."

"Yes, sir."

After washing off the sweat from his body, fourth master changed into fresh clothes and walked to the backyard.

As soon as he entered the main courtyard, he saw Honghui stepping over the gate and running towards him, and kept shouting, "Ama! Ama!"

A trace of tenderness flashed across Fourth Master's face and he returned to his cold state. He let his son hug his leg.

After the opening of the mansion, the fourth master officially participated in the government, so he didn't have to be a wooden man in the court, and he didn't have to manage some chores in the House of Internal Affairs.

The emperor let him enter the Ministry of Industry, and the first thing he did was to build a mansion for Lao Ba.

The old eight's mansion has been delineated for a long time, it is next to the fourth master, but he was still young and unmarried when the land was encircled, so he kept close to the mansions of other princes first.Last year, Lao Ba married Fujin, and the mansion here also started construction.

However, according to the usual practice, the princes only open the mansion when they are in their 20s, and it will take a few years for the eighth son to move out of the palace. Doesn't it mean that he will waste several years on this matter?

However, no matter how angry he was, he still had to finish the errands honestly. The fourth master was too lazy to monitor the progress of the house all day long. He wished that the house could be built tomorrow.

He was in a hurry, but those officials started talking to him, either because there were not enough blue bricks, or there was a shortage of wood, so the progress would be delayed.

The fourth master's loss was due to his mouth. The corners of his mouth were naturally raised, and his expression was slightly gentle, as if he was smiling. This caused those officials from the Ministry of Industry to think that he had a good temper and procrastinated to ignore him.After suffering a few losses, fourth master restrained his emotions. He usually had a cold face, and it was the same at home. When the women in the backyard saw fourth master's cold face, they were frightened into silence.

Minning didn't get used to it either. The fourth master was so good when he was in the palace. At that time, he could still show other expressions on his face. Why did he start to evolve into an iceberg face after he came out?

After Hong Hui hugged Fourth Master's leg, he reached out to want him to hug him.

The fourth master didn't move, a gentleman embraces a grandson but not a son, even Khan Ama only hugged the prince who was raised by himself.

At this moment, Fujin came out of the door and hugged Hong Hui, "Master, please ignore him, he will hug everyone when he can run now."

Even though he said so, Fujin looked at the son in his arms with kindness in his eyes.

The fourth master said "Oh", and it took a long time to hold back the corners of his mouth, "In a few days, the master will go to the outside of the Great Wall with Han Ama, and you will have to work hard to manage the affairs of the house."

Fujin was very happy when he heard that, "Congratulations." The last time Long Live God didn't take him with him when he went to the south, he was depressed during that time, and she didn't see it.After the second elder brother passed away, the master didn't continue to worry about this matter.This time, Long Live Lord finally took him on tour. What does this mean?It shows that the Lord has not fallen out of favor.

As soon as Fujin was happy, he handed Hong Hui to the nanny beside him, and then asked Fourth Master, "Apart from Master, who else are there?"

The fourth master held her hand and walked into the house, saying as he walked, "This time Thirteen will not go, but I will accompany Khan Aman on his southern tour last time."

The thirteenth elder brother didn't go to repay the situation. After all, Concubine Zhang had just been posthumously named Concubine Min. He needed to keep his filial piety, so naturally he couldn't run around.

but……

"Fourteenth brother will follow this time?"

"Ah."

As soon as Xiao Shishi was mentioned, Fourth Master's expression was not good, and he asked him to take care of Shisan, but he poked Shisan and lit firecrackers together in Changchun Garden's racecourse, causing more than a dozen horses to riot together, and almost missed The little eunuch guarding them next to them was trampled to death.

After fourth master found out, he wished he could be stuffed back into his mother's stomach and reborn again.

Although Han Ama beat him a few times, Fourth Master still thinks that Little Fourteen should take good care of him. Now that he's so courageous, he won't be able to go to heaven when he grows up?

This time Khan Ama brought Xiao Shishi with her, which also meant to expose what happened last time.Thinking of this, Fourth Master felt that Xiao Shishi should be more strictly controlled, and he had to pay close attention to the lessons in the study room.

Fujin didn't know that fourth master had already planned to give little fourteen a devil counseling. After entering the house, she began to instruct Fang Fei to write down what to bring to fourth master.

After checking it again, he didn't find anything missing, so Fujin asked the fourth master who was sitting on the side, "Master, who will follow in the backyard this time?" After finishing speaking, he couldn't wait for the fourth master to reply, and couldn't wait to recommend to him, "Or just Choosing Song Gege, Mrs. Li has to take care of Er Gege, An Gege is too young and ignorant, Song Gege is the right one, and they are all old people who serve the Lord."

The fourth master squinted his eyes, and then said leisurely: "This time it's not long, so I don't need to be accompanied by someone. And it's not the first time to drive with me, but it's just that you have to pay more attention to family affairs, Fujin. If you are not sensible, you should teach them more."

Fujin smiled, and agreed as if nothing had happened.

After finishing his work with the luggage that he had to bring to fourth master, Fujin went to the ear room to wash up, and then went to check on his son before returning to the room.Fang Fei untied her braids and combed her hair smoothly.Fujin glimpsed in the mirror that Fourth Master was already lying on the bed, but he didn't know if he was asleep.

With her hair loose, Fujin walked to the bed and lay down gently outside Fourth Master. Fang Fei came over and put down the curtain, blew out the candles on the table, closed the door and retreated outside.

Feeling the sound of breathing next to him in the dark night, Fujin slowly closed his eyes, and soon felt a hand covering him, followed by a fiery body.

On the second day, Fujin helped Fourth Master get dressed and washed, and then had breakfast with him.The couple hadn't had breakfast together like this for a long time. In the past, the fourth master rushed to Changchun Garden early in the morning, and later he simply lived in the garden.

It didn't take long for the elder brother Honghui to come over crying, and Fujin hugged him from the nurse's arms and coaxed him to eat egg custard.

The fourth master looked at it, and immediately frowned, "Honghui is also three years old, should he also learn to eat by himself?"

Fujin smiled and said, "It's still early, the milk is not weaned yet!"

The fourth master said with a serious face, "When I was his age, I had already learned to recite the three-character scriptures, and when I was older, I would go to the study to study. Fujin, Honghui is not only your son, but also the son of the master. The future is this The eldest son of the mansion, you should let him stand up early instead of pampering him like this."

The warm atmosphere that had been brewing all morning disappeared, and the smile on Fujin's face gradually faded away, and then bloomed again, "My lord is right, then I will ask my Ama to choose a husband to come over tomorrow." The mansion is now There is only Honghui, an elder brother, and Fujin has forgotten that there is a woman in the backyard who is eyeing him.

Fourth master is still very young, and there will definitely be other sons in the future. It would be fine if they pop out of her belly, but I'm afraid they won't be the same mother, and they won't be of the same mind in the future.

Thinking of this, Fujin has a sense of urgency, wishing Honghui could become a talent overnight.

Fourth Master is very satisfied with Fujin's attitude, if you know your mistake, just correct it, "You don't need to bother father-in-law, I will help Honghui get ready later."

Recently, a new recruit, Shen Zhu, is a scholar. He looks very talented. Why don't you call him over to enlighten Honghui?

He is just an enlightened person, Fujin didn't refuse, and accepted with a smile, anyway, he will enter the palace to study after he is six years old.

After breakfast, fourth master went out, instead of going to Changchun Garden to accompany the driver, but went next door to continue to monitor the progress of Lao Ba's mansion.You can't go beyond the Great Wall, just throw aside the work in your hand.

After Minning finished his meal, he learned from Bi Ying that Fourth Master had returned last night and rested in Fujin's house.

"Ge Ge, do you want to invite Master over today?"

Minning put down his chopsticks, picked up a handkerchief and pressed the corner of his mouth, raised his eyebrows, "No? Why did you ask him to come here? I think no one can control his feet, maybe people will look down on me."

This sentence is full of sourness, Minning is not really jealous, but feels a little uncomfortable.Then he felt stupid again, if he was really jealous, it should be Fujin, who would die of depression in charge of all the women in the backyard?

"Remove the dishes, I'll go back and wait for a while." She yawned and told Biying that she stayed up all night last night, her mind was full of various money-making plans, and her brain was so excited that she couldn't sleep no.

When it was still dawn, I couldn't bear it and squinted for a while.

Just now I went to greet Fujin, Fujin seemed to be busy with something, so he didn't care about them, so he let them go back.

She was so sleepy right now, she just wanted to have a good sleep.

"Ge Ge, why don't you go to bed after eating more?" Bi Ying saw that she refused to eat after moving her chopsticks a few times, so she persuaded her.

Minning waved his hand, got up and walked to the back room. "I'm going to sleep for a while, and I'll have lunch when I wake up."

Biying had no choice but to watch her enter the inner room.

When Minning woke up, she found Fourth Master sitting on her bedside reading a book. Minning showed a smirk and called out sweetly, "Master."

Fourth Master turned his head to look at her, reached out and touched her head, "I'm awake, why don't I know I'm sick?"

The memory in Minning's mind just came back, and he resisted his touch a little bit, pretending to rub his eyes to avoid his hand, "Master, why are you here?"

Fourth Master said in a deep voice: "You were called here, but you didn't notice that you had a fever?"

Minning only felt her throat was dry and itchy, she couldn't help coughing, Fourth Master put the book aside, and handed it a glass of water.

After taking it and drinking it in one gulp, his throat felt better. Min Ning asked Fourth Master, "Where is Bi Ying, why don't you see her here to serve you?"

Fourth Master took the glass and poured him another glass of water, "Your servant girl, I saw that she was not careless in serving you, so I was dragged out to beat a few boards, and I will pick some good ones for you later."

Min Ning was unhappy when she heard it, and hurriedly yelled: "Master, why are you beating Bi Ying? It's not her fault, I'm fine in the morning, who would know that I'd have a fever when I fell asleep?"

Fourth Master looked at her coldly and remained silent.

Minning couldn't help but lowered his voice, but still didn't give up and said: "Master, this time it was just an accident, don't chase Biying away." She pitifully tugged at his clothes and shook them.

Fourth Master glared at her, "It's only this time, if this happens again in the future, don't blame Master for not being merciful to you."

Minning stuck out her tongue, as if he had saved face for her!

Fourth master asked her carefully what she did yesterday, what she ate, and what she ate for breakfast today.

After learning that she didn't sleep last night, he knocked on her forehead and said bitterly: "How old are you and you still don't know how to take care of yourself?"

Min Ning covered her head and lay down on the bed, screaming ouch.

Fourth Master stood up and stared at her, and asked her with a sneer: "What were you thinking about last night? Can't sleep all night?"

Minning's screaming stopped immediately, and she lay half on the bed, facing Fourth Master with a flattering face, "Master, can you lend me some money? I still need some money, and I will pay you back later."

Fourth Master leaned over, leaned in front of her, and asked suspiciously, "Mr. An Jia, what the hell are you planning?"

Minning immediately let out a sigh of relief, "Grandpa, what do you mean by trickery, I just inquired about a profitable business, and I asked you to borrow it if I didn't have enough principal."

The fourth master said: "What do you do with so much money as a woman? How can you eat and drink less in the mansion?"

"Master, this is my pleasure. And..." She covered her face shyly, "...and I also want to save money for our children. Didn't you say that we would have seven or eight children? So many , you have to save more money to get enough."

After hearing this, the fourth master agreed, "Well, how much principal is missing, I will make up for you." He didn't ask what kind of business he was doing, and the fourth master had never doubted the ability of this concubine's room to make money.

Min Ning covered his face with one hand, opened the other hand, and whispered, "Not much, just fifty thousand."

Fourth Master choked immediately.

"Copper coins?"

Minning put down his hand covering his face, and said angrily, "Master, of course it's money."

Fourth Master's lips twitched, and he really wanted to say no to her.

"3 taels, I can only give you 3 taels." This 3 taels is all his savings accumulated over the years.

Minning immediately got up and kissed him on the cheek, "Master, 3 taels is fine, when will you give it to me?"

The fourth master couldn't help wondering if he had been duped, but it was hard to take back what the man said, so he could only endure it and said, "I'll let Su Peisheng bring it to you later, I have to accompany Shengjia to go there in two days." Beyond the Great Wall, you should listen to Fujin more in the mansion, and don't confront her."

Minning was unhappy, "Master, don't you doubt my character? When did I confront Fujin?"

Fourth Master thought to himself, you went to the outer court some time ago, so you were fighting against Fujin.

After a few words of reassurance, Minning coughed a few times, and then pushed fourth master away, "Master, you should get out quickly, and don't infect you."

"I'll ask the imperial doctor to give you a diagnosis and treatment."

Minning covered her mouth and shook her head, "Don't, there is a doctor in the mansion, it's better for the doctor to come and see."

As soon as Fourth Master left, Minning's expression quickly calmed down. She closed her eyes and lay back on the bed, still coughing continuously as before.