Dai Yuxin says

Mrs. Jia Muwang was like a dead toad beaten by waves, weakly turning back to Jia's mansion in a sedan chair.

Sister Feng Baochai got the news that Mrs. Jia Muwang was back, and she took people to wait at the second gate early to welcome her.

Mrs. Wang's complexion was sallow, she went to the palace, and when she came back she didn't show the excitement she used to show, but she looked like she was suffering from a serious illness, weak and dying.

Baochai helped her get off the sedan chair, she waved her hand to signal that she would not go back to her yard, and followed the big guy to Jiamu's room.

Today, Sister Feng, who is good at making fun of people, saw that the situation was not going well, so she stood aside and kept silent.

Jia Mu walked into her room, leaned her butt on the soft couch, took a few sips of tea with the mandarin ducks in her hand, and then said as if she was recovering: "I'm old, and I just wanted to take my grandchildren to enjoy it for a few days. Qingfu," she said here, with a fishbone stuck in her throat, coughing several times, Yuanyang hurriedly beat her back, and Hupo hurriedly served tea, she shook her head to express that she would not drink.

She closed her eyes and said listlessly: "It's okay, my old bones won't die for a while."

As she said that, she raised her eyelids, looked around, sighed slightly, and said, "A few days ago, I was surrounded by several granddaughters, but now none of them are in front of me."

Sister Feng stepped forward and said with a smile: "The old lady is the most blessed person in the world. A granddaughter is the queen in the palace, and a granddaughter is the princess. Not to mention that the old lady is the best at taking care of girls."

If it was in the old days, Mother Jia would burst into laughter when she heard the old face.At this moment, she only shed tears and said sadly: "You don't know yet, the imperial concubine has had a miscarriage."

A stone stirred up a thousand waves, and the people in the room were dumbfounded when they heard it, as if it was not the children in Yuan Chun's belly, but the flesh on their bodies, all of them were crying, looking very sad.

Sister Feng was still in her thoughts, and she cried with compassion and compassion, and said: "We enjoy happiness here, but elder sister suffers. The old lady, the wife will visit the elder sister in the palace next time, and bring more good supplements in, so that elder sister can nourish her well." Body, next year is the year of the dragon, I hope the eldest sister will conceive another dragon son."

What she said touched the heart of Mrs. Jia Muwang.

Mrs. Wang nodded her head in agreement. Mother Jia thought that Baochai's mother had a medicine shop, and she should know more about medicinal materials than ordinary people, and said, "The imperial concubine is the lucky star of our house. We can live a good life in her light. Baoyu daughter-in-law, this I will leave the matter to you, and you must make proper preparations before visiting the palace next time."

Baochai hurriedly nodded in agreement, but she was secretly annoyed that Sister Feng knew that the mansion was short-lived and money turnover was difficult, yet she still had to pose such an unavoidable problem to her.

Preparing supplements for Yuanchun must not be sloppy at all, because this is the imperial concubine and the pillar of the Jia family.Jia Yuanchun is not only Mrs. Wang's treasure, but also the pride and glory of her life.Madam Wang would personally inspect every item that was sent into the palace beforehand.

Baochai knew very well that the things given to the imperial concubine should not only be expensive and beautiful, but also practical and useful.

As the saying goes: You get what you pay for.

The supplements given to Yuanchun did not have a large amount of money, so they could not be raised.

Money is hard cash, where does this money come from?She is the housekeeper grandma of the Rongguo Mansion, and she knows that she is a virtuous mother-in-law, and she cannot ask Mrs. Wang for money, let alone Mother Jia.

She knew clearly: Even if she pulled her face off and reached out to ask these two people for it, it was very likely that she would not be able to eat mutton, and would cause a commotion instead.

At present, Baochai is secretly worrying about stealing the antiques that were pawned off during the Chinese New Year, but has not found any ransom money.Now that there is this unexpected incident again, it is really worse and more worrying.

It's hard to manage a poor family, and it's even more difficult to manage the Jia family's family.

Before Baochai got married, all she saw was the scenery of Jia's mansion.Although I also knew that life in Jia's mansion was not as good as before, but I didn't consider that Jia's mansion's economy was so embarrassing.She is the daughter of a businessman, and she is more reluctant than ordinary people to do things that lose money.She didn't know how Sister Feng's butler smoothed over this mess, but she knew that Sister Feng would never really fill the bottomless pit of the house with her dowry as she said.

She was thinking of countermeasures quickly, with a gentle expression on her face, she said: "Please rest assured, old lady, granddaughter-in-law will definitely handle things well."

Mrs. Wang took a look at Baochai. In her heart, she valued Baochai's money as much as her own money. Hua Baochai's money was Hua Baoyu's money, which was equivalent to spending her own money.

To purchase tonics for Yuanchun, the silver taels needed should be paid by everyone, and the Rongguo Mansion should not pay alone.

At this time, she had no choice but to come forward and say: "The old lady said that the imperial concubine is the lucky star of our mansion, and the hundreds of people in the mansion are blessed by her, so they can live a good life. Now that the empress is weak, we should all be right Your Majesty, do your best."

Mother Jia looked around at everyone in the room, and saw that no one in the room seemed to have heard Mrs. Wang's words.

She had no choice but to reveal her ancestor's identity, and said frowningly: "Your words are very reasonable. I will pay 2000 taels from my body, and you can see the rest."

Mrs. Wang was not ambiguous this time, and immediately said: "I will compare with the old lady, and pay 500 taels from my body."

Mrs. Xing blinked her eyes, thinking that your daughter-in-law will keep how much you pay, and when the time comes, you will take it back quietly, and the devil will know!Thinking so, Mrs. Xing dare not go against Jia Mu's intention.The muscles at the corners of her mouth were like those of a patient with facial paralysis. She shook quickly a few times, and replied embarrassingly, "Of course I can't compare with the second wife. I'll just pay 1000 taels."

Sister Feng, Baochai and others decreased in turn, and each paid 500 taels.

On behalf of the Ningguo Mansion, You Shi agreed to offer 1000 taels with great heartache.

When Jia Mu saw Li Wan standing beside Mrs. Wang, she looked depressed and her eyes were dazed.Knowing that 500 taels of silver is equal to her monthly allowance for two years is not a small sum for her.

He said pitifully: "Zhu's daughter-in-law is orphaned and widowed, her money is on me, you don't think I'm partial, do you?"

Others didn't speak, but Li Wan's mother-in-law, Mrs. Wang, pursed her mouth and said disapprovingly: "The old lady has always favored her, and everyone has become accustomed to it. If it is true, there will be no shortage of daughter-in-law Zhu. Money. Because the old lady takes pity on Zhu’s daughter-in-law, her mother and son are all paid for food and clothing by the officials, and she has 20 or [-] money every month, but there is no money. Over the years, I should have accumulated a lot.”

Seeing that no one responded to her selfless words, she coughed a few times mockingly, twirling the Buddha beads in her hands rapidly, with her eyelids drooping, and she made a benevolent gesture, hoping to arouse people's admiration.

Li Wan's heart felt like a knife when he heard this, thinking that he would marry into Jia's mansion and hardly have a good day.

When Jia Zhu was seriously ill, the Jia family chose her because although her father was an imperial official, he was a poor scholar, and the most important thing was fame and integrity.

Jia's mansion wanted to make Jia Zhu happy and let her marry him.

On the night of her marriage to Jia's mansion, she served the patient Jia Zhu in her clothes.

After less than a year of marriage, Jia Zhu abandoned herself, leaving her a posthumous son, Jia Lan, and went away.

Her mother-in-law, Wang, bullied her natal family to be poor, and her father was just a small civil servant in the Qingshui yamen, so he unscrupulously manipulated her as he pleased.

Her son, Jia Lan, is the legitimate eldest grandson and the orthodox heir of the second household, but he has never been welcomed by the Wang family.Apart from Jia Yuanchun, the empress in the palace, in Wang's heart, there is only Jia Baoyu in the mansion.Grandson Jia Lan seems to be a wild child, she has never looked directly at him, let alone cared about Jia Lan.

Horses don't get fat without night grass, and people don't get rich because of external wealth.Li Wan did not have a husband to earn money, and the income of the two mothers was only dry monthly silver and Jialan's rewards during the festivals.

With all the calculations, it is only a few hundred taels of silver a year.

She has worked hard to save these years, but it is only a few thousand taels.

Now she has withdrawn all the limited money and entrusted her sister-in-law to buy a house at the entrance of Jixian Academy Hutong. Now she has less than 300 taels in total.

When Li Wan heard that Zong Ziyin, who had bought supplements for Yuanchun, was worrying, Jia's mother was not bad, so she took her over.Li Wan hurriedly walked to Jia's mother, and said to Jia's mother deeply, "Thank you grandson, grandpa."

Baochai rolled her eyes a few times, looked at Mrs. Wang and asked, "Sister Lin grew up in our house. The eldest sister met Sister Lin when she went back to the house to visit relatives and praised her for her good poems. Now, Eldest sister is in poor health, we all join in to express our feelings, if we don't tell sister Lin about this, when she finds out, will she blame us?"

Mrs. Wang twirled the beads in her hand, looked at Jiamu's smiling face, and said, "The eldest girl is usually careful, and Bao girl's worries are also reasonable. Otherwise, we can compare Zhen'er and ask her to pay 1000 taels?"

After hearing this, even the most ruthless Mrs. Xing felt that this pair of mother-in-law and daughter-in-law was too much.

Mrs. Xing said with a contemptuous smile on her face, "My niece is still a child."

You Shi also echoed: "I heard that Uncle Lin left a garden for Sister Lin, but I didn't hear how much money he left for Sister Lin."

Sister Feng Qiqi Ai Ai said: "When the third younger sister left the cabinet, younger sister Lin just packed up the things she brought from the south when she came back, and took away nothing from our house."

Mother Jia raised her head slightly, and said displeasedly: "Girl Lin is just too stubborn, and she suffers from her temper. She has lived with me since she was a few years old, and I have never heard of it all these years. Who else is there in the Lin family? The house left to her by Uncle Lin has been abandoned for many years. It was not until the end of last year that I heard that there was an old man from the Lin family who was as tall as three pieces of tofu. It is conceivable that If there is real property hidden in that ruined garden, it would have been taken away long ago, so how can you wait until your younger sister Lin to get it now?"

Mother Jia spoke, glanced at Mrs. Wang, and continued: "I really don't understand, Miss Lin lives well in our mansion, she insists on going back to live in that broken garden, and we don't want us to send someone to take care of her now. How can I still have the nerve to ask her to pay this money? I am old, and I can't even protect my own grandchildren, ahem, my old bones are really as good as gone, and I will save myself from being an eyesore!"

Jiamu's voice was low and her expression was sad, so frightened that the whole room knelt down and dared not speak.

Relying on the fact that she is the new daughter-in-law of Jia Baoyu, the grandson of Jia Mu's beloved grandson, Baochai took two steps on her knees, fell to Jia Mu's feet, and complained sadly: "Please calm down, the old lady. The granddaughter-in-law and Sister Lin have the best relationship. Knowing that Sister Lin lives In Yuyuan, I once visited Sister Lin with Sister Feng, three younger sisters and fourth younger sisters, and saw that Yuyuan was really comfortable and beautiful, and Sister Lin had a very good life there."

Mother Jia sighed and said, "What are you doing? Get up."

If everyone is granted an amnesty, they stand up and sit back in their original positions.

Mrs. Wang was full of worries, and Yuan Chun's miscarriage hit her hard.

She considered that Daiyu is now 13 years old and has reached the age of entering the palace, which has become her biggest heart disease.

She took advantage of this topic and said softly: "I have always wanted to visit the eldest girl in my heart, but I have been so busy these days that I have not spared time. Otherwise, I will go and visit with the old lady tomorrow?"

Seeing that Mrs. Wang offered to see Daiyu, Mother Jia was willing to condescend to see Daiyu. She smiled and said, "Girl Lin grew up by my side. Because she lost her mother, I love her very much. Now, There is no need to pay attention to those false etiquette, let's go and see together tomorrow."

Baochai's eyes sparkled, and she immediately said: "Tomorrow, the old lady will go to Yuyuan, and I will send someone to arrange it now."

Mrs. Xing asked inappropriately: "Didn't you say that your niece lives very close to our residence?"

Seeing that no one was paying attention to her, Sister Feng looked at Jiamu and replied casually, "Sister Lin lives in Sahua Hutong, not far away."

Mrs. Xing looked up at Sister Feng, as if she still wanted to ask questions. It was reported outside the door that Tanchun sent someone to send a message, saying that the prince will leave Beijing at the end of this month, and she will go with the prince with the whole family.

When the people in the house heard the news, it was as if a thunder had rang overhead, and they were all stunned.

Mother Jia frowned, raised her right hand, and counted earnestly with her fingers: "Here, why did you leave in such a hurry? There are only ten days before the end of the month. The third girl has traveled thousands of miles. I don't know when we will meet again? Girl and Baoyu's daughter-in-law hurry up and send someone to bring Sanya back, let's have a good get-together."

Mother Jia spoke kindly and peacefully, but her heart was turbulent.

She has lived for more than half a century, and although she has been living in a wealthy town, she has seen countless storms and storms.Especially in recent years, there have been frequent changes in the court personnel, and the officials have changed batch after batch like a revolving door.Among the relatives who are good friends with Jia's family, and powerful figures, only Wang's elder brother Wang Ziteng is left.

Tanchun managed to climb up to the Prince's Mansion, Jia's Mansion got this noble relative, and now they have to stay away from the court.

Yuan Chun didn't have strong foreign aid in the palace, and it was hard to live alone.The prince she conceived with great difficulty disappeared for no apparent reason.

With the growth of age, it must be very difficult for Yuan Chun to conceive the prince again.

The prince didn't return to Beijing for a long time, and the emperor ordered him to leave in a hurry?There is something strange about this.