[Red Mansion] Mrs. Lin, the Buddhist family

This is awkward...

After making such a big fight, Lin Ruhai didn't even know the so-called Seventh Princess?

Jia Shu glanced at a table of his favorite "decapitation meal" that was specially ordered for Lin Ruhai, but before he ate the "decapitation meal", he realized that he had misunderstood him?Her expression was a little subtle.

Of course, she didn't believe what Lin Ruhai said.

Jia Shu thought for a while and asked again: "But mother asked me to ask you, saying that you know Princess Seven."

She didn't care who the Seventh Princess was, but Mother Lin's attitude was so strange that she couldn't help but doubt it.

It's not jealousy, after all, even if Lin Ruhai and the Seventh Princess had a past, it was "the past".She has lived with Lin Ruhai for such a long time, so she naturally knows whether he has another person in his heart.

Jia Shu was just surprised. At the same time, he wanted to understand the situation in order to solve the problem.

After all, if this Seventh Princess really had a past with Lin Ruhai, and she never forgot about him, she would not hesitate to attack her for it...

No, how did the seventh princess know that she is one of the bosses of the Makeup Pavilion?

Lin Ruhai's eyes widened: "My husband has never heard that the Seventh Princess is..." At this point, he paused, "Seventh Princess?"

As soon as Jia Shu heard the tone, he knew that Lin Ruhai had finally remembered who the Seventh Princess was.The point is, he does know her.

"Tell me, what is the relationship between you and this Seventh Princess?" Jia Shu had a sneer on his lips, "It's impossible for you to abandon her all the time, and that's why the Seventh Princess hated me, your weak and pitiful lady?"

Lin Ruhai blinked, his eyes wandered around Jia Shu, and he retorted cautiously: "Ruosang, I think you have nothing to do with the word weak..."

"..."

Most afraid, the air suddenly quiet.

Jia Shu paused for a while, then smiled: "Husband, if you don't say this, no one will think you are dumb!"

Before Lin Ruhai could refute, she preemptively said, "What we are discussing now is whether there is any other relationship between you and the Seventh Princess. Don't change the topic for me!"

Lin Ruhai wanted to say that he didn't change the topic, he really thought so.

Not to mention other things, at least when exercising every morning, it is impossible for the lady to wield the vicious long whip and other weapons because of his dazzled eyes?

But looking at Jia Shu's eyes, he silently swallowed back the words that had slipped to his lips.

After thinking about it, Lin Ruhai reminded: "Lady, a woman's reputation is too high, and the status of a princess is different, so naturally she cannot tolerate others' slander."

Jia Shu raised his eyebrows: "Tell me what's going on first."

She is only so unscrupulous with Lin Ruhai, other people, even Chixia Cuiyan who has been with for several years, she will not speak so bluntly.

After all, they lived in an environment where the imperial power was supreme and the etiquette was strict since childhood. Before, she was talked about many times by them just because some of her actions didn't fit the persona of a lady. How could she mention this kind of matter involving other people in front of them?

Seeing that Jia Shu seemed to have a plan in his mind, Lin Ruhai didn't bother with this question anymore: "My husband is not sure whether that princess is the seventh princess."

Jia Shu: "...not sure?"

She blinked and realized that things might really be quite different from what she had imagined.

"The palace examination ended last year. Because of... because of my husband's age and appearance, the Holy Majesty overcame all opinions and appointed him as the best candidate. And right in the main hall, the Holy Majesty even asked the husband if he would like to be the princess."

"Of course my husband didn't want to, so I refused." Lin Ruhai said it lightly, not feeling any pity in refusing to be the emperor's son-in-law.

From very early on, the consort's right to participate in politics was deprived.

Lin Ruhai's wish since childhood was to revitalize the Lin family.If he has no ability, Princess Shang is the best path he can take; but he has studied hard for more than ten years, and finally won the No. [-] spot on the gold list. Seeing that the future is bright, how can he be so vain for Princess Shang? Just destroy your future?

Fortunately, Emperor Qisheng was reasonable, and he didn't get angry after being rejected, and directly exposed the matter.

"Your Majesty just mentioned it like that. After my husband refused, there was no follow-up. Later, when my husband and the Holy Majesty met, the Holy Majesty even forgot about me." Lin Ruhai blinked blankly, "Even if the Holy Majesty really wants Wei Fu and the Seventh Princess As a matchmaker, the Holy Majesty will not tell the seventh princess before there is no result?"

The most important thing is that Emperor Qisheng didn't say who he wanted him to be his son-in-law at all!

Jia Shu immediately thought of Lin's mother's behavior at that time, and couldn't help raising his eyebrows: "Perhaps among the several princesses of the Holy Majesty, only the seventh princess is not much different in age from you."

If so, if Emperor Qisheng mentioned it, the others would know exactly which princess he was talking about.

If someone was troublesome, it would not be difficult to understand if it was passed on to the Seventh Princess.

but……

Jia Shu coughed a few times, quickly got up and walked to Lin Ruhai, and pulled him to the table: "It seems that I misunderstood you."

Lin Ruhai pursed her lips and complained in her eyes, "Ruosang actually suspects her husband!"

Jia Shu also felt embarrassed, but she really can't be blamed for it, who made Mother Lin's performance so imaginative?And she really didn't think there was anything she couldn't say about it.

But this time is not the time to think about it, after Lin Ruhai recovered, she was really angry.

As a scholar, he cares most about his own reputation, but his wife suspects that his relationship with others is not innocent...

What can Jia Shu do?This kind of thing is really quite normal in modern times, she is just preconceived, a little taken for granted——

Who made Lin Ruhai marry several concubines while having a deep relationship with Jia Min in the original novel?

Because of the wrongdoing, Jia Shu really kept his head down that night and let Lin Ruhai do whatever he wanted.

Xu Shi had been suppressed by Jia Shu in the sexual affairs before, but this time it was rare to stand up and take the lead. Lin Ruhai was very excited. In addition, Lin Ruhai had been exercising during this period, and his physical strength had indeed improved, so that the two actually had a fight that night It took most of the night to call for water.

The two maidservants who had been guarding the door were blushing when they heard this, and when they exchanged value with Chixia Cuiyan in the middle of the night, they were still flushed and ashamed to see others.

When Chi Xia came, the battle between Jia Shu and Jia Shu was at its most intense, she and Cui Yan looked at each other, and then invariably took out two balls of paper from their sleeves and stuffed them into their ears.It was estimated that it was about the same time, so I took it off.

Seeing Jia Shu leave, Shuli said curiously: "Madam, the young master has nothing to do with the Seventh Princess of Lao Shizi, why do you..."

Deliberately causing the young mistress to misunderstand?

Lin's mother smiled: "Isn't it because you see that Ruhai is so hot about shaving his head, and you want to add fire to their young couple?"

Although the son and daughter-in-law are very affectionate and Jia Shu is also very concerned about Ru Hai, but she also came here at this time. How can she not see that her son has deep roots in love, but the daughter-in-law still keeps calm?

If Ru Hai was also like his father, who would never refuse women, she wouldn't say anything.

But Ruhai was raised by her, and she is not keen on female sex, and even has some taboos.She also made a promise that "you can only take a concubine if you have no children for seven years", but the daughter-in-law occupies the main position in the relationship between the husband and wife, and she can always keep calm in the face of Ruhai's closeness...

Whenever she thought about it, she felt a little upset.

Although he knew that it was not easy for a woman to survive in this world, if she moved her heart, she would most likely end up in a sad end, Jia Shu's actions were completely understandable.

But she is Ruhai's mother after all.

After going through such a journey today, do you think the relationship between the husband and wife can make some progress?

The relationship between husband and wife is good, and she won't be watching and worrying about her son, and... she should be able to hug her grandson soon?

The next day, after Lin Ruhai was on duty, Jia Shu immediately found Lin's mother, and after paying his respects, he proposed the idea of ​​going out for a trip.

Mother Lin thought about the makeup pavilion, so she agreed.

When Jia Shu arrived at Jinyang Hou's Mansion, Jia Zhi happened to be at home, and soon welcomed her in.

In Jia Zhi's yard, Jia Shu once again saw the child that Jia Min brought to her yard before Jia Min got married.

Jia Zhi noticed her gaze, the corners of his mouth were frivolous, and his eyes were sarcastic: "This is the son of the Marquis of Jinyang." Others, he didn't want to mention a word.

After all, let someone take him to the old lady.

The child didn't want to, and looked at Jia Zhi with tears in his eyes, and he didn't speak, just stood there so pitifully, it made people feel weak at the tip of their hearts.

The servants of the Marquis of Jinyang also seemed a little impatient, so they stood where they were, waiting for Jia Zhi to change his mind.

Jia Zhi sneered: "Liuxu Huarui, send our Jinyang Hou Shizi to the old lady, and say that I am entertaining distinguished guests here and have no time to take care of him."

She said this without any regard for affection, and she did not have any scruples about "such cruel words should not be said in front of children".

The maidservant beside Jinyang Hou Shizi was immediately enraged, and opened her mouth to scold Jia Zhi.

Liu Xu preemptively said: "Everyone, before you speak, think about the crime of disrespecting the mistress, whether you can afford it." She sneered, and looked at the son, "Think about it too, if you really disrespect the mistress, who is your little master? What kind of attitude?"

After finishing speaking, he walked directly in front of Jinyang Hou Shizi: "My lord, did the slaves take you away, or did you leave with these maids?"

Seeing Jia Zhi's cold and solemn expression, the child was not moved by him at all, and immediately changed his expression, turned his head and left.

Jia Zhi saw everything in his eyes, and a sneer flashed in his eyes.

Jia Shu is not someone who likes to inquire about other people's privacy. Although he was curious about the relationship between the two, he didn't ask too much.

Jia Zhi breathed a sigh of relief, she didn't want to tell others about her experience in the Marquis of Jinyang, if it wasn't for the elder sister Jia Gu's desire to die, she wouldn't have used it to arouse her desire to survive.But she could tell Jia Gu these words, but she absolutely didn't want Jia Shu to know.

It's not that the third sister is married well, and she and the eldest sister are not in the same way, so many things can't be said.

But seriously, the third sister is still the benefactor who pulled her and Jia Gu out of the mud before.

Facing the third sister, she always didn't want to look too embarrassed.

Fortunately, Jia Shu didn't ask.

Jia Shu came here this time because he had business to discuss with Jia Zhi: "Second Sister, I am looking for you this time because of the business of the Makeup Pavilion."

Jia Zhi was stunned for a moment: "Isn't the trouble in the Makeup Pavilion solved? Are there other problems?"

Emperor Qisheng asked the eunuch beside him to personally deliver a plaque with his inscription, who would dare to make trouble in the Caizhuang Pavilion in the future?Aren't you afraid of being worn by Qi Shengdi?

Jia Shu smiled: "It's not about this. I originally had the idea of ​​opening the Makeup Pavilion to other places, but I have been suffering from lack of manpower."

Jia Zhi understood that after the business of the makeup shop grew, she saw the ambition of not being satisfied with it from the eyes of the third sister, so after Jia Shu said this, she was not surprised at all.

After thinking for a while, Jia Zhi asked: "The ancestral home of the Marquis of Jinyang is in the coastal area, and there are still a few clansmen left, and there is no shortage of helpers. Moreover, the sea transportation is developed there, and the people are well-informed and accept new things. The speed is also much better than the capital city, if we open the Makeup Pavilion there, we shouldn’t have to worry about business.”

Jia Shu raised his eyebrows, he didn't expect that Marquis of Jinyang's base camp was on the coast, which was a surprise.

Just thinking of the act of Marquis Jinyang personally coming to pick up Jia Zhi that day, she couldn't help frowning: "Is Marquis Jinyang trustworthy?"

Why does he always feel that Marquis of Jinyang's attitude towards Jia Zhi is weird inside and out?

"Third sister, don't worry, the second sister has been the housekeeper for so long, and she has her own manpower, so she won't be restrained by the Marquis of Jinyang." Jia Zhi's words almost directly admit that Marquis of Jinyang is completely untrustworthy. .

This Marquis of Jinyang is also a capable person, and he can make the person next to his pillow completely lose trust in him.

Jia Shu thought for a while, then shook his head: "If so, the coastal area is not suitable."

Worrying about Jia Zhi's overthinking, she explained, "The owner of the Caizhuang Pavilion is the matter of the eldest sister and the second sister. Many people in the capital know that Jinyanghou will definitely not be ignorant. After all, Jinyanghou's ancestral home is on the coast. The Caizhuang Pavilion opened there but no one notified Jinyanghou, it will definitely make Jinyanghou have bad thoughts."

Jia Zhi really wanted to say, even if Marquis Jinyang had bad thoughts, what can he do with her?But after thinking about it, she gave up on persuasion and asked instead: "The third younger sister has already decided where to open a shop?"

Jia Shu nodded, then shook his head again: "Of course the best choice is the Jiangnan area, where the people are rich and willing to spend money on rouge and gouache."

Although shipping has made a lot of money nowadays, because of the court's ambiguous attitude, no one dares to publicize it.

Moreover, sea transportation has only begun to develop in the last two dynasties. How can the coastal areas that rely entirely on sea transportation be compared with Jiangnan, which has developed for thousands of years?

"The ancestral home of the Lin family is in Gusu, and there are indeed people there. It's just that I haven't been married for long, so it's really hard to use the people of the Lin family for my own benefit." Jia Shu was also helpless. He knew that the Lin family could help, but because of the makeup The pavilion is his own property and cannot use the resources of the Lin family, so he can only do it and feel greedy.

But if she wants to live a comfortable life in the future, she can only make herself financially independent, otherwise it will be easy to get involved in future accidents.

Jia Zhi nodded, didn't say anything, but began to ask if there was any manpower available on his side.But after a while, she could only shake her head: "The Marquis of Jinyang has no contacts in Jiangnan at all."

Even if there were contacts that did not belong to her, she would not dare to use them at all.Otherwise, the Marquis of Jinyang would have a foot in the business of the Makeup Pavilion, not to mention whether he was willing or not, but just thinking about it would make Jia Zhi so angry that he couldn't sleep in the middle of the night.

As for Jia Gu...

"Big sister can't speak at all in the Xiuguo mansion, so she can't help."

Among the three, in terms of husband and son-in-law status, Jia Gu was the worst married, but not to mention a concubine who can't hold power, and he won't be able to share much of the family property in the future.

Her husband and son-in-law are up to the challenge, he can speak well in Xiu Guogong's mansion, and he has some contacts in his hands.But these connections had nothing to do with Jia Gu, and he had no intention of handing them over to Jia Gu.

Jia Shu had anticipated this, otherwise she would have been ready to open a shop in Jiangnan.

"We don't have anyone, but the emperor has it." Jia Shu smiled, "Isn't it possible that the emperor really just said a word, and then sit back and enjoy two dividends without doing anything?"

The two-cent bonus was picked out of her mouth and given away to others for nothing, even if the object was the emperor, she would not be so reconciled.

Jia Zhi was dumbfounded: "Third sister, don't mess around. The Holy Majesty is willing to be a backer for Caizhuang Pavilion, which is already our blessing. How can we ask for more?"

She felt that Jia Shu was really bold, how many people wanted to give money to the Holy Master, and the Holy Master would not accept it, but when she came to the third sister, she felt unwilling and wanted the Holy Master to do coolies for her and help open the shop!

Even Jia Zhi, who had always been calm, also felt his heart beating a little faster.

Jia Shu didn't think there was anything wrong with his thinking at all: "We don't have to ask the emperor to help."

Jia Zhi was curious: "What is the third sister thinking?"

"We can find a way to tell the emperor how much money we can make by opening a shop in Jiangnan. What the emperor does at that time has nothing to do with us." Jia Shu didn't realize how alarmist his words were, "Second sister, even if I use The contacts of the Lin family can open a store by themselves, and the results obtained with the help of the emperor will be different."

Qisheng Emperor sits in the world, and his hands are spread all over the Great Xia. There are all kinds of talents. Opening a shop is not a trivial matter to him?Not only can he make money, but maybe he can also develop the Makeup Pavilion into other functions—such as intelligence collection and transmission.

Not bad at all.

Jia Zhi was taken aback by Jia Shu: "But you are a scheming master, if he finds out your intentions, how can you get out?"

Jia Shu didn't care: "I used the emperor as a backer, didn't I plot against him? But does he care?" Didn't he inscribe it himself and send a plaque to the Caizhuang Pavilion?

It can be seen from this that Emperor Qisheng is really poor!

How could Emperor Qisheng be angry about this kind of good thing that can bring a lot of money into the account with just a little effort?

Although Jia Zhi felt that something was wrong, he still seriously helped to solve the problem: "But there is no way to meet the Holy Majesty, how can we pass on our idea of ​​opening a store in Jiangnan to the Holy Majesty?"

"Duke Rong!" Jia Shu looked at Jia Zhi.

Jia Zhi exclaimed: "Father? How could he help me wait to send a message to the Holy Spirit?"

Jia Shu was also very helpless: "But last time when Ru Hai went to discuss with the Holy Majesty, he spoke too bluntly. I guess the Emperor will not summon him again in the near future."

She really didn't expect that she and Lin Mu were just explaining to him why Emperor Qisheng agreed to help Caizhuang Pavilion solve the problem, but when he saw the emperor, he opened his mouth and directly revealed the reason they said——

"Your Majesty, I heard that the national treasury and your private treasury have no money left. Do you want to make money?"

Listen to what this is saying?It's no different from pointing at Emperor Qisheng's nose and saying that he is poor. Emperor Qisheng didn't throw Lin Ruhai out of the study on the spot, that's because he has a good temper.as well as……

He is really poor.

Jia Shu once again lamented that an emperor who can achieve the title of Qisheng Emperor can also be called "one emperor through the ages". There is no one before, and there will probably be no one in the future.

Jia Zhi asked again: "Why didn't the third sister go to find her father herself?"

Jia Shu's eyes wandered, why didn't she go directly to Jia Daishan?Of course, I was afraid of scaring people to death!

Jia Daishan is also "old" in his fifties, so it's not easy to be frightened all day long.

Seeing that Jia Shu didn't want to talk about it, Jia Zhi could only sigh: "Then it's impossible for me to tell my father directly?"

Jia Shu hurriedly took out a thick stack of paper and handed it to Jia Zhi: "This is all about the specific plan to open a shop in Jiangnan. The second sister can just hand it over to Duke Rong."

It was an old fox, and he must have guessed that the emperor also had a hand in it.

After dealing with this matter, Jia Shu immediately went back to Lin's house, found the fat mouse before, leaned over and manipulated it and ran out of Lin's house.

Since she wanted Jia Daishan to help, she should help him solve the problem as soon as possible.

However, there is really no rush to check people.

Jia Shu first went to the original house of Hu Yao, the head of the academy whose house had been ransacked. Because the house raiding was too unlucky and the time interval was too short, the house of Hu Yao's family had not been bought yet.

It's just that it's empty and desolate inside, and there's no one there.

After Jia Shu identified the direction, he began to look for Hu Yao's study.But she didn't have much hope, after all, if there were any confidential documents in the study, they would have been confiscated when the house was searched.

What Jia Shu was looking for was the list of servants of the Hu family.

No one would care about this thing even if it was stolen.

Sure enough, Jia Shu quickly found the roster in a corner. Although it was damaged, the names of the slightly more important servants were still intact.

Jia Shu quickly opened it and began to memorize it silently. After three or four times, she was sure that she had really memorized it, and then returned the roster to its original place.

Then, Jia Shu went directly to the government office to find out who had bought the servants of the Hu family.

Not long after, Jia Shu discovered something unusual——

Next to Hu Yao was a servant called Li Mo. He had an ordinary appearance, a medium build, slightly dark skin, and an inconspicuous appearance. Therefore, when it was "naturally" sold to the public, it was not bought by a wealthy family.

After reading the roster, Jia Shu knew that he was originally the son of the head of the Hu family.But the big manager redeemed himself in this accident, and now he has become a good citizen.

And this Li Mo is the only son of the chief steward.

Given the importance that people in this era place on their sons, shouldn't that chief executive redeem his son first before thinking about himself?

Nanny Lai in the Red Mansion removed a large amount of gold and silver treasures from the Rongguo Mansion like a mouse, and bought a house outside the Rongguo Mansion. The family's wealth is hundreds of thousands, which can be said to be the ultimate infidelity.But this kind of Nanny Lai, when she had the opportunity to redeem herself, still gave up the opportunity to her grandson.

Is this big steward not as good as Nanny Lai?