Daiyu of the Red Chamber owes no one

Jia Min listened to Lin Ruhai's complaint that the palace flowers that Xue's family sent to the household department were flawed, and she was a little taken aback and said, "No way, this time the errand is so important, then Xue Pan has no skills, and Xue's family will send people to watch carefully. It should not be such a mistake. I heard that Miss Xue of the Xue family has returned home from the Bowling Marquis’s Mansion and is also helping with the business at home. It is rumored that Miss Xue is very capable. Ten sons are not as good as one of her. If she is really so smart, as long as there are experienced old men outside who can check the tribute, and Miss Xue checks the account books inside, they should take care of it."

Lin Ruhai also sighed: "Why not? The Ministry of Household Affairs and the Ministry of Rites both thought that there would be no mistakes. But today, the officials responsible for collecting tributes from various provinces came to report, and the other imperial merchants sent them all of the best quality." Yes, the ones sent by Duxue's family, some of them are even inferior to the quality of official materials."

The two were talking, and the manager outside sent a message that the girl and the uncle came to pay their respects.Jia Min hastily passed a pair of sons and daughters in.After Daiyu sister and brother paid their respects, Lin Feng saw that there was nothing wrong with him, so he laughed and said, "It's really a strange thing. Today, I heard that Xue Pan, the royal merchant of the household department, and Huo Lian, the brother of the king of Nan'an County, were fighting. I have knocked over several boxes of tributes sent to the Ministry of Households."

Everyone in the Lin family was amazed when they heard this, why did Xue Pan and Huo Lian, who could not fight each other, start fighting again?Jia Min sighed even more: "It's hard for Xue Pan to lead the household affairs. He will tell your father that there are a lot of things he sent to the household department. It's better to do it if you have the spare time. Well, the errands are tight. Your father is only worried that the materials are not ready yet as the grand ceremony is approaching. Listen to you, could it be that the defective boxes of materials were knocked over this time?"

After hearing this, Lin Feng snorted and said, "That's right. It is said that Xue Pan fell in love with a beautiful girl on the way to Beijing when he was transporting new pearls and materials. Lian also took a fancy to it, and the two fought each other because they refused to give in."

Daiyu was surprised when she heard this: in her previous life, Xue Pan got into a life lawsuit because of fighting to buy Xiangling, but in this life, Xiangling has already got a good marriage, and Xue Pan is still arguing with others because of fighting to buy a girl.

Lin Ruhai couldn't help sighing after hearing this, and said: "So that's the case. It's strange that the officials working on the matter today reported that all the materials sent by other merchants were of the highest quality, and the Xue family sent it alone. There were flaws, some boxes were still mixed with sand and they were sent. I think they were overturned during the conflict with Huo Lian. Xue Pan didn’t have another good one, so he just pretended to send it to the Ministry of Households. No? It’s considered that the officials who inspected it carefully did not send it directly to the Ministry of Rites, let alone sent it to the palace. Otherwise, it would be discovered that it was not good when it was used. Naturally, the Xue family would be convicted, but who can escape from the Ministry of Households to the Ministry of Rites? related."

Lin Feng curled his lips and said: "That's what I thought. This Xue Pan was originally an overlord. He used to fight with Feng Ziying and others, and he became more and more domineering. Huo Lian thought it was because he was the Huo family. Younger brother, you've made it public too, if the two of you meet in one place and refuse to give in, don't cause any trouble."

Jia Min is a mother. Today, as Daiyu's happy life is getting closer, Jia Min's heart is hanging on Daiyu. No matter what she says, she always thinks of Daiyu.Therefore, Jia Min didn't care about Xue Pan and materials, and just frowned and said: "The Huo family has become more and more publicized, buying and selling officials, and bullying others. Compared with what Zhen Yingjia, Wang Ziteng and others did in the past It's all the same, and I don't know if Empress Huo is also domineering, if she is easy to get along with, and if she will embarrass Yu'er in the future."

When Daiyu heard this, she couldn't help but blushed and said, "It's all right, why did mother get involved with me again?"

Jia Min hurriedly hugged Daiyu in his arms and said, "If you are looking for someone from outside, we can also carefully inquire about your personality, appearance, and whether your parents-in-law are easy to get along with. Besides, your father is now a little bit capable. Your in-laws won’t make things difficult for you. Besides, no matter what I say, I have to wait for Yu’er to reach Ji before talking about the ceremony. It’s a pity that Yu’er is going to enter the palace before she reaches Ji. As a mother, I am naturally reluctant. Although the princess is noble , I’m not comfortable enough.”

Lin Feng heard this, but smiled and said: "Mother, don't worry, I think His Royal Highness understands. These years, he has also protected our family very much. He captured Leng Zixing and uncovered Jia Wang's painting. Could it be that His Royal Highness secretly Did you do it? Besides, in order to marry my sister this time, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, he..." Lin Feng only spoke half of the sentence, but stopped.

Lin Ruhai hurriedly asked, what happened to His Royal Highness?Lin Feng diverged from that and said, "What's the matter? His Highness the Crown Prince mentioned his sister in private and called her Senior Sister. Judging from his usual words and deeds, I always feel that he will treat my sister well."

Daiyu glanced at Lin Feng, frowned and thought: Brother Ling just wanted to say something different, he changed his words halfway, I'm afraid he won't tell the truth now.I will find a way to tell the truth someday.

After hearing this, Jia Min had no choice but to nod and said, "I'm just a family of four, so I'll tell you a few truths. I understand the reason why the land is on the shore of the land. The first emperor can point our jade to the crown prince." , I value our family, so I will not say this in front of others. Besides, although I have never met the prince, since your father and you both say that the prince is good, I think it is a good one. However, there is an undercurrent in the imperial city, which is not as good as normal. It's simple and worry-free, no matter how good the prince is, he can't keep everyone in the inner courtyard of the palace good, so I'm just a little worried."

Lin Ruhai naturally knew what Jia Min was worried about. He was a father, and he didn't want to let it go. Daiyu got married when she was less than fifteen years old. What Jia Min said was absolutely right, even if the prince is a good one, who can guarantee that everyone is good? Yes, that is, the crown prince's matter is good, who can guarantee that he will treat Daiyu kindly for the rest of his life?

If it wasn't for Guoxiao, the crown prince would have been a concubine long ago.Moreover, the prince is close to the weak crown, and he kept the casual promise he made to Lin Feng in the study. Even after leaving the country for a few months, he didn't have a concubine or concubine by his side, which is extremely rare.Therefore, Lin Ruhai had to persuade Jia Min that once Yu'er had her own blessing, Jia Min also understood, and put the matter aside after hearing this.Only three members of the family said this, which made Daiyu blush.

The next day, Lin Ruhai went to coordinate with the imperial merchants, and the imperial merchants who still had spare capacity had to step up to purchase palace flowers, materials and other things that should have been supplied by Xue's family.However, because there is often only one imperial merchant in each province, and the styles and characteristics of the palace flowers and materials woven by the Xue family in Jiangnan are different from those of other provinces, the imperial merchants in other provinces can naturally make up for the gap in quantity, but the styles and characteristics may not match. The Ministry of Rites requested.

According to the discussion between the Ministry of Rites and the Ministry of Household Affairs, Xue Pan chose the available palace flowers and materials that Xue Pan sold into Beijing and sent them to the palace first. Xue Pan's overturned goods did not have a few boxes, and most of them were still intact. I'm afraid it's enough for the most important parts, and it's enough for other imperial merchants to make up for it.

Unexpectedly, the prince refused to submit the report to the palace.The prince said to the Minister of Rites: "I only marry a wife once in my life. How can I use the overturned materials? It means that the ones that have been sent to the lonely palace have not been overturned, but they will go to Beijing with the overturned ones. It’s not good, you don’t have to get bad luck for nothing. Even if you don’t overturn those carts, you are not allowed to use them in the lonely palace, so you don’t have to neglect the Crown Princess.”

After hearing this, Minister of the Ministry of Rites thought, "Although the prince's words are good, where can I find good materials now, and I want to go to Beijing without any problems?The Minister of Rites couldn't help bowing to the prince and said: "His Royal Highness's words are reasonable, but the auspicious day has already been selected, and now it is too late to go to the south of the Yangtze River to find high-quality palace flowers and clothing materials. And because of keeping the filial piety of the previous empire, In the past two years, there were very few occasional new materials to pay tribute, even if they used the ones stored in the palace, they were neither good enough nor enough. This made the humble minister very difficult."

But the prince smiled and said: "It's okay, you go to Jiangyun in the north of the city to find Xue Qiu, he has some materials that Gu thinks are very good. The only thing is, no matter how good the material of Jiangyun is, this grand ceremony can only be used for Gu. In the palace. The crown princess is a descendant of a famous family and a disciple of a famous teacher. When she gets married, other women can’t use the same things as her. The princes and concubines of other counties should use the ones sent by the provinces and Xue Pan.”

The Minister of Rites was suspicious when he saw the Prince's confident expression.Even if it is a store that sells high-quality clothing materials, how can it be compared with the ones that are useful?The crown prince didn't use the good materials for the upper class, so why did he use the materials for civilian use?But Shangshu of the Ministry of Rites bowed his head and withdrew.

On that day, the officials of the household department and the Ministry of rites who were in charge of purchasing the materials used for the grand ceremony for the establishment of the prince and concubine brought Dai Quan, the eunuch in charge of the inner palace, and an old mother to Jiangyun.Officials from the Second Ministry just came to have a try because the Crown Prince was ordered, but Xue Qiu, the owner of Jiangyun, hurriedly came out to greet the Minghu Ministry and the Ministry of Rites, as if he had been waiting for a long time.

Upstairs in the Accord, Xue Qiu personally ordered someone to make good tea, and then ordered someone to bring samples for everyone to look at.Not to mention the high-quality brocade that is unique to the south of the Yangtze River, other brocades and palace flowers are all available, which are better than those sent by Xue Pan.He also said that the organdy wing yarn of four colors was very good, the official of the Ministry of Rites laughed and said: "But, these few pieces of organdy wing yarn are better than the government yarn that weaving government paid tribute to, and they are softer, thicker and denser. It’s great to change the window screens of the East Palace.”

Dai Quan had done old things by the late emperor's side, so he was well-informed, so he laughed when he heard this.Holding up an orchid finger, he said, "This is not organdy. The organdy made in China today is not as good as this. The official name of this gauze is Ruanyanluo, and it was used by the first emperor as a tent when he was young. Now it is said that The craftsmanship has been lost, even the inner ones are not so good. If you say that there are four colors in the palace, only His Royal Highness is getting married, and the materials of color and color must be new. Uehara didn’t prepare this one, so I don’t know why there is another one here? But the new one won’t work?”

The first part of Dai Quan's words was addressed to the official of the Ministry of Rites, but the second half was addressed to Xue Qiu.

Xue Qiu hurriedly stood up straight and saluted, and said: "As far as my lord is concerned, this soft smoke and many womb flowers are all new, and what is placed here is just a sample. Because there are these flowers that have passed through many foreigners outside. The hand, even if the adults took a fancy to it, they did not dare to give it to the palace, for fear of offending the nobleman.

In the little man's shop, there are all kinds of newly woven materials and ready-made clothes and palace flowers.It's just that the craftsmen and embroiderers are all women, and since they made the material, no man has seen or touched it, even the villain has never seen it.If the adults want to see each other, the villain has no choice but to order another person to take Mr. Dai and this nun to see again, and see whether the materials for the clothes of the villain have been used. "

After listening to Xue Qiu's words, Dai Quan just found it interesting, this Xue Qiu came prepared as if he had prepared all the materials, didn't he?So Xue Qiu asked another female shopkeeper to take Dai Quan and the old lady from the palace to look at the clothes and materials, and Xue Qiu drank tea with officials from the Ministry of Rites and the Second Department of Household by himself in the attic.

After about two quarters of effort, Dai Quan and the nun came out with smiles all over their faces.Dai Quan laughed and said, "Looking at your young age, you are very good at handling things. The palace flowers, auspicious clothes, and Xiapei are all available inside. The materials and workmanship are even better than those sent by the weaving house. These auspicious clothes and Xiapei are not only good in style, but also very consistent with the grade system. But you are a small merchant, and the more you make the princess's clothes, are you guilty?!"

Dai Quan said the first half of the sentence with a smile on his face, but in the second half he spoke with a stern voice.Xue Qiu was taken aback for a moment, the crown prince ordered him to find the best embroiderers in the south of the Yangtze River to make these clothes, and the pattern was drawn by the prince himself.He also knew that ordinary merchants were not qualified to make royal clothes, but since the crown prince ordered it, he expected it to be fine.Unlike Dai Quan asking now, Xue Qiu didn't know how to answer.

Hearing Dai Quan's questioning, Xue Qiu was taken aback for a moment, then said with a smile: "Responding to Master Dai's words, the villain knows his mistake."

Just as he was talking, Eunuch Huang, who was next to the prince, came again. Eunuch Huang passed on a message: "The emperor ordered you to avoid the crime of using the Jiangyun number as an imperial uniform and overstepping the system. If Mr. Dai sees the uniform of the Jiangyun number, If the materials are still available, they will be sent to the palace for the empress to have a look at, and if the empress thinks it is good, she will use it for the prince's wedding."

After hearing this, Dai Quan glanced at Xue Qiu with a smile and said: "Boss Xue really has a future, so he climbed up to the high branch of His Highness the Crown Prince without making a sound. In that case, I will send someone to invite you tomorrow." Get what you need this time. If the empress nods, it will be settled. As for the silver, you will make a list at that time, and you can go to the household department to pay."

When Xue Qiu heard this, he quickly bowed his head and said yes, and sent Dai Quan and two officials out of the Jiangyun number respectfully.

As for where the Jiangyun name came from, it turns out that the big head is actually the property of His Royal Highness, and Xue Qiu just occupies the small head.If you want to talk about why His Highness Taizi opened such a Jiangyun account, it turns out that the Zhen family and the Xue family in the south of the Yangtze River have some unique craftsmanship, and they make excellent materials such as soft smoke.It's just that the ancestors of the Zhen family and the Xue family once contributed money and efforts to support the emperor Taizu's rebellion, so I have seen meritorious service.As a result, one of these two families won the weaving mansion for the imperial use, and the other was sealed as a hereditary imperial merchant, but the descendants of the two families were proud of their favor. Not only did they never delve into the weaving skills, but they lost many of their previous unique skills.

For materials such as soft smoke, Jia Mu could make it in Zhizaofu when she was young, but she couldn't make it later.These skills have been lost, and the royal family has some materials from the past. When the prince saw it, he thought that when he married Daiyu, he used these top-quality materials to make the prince look dignified.That's why Xue Qiu was found, and the crown prince provided some materials that had been lost. Xue Qiu found an excellent craftsman and embroiderer, and dismantled the materials to study the weaving method carefully.

Because of the death of the first emperor, after the crown prince appointed Daiyu, he waited for more than two years before celebrating the ceremony, which gave Xue Qiu enough time to reproduce these lost skills. Wait for the ingredients.After making these materials with lost weaving methods, the prince opened the shop of Jiangyun, and the word "Jiangzhu" comes from "Jiangzhu".Among them, the first batch of top-quality clothing materials woven, the crown prince naturally left it for Daiyu to use first.

Because the Ministry of Etiquette has regulations on the materials used for the prince's big wedding, the prince didn't think to use the clothes made by Jiangyun during his big wedding.Even the auspicious clothes made by more than a dozen embroiderers day and night were drawn by the prince, and Baoqin talked about Daiyu's stature, and hurriedly made them for Daiyu to wear when she returned home.Firstly, it seemed that the crown prince valued Daiyu, and secondly, it was a surprise for Daiyu.Unexpectedly, Xue Pan transported the materials prepared by the weaving mansions in the south of the Yangtze River to Beijing, and started a fight with others for the maids. The prince thought that the overturned goods were unlucky, so he told Emperor Ding'an to prepare the materials used in the East Palace for the big wedding.

The crown prince is an apprentice of a famous teacher, and he went south to search the Zhen family in Jiangnan and other errands were also done very well. Emperor Ding'an doted on him very much, so he complied with such a small request.The queen also favored the crown prince very much, so Dai Quan and the officials from the second department came to Jiangyun to see the auspicious clothing materials first, and the crown prince invited Emperor Ding'an to order him to save Xue Qiuyue from the crime of restraining him.

The story was divided into two parts, but it was said that Xue Pan was used to domineering in the south of the Yangtze River, but it was Wang Ziteng who asked to beheaded. After the Jia family fell into depression, the Xue family had no reliance and failed to get rid of these bad habits.Who would have thought that this trip to the south transported the materials for the prince's wedding ceremony to Beijing, and the journey went smoothly, but when he was about to enter Beijing, he fell in love with a pretty girl and got into an argument with someone.

How did Xue Pan know that he was usually violent, and there were people who were even more violent than him.This Huo Lian is also a dude, he used to rely on the power of the Nan'an Palace to run amok, not to mention the aunt of her clan is now the queen?It was also because Huo Lian thought Beijing was boring, so he went out to play and came back. On the way back, he and Xue Pan happened to see the same beautiful girl who was being sold.

Although Xue Pan saw that Huo Lian was wearing fine clothes, he didn't know Huo Lian's identity, relying on the fact that the caravan was escorted by bodyguards, he ordered Hao Nu to come forward and beat people without asking any questions.But what kind of important errand did Xue Pan go south this time?Aunt Xue also specially sent experienced staff to follow. This time, the staff and bodyguards of the caravan felt that they had already arrived outside the gate of the capital, and it was more important than anything else to send the materials to the household department smoothly.Besides, there are rich and powerful people everywhere in the capital, what if the other party is someone who cannot afford to offend?Therefore, many of Xue Pan's bodyguards not only did not dare to come forward to help beat the man, but even persuaded them.

Fortunately, the staff and bodyguards who accompanied Xue Pan to the south this time were experienced.Although because of Xue Pan's impulsiveness, he finally got into an argument with others. Xue Pan was beaten several times, and several boxes of clothes, pearls and flowers were knocked over, but he didn't rush to get into a fight, and he didn't hurt anyone.Otherwise, how could the Huo family be provoked by the Xue family?It was also because Huo Lian had never suffered a disadvantage, so he didn't argue with the Xue family.Xue Pan sent dirty and broken materials to the household department, so he was naturally exempted from the household department's errand, but the Huo family did not step forward to ask the crime.

However, Xue Pan was full of dissatisfaction when he returned home, clamoring to get rid of his clerks and bodyguards, and summoning Feng Ziying and others to get the place back.Seeing the bruises on Xue Pan's body, Aunt Xue felt distressed, and said: "You should be more at ease, now that you have completed the household affairs, what is the matter? ? Your sister and I will point at you in the future, you can't mess up the errand."

At the end of the persuasion, a young servant Xue Pan used to come to look at the door, but only female relatives like Aunt Xue and Baochai were in the house, and the young servant dared not go in.Xue Pan saw it through the window, came out again and scolded: "What's the matter of shrinking your head? It's your timid slaves who got into the bad luck of the uncle. These days are always not going well."

Hearing this, the boy drooped his eyebrows and said sadly, "Master, I advise you not to scold me. It's been rumored outside that the person who was arguing with you yesterday was the brother of the king of Nan'an County and the nephew of the empress. Fortunately, I didn’t seriously injure that person yesterday, otherwise the disaster would be serious.”

When Xue Pan heard this, he thought the boy was lying to him, so the boy whispered, but Aunt Xue and Baochai didn't hear what he said.But Xue Pan cursed again: "Hey, you are as useless as those cowardly slaves, you try to lie to me. As for the boy yesterday, he is not the brother of the king of Nan'an, nor the nephew of the current queen. Let's see if he can bear that bear. The king of Nan'an has a younger brother, Huo Jiong. Although I have never met him, I have met him. Where did that person come from yesterday? Any cat or dog is worthy of being called a member of the prince's family ?”

Xue Pan shouted and cursed, but Aunt Xue and Xue Baochai in the room heard it. The mother and daughter were frightened again, and hurriedly ordered people to go out to find out if the king of Nan'an had a clan member who had entered the capital.

Isn't it true that this inquiry came back?After getting the exact news, Aunt Xue was so frightened that she didn't know what to do.This Xue Pan was originally a bully, and when he heard that he had offended the Nan'an Prince's mansion, he was so frightened that he wanted to go out and hide.So I told Aunt Xue that she was going out to learn how to do business, so she took her clerk there.But because Xue Pan's senior staff members persuaded Xue Pan not to cause trouble, Xue Pan fired most of them, so what's the use of keeping some cunning people?Aunt Xue was worried, so Xue Pan's business trip was delayed like this.

After a few days of delay, Dai Quan saw that the materials of Jiangyun's clothes were good enough, and informed Emperor Ding'an and the Empress early on, and invited the auspicious clothes back, and Empress Huo had a look at them in person.Empress Huo saw that Naji's clothes were made of high-quality materials, exquisite workmanship and exquisite embroidery, and there was nothing wrong with it.In addition, the brocade is as gorgeous as red clouds, and the colorful phoenix is ​​lifelike, which is better than the ones sent by the weaving house, so I ordered the auspicious clothes for the Jiangyun number.Emperor Ding'an also bestowed Jiangyun with the title of Imperial Merchant on Xue Qiu, and at the same time ordered the Ministry of Officials to withdraw Xue Pan's title.

This Xue Pan was frightened at home, afraid that Huo Lian would come to make trouble again, so he really wanted to find an excuse to go out on a business trip, but today he waited for an official document from the Ministry of Officials to remove Xue Pan's imperial business title after Ziwei Sheren.

After receiving the officials from the Ministry of Officials, Xue Pan returned to Aunt Xue's room dejectedly.Aunt Xue hurriedly asked why the officials from the Ministry of Civil Affairs came here, but Xue Pan must not tell the truth.Xue Baochai was stunned for a while, and dropped the account book she was looking at on the ground.