[Red Mansion] Queen's Road

The ancients said that life and death are in harmony with each other, and you will grow old together with your son if you hold your hand.This is both romantic and beautiful to read.

Linlin and the emperor also talked about life and death.It's just that there is no romance in it, and it may also be full of a lot of copper smell.

Linlin first calculated the price of copper in her heart.I also thought about using copper to make a copper wall and surrounding it in all directions. How much copper would I need to use?

I also thought that it is impossible to leave nothing in the underground palace without leaving anything.Among other things, there are many styles of long-burning lights in the light to choose from.

Not to mention that the ancients regarded death as life, which literally means treating death as life, treating the world after death as they did when they were alive.

In the underground palace, there are inevitably some daily necessities, your own cosmetics, wardrobe, and dressing table.Various utensils of the emperor.

Maybe there will be murals, a large number of funerary objects, pottery figurines...

Underground construction, there is no convenience at all from the ground, and the faint king is thinking about digging into the ground...

Linlin reckoned that 200 million taels of silver might not be able to handle this matter.

"Your majesty... the national treasury may not be able to afford it."

"I don't need the state treasury for this matter. We have enough money in our family. When the time comes, you just watch people and repair our mausoleum. You can put what you want in it. You have always been in charge of things in the house. When the time comes, you can put it in We can use whatever we want, put more, if our descendants are not filial, we won’t be wronged either.”

Linlin: "..."

Linlin felt that there was nothing to say, but Jia Min was moved to tears.

"What the emperor means is that you are a queen. In the future... don't blame me for speaking unluckily. If you go ahead of the emperor, he won't plan to make another successor."

Linlin was not moved, "You don't even think about it, how many taels of silver it will cost." Linlin was thinking about starting such a head, and these emperors wanted to imitate their ancestors in the future, but what should they do.

"This is a big deal, so don't be reluctant to give up the money. Even if you tell the court, the grown-ups won't think it's too much. The main reason is that the treasury doesn't pay for it. What kind of underground palace does the emperor want to build? Not even a place to talk."

Linlin felt that women in this world could not understand her thoughts.I found another topic and asked Jia Min, "Why did you enter the palace today?"

"Isn't it the rumors circulating outside that the Supreme Emperor has given permission to let all the ladies go home to visit relatives? Yesterday, many people came to our house, all of them were relatives of concubines, and they said they wanted our master to write a letter at the head. Please ask the emperor to allow this matter. The master asked me to ask what our family should do next?"

"Let our master pretend to be confused, and let's not be the boss in this matter. If anyone wants to show off his family's financial resources, let someone come forward."

"I'll just pass these words on to the master to know. Your concubine is about to give birth, and you should pay attention to the choice of our prince's companion to read."

Linlin originally wanted to say that Qilin was still young, but she calculated that she was almost 5 years old now.

"I see, don't worry, I have a few candidates in my heart, and I will discuss it with the emperor when the time comes."

After Jia Min returned home, he told Lin Ruhai that Lin Ruhai reported illness the next day and was recuperating at home.

Others don't suspect him of pretending to be sick, because Lin Ruhai's body is not strong enough, and he is sick all day long. Even if he works in the etiquette department, this old man usually drinks tea and reads books. Don't care, this old man who shouldn't be in charge of him doesn't even ask, even if others say it in front of him, just pretend he didn't hear it.

The low-key others can't remember that he is the head of the country.

People in Rongguo Mansion were also concerned about whether the empress would be able to go home to visit relatives, and they also sent people to watch over the Lin family. After knowing that Lin Ruhai was ill, Jia Zheng sent Jia Lianlin to visit him.

Lin Ruhai was lying on the bed, because the person who came was a junior, he just sat up and said a few words before asking Lin Hao to invite Jia Lian out to serve tea.

Jia Lian had no choice but to ask Lin Hao, "What does Uncle think? Now it is said that the Supreme Emperor favors all the ladies to visit relatives, and the homes of the concubines in the emperor's harem are waiting for Uncle to ask for orders."

"Our family doesn't want to join in the fun. My cousin has also seen it. Our yard is small. If we want to build a palace, our house simply doesn't have enough space."

Jia Lian rubbed her hands anxiously. "My cousin is too real. If there is not enough space in the house, we can't build other places. I heard that Mrs. Zhou and his family bought a piece of land outside, and specially built a garden to invite the empress to come home.

We have also discussed that after connecting the Ningguo Mansion and our Rongguo Mansion, we will build a garden. This is an unprecedented thing for a concubine to visit relatives. The Empress is also the Queen of the Central Palace. At that time, everyone else will go home, but the Empress will not be able to go home... ...how can the empress feel better? "

"Other families are anxious to bring the empress back. They haven't seen the empress in the palace for several years. Our family often goes to the palace to pay respects to the empress, so there is no need to be so anxious."

Jia Lian had to admit that he was right.But I came here just to persuade them to build a garden together. I wanted to persuade them a little more and then I heard Lin Hao say, "Besides, the fifth prince is young now, and the empress is reluctant to keep him in the palace. She is in a dilemma. Wait, the empress When will we make up our minds... our family will build this garden again, and then we will bring the empress back."

"This……"

"Besides, the empress is the master of the harem. I don't know how long I can stay at home. It's fine if it's a month and a half. If it's three or five days... before I have time to rejoice, I left again."

Jia Lian anxiously wiped the sweat from his brow, "Cousin can't say that, since he has worked so hard, he will definitely stay at home longer. It's a happy event for you to persuade uncle when you are free."

Lin Hao nodded, "If I had the time, I would go and persuade my father, but my cousin should not put hope in our family, our family is no better than my cousin's family..." Lin Hao lowered his head, "Guangniang is married That time, our family's property was almost wiped out. It was also because of this that our master was lying on the bed in a hurry. This is what I mean, cousin, don't go out and talk nonsense. "

Jia Lian nodded, "I understand, I understand."

After he went back, he told Jia Amnesty and Jia Zheng, "It's not that Uncle doesn't want to take the lead, it's just that his family is out of pocket."

After the brothers of the Jia family heard this, they lowered their heads and thought about their own family property. If they want to build a magnificent garden, the Jia family has no money.

The news spread to the backyard, Mrs. Wang persuaded the old lady.

"In my opinion...it's better for our family to start with this. Apart from the empress in the palace, our mother's position is considered higher. As for the money for the garden... It's a big deal to discuss with our relatives. Yesterday Baoyu's aunt Come here, and say that you are willing to contribute to your empress, and promise to give me 20 taels of silver."

"20 plus the rest of our family is not enough." The old lady squinted her eyes and thought for a while, "But I have to make this face for my mother, and my lord is also worried, so it can be seen that their family has no money. Oh... Our relatives include the Lin family and the historian Wang's family, and the Zhen family in Jiangnan has received tens of thousands of taels of silver from us. Although all these odds and ends can build a garden, it may not be brilliant..."

Mrs. Wang thought for a while, "Old lady, don't worry, besides our relatives, will other people who are familiar with us stand by and watch?"

"did you mean?"

"At that time, many people will come to our house with money, and we just need to collect it."

The old lady couldn't imagine that someone would bring their property to her family, "Do you have a plan in your heart?"

"The families of the Xue family are all rich merchants. Now there should be seven or eight families who are willing to pay us a share of the money. There are 50 taels in total."

"That's 100 million." The old lady nodded, "Tell the master in front that our family is the first. We must let the empress win the first place. By the way, we can make our family famous, and other people will hear about it." When the wind blows, if a few more families come to join us, the garden will be built."

Mrs. Wang was a little proud, and said to her younger sister, Mrs. Xue, "It's ridiculous that the aunt of the Lin family is a scholar and doesn't know how to be flexible. As long as he climbs up and shouts, how many wealthy merchants in the world will come to their house with money, but they can't see it. Through these."

Mrs. Xue watched her take a sip of tea, and she also held it on the side, "Scholars are used to high-mindedness, firstly, they can't think of such a way, and secondly, they have thought of such a way, and they don't have the courage to do it."

A few days later, the Rongguo Mansion posted a post, inviting other families to come to the mansion to drink tea and discuss matters.

The post was sent to the Lin family, and Lin Hao almost pissed himself off when he took a look at it.

Although Lin Hao appeared to be a young and mature person on the surface, in fact he still had the impulsiveness of a young man.

He threw the post on the ground, and said to the old housekeeper standing aside, "This is not a relative! I said that this family is arrogant, but it happens to be my uncle's family..."

"Don't be angry, sir."

"Why don't you get angry? My elder sister is the queen of the main palace, and the girl in their family is a noble concubine. Now she has gone crazy. She has called the family members of the harem to discuss how to ask for an order. It is clear that she doesn't take our family seriously... "

"If you're so angry, it's really not worth it. Isn't our master just sick because he doesn't want to pick up this hot potato?"

"You're right... I still think their family has done something improperly."

"Master, if our family doesn't do it, if others are willing to do it, we don't care what they do."

While the two were talking, Lin Jiao ran in from the outside, stepped on the post without looking at the ground.

After stepping on it, he quickly looked down and was about to bend down to pick it up, but was stopped by Lin Hao.

"What is the second brother doing here? Have you finished reading today's book?"

Lin Jiao pouted, "I don't want to study, I want to ride a horse. By the way, I didn't come here to tell my elder brother whether to study or not. Just now, a eunuch came and went to see my father directly, saying that he wanted me to enter the palace." Accompany the prince to study."

"Really?"

Lin Jiao nodded, "Daddy asked me to call my brother over to discuss this matter."

The matter of choosing a companion for the prince to read has received more attention from the court than asking the concubine to visit his relatives.

Whose boy was selected and who was not selected, all the elders in the court held their beards and shook their heads to savor it.

One of the eight places was pre-determined for the Lin family.

Others can't say much about this, but they have heard that the queen in the harem is a bit cruel and wants to promote her natal family.

Just because of Guo Zhang's knowledge, it's not a waste to give this spot to their family.

It is the emperor's decision to let Lin Jiao accompany the prince to study.

The emperor explained to Linlin, "You have never treated your natal family with dignity. After a long time, it will hurt the relationship between you and your natal family. Besides, your brother is our son's uncle. If a group of people can't persuade you When you are the crown prince, at least your brother can use his status as an elder to persuade him."

"Although I haven't met my little brother, but according to what my mother said, he's not big enough, he likes to play fists and kicks, and he can't read as well as my big brother Lingxiu..."

"What are you afraid of? He won't bring our son down."

Linlin thought for a while that she didn't need to be hypocritical, so she put this matter aside.Anyway, my son will start studying after the spring of next year, so let's let the courtroom be noisy for a while.

She focused on the business outside the palace. Ever since the emperor wanted to build the underground palace, she has paid a lot of attention to the business in Linlin's hands. She would ask once or twice a month how much money she made this month. How much?How much money have you saved now?Can the money work?

When the couple was trying to save money, a post was received in the shop outside the palace.

After the shopkeeper finished reading it, he sent it to the Cui Mansion outside the palace.

This place of Cui Mansion was bought by Linlin after doing business, and the ledgers are usually sent here and brought into the palace from here.

This place has now been reduced to the headquarters of the inner guard battalion, and all the people who come out and go in are spies from the inner guard battalion.All the news is gathered here and sent to the emperor's desk together.

Along with this post, there was also a letter from Jia Lian inviting Cui Qiye to drink.

Linlin thought in her heart, "My second aunt has such a temper, she sent me a post to invite me to watch a play at this time, it's a night owl who comes to the house for nothing."

The order was spread outside the palace, and a shopkeeper's wife was asked to pretend to meet Mrs. Wang's wife, Mrs. Xue, and go to the theater together to see what was said there.

The emperor knew in his heart that the Rongguo Mansion couldn't help but act jealously.

He and Jia Lian met in the evening.

As soon as Jia Lian met, he bowed his hand and apologized, "Brother Cui, you don't have to look at my face, you can do whatever you want. Our wife is a little tight recently, and it is too expensive to repair the garden."

The emperor signaled Jia Lian to sit down, "I know about the money spent on repairing the garden. I repaired a garden for our old man, and I almost feel sorry for me. It's just that the emperor in the palace hasn't allowed the playbook to invite the ladies back to their mother's house. Now you Don't Xiu Yuanzi think it's a bit early?"

"The Supreme Emperor has already agreed. The Emperor is just too busy with daily affairs, so we can push this matter back. Sooner or later, this deal will be approved. It is cheaper to build bricks, tiles and stones by hand now. If it takes a few days Let's repair the garden together, I'm afraid that if you have money, you won't be able to buy things."

The emperor's hand kept touching the teacup, and he inadvertently talked about the wealth of Rongguo Mansion's family, "It cost more than 80 taels of silver for our old man to repair the garden, and it was built in the wilderness, surrounded by mountains and rivers. It's a bit of wild fun. Just like that, our old man still doesn't like it. I don't know where your house is repaired, and how much are you going to spend?"

"There is nothing to hide from you. We are going to build a garden between our two houses. Now our family has 100 million taels of silver. At first, we calculated that we should be able to repair the frame, but now look at the prices of these materials on the market. ..." Jia Lian shook his head, "The one million taels of silver are not spent."

The emperor hypocritically said, "If our family has spare money, I will definitely help, but the running water in our family's account cannot be moved, and the money in the family is not only for our old man's garden, but the rest is for grave repair. "

Jia Lian didn't expect to borrow money from Cui Qiye in the first place. He said it was a loan, but he didn't repay it. He had a lot of good friends, and he was the only one he could talk to. There was no need to become famous because of the money. Face.

So he waved his hand, "Don't worry, the planning of money in our family is on the hands of the master and wife, and I'm just an errand runner. I just saved some oil and water by going through the money in my hand. It's just that our wife will invite your grandma to come tomorrow. watching a play..."

"My mother-in-law already knows..." The emperor looked around and saw that there was no one around, and motioned Jia Lian to put his ears over, "When I came today, I heard our mother-in-law dispatched troops and said that she didn't want to see your wife. I won’t go, and I’ll send one of the shopkeeper’s to drink tea with your wife and listen to an opera, as long as you know.”

"It's inappropriate... I will see you when I look up and look down. If I meet a real person in the future, it won't be embarrassing." Jia Lian seriously persuaded Cui Qiye, "Our wife is the mother of the imperial concubine and the queen's aunt. If she finds out I'm afraid it won't end well for your grandma to fool her."

"I've also told you that our family's ancestors are of the same family as Tai Zu's old man. My mother-in-law always thinks about her own identity when doing things. Except for the princesses and princesses of various houses, she doesn't like to deal with outsiders. She lives in seclusion on weekdays, so few outsiders know her."

"You can't just leave her alone."

"I can't control who she associates with, it's all a woman's business." The emperor didn't want to continue chatting with him because of this topic.Talk about the most troublesome thing recently.

"It's time for our youngest son to become enlightened. I am in a hurry to find a teacher for him right now, but some people recommended some of them. They are all learned and great scholars. I compared them, and I was afraid that they would not be able to teach children. Still can't make up my mind."

These words made Jia Lian's heart sour, thinking that when the two of them met, Cui Qiye's eldest son was still breastfeeding, and he was going to study in a blink of an eye, and his own son didn't know where he was. .

"They're all erudite Confucianists. Could it be that they can't teach a child? If you care about it, it will cause chaos. Some are too careful."

The emperor was on the sidelines waving his troubles of happiness, "You should have met our youngest son once. That boy is very smart. He has read books with his mother a few times now, and he knows the characters by heart. He is studious and polite. I took him to meet the steward at home, and my son was very generous.

Those in charge praised me for successors... If he was a stupid boy, I wouldn't worry so much, but because he is smart and knows everything, I'm afraid that he will take a detour and find a way If I find an interesting teacher, I am afraid that the child will not be prudent enough... I worry about it, but I can't find a decent and interesting teacher. "

Jia Lian didn't want to continue the conversation with him, and the more he talked, the more he stabbed his own lung tube, watching Cui Qiye want to tell anecdotes about his son... The most annoying thing is that he has five sons, There are three of them born in the same family. When he finishes talking about the eldest, he will talk about the second child, after talking about the second child, talk about the third child, after talking about the third child, talk about the fourth child, and after talking about the fourth child, he will talk about the fifth child spitting milk...

"Brother Cui, brother, I suddenly remembered that there is something else to do at home, so I'm leaving first." After finishing speaking, regardless of urging Qi Ye to stay, he led the people and ran away.

Jia Lian ran home in one breath, but Wang Xifeng was not at home, so Ping'er sat in the room and played with his elder sister.

The more Jia Lian thought about it, the more boring she felt, and she fell down on the couch. Wang Xifeng came back at this time.

"Didn't you say you were going to drink with Cui Qiye when you left? I thought you would inform Cui Qiye. You two didn't come back until half the night after drinking anyway. Why did you come back so early?"

"I was thinking about drinking. After listening to him talking about his son for a long time, I got impatient and came back."

After Wang Xifeng heard this, his eyes rolled, "You usually talk about how good Cui Qiye is, and how strong the relationship between the two of you is. I don't think so. Since he knows that we have no son, he still talks about it over there. What do some mean? "

Jia Lian turned around and ignored him.

Wang Xifeng also felt that it was boring. Nowadays, the son is a taboo for the two of them, so he can't mention it. It's uncomfortable for both of them.

But just now Wang Xifeng suddenly had an idea, sitting next to Jia Lian and poking him.

"Isn't Cui Qiye's family quite rich?"

"If someone has money, it belongs to them. You won't think like your wife. Find a clever way to get the money here. Let me tell you that you can't mess with their family."

"I don't want to go and seize other people's property. I don't have the guts. I mean our eldest sister and their brother... what do you think?"

Ping'er quickly carried the eldest sister to the next door.

Jia Lian sat up, "Our elder sister is about the same age as their second child. I'll give it a try in a few years."

Wang Xifeng was a little dissatisfied, "Why not their boss, didn't you tell me that you met their boss?"

"Brother Cui treasures the eldest of their family the most. You don't know that his five sons, the eldest, the second, and the fifth were born by the eldest wife. They are usually regarded as superior to those born by the youngest wife, but this brother When the three stand together, there will be three or six or nine, and Brother Cui talks about the boss the most."

"They are merchants. The girl in our family was born in the government, so it is impossible to be the wife of the boss of their family."

"If you put it that way, I think you can try it. It's just that the children are young now, so wait a few years."

After Jia Lian lay down, Ping'er came in and complained to Wang Xifeng, "Our sister is still young, so you start thinking about these things."

"This is my own daughter. Don't I plan for her? The Cui family is rich, and our family is famous. In the future, our sister will not suffer any crimes when he comes to his house. On the contrary, she will be rich and honored for a lifetime."

"You two have such a good plan right now... It's not like you don't know what your wife is thinking about their family now."

Wang Xifeng smiled triumphantly, "I think my wife is going to lose her teeth this time."

Wang Xifeng has been paying attention to Mrs. Wang's movements.

Sure enough, someone told Wang Xifeng that day that his wife had raised a lot of money, and Zhou Rui's family went out with the money.

After Jia Lian came home, Wang Xifeng caught him talking about it.

"I think the wife has succeeded. It's true that Yunsheng is a big business. But as the saying goes, it's agriculture, industry and commerce. After all, their family belongs to a business family. They must be afraid of the wife for the sake of the imperial concubine."

Jia Lian thought back on his usual relationship with Cui Qiye.

"It shouldn't be. Brother Cui said that the woman in their family is really a tigress. He controls everything in the house, and all the money in the family has to be passed through his wife. Brother Cui told me, don't look at it." He is the head of the house, but the money and the business of the house are not the head of the house."

Wang Xifeng gave him a sour mouthful. "That's because people know how to love their mother-in-law, so they don't care about it. It's not like our second master, who keeps everything from me."

"I'm telling you something serious," Jia Lian said and stood up, "You stay at home, I won't eat today, I will ask Brother Cui to have a few words."

Wang Xifeng pulled him to prevent him from going out, "What the hell are you doing in there? I can't spare you if my wife finds out. I thought in my heart, if my wife succeeds, we will stay with my wife from now on... At least we can Get some silver."

At this moment, Jia Lian felt that she was a woman with long hair and short knowledge. "Didn't you plan to promise our eldest sister to their brother a few days ago? If you want people to know that you do such a thing, wouldn't the marriage of our girl be ruined in your hands for nothing?"

"I... Whom am I doing this for, not for you?"

"Don't beat me up here, do I need the little money you got?" After finishing speaking, he went out directly.

Wang Xifeng patted his chest angrily, Ping'er came in, brought a cup of tea and put it in front of Wang Xifeng.

"Our foolish second master is right this time. If you want to give our eldest sister to a good family, you should think about it now."

Wang Xifeng has come to think of it now, but she still feels a bit reluctant.

"Stop talking about me over there, and let people keep an eye on it to see if they can get the money back."

Ping'er nodded, and both master and servant received the news that afternoon that Zhou Rui's family had returned.

But when she came back empty-handed, Wang Xifeng couldn't figure out what kind of drama she was singing in the middle of it, and it was just for people to stare at.

After more than a month, Zhou Rui's family secretly brought a batch of silver to the house.Mrs. Wang withheld more than half of it, and gave a small part to Wang Xifeng, "If the garden is not enough, then tell me."

When Wang Xifeng returned home, he thought about it, and felt that Yun Sheng let his wife buy the shares.

Within two or three days, I heard that Mrs. Wang was going out.

Wang Xifeng watched the people pave the carriage, and helped Mrs. Wang to the door of Chuihua.

"Where is madam going this time? When will you be back? Do you want to save lunch for madam?"

"You don't need to stay, I'll go to the theater with you Aunt Xue and Grandma Liu today."

Wang Xifeng couldn't help but ask who is Grandma Liu?

"Yun Sheng's young lady."

After Wang Xifeng sent Mrs. Wang away, she told Jia Lian. "It's very likely that this is true. I don't know what kind of benefits my wife will get out of others this time? Sure enough, it's different to have a mother in the family. There was no such good thing before."

Jia Lian couldn't sit still at home, so he asked Cui Qiye to come out.

As soon as he met Jia Lian, he asked him, "I heard from our mother-in-law, is our wife going to the theater with your grandma?"

When the emperor heard it, it was wrong, the queen was really leisurely today, she just took her three sons to play in the palace, but she didn't say that she went out of the palace to watch a play with others.

"Tell me carefully."

After Jia Lian talked about it, the emperor understood the routine.He opened his eyes and looked at Jia Lian next to him, and didn't intend to hide it from him.

"Our grandma didn't send anyone to meet with your wife last time. I guess someone heard the letter and pretended to be someone from our family to meet with your family. This meeting is bound to be a big one. Bureau... Your wife can only get rid of the disaster by breaking the bank?"

"You mean someone lied to our wife, it's impossible, I heard from my wife, my wife just came back from your house a few days ago... no, no, no, just took a lot of money from that group of people, listen It is said that there are more sent out than before.”

"It's not easy. If you don't give me any sweets, can your wife put a dead money in it?"

"This……"

"What she's looking for is money. If people are after her, she can only go bankrupt. Your family has been rich for generations, and you have a lot of money. Although it's hard to give up good money, it's something you can't help."

The emperor thought in his heart that the queen's game was really good, and she would definitely have to kill her aunt to stop.

Jia Lian couldn't believe it, "The most benevolent place under the emperor's feet, how can anyone dare to deceive the concubine's mother?" After finishing speaking, he looked at the emperor, "If you really deceive people... this is to deceive people in the name of your family. You actually found out today, and you don’t care about it.”

After hearing this, the emperor narrowed his eyes and thought for a while, "You're right, why don't I send someone to your house to remind you? But then again, do you really believe that group of people are liars?"

The queen I thought in my heart should not have any handles.There's no need for me to sweep his tail from behind?

Jia Lian was also a bit confused at this time, "If you don't say it, I will never doubt it, but I still believe you when you say something from the mouth of the master of the house. It's just that I didn't expect this group of people to be so bold. Lied to our house."

The emperor laughed, "Let me tell you that it is not a new thing for someone to deceive these officials and dignitaries. Two years ago in Jiangdong, a prefect heard that the princess's carriage was nearby, so he hurried to see her , It was three entrustments and four beggings, and finally greeted the princess from a distance, and when he left, the eunuch beside the princess hinted that there was a vacancy in a certain place in the court... If you want to be an official there, you have to be serious.

As for the magistrate, he gave all his wealth to these eunuchs. After waiting for three to five months, he didn't know that Princess XX had never left Beijing until he heard the news. "

Jia Lian really had never heard of such a thing, "There is someone so bold as to pretend to be a princess to deceive officials!"

"The magistrate is an official fan, your wife is a money fan, she only wants to be an official, and your family is all about making money.

Why don't you just invite these ghosts and ghosts? Let me tell you, that guy lied to the prefect back then, telling the truth about the affairs of the court, and the princess's airs were higher than the sky.No one will doubt whether this is a real princess.And the reason why they appeared in that place is well-founded... You talk about such an elaborate trap, if you don't fall for it, how can you be worthy of their plan. "

"Then what happened later, did the guy catch it?"

The emperor shook his head, "I heard that the group of people seemed to have disappeared without a trace. Once this group of people was captured, they were instantly disintegrated. They were everywhere, and there was no place to arrest these people. I heard that the Ministry of Justice A lot of people were dispatched, and these people never appeared again... That group and this group may not be accomplices, and they haven't cheated the money yet, so you can't do anything even if you go to the Ministry of Criminal Justice to file a complaint. You know, their money In the hands of your wife, it is possible to bite back.

Your family can't file a lawsuit because of your empress, and once the Ministry of Criminal Justice tries it, your wife's reputation will be ruined. What about the noble concubines in the palace?I heard that the empress in the palace treats your noble concubine a little... since ancient times, it is hard to predict the jealousy of women. "

Jia Lian knew about women's jealousy, and there was a tigress in the family.

It's useless to say this, Jia Lian sighed, "Brother Cui is right, liars even lie to those who are officials, our wife may be doomed now, our family really can't let our mother suffer a lawsuit, it's like we can't fight The mouse broke the jade bottle, I have to go back and tell my wife soon..."

The emperor grabbed Jia Lian and said, "Why do you go back? You have said such an unfounded thing, and it is impossible for your wife to listen to you. Maybe because of this, you hate you for making her money a big deal,... ...I heard that your master is the most dignified and prudent, and if your master and wife get into a fight, whoever is caught by your old lady will vent her anger."

"This..." Of course I caught myself getting beaten up. My wife is now the mother of the empress, so she can't spread any bad reputation, and I don't know how the batch of money that came to the house a few days ago came from. Well...if it's done in the wrong way...that would be a great sin.

But the wife argued in front of the old lady that she had borrowed money from Xue's family, and she couldn't do anything about it.

"Brother, you are my real brother, tell me what to do next?"

"Just act as if you don't know that watching your wife jump into it will be nothing more than spending money to eliminate the disaster for him, and your family won't be hated by those people after suffering this dumb loss.

If they didn't succeed in your family, but lost their hands, you think this group of daring and arrogant people will do more outrageous things... Tell me to say that since they are targeted, give them some money, Let them go on their own.

I'm also to blame for this, why should I tell you this. "

After finishing speaking, he poured a glass of wine, drank it by himself, and looked at Jia Lian coldly. Jia Lian didn't know what to do at this time, the expression on his face twisted and twisted, and he couldn't make up his mind.

Seeing that he was still hesitant, the emperor decided to give him some heavy medicine.

"And let me put it mildly. Although there is a noble concubine in the palace, it is useless. Have you noticed how those clan princesses cheered on Master Lin's birthday in previous years?"

Jia Lian had attended Lin Ruhai's birthday banquet more than once, so he naturally knew that the princes and princesses of those clans had all come in person.

"Our family is the lowest, but I have several friendships with Uncle Lin Guo, and you have met us drinking and drinking tea together. Of course, his father will send someone to give gifts when he celebrates his birthday. The steward of our family came back and told me. There are so many rich and powerful people, I ask you if you are one of them?"

Jia Lian nodded quickly.

"Let me ask you again, how many clan princes and princesses are there for the second master of your family to celebrate his birthday?"

It's not that the Rongguo Mansion has never received princesses, but when the princesses come, it's always when the old lady celebrates her birthday.

For the birthday of the master or wife, I have never met these princesses.

"I think... our old lady celebrates her birthday, and it's the same when they come."

"How can it be the same? Is there any difference between your mother before becoming a concubine and after becoming a concubine? Your old lady celebrates her birthday every year, and the princess comes to drink a glass of water and wine every year. Tell me, there is a difference between the past few years and this year. Is there a difference?"

Jia Lian was unwilling to admit it emotionally, "After all, the concubine and the queen have different names. The empress is a noble lady, and the Lin family is a serious relative of the emperor. It should be more people come to his father's birthday banquet."

"Well, let me ask you again. When the Supreme Emperor was still in power, what was the situation between the head of the country and the Zhen family?

Wasn't the queen back then also honorable?Wasn't the noble concubine back then also inferior to the queen in terms of status?I've heard that the princes in the palace can't wait to call the Zhen family uncle!

You and the Zhen family are old relatives, and you have seen the scenery of their family with your own eyes.What do you say? "

Jia Lian tried to find a reason but couldn't find it, and at this time he couldn't refute it. "You mean to say that our mother is not favored in the palace?"

"Isn't that obvious?"

Jia Lian suddenly felt powerless, "But our family..."

The emperor understands,