Jia Yingchun of the Red Chamber

Turning around, she said Yuanchun, after Jiamu left for a long time, she still couldn't calm down the resentment in the revival, Yuanchun didn't know that Yingchun had understood her dispute with Jiamu, because she was afraid that Yingchun would laugh at her for reneging on her promises, she even gave Baoqin a password to beat up and down the palace. It is not allowed to disclose the content of her conversation with Jia Mu.

Yuanchun will present a sum of money to the queen every year at the end of the year for her to squander rewards.This time, Yuan Chun was very hesitant as he held the remaining bank notes in his hand. This year, the Wang family did not ask anyone to transfer the bank notes, and the Xue family did not offer any silver. In Yuanchun, [-] taels of filial piety was paid, and a decent gift from the Empress Dowager would cost [-] taels of silver.In addition, the Supreme Emperor, Empress Dowager, Empress, and the Emperor who served the mothers, aunts, and eunuchs in front of the emperor had to be sent away.

This time the 3000 taels of silver is not a filial piety, but a dowry. From now on, the Rong Mansion will only give itself a portion of the silver. This year it will be [-] taels, and next year it will probably not exceed [-] taels. This is not enough to spend, it is not enough for her everywhere. For the reward fee, what about the empress dowager and the queen's three filial pieties?

Thinking of Yingchun, Yuanchun's lips curled up. She used to be the most honorable young lady in the Rong Mansion, and everyone admired her. Now, she is a little jealous of Yingchun. She is jealous that Yingchun won the favor of the queen mother and the emperor without spending a penny. She is even more jealous of Yingchun. Pastry youth and vigor.

Yuan Chun moved a little and already showed her waist, sighed, she couldn't go back to Yingchun's innocence, purity and kindness. In the end, Yuan Chun decided to follow her old ways. In addition to the [-] filial silver from the empress, there is another precious gift, and the filial piety of the empress dowager also adds [-]%. The aunts in charge of the aunts, the eunuchs in charge, and the rewards of our secret threads everywhere will also increase by [-]%. To see if the silver is enough, give me the number!"

Baoqin quickly figured it out: "Your Majesty, the servant girl has figured it out, and the total needs are 2000 taels of silver, and there is still a gap of [-] taels of silver in our hands."

Yuan Chun frowned: "Go and have a look, is there anything in our warehouse that can be pawned?"

Baoqin was startled: "Your Majesty, this won't work. Your Majesty's dowry is [-] silver, and it's all daily necessities, so it can't be taken for granted. The things rewarded by the House of Internal Affairs are all imperial items. If it's a mortgage, it's a big deal if people know about it." It's a crime of respect, why don't we ask the second girl for help, my mother still has ninety thousand silver in addition to the dowry, even if the second girl has less money, she must have some private money in her hand, why don't we borrow it first, and then return the money when I have it back. gone."

Yuan Chun bowed his head and thought for a while: "Go down and talk to your second younger sister and big girl Xiuju in private, don't mention me, and see what she means. If she wants to help, she must send money. If she doesn't, you can let the imperial dining room The old Zhangtou sent a message to his uncle, saying that there is nothing I can do about Bao girl being a female history, but I can let him come to my palace to be a maid, and ask them to give out 20 silver, and if she wants to be favored and become a maid, she will get another [-]. Ten thousand silver coins."

Baoqin Meifeng jumped, 30 silver, my master's bite is too deep.

Yuanchun's thinking is different from Baoqin's. He spent ten years of youth and spent millions of silver to get what he is today. Xue's family is a humble family, and 30 silver is bought by a master's wife. Noble master, the Xue family is not at a loss.

Yuan Chun couldn't help but wince when he thought about it, but it's a pity that Xue Pan, who killed people innocently, is now a dead person. Otherwise, if Xue's family continues to be an imperial merchant, why would he need to worry about money?

Then, Yuan Chun thought of his mother Wang Shi again, if today's mother is the Lord's gift, how could he make such a difficult situation?

After much deliberation, she did not expect that her own actions would be like drying up marshes and burning forests to hunt. How many women from meritorious families are like her, throwing out her mother's money like running water?

People say that the noble lady of the prince's mansion has only [-] a year for the king of the county!

Yingchun is accompanying the empress dowager to worship Buddha, the empress dowager is chanting scriptures, and Yingchun is copying the scriptures. Suddenly, the koi floats out and tells Yingchun: "Master, you should go back to the palace quickly. The empress of Chengqian Palace wants to borrow from the master. If the money is not successful, one hundred thousand silver will be used to buy a maid seat for the Xue family, and if the Xue family girl wants to be a milk picker, another 20 silver will be added."

Yingchun was stunned, he only gave her [-] silver in August, and it was spent so quickly?Could it be that the Wang family sent in more money in previous years?Can't help but shake his head secretly, with such spending, the Rong Mansion will be pawned in a few years, no wonder the Wang family wants to open a pawn shop to lend usury.

People point out that their daughters enter the palace and become prosperous. The Rong family raising such a lady is like carrying cotton wool on a rainy day. One day, she will be crushed to death.

20 for women?

Yingchun couldn't help scoffing, Yuanchun is selling the emperor's coolie money.

In the evening of this day, Yingchun returned to the Palace of Yanxi Palace after serving the Queen Mother after dinner. Sure enough, she heard Xiuju report to her: "Your Majesty, just now Chengqian Palace came to hold the qin and said something to the servant girl. What do you think, hold the qin?" It seems careless, but it seems that Tete came here to say this."

Yingchun's forehead: "What are you talking about?"

Xiuju then said about Baoqin, Chengqian Palace wanted to hold an annual ceremony, and sent money, and Chengqian Palace was going to invite eunuchs to take some imperial rewards.

Yingchun bit her lip and sneered inwardly, Yuanchun was deliberately coercing herself!

How can the imperial things be easily mortgaged? If she loves money, she will commit a crime one day, and she won't hate herself?

Fortunately, Yingchun still has some silver in her hands. Sister Feng gave a bonus of five thousand, and divided it into three thousand, plus the previous balance of eight thousand silver. More than enough.

Thinking that she would get Sister Feng's 3000 silver in her pocket right away, Yingchun simply put all the [-] silver into her purse, and then went to Chengqian Palace. My sister doesn’t have enough money to mortgage the imperial rewards. How can this happen? I didn’t tell my sister last time. Why didn’t my sister tell me when she was short of money? My dowry silver, plus this year's bonus of [-] taels, a total of [-], I don't know if these are enough?"

Yuan Chun held the purse, his eye circles felt a little hot, he spat on himself secretly, then smiled and said: "That's enough, there's more." He opened the purse, and took out three thousand silver coins to exchange for Yingchun: "My sister wants to buy it herself. During the Chinese New Year, the remaining [-] is considered to be borrowed from my sister, and when I have more money next time, I will definitely return it to my sister!"

Yingchun smiled and waved her hands: "After all, it's all money from the family. I don't know whether to change it or not. If I need money someday, I'll just talk to my sister."

Thinking that Yuanchun will still need to give gifts next year, I'm afraid that something will happen again at that time, so he paused and said: "Sister knows, the second brother has set up a crude medicine shop, our family has an old forest in the eastern province, there are many Precious medicinal materials, the eastern province is also a cold place, and the medicinal materials are no worse than Tibetan medicine and Mongolian medicine. The second brother is also an honest person, so don’t worry about the quality of the medicinal materials. If the elder sister has contacts, give the elder brother a lead. The Tai Hospital will always purchase them. , whoever begs others will have to spend, so I will definitely not treat my sister badly."

Yuan Chun was very surprised: "Why didn't Lian'er tell me when she opened a shop? Huang Afu of the Ministry of Internal Affairs can still sell me this face." After a pause, he smiled again: "That's good, I happen to have a A lot of precious medicinal materials were rewarded by the Empress Dowager, how can I use many of them, it’s taboo to give them away, and I can’t afford to lose face by entrusting them, so I just entrusted them to Lian’er.”

Yingchun clapped her hands: "Ha, that's great. To tell you the truth, I have a safe passage out of the palace in my hand, and I have a [-]% benefit from being handed over. He only needs [-]%. Now it's the end of the new year, and officials from various ministries are trying their best to escape. It's tight. If my sister can be trusted, just hand over the things to me, and it will be safe!"

Yuan Chun smiled: "Huh? Could it be that the Empress Dowager is in charge of her?"

Yingchun frowned and said: "I can't tell my sister about this. He said that if a third person finds out, he wouldn't admit it even if he was beaten to death. If my sister has something to do, she should hurry up. He just happened to be leaving recently. going."

Yuan Chun laughed: "Well, I see, sit down, let's have a chat."

The Spring Festival forehead is done.

Yuan Chun pursed his lips: "Has Concubine Li been to Ningshou Palace recently?"

Yingchun's eyes darkened, looking at Yuanchun's earnest eyes, Yingchun decided to give Yuanchun a warning, and sighed: "Just today, Concubine Li went to Ningshou Palace. After running out, the empress dowager was very distressed, and later she said that she had heard rumors recently that her slippery tire was not accidental, but a man-made disaster, which made the empress dowager very sad. Later, when the emperor found out, she was furious and ordered Concubine Li to be sent to the hospital. I went back, and said that this year's banquet, the imperial concubine does not need to participate, and she can rest in peace so that she can visit relatives in Yuan Dynasty."

Yuan Chun raised her eyebrows hastily, her nails in Ningshou Palace were no longer core, but all the secrets of the Empress Dowager were kept in the bedroom of the Buddhist hall, so Yuan Chun didn't know about the embarrassment of Concubine Li.

Hearing that the emperor was furious at this moment, Yuan Chun finally knew the emperor's plan. It seemed that the emperor wanted to suppress the matter, and he provoked Concubine Li to make trouble, which angered the emperor.Yuan Chun knew that he had to take care of the aftermath at this moment, otherwise he would be rejected if the emperor touched him.

This can't be done!

Yuan Chun frowned suddenly: "Oh, I'm a dizzy bastard, I'm going to squint, my sister can just do it herself."

Yingchun immediately stood up with a smile: "Then sister, please rest, I have to go back and think about the story."

Yuan Chun raised his eyebrows: "Didn't you say that the divine sculpture can talk for a year? Why does it have to be like a story?"

Yingchun pursed her lips deliberately: "Yeah, that's how it was originally, I finally came up with a story, but recently, the Empress Dowager's taste has changed again. It is said that the New Year's Eve is approaching, and the Empress Dowager has changed her taste. She doesn't like bitter dramas, but she likes Festive and lively stories, I am going to go back and think about a few reunion stories."

Thinking that the empress dowager is much more pleasing to him, the rewards have also increased, the old ginseng has been rewarded three times, and each time a pair is something that is hard to buy.It's a pity that Yuanchun accepted the concept of welcoming the spring, and to be a slim pregnant woman, she didn't dare to make up for it at all, lest it would be difficult to give birth.

I felt much less resentment towards the empress dowager in my heart, and said with a smile: "You are good at serving the empress dowager, others are not qualified to go there!"

After Yingchun left, Yuanchun hurriedly looked at Baoqin: "Come out, please?"

Holding the piano on the forehead: "The empress dowager rewarded four boxes of ginseng, all of which were more than 80 years old. Among them, one outside cost one or two thousand grains of silver. The emperor also rewarded four boxes of ginseng, which were more than 5000 years old. This depends on the market. , sell well, one can cost 50 taels, and the worst is two to three thousand. The empress has rewarded a pair of ginseng for more than 24 years, and each 13 silver is easy to sell. In addition, there is a list of congratulatory gifts from the Four Kings' Mansions of East, West, North and South. There are also ginseng, as well as the eight great princes' mansions and [-] marquis' mansions. The servants calculated the total, and the price of the precious herbal machine was more than [-]. There are still many gems, antiques, and so on. Except that imperial items cannot be discounted, the value of the rest should be more than [-]. This batch of items, [-] silver is safe."

Yuan Chun frowned: "Keep the 30-year-old ones. People don't like these things. Why don't you use them as favors and reward your concubines? Isn't there a pregnant Baolin in Chuxiu Palace? You can pick a box and give it away later." Go. Send the rest quietly to the Palace of Yanxi Palace, and tell her, according to the gift list, this thing is worth 20 yuan, and I only want 14 yuan."

Holding the zither, he moaned his lips a few times, and finally said on his forehead: "I will do it now, servant girl."

The jin carp here laughed strangely: "Master, the noble concubine of Chengqian Palace wants to blackmail you!"

Yingchun smiled lightly: "It's not considered blackmail, after all, she still left [-] yuan as an intermediary fee. You can go out of the palace later, and directly hand these things over to Jia Lian, the owner of Jirentang. The purple skinned ginseng is the best quality." send it."

After a short pause, he continued, "How did you go about yesterday?"

The koi laughed and said, "I'm doing business, master, please rest assured."

As a result, Jia Lian was very generous, issued 18 treasure notes according to the amount paid, and returned a deposit of 20 silver to the koi carp, making up a total of [-] silver.

Yingchun was dumbfounded when she heard this: "He is stupid, you are a stranger, do you have too much money to cook?"

Koi smiled and said: "No, man, this man is very intelligent. The purple-skinned ginseng was in his hands yesterday, but a man named Feng Ziying offered 5000 taels of gold and took it away. So, He was rewarded with sweetness, and he wanted to order another one with me, saying that if it lasted for a thousand years, he would not spare any money!"

Koi said this and giggled coquettishly: "Master, why don't we buy him a thousand-year-old ginseng? I looked into his eyes, and he wants to use the thousand-year-old ginseng to curry favor with the empress dowager!"

Yingchun thought about it for half a day, it will be a thousand years, so if I love you in the future, do I need ginseng for ten thousand years?Finally shook his head: "Find a 600-year-old one and sell it to him, and charge him fifty thousand silver."

Yingchun gave her Yuanchun's 15 taels of silver: "The man said that he won't charge me an agency fee for the first time he sold the goods, but he will charge [-]% next time."

After Yuan Chun was slightly stunned, he smiled and patted Yingchun's hand: "Sister, you can see that people are so talented!" Afterwards, Yuan Chun picked out 2000 silver notes and gave them to Yingchun: "This ten thousand is your favor, and my sister is not partial." You. The remaining [-] taels are for you to use as rewards. When the water is clear, there will be no fish. The people in the palace also have families, and they also have to eat and drink. Give them some sweets, and they will pay for your life at critical moments!"

Although this statement is blatant, it is the truth. People die for wealth, birds die for food, but silver is a good thing.

Yingchun stared at Yuanchun's smiling face like a silver plate, and suddenly thought of Xue Baochai, and said, "Sister Feng came in a few words ago and didn't dare to say something to elder sister!"

Yuan Chun asked with a smile: "This Sister Feng is from the same flesh and blood, what is there not to dare to say?"

Yingchun said: "It's Aunt Xue. She went to Sister Feng and said that as long as Sister Feng helps to bring Baochai to the palace, even if she is just a palace maid, she is willing to pay fifty thousand silver as a reward."

Yingchun stared at Yuanchun's eyes when she said this, Yuanchun wanted to buy one hundred thousand for a court lady.

Sure enough, a stern look flashed across Yuan Chun's eyes, and he guessed in his heart that maybe it was because his aunt said something that was not pleasant to listen to, so that girl Feng hesitated to speak.Then she smiled: "Aunt Xue must have said something to me, right? Forget it, self-care is not enough, and a life is probably worthless in their eyes."

When Yuanchun said this, he thought of Lin Daiyu, and also remembered what Jia Mu said that day when Jia Mu refused to allow Xue Baochai to come in to serve Wang's family: "The elder sister of Xue's family is devoted to Baoyu, and the mother wants her to serve the second wife. Baoyu is used to walking in the second wife's room." Brother Xue is a fool. Eldest sister Xue has been smart since she was a child, and now she is very proficient in everything. If she gets up her mind and makes a fuss, should Baoyu marry her or not? If she doesn't marry her, Baoyu will ruin his future. After marrying her, her family is in a mess, not to mention that the eldest brother of the Xue family will cause trouble in the future, but to mention any life lawsuits, Baoyu has such a murderer and murder of his wife and brother, one day he will be criticized and attacked, Your Majesty has loved Baoyu the most since she was a child, how could she mislead him like this?"

Yuanchun recalled that Mrs. Wang had sent a letter, saying that Baoyu and Daiyu ate at the same table and slept in one bed, and suddenly became annoyed. My relatives were afraid of accidents when they walked in daily life. Is this looking down on my natal family?Could it be that his relatives are all sluts?

Yuanchun didn't dare to ask this question, but he held it in his heart. Therefore, he became more and more tough on the matter of Wang's recuperation. Baoyu could not marry Baochao, but Baochai had to serve Wang.

Because the Wang family likes Baochai, and as a daughter, she must fulfill her wish.Because of this, Jia Mu was forced to tell the truth: "Your Majesty, don't think that I love your aunt. In fact, I love Bao Yu the most. Why do I want him to marry Dai Yu? For one thing, the Lin family has generations of scholars and connections in the officialdom. With prestige, upright officials have always disdained people who made meritorious deeds, Baoyu has connections with the Lin family, so she won't be squeezed out."

"Secondly, I love your father the most, otherwise I wouldn't let him live in Rongxi Hall for these years, so that your uncle would fight with me all day long with red nose and green eyebrows. Let Baoyu marry Daiyu, although I am afraid of Daiyu Yu married and was bullied, so she married into Rongfu and took care of her, but it was also for Baoyu's future considerations. Your uncle and your father will have to separate sooner or later, and the mansion is no longer what it used to be. God, you have to spend here, your father is not a hard worker, and Baoyu is also free, golden and precious, how can I bear to make you suffer and suffer? That's why I accepted your uncle's intention, the two families married, and all the property of the Lin family was given to Daiyu Dowry, these properties will belong to Baoyu from now on, the empress does not want Baoyu to live comfortably and richly? Besides, Daiyu and Baoyu are such kind-hearted children, how can they not honor the second wife and take care of you as a biological sister?"

"What's so good about the Xue family? Baoyu married the daughter of her family, only to be involved. The Xue family has money, but the Lin family has less money? Think about it, madam, it sounds better for a prince to marry a murderer, or to marry a Qingliu Is Mingxiu decent for marriage?

"I don't know what the second wife and the empress will say in the letter. I will leave a word to the empress today. Unless I die, she wants to make Xue's girl and Daiyu grow up. I will never agree!"

Yuan Chun was so angry that she choked, and Jia's mother would rather kneel down to give Yuan Chun a favor than agree to Xue Baochai's continued service to the Wang family. I will celebrate her birthday in 15 and openly find someone for her. If they really don’t want to go home, they can get married in Lixiangyuan. Relatives, we will see them off for the last time!”

After saying this, Mother Jia was invited to the table, but as a result, Mother Jia only moved a few chopsticks with her neck.

Yuan Chun's side was also so angry that he almost lost his breath.

At this moment, looking back at Yuan Chun, he just felt ironic. He almost turned against his ancestors because of the Xue family, but how could he know that they were gossiping behind his back? Looking at Yingchun again, he did not hesitate to do it for him several times in succession.

Yuan Chun stretched out his hand to shake Yingchun's jade hand: "Here, Sister Lefeng, tell her that she is happy with the Xue family's affairs."

Yingchun Hui squeezed Yuan Chunyu's finger: "I remember that Aunt Xue always said that Baochai was born like a big sister, and that her music, chess, calligraphy, and painting are not inferior. It is said that the second wife introduced and taught Mrs. Xue to teach her sons and daughters. If I am too big a sister, I will order Ms. Zhu!"

Yuanchun naturally knew about this, and he also knew that it was in that year that there was a sudden report in Jinling that Baochai met a monk with a scarlet head, and suddenly Baochai had a golden lock.It's just that Yuanchun didn't expect that the first two sentences on Baochai's lock plate would be a pair with Baoyu's beautiful jade words.

Yuan Chun smiled sarcastically, the Xue family's mother and daughter had really good plans.Looking at Yingchun again, she felt a little strange in her heart. She just felt that Yingchun came today by coincidence, as if she had seen through her own thoughts. She was about to find a way to get money, so she offered a passage. By the way, the Xue family's The road to the palace is also blocked. "

Yuan Chun pulled Yingchun Nuannuan and smiled: "Today, I will accompany my sister to have dinner. It doesn't matter if the queen mother is missing once?"

Yingchun smiled: "It's okay, I'll be with my sister at noon, dinner was the same in the past."

The sisters were talking about relatives, and Yuan Chun pulled Yingchun's hand over her belly: "Touch it. I think this child seems to be moving recently."

This Yingchun has no experience and is very depressed: "Ninety-one-twelve, my God, it's only a little over four months, and it will move. Could it be that the royal family is really smarter than ordinary people?"

As a mother-to-be, Yuan Chun likes people to praise her child very much, and she smiles gently and lovingly: "Look at you, you are not a queen mother. If you praise your nephew like this, people won't laugh at us."

Yingchun intentionally looked domineering, with her hips on her hips and eyes staring, her voice was high-pitched: "If you dare to joke, give me a laugh? Whoever laughs at me will kill whoever?"

Hugging Qin Zimo and holding back, Yuan Chun smiled so much that he could only touch his belly: "Oh, don't tease me, my stomach hurts from laughing!"

Yingchun was busy touching and rubbing her, but saw the eunuch in charge outside shrinking his head, because he asked: "What's the matter?"

The eunuch knelt down along the door: "Just now, Master Jia, the Imperial Supervisor, asked someone to bring a message, saying that the elder of the Rong Mansion and the second wife were both sick at the same time last night, and they didn't recognize anyone when they woke up today. One of them claimed to be the elder , called grandmother to the old lady in the mansion, and one claimed to be Miss Wang, clamoring to see her parents. Everyone knew that her grandparents had passed away long ago, so everyone said that this is still a bumper in the mansion. Yes. Master Jia Lian therefore persuaded the old lady to rebuild the gate according to the grades after the book was written, saying that a Feng Shui master said that the gate was too honorable, and the old man and the second wife estimated that the fortune would be poor, so they couldn't hold it back. I'm afraid the gate would not be repaired. Life is in danger!"

The koi smiled coquettishly in Yingchun's ear: "Master, six ginseng!"