The Concubine of the Red Chamber

Because Jia Shi doesn't want to see Jia Lan, whether Zhang has an order, Jia Lan has only heard about Jia's affairs since she got married. Jia Min has a very good relationship with the fifth princess now, and occasionally Hearing Jia Daishan's words, he came to talk to Jia Lan. Jia Lan had no enmity with her, nor did she have any bad feelings, and he didn't refuse her too much, but the relationship between the two was a little bit closer than in Jia's house.

Looking at the third sister today, Jia Min felt a lot of emotion. Since she got married, the third sister had combed her hair that covered her eyes, and she looked more energetic and better-looking.Jia Min looked at Jia Lan's white and tender skin without any blemishes. Although it was a little rounder, her facial features were also extremely delicate. Looking closely, she was not much worse than her own. She knew what his wife said behind Jia Lan's back. What she said is true, but she doesn't take it seriously. Jia Minsui is young, but he has seen a few princes, and he doesn't think too much. He seems to want to give her to the elder brother of the Lin family, that elder brother She had seen it before, she was handsome, talented, and although her mother felt that their family's title had come to an end, she was a little dissatisfied, but Jia Lan felt that her mother thought too much, so she didn't take Jia Shishi's words to heart. There is no malice towards Jia Lan.

"Second elder brother came back, and the Tongfang he brought came back pregnant, and was scolded by his wife for a long time, even the master's face was not very good-looking. So he gave the green bamboo around him to the second elder brother, and also gave a copy of his miscarriage-preserving medicinal materials to the Zhou family, but the Zhou family made a fuss on its own, the second brother took the second sister-in-law to the Wang family to celebrate his birthday, and the Zhou family slipped in the yard by himself. One fell, lost a brother, and will not be able to have children in the future. The wife almost fainted from the pain. The second sister-in-law also cried a lot when she came back, and sold out all the servants around the Zhou family, and offered her to be a nurse. Auntie, later she gave Chang'er to the second elder brother." It's not easy for Jia Min to talk about the Jia family's affairs outside, but after getting acquainted with Jia Lan, she complained several times in front of Jia Lan.

When Jia Min heard this, she was very surprised by Wang's methods. She didn't believe that Wang was so generous, and she didn't believe that Zhou slipped in the yard and lost the child.But Jia Lan didn't say much, just said: "It's really a pity, the second sister-in-law is also pregnant after all, so she must not be tired."

"Sister-in-law said the same thing. If there is any delicious food, people will send it to the second sister-in-law. However, sister-in-law seems to be feeling a little unwell for the past two days. According to my wife, she seems to be pregnant, but the month is shallow, so I have to wait a little longer! "Jia Min nodded. Although she was a little disappointed with Wang, she felt that she was not good enough for her talented second brother, but adding a nephew was a big deal, and she must not be careless.

Zhang is pregnant?According to Jia Min's statement, it is basically confirmed that Zhang's family is happy to conceive Jia Lan again, but I don't know if it is Jia Lian. Hu'er is such an excellent brother, no matter if he is Jia Lian or not, he can always be educated well.Jia Min asked someone to send two strings of Buddhist beads. The queen gave him a bracelet of Buddhist beads before Jia Min asked Jia Min to take them back to his two sister-in-laws. Among them, the ones for Mrs. Zhang were moistened with plum blossom dew, which is very good for people.

In June, when the second prince got married, Jia Lan saw the Buddhist beads on the arm of Zhang Shi who entered the palace with Jia Shi Shi, asked quietly, and found out that she was indeed pregnant, and after the image of the pregnancy was very good, she was relieved Come.

"The bracelet my sister gave me was consecrated by Master Enlightenment. I sent it back the same day, and I kept it with me. I feel much more comfortable all over." Mrs. Zhang laughed softly.

"Sister-in-law just use it." Jia Lan thought that she hadn't settled down yet, so she asked someone to buy a cup of hot water, changed the drinks for the guests, and added a drop of plum blossom dew to Mrs. Zhang.

Mrs. Zhang didn't delay the change and drank it down. After a while, she really felt better, and turned her head and smiled gratefully at Jia Lan.

Wang Jieyu was not favored. The second concubine was of the same family as Wang Jieyu. Unlike Wang Jieyu's status as an offshoot of her natal family, she was of the direct line. Although she was married for the first time, she was a little shy. The third concubine, who is about to marry in a month, looks good, and although she looks at it, she is not looking for trouble, but she is from the Wang family, and she is somewhat related to Wang Ziteng, so Jia Lan faintly raised her heart.

The backyards of the princes who have been engaged to get married are more or less related to the four kings and eight princes, whether they are the first wives or the concubine.Jia Lan secretly speculated, even she could see it, how could the princes with great ambitions not understand?Even if Emperor Longchang thought about it, it was impossible for him to know everything.

"Five princes will go out of the palace to build a mansion, and they will need more than 100 million taels of Anjia silver. In the future, there will be princesses to marry. I don't understand. How do you manage it? If my inner palace is even given to my son Anjia's silver, it will be empty. What is the use of you?" Emperor Longchang thought about what Enlightenment said before, asking Jun Zexuan to go to the Huguo Temple to fast and chant Buddha for five days every month, so he thought that he would even settle down the house where he left the palace. , As a result, as soon as Ah opened his mouth, the officials of the inner government called him poor, and his face turned blue with anger.

The official who spoke was a little dazed. The fifth prince left the palace at the age of 11, so he was not a favored person. He wanted to make a fuss and give less, but he didn't expect that Emperor Longchang would have such an attitude.

The 25 taels of Anjia silver for each prince was set after the founding of the country. Emperor Longchang would not violate the wishes of his ancestors. He got 25 taels when he was not favored. He went out to build a house, and there was not much left, but But it's all his capital.Even if I accidentally like it, but the sons are all his own, Emperor Longchang didn't want to be too chilling, and he didn't intend to withhold what should be given.Although he has not really decided on an heir now, but the crown prince is weak, Jun Zexuan himself is not a clear person, and he is not among the candidates for the succession. Jun Zexuan has always been pleasing, and the marriage has wronged his son. He didn't want to make him feel wronged too much.

Emperor Longchang circled Jun Zexuan's land near the fifth prince's house, and gave the silver ticket directly to the fifth prince, asking him to help manage it, and then decided that Jun Zexuan would also leave the palace to build a mansion, Jia Lan heard After that, I was a little happy.

"I don't need to build too many yards. I want a big backyard full of plum trees. Lan'er will like it in winter." Jun Zexuan was very concerned about his younger brother's affairs, but after listening to Jun Zexuan's words, His face darkened, even if it was all arranged by himself, he was too careless?I asked Jia Lan, she didn't know much about ancient architecture, so she couldn't tell why, she just said that the fifth brother was in charge, and then the young couple got together and talked about whether it is better to plant red plums or white plums?Appreciate plums in winter, eat plums in summer, and make plum wine...

"It's better to have someone draw a picture, let them choose!" Gu Qingyan shook his head and suggested to Jun Zezhu.

Jun Zexi was not scolding or scolding, he felt aggrieved for a while and then let them go, Gu Qingyan watched the two of them holding hands and playing Wuzi Lianju on the sidelines, and also talked, thinking that there will be many days to worry about in the future .

"Fifth brother's mansion has been repaired, and then we can build ours. Don't worry, even if it is not completed before leaving the palace, you can still live in brother's mansion." Jun Zexuan, under Jia Lan's reminder, made a very obedient proposal before leaving. .After being stared at, he pulled Jia Lan away.

Although Jun Zexuan said that he didn't care about anything, there were still many account books sent over every day.

Jia Lan hasn't touched many ledgers. She saw it when she visited Zhang's manager's house before. The ledger of her dowry Zhuangzi's shop hadn't been sent in yet. She looked dizzy, so she asked Huier to copy it again with her own method. Send it out for a while and let them remember it like this.Jun Zexuan didn't hide it from Jia Lan, and Jia Lan didn't pay much attention to it at first. He only heard that because he calculated quickly, some of the accounts in the hands of the fifth prince would be sent over for him to check. When Jun Zexuan settled the accounts, Xiaowu, the dark guard on one side, read it once, and he said it again, but finally closed it. After listening to a few sentences, Jia Lan felt that this ledger was really cumbersome, as if there were other things besides Jianfu’s ledger. Looking at it Jun Zexuan was busy for a long time and didn't finish the calculation, so he drew a form with a pen and said: "Why don't you record income and expenditure separately, what time do you do and how much you spend every month? It's not very troublesome to send it in one lump sum. Money, how much is the monthly bill, how much is the reward silver, there is every month, just write the data by day, and then talk about it separately, so there is no need to be so troublesome, right? "

Jun Zexuan curiously took the paper that Jia Lan handed over, looked at it, and thought that it was indeed a lot easier, so without thinking much, he asked Xiao Wu to send it to Jun Zexuan, so that he would not be so troublesome to remember the account in the future, Listening to him was sleepy.

After seeing the form, Jun Zexuan was overjoyed, so he hurried over to ask carefully, but as soon as he entered the door, he saw Jun Zexuan and Jia Lan sitting side by side, eating fruits one by one, in a relaxed manner. I owe a beating.

"How did the siblings think of keeping accounts like this?" Jun Zezhen took a deep breath and walked over, sat down, and asked.

Seeing him coming in, Jia Lan hurriedly stood up and saluted, then let Hui'er take the private account in her own room and said: "No one taught me, but the concubine thinks it is convenient to memorize it this way, so I just memorized it like this, saving everything Get together and look dizzy." Jun Zezhen knows nothing about what she has in her hand except what she hid in the space in the early years, and she doesn't intend to hide it. None, and we will have to work hard to rectify it in the future. With Jun Zezhu's help to watch, there will be less loss.

Jun Zexi saw that besides the private accounts in her own room, Jun Zexi also took out the account books of Zhuangzi's shop that seemed to have been copied not long ago. She only took the account books of Zhuangzi's shop and left. Jia Lan complained to Jun Zexuan: "It would be great if the fifth elder brother took all of them away to help with the calculations. I don't have a caring nun around me. I'm not good at calculations, and I don't like reading account books."

"It's okay, I'll help you look at it later." Jun Zexuan thought it was easy, so he took it, and after a while, said: "It's really much more convenient, Lan'er, you are so smart."

"Stupid or fake?" Gu Qingyan was surprised after seeing the account book that Jia Lan asked Hui'er to copy. Hearing what Jun Zezhen said, he couldn't help but wonder, doesn't this Jia San know something? I have to hold it in my own hands, and I still want to let the fifth prince help manage the accounts.

Jun Zezhen looked at the ledger and said with a light smile: "She has never seen any of the Jia family's dowry. Although she holds the deed, no one is convinced after all, and she can't control the outside world in the palace, so she wants to borrow it from me." She straightened her hands. He also said that if it is useful, don’t let her name be mentioned.” At first, Jun Zezhen didn’t want to understand, but when he asked the maid who copied the account book, he found out that it was Jia Lan’s dowry. Girl, that girl is quite courageous, she just said it directly, but she can't control it anyway, so naturally she doesn't want to watch it.Fortunately, both of them are young, so it doesn't hurt to help them take care of it for two years.

Gu Qingyan chuckled, shook his head and saw that Jun Zezhen was not angry, and said: "Xuan'er-in-law is with him, so you can rest assured. I think Xuan'er's temper has improved a lot these days."

"It's not that it's improved a lot, it's that I never lost my temper again." I knew that Jia San had a great influence on Xuan'er before, but I didn't expect it to be so great. pain.

"Then you can help take care of it! Send the money over in the future, and arrange a few loyal servants after they leave the mansion, and then return it to Xuan's daughter-in-law." Gu Qingyan listened when he entered the palace The family's advice is not to let their brothers renounce, so they said directly.

Jun Ze thought in his heart, that's the only way to go.It's also fortunate that she married in at a young age and didn't have a deep defense against others, so she was able to be so defenseless against Xuan'er, which is considered a good thing.