Mrs. Pin, one of the Red House

Compared with the Guo Dynasty, although the speech of the Jin Dynasty was much more free, the control of the news by the imperial palace was much stricter to a certain extent.

In other words, the noble ladies of the Jin Dynasty didn't like to gossip about the government.

For example, Ning Yun didn't know from the mouth of the third wife, Mrs. Zhao, that Prince Zhongshun fell from his horse and shocked Sheng Jia until he went to Mrs. Tai's place to pay her respects.

Mrs. Zhao went home to celebrate the new year, when her younger siblings gave birth, and she was diagnosed as pregnant, February [-] was not a good day for the Shifu, fearing that something would happen to her, so she followed Mrs. Tai's orders , Waited until after drinking the full moon wine until after the big solar term of February [-], and then brought Lan Yun back from home.

"Fortunately, the previous royal hunt, our family didn't go there because February [-] is the memorial day of the old Marquis, in order to avoid suspicion, otherwise this matter would be really complicated." Wang's family has some housework to share with Zhao After the delivery, he resigned first, leaving Mrs. Zhao and Madam Tai to talk about themselves.

Unexpectedly, Mrs. Zhao said this after greeting Madam Tai.

Mrs. Tai was taken aback.

She also heard some rumors, so she was mentally prepared, but she was still taken aback by what Mrs. Zhao said, and she felt a little scared.

"what is the problem?"

Mrs. Zhao glanced at the maid next to Mrs. Tai, and Mrs. Tai understood, and quickly sent the maid away.

Only then did Mrs. Zhao say eloquently, "Originally, Prince Zhongshun is the best among the children of this generation. He can ride and shoot well, except for his bad reputation. However, who didn't come here when he was young, but it is unthinkable. The man ran out, drew his bow, and a leopard came out slantingly, the horse was so frightened that he threw the man off the horse's back."

"What do you think?" Zhao couldn't help but sighed, "If it really fell off the horse, it would be fine, but it happened to startle the horse of the Holy Majesty. This is loyal to the royal family, it is really troublesome."

"It's okay, it's okay." Mrs. Tai recited a sentence of Buddha.

Although Shi's Mansion and Zhongshun Wang's Mansion are not close, once the royal situation changes, it will still have a great impact on these meritorious families.

Nothing happened, nature is the best.

Mrs. Zhao shook her head, "That's not the point. The point is that I heard that the emperor was assassinated. Because the horse frightened everyone and led the Imperial Forest Army over, he escaped."

With a bang, Mrs. Tai slipped her hand, and the sandalwood beads in her hand fell to the ground, making a crisp bang, the beads rolled a few times, and finally stopped in front of the nanmu glass partition.

The mother-in-law and daughter-in-law looked at each other silently.

After a while, Mrs. Zhao personally got down from her seat, picked up the Buddhist beads, stroked the specks of dust on them, and respectfully handed them back to Mrs. Tai.

Mrs. Tai took it, put it back on her wrist carefully, looked down at the Buddha beads, then at Zhao Shi, and then said slowly, "What does the Feng family say?"

"My master is going to invite Brother Feng Tang to a banquet today. I think I can know something in the evening." Zhao Shi usually speaks eloquently, but today he speaks a little flustered. It must be because things happened suddenly. After weathering the storm, it was also a bit of a mess.

Only then did Mrs. Tai smile a little bit, and said to Mrs. Zhao: "My child, you are the eldest wife, so you have to take care of it more. It's hard work."

Zhao responded with a smile: "This is what a daughter-in-law should do."

Mrs. Tai looked at Zhao's pretty face with a smile, still dressed gracefully and luxuriously, she couldn't help raising her eyebrows, but she didn't say anything.

There is nothing wrong with young people who love to dress up.

Mrs. Tai frowned, and said thoughtfully: "In a few days, it will be the twelfth of February."

Mrs. Zhao also answered simply, "I'm prepared for you to ask, the daughter-in-law has made arrangements." She pointed her finger up, "The eldest daughter of the Jia family's birthday on the first day of the first month, because the fourth aunt came home and had an accident, and so on. It's not a big deal, and now it's Miss Lin's birthday, I guess, it's natural to have a good deal at that end."

Mrs. Tai picked up the tea bowl next to her, took a sip, and said: "You can take it easy, after all, the old man said that birthdays in February are unlucky, but the head wife of the Xue family happens to be in Beijing now, and she is with your siblings again. It's a sister from the same clan, if you have free time these few days, please invite her to sit down with the eldest girl from the Xue family."

Mrs. Zhao was puzzled at first, then took a deep breath, nodded Yingying and agreed, "Madam, you have a long-term vision," and added with a smile, "Madam also shares some spiritual energy with me."

Mrs. Tai was funny, "Just you, a monkey, put on a top hat for me every day, that's all right, I'm tired too, go and do your own work."

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After coming out of Mrs. Tai's room, Mrs. Zhao didn't go back to her own room, but went straight to the meeting hall.

Mrs. Wang happened to be reconciling the account books with the housekeeper, and when she saw the maids opening the curtains to salute, she knew that Mrs. Zhao had come, and said with a smile without raising her head, "You're still talking, and you're here."

When the butler turned his head, he saw Yi was wearing a slim-fitting horse-face skirt with emerald-colored carved rose flowers, a moon-white lotus pond and moon-collared long jacket, and the wind fur was the best. He was casually wearing a white fox fur. Three water-drop-like bright green emeralds rimmed with silver sway down, and the golden phoenix hairpin holds a huge ruby ​​in its mouth.

Isn't it Zhao Shi?

Butler Shi Qi hastily bowed and saluted.

Mrs. Zhao smiled, cast a sidelong glance at the housekeeper, and didn't cry out. The look on her face instantly frightened the housekeeper, Shi Qi, to take a step back.

Mrs. Wang ignored the vicissitudes of Mrs. Zhao, smiled meaningfully, touched a book that looked brand new in her hand, and handed the account book to Mrs. Zhao, "Sister-in-law, I haven't read a single page. .”

Zhao smirked, but didn't answer, and said: "It doesn't matter whether you have seen it or not, there is no such thing as betrayal." Then she lowered her face and stared at Shi Qi, "But for some I don't think I can keep a traitorous servant who has a trick on his back."

"Sister-in-law's words are different, everyone is just kind." Wang smiled, intending to ease the situation.

"Don't bother your siblings." Sitting opposite Wang, Mrs. Zhao glared at Shi Qi, "Still poking here, why don't you hurry out."

Only then did Shi Qi leave in panic.

After Shi Qi left, Mrs. Zhao and Mrs. Wang laughed and said, "I'm tired of these slaves. If you are used to him, you will think that you are worth a lot and will step on your head. gone."

Mrs. Wang smiled and took a sip of tea, "Although spring hasn't started yet, this year's Meishangxue is pretty good."

"The snow on plum blossoms is sweeter than the rain in old years, but the best top grade is not in my house," Zhao smiled. Really top quality."

Wang said: "I'm just a layman, so I'm not as particular as you, sister-in-law."

Mrs. Zhao handed the account book back to Mrs. Wang, but Mrs. Wang refused to accept it. Ms. Zhao shook her head, and the Dongzhu earrings jingled, "Now I won't hide it from you. You can just read it. If you know, you don't know." It's no big deal, everyone's family has had such a period of time." She stared at Wang, "It must have been the same in the family of younger brothers and sisters."

Wang thought for a while, sighed, and then replied: "Sister-in-law's words are indeed true."

Mrs. Zhao smiled, and put the account book on the small table, "As for the matter of money, it's not big or small. It's nothing at all, but it's just spread, and it's a big deal if someone adds fuel to it. "As she said, she glanced at Mrs. Wang, "My family is a clear stream in the academy. Apart from having a good reputation, let me tell you, sometimes it is absolutely incomparable with your family in terms of money."

Wang Shi looked at Zhao Shi and didn't answer.

"The reason why Mrs. Tai delegated power to my daughter-in-law to be the housekeeper is to force us to fill the gap in the house with our own dowry," Zhao said calmly, "My dowry is not much, and I have a daughter under my knees. Not to mention getting older, when Xiangyun got married, our second wife had to take the lead, and now I have to make up for it with my dowry, I absolutely refuse."

"It's true that letting people get money is quick, but it's not a long-term solution after all." Wang sighed, "Nowadays, the extravagant atmosphere in Beijing and China is growing, and everyone's inner pockets are coming, but the trend of fighting for wealth is rampant. You are struggling to save face, you should look at the Zhen residence for four pick-ups, and every time you pick up the pick-up, there is a deficit in the job, but it's just a swollen face and pretending to be fat."

Mrs. Zhao folded her hands and looked at the newly embroidered handkerchief, "It's not the same as before. I still remember when we were young, we only made more than ten pieces of clothes a year, and one or two new ones every year was enough. Now it's so good. , when a girl doesn’t have a fox fur or a golden bird fur, she doesn’t have two or three sets of hard red hibiscus jade heads, and she doesn’t have more than 40 pieces of clothes to change back and forth in a year, and she’s too embarrassed to take them out to meet people.”

Wang Shi also sighed.

After all, the Wang family's family has a strong foundation, and they can afford the rewards year after year. Otherwise, now that Shi Ding is in the limelight, there will inevitably be more people who agree, and the expenses for management are quite high, so why not spend all the family assets?

But these topics are meaningless.

The money that should be spent is really not a lot of money. After a year, I can't get in and out. Isn't it hypocritical to complain to others now?

Mrs. Wang changed the subject with a single word, "Say it snowed early this year, Mrs. Tai said that the rent collection in the fields has been delayed until the beginning of spring. Now, in your opinion, when will it be better to collect it?"

Mrs. Zhao frowned, "Don't push too hard, Zhuangzi's harvest was mediocre last year, so I guess this year I'm afraid we'll have to give him some leeway."

Mrs. Wang hummed, "Then I'll tell them that in a while."

"Also, you have heard about the Xishan incident in the suburbs of Beijing." Mrs. Zhao stopped Mrs. Wang, "What do you think?"

Mrs. Wang thought for a while, then subconsciously squeezed the veil tightly, "I heard Ziyan Ziteng said a few words, but it seems that the Holy Majesty wants to investigate strictly, but I heard that the crown prince made meritorious service and rescued the Holy Majesty. What too many changes."

"I'll ask the one in my family at night, and I'll talk to you tomorrow." Mrs. Zhao was pregnant, and felt back pain while sitting, so she got up and walked around, "And there is the Lin family, Mrs. Zhou's illness is really weird. .”

"The family relationship between officials and eunuchs is weak." Wang Shi rubbed his temples, "Lin Hai and the Lin family's patriarchs have to explain to the Jia family, but Mrs. Zhou and Mrs. Zhou still have to live until after the Yuanchun draft, so there shouldn't be any preparations so early. "