[Red Mansions] The Road to Empress Dowager

Everyone laughed and chatted for a few more words, and Aunt Xue suddenly said to Mrs. Wang: "Now Baochai is going to get married, and we are preparing a dowry for her. To be honest, the business of the shop in the mansion has been worse than every year in recent years. Pan'er But it is useless. Several shops in Beijing are losing money, and many shops in Jiangnan have been sold at a discount. Baochai is married to an official family, and I am only such a daughter. The dowry should not be too meager But now I really can't transfer so much cash..."

Mrs. Wang's eyelids twitched, and Jia Yuanchun sitting next to Jia Mu also had an ominous premonition.

Aunt Xue said again: "When I came to Beijing, it was originally for the search, and I also asked my sister to run around. After spending 5 taels of silver, it still didn't work out. It's because Baochai didn't have such good fortune. We are still very grateful to my sister for her help." It's exhausting."

Jia's mother couldn't help but look very ugly. The ancients paid attention to subtlety and respected etiquette and righteousness over money. How could they say how much money in public like this?It really is a merchant's family.

But having said that, it is really impossible to search for a talented person next to the princess princess and spend 5 taels of silver to accompany her.Wang Ziteng was able to find a court official for a person like Jia Yucun with a criminal record back then, so if the Wang family really managed it, not to mention the princess, it would be a big deal to find a princess to accompany him. If you spend 5 taels and you can't do it, how bad is Baochai?

Mrs. Wang said: "It's my sister who can't help my sister, but I can't hide what happened to Pan'er back then. Those princesses are not happy, so what can I do?"

This is also strange, the emperor's eighth princess is three years older than Baochai, and she had accompanied her for a long time.However, the nine princesses, ten princesses and Tu Yuanyi's two princesses are five or six years younger than Baochai, which is not suitable.So in the past, only the princes and princesses of the clans wanted to seek it.

Mrs. Xing smiled slightly at this moment, and said: "Sisters and sisters, I didn't understand before, but the royal clan has to behave properly. Who is it that collects 5 taels of silver when things fail? This is too outrageous." Point, when I go to the palace to see the empress, I must talk about it, so that the saints will know that there are such unkind people in the clan. Mrs. Xue is also pitiful for her orphans and widows. How can she swallow people because of her clan 5 Ten thousand taels of silver, but nothing is done?"

Aunt Xue asked Wang Xifeng to discuss this matter. Wang Xifeng is now shrewd. After the eye-opening last time, she knows who is really cheating her in this family, who has conflicts of interest with her, and understands that the big house must first unite as one.Aunt swallowed so many things that originally belonged to their husband and wife, relying on her status as "adoptive mother" who "raised and brought up" Jia Lian, it is still difficult for them to pursue it.But Aunt Xue's surname is Xue, and she is the sister of Good Aunt, let's see what she says.Anyway, Wang Xifeng is now willing to scrape off layers of fat from Mrs. Wang's body to enrich herself.

Wang Xifeng might not be able to do it on her own, and this kind of "good thing" also attracted her "comrade-in-arms" Mrs. Xing.And Mrs. Xing is the most greedy for money. Knowing that Xue's family will pay back the silver, there must be a heavy gift, not to mention ten thousand taels, 5000 taels may not be able to escape, how can she not be tempted?

This is not to use Xing Xiuyan's name to violate the criminal law, but to help collect debts and to be a witness.In fact, Aunt Xue is still soft-tempered, and she is only strong as a mother when she comes forward at this time.But just let her come by herself, facing the eldest sister who has been above her all her life, she really can't do it.

Although she originally came to get close to this elder sister, but compared to her daughter, of course the daughter is more important than the elder sister. If she takes a step back, the son will not succeed. In the future, the daughter and son-in-law will have to rely on her as a widow.

Mrs. Wang showed embarrassment on her benevolent face. She was greedy for the Xue family's money, and at that time she wanted Baochai to marry Baoyu. How could she have really managed it?It's just that she reported her name to the eunuch of the ceremony, and then she didn't care about it. Baochai passed by like this, how could she choose, and of course she kept the money.

Mrs. Wang happened to use Xue Pan's incident as an excuse to deal with her sister's family. Aunt Xue was an orphan, widowed mother, and a business owner. She wanted to survive in a place like Kyoto where there are many officials above the second and third ranks like dogs without being bullied by others. Prince Teng's family must rely on Jia's family.

Although the Jia family actually relied on Wang Ziteng at that time, Aunt Xue was a woman who married 30 years ago. Of course, the Jia family was the most prominent at that time, and she had been in Jinling for 30 years.When she first came to Beijing, she didn't know the current situation of the Jia family. She was warmly invited by the elder sister of the wife who was in charge, and of course she lived in her elder sister's house.Besides, although the elder brother is close, he has official duties and is different from male to female, so he can't get close to him very often. However, it is easier to deal with his own sister than his sister-in-law, so he naturally chooses to come to his sister's house.This is also the inevitable choice of Aunt Xue who is soft in nature and who makes things easy.

At that time, Mrs. Wang was still the wife of the Rongguo Mansion who lived in Rongxi Hall, and she had a face to walk around in the Duke's house. The Xue family was so rich, how could she tear it apart for this money?

As for Mrs. Wang, it was indeed a good thing to see Baochai, and she was very concerned about Jia Mu's wholehearted desire to promise Daiyu to Baoyu. She was just trying to choose a daughter-in-law who liked her, and Baochai was the most suitable; In the past, she gave money to Yuanchun year after year, and she was about to broaden her financial resources, because Xue's family had 5 taels when they made a move, and she became greedy.

Although Mrs. Wang is two, this calculation is not a noob.Because she has always firmly believed that her Yuanchun will have a great fortune. If Yuanchun is a concubine, no matter how much money the Xue family pays, she will be willing.The current embarrassing situation is caused by this moment and that moment, who made Yuanchun not have such good luck.

Mrs. Wang is a Pixiu, she didn't want to spit out money, she thought about it suddenly, she wanted to find a reason, and suddenly said: "I begged Prince Lian's family back then..."

Prince Lian, Tu Yuankang, was not the culprit of the Three Kings Rebellion. His wife and family were confiscated and his family was wiped out, while he and his children were demoted to the common people and exiled.Mrs. Wang really wanted Prince Shanglian back then, and she was ready to get Jia Amnesty and Jia Zheng to participate in welcoming the old sage back to court, so that Yuan Chun could have a chance to become a concubine.At this time, Prince Lian's mansion was pulled out of the crisis to take the blame, which means that the money will not be recovered.

Although Jia Mu's heart was so biased, she still had some wisdom, so she couldn't help shouting: "Shut up!"

In the current situation, everyone avoids Prince Lian, even if they really had contacts in the past, they pretended to be ignorant with understanding, Mrs. Wang only had money in her heart, and she ignored everything else in her anxiety.

"Brothers and sisters, don't scare me." Mrs. Xing exclaimed, then looked at Jia's mother with a face full of embarrassment, and said, "Old lady, if my brothers and sisters are really involved with Prince Lian's mansion so deeply, please forgive me." The daughter-in-law is not filial, and for the sake of Lian'er and Rong, she agreed to separate the family in advance. Thinking about the fact that there is no family in the rebellious clan back then, the daughter-in-law shudders. Now that there is still time to separate the family, I just kneel in front of the mother, I also want to keep Lian'er and my good grandson Sun Rong."

Mother Jia's old face was gloomy, but she was able to bear the pressure with filial piety. Although the first room and the second room exchanged residences, Mrs. Wang still had the keys to the farm property in the Fuzhong and the big warehouse.It's just that now Dafang has to live in Rongxi Hall, what kind of expenses, what kind of quota he wants, now he is confident and confident, and almost no one dares to refuse.

Jia's mother suppressed her depression and said, "I'm afraid your siblings are confused. How can you take a fool's words seriously?"

Mrs. Xing looked at Mrs. Wang as if asking for proof, and said, "Sisters and sisters, think about which prince you managed? Couldn't it be Prince Ying, Prince Fu, or Prince Rong? Oh, look at me confused, Ying The little princess of the Prince’s family has just had a full moon. A few days ago, Brother Feng and I went to drink full moon wine. The little princess, Prince Ying, is more painful than his son. I’m afraid the princesses of Prince Fu and Prince Rong are still with the concubines. In the stomach. It will never be the old Prince De’s family. The Prince De’s concubine is a kind person. I can say a few words, if my siblings have taken care of it, I can also help to ask the princess if there is something wrong with the people under her..."

Listening to Mrs. Xing's list of the existing princes and counties, her tone was very familiar, and the faces of Jiamu and Mrs. Wang became more and more serious.I can't bully others anymore. I don't understand. In the past, if I made up a noble person, with Mrs. Xing's status, she would only be jealous. Now people know the real master.

Mother Jia knew that she would have no face in the second room if she kept going on like this, and interrupted: "If you borrow money from Mrs. Xue, even if you are sisters, there is no reason not to pay it back."

Mrs. Wang felt wronged for a while, and said, "Old lady, where can I find so much money now? It's all spent by the government..."

Wang Xifeng said: "Our wife, Mr. Lian, and the second son have never withdrawn tens of thousands of taels of silver from the public. On the contrary, the second wife always gave silver to the eldest sister in the palace..."

Yuan Chun stood next to Jiamu, listening to them talking about Yinzi, he felt something bad in his heart.Others don't know, but she knows it. During her 15 years in the palace, she spent a total of more than 80 taels of silver, all of which were made by Mrs. Wang.Because of this, she desperately wanted to fight for a future, but it was a pity that there was no way to meet an emperor like Tu Yuanyi.

At this time, Wang Xifeng could embarrass her like this. Also, the eldest and second wife made such a fuss internally over the family rights, and they no longer cared about her like they used to.

Mrs. Xing hated her for the last time Jia's mother abruptly prevented Da Fang from taking back the power to manage the family business. She had no choice but to poke Mrs. Wang's and Jia Yuanchun's hearts.

So, Mrs. Xing followed Wang Xifeng's words and said: "Oh, the eldest girl has been in the palace for more than ten years, and the money has been spent. Our master is the owner of the house, and it is his money, so it doesn't matter how many 10 taels It’s more than a million taels, and it’s all regarded as his uncle who regrets his eldest niece. At that time, didn’t everyone expect the eldest girl to be a concubine? A concubine, if this is not possible, we must not let the big girl spit out our master's silver. This is not a concubine who can be a concubine if you want to, it depends on luck. Otherwise, not everyone is a concubine concubine But our family’s silver meat buns are like dogs, and we can’t write two Jia characters in one stroke. Our master has to take care of it. But my younger siblings borrowed Mrs. Xue’s silver and forgot to return it, and it was rumored that everyone thought we were Mrs. Xue's autumn wind hit the general's mansion! But our master has never even smelled the smell of silver, and it's over again to carry this name for his younger siblings. But this explanation is not borrowed by our master, the second master After all, Brother Huan's good reputation is about to be stink again."

Jia Yuanchun's face was ashen, trembling all over, she couldn't avoid what she was most afraid of, she forced her tears back, she is a person who wants face, but how can she have face?