The Kangping Life of Mrs. Xing in Honglou

Xing Yue looked at the mandarin duck kneeling below, as expected of the old lady's confidant girl, dressed in plain clothes, very handsome.Now this mandarin duck is the girl of the second room, Xing Yue didn't speak, and let the other three people interrogate her.

"Yuanyang, you kept the storeroom of the old lady during her lifetime. Do you know that the Zhen family saved a fortune in our house in the early years, where is it now?" Jia She asked.

"Returning to the words of the Eldest Master, the maidservant heard the old lady say this. In the early years, there was a sum of property that was handed over to the second wife. Not long after the empress was named a noble person, the Zhen family sent someone to use part of it. As for the total number, how much is left, and where the rest of the property is, the slaves will not know." Yuanyang is the old lady's favorite, seeing the four masters asking about this matter, I am afraid that the Zhen family will come to ask for the sum Silver, dare not hide it.

"Brother, sister-in-law, master, there is no record of this property in the public account." The account books Liu came into contact with were also obtained after the separation of the family, and the previous things were left with the old lady.

"Have Baoyu brought the lady's own account books to the south?" Mrs. Liu asked. The old lady guarded these account books tightly, and gave them to Baoyu directly without passing through their hands, so that the mandarin ducks could keep them.

"When I went back to my wife, I only brought the last two years, and the rest were left in the capital treasury." Yuanyang replied, she also just took over these account books, the property under the name of the second wife, and the old lady gave Baoyu a lot of property , she only brought the account books of the past two years back to the south.

"Does the account book you bring contain records about the property of the Zhen family?" Jia Zheng asked.

"Returning to the master, the servant girl is sorting out these account books these days, and there is no record of the property of the Zhen family. It must be that the account book is still in Beijing." Yuanyang returned to her. My lord, Jia Amnesty is my lord.

"Second brother, send someone back to pick it up. This matter needs to be clarified." Jia Amnesty said seriously.

"Yuanyang, let me ask you, apart from this property, has the old lady ever received any property from the Zhen family in recent years?" Xing Yue asked just in case. Close contacts, who knows if there is anything else.Xing Yue had never touched the account books of the Rongguo Mansion back then. What she had been exposed to were all after the separation of the two families. Even after the separation, these account books were kept by the old lady, and she had never touched them.

She didn't care about the corruption of Wang's housekeeper before, and she didn't bother to check the account books of the previous year. Now that this is the case, she can't do it without checking. Who knows what's tricky in it, let them wait to clean up the mess .

"If you go back to the eldest lady, these slaves are not very clear." Yuanyang has only been the eldest girl by her side for four or five years. She doesn't know some old things, and there are some private things that the old lady knows. It was hidden from her.

There must be a bill for the Zhen family's deposit of silver. Xing Yue is not worried. Yes, these things must be in the hands of the girl Yuanyang now.

"Master, second brother, second younger brother and sister, we are all observing filial piety now, and it is not convenient to go back to the capital, so we should send a capable assistant and the girl Yuanyang back to Beijing, find all the things of the Zhen family, and transport them back to the south." Xing Yue I am worried that these things are all in the old lady's private treasury, and they will be divided between the two as the old lady's private house.

Xing Yue reckoned that the Zhen family was worried about handing over their belongings to the Jia family for safekeeping. The relationship between the two old ladies was unusual, but the relationship between the juniors was not normal, and the Wang family who Zhi Qian had dealings with the Zhen family was also dead.Now Xing Yue, who is the head of the Jia family, has never dealt with the Zhen family at all. According to the book, the Zhen family owes money to the state treasury, and they live such a luxurious life that they may not be able to make ends meet.

Now that the Jia family and the Zhen family are not on the same line at all, the only way for the Zhen family to maintain their prosperity and wealth is to support Concubine Zhen’s son to the throne, and their Jia family is destined to stand on the current side, and the two sides belong to the hostile camp, which is peace It was difficult to get along with each other. For this old lady's funeral, the Zhen family only sent a concubine with little influence to pay respects, so you can see the attitude of the Zhen family.

Xing Yue picked up the old lady's list of Zhen's plants. Apart from 2 taels of silver, there were also a lot of valuables, and the silver was nothing. These belongings marked with the Jia Mansion must be brought back. However, now To come back, there must be a suitable reason.

Sending the mandarin ducks out to pack up and return to Beijing, several people were talking about this matter together, what kind of reason could the Zhen family not refuse, Xing Yue suddenly thought of something and asked: "Second younger brother, second younger sibling, mother's relatives The villa, how do you plan to deal with it in the future." They are not qualified to live in this family-speaking villa, they can only leave it alone, and spend a lot of money to maintain it every year, even if the second family produces more every year, no matter how good Liu's housekeeping is , This family-speaking villa is also a bottomless pit.

When the three of them suddenly heard Xing Yue's question, they were a little stunned. What could happen to the provincial house? What does it have to do with the Zhen family's things? Liu's response was quick. She wanted to get rid of this hot potato a long time ago, but she couldn't do it. reason.Hastily asked: "Sister-in-law asks this, but do you have any good suggestions?"

"Since it was a family-saving villa built for the empress, now that the empress is gone, and Princess Yining is still there, this family-saving villa naturally belongs to the princess, plus what the old lady left for the empress before, and these, How about handing it over to the royal family as well?" Xing Yue pointed to the list and said, as for the things on the list, it was just an excuse to get the things back from the Zhen family, and it also solved the hot potato of the provincial house, but the second house was reluctant , it is beyond her control.

For Xing Yue's proposal, the other three fell silent. Jia Amnesty didn't care. At the beginning they only paid 1 taels of silver to the royal family. He didn't feel bad. The antique calligraphy and painting are all in the garden now, and this is not just a matter of seven or eight million taels of silver. Liu Shi didn't say anything, she also felt sorry for the antique calligraphy and painting in it, and she cared even more for the money spent on it every year in the future.

Seeing that the few people were silent, Xing Yue said with a smile: "Second brother, second younger sister, this is just one of the ways to get back the property of the Zhen family." How can this million-dollar wealth be so easily discarded? Xing Yue didn't force her, she changed the topic with a smile, anyway, the family-sister villa is not owned by the big family, and the big family will not bear the burden in the future.However, if the second house can't afford it in the future, the big house may also be a part of it, and this family-sister's villa can't be abandoned casually.

Afterwards the four of them talked about sending people to check the accounts in the capital. Dafang Jia Amnesty sent his confidants there, but it was just an order to look at things related to the property of the Zhen family and ignore everything else. If the property of the Zhen family entered the big house The storehouses, they were found out from the storeroom and assembled together, and they were escorted to Jinling together, and the speed must be fast.

After Liu Shi and Jia Zheng returned home, they also faced each other in silence. In the end, Jia Zheng asked about the situation at home, and Liu Shi replied one by one. The old lady left all the best things to Baoyu. The high-quality property exchanged for ten thousand taels of silver is now given to Baoyu by the old lady, who is in the hands of mandarin ducks. The things given to Princess Yining are all the dowry of the old lady. Two villages and two shops, these are well managed, and they can barely handle it. The cost of the provincial house.

It can be said that the output of the two Zhuangzi and the two shops cannot be used by them. This is the property of the Royal Princess, and the Grand View Garden has to be subsidized by the second house.

Now Erfang’s property has been sold for the purpose of building the Grand View Garden. There is not much money in the treasury. Most of the family’s antique calligraphy and paintings are now in the Grand View Garden. After the filial piety, the three children will be married, plus they will support a royal courtyard. , The days are very tense.

Now there is nothing else in the second house except for the 2 taels of silver that the old lady got when she left. Generally speaking, Mrs. Liu still agrees to hand over the family-saving villa to the royal family. What's the matter, they are supporting this other hospital, and as the years go by, the maintenance costs will also increase, and sooner or later they will wear down their family.

Hearing what Liu said, Jia Zheng didn't sleep all night. On the second day, he went to find Jia Amnesty, told him his decision, and agreed to return the Provincial Family Hospital to the royal family.

On the same day, Xing Yue posted a greeting post to the Zhen family, saying that she wanted to meet the old lady of the Zhen family.Although it is inevitable to be disrespectful when you come to the door during the filial piety period, it is just that this matter can no longer be delayed, it needs to be resolved as soon as possible, first take back your own property and then talk about it.

Xing Yue took Mrs. Liu and came to meet Mrs. Zhen with generous gifts. Mrs. Zhen's age was a few years younger than Jia's mother, and she had silver hair. Xing Yue and Mrs. Liu greeted Mrs. Zhen. There was also a young man in his teens in the room. The two of them were shocked when they saw the young man's appearance, and Mrs. Liu called out "Baoyu" directly.

Xing Yue was also secretly startled, how come these two people are so similar, even twins can't be like this, Xing Yue secretly muttered in her heart, there must be some relationship between the two.

"Forgive me, old lady. This brother was printed in the same mold as our Baoyu. Standing next to each other, we can't tell the difference at all." Xing Yue came forward to smooth things over. She had heard Jia Shen mention this matter before.

"I've also heard that your family's Baoyu should also be in Jinling. Bring it over someday and have a look. This is my grandson, named Baoyu." The old lady said with a smile, Zhen Baoyu's mother is also a daughter of the Wang family, but She and Wang are not new sisters, but cousins. The old lady knows that this may be the reason, but it is not convenient to say it out. The Wang family of the Jia family has corrupted the family style and has been kicked out of the house by the Wang family.

"It's a coincidence. Our family's name is also Baoyu. We will show Baoyu to the old lady when we are done with filial piety." Xing Yue said with a smile. Add bad luck.

After talking and laughing with the female family members of the Zhen family, Mrs. Xing Yue and the family members of the Zhen family talked about the business, took out Jia Amnesty's autograph letter, and handed it to the old lady Zhen. After reading it, the old lady thought for a while, and said seriously: " The two nephews and daughters-in-law, the elder sister indeed entrusted the old lady to keep a batch of belongings. Now that you want to use them at home, the Zhen family will naturally return them. However, these belongings are now stored in a hidden place and can only be delivered after ten days. Nephew and daughter-in-law, how about sending someone to your residence after ten days?"

Since the old lady said so, both Xing Yue and Liu Shi knew that they would not be able to take it back today, and they didn't expect to get it today before they came, so they said with a smile: "Old lady, how can you use your family to send it back?" Give it away, and after ten days, the family can send someone to pick it up." If someone from the Zhen family should deliver it, wouldn't it make other people misunderstand that their Jia family took the things from the Zhen family.

"That's fine. The niece and daughter-in-law will send someone to pick it up in ten days." After the goal was achieved, Xing Yue and Liu Shi also relaxed, talking with the female family members of the Zhen family, and they didn't leave until mid-afternoon.

Xing Yue and Mrs. Liu were sitting in the car, away from the scope of Zhen's residence, Mrs. Liu couldn't help but said: "The Zhen's family is too luxurious." Xing Yue agreed very much in her heart. The wife's hobbies are very similar, this Zhen's family is even more luxurious than the Jia's in Xing Yue's memory.

"Brothers and sisters, after you go back, please restrain your subordinates, and don't let them do anything outrageous during the national funeral." The last sentence Xing Yue didn't say was, especially Jia Baoyu.The Zhen family is really bold, now it is the filial piety of the country, and when they meet guests in the inner house, they are dressed so gorgeously, and this extravagant ostentation is not restrained, just based on this, the Holy Majesty can copy the Zhen family.

"Sister-in-law, don't worry, I'll check on Yan's house after I go back." Liu Shi said, she didn't think Xing Yue simply said this, there are many officials in Beijing, big and small, and the national filial piety is double filial piety. No matter what happens, the Jia family cannot escape.

The situation in Jiangnan is tense now. Last time, the Holy Majesty purged a large number of people, leaving behind Jiangnan's creation. Now that the emperor is gone, the Zhen family still doesn't know how to restrain themselves.

Xing Yue and Mrs. Liu didn't know that after they left, the Zhen family was also discussing this matter, and the housekeeper at home didn't want to return Jia's things at all every day.

"Old lady, the Jia family's things in our house, such as antique calligraphy and paintings, have been given away as gifts, and the silver in the palace is also in short supply. The 4 taels of silver will not be available for a while. Now, what do you use?" Give it back to them?" The butler's wife discussed the matter with the old lady.

"Is the batch of things with the Jia's logo still there?" the old lady asked, and the old lady also knew the situation at home.

Seeing her daughter-in-law nodding, the old lady went on to say, "Pack up Jia's things when you go back."

Ten days later, Xing Yue sent people to Zhen's Mansion to pick up things, and most of the things they brought back were not the original things.