An old lady's life

The dragon boat race is over, but the gambling market in the dragon boat race is widely spread. After all, this year is more exciting than ever. I have never heard of anyone winning a lot of money before, but this year there is.

There was a businessman from out of town, let’s say he was an upstart. This man had a rich face, and he wore thick gold necklaces and rings on his neck and hands. If he didn’t wear enough, he couldn’t show his wealth.

This person doesn't understand gambling at all, he just sees everyone having a good time, and bets accordingly.In the first round of the dragon boat race, many people bet on the Shizi team to win. When he saw the bodies of the Shizi team Feng Yu and others in the river, he felt unreliable. To save face, he placed a symbolic bet of 1 taels in the Shizi team. He observed the people on the dragon boat for the other nine teams. A total of 5 taels were placed during the period.Seeing this, my friend secretly scolded this person for being rich, but he was relieved on the face, since his goal was achieved anyway.

Unexpectedly, the result of the first round of the dragon boat race was that the imperial guards won. He bet 5 taels on the imperial guards. After deducting the principal of 20 taels, he won 80 taels, which made this upstart laugh so much.

That friend was about to cry, and he kept laughing and said, "I'm still smart. This dragon boat race still depends on the people. Look at how strong and tall the people in the Imperial Guard are. They can't be the first!" One, it’s tricky for others to get the first place.”

Friends look down on upstarts, but upstarts are so lucky.The nouveau riche continued to bet in the afternoon, but not as much as in the morning. The total bet was only 10 taels per round, but the upstart did not lose, but it was not as big as the win in the morning. The entire dragon boat race upstart made a total profit of 120. Wan is one of the big winners on the bright side.

Ai Cao was quite surprised to hear the outside gossip told by Xiaoqi. She never expected that there would be someone who became a big winner by luck. This nouveau riche caught up with a good time.

The sky was getting darker, and the three members of the Lin family were enjoying the shade in the garden after dinner, accompanied by the laughter of the little maids, the garden was full of laughter.

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What the Seventh Prince did today can be said to have sent a thunderbolt in the ears of all the princes and clan lords. King Qi is fine, and he thought that although he didn't win any money, he didn't actually lose any money. Compared with last year's 100 It's really not reconciled to have more than [-] taels, and the princes of the clan are the same. Although they are not reconciled, there is nothing they can do.After all, without the emperor's permission, the Seventh Prince would not dare to do this.However, no one thought that if the Seventh Prince didn't bring it up, Emperor Changping wouldn't bother.

Only King Sujun and the crown prince are suffocating. They want to support a large family and family members. They have spent a lot of money in recent years. They originally planned to earn 200 million yuan from this dragon boat race. But all was in vain.

In the evening, there will be a palace banquet in the palace, and the princes and those who are valued by the emperor will participate. The Lin family enjoys themselves in the garden, and the seventh prince is in the palace to receive everyone's scrutiny.Several sister-in-laws and clan princesses didn't know the specific situation of the gambling market, that is, they didn't know that the princes were manipulating behind the scenes. They just heard their husbands say vaguely that today's big money-making plan was ruined by the Seventh Prince Zhaojun Wang!

So at the palace banquet tonight, the Seventh Prince was persuaded to drink by several elders in turns. Fortunately, he had prepared in advance, had already drank the hangover tea, and after drinking with each of the several elders, the Seventh Prince pretended to be drunk. The amount of alcohol at this age is also very reasonable, and the acting is not bad for a few brothers.

Emperor Changping didn't let his sons drink alcohol. The seventh prince has been married and crowned king, so he can be regarded as an adult. These confrontations should be tempered and grown up.

Seeing that the Seventh Prince was drunk, the elder brothers looked at each other, and then ordered the little eunuch to help the Seventh Prince to rest, but they still knew that the Seventh Prince was a baby, and the maids serving them were actually decorations, trying to please the future Yue family, and then contrasted Are they treating the princess badly?This is not possible, it is rare for the four princes to cooperate this time.

When he was carried into the nearby empty palace and put on the bed, he overheard what they said, and the Seventh Prince already understood what they were going to do, and he felt a little annoyed.

Because it was a temporary idea, it would take time for the four princes to arrange it, and they were all in the courtyard, so only the little eunuchs around them contributed.

Hao Ding, who was patrolling around the palace, didn't know whether he should help the Seventh Prince when he was hesitating, when he saw the Seventh Prince jumping out from the palace wall.

The Seventh Prince and Hao Ding had a face-to-face meeting, and the Seventh Prince made a silent gesture towards him, Hao Ding nodded, and then the two passed by, one went back to the Prince's office, and the other continued to patrol.

The Seventh Prince originally wanted to use his own body to repay his own ways, but later he thought, if he escaped, he would be lucky, if he plotted against a certain elder brother, I am afraid that the two of them will become completely enmity, now he He doesn't have the ability to fight against his brothers yet, so he will suffer a small loss temporarily, and he won't be afraid of others' revenge when he becomes stronger.

The four princes left the palace and went back to their respective palaces after plotting against their younger brother. Without special circumstances, they could not stay overnight in the palace.

The next day, the weather was fine, and it was still a good day like yesterday.

Su Jun Wang's mansion, the sky was bright, Su Jun Wang got up to go to the morning court, and when he was dressing and washing, he called the eunuch beside him to inquire about what happened in the palace last night, the chief eunuch was silent for a while, and then said: "Master, there is no one in the palace An abnormality happened, the seventh prince seems to have been in the prince's place all the time, and no one saw how the seventh prince left the palace."

King Sujun clenched his fists, and smiled coldly: "Lao Qi is a talent, but he was ignored in the past." He was short of a sum of money, and now that the skylight was opened, he paid 20 taels. How can it be filled.

The same conversation took place in the East Palace. After one night, the crown prince calmed down. Hearing the little eunuch's reply, he couldn't help laughing, "Lao Qi is not bad."

Seventh is only 16 years old, so nothing to be afraid of. His main opponent is his elder brother. The third and fifth younger brothers are nothing but shit sticks.

"I remember Lao Qi has a cousin who was not given a marriage in this draft..." The princess who was helping the prince wash her hands, with a smile on her face, "Your Highness wants to accept the girl from the Shen family as a side concubine Is it?" The crown prince now has four side concubines, according to the rules there can be eight, the number of places is enough, because the identity of the girl from the Shen family is higher than the four side concubines currently in the crown prince's backyard, it will not hinder her to be included, It can also disturb the balance in the backyard. Thinking of this, the Crown Princess is very happy for the girl from the Shen family to enter the East Palace.

It's just that when the prince heard this, he frowned, and after a while, his face became happy again, but he didn't reply to the princess.However, the concubine, who has been thinking about the prince for ten years, knows that as long as the prince has this idea, he will definitely find ways to accomplish this matter.

The Seventh Prince still didn't know the Prince's plan to attack the Shen family. After the early court, he quickly disappeared in the palace. He didn't even go to the household department, and went directly to the Zhaojun Prince's Mansion.

With 50 taels, the Seventh Prince is full of confidence. He must build his palace to fully meet his wishes.

The people from Rongfu and Ningfu who failed to participate in the dragon boat race could only listen to other people's reports.

This morning, the sun was shining brightly, the men were all driven out to do errands, and the women were in the mansion listening to the news from all over the capital.

Mrs. Zhang hugged Jia Lian. Jia Lian had just woken up and was full, so she spit bubbles to play under the teasing of her mother, while Mrs. Wang sat listlessly on the side.

Jia Hu and Jia Zhu are in class, Wang has no son to hug, it's not a bit boring now, it's better to let her practice calligraphy by herself.

The four servants, two men and two women, respectively told the news outside, and today's news was related to yesterday's Dragon Boat Festival race.

A wealthy businessman from other places won more than 100 million taels, and some secret people won several 10 taels, etc. Hongye felt that the level of information collected by these people was very good, and they listened with gusto .

At this time, the concierge sent the old woman back to talk, saying that the fourth aunt sent a maid and a nanny to greet the old lady.

Hongye's eyes lit up, and her daughter sent her gossip!

Sure enough, the maid and nanny next to Jia Min walked in, first greeted the old lady and the two uncles, and then handed Jia Min's letter to the old lady, and of course there were some gifts, all of which were food, fruits or mountain products. , Ginseng or something.

Hongye took the letter and browsed through it at a glance, and she had a comprehensive and clear understanding of the dragon boat race in Wuyang Tower yesterday. She just said that the inside story of gambling does not distinguish between ancient and modern.

Jia Min also mentioned that her mother-in-law was going out for an outing with Concubine Nan'an and others on the eighth day of the lunar new year, and there were many posts sent out, so she wondered if Hao Huwei and the others could form a good relationship.

After Hongye saw it, she folded the letter paper and put it in her sleeve, and then ordered the housekeeper to fetch certain things from the storeroom, and asked the maid and mother to take them back to the aunt.

It's all food, Mrs. Zhang and Mrs. Wang don't care about it, and they don't know what's going on. The mother-in-law is very fond of tinkering with food now, especially because there are so many fruits at home. Many cans are stored in the cellar for the cold winter. Take it out in the twelfth lunar month to satisfy everyone's gluttony.

After the two daughters-in-law left, Hongye analyzed in her mind, trying to sort out the mess, and it took a long time to sort out a clear and clear clue.Hongye made a trend map, if the prince doesn't restrain himself now, if he doesn't hurry up to get his name right, he will really become the legendary Prince of Yizhong in the Red Chamber.

It's just that Hongye still doubts who this Prince Yizhong is. After all, the word Yizhong doesn't seem like a good name for someone who has done something bad. Prince, isn't that ironic?But if it is not the prince, then it is even more impossible to be the king of Sujun, so Hongye thought for a long time and still felt that she should not pursue it. After all, the Red Mansion was originally just a novel, but now it is the real world. Can't the world be allowed to have subtle changes?

In the middle of the afternoon, it was almost time for dinner, and Lao Zhou hurried over to report the matter to Hongye.

It turned out that the prince went to the courtyard of the outer room again today, and the officials who were subordinate to him toasted frequently. Everyone drank happily, and they were able to say some things they didn't plan to say.

The reason why the outer room is the outer room is that they cannot appear in the prince's east palace openly. They are very jealous of all the famous women of the prince, not to mention that the prince wants to accept the side concubine, and they can only hope for it. It was inevitable that this woman would not complain in the garden, so the rough girl sent in by Lao Zhou and others heard it.

The brothers of Lao Zhou often wandered the streets of the city, knowing that the Lin family married by the fourth aunt in the house seemed to have some kind of secret relationship with the seventh prince, which involved the seventh prince, so the brothers did not wait for the next unified report, and hurriedly Report up.

After listening to Lao Zhou's report, Hongye thought to herself that they were just spectators and asked Ai Cao to inform the Seventh Prince.So Hongye immediately wrote a special letter and sent her maid to deliver it to Mrs. Lin's house.

Mingming sent someone back to her mother's house to say hello the next day. At this time, the mother sent a maid to deliver the letter. Jia Min felt that something was unusual, but the maid wrote the letter to the old lady.

Ai Cao took it and opened it to see that it was pinyin. It took about a minute to understand the meaning of the pinyin, then she nodded calmly and said, "Thank my mother-in-law for me, just say I understand."

The maids and mothers sent by the Rong Mansion gave a blessing, and then took their leave.

Lin Hai and Jia Min looked at the wormwood eagerly. Jia Min didn't dare to ask, so Lin Hai hesitated for a long time before asking: "Mother, did mother-in-law say something?"

Ai Cao was thinking about why the prince wanted to hit on the girl from the Shen family, and why he still let the people around him use such despicable methods.

"The mother-in-law got the news that His Royal Highness is planning to accept a girl from the Shen family as a side concubine, but the method is too low-handed. If the prince succeeds in doing so, even if the girl from the Shen family has to marry the prince, her reputation will be damaged. It is not good for the Shen family and the Seventh Prince."

Jia Min exclaimed, and Lin Hai was also quite angry. The prince of a country actually used such low-handed means to force the girl in his boudoir?

Ai Cao thought for a while and said: "After Hai'er goes to the yamen tomorrow, he will go to the Seventh Prince. He should discuss the construction of the palace with the craftsmen in the Zhaojun palace. You tell him about the Shen family. will know how to handle it."

Lin Hai wasn't reluctant this time, but he felt a deep sense of disappointment towards the prince in his heart. The prince was such a humble and gentle person before, why did he act more and more outrageously recently?

The crown prince is the crown prince of a country and the future emperor. If the crown prince ascends the throne according to the current situation, Lin Hai is very worried about Dafeng's future. The people will live under the emperor's hands. !

Everyone had no taste for this meal, and after eating the wormwood, they sent their son and daughter-in-law away, went to bed early, and when everything was quiet, they went straight to Rongfu to look for Hongye.

This was the first time she had entered Rongxi Hall's bedroom. She had been spotted by Hongye the moment she entered Rongfu. Hongye found her coming directly, so she didn't leave.

The two were chatting on Hongye's bed, and after complaining about everyone in this world, the two talked about the progress of their respective cultivation. Ai Cao found that Hongye had dumped her a lot, and that Hongye could use divine sense Seal the surrounding air, just like now, they chat in the bed, the sound will not be transmitted to the ears of the maids in the outer room.

"Don't be discouraged, you are lazy, you can't blame others."

Wormwood gave Hongye a white look, "Don't worry, I will catch up."

Hongye smiled and said nothing, it's not that Ai Cao didn't work hard, but she didn't have the spirit of dedicated research like her, or she was dazzled by this ancient world, so it's all strange that she can only be detained in the mansion, This is the fastest progress.

The next day, after Lin Hai went to work at midnight, he asked his boss for leave and left the Imperial Academy. The coachman Lao Huang was still waiting for him outside.

The Seventh Prince was indeed in Zhaojun Wangfu. In the past few days, the dilapidated buildings and barren weeds have been cleaned up. The craftsmen are laying the foundation. The Seventh Prince and an official from the Ministry of Industry are discussing the construction of the house Have intense discussions.

After waiting for a while, the Seventh Prince discovered Lin Hai's arrival.

The two stood at the entrance of the street, and there was no one 50 meters away. Only then did Lin Hai explain his intention.

The Seventh Prince's face darkened immediately, he never expected that the second brother of the prince would want to plot against the Shen family, is this trying to force him to take a position?

"Master Lin, thank you for coming to tell me. I will visit the old lady in person next time I am free."

Lin Hai smiled gently and said, "Seventh prince, don't be polite, mother doesn't like your politeness, and to be honest, as a man, this kind of behavior is very low." At the end, Lin Hai lowered his voice, then bowed his hands and left .

The Seventh Prince didn't stay on the construction site for long, and he didn't go to Shen's house right away, but went back to the palace directly, and then locked himself in the room for several hours, and didn't come out of the room until mid-afternoon. When the food was served, the Seventh Prince hadn't eaten his lunch yet.

After filling his stomach, the seventh prince sent his men to pretend to inquire about the affairs of the East Palace. He knew his father's control over the palace. He is still underage, and his father would not doubt some of his actions, but his father did not doubt him, but he would. For the prince, it can be regarded as invisible medicine for the prince.

On the second day, after the morning court ended, the Seventh Prince deliberately walked very slowly, pretending to meet his grandfather, Master Shen.While paying his respects, the Seventh Prince handed a note to his grandfather, and his cousin's affairs were left to his grandfather and uncle to handle.

Master Shen took the note from his grandson calmly, and returned to his office. He only opened the note when he was alone, and then his expression changed drastically.

After a while, Master Shen sighed. In fact, he was in favor of his granddaughter marrying his grandson, but unfortunately his grandson refused.Master Shen originally thought that his grandson had a deep affection for them, and if the Shen family proposed a marriage, he would definitely take care of the Shen family's face, and then agreed to the marriage, but he didn't think that his grandson didn't value them as much as he thought.

Perhaps this is the nature of the royal family, but the granddaughter really cannot marry the prince. The princess is in the East Palace. The prince already has four side concubines. If the daughter of the Shen family marries in, I am afraid that many people in Beijing will look down on the Shen family. The most important thing is Regardless of his grandson, his Shen family is his grandson's natal family, and the daughters of the Shen family cannot get involved with other princes, unless the Shen family wants to sever ties with their grandson, otherwise such an approach will simply trap the Shen family in a state of eternal doom.

Master Shen destroyed the note, sat down and thought about it for a long time, and finally made a decision, heaved a long sigh of relief.

After returning to the Shen Mansion in the afternoon, Master Shen immediately sent someone to call his son and daughter-in-law over. About half an hour later, the son and daughter-in-law arrived late.

Master Shen has only one son and one daughter, and he has a deep affection for his first wife. Even if there are several women in the backyard, the son and daughter are all from his first wife, and none of the concubines gave birth to them.

"Today, the Seventh Prince sent me a message that His Royal Highness wants to marry Yingying as his side concubine."

Shen Rui was suddenly surprised and said: "How is that possible?" This married couple followed the orders of their parents and the words of the matchmaker. His Royal Highness the Crown Prince had never approached him, so why did he want to marry Yingying as his side concubine?

Sun frowned, she didn't want her daughter to be a concubine, but if it was the prince's concubine, she could consider it.

Senior Madam Shen sighed heavily, and said, "It's because it's impossible, so His Highness the Crown Prince decided not to take the usual route, and then we had to marry Yingying to him as a side concubine, and we had to be grateful."

Shen Rui and Sun's complexion changed drastically, what does it mean not to follow the usual route, why don't they understand?I have to make the Shen family feel grateful, I'm afraid they just want to ruin their daughter's reputation.

"How dare the prince do this?" Shen Rui was so angry that his face turned livid.

Master Shen waved his hand: "Now it's not about finding out whether the prince dared to do this, but for you to engage Yingying as soon as possible, so that this matter will not happen. Don't worry about the seventh prince, he will not marry Yingying, even if Even if he married Yingying as his side concubine, he wouldn't do that."

Sun's complexion is a bit bad, in her opinion, her daughter is good in everything, how can she not be worthy of the Seventh Prince, why the Seventh Prince just refuses to marry his daughter?After marrying a daughter and getting closer, the Shen family will completely become his arm, what's wrong?

Shen Rui and Mrs. Sun went back to the yard to discuss for a while, and the couple made up their minds, and began to show their daughter about the marriage.It's just that Mrs. Sun felt sorry for her daughter's friendship, so she went to her daughter's yard at night, intending to break up with her daughter and make her give up.

The girl from the Shen family, her boudoir name is Shen Yingxiu, upon hearing her mother's words, her complexion suddenly changed, and she grabbed her mother's hand, "Mother, is it really impossible? Even if I marry my cousin as my side concubine, I am willing."

Sun held her daughter in her arms, and kept comforting her: "Yingying, don't worry about the Seventh Prince anymore, even if he is the nephew of the Shen family, he is still a member of the royal family, and the royal family is so ruthless."

Shen Yingxiu cried bitterly: "Mother, I am not reconciled, I am not reconciled, I like my cousin so much, why can't he see me?"

The seventh prince didn't know that his aunt and cousin had a dispute because of him and classified him as a ruthless and ungrateful person in the royal family.If he knew, he would feel wronged. When his mother and concubine passed away, he was already ten years old. Even though he visited Shen's house more often than other houses, he had never been special to his cousin when it came to the boundary between men and women, so what did she see? Where is he?

He went to bed early, and planned to recharge his energy. He was going to an outing party the next day.