msmithbooks Chapter 134 Tanchun's Thoughts
Chapter 134 Tanchun's Thoughts
"What did the Lin family say?" Concubine Zhongjing Hou asked.
The mother-in-law who gave the gift looked at her, and whispered: "Miss Lin didn't say anything, we didn't see Concubine Jingyuan, but we saw Lord Lin. He said, let us tell Concubine Lin, Hou didn't say anything."
Concubine Zhongjing hurriedly said: "Then what did he say?"
The mother-in-law said: "He really didn't say anything."
Concubine Zhongjing hated these women's clumsiness deeply, and couldn't care less about the dignity of these old slaves, so she spat out: "Why don't you hurry back, you can't do such an idea well, just know how to play cards and drink, forget about the business, right? I am also ashamed in front of the third girl!" Tanchun said, "Don't worry, Auntie, this is what I asked you to do, and it is lucky that you are willing to help. You tore your face so thoroughly at the beginning, and now I think of the old ancestor that day. , Mrs. went to the palace, we were scared at home, the Lin family got angry without thinking, and almost drove us to the street - now that I think about it, our family really didn't think carefully. Just someone came to my house and told me that our house is in trouble, and if I want to pack up my belongings and follow him, I’m afraid I’ll slap him in the face.”
Concubine Zhongjing advised: "You are a good boy, this matter has nothing to do with you. There is no need to think about it."
"I thought, just looking at Aunt Lin's face, I can't be a relative, at least don't be like now, I'm so naive after all, I'm so naive." Tanchun sighed.She has also been a family member for a while, Li Wan has a clear heart, but she doesn't want to offend anyone, Sister Feng's skills are powerful, but she can control her face but not her heart.She wanted to break her heart, but she became weaker and weaker.In this family, she has no control over the system of directors, the cost of money, and what the children of the family do. Even if the old lady is willing to support her, the wife is not willing.
Sometimes she wanted to cry, but Baochai, even though she moved away from the Grand View Garden, often called Xiangling to invite her to talk.It was probably because she was settled, her mind was calm, and she let go of those "one question and shaking her head, three don't know", opened up her heart and said something to her, and finally sighed: "Third sister, I didn't say it, it's because the girls are here." No matter how economical the family is, it can’t keep men from earning money outside. You just say that everyone’s small garden can earn much money except for their own food and use. Your family’s Grand View Garden is naturally better than theirs. There are too many people, but the number of people you support in your family is not known to be several times that of their family. You have to be careful about the women and servants under your control. Maybe there are some who are rich in private pockets. You forgot to go back to Wen Xing to find the waiter Playing with books, the night watchman in the garden didn't even look at who she was and let her go?"
Thinking of this, Tanchun felt that it was not easy for Sister Feng.She was determined to make a career and prove herself, but she was slapped in the face by reality.It's not that she is incompetent, it's just that this family business looks glamorous to outsiders, but it's full of holes inside, and only she knows about it.She did talk to Mrs. Wang, but Mrs. Wang complained harder than she did, but she didn't come up with any solution. She wanted to increase revenue and reduce expenditure, and Mrs. Wang just said, "Teaching girl, I'm not talking about you, I'm Just to remind you, it's okay if you want to be frugal, but you shouldn't take Lan'er and Huan'er to the knife, after all, Huan'er is your own younger brother", she was so angry that she couldn't say anything.
This time Prince Teng came back, but it brought good news to the Jia family.
He was originally an inspector in nine provinces and had the job of recommending officials.Now that Jiangxi Liang Dao Ye Han has been punished by Lin Mo, and he is still in the prison of the Ministry of Criminal Justice to tell how much he has been greedy. That seat is vacant. Although that seat is not high, it is full of money, but now With Lin Mo thinking like this, not many people would dare to blatantly fish for it.The point is that this is a shortcut. In this kind of position, it doesn’t matter if you can make any achievements. As long as you are safe and stable without making any mistakes, there will always be room for promotion in the future. Yuanwailang has a lot of prospects.It's not that he doesn't know that Jia Zheng is a person who can only talk to Qing Ke, and he really can't do anything specific, but among the four families, there is really no one else who can recommend him.
As soon as the news came out, Jia's mother was still worried that her youngest son would travel far away. Baoyu was ecstatic and no one was bound, but Tanchun was surprised, happy and worried. This is a big turning point. Our family’s wealth is already very thin. In the past, the two great-grandfathers and brothers were knighted together. What a prestige. The Wang family was the magistrate under the command of the Du Taiwei, and historians needless to say. The reputation is illustrious. After Wei Sheren, and now, my uncle’s family is still the same as before. Isn’t it because my uncle was promoted to a cabinet bachelor, and everyone calls him Xiangye? If the master can have the opportunity of uncle, why should our family worry? ? Now is a good time. If the master is promoted to Jiangxi Liang Dao, even if the empress is in the palace, she will have some face."
After hearing this, Jia's mother looked at Tanchun with admiration: "You are a good boy, but Mr. Wang said that there is hope. Although he can recommend it, the emperor should accept it. Our family..."
"Did the old ancestor miss someone?" Tanchun asked.
Jia Mu asked curiously, "Oh? Tell me, who did I miss?"
"Jingyuanhou." Tanchun said, "The old ancestors were worried that the emperor should not do it. Isn't it because he was worried that the emperor didn't like our family? If Jingyuanhou can come forward, or as long as Jingyuanhou is not around Standing against our house everywhere, outsiders see it as a group of friendly people, that's all." Jia Mu said: "It's easy to say, but last time it was a face-off. This winter, there is no one to deal with, Lin Mona Kid, he has a stubborn temper, he can make a big difference in even the most important matters, and even Yu'er has been separated from me by him, it's not so easy to fix it."
Tanchun said: "Sister Lin has been playing with us for two years. I know her temperament. She usually cries when she sees flowers and grass. Isn't she thinking of Aunt Lin? No matter how we break the relationship , you are Aunt Lin's real mother, this is inseparable. Let me tell you, if we went to Lin's house that day, if we didn't mention packing up Aunt Lin's dowry and just brought Sister Lin home, that would be fine. It doesn't have to be so tense. Now I have to treat a dead horse as a living horse doctor. I beg my relatives to make peace with them. I think the historians of the Wang family still have some friendship with them. Let's not mention the matter of the master. Just show Sister Lin some of Aunt Lin's old things from back then, and that's all."
Jia's mother thinks so.She was so ashamed that day, if the emperor still remembered the meritorious deeds of the Duke for saving him back then, she would have been in trouble, and she would have wondered, not to mention, her Yu'er is such a hard-hearted man People, when I turned around and heard people talking about Mrs. Wang's words and deeds in the Lin family that day, I thought to myself that this person really couldn't speak, and he ruined her big event.Rushing to ask people to get some belongings, it seems that the Jia family is greedy for that idea of family property.It's just that the prince is very powerful, and Mrs. Wang is the birth mother of the imperial concubine, even she dare not scold him openly.
"Since that's the case, you can do it. Just pay from the account as much as you want." Mother Jia thought for a while, and said, "Don't let your wife know."
Sure enough, Tanchun went to the old man of Rongguo Mansion and asked for the gift list from Aunt Lin's New Year's gift in Beijing.Although Concubine Zhongjinghou had some gaps with Mother Jia, the aunt who always went back to her mother's house to point fingers, but to put it bluntly, if the four major families really collapsed, they would have no way out.Historians have a family of two princes, and outsiders look bright, but in fact, only those who are in charge of the family know the suffering inside.The restless girl of the elders will not talk about it, she finally told the Wei family, but she was picky and told Concubine Zhongjing to gray her hair, for fear that she would say something unpleasant I just wanted to tell the nanny that if I hear your girl mention "Baoyu", I'll knock her out directly.Although the two families have titles, their official positions are low. In order to repay the debt owed by the state treasury, they even sold a few acres of ancestral land. Even her two maids worked day and night doing needlework.It would be a good thing if the Jia family developed again.Now she only hated that her husband had just been grabbed by the people of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and even Wang Ziteng couldn't intercede. This great opportunity was given to Jia Zheng.
But if Jia Zheng can't do it, it's even worse if he ends up in someone else's house.
She had no choice but to grit her teeth and go to the Lin family to give gifts.In the afternoon, even Tanchun couldn't sit still, and came to her to wait for news.She first asked Jia Zheng and others, and Tanchun said: "The funeral in the Beijing Palace, the master set up a road sacrifice, and the lord and the big brother Zhen from the East Mansion have all gone." Concubine Zhongjing Hou said: "You child, look It's a pity that things are clear." It's a pity that Tanchun is a concubine, and I don't know what will happen in the future.
Tanchun didn't speak.
It's just that Lin Mo's rank is higher than hers.
Now, even Concubine Zhongjinghou became anxious: "I don't know what Jingyuanhou is thinking." Tanchun said: "It's a pity that my uncle's family is also in turmoil now, otherwise, uncle would be a first-rank official. Lin No matter what happens to my cousin, I don’t dare to bully my uncle with other words.” At this juncture, Jia Lian still refused to apologize to Sister Feng, and even said, “Third sister, I don’t know what’s to do with me. Torn faces with the Lin family, my sister is going to get married after the new year, you don't have to talk about matchmakers like that," she was so angry that she shed tears.
Tanchun gritted his teeth: "Is there really no other way?"
Concubine Zhongjing Hou said: "My good boy, you also know that it is not so easy to tear your face and open your mouth, and repair your broken leg. Since Miss Lin picked up your movement, she must guess." This is the intention. Since Marquis Lin didn't say anything, it would be a good thing for me to say it, so why don't you ask him to come back?"
Tanchun said: "Thank you auntie for your comfort, but it's about the future of the four families, it really makes me feel uneasy."
"You are a solid-eyed child. It's just that these kind of things, after all, are their masters running outside. You, a girl who hasn't gone out, control too much, and it's bad for your reputation. Listen to your aunt and leave it to you." Your wife has done a good job. Firstly, she is the biological mother of the noble concubine. Secondly, her brother was promoted to a cabinet bachelor. The Jingning County Lord saw that she was not going well because she was a pleasant person. But now it is different. And, she walks around, and she can stand firmer than you, a girl who hasn't gone out. You forgot, who gets along with the Lin family the best now? That's the Beijing Palace. The Beijing Palace is one of the four kings, Didn't Concubine Nan'an hand in an old handkerchief to your old lady? I need to entrust it."
Tanchun didn't know what she said, but don't talk about whether their Jia family can talk to Concubine Nan'an now, if they really talk, who is not shrewd among these kings and butchers?A few days ago, the Xue family lost the business of supplying silk flowers to the House of Internal Affairs, and entrusted a younger brother of King Xining's concubine to intercede with their palace. After that, you should know that thunder, rain and dew are the grace of the emperor. Although there is a prince in our family, it has come to me. If the son can succeed, I am afraid that even the duke of the country can't do it. What's more, what's the matter with the title? I'm not Bei Jing, holding real power and military power in his hands is nothing more than an empty shelf, but go to help the Xue family and talk about it, if it doesn't work, don't blame the king." The Xue family can only say with a smile: "I just ask the prince to go to the house. How dare you bother the lord to go to that step." I sent a lot of jewelry, but there is still no news, whether the king of Xining said anything or not has become a case of injustice without a head.
This incident made Tanchun feel more and more that those titles are empty, and it is reasonable to have an official position.
I feel sorry for Baochai again.She thought that if she could marry a prince, she would be reliable for life.It's just that he doesn't know people clearly, this King Yun is actually a person with no real power, otherwise, just draw these two words at the water, the Xue family can go to the House of Internal Affairs to ask, and the king of Xining would never dare to fool the Xue family like this .
Jia Zheng, the grain road in Jiangxi, must be taken down.Mother Jia thought so too.