The noble lady who wears books has to fight monsters and upgrade

Chapter 24

Hong Peiju's study is quite quiet, and the four treasures of the study on the desk are simple yet precious.The books on the west side are lined up, looking over, it seems that you can smell the fragrance of ink.

Eunuch Liang's body was hidden in the meticulous servant clothes, and his appearance was pleasing to the eye, definitely not handsome, let alone handsome. From the appearance alone, he was far from Hong Peiju.

Hong Peiju despises her in her heart, but she has to hold back her unwillingness and keep a smile on her face.

This Eunuch Liang is the chief steward of Fuyuan Palace and Concubine Jiao Xian's confidant!

It is said that the thirteenth prince often sat on his lap to play when he was a child!The Thirteenth Prince sometimes doesn't listen to Concubine Jiao Xian, but he obeys Mr. Liang!
Now there are two powerful eunuchs in the palace:

Prince Qingshu of the West Factory, Prince Wu Xue of the East Factory, and Wu Xue is the godfather of Eunuch Liang!
He is a mere Marquis of Huai'an, so he can't afford to offend him!

Eunuch Liang's waist naturally straightened his back when he was sitting.In front of him, one hand rested on the teacup on the coffee table, and the other hand rested on the armrest, involuntarily raised his orchid fingers.

Looking at Hong Peiju's appearance, his heart became clearer, and he said in a soft voice: "Master Hou, yes, it was your mother who told you that your eldest son and the prince are similar in appearance, but you asked him The young master followed the prince, and he was willing to be a substitute for the prince, and he stood up for the prince in times of danger. In this way, the empress introduced you. Now, it is your own choice that the eldest son and the prince disappear together. What does it have to do with the empress? "

In the last sentence, Eunuch Liang put down the teacup heavily in dissatisfaction, but the corners of his mouth curled up unconsciously.

Hong Peiju tried her best to calm herself down, and slightly let go of her tightly clenched hands.Heart filled with bitterness and aggrieved.

It was rumored that the emperor sent someone to get rid of the prince, but he didn't believe it.

The crown prince has won the sacred heart. Although the emperor loves the third prince the most, Hong Peiju can understand the emperor. They are all men who grew up under the orthodox education. Never do it rashly.

But what about Concubine Jiao Xian?What about the other princes?That's hard to say!
Perhaps, at that time, the prince had already sensed the danger, so he happily recruited his son into the East Palace.At that time, anyone could see that the Marquis of Huai'an hugged the prince's thigh!

From now on, Marquis of Huai'an will at least be promoted to Duke of Huai'an!

However, now, everything has come to naught!

In Hong Peiju's mind, there was chaos, and after tossing and turning, there were only four words "willing to bet and admit defeat"!
Eunuch Liang saw that Hong Peiju's face was cloudy and uncertain, so he knew not to be too sarcastic. Concubine Jiao Xian still needs Hong Peiju's help.

So he said again: "But Lord Hou, the second son was injured, and the empress knows it well. The empress knows that you are loyal to the empress. No, the empress sees that Lord Hou's heirs are weak, so she sent you a beautiful concubine to help you." You spread the leaves!"

Hong Peiju clenched the hand that had just been released, and thought: No matter how many branches are opened, no matter how many leaves are scattered, no matter how many offspring are born, aren't they all treated as dogs for you?Anytime, anywhere, like stepping on an ant!
Concubine?Pooh, either let me raise idlers, or send someone to watch me.

But Hong Peiju didn't dare to say it out, she just said politely and alienated: "Madam Lao, don't worry! It's just that Hong now wants to do things better for her, and has no intention of indulging in the pleasures of the boudoir in the back house. Now that the wives and concubines of the Hou Mansion get along harmoniously, it is also I don't want to add any more troubles. Moreover, now I only have the salary of the Marquis, and when the children grow up, they will need money for marriage. If the empress really cares about the I, why don't you help me find a lucrative job in the court? If there is a shortage of fat, the minister no longer has to worry about such trivial matters as firewood, rice, oil, and salt."

If you want to continue to ask me to do things for you, you can either give money or give power, you can figure it out!Let me post one son and another son, but I still can't see the benefits, I always comfort with words, bragging about a bright future, my Huai'an Houfu's food expenses will be lost tomorrow, I'm still a good fart!
Eunuch Liang narrowed his slender eyes slightly, stared at Hong Peiju and looked again and again, suddenly laughed "hahaha" a few times, and said exaggeratedly: "Oh! My lord! Our family patronizes the beautiful woman, it's all a matter of fact." I almost forgot what the empress told me! The empress said, as long as Lord Hou does things for the empress wholeheartedly, the empress will not treat him badly!"

After saying that, he took out a few banknotes from his bosom and handed them to Hong Peiju, Hong Peiju took them, but Eunuch Liang seemed to have seen through his mind, he did not let go, and squinted and said: "Master Hou, think clearly, you and you It is an honor for the Marquis of Huai'an that the son of the family can dedicate himself to the great cause of the empress. You must know that not everyone is qualified to do things for the empress."

Hong Peiju added some strength to her hand: "Hong can save it."

Eunuch Liang let go of his hands, stood up, patted off the dust that didn't exist on his body, and said, "I have brought the words from our family, so farewell!"

Hong Peiju clasped his hands: "Eunuch, go slowly, but I still need my father-in-law's advice on something."

Eunuch Liang stopped and looked up.

Hong Peiju said: "For the two girls of the Ji family, does your majesty have any instructions?"

Eunuch Liang raised his eyes, and said dissatisfiedly: "Your Majesty has to worry about this matter? You should think about it carefully. If you don't understand it, don't think about it! Hmph!"

Say nothing and walk away.

After leaving Huai'an Marquis' Mansion, Eunuch Liang said bitterly to the two young eunuchs who followed him: "This old fox wants money but not people! He even took it all away! What an iron rooster! It made our family go for nothing!"

The little eunuch laughed and said, "Eunuch, don't worry, we can sell that beauty for a good price!"

Eunuch Liang was overjoyed when he heard the words: "Let's go! Go to Chen Guogong's mansion! Chen Guogong has money!"

From February 23th to February [-]rd, there is a custom of eating "koutiao" in some places in the eastern part of the capital, which means "eating the tongue of a villain" to avoid the disaster of tongue.At first, it was the tongues of pigs, cattle and sheep, and then expanded to the tongues of poultry such as chickens, ducks and geese.Slowly, some families in the capital also began to accept this custom, including noble families like Huai'an Houfu.

On February 21st, Meilin found Ji Jun crying.

It turned out that at the end of last year, poultry plague was prevalent in the suburbs of Beijing, which caused the price of some poultry tongues to skyrocket.At this time, Aunt Zhu was seriously ill. Among the prescriptions prescribed by the doctor, one of the prescriptions was to ask Aunt Zhu to eat soup made of at least five to ten chicken tongues or duck tongues for a meal alone.

But the prices of mouth strips and chicken tongues and duck tongues in the capital skyrocketed.

And Aunt Su snatched away almost all the slogans in the kitchen.

Because since the Eldest Young Master disappeared, the Yang family mostly eats vegetarian food, and usually doesn't like to eat these things, and doesn't care about the words that offend the villain's tongue, and the son is gone, so who cares about what others say!
And Aunt Sun can solve these problems with money.

Aunt Zhuo and Aunt Gui are two choices, they can eat or not.

At Aunt Yuan's place, maybe Aunt Su thought it would be good this time, so she left a few for Aunt Yuan.

Ji Jun thought that the last time swearing was helpful, Aunt Su was afraid of Aunt Yuan's "tongue", so she quickly blocked her mouth!

Alas, the crybaby has milk, it has always been like this in ancient and modern times!
What is needed most now is this Aunt Su.

Aunt Su felt that this year was not good for her, especially if she committed a villain, so she had to avoid the villain from chewing her tongue, so she repeated the old trick and snatched all the tongues and chicken tongues from the kitchen. Walk!

Then Aunt Zhu and Danguiyuan only left two duck tongues respectively. Of course, it doesn't matter for such a Danguiyuan, but Aunt Zhu's place is far from the amount required by the doctor's prescription.

Meilin was very anxious seeing Aunt Zhu's sick appearance.

Looking at Meilin's anxious expression, Ji Jun knew that she had great hopes for this bowl of noodle soup.

Ji Jun knew that it wasn't the miraculous effect of this note, but Aunt Zhu's year-round lack of medical care and years of malnutrition, so the doctor wanted to let her eat more of the note to obtain something that is not easy to obtain in the daily diet. trace elements.

But she couldn't tell Meilin about this.

Ji Jun sighed, and took out some silver from his body and handed it to Meilin, but Meilin refused.

Meilin wept and said, "Miss Ji has already helped us a lot. My aunt told me not to ask Missy for money anymore. But I, I really couldn't think of a way, so I asked Missy to help me. And listen to the young lady in the outer court. Si said, even if you have money, you can’t buy chicken tongue and duck tongue at a suitable price. If you want to buy it, you have to go to the black market and pay a high price to buy it..."

How can I use Ji Yun's money to buy expensive chicken tongues on the black market?After all, chicken tongue and duck tongue are not a life-saving panacea.

Isn't this similar to borrowing money to gamble?
Seeing Meilin crying pitifully, and pitying her filial piety, Ji Jun couldn't bear it, thought for a moment and said, "I have a way to make Aunt Zhu eat enough chicken tongue and duck tongue, as well as pork and beef noodles. It's nothing to worry about. But this method, there are some, some are awkward, and even a little wronged, you may accept it?"

Meilin was overjoyed when she heard the words, "As long as my aunt can use this medicine. Don't say it's awkward, wronged, even beat me and scold me, I'm willing to punish me no matter how much!"

Seeing that Meilin spoke seriously and sincerely, Ji Jun nodded in agreement.

(End of this chapter)