Pingyang Fu of the Red Chamber

Chapter 163
Rongguo Mansion,
Rongqing Hall,
good day,

The old lady specially arranged for the mandarin ducks to notify the heads of each house to have a meal together in Rongqing hall, and the old lady also wanted to beat them.

The palace canonized the Wang family as the first-rank wife, and Wang Xifeng told Jia Mu when she came back. Jia Mu was also deeply disturbed. What happened yesterday was so rumored, and the next day he was canonized as a marquis mansion. How do other nobles treat the Jia family? It was a shame.

Just after Jia Zheng took office, he has been busy arranging the account books in the inner hall, and he has no time to go home during the day.

Jia Zheng went to Dianmao early in the morning again the next day, so he didn't have time to care about the gossip outside.

Jia She, from the old courtyard of Rongguo Mansion, knew about this matter, and had been sneaking people to watch it for a long time, just waiting for a good show. How could he think of a way to solve this matter.

Not to mention Jia Zhen, she was so obsessed with sex, she simply caused trouble repeatedly, and her family was restless.

And this time the old matriarch didn't invite the female relatives of each family, but just set up a table in the hall, and invited three well-established men to come here.

When the time came, Jia Amnesty, Jia Zheng, and Jia Zhen came in with their own thoughts. Seeing the old lady sitting in the main seat with a gloomy face, they naturally felt a little uneasy.

"Greetings to mother, grandmother."

The three came in and saluted. The old lady looked at the three juniors who were doing nothing, sighed, and said,
"Okay, come and sit down,"

The three of them gathered around and sat down on the left and right, but they didn't speak. Jia Zheng learned more or less about the situation in the past few days on the way here.

Unexpectedly, there were so many things happening in the two houses, and they were scandalous, so they didn't get angry at each other, and they didn't have a good face when facing Jia Zhen.

"Today, I will explain one thing. When it is the end of the year, you should put away your own temper. If you can bear with the outside things, you will still be the first bird at any time."

Jia Mu still tried to persuade her with good words, and said earnestly,

The boss, Jia She, nodded frequently, and said insinuatingly,

"Mother is right. You still have to be in awe of this person. You should do as much as you have ability. Otherwise, it will be more than a shame."

Jia Zhen also turned livid when she heard this. Uncle co-authored it, and I was the one who was full enough to support it. In the past, you often went to Ningguo Mansion to secretly play with concubines.

Responding with anger,

"Uncle's words are also right, but you have to compare your heart with your heart. It's better than doing something. It's much better to be merciful while crying like a cat, don't you think so?"

Jia Zheng, who was at the side, naturally understood what was going on, but how to speak, those dirty things would not be brought to the fore, so he warned:

"This matter is over now, just don't do it again in the future. The Jia family is not a noble family who bullies men and women. You have to think about it before doing anything."

Seeing the hypocrisy of the second child, Jia Zheng, Jia Amnesty was extremely disgusted, and said angrily;
"Yeah, some people are naturally rich and powerful when they talk, and they put everything in their pockets, so they never know the distress of others for money."

Mother Jia was extremely helpless when she heard what the three of them said.
"Okay, let's not talk about those useless things. I asked you to come here to calm down and arrange things for the New Year at home. This morning Luo Yunhou's mother was canonized by the palace as a first-rank wife. You can decide what to do."

The pupils of the three shrank when they heard this, which was the attitude of the palace.

Jia Zhen wanted to speak several times, but finally she opened her mouth and did not make another sound. Jia Amnesty and Jia Zheng were not in the mood to eat here anymore, and they were on an equal footing with Jia Mu.

"But there is good news. The Luoyunhou Mansion promised our Rongguo Mansion to set up a caravan to go north to trade outside the customs. It means paying heavy taxes. Although the profit is small, the victory is long-term stability, and it can also solve the urgent need for the mansion."

After hearing this, Jia Zheng was a little indifferent to this. After all, he did not encounter any shortage of money, and the money of the second room was always in the hands of the second wife, Mrs. Wang.

Boss Jia Amnesty's eyes were shining. He knew the oil and water in it. In recent years, he had just contacted Beijing Jingwang Shui Rong, and smuggled some supplies with him. The profit was tripled every time. It's money grabbing.

Jia Zhen's eyes were also bright, but she also knew that she had no chance to participate. Besides, Ningguo Mansion didn't need these things. To provoke this killer star, he simply didn't say a word.

Seeing that the two were silent, the boss said impatiently,

"Mother, just in time, let's expand the caravan in our house. If we run back and forth twice a year, we will have enough to eat and drink. In this way, I might as well leave it to me to manage it, and also bring it to Dongfu. There is Wu Jinxiao guarding Zhuangzi outside the pass, and the money that comes in is naturally put into the public account, do you think?"

Jia's mother originally wanted to let the second room take care of this matter, but Jia Zheng didn't think so, and the boss said so, so he had to do it first, so she warned again,
"Succeed, the caravan will be handed over to you for the time being, but don't forget to pay the tax. It's outside the pass, not inside the pass."

"I know, I will never forget."

Jia Amnesty promised again and again that she would not forget. Jia Zhen didn't think that her uncle would drag her into the caravan, and she felt less complaints. Seeing this, Jia's mother had to give up and acquiesced to the matter.

"Okay, that's all. Let's go back when you're full. I won't keep you anymore. I want to take a rest."

After Jiamu finished speaking, she ignored the three of them, and went back to the inner room with the support of Yuanyang.

Of the three eating and drinking outside, only Jia Zheng ate a few bites, and was still thinking about the affairs of the hall, so he hurriedly put down the bowls and chopsticks and left.

Only Jia She and Jia Zhen were left there. After eating for a while, seeing no one around, Jia Zhen leaned over,
"Uncle, you said that this Luo Yunhou is so kind, let our caravan go north? Doesn't he eat the profit so much?"

"You're right. I didn't even think about it. Is there anything else to say outside the pass?"

Jia Amnesty didn't think there was anything tricky about it, it couldn't be black eating black.

"Uncle, do you think there will be black people outside the customs, and rob our cargo road?"

Jia Zhen suddenly thought of her usual tricks, Jia She also answered with some uncertainty,
"No way, if it spreads like this, he, Luo Yunhou, will stink in the capital. By the way, don't you still have Zhuangzi outside the customs? What is the name of that Zhuangtou? Ask him about things outside the customs."

Jia Zhen also reacted,

"Yeah, I almost forgot about that. When he comes, I'll ask him what's going on there. When the weather gets warmer next year, our caravan will set off. Do you want some private goods?"

Jia Amnesty himself is also smuggling every year, so he naturally knows that private goods are contraband. After thinking for a while, he shook his head and said,
"No, let's run a few times first and get familiar with the road. The rest is that we can walk however we want."

"Uncle is still considerate. My nephew bows again, but my nephew is not reconciled. Why does Marquis Luo Yun find a lovable beauty every time? I really envy others."

Jia Zhen still felt a vague pain in her heart, that little lady was close, Jia Amnesty knew that Jia Zhen was not angry when she heard it, and she was also regretful that Mrs. Yang didn't know how to court Luo Yunhou, so she did it several times. No one was seen at the door.

"Who says no, good things are all his, hey!"

Jia Zhen was taken aback when she heard her uncle sighing there, but she didn't expect her uncle to have someone who missed her, and she suddenly felt a sense of sympathy for each other.

"Uncle, come, let's have a toast."

Jia Zhen picked up the wine cup and touched Jia She hard, and then the two of them drank it down in one gulp, as if they drank all their troubles and sorrows, and waited until they were full of wine and food.

Jia Zhen especially felt that she was not in place, so she pulled Jia She out of the Rongqing Hall, came to the courtyard, and said,

"Uncle, my house bought two more Qingmen, and I asked uncle to taste them, how good they are."

This remark hit Jia She's heart, because the silver that was going to take the goods to Beimanshan had no money, so he had to play with the broken flowers and willows in the old courtyard. , naturally agreed, and the two of them hooked their shoulders and headed to the East Mansion, without mentioning their mischief.

And in Lixiangyuan of Rongguo Mansion, Wang Xifeng has been thinking about her caravan since she came out of the old lady of Rongqingtang, who can go and who can't.

"Ping'er, what are you doing there? Come here and think about how to find someone."

"I'm coming!"

Ping'er was still in the back room and continued to tie her chest and abdomen. Wang Xifeng just took a look and scolded,
"Stop corseting your chest from now on, keep it more."

Ping'er blushed, a little puzzled, what's going on.

"What does grandma mean?"

Wang Xifeng raised her eyebrows and said inexplicably,
"You don't even look at the Hou's mansion. Who is the concubine and wife of Lord Hou who is not standing proudly? Lord Hou must like this. If you are young, won't you be at a disadvantage in the future?"

Ping'er's eyes widened as he listened to grandma's incoherent words.

"Grandma, how do you say this, Ping'er was married with you, this."

"It's not consummated. Let's talk about it later."

Wang Xifeng directly interrupted Ping'er's words, ignoring Ping'er's shyness.

"Let's go, go outside the mansion and gather those Jia family's children. I heard that there are still so many people who have nothing to do. This time, I'll take them all in and do some physical work."

"Can this be done? If grandma can't handle it well, rumors about Jia's family will spread. It's better to buy some servants to manage things."

Ping'er is still a little worried. Although the people here are servants, their surname is Jia after all.
"What are you afraid of? Auntie and grandma have settled this matter. I'll see who dares to make trouble with me. Grandma, I will let him go around without eating at Jia's house."

Ping'er shuddered when she saw Wang Xifeng's sinister and vicious face, remembering that the concubines of Second Master Lian and the dowry sisters were also sold by grandma, driving them crazy, naturally Knowing that Wang Xifeng is not a good man and a believer, thinking of the Lord Hou mentioned by grandma, it may not be his own way out.

(End of this chapter)