Uncle Lai in the Red Chamber

Chapter 112 Only money is reliable

(On National Day, I was either playing outside or staying up late to watch games. I felt dizzy. The writing in the past two days was a bit messy. When I checked, I found that there was a bug in the last chapter involving Jia Lian, the supervisor. It has been corrected. Long live my understanding. Fortunately, the National Day is over. !)

It's just that the people sent by Jia Mu are destined to return disappointed.

Lai Shangrong was not at home. He was invited by King Zhongshun early in the morning and was currently at Prince Zhongshun's palace.

"Shang Rong! Don't feel wronged. Brother Huang's move has profound meaning!"

"How could it be! It has only been half a year since I joined the position of Juren in the humble district, and I am already flattered by the continuous rewards!"

King Zhongshun patted him on the shoulder and said with a smile: "Don't worry, the emperor will never treat meritorious ministers badly!"

The topic changed and he asked: "Is there any regulations for the glass factory's investment?"

The emperor said that he would not treat his meritorious ministers unfairly. Later, he mentioned that Chen Shilang Qining and others would invest in the glass factory. Now King Zhongshun deliberately said this to remind him not to forget the emperor's previous instructions!

Although Qin Ye has not yet taken up his post at the Ministry of Industry, the court has made a decision after all, and it will not take a few days. The matter of buying shares should be asked to him, not to himself.

Even if he settles the matter first, are he sure that Qin Ye will not refute his proposal?
Suddenly thinking about improving papermaking technology, I am afraid that Qin Zhong's apprenticeship may not be clear to the emperor.

So he tentatively said: "I am going to ask the prince to show me!"

King Zhongshun said meaningfully: "Shang Rong! Although you are from the Jia family, if you were not appreciated by the emperor, you may not be able to keep your original recipe for improving papermaking, let alone become an official in the court!"

Lai Shangrong immediately expressed his loyalty.

King Zhongshun nodded and continued: "I value you so much that I tell you this. Didn't Qin Ye's son worship you as his teacher? He would offend you for some trivial matters? Besides, doesn't he have selfish motives?"

Sure enough, it was no secret that Qin Zhong became a disciple. Hearing that there was something in King Zhongshun's words, Lai Shangrong asked hurriedly: "Please give me some advice, please."

King Zhongshun stared at Lai Shangrong for a long time, then stroked his beard and said: "This glass factory's shareholding can be discussed with other parties, but the King of Beijing and the Jia family must insist on it, and they must have several bamboo baskets to fight." water!"

The King of Beijing and the Jia family are the four princes and eight princes. According to King Zhongshun's intention, he wants to arrange for several families to be unable to get what they ask for. Is this the intention of dividing the four princes and eight princes, or is it the revenge of Prince Zhongshun and Prince Zhongshun?
But whether to buy shares or not is decided by the state-owned department, so how can we guarantee differentiation?

Thinking of this, Lai Shangrong suddenly realized that although he did not know the relationship between Qin Ye and King Beijing and others, the marriage relationship between Qin Ye and the Ning Mansion was obvious, and he was born in the Jia family.

However, for the sake of safety, he still tried to say: "Don't worry, Your Majesty! I will try my best to persuade Mr. Qin not to let King Beijing buy shares!"

King Zhongshun waved his hand and said: "If King Beijing and Duke Zhen Guo want to take shares, please don't stop them. You can just take care of the rest!"

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Inside the Honor Hall.

The person sent to Lai's house to invite people came back to report.

"Uncle Lai was invited out of the house early in the morning, and he didn't say where he was going before he left!"

Upon hearing this, Wang Xifeng quickly winked at Ping'er, and then said to Jia's mother: "Sun daughter-in-law, go back first and ask someone to clean up the house for Lian Er!"

After leaving Rongqing Hall, he immediately ordered Ping'er: "I'll call the second master to go home. Now you go to Lai's house to guard him. As soon as he comes home, he will bring him to see me. Remember not to let anyone rob him." First."

Thinking of her failure to return last time, she added: "If you can't bring me back, don't come back!"

After saying that, Ping'er parted ways and walked to the front yard.

It wouldn't take long for the west wing to be packed up. On the third day of junior high school, she deliberately stumbled. Unexpectedly, Jia Lian and Qiu Tong simply moved to the outer study room, but Mrs. Xing defeated them in front of Jia Mu.

If the stalemate continues, he won't be able to please Qiu Tong, but he will take advantage of Qiu Tong, so he also borrows Po Xia's donkey and plans to go to the front yard to tell Jia Lian that the house has been tidied up.When I came to the meeting hall, I didn't see Jia Lian. I asked Jia Lian that there was no discussion today, so he went straight to the study outside.

When they came to the courtyard, they saw a little maid sitting on the railing and dozing off. Just as she was about to scold her, she heard Qiu Tong's voice coming from inside the house.

"Second Grandma is too cruel, and she made Second Master suffer so much!"

"Why are you mentioning that Yaksha Star? When you give birth to a son and a half, I will go to Brother Zhen and enter your family tree. Then I will keep the child by my side, and he will naturally become close to you when he grows up!"

In ancient times, only good concubines could be included in the family tree. Once they were included in the family tree, they could keep their children by their side instead of having to be raised by their legitimate mothers.

Wang Xifeng originally planned that Qiu Tong would really make a difference in the future, just like Mrs. Wang did to Tan Chun, and would keep the child by her side, but she didn't expect that Jia Lian would actually pull the plug.

Suddenly his whole body was shaking with anger, and he was about to push open the door and rush in to argue.

Then Qiu Tong said again: "Second Master, you are too kind-hearted. There are three unfilial piety, not having an offspring is the worst. If Yaksha Xing has nothing to do, why don't you continue to provide for her?"

Jia Lian sneered and said: "Of course I'm providing for her now. After all, I have to look after the second wife's face. When Baoyu gets married, will she still be able to take care of the house here? Sooner or later, I will go back to the East Road Courtyard. Then I will It’s the master and the wife who make the decision!”

Qiu Tong said flatteringly: "Then I will congratulate the second master in advance and get rid of that Yaksha star as soon as possible!"

Jia Lian smiled and said: "Don't spoil my interest..."

After a while, a faint sound could be heard in the house...

Sister Feng stood at the door in a daze, slowly retracted her hand that pushed the door open, and turned around to leave in frustration.

She wanted to rush in and argue before because she felt that Jia Lian was instigated by Qiu Tong and wanted to fight for her rights as a legal wife, and she even regretted controlling Jia Lian too tightly.

But he never expected that Jia Lian had such a plan.

Although Jia Lian didn't say it clearly, Jia She and Mrs. Xing had always disliked him, so how could he get away with letting them make the decision?
Even Qiu Tong could hear the hidden meaning of Jia Lian's words, so how could she not?

Looking at Mrs. Wang's face now, returning to Dongluyuan in the future will be Dafang's own housework. Can Mrs. Wang still manage Dongluyuan?

Although she is Mrs. Wang's niece, after Baoyu gets married, she will have to hand over the housekeeping rights of the second house due to emotions and reasons. It will be inevitable for her to return to Dongluyuan with Jia Lian at that time.

Mrs. Wang is not easy to manage. Mother Jia's performance today can explain a lot.

After leaving the study room, he raised his hand to wipe the corners of his eyes. Seeing that it was getting late, he also lost interest in going to Rongqing Hall to be a good boy and returned home in despair.

First, he scolded Jia Lian in his heart, and then began to think about how to ask Lai Shangrong for benefits.

Now Lai Shangrong is not only valued by Jia Zheng and Mrs. Wang, but also scolded by Baoyu for his few slanderous words. The original blackmail methods may no longer be effective.

I couldn't think of a solution, and couldn't help but think of Lai Shangrong's fiery eyes and Ping'er's words about how Lai Shangrong pleased him.

Do you really want to make that toad cheaper?

Thinking of this, I couldn't help but think of Jia Lian's words, and all I could think of was that you were unkind and I was unjust.

He spat fiercely: "Bah! No stinky man is as reliable as money! Let's see if you can impress my aunt!"

As he spoke, he moved to the dressing table. Seeing that the makeup at the corners of his eyes was a little smudged, he called Sister Shan and ordered her to fetch water for a bath.

(End of this chapter)