My Red Mansion Career

Chapter 109 Hostility from Li Mingjin

In a prosperous garden, an exquisite pavilion stands among them, which has a unique charm.

The pavilion is located in the center of the garden, and the design of the eaves and corners makes it particularly prominent in the garden.

Sunlight shines through the tiles and carved window lattice and onto the bluestone slabs inside and outside the pavilion. The light and shadow intersect, giving people a sense of tranquility and elegance.

A young woman in palace clothes walked in front, followed by two maids holding food boxes.

When the young woman walked to the pavilion, she saw a maid carrying a food box coming out. The young woman stopped the maid and asked, "Has Your Highness not eaten yet?"

The maid shook her head: "As far as the princess is concerned, Your Highness still hasn't eaten."

The young woman frowned slightly, reached for the food box and waved to the maid to leave.

When she entered the pavilion, she saw a thin figure wearing a python robe standing in front of the desk writing something unknown.

She took two steps forward and walked behind Li Mingjin and said softly: "My lord, you haven't eaten for a day. This is not good. You should eat a little."

After listening to the young woman's words, the man turned around. It was none other than King Wu Li Mingjin.

Li Mingjin turned around and saw the person coming, his gloomy expression softened slightly.

"It turns out to be Yue'er. Just put the things there. I'm not hungry yet. I'll eat later."

"My lord...if you do this again, I will go to the palace to report to Concubine Ming, and let her teach you a lesson." The concubine saw that Li Mingjin still refused to eat, and her pretty face sank slightly.

"Okay, okay... Eat alone... Aren't you happy eating alone?"

When the princess said this, Li Mingjin looked helpless.

He, the princess, was not of low origin. She was the grandson of the ancestor of the Jinling Zhen family and the eldest daughter of Zhen Yingjia, the president of Jinling Tiren Academy.

The Zhen family's status in the imperial court was no lower than that of Ning Rong's second mansion, or even higher. Especially in the Jiangnan area, the Zhen family's status was even comparable to that of the Tu emperor.

As the eldest daughter of the Zhen family, Zhen Yue is of course extremely high in terms of status and status. Even Li Mingjin has to give her some credit.

Seeing that Li Mingjin was finally willing to sit down to eat, Zhen Yue winked at the maid behind her, and the two of them quickly stepped forward to open the food box and put the food inside on the small table.

Zhen Yue personally scooped a bowl of Oden Rouge rice porridge and handed it to him.

Li Mingjin took the porridge and drank a few mouthfuls, and Zhen Yue gave him two appetizing pickles.

Under Zhen Yue's service, Li Mingjin finally finished a bowl of porridge.

After he finished eating, Zhen Yue explained: "My lord, you don't have to be too sad. Although we handed over 100 million taels of silver this time, we also got rid of a baggage. We don't have to worry about anyone taking this item in the future." It’s a blessing in disguise if you make a fuss about it, so why should you be so upset about it?”

"A blessing in disguise...hum..."

A hint of gloom flashed in Li Mingjin's eyes, and he said coldly: "Do you know how my father scolded Gu Kong a few days ago? He said that Gu Kong has a ruthless heart but no kindness, and he is not even as good as Jia Yu."

"Snapped!"

After saying that, he slapped it hard and the bowls and chopsticks on the table fell to the floor.

"Who is Jia Yu? He is a lowly fatherless man. If he hadn't happened to please his father, he would only be worthy of returning to Jinling to be his poor scholar!
No... Gu almost forgot that his reputation as a scholar had already been revoked by Yuan Yingde, and he was only qualified to be a white servant.

But for such a person, his father and even his eldest sister still protect him. Gu really doesn't understand, why should he? "

Seeing Li Mingjin losing his composure, Zhen Yue sighed helplessly.

She knew that the destruction of the Jinsha Gang was a huge blow to Li Mingjin.The Jinsha Gang has always been Li Mingjin’s pocketbook.

Although Li Mingjin, as the King of Wu, could receive a salary of 1 taels of silver and [-] shi of rice every year, looking at all the princes in Daxia, who lived solely on salary?
Not to mention anything else, there were nearly a thousand maids, mothers-in-law, guards, and servants in Prince Wu's Mansion. They could not even afford porridge with the salary from the court alone, let alone make friends with and win over officials from various places to win people's hearts.

The Jinsha Gang can provide at least 10 taels of silver to Prince Wu's Mansion every year. With this money, Li Mingjin can continue to make friends with officials from various places and win over scholars in these years.

Now the Jinsha Gang was eradicated by Jia Yu in one fell swoop. Not only did they lose their biggest money bag, they were also fined 100 million taels.

It can be said that Li Mingjin has eaten Jia Yu's heart.

It was during this period that he was ordered to be grounded by Emperor Changping, otherwise he would have been in trouble with Jia Yu.

Seeing Li Mingjin gritting his teeth, Zhen Yue thought for a moment: "Your Majesty, I know your difficulties.

There are thousands of people in our palace, and they eat horse chews every day, which is a huge expense.

As the head of a palace, many matters are placed on your shoulders, which is indeed a hardship for you.

That's good. I still have tens of thousands of taels of personal silver there. I'll give it to you first for emergencies.

Then I sent another handwritten letter to my father, asking for an urgent batch of money from Jinling to survive this year.

It won't be too late for us to think of something after your confinement is over. "

"Yueer!"

Li Mingjin held Zhen Yue's little hand, and a look of emotion appeared on his usually stern face, "It's really hard for you. I, Li Mingjin, am truly lucky to be able to marry you in this life."

"My lord, please don't say that." Zhen Yue pursed her lips and smiled: "You and I are one husband and wife. This is what a concubine should do."

"Yueer..."

"My lord..."

The two looked at each other and hugged each other tightly. After looking at each other, the two maids slowly exited the attic and closed the door...

Although Li Mingjin hated Jia Yu deeply, life still had to go on. He could only endure it every day in the palace while planning how to find another money bag as soon as possible after the ban was lifted.

The days passed day by day, and the time soon came to the sixth day of April.

In two days' time it will be the day when Jia Yu marries Jia Yuanchun.

Both General Zhaoyong's Mansion and Rongguo Mansion were busy.

As the eldest daughter of Rongguo Mansion, Yuanchun cannot be careless about her marriage.

Jia Zheng has been discussing the dowry with Mrs. Wang these days.

Jia Zheng and his wife originally planned to dowry 64 taels, but Jia's mother was a little dissatisfied after hearing this, so she collected another 24 taels from her own storehouse, for a total of 88 taels as a dowry for Yuanchun. After everything was prepared, they waited for Yuan Chun's dowry in two days. Get married in a glorious spring breeze.

Jia Yu, on the other hand, was busy with her marriage and the reorganization of the Military and Horse Division.

The five thousand new recruits were recruited in only three days. The reason why it was so fast was because the population base of Shenjing was so large. For a city with a population of more than 100 million, recruiting five thousand recruits was not a big deal. Simple.

The expanded Army and Horse Division has a total of 500 soldiers.

With such a huge army and a permanent garrison in Shenjing City, it is a force that cannot be ignored for any force.
(End of this chapter)