Red Mansion Taoist

Chapter 221 Qin Shang
The New Year is just a few days away, and the Jiahou Mansion has entered a busy state.

The servants cleaned up the house and began to prepare all the expenses for the New Year.

Jade, Youshi and Butler Lu Xun are even busier. Jade is the big butler and manages all the affairs in the house.

Butler Lu Xun is the front yard steward, and he is responsible for many of the reception and external affairs in the mansion.

Youshi helps Jade handle affairs and is Jade's assistant, but his power is also not small.

Youshi is now living a good life in Jiahou's mansion, and she does not feel rejected.

Instead, because she has some power in her hands, she now takes in her mother and two younger sisters. The food and drink expenses of her mother and two younger sisters are all paid by the government, and there is still money available.

"Girl Jade, Black Mountain Village has sent a new year gift!"

"Girl Jade, Jiangnan Liangzhuang has sent a new year gift!"

"Girl Jade, the big salt merchant Hekun in Yangzhou has sent you a new year gift!"

He took Butler Lu Xun with him and rode to the Qin family in a carriage.

It was difficult for her to see her father Lin Ruhai at home, and it was equally rare to see Jia Qiang here.

Jia Qiang only returned home in the late afternoon, so the two of them had less time to get together.

She also knew that Jia Qiang worked in the cabinet, where all major government affairs were handled.

He didn't care about money. Since the Qin family sent Qin Keqing to the mansion, although Qin Keqing hadn't really known each other yet, the relationship was here, and he still hoped to make the Qin family more decent.

"Master, there is news from the Qin family. The master of the Qin family has passed away!" Feicui walked in at this time and whispered in Jia Qiang's ear.

"Brother Qiang, you are as busy as dad!" Lin Daiyu complained as soon as she saw Jia Qiang.

"There are so many, are they all for me?" Lin Daiyu looked at Jia Qiang and asked.

In the past few days, the convoy delivering gifts has not stopped in front of the gate of Jiahou Mansion.

"There's no need for me to influence your affairs, I know what you do is great!" Lin Daiyu felt warm in her heart and said with a chuckle.

On the twenty-seventh day of the twelfth lunar month, Jia Qiang completed the work of the cabinet and received some rewards from Emperor Jingwen and the Supreme Emperor. These rewards were the emperor's routine for important ministers during the New Year.

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Looking at Jiahou's Mansion, the New Year gifts from his own property alone are extremely rich, as well as gifts from Jia Qiang's subordinates and people who are attached to Jia Qiang.

Jia Qiang didn't want to let Lin Daiyu know about this kind of thing during the Chinese New Year, so as not to affect Lin Daiyu's mood.

When he received the jewelry gifted by the Supreme Emperor, he couldn't help but think of Lin Daiyu. He remembered that in the original work, Lin Daiyu was sad because of the pearl flowers in the palace.

Lin Daiyu's complaint was just that she wanted to spend more time with Jia Qiang.

"Ask Butler Lu Xun to come over. You can prepare some money to help with the funeral arrangements and make it a more glamorous affair!" Jia Qiang thought for a moment and ordered Jade Cui.

"I've already asked someone to follow me, and I'll report back if anything happens!" Jade replied.

Lin Daiyu nodded, let Xue Yan take the jewelry box and left.

She came to Jiahou Mansion to play, mostly in the morning and afternoon, and it was impossible to stay in the manor too late.

"During the New Year period, I will be at home for a few days and can be with you every day!" Jia Qiang said dotingly.

"Look what this is, the jewelry gifted by the Supreme Emperor!" Jia Qiang handed over the jewelry box and said.

Jia Qiang nodded, Jade's ability to do things was very strong, which can be seen from the orderliness of the huge Jiahou Mansion.

"Jade, is Sister Lin in the house?" Jia Qiang asked as she entered the main hall.

Before, he was away from home all year round and never spent the New Year in the mansion.

"This is natural!" Jia Qiang replied.

The most important reason why this Chinese New Year is so lively and so many people come to give gifts is that it is rare for Jia Qiang to celebrate the Chinese New Year in the house.

She opened the jewelry box. This jewelry box was not small. There were dozens of pieces of jewelry of various colors inside.

In Rongguo Mansion, only Liaoxi sent more than ten carts of annual gifts. Although it looked rich, it could already be seen that this huge family was in decline.

Jia Gong followed him, with both hands busy. One hand was holding the palace food box, which contained the food rewarded by Emperor Jingwen, and the other hand was carrying the palace jewelry box, which contained the jewelry rewarded by the Supreme Emperor. .

"Let me follow you and help with the cooking if you have anything!" Jia Qiang's heart moved. Qin Bangye must have known about Qin Zhong and Zhi'er's affairs. He confessed.

In comparison, it is the Rongguo Mansion on the side.

"Since it is mine, I will distribute it, and all the sisters should share some!" Lin Daiyu was very satisfied with Jia Qiang's answer. She was not a stingy person and said with a smile.

Jade hurried away and heard Lin Daiyu's voice after a while.

If Jia Qiang hadn't still been working in the cabinet, the people who came to visit would have been queued very far away.

"Sister Lin, you take the jewelry to distribute, I have some things to deal with here!" Jia Qiang said to Lin Daiyu with a smile.

Lin Daiyu was very happy when she saw it. Her daughter's family has no resistance to jewelry.

"Forget it, I'd better go there!" Jade was about to agree, but Jia Qiang waved her hand and said.

"Miss Lin is in Huifang Garden, I'll go and invite her right away!" Feicui bowed and replied. She was about to go back, but she said again: "Master, something seems to have happened to the master of the Qin family. Miss Qin has gone home. ”

Jia Qiang received more rewards, such as meals given by Emperor Jingwen and some palace jewelry given by the Supreme Emperor.

Jia Qiang watched Lin Daiyu look through the jewelry box, thinking about how to distribute it, and couldn't help but smile.

The Qin family lived in a second courtyard. Butler Lu Xun came forward to negotiate. When he learned that Jia Qiang had arrived, his servants immediately ran in to inform them.

"Master Hou!" Qin Keqing came out after a while. After seeing Jia Qiang, he just called "Master Hou" and cried non-stop.

His father Qin Bangye died, and he was still angry with Qin Zhong. Qin Keqing felt that the sky had fallen.

At this time, she saw Jia Qiang.

Jia Qiang, a noble Marquis, came in person and made her feel warm again.

"Lu Xun, you take care of the funeral affairs and withdraw the money from the house!" Jia Qiang ordered in a deep voice.

He winked at Qin Keqing's two maids again, and the two maids supported Qin Keqing.

Qin Keqing knew that she couldn't fall down at this moment, Qin Zhong was useless, and she had to take care of the family affairs.

She took Jia Qiang into the main room. Qin Bangye had just died and nothing had been done. The body was still parked in the main room.

Not far from the corpse, Qin Zhong sat blankly, looking at Qin Bangye's corpse with his eyes, his little face turned pale.

Jia Qiang glanced at Qin Zhong, and he felt the death energy from Qin Zhong's body. It seemed that Qin Zhong would not live long. He was not prepared to treat Qin Zhong. The death energy in Qin Zhong was not only physical but also spiritual.

In addition, he didn't want to expose his ability for Qin Zhong. In fact, he used 'Healing Technique [Advanced]' to treat not many people, especially after he knew the powerful effect of 'Healing Technique [Advanced]', he even He never took action against outsiders again.

For the sake of Qin Zhong, who he had little relationship with, he didn't want to rescue him.

Jia Qiang found that there were only a few servants in the Qin family and they had no experience in encountering this kind of thing.

Fortunately, Butler Lu Xun was good at handling matters and had servants brought from Jiahou Mansion to participate. The coffin was quickly purchased and the mansion was decorated with white brocades hanging all over the yard.

"You have to express your condolences and take care of yourself!" Jia Qiang saw that the matter was almost over. After offering incense to Qin Bangye, he said to Qin Keqing.

"Master Marquis is leaving?" Qin Keqing looked at Jia Qiang with a pair of sad eyes, her eyes full of sadness, she asked.

"Butler Lu Xun will stay here. If you have anything to do, just ask him to do it!" Jia Qiang replied.

"Thank you, Lord Marquis. Without your help, I don't know what I would have done!" Qin Keqing said gratefully.

As Jia Qiang, being able to do this is beyond imagination.

Qin Zhong should have done this kind of thing originally, but looking at Qin Zhong's appearance, he couldn't even take care of himself.

Jia Qiang nodded, turned and left Qin Mansion.

After returning to the mansion, he came to Huifang Garden in the backyard and heard laughter coming from the pavilion.

He walked over and found that Lin Daiyu had invited the little sisters here and was distributing jewelry.

Although the Jiahou Mansion is very rich and there is no shortage of silver, and the girls present also have a lot of money, but even if there is silver, such palace-standard jewelry cannot be obtained if it is not given by the palace.

No one dares to make palace-standard jewelry without permission, that is a serious crime.

A group of daughters live together and have extremely exquisite jewelry, so they are very happy.

Jia Qiang's mood improved a lot when she heard their laughter and saw their smiles.

"Go down and share the food rewarded by the palace today among the girls!" Jia Qiang ordered Qin'er beside her.

Qin'er bowed in agreement and went to the kitchen to give instructions.

"Brother Qiang, when are we going to the courtyard of Jinyu Alley?" Lin Daiyu saw Jia Qiang coming and knew that Jia Qiang would be free for the next few days. She looked at Jia Qiang expectantly and asked.

The courtyard of Jinyu Alley has a hot spring.

Ever since Lin Ruhai returned to Beijing, she no longer had the freedom she had before. It didn't matter if she came to Jiahou Mansion from the small door, but it was not easy to leave the house and go to the house in Jinyu Hutong.

"Didn't I just go to Xiaotangshan Village before? Why are you thinking about hot springs again?" Jia Qiang replied with a smile.

"Sisters all want to go too!" Lin Daiyu said, pulling the other girls to her side.

Xichun wanted to say something else, but when she saw the jewelry she had just received, she did not say anything to deny it.

The same is true for the other girls. They just benefited from Lin Daiyu, and now they are being pulled by Lin Daiyu, so they are naturally on Lin Daiyu's side.

"I will tell the teacher, but I can't leave the house. I will have someone escort you there, and you will come back when you have enough fun!" Jia Qiang would not refuse, and it was not a big deal, he said.

"Aren't you free?" Lin Daiyu said a little disappointed.

"Starting from tomorrow morning, my time will be counted!" Jia Qiang said with a helpless smile.

Being in an officialdom, lower officials would naturally come to visit me during this holiday.

Normally many military attachés cannot leave their bases, but during the Chinese New Year many of them will return to Beijing to attend court meetings and celebrate the New Year in Beijing.

Among the military attaches in Daqian, those in the south are now under the direct jurisdiction of Jia Qiang.

Most of the military attachés in the north, who had been transformed by Jia Qiang before, were members of their own family.

This is only the military attache aspect. On the civilian aspect, because he joined the cabinet, even if he only served in a cabinet, among the civilian officials, he was already the civil servant at the center of power.

Therefore, I am afraid there will be many civil servants coming to visit. This is the first year for Jia Qiang to receive civil servants as a cabinet minister, so she must pay more attention.

Lin Daiyu also knew this. Her father Lin Ruhai was also very busy during the Chinese New Year, so she was just disappointed for a while and no longer asked Jia Qiang to accompany him.

"Sister Lin, please leave Yunfei and Zhujun alone later!" Jia Qiang said softly to Lin Daiyu.

Lin Daiyu would never think that Jia Qiang would do anything to Yun Fei and Zhu Jun. In fact, as long as Jia Qiang was willing, I believe Yun Fei and Zhu Jun would have wanted to be aunts.

Because Lin Daiyu was too young, she could not marry into the Jiahou Mansion, so all the women in the manor who wanted to become aunts were waiting.

"But there is something secret, can I know?" Lin Daiyu asked quietly.

"I told you to stay and watch!" Jia Qiang replied with a smile.

The girls in the pavilion had distributed jewelry, and it was time for dinner. The maids from each family came over to inform them that food from the palace had been delivered to their respective courtyards.

They all left, and Yun Fei and Zhu Jun were stopped by Lin Daiyu to stay.

"All the maids, please step aside. There is no need for anyone to serve you here!" Jia Qiang said calmly, looking at the maids around her.

The maids bowed and retreated one by one, away from the pavilion.

Yun Fei and Zhu Jun were left behind by Lin Daiyu, and when they heard Jia Qiang asking the maids to leave, their eyes showed curiosity.

They have nothing to worry about. Jia Qiang is very kind to them, and they have long regarded Jia Qiang as their husband, and they are just waiting to become Jia Qiang's concubine.

"Yunfei, Mr. Zhu, it was me who delayed you!" Jia Qiang said, looking at the two beauties.

Yunfei and Zhujun are extremely beautiful. Although they are not among the Twelve Beauties of Red Mansions, they are not all the beauties in the entire world of Red Mansions.

Yun Fei is the most beautiful woman in Jiangnan, and Zhu Jun is the most beautiful woman in Yangzhou. It cannot be said that one of the two women is better in appearance, but they are just different in temperament.

"Why do you say that? Don't you want us anymore?" Yun Fei and Zhu Jun were shocked and asked with tears in their eyes.

Jia Qiang saw that this was a misunderstanding between the two of them, and couldn't help but shook her head.

"Brother Qiang, I like Sister Yun and Sister Zhu very much!" Lin Daiyu also thought that Jia Qiang wanted the two girls to leave, so she also joined in the persuasion.

"Who said I don't want you anymore? I have an experiment for you to participate in, and I trust you and won't tell the secret!" Jia Qiang gently patted Lin Daiyu's head and said to Yunfei and Zhujun.

Yun Fei and Zhu Jun burst into laughter, and their inner worries were swept away.

Jia Qiang put his hand on Yunfei's face. When his hand came into contact with Yunfei's face, Yunfei's whole body couldn't help but tremble.

Although Yun Fei and Jia Qiang have been together for many years, they are still at the level of being in love but not polite, and they have never had such contact.

Warm energy emitted from Jia Qiang's hand and fell on Yun Fei's face. The 'Healing Technique [Advanced]' turned into energy and acted on Yun Fei's face.

(End of this chapter)