golden scales

In the Kunning Palace, Empress Zhou asked someone to set up a table of desserts, and ordered almost all the items that could be made in the dessert room.Empress Zhang also put down the scripture wooden fish and drove over, and asked Kunxing to accompany her to chat with the bride.

The Duan family naturally knew how to be filial to her mother-in-law, and also knew about Empress Zhang's status in the harem, so she naturally dared not offend Kun Xing, a sister-in-law.Although the elder and sister-in-law are very kind and take care of them a lot, they are still very nervous.When she was waiting for the news, she had no chance to meet the two queens, Zhou and Zhang.

"I heard that Brother Chun stays late every night?" Zhou Hou asked with a smile.

"Young Master doesn't go to bed until late every day, so...it's a bit late." Duan's face was flushed, and he just stared at the table, as if he was talking to a table of dim sum.

"Pay attention to your body." Zhou Hou persuaded.

"Yes, my concubine saves it."

"This is a major event for the ancestral temple, so don't be shy." Empress Zhang said with a smile: "Nowadays, in the inner palace, no matter of great importance can catch up with this matter. Only when the emperor's grandson is born, can the country and society be more stable."

"Yes..." Duan replied, but said in her heart: Miss is still here...

"Kun Xing is going to get married at the end of the year, so it doesn't hurt to hear it." Zhou Hou seemed to be able to see through Duan's mind.

But it's no wonder, who made Duan put everything on his face, even if he didn't speak, he still revealed what was in his heart.

"Actually, I only do it once a night, but I know how to control it. It's just too long..." Duan said bravely.

"Ahem, needless to say." Zhou Hou interrupted Duan with a light cough.

Duan almost burst into tears: No wonder it is said that mother-in-law is the hardest to take care of, can you tell me?

Zhou Hou greeted Aunt Liu and said, "Go and tell Wang Chengen to find two servants who are proficient in medicinal food to serve beside the crown prince. It's going to be cold again."

Aunt Liu came out in response.

Zhang Hou asked: "Brother Chun hasn't come to Ding Province for the past two days, where did he go?"

"How can we know about him." Zhou Hou sighed and looked at Duan Shi: "Has he told you?"

It's okay not to ask.Duan was even more sad when she asked: "My concubine is not liked by my master, even in the palace, I can't say a few words."

"Sister-in-law Huang don't need to be sad, it's because you haven't touched Brother Huang's temper yet." Kun Xing proudly said: "You have to take the initiative to find something to talk to him, otherwise he will be too busy doing his own things. Where is the time to talk to him?" say something?"

"I'm a woman, what can I say?" Duan seemed to have caught a life-saving straw, and looked at her sister-in-law for help, before serving tea to worship her teacher.

"That's fine, I've known Brother Chun for 17 years and I haven't seen him joking." Kun Xing put on an old-fashioned look, imparting experience: "You have to talk to him about business."

When Zhou Hou heard that it was a "political matter", she was taken aback, and quickly interrupted her daughter: "What nonsense! Concubines are not allowed to preside over the government, and they can't even ask!"

"Mother, what my daughter meant was a serious matter..." Kun Xing quickly explained.Turning to Duan Shi again, he said: "For example, there are always accounts in your palace. Those messy watches are made by the emperor brother. You can ask him for advice."

"The young master has already taught it, and I can still remember it." Duan said regretfully.

"Sister-in-law has a good memory." Kun Xing said, and added in his heart: she is just too stupid... "Where can you grasp the essence after listening to it once? If you change my words, you must ask it seventeen or eight times a day. Isn't it possible?" Did you say something?" Kun Xing was at the age to be a teacher, so he couldn't help but impart the secret method.

Duan suddenly realized, seeing Zhou Hou and Zhang Hou smiling and not objecting, only then did she understand what her mother said: "My daughter's house is made of water, and what she needs is the effort of water dripping through stone."

"Also, Brother Chun likes the unique techniques of the Mohists. Have you read "Kao Gong Ji"?" Kun Xing asked.

Duan shook his head.

"What about "Mengxi Bi Tan"?"

Duan hesitated for a moment: "I've heard of this."

Kun Xing shook his head: "Have you heard of "Tiangong Kaiwu"? Song Yingxing is now a professor at Huangming Jingshi University, and he is very valued by the emperor."

Duan shook his head slightly.

"Then what books do you read?" Kun Xing asked helplessly.

"The pre-Qin philosophers, the Han and Wei Wen Fu, Tang poetry and Song Ci..."

"These are the most useless." Kun Xing said impatiently: "If it really doesn't work, you can read Brother Huang's book."

"I'm afraid I don't understand..." Duan said cautiously.

"It's good if you don't understand it. Even if you understand it, you have to pretend that you don't understand it. Oh, you really don't understand it." Kun Xing said helplessly.

Zhou Hou grabbed Kun Xing's hand and slapped it lightly, and said with a smile, "You only understand! Where did you learn this old godly woman's appearance?"

Of course it was outside the palace, Kun Xing stuck out his tongue quickly.

Suddenly changed color after a week.

Zhang Hou was also surprised when he saw it.

Duan lowered his head and didn't see it.When she raised her head, the scene had already passed, and she was just a little confused when she saw the two queens' faces change greatly.

Zhou Hou let go of Kunxing's hand, and shouted in a cold voice, "Where is the female officer in charge!"

Kun Xing knew that he had carried himself away just now, and even brought the habits outside the palace into the palace, so he put on an obedient appearance and dared not speak.Her disciplining aunt tremblingly stepped forward, bowed to the second empress, and waited for her punishment.

"Who does the princess associate with outside the palace? You don't care at all! After learning such a lowly attitude, what use is it for you to discipline my aunt!" Zhou Hou sternly scolded.

Duan saw that her mother-in-law, who was still pleasant just now, suddenly went into a rage, her face was covered with frost, the whole Kunning Palace seemed to be frozen, and she didn't dare to breathe.

"Your Majesty, it's fine for the princess to hang out with foreign courtiers and female relatives, but she also walks with unknown officials, court ladies, and lowly slaves. The old slave persuaded and persuaded, and begged, but the princess really refused to obey discipline. There is nothing I can do about it." The female correctional officer was crying.

Zhou Hou remained stern, and reprimanded: "Since you can't discipline the princess, why didn't you come and report to me! Clearly sophistry! Come here, drag it down, and slap your mouth!"

The female officer of Kunning Palace immediately called the eunuch to drag the female officer down, took a ruler two fingers wide, and slapped the female officer's cheek.Every time he punched, there would be a deep red bloodstain, after three or five feet, the woman's mouth was full of blood, it was really scary to look at.

Kun Xing hated this woman very much, but just now she complained to her face, she deserved to be beaten.But seeing the blood on her mouth, and remembering how dedicated she was to being by my side all these years, I couldn't help but feel unbearable.Kun Xing left his seat and knelt down, and said, "Mother, please forgive her, it's my daughter's fault. My daughter will stop learning those messy things outside."

Zhou Hou gave her daughter a hard look, before she stopped drinking: "Let her out of the palace, and she will not be allowed to enter the palace again."

"Young lady! The old slave is not going away!" The aunt in charge was not afraid of being beaten, and she could bear it without screaming.At this time, when they heard that she was going to be kicked out of the palace, they lost their sense of control and knelt down to beg for mercy.

How can I talk to her after a week.

The eunuchs around would not let her be rude and noble here, so two powerful eunuchs drove her left and right and dragged her away.The female officer at the side was afraid that she would yell again, so she took the veil and stuffed it into her mouth.

Kun Xing knelt on the ground, not daring to say a word, then looked at Duan, asking her for help.

Seen by Kun Xing's pitiful eyes, Duan's scalp became numb. She didn't dare to brush her mother-in-law's beard, but also thought about what Kun Xing had just taught her, so she simply got up and knelt beside Kun Xing.

Zhou Hou raised her eyebrows, and was about to attack, Zhang Hou had already taken the first step to pull Duan Shi up, saying: "The Empress of the Central Palace is in charge of the palace ban, others should not talk too much." As she spoke, she pulled Duan Shi away.

Duan looked back at Kun Xing, and saw that Kun Xing was also looking at her with tears in his eyes, looking pitiful, and didn't know what punishment she would receive, as if her heart was pinched.

Zhang Hou pulled Duan outside the Kunning Palace before letting go, and taught: "The Empress of the Central Palace is the mother of a country, who dares to speak when she is disciplined? Even the emperor can't interfere here. Kunxing has done something wrong, so naturally he must You were punished. You went to see her afterwards because of your sister-in-law's affection, but when she pleaded for her, it violated the prestige of the palace, so you have to go in with her."

Duan said yes, she still didn't know what wrong sister-in-law had done, and she became more and more afraid of the imperial palace who was always to blame.

"Go to the side to sit for a meeting. When Kunxing receives the punishment, go in and say goodbye and go back." Zhang Hou made it clear to Duan, and drove back to the palace.

Duan sat in the side hall for a while, when a female official came in quietly and said that the princess had received the punishment, and the queen's anger subsided.She just went to say goodbye, but she was dismissed without even seeing Zhou Hou. Obviously Zhou Hou was beating her in this way.

At this moment, Duan felt that the world was extremely cold, and she recalled the story that the crown prince told her the day she met the temple, and now the aftertaste is really like warm wind.

——When will Your Highness come back?

When Duan returned to Zhongcui Palace, his surroundings and heart were empty.

……

Zhu Cihong did not go far.He just went to Tongzhou with the newly established bank principals.

Tongzhou is located at the northern end of the Grand Canal, with convenient transportation, and is the distribution center of the capital.Jiang Chen took a fancy to this treasure land with the keen eyesight of a son of a merchant family, and hoped that the head office of the newly born Imperial Bank could be placed here.

To be precise, it is Huo County under the jurisdiction of Tongzhou.

Huo County is 45 miles south of Tongzhou, which is regarded as the outer suburbs of Beijing.In the Han Dynasty, it was Yongnu County, which belonged to Yuyang County.It was Huozhou in the Yuan Dynasty, and it was reduced to a county after entering the Ming Dynasty, which belonged to Tongzhou.Among the states and counties along the canal, Hu County is an outlier because it is too poor.

The so-called relying on water to eat water means that the states and counties along the canal rely on the water of the canal to become prosperous.However, Huo County is at the bottom of the eight counties in Jingdong because of too much water.

From the word "漷", it can be seen that the entire county town of Huo County is surrounded by water, and the transportation is inconvenient, so naturally there is no way to develop.The land is not only barren, but also saline-alkali. Every spring drought, a layer of saline-alkali will be scraped on the ground, which is not suitable for planting crops.Therefore, most of the people here live by fishing, and because they have no permanent property, they are regarded as robbers in the eyes of the government.

These various disadvantages and inconveniences are exactly the reason why Jiang Chen chose this place.

Ps:

Hehehe, every time I see someone sticking out their tongue in a book, this time it's finally revenge!I really don't know when this bad habit started. If you dare to vomit, you will hit again until you become polite!By the way, please ask for recommended tickets and monthly tickets~~!Hahaha~~