Ordinary clear day

Chapter 212 Public anger

According to the previous military report of the Ministry of War, the imperial army has arrived near Galdan's garrison, and the two sides are confronting each other, and everything should have gone smoothly.However, local officials in Shaanxi and Gansu reported that it had suddenly rained heavily for several days, which happened to cut off the communication channel between the army and the imperial court, and the military newspaper had been cut off for two days.Apart from ordering people to step up contact, the ministers of the DPRK and China are now discussing in private.

There were even some weird rumors in the capital, which seemed to be related to the prince.It was rumored that the prince had misbehaved. Ma Qi and Chen Liangben, the left-behind political ministers, had two quarrels with Suo'etu, accusing him of failing to remind the prince of his responsibilities as the heir apparent.The latter also blamed the officials of the Ministry of Household Affairs and Shaanxi-Gansu for not paying attention to the transportation of food and salaries, because they were influenced by some superiors, and ordered the officials of the Ministry of Officials to investigate whether officials in the Shaanxi-Gansu area were suspected of dereliction of duty.

For a while, rumors spread.

Under such circumstances, Duanning could only try his best to get news from the front line from the Ministry of War.Fortunately, all the documents from the Northwest had to go through their pen-and-stick hands, and he could often get first-hand information.Because the two uncles in his family were on the battlefield, no one was suspicious.

The news Shu Ning received from her brother failed to dispel her uneasiness.Although she told herself repeatedly that Tong Ying was with the emperor, and that Emperor Kangxi would have at least two or thirty years to live, and would not be in any danger at all, she still couldn't avoid worrying.Moreover, although Jin Baorongbao is not close to her, he is still her uncle. She is also very concerned about their situation.

As one of the imperial guards, Rong Bao is fine, the chance of being injured is not high, but Jin Bao's situation is not good.He was one of the leaders, and among those who went with him were the fourth elder brother who had an unclear attitude, the fifth elder brother who was in an embarrassing situation, and Ma Sika, Ma Long's father who had once discussed marriage with Wanning, and the latter was still The main general.

Duanning had privately expressed his concerns to his sister and wife.It is said that the Tala family and the Fucha family had almost reached a tacit agreement on the marriage between Wanning and Ma Long, but the woman suddenly repented, and there were rumors that she escaped marriage, and Ma Long was very angry.Duanning saved this friend by saying many good things in front of him, but the relationship between his family and the Fucha family was greatly affected, and the friendship of several generations was almost ruined. It was Xinran's mother and Tong's mediation. It was only then that they managed to maintain face-to-face communication.It is said that Ma Sika loves his son very much. I wonder if he will wear Jin Bao's shoes?Even if he doesn't understand the embarrassment, the battlefield is full of dangers, and the uncle of the Tong family died at the hands of the enemy back then, who knows what will happen to Jinbao?

As time passed, the situation became more and more strange.News from the front did not come back, and the payers seemed to have lost touch with the authorities.In Beijing, the prince's behavior is even more outrageous.Even people like Shu Ning who stay at home and never go out have heard that small sedan chairs of unknown origin often come in and out of the East Palace, and the voices of men and women can be heard inside.The Metropolitan Procuratorate wrote several times to remonstrate, but was rejected.

The battle situation ahead is unknown, and his whole family is having trouble sleeping and eating.In order to get news of her husband in time, Shen has already moved back to the Chrysanthemum Courtyard, but she was very dissatisfied with the big house's way of pampering the married Wanning, and even hated some of Wanning's words and deeds.For this niece, she has already been gossiped by her natal family, and now her husband and his elder brother are still fighting online, but Wanning doesn't know how to be considerate, how can she bear it?
When Nala once again sent someone to take Wanning back to her natal family in the name of being sick, Shen broke out: "Sister-in-law is so confused! Do you think the second girl married an ordinary family? I have never heard of any marriage in the capital." The prince’s concubine returned to her mother’s house twice every three days! She was still a concubine! Wasn’t our house implicated enough because of her misbehavior in the past?! We were demoted and demoted, and lost the holy family. How many people are watching our jokes! Now In order to regain the dignity of the past, the two masters are fighting with their lives. The elder sister-in-law has repeatedly indulged the second girl. Looking at her now, she is spoiled by you. The married daughter spends money at her mother's house like nothing. Flowing water, still uttering wild words! If Brother Qing's daughter-in-law didn't stop her desperately, she would still go out and hang out! If this continues, sooner or later she will cause a catastrophe. Even if the men put their lives on the battlefield, I'm afraid they will get the credit It's not enough! It's okay if sister-in-law can't help, but don't hold back at home!"

After hearing this, Nala's eyes turned red, and he said, "Fourth younger sibling, why don't I know this? It's just that I made Wanning entangle with fifth elder brother because of my ignorance that day, which actually hurt her. Looking at her now How can I bear to be wronged? She is feeling depressed in that mansion, so I can only pick her up and let her live a comfortable life for two days. We are both mothers, so what do you tell me to do? "

Shen paused for a moment, then slowed down her tone and said, "Even so, sister-in-law has indulged too much. She is married now, and will live in her husband's house for the rest of her life. Sister-in-law should have taught her how to behave... The truth of being a married woman is the truth. If she picks up people home every three days, if something goes wrong with her in our house, the entire family will be destroyed! Even though she is the biological daughter of the eldest sister-in-law, is it true that Qing Geer Shun Ge Are the sons and daughters not the sister-in-law's flesh and blood? Even if you don't think about your sons and daughters-in-law, don't you even care about your grandchildren?!"

Nalashi was startled, gasped for several times, and then said tremblingly: "But... people have been sent... sent out..."

"Just pick it up after dinner and send it back." Shen Shi said, "At most two or three times in a year will be enough. If the sister-in-law misses her daughter, she should take care of her body and visit Sibeile's house by herself. Bar."

Nalashi silently shed a few lines of tears and nodded.Seeing her like this, Mrs. Shen said softly just now: "Sister-in-law, don't blame me for being jealous, she really thinks about the family. The second girl is already like this, so she can't let her hurt the rest of the family. It's hard for them young ones to say anything about the elders. , but I can't watch you foolishly."

Nala twitched the corners of her lips reluctantly, but she didn't see Li Shi and Sitara behind her looking at each other, and they both secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

Wanning came back the next day, but her spirit was much better than last time. She seemed to be in a good mood, but she was dissatisfied with going back to Baylor Mansion at night, but she didn't lose her temper.

But this situation changed completely after she heard the discussion of the two little maids on the way back to the small courtyard.

The mother of one of the little girls is in charge of shopping. It is said that she accidentally met Yue He and her family outside. Seeing her well-dressed, she chatted with her family members. When she was born, the mansion needed to recruit people, and Yuehe went in, and became the big girl in Fujin's house.From what her family said, I'm afraid that the fifth elder brother will take over the house in the future.

When Wanning heard the news, she went back to her room and sat there for a while, then suddenly lost her temper and dropped many vases and utensils.Sitara tried to persuade her, but she just cried and scolded, and in the end it was Nala who came out in person to suppress her.Sitara looked at the messy place, and left with a sad face, holding the account book in a daze for half a day, and then came to the Huaiyuan.

"No more money?" Shu Ning was stunned, "Isn't it? When I handed over the account, it was clear that there were more than 800 taels of silver in the account. I even counted it myself, and it should last at least two months." Before today , Wanning hasn't come back for some days, where will there be any big expenses in the mansion?Even if there is any family relationship, it is limited.

Xi Tara said: "Recently, because Erniang is not well, I asked the doctor to take medicine... and my sister-in-law also wants to have a baby... and the chrysanthemum courtyard costs more..."

"Even so, you won't spend all your money for two months in ten days?"

Mrs. Xi Tara groaned for a while, and then said discouragedly: "Actually, there is also the vase that the second sister dropped when she came home last time. Er Niang said that she should take a good one and replace it, otherwise the second sister will be paranoid. And... Seeing that her second younger sister was always angry, Er Niang was suspicious of what kind of illness it was, so she invited a doctor to come and see. The prescriptions prescribed were very expensive, costing more than 20 taels per patch, and they were all expensive medicines such as ginseng. Because the second younger sister took Well, Er Niang will prepare a few more stickers and send them to..."

Shu Ning's eyes widened: "In those ten days, there should be two or three hundred taels. Where did you find the doctor? I haven't heard of an imperial doctor coming before? Could it be that they were invited from outside? The second sister has a bad temper, and the medicine she takes is not good enough. It’s supposed to be pure and calm, but why do you want ginseng, a great tonic? Don’t be a liar, right?”

"But eating it does work..."

"If it really works, why did I just hear that she was making a fuss again?"

Xitara's language is blocked, and I don't know how to say it.At this moment, Zhenzhen came in and asked, "But what happened? Did Sister Shu find the medicine?"

Only then did Shu Ning remember, and hurriedly handed her the medicine bottle in her hand: "This is it, just take a pill and dissolve it with water and pour it down. Let him sleep, and he will be fine when he wakes up."

Duanning came back early today and drank too much wine.The reason is that another servant of the Ministry of War who was staying in the capital, because he was worried about the situation on the front line, said some unpleasant words, offended the prince and Suo'etu, and suffered a loss, including all the grassroots officials of the Ministry of War .Although Duanning was just paying a fine, he felt extremely depressed, so he resigned early and went home.Just now he drank too much, Shu Ning came back to look for sober medicine, but was stopped by Xi Tara.

Zhenzhen took the medicine, looked at them, and said, "I'm over there. Sister Shu can just discuss business with the second sister-in-law." Then she left.

Shu Ning asked Mrs. Sitara to sit down, thought about it, and felt that this would not work.Wanning never seems to know restraint, and always does whatever she wants.But today is not the same as in the past, Tatala's house is no longer the prominent earl's mansion in the past, the title and salary have shrunk greatly, Zhili was hit by a disaster last year, and the production of Baoding Zhuangzi has also been reduced by half.In addition, a lot of money was spent on drafting and dowry for her.When Shu Ning was in charge of the house, she and Sitara thought of many ways to save money, and finally managed to control the monthly expenditure within 400 taels.Now it's all in vain.

She raised her head and asked Sitara: "How much money is there in the account now? The second sister-in-law just said that it is almost gone, so there is still more?" Sitara said in a low voice: "There are more than 300, but the second sister just now I dropped something in the house again... I have to make up for it all, and add a few more medicines, just... this month's monthly money hasn't been released yet..."

Shu Ning endured it, and said seriously: "I can't go on like this! We must let her know! Even if our family is rich, we still can't fill this hole!" After saying that, she pulled Shi Tara and went to Wanning's small courtyard Come.

Wanning had just calmed down, and after listening to Shuning's words, she sneered and said, "You guys are putting on an embarrassing look on purpose because you see that I'm not favored, but you actually don't want me to spend the family's money? It's only a few hundred taels of silver, As for?"

Shu Ning squinted, and sneered back: "Second sister didn't take care of the house? Don't you know that the annual salary of a first-class man is only 310 taels? This so-called 'a few hundred taels of silver' is enough for hundreds of people a year It’s time to chew! Now I’m just asking my sister to be more merciful and avoid dropping a few bottles for display, isn’t that too much?”

Wanning stared and did not speak, but Nala couldn't bear it, so she said to Shuning: "If the account is short of money, you can come to me, I still have some private houses..." "Even if the eldest aunt has more private houses, it's not such a waste Fa." Shu Ning interrupted her, "It's not that my niece and daughter are disrespectful, it's that my aunt is too stupid. I took out a few hundred taels of silver, bought a few good bottles, and they all broke in a blink of an eye. Isn't this nonsense? ?”

Nala was speechless, Wanning said coldly: "In short, you think the title is too low and the salary is too little? Don't worry, when the fourth master comes back, I will beg him..."

"It's our good fortune that you don't do anything." Shen walked in from outside the house coldly and said, "If you really said that to the fourth elder brother, I'm afraid we will be even more unlucky. Don't you know What is your situation? Sister-in-law, why don't you tell her? "

Nala was silent, Wanning stared at Shen and said, "What's the situation? Fourth aunt, speak clearly!"

Mrs. Shen snorted coldly: "You have been well-clothed and well-fed since you were a child, and the money you spent for you is enough for you to make ten of them! I expected you to be promising, but you are a daughter of the Earl's Mansion, and you want to do it for others." Small. If it wasn’t for keeping you from overpowering the royal family, how could you, Ama, have been demoted? Our whole family has become a joke in the eyes of others! Are you worthy of your parents and us?! I heard You still blame your third aunt for being vicious? Huh, if you hadn't left without looking at your face, why would the elders have killed you for your reputation? You said that others are vicious, you really turned black and white! You don't look at yourself How did you get into the Sibeile Mansion, and you always wanted to be favored. It is the good temper of the fourth elder brother, who will provide you with good food and clothing. I advise you to settle down. Is it true that such nonsense My life is gone, and the whole family will be hurt again, will I give up?!"

Wanning was so angry that her face turned pale and she trembled all over. Nala hugged her and said to Shen: "Fourth sibling, she is not sensible yet, so stop talking..."

"Sister-in-law, she is not young, she should have known these truths long ago. I don't ask her to do anything for the family, as long as she doesn't implicate us anymore, that's enough. Pampering children is not the way to hurt them!"

Shuning looked around, sighed secretly, and said to Wanning seriously: "Second sister, you heard what fourth aunt said. Presumably the princes are all arrogant masters, you used that method to marry Fourth elder brother, no one knows what he thinks in his heart. He has known you since childhood, what does he not know? If you live in peace, there may be a turning point in the future, but if you insist on not restraining yourself, then His temper, I'm afraid he will hate you more and more. Time flies, when you are young and beautiful, how can you be favored? You are a smart person, don't you know what to do? "

A complex light flashed in Wanning's eyes, she looked up at Shuning, wondering what she was thinking.Shu Ning said indifferently: "Although we all have disagreements and some quarrels, we are a family after all, and we will never harm you. In this day and age, if a daughter like us from a family like us loses the support of his family, he will not be as good as you. I heard that someone can gain a firm foothold in her husband’s family. Now the whole family has the same idea. I don’t ask you for help, as long as you stop messing around. Otherwise, one day you will really get into big trouble, even the most Love your eldest aunt, and will not sacrifice the whole family for you."

Wanning turned to Nalashi, seeing her mother looking at her with tears streaming down her face, she didn't know what to say in a daze.

She was depressed for a while, and she ate very little at dinner, and she didn't make much trouble after the meal, so she went back in a sedan chair.Afterwards, the maid who delivered the things came back and said that she had calmed down a lot and lost her temper less. She was quite polite to Fujin, but she still couldn't put down her face and say nice things.But even so, it was enough for the people of his and Tara's family to breathe a sigh of relief.

The military report from the front line finally came, and it was good news.It was originally thought that if the food and grass were not sustainable, the army would retreat.Unexpectedly, they found a supply place with rich water and grass, and the food and grass were delivered within a few days, which greatly relieved the pressure.The three armies of the imperial court, led by the emperor in the middle, approached Galdan's camp, and Galdan led his troops to retreat westward.

The three armies sent out together and wiped out Galdan's entire army.Among them, the west road is somewhat dangerous, and the food and grass are barely enough, but they have made the most contributions and wiped out the most enemies.Galdan's wife was killed, and he fled with only a dozen riders. The emperor ordered Maska to pursue him, and the army was preparing to return to the court.

In this battle, several members of the clan made great contributions. Kalka County King Shanba and Beizipen Chuke were each rewarded, and they were named prince and county king respectively.Beizi Tongying led the army to find a place for supplies, and borrowed food from nearby small tribes. Zhen Guogong Sunu also made a lot of contributions.It's just that the rewards for them were not mentioned in the military newspaper.

But after the people in Tara were overjoyed, they fell into worry again, because Duanning heard from the military department that Jin Bao seemed to be injured, and he happened to be in the most difficult army on the West Road, but his life was safe.

In June, the emperor's army returned to the capital, and the whole city celebrated with joy.But Shuning was unhappy because Tongying didn't come back.

(Sorry for being late again... I know it's not good to have too many mines, so I decided to use as few mines as possible in the future...)
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