Dajin royal family

Chapter 81 New Mansion
A group of people entered the hall and saw a large family gathered together.King Zhao and his concubine sat kneeling in the central seat, Le Ping was at the bottom left hand, other aunts and concubine daughters stood on both sides, and maids and servants also bowed to both sides.When Jiang Chengxiao and Changsun Qingyi entered the hall, everyone looked over.

Jiang Chengxiao's face was flat, it doesn't matter if he sees this kind of scene a lot.Eldest Sun Qingyi was a little nervous. After all, it was the first time to meet her in-laws, and what happened last night made her a little uneasy.At this moment, Jiang Chengxiao's voice rang in her ears: "Relax, it's okay."

Hearing this, Changsun Qingyi glanced at him with clear eyes, feeling a little at ease in her heart, and the two walked up to King Zhao and Princess Wang, knelt down slowly, and saluted.

"My lord father and my lord mother." The two bowed their heads at the same time.Because this is the first time to meet, it is more solemn, so the address is also more cautious.

King Zhao nodded lightly, seeing that the two "raised their eyebrows together", he was slightly relieved.Last night, in order to prevent this kid from having a bridal chamber, he sent the Blackwater Eighteen Knights to guard it.The emperor was also concerned about this marriage, and he must ask Zhao Wang's mansion to tie up with the Changsun's mansion, so that no accidents will happen.

Princess Zheng didn't have so many political considerations, she was very concerned about whether the young couple were in harmony.Just now when Xiuyu heard that Changsun's body was inconvenient and she didn't have sex last night, she was a little dissatisfied. Yesterday was an auspicious day chosen, and the two of them were too ignorant.

Mrs. Zheng gave the maid beside her a wink, and the latter understood, beckoned immediately, and led the maids to the side of the young couple with two cups of tea.

This is the last step in the Dajin wedding, that is, serving tea.If the parents-in-law accept it, it means that they agree to the grandson's entry into the house, and if they don't agree, it means rejection.

Changsun Qingyi understood, so she held a cup of fragrant tea in her bare hands, moved lightly with lotus steps, and knelt down in front of Zhao Wang and Zhao Wang, and served the tea to Zhao Wang first.

"Father, please have some tea." Generally speaking, there is no problem in addressing him as father-in-law, but since Changsun Sheng is not present today, it will not be confusing and more solemn.

King Zhao didn't have as many ideas as Princess Wang, so he drank tea happily, took a piece of cloth from the guard beside him, handed it to Changsun, and said: "This is an introduction gift for your father. In the future, the two of you can be harmonious and beautiful, and support each other."

"Daughter-in-law, thank you, Father." Changsun kowtowed, and then handed the cloth to the servant girl Pei'er.

The next step is the most difficult one, serving tea to the mother-in-law.Eldest Sun Qingyi was a little afraid of Zheng Shi, and she had seen Zheng Shi's fancy for "Li" in Dalin Temple that day.I was a little afraid that Mrs. Zheng would embarrass her because of the rumors outside.

No matter what, she still held the tea and brought it to Mrs. Zheng with a respectful expression, "Mother, please have some tea."

Zheng Shi felt unhappy, but she also remembered her husband's advice, so she didn't say anything, took the tea and drank it down.Seeing this, Changsun Qingyi breathed a sigh of relief.

Mrs. Zheng took the jade bracelet from the handmaiden, stretched out her hand to pull Changsun Qingyi's bright wrist, put a pair of jade bracelets on her, and said earnestly: "This pair of jade bracelets is one of the 72 Buddhist treasures of the Nanchen royal family. Zen 72 means harmony, a treasure personally consecrated by the abbot of Puhua Temple. I give it to you today, and I hope you and my son will be happy. But you have to remember that the prince's heir is not prosperous, you have to think about it."

Changsun Qingyi was surprised by the preciousness of the pair of green bracelets in her hands, but at the same time blushed and nodded slightly, "Daughter-in-law, please remember, please rest assured, mother." But she was complaining about Jiang Chengxiao in her heart, it wasn't that she didn't want to do it. .

After serving tea, the family moved to the side hall for dinner.This time, there were only five of them left, and a large circle of maids and maids who waited on them.The other aunts and concubine daughters eat by themselves.

King Zhao and Princess Wang naturally sat on one side, Jiang Chengxiao and Changsun Qingyi sat on one side, and Le Ping sat on one side alone.When eating, one should pay attention to eating without talking, so the five of them ate in silence.Zhao Wang originally wanted to have a few drinks with Jiang Chengxiao, but was interrupted by Zheng's wink.

"Qing Que, this is the bullwhip leek that my mother specially asked the small kitchen to make for you. This one is ginseng chicken, and this one is vinegared fish roe. You should eat more."

Jiang Chengxiao was still chewing on the rice, and looked at the nourishing dishes one after another in front of him very speechlessly, feeling no appetite at all.

Mrs. Zheng looked at Eldest Sun Qingyi again and said, "This is the Poria chicken soup that I asked the small kitchen to make for you. You should also eat more of the medicinal food."

Mrs. Zheng put in all her effort, and naturally hoped that the young couple would understand her, give birth to an heir as soon as possible, and spread the branches and leaves for the palace.

The eldest Sun Qingyi naturally understood Zheng's meaning, nodded and said: "Thank you, Aunt, I know." Jiang Chengxiao likes to call Zheng's "Aniang", so she naturally wants to be consistent with her husband.

Le Ping ate the food with a sour mouth on the side, a bit tasteful, her mother ignored her once today, and her attention was all on her elder brother and sister-in-law.

Jiang Chengxiao drank a little chicken soup, and didn't even look at the two dishes of vinegar fish roe and bullwhip.King Zhao naturally didn't eat it either, he felt that his sword was not old, so he didn't need to eat it at all.Le Ping was somewhat interested in the bullwhip, but it was a pity that Mrs. Zheng gave her a stern look and asked her to think about whether she could eat it.

The eldest Sun Qingyi who ate this meal opened his eyes. So far, the five of them have eaten more than 30 dishes, all of which belong to "taste and stop". When everyone moved a little, the maid changed another dish.This doesn't include the meals delivered by Zheng's small kitchen, and it's not over yet. She took a sneak peek and saw that the maids were still serving dishes on the table in an orderly manner.

Is this the size of the palace, Changsun Qingyi thought silently in her heart, trying not to let herself be "surprised" at all, otherwise she would be ridiculed by these maids.

"Qingque, Mr. Pei said yesterday that you wrote a good poem. Come and listen to it." Zhao Wang put down his chopsticks and picked up a cloth towel from the plate to wipe his mouth.

Jiang Chengxiao waved his hand to the maids, indicating that they don't need to add more food, took a cloth towel to wipe their mouths, and took another sip of water, before saying: "Father is also interested in poetry?"

Zhao Wang laughed and said: "Don't you think that being a father is just a titan?"

Jiang Chengxiao grinned, and said meaningfully: "My son thinks so."

Eldest Sun Qingyi quietly took out the white paper from his cuff and handed it to King Zhao.

Mrs. Zheng also looked over curiously, and the two commented on each other from time to time.Le Ping asked Jiang Chengxiao: "Brother, after you go to the new mansion, will you take the golden retriever with you?"

Xinfu?

Changsun Qingyi was startled, and looked at him in confusion, why didn't she know when she was going to the new mansion.

Jiang Chengxiao nodded, "Of course, that little animal has grown up, you are not allowed to play with it anymore."

In a few months, a golden retriever will be as tall as an adult's calf bone, and in a few months it will fully grow up and become a majestic Tibetan mastiff.

"Damn it, obviously I've been feeding it all the time." Le Ping was sullen.

Zhao Wang smiled and said: "This poem is really good. No wonder Pei Gong praised it so much. It seems that you really put your heart into learning from Yu Gong."

Mrs. Zheng also smiled and said: "No wonder yesterday when your grandfather left, he specially asked your mother to let you spend more time with him. My son is really talented."

"Hehe, my humble work, my humble work."

After the meal, there are still some things that Jiang Chengxiao needs to deal with.Yesterday's guests sent many congratulatory gifts, he had to arrange them one by one, and he had to return half a gift to each house and write a reply in person.

The two bid farewell to Zhao and Wang, and came to the room where the congratulatory gifts were placed. The room was full of things.Among them, the most valuable is undoubtedly a copybook sent by the emperor, which was written in the emperor's own handwriting.This sentence was said by Lao Tzu, and he also understood what it meant. The deep meaning was nothing more than the emperor encouraging him to learn more and serve the country.

The empress sent a "Hundred Birds Singing Forest Screen", which is also a good thing, and it is sold at least ten thousand taels of silver.

Everything else is available, such as a pair of jade pendants from Duke Xu's mansion, a gold vase from the British mansion, jewelry, jewelry, gold and silver, expensive silk, gorgeous cloth and so on.

"Ah, father gave us a land deed of [-] mu." Eldest Sun Qingyi opened the cloth and looked at the land deed in his hand in surprise. The fields on it were fertile fields.If it was really a big family, the [-] mu of fertile land was casually given to their husband and wife, as well as the jade bracelet on his wrist.

Jiang Chengxiao was counting the gifts, and he was thinking about whether the emperor's sentence "one who knows himself knows" has other meanings. Changsun Qingyi's words interrupted his train of thought, so he walked over to take a look at the land deed. He thought to himself that this must be King Zhao's Afraid that he would have no source of income when he went out to start a mansion, so he gave him a tacky land deed.

But he likes this tacky initiation ceremony very much.

"Accept it. In the future, you will manage the income from these fields yourself, which can be regarded as the income of the mansion. You can decide for yourself." Jiang Chengxiao said.

After listening to his words, Changsun Qingyi remembered what Princess Leping said about the new mansion during the meal today, and asked, "Husband, are we going to live in the mansion?"

"Ah."

Jiang Chengxiao replied with one word and there was no further text. This was a matter of his decision, and Changsun Qingyi's consent was not required.

The eldest Sun Qingyi nodded, solemnly received the land deed, and said: "Don't worry, my husband, I will take care of these things myself."

It doesn't matter if it's not well taken care of, he's not short of money.The shops on Hu Gebao's side were opened one by one with the help of himself. In addition to brothels, there are also gambling shops, grocery stores, various dim sum shops, jewelry shops, restaurants, plus my own support for his goods from the Western Regions. is enough.What's more, occasionally allowing him to sell some prohibited items can make a lot of money.

Except for Hu Gebao's line, Ge'er is basically on the right track.

Seeing that he didn't tell her about the new mansion, Changsun Qingyi couldn't help but feel a little depressed, and then smiled again on his face.She knew that the distance between herself and him hadn't been shortened, as he said, they were just respecting each other as guests.Even so, she also felt very lucky. If it weren't for the in-depth conversation last night, the distance between them might be even further away.

Why don't you believe her? She really has cut off the past.Changsun Qingyi thought sadly.

"Don't think about it too much. The reason why I went out to open the mansion is firstly to train myself, and secondly because I have a title, so staying in the palace will not help me much."

Jiang Chengxiao turned his back to her, counting the congratulatory gifts with a gift booklet in his hand.He paused for a moment, then continued: "I think, you also feel that the palace has too many rules, and you are a little impatient."

When eating today, he once saw the elder Sun Qingyi was amazed by the size of the meal in the palace, and every move was constrained.

A touching smile appeared on Changsun Qingyi's pretty face, she stepped forward gracefully, and said softly: "I'm not impatient, but I just didn't get used to it when I first came into contact with you. However, I feel selfishly that if there is no outsider coming to the door, today's useless Meals are too extravagant and wasteful. Although the royal family has a big business, it was built by father and mother through thousands of miles of accumulation, but we can't do this, we should know the difficulty of starting a business."

"My husband, please rest assured, I will definitely take care of the mansion."

Jiang Chengxiao nodded, and then took out a good green pen that Zheng Shanyuan gave him, and brought it to her, "This pen is in your hands. There are too many replies, so help me share some."

Changsun Qingyi pursed her lips and smiled lightly, took the Qinghao pen, went to the table and knelt down, and began to copy the reply from the visitor on the gift booklet.Most of them are formulaic greetings. She has studied etiquette and poetry since she was a child, so she has no pressure to write such replies.

Seeing her serious face, Jiang Chengxiao felt relieved and continued to summarize the gifts.The things that the emperor and the empress gave him were of course put aside alone, other than the things that were sent by a few more valuable guests, Zheng Shanyuan's Qinghao pen was already in use just now, so it was not in his consideration.

It is worth mentioning that Wang Yi, Pei Ju, and Zheng Shanyuan mostly gave him things such as the Four Treasures of the Study. For example, Wang Yi gave him a pair of high-quality inkstones, and Pei Ju gave him a white pine paperweight.Correspondingly, Dugu's family, Dou's family, and Wei's family all gave him gold and jade artifacts, which were luxurious and high-profile.

After summarizing this category, he picked up the square box that Xiao Dan gave him. The box was as long as an arm, and he guessed that it must be a copybook written by Xiao Dan or something.So I opened the box without any expectation in my heart, and there was indeed a scroll inside.

With no expectations, he slowly opened the scroll, only to find that it was not a copybook, but a figure painting.The scroll was very long, half the height of a person. He unfolded it and hung it on the wall, looking closely at the characters drawn on the scroll.

The painting in the scroll is a woman with an elegant and beautiful appearance, a thin figure, wearing a light skirt, holding a flower in her hand, leaning on a rock, and the background is the Moon Gate.

As far as portraits are concerned, this painting is very successful, bringing a Jiangnan beauty to life.But why did Xiao Dan send him a picture of a beauty? What does it mean?
After thinking for a long time, he couldn't figure it out, and he didn't intend to get entangled. When he was about to put away the painting, he found that there was still a letter in the box.Open it and read in the letter, the woman in this painting is his biological mother, Xiao Ruyin.

Jiang Chengxiao suddenly realized, no wonder Xiao Dan specifically mentioned yesterday that it was taken from the Jiangnan tribe, so it turned out to be such a thing.

Jiang Chengxiao looked at the painting with a slightly complicated expression. He didn't expect to see his biological mother and learn her boudoir name.

"Ah~"

With a silent sigh in my heart, I reached out to take off the painting, carefully rolled it up, and placed it in a square box.This congratulatory gift is not insignificant, it seems that I have to find time to go to Xiao Dan's mansion to thank him.

Jiang Chengxiao turned around and walked to Changsun Qingyi, and said: "There is no need to write the reply from Xiao Gong's mansion, we may go to Xiao's mansion in a few days."

Changsun Qingyi thought for a while and understood that the congratulatory gift must be expensive, so the husband would come to thank him, and then said: "I need to prepare something in return for Duke Xiao."

"Well, you can figure it out."

"Okay, I'll save my life."

After the congratulatory gifts were counted, servants were called to "return the gifts" to each mansion, and then Nan Jiyun and others were asked to load all the congratulatory gifts into cars and send them to Langya County's mansion.

Everything was completed smoothly, they ate in the mansion that night, left the palace the next day, and went to the mansion of Langya County.Although Zheng Shi was unwilling in every possible way, she agreed to Jiang Chengxiao before.However, she also gave Jiang Chengxiao an order to return to the palace every few days.

Jiang Chengxiao naturally agreed, and then brought his new wife, Nan Jiyun and others, as well as a golden retriever, to Langya County's mansion.

The scale and grandeur of the Langya County Duke's Mansion is naturally not comparable to the Wang's Mansion, but it is more expensive than it is exquisite, and fortunately it is his mansion alone.

Changsun Qingyi skillfully directed the servants to start moving things, and then apologized to Jiang Chengxiao, saying that he wanted to familiarize himself with the operation of the mansion.Jiang Chengxiao has nothing to do, and he doesn't like to arrange troublesome things for these parents.

The two had their own affairs. Jiang Chengxiao took the scroll that Xiao Dan gave him to the study room, solemnly placed the portrait of his biological mother in the inner room, and asked Nan Jiyun to get an incense burner, and placed fresh flowers and fruits on the table. Serenely burnt three sticks of incense to her.In any case, she was the one who gave birth to him after all, and this gave him a vehicle for rebirth, so he had to be in awe.

After finishing, he went out of the inner room, came to the study, opened his hem, and knelt down.At this time, Nan Jiyun knelt down on one knee and said earnestly, "This subordinate is incompetent."

"Forget it, those people are not ordinary guards." Jiang Chengxiao thought of the scimitar of the black-armored guard that night, and the guard's words, and knew in his heart that those people must be Zhao Wang's guards.

Nan Jiyun was ashamed, this was the second time he was ashamed.As if he knew what he was thinking, Jiang Chengxiao said lightly: "It's not too late to be brave after being ashamed. This time it's all right, but I don't want this kind of thing to happen to Langya County."

"Master, don't worry, if something happens, the subordinates need them to step over the subordinate's corpse."

"That's not necessary. Your task is to protect me, not to let you die."

"My subordinate understands."

Nan Jiyun said again: "Master, Hu Gebao and Hong Yi sent congratulatory gifts and the gold and wealth they have earned in the past few months. In addition, they also sent account books."

"Present the ledgers."

"Yes." Nan Jiyun took out two thick booklets from his arms and put them on the case.The first thing Jiang Chengxiao took was Hu Gebao's account book, and he glanced at it. At present, the most profitable thing on Hu Gebao's side is the newly opened Red Court Building and the gambling house.The huge profits are naturally pig iron and green salt, but Jiang Chengxiao generally forbids him to do it privately, because these two items are strictly censored by the imperial court.

He read very carefully, and while he was reading, he was doing table calculations on the white paper, just to prevent Hu Gebao from making false accounts.Although he has never studied accounting, he can definitely find out if there is a large-scale capital change in the account books, not to mention defeating the ancients with the calculations of modern people.

Sure enough, he still found some changes. Some of the funds from the gambling house were missing.

After closing the account book with a "snap", Jiang Chengxiao wrote "3000 taels" on the paper, then looked at Nan Jiyun, and said, "Tell Fang Yi, let him check where the 3000 taels went. Besides, let They keep a close eye on Hu Gebao, and if he makes any movement, they will catch him immediately, regardless of whether he lives or dies."

"Yes!" Nan Jiyun stepped forward to take Hu Gebao's account book and white note, turned and left.

Throw the white paper of the calculation into the brazier and burn it, then pick up the account book on Hongyi's side and start to look carefully.The development of Hongyi is relatively slow. After all, Hu Gebao has a foundation, and every time he goes to the Western Regions, he can make a lot of money.

At present, the development of hearts is mainly concentrated in one area, that is, going north to trade with Turkic people, Goguryeo people, and Rouran people. Because Jiang Chengxiao is secretly helping them, road guides and tariffs may be avoided. The development is not bad, but it can't be compared with Hu Gebao.

In addition to these, Jiang Chengxiao also asked them to secretly study the processes of "stir-frying tea" and "brewing wine". slow.

After doing some calculations, Hongyi barely managed to balance the income and expenditure, and this time there were no loopholes in the books, and there was no inexplicable loss of money, which made him feel very relieved. After all, the people around him are more trustworthy.

Jiang Chengxiao pondered for a moment, and said: "Go and take some of the money from the stronghold, send it to Qidi and hand it over to Hei Shisan, and tell him to develop according to the original plan."

"This subordinate understands." There was a sudden sound in the originally quiet study room, and then disappeared.

Not long after Nan Jiyun came back, Jiang Chengxiao had already packed up the things on the table, handed the account books to Nan Jiyun, and said: "Tell them that there is no need to be filial to me at present, just do your own thing well."

"Yes." Nan Jiyun accepted the account book, hesitated to speak, and stood there in some embarrassment.

"What's wrong?" Jiang Chengxiao was a little surprised by his behavior.

Nan Jiyun said: "Master, the mistress is outside and has been waiting for more than an hour."

Jiang Chengxiao was taken aback for a moment, then got up and went to the window, opened the window, only to find that night had fallen, and the white snowflakes were pressed on the ground, all white.So preoccupied with dealing with things, I forgot the time.Turning around and looking at Nan Jiyun, he said, "Let her in."

Nan Jiyun led the order to go down, and after a while, the elder Sun Qingyi pushed the door in with a food box.Jiang Chengxiao noticed that her delicate little face was flushed red from the cold, and frowned and said, "Since you're here, why didn't you tell Jiyun earlier."

Changsun Qingyi shook her head, walked to the low table and knelt down, put the food box on the desk case, and said: "My husband has been in the study for more than three hours. I know that my husband must have something important. I was so busy that I forgot to eat, how dare I disturb you."

She carefully brought out the meals in the food box, three dishes, one soup, and a pot of scalded rice wine.Jiang Chengxiao walked over and sat down, and said, "When did the mansion hire a cook?"

He remembered very clearly that there were only his guards and some servants sent by Uncle Mai in this mansion, and the cook hadn't had time to find them yet.

Changsun Qingyi said: "This is made by my concubine, I don't know if it suits my husband's taste."

Jiang Chengxiao remained silent for a while, then suddenly reached out and grabbed her little hand, which was icy cold.Changsun Qingyi's cheeks were slightly red, but she didn't resist.

"Jiyun said that you have been waiting outside for more than an hour, and you don't know how to go back to the house. How about you, have you eaten yet?"

Changsun Qingyi was moved in her heart, shook her head lightly, and said softly: "No, everything in the mansion is complicated, and I want to straighten it out sooner."

"Take your time, there is plenty of time." Jiang Chengxiao poured himself a glass of wine, pushed the rice over, and said, "Today I ate a lot in the palace, and I'm not hungry yet, just drink some wine to warm my stomach. Since you haven't eaten, use it here."

"it is good."

One person drinks and one person eats, and the atmosphere is silent.Jiang Chengxiao drank three cups in a row, and accidentally caught a glimpse of regret on her face, so he picked up a piece of beef from the plate and ate it, "It's okay, but the meat is not rotten. But it's not bad, beef is not easy. cooked."

Seeing this, Changsun Qingyi smiled and nodded, "I remember it."

"By the way, Mrs. Bai, my concubine arranged for her to live in the West Courtyard. Look good." Eldest Sun Qingyi's face was calm, and she didn't seem to be angry because there was an extra woman in the family.

Jiang Chengxiao paused, nodded and said, "You can arrange this matter."

"As for your return home, it will be three days later. After finishing these things earlier, you will go to the palace to follow A Niang to learn the etiquette of entering the palace. This time, His Majesty and the Empress have sent congratulatory gifts, and you still need to enter the palace. Thanks."

"The concubine obeys her husband."

(End of this chapter)