The famous book tour starting from the Red House

Chapter 103
Hearing what Jia Lian said, Mu Xu became more certain that this matter was done by Prince Yizhong.But he still persuaded, "You don't have to worry, even if what she said is true, so what? Both of your families have already separated. Besides, it's useless even if she can take over the position, and the harem can't interfere in politics."

Jia Lian thought to himself, this is really the case, so he didn't say more about it.

On the contrary, Mu Xu was quite interested in the affairs of their house, so he asked with a smile, "I heard from Ziying that you have even settled the property now, is there such a thing?"

Jia Lian first scolded with a smile, "Ziying, you bastard, why do you tell the adults everything." Then he sighed, "My lord, you never imagined how greedy that woman is!"

Mu Xu regained his spirits immediately, "Tell me and listen."

Seeing Mu Xu's look of watching the fun and not being afraid of big things, Jia Lian slandered a few words, but had no choice but to say, "When we reconciled the accounts that day, we found that since the Wang's housekeeper, the farms in our house have not been harvested every year. Everything is better. Most of her shops have also become her shops."

As he spoke, he smiled wryly again, "It's nothing. When I opened the warehouse again, the scene inside was even more shocking. Many valuables were either fake or missing. Even the silver left by my grandfather at the bottom of the box was less Hundreds of thousands of taels."

Mu Xu shook his head straight after hearing this, "She is a housewife, why does she need so much money?"

Hearing what Mu Xu said, Jia Lian sneered, "Why else? This woman wants to take the title of our eldest family, but at the same time, she wants to leave a way out. It's nothing more than fearing that if the title fails, she will prepare for the separation in advance." Just get ready."

Mu Xu naturally understood this truth, and he just sighed with emotion.But thinking about it, Jia Amnesty will definitely not let it go, "Then how will we deal with it in the end, has Mrs. Wang made up the things?"

Jia Lian gloated, "Of course she doesn't want to, but my father directly talked to the second uncle. Because of face, the second uncle had to open Wang's private treasury. In the end, we got what we deserved." After finishing speaking, He wondered again,
"It's strange to say that after reconciling the account, some things disappeared. Mrs. Wang also swore that she didn't take it. My father didn't believe it, but I didn't think she said it lie."

Mu Xu didn't know what to say, why are the members of Jia's family so big-hearted, isn't this obvious?So he said unhappily, "There is nothing to say about this. If it is not Wang's, it must be done by your servants."

However, Jia Lian looked unbelieving and doubted, "Isn't it true? The sum of those things is not a small sum. Those servants don't have such courage, do they?"

"You don't use your brain." Mu Xu said speechlessly, "The housekeeper of the Wang family has dirty hands and feet, and the people under him must follow suit. If the upper beam is not straight and the lower beam is crooked, even if she finds that someone steal Things, you must not dare to take too much care."

Jia Lian suddenly realized, "I just said that she is not a big-hearted person, but she is very tolerant to the servants. I used to think that she was pretending to be a good person on purpose, just to use my family as a gunman. Now that I think about it, she should be fine. There is a reason for this."

Immediately he said bitterly, "Wait until I turn around and see if I don't copy all those servants."

But Mu Xu didn't like him very much, all the servants in their house were uncles, and they all had backers.Just like the most greedy Lai's family, Jia's mother is protecting him, so Jia Lian can't do anything about him.

Speaking of which, the situation of Jia's family is also strange.A master is not like a master, and a servant is not like a servant.In the original text, Mother Jia also went to Lai's house, and when she saw that Lai's family had such a large family property, she just sighed a few words, but she didn't doubt her servant at all. I really don't know what to say.

Because Concubine Zhang wanted to stay with Wang Xifeng for dinner, Mu Xu ordered someone to prepare a banquet and had wine with Jia Lian.

While eating wine, the two talked about Liu Xianglian's marriage again.From Jia Lian's mouth, I learned that the engagement ceremony has already been completed, and now even the wedding date has been set, which will be on the second day of August this year.

Mu Xu counted the days and was a little surprised, "Why are you in such a hurry, didn't you just finish the engagement?"

Jia Lian also said, "This is a day for the matchmaker to discuss with the old lady. I also feel that the time is too tight, but I don't care about this matter. Besides, I am still worried about the dowry of my second sister."

"Didn't your family prepare in advance?"

Hearing Mu Xu's question, Jia Lian complained, "There is a rule in the mansion for the dowry given to concubines, which is only three thousand taels of silver, plus two small shops. If you are marrying an ordinary person, this amount of money is enough. gone."

"But Second Sister is going to marry Liu Xiandi. Not to mention his relationship with me, the dowry is just [-] taels. If I only give Second Sister that little dowry, when she gets married, I won't have the face to see Liu Xiandi again. "

"You wait first." Mu Xu stopped his words, and asked him suspiciously, "Why do I think it's wrong, what do you mean to prepare a dowry for your sister, did I hear it wrong, or did you say it wrong?"

Jia Lian picked up the wine glass, drank it, and then replied, "Your Excellency, I'm not mistaken, that's what I mean. I'm in charge of the dowry now."

With the help of alcohol, he did not hide anything, so he told what Jia Amnesty had done.

After hearing what he said, Mu Xu could only say admiration. It's no wonder that in the original book, he was a ruthless person who could betray his daughter.But then Mu Xu frowned, "Didn't you only distribute one hundred thousand taels of silver in Yangzhou? Even if you gave your father forty thousand taels, wouldn't you still have sixty thousand taels? Where's your silver?"

Jia Lian froze for a moment, and after a while, he said with drooping eyebrows, "I'll leave it to my wife for safekeeping."

Although what he said sounded nice, Mu Xu still couldn't guess the truth, and didn't bother to expose him, "Then what are you going to do, or I will lend you some money to help you tide over the current difficulties."

Jia Lian was overjoyed at first, thought for a while, thanked Mu Xu first, but still refused, "Forget it, there is only more than a month left, this matter cannot be hidden, I will go back to discuss it with my wife today, presumably She also understands my difficulties."

What he said was not so much an explanation to Mu Xu, but a comfort to himself.Mu Xu didn't know what to say, so he could only wish him good luck in his heart.

After finishing the wine, send Jia Lian and his wife away.Mu Xu was going to visit his grandmother, but Yang An came to report that Tu Rui invited him to have a banquet at Chunxiang Building at noon tomorrow.He didn't pay attention, nodded and headed towards the backyard.

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At noon the next day, Mu Xu didn't bring any servants with him, and rode to Chunxiang Building alone for the banquet.

When he entered the lobby, he saw Tu Rui's long follower, Wang Gui, waiting at the door.He bowed to Mu Xu, "Your Majesty, my young master and guests have arrived and are waiting for you."

Hearing that there are still guests, Mu Xu wondered, "Who else is coming? The person who came yesterday didn't say anything."

Wang Gui first made a gesture of invitation to him, and then pointed in the direction of the palace.

Mu Xu understood, and followed Wang Gui to the elegant room, and sure enough, he saw Tu Rui and Tu Zhen were inside, leaning against the window and talking.Hearing the movement, the two turned their heads and found that it was Mu Xu who had arrived, and they both smiled.Tu Zhen also excitedly said, "Cousin, why did you come so slowly today."

Mu Xu replied, "Why are you slow? Didn't it mean noon? I arrived half an hour earlier."

Tu Rui also said helplessly, "I've said it all, I have an appointment with my cousin at noon, but brother Zhen insisted on dragging me over early."

Hearing what both of them said, Tu Zhen argued, "I haven't been out of the palace for a long time, so I'm worried."

When the three of them sat down, Tu Zhen immediately asked Mu Xu excitedly, "Cousin, I heard that you went to Jiangnan a while ago, how is it going, is it fun there?"

Mu Xu replied with a smile, "It's okay, in fact, it's pretty much the same everywhere."

"I really envy my cousin, who has been to so many places. Unlike me, I have never been out of the capital even in Dalian!"

Seeing his envious expression, Mu Xu had no choice but to comfort him, "If the Supreme Emperor wants to go to Jiangnan in the future, my cousin will go and have a look."

Tu Zhen nodded first, and then said with a sad face, "Now that the emperor's grandfather doesn't even leave the Dragon Head Palace, why would he go to Jiangnan again?"

On the contrary, Tu Rui heard this, leaned his head to Tu Zhen and asked in a low voice, "I heard that the old man has recently become obsessed with cultivating alchemy, but is it true?"

Speaking of this, Mu Xu also became curious, because he suddenly remembered that when he went to see the Supreme Emperor last time because of Qin Keqing's matter, he did meet a Taoist priest.

(End of this chapter)