The Red House starts from Liaodong

Chapter 91

Chen Deyan had to go to many houses on his trip to Beijing, Xue's was just one of them, and it wasn't the main one, so he stayed for a while and then took the initiative to leave.

Aunt Xue asked Chen Deyan to be sent away, and Baochai, who was in the room, came out.

"Why does mother look unhappy?"

"Ugh."

Aunt Xue looked sad.

"Our family has fallen in the end. Although the business has become a little stronger thanks to your aunts and uncles, it is not beneficial to the authority.

In a family like ours, the most important thing is power. No matter how good the business is, it is just icing on the cake. When your father was still there, relying on the relationship in the palace, people dare not underestimate it.

Over the past few years, your elder brother is just playing around and doesn't make any progress at all, and that Chen Wazi, relying on the power of his righteous brother, doesn't even pay much attention to our family. "

Xue Baochai has always been shrewd and discerning, and she understood her mother's worries in a few words, and smiled to comfort her.

"My brother is not yet married, it's a child's temper after all, my mother will find a good man for him, and if he has a family, he can supervise him a little bit, maybe he will change his temper and start to make progress.

And no matter what, Brother Qing'an still thinks about our family, but it's my mother who worries too much. "

"Oh, I hope so."

Aunt Xue really doesn't have confidence in knowing her son is better than her mother.

"I know Tang Qing'an is good, but in the end people are divided into ranks. Originally, when Tang Qing'an entered the capital, he was the first one to meet me. Now it's his brother who has left us behind. That's why I came here. sigh."

Instead of mentioning Xue Baochai's comfort to his mother, let's talk about Chen Deyan.

After leaving Jia's mansion, went to Shi's mansion, and then to Wang's mansion. Chen Deyan led the people to Jinxiang Hou's mansion.

Li Dazu, the Jiedu envoy of Beizhen, is the master of Jinxiang Houfu.

Liaodong was originally in charge of the Dong'an Palace, but it only lasted for more than ten or twenty years, and the former emperor of the Great Zhou Dynasty recalled the kings.

In the end, only King Nan'an in Yunnan remained.

Because there are too many chieftains in Yunnan, too far away from the imperial court, and limited power input, it is really not suitable for abolishing the vassal king, so he was able to retain his territory, and he is currently the only vassal king with territory in Dazhou.

The rest, like King Xiping and King Beijing, all returned to Beijing to listen to them.

The second master of Jinxiang Hou's Mansion came out to meet Chen Deyan in person, praised him a lot, and gave him many gifts in return.

Finally, he explained to the housewife at home.

Therefore, Mrs. Wang of Jia's mansion received a post from the noble lady of Jinxiang Hou's mansion, asking her to take the third girl to play.

Tanchun had already finished dressing and washing, and when they arrived at Mrs. Wang's place, they went to the banquet in a sedan chair.

Wang Xifeng was a little envious of this treatment, and said to Jiamu and the others with a smile, "At Tanchun's age, she started to walk around for her husband's family, but it's hard for her."

Mother Jia watched Tanchun go out, as if she had returned to decades ago, and couldn't help sighing.

"We mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, don't we mean that men support the family business in the front, and we maintain it in the rear. Although the third girl is small, she is very prejudiced, but as a sister-in-law, you should mention a little bit more."

Wang Xifeng smiled and said, "After all, the ancestor didn't feel sorry for the third girl, and he was unwilling to teach her own abilities, and ordered me to be a fake Zhong Kui, which shows a thing or two."

Xue Baochai didn't talk to the crowd, and pulled Qin Keqing up in the corner, lest she feel lost.

Lin Daiyu touched Jia Baoyu and winked.

Jia Baoyu was warned by his father that if he dared not provoke Qin Keqing again, even though he was deeply envious, he only dared to watch from afar.

Following Daiyu's eyes, he looked over, it was just Baochai and Qin Keqing chatting, nothing surprising.

"You are not afraid that your elder sister Bao will follow."

Before Jia Baoyu could answer, Yingchun smiled and said, "You bluster is full of nonsense, if Baochai hears it, be careful, she will come and make trouble for you."

"I'm not afraid of her."

"Are you afraid of anything?"

Xue Baochai heard the movement and came over to ask.

Lin Daiyu stopped talking, but Yingchun just looked at Daiyu covering her mouth and smiled. Seeing this, Xue Baochai knew that Lin Daiyu must be arranging herself.

"Good girl, I just left a few steps, what kind of words did you say to play with me, let's see if I will spare you."

After speaking, she went up to tickle Lin Daiyu. Lin Daiyu was the most ticklish, so scared she got up and hid behind Baoyu. Baoyu was surrounded by girls, and she didn't know how happy she was.

Mrs. Wang and Tanchun were in the same carriage, and there were servants waiting for them when they entered the door. The servant girls helped them into the sedan chair, and the servants lifted them up.

When they reached an arched door, the servants backed away, and the mothers-in-law and daughters-in-law of Jinxianghou's mansion came out to greet them when they heard that the people from Jia's mansion had arrived.

After exchanging greetings, everyone entered the inner room. There were rare fruits on the table, and there were many precious boxes containing dozens of snacks.

"Miss Tanchun, let's see if there's anything I like, try one or two."

The old lady of Jinxianghou's Mansion has gone, and now the eldest lady is in charge, that is, Li Dazu's wife.

Tanchun glanced at Mrs. Wang, and Mrs. Wang looked at her with a smile, "The third girl is casual, they are all elders of family friends, so don't be too formal."

Tanchun took the tongs from the maid at the side, took one and ate it, then put it down.

Seeing this, the second wife said with a smile, "Girls, go play in the room, otherwise you won't feel comfortable with us elders around, and it will restrict you."

In this way, the ladies of Jinxiang Hou's Mansion led Tanchun out.

"We didn't have any rare things, but we borrowed flowers to offer Buddha, but we thought of meeting the rightful owner." The lady laughed.

Mrs. Wang knew that they were talking about the fresh fish that Tang Qing'an sent to Beijing. Each family weighed a hundred catties. Although it was not much, it was not easy to transport it all the way.

Such an attitude is not in vain for each family to cultivate.

"I heard that your master is not happy with Tang Qing'an in Liaodong, but is there any misunderstanding? Tang Qing'an is a junior after all, do you need my family to come forward to persuade you?"

The eldest lady smiled and said.

"It's all men's business. It's nothing serious. My master wrote a letter, but he praised General Tang in the letter."

"It couldn't be better."

The second lady personally handed over the tea, and Mrs. Wang got up to take it.

"At first I wanted to invite the old lady to come with me, but now that the weather is hot, I was afraid of disturbing the old lady's Ann, so I didn't dare to send the post to her old man's house."

Hearing what the second lady said, Mrs. Wang also said with a smile.

"My old lady really doesn't go out very much, and she doesn't dare to disturb her in general. It's just that her old man is very lively, and she often scolds us to take care of her."

"Ugh."

"Our old lady's health is not good, and she has been away for many years, so we daughters-in-law are not blessed to be filial."

During the conversation, they had tea and food, and when it was getting late, Mrs. Wang took Tanchun out to go back.

The people from Jinxiang Hou's Mansion even prepared two generous gifts, one for Jia Tanchun and one for Qin Keqing.

"My master told me that General Tang did him a great favor. The master was vague. We women don't know the importance, so we simply sent it indiscriminately, regardless of whether others laughed or not."

Mrs. Wang thanked Tanchun and Keqing before getting into the sedan chair.

Tanchun laughed and quarreled with many girls for a whole day, but they were all little girls after all, and they soon became familiar with each other.

After visiting the garden of Jinxiang Hou's Mansion, she was exhausted and couldn't hold her eyelids. Seeing this, Mrs. Wang pulled Tanchun into her arms.

Jia Tanchun was overwhelmed by flattery for a while, but in the end he couldn't get over his sleepiness and fell asleep on the sedan chair.

Clouds scattered on her forehead and sideburns, it was the golden age of cardamom, she was both beautiful and charming, looking at the concubine in her arms, Mrs. Wang couldn't help sighing.

It's cheaper than Aunt Zhao.

After all, she can no longer be placed as easily as before, but she can't be indulged either. Thinking about the heat, the carriage quickly returned to Jia's mansion.

On the second day, he went to the historian's house, and on the third day, he went to the palace with Aunt Xue and Baochai, and continued like this for several days.

Forbidden City.

The imperial palace was originally built by the Ming emperor, and later used by the Zhou family. It has been repaired several times in the past century, and its majesty is even more awe-inspiring.

More than a dozen small yellow gates, holding objects, carefully followed a big eunuch, passed the Xiqing gate, entered the Huangji gate from the Nine Dragon Wall, jumped over the Ningshou gate, detoured from the painting hall, and finally arrived at Ningshou palace.

In the palace, surrounded by clouds and mist, an old man was soaking medicinal soup, and the waiters in the hall were very busy, but they didn't make the slightest sound.

Walks like a cat, with light hands and feet.

"Grandfather, this ginseng tea is ready."

The eunuch in the palace stamped Dai Quan, and when he came in, he saw the Supreme Emperor closed his eyes and rested his mind, and stepped forward to remind him in a low voice.

The old man seemed to have made a sound, but he didn't seem to make a sound. What is surprising is that Dai Quan heard it and said with a smile, "Grandfather, this ginseng tea is good when it is hot, and the medicinal effect is very good. Good." Distribute."

The Supreme Emperor opened his eyes and looked at Shen Cha with disgust.

Huang Men, who was holding the equipment, almost knelt down in fright.

Dai Quan turned his head and quietly stared at the yellow door.

"My lord, the imperial censor is just pretending to be surprised and asking for his name. Our ginseng has been used like this for hundreds of years. Why can't we use it when it comes to our place?"

Dai Quan knew the concerns of the Supreme Emperor and defended him.

A few days ago, a censor said that this ginseng was harmful to the country, and that the rise of the barbarians relied on this benefit. All the rich and noble people in the Great Zhou Dynasty had this thing.

Although the market is extinct today, there are still merchants who commit misconduct, collude with the barbarians to smuggle personal ginseng, and send forbidden items and even food and ironware to the barbarians.

It has been banned repeatedly, but the profit is too great, and the imperial court is advised to ban this thing.

God is sorry to see, the emperor's grandfather is not in good health and needs this thing to take care of him, that Yushi is too naive.

"Is Master Ziyang's medicine refined?"

After all, the Supreme Emperor couldn't bear it anymore, and after drinking two sips of ginseng tea, he asked the chief eunuch Dai Quan.

"Reverend Ziyang said that the thousands of newly selected palace ladies still need time to recuperate and temper for a long time before they can introduce the medicine."

Mentioning this, even Dai Quan felt a little cruel.

Thousands of Huakou Nianhua's daughters were conscripted from the people into the palace, and they were not given food every day, but were only allowed to collect the morning dew for food.

Over the past few days, hundreds of people have starved to death, and the rest are dying.

He has also lived his whole life, and he has never seen any strange things, but today he opened his eyes again.

"I heard that the general of Jinzhou sent some souvenirs to Beijing to honor his family. I really want to try it."

"Grandpa Huang, I will inform the people in Jia's mansion early tomorrow morning."

The Supreme Emperor closed his eyes and stopped talking.

Seeing this, Dai Quan pulled up his sleeves and stretched into the soup, rubbing and kneading the Taishanghuang's back, feeling his hands hurting.

(End of this chapter)