After a long time, the woman stabilized her emotions, closed her eyes, clenched the Buddha beads with both hands, and kept turning, reciting the scriptures silently in her mouth.

Aunt Zheng stood quietly aside, until she saw that the woman's lips and teeth were no longer moving, and then she tentatively called: "Niangniang?"

The woman opened her eyes and looked at her, and nodded slowly.

Seeing this, Aunt Zheng continued: "There is also a word in the palace that the Wang family has decided on a show girl, and there is no change, that is, the twelve people who were originally optimistic, only three others were pointed out to King An. ”

"The three girls of the Chu family finally entered the palace smoothly?"

Aunt Zheng nodded: "Yes, that girl's temperament, it is not easy to enter the palace smoothly, what does the mother command?"

The woman smiled slightly, with a hint of imperceptible coldness on the corner of her mouth: "Since they have all entered the palace, and the three girls of the Chu family are arrogant, then let more people help her, don't let the Wang family and the little emperor get tired of her so quickly." If you can, try to give her as many places as you can, so it's fun. ”

"Yes. Aunt Zheng agreed, and said: "Mr. Wu has gone to Tianfu today, and with Tian Heng's secret care, I think it shouldn't be too difficult for her Chu family girl to be in the palace." ”

"That's good. The woman nodded with satisfaction, and said after a while, "I heard that the little emperor is a good man, if this is the case, the girl of the Wang family and the girl of the Chu family, this competition for favor, from the congenital can not enter the eyes of the little emperor, what can they fight for." ”

Aunt Zheng didn't think it was different: "The girl of the Chu family has practiced martial arts, and she is stronger than ordinary girls. ”

"Strong?" the woman raised her eyebrows slightly: "Abi is trying to say that the girl of the Chu family is very suitable for pretending to be a man?"

"Yes," Aunt Zheng nodded with a faint smile, "I heard that when you dress up, you really look like a handsome and unparalleled son." ”

"Hehe," the woman couldn't help laughing when she heard this, "it's also up to Mr. Wu that they can think of it." ”

Aunt Zheng said: "I heard that this idea was thought up by the girl of the Chu family and Bai Ziwei. ”

"Bai Ziwei?" the woman's voice instantly cooled when she heard the name.

"Yes, Bai Ziwei also personally found someone to teach the words and deeds of the girl man of the Chu family.

"He's a big part of it. The woman sneered.

Aunt Zheng lowered her head: "Bai Ziwei always has many unexpected thoughts and ideas. ”

The woman tightly twisted the Buddha beads: "It's just too many ideas of the Dharma, I was willing to recruit him because his biological mother was from the Wu family." I don't want this kid to think more than me, and he's really ambitious. It is good for people to be ambitious, and they will be active in doing things. But once this ambition is too big, it is annoying. ”

Aunt Zheng was silent.

The woman looked at her and said in a piercing voice, "What, Abi, don't you think so?"

Aunt Zheng was taken aback, and hurriedly replied: "The slave maid only thinks that although Bai Ziwei was born in Qingrenbo Mansion, he is just a concubine in the end, and there are two eldest brothers on it. The more talented he becomes, the less he likes Mrs. Bofu, without the support of the family, no matter how ambitious he is, it is difficult for him to become a climate, and Niangniang doesn't have to care too much. ”

The woman sneered: "Do you think he Bai Ziwei will care about Qing Renbo's title?"

"This ......"

The woman snorted again: "Bai Ziwei is a big-hearted person, and a big-hearted person can't be guarded, Abi, do you understand." ”

Aunt Zheng was stunned for a moment, and then bowed: "Yes, the slave understands." ”

The woman's eyes were slightly closed.

Aunt Zheng slowed down, and seeing that her mother didn't have anything to say, she could only take the initiative to ask, "What else does Niangniang command?"

The woman shook her head, only to feel that her mood seemed to be restless again, and she was busy closing her eyes and reciting Buddhist scriptures silently, and it took a long time to calm down, and she raised her eyes and asked, "What happened to that girl Lian'er?"

Aunt Zheng bowed down and replied: "Fortunately, I am willing to learn what we teach seriously, but I am still emotionally unstable and always want to see her eldest brother." ”

"Hmph, who is her big brother, have you ever found out?"

Aunt Zheng shook her head: "It's not easy to check, the thousand-faced judgment suddenly died, and the child-faced judgment disappeared inexplicably, and the fine rope was broken." ”

The woman sighed lightly: "They are all unstable prodigal sons of the rivers and lakes, I told Fu Hui at that time, don't always recruit some warlocks, they don't have a family background." But you say that the prodigal son of the rivers and lakes is not under the control of the court, and it is convenient to wander around and find out information. But I don't want to think about it, it's easy to move around, and it's not easy to control at the same time. No, it's gone, and there's no place to check it if you want to. ”

Aunt Zheng nodded silently: "Yes, Fu Hui also knew that she had deviated before, so she has been trying to get close to those new scholars recently." ”

"Oh, what's the catch?"

"It's mostly frivolous and unstable young people, and it's not easy to use, so Fuqu didn't dare to get too close. ”

"People who have entered the officialdom will soon be forced to stabilize themselves, let Fu Hui stay with more people, don't get too close, but don't relax. ”

"Yes. Aunt Zheng nodded in agreement, and said, "Fu Hui also said that someone has been secretly investigating her recently. ”

"Who?"

"According to Fleur, it is very likely that it is from the Han family. ”

"The Han family?" the woman snorted coldly, "The Han family has made a lot of moves in the past two years." The little emperor's side, how did he find out?"

Aunt Zheng replied: "There is no definite news yet, but according to the intelligence analysis of all parties, he is very likely to be from the Han family." ”

"How much is it possible?"

"More than ninety percent. Even if it doesn't belong to the Han family, it has a lot to do with the Han family. ”

"Hehe, it's getting more and more interesting. The little emperor is the Wang family's single-minded support for the orthodox boarding, although he is younger, he has taken the lead in the right way, with the support of his subordinates, and the Han family secretly and vigorously helped, the Wang family, it's difficult!"

Aunt Zheng also smiled when she heard this: "What does Niangniang think?"

The smile on the corner of the woman's eyebrows did not decrease: "Now that the show girl has been decided, the little emperor's wedding is not far away." According to the patriarchal law, after the emperor's wedding, the Wang family should officially return to power, hehe, I want to see what she will do. ”

Aunt Zheng said: "The little emperor is now so indulgent, especially a man, and the Wang family seems to be deliberately indulging him." After returning to power after the big wedding, according to the current performance of the little emperor, it is estimated that he will act as before, and will not really deal with the government affairs, and the government affairs will ultimately be decided by the Wang family. ”

The woman sneered: "So both sides are pretending, it depends on how long they can pretend." Let's ignore it for the time being, and let the two of them try to play first. Look at it, this play must be extremely good-looking. ”

When Aunt Zheng heard this, she also nodded with a deep smile.

As the bell fluttered, Biyun Temple gradually moved away.

The big garden on the outskirts of Beijing.

The garden in this place is said to be surnamed Jin, but in fact, the people who live there have always been surnamed Han.

Although the servants surnamed Jin on duty at the manor were puzzled, they didn't want to ask much about the affairs between the masters and the sons.

Only today, the sky has been sunny for many days, it is very clear, but the weather in the manor is a little brighter than this weather, only today their steward has been smiling since dawn.

The subordinates looked happy, but they were also curious, and after asking, they learned that yesterday evening, the real owner of their manor, the Jin family, finally came rarely.

Because Han Er's grandmother, that is, the eldest young master's sister-in-law, will give birth next month. Therefore, Second Young Master Han, who had been busy arranging formations in the suburbs of Beijing, finally put down what he was doing and set off back to Huai'an Han Mansion two days ago.

In the past two days, only the third son of the Han family has stayed in the manor.

The weather is sunny and refreshing, although it has entered autumn, but the cold has not arrived, the backyard garden, the lotus flowers in the lake still have a few branches blooming just right.

Jin Yunan, the eldest young master of the Jin family, entered from the east gate and strode towards the Yunfeng Shui Pavilion on the north side of the lake.

Because he has been a businessman for many years, Jin Yunan has a strong body and a complexion like ripe wheat. He has a straight face, a broad forehead, a pair of thick black eyebrows, big eyes as bright as a star, a straight nose and thick lips, and a thin velvet beard around his mouth, and the whole person looks very manly.

At this time, in front of the red bean lacquer round table of Yunfeng Water Pavilion, Han Qihai, the third young master of the Han family, was holding a rosewood teaspoon, and dialed the newly arrived Wuyi Mountain big red robe into the white marble carved bamboo teapot.

Hearing the sound of footsteps, Han Qihai looked up, glanced at Jin Yunan, who was walking in a big way, raised the corners of his mouth, lowered his head again, took the sand bottle with the porcelain lid on the charcoal stove on the side, and slowly poured the boiling water into the white marble teapot.

"Sanshao is making tea again, I've only been back for one day, and I've seen you making tea three times," Jin Yunan said and shook his head, "You don't have to ask anyone, just follow the taste of tea, and find one accurate." ”

Han Qihai smiled: "Brother Jin, do you want to drink a pot?"

Jin Yunan raised his eyebrows: "Give me a pot, don't you taste this tea?"

Han Qihai smiled: "Brother Jin likes to drink cows, and if he doesn't give him a pot, I'm afraid Brother Tai won't understand the taste." ”

Jin Yunan lifted his clothes and sat down: "This tea, for a rough person like me, how much I drink is the same taste, that is, the taste of grass leaves." So Sanshao, you can keep your own products, as for me, you can just moisten your mouth with pot water. ”

"Brother Jin is still so straightforward. Han Qihai praised, but still handed over a cup of tea.

"Okay, who is with whom, don't say polite words. Jin Yunan took the teacup, didn't care about the hot air that was still bubbling, and drank it all in one gulp.

Han Qihai chuckled, and really asked unceremoniously, "Brother Jin is here, but Tianbao has changed?"

Jin Yunan nodded: "Anqing Tianbao received a large order last week, the exact number is unknown, only judging by the news, it should be no less than one million taels of silver." ”

"One million taels?" Han Qihai frowned, "All the treasury silver of the Tianbao Silver is just this number, right?"

Jin Yunan sneered: "Big Wednesday big silver number, Hongfeng, Tianbao, and then our treasure luck, there is only the first Hongfeng silver number, with a net worth of tens of millions of taels, Tianbao and our treasure luck are comparable, with a net worth of four or five million taels." As soon as Tianbao's business was taken this time, Kuyin immediately doubled, and his net worth caught up with Hongfeng. Our treasure luck can only honestly condescend to the last seat. ”

"I wonder what business Tianbao has taken over?"

"Yangzhou Xie family. ”

Han Qihai raised his eyebrows: "The Xie family, the first shipwright of the Great Zhou?"

"Exactly. ”

Han Qihai raised his eyebrows: "I heard that the current Yangzhou has a very good relationship with Jiang Zheng and this Xie family. ”

Jin Yunan also raised his eyebrows: "What, what new discoveries have been made by Sanshao?"

Han Qihai drank the tea in his hand in one gulp, and suddenly asked, "Brother Jin, do you know the relationship between Jiang Zheng and the Yang family?"

Jin Yunan was puzzled: "Yang family, which Yang family?"

"The Yang family in Nanjing is also a shipbuilder. ”

Jin Yunan slapped his thigh: "You're talking about the Yang family, but they have long since declined in shipbuilding, and now the whole clan is eating the old books of their ancestors, and they can't be compared with the shipwright Xie family." Oh, I remembered, then Mrs. Jiang was not from the Yang family. Could it be that Yangzhou Tongzhi wants to help his Yue's family? His Jiang family is a family of poets and scholars, and now he is in an official position, and his reputation will be ruined if he meddles in commercial affairs at will. ”

Han Qihai smiled, and lightly turned the blue and white porcelain cup in his hand: "Definitely." Brother Jin knows that there is also a young lady in the Yang family, but now she is a maid in the Xie family. ”

Jin Yu Nanqi said: "And this matter, their Yang family has not fallen to let their own young lady go to be a maid for others, so Mrs. Jiang doesn't care?"

Mrs. Jiang didn't know. ”

Jin Yunan's eyes narrowed: "What, is this a secret fight in the house of any family?"

Han Qihai smiled slightly: "Maybe." ”