Chapter 544: Gold and Silver Mines
Because the doctor explained that the eldest princess of Ruyang should not move for the time being, so she stayed in an inn to recuperate, and the prince and his wife got the news and hurried to visit.
"Mother is really, my father's condition has progressed slightly, she is not at home, take good care of my father, I want to take my second brother and their family, what inn do you want to come all the way to?"
Because he is in charge of general affairs, the prince knows very well that his own Prince Peace has suffered a lot of losses, and his father will fall ill this time, and in the final analysis, he will be angry with the steward of Prince Ping's mansion.
This year's food and salary has been owed for half a year, and they are all paid in advance by their family, if these people are raised by their own family, they will disperse if they can't afford it, it's not a big deal, but because it was raised by Prince Daiping, they can't afford it, it's not that his family can do it if they say they are scattered, and they have to nod Prince Ping.
His father and second brother usually go back and forth to his mother's fiefdom and barracks, and rarely go out, but he is different, because he is in charge of the affairs of the Hou Mansion and the Eldest Princess's Mansion, so he often runs around, and every time he goes to Beijing, he always feels puzzled, doesn't Prince Ping always say that he is short of money, so he will be in arrears of food and salary, and ask his family to pay for him? Then why do you always hear that Prince Ping has held a flower-viewing banquet today, and tomorrow has held a poetry and literature meeting.
He has been in charge of the affairs for so many years, and he knows very well how much it costs to hold a banquet, according to the scale of the capital, there is no thousand taels that cannot be held at all, not to mention the banquet of Prince Ping's mansion, which always makes the people in Beijing talk about it, to be able to make people praise it, in addition to having a whimsical idea to stand out in the banquet in the capital, it also needs strong financial support.
If Prince Ping had never been strapped for money at all, then he would have been crying poverty with his father like this, and the prince would suddenly understand that his family had been wronged by Prince Ping! Think about it, his family has the ability to help him train the army, and also has the financial resources to raise the army on his behalf, so he only needs to make a joke and cry poor when his father comes to the door, and some people will be stupid to contribute money and efforts, why not?
The prince who figured this out had an inexplicable resentment towards Prince Ping.
Facing his father, who is no longer in the past, he can't help but be annoyed with his mother, his father will be so heartfelt and heartfelt to Prince Ping, isn't it because he is his mother's younger brother?
Now that his father is still recuperating, his mother abandoned him, regardless of what inn he came to live in for a long time, and almost made himself have a stroke?
Mrs. Shizi pursed her lips and poured a cup of tea for her husband, "Isn't it because of that girl in Cuijuan?"
"What is that girl doing?" Speaking of this niece, the prince frowned, a good girl's family actually picks and chooses about marriage, and her mother also indulges her.
Mrs. Shizi took Sun Cuijuan in love with Feng Gongzi, and the eldest princess sent someone to Fengjiazhuang to find out, but she was politely refused to marry and told her husband in detail.
"Our family Cui Wei is like me, but I suffer because my mouth is not sweet enough, and I can't please my mother like Cui Juan and my second brother and daughter-in-law. "At the end of the day, Mrs. Shizi did not forget to bring up her little daughter.
are all young daughters, Sun Cuiwei is half a year older than Sun Cuijuan, just out of the cabinet at the end of last year, the eldest princess is the master, the son-in-law's family is a cloth merchant, although he is the second son, but because of his good literary talent, the family has made every effort to cultivate him to take the Xiucai.
However, the prince was not satisfied with this family business, because the son-in-law's family background was too low. Fortunately, the son-in-law himself is a competitive person, and he is not bad for Sun Cuihua.
But at the beginning, Sun Cuiwei didn't like this family business, she cried several times, and wanted the eldest princess to change her mind, but the eldest princess was furious and ordered her to be locked up, for three months, they couldn't even see their daughter when they saw each other, and they couldn't persuade her.
Later, when people inquired, they learned that the eldest princess was not so angry, and it was all because Sun Cuijuan instigated by the side that the eldest princess was angry.
is also a granddaughter, Sun Cuixuan's marriage, she couldn't put her beak herself, Sun Cuijuan's marriage is not only her own decision, but also pulls the eldest princess to support her, as a father, can the son have an opinion on this niece?
Now when I heard my wife say this, I immediately became angry, "Okay! I didn't expect her to be so young that she had such a good means, not only meddling in her cousin's marriage, but even her own marriage, and she had so many opinions? What is the second child doing? Just let her act so willfully?"
The second brother and his wife are afraid that they can't control her, after all, there is a mother who makes decisions for her. ”
"Hmph, yes, really good! Her father is sick and has not yet recovered, she does not want to fulfill her filial piety in front of her grandfather, for fear that her grandfather will die before the marriage is decided, and she has to keep filial piety, so she is so anxious. ”
Mrs. Shizi sneered, "In the end, it is a child, and there are people who are not thoughtful." ”
"The mother is also nonsense, why is it up to her to be the master of one child?"
Mrs. Shizi stopped talking, although she also agreed with the eldest princess to talk nonsense, but what her son said, her daughter-in-law couldn't say it, and she couldn't even go along with her husband, and she had to persuade her husband, she really couldn't say anything to persuade her, so she could only shut up.
After a long time, Shizi asked, "My mother has always been healthy, how can she be so angry that she almost had a stroke?"
Mrs. Shizi considered the words and told Shizi about the matter, and after hearing it, Shizi was puzzled, "That's it?"
What else do you want?
Shizi thought for a moment before he spoke, "Mother, why did they find this Li Sect Master?"
"I heard that before Feng Gongzi's mother passed away, he had negotiated a marriage with the Li family, but before he was engaged, their husband and wife passed away. ”
"So Feng Gongzi and Sect Master Li only have a verbal marriage contract, and the marriage has not been decided?"
"Yes, Mother and Cui Juan probably want to persuade Li ...... to quit because of this."
"Stupid. The prince was furious, "Before the marriage was decided, they rushed to the door, why? Why did she persuade others to quit? In what capacity did she persuade people to quit? Is Feng Gongzi already discussing marriage with her? Or has she already made a marriage? Two people who are completely unrelated, what is her position to find Sect Master Li?"
Shizi said, "So stupid, I really don't know how my mother would hold her in the palm of her hand and treat her as a treasure, not even a finger can compare to our emerald wisps, why do you let my mother be so spoiled?"
Mrs. Shizi didn't understand either, but after hearing her husband say this, she slightly understood why the eldest princess was so angry that she almost had a stroke.
Knowing that he has no position, he insisted on going to the door, and was repeatedly blocked by others, the eldest princess has been so angry since she was a child, but it is no wonder that people want to deliberately block her, and people sit at home, who knew that disaster fell from the sky, and suddenly an eldest princess came to find trouble for herself.
I heard that the father of this Li sect leader is an important minister by the emperor's side, and her mother-in-law, the eldest princess, has left the power center of the capital for nearly thirty years, so it is no wonder that the little girl is not afraid of the eldest princess at all, but dares to repeatedly lower the face of the eldest princess.
The prince knows Li Qianqian's identity better than his wife, but he doesn't think that the reason why she dares to do this is because of her father's power, but the eldest princess They are completely unreasonable, if it is her father's power, it is inevitable that there will be some weakness in action, after all, his mother is the emperor's family, even if it is not valued, the emperor will never allow his subordinates or his subordinates' families, and they are disrespectful to the eldest princess.
But in Li Qianqian's actions, he only saw that he was upright, and then thought deeply about his mother's actions, which led to the above speculation.
"Go back and help the second brother show the girl a look, and quickly marry the person. ”
"Can this be done?" if the mother has something to say...... "As a daughter-in-law, there are more taboo things than sons, some trivial things, if the son does it, it is nothing in the eyes of the mother-in-law, but if the daughter-in-law does it, it is a great sin."
"When the man gets married, the woman gets married, her family affairs have dragged on long enough, and if it drags on sooner or later, it will become an enmity, as long as she has a good life after getting married, her mother can rest assured. What the prince didn't say was that as long as he got married, even if he didn't have a good life, so what? That wasn't his daughter, it didn't matter if she was doing well? What he wanted was not to let this niece instigate trouble in front of her mother again, so that his mother could live in peace?
Mrs. Shizi nodded, "When I go back, I'll do it immediately." ”
"Well, don't be too bad on the other party's conditions, don't treat her too badly, since her mother can't control her, let her mother-in-law take care of it. ”
Mrs. Shizi smiled, "Don't worry, the concubine will find her a mother-in-law who pays attention to the rules." She knows several ladies, and she has a very good set of how to teach the ladies in the family, and I believe that after Sun Cuijuan marries in, in a few years, she will definitely be able to become a good daughter-in-law who follows the rules and then talks about the rules.
Sun Cuijuan didn't know that her eldest uncle and husband had already made a decision about her marriage.
"How's Grandmother?"
"The eldest princess is already very good, but the doctor has explained, and she has to wait carefully, don't let her old man be angry again. The maids whispered.
Sun Cuijuan snorted coldly, "As long as the Sect Master Nali is honest and obedient, how can Grandmother be so angry that she almost had a stroke?"
The maids smiled bitterly, but they didn't dare to persuade them again.
The eldest princess is here, Mama Long, who has followed the eldest princess since she was a child, is carefully waiting for her to drink medicine.
"What's wrong with Cui Juan?" Seeing that the eldest princess was a little stronger, she asked about Sun Cui Juan, and Mama Long sighed with some emotion, "Miss Juan, everything is fine, you can rest assured." ”
"How can you rest assured! That demon girl is really rude. "The eldest princess of Ruyang carefully recalled the situation that day, and felt that she had fallen into Li Qianqian's trap, if she really didn't let so many of them in, why didn't she say it when she handed over the post to invite, and waited until they came to the door?
There was also something to follow, she raised her hand and rubbed the corner of her aching forehead, and then rubbed the back of her head, "Why does my head hurt so much?"
"The doctor said that you may have had a stroke before, but fortunately, a master gave you a few injections to relieve your situation. ”
Mama Long consciously said it very clearly, but she didn't know that in the ears of the eldest princess of Ruyang, it was like someone deliberately making her sick, and then deliberately treating her with grace, so she didn't feel that she should be grateful to Li Qianqian at all, but felt that this girl was hateful.
"That dead girl!" the eldest princess of Ruyang slapped the bed angrily, and felt that her head hurt even more when she moved.
Mama Long sighed, "Your Highness, you take care of yourself, think about it, if something happens to you, Miss Juan's marriage, who else can make decisions for her?"
Caused trouble three times and twice, not to mention that the second master couldn't spare her after he knew, that is, the prince knew, and he was afraid that Miss Juan would not be pleased, thinking of the marriage of the youngest daughter of the prince, Miss Wis, Mama Long was secretly worried about Sun Cuijuan.
It is said that people have no long-term worries, Sun Cuijuan is like this, she instigated in front of the eldest princess that day, so that the eldest princess was disgusted with Miss Cuiwi, although this kind of thing is to compete for favor, they have been commonplace in the palace, when the eldest princess was in the palace, she also was in front of the first emperor, giving eye medicine to the sisters, but never interfered in their marriage.
The eldest princess knew very well that it was not something she could meddle in, but Miss Juan was not, relying on the eldest princess to love her, and comparing her cousin's marriage, even in the most unruly palace, she had never seen it.
Once the eldest princess has a case, the prince and his wife will be angry for their daughter, and they will definitely take action against Miss Juan's marriage, and the second lady may not be able to stop it.
The eldest princess of Ruyang thought that what Mama Long said was that if she had any chance, Cui Juan would definitely not be able to get her wish and marry Feng Gongzi.
"Don't worry, I will take good care of myself, I didn't see Cui Juan successfully marrying into the Feng family, I couldn't close my eyes. ”
Mama Long sighed, "Your Highness, rest assured, Miss Cui Juan is a blessed one, and she will definitely get her wish." ”
The eldest princess of Ruyang nodded, and after saying these words, she was already tired, and Mama Long waited for her to sleep and helped her tuck the quilt.
As soon as she walked out, a maid stepped forward and asked, "Is the eldest princess okay?"
"It's okay, it's just that my vitality is seriously damaged, and I'm afraid it will take care of my life. Mama Long replied in a low voice.
"Mama, I just heard someone talk about Jingli outside. ”
Don't stare at the things of the nobles in the capital all day long, God knows how many of those things are true. Mama Long glared at the maids in the room with displeasure.
The maids shrank their necks timidly, but there was one who was not afraid of death, she was Mama Long's niece and granddaughter, I saw her smiling and holding Mama Long's hand, "Auntie, don't be angry! You also know that we don't have much to entertain, and it is also beneficial to listen to what people say about those noble people's family affairs!"
"Oh, what's the benefit?" Mama Long's tolerance for her niece and granddaughter is indeed relatively high, and she poked her forehead with love and hate.
Long Ya'er gave some examples, and finally suppressed Mama Long's anger, "By the way, by the way, do you know the Meng family in the city of eastern Sichuan?"
"Yes. "The second lady intends to marry the Meng family, and Mama Long knows a little about the Meng family.
Long Ya'er told Mama Long about Miss Meng coming to an inn with her family as a guest, and accidentally fell into the water, so she got married.
"And Meng Xiaowu Niang. Long Ya'er told Meng Xiaowu Niang about being accepted as a concubine by King Jing's prince, and Mama Long's face changed greatly, "Why is this Meng family so unsophisticated? No, I have to go and talk to the second lady." ”
"Don't worry! The second lady already knew, before we knew it!"
"yes!" the others chimed in.
Mama Long asked worriedly, "What about marriage?"
"The second lady had already told the Meng family that the matter was canceled. ”
That's good. Mama Long breathed a sigh of relief, she was finally in the mood to listen to them gossip at this time.
A few dragon girls, you and I are vying to talk word by word, and what I heard from the maids and servants of the other guests in the inn, talking and talking, I talked about the various flower-viewing banquets in the palace of Prince Ping in Beijing.
"Prince Ping's Mansion holds a flower-viewing banquet every year?"
"Yes, and it's not once a season, it's not once a year, it's several times a season, and every time it makes the people of Beijing talk about it. ”
"I heard that just that moon lotus banquet, I don't care, because it is night, in order to let everyone see the lotus flowers blooming in the lake at night, and the night pearls are placed under the blooming lotus flowers, one by one!"
"The Night Pearl is not cheap! it turns out that one by one, how many Night Pearls do you have to use? To make that scene so spectacular, Prince Ping's Mansion is so rich?" The other people in this room don't know, how much a Night Pearl is worth, only Mama Long knows best.
"What's that, in addition to a gold mine in Prince Ping's Mansion, there is also a silver mine, even if the emperor gives him a low salary, just these two things, even if they squander them for a lifetime, they can't spend it all!"
Prince Ping's palace has gold mines, and silver mines?