Whether Tanchun knew the secrets in the jewelry box, Lin Qingyun did not know. Lin Qingyun can only hope that Tanchun doesn't know, and if he does, he hides it......

She didn't rush to Tanchun for verification, and after discussing the matter of the Chengjun Palace, she decided to report to the emperor first. There is no impermeable wall in the world, not to mention that Zhen is not so trustworthy, if she secretly deals with Tu Yan and becomes a conspirator, she is limited to passivity, and the pace will be controlled by Zhen, once Zhen is not satisfied with what he has gained, their situation is very dangerous. Tu Yan's position is already very stable, and there is no need to spend scheming and risking to calculate anything, so it is naturally better not to do such things.

The plan was agreed, and Tu Yan privately reported the matter to the emperor.

The emperor read the letter, and his eyes were angry: "What is not a weapon! was coaxed by someone in a few words. ”

It's not that Chengjun Wang is easy to be coaxed, it's just that he is lured by interests and is difficult to resist. The emperor naturally knew that only the king of Chengjun was his son, and it was inevitable that he would hate iron and steel.

In vain Yan didn't say a word.

The emperor glanced at him, knowing that he did not want to be involved in these things, and felt tired for a while, and asked him: "I am not young anymore, and the gray hair of my sideburns is like a day by day, how much energy can I have?" There are a lot of things going on in the Imperial Court, you are already well now, have you been hiding in the Honglu Temple and idle, but you don't want to worry about me? ”

Tu Yan said with a smile: "The three imperial brothers are outstanding, and they will be able to share their father's worries." ”

"Huh, they? It's not about this, it's about calculating that, and there's no stopping all day long! When the emperor saw that his expression did not move, he sighed in his heart, and said, "I know that you want to take care of those things, and you don't have to worry about anything else, so you can take that box." ”

No matter what King Chengjun wanted to do next, it was impossible for the emperor to leave him 500,000 taels of silver.

Tu Yan came back from the palace, thinking all the way, and always felt that he had overlooked something. Suddenly, I thought that Zhen would put out his chips so lightly, wasn't he afraid that he would take things away directly from Jia's house? Zhen is not stupid, and he will never leave behind, but he is afraid that it is not so simple to get that gold.

Lin Qingyun listened to Tu Yan's analysis and felt reasonable.

"I have nothing to do with the Jia family, if I go to the door of the Jia family, it is really inappropriate. I asked my sister to go and tell her something. When she said this, she was also asking for Tu Yan's consent.

Tu Yan nodded: "That's all." You don't have to go too detailed with her, just say that the thing was stored by the Zhen family, and she probably knows it. ”

The next day, Lin Qingyun went to the dealer's house, and did not mention anything else, only saying that Jia's mother had a rosewood carved jewelry box for the Zhen family, which contained a mystery and was very involved. How smart Daiyu was, she immediately guessed that there was the real recovery capital of the Zhen family hidden in it, and she had seen an object with a similar description in Tanchun, and Tanchun also said that it was given by Jia's mother.

"The things in it are very important, and now the princess of Chengjun wants to take things but can't take them, but there are many other people staring. I didn't want to go to Jia's house, it was too eye-catching, so I had to bother my sister to go and explore the third girl to see if she knew what was inside. Later, Lin Qingyun and Tu Yan analyzed that once it was rumored that the Chengjun Mansion was going to accept Tanchun, someone would definitely see the strangeness, and 500,000 taels of silver would definitely be able to hook the hearts of many people.

"If the third sister knows......" Daiyu just said this tentatively, and her face immediately changed.

Daiyu put this important matter on hold in her heart, and soon found an opportunity to go to Jia's house.

Now it is still within the filial piety period of Jia's mother, and the two rooms still live together in the house where Daiyu was originally located, but the two rooms live together and eat differently, and all kinds of daily expenses are managed separately, that is, the kitchen is two. Daiyu came over and talked to Wang Xifeng for a while, and then said that she was going to take a look at Tanchun Xiangyun.

Wang Xifeng called her: "Sister Lin stay, I have something to tell my sister." ”

Daiyu had to sit down again: "Sister Feng has something to say." ”

Wang Xifeng said: "It's not for anything else, but it's for Sister Yun's relatives." Now there are only two aunts left in the Shi family, and it is not easy for orphans and widows, and the place where they live is not rich, the old lady hurts her, although the old lady is gone, our family is still passable, and a Yun sister can still afford to raise it. It's just that...... When the girl's family is older, how can she not worry about lifelong events? Sister Yun has been engaged for a few years, and the Wei family has not moved, Sister Yun can't drag it out like this for the rest of her life, right? ”

Daiyu didn't think about this, but said: "The Wei family is now keeping filial piety." ”

"I know, I've done it, and I'll be filial in the first month of next year. It's July now, and there are only a few months left in the Communist Party, and the Wei family has been ignoring Sister Yun, I'm worried about ......" Wang Xifeng sighed and whispered: "I heard someone outside talking about it, saying that the Wei family dislikes Sister Yun's life is not good and refuses to marry." In the past, I saw a few points, only the son of the Wei family remembered Sister Yun, but now there is no such person. We are the woman's family, and it is not good to take the initiative to ask, and the family is keeping filial piety, and Sister Yun will be nineteen next year. ”

"It's really hard to ask now, only when the Wei family is filial piety next year, we will make a plan, no matter what, there must always be an explanation." Daiyu has the heart to plan for her sisters, but her identity is here, but it is not as cheap as Wang Xifeng being a sister-in-law, and her name is justified. Seeing that she really took the sisters' affairs to heart, she didn't mention it anymore, and when she got up to leave, she asked casually: "Why didn't you see Ping'er?" ”

Wang Xifeng said with a smile: "She found out that there was joy last month, and before the first three months, I didn't let her serve in front of her." ”

Daiyu saw that there was no anger or jealousy between her eyebrows, so she smiled and said, "It turned out to be a happy event, Sister Feng congratulated me on my behalf, and I went to see the third sister and Sister Yun." ”

There is a wall between the two rooms of the large room, with a door, and beyond it is a hall. Daiyu turned around from the right, and behind lived Zhou Zhao's two aunts, Tanchun Xiangyun and Li Kun, Baoyu and Jiahuan lived in front, and Lan Ge'er was also older, also outside.

In the end, the place in this house is limited, Xiangyun is a guest residence, and they live in the same courtyard with Tanchun. Originally, Wang Xifeng wanted to take Xiangyun to live in the big house, in the end, the big house is better now, and it is long, and the relatives in the house should naturally entertain in the big house, but Xiangyun used to be a lively person, but now only Tanchun can talk as a companion, so he came to live with Tanchun.

"Sister Lin is here, it's very hot outside, come in and sit." Tanchun and Xiangyun came out, and when they saw Daiyu, they couldn't help but sigh in their hearts.

Daiyu is now a mother of two children, but she doesn't seem to be born fat, and her face is still a little fleshy when she is pregnant. Now it looks still slender and chic, and it is more charming than ever. Daiyu is married well, although she is the eldest grandson's daughter-in-law in the Zhuang family, but the housekeeper is still the eldest wife, she only follows the study, she is very relaxed, and she is not restricted when she goes out, and there is no worry about it.

Daiyu saw Xiangyun in front of her, so she didn't want to ask for a while.

When sisters talk together, they inevitably talk about other sisters. Yingchun got married early, already has a son, and the Liguo Mansion has no title, the Liu brothers have separated, and now Yingchun is also a grandmother. Yingchun's temperament is placed there, it is difficult to change in this life, fortunately, the Siqi and embroidered oranges around him are all powerful, although the second master of the Liu family has two concubines, it is just like that, and the dignity and respect of the grandmother to welcome the spring are there. Xichun is also engaged, and he will get married at the end of the year, and his husband's family does not seem to be obvious, but there will be no in-laws to serve in the future, and he will be free and happy with his husband. Needless to say, Qingyun Daiyu is married well, but only Tanchun and Xiangyun don't know what the future will be.

Xiangyun suddenly mentioned: "Sister Zibao has never sent a letter when she returned to her hometown, and I don't know if it's okay now?" ”

In the past, Xiangyun and Baochai went from intimacy to estrangement, which naturally had a reason, but no matter what, in the end, they were sisters for many years, and Xiangyun would often think of it. Daiyu didn't answer for a while, the room was quiet, and Xiangyun didn't know what to think, so he casually pointed something and left.

Daiyu sighed in her heart, didn't test Tanchun more, and asked her directly: "Third sister, I remember that you have a rosewood carved jewelry box here, which was given to you by the old lady, do you know the origin of that thing?" ”

Tanchun's hand holding tea paused slightly: "Is someone Sister Torin coming to ask for this thing?" ”

Unexpectedly, Tanchun threw the problem back, but this action made Daiyu's heart more and more uneasy, she frowned slightly unconsciously, waved her hand and ordered the girls in the house to go out, Tanchun didn't stop her, and then Daiyu said: "I heard that this is the Zhen family's thing." ”

Tanchun didn't answer, turned around and walked to the makeup mirror, and the rosewood carved jewelry box was placed there. Tanchun took it, placed it in front of Daiyu, and then opened the box.

This jewelry box is a three-dimensional small cabinet from the outside, all sides are fine carvings, the carved scenery is also special, it is the Jinling landscape, the market, the frolicking baby, it is like a wedding thing, although the preservation is good, it is only eighty percent new. Open the cabinet door, there are three layers of small drawers, each layer has a variety of jewelry and headdresses, Tanchun will pull out each layer of drawers, with a fine hairpin along the bottom of the bottom of the gap in a prie, after the board is pried off, only to find that there is a shallow mezzanine inside. Obviously, in order to make a sandwich without being noticed, the original base plate was chiseled into two pieces, stuffed into the things to be hidden, and then closed and fastened.

Tanchun took out ten bills of exchange and put them in front of Daiyu, and said with a slight mockery in his mouth: "The old lady mentioned to me when she was still awake that she would leave a jewelry box to me in the future, saying that it was deposited by someone else, and if someone came to pick it up, she would give it to her." At that time, I asked who it was, but the old lady didn't say. At first I didn't care about the box, but sometimes things are always very strange, I was careful to treat it, but I lost my hand and threw it on the ground, and the thing fell to the ground, and when I cleaned it up, I found that the bottom plate was loose, and something was faintly exposed. ”

Daiyu knew that according to Tanchun's intelligence, she must have guessed who the thing belonged to.

"I didn't say anything about it, no one said anything. At the beginning, our family collected a few large boxes from the Zhen family, and we were charged with a crime, which was called hiding the property of the criminal. The old lady once received 100,000 taels of silver from the Zhen family, but because the Zhen family fell and no one came to take it, the eldest and second masters planned to divide it privately. ”

Daiyu knew about this, and later Jia Lian persuaded her, and the silver was transferred from Jia's mother's private room and handed over to the court.

Tanchun sighed and looked at Daiyu: "I have never dared to say anything about this box, I am terrified, I am afraid that one day someone from the Zhen family will come to the door to ask for it." How can our family withstand the wind and rain again? Unexpectedly, it was Sister Lin who came to the door last. ”

After listening to the reason, Daiyu understood that Tanchun was not greedy for this bit of silver, nor did she want to find a good way out for herself, but it was just for the Jia family. She, the third sister, has high ambitions, but she gives birth to a daughter, even so, she thinks about the family and worries about the family. She is a concubine, Jia Zheng doesn't care about the inner house, and Mrs. Wang always treats her one layer apart, but she still abides by the way of her children and abides by the boudoir upbringing, even if she has dissatisfaction and grievances in her heart, she never shows it. In the past, she felt that Tanchun and Baoyu had the wrong birth, and they should fall off one by one.

"Now that they know that the things are in your hands, they want you to enter the county king's mansion." Daiyu said this in the end.

Tanchun was stunned for a moment, and then tears flowed down: "Is it my life to be a concubine?" ”

Tanchun has always had an inferiority complex for her identity as a concubine, which also inspired her to want to win a sense of identity, and she was ashamed of having a mother like Aunt Zhao. On the surface, she only recognizes his wife's relatives, although it is orthodox rules, in the end it seems a little colder, in her heart, she is not unsympathetic and even pity Aunt Zhao, and hates her. How Mrs. Wang treats her, she knows better than anyone else in her heart, she doesn't expect to marry much richer in the future, she just hopes that for the sake of his filial piety, she will choose a motivated person to be his wife, and she will not worry about getting better in the future.

Who knows, Mrs. Wang is gone, and it is easy to escape the Nan'an Palace, and there is the County Palace's Mansion waiting.

"Third sister, don't be sad first, you won't be filial until the end of next year."

Tanchun knew what she meant, but said: "You and I have seen things, so we naturally know that things will become invalid if we don't take them at the end of this year, but how can others know?" Even if you say it, you may not believe it. Tanchun knelt in front of Daiyu as he spoke: "Sister Lin, now only you can save the Jia family, this box must not stay in the Jia family, otherwise it will ......"

Tanchun is really afraid that the Jia family will be completely dispersed.

"What does the third sister mean? Even if I take the box away, outsiders will still stare at you. Daiyu was puzzled.

Tanchun said: "I know that it must be Princess Chun who asked Sister Lin to come." Since the princess asked, Prince Chun also knew that there was Prince Chun who was in front of the saint as a guarantee, and he wanted to come to the saint to be merciful and wise, and he could forgive the Jia family this time. ”

Daiyu always felt that something was wrong, and she couldn't say it for a while, but when she came, Lin Qingyun also said it, and took the box away if she could. Daiyu only said that she would do her best for what Tanchun wanted, and then wrapped the box in a bag and took it away. After leaving Jia's house, she went directly to Prince Chun's Mansion and gave things to Lin Qingyun.

Lin Qingyun didn't let people wait in front of him, so he put the jewelry box in front of him to watch it out of curiosity, and took out the things in the mezzanine according to what Daiyu said. Sure enough, it is ten money bills, although these money banks are all commercial, but there is a huge support behind them, which is the top three in the money bank, and the reputation has been good. When I saw the withdrawal request on the bill of exchange, I finally understood why Zhen was relieved to say that the chips were because there was one more crucial thing to get the gold - by faith!

Although the business of money can be deposited and withdrawn anonymously, in order to ensure security, it is necessary not only to withdraw a bill of exchange, but also to a token. The tokens are given by the money bank, and there are also provided by the depositor himself, such as special jade pendants, wood carvings and other small pieces, which are divided into two, and the money bank and the depositor each hold half; There are also money houses that will make special certificates for such special guests, and ask carvers to carve small objects that are difficult to imitate and bear the seal of the money village with their hands, and show them when they are extracted.

Zhen Yingjia deposited 50,000 gold in batches into three banks, used ten people, and deposited ten bills of exchange, so there were ten letters. After all, if a large amount of gold is deposited at one time, it will definitely attract attention, and Zhen Yingjia is naturally extra cautious and would rather trouble than to prevent a backhand.

"It turns out that the third sister ......" Daiyu kept staring at the jewelry box, and suddenly her expression changed slightly, and she murmured in her mouth.

"Sister?" Lin Qingyun kept thinking about things and didn't hear clearly.

Dai Yuxi moved her lips, and finally sighed: "Third sister, she ...... I've always felt that something wrong with the third sister's words, and I'll know when I look at this box later. This box has a lock on it, and the rosewood is very strong, where can it be broken with a light fall? It must have been the old lady who deliberately entrusted her with something, and she felt strange, so she opened it and found the mezzanine. ”

Lin Qingyun didn't expect this, but after Daiyu said it, it was indeed very similar.

After pondering for a moment, she asked rhetorically: "Speaking of which, there is one thing that I have always wondered, why don't you get it quietly if the county king's mansion wants this thing, but you have to trouble getting the three girls to the mansion?" After all, the Jia family has fallen, and the move of the Junwang Mansion has attracted many eyes, and it is difficult to ensure that the secret will not be discovered after probing. After a pause, he asked her again: "Sister, do you know where the third girl hid this jewelry box?" ”

Daiyu was slightly stunned: "The third sister didn't hide it, when I went, I saw this jewelry box on the side of the makeup mirror......" Daiyu herself was silent before she finished speaking. Tan Chun had already said that the old lady had specially entrusted her with something, and she accidentally learned the secret in the mezzanine, shouldn't such important things be kept more properly? Why do you want to put it on the dressing table?

Although she didn't want to say that, Lin Qingyun still said: "I'm afraid that the third girl did it for you." ”

Daiyu is a guest, she will definitely get the news as soon as she arrives at the door, and she has talked to Wang Xifeng for a while, so she has enough time to prepare for Tanchun.

"Third sister, don't you believe that I will help the Jia family? Why is it so painstaking? Daiyu thought about each other's sisters, and they had been in love for a few years since they were children, but now they are so unfamiliar that they want to act in front of their sisters.

"Sister, the third girl will only be filial piety in November next year, and it will be the next year in less than a month, and she will be twenty years old at that time. In addition, the Jia family was defeated, and she was once told to the son of Nan'an, and her family affairs were very difficult. She was afraid that she wanted to come out for herself and the Jia family. ”

"Road? Does the third sister want to enter the county king's mansion? But her words don't seem to be fake, the third sister's ambition is so high, where is she willing to be a concubine? Besides, if you really want to go to the county king's mansion, how important is this box, why did you give it to me lightly? Daiyu was confused.

"Sister, this is just my guess, you just listen, don't take it too seriously. The third girl is shrewd and capable, and has great ambitions, as can be seen from her poems. She is also the person who values her family the most, and can even sacrifice for her family. If there is an opportunity in front of her, and she does it, she can make the Jia family, especially the second room, rise again, and may even be exempted from the exile of the second master, do you think she will do it? ”

"What chance?" Daiyu already has an ominous idea in her heart.

"The third girl has seen the bill of exchange, and she must know that she can't get things without trust, and she also knows that the Zhen family was raided at the beginning, and all the family property must be returned to the treasury, so the gold should belong to the imperial court. Now the county palace takes the initiative to accept her, and when she enters the mansion, she can find an opportunity to get her hands on the letter, and maybe even do something else, all of which are meritorious things in the court. At that time, the emperor was not good at using people in vain, and her girl's family was already a member of the county king's mansion, so who did the emperor want to repay his merits? ”

"Naturally, it's the second uncle or Baoyu." Daiyu had mixed feelings in her heart for a while, thinking of the tears of Tanchun, it was not a drama at all. Tanchun really didn't want to be a concubine, but for the sake of the second room and Jia Zheng, he would rather go into the fire pit. Daiyu couldn't help but say, "Sister, isn't the court a matter for men?" Why do you want your third sister to take a lifetime? The third sister is already bitter enough. ”

In fact, they all know that it is not the imperial court that wants to take Tanchun, but Tanchun himself who designed this road.

Daiyu felt sad and cried before going back.

Waiting for Daiyu to leave, Tu Yan came out of the room, examining the ten bills of exchange, his brows furrowed.

"I didn't expect the water in Chengjun Wangfu to be so deep, and if Miss Jia San went in again, it would be even more muddy." Tu Yan saw her sideways eyes and whispered something: "Because of the Zhen family, I checked the Chengjun Wangfu again, and accidentally found the high-level concubine." Her status is not ordinary. ”

"What's so unusual? Isn't her father a garrison in Tae'an? Lin Qingyun doesn't think there is a problem with this life experience, after all, when Gao participated in the draft, the life experience of show girls has always been screened layer by layer, and it is unlikely that there will be problems.

"I transferred Gao Wu's file from the household department, starting from a small soldier, and in just five or six years, he was promoted to the total manager of the sixth grade, which is not ordinary. If it is not surprising that the power behind him is not surprising, and those who are not friends with him are not much different from his background, then it is puzzling, why did he rise so quickly? You must know that even the competition in the army is also fierce, and it is not possible to be promoted with military merits. But seven or eight years ago, his position was not moved, and someone originally wanted to promote him, but then it didn't happen, or after the Gao family was promoted to a side concubine, the king of Chengjun made him promoted. ”

"Why didn't the people behind him help? Did you give up on Gao Wu? Lin Qingyun couldn't guess.

"No, I think the other party wants to reuse him, so he deliberately cut off contact. Seven years ago, it was the time for Gao's palace draft. I also found out that Gao Wu's ancestral hometown is in Bingzhou, and there is a deputy general next to the king of Nan'an County who is also from Bingzhou, and the age difference between the two is not much, and they are in the same village. Can there be such a coincidence? It's been a long time since they left home, but there are still a few old people who think about it, saying that the two have known each other since childhood and went out together, so how could one be under the command of the prince of Nan'an, and the other in northern Xinjiang? ”

"So, the Gao family is the remnant of the prince of Nan'an?"