Chapter 194, Forced Marriage
Tong Jiang has all the properties of Miss Wu in his hands, and he is afraid that he will not be able to do well, so he has to come to ask for advice again. Fortunately, I moved out of the shogunate by www.biquge.info and I can have more time to go out of the house to see, so I can give an idea.
Sending Tong Jiang away, Baoru also withdrew from the house and went to the courtyard next to her to train the dead, so that she could settle down and look at the accounts carefully.
The accounts of several shops were transcribed with modern accounting methods, and then I looked at the accounts of the five granges, and several stewards were very attentive and economical, and the accounts were written clearly and clearly, and even the growth of the crops according to her requirements was recorded one by one, even if she did not personally go to the grange to inspect, she could also do it in her heart.
The two 100-acre millet fields have already begun to be filled and ready to be harvested in autumn. Because they are all medium or above fertile fields, the harvest will naturally not be bad. The two granges with small hills, although the land is thinner, but because of the timely topdressing, the crops planted are varied, and although there are harvests in autumn, the harvest should not be as good as the other two villages.
It's just that the newly planted fruit trees this year will have to wait another three or five years for a harvest. However, in order not to lose money in the past three years, Mu Chenxue raised pheasants under the fruit trees, and even raised a lot of pigs, so even if the fruit trees did not have any harvest, pointing to these livestock, he could make a small profit at the end of the year.
And what makes her happiest is the donkey skin ejiao made, which was made before, and all the good ones were stored, and the worse ones were sold to the pharmacy. Because the minions are becoming more and more proficient, the number of high-grade ejiao made these days is also more than last year.
With the output of his own Zhuangzi, most of the supply of goods on the shop has been guaranteed, and the difference in the purchase price is less, and the silver on the book is obviously more. The eight thousand taels of silver that were spent to train the dead and buy a village and shop have now returned halfway.
In fact, she was able to save money, thanks to her small expenses here, except for the monthly increase for Jiang Ma, the newly bought rough people don't need a few dollars at all. Moreover, she, her mother, and her ninth brother don't have to go out to socialize, and they can even receive monthly meals and food from the shogunate, so there is almost no place to spend money. This one only goes in and can't get out, and of course it saves faster.
I re-transcribed the accounts one by one, and then I remembered that I hadn't eaten lunch yet. Just now Fanghua came to invite her and asked her to send it away, now I looked at the hour, my grandmother and mother should have just woken up from a nap, and we can have afternoon tea together. But before he could get out of the study door, he saw Fanghua knocking on the door and entering.
"Miss, Steward Liu is here, saying that the eldest master asked my aunt to go back to the house with you, and there is something important to discuss!" In the past, Mu Qian would come to the other courtyard to discuss with Aunt Cheng directly, but now even she was called back, which shows that things must not be simple. Mu Chenxue nodded slightly, "First serve tea to Steward Liu, and then say that my aunt and I will change our clothes!" ”
Out of the outer courtyard, he went directly back to the inner courtyard, went to see his grandmother first, and ordered Yinhuan to send his grandmother out of the courtyard through the back door first, and returned to his own courtyard to wait for news. Only then did he change his clothes with his mother, followed Steward Liu, and returned to the shogunate in a carriage.
The eldest lord is sitting in the eldest lady's room with a black face at this moment, and the eldest lady is crying and kneeling on the ground, and the fourth sister is kneeling on the side to support her mother, also with tears on her face. And the three aunts Xu, Ma, and Liu, although they also knelt on the ground together, they were proud. When Mu Chenxue helped her mother in, she was seeing such a scene, and her heart was tight, and she knew what was going on today, but she was afraid that she would not be able to do good.
First gave a salute to the eldest man sitting on the top seat, and did not rush to get up, the whole room was kneeling, although I didn't know what was going on, but if only they got up, even if they were standing, it would be an eyesore.
The eldest lord's face was still dark, and he didn't see Aunt Cheng's mother and daughter a little better, but he coughed heavily, and he didn't look at Aunt Cheng, but still stared at the eldest lady kneeling at the front, "Princess Qing chose a relative for the second young master in the mansion and chose the fourth sister, which is a great thing." Although the second young master was born to a side concubine, he is also on the royal ancestral tree and holds a jade plate, what do you want? ”
The eldest lord's words Aunt Cheng was confused, but Mu Chenxue was shocked. Princess Qing chose a marriage for her concubine, which is not Nangong Shumo. chose the fourth sister, so what about her? What has she become, the outer room is still a concubine, can't she let her be his concubine?
For a while, her heart turned a thousand times, and she couldn't even breathe, but at the moment she couldn't say anything or do anything. If she has a good relationship with the fourth sister, she can stand up and say that she is willing to marry on behalf of her sister, but their relationship is not good at all, if so, I am afraid that it will cause more trouble and suspicion.
Fortunately, in the previous life, Mu Chenxue couldn't speak, so he always used his brain to think and do more, so even if he was sad and frightened, he gritted his teeth, clenched his fists and knelt on the ground with his head bowed without making a sound.
The eldest lady cried and fainted twice, and now she just woke up, seeing that the eldest lord didn't talk about it at all, she still insisted on going her own way, and saw that Aunt Cheng was also here, and she was even more angry, pointing at the eldest master with one hand and Aunt Cheng with the other, "The old man has been surrounded by this fox spirit all day long, and he doesn't even return to the mansion, and now he wants to take our in-law's daughter to give a sick seedling as his wife." If Qingwangfu is so good, why didn't the master let the fifth sister marry the dying person who was in a wheelchair all day, why did he come to torture our daughter! ”
"What kind of place is that in Qingwangfu, Madame Hugh wants to talk nonsense. Besides, the second young master's body is weaker, but it is not short-lived. And the fifth sister is just a concubine, how could Princess Qing agree to match her to the second young master of King Qing's Mansion as his wife! ”
Mu Qian's face darkened a little, and he glanced around, and saw that the slaves and servants were all driven out, so he continued, "And now the emperor is old, maybe when he will summon the prince to return to Beijing, and when the daughter marries, our family can follow to the capital, this is a golden opportunity." Anyway, I have already responded to this matter, even if my wife opposes the fourth sister, I must marry! ”
Mu Qian has been sitting on the official position of the sixth grade for more than ten years, and it is rare to have such an opportunity, and he will be promoted to the official position of the king of Qing in the future. So no matter what his wife said, he insisted that the fourth sister marry the second young master of Qingwangfu.
The eldest lady trembled, and insisted on objecting, the eldest lord slapped the table and stood up, "If the lady is resolutely opposed, don't blame me for being ruthless, a letter of resignation will put you back to Cheng Mansion, and help Aunt Cheng to be the housewife!" These words were like a thunderclap, which shocked the eldest lady into a pair of eyes, and she couldn't believe everything she had heard, and even forgot to cry. The fourth sister was also stunned, and even Aunt Cheng was stunned, at a loss and didn't know what to do.
Only then did Mu Chenxue understand that the eldest lord ordered them to go back to the house to use them as gunmen to restrain the eldest lady and force her to commit crimes. Such a cold-blooded person turned out to be the biological father of the original owner, how did the fourth sister Cheng Huan's knees at the beginning, and now it is just his turn to be promoted and make a fortune.
She closed her eyes, didn't think about anything, didn't look. I am afraid that this matter is what Princess Qing meant, and Princess Qing dared to do this, she must have been approved by Prince Qing. And Nangong Shumo should not know yet, but I don't know how he will respond when he gets the news, if he collides with Prince Qing and Princess Qing for her sake, the consequences will be unimaginable. (To be continued.) )