Jiang Ruoning and Mama Bi glanced at each other again, and Cui Leng came out of the box with a tray, and a bunch of brocade tents were neatly stacked on it.

"These are the best products of the palace and the internal affairs office, the people of Qingxi County are outstanding, the young ladies are all raised like flowers, the young ladies are all over to pick a suitable Jinpa, and then a box of the balm you like, these balms are added with ice jade grass juice."

The Lord of the Seven Counties immediately exclaimed, "Cousin Fengge, is it a balm with ice jade juice?" Is it the legend that after using it today, Concubine Lian has become a balm for a beautiful girl in a few months? ”

Bi Mama said: "These balms are prepared by the princess herself, although it is a small box, a box in the capital is worth a hundred taels of silver. ”

Baby! It's another baby.

The Seven County Lord grinned, "Cousin, can you reward me with a few more boxes, after I gave birth to a young master, my skin has become rougher." ”

"Good! I'll give you four boxes. ”

"Cousin Xie Fengge's reward!"

The young ladies had never stayed up so late as they did today, but because of the reward, they heard that there were still good things, so they were full of energy, and consciously lined up to stand up, and took a handkerchief and a box of balm from Cui Leng and stood back to their mother.

The wives of each family also rejoiced in their hearts.

Jiang Ruoning said: "Folks in the big hometown, if the filial piety and righteousness of the Hejia family bully you, when the palace goes to the grave of the old lady of the river tomorrow and burns the first seven, you can come to the palace again to complain and complain, I will uphold justice with you, and I will not protect the short protection." ”

The wife said she didn't dare.

Jiang Ruoning said again: "Today, when the palace entered the county seat, I saw all kinds of lanterns hanging from the shops on both sides of the street. ”

Mrs. Mu was annoyed when she thought of this, and the heart of the He family was also dark, the most beautiful kind of lantern, one hundred lines was up to the sky, but the He family had to sell two taels of silver for one piece, just that kind of ordinary, ten lines of money, he also had to sell one or two pieces of silver.

There was silence in the room, and the ladies and ladies really didn't know whether Jiang Ruoning's words were true or false.

Seeing that everyone didn't say anything, the lord of the seven counties said: "Cousin, this lantern came in from the lantern shop in Fengtianfu, and was sold by the grocery store of the He family. ”

Jiang Ruoning said: "Seventh cousin, do you know what the purchase price is?" ”

"I heard that the beautiful one is fifty yuan, and the ordinary ten yuan is one. Not only that, the Heji grocery store also sells longevity and paper ties, and the price is five or six times higher than that of the side, and the price is twenty or thirty times higher.

He ordered all shops and people to go to the Heji grocery store to buy lanterns, and if they didn't buy it, they would be dissatisfied with the princess returning to their hometown......"

Jiang Ruoning slapped his palm on the table, "He Seventeen was also a righteous person, how could he bully the people with great power?" It's too much! Xiao Deng, Ming'er took the guards to He's house early in the morning and returned the ill-gotten money they earned from the people. ”

What the? Refund?

Si Shi was immediately anxious, and finally had such an opportunity to make money, and the money earned had not yet been heated, so he ran to the center and said loudly: "Princess, you don't know that firewood and rice are expensive, where did our He family force these shops?" Those lanterns were all bought voluntarily by them, but they have nothing to do with our He family. ”

The silver that went into the pocket was hers, why Mrs. Shi valued Si, didn't she praise her for making money, and took a large amount of silver home, seeing Shi's smiling eyes, she was more interested in this eldest daughter-in-law than her mother-in-law.

Jiang Ruoning knew Shi's temperament, and heard Shang Huan say that after Jiang Ruoning was caught in the county office, he would have to bring some things back when he went home, eating and wearing, Jiang Ruoning counted a few times without bringing anything, Shi's face was longer than a donkey's face, and from time to time he said a few cool words and sarcastic words, saying that Jiang Ruoning was eating and drinking spicy food outside, regardless of whether they lived or died.

At that time, Shang Huan thought about how well Jiang Ruoning treated the He family, I was afraid that the daughters of many families would not be able to do Jiang Ruoning's way, but the Shi family couldn't wait for Jiang Ruoning to pay two pennies to the family for every penny he earned, as if this was worthy of them to raise Jiang Ruoning.

Jiang Ruoning said coldly: "This woman has no dignity, wanton noise, and interjects at will, Xiao Deng, twenty palms!" ”

Xiao Deng immediately rolled up his sleeves and found a stick with a special palm from a box, and two other guards held Si Shi down, and the sound of snapping was endless, and Jiang Ruoning didn't even look at it.

Mama Bi and Shang Huan winked.

Shang Huan took a few steps forward and said loudly: "The He family is bullying people, and for the sake of the neighbors, Princess Fengge decrees: order the He family to return the money earned to the people tomorrow, and if there is a next time, it will be handed over to Mu County to be severely punished according to the law." ”

Jiang Ruoning said: "Mrs. Mu went back and conveyed the meaning of the palace to Mu County, from now on, if the He family has bullied the neighbors, they will be severely punished according to the law, and there is no need to worry about the palace to protect the shortcomings." After a pause, he said: "The matter of lanterns and paper products, the He family must return the money, and the He family can do business, but they have to follow the market price of Qingxi County, arbitrarily raise prices, and force the neighbors to buy, this is bullying, the palace does not give the power to the He family, and the He family must not rely on the identity of the palace to be the party." ”

She stood up, and immediately all the wives got up, joking, now that the princesses are up, they are still sitting, which is very disrespectful, "The most important person in the palace in the He family is the adopted grandmother Jiang family." A few days ago, the palace suddenly had a dream, dreaming that the Jiang family was full of silver threads, and came to cry with a cane, saying that the daughter-in-law and granddaughter-in-law of the He family were not filial, and she was angry to death, and said that the Shi family was not virtuous, and wanted to change the three daughters-in-law, and the wife of the chaff was reduced to a concubine, forcing the wife to die and marry a newcomer.

When the palace woke up, he told his father about it. The father sent someone to investigate, and the old lady Fang Zhihe died in mid-March. The palace took pity on her for a lifetime, starved and froze in her early years, and was restless in her later years, so she decided to go back to Qingxi County to find out.

Hongu also wants to know, who are the people and things that have been forgotten by Hongu, and how is the place where Hongu grew up and is still okay? ”

Yu wanted to say, "Princess, the old lady was angry with Aunt Liu", but she didn't dare, Si's rudeness was slapped twenty, and even two teeth were knocked out at this time, and he was going to leak air when he spoke, the corners of his mouth were bloodshot, and his mouth was swollen into a sausage mouth.

Jiang Ruoning saw that the sky was dark: "The ladies and ladies are all scattered!" Early tomorrow morning, the palace will go to the tomb of the old lady to pay respects. Tomorrow afternoon, Miss Lao Mu will come over to talk and relieve her boredom. ”

It is a great grace to relieve the princess's boredom.

Mrs. Mu received a letter from Concubine De from the palace, asking them to serve Princess Fengge well, saying that Princess Fengge's words are more effective than her saying a hundred words.

Miss Mu suppressed her joy and replied in a loud voice: "It is a blessing for the courtiers to relieve the boredom of Her Royal Highness the Princess." ”

Jiang Ruoning turned around suddenly.

Cui Leng beckoned the guards to close the box and followed behind Jiang Ruoning with the box.

For a while, Jiang Ruoning's master and servant left the living room.

Second Mrs. Li breathed a long sigh of relief, and looked at the face of the Seven County Lords with a little more joy, "Ladies and ladies of all families, please come back, come and send off guests!" She stretched out her hand and grabbed the seventh county lord, and the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law entered the side hall, "Xiao Qi, can the fifth master be an official, this time it's all up to you, I will help you take care of the two children, you have served Princess Fengge wholeheartedly recently, if the third master and the fifth master can be an official, my mother will thank you for a lifetime." ”

"Mother, daughter-in-law will do her best. You can also see that Cousin Feng Ge is generous, she is not such a calculating person, she is a person who can achieve great things. ”

"Good! Good! It's good that you understand. ”

Mrs. Li and Grandma Li also got gifts, although they were a few sets of clothes, but it was also a kind of glory, each had a piece of clothing but could not be bought outside, at a glance it was a good thing from the palace, if it was made into clothes, it could show its identity.

*

Early the next morning, Jiang Ruoning changed into a plain robe, and the accompanying guards and palace people each got a piece of black yarn and went out of the gate of the Li Mansion, and Jiang Ruoning tied a black yarn on his right arm.

There is a custom in Qingxi County: friends mourn their elders, wear plain robes and tie a piece of black yarn on their right arm to show respect. And if the deceased is a blood relative but an elder who is directly related, he will tie a black veil on his left arm. If it is a direct elder, he will wear a plain robe and linen and filial piety.

This custom was also told to Jiang Ruoning by Shang Huan, when he was in Fengtianfu, Shang Huan was ordered to go to the shop to prepare things, today is not the day of counting seven, but because Jiang Ruoning returned to mourn and worship, and Jiang was buried five days after his death, she did not want to go to the He family, so she went to the grave to worship.

Xiao Deng got up early in the morning and went to the best paper shop in the county to order a lot of paper horses, paper cars, underworlds, gardens and other objects, and only waited for two or three seven to be burned. "Shopkeeper, my princess said, pay a hundred taels of silver here, after the three seven, five seven, six seven, seven seven will come over every few days to get some to burn and worship, you hurry up to catch the things of the three seven, don't miss my princess to worship the old lady of the river!" Calculate the accounts, after the seventy-seven, return more and make up for the less, don't say that you don't collect cash, my princess doesn't take advantage of the people, you just collect the money code given by ordinary neighbors. ”

Ordering paper items for fifty taels of silver at once is a big business that has not been encountered in many years. The shopkeeper of the paper shop nodded happily: "Father-in-law, don't worry, Xiao Lao'er has three sons, all of whom are doing this business in other towns, and I immediately called them over to help, and I will not miss the princess's big business." ”

Xiao Deng said again: "First send someone to send some sacrificial things such as dead paper and ingots to the grave of the old lady He, and my princess is waiting to use it." ”

The shopkeeper immediately called an apprentice and hired a carriage to load some of the paper and ingots accumulated in his shop.

The shopkeeper twisted his beard, and the business he took over this year, I am afraid that it was a few years in previous years, and he gave a hundred taels of silver, and he did it according to the things of a hundred taels of silver, and did it in a good, expensive, and decent way, and was not afraid that he would not be able to do it, but he was afraid that he would run away from the business. Anyway, he has three sons, and each has a shop, and several shops are in one place, and he is afraid that he will not be able to do it. (To be continued.) )