"The young master recently found out that Jiangnan Yanzheng will send Jiangnan greedy ink silver to His Royal Highness King Yong every year, and last year he sent about one million taels into Beijing, of which 100,000 taels entered the Anning Mansion."

"One hundred thousand taels! Cash? Sister Hui asked in surprise.

Since it is greedy for ink and silver, it is naturally better to use cash silver. If it's a silver ticket, it's hard not to find out what goes back to the source. Although cash silver is inconvenient to transport, there are no bills, so it is difficult to trace the source.

"Exactly. The year before last, His Royal Highness King Jing suggested opening a sea market to attract foreign businessmen. After the implementation of this policy, after a year of operation last year, Jiangnan is richer than before. The filial piety silver under King Yong is also more than five times more than in previous years. When a large amount of silver enters Beijing, it will naturally be strictly investigated, and clues will inevitably be revealed when the time comes. For the sake of conservatism, this method was adopted, and some were sent to the lower provinces, sent in batches, and then taken out in batches when needed, so as not to attract attention to the small amount of expenditure. Ruby explained one by one.

When Sister Hui heard this, she slapped her palm in front of the table: "It was originally a matter of benefiting the country and the people, but it was used privately by King Yong, not to mention His Royal Highness King Jing this time, even the court is afraid of heavy losses!" ”

The young master said the same. The young master said that he wanted the young lady to help him find out in the house: where is the silver now; where the money is spent? There can be a ledger. ”

"Okay, I'll do my best in this matter, but I'm afraid I have to plan carefully when it comes to the front yard." Sister Hui'er tapped her index finger on the table and said slowly.

Hongyu nodded, "Miss, the young master mentioned that it was the fourth master's backyard that was a breakthrough." In addition, the young master also instructed everything to put the safety of the young lady first, and if there is any danger, just let the slave and maid go. ”

"yes, I see."

Sister Hui should go down, and Xia Nanjing reminded her that she had to go to Tangyuan this afternoon.

After taking a nap, he told Moqin and Wang's mother to prepare for the gift first, and then summoned the ink painting and Hongyu to go to the Tang Garden together.

"Qiu Ju is guarding in the courtyard, if someone comes to look for her, just say let her come again tomorrow." Sister Hui instructed while tying a cloak by Qiu Ju.

Moqin, Hongyu, and Mohua took the gifts behind, and Wang's mother accompanied her all the way to Tangyuan.

"Mom, I heard that the fourth aunt has been feeling a little unwell recently, so I came to take a look, and I hope my mother will say goodbye." Sister Hui smiled at her mother who was guarding the door of Xiao Li's house.

That mother is also waiting for her, and she understands her master's thoughts about Jinyuan people, not to mention this third lady!

There was confusion on her face first, and then she obviously hesitated, wanting Sister Hui to look at it and leave by herself, but after the stalemate, she saw that Sister Hui only looked straight at her, and she did not back down, so she had to go to the house with relatives in front of her.

Sister Hui could hear the sound of the house, and Xiao Li was surprised when she heard that she was afraid, and was stunned for a long time before ordering her to go in.

It's no wonder that these people are strange, because the entire Anning Houfu knows that Xiao Li's family doesn't like Sister Hui'er, and even secretly hates her! It's just that I haven't mentioned it all these years because of the old lady, but the hatred is still there. The two sides have a tacit understanding and never step into each other's yards, except for the late-night ventilation report of Xiao Li's unknown purpose.

"What are you doing here?" In the whole room, Xiao Li and Sister Hui, plus the two of them were close to their subordinates, and Xiao Li spoke very casually. Wearing a thick mink fur cape, his face was tired, and he asked bluntly.

"My niece heard that my aunt was sick, so I came to take a look." Sister Hui Fuli smiled

"Humph! I'm not sick for a day or two, so why did I come today? ”

Since Xiao Li knew that he could no longer have children, he didn't like to go to Shoukangtang. The excuse has not changed for thousands of years, and every time the nurse around her arrives at Shoukangtang, she says that Xiao Li is sick and can't come.

The old lady knew that it was an excuse but never debunked it, and at the beginning she would sink her face, and then she waved her hand and said nothing, thinking that she also knew what her son had done, and she felt guilty, so the mother-in-law couldn't put it on the shelf.

"There is a convention in the palace, and at the beginning of the lunar month, the princesses in the palace will begin to suspend classes, so this year's niece and nephew do not have to enter the palace. After that, I was free, and when I was free, I came to talk to my aunt. By the way, I also officially thank my aunt for reminding me last time. Sister Hui said the second half of the sentence, leaned forward slightly, lowered her voice and said slowly.

Xiao Li glanced at her: "You look more and more like your mother now, no wonder the old lady always looks at you unpleasantly." ”

"You don't have to thank you for that, I'm not for you, but for myself."

"I know that my aunt is afraid that the four-room property that Brother Hong'er will inherit in the future will be robbed by the concubines below. Grandmother was in a hurry to spread the branches for the fourth uncle, and she couldn't take care of the aunt's mood, and the aunt had to find my business to add trouble to the old lady, lest her old man's heart be placed on the fourth uncle's heir. Sister Hui smiled and said slowly while staring at her fingertips.

Xiao Li glanced at Sister Hui when she heard this, and the corners of her lips hooked, "You still haven't done enough, and you still haven't been able to make the old lady really pounce on you." If your mother is still alive, she can move her fingers and make the old lady jump to her feet, don't you know, if it wasn't for your mother who didn't listen to the old lady and often went against her, maybe I wouldn't have a chance to marry into this Chu family. ”

Xiao Li's face was plain, with a mocking smile, full of resentment.

Over the years, she knew that the old lady wanted to find someone to completely stand on her side and oppose the Qin family, so she entered the door. But she still pretended to be deaf and dumb, sloppy and patted the horse, not stupid or boneless, but what she did could indeed bring tangible benefits to herself and this family.

But how did she know that it was the man she trusted with all her heart that had ruined all her hopes.

"Auntie said and laughed, my mother has always been a gentle person to her niece, but my aunt's wayward behavior now is not to follow the example of trying to annoy my grandmother?"

"Heh, now there are so many women in the backyard who can spread the branches for Chu Jinli, why does my aunt need to pay attention to me anymore, even if she dies immediately, I am afraid that I will only send someone to my mother's house to report it."

Because of Chu Jin's self-inflicted smart things. This year's Mid-Autumn Festival, the old lady's maiden house is going around in the future. Although the Qiao family personally brought a cart of gifts to make amends, and then they also sent Xiao Li's brother to greet the old lady, but there was still less movement in the back than usual.

In the end, the old lady's attitude of acquiescing in the divorce still annoyed the self-esteem of her mother's family.

"This is not an aunt's style, those born in the backyard are concubines, and they can also enter the clan to study in the future, if they are clever and can speak, they can't say that they will have the blue eyes of the old lady in the future, like the sixth sister. At that time, I was afraid that no matter how anxious my aunt was, it would be difficult to deal with it. Sister Hui meant something

Xiao Li is used to seeing the battle between the concubines of the back house, which is why she closed the door after knowing that she could not get pregnant anymore and guarded her two sons wholeheartedly. She was afraid that the aunts would murder her son-in-law, and she was afraid that the concubines born in the future would be better than Brother Hong'er and cover their limelight.

As soon as Sister Hui said this, she immediately sank her face: "Don't think about those things!" ”

"Auntie, don't worry, my niece just said that, Brother Hong'er is smart, and he can't. I haven't seen the fourth uncle for a long time, I don't know what the fourth uncle has been busy with recently? Sister Hui smiled, turned her head and said.

There is also a pregnant Aunt Piaoxian'er on Qiao's side, she has been worried recently, and she doesn't want others to say it, as if she has talked too much, this thing will be the same.

At this time, Sister Hui took the initiative to change the topic, and she also changed the topic: "He is just hanging out in brothels, gambling houses, or those fans outside, what can he do!" ”

"Hey, it seems that the old lady's private treasury has been full again. Last month, I heard that the fourth uncle had blown and played, played, played, and sang the four top girls in the newly opened Weeping Dew Workshop in the capital for half a month, and now he can still go out to be romantic, tsk, how much silver does this cost?"

Sister Hui was talking so unconsciously, Xiao Li heard it, and glanced at Sister Hui lightly: "You don't have to test me with words, that amount of silver is what he went to Hou Ye to ask for, I heard that it is a lot of money, and it is still feasible to pack a few prostitutes." ”

When Sister Hui heard this, she had some clues in her head. Looking at Xiao Li, he smiled: "Heh, my niece is just asking casually, but she didn't deliberately listen to the old lady's private room, but the aunt thought about it a lot." ”

"It doesn't matter if you listen to it or not, because I don't know how much the old lady's private room is, and I can't know if it's Mother Zhao." Xiao Li smiled lightly and said while slowly stroking the mink fur.

Sister Hui smiled when she heard this, and didn't say more.