Wen Hui said: "This is a problem, there are many aspects involved in the construction of the hospital, and it is good to plan carefully." When I go back and talk to my father and mother, let's discuss it again, anyway, it's not in a hurry, it's important to find a house first. “

Mingzhu said: "What you said is very true. Let's find a house first, and talk about the rest later. By the way, I'll tell you something, it's about Yaozhen. ”

Wen Hui asked: "If you don't say that I am also going to ask, how is Yaozhen now?" I wanted to go out to dinner with her this time, but my mother stopped me. ”

Mingzhu hurriedly asked, "What did the stepmother say?" ”

Wen Hui repeated what Bai said. Of course, Wen Hui and Xiao Chen's family didn't say anything about those who would control the prince in the future. It's just that Yaozhen has changed now, she is using them, and her identity has changed, and she is not suitable to play together anymore, and there are things that will involve palace struggles in the future.

Mingzhu sighed after hearing this and said, "It's still my stepmother, her old man is well-informed, and our juniors are far behind." Actually, that's what I'm going to say, and I'm afraid you'll accuse me of not being sincere with my friends. You haven't been at home for the past two years, and you don't know how Yaozhen has changed. When she was in Qingyang City, she was using us, taking advantage of our affection since childhood, using us and not ignoring her, she just relied on this to gain a foothold in the palace. first defeated Shuyu, and then after having a son, she didn't even pay attention to the two side concubines, and now she relied on her son, the favor of the four princes, and her wealth, and compiled a large network of relationships in the palace, and now even the princess does not dare to touch her lightly. ”

Wen Hui smiled coldly and said, "Really? Then she's really capable. ”

Mingzhu continued: "That's not all, when she was in Qingyang City before, because of the birth of her son, her status rose greatly, and some people began to scold her. Before, she was just a concubine by the prince's side. Not in position, so, not many people pay attention to her, later. She gave birth to a son, and the prince doted on this son very much, so the number of people who befriended her gradually increased. Now the power of their Wang family has increased greatly, relying on the prince is the governor of the three provinces, and he has made extensive friends in the three provinces, not to mention, recently, everyone has returned to the capital, in a short time. She began to have her own network in the social field of the capital. ”

Wen Hui asked a little strangely: "This is strange, I heard that the fourth prince was not very low-key after returning to the capital?" It's just that the princess is dealing with her old friends, how can she have her own network as a concubine? ”

Mingzhu snorted coldly and said: "Snakes have snake paths, and she naturally has her own methods." She is in the palace, and she is rich and powerful. She has a lot of money in her hand, and the people who bought her listened to her. In addition, she still has her mother's family to rely on, and her mother's family can move freely, so she directs her family's subordinates to communicate with her mother's family, so that her mother's family can quickly move around the capital and weave a network of relationships. You know. This place in the capital, like opportunistic officials, there are many merchants, as soon as I heard that it is the concubine of the fourth prince who is the most promising to inherit the throne recently, some people are interested, or the concubine who gave birth to a son. It's a strange thing to live in. If the fourth prince sits on the throne, what if he takes a concubine, he will become a nobleman and a concubine, and. The future throne is not necessarily born to the queen in order to inherit the unification? At the very least, the current emperor was not born to the queen, but to the original Concubine Li. The biological mother of the fourth prince is even more humble, just the daughter of a florist. Therefore, there are many people who are willing to speculate. ”

Wen Hui asked, "How do you know about this situation?" ”

Mingzhu said: "Have you forgotten what kind of person the prince is? Yaozhen thinks she is smart and uses gold and silver to buy people, but this palace is still the prince's palace, and the prince has been paying attention to the movements in his mansion, how can these things be hidden from him, so he has known it for a long time, but he can't bear it, but, according to the current situation, he can't bear it for long. ”

Wen Hui smiled bitterly: "It's just that the two of us are the stupidest, we have always been worried about her, afraid that the situation in the palace is complicated, and she will suffer, I think, she is the most ambitious now." These four princes haven't gotten the throne yet, and they haven't even gotten to the crown prince, which person is she? Dare to think about that position. ”

Mingzhu sighed and said: "I really didn't expect Yaozhen to become like this, Jingyuan once talked to me once, probably the same as what my stepmother said, if we continue to help her, we will fall into the palace fight in the future, so what do we want?" We are willing to take risks to assist the four princes to climb that position, once we succeed, we are the confidants of the four princes, meritorious people, high status, no matter which prince ascends the throne in the future, we will be respectful, why do we bother to wade into this troubled water? We're also dragged into it now, so how can we get into it lightly. Even my parents-in-law want to send my sister-in-law to the palace, but we don't want to, how can we help her again? ”

Wen Hui also sighed: "We had so many friends at that time, but now they are all gone. First Shuyu stayed away from us, then Yingyu also stayed away from us, and now only the sister of the Lan family, Qiaozhen, is left. ”

Mingzhu said: "I can only look away a little, this wind gathers and scatters, it is normal, after all, we are no longer children, we all have a family, and there are many things to worry about." Of course, you can't fully experience it yet, and when you get married, this experience will be even deeper. For example, Sister Caiyu, although it has not changed, but there is no chance to interact with us, she is taking care of the children all day long, housekeeping, busy, and involuntarily in the house, where can she be like us. Even we have a lot of things on our bodies, and we are in charge of our own family property, how many bad things are there. ”

Wen Hui smiled and said: "Sister Mingzhu, you can be happy, fortunately, Brother Liu kept his promise and didn't make a bunch of women to annoy you, otherwise you would be even more unbearable." ”

Mingzhu smiled sweetly when she heard this: "This is true, Sister Caiyu's family has a group of concubines, and there have been cases of spoiling concubines and killing wives before, and then after you beat the Wang family, her husband didn't dare, but this concubine is still continuous, the old one is gone, and the new one is coming again." Fortunately, Sister Caiyu is naturally open-minded, if she left me alone, she would have died of anger. There is also Qiaozhen, although her mother-in-law loves her and her husband respects her, there are still two or three concubines in this room, and she really can't go past her, so she doesn't have a good life. ”

Chen Wenhui said: "Then you have to cherish the blessings and be kind to Brother Liu." ”

Mingzhu grinned.

The two reunited after a long absence, and naturally they talked a lot until the sun went down, and then they reluctantly went home.

Back at home, Chen Wenhui told her mother about the conversation with Mingzhu. Bai Shi was very happy and said, "Oh, your Aunt Hu is coming, it's really a good thing." Her cousin, my best friend, Mrs. Yang, must have been very happy. When I returned to the capital this time, Mrs. Yang was the one who walked around the most. We often talk together that it would be nice if your Aunt Hu could come to the capital. ”

Chen Wenhui said: "Then mother, hurry up and let my father find a house for Aunt Hu?" By the way, have we found our house? I'm in a hurry, in this house, I lose my appetite when I look at the face of my second aunt all day long. ”

When it comes to the second lady, the Bai family is not happy, where is there anyone who likes his enemy? She said: "There are several houses that are optimistic about it now. One is in the south of the capital, there are five entrances, the house is tall, but unfortunately the garden has been bought, so I don't like it very much. One is in the east of the capital, there are four entrances, and there is also a small garden, but the house is not exquisite enough, if it is pushed to the heavy cover, it is too troublesome, so I don't like it very much. It's one in the west of the capital, the house has four entrances, and there are two cross-courtyards, the garden is also large, very exquisite, but it's a little far away from the palace, I'm afraid it will affect your father's yamen. The other is on the edge of Miyagi, the house has five entrances, and there are four large courtyards, and the garden is also exquisite and beautiful, and there is a small lake. It's rare, but there are a few more that have taken a fancy to it. I don't know if I'll be able to get it. ”

Wen Hui asked, "That must be the most expensive one on the edge of the palace." How much does it cost? Who is the seller? ”

Bai said: "Is this a seller? Hehe, it's the Ministry of Industry. This one was sold by the government and was formerly the residence of the crown princess's father. Originally, the crown princess's family was usual, living in a small house in the east of the capital, and later, the princess served the former queen to get the law, once, the queen was happy for a while, and later gave the private property of the Wang family to the queen as a dowry The house was given to the princess. Poor, the crown princess happily let her family live in, and within a few years, she was robbed of her house, and this house naturally belongs to the management of the Ministry of Industry. Now the Ministry of Industry is bidding 300,000 taels of silver. ”

Chen Wenhui gasped and said, "Why is it so expensive, it's much more expensive than our shop in Shanghai, one can buy three shops." ”

Bai Shi smiled and said: "Hui'er, this is in the capital, this price is low, because the imperial court sells things, and it has never been expensive, you know." The normal market price is 500,000 taels of silver, which is still impossible to buy with money. Where can you get such a big house near Miyagi? Not to mention that you are facing rockeries and flowing water, buildings and pavilions, how delicate and delicate are you, this is the private residence of the former queen? Originally, the Wang family was rich and powerful, and the house was repaired beautifully, and later in the hands of the queen Wang, it was constantly renovated for decades, making this house like a fairyland, and fifty taels of silver were worth it. Therefore, as soon as the Ministry of Industry offered a price of 300,000 taels of silver, several families were vying for it. ”

Chen Wenhui shook her head and said: "There are so many rich people in the capital, our idea of money, I am really embarrassed to say that we are rich in the future." ”

Bai said: "This is not presumptuous, we are not the richest people, but we also occupy the middle and upper class." ”

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