Chapter IV: False Accounts
A hundred taels? Does it add up?
Jiang Luyao seems to have been struck by lightning!
She thought of the jewelry worn by the two cousins at the door, and those jewels were at least a hundred taels...... The jade Guanyin that the fourth aunt gave to the old lady two days ago was even more valuable, and her mother was so happy that she could 'covet ink' a hundred taels of silver from the Yongning Marquis Mansion?
"Mother, we don't lack silver."
Jiang Luyao knew the details of her own house, and she took over the financial power of the second room since she came over, although the situation in ancient times was not quite the same, but Jiang Luyao still did things like open source and reduce expenditure.
The second room is not as short of money as outsiders think!
It's just that even though she saved thousands of family fortunes for her parents, she still couldn't change her mother's style of being greedy and cheap.
"Daughter, I'm doing this for your dowry and your brother's dowry!"
The second wife was a little embarrassed by her daughter, and clutched the silver ticket tightly, which meant that no one would give it.
"You and your brother are not young, you have always been unfavored in front of the old lady, when you get married, we may no longer live in the Hou Mansion, your father has no hope ......of inheriting the title, if you don't save more money, it will be difficult to talk about kissing in the future."
"Do you think that if you have a lot of money, you can tell my brother a young lady from a noble family?"
"Probably ......"
The second wife's eyes flashed with a little expectation, Danfeng's eyes were shining, and her lips were not thin, and she closed them proudly, "You don't know...... I shouldn't have told you about it, but today...... I whisper to you, don't tell anyone. ”
"Which master said that my brother would be a colt in the future? Or is it a gunma? ”
"Ahh The second wife was stunned for a while, and asked suspiciously: "How do you know?" ”
Jiang Luyao patted her head and said with annoyance: "Why didn't any master say that my brother can be the champion?" Do a colt? Isn't it just eating soft rice? ”
Her shoulder was slapped by the second wife's iron palm, and the second wife reprimanded dissatisfiedly: "What is your brother's condition, you still don't understand?" It's already a gift from God to be called a colt, but in fact, it's also a skill to do a good job, isn't it? ”
In other words, you also need the ability to eat soft rice?
Jiang Luyao is not wrong to understand it this way!
The second wife wiped her eyes with a handkerchief, "Girl with no conscience, who am I doing this for?" ”
Jiang Luyao knew that the second wife of Lu Dao pretended to cry, but she insisted on not half an hour, and said resignedly: "Bring the account book, I will help you make fake accounts!" ”
"Good daughter, I know that you are the most filial!"
The second wife hurriedly handed Jiang Luyao the account book of the expenses for repairing the garden, and no one could see the loophole in her daughter's fake accounts.
"You and your brother are half of each other, and I save them for you, and my mother is not very literate...... Even if you know all the words, you don't have a perfect account book made by your daughter, your aunts and aunts are very shrewd, but they haven't found any problems, daughter, my mother will count on you in the future. ”
The second wife helped her daughter who made fake accounts to fan the fan, and since her daughter got better, she has been digging the corners of the Hou Mansion more and more smoothly!
She is excellent at raising her daughter, "Yaoyao, why don't we be greedy for ink more?" It's good to have more than one tael of silver......"
"Forget it, forget it, don't stare at it, I won't be able to say it?" The second lady muttered quietly, "It's becoming more and more like an old lady, and people don't dare to look at you when they look at it." ”
"The old lady's life is not very good, the evening is bleak and lonely...... You are a rich and noble man, and you will be a lady of a life in the future! And there are groups of children, husband and wife are harmonious, and the fortune teller has said that only your life is the best in the entire Yongning Hou Mansion! ”
"Mother......
Jiang Luyao has not made fake accounts, since she traveled to ancient times, she often made fake accounts for more than a dozen taels or more than a hundred taels of silver!
Actuary...... Used here, Jiang Luyao only had a deep helplessness, "If you, my father, and my brother continue to make trouble, I don't think I will be able to be a first-class lady in my life." ”
"For what?"
"What else do you dare to ask? I'm either exhausted by the trouble you have caused or angry with you! ”
It is not difficult for Jiang Luyao to intercept a hundred taels of silver, but the difficult thing is that his father who dares to go to King Zhao's mansion! Don't you feel worried because you have too much debt? Jiang Luyao actually had the leisure to help her mother settle the account book!
She wasn't even worried about leading people to make trouble in Zhao Wangfu's house to save her son's father!
No matter how bad it is, the father and son fell into the Zhao Wangfu at the same time, according to the generation, the king of Zhao and his father are still related, although the father is not the grandmother's biological son, but in terms of name, the concubines are the sons of the mother-in-law!
The sky gradually darkened, and the lights in the Hou Mansion were bright, as bright as day!
The second wife was satisfied with the one hundred taels of silver tickets, and at this time she finally knew that she was worried about her husband and son, and looked at the door frequently, "Daughter, they will be fine." ”
"Probably so." Jiang Luyao handed the teacup to the second wife, "Listen to the news from my grandmother's yard, my grandmother didn't go to Zhuangzi to escape the summer, and my grandmother will pass on dinner for a while, you have to go over!" ”
"The old lady too, deciding the position of the prince early will save your uncle from fighting openly and secretly, and save them from ruining the relationship between brothers for the title!"
“……”
Jiang Luyao is no longer surprised that her mother is sometimes shrewd, as long as it does not involve silver, her mother is still very able to distinguish the weight, and her mother Wang knows what she wants to have.
"My grandfather is still alive, even if he has a son, what can he do? If you can stand now, you can waste it! The corners of Jiang Luyao's mouth hooked, "This drama of winning the title is more exciting than the meeting of the nobles!" ”
What's the point of always playing monkeys? Playing talent is the highest level!
It's just that Jiang Luyao hopes that when the old lady is old and weak, she can still play the concubines!
The second wife was helped out by Jiang Luyao, Jiang Luyao said uneasily, "Father and brother haven't come out of King Zhao's mansion so late, there are only two possibilities, one is excellent, King Zhao and his father have cast fate, King Zhao left his father and brother to be guests in the palace, and the other way, they were locked up by King Zhao!" This news can't be concealed in the Hou Mansion, and in front of my grandmother, aunts and aunts, they will definitely mention it...... Mother......"
"I know what to say." The second wife clenched her daughter's hand, her eyes were firm, "I won't let them watch the excitement!" ”
Jiang Luyao showed a satisfied smile on her lips, and before this smile could fully bloom, she only heard the second wife add, "You say, why didn't the old lady go to the summer?" What is she doing in the house? See her...... I'm having my legs and stomachs. ”
Stumbling slightly under her feet, Jiang Luyao sighed, she really couldn't count on the second wife!
Before entering, the second lady glanced inside before entering the old lady's courtyard, because the room was brightly lit, and a few familiar figures were printed on the glass windows, and the rest of the ladies at the head of the house had arrived.
The second wife's heart was tight, especially when she heard the maid who was waiting for the old lady say that the old lady would take the young ladies in the Hou Mansion to the Qin Wangfu in two days, the second wife's face was a little more solemn than before.
Although the second master is a bit of a second and always likes to cause trouble, the second wife is not very worried about her husband, and she knows that her husband's 'qualifications' can't get into too much trouble, but Qin Wangfu is different.
King Qin is the youngest son of the Empress Dowager, and the current emperor is the eldest son of the Empress Dowager, but the rumor that circulates from the palace is that the emperor is not the Empress Dowager's most beloved son! The royal brother King Qin is!
King Qin went on several expeditions to stabilize the frontier of the Ming Dynasty, and was a meritorious prince who was trusted and reused by the emperor!
However, the life of the king of Qin was not long, for some reason, he suddenly died after returning to Beijing after victory, it is said that the emperor cried bitterly at that time, and resigned for many days for his younger brother to die of illness, and let the prince of Qin not descend to inherit the title.
Now the mansion of King Qin is not as powerful as before, but it is still a first-class nobleman.
The second wife held her daughter's arm, and after several times of wanting to speak, Jiang Luyao asked strangely, "Mother?" ”
"Let's talk about it later!"
The second wife walked into the house through the curtain raised by the maid, and led Jiang Luyao to greet the old lady sitting on it in a proper manner.
Jiang Luyao saw that everyone was very together, Jiang Luzhu and Jiang Luqi accompanied the old lady on the left and right, and the ladies in several rooms could only stand in front of the old lady and serve the meal. Jiang Lulin, the daughter of the long house, came out of the cabinet last month, and her husband's family is the Lin family of the Jiangnan Wang family, which is very compatible with the Yongning Hou Mansion.
It's just that I heard that the eldest lady was not very satisfied with this marriage, but she couldn't stand Jiang Lulin's attention to Lin Gongzi at the flower party, the two were happy with each other, and set a white-headed alliance, Jiang Lulin insisted on marrying into the Lin family under the pressure of her parents, it is said that the old lady used her strength, and gave Jiang Lulin a very hot dowry.
Jiang Luyao saw that the other two cousins were very favored by the old lady, and pondered the reason why the eldest aunt opposed marrying the Lin family, but she was afraid that it was not because she disliked the Lin family! Maybe it's because I think there's no one around the old lady...... After all, the concubine is not treated by the old lady.
Focusing on the profession of the soy sauce party, Jiang Luyao will not be like the old lady in front of her, sitting quietly in a slightly farther position, seeing Jiang Luzhu desperately currying favor and selling her ...... Jiang Luyao could see that the old lady was 'playing monkey', so she was very enjoyable to watch.
However, today's fourth-room concubine Jiang Luqi's gaze is slightly different from the past, she has looked at Jiang Luyao several times.
For this fourth cousin, Jiang Luyao never dared to be careless, don't look at Jiang Luqi calm and silent, but from her eyes, you can see that she is a person with a story!
The second room was already very troublesome, and Jiang Luyao categorically didn't dare to provoke Jiang Luqi.
Jiang Luqi's eyebrows revealed a touch of gloom from time to time, which made Jiang Luyao puzzled, what was Jiang Luqi dissatisfied with?
The fourth master is the most promising candidate!
……
After dinner, the old lady Jia Min County Lord opened the tea leaves, and suddenly asked, "Is the second child back?" ”
The second wife was stunned for a while, and replied resignedly: "I haven't come back yet, the second master is not filial, so my mother is worried." ”
The old lady didn't ask more, just lifted her eyelids slightly, her weather-beaten gaze stopped on the second wife, and the corner of her eyes swept to Jiang Luyao, who was silent in the rules!
Jiang Luqi beside her is also often silent, but Jiang Luqi's silence just doesn't want her to notice herself...... The corners of the old lady's mouth were slightly hooked, playing with herself, wanting to see her own liveliness?
"Princess Qin will have a big birthday in two days, and a few of you will accompany me to King Qin's mansion to celebrate her birthday!"
"Yes, grandmother!" Jiang Luzhu responded excitedly.
"Yes...... Grandmother. Jiang Luqi's expression darkened for a moment, and her bangs hid her true emotions.
Jiang Luyao frowned slightly, "Grandmother, will I go too?" ”
"As long as you are the young lady of Yongning Hou, you have to go!"
The old lady was categorical, as if she was a little angry, "Second girl, shouldn't you be the young lady of the Hou Mansion?" ”