The wind is cold, and the winter wind is bitter.

At the West City Gate, Liu Xianglian said to Li Shaoyou: "The situation in the capital is complicated, and if you are not careful, it will be a state of no return. ”

Li Shaoyou shook his head.

"Even though I have this heart, but the other party will not let go of my brother and sister easily. These days, Brother Liu has also seen it, my brother and sister are hiding in Fanlou, they are still peeping constantly, even if we flee the capital, but the so-called "the whole world is not the king's land", with the respect of the other party, if you want to deal with us, it is still easy.

Instead of hiding in Tibet every day, it is better to stay in the capital, rely on others, or have the strength to fight. ”

Liu Xianglian sighed, he knew the reason why Li Shaoyou didn't leave, probably because of his sister Li Ling.

He could travel the world with him, but his sister couldn't.

Besides, the so-called puppet is angry and bleeds five steps. The eldest prince not only ruined the Li family, but also instructed people to insult his sister, Li Shaoyou may not have the anger of letting the eldest prince "bleed five steps"!

Knowing that she couldn't persuade him, Liu Xianglian continued: "Since Shaoyou has already decided, the foolish brother will not say more, I just hope that I will be more cautious in the future and not be impulsive."

Jia Baoyu of Rongguo Mansion, I got acquainted with him a few years ago, and at that time I saw him as a different person from the children of the powerful next to him, he was a person with a clear distinction between right and wrong, but a person of temperament.

Goodbye this time, unexpectedly more and more extraordinary, hidden in the dragon and phoenix assets.

Coupled with his extraordinary family background, over time, it will surely rise to the top.

If Brother Shaoyou is determined to go elsewhere, Brother Fool is quite relieved......

That's it, don't say much, take care! ”

After speaking, Liu Xianglian hugged her fists, stepped on the stirrups, and turned over on the horse.

Li Shaoyou also hugged his fists and said: "Cherish all the way." ”

"Precious."

As soon as Liu Xianglian's horse left the city, Li Shaoyou did not stop and immediately turned back.

After what happened last time, he didn't dare to leave his sister's side for too long.

Unless, he finds a place for his sister to shelter them.

.......

Approaching the end of the year, Ning Rong's second mansion seemed extremely busy.

After Jia Baoyu returned home, he met the chief manager Lai Da.

Lai Da's mother was one of the most useful maids by Jia's mother's side back then, so he and his brother Lai Sheng, together held the position of the head of the Rongning Second Mansion.

In Jiafu, Lai Da's status is not low.

In the past, the juniors in the clan, including Jia Rong Jia Lan, would even call him "Grandpa Lai" when they met! Although this has the tradition of Jiafu, the people who serve by the side of their parents and elders are more decent than ordinary masters, but it can also be seen that the Lai family has a high position and power in Jiafu.

However, in front of Jia Baoyu, Lai Da was still very deferential, and first gave Jia Baoyu a salute.

Aside from the fact that Jia Baoyu is the tip of Jia Muwang's wife's heart, since Jia Baoyu showed extraordinary talent and was valued by the Emperor, he is the fifth person with an official body among the men in the two mansions, in addition to Jia Yu, Jia Zheng, Jia Zhen, and Jia Lian.

Even, Jia Lian has to be excepted, because his official body is donated with money, and the court will not even pay money, which is different from the real officials and lords on Jia Baoyu and others.

Lai Da kept the courtesy, and Jia Baoyu naturally didn't bother him, so he just asked: "What is Mr. Lai doing in such a hurry?" ”

Lai Da replied: "Second Master Huibao, the old man is in the small study of Mengpo Zhai, discussing the matter of building a garden for the provincial relatives of Niangniang, and the slave is going down to invite Uncle Zhen from Dongfu to come over." ”

"Well, there you go."

Jia Baoyu didn't want to pay attention to this matter, but after thinking about it carefully, he decided to take a look

Half a month ago, the palace made a will, basically that the emperor felt that he took care of the emperor and the queen mother not well enough, and was deeply disturbed, and thought that many concubines in the harem lived in the deep palace all the year round, and they were not allowed to be filial piety and family love at home.

Thinking about it, there are many rules in the palace, if the family members of the pepper house enter the palace, maybe because of the rules and regulations, can not talk about family affection, so I made a special purpose: in addition to the grace of entering the palace on the 26th, where there is a house of Chongyu Annex, where you can be stationed in the customs and defense, you may wish to invite the inner court Luan Yu into his private residence, so that you can make a little bit of flesh and blood family affection, family nature!

Since ancient times, in addition to the queen's relatives in the imperial court, who can easily enter the palace to visit their daughters and sisters? That's it, and occasionally there are enlightened emperors who can grant it.

However, allowing the concubine to go home to visit relatives, regardless of position, is indeed a great grace that has never been seen before.

Therefore, the will of the provincial relatives really made the government and the opposition boil, especially those who have daughters, sisters and sisters in the palace, all of them are grateful to Dade and praise the great kindness of the current emperor.

The Jia family does not have a Chongyu Courtyard, if you insist on saying that there is, the Rongguo Mansion can barely be counted, but with the position of Yuanchun's "Fengzao Palace Shangshu", it is obviously not solemn enough to simply receive it in a family house.

However, Jiafu didn't want to miss this great grace, so he prepared to build another courtyard to save the concubine.

This has been in the works for half a month.

Coming directly from the hand-copying verandah to Mengpo Zhai, I saw Jia Zheng, Jia Yu, Jia Lian, and several Qing guests of Jia Zheng and several housekeepers of Rongguo Mansion gathered in front of a long case, eagerly discussing.

"Bamboo trees, mountains and stones, pavilion railings, etc., can be moved from the courtyard of the great master, so even if there is not enough, the addition is limited, and there are a lot of financial and material resources left."

"Since it is a garden temple, how can there be no living water? This is a brilliant way to attract living water from under the wall at the north corner, which not only solves the problem, but is also novel and natural, and it is difficult for him to think about it. ”

Jia Zheng raised his head and smiled: "This old gentleman from Shanziye is the old Ming Gong I invited from the Ministry of Industry, and now he has built according to his plan, which has really solved a lot of problems for my family......"

As he was talking, when he saw Jia Baoyu coming in, he turned to ask, "What are you doing here?" ”

"I heard that the old man is discussing here, so I'm here to take a look."

When Jia Zheng heard this, he was about to scold him subconsciously, but suddenly remembered that Jia Baoyu was no longer what he used to be, and now he also had an official body, and he was following the second prince, so he changed his tone and said, "It's okay for you to listen to it." ”

So he ignored Jia Baoyu and continued to discuss the matter of building a provincial garden.

After Jia Baoyu met Jia Yu and Jia Lian, he didn't say much, just listened to them quietly.

A quarter of an hour later, Jia Zhen rushed over.

Jia Zheng said to the people: "If the Ming Gong has no other suggestions and opinions, let's discuss it here today." ”

Zhan Guang, Cheng Rixing and others all knew that everyone in Jiafu had other private matters to discuss, so they left one after another.

Lin Zhixiao, Wu Xindeng and other family members also took the order.

When there were only five people left in Mengpo Zhai, Jia Yu, Jia Zheng, Jia Zhen, Jia Lian, and Jia Baoyu, Jia Zheng put away the drawings, glanced at Jia Baoyu, opened his mouth, and didn't open his mouth to drive him out after all.

Alas, I don't know when I started, and I can't find a reason to scold this unfortunate obstacle, which really makes the old man a little unaccustomed......

"Let's all sit down."

Jia Zheng beckoned everyone to sit down. Although Jia Yu is his elder brother, because the two have separated, he is the master of the main courtyard of Rongguo Mansion, so he still sits at the top.

Everyone sat down, and then they were all a little silent, obviously knowing what Jia Zheng was going to say.

Jia Zheng wanted to wait for others to speak, but after waiting for a long time, he saw that even Jia Lian, who had always been only his own horse, did not dare to speak, and Jia Yu and Jia Zhen looked at each other with their eyes and nose, nose and mouth, and sighed helplessly in their hearts, and said:

"This time to build a garden for Niangniang's relatives, thanks to Zhen'er's initiative, the road between the two provinces will be opened, and most of the Huifang Garden will be taken out as an expansion, which saves the cost of finding another place to build a garden."

When Jia Zhen heard this, she immediately smiled and said: "Wherever the master says, it is all a family, and it is appropriate to contribute to the mother's return home and save her relatives." ”

It stands to reason that the Jia people take Ningguofu as the big house and should be the lineage. However, since the second generation of Rongguo Gong, the wealth of Rongguo Mansion has always overshadowed Ning Guofu, so Ning Guofu has never regarded itself as a lineage in front of Rongguo Mansion, but has taken "Ning Rong" as a sect.

Today, Ning Guofu is far inferior to Rongguo Mansion. Not only is the people far less prosperous than Rongguofu, but even the title has been lowered by one level, Ning Guofu is already a third-class mighty general, and Rongguofu is still a first-class Shenwei general.

In addition, now that Jia Zheng's daughter is a high-ranking imperial concubine, Jia Zheng can barely be regarded as a national abbot, so not to mention that the two mansions are originally a family, even from the perspective of prosperity, it is impossible for Ning Guofu to be separated from Rongguo Mansion.

After all, Yuan Chun became the imperial concubine, and Ning Guofu was also regarded as a great light and became a relative of the emperor, and there would be many benefits in the future, so in the matter of welcoming Yuanchun's provincial relatives, he did have a lot of blood, and he gritted his teeth and drew out most of the Huifang Garden.

You must know that if the garden is built in the future, it will be Yuanchun's private garden, and it will not have much to do with Ning Guofu.

Jia Zheng smiled at Jia Zhen, and then continued: "Although this is the case, I have calculated in private, if it is necessary to follow Mr. Shanziye's plan, the cost of building the garden is huge, and after it is completed, it will be necessary to prepare for the use of the mother's relatives, and the cost is really beyond the scope of what I can afford......

Jia Zheng spoke in a very embarrassed tone, as if it was quite embarrassing for him to say that he didn't have enough money.

Jia Zhen won't open her mouth now, no one will have too much silver. Although the two mansions are like a family, who knows how much Rongguo Mansion lacks, and when the time comes, he will be asked to pay for it, but he doesn't have so much net worth to compensate.

Jia Zheng gritted his teeth and continued: "If it is not built according to Mr. Shanziye's plan, I think it is a pity......

The construction plan and drawings designed by Shan Ziye for the Jia family were designed after testing the topography of the two prefectures on the spot, which was really exquisite, and all of them felt impeccable after reading it, so if they changed the drawings and plans now because of the lack of money, Jia Zheng was really reluctant.

Jia Zhen asked tentatively, "I don't know how much worse the master is here?" ”

Jia Zheng's old face turned red, and said: "The two of us and Lian'er carefully counted the treasury silver before, if we remove the use of preparing the mother to save relatives, there is still a difference of about more than 200,000 taels ......."

Jia Yu seemed to have known about this for a long time, he glanced at Jia Zheng, and said: "When my father died, I left all the granges and houses in the name of Rongguo Mansion to you, and I only got a fraction of what you get, and I have used most of it myself over the years. ”

When Jia Zheng heard this, he felt even more uncomfortable.

Although Jia Yu didn't say it explicitly, how could he not hear the dissatisfaction with him in his words, as if everything he had now was robbed of him.

Hmph, if you hadn't been ridiculous and made many big mistakes, which made your father disgusted, how could your father be like this?

Sometimes he even thought about it, if it weren't for the fact that my father still remembered a trace of father-son affection at the end, he would have left you a face, maybe even the title would have been passed on to me, and where would you still have the leisure to complain about me now.

However, Jia Zheng prides himself on being a gentleman, and he only thinks about these dark and careful thoughts occasionally, so naturally he will not show them.

Seeing that Jia Yu had no hope, he looked at Jia Zhen again.