"Well, the grapes are so sweet!"

In the side hall of Fengzao Palace, Jia Qiang picked a crystal clear jasper grape from a royal blue silk enamel bird flower agate plate and ate it, and her eyes lit up and praised.

Empress Yin smiled when she heard this: "This is a mare's milk grape from the Western Regions, you can eat more if you like it." ”

After Jia Qiang thanked her with a smile when she heard this, she really picked four or five more and filled it into her mouth in one go.

Li Xuan didn't like to eat these in the past, but now when he saw that Jia Qiang was so delicious, he couldn't help but start eating them.

However, as soon as he went down, he chewed the grape seeds, and a most annoying astringent and numb smell came, Li Xuan hurriedly took a few sips, and quickly pressed it with tea.

Looking at Jia Qiang again, she didn't spit out the grape skin when she ate grapes, and she didn't even spit out the grape seeds, so she couldn't help but scold "What a good obscene seed"!

Seeing this, Jia Qiang laughed out loud, and with a "bah", a grape seed smashed on Li Xuan's brain.

Just when Li Xuan was furious and was about to call, he saw Jia Qiang's face a little dark, and asked in a deeper voice: "I haven't entered the palace for a few months, how did I find that my mother is a lot haggard?" But the prince is too tired and stubborn, so that the mother breaks her heart? ”

Li Xuan: "......"

Empress Yin's heart moved, but she smiled angrily: "Which of you two is worry-free?" Don't say two! ”

After a pause, he asked again: "I heard that this palace heard that you asked Wang Ziteng, the secretary of the military department, to have a lot of dealings with Li Jingduo, the king of Baojun, is this matter true?" ”

Jia Qiang smacked her mouth when she heard this, and said with a slightly wry smile: "King Baojun, he ...... It was very unpleasant to have trouble with the left attendant of the military department, Wu Yanghou and Sun Wanqian, and the right attendant, Suiyang Bo and Zhang Hanqing. Those two are veterans, who have been at the border all the year round, and are accustomed to leading arrogant soldiers, often fighting with the Northland horse bandits and even with the Mongolian Tatars. In recent years, the large army has not fought, but the small force has not been broken. Such a leading general, relying on the domineering of the king alone, is actually difficult to suppress. The minister told Wang Ziteng that when the military department was deliberating, if the two were too much, let him come forward to help the king of Bang Baojun. If you don't look at the face of King Baojun, you have to look at the face of the mother. And the prince also said to the minister before that he wants to help you share your worries. ”

When Empress Yin heard this, her eyes were almost red, and she glanced at Li Xuan, who bowed her head and was silent.

She really doesn't understand, even Jia Qiang and Li Xuan understand the truth, what happened to Li Jing?

The whole person is like a demon stunned, planning to go to the end of the black road, without hitting the south wall and not looking back.

She had clearly told Li Jing that his father had pointed out that if he could have a good relationship with Lin Ruhai, Dou Xian, and Han Bin, who would return one after another, and other national courtiers, the future would be more than half stable!

This is Emperor Long An's face in front of her, a married wife, and even the words have been made clear to this point.

However, after Li Jing's so-called "Corporal Lixian" was politely rejected, his self-esteem couldn't stand it, and he turned out to be a broken jar, which made Queen Yin heartbroken.

Li Xuan said in a dull voice: "Queen Mother, you have already done everything you should do, even Jia Qiang can see that you have been a lot haggard recently, so just take a good rest." Don't talk about sons, which of the third brother and fourth brother don't treat you as their mother? It doesn't matter which one it is, it's actually the same. Why bother with big brother? He's such a big man, so let him fight it himself. ”

Queen Yin's laughter became more and more complicated when she heard this, Jia Qiang saw it in her eyes, and she also felt tired, whether it was the heavenly family or the common people's family, it turned out to be the same as a mother, and there was no ease.

Empress Yin rubbed her eyebrows and said to Jia Qiang: "The matter of provincial relatives, I will talk about it with the emperor when I go back to the palace." It's just that there is definitely no kung fu at the moment, if Concubine Xiande is not promoted to the emperor and concubine, she will still be idle, and now she is really lazy for half a day and can't steal. Wait, it won't be better by the end of the year. ”

Jia Qiang smiled: "Don't be in a hurry to ...... for a while" After a pause, he said: "The carriage should be able to make money soon, and after making money, the minister will first lend the minister's share to the prince, and get together to build a palace in Miyun." There's a hot spring over there, and there's peach blossoms, and the peaches are almost ripe right now. In this way, the mother also has a place to relax. ”

A smile appeared on Empress Yin's face and said, "It's hard for you to have this heart." ”

Li Xuan pouted and said, "If he really has filial piety, what else can he talk about borrowing or not?" You rich man, this summer, the ice house business has almost squeezed out all the other ice houses in the capital, and I don't know how much money you earn. Do you still have the face to talk about borrowing at this time? ”

Jia Qiang sighed and said, "I said that it was lent to you, and when I left it to you." This borrowing is also a statement to the outside, thanks to the love of my mother, I have been promoted by outsiders to become a traitor. If they take out the money to build the garden, they won't blame the mother for all the crimes? I don't really care, but I don't want my mother's reputation to be damaged. ”

Li Xuan snorted and said with a smile: "It's about the same!" ”

Empress Yin looked at Jia Qiang and said with a smile: "These are not too tight, and the name of slight flaws can't hurt me." There is only one point, Jia Qiang, you should remember, don't let Wang Ziteng get involved in the affairs of King Baojun, and you don't get involved, let alone involve your husband, do you understand? ”

When Jia Qiang heard this, her heart was shocked.

Is this already about to give up?

……

After Jia Qiang left the palace, Empress Yin looked at Li Xuan, who was happy and happy, and couldn't help laughing: "Why are you so happy?" ”

Li Xuan's eyebrows fluttered and said: "Today's black-faced old man is really hateful, but if it weren't for the identity of Erchen, the prince, I would have to give him an old fist!" Fortunately, after Jia Qiang came, he was stunned. Hahahaha, Queen Mother, you said that Jia Qiang, this kid, where did he get so many crooked ideas, even advocating thrift is wrong, extravagance is for the benefit of the country and the people, hahaha! ”

In fact, even Li Xuan heard that although Jia Qiang felt that Jia Qiang was a little crooked, this reason was really crooked.

It is no wonder that in the lessons of the saints for thousands of years, none of the great Confucian ministers of all dynasties and dynasties encouraged the king to spend money well!

Empress Yin smiled and said, "That's because you don't understand the momentum in Jia Qiang's bones!" Although he is in favor of the noble and the rich spending more money, behind it is to make better money. ”

Li Xuan slapped his face, and suddenly realized: "When the queen mother said this, the sons and daughters will understand!" Doesn't the queen mother often say, why is Erchen so willing to be stubborn with Jia Qiang and be friends with him? Erchen didn't understand it very well, but when the queen mother said this, Erchen understood. Erchen is tired by nature and is unwilling to fight for anything, so he is naturally willing to be friends with self-motivated people in his bones! ”

Yin Houqi said: "Didn't you say that things gather like and people are grouped? Why do you want to be separated from the opposite? ”

Li Xuan hurriedly said: "Queen Mother, what Erchen means is that Jia Qiang's motivation is to compete with himself, not to simply fight for power and profit, and cling to wealth and wealth." Queen Mother, think about it, from the very beginning, Jia Qiang's ambition was not in the officialdom, and he dared to swear in front of the emperor. Later, he was forced to have no way, so he returned to Beijing to inherit the title. And that official...... Queen Mother, think about it, if you have a good power, who will put the official seal in the ya, and don't go back for ten days and a half months? Erchen felt that not only Erchen, but also his father and emperor would treat him as a son and nephew because he was indifferent to power. Whether a person is really indifferent to power can be seen at a glance. If the son can't see it, the father will definitely be able to see it. Therefore, Erchen is willing to be stubborn with him and be pure. ”

After hearing this, Empress Yin was silent for a while, and sighed: "It's strange, you and your eldest brother are not so close. ”

Li Xuan smiled and said: "Actually, not only Erchen is willing to be close to Jia Qiang, but the eldest brother, the fourth brother, and Brother Ning Wang, and a few good gold and silver brothers in the clan and even Uncle Wang, I don't know how many invitations were given to Jia Qiang, but Jia Qiang didn't give anyone face." ”

Empress Yin's eyes were a little complicated, and she said, "Jia Qiang has really become a saint?" Who is not in power? ”

Li Xuan laughed and said, "Queen Mother, don't you know that Jia Qiang has been moored a boat on the dock outside the city, ready to run away at any time!" Hahaha! ”

After Empress Yin pulled the corners of her mouth, she also laughed out loud, and there seemed to be a look of determination in her phoenix eyes.

……

When I returned to Ning Rong Street from the palace, it was already dusk.

Seeing that Lin Zhixiao had been waiting downstairs for a long time, Jia Qiang sighed helplessly, and took a wooden box from Shang Zhuo beside him, and there were four Xizhou melons, which were called cantaloupe in the previous life.

There were mare's milk grapes in the wooden box, and he handed the wooden box to Li Yong, who greeted him, and said, "Send this to my courtyard and let Qingwen put it away." ”

Li responded in a hurry, Jia Qiang gave a Xizhou melon to Tie Niu, and said, "Take it back and eat it with your uncle, aunt, sister and Xiaoshi, and try it." ”

Tie Niu smiled and replied, and held up a Xizhou melon with one hand.

Jia Qiang took another one, and asked Shang Zhuo to lead the brothers to taste it, and said: "One person tastes a bite, and when I go back, I will ask people to go to the West Market to find out, and if there is a good one, pull a cart back." But don't eat the melons inside, dry them as seeds, and we can let them eat next year. ”

The relatives and guards laughed one after another, and said: "The masters and grandmothers are not enough to eat, and it is a great blessing to be able to taste one bite, how dare you be too little?" ”

There are two left, one is still sent to Jia Qiang's courtyard, half is given to Xiangling and Qingwen to eat, and half is left for Ping'er, Keqing, and You Shi.

One was taken to Dongfu......

……

"Master Hou is back!"

The house had already hung a lamp, and six or seven little girls who had changed into autumn clothes and were red and green on the verandah shouted with joy when they saw Jia Qiang coming.

Jia Qiang held the melon in one hand, smiled with them, and entered the Rongqing Hall.

As soon as I entered the foyer, I looked up and saw that the hall was full of pearls and greenery, and it was a little dazzling under the lights.

What is the meaning of wealth and elegance, I can't think of it, but that's it.

"Yo! Qiang Er has brought something good! ”

Sister Shufeng's eyes were sharp, she didn't know what to say in the middle of the hall, and she was making the hall laugh, and when she saw the thing in Jia Qiang's hand, she came over like a gust of wind with a small lotus step, and after taking it from Jia Qiang's hand, she was surprised: "It turned out to be a honeydew melon!" ”

Watermelons are no longer a novelty, and they are also widely cultivated in the Central Plains.

However, honeydew melons are still rare, and the original ones have never been as sweet as those grown in the Western Regions.

Jia Qiang smiled, and after glancing at Daiyu, she saluted Jia's mother and other elders, and said: "It just so happened that a batch of Xizhou honeydew melons were brought to the palace in the Western Regions, and the queen mother rewarded me with two, so she brought one." ”

Sister Feng laughed angrily: "Qiang'er is also stingy, just one, and one is intercepted." That's it, which one is enough to eat? ”

Jia Qiang sighed and said, "Sister Lin doesn't have to eat, the fourth aunt is also forgotten, and I'll eat at home in a while." If the second aunt wants to save the old lady and them, she will come to my side to eat in a while. ”

Sister Feng and Jia Qiang looked at each other, how shrewd she was, she could see that there was a deep meaning at once, and said with a smile: "Let's go, it's just such a rare thing, the old lady is divided into half, the wife is divided into three, and the other sisters are divided into one, where is it enough?" I'll go to Dongfu for a while, there are few people on his side! ”

Everyone laughed again, and Jia Mu asked Jia Qiang: "Didn't you say that there was a big thing in the palace, and the princes of the people came to call in person, what kind of big thing happened?" Can't it just be for this melon? ”

Jia Qiang shook her head and said, "There are some outside, but it's nothing." After solving the problem, I went to Fengzao Palace, and Niangniang rewarded these. I also told my mother that the garden at home has been repaired, when can I invite the imperial concubine to save my relatives......"

As soon as these words came out, Mrs. Wang, who had always been like a wooden bodhisattva, was suddenly agitated and raised her eyes to look at Jia Qiang.

Jia Mu also sat up straight excitedly and said, "What did the queen mother say?" When will the imperial concubine be able to save her relatives? ”

Jia Qiang said lightly: "Niang Niang said that if the imperial concubine is still a concubine, then it can be arranged in the next few months, that is, to go home for a fifteenth reunion." But the imperial concubine now holds the authority of the six palaces, and the burden on her body is too heavy, and she can't lack it for a moment. We'll have to wait until the end of the year...... However, it must be able to do so. ”

Although Jia Mu and the others had regrets when they heard this, as long as they could hear Zhun Xin'er, they were also happy.

After Jia's mother finished asking, Jia Qiang walked to the empty seat next to Daiyu and sat down, I don't know if it was specially set aside for him......

He asked, "After I left today, did I go shopping again?" ”

Daiyu pursed her lips and smiled: "I haven't visited all of them, only Zilingzhou, Qiushuangzhai, Lotus Champs and Yihong Courtyard." ”

Jia Qiang smiled when she heard this, looked at Yingchun, Tanchun, and cherished Spring, and said, "Are you still satisfied with the name of your residence?" ”

Most of these names were recorded in the original book, originally from the hands of Baoyu, and later most of them were changed by Yuan Chun, Jia Qiang was unwilling to change the original impression of Daguanyuan, so they were all retained.

Sanchun naturally had no opinion, Jia Qiang finally looked at Xiangyun and said, "Yihong Courtyard is too big, your sister Lin said that you have a heroic atmosphere in your heart, and you should live in such a big mansion." It's just that I'm thinking, it's not very interesting for you to live alone and bring Cuimo, so it's better to let Baoqin and Lin Chu live in it with you. Those two are also stubborn, and you have a companion together. However, Baoqin's father and mother are in Yangzhou and will go home sooner or later. Lin Chu's family is in Buzhengfang, and he also wants to go back. So Yihong Courtyard is yours, and after you move into the garden, it will be your home. You're their sister, and you're more sensible, and they're all going to listen to you. Sister Shi, would you like to? ”

When Xiangyun heard this, he pursed his lips tightly, his eyes were red, and his big eyes were filled with tears.

She lost her parents when she was an infant, and lived with her second uncle and aunt, although she was still the grandeur of the daughter of the Hou Mansion on the outside scene, but she had her own feelings about what was going on inside.

is also the children of the Shi family, Shi Nai's children can live the life of Miss Gongzi, but because she is one year older, she has to follow her aunts and grandmothers every day to be a female celebrity, and she has been doing it at night.

She is willing to treat the Shi family as her family, but the Shi family may not be willing to treat her as a serious family.

Or Jia's mother can't see it, so she took it over and lived for half a year.

But Jia's mother is just an aunt and grandmother in the end, and after a layer of separation, the Shi family has never given Jia's mother a long face.

So although Jia's mother also loves her, Xiangyun is just a guest in Jia's house after all.

has lived for many years, and has never really belonged to her place to stay, but when she followed Jia's mother, she was dealing with it in Bisha's cupboard.

Until now, she finally has an embroidery building that belongs to her daughter's family......

Seeing that the tears in her big eyes fell down like broken threads, everyone was distressed.

Even if Jia Qiang wanted to comfort her, she didn't know where to comfort her.

At this time, she saw Daiyu get up and walk up to her and gently hold Xiangyun's head on her body.

Xiangyun lay on Daiyu's waist and sobbed in a muffled voice......

……

PS: Actually, I feel a little sorry for Xiangyun.