Chapter XXII

On the fifteenth day of the lunar month, everyone dispersed after asking for peace, Nan Lingmo commanded the girls to take the problematic account books and dowry jewelry one by one to the old lady to show her, the old lady almost fainted after reading it, but fortunately, Nan Lingmo applied the needle in time to treat it, so there was no accident.

The old princess relieved herself and asked the people around her to send a message to King Zhennan, and asked King Zhennan to go home as soon as he got to the court. Then he called all the masters in the mansion, except for Ce'er, who was still studying in Yunlu Academy, everyone else arrived. The old princess first kicked out all the people around Mama Jin and Mama Gui, and then the old princess questioned Zhang with a black face, but Zhang refused to admit it, wiping her tears while saying that Nanling Mo framed her.

At the moment of Shen Zheng, the prince returned to the house and went directly to Rongjin Hall, and the old princess who came into view sat on the main seat with an angry face, Zhang knelt in the center of the main hall, bowed his head and wiped his tears, and Nan Lingmei was kneeling next to him. Nanling Xiao Nanling Mo sat silently on the side, and Concubine Jiang sat with her head down and didn't dare to speak, and her daughter Nanling Xiang was also in Jiang's arms and didn't dare to move.

"Mother, what's wrong?" Nan Shen asked inexplicably. The old princess didn't speak, and Mama Jin was instructed by Mrs. Jiang to show the account book and dowry to the king of Zhennan. The more King Zhennan looked at it, the more angry he became, his face was as if he had been splashed with ink, and he slapped the table and shouted angrily: "Zhang, Su Ri, you have been careful to think that the king has always turned a blind eye and did not break it down at all, you actually intensified it, and even the dowry left by the princess You dare to change it privately!! Your appetite is really big, 200,000 taels in three years, and there are exchanged jewelry, you can see it yourself!! ”

As he spoke, King Zhennan threw the ledger and ornaments directly into Zhang's face. Zhang's face turned pale with fright, except for pleading and begging. Nanling Mei knelt down and crawled over and hugged the legs of King Zhennan and cried: "Father, the mother concubine will not do these things, these must be framed by that slut of Nanling Mo......"

"Smack!" Before he finished speaking, King Zhennan slapped Nan Lingmei, Nan Lingmei instantly felt that her brain was like a martial arts, and her head was full of clanging noises, and her mouth was like overturning a five-flavor bottle, and all kinds of sour, salty, sweet, spicy and bitter were gathered together......

King Zhennan scolded angrily: "As the eldest sister, you don't respect your elders, you don't care for your younger siblings, and you are cheap/cheap/human when you talk at every turn, and she has taught you these things all these years by Zhang's side?!" ”

Before Nan Lingmei could refute, she felt the warm liquid, and she fell to the side and fainted directly.

"Mei'er, Mei'er......" Zhang's crying shook Nanling Mei, but there was no response, and he slammed on the ground and begged: "Lord Wang, all the mistakes are the fault of the concubine, Mei'er just feels sorry for the concubine, she doesn't know anything, she doesn't do anything wrong...... Lord, the concubine begs you to let her descend send Mei'er back first......"

After all, it was also his own child, Nan Shen was angry and couldn't say anything, so with a wave of his hand, he let the people outside come in and carry Nan Lingmei back to her Tangli Residence.

"Lord Wang, Prince Yun came to visit, saying that he had something to see you, and he was already waiting in the front hall." The next man came in to report.

The group had to deal with Yun Tianhong first, while the Zhang family secretly carried the ledger evidence into their arms when everyone went to the front hall to greet Prince Yun, and trotted to their courtyard and burned all the evidence.

"King Zhennan, the old lady is fine." King Yun nodded to the two of them, and then waved his hand, Luoqiu behind him walked up to King Zhennan with a long box and respectfully handed it to the little guy next to King Zhennan. King Zhennan took it and opened it to see that it was a "Lushan Map" by Gu Zezhi of the previous generation.

King Yun said without yin or yang: "King Zhennan, Tianhong came here this time to ask for an understanding. This "Lushan Map" was bought by the King the day before yesterday at the 'Jubaoyuan' under the name of the Princess, and the King intended to keep it as a gift to the Emperor on Chinese New Year's Eve. This king has been looking for a long time, and his subordinates have found it in Jubaoyuan. The king spent 100,000 taels of silver to buy this painting, but when he returned home, he studied it carefully and found that the painting turned out to be a fake! ”

"This king is angry, let Jing Zhao Yin Mansion arrest the shopkeeper of Jubaoyuan, after the torture, the shopkeeper confessed that he was the youngest brother of the concubine of the side of the mansion, three years ago in the capital, after entering Beijing, he became the shopkeeper of Jubaoyuan, so this king wants to see Concubine Zhang, give an explanation."

When King Zhennan heard this, he was so angry that he immediately ordered someone to bring the Zhang family over. Two quarters of an hour later, Zhang's face appeared in front of everyone with tears on his face, Yun Tianhong repeated what he said before, and Zhang's face turned pale. The authentic handiwork of "Lushan Tu", when her father celebrated his 60th birthday last year, she secretly took it back to her parents' house in private and gave it a gift. I also found a skilled craftsman from the folk to copy the painting, which is enough to confuse the real with the fake, and the non-master of the house cannot see the flaw. She didn't expect that Prince Yun actually bought this painting and gave it to the saint.

If you take a fake painting and give it to the saint, this is the crime of the king, and he will be beheaded in prison. Zhang's frightened legs were weak. After hearing this, the old princess suddenly felt numb in her hands and feet, and she couldn't wait to dismantle the Zhang family in her heart.

"Concubine Zhang, either you return the 100,000 taels of silver tickets to this king, or you take the authentic work to this king, or you go to Jingzhao Yin Mansion with this king." King Yun said lazily.

The true work of this "Lushan Tu" is now in Jiangzhou, Zhang's maiden home, and it is not a few days before Chinese New Year's Eve, and it can be fifteen days to go back and forth to Jiangzhou quickly, but it is winter at the moment, and the snow trail is difficult, so I am afraid that I can only go back and forth after the Lantern Festival. At present, Nan Lingmei has made a marriage with Sima Jie, although she is only married with eight characters, but if she is imprisoned, then Nan Lingmei may be divorced at any time, so she resolutely cannot go to Jingzhao Yin Mansion.

Zhang Shi trembled and said: "Concubine, concubine...... The concubine was willing to return the 100,000 taels of silver as it was. After speaking, he quickly asked Mama Zeng to get 100,000 taels of silver tickets and handed them to King Yun. King Yun gave the silver ticket to Nan Lingmo and said: "You spend this little pocket money first, and when the date is agreed, this king will give you an appointment." After speaking, the three of King Yun's master and servant left the Zhennan Palace.

"Father, my sister's 200,000 taels of silver haven't said what to do! It was the dowry of the mother. Nanling Xiao suddenly interjected.

"Father, Concubine Zhang also wants to look better when her eldest sister gets married. Originally, Mo'er shouldn't have asked for the 200,000 taels of silver, but this was the dowry of the concubine after all. Mo'er thought that 20,000 taels of the 200,000 taels of silver would be distributed to the eldest sister, which could be regarded as Mo'er adding makeup to the eldest sister. Now that the third sister is also thirteen, and she is gradually getting older, these 30,000 taels will be used as a dowry for the third sister, and the remaining 150,000 taels of silver Mo'er will not need a penny, just give it to her grandmother! Mo'er hasn't been filial to her grandmother for three years, and now she has a little silver, so she should give it to her grandmother. ”

After hearing this, the old lady sighed in her heart that the Jiang family is extremely good at raising children, and raising children is generally sensible. She sighed: "What is the use of the money that grandmother wants from you, grandmother will save it for you, and wait for you to marry as a dowry." Jiang heard that Nanling Mo had divided 30,000 taels of silver to Nanling Xiang as a dowry, and hurriedly pulled Nan Ling Xiang to thank Nan Ling Mo.

In fact, Nan Lingmo did not have a deep impression of Nan Lingxiang, but when she was injured and unconscious, she seemed to see a small body visiting her in front of the bed, and when she was grounded, only Nan Lingxiang secretly came to see her, and embroidered a small screen in front of her as a congratulatory gift.

"Zhang, you are limited to make up for the 180,000 taels of silver within five days, otherwise you will go to the family temple to stay!" Mrs. Jiang said in a deep voice.

"Yes, yes," Zhang couldn't, so he could only nod his head. Then the king of Zhennan said: "Zhang, now it's the New Year's Festival, after the New Year's Festival, you can go to Fayun Temple on the outskirts of Beijing to pray for blessings!" Now Mo'er is also married, she has a marriage contract, and she will have to run the family in two years, and the family feed is now in charge of Mo'er. ”

"Father...... Mo'er is not familiar with ......," Nanling Mo excused. King Zhennan waved his hand: "You manage your own yard very well, and your father has confidence in you." If you don't understand, ask your grandmother more, and you will take your third sister to study together. Nanling Mo had no choice but to respond.

The dinner was used by the father and son of the king of Zhennan to accompany the old lady in Rongjin Hall, and the king of Zhennan said: "Originally, I came back today to have good news to tell my mother, but then I interrupted the matter of the Zhang family." King Zhennan took a sip of tea and continued: "Mother, today's saint said that Brother Nu is already on his way back to Beijing, and Zuo will arrive three days before the beginning of the year. Listening to the Shengshang, it means that the second brother will be promoted to the Imperial History of the Left Capital of the Metropolitan Procuratorate this year, and he will serve in Beijing after the year, so he doesn't have to go to Hunan anymore. ”

"That's a good feeling! Okay, great! The old princess was thrilled to hear the news. This second-generation king of Zhennan has two sons-in-law, one concubine and no daughters. The eldest Nanshen, inherited the throne of the king of Zhennan, the second Nan Marsh, the current governor of Hunan, has been released for ten years, and the third Nanyue is the late old concubine, and is currently the deputy commander of the Sanpin patrol battalion. In order to avoid suspicion, in his early years, he proposed to set up a separate government and live in the deputy commander's mansion across the street from the palace. However, they will still come to the palace during the New Year's holidays. Mrs. Jiang has no daughters in her life, so she is still good to her three daughters-in-law. When Nannuma comes back this time, she will no longer have to be released, and the old princess will no longer be in suspense day and night.

For Nan Nush, whether it is Nan Lingmo or Li Yunqing, she has no deep impression. I only heard Nanling Xiao tell him that Nan Marsh is forty-two years old, married to Zhao Mingzhen, the second daughter of Zhao Xitong, Marquis of Huai'an, and has a pair of children and a daughter. The other Nanling Xiao didn't say much, and when the brother and sister finally said goodbye, Nanling Xiao said that the matter of the kiln factory had begun to take shape. After hearing this, Nanling Mo forced 50,000 taels of silver tickets to Nanling Xiao, saying that it was the money to build a kiln factory. Then the brother and sister separated, and each returned to his residence without mentioning it.