Chapter 255: The capital is in turmoil
Madame gestured, "At least sixty percent sure." ”
"I'll make an appointment to see Song Ge Lao tomorrow, if this thing is true, I don't have to worry about no future!" The servant of the ministry said happily.
"Don't worry, yes or no, it's better for the master to send someone to investigate, the speculation of the concubine can't be evidenced." Madame hurriedly suggested.
"You're right, we don't know much about that Song lady, so we should investigate." The servant of the ministry nodded, looking at his wife at the moment, and felt much more pleasing to the eye.
Although those concubines are young and beautiful, they are from a worse background, and they have a few ways to compete for favor, but they can't help him, and they can't get on the stage in the end.
But his wife is different, always thinking about his future.
Thinking about it this way, the servant of the ministry decided to stay here, which was in line with the wife's wishes.
Like the Ministry of Servants' Mansion, there are also a few people who have seen Song Yao's mother and daughter, and they have doubts in their hearts.
But there is not enough evidence, and they are all secretly poking and poking to find evidence, and Song Ge will definitely sell his favor when the time comes.
Of course, there are also people who don't want Song Ge Lao to get his wish, and they rack their brains to prevent Song Yao from recognizing Song Ge's father and daughter.
Song Yao, who was already resting, didn't know that a family recognition banquet had made the noble circle in the capital have more things to do because of her.
But those have nothing to do with Song Yao, do they?
Meimei played chess with Zhou Gong, Song Yao didn't know that Helian Sheng, who was still recuperating, also sent someone to pay attention to these things.
"Master, this is to use the identity of the lady to make a list of the old Song Ge. This is a list of those who want to prevent Mrs. and their daughter from recognizing each other, as well as a list of villains in the Yun family who want to get rid of Mrs. Zhu Xin handed a wad of paper to Helian Sheng and said respectfully.
Helian Sheng saw that the list of the Yun family was so thick, and his face suddenly turned bad.
The Yun family is the domestic slave of the Rui Wangfu, although there is no deed of sale, and no one knows about it, but he, the master, knows it.
Now that the Yun family wants to be unfavorable to Song Yao, it can be seen that these people's hearts have turned black.
"It's time for the Yun family to sort it out, you send these lists to Yun Zhongxiao, so that he can solve them as soon as possible." Helian Sheng said with a gloomy face.
Although he couldn't go to see Song Yao, Helian Sheng's concern for Song Yao never changed.
"Yes, the minion will go." Bamboo heart agreed.
Mo said that Helian Sheng was unhappy, but Zhu Xin was not happy in his heart.
Zhu Xin didn't know all the things, but he vaguely knew that the Yun family was loyal to the Rui Palace, where could he tolerate the Yun family's disrespect for the future housewife?
Poor Yunzhongxiao is destined to have no sleep tonight.
Although the Yun family should be cleaned up, Helian Sheng gave him so many names at one time, and he couldn't communicate with his father yet, so it would take some effort to deal with these people.
However, for the sake of Song Yao's safety, Yun Zhongxiao didn't mind using special means.
In the early morning of the next day, after breakfast, Song Yao took her two sons back to the Song Mansion, and before the end of the first month, all the accounts of last year must be processed, and they cannot be backlogged.
On the day of Song Yao's return, the court meeting officially began, and the ministers in Beijing also began their daily morning court life.
Song Ge Lao has always disliked forming gangs, but on the first day of the court meeting, many ministers talked to him after the early court.
When he was the first person, Song Ge didn't care too much, but he also coped with a few words.
But even a few people took the initiative to talk to him, and it seemed to be very casual to talk about his deceased wife and missing daughter, and it was not difficult for Song Ge to notice.
After returning to the old mansion, Song Ge Lao met the housekeeper in the study, and the master and servant talked for half an hour, but they didn't find any clues.
"Let people pay attention to the mansions of these adults and see what they do." Elder Song Ge frowned, and for a while he couldn't think of the purpose of these people suddenly asking about these things.
Whether these people know the reason for Song Yuyao's disappearance, or have clues about Song Yuyao, this is very important to Song Gelao.
The housekeeper is the one who receives the order, and he also hopes to find the eldest lady as soon as possible, otherwise his master's heart knot will be difficult to dissolve, and he is afraid that it will be ......
Looking at Song Ge's old Huafa, the housekeeper was distressed and took the order.
The actions of these ministers seemed to be very secretive, but they didn't even go out of the palace, so they began to talk to Song Ge Lao, and they couldn't hide it from those who had a heart, especially the emperor's side.
Inside the Imperial Study.
The emperor frowned, the most taboo thing about being the Son of Heaven is that the private relationship between the courtiers is too close, which is extremely detrimental to his control of the courtiers.
"Investigate these people thoroughly, and I will know what their purpose is." The emperor gave a cold command.
Song Ge Lao has never participated in party struggles, and the emperor greatly respects and trusts him.
If these people had a way to make Song Ge Lao have to bow his head, the emperor would have a headache.
The civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty had their own careful thoughts, and there were not many courtiers who were as unique as Song Ge Lao, and were only loyal to the imperial court.
Kunning Palace.
As the lord of the six palaces, the queen wants to fight for the throne of the abolished prince, so she naturally has a lot of ears and eyes.
Song Ge was accosted by several ministers, and the queen also knew about it at the first time.
"Immediately find out the purpose of those adults to the palace, and we must not let those wild people take the lead." The queen ordered.
Although the harem is not allowed to interfere in politics, the queen knows the court situation very well, especially which courtier the emperor favors, otherwise she doesn't know how the queen died.
The former dynasty and the harem have always been inseparable, and the queen wants her son to ascend to the throne, and the length of her hand cannot be a help for her son at all.
Thinking of her son's letter, the queen squeezed the hand of the Jinpa.
The son has always listened to her, but this time he quietly returned to Beijing without prior notice, in case someone knew about it......
The queen sat up abruptly, smelling of conspiracy.
"Mama Shen!" The queen's voice trembled softly.
Mama Shen answered, gave Ping Xue a look, and asked her to take someone out first.
What can make the queen nervous, the less one person knows, the less danger there is, and Shen Mama does not dare to gamble with the queen's life.
When there were only two masters and servants left in the inner room, the queen took Mama Shen's hand and said nervously: "Mama Shen, you immediately take the sign of the palace and go out of the palace and tell the father of the palace to prevent the emperor from returning to Beijing at all costs!" ”
"Yes, the old slave will go." Mama Shen nodded, she really didn't know about the return of the abolished prince to Beijing, but she didn't ask much, so as not to have ears on the wall.
"Mama will tell my father one more word." The queen gathered her thoughts, beckoned to Mama Shen, and whispered a few words in her ear.
Mama Shen's face changed greatly when she heard this, but she still nodded in response.
Now that this has happened, what can they do but prepare for the worst?
Those ministers who wanted to win over the old Song Pavilion didn't know that their actions had been known by the emperor, let alone that a storm in the center of imperial power was coming.
In a blink of an eye, it was the end of the first month, and Song Yao finally finished processing all the account books.
In the last year alone, the income of nearly 10 million taels of silver was recorded, which was still the net profit after Song Yao bought many shops, Zhuangzi, and fields.
Of course, those newly opened shops can pay back their costs, and the rented shops will take many years to pay back.
As for the Zhuangzi and the fields, they are also in a state of not returning to their roots.
However, this income is not enough to satisfy Song Yao, after all, the capital she has invested now has not been recovered, and it is not really profitable.
Song Yao had forgotten that many of her properties were white silver, more than the silver she had paid out of her own pocket.
"At the account room, each person will be rewarded with twenty taels of silver and will have seven days off." After checking the accounts, Song Yao lazily rested for a day, and did not forget to give the people under her time to rest.
"The slave and maid are the sisters on the other side of the account room, thank the master for the reward." Redsleeves smiled and saluted.
"The slave and maid have been tossing and turning outside for months, why doesn't the lady reward the slave and maid?" Kexin has been recuperating well in the past few days, and her body has recovered a little, so she came to Song Yao's side to wait.
As soon as he entered the house with bird's nest, he heard the conversation between Song Yao and Red Sleeves, so he begged for a reward.
"You've been gone for a few months, and you've gotten less money?" Song Yao glanced at Kexin, but she didn't see any anger.
Kexin represented Song Yao to inspect the industries in various places, and he didn't say how to please those shopkeepers, that is, those cooks in the back kitchen gave gifts to Kexin in order to learn more skills.
Song Yao also explained to Kexin that as long as it did not harm Song Yao's interests, Kexin just accepted it with confidence, otherwise it would make those who gave gifts uneasy.
"How can it be the same? The master's reward is an affirmation of the slaves and maids, not those who are stammered. Ke Xin pouted and said crisply: "The slave is waiting for the lady's reward, and the flowers are all grateful." ”
"Come on, in order to gag your mouth, would it be good to reward you with a thousand taels of silver?" Song Yao has always been generous to a few girls, but this reward also has the meaning of making up for Kexin, "I know that you are in a hurry to get married, and the dowry is rich when you have more money, so you have to do your best in the future, and your benefits are indispensable." ”
"Thank you, master." Kexin's eyes were shining, and she looked like a little money fan.
Red Sleeves covered her mouth and chuckled lightly, this girl is her future concubine, and the two will get married on the same day.
"You can't miss it." Song Yao looked at the red sleeves and said, "But the reward, you should remember it for her." You have worked hard in the past few months, and the reward of this thousand taels of silver is not much. ”
"Slave and maid thank you for your reward." Red Sleeves is very calm, but he is also very happy in his heart.
As Kexin said, the master's reward is an affirmation of their deeds, and no matter how much they are rewarded, they are worth being happy.
And Song Yao is generous, many slaves and maids can't save a thousand taels of silver in their lives, even those big girls, few of them have such a thick net worth.
"Let's see what the two young masters are doing, if you're not busy, let's go for a stroll on the street today." Seeing that the New Year is coming, it's time to go out for activities. Song Yao said lazily.
Since swearing to Yun Zhongxiao, Song Yao has been busy with the account books, but she has never left the house.
And Song Yao also knew that after the New Year, those big families in the capital would hold banquets one after another, and she was afraid that she would not have time to go shopping.