Chapter 323: The Manor
After sending Qin Minghuan away, Qin Mingyue went to sleep. Qin Minghuan returned with a full load, she not only explained the second sister's marriage matter, but also got a famous piano from the second sister, as well as a clip of Shixin palace flowers, and two high-quality silk satin.
Two days later, Qin Mingyue took a family of children and went to Zhuangzi in the suburbs with Qin Guosong. Because of the guards of the Star Picking Tower, the road was safe.
Fortunately, the day was not very hot, and along the way, everyone was able to endure it. When I arrived at Zhuangzi, the river breeze was blowing, and the flowers and willows were shady, but it was cooler than in the city.
Qin Mingyue and her brother and sister-in-law accompanied their grandmother, and their mother walked in the Zhuangzi. Mrs. An smiled and said, "There is no summer heat in this village. ”
Mrs. Yin said: "The cool breeze hanging on this village, accompanied by the fragrance of flowers, is stronger than using ice in the city. ”
Zeng Yutong immediately said: "Actually, our family also has a Zhuangzi in Xishan, which is very clean and cool in summer, and I can't wear tulle clothes." This year is busy, and it is our unfilial piety not to invite my mother and old lady to escape the summer. Next year, I will definitely go to Xishan early to live in order to escape the summer heat. ”
Mrs. Yin and Mrs. An smiled and said, "Isn't this? Next year, I have to plan to get up early, it's too hot in the city, it's still in the mountains, and it's cool outside the city. ”
The group laughed and walked into the Zhuangzi. This Zhuangzi was given by the emperor, and later, Qin Mingyue and Qin Guosong invited a master to carefully design, at the expense of money, the flowers and trees in it are sparse, and the buildings are covered, but it is larger than the Liguo Mansion in the city, and the garden is more exquisite, that is, compared with the palace garden or even the imperial garden, it is not too much worse.
While everyone was admiring, Qin Ping had already led a group of concubines to stand and wait on the side of the flower road. When Qin Ping saw his old mother, Mrs. An, he was busy saluting, and Mrs. An naturally asked the big girl to help her up. Qin Ping doesn't have to salute, but those concubines do. They were all curling and seductive, and they saluted the old lady and Mrs. Yin seductively.
Mrs. An didn't appreciate these concubines, but Mrs. Yin's eyes were about to burst into flames.
This pile of concubines, the number is really a lot, the beads are green, all of them are silk and satin, and they are very charming. People who look at it have spicy eyes.
Madame Yin saluted Qin and stood there angrily. Qin Ping played with the young and beautiful concubines all day long, and he had long been happy, where did he care that he was already a's wife? However, now, he doesn't dare to do anything more to spoil his concubine and kill his wife, after all, Mrs. Yin's current status is extraordinary, she gave birth to the daughter of a national teacher, and there is now a prince of the country, the director of the family, and the son of a high-ranking official in the court.
Qin Ping patiently exchanged a few words with Mrs. Yin.
Mrs. Yin used to be very afraid of her husband. Even if her husband hit her in the face, she greeted her with a smile. For her husband's concubine, she has always been obedient, even if the other party kicks her nose in the face, she just swallows her anger. However, now, in the past few years, she is used to being an old feudal monarch in the city. The whole family, including going out to socialize, even when she went to the palace to attend a banquet, she was also a highly respected one. Even the queen has to be kind and pleasant when she talks to her, where can she still be angry? Not only can it not be angry, but it is also much more angry, and the shelf is also served.
Now, in the face of her husband who is out of tune, she is just cold, and she lacks any warmth.
For those concubines, they are even more disdainful. However, at the moment, a bunch of people are watching, and she can't do anything, just thinking about it, and after a while, she will find another opportunity to clean up the few that seem to be the most arrogant.
Zeng Yutong looked at this beautiful and exquisite garden, and then looked at her father-in-law's concubines, her eyes were sharp, and she could see at a glance in a pile of beauties that there were five more with big bellies. This is not in line with the previous news. It is estimated that she was only recently conceived and revealed.
It can be seen that these concubines are also fighting very hard, and when they are pregnant, they don't dare to say anything, they hide it, and they don't say it until they are pregnant.
Zeng Yutong thought that in the past few years she has managed housework, she knows best that the Zhuangzi where the old prince lives in the suburbs, don't look at it in the capital, the cost is not small. Every year, just for the maintenance of this garden, these concubines eat, wear, live, and travel, make jewelry, make clothes, and have Qin Ping's feast and drink for three days. In addition, he also has a group of helpers and plays with Qin Ping. Over the course of the year, it will cost nearly 100,000 taels of silver.
Fortunately, this silver does not need to be taken out of the money in the house. This is a single account, Qin Mingyue has specially purchased some industries, which have increased in recent years, and now there are five or six hundred thousand assets, among them, there are three large restaurants, and some extremely prosperous shops, and the income is very rich. The annual income is also 1230,000 taels of silver. All these proceeds were used to finance the expenses of the Zhuangzi. The surplus is used to purchase the property again, so there is no deficit.
Although it didn't cost Zeng Yutong's silver, Zeng Yutong was still unhappy when he saw Qin Ping, who was so extravagant and wasteful.
However, thinking about it, Qin Mingyue said vaguely that the assets of five or six hundred thousand taels of silver are now supplied to Qin Ping for use, and in the future, when Qin Ping is a hundred years later, these assets will be used by the mansion. She Qin Mingyue didn't want it. Thinking of these things that can be left to his children and grandchildren in the future, Zeng Yutong's heart is much more balanced.
She was busy arranging everyone's eating and drinking, feasting and drinking on the Zhuangzi, and swimming in the lake. I also called a singer and a dancer to come and play. On weekdays, Qin Ping admires it, but now, everyone is here, and they are also stained, spending so much silver in vain, and they don't look at it in vain. After arranging these, she also called the housekeeper in Zhuangzi to come over, inquire about the situation, check the accounts, and not let the people below fool her.
Zeng Yutong, the capable hostess of the Liguo Mansion, did everything properly. When Qin Mingyue came to Zhuangzi, she only needed to say hello to her father, talk to her father, and of course, give her father a lot of treasures. It was all this time she brought back from Jin Province. A part of the treasure inside.
Right now, Qin Ping was admiring the gift sent by Qin Mingyue.
Qin Ping looked at a white jade ornament and couldn't stop admiring: "This white jade ornament is really a treasure." Now it's good to have such a good jade, look at this texture, look at this carving, it doesn't look like a thing from this dynasty, it should be an object from the previous dynasty. This is the jade of the old pit. It's hard to find Mingyue, where did you find it? ”
Qin Mingyue smiled, her father didn't know anything else, this appreciating antiques, playing with jade porcelain, etc., was a first-class master. It's also a specialty.