Chapter 268: Stepping Down
He was sarcastic and superficial by Wen Jin, and he was uncomfortable at home for several days, and he was honest for more than half a month, but in the following days, Wen Jin was still so indifferent, and He couldn't help but want to move again.
Princess Ren's eyes are completely invisible, the account books are all read by the He family, and most of the housework is arranged by the He family, she feels that this is a great opportunity for herself, once the princess takes over, she will never have such a good opportunity in her life, she can't wait to take this opportunity to save something at hand.
There is also something that makes him so desperate to make money and want to have a lot of money. That is the eldest princess's youngest daughter Xi'er married, accompanied by Prince Ren and the princess to visit relatives, a circle of noblewomen are adding makeup to like, Wen Jin, the princess, is a cousin, the relationship is not far or close, such relatives, she is a pair of medium-colored mutton fat jade bracelets, or a gem-inlaid gold hairpin, etc., there are too many relatives in the clan, if they are generous to each other, no one can stand it. Prince and Princess Ren are generally slightly higher than her, although the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law are not in the right temper, but in this matter, they are very tacit.
But this tacit understanding was broken because of the arrival of the He family. After a year of searching, the He family thought that she had money in hand and could argue with the princess, she discussed it with her mother-in-law, or it was proposed by Prince Ren first, anyway, the two decided to make Wen Jin lose face. She prepared a set of good textured gold head noodles, and He's produced a whole piece of jade carved cabbage, half a foot long, changed to a modern size, to be more than 20 centimeters long, 123 centimeters high, as soon as the limelight came out, the ladies in the room were a little unbearable, and they plucked hairpins from their heads, or removed bracelets from their wrists, in order not to lose their share.
Wen Jin was also stunned at the time, she doesn't like to show off in Japan, and there are not many jewelry on her head, so where can she find something for a while? Or money helped a lot, he wore a gold collar with a jade pendant that day, and also wore a necklace with coral beads, the pendant of this necklace is a ruby with a big finger, the quality is not very pure, but it is better in color, red, and it is not a vulgar thing at first glance. He quietly motioned to Wen Jin to take off his necklace.
At this moment, Wen Jin suspected that his son was not crossed, but reborn, otherwise, why did he wear two strings of ornaments?
The necklace of the coral bead ruby pendant of Qian Qian is definitely higher than He's jade cabbage, Princess Ren and He were stunned, they only paid attention to Wen Jin's nothing, but they didn't pay attention to the children, the two did not achieve the goal of suppressing Wen Jin, and also made all the ladies who went to the banquet angry, even the eldest princess was very unhappy, she accepted such a big favor, she had to return it, in the future, should she only give a good gift to the family, or keep insisting on sending it? I have been sending it, no one can stand it, only send it once, maybe it will provoke people, after all, many happy events are not repeated, given to my brother's family, not to my brother's family, this is a feud, not a gift.
Prince Ren and Princess He are really Zhu Bajie looking in the mirror, not people inside and out.
But the salute between the clans has since gone up a level, making many people who only have empty shelves but are not rich complain. Prince Heren and Princess He gradually couldn't stand it anymore.
Prince Ren's mansion has money, but it is in the hands of Prince Ren, he knows that his wife is confused, and the monthly share is fixed, at most, there is anything special, and he will allocate more money to the inner courtyard, and the gift money has risen sharply, Prince Ren does not know, Prince Ren reminded him several times, he is still the same as me, as much as he should give, and the things in the palace are on the account book, Prince Ren and Princess He, if they take it out to give gifts, they must pass Prince Ren.
Every year in the inner court, he has to pay an account to the outer court, Prince Ren spoils his wife, but he is more housekeeper, and he is very serious about some things. This is thanks to the Empress Dowager, who loves his son, saw that Liu Caiqin was confused, and reminded his son early that a family must have rules, but unfortunately the Empress Dowager only helped her son set the rules in terms of economy, so she was confused, otherwise, Prince Ren's Mansion would not be such a mess as it is now.
Prince He's princess didn't expect to poke such a big basket and put herself in, fortunately, the luxurious style of salutation between the clansmen was still stopped in the hands of the eldest princess, this time, it was her daughter-in-law who gave birth to a little grandchild, she let people let out the news, whoever wanted to give a generous gift, they beat it out, and everyone was relieved.
Princess Ren and the He family were already quite embarrassed, and Qian Xuanxuan emptied Prince Ren's private room back then, and the ones that the He family fished out couldn't afford to send them out at one time.
The He family is strange, whether it is a luxury gift or a flat gift, the princess is like that, unhurried, unhurried, not arrogant, not impatient, is she very rich? She once inquired about her mother-in-law, and Princess Ren said angrily: "You deserve it, she is very rich." ”
He thought that his mother-in-law disliked his little dowry, so he closed his mouth in embarrassment, returned to the house, and quietly asked his personal maid to inquire outside.
Mother Wu has been wandering around He's side, looking for every opportunity to serve the master, she saw through He's thoughts, seized an opportunity, and revealed to He's: "In our house, no one can compare to the princess who is rich, second grandmother, do you know?" When the princess was in the countryside, she planted 2,000 acres of peaches, and the annual income for this item was 20,000 taels of silver. ”
He hates that someone is "in the countryside" in front of her, and later heard that the princess also grew up in the countryside, and is still the head of a poor person in the countryside.
"Didn't you say she was poor at the time? I can't wear cloth clothes. ”
"Maybe it was like that when I was most depressed, anyway, when I developed later, I bought 2,000 acres of land, all of which were loaded with fruit trees, and now, the silver is sent like flowing water."
He's heart was sour, and then he realized that he had taken a big trick - to be richer than the princess, and he did not belittle others, but disgusted himself.
"Second grandmother, the princess will make money, have you heard of it? That Zhou Danniang, at the beginning, only one or two silver a month, the princess's shop, only one hundred and ten taels a year, now what? Thousands of taels, even Zhou Danniang, who is the shopkeeper, lives in a big mansion in the capital. ”
"Didn't you say that the big mansion was given by the eldest princess? and her man changed theater classes. ”
"Where, the eldest princess gave some silver, but Zhou Danniang paid at least half of the money for that house."
He's eyes were straight, and she was extremely surprised, and she secretly planned to open a shop to do business.
Don't fight with the concubine, the He family wants to suppress Wen Jin in other aspects, although the prince of Ren's mansion is in her hands now, but the name is not right, the princess can go over at any time, she wants to ruin the reputation of the concubine, so that she can never raise her head, so that her right as a housekeeper can last longer.
The royal family has gone through five generations, and there are a lot of relatives in the clan, all year round, relatives who can't finish, some of whom are far away, Wen Jinli can't be reached, and no one says, but close relatives, but they can't escape, for example, the eldest princess was pregnant in October and gave birth to a small county lord, this is the emperor's first next generation, the people in the clan, which one dares not to flatter? The flowing water banquet of the Celestial Princess's Mansion took three days to entertain all the guests who gave gifts.
Wen Jin went on the first day, the outer courtyard and garden of the eldest princess's mansion were all set up with tents for banquets, the outer courtyard was a place for men, and the garden was full of women, old and small, all dressed in flowers, this is not a visit to relatives, it is simply a show off of wealth.
Before going to the banquet, Wen Jin asked Qian Qian: "What does Qian Qian think my mother wears?" ”
Qian Qian tilted his head and thought for a while: "My mother wants to wear the best clothes." ”
Wen Jin didn't like red and green, so she wore a snow green dress with a goose yellow embroidered peony flower.
When Qian Qian saw it, he was very dissatisfied, and pushed Wen Jin back vigorously: "Mother, put on your big red flower clothes for the New Year." ”
Wen Jin was amused and laughed: "That's a cotton robe, do you want to heat your mother?" ”
"It's not pretty." Wen Jin was speechless, this was already the brightest color in her clothes, and finally, she thought of embellishing it with accessories, so she added a pearl shirt.
Qian Qian clapped his hands and laughed: "My mother is so beautiful, the most beautiful." "That's what passed.
Sure enough, at the banquet, Wen Jin's body did not look luxurious, if it weren't for the money, she would definitely be in the limelight this time - too plain and despised.
Wen Jin's taste is still very high, the seat is the best position in the upper seat, He followed her closely, and the people in the table were embarrassed for a while, so they let her sit at the bottom of Wen Jin's table - that is, the place where the food is served.
Wen Jin's noble ladies around her are all relatively old, everyone has a match to say some gossip, Wen Jin also nodded perfunctorily in response, the atmosphere of the banquet is very harmonious, there is a lady Hou who is about the same age as Prince Ren, and I don't know which tendon is twitching, and suddenly a sentence came out: "Princess Shizi, is there trouble with Princess Ren's eyes?" ”
"Well, my mother-in-law has been suffering from eye disease for more than a year, and now she can't see clearly, and she has to be supported by someone to move."
He answered: "The princess is still young, she has this disease, and she is in a very bad mood, I am too low in rank to sit at a table with her old man, but I am inseparable at home." ”
Mrs. Nahou casually flattered: "I heard the princess say that you are a filial person." ”
The people at the table were suddenly silent, bowing their heads to eat, and Mrs. Hou realized that she had offended the princess of Prince Ren, and smiled awkwardly: "The princess is also very filial." Wen Jin shook his head: "I'm far behind, no." This is a big truth, but when other people hear it, it is self-modesty, people in this society are very modest, and Wen Jin's words are not excessive at all.
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