"Yes, Mother."

Chang Jinbai saluted again, then straightened up and said: "As far as the child knows, there have been many rumors in the DPRK and China recently, saying that it was a great drought in the northwest last year, and the people's income was greatly reduced, and almost every family could not make ends meet. Although it has not yet reached the point where it is unsustainable, the situation is still relatively serious, and it is not far from becoming a disaster victim. Although the imperial court had allocated three million taels of silver a year ago, it seemed that it could not completely alleviate the predicament. Therefore, the saint intends to set an example by cutting the expenses of the harem and the court, and saving silver taels to support the local area. “

"And if the child is not mistaken, Concubine Yun in the palace and the Xu family are distant relatives, and they have had many contacts in the past. This time, His Majesty called on the whole palace to raise money for the northwest, and their concubines naturally bore the brunt. However, Concubine Yun's family is not wealthy, and most of her expenses in the palace in the past were supported by the Xu family. In order to be able to show off in front of His Majesty this time, Concubine Yun will definitely seize this opportunity to perform well, and this money will undoubtedly come from the Xu family. ”

"Mother also knows that the situation of the Xu family is quite special, and she has always boasted of being a civil official, so it is naturally impossible for His Majesty to know the origin of this silver tael. Looking at it this way, then they are a little wronged by this money. As a result, at this juncture, the brothers and sisters of the Xu family were injured in our family. So Bai'er thought that Aunt Jiang wanted an explanation this time, but in fact, she wanted to use this reason to ask our family to help them give the money. ”

"But with my father's character, I would never compensate the Xu family for such a ridiculous reason. Mother, you also know this very well, so you have to endure the pain of wronging Jiao'er's sister, and want to use this way to block Aunt Jiang and the outside world's leisurely mouth, I don't know if Bai'er's analysis is right? ”

The shock in Jiang's eyes couldn't hide Chang Jinbai's eyes, everyone is a smart person, and some words really don't need to be said on the surface.

"Well, this matter does need to be considered in the long run. Ning'er, Jiao'er, you all go back first. Bai'er stayed and helped Wei Niang come up with ideas. ”

Jiang suddenly relented, making the sisters who had been tense behind Chang Jinbai a little confused. With Jiang's character of retribution, he would never let them go so easily in the past.

"Old Five, you..." Chang Yuning was a little worried about his younger brother's situation, but the next second he came into contact with his confident eyes.

"Second sister, rest assured, my brother has already made a decision in his heart, and he will not let you and Sister Jiao'er be wronged!"

"Third brother..."Chang Yujiao finally couldn't hold it anymore, and her eyes turned red after screaming.

"Oh, let's go, let's go, I'll leave it to your third brother here, ah!" Pingbai had a little more confidence in Chang Jinbai, and Chang Yuning was no longer hypocritical, so he pulled Chang Yujiao's arm and dragged her out.

Looking at his tearful biological daughter, Jiang's expression was confused for a moment, but he quickly adjusted.

"Go down first." Jiang gave an order, and Mama Feng and Yanrong obediently led the people in the house to retreat.

"Sit down, Bo'er."

"Thank you, Mother." Chang Jinbai was not pretentious, Shi Shiran sat on the chair on the side.

The atmosphere suddenly fell silent, and the two of them were silent, one quietly drank the tea in the cup, and the other looked at the nose and nose, and the nose looked at the heart, and neither of them would speak first. To put it in exaggerated terms, this is a silent psychological game.

But the reality is not so much too complicated after all, after a cup of tea, Jiang Shi finally couldn't sit still, and took the lead in speaking: "Where did you hear everything you just said?" ”

Without outsiders present, Jiang's attitude towards him became more direct.

Chang Jinbai has a special ability among the traversers, that is, he is familiar with the entire story script. After coming to this world, the past time-travelers only have the memories of their past lives, and they have no memory of everything that the original owner has experienced. But Chang Jinbai is different, which is also one of the reasons why Jiang is suspicious but not sure.

Chang Jinbai bowed slightly: "Mother is a little suspicious when she thinks about it, but you can rest assured that the situation as you think did not happen to the child." As for what I just said... It's not a special secret, and children naturally have their own channels to find out. In fact, even if the mother does not do this, the child intends to make it clear to the mother in private. After all, the sisters are simple, and they are easy to think about some things when they hear them, which is also a common concern for children and mothers. ”

"You've really changed, you've become smarter, so smart that I don't know you for a while." Jiang Shi squinted his eyes slightly and commented. Anyway, this child has been raised by her side for a few years, and she still knows a little bit about his character.

Chang Jinbai smiled: "It's a pity that in recent years, the child and the mother have become less and less interactive, so they can't help but be a little more alienated from each other, just like the mother began to feel that the child is becoming more and more strange, and the child didn't expect that Mama Feng, who used to know her duty of etiquette, has now become like this." ”

"This kid, is he making fun of the mistress?" Jiang Shi said a word, but there was no sense of blame on his face. Because she also felt that Chang Jinbai's words were not unreasonable, time can always change many things, such as a person's personality.

"The child doesn't dare." Chang Jinbai smiled, and then asked: "But since my mother has understood Aunt Jiang's purpose, it is just a piece of cake for you to avoid this incident, why do you have to wronged your sister and sister?" ”

As soon as he heard him mention the two girls, Jiang's expression was not so good-looking.

"These two children, one is free from restraint, the other is naturally weak and embarrassed, I do this because I want to suffer more when they are still in the boudoir, understand how hard it is for women to live in this backyard, and they can be a little more vigilant when they marry a woman in the future, so as not to harm their own lives, right?"

"Even if it is an insult to the biological mother of the second sister, is it a piece of kindness from the mother?" Chang Jinbai looked at her with a smile, staring at Jiang Shi a little hairy.

"It's... Not really..."

The careful thoughts of the woman's family, Chang Jinbai was not interested in delving into them, so he immediately diverted the topic.

"Whatever the reason, I don't think this is the best way to resolve disputes. The father refuses to give in because of his considerations, but there is another candidate here for the child, who may be able to help our family solve this trouble smoothly. ”

He said it with confidence, but Jiang did not agree to his proposal at the first time.

"It's a family affair after all, just a little conflict between the children. It's a backyard thing, and it's already very unruly for me to allow you to get a man involved, and if you involve irrelevant outsiders, I'm afraid it won't be good for the reputation of the two families. ”

After managing the family for so many years, Jiang is still very experienced in dealing with similar situations, and knows the consequences of being involved by outsiders, so he does not agree with Chang Jinbai's proposal very much.

Chang Jinbai said with a smile: "Mother is very witty, she has already thought that this matter is related to a few girls from the two families, and the child is naturally very clear, how can she arbitrarily involve irrelevant people at this time?" ”

"You mean—" Jiang's eyes were filled with confusion. Chang Jinbai's changes made her have to be a little more vigilant, and this matter is related to her biological flesh and blood, and it is naturally difficult for a mother to deal with it vaguely.

Chang Jinbai nodded: "The child does have a suitable candidate here, but it will be inconvenient to let the child come forward to talk about this, and I am afraid that the mother will have to speak in person to operate." ”

Jiang's gaze sank again, she could feel that Chang Jinbai was already eight or nine points sure when she said this, but the more this was the case, the more flustered she was in her heart. Is it normal for a boy to be able to see the affairs of the inner courtyard so clearly and plan so carefully? This is not normal!

The next thing took the two of them to explain clearly, and that afternoon Jiang ordered someone to set up a car and go to the home of the squire of the military department as a guest.

Seeing the carriage leave the door, the corners of Chang Jinbai's mouth hooked up with a triumphant smile. Chang Yuning on the side was still palpitating, and pulled his sleeve to make him clear.

There were many people in the front yard, so Chang Jinbai took her back to his own Fanjin Pavilion, and by the way, he asked Qingque to call the third lady over.

When Chang Yujiao came with Ru Ping, Chang Jinbai slowly and leisurely told everyone about his plan.

In fact, this is not his own plan, the man who holds the script can always grasp a lot of important information in advance, for example, Liu Sheng, the squire of the military department, was criticized for the case of the southwest air salary, but he suffered from having no way to intercede, and now he has reached the point of urgency to be desperate.

In the previous life, Liu Sheng was finally beheaded because of this case, and all his family property was confiscated, and the end was very happy. Although Chang Jinbai is reluctant to ask for a way to live for such a thing, at the moment, in his opinion, the matter of his own sister is more important, so he simply let this bastard live a little longer. What's more, Chang Jinbai has already prepared the way back this time and explained it clearly to the Jiang family, if Liu Sheng really wants to retreat, the price he has to pay is probably not what the current Liu family can afford.

Jiang's status has always been high among the famous officials, the husband's family and the mother's family are in high positions, and he has the ability to deter the back house, and the relationship with the female dependents of the ministers' families is generally good.

And when he learned that he could help the nobles in the palace, and by the way, let the family help their officials blow the wind in the ears of the saint, Liu Sheng's wife didn't say anything on the surface, but in fact, her heart had already blossomed, and when the Jiang family left, she turned her head and couldn't wait to tell her own officials about it.

That Liu Shengben is not such a mindless person, although Jiang's words are beautiful and rigorous, but there are still some mistakes after careful consideration.

But now Liu Sheng is an ant on a hot pot, and he has been at home for more than half a month, and his spirit can no longer bear the huge pressure now. And at this time, the words of Jiang, who could visit Jiang despite the eyes of the outside world, were the last straw for him to save his life, even if he instinctively felt that Jiang must have his own purpose here, but he would still subconsciously choose to accept her proposal, and the horizontal and vertical is a dead horse as a live horse doctor, even if something really goes wrong at that time, Liu Sheng naively thinks that he still has the power to fight back.