"Why are you so negligent, you can believe what a few mothers-in-law say, you have to check and reason!"

"What's more, that Jia Yun, who took the path of the Thirteenth Master, is now very favored by the prince, how can he easily offend him!" Jia Lian reprimanded with hatred that iron does not become steel.

This time, Wang Xifeng didn't scold him, but asked, "How should I clean it up?" ”

"After a while, the fifth sister-in-law came, and you said that you made a special trip to her to ask about the situation, and then you were angry for her!"

"That's all there is to it!"

Immediately afterwards, Jia Lian said: "Yun'er, I know, he has always been cautious in doing things, and he will not do it for no reason, you have to find out about this matter!" ”

"If someone is playing right and wrong, you just happen to punish it severely, so that you can not only establish rules but also increase your prestige, wouldn't it be the best of both worlds!"

"It's my fault, the second master thought too thoroughly, so I will do what the second master wants!" Wang Xifeng stepped forward and grabbed Jia Lian's arm.

Perhaps because he was selected to join the Dragon Guard, now Jia Lian is not as dissolute as before, and has some of the majesty of the head of the family, and Wang Xifeng is less pungent.

"What? I've made amends to you, and you're not happy? People are also unintentional! ”

Who knew that Jia Lian sighed and said: "How can I be angry with you, I am sighing that Jia Yun has a good life, and he let him go the way of the Thirteenth Master!" ”

"So what?" Wang Xifeng disagreed.

"So what? This year, the Dragon Guards are going to release another batch of soldiers, and it is said that those who train with the Thirteenth Master will be put into the pro-army! ”

It is a common practice to be released to the next level, and the key is that if you are released to the guards and pro-army, the road ahead will be much easier.

"And then?" Wang Xifeng still doesn't understand.

"I told you that you don't understand!" Jia Lian didn't want to say more.

After a few breaths of silence, Jia Lian suddenly had a flash of inspiration and said, "Feng girl...... Now that the Xue family sister is a princess, you can also go around more! ”

There is no way, if you want to mix in the Dragon Guard, if you want to take fewer detours in the officialdom, it is a very cost-effective deal to take Zhu Jinghong's door.

Wang Xifeng raised his forehead and said: "The ancestor also mentioned this matter, saying that he would let the sisters go to Xiangwangfu more, one is to catch up with the princess, and the other is to see more of the world!" ”

"That's right!"

The two chatted for a while, and Bu Shi came to Wang Xifeng's courtyard, and she was obviously extremely worried at this moment.

Jia Yun wanted to come over, but Bu was afraid that he would be impulsive, so he asked him to wait at home.

Bu Shi was ready to explain, but Wang Xifeng greeted her in person, and then greeted her warmly.

The two chatted for a while before Wang Xifeng got to the point and asked about what happened in the afternoon.

After Bu finished speaking, Wang Xifeng immediately ordered that he would severely punish the girl who did not listen to discipline, and once again comforted Bu Shi not to go to his heart.

In fact, after learning about the situation with Bu, Wang Xifeng also knew that things were not simple, so he wanted to use this matter to establish his authority as Jia Lian said.

And Wang Xifeng's housekeeper trip officially began with this incident.

On the fourteenth day of the first month of the twelfth year of orthodoxy, it came to the Shangyuan Festival.

As in the past, the lantern festival will be held in the capital today, and the emperor will climb the tower to accept the worship of all the people, just like last year.

The imperial court has the laws of the imperial court, and at this moment, in the Xiangwang Mansion, it is also preparing for the Shangyuan Festival.

In the attic of the back garden of the palace, there were already maids setting up a banquet at this moment, just waiting for Zhu Jinghong and a few people to arrive.

Beneath the attic will be more than 20 musicians who will provide live performances.

At the entrance of the garden, Zhu Jinghong was walking slowly with Baochai and a few others.

Baochai was side by side with him, Yang Jingting was slightly behind, and then Keqing and Yinglian followed.

"The poem made by Sister Ting yesterday is really a rare good sentence, especially the residual lotus ......"

Listening to Baochai's praise of herself, Yang Jingting also smiled, and then said: "Sister Bao, don't praise anymore, it's just a few nonsense!" ”

"If you really want to talk about learning, Sister Bao is much better, poetry and literature are all excellent, and Sister Bao is enough to be a champion!"

"Look, you're just reading a few more books......

During the whole process, Zhu Jinghong didn't say a word, because he couldn't interject at all.

As for Keqing and Yinglian, the two walked behind holding hands, but they were chatting about the scenery in the garden.

"Lord Wang, you have something to say!" Baochai tugged at Zhu Jinghong's sleeve.

Walking forward slowly, Zhu Jinghong said calmly: "You are all learned people, and when you open your mouth, you will write a splendid article, and I am a rough person...... I only know how to ride a bow horse! ”

Bao Chai replied, "Bow horses and shoot ...... These third sisters like it, when you invite her to the house, someone will chat with you! ”

"What a good way to mention her!" Zhu Jinghong did not want to continue the topic.

I only heard Baochai say: "You yourself are far away from hiding and it is light, but I enter the palace every day to ask for peace, Sheng'er always pesters me to say that I want to come to the house as a guest, and now I am almost embarrassed to talk to her!" ”

"Uh...... Let's talk about it in a few days! ”

While talking, they had already come to the attic, and then went upstairs and took their seats together.

As a big family, they can get together briefly at noon, and they have to enter the palace in the evening to accompany the emperor and queen and participate in the lantern festival held tonight.

"By the way, find a time in the past two days to summon the wives of the officials of the palace, one to chat with them, and the other to ask what difficulties there are at home!"

Baochai nodded, and this sentence can be summed up in one meaning, that is, to buy people's hearts.

"Ladies? Besides Wang Changshi's wife, is there anyone else? ”

Strictly speaking, Wang Pei'an is the only subordinate official of the palace.

"The wives of the guards of the general banner of the hundred households, please also invite them together!"

"Got it!"

There is no need to say how important the guards are, but Zhu Jinghong put them on the same level as Wang Pei'an, which still surprised Baochai.

In the next second, Zhu Jinghong put vegetables in Yang Jingting's bowl, and said at the same time: "Ting girl, you come to eat this, it should be to your taste!" ”

Just such a small action made Yang Jingting's heart sweet, and she felt that it was not bad to live like this.

"Thank you, Lord Wang!"

Seeing this scene, Baochai's heart was like an ancient well, thinking about when to summon the wife of the subordinate official.

But Keqing and Yinglian sat alone at a small table, and they were not qualified to participate in the dinner at all.

This family banquet only lasted for half an hour, and then it was terminated with the message of the little eunuch, and the queen not only called Zhu Jinghong and Baochai into the palace, but also forgot her own niece.

The three of them all changed into formal clothes, and then rode into the palace in a carriage, and along the way, Baochai and Yang Jingting chatted a lot, and Zhu Jinghong rarely interjected.

When he entered Kunning Palace, he was talking to the queen, and without accident, Zhu Yunsheng came out again, pestering Zhu Jinghong to go out of the palace to play.

During this time, Xiangyun and Daiyu both took leave and left the palace, making her bedroom much more deserted, and her life was extremely boring.

There is no way, Zhu Jinghong can only agree, he will take him out of the palace in a few days, anyway, it can be delayed for a day.

At night, the three brothers Zhu Jinghong accompanied the emperor and once again climbed the tower of Daming Gate, and the lights tonight were still extraordinarily brilliant.

The Emperor Taishang also climbed the city tower here and accepted the worship of all the people in the world, which once again proved the identity of the emperor's filial son.

In Zhu Jinghong's opinion, if the old man acts for a few more years, maybe he will feel very filial.

………………

The twelfth year of orthodoxy, the eighteenth year of the first month.

At the door on the east side of Xiangwang's Mansion, several women with cramped faces were standing outside the door waiting for the summons.

These people are the wives of the royal officials, and Baochai chose to summon them today, and for this reason she also specially retired other visitors.

There were a total of nine people at the scene, among which Wang Xu was the most calm, just because her husband was Wang Pei'an.

The crowd waited outside for more than ten minutes, and only then did the eunuch trot out inside, and spread the word that the princess was going to summon them.

Good guys, these people were nervous in the first place, and they were even more nervous when they heard this.

Except for Wang Xu's five-grade edict, the other wives of the general banner of hundreds of households are basically ordinary women, simply put, they have never seen any big world.

The prince and concubine are the beings they can't look up to, and they can even say that they are people from two worlds, how can they not be nervous to meet these people at this moment.

Of course, there are different degrees of nervousness, some people just feel uncomfortable, the more serious ones are dry mouth, and the most serious ones are not even able to walk steadily.

It's certainly funny, but it's also very real.

Fortunately, people can regulate themselves, and after these women comfort and encourage each other, they finally return to normal on the surface.

Soon everyone was led outside the Tongxin Palace, and at this time, the princess Baochai in the hall was painting quietly with a pen.

"Princess Qiyu, everyone has arrived, just waiting outside the palace!"

"Hmm...... Please enter the main hall! ”

"Yes!"

After giving these instructions, Baochai put down the pen and picked up the painting, which depicted the situation of the family banquet two days ago.

Hearing the movement in the main hall outside, she put the paper back on the table and walked out.

Today, she is dressed more elegantly and looks relatively approachable.

On the side of the main hall, although the women had already stood still, most of them were still a little panicked, so that beads of sweat appeared on their foreheads.

Regardless of anything else, the wealth and nobility in the palace alone made them look so shabby that they didn't even have the courage to look up.

"The princess has arrived!"

Hearing the girl's shouting, everyone present worshipped.

"Get up, don't be restrained!" Baochai's voice was extraordinarily gentle.

At this time, everyone got up one after another, but they still didn't dare to look at Baochai more.

After sitting down, Baochai spoke again: "You all raise your heads, come to you today to talk, what's the matter with your heads down, I don't know...... I thought my princess was going to eat people! ”

With Baochai's words, everyone present raised their heads slightly, and then looked at Baochai with a light smile.

It turns out that the princess is so kind and kind...... At this time, everyone agreed on the same idea.

By this time, their mentality gradually calmed down, and then Baochai motioned for them to sit down.

At this moment, everyone became nervous again, just because this courtesy was too much.

But under Baochai's strong request, everyone had to sit down extremely nervously, and then listen to Baochai say something of concern.

From firewood, rice, oil and salt to the old and young, Baochai asked about all aspects, which made everyone present deeply feel the care of the palace.

Among them, the most courteous to Baochai is Wang Pei'an's wife Xu.

"You are from other places, and you have to fill in everything you want, and the officials in Beijing are thin...... Your family is so much harder than they are! ”

"Thank you Niangniang for remembering, the courtier's family has the palace to take care of, and now life is excellent!"

Wang Xu said eloquently: "Last year, we Chinese New Year's Eve the thirty taels of silver rewarded by the royal palace, and now we still have a balance, and our family still has the ...... of the imperial court."

"On Chinese New Year's Eve, the royal mansion rewarded you with thirty taels?" Baochai asked suddenly.

She is very sensitive to numbers, and gave Wang Pei'an's family a reward of one hundred taels, which is something she specially ordered.

"yes...... In the past few months, the palace has rewarded a lot, and the courtier's family is not only much richer, but even has a surplus! Wang Xu smiled sincerely and gratefully.

followed Wang Pei'an to be an official everywhere, and she has not had a comfortable day in the past ten years.

She thought that the high prices in the capital would make it more difficult, and when she first came, she also asked the neighbors to see if she could find some laundry and sewing work to supplement the family, and she has been like this all these years.

After settling down, there are rewards for the New Year's holidays in the palace, not only can you eat and drink without worry, but you can also make new clothes, which is much better than before.

"You guys are doing well, and the prince and I will be relieved!" Baochai smiled.

Next, she chatted with everyone for a while before they said goodbye and left.

At the time of parting, Baochai ordered each person to give two pieces of brocade cloth, so that everyone was grateful to Dade again.

After these people left, Baochai asked Ying'er: "Send someone to the treasury to check the accounts, and the reward given to Wang Changshi's family that day is not one hundred taels!" ”

"Yes!"

Baochai has always understood the messy things in the house, and he also has the idea of rectification.

But because she had not been canonized before, and it was the New Year later, she temporarily suppressed the idea of rectifying the family style, after all, this important season is still based on harmony.

However, today's incident made Baochai have a seizure.

Now that the Shangyuan Festival has passed, it is logical to rectify this stall in the house.

About ten minutes later, a maid came to report that the treasury records were indeed in addition to the corresponding silver taels.

At this point, Baochai could expect that the silver in the treasury would only be more, and there was no possibility of a few taels less.

In other words, the one hundred taels of silver rewarded to Wang Pei'an went out of the treasury, but he only received thirty taels, and the remaining seventy taels were missing.

Holding up the teacup, Baochai said slowly: "Order someone to bring the minions who received the silver taels that day and distributed the silver taels to the outside of the hall!" ”

"Yes!" Ying'er replied.

After following Baochai for so long, of course she knows her own girl very well, and now this situation is calm on the surface, but in fact, she is already angry.

These things naturally did not stop Ying'er to do it herself, she passed the word to the maid on duty in the palace, who would directly pass it on to the eunuch on duty outside the palace, and then pass it on to Deng An, who was in charge of this matter, and then Deng An held the person in charge of this matter accountable.

A royal palace involves hundreds of eunuchs and maids, and the procedure for doing things is so complicated.

Unfortunately, Deng An was not in the house today, but was ordered to go to the Zhuangzi below to inspect.

In addition to being in charge of affairs in the palace, now Deng An and Zhang Ping'an are both responsible for inspections.

Of course, it's not that Deng An can't do it if he doesn't have anything to do, after all, there are still a few eunuchs in charge under him.

But what is even more unfortunate is that Chen Chong, who is in charge of this matter, is not there.

In the end, Ding Liping, the overseer of the sprinkle sweep, received the order, and ordered someone to find Chen Chong back, and at the same time screened out the eunuchs who distributed the silver that day.

A total of six people in charge of this matter were taken outside the Tongxin Hall less than two moments after Baochai gave the order.

Several people knelt in place, not knowing what was happening, and waited for a while before a female official walked out.

When the visitor approached, someone asked, "Aunt Dong, but I don't know why the slaves are coming?" ”

This person is Dong Fang, one of the four female officials in the palace, and the little eunuchs in the palace call her Aunt Dong.

"The silver reward on Chinese New Year's Eve was distributed by a few of you?"

Several of the little eunuchs looked at each other, and one of them replied, "Aunt Hui, exactly!" ”

Dong Fang snorted coldly, and then asked, "Who transferred the reward for Wang Changshi?" ”

Hearing this, several little eunuchs all looked tight, and then they all looked at the second eunuch on the left, which was the silver tael that this person gave to Wang Pei'an.

"Aunt Hui, it was sent by a slave!"

"How much was sent?"

"One hundred taels!"

"Really? But Mrs. Wang Changshi said that they only received thirty taels! Dong Fang's tone became stern.

(End of chapter)