Zhu Jinghong thought it was a big deal, but he was shocked by this.

It is not very common for Shanglin Yuan to hunt, there will be a hunt every two to three years, and the specifications will be very high.

Imperial clansmen, nobles from Beijing, and envoys from the various vassal ministries and alliances were invited to participate in this event, including the emperor himself.

The last time I went to Lin Yuan to hunt was orthodox for nine years, three years have passed since then, and that time Zhu Jinghong was out of the limelight.

"Fourth brother, this little thing, I understand......" Zhu Jinghong said with a smile.

Zhu Jingyuan breathed a sigh of relief, and then taught Zhu Jinghong a little more, and then the two went separately.

Zhu Jinghong went to Shanglin Yuan, but he didn't know that Baochai at this moment had been summoned into the East Palace by Yuan Chun.

The reason why Yuan Chun summoned Baochai was also because of the business of Xiangwangfu, and as the eldest sister-in-law, she always had to "take care".

However, Baochai didn't know Yuanchun's purpose, so he made preparations in all aspects, so that he could deal with it properly.

At this moment, the two of them were wandering around the back garden of the East Palace, telling some interesting stories about the fate of the women.

Then naturally, Yuan Chun asked about the Xiangwang Mansion sending Xue Pan to Ningguo Mansion to hang himself.

"There are so many people in the palace, and the chief historian is not available...... Can you also send some eunuchs, why do you want to let Brother Pan go, he is surnamed Xue after all! ”

Following behind Yuan Chun, Baochai replied respectfully: "Back to the crown princess, because something happened in the palace in recent days, the eunuchs deceived me for being inexperienced, and I was greedy for ink and silver, and the prince and I are rectifying...... How can they go to Ningguo Mansion! ”

"The eunuchs are not empty, but the chief historian also has something?" Yuan Chun asked with a smile.

Although she was laughing, it couldn't change the moment, she was questioning the essence of Baochai.

This matter is asked to this point, Baochai really can't answer anymore, and it is pointless to lie at this time.

Without waiting for Baochai to reply, Yuan Chun turned around and said, "The thirteenth brother has a straightforward personality, I'm afraid this is what he meant!" ”

"I know his grievances with Jia Zhen, it seems that he is still unhappy, so he arranged it like this!"

Whether this is actually the case or not, Baochai knows best in her heart, but since Yuan Chun has said so, of course she will not make more excuses.

"He's such a man, and I've advised him...... It's a pity ......"

"The thirteenth brother is straightforward, but he is better than some people, so there is no need to mention this matter again!" Yuan Chun's smile became more and more kind.

The two changed the topic and walked forward for a while, when Yuan Chun suddenly asked, "I heard that you sent someone again to take the silver to do business?" ”

It was impossible to hide this matter, so Baochai replied: "No, this is his idea again!" ”

"I told him that although the palace is short of silver, it can be lived as long as it is simpler, but he said that in addition to throttling, it must also be open source!"

"I threw out 100,000 taels of silver in one go, and I was almost killed for this matter!"

"Tell me...... How difficult it is to save that silver, I worked hard to save some silver, and he poured it all out in one breath, and this day is really unbearable! ”

Although Baochai said that it was Zhu Jinghong's handwriting, it was extremely obvious that she was the most "greedy for money" person.

And this is also to consolidate her "greedy for money" character, making people think that she is just a little smart.

In this way, she and her husband are stupid and greedy, so they are not a threat to the two brothers-in-law, and they can do their own big things safely.

"I heard that King Rui's family borrowed 10,000 yuan from you, and now that you are being made by the thirteenth brother, I am afraid that the treasury is about to be empty!" Yuan Chun asked with a worried face.

"Alas...... I don't know how to pay back the silver borrowed by my sixth sister-in-law! ”

Baochai can guarantee that she really felt what she said, and she didn't want to sell miserably to Yuan Chun.

I only heard Yuan Chun say: "This girl, since she is a princess, she has to take up the princess's system, she should persuade and persuade what she should say, and she can't always let the thirteenth brother Hu Lai!" ”

"Now that there is still some money left in the East Palace, you can take 30,000 taels of silver first, one will return the silver of the old six families, and the other will be better for yourself!"

There are not too many places to spend money in the East Palace, and the economic situation is better than that of the Rui Palace, so it is not a big problem to come up with 30,000 taels of silver.

Of course, Yuan Chun could have come up with more, but she felt that instead of doing the whole favor, it was better to do it in several times.

"This ...... How embarrassing is this! Baochai behaved extremely cramped, as if she was really embarrassed.

"What's so embarrassing about sisters helping each other?"

Yuan Chun stopped again and asked rhetorically: "Could it be that you can take Chen Zhi's money from an outsider, but you can't get my cousin's money?" ”

You always have a way to make me have to take the money and leave...... Baochai laughed secretly in his heart.

"But this ......"

"Okay, don't die to save face and suffer crimes, our sisterhood is stronger than gold, what is a little silver?"

"That'...... Thank you Sister Yuanchun! Baochai thanked him very solemnly.

Here she calls Yuanchun "sister", which somewhat expresses the meaning of closeness.

After taking the silver, Yuan Chun seemed to be more confident, and then he taught her a lesson.

Baochai, of course, should be one by one, after having lunch in the East Palace, she went back to the house with 30,000 taels of silver.

When the sun was about to set, Zhu Jinghong came back from Shanglin Yuan, and he was sweating from playing polo with the dragon guards.

There is also a polo tournament this year, but Zhu Jinghong will not play to fight, so he can only play with the guards.

When he entered the hall, he saw ten boxes, and when he opened them, he saw that they were all filled with silver, which made Zhu Jinghong instantly change color.

He only had to make a rough estimate and knew that there were about 30,000 taels, which was by no means a small amount.

"Where did the money come from?" Zhu Jinghong asked in a deep voice.

The eunuch on duty in the palace immediately replied: "Return to the prince...... It was brought back by the princess! ”

"Huh?" Zhu Jinghong instantly had a bad idea.

Could it be that Baochai was really reluctant to give up the silver, and ordered someone to bring back the silver out of the warehouse?

"This mother-in-law really has long hair and short knowledge, it's just a big deal for me......"

When Zhu Jinghong was muttering, a voice came from the side hall: "Which mother-in-law has long hair and short knowledge?" Who spoiled the prince's big thing? ”

Zhu Jinghong followed the voice and looked over, only to see Baochai walking out of the side hall, with a somewhat dissatisfied expression.

"Where did this money come from?" Zhu Jinghong asked with a calm face.

"The crown princess called me over in the morning, and when she saw that we were pitiful, she borrowed me 30,000 taels of silver!"

Walking to Zhu Jinghong's side, Baochai asked while arranging his sleeves for him: "The prince hasn't told the concubine yet, who broke your big thing!" ”

"Princess...... It's all a misunderstanding! ”

Baochai glanced at him, and he didn't mean to delve into it, and then said: "For these 30,000 taels of silver, the crown princess asked us to take out 10,000 taels and return the money from the Rui Wangfu!" ”

"What's the hurry to pay back!" Zhu Jinghong sat on the chair and took the tea handed by the eunuch.

"You don't really want to pay it back, do you?" Baochai was still a little surprised, her education since childhood told her that this was wrong.

"No one wants it, so why should we pay it back!"

Baochai didn't say anything more about it, because she was actually reluctant to pay back the money in her heart.

Sitting next to Zhu Jinghong, Baochai said slowly: "The crown princess also asked about condolences to Ning Guofu, and I told her......"

The husband and wife spoke and listened to each other, and the scene was harmonious and peaceful, but someone listened and listened, and got into Baochai's arms.

"Oops...... You stinky sweat, hurry up and bathe and change your clothes! ”

Baochai exclaimed in disgust, tried his best to push Zhu Jinghong away, and then covered his mouth and left.

…………

In the twelfth year of orthodoxy, the twenty-second day of the first month.

Zhu Jinghong got up early in the morning, changed into his robe under the service of the eunuchs, and today was a hunting, so he was dressed very smartly.

In the palace grounds, his outfit was ready, with bows and arrows and swords placed on either side of the saddle.

He is cleaning up, and Baochai on the other side is also cleaning up, and today she is going to the palace to greet the queen.

Normally, as a daughter-in-law, she should go every day, but because the queen likes to be clean, she is exempted from this rule, and Baochai usually enters the palace once every three or five days.

"Sister Bao, Brother Thirteen has cleaned up over there!"

When Baochai stood in front of the mirror and looked at herself, Yang Jingting's voice made her turn around, but she saw that she had also changed into a dress as a side concubine.

That's right, in most cases, Yang Jingting entered the palace with Baochai, and she was the queen's niece, so she naturally wanted to ask An to visit.

"Good...... Let's go! Baochai smiled lightly.

The two came to Yin'an Hall together, and at this time Zhu Jinghong was standing in the courtyard, personally adjusting the tightness of the bracers.

"It's finally here...... Let's go, you're going to be late! Zhu Jinghong's tone was dissatisfied.

Baochai didn't pay attention to it, but said to Yang Jingting on the side: "Look at him...... I didn't care about doing anything else, but I was very active in hunting, riding and shooting! ”

However, Yang Jingting did not agree with this, in her heart, Zhu Jinghong will always be her beloved thirteenth brother.

"Let's go...... The carriage has been waiting for a while! ”

Zhu Jinghong is indeed very positive, after all, he can fill the cup again today.

The three of them got into a carriage and rushed all the way in the direction of the imperial city.

At the same time, King Rui and his family were also rushing to the palace by car, but Zhu Jingyuan's expression was a little solemn at this time.

Growing up under the influence of poetry and books, Zhu Jingyuan was not very interested in martial arts, and he was even more reluctant to hunt, so he didn't like to participate.

In his opinion, the important thing to be an emperor is to strategize, not to fight like a reckless man.

Of course, he could only think about these words, and he would never dare to show them in front of his father.

"The prince gave the old thirteen tens of thousands of taels of silver, do you know about this?"

"Yes!"

"They are generous, and they are 30,000 ...... as soon as they make a move."

Seeing that Zhu Jingyuan didn't talk, Chen Zhi frowned and said, "I just don't know...... When will the thirteen families pay us back, they will spend too much! ”

At this time, Zhu Jingyuan finally spoke: "A person like the thirteenth brother, it is simply wishful thinking to expect him to have a calculation to save the silver!" ”

Speaking of which, Zhu Jingyuan said with emotion: "Just think of it as a water, just 10,000 taels of silver!" ”

Chen Zhi said with an unhappy face: "That's it? You are generous, say don't don't don't, a few days ago I learned that I borrowed silver, who is the one who got angry and dropped things? ”

Zhu Jingyuan didn't want to fight with her, so he turned his head to the side and thought about the affairs of the court at the same time.

Last year, the biggest thing in the imperial court was to clear the Tianfu, and this year it is to be fully implemented in Jinling, which is an opportunity for him.

He has received rumors that in order to ensure the steady progress of the Qingzhang, the imperial court will adjust the local officials in Jinling.

From the county government to the government office, and even the three divisions and the imperial history yamen, the imperial court will readjust the appointment of officials, which is an opportunity for him.

Over the years, there have been a lot of people outside the Jixian Pavilion, but it is still too slow for Zhu Jingyuan, so he wants to seize this opportunity for his subordinates.

On the one hand, it can allow followers to quickly get into real positions, and on the other hand, they can make meritorious contributions with the help of Qingzhang's affairs, and they will be promoted at a faster speed.

It's just that Zhu Jingyuan still needs to think carefully about how to operate.

In addition to befriending Zhao Yushan, it is also necessary to get the support of the old father, which is a more troublesome matter.

"I don't know if the fourth child will take the opportunity to install people!" Zhu Jingyuan thought secretly.

Liang Qian, who is now the governor of Jinling, has been regarded by Zhu Jingyuan as the prince's person, so he thinks that if the prince arranges someone to go again, he will definitely get more "care" from Liang Qian.

Compared with these big things, tens of thousands of taels of silver are small things, and of course Zhu Jingyuan doesn't care.

Besides, Zhu Jinghong's side, he was the first to arrive at the palace gate, and when he got out of the car, he led Baochai and the others into the palace, and when they came to the Qianqing Gate, they divided into two ways.

Baochai and the others went to Kunning Palace, and he went to Qianqingmen.

At this moment, in the Qianqing Palace, Zhu Xianming has changed into ochre yellow trolling, and he has also put on a cover armor outside, and the armor is embroidered with various exquisite dragon patterns and auspicious clouds, which looks both majestic and noble.

"Your Majesty, His Royal Highness King Xiang asks to see you!"

"Hmm!"

This "um" made the eunuch who made the announcement very uncomfortable, and he didn't understand whether he saw it or not, and he had to go back to pass the word.

Fortunately, Zhu Jinghong never embarrassed people, and he didn't wait for ten seconds outside, and he rushed into the dormitory with interest.

"Dad, you're not okay...... Outside, the generals and envoys have arrived! ”

Zhu Xianming turned around, waved away the eunuchs serving on the left and right, and then sat down on the chair slowly.

Staring at Zhu Jinghong for a few seconds, Zhu Xianming spoke: "Old thirteen...... Are you waiting for me to say hello to you! ”

"The son knocks to see his father!" Zhu Jinghong hurriedly saluted.

Of course, he knew how to salute, but he never paid attention to these rules, and the main thing was a father-son relationship.

"Dad, when are you leaving?" Zhu Jinghong asked again.

Ignoring this question, Zhu Xianming asked slowly, "...... you borrowed tens of thousands of taels of silver from the fourth child? ”

"This ...... The fourth brother gave silver, I don't know how much, it's all the princess in charge! Zhu Jinghong replied very frankly.

After sneering twice, Zhu Xianming said with a serious expression: "Even if you take out 100,000 taels, you really don't have any money in your house?" Isn't it nice to pass it on if someone else gives it? ”

"You don't want to be embarrassed, I still want to be embarrassed!"

"Yes!"

Zhu Jinghong is listening to the training here, and Baochai is no better when he arrives at Kunning Palace.

The queen saw her in the flower hall, and when she opened her mouth, she also asked about borrowing money.

"All the mistakes are the daughter-in-law's fault, and she failed to be a good housekeeper, which led to the clumsiness of the left and right now, and the ...... of advance and retreat"

Baochai knelt in front of the queen and admitted her mistake, and at this time, she admitted that the queen had something inconvenient to say.

"You're the princess...... Everything in the palace is under your control, and you have to calculate the food and clothing to usher in and send it, and you can't let the old thirteen Hu come to everything! ”

"Don't talk about anything else, what business does he know? As soon as you make a move, it's 100,000 taels, and if you can't persuade him, why don't you tell me? ”

Zhu Jinghong reported this matter to the emperor, but he deliberately didn't let the queen know, what he was afraid of was that the old lady would stop him.

"The lesson of the queen mother is that the daughter-in-law is willing to be punished!" Baochai replied with his head down.

She had been kneeling for a few minutes since she entered the temple to ask for peace, and her knees were already painful at this moment.

"These are the only ...... I don't say anything, but you have also borrowed money from the fourth and sixth children one after another, what kind of system is this? ”

Now there are rumors in the palace that Princess Xiang is worthy of being a "merchant", borrowing money and doing business, and she has not forgotten her old profession at all.

For this reason, the queen has secretly killed more than a dozen palace maids and eunuchs, in order to protect the face of her youngest son.

"You are a good boy, I know that this is the old thirteen Hulai, you help him hide it for his good, and even bear the infamy together......"

"But you think...... Is this really for his good? ”

Sighing, Yang Qingyin said earnestly: "You won't know the story of Le Yangzi's wife, you have to use her as an example to persuade your husband, instead of blindly protecting and obeying ......."

Coincidentally, the story of this Le Yangzi wife is the source of the allusion of "Shutdown Virtue".

(End of chapter)