The Second Master of the Red Chamber

Chapter 129
Jia Zheng personally led a group of servants to send Jia Lian's rewards to Jia's mother's courtyard.

No wonder Jia Zheng made a big fuss. Although the Rongguo Mansion received some palace rewards every year, they were all distributed by the Ministry of Internal Affairs according to the sect, and had no direct relationship with the emperor.

Moreover, the reason why the emperor personally rewarded Jia Lian with these things was because of military merit, military merit!
Jia Mansion, it has been many years, and I have not heard this word...

"Old lady, please see, these things were sent back by Lian'er, saying that the emperor rewarded him for his meritorious service at the border last year."

Jia Zheng asked the servants to stand in two rows, the ones in front were holding gold and silver ingots and Lu Ruyi, and the ones in the back were holding high-quality palace brocades.

Supported by two girls, Jia Mu came down the steps and took a look slowly.

The gold and silver ingots are all small silver ingots, each of which weighs two or two, and Jiamu can tell at a glance that they are indeed the exclusive samples of the inner court.

A plate of gold and silver were stacked neatly, fully occupying two wooden cases.

There is also a small and delicate green ruyi...

Mother Jia looked at them one by one, and then glanced at the twelve exquisite palace brocades held by the three servants behind her. For a moment, she felt that the scene in front of her was somewhat familiar.

She remembered that when the Duke was leading the army abroad, the old emperor always gave him something like this in order to reward him for his achievements...

Jia Zheng said again: "The emperor also gave five royal horses, and now they are all taken to the stables in the south courtyard, and they are being raised properly."

"Okay, okay..." Mother Jia came back to her senses, said hello a few times, and asked where Jia Lian had gone.

"Today is the Lantern Festival, he needs to go to the yamen to coordinate affairs, so he doesn't take a rest." Jia Zheng replied.

Mother Jia sighed, probably this was the reason why Jia Amnesty, Jia Zhen and the others didn't want to be officials outside. Well, they couldn't even spend the Lantern Festival peacefully, and had to go to the yamen to be busy.

It also reminds me of what happened yesterday.

Fortunately, she was worried yesterday that Jia Lian was young and reckless, offending the nobles in the palace.If the emperor is angry, not only will the official fail, but also disaster will come.

Who knew that when he turned his head, he sent back the emperor's reward and showed it to her.

As if telling her clearly how unnecessary her worries yesterday were...

That's right, it's better to leave it to their men to decide the outside affairs.Mother Jia herself couldn't help but be thankful that she didn't openly agree to Madam Xiangyang Hou's plea yesterday, otherwise, she might not be able to hide her face today.

Last night, she just pretended to ask Jia Lian casually, and realized that Jia Lian had already made up her mind, so she didn't bother.

Jia's mother even decided that from now on, she would no longer treat Jia Lian as a young junior, just like she did to Jia Zheng, and let them make their own decisions regardless of his outside official affairs.

If she still can't see that Jia Lian is very important to the emperor, she will live to be more than 70 years old in vain.

Similarly, the ones who can see this are Aunt Xue next to her and the wives in each room!
The emperor's reward is always the meaning behind it, which is greater than the actual reward.

Therefore, at this time, everyone around was scrambling to congratulate Jia's mother, and the kind words that spread all over the sky seemed to be poured out without money.

Many of them were directed towards Wang Xifeng.

At this time, this grandson's daughter-in-law, who was usually well-faced, was like a country woman who had never seen the world. She couldn't move in front of those imperial gifts, and her eyes were full of greed.

These are all unconscionable earned back!
Originally thought that the ginseng he got back last time was worth enough, but seeing that he didn't know how to feel distressed, he threw it out, as if cutting her flesh!
In the past, except for the dowry she brought, she had been the home of the Rongguo Mansion for several years, and it was not an exaggeration to use all the organs to calculate it every day.With such hard work, in the past three or four years, I have only earned a few thousand taels of extra money...

But without conscience, this reward alone is worth thousands of taels of silver!
Sure enough, it is much easier for men to make money than women, even if she is in charge of the Duke's mansion.

Wang Xifeng even vaguely guessed that Jia Lian must have saved a lot of private money... probably in his study, or in the hands of the two foreign women he brought back.

Wang Xifeng wanted to give it to Jia Lian for a long time, but he didn't find a suitable opportunity.

Now it seems that there is no need, she vaguely feels that from now on, she no longer has to worry about money.Unconscionable, eat a lot!

The women didn't feel ridiculed at Wang Xifeng's appearance at all, they only had eyes full of envy.

For any woman, when she sees other people's husbands having such great wealth to send home, her heart can't stop trembling. She wishes her own man could do the same tomorrow, making herself the same as the person in front of her. , the scenery is infinite once again.

Mother Jia asked everyone to live with her eyes, and then she said to Jia Zheng and the others: "I always tell you that a family can only prosper if the men's family is doing business outside.

You used to be alone, but now you are all right, with Lian'er helping you, you must be able to relax a bit. "

"The old lady said so."

Jia Zheng nodded honestly, and it was obvious that he was quite happy.

Jia's mother nodded secretly when she saw it. That's fine. As long as Jia Zheng and Jia Lian's uncle and nephew are in harmony, the family will not be in chaos.

So he said to Wang Xifeng again: "Okay, girl Feng, let your people take all these things down and store them properly. This is the wealth that Lian Er of your family fought for with his life!"

Wang Xifeng nodded hurriedly, she couldn't wait to take these things away, it seemed that if people looked at them more, they might snatch them from her.

So he personally took the fragile Lu Ruyi, called Ping'er, Feng'er and other maids, and moved all the things to his house.

Arriving at the house vigorously, and chasing away Qingwen who came up to touch and chatter, Wang Xifeng felt a little embarrassed.

Although her bedroom was not as big as Jiamu's, it was quite large, with four or five standing cabinets, an unknown number of boxes, and a rather spacious compartment.

But now, she actually didn't know how to place these newly acquired good things.

If in the past, she couldn't imagine that she still had this trouble, she wished that all the good things would be her own, so that she could fill her own room.

It was so easy for Heping'er to discuss, move and put things away properly, and she was so tired that she collapsed on the bed and lay down.

Suddenly looking sideways at Ping'er, he asked, "Miss Ping, tell me, why is your second master suddenly so powerful?"

Ping'er smiled. In the past two years, Wang Xifeng has asked similar questions many times.

Wang Xifeng didn't care if she didn't get a reply from Ping'er. She pointed her fingers and started counting from Jia Lian's first visit to Yangzhou, when she brought her a hairpin phoenix and a bunch of worthless gifts. something to send home.

Now it's even more amazing, and I started to bring her things back from the hands of the emperor Lao Tzu!

In the past, the dowry she brought accounted for the largest proportion of the family's property. If it continued like this, it would soon be gone.

The so-called economic base determines the superstructure. Although Sister Feng doesn't understand this, she naturally understands this truth. She suddenly realized the crisis in it.

"Miss Ping, you said that your second master is becoming more and more powerful now, and he has become a high official and received a reward from the emperor. Will he despise me in the future and don't want me?"

Ping'er just sat down beside Sister Feng, and was shocked when she heard Sister Feng talking nonsense on the couch: "Why did grandma say that?"

Wang Xifeng sat up and blushed a little and said: "Look at me, I have a rough personality and no literary talent. Your second master often talks about me, saying that I don't understand style, I... hmph, now that he is promising, it is inevitable that he doesn't like me enough. it is good!

I'm also a person who can't rub the sand in my eyes. If he dislikes me, I will definitely quarrel with him. At that time, I'm afraid he won't want me anymore. "

Ping'er was speechless when she heard what Sister Feng said.

Now that you know this, don't argue with him...

However, as Wang Xifeng's personal maid, she knew that Wang Xifeng's worry was not unreasonable.

"Second Mistress, Second Master is actually very good to you. As long as, as long as you don't quarrel with him in the future and follow him more, Second Master will always treat you well."

How did Ping'er know that Wang Xifeng was only worrying about gains and losses for a while, and when she heard her say that, she looked at her with a smile.

"Why do you follow him so much? He wants you, so I give you to him. Do you count as following him? He wants you to give him that. If you don't follow me, I force you to do it. Do you count as following him?" ?”

"Second Grandma~!" Ping'er stood up all of a sudden, staring at Sister Feng, the roots of her ears were red.

It's so bullying!

Seeing that Ping'er was about to run away, Wang Xifeng was even more proud, reached out to grab her, pulled her over, then leaned into her ear, and said with a smile: "To be honest, your second master gave us face like this today, we can't reward you he?

Otherwise, you can rely on him again..."

Ping'er got angry, shook off Sister Feng's groping hands, and reprimanded: "I want to obey you, but I won't."

When Wang Xifeng faced Jia Lian, he was very restrained, but when facing Ping'er, he might have an advantage in status, so he was very hateful.

She imitated Jia Lian's movements, hooked Ping'er's head over, and asked with a smile: "Is it true? I'm afraid it's a lie. Why did I eat with gusto when I watched you last time..."

When Ping'er was so ashamed by Sister Feng, Qingwen came in and said, "Second Mistress, Grandma You of Dongfu sent someone to invite Second Mistress to have a drink and watch a play. The old lady and the others are going too."

"understood."

Sister Feng let Ping'er go and got up to clean up.

Ping'er was also about to go back to the house and change clothes, when Qingwen came up to her and asked, "Sister Ping'er, what did you and Second Grandma talk about in the room just now, what delicious food?"

Ping'er glanced at her and remained silent.

(End of this chapter)