The eldest son of the red mansion

Chapter 471 The Dowry
Seeing that Jiamu agreed, Shi Nai felt relieved, and now sending Shi Xiangyun to the Rongguo Mansion, although it was intended to be a hostage, but it was more like throwing a burden to the Rongguo Mansion, this is Xiangyun, It's not a good stubble, although she was strong in the Bowling Marquis's mansion, her aunt was not too late to arrange the work for Shi Xiangyun, but she was also eloquent, and she was speechless several times.

Now that Shi Xiangyun has arrived at the Rongguo Mansion, they can handle this matter by themselves. Anyway, Shi Xiangyun is already a member of the Rongguo Mansion, let alone a few years, even if they consummate the house now, it will be fine.

When they were talking there, Jia Lian sat aside and looked at Shi Nai's eyes with envy, needless to say.

Shi Nai and their Jia family have not been in touch for many years, and now they just came back and begged the old lady to get the fat job of the magistrate of Yangzhou, but he can only do odd jobs for others in the Rongguo mansion, how can this person be so much worse than others Woolen cloth?
So Jia Lian moved his mind, thinking how to beg the old lady to find him an official, otherwise he would be useless after doing these chores at home every day.

However, this matter is a bit difficult to handle. Ever since Aunt Zhang’s accident happened, the relationship between my elder brother Jia Ke and him has become somewhat weak. Over the years, the relationship has only been superficial, and there has been no in-depth relationship again. I don’t know. Can you help me with this.

Not to mention that Jia Lian was there, complaining and sighing to herself, and Jia Mu sat on the top and looked at Shi Nai and said with emotion: "Since your father passed away in our historian, no one has come out to be an official. You go this time. But you have to work hard and don't embarrass your eldest brother. Otherwise, he won't be able to speak for you again in the future."

Shi Nai nodded and knew what Jia Mu said was true. This time he was in Yangzhou. If he did not do well, no matter how powerful Jia Ke was, he could only be transferred to another place. Otherwise, the public opinion in the world would be against Jia Ke. It is very disadvantageous.

Although Shi Nai wanted to go to Yangzhou to make a fortune, but he also had some ambitions.Thinking about going to Yangzhou this time and making some achievements, I can gain a foothold in the court in the future.I think back then their historians were from officials to Taiwei, so it's not like they are nesting in the Hou's mansion and no one pays attention to them now.

"I've written down everything the old lady said. This time, I will be loyal to the king and won't embarrass my elder brother."

"You know what's in your heart, so I can rest assured. You have to write another post about Xiangyun, or I won't be able to handle it when the time comes."

Mother Jia was still thinking that she would send Xiangyun to Rongguo Mansion, so she would have to settle the matter. After all, she would not be Xiangyun's direct elder by then, and would not have the right to handle Shi Xiangyun's marriage. If Shi Nai had a document Now, she is good at handling things.

After hearing this, Shi Nai knew that Mother Jia meant that she was afraid that without a document, a lady like Shi Xiangyun would marry someone else as a concubine, making people think that the Rongguo Mansion was forced.

"What the old lady said was that I was negligent. I will write down the document after I go back. When the time comes, we will keep a record in the government. It will be regarded as a certificate. In this way, Xiangyun will be nothing if he is in the Rongguo Mansion. "

Jia's mother smiled now, and said, "I don't worry about these things, but after all, it is related to the reputation of my eldest brother. I still have to ask."

Only now did Jia Zhu and Jia Lian, who were standing beside him, understand Shi Nai's purpose for Dao Rongguo Mansion this time.Shi Nai is going to send Shi Xiangyun to Rongguo Mansion to live permanently, and it seems that he will consummate the house for Jia Ke after a while.

After seeing Jia Mu, Shi Nai said some homely things to Jia Mu, and then he left, planning to visit Jia Zheng and Jia Ke at Rongguo Mansion in a few days, and send Shi Xiangyun along.

Mother Jia didn't keep him either. After all, he was about to go to other places to take up his post, and he was very busy at home.

After Shi Nai returned to Bowlinghou's Mansion, Mrs. Zhang was already waiting for him in the lobby.

"Master, how is it? What did Auntie say this time?" Mrs. Zhang began to be affectionate with Jia's mother now.

"What else can I say? Auntie naturally told us to be loyal to the king when we go to the office. At the same time, we must take a careful inventory of the money and food warehouses during the handover, and don't let someone else take over the tank if something goes wrong." Shi Nai He didn't hide it either, and told Mrs. Zhang what Jia's mother had told him.

"It's still my aunt, if it was someone else, who would say these things to you." Zhang said happily.

"I will write a marriage letter in a while, and you send someone to Rongguo Mansion for their masters to read, and then file a case with the government. I will send Xiangyun to Rongguo Mansion in a few days, and then we can go on the road."

Shi Nai began to explain what had happened in the past few days. To be honest, Shi Nai's thoughts had already flown to Yangzhou, and he didn't want to stay in the capital for a moment. He wished he could leave immediately.

Mrs. Zhang also had the same thoughts, and she had long wanted to enjoy the life of an official's wife who was surrounded by front and rear and constantly complimented.

Mrs. Zhang promised and went to the back house with a smile. She wanted to tell Shi Xiangyun the news immediately so that she could also make preparations. After all, she would live in Rongguo Mansion permanently. She prepares something.

Those things were left by Shi Xiangyun's parents in the past, a large part of which was Shi Xiangyun's mother's dowry, and some antique calligraphy and paintings left by her father.As for the money, it naturally belongs to the Bowling Marquis.

Mrs. Zhang wanted to go back to her room and took out a wooden box from the bottom of the box. There was a list in the box, which was the list of Shi Xiangyun's mother's dowry.

All the things on this list were properly put in the warehouse by her, and she was afraid that Chi Xiangyun would not be right when she got married, and people would leave something to talk about.

Mrs. Zhang took the list and ordered her personal maid to get the keys from the housekeeper, and then went to the warehouse to check things.

Mrs. Zhang took four or five maids and mother-in-law to a remote warehouse, where the steward was already waiting there.

"Ma'am, I've been waiting here for a long time. Ma'am is going into the storeroom. Maybe she's looking for something." The steward asked a little anxiously, because Mrs. Zhang had never been in the storeroom before, did she discover something when she came here this time? .

"It's nothing. Let me open the No. [-] warehouse. I want to go in and count Xiangyun's mother's dowry, but there is no shortage." Zhang didn't think about anything else and directly expressed his intentions to the steward.

As soon as the steward heard this, his forehead started to throb.He didn't care if it was something else, but he secretly sold a lot of Shi Xiangyun's mother's dowry.Originally, he didn't want to do this kind of thing, but there is no one in charge of the warehouse, who doesn't like the things in the warehouse.

The housekeeper thought that Shi Xiangyun's mother's things had been stored for a long time, and Madam might not think about them, but she didn't expect to have to count them now.

After thinking about it, the butler felt that it was better for him to admit it, otherwise Mrs. Zhang would find out after a while, and I'm afraid there would be no good fruit to eat.

The butler thought of this, and immediately knelt down in front of Mrs. Zhang with a plop, kowtowing like garlic.

Mrs. Zhang was taken aback by his appearance. What's wrong with this housekeeper, I didn't notice it before.

"What's the matter with you, if you have anything to say, just tell me, you have been in our house for a few lifetimes, what else can I do to you?" Mrs. Zhang took a few steps back, and the mother-in-law beside him had already arrived at Mrs. Zhang. Before kissing, separate her from this housekeeper.

"Ma'am, I was deceived by lard and became greedy. I sold many of those things." The housekeeper knelt in front of Mrs. Zhang, sobbing, and told Mrs. Zhang exactly what had happened. said.

It turned out that the past few years in Baolinghou's mansion had been relatively difficult, and he had no money as a housekeeper.Just because of this, the butler had a different intention, wanting to make a fortune in the Bowling Hou's mansion, and then return to the countryside to become a local rich man.

Mrs. Zhang was so angry that she almost fainted after hearing the steward's words.She has trusted this steward all these years. She also saw that their family had been the servant of Bowling Marquis for several lifetimes, and thought that he was loyal and reliable, but she didn't know that something happened in the end.

Mrs. Zhang didn't care about anything else at this time, she was an annoyance to the women next to her.Immediately, someone rushed out, and came in with a few servants after a while.

Mrs. Zhang ordered, "Tie this slave who betrayed the master to me. I will settle accounts with you after I come out of the vault in a while."

After Mrs. Zhang finished speaking, he ordered people to find the key from him and opened the warehouse.They came to the vicinity of Shi Xiangyun's mother's dowry in two steps in three steps.

I saw that these things were neat and tidy on the surface, without any damage, but after hearing what the housekeeper said just now, I knew that he might have almost thrown them away.

Mrs. Zhang waved her hand from behind, and several housekeepers immediately stepped forward and started counting according to the list given by Mrs. Zhang.

Shi Xiangyun's mother's dowry was not very large, and it only took an hour to count it.

A housekeeper came to Mrs. Zhang and said tremblingly, "Madam, we have already counted everything."

"How? How many things are short?"

"If you go back to Madam, more than half of the items on the list are gone, and most of them are gold and silver jewelry that are easy to get rid of." No matter what the mother-in-law finished speaking, she sent another list that had been counted to Zhang's. before.

Mrs. Zhang snatched this list right away, and then brought over the previous dowry list, and compared them carefully, otherwise it would be the same as what the housekeeper said, and more than half of the items were missing.

Mrs. Zhang's eyes were red with anger, these things were even when the Bowling Marquis Mansion was in trouble, she did not touch them.I just wanted to leave these things for Shi Xiangyun, and let the world see when she gets married in the future, her aunt did not treat her niece badly.

Mrs. Zhang came to the courtyard, looked at the housekeeper and said, "You dog slave, even I dare not touch Xiangyun's dowry. How dare you steal it and sell it? Your life seems to be in jeopardy." long."

After Mrs. Zhang finished speaking, she immediately ordered her personal nurse, "You take someone to search his house for me, and send all the things to my yard after the inventory is finished."

The housekeeper lowered her head and promised to leave.

"Wait a minute." Mrs. Zhang stopped the housekeeper.

The housekeeper hurriedly backed away, then bowed her body and listened to Mrs. Zhang's orders.

"Listen to me, if you ransack the house this time, if there is anything missing, you will die with the housekeeper." Mrs. Zhang said fiercely.

The housekeeper was terrified by Mrs. Zhang's appearance. After hearing what she said, she immediately knelt on the ground and said, "Madam, don't worry, even if this old servant is very courageous, he won't dare to touch the things inside."

Mrs. Zhang stared fiercely at the housekeeper for a while before letting her go.

(End of this chapter)