dream of red mansion

Chapter 817

"My lord, these people were selected by the empress herself. They are all innocent, smart and clever. If the lord doesn't accept them, the empress's servants will be hard to explain."

Xia Shouzhong was in a dilemma.

Baochai also said: "Let's keep them. After all, it's the queen's kindness. Besides, if there are no such things in the palace, it would be inappropriate."

Baochai walked to Jia Qing's side and gently tugged on Jia Qing's sleeve.

Jia Qing thought for a while, and said to Baochai, "In this case, you can pick ten of them and keep them by your side."

Baochai values ​​decency, and she will be in charge of the family in the future. Although she doesn't like it, it's not good to short her in this respect.Besides, Emperor Zhengqing gave Daiyu two maids before, but in order not to show off, Daiyu put them in the Lin residence to serve Aunt Zhong.

There is also Xingyue, she is served by a large number of court ladies and eunuchs, but she probably will not live in the palace, the huge princess mansion is enough for her to toss about.

Looking back at what Xia Shouzhong wanted to say, Jia Qing said bluntly: "Nowadays the palace is newly established, and everything is complicated. There is really no place to accommodate so many people. Mrs. Xia on the empress's side said it truthfully. to blame."

So Xia Shouzhong had no choice but to obey, and let the eunuchs and maids stand in a row for Baochai to select.

The little eunuchs were fine, although they also wanted to stay in the prosperous Fucheng Palace, but they still felt that there were more opportunities to shine in the palace (many yamen in the palace were run by eunuchs), so their thoughts were not very strong.

But those maids of honor were different.Most of them are young girls who have just begun to fall in love. Today, they just took a look at Jia Qing, and most of them were fascinated.

In addition, there are tens of thousands of maids in the palace. If there is no great fortune, it will be a lifetime of serving others.

Where is it like Fucheng Palace, which is newly promoted, and there were no maids before. Once they stay, won't their status be doubled in an instant?If he is favored by this young prince again, he will be favored, and he will be named a "beauty" or "Baolin" casually, then he will be a fourth or fifth rank.If she was favored again and made a concubine or side concubine, she would be considered a concubine, and her status would be in the first and second ranks!

Even in the imperial palace, there are not many concubines with such a high rank.

If only luck would be better.
Looking up and walking towards them slowly, the overwhelming and elegant princess, and the ambitious palace maids couldn't help suppressing their thoughts.

Right now, I still pray to be picked by the concubine.

I hope this concubine is not a jealous woman, some court ladies who are very confident in their looks think
Baochai looked at those bright eyes looking at her pitifully, and was not too moved.They are both women, and Baochai understands most of their thoughts.

But she doesn't care.

When they entered the Ningguo Mansion, they knew that their beauty was not enough to be a source of pride.

However, they had no chance.

Baochai quickly selected ten people, five court ladies and five eunuchs.They are all younger, but they are also the best born among them.

Naturally, with her wisdom, she wouldn't intentionally make people talk about her less attractive appearance, and it doesn't make much sense.There are too many good girls born in Ningguo Mansion.

But the younger ones are easier to teach, this is Baochai's consideration.

She also didn't want to take the initiative to recruit some goblins for herself.

As for the little eunuch, a good life should naturally be more pleasing to the eye.

"My lord, my concubine, I'm leaving now." Xia Shouzhong saw that most of the eunuchs and maids who were not selected showed remorse, so he had no choice but to lead them how to come and how to go back.

Baochai would not go against Jia Qing's intention, but at this moment she still said: "If we do this, the empress won't blame me?"

"will not."

Jia Qing replied while looking at the ten people selected by Baochai, and focused on taking care of the five little maids.

Well, Baochai still has a good eye. Look at all the little girls. It is said that the maids selected by the palace are indeed much more beautiful than the maids in Jia's house.
Seeing this, Baochai pouted slightly, and said, "Since I like to watch it, the Ministry of Internal Affairs sent over twenty singers from the Jiaofang Division just now, and they are no worse than them. I will call them over again. Do you want to show Grandpa a good look?"

What the mother said was true, all men have sex problems.But Baochai wasn't really jealous, Jia Qing asked her to choose just now, and she was very satisfied with that.

"Uh, so much." Jia Qing replied subconsciously. Seeing that Baochai seemed a little angry, he quickly said, "I don't need this one. Hey, you didn't tell me earlier. If I had known earlier, I would have refunded them too." Going back, there is no need for so many singers and dancers in the mansion, it costs too much money to raise them..."

Having said that, Jia Qing really wanted to go and have a look.

Jiaofang Division can be regarded as the top vocal music and dance research institute of this era. Although the women in it come from various backgrounds, in order to survive, all of them are talented women.Even if you want to come to Jiaofang, you don't dare to offend him, so you send it here on purpose
Baochai glanced at Jia Qing, and naturally didn't believe such words, and didn't want to say more, motioned to the ten people standing in the hallway, and said: "I'm going to put a few of them in the master's house, and then give them to Lin My sister sent some over there."

But Jia Qing shook his head and said: "Forget about my place, now I seldom go back, so there are so many people left to do nothing. There is no need to be busy with Sister Lin, let's talk about it after she enters the mansion. You are responsible for these people Just keep it."

Hearing from Jia Qing that he seldom goes back now, Baochai blushed inexplicably.

Of the five main rooms in Ning'an Hall, Jia Qing lives in the middle one, and she lives on the right, separated by a pavilion in the middle. Speaking of which, they are all in the same main courtyard, only a few dozen steps away from the chaoshou verandah.

This month, Jia Qing stayed in her room
This is also the rule of the big family. Many heads and wives live in the same house. In fact, it is convenient for the male and female to perform their duties.

Of course, the original reason for the formation of the rules is that as the wife gets older, her color fades and her love relaxes.The owner of the house also has a young and beautiful concubine, and it is embarrassing for everyone to live in the same house.

Jia Zheng and Mrs. Wang are such typical examples.
Jia Qing didn't want to do this at first, but after thinking about it, Daiyu would also come in, and the two of them might fight in the same room every day.

For your own safety, it is better to separate them.

He thought very well, Baochai lived on the right, and Daiyu lived on the left.

Keeping the two apart is good for everyone.Hello everyone, is really good.

After deciding how to arrange it, the five eunuchs and the little maids bowed to Jia Qing and Baochai again, and then they were taken back by Baochai's housemaid.

At one time, the clan's mansion sent someone to send 3 taels of silver for repairing the palace...

The new prince will be bestowed by the imperial court on the palace.Whether it is a new construction or a refurbishment of an idle palace, this is the treatment that a prince should have.

But because the Ningguo Mansion was originally the Duke's Mansion ordered by the Taizu, the regulations actually exceeded the regulations of the Duke's Mansion.Except that there is no "temple" inside, most of them conform to the regulations of the palace.

Emperor Zhengqing did not grant another palace, but directly converted the Ningguo Palace into a supplementary palace.This is actually in line with Jia Qing's wishes, mainly to save trouble.

But Emperor Zhengqing couldn't let people think that the royal stinginess is to save money?Therefore, a special fund was allocated for repairing the palace.Let Fucheng Prince's Mansion use it to rebuild the mansion...

As for why there is only 3 taels, it is estimated that Emperor Zhengqing knew that Ningguo Mansion was not short of money, so he just meant it.

Emperor Zhengqing has always been an emperor who knows how to be in charge of the family. Since that year, he used 1 taels of gold, plus a few Zhuangzi, Yuanzi just copied, um, and more than 100 brocades to make up for his 100 million shi grain pit. I can tell.

How can the general emperor get so famous.

Of course, this is not to mock Emperor Zhengqing, but it can be seen that he is a benevolent emperor.At that time, there were successive wars, and the court was not rich.If it were any other emperor, they might not give it up directly. Anyway, the courtiers dare not say anything. This is shameless. If they are hypocritical, they will send someone to appease and confide in the difficulties of the court. Let the courtiers be considerate...

Silver is a good thing, and no one in a big family has too much, and Baochai is no exception.Baochai's eyes lit up when a dozen or so boxes of silver hung with yellow satin and white flowers were brought in.

It is true that the Xue family has money, but most of it is stored in banks and shops, tens of thousands of taels of silver at a time, and she has only seen it in the bank of the old house.But that is nothing, the money earned by the merchants, how can it be as valuable as the money bestowed by the royal family?

It was the people's concept at the time that merchants were cheap, and Baochai never deceived himself.But now, she is the prince's first wife!

Thinking of this, she suddenly turned her head and looked at Jia Qing who was sitting quietly in the hall drinking tea and holding her back, showing a sincere smile.

　Hey, I'm stuck at Baochai and I can't get out... Someone help me.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)