After the whole family was swept away, I lay down flat

Chapter 986 The Issue of Granting a House

Haitang sensed the temptation in Jin Jiashu's words.

But she didn't take it to heart.

It is normal for young men and women who have not yet married to feel uneasy when one of them suddenly changes his living environment. Moreover, they will not live next to each other as they did in Chang'an, but will live under the same roof. Their living habits and economic levels are different, so conflicts are inevitable. It is also necessary to communicate well in advance.

Thinking of this, she said, "How is your life simple now? I am not a daughter of a rich family who has been spoiled since childhood. You know what kind of life I live in my family. The difference between our two families is probably that my family has more servants and lives in a bigger house, but that is also because there are more people in my family. How many people can I command? How big a place can I live in? I have a quiet and spacious small courtyard, and I have a dowry to use the hands of experienced people to help with some chores. On weekdays, I can buy more of my favorite food and make new clothes for the four seasons. I can afford it and don't have to worry about famine. That's about it. I have my own dowry, and you have a new property now. I think as long as we don't live extravagantly, with our current income, I dare not say that we are rich, but at least we can guarantee a comfortable life. This is enough, it's about the same as when I was at home, and there's nothing to get used to."

After a pause, she looked at Jin Jiashu again and said with a smile, "If it doesn't work out, I can also think of ways to run a new business to supplement the family income. I married you, but I didn't expect to eat and wear what you give me for the rest of my life without any effort. I am my grandfather's granddaughter! Are you afraid that there is no way to make money legally? Then I will let you see my ability!"

Jin Jiashu smiled so hard that his teeth were exposed: "That's not what I meant... But I know that Sister Hai is always smart and capable, and we will definitely live a good life in the future. Even without the reward from the palace, we can still live well!"

A blush appeared on his cheeks and he smiled blankly, as if he had already seen the happy scene of himself and Haitang loving each other and living a rich life after marriage. Even his expression seemed a little dazed.

Haitang coughed lightly, which brought him back to his senses. Then he heard some noise. It was Xiangcao who brought a pot of ginger and jujube tea. She quickly came into the room and brought it to the kang table in front of them, then turned around and was about to leave.

Haitang called her: "The kang doesn't seem as warm as before. Go to the stove and add some firewood and take another look at the fire." The stove was warm and there was a thin wall between them, so they couldn't hear the conversation in the room and they didn't have to blow cold wind. It was a good place for a tool person.

Vanilla understood what she meant, looked at Haitang with gratitude, and went to the stove as requested.

Haitang poured Jin Jiashu a cup of ginger and jujube tea, so that he could warm his body and moisten his throat.

The mutual probing between the two sides was almost over, and she had taken precautions. The next step was to see what he would actually do in the future. If he was determined to do something disappointing, then no matter how many oaths she led him to swear now, it would be meaningless. Some things didn't need to be pushed too hard, but some more realistic things needed to be brought out and talked about.

Thinking of this, Haitang asked Jin Jiashu: "Brother Jin, the things the palace gave you, the floating wealth is fine, but the property...what are you going to do with it?" Jin Jiashu said hurriedly: "I asked Brother Hai to give you the list earlier, have you seen it?"

Haitang nodded: "I saw it. I also helped my brother analyze how to get inside information about the industries outside the capital. I even helped to settle the accounts you handed in. If there is no problem with the accounts, you will have no problem living a rich life in the future as long as you don't spend money lavishly. You have made great contributions this time. Whether it is the new emperor or the Empress Dowager and Empress Dowager Xu, they all hope that you can live a good life in the capital and don't have to worry about money anymore."

Jin Jiashu nodded and said, "I have never doubted the feelings of the three nobles in the palace towards me. Other things are fine. The large manor in Yutian is enough to provide for our daily expenses. The extra income can be saved. After ten or eight years, I will have a rich fortune. I don't have to rely on the little gold and silver on hand and live frugally. The hot spring manor is a good place to recuperate. The Empress Dowager was worried that I was in poor health and it would be hard to endure in the capital in winter, so she specially gave it to me. As for the mansion, the Empress Dowager was worried that I could not support the status of a relative's son and was looked down upon..."

He paused before continuing, "That house... you can't tell from the list, it's actually a confiscated property. I heard that it was a house prepared by a high-ranking official of the Sun faction for the wedding of his second legitimate son. It was built very carefully and decorated very meticulously. Everything inside was new, even the lake stones and flowers in the garden were bought at a high price, and all the male and female servants were trained in advance for more than half a year. As a result, the family was raided before the wedding took place, and the house and the servants inside were confiscated intact by the government. Later... the late emperor intended to sow discord between the eldest son of Prince An's mansion and the legitimate prince, so he specially ordered people to clean up the house, replaced some people, transferred a group of people from the imperial farm, and planted spies in the palace, preparing to give it to Prince An's eldest son as a gift when the two princes got married..."

Haitang understood it immediately.

The eldest son of the prince's mansion, who is favored by the emperor, has his own mansion and the dignity of being in front of the emperor. His ambition must have skyrocketed, right? How can the legitimate prince feel comfortable? Not living in the same mansion, even if the eldest son of the prince wants to bribe people to do something, the prince has nowhere to find out, unlike in the Prince An's mansion under his nose.

But on the surface, Emperor Deguang's approach was impeccable: by granting another house to the eldest son, the latter could move out of Prince An's Mansion, and Prince An's Mansion would become the Crown Prince's territory from then on, which not only promoted the harmonious coexistence of the brothers, but also ensured the stability of the Crown Prince's position. With such consideration for the Crown Prince, what else could the Crown Prince be dissatisfied with? If the eldest son of the illegitimate son had ambitions, that was his problem, not Emperor Deguang's bad intentions.

Emperor Deguang is now the late emperor. Whatever he planned for his nephews in Prince An's Mansion has now become a thing of the past, and there is no need to mention it anymore. But because of his manipulation, the house now given to Jin Jiashu has gathered the manpower of three groups: the old servants of the Sun faction, the servants of the imperial farm, and the spies of the late emperor. For the new owner Jin Jiashu, who is weak and alone, it is not very friendly. If Jin Jiashu wants to live comfortably, he must make a great effort to reorganize after moving in. If conditions permit, it is best to replace all the slaves, and at most keep only some of the spies in the palace, but that would be a huge project and would make a lot of noise...

But it would not do for Jin Jiashu to continue to mess things up as he is now, leaving the house and the servants there alone.

The house was already in his name, and the servants inside were also his people. No matter what they did, openly or secretly, it would be blamed on him as the master. It was easy to be a mess, but it would be too unfair to take the blame for the servants without knowing it! Considering the backgrounds of those servants, it was not surprising that they did anything...

Haitang analyzed the matter carefully to Jin Jiashu. The more Jin Jiashu listened, the straighter he sat. Finally, his face was solemn: "So, I want to leave this house idle, isn't that okay?" Although he didn't think that the new king would hold him responsible for the trouble caused by the old servants in the house, he also had to consider his own reputation.

He didn't intend to be a mediocre and useless son of an imperial relative for the rest of his life. He wanted to take the imperial examination and become an official, striving to become a prime minister like Tao Yue! Even if he couldn't reach that level, at least he wanted to be a clean civil servant respected by the world, right? What's the big deal about letting a wicked slave bring bad reputation to his reputation? !
He gritted his teeth and said, "Sister Hai, you must help me find a way to solve this problem!"