Ordinary clear day

Chapter 250 Signs
Judging from the news that came from Prince Jane's mansion later, although the Guerjia clan and the Irgenjueluo clan still had conflicts, they were no longer as intense as usual, and they also restrained themselves in front of their husband Yarjana.Shu Ning knew that this probably had something to do with what she said to persuade the Guerjia family before leaving the palace that day.

She said to the other party that the son obviously liked his wife's gentle and considerate appearance in the past, but now, out of anger, he insisted on making trouble with him, which made it easier for others, so it is better to bear with it. their future considerations.In addition, she also persuaded the Guarjia family that since they want to return to Fengtian, they should seize the opportunity. This is for the sake of filial piety. Delong is also the legitimate eldest grandson of Prince Jane. Take this opportunity to please the old prince, and his position will be stable in the future. No one can take the children's seats.

Although Guarjia's reaction at the time was very unwilling, but for the sake of the child, she still listened to it somewhat.Until she left the capital and went north to Fengtian, she never had any disagreements with Yaerjiang A over the matter of Ergenjue Luoshi. Instead, the latter stayed with his wife for two more nights before her departure because he felt guilty.

Shu Ning left the Guerjia family and did not go to Prince Jane's residence anymore, but she still heard a lot of information from the news network between the servants of the two residences.For example, Yaerjiang ordered people to investigate the origin and performance of all the male and female servants in the palace. Many of them were found to be in deficit.Another example is that the new manager of the Wangfu who took office for half a year was found to have dirty money, and Fujin made the decision to remove him and replace him with someone she trusted, but was stopped by the crown prince.After questioning, the son thought that the successor was very suspicious, and he did not hesitate to deceive his master and frame Zhongliang for the sake of his position, so he kicked him out, and also asked Ce Fujin not to interfere in the personnel changes.etc.

When Shu Ning heard the news, she knew that the vaccination at Yaerjiang'a had worked.It seems that Yiergenjueluoshi really wanted to install her cronies as soon as she got rid of the shackles of the main room as she had imagined, but her appetite grew a little more impatient, and she was immediately stopped by the crown prince.I don't know if Yaerjiang'a will have a little doubt about her because of this?However, it is enough to make him think that this concubine's ability is insufficient and easy to be deceived.

While Shu Ning felt happy, she turned her attention to the news of the emperor's southern tour.Judging from the past two southern tours, it usually takes about two months to return to Beijing.It's only been more than a month now, I don't know where Tongying is now?

The news from the south kept coming.The emperor and the queen mother arrived at the Qingkou area where the Huai, Huang, and Yun rivers meet, inspected many river construction sites along the coast, and ordered to intercept [-] shi of grain and transport it to Gaoyou, Baoying and other places for flat sale.However, the people in the water transport yamen reported that because a lot of grain was diverted to sea transport, resulting in a shortage of grain, if [-] shi were transported to Pingtiao, the people in Zhili would be hungry.

This remark is suspected of attacking Chen Liangben who proposed sea transportation of grain, so Chen Liangben responded that the waterlogging in Gaoyou and other places was just accidental, not every year, and since the implementation of sea transportation, it has saved the court a lot of money and grain, not to mention the people who went north The grain is more than [-] shi, even if it is less than [-], it will not cause bad effects, and the grain ship transported by sea is on the way to Dagukou in Tianjin, and there will be no problem with the grain in Zhili.

The two sides quarreled for a few words, but was stopped by the emperor, and the matter was settled.

Later, Shengjia and his party traveled through Gaoyou, Yangzhou and other places, and arrived in Suzhou and Hangzhou.Shu Ning heard that when Sheng Jia arrived in Hangzhou, Wu Dan, who was the general of Hangzhou at the time, was in charge of receiving her. She remembered her sister-in-law Zhenzhen whom she had not seen for a few days. Seeing that tomorrow was a holiday, she went back to her natal home to visit her brother and sister-in-law the next day. went.

The female relatives of the big house are not there.Zhenzhen was teaching her son how to read, and when she saw Shuning came back, she was very happy and said: "You came just in time, let's have dinner at home today, a few cages of very tender pheasants were sent from the Zhuangzi yesterday, so I asked someone to use mushrooms and Ginger and spring onions are stewed, and it's time for dinner." Shu Ning hurriedly responded when she heard the movement of her index finger, and then sat down to watch Ming Rui read, and said in amazement: "Sister-in-law taught Brother Ming how to read so quickly?"

Zhenzhen smiled and said: "I heard from your brother that you already know a lot of characters at the age of two. I thought it would be better for the child to be enlightened earlier. Although it is not as good as your aunt, at least you can't lose too much, right?"

Shu Ning secretly felt ashamed, and hurriedly changed the subject: "Why isn't brother here? Isn't it Xiumu today?" Zhenzhen said: "A chief in their department is retired, and he returned home today, and he sent someone away."

The two sat and accompanied Mingrui to read the characters.Although Mingrui is young, he is very smart. He taught him ten characters and only made one mistake.When Shuning heard that he already knew one or two hundred characters, she couldn't help but happily praised him, and even kissed his little face several times. Mingrui tilted her head, a little embarrassed, but it made people think he was cute.

Time flies, Xiaobao and Xianning came back from Mr. Yang's get out of class, met their sister, talked happily for a while, and then took their little nephew to play.Shuning and Zhenzhen realized that Mingrui was tired after reciting for a whole morning, so they let them go.

The two were gossiping, and it was only then that Shuning learned that because part of the grain was transported by sea, the family's property was affected.The stockpiles are only less profitable, so the situation is not serious, but the grain store is under great pressure because of the increase in grain purchase prices. There will be losses.Coupled with the fact that Zhili has been in poor condition for several years, Zhenzhen worried that the income from crops would become very unstable, so she decided not to buy land, but to buy shops and empty yards in the outer city, and then sublet them after renovation. go out.

Shuning thought to herself: Does this count as real estate and leasing?
At this moment, Yu Tong, Mrs. Yang's mother, came to the door.The two hurriedly greeted her and exchanged a few pleasantries, and Yu Tong handed Zhenzhen the few nets she had promised to help make earlier.Zhenzhen thanked her again and again, and asked someone to pack a box of snacks and some fruits in return. She also asked with concern how Mr. Yang was doing recently, how the Yu family's parents were, and whether they needed help finding a good doctor.After sending Yu Tong away, she ordered the maids to bring snacks to the boys so that they would not be hungry, and she also scolded a girl for being lazy for not being seen all morning.After she finished dealing with all this, when she turned back into the room, seeing Shuning looking at her and smiling, she asked a little strangely: "What's wrong? What are you laughing at?"

Shuning pursed her lips and said: "I see that you are already doing the housework in a good manner, and you can be said to be able to handle it with ease. Compared with a year ago, it is really different." Zhenzhen couldn't help laughing: "What do you say? That's right, I can't believe it myself. When I was at home, I only saw Erniang's butler next to me. At that time, I thought that with my cleverness, these trivial matters would not be a problem. Who knows that I will know it when I really meet it. The difficulty. How did I go through this? It was okay to have Er Niang with you before, but once you left the court, Er Mo went to Baoding with Er Niang. I was responsible for such a large family business by myself, so I didn’t have anything to ask anyone. , I’m really flustered, I wish I could leave everything behind.” She lowered her head and smiled, and said: “At that time, I thought that your brother and brother Ming still depended on me to take care of them, and all the hard work was for this family, so I was tough. The scalp is supported."

After hearing this, Shu Ning thought deeply, "You're right..."

The maid brought freshly steamed dim sum, and Zhenzhen called out several times before Shuning woke up from her contemplation, and the two chatted about homework again.When it was time for dinner, Duanning finally rushed back.

When he saw his sister coming, he said happily, "You're back? Just right, there's a very tender pheasant. I told you it's ready for lunch. Let's stay for dinner." Shuning lowered her head and snickered. "I told you earlier, go wash your face and change your clothes, the little ones are starving." Duanning turned away with a smile.

Lunch was served in Meiyuan, and everyone at the table was happy and harmonious.After dinner, Xianning wanted to take Mingrui to play again, but Xiaobao stopped him and said, "Go to play right after dinner, beware of stomach pains, Brother Ming will take a nap later, let's take a good rest and turn around When I went to Master Cheng's place, I still have to take a step."

Xianning was a little frustrated, but she still complied. Seeing that he was upset, Xiaobao whispered something in his ear, Xianning smiled again, and dragged him away, causing Zhenzhen to remind them not to run too fast.Duan Ning smiled and said: "I must have seen the things that the second brother brought back from Qingzhou. In fact, it's not that we haven't seen those big shells and conchs. It's just that Brother Xian didn't remember when he was young, so he thought It's just rare."

Zhenzhen wanted to watch people clean up the dishes, so Shuning and Duanning went to the study to talk.Duanning mentioned the letter his parents sent back from Baoding recently, and it was only then that Shuning knew that his father was in trouble again in the yamen.

It turned out that in the previous autumn and winter seasons, because the money was finally allocated, the renovation project of small agricultural water conservancy facilities proposed by Zhang Bao was carried out smoothly, and several dangerous embankments in the province were also reinforced.When Shengjia was in Zhili before, both the governor of Zhili and the chief yamen were praised.Now that the rainy season is approaching, as long as Zhili survives again this year, Zhang Bao's political achievements will be greatly improved by the end of the year.When the chief envoy leaves office, the possibility of him taking over has greatly increased.Therefore, some people were jealous and wanted to find an opportunity to squeeze him away and take the credit.

Shu Ning said worriedly: "In this case, why didn't Ama and Er Niang mention it to me? They wrote a letter earlier and said everything is fine." Duan Ning said: "They are also afraid that you will worry. If they come again, they just don't want to let you That one knows." He stretched out four fingers, and said: "This time is different from last time, and it has nothing to do with public interest. If you let him help out again, it will be bad to be caught. In fact, you don't need to I am too worried. The one sitting on the governor's seat of Zhili now is Mr. Li Guangdi. He is the emperor's confidant, and the people under him dare not do too much. Ama has remarkable achievements in politics, good popularity, and good manners. Always be careful, those people can't do anything to him."

Even so, Shuning was still a little worried, seeing this, Duanning told her another happy event.If there were no accidents, he would be able to be promoted to the sixth rank master in two months.Surprised by surprise, Shuning recalled his whereabouts today, and asked, "Could it be because of the absence of the emeritus principal?"

Duan Ning shook his head with a smile and said, "No, it's the Ministry of Punishment. Now that there is no war in the Northwest, I am impatient to stay in the Ministry of War. In Guangzhou, I saw that Su Tong judged the case. It was very interesting. Now I want to Give it a try."

Shu Ning didn't expect it, but she also found it quite interesting: "It's too far from the Ministry of War to the Ministry of Punishment." Duan Ning shook his head, "It's normal. It’s true. A pen sticking style at the same time as me was to go to Li Fanyuan to work as a secretary.”

So that's the case, is there any mutual transfer between the major ministries?This is a good idea, otherwise, like Chen Liangben, because he has been in the official department for many years, he has too much influence on the officials. Fortunately, he is not a person who loves to do evil.

Back at Beizi Mansion, although Shuning was a little worried about her parents, she was still in a happy mood.Director Yin asked to see him, and asked: "The birthday of the elder brother of the fourth prince's mansion is coming soon. Although there will be no banquet, madam, would you like to send a gift?" Shu Ning said: "Of course I will. He is three years old this year, right? According to the previous years , add another [-]%." Manager Yin agreed, and then asked: "Do you want to prepare another copy for your sister?" Shuning shook her head and said, "It doesn't make sense to give gifts to others. My sister is being taken care of by her natal family anyway, so why should I be troublesome?"

Director Yin responded, and handed over another post, saying: "This is a post sent today. I invite Madam to have birthday wine. Madam, how should I reply?" Shu Ning took it over and saw that it was the last time The Duke’s wife, whom Prince Kang met at the funeral, turned 55 this year, and his sons and daughters gave her birthday wine.Thinking of the serious and gentle appearance of this lady, she said: "Go ahead, prepare a gift for me as usual, and choose a few people to follow the car." Manager Yin agreed and went.

Shu Ning looked at the post in her hand and sighed. In fact, there are still some social occasions where you can go, and some female relatives can also make friends, so you don't have to give up eating because of choking.After all, her starting point is for her and Tongying's family.

In mid-May, news came that Shengjia was about to arrive in Tongzhou.Shuning hurriedly ordered everyone to get ready and wait for Tongying to go home.Although it was very late when Tongying returned home, Shuning still welcomed him happily, not only arranged a refreshing and nutritious meal, but also prepared bath water and clean clothes.

Tong Ying looked much darker, but her complexion was fine. It was only when Tong Ying took off her official uniform and boots that Shu Ning discovered that he had a lot of prickly heat on his back, and there were many mosquito bites on his neck and arms. Bags, and the most serious thing is that because of wearing wet boots for a long time in hot weather, his feet not only peeled off, but also became red, swollen and festered.

Shuning looked distressed, and Tong Ying hurriedly said: "It's okay, it will be fine in a few days, because I had to hurry and take care of the guard of honor, I didn't have time to take care of it. The imperial doctor has already prescribed medicine, but I put the ointment on it." Give it to the people below, and then go to the Imperial Hospital to ask for it."

Shuning glanced at him, walked to the side of the shelf, opened the medicine box and took out a bottle of medicine, carefully washed Tongying's feet, wiped off all the water with a clean cloth, and then applied the medicine juice.

Tongying felt the coolness on her feet, and the pain and itching were greatly relieved, so she hurriedly asked what kind of medicine it was.Shu Ning said: "Master Su, who used to be a teacher to my Ama, gave it to me. He said it was from Fujian. It will be fine in two or three days. Don't move around."

Tong Ying hurriedly stopped her feet and let her finish the medicine before she grinningly called for food.During the meal, he asked what was going on at home, Shuning hesitated for a while, and told him about Prince Jane's illness, Guerjia's return to Fengtian, and Suping.She carefully watched the changes in Tong Ying's expression, to see if she could see some clues.

Unexpectedly, as soon as Tong Ying heard about Su Ping, she immediately became serious: "She said her man died? How did he die? When did it happen?" "What? Is there a problem?" Shu Ning sensed something was wrong.

Tong Ying paused: "Of course not, Zhong Dayi has always been strong and healthy, and he can kill a cow with a single punch. In the twelfth lunar month of last year, he wrote me a letter to say hello, and gave me a carload of New Year's gift, which was half a carload of potatoes. son, four altars of fine wine, a few furs and a box of pearls. Why did he die in less than half a year? The most important thing is that Mr. Zhong is in charge of several of my properties. Since he is dead, why not Someone report it to me?"

After hearing this, Shu Ning didn't bother to ask about Su Ping's identity, she hurriedly said: "Su Ping is at the palace now, my sister-in-law sent her to chop firewood. Why don't I call someone over tomorrow and ask her clearly? "

Tong Ying nodded.

As a result, when Suping was escorted over the next afternoon, the eldest son Yarjan Ah also followed.When he saw Tong Ying, the two brothers made out with each other first, and then said hello to Shu Ning, then pointed to Su Ping and said to his younger brother: "This bitch is not a good guy, if it doesn't prevent her from being yours before, I will It has been dealt with. I heard that you want to ask her, don't be soft-hearted. "

Tong Ying smiled, and quickly said to Su Ping with a straight face: "You said your man died, when did he die? How did he die? Why don't I know?" Su Ping replied tremblingly with scars on his face and hands : "Yes... died in February... got a sudden illness... suddenly..."

"Sudden illness? In the twelfth lunar month, he even wrote me a letter to say hello and brought me a gift. How could he have a sudden illness? Besides, he just died. Why don't you go to Beijing for a good funeral? Let me ask you, Zhong died of a serious illness. The doctor testified?"

"This...he, he passed away suddenly...before the doctor came...just...just..."

Tong Ying sneered twice: "Then after he dies, who will take care of the Zhuangzi and the shop that he took care of?"

"Slaves... have been handed back to the palace..."

Tongying's face was ashen, and Yaerjiang hurriedly asked what was going on, Tongying let out a sigh of relief, and said: "This is some small business I acquired when I was in Fengtian, thinking about the age of Erniang's nanny. When I grow up, other old people who have served our mother and child stay in the mansion. I don’t know if they will be wronged, so they take out their private houses and put them down. A Zhuangzi, dozens of acres of land, two or three shops, those servants and their families Small, there are dozens of people in total, and they all have a place to live and have something to eat. These have always been taken care of by Zhong Da, and I seldom interfere. But now he died suddenly, and this woman brought my property into the palace. Whose hands it is in, the elder brother can also guess, right?"

Yaerjiang's face also turned green: "Why is that so unreasonable? They won't let go of such a small property?!" After a pause, he said to Tong Ying with some shame: "I didn't even think about setting them up. It's okay. The second brother is thoughtful, otherwise I would feel sorry for the people who have been served by Erniang's side." Then I turned my head and glared at Suping: "Bitch! You didn't ask the master about it. Do you want to dispose of the master's property without authorization?! Who gave you the courage!"

Su Ping was so trembling that she could hardly speak: "Fu Jin said... the prince... sure..."

As soon as these words came out, the faces of the two brothers became even worse.Shu Ning, who was beside him, had already heard about Cliff's arrival, and hurriedly persuaded him: "If the prince had spoken, it would be difficult to handle this matter, after all, we did not divide the mansion at that time. But the most important thing now is to send people to inquire about these properties first. What happened to the people here, don’t be kicked out?”

Tong Ying was shocked: "Yes, I will send someone back to ask." Yaerjiang said hurriedly: "I will send someone back every two days to say hello, let's send someone to go together." Tong Ying nodded: "That's good. Damn it! If you keep this matter a secret, you probably don't want me to stop you?"

But Shu Ning was a little puzzled: "According to theory, these properties are really not big. Dozens of hectares of land are in Fengtian, which is nothing. Are there few farm shops under the name of the Wangfu? How could you fall in love with this... "Tong Ying said thoughtfully: "Those shops are in good locations, but the Wangfu also has better ones. Wait a minute... There is a small lake on that village, which is rented by a businessman from the south to raise pearls. The income is very good. I have never cared about these things, and I can get along well with those people..."

Yaerjiang patted his thigh: "That woman must be trying to find someone else's bead farm! I heard that there are several such bead farms, all of which are very profitable. Since Ama fell ill last year, her health has not been very good. Presumably That woman is afraid that Ama will have troubles, so she wants to take advantage of this opportunity to defend herself."

No matter what Tongying and Shuning think, Yaerjiang is convinced of this statement, and hates Jifujin even more, thinking that she is cursing her father's death, so she points to Suping and asks Tongying: "This woman, do you still care?" Is it useful? Leave it to brother to deal with it?"

Tong Ying hesitated for a while, and said: "Brother, let her be sent to the government. I always think that the cause of Zhong Da's death is suspicious. If she has something to do with her, she deserves what she deserves."

Yaerjiang thought about it, agreed, and ordered Suping to be dragged out.Suping cried and pleaded with Tongying all the way, but Tongying just watched her disappear coldly.Seeing that the person disappeared, Yaerjiang Acai smiled again and said to Tongying: "There is one more thing, I want to discuss with my second brother. Ama's health is not as good as before. I thought, there is a good doctor in Beijing, so it's better to get rid of it as soon as possible." How about bringing Ama back to the capital to recuperate?"

Tong Ying paused, and said: "I agree with this idea, but now the weather is getting hotter and hotter, Ama may not be able to bear it, let's wait until the weather is cooler."

But Yaerjiang disagreed: "How can I procrastinate when I'm sick? If you take it earlier, Amma's health will get better sooner." Tong Ying still hesitated: "I'm just afraid of the bumpy road... I don't know how Amma will suffer. I can't bear it." Shu Ning thought to herself, if Prince Jane and his wife came to Beijing, at most she would have to be more diligent to pay her respects, but if Guarjia's family could return to Beijing, Ergen Jue Luo's family would also have some scruples.So he said: "The summer in Fengtian is not long, and it will be cold in July. If the prince is in good health, it will not be too late to pick it up."

Yaerjiang nodded hurriedly, Tongying thought about it, and agreed: "Just take your time and come here by car."

Suping's whereabouts have since been unknown, and there is no way to find out whether she has anything to do with her husband Zhong Dazhi's death.The people sent to Fengtian to inquire about the news found the original shopkeeper who was left in the shop to do odd jobs, only to find out that the current shopkeeper is the grandmother of the sixth elder brother who was born after Fujin.The others were relatively safe, but Zhuangzi was taken over by the steward sent by the palace.When Tongying heard the news, she was slightly relieved, and after discussing with his wife, they took out a sum of money and sent someone to bring them back to Fengtian to resettle those people.As for those industries, we have to figure out a way in the future.

Tong Ying's work has returned to the previous state, but because of the rest period, there is no need to work overtime.Seeing that the holiday was approaching, he discussed with Shu Ning and asked for another day off to rest at home.

But on the night before the end of the holiday, Sun Shiwei came to Tong Ying and reported that a man named Yu Yu in Luan Yiwei had been missing for two days, because he had offended the prince before, and some suspicious people were wandering around his house. I don't know if he is in bad luck or good luck now.

(I wish everyone a Merry Christmas~~~ For the sake of the portion, forgive me for being late again~~~~~ ^_^b )

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