Sit back and reap the rewards

Chapter 31

If the empress dowager can be called Xiaozhuang at this time, will her death benefit the Ma Qi family?

Ma Qi and the governor's family were somewhat targeted. Although Ma Qi used the matter of the governor's brother-in-law to restrain him a little, but the brother-in-law still hoped that the Fucha family would also have some troubles under the influence of the concubine's pillow.

For this reason, he spent a lot of money and bought two specially trained lean horses from the south, and he was going to find a chance to let his governor's sister send them to Fucha's family.

Because of the purchase and other reasons, it was already September 26 when the person bought it. Just after two months of teaching the Manchu rules, the Empress Dowager became seriously ill. How could she give away a girl at this time? , otherwise it would not be to cause trouble for the other party, but to give his brother-in-law a stick.

When the empress dowager is seriously ill, let alone, this matter cannot be mentioned, and the filial piety for a hundred days, although the officials behind can do it for a hundred days, but Kangxi is such a person who respects filial piety, so the local officials He and the officials in the capital paid more or less attention to it, so the draft that should have been held in the 27th year of Kangxi stopped, the Aixinjueluo family had to observe filial piety, and the business in the eight major alleys in the capital also plummeted.

So without knowing, Ma Qi escaped a calculation. If Lan Ting knew, maybe he should express his gratitude for Xiao Zhuang's death.

Lan Ting's life in Shanxi is good, but in the Fucha Mansion in the capital, the 14-year-old Lan Shu really wants to cry without tears. This year was supposed to be the year of the draft. , the age is just right, but it happened to catch up with such a thing. In this way, if there is no by-election in the middle, she will be over-age by the next draft.

Over the years, what Lan Shu has always hoped for is to be able to stand out, and she has already figured it out. Although she is a concubine, she is not as good as Lan Ting in this respect, but there is one advantage that is her eldest family's only daughter. She has a title, and she doesn't have to be drafted in the same round as Lan Ting, so she can use all the connections in Fucha Mansion.

But now, even if the emperor has the same intentions as when he quelled the San Francisco rebellion a few years ago, the age of drafting can be relaxed, and when all the members of the Fucha Mansion are together, the possibility of her being dismissed at that time is too great .After all, of the three Fucha families, it is natural for the prostitute's daughter to come forward, so Lan Shu was extremely depressed.

"Nurse Wu, why do you think my life is so bad, it just happened to be..." Lan Shu didn't dare to say anything later, she could only cry aside.

Nanny Wu knew that Lan Shu was thinking about her bad luck, but who could know this in advance.

Grandma Wu was found by the old lady Nala for Lan Shu. She has also been in the palace for 20 years. There is nothing wrong with the rules. She also understands that she is inferior to Grandma Zhao and Grandma Jiang, and she will need to rely on Lan Shu in the future. Shu came to retire, so she has high hopes for Lan Shu.

Nanny Wu can also see clearly that Lan Shu has performed well in all aspects. Although she is a concubine, she still has an advantage over Lan Rou. If she is lucky, it is possible to be a concubine for the clan. So she has always been strict with Lan Shu.

And Lan Shu is also very competitive, her efforts surprised even Wu Momo.After Lan Tinggege went to Shanxi, Lan Shu stepped up even more, and Mother Wu also showed her best abilities.Everything went smoothly, and even the old lady decided to look for Prince Yu Fujin before the draft to see if she could give Lan Shu a better home.

But now, everything is in vain.

"Gege, it's already like this. Since there is no draft, the Banner family will naturally not be able to get married, so Gege should also relax a little bit, and there should be a chance next time."

Lan Shu knew that it was useless to blame others, and she couldn't show her side in front of Shu Mulu, not even in front of her biological mother. Nanny Wu was the only one who could tell.

In the past few years, she can also see clearly that Nanny Wu is sincere to her, so Lan Shu discusses many things with Nanny Wu.

Now that the matter has come to this point, it cannot be changed and can only be accepted.

"Gege has to be courteous and courteous. The old lady will naturally feel sorry for Gegeduo. Even if she is too old and has no chance to be drafted, with the old lady and the master, Gege will have a good relationship in the future."

"What Mammy said is true, I will follow Mammy's advice."

What Lan Shu thought in her heart was that it would be good if she was overage in the future. After all, the family background of the Fucha family is kept here, and she is afraid that the three of them will be drafted together, and it may not be better than not participating at all.

But she can't say these words to anyone, she can only turn around in her stomach, how can she say clearly about the future.

After Lan Rou knew that Lan Shu could not be drafted, she also felt a little unhappy, because this way, she would naturally have one more enemy in the future.

Fortunately, she didn't tell half of her thoughts about this idea, which can be regarded as her cleverness.

Time passed quickly, and when Ma Qi's term of office expired, he was indeed appointed to return to Beijing, and was promoted to the censor of Zuodu, and his official position was the second rank (it was changed from the first rank during the Yongzheng period).

At this time, Lan Ting was already a ten-year-old girl, but she helped Qi Jia's family to deal with more things. In the two years since Qi Jia's arrival in Shanxi, Ma Qi's income has been quite a lot, and it is impossible to wait until the time of resignation. Take it back to the capital, so that people will be convinced when they see it.

So the Qi Jia family not only brought back a lot of things when they gave New Year gifts, but also brought back a lot of things, except for the ones sent to the Fucha Mansion, and the others were put in Qi Jia's dowry Enter Chuang Tzu.

Moreover, the hot spring Zhuangzi that Lan Ting wanted was bought by Qi Jia a year ago. There were two pieces of land, and she also wanted one for herself. Construction matters.

Of course, for long-term consideration, Qi Jia's family wanted to buy land around the capital, and finally bought 35 hectares of good land in Fangshan, plus a five-entry house, which cost a total of [-] silver.

Qi Jiashi regarded this as Lan Ting's dowry. It just so happened that their income from this house and the other houses were completely unknown in the past two years, so Qi Jiashi bought a lot of good things with confidence.

In the end, Qi Jia packed up five carriages and put all the things together, and then followed Ma Qi and left Shanxi with about four or fifty people.

In fact, counting the Shanxi term, Ma Qi’s income in three years has exceeded 20, which is definitely a good fat job, of which the annual contribution of Shanxi merchants accounts for more than half of it.

And Ma Qi's political performance is not bad, Kangxi is also very satisfied with him.

Of course, the Qi Jia family is also very good at being a man. Every year when sending new year gifts back to the house, in addition to gifts, they will give 5000 taels of silver to the Shu Mulu family. This can be regarded as an expense for the family. .

So after Qi Jia's return to the mansion, Shu Mulu didn't feel strange because she didn't see her for two years. On the contrary, compared with Ma Jia's, she had a better attitude towards Qi Jia's.

But Qi Jiashi is also very measured, she has a very good relationship with everyone.

Lan Ting is the only one among the few sisters who left Beijing to go to other places. Lan Ting brought back a lot of Shanxi specialties, and bought a lot of exquisite gadgets. This is what Lan Ting thought of from the Dream of the Red Chamber. Didn't Tanchun say that those exquisite products like small baskets don't cost much money, but they are very popular, so she prepared a lot, and these are her meeting gifts.Sure enough, Lan Shu and Lan Rou both liked it very much, and they rarely saw them.

After returning home, there were naturally many things. Qi Jia spent more than a month to deal with it. This year passed quickly. By the 28th year of Kangxi, Lan Ting was already 11 years old, and in this year She finally realized that the object of the rebirth of the Qing Dynasty had begun to change history.

(End of this chapter)