novelraw Chapter 151 The Prince Arrives
Chapter 151 The Prince Arrives
When Xing Xiuyan was considering letting Daiyu accompany her, there was a small disturbance in the capital again.
Prince Fu, who has experience in the household department, has compiled the details of the debt owed by the household department over the years, and has also formed a debt collection team.Since the imperial court had gone through a round of cleansing a few years ago, most of the bad things had gone away. Tu Yuanyi had already used the method of treason and ransacking the house to get back the money in disguise.
Prince Fu is only 17 years old this year. In fact, he was brought up by Tu Yuanyi. Tu Yuanyi was very cruel to his elder brother who conspired against him, but he really loved his three younger brothers. The concubines are all excellent show girls.Tu Yuanyi also allowed them to get serious jobs in the Ministry of War, the Ministry of Households, and the Ministry of Rites according to their interests and specialties.
Because the little princes are still young, and the emperor's brother Tu Yuanyi is a strong monarch, of course they have no intention of usurping the throne at this time, and they have nothing to do with the courtiers who owe money.
And Prince Fu aimed the first fire at Jia's mansion, Jia Lian also knew in advance that Prince Fu's debt collection is a big deal, and his two cobblers, Prince Rong and Prince Ying, also wanted to help him out, mainly to see the "false" Xian".I heard that because he has a "child prodigy son", he is frightened again.
When the three princes arrived, the door of Jia's mansion would naturally be wide open to welcome them into the Rongxi Hall, and all the masters would come to see them.
Jia Lian already knew what they were here for today, he was not willing to give up the money, but if he and Brother Feng's private house poached the money, pried away the private house saved by the second aunt to pay back the money owed by the government, he was still willing .After all, he owed money in black and white, so nothing could happen at this time, and he would have to bear it when he inherited the title.Because at that time the first and second households would definitely be separated, and no matter how much blood the second household sucked and how much money was spent, when the Rong family owed money and didn't look for her, who could he look for as a lord?
Family Shi had taught some of these principles, and he understood some of them after spending some time in officialdom.Therefore, what is most beneficial to him is to let the second room's private treasury be filled up while there is no separation.
Although Prince Fu was the protagonist today, Prince Rong was the oldest, so he sat in the first seat, while Prince Fu and Jia Lian's good colleague, Prince Ying, sat in turn.
The masters of the Jia family came forward to pay a visit. Jia's mother was at the head of the female family, Mrs. Xing, Mrs. Wang, Wang Xifeng, Li Wan, Sanchun, no, Sichun was next.
The male hosts are led by Jia She, followed by Jia Zheng, followed by Jia Lian, Jia Baoyu, Jia Huan, and Jia Cong.
Yesterday, Prince Fu posted a greeting post, asking Jia's family members to be present, so Jia Baoyu did not go to school, and Jia Huan also took leave from the Imperial Academy.Although Jia Huan is a second-class biography, it is said that he can only be a good scholar, and most of the editors are the errands of first-class and third-ranked people, but Xiao Jingyun entered the Gongsheng Army after being admitted to the No. [-] Martial Arts Scholar, and the quota was given to Jia Huan.
After the meeting, the men and women lined up on the left and right, and the personnel were neat.
Prince Rong is the oldest of the three princes, already 19 years old, so let Prince Fu enter the theme.
Prince Rong asked, "Which one was born with jade? That day, the king came to the mansion without invitation. He wanted to see it, but he said he had gone to school. Why doesn't this king want others to rush back and forth because of this king. At this time, why not come up and see."
Jia Zheng didn't expect that the trash would be able to get this person to ask to see him. Jia Zheng was afraid of the three little princes, but he had long planned to whitewash himself as a "hypocrites" in front of them. Of course It’s time to use the best “bleach”—Jia Huan, the prodigy’s son.
Jia Zheng never thought of Jia Baoyu's help in his whitewashing career.
Jia Zheng took a look at Jia Baoyu, who was downcast, and ordered him to come forward. Jia Baoyu loves romantic people. The three little princes are all good-looking, well-educated, outstanding in style and romantic, Jia Baoyu raised his eyes. Seeing it, I couldn't help being shocked, and I liked it in my heart.
At this time, Jia Mu and Mrs. Wang also said that Baoyu might have good luck, and they couldn't help being happy on their faces.
Prince Rong asked about the treasure again, wanting to see it, Jia Zheng hurriedly asked him to untie the jade and show it in front of Prince Rong.
Jia Huan watched all this, although he didn't know the purpose of the three princes, but he was not so stupid as to think that the three princes would promote Jia Baoyu.If you really promote him, what can he do?
When Mrs. Wang was full of expectations, Prince Rong finished it and handed it to Prince Fu, who then passed it to his younger brother, Prince Ying.
After seeing it, Prince Ying handed it back to Prince Rong. Prince Rong weighed the "precious jade", looked at Jia Baoyu's "cherry lips", and couldn't help but let out a sigh of emotion.
"It's really hard for Mr. Jia. He was only so big when he was born. I saw Mr. Jia's mouth was not big. When I was a baby, I had to stuff such a big stone in my mouth. My son weighed eight catties when he was born. I'm afraid the mouth can't hold a quarter-sized stone, but Mr. Jia can hold such a large piece and take it out. It's really a miracle."
"What Brother Twelfth said is true!" Prince Fu nodded, because he asked Jia Zheng: "How did Mr. Jia get it out? With chopsticks or clips? The chopsticks and clips also take up space, and the mouth has to be opened wider. .No injuries?"
Jia Huan tried his best to hold back his laughter, but how could there be a prince with such a way of thinking?Look at that piece of "precious jade", it is indeed a bit more difficult for a baby to keep it in his mouth.
Jia Baoyu couldn't help shaking when he heard this, Mrs. Wang's face turned a liver-colored color, while Jia Zheng's face turned red and then turned pale. Mother Jia helped her forehead and almost fainted.
Jia Zheng said, "The dog spit it out by itself."
The three princes and the people they brought couldn't help but hehe, Jia Baoyu felt an unprecedented humiliation, in his life, he was admired by all the stars, everyone said he was a dragon and a phoenix, when did so many people laugh at him together?
He wanted to throw the jade to go crazy, but he remembered that if he threw the jade again, the master would probably beat him, and he was being set off as a waste by Jia Huan everywhere recently, and he felt a little self-defeating, so he had to bear it.
Looking at these "sanctified" national thieves, Jia Baoyu felt extremely filthy. They judge others by their standards, but they themselves are doing some shady things.At this time, he turned to make fun of his innate abnormality, what kind of gentleman is he?
Jia Baoyu also hated the secular world, and only wanted to find a paradise with only Qingqing's daughter, but he couldn't find it in the end, secretly saddened.The original book mentioned that he was originally an idiot and a person who was good at "immorality/sexuality", but at this time his mind was wandering, and he ignored foreign things.
Prince Rong asked again: "How old is Mr. Jia?"
If Jia Baoyu didn't hear the complaint, Jia Zheng said, "I'm 16 years old."
Prince Fu said: "One year younger than this king, he belongs to the rabbit. I heard that there is a young Jinshi in the mansion. Is this the young master?"
Jia Zheng called Jia Huan again, and Jia Huan stepped forward to meet him according to the ceremony. Prince Ying said in surprise, "So small?"
Jia Huan said: "The next official is also fourteen this year."
Prince Ying said: "My lord has heard Jia Lian talk about you. You are indeed a dragon and a phoenix. I wonder if your talent will surpass Jia Lian's."
Jia Huan said: "Second brother Lian is a practical talent. There are many places where he is not as good as him. He needs more experience."
The Prince of England nodded: "It's rare for you, you know how to be modest at a young age."
After chatting for a while, Prince Fu finally revealed the topic: "Today, the king brought the officials of the household department to collect the money owed by the family, and the twelfth brother and the fifteenth brother just came with the king. Which is the housekeeper's wife, who opened the treasury to count the money owed, and we will leave after carrying it away."
Mother Jia asked in surprise, "What? You owe money?"
福亲王道：“不错。30年前，荣国公在世时借过第一笔10万两，第二次是20年前30万两，第三次是十年前借了40万两。总共80万两。”
Of course, Mother Jia knew the money owed, but she saw a lot of people borrowing it at that time, so of course she wanted to borrow it. She was the principal borrower of the 20 taels 30 years ago, and Mrs. Wang wanted to borrow it ten years ago, because Mrs. Wang heard Said that Wang Ziteng borrowed it and was moved.
Jia's mother asked: "The other family also owes money. I don't know if I can pay it back?"
Prince Fu shot the case: "Presumptuous! Is it possible for you, a housewife, to ask about the important affairs of the court? This king thinks that you are quite old, so I don't care about you. You are the household department of your family, and you don't have to pay back the money you borrowed." ?”
Mother Jia was wealthy all her life, even when she was young, she had a mother-in-law and her husband had several concubines, but none of the young people would talk to her like this.In the past 30 or [-] years, she had really been in front of her ancestors, but at this moment, her breath was depressed in her chest.
Jia She said: "My lord, I'm an incompetent official. My father has passed away. For 20 years, my second younger brother and one housewife have been in charge of the Rong Mansion. I was able to live in the Rongxi Hall this spring because of the emperor's reprimand. Being in charge of the family business in the Fuzhong is to cooperate with returning the money, but the subordinate officials have never been involved in the financial affairs of the Fuzhong, so there is really nothing they can do."
Prince Rong nodded: "I have heard about it, why don't you, as the head of the family, take charge of the family business?"
Jia She said: "The lower officials are not virtuous, but the second brother is virtuous and filial. He will take on the heavy responsibility of the family business, so the lower officials can relax."
This Jia Amnesty is really a wonderful person, he was suppressed by Jia's mother with filial piety, but it is still possible to open his eyes to the three little princes and tell the truth to give Jia Zheng eye drops.Jia Amnesty himself is definitely not a virtuous person, but Jia Zheng is a well-known "hypocritical" in Kyoto, and the three princes are even more loyal supporters of his title of "hypocritical".The three young princes entered into a weird state of mind. They vented their ridicule and disgust towards Jia Zheng as if they were expressing their hearts to the emperor brother.They are definitely different from Jia Zheng's restless younger brother.
Sure enough, the young Prince of England laughed out loud first, and said, "It seems that you are a worthless person. You are too old."
Jia She said: "The lower officials are terrified. The lower officials can't secure the country, and the military can't fix the country. I'm really ashamed of the sage Long En."
Prince Fu is the rightful lord today, and said: "If you don't manage the family business, don't join in and delay this king's important affairs. This king is here to pay back the money you owe. You haven't even smelled money. Now I'm tearing you down." It’s useless. We’ll discuss it with Master Jia and the second wife.”
As Jia She said, she retreated respectfully and respectfully. When Madam Xing heard that she was here to ask for money, she quickly pulled Yingchun and Wang Xifeng back a step.
Jia Mu's health is really good, but now she can still hold on, Jia Mu said: "The three princes, it is really difficult to make a living in the mansion, so they borrowed money from the Ministry of Households. Right now, the Rong Mansion really can't afford such money." It's a lot of money, the prince will look at it, go to another house to ask for it, and we are also preparing one or two at this time."
Prince Fu looked at Jia Shi, thinking that this old lady who has been rich all her life really has a certain share, otherwise she would not have suppressed Jia She to death for more than 20 years.Even after the emperor reprimanded her, the second room only changed to another place to live, and she was able to withstand the pressure to prevent the second room from handing over the family property.
However, her idea of waiting and seeing now was wrong. Prince Fu had already received Tu Yuanyi's suggestion. The excuses of the old treacherous people from various families.
Prince Fu said: "You don't need to be so troublesome. You just need to open the warehouse, count it on the spot, and pay back as much as you have. If it is not enough, I will give you ten days to make it up. We will come back after ten days. If it is still not enough, then I'm sorry, take your money." We have hired several of the most impartial appraisers for land and real estate mortgages, and we will never underestimate your property. If the land is mortgaged, you will not be able to pay it. Like you, you live in an imperial mansion, and now you are not worthy of a title. My family, I have to ask you to move out of the house."
Jia Shi rushed to Jia She, weeping, and said: "My son, you are the head of the family, what do you think?"
Jia Lian answered from the side: "Old ancestor, it's only natural to pay back the debt, so what can I do? My grandson has just heard about the borrowing of money. Although my grandson is my father's son, I also think that my second uncle is talented. It is better than my father. The second uncle borrowed the money when he was in charge of the house, and now the second aunt is still in charge of the property warehouse in the mansion, so the second uncle and the second aunt cooperate with the prince to sort things out. My father and I have never been in charge of the house before, and we can I don’t know about the borrowing of money, so I can’t hold on to it now if I want to.”
Jia Shishi cried: "Lian'er, you have lost your mother since you were young. The second aunt treats you like a son, and the second uncle teaches you like a father. Are you so cruel?"
Jia Lian couldn't help sneering from the bottom of his heart, if it wasn't for the name of "filial piety", how could he have suffered such a big loss from the secret of the back house, and now he still has nothing to do with the second uncle's family?
"Old ancestor, since the grandson was sensible, he helped the second uncle and the second aunt with the housekeeping. It is true that the grandson did occasionally run a errand for the second aunt and did not pay the second aunt. It’s just that the money is gone. My grandson is not filial. If I knew that I would save all the scraps of silver for my second uncle and aunt’s housekeeping, now I can pay back 2000 taels of silver for the mansion.”
Jia's mother was annoyed by the call, so she couldn't help picking up her crutches and knocking on Jia Lian's body.
This scene of kneeling and being sticked is very spectacular, and the picture is very impactful.In addition to the members of Jia's family, the three princes and the officials of the household department all showed expressions of impatience and sympathy for Jia Lian.Especially Prince Ying, who had the best relationship with Jia Lian, couldn't help scolding the old godly woman in his heart.
Wang Xifeng jumped up with a cry of surprise, and knelt together with Jia Lian to beg for mercy: "Old ancestor, please be merciful! If you want to hit me, hit me, the second master Lian still supports this family."
At this time, Brother Rong, who was held by Sister Qiao and the nanny, burst into tears, and Sister Qiao also threw herself on Jia Lian, calling out to her father, knelt down and kowtowed to Jia Shishi, and said, "Excuse me, my ancestor." Daddy, play tricks!"
Brother Rong cried in the nurse's arms: "Daddy...Daddy..."
Mrs. Xing looked over and hugged her, walked to Mother Jia, and said, "Old lady, no matter how bad Lian'er is, he is the father of two children anyway. Please give him some face and speak up if you have something to say."
Mother Jia is eccentric. In fact, she knows that as far as the big house is concerned, Jia Amnesty has no practical talents. Mrs. Xing has never managed the house and has a strong backing. She only hopes that Jia Lian will take up this matter.In her heart, Jia's mother still agreed that the most capable people in the family belonged to Jia Lian and his wife.Now they are crying and kneeling, but they are absolutely not worried about bad things.
Jia She was clever, so he also knelt down at this moment, and said, "Old lady, it's my son who is unfilial, but in the future, my son will still want Lianer to throw pots at me. My son is just such a legitimate son. Now I always have someone who can help me." , Cong'er and Rong Ge'er are so young, my son will live by Lian'er."
Mrs. Xing, Yingchun, and Jia Cong saw that Jia She had kneeled, and they also knelt down.
Jia Amnesty thought to himself that we were the ones who knelt first, old lady, you can't just plop again in order to protect Zheng's second child.
Mother Jia's chest rose and fell, she was out of breath, and said: "Okay, okay, you are all unfilial, you want to piss me off, and you will be happy if you piss me off!"
After speaking, Mother Jia fell backwards, Mrs. Wang and Jia Yuanchun hurriedly caught her, and Jia Baoyu also surrounded her and called "Old Ancestor" one by one.
With a sad face, Jia Zheng glanced at Jia Amnesty, with tears in his eyes, and said, "Brother, what is more important than the old lady's body, why is this!"
Jia She also said sadly: "What the second brother said is very true, everything is listened to by the second brother. The elder brother is not as talented as you, virtuous as you, and this filial piety is not as good as you! This family business has been in your hands for more than 20 years. There has never been anything wrong, and the old lady can live a long and healthy life thanks to your caring son. Eldest brother is ashamed of his ancestors, and elder brother will invite the emperor, and I will let the second younger brother be honored..."
Jia Amnesty wasn't stupid either, he had been obsessed with the honest and gentlemanly face of Zheng's second child for decades.
As soon as the word "Ranjue" came out, Mrs. Wang's eyes still couldn't help but flicker, she didn't have time to think about it, it was almost instinctive.
But Prince Rong yelled: "Presumptuous! Jia Amnesty, how dare you despise Jun En?!"
Prince Ying said: "Jia Amnesty, there is absolutely no reason in the world to give the title to your younger brother. You are unworthy yourself, but you can pass the title to Jia Lian in advance after the family has paid off the money owed. You should not be ashamed of yourself here. Without you For this ignorant idiot to interrupt, let me step down!"
At this moment, Prince Fu shouted: "Doctor Li, Imperial Physician Zhao, Imperial Physician Wang, hurry up and show the old lady if there is any danger to her life, and see if the medicines that focus on the headaches and brain fever brought by the elderly are useful or not. "
The three imperial doctors who followed hurriedly gathered around to look around and ask about it. Originally, these old doctors in the imperial hospital were fine individuals, and even if they were not sick, they would say that it would be difficult to rest and take care of others, but this time the task was different, so naturally they told the truth.
Doctor Li is best at geriatric diseases. After taking the pulse, he told: "My lord, the old lady is just short of breath for a while, and her body is fine."
Jia Mu fainted, and the play was about to be performed, so it was not easy to wake up at this time, so she had to be carefully carried back to the inner room by the maids to rest. As a filial piety, you don't care about the turbulent waves outside.
But when he saw Jia's mother leaving the scene, the imperial physicians followed and prescribed medicine, Prince Fu couldn't help ticking his mouth secretly: This king only treats old ladies who don't care.