Chapter 34 Second Sister-in-law's Family

After returning to the Su Mansion, Su Zhenzhen brought back the water shield and sea bass soup and fruit wood roast duck that she had brought back from the palace, as well as some honey-fried fruit snacks.

The family also had a midnight snack together.

Su Zhenzhen slowly drank a mouthful of bird's nest, then turned to her biological father, Su Qiyang, and said, "Dad, please come with me to the palace at noon tomorrow. The emperor wants to eat the water shield and sea bass soup you made yourself."

Everyone at the table choked. Su Qiyang looked at the water shield and sea bass soup in his bowl, his handsome face pale. He asked in disbelief, "Zhenzhen? How did His Majesty know that I made water shield and sea bass soup?"

He was just trying to be pretentious, and it just so happened that His Majesty had given him a lot of fresh water shield that was tributed from Jiangnan in March.

Although sea bass is not at its freshest season, it’s good to be able to taste it first.

Could it be his precious daughter who did it?

He finally came back to his senses from the shock and stared at Su Zhenzhen who had her head lowered.

"Zhenzhen, you..."

Su Zhenzhen looked at her eldest brother and his wife, and her second brother and his wife who were watching on the side, and they pouted their lips as they watched her kiss her mother.

"Mother~"

Ye Mingyan fiddled with the Chun Shuisheng in front of her from time to time. This was a peach blossom version of the crystal jelly, crystal clear, chewy, and very good-looking.

She raised her eyes nonchalantly and said, "Master, you should think about how to learn more from the chef tomorrow, so that His Majesty won't get an upset stomach."

Su Yu couldn't help laughing out loud. He forked a candied cherry and handed it to the second young master's wife as if nothing had happened.

"Madam, try these cherries. It turns out that the royal chef's cooking skills are better than our own chefs."

Su Qiyang frowned. The water shield and sea bass soup he had cooked at home the day before tasted mediocre. How could His Majesty eat such food?

Su Zhenzhen bit her lip and looked up at him, "Dad, Eunuch Yu will test the food first."

She also realized that her father must be afraid of too many people and too many things to do. If His Majesty has health problems after eating, she will be implicated.

Su Qiyang suddenly stood up, his crimson court robe swung around, and he was about to prepare in advance, no, it was to cram at the last minute.

Ye Mingyan was also pulled in by him to be his military advisor.

At this moment, Madam Su Da Shao suddenly thought of something and said with a smile, "Second sister-in-law, when will your family come to the capital? Is the guest house we have prepared big enough?"

Mrs. Su Ershao's younger brother took the imperial examination this year, and with the Spring Imperial Examination approaching, he happened to be bringing his younger sister, whom he hadn't seen for three or four years, to Beijing for a small gathering.

Her younger sister is fifteen years old this year, and her parents wrote to her asking her to find a good marriage for her younger sister in the capital.

There are still seven days left before the Spring Examination. Today is the eighth day of March.

It is said that the marriage between my sister-in-law and His Royal Highness the Prince of Yan progressed too quickly. Who would have thought that His Royal Highness the Prince of Yan had only been back in Beijing for five days?

Mrs. Su Ershao's ancestral home is in Jinling, so naturally, his parents want his younger sister to marry in the capital, where she has a bright future under the emperor's rule.

Her younger brother is twenty years old this year and has already become a juren.

He can be said to be a very talented young man, although he cannot be compared with his uncle.

As the saying goes, a man of thirty is old enough to become a scholar, and a man of fifty is young enough to become a Jinshi.

Her younger brother is only twenty years old this year. He passed the imperial examination at the age of coming of age and ranked among the top five in the provincial examination.

If he performs steadily, he will at least be a Jinshi this year, and the wife of Young Master Su and his family will be very satisfied.

After all, since ancient times, most of those who have passed the imperial examinations have a bright future.

Madam Su Ershao replied with a smile, "According to the estimated distance, they will arrive around tomorrow afternoon. I can't be more confident in your work."

Su Zhenzhen was a little curious, as she had never met her second sister-in-law's brothers and sisters.

The next afternoon, the bright sunshine shone through the gaps in the leaves onto the ground. The light and shadows were slanted and warm, making people squint their eyes and bask in the warm spring sun.

Su Zhenzhen casually leaned on the chaise longue, eating snacks and reading a storybook, feeling extremely comfortable.

Rong Jinchen sent her out of the palace in the afternoon and went to the Ministry of Revenue with Su Qiyang to look at the account books.

She was not reading a book about a talented scholar and a beautiful woman, or a heartless and unfaithful man, the kind of storytelling that is the stuff of scholarly fantasy.

Su Zhenzhen is rich, and as the saying goes, money makes the world go round. She paid someone to tailor a script for her.

If she found a good-looking book, she would ask the bookstore owner to print and sell it.

There's nothing we can do. As the Party A, we just do whatever we want.

She looked for a moment, stretched lazily, and looked at Baizhi and the others with a smile in her beautiful eyes.

"Is today the day for the monthly allowance payment?"

The monthly allowance of the Su Mansion is distributed according to the quota.

If Su Zhenzhen followed the custom of her ancestors, she should have received two taels of silver per month.

But she was raised in pampered condition by her parents since she was a child, and her monthly allowance was the same as her two brothers, twenty taels of silver per month.

These twenty taels are just pocket money, not including clothes, makeup, social interactions, etc.

Three or four taels of silver can buy an acre of good paddy field, and an ordinary family near the capital only spends twenty taels a year.

Su Zhenzhen's four wet nurses received a monthly allowance of one and a half taels of silver, and her six first-class maids received a monthly allowance of one tael of silver.

The eight second-class maids received a monthly salary of one hundred coins, and the others were paid according to the quota.

The Su family had been a single-line family for generations. By the time of Su Qiyang, there were two sons and one daughter, and the family was not large.

Therefore, the wealth accumulated by their generations is very considerable, and their family assets are as high as millions.

Su Qiyang is a man who loves his daughter very much. Ye Mingyan married into the Su family with a grand wedding, and the family was also very wealthy.

He often gave Su Zhenzhen pocket money, often five or six hundred taels of silver.

The Su family has strict rules and regulations, and there will never be cases where a servant bullies his master by rewarding him for sending his servants to do things.

But everyone knows that the eldest lady is rich, and when she is in a good mood, she will reward people who do a good job.

Bai Zhi smiled and said, "Miss, the monthly allowance from Fuyun Court has been sent over. I can save another ounce of silver today."

Although she was a child born in a family, the master, mistress and daughter were all very good people and would not beat, scold or punish servants for no reason.

She lived a better life than an ordinary young lady from an official family, and she didn't have to spend money on food, clothing, housing and transportation.

But having been influenced by the young lady since she was a child, she also knew that men were unreliable and the only thing that could be relied on was money.

Baizhi's small treasury for all these years, starting from when she was promoted to a first-class maid at the age of ten, does not include her monthly allowance and the rewards she received during festivals.

She also had a small treasury of several hundred taels of silver, as well as some hairpins, jewelry, and fabrics given by young ladies.

Lu Wu pursed her lips and smiled, "Sister Bai Zhi is saving up her dowry."

They all knew that the young lady would not allow her maid to be a maid or concubine to her future husband.

So everyone is planning for the future early. It would be best to marry a servant of the Su family or the future son-in-law, so that they can help the young lady manage the shop and the farm.

Isn’t it cool to be a landlord’s wife?

If you marry far away, the love will fade.

Not to mention that His Majesty personally issued an edict allowing His Royal Highness the Prince of Yan and his young lady to be a couple for the rest of their lives.

Bai Zhi blushed slightly and spat at her, "Don't talk about me, Lu Wu, didn't you secretly save up your dowry?"

Now it was her turn to blush and feel hot.

Su Zhenzhen laughed so hard that tears came out. "When you get married, I will give you a small farm of one hundred acres, a set of headgear, and a small shop. All together, it will be worth about a thousand taels of silver."