Chapter 208 Crazy
In Shoukang Palace, the retired emperor saw his son who had just returned from court.
But at this moment, his body was clean again, as if the abuse he suffered by his servants last night was just a dream.
“Ah~”
The emperor pointed at the eunuch who dozed off last night and made a chopping gesture with his hand, "Ahhh~~"
The last two shouts were quite loud. The emperor seemed to have realized something and looked at the servant who suddenly fell to his knees. "What happened?"
"This servant deserves death, this servant deserves death. When this servant was cleaning the emperor, I used... too much force, and the emperor got angry with me."
“Ahhh~~Ahaha~~”
The emperor became even angrier.
"Dai Quan~"
The emperor couldn't lift the quilt to look at the old man's lower body, so he asked Dai Quan, who was also sweating, "What do you think is going on?"
"Reply...Reply to the Emperor..."
Dai Quan also knelt on the ground and said, "It is true. After the emperor fell ill, his temper was not very good. The servants..." He whispered, "If it is light, sometimes it is not clean. But if it is heavy, the emperor will not be satisfied. The servants are also in a dilemma."
No, no, that's not the case.
The retired emperor was furious. He used his hand, which was barely able to move, to wave it down repeatedly, signaling to kill them all.
Dai Quan is a careless servant and cannot be used.
Then chop them all off and replace them with a new batch.
Anyway, there isn't much else in this palace, but there are plenty of servants.
"Father, you are in poor health and don't get angry easily."
The emperor was a filial son after all, so he lifted the quilt and checked for himself.
Normally, a person who can't even pee or poop in bed would not smell good, but it was different for the emperor. The water used to wash him was boiled in the Imperial Hospital and added with a little osmanthus scent.
So, the smell under his quilt was okay.
Just as the emperor was hesitating whether to take off his father's pants, the old man got excited and his body became wet again.
Well, there is no need to hesitate now. Dai Quan and others immediately took action, stripping down the pants and cleaning on the spot...
The emperor was filled with anger, resentment and shame, as well as helplessness and powerlessness.
However, the emperor looked very carefully and confirmed that there was not even a red mark on his father's body, and the eunuch who took care of him also trimmed his nails cleanly. So he suspected that the old man was just impatient with lying down and got angry.
"Father, do you want to go outside and bask in the sun?"
The emperor tried to be good-tempered.
This is his father after all.
He changed the subject, "Dai Quan, from now on, as long as the sun is good, you can take the emperor to the Imperial Garden for half an hour each morning and evening."
The Emperor: “…”
He hated that his son couldn't understand what he said.
I even suspect that my son did it on purpose.
The son knew clearly that he was going to kill Dai Quan and his men, but he still handed him over to Dai Quan.
Are you afraid that he won't die fast enough?
When he looked at the emperor again, he couldn't help but feel angry and cruel.
"...You don't want to?"
When Prince Jing and several doctors from the Imperial Hospital came over, the emperor sighed and said, "If you don't want to, forget it."
"What happened to Father?"
Prince Jing came over.
The emperor was not kind to him either.
This bastard is a fence-sitter. As soon as he saw the emperor fall, he immediately sidled with the emperor.
Look how obsequious he just smiled at the emperor.
The emperor was breathing heavily.
Don't want to pay attention to him.
At this time, Concubine Zhen in the small Buddhist hall heard the Queen say that many ministers in Jiangnan had impeached her brothers, and the Emperor now asked him to go to Beijing to defend himself. She knew that the Zhen family was going to be liquidated.
The Queen said this not out of kindness, but to make fun of her.
Hehe~ "Thank you, Queen, for telling me."
This woman who was once looked down upon is now able to be so high and mighty? How ridiculous! "I believe that the emperor will clear the name of the Zhen family."
Her brother is not stupid.
When my parents were young, they were both close ministers of the retired emperor.
The Zhen family was the emperor's spies in Jiangnan.
If there is something...
That could only be because the emperor was too extravagant when he was being received, and the money borrowed from the national treasury could not be repaid.
But is this the Zhen family’s fault?
It is obvious that the emperor himself is extravagant.
He wanted to show off his power and, while winning over the Jiangnan noble families, he also wanted to show the world the prosperity of Dazhao.
The so-called silver owed by the national treasury was clearly spent by the retired emperor himself.
Otherwise, why didn't he ask everyone to pay it back? Wasn't it because he was being unreasonable?
Did he listen to the prince's advice? Those IOUs...
Thinking that it was the prince who strongly requested everyone to write it, Concubine Zhen's blood boiled.
As expected, the most shameless are the royal family.
The retired emperor tacitly allowed the prince to do that, actually he was thinking that the prince would get him back after a hundred years, right?
"Of course! As long as they are innocent, how could the emperor wrongly accuse them?"
The Queen has no habit of kicking a fallen dog.
But the emperor remembered the bullying that Concubine Zhen had inflicted on her over the years.
If I don't come, I'll be rejecting his kindness.
Now that what needs to be said has been said, the Queen is not happy to be here. "I came here to tell you that this year you may be able to have a meal with Master Zhen and have a family reunion."
"...Thank you, Queen. I will wait for that day now."
Concubine Zhen looked at the Queen deeply and finally asked what she was most concerned about. "These days, I have been praying for the Emperor. May I ask the Emperor..."
"The Emperor is not well."
The queen sighed, "After all, I am old."
The emperor has fallen and Concubine Zhen has been confined to her house. She is the true queen.
The queen had been looking forward to this day for a long time, but she did not expect it to arrive so soon.
"Toffee...you should be more sincere."
The queen lit a stick of incense to the Bodhisattva and turned to leave.
You reap what you sow.
If Prince Jin gained power, her family might not even be able to afford to live in a small Buddhist temple.
"Come here," she said as she walked out, "The blood swallows sent by the Ministry of Internal Affairs the other day are quite good. Go and take three pounds of them, and also take some other nourishing foods and send them to Madam Shen of Ningguo Mansion."
As Concubine Zhen listened to the Queen's voice gradually fading away, she became so angry that she trembled all over.
Their family’s disaster started in Ningguo Mansion.
The Queen still said this in her palace...
Concubine Zhen fell to the ground, hugged the wooden fish, and cried silently.
If she had known her son was so unreliable, she should have taken ruthless action on the emperor's birthday.
If Shen had been eliminated at that time, how could this happen? She gnashed her teeth and regretted it here, but she didn't know that on the third day after the emperor had a stroke and the prince of Jin entered the clan mansion, the Zhen family received the news.
Under the pretext of sending New Year gifts, the Zhen family sent several gift-giving teams to the capital.
The Zhen family’s biggest problem is money.
Not to mention their relationship with Concubine Zhen and Prince Jin, as long as the Emperor asks their family to pay back the silver, the Zhen family will be impoverished.
After enjoying a good life, everyone in the Zhen family was worried about money.
Everyone is thinking about how to hide the silver.
Jiangnan has too many enemies.
Even at home, the servants might be watched, so they had no choice but to go to the capital.
The Prince of Jin can no longer be relied upon, and neither can the daughter of the family who is married in Beijing. The only option is the Concubine Dowager Nan'an or an old relative of the Zhen family.
For example, the old lady’s place in Rongguo Mansion.
The old lady of the Ningguo Mansion passed away too early, and Jia Jing was unlucky in those years. Although the two families continued to have contact, they were no longer close.
However, I often visit Rongguo Mansion.
Moreover, if the things could be placed in Rongguo Mansion, Ningguo Mansion probably would not be able to vent its anger on their Zhen family because of Prince Jin.
Shen Ning, who had not slept all night and returned home from outside the city, did not know that in Dream of the Red Chamber, one of the conditions that triggered the confiscation of the Jia family's property - helping the Zhen family hide gold - was triggered more than ten years in advance.
The first thing she called when she got home was Qingcheng.
Qingcheng is responsible for all the needlework.
"Do you still have the goose down?"
"some."
Madam likes it, so Qingcheng kept some of it regardless of whether she would need it or not, just in case there was nothing left when she needed it urgently. "What does Madam want to do? I will arrange it right away."
"...Yuer's sleeping bag is very well made. Please make me two adult sizes. I can use them as capes during normal times and sleeping bags at night."
"Sheepskin?"
"Yes, use sheepskin!"
Shen Ning nodded, "It's still the same old rules. Use goose down inside, sew fine cotton cloth into grids, and then cover it with a whole piece of cotton cloth as the lining. For the outside... choose a thick navy blue material."
When you are away from home, you may have to spend the night in the mountains.
Jia Jing already has one, so of course he also needs to give one to the person who has always protected him.
Shen Ning pointed out that they should do more work in Japan, "Make it longer like Yue Er did, and sew more rows of small belts."
This way, even if it's a little longer, you can still tie it up at the bottom.
When it becomes inconvenient at night, you can put it out and it becomes a sleeping bag again.
"Okay, when do you want it?"
"tomorrow!"
Shen Ning said: "If you can't handle it alone, just find a few more people."
"yes!"
Qingcheng went down without hesitation.
This was definitely not something she could accomplish by herself in one day, so she quickly returned to the sewing room and asked everyone to divide the work.
As for the various pills and wound medicines, Shen Ning directly called Jiao Da and asked him to go to the warehouse and get them.
She had no experience in going out, but Jiao Da did.
"It's done so quickly?"
Seeing the bag that Jiao Da brought, Shen Ning opened it and took a look.
Liushen Pills, Huatuo Zaizao Pills, Tianwang Buxin Pills, Renshen Yangrong Pills, as well as a dozen bottles of wound medicine and a dozen powders for treating wind and cold.
The relevant functions are also clearly written on the signature.
It looks like there's no problem.
"Take another ginseng!"
At critical moments, ginseng can save lives.
Anyway, this thing can't be kept for long.
Shen Ning remembered that the old lady's ginseng in the Red Mansion had rotted because it had been stored for too long.
"It's useless. He can exchange it for silver."
"become!"
Since the wife had spoken, Jiao Da would not object. "I will go home tomorrow. Does the wife have any letter for you to take with you?"
This? Shen Ning was stunned, stood up and said, "Wait a moment."
She went to her daughter's room and soon came back with two pieces of paper with hand and footprints printed on them.
One for Jia Jing and one for herself.
"I have said almost everything that needs to be said. Take this to him."
Jiao Da: “…”
Not to mention, the girl’s little handprints and footprints are quite cute.
He took it, folded it carefully and put it in his arms.
"By the way, I also asked Qingcheng to make two large cloaks that look like the one Yue'er wears. You can pick them up from the sewing room tomorrow."
“Hey~”
Jiao Da knew how good that thing was.
Yue'er's small sleeping bag is extremely practical for people who are marching and fighting.
"Madam, do you think you should tell Mr. Lian about the sleeping bag? Or tell your cousin Lanzhi?"
"……Um!"
Shen Ning nodded, "Wait for Lan Zhi to come over again, and I'll tell her."
If it is promoted, it will be better in the future like a marching blanket.
"Speaking of Lanzhi, I forgot that Jia Zheng and Wang Shi are out of town, right? Does anyone in the mansion know how they are doing now?"
Shen Ning instructed Jiao Da to send a palace guard to keep an eye on things.
"Master Zheng Er listened to Master Cheng's advice and borrowed two taels of silver from the clan to buy writing brushes, ink, paper and inkstone. It is said that he wrote a lot of couplets today."
“…”
Shen Ning couldn't help but raise her eyebrows.
She didn't expect that Jia Zheng, the useless man, could actually do something practical.
"What about Wang?"
"Today...she fed the cows."
It’s hard to describe Jiao Da in words.
"The clan gave us three rooms, and the old cow was locked in the kitchen room. That's right... The old cow had a lot of shit and urine. The second master and the second wife didn't understand, and they almost had a fight because of the old cow's shit and urine."
The two of them are delicate and tender, and have been served by others since birth.
Now serving the old cow...
Jiao Da was speechless. "Maybe in a few days, the old cow will be returned to the tribe."
Shen Ning: “…”
She didn't know whether she should laugh.
Anyway, the corners of his mouth were upturned. "Okay, keep an eye on them. If they really come back, I'll buy you a drink."
She wanted to drink to celebrate, but Lady Jia next door felt helpless and sad.
Old cow! How many farmers out there want one? Lan Zhi had originally drawn it off, but when she saw her crying, she restored it.
result……
"Mother, please don't worry about this."
When Jia Min heard this, she was silent for a long time. "It's true that livestock are not that easy to raise."
Looking at the situation of her second brother and sister-in-law, she was afraid that they would raise the old cow to death.
That would be a sin.
"Alas~"
The old lady sighed, "Why should I care? I want to manage them in a good way, but look, do they listen to me?"
If you can't raise a dog yourself, can't you ask someone for advice? Wang Xifeng actually has an idea, but she doesn't dare to say it, and it's not easy to say it.
Anyway, if she were the aunt and didn't know how to raise a child herself, she could ask someone for advice and then team up with that person to get an ox cart. Even if it only carried ten people a day, they could still get five copper coins.
Five copper coins are not much, but they can buy a pound of coarse grains.
If you save for three days, you will have a pound of rice.
My aunt no longer has to look at my uncle's face when eating.
Wang Xifeng was actually quite worried that her aunt would not have enough food to eat.
Her uncle hated her so much. He earned money, but could he spend it on her aunt? When Wang Xifeng prayed in her heart that her aunt would not make any mistakes, Wang was actually about to collapse when faced with another pile of shit from Lao Niu.
This stuff is disgusting.
"Hey, Madam Jia, do you want this cow dung?"
Jia Zheng, who was writing couplets in his bedroom-study room, heard it. His hand holding the pen trembled and a piece of paper was ruined.
Ahhhh~~~~Jia Zheng wanted to go crazy.
Livestock should not be kept in the kitchen at all.
That's where we cook. The old cow is urinating and shitting all over the place. How is he going to eat in the future?
To him, their Tian Shao has no use for the old cow at all.
Wang, that stupid one...
Jia Zheng didn't understand why she was so determined to keep it.
Keeping it still won't solve it.
“No, no.”
Wang seemed to have seen a savior and hurriedly said, "Do you want it? If you want it, come and shovel it!"
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