Chapter 89
At Ningguo Mansion, Shen Ning, who had never been to the West Mansion, held her daughter and brought her family with her. After receiving the food and toys bestowed by the Queen, she watched the servants deliver the jars of imperial wine to the wine cellar.
It was not until this moment that she remembered that there were hundreds of jars of fine wine left by her father-in-law in the wine cellar.
No wonder the emperor gave wine to help eunuch add makeup to Yueyue.
Obviously, he also remembered that his father-in-law loved to drink.
Although the old man never lets himself get drunk, everyone who knows him knows that he loves wine.
Shen Ning sighed softly in her heart, "You are not allowed to touch the wine your grandfather left behind."
Huh? Jia Zhen was stunned.
He also likes to have a few drinks.
Although the wines left by my grandfather are of various types, they are all good and famous wines from various places.
They were brought by a number of generals when they returned to Beijing to report on their work.
There were a few jars of wine left by my great grandfather. They were the imperial wine awarded by Emperor Taizu. My grandfather was reluctant to drink them. It was fine if my father didn't let him drink them, but why didn't my grandfather let him drink all the wine he had? Did he have to buy wine from outside when he had such a big wine cellar?
"This wine cellar is quite high. I'll have someone bring in some sturdy shelves to make more space. Then you can buy another batch."
Shen Ning looked around her wine cellar and said, "From now on, you must save me three jars of wine every year and label them with dates. After seventy or eighty years, they will all be old wines."
Jia Zhen: “…”
His mother really does whatever she wants.
Is this wine kept for viewing? "Why? Don't you want to?"
Shen Ning turned around and saw Haodaer's resentful look. She couldn't help but say, "Don't worry, I'll pay for the wine from now on. I just want to save the wine, and you can't disagree."
“…How can that be possible?”
Jia Zhen immediately gave in, "My son just thought that if you keep the wine like this, our wine cellar is still a little small."
The wine cellar in his family was specially built by his grandfather at his expense. But if his mother continues to store wine in this way, as long as he lives longer, there will be no place to store Rong Ge'er's wine in the future.
"That's true."
Shen Ning nodded and said, "Didn't Rong Ge'er say that Lai Sheng's yard also has a wine cellar? Then buy some and you can help me store it there."
"No, why do you store so much wine?"
Jia Zhen was puzzled.
"…They are all sisters. Yingchun and Tanchun probably won't have anyone storing wine for them. This wine is given to them by me, their aunt."
Yuanchun's fate has changed, and next in line are Yingchun and Tanchun.
Of course, there is also Daiyu, who will be accompanying her mother back to Beijing to visit her relatives soon.
Yueyue had wine, but they didn't, so they were not intimate when they walked together.
Although everyone has their own fate, even if she gave them wine, they might not be able to get along very well, but for Shen Ning, storing the wine was just a matter of giving a few instructions. "Didn't you see that your second aunt was so angry when she heard that Yuanchun didn't get a share of the imperial wine that her face was a little distorted?"
Jia Zhen: “…”
Second Aunt is so mean.
"The Wang family was extremely wealthy back then, so why is Second Aunt like that?"
Jia Zhen was puzzled.
“…Maybe there’s something wrong with the Wang family itself.”
Not to mention Wang Xifeng, Lady Wang and Aunt Xue are both scheming people.
Both of them are the type who will never give up until they achieve their goal.
If it were someone else, they would have been too embarrassed to continue living there after being provoked by Lady Jia's words several times. However, Aunt Xue was so shameless that she married a wife in the Jia family's house and continued to live there.
Finally she succeeded and married her daughter to Jia Baoyu.
This wouldn't work without Mrs. Wang's support.
Therefore, these two sisters are also tolerant people.
Because of them, Wang Xifeng looks much more lovable.
Moreover, Xue Baochai in the book may have seen Wang Xifeng's status in the Jia family from the beginning, so she never gave her any respect. Even though she was much younger than her, she still called her "Feng girl".
It's so disgusting.
"Be more careful later."
"yes!"
"Lian Er is a fool. As his brother, you should take better care of him. Don't let him be deceived by others and foolishly think that others are good."
"……yes!"
Jia Zhen understood what his mother meant.
"Didn't Eunuch Dai say at the end that we can dispose of the cloth given by the Emperor?"
Shen Ning thought of something, "I'll ask Youshi to allocate some of it and give one to each of the old ladies in the West Mansion, except Wangshi."
Wang made her unhappy, so of course she couldn't let her be happy.
"good!"
Jia Zhen agreed without hesitation.
Naturally, I would buy new cloth and clothes for my younger sister when she gets married.
"Send some of the tea, osmanthus dew, rose dew, fruits, snacks, etc. given by the Queen to the West Palace."
Shen Ning said: "The same goes for Wang Shi, no."
As for what she sent, she didn't care who gave it to Wang.
Anyway, I'll just find the opportunity to be disgusting.
No one can expect her to be generous with Wang.
At this time, Shen Ning didn't know that Mrs. Wang had found another reason to resent her.
"master!"
Wang cried in front of Jia Zheng, "There is no smoke without fire. Since Concubine Zhen said that, she must have found an opportunity. My eldest sister-in-law did that... Why don't you let me bear the grievance for my daughter?"
Jia Zheng: “…”
He looked dejected.
After being scolded several times, he knew the opportunities and dangers of his daughter being close to the emperor.
The opportunities are great, but so are the risks.
They can all take him and his family to the sky, or fall into the abyss.
The path chosen by the eldest sister-in-law for her daughter is safe, but it is of no benefit to the family.
"It's all in the past, don't think about it."
The emperor has already granted the marriage, what else is there to say?
Jia Zheng accepted his fate, but that didn't mean he had no complaints against his sister-in-law from the East Palace.
He seemed to be comforting her and said, "Let's check Cheng Luo's medical records carefully. He was able to cause Princess Baofeng and Marquis Xinping to die together. His illness must have been extremely serious. We can all feel more at ease if we check it out."
“…”
These words were like a needle that pierced Wang's heart.
Yeah, how could she forget about this?
Cheng Luo is 22 years old, and she doesn't even have a roommate. What if she's not good at that? If that's the case, Shen will have screwed her daughter.
"Yes, yes, Zhu'er, go check it out!"
Wang's voice became sharp again.
At this moment, she even suspected that her sister-in-law was using her daughter's Yuanchun to force Cheng Luo, who even the royal family had troubled, on her daughter in order to curry favor with the royal family.
Otherwise, why would the emperor and the empress be so nice to a little girl who was only one month old?
"It's all my sister-in-law's fault. Why did she take Lian'er away?"
It was so important for her daughter Zhu'er to study, but now she has to take care of the trivial matters at home.
"She just can't bear to see our family doing well!"
Wang Xifeng, who had just helped Yuanchun clean up the house, came out from the back door and was about to come in to report when she heard her aunt's words and stopped in her tracks.
She slowly backed away again.
It would be a lie to say that she doesn't miss Jia Lian when she is just a newlywed.
But given the current situation at home, Wang Xifeng suddenly realized that Jia Lian really couldn't stay at home.
At home, my aunt will treat me as an errand boy.
"Ping'er, when do you think the Second Master will be home?"
"Maybe a month at most!"
Ping'er was also worried about her grandmother.
"Second Master may be on his way now. He will surely hurry up as he misses you."
There are so many beauties in Jiangnan, I don’t know if the Second Master can control himself.
During this period of time, Ping'er often heard some maids and old women whispering behind her back that it would be disastrous if he brought back some unrelated woman...
She was so scared that she always made her footsteps louder so that her grandmother wouldn't hear them.
"I wish he would slow down."
Wang Xifeng was indeed unaware of the gossip at home, and sighed, "You can see that most of the things in this family are thankless."
The husband that the aunt-in-law found for sister Yuanchun is really a good one, she said.
Unfortunately, my aunt still thinks there is always someone better than you.
Moreover, even after knowing that Concubine Zhen might have bad intentions, he still insisted on holding on to that one in ten thousand hope, trying to force his aunt to feel guilty.
"We have few masters in the first house, and there is not much to do. The second master does not need to be at home at all."
Wang Xifeng became wary of her so-called good aunt and made up her mind, "When he comes back..., I have to think of a way."
I really hope that my aunt can capture my father-in-law and the others and bring them to the ancestral hall again, and then take back Rong Xi Hall from there.
It would be even better if you could help divide the family.
"Grandma is right!"
Ping Er had served her since she was young, so she understood what she meant immediately and said hurriedly, "I heard that the Queen has given the East Palace a lot of things again. What do you think, should we go over there and help the Madam?"
"nature!"
The master and servant smiled at each other and were about to go over when they saw their mother-in-law, Madam Xing, walking towards them with a breeze.
Wang Xifeng bowed quickly.
"Your second uncle, second aunt and elder brother Zhu are all here, right?"
"yes!"
"That's perfect. The master said he was going to the ancestral hall and asked them to hurry over as well."
Mrs. Xing looked excited.
After living in the ancestral hall, the second brother’s family can’t continue to occupy Rong Xi Tang and refuse to return it, right?
So, after a while, Wang Xifeng, who had hidden behind a tree, discovered that her second uncle's family of three were heading towards the East Palace with very bad looks on their faces.
Her mother-in-law followed behind, looking very happy.
For some reason, Wang Xifeng felt like laughing.
It was also the first time that she felt that this stepmother-in-law was not bad.
At this time, Jia's mother, who was troubled by the quarrels of her second son's family, couldn't help but sigh when she heard that they all went to the ancestral hall.
"Old lady, do I have to kneel in the ancestral hall too?"
When Baoyu, who was studying with his teacher at home, heard the news that the emperor had an edict, the teacher had already left.
He was completely unaware of his own status in the family, which had long since ceased to exist because of the magical jade around his neck.
Even Yingchun and Tanchun were called out and knelt together to listen to the order, but no one from the old lady to Jia Zheng and Mrs. Wang mentioned him.
They didn't mention it, and others didn't dare to mention it.
"Father, mother and brother are all gone."
There was a hint of fear in Baoyu's eyes.
He had a vague feeling of being excluded.
"Your parents and brother are going on business."
Looking at her grandson, who was so cute a few days ago, and whom she held in her hands for fear of dropping him, and held in her mouth for fear of melting him, Grandmother Jia felt even more troubled. "Be good, don't join in the fun."
"But……"
"Your big sister is back."
The old lady didn't want to stay with Baoyu at this moment, "Don't you miss her? Go quickly, she still lives in the original house."
“Big sister?!”
Baoyu forgot everything at once, with only surprise in his eyes, "Grandma, is it true?"
"When did your grandmother ever lie to you?"
“Thank you, Grandma!”
Baoyu hugged the old lady, rubbed her, and then ran happily to the backyard, "Big sister, big sister, where are you?"
Listening to Baoyu's childish voice, Grandmother Jia slowly covered her chest.
Her Baoyu! What will she do in the future? Zheng'er didn't like him in the first place.
That stupid woman Wang has harmed Baoyu! No, we have to think of a way.
She was here, holding her chest and thinking of a solution, but she didn't know that when Baoyu saw Yuanchun's red and swollen mouth, his eyes were filled with tears of heartache.
Although he hasn't seen her for more than two years, he has always remembered his sister because he grew up with her.
"It's okay, I just bumped into it accidentally."
Yuanchun hugged her younger brother and wiped his tears, "A real man should shed blood, not tears!"
“…I’m still young.”
Baoyu suddenly fell into his sister's arms.
After gossiping for a while and drinking two cups of tea, Tanchun and Yingchun tactfully made room for each other.
"How do you know so much?"
Jia Yan had a difficult delivery and Master Chen changed his surname. Yingchun had only known the general idea before, but today she heard the whole story and it made her blood boil.
"My aunt just said that!"
Tanchun said, "I went to see my aunt the other day."
Her aunt was a housewife and knew a lot.
But in front of her elder sister, Tanchun kept minimizing the people and things related to Zhou Rui's family and her stepmother, saying, "Second sister, let's go to the East Palace to play with our little sister more often in the future!"
Her aunt also said that if she could learn a little from her aunt when she was teaching her, it would be enough for her life.
Tanchun agreed with this.
She is worried now because her sister is too young and her aunt doesn't know how to teach her anything.
"OK!"
Going to the East Palace is more comfortable than being at home, so Yingchun is willing to do so. "My sister likes to listen to us reading, so we will read to her."
Maybe when my sister can crawl, my aunt can really call the teachers here to teach her together.
In her sleep, Jia Yue's mouth twisted into a crooked shape, revealing a dimple, and she smiled in her dream again.
At this time, people who were paying attention to the Jia family already knew that the retired emperor had given a lot of things and asked Yuanchun, who had already entered the palace, to go home and wait for marriage.
Cheng Luo of the Xinping Marquis's Mansion also received the imperial edict and a large number of rewards including the imperial farm, and he was very relieved.
The Jia family is pretty good! The Jia family was in an uproar because of a daughter of a branch family who smashed and looted the Chen family. At that time, he thought that it would be great if he could marry a daughter of the Jia family one day.
After marrying the daughter of the Jia family, even if the old lady in the backyard wants to cause trouble, she has to think more about whether she and the Cheng family can withstand the revenge of the Jia family.
He doesn't have to worry because his wife won't be able to take care of the children when he's not at home.
Now Cheng Luo only hopes that Yuanchun has a strong personality.
But don't make it dough.
"My Lord, the old lady is smashing things again."
"Let her do it."
Cheng Luo didn't even raise his head, still looking at the imperial farm bestowed by his uncle the emperor, looking at its area and output, "All the damage will be paid into the public account of the Marquis' Mansion." Anyway, he wouldn't make up for it.
The Marquis's Mansion was originally just an empty shell.
Although there is some foundation, it is far from being extravagant.
It was his mother's dowry that made the Marquis's Mansion prosperous.
When his mother died, there was a lot of loss when her dowry was divided by the people sent by his uncle the emperor, and the marquis's mansion had to pay half of it.
Now this so-called family can hardly afford even the official kiln porcelain. After they are smashed, just use the ones from the folk kilns!
"Please ask Mr. Zhang to come over and choose a good day to see when we can propose to the Jia family. We should also prepare the betrothal gifts."
His mother was worried about him until her death.
He had to think of everything for his mother. He had to reassure her and let her know that he would have a home, a peaceful and harmonious home.
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