Yinzhen's reward was just right. Since his family could afford to send him to school, they were not destitute, but they had some money at most, which was not worth mentioning in the capital.
Putting everything else aside, given his status, he has no connections whatsoever to buy a suitable house; he simply can't.
After all, there are only so many houses in good locations, and there are countless powerful and wealthy people in the capital. Even if the emperor doesn't bestow such a house upon him, and even if he asks Yunxi to help him find one, he still won't be able to find one as good as this.
In the twenty-second year of Kangxi's reign, another new year began, and Yinzhen had already made plans to travel south of the Yangtze River this year.
Preparations began after the New Year, with a trip to Jiangnan scheduled for March.
Upon hearing about the trips to the south of the Yangtze River, Yunrong became interested. She knew that historical records showed that Emperor Kangxi and his grandson enjoyed traveling to the south of the Yangtze River. However, Yinzhen, Emperor Kangxi's son and Emperor Qianlong's father, never traveled to the south of the Yangtze River during his thirteen-year reign.
Of course, it could also be due to the length of her reign, which was only thirteen years, and in the first few years she had to clean up the mess left by her father and brothers.
Actually, Yunrong had another question in her mind: was it true that Emperor Yongzheng died from overwork? Yunrong was too embarrassed to ask.
In early March, Yun Qing, dressed in red, married into the mansion that Yinzhen had bestowed upon Zhu Tao. This mansion was confiscated by Yinzhen, and since it was a confiscated property, the mansion was naturally exquisite. Zhu Tao ordered people to renovate it, and the entire mansion looked very elegant.
With a larger house, the living space became more spacious. Zhu Tao felt that his cousin had impure intentions, so he didn't let her live too close and ordered someone to find a secluded courtyard for her to live in.
This infuriated Wang Jiao.
Zhu Tao had only seen Yun Qing once before she married into the family, and she was dressed as a man. It had been so long that he couldn't remember what she looked like.
On their wedding night, Yun Qing, dressed in red, truly amazed Zhu Tao.
After a good night's sleep, Yun Qing managed to get up early the next morning despite her legs feeling weak. The newlyweds went to pay their respects to their parents.
Yun Qing offered tea, and Wang Shi and Zhu Jingqian also gave gifts. Yun Qing also took out the gift she had prepared.
Wang had mixed feelings about her new daughter-in-law. She had originally hoped that her niece would become her daughter-in-law, but her son was unwilling and married his colleague's sister instead.
She understood her niece's thoughts, but she didn't know what to do. She wasn't a mean person by nature. Her mother-in-law had passed away early, and she hadn't experienced any mistreatment from her mother-in-law, so naturally she wouldn't think of mistreating her daughter-in-law. She also hoped that her son and daughter-in-law would live in harmony.
But now there's also a niece who has feelings for my son, and I really don't know how to resolve this.
Zhu Xiuer's feelings towards her sister-in-law were even more complicated than those towards her mother. Naturally, she was closer to her cousin, but her sister-in-law hadn't done anything wrong. It was her brother's idea that she didn't want to marry her cousin, but because of her cousin, she couldn't be enthusiastic towards her sister-in-law.
Yun Qing prepared clothes and shoes she made herself for her parents-in-law, which is what a new daughter-in-law should do. She gave Zhu Xiu'er a set of jewelry that was popular in the capital. It wasn't particularly expensive, but the style was quite novel and very popular with young women.
The gift for her brother-in-law was a fine inkstone; she knew he was still studying and quite talented.
As for her cousin, she gave her a bracelet, which was of decent quality, but not exceptionally good. After all, she was her cousin, and it wouldn't be proper to give her something too nice when they first met.
After Zhu Tao accompanied his wife in serving tea, he had to leave. It wasn't that he didn't want to stay with his wife; he knew the new bride's customs, and it wasn't appropriate for him to be there at this time.
As soon as Zhu Tao left, Eunuch Yun Qing and his brother-in-law also left one after another.
Wang Shi had come to terms with it. Since her son had his own ideas, she had no objections. Besides, it was a good thing for her son to have a daughter from a wealthy family as his daughter-in-law.
Madam Wang's attitude towards Yun Qing was much gentler. She smiled and said to Yun Qing, "Now that you have married Tao'er, you are a member of our Zhu family. You should live a harmonious and happy life with Tao'er from now on."
Yun Qing smiled and agreed, "Mother is right."
Seeing that she was not spoiled, Wang felt even more favorably toward her.
“Originally, it should have been a while before you took over the affairs of this household, but I have only been in the capital for a short time and am not very familiar with social interactions. I will have someone send you the key to the accounting room later. From now on, you will be in charge of this household. You and your husband can discuss things together.”
Wang's words were so true that they startled Yun Qing. She had only been married for two days, and her mother-in-law wanted to give her the power to manage the household. This was too good to be true!
Yun Qing actually felt it was somewhat inappropriate; how could someone so soon take away the power of the steward?
Yun Qing hesitated for a moment, then said, "Mother, about this..."
Yun Qing wanted to decline, but Madam Wang said, "It's settled then. Although I'm in good health, I don't want to deal with these trivial matters. I've been working hard all these years, so let me rest."
Upon hearing this, Yun Qing could not refuse; to do so would be unfilial.
Yun Qing had no choice but to accept the responsibility of managing the household.
"Then the daughter-in-law will take over."
Only then did Madam Wang smile again.
“That’s right. By the way, your younger sister Xiu’er is not young anymore. In the past, I thought she was too young, so she didn’t get involved much in managing the household. I’ll train her when I have time.”
Yun Qing naturally had no reason not to accept.
“Mother is right. Daughter-in-law also learned how to manage a household from her sister-in-law at her parents’ home. This is what daughter-in-law should do.”
Wang was satisfied.
"These past few days, these past few days."
Wang Jiao listened from the side, and the room was filled with harmony. She kept her head down and didn't say anything. To an uninformed person, it would seem like she was just quiet. But Zhu Xiu'er thought that her cousin was sad.
Zhu Xiu'er's mind was on her cousin, so she didn't talk much and seemed a bit aloof.
Yun Qing also sensed this. She didn't know much about the Zhu family. She knew some of their personnel structure, but not much about the details. She would have to find out about that later.
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