in2ebook Chapter 135: Jia Yuanchun was crowned as a princess. Where did the money for her visit come from?
Chapter 135: Jia Yuanchun was crowned as a princess. Where did the money for her visit come from?
"Father! Aren't you afraid that Yong'an's talent will be exposed?" Lin Daiyu now feels that her IQ can no longer catch up with Lin Ruhai.
Originally, I could have had a slight psychological advantage due to my knowledge of the book Dream of the Red Chamber.
Now I feel more and more that I am about to lose face as a time-travel girl.
The main reason is that there is a top student in the family, and it is really stressful to be a poor student.
Yongan interrupted at this time, took out the pen in his mouth and said,
"Sister, don't worry about this. I have made a great wish. If my ancestors bless me to become the top scholar, I will promise them that I will never compete with others in writing essays."
"This is the will of our ancestors, Yongan, I really cannot go against it!"
"Otherwise, I will be like this pen! Shattered to pieces."
After saying this, Yongan tried to break the pen with both hands, but he didn't have enough strength.
The pen was only slightly bent, far from breaking.
"Hey! That's a bit embarrassing!"
Yongan gritted his teeth, put the pen directly on his knees, and pulled it with both hands at the same time. "One, two, three", and it broke.
"Sister! Don't worry, my strength is not that strong this year."
“Next year will do.”
Lin Daiyu looked at the two, one big and one small, and her heart was filled with emotions.
From the heart straight to the top of the head.
Can this ancestor still be used like this? Do the ancestors know?
This……
This is terrible. You are ancient people. How can you be so disrespectful to your ancestors? You don't feel guilty.
If you do this, I will really lie down!
……
Just then, Jia Min lifted the curtain and came in.
Seeing that the father and his two sons were talking animatedly, she had to interrupt them.
"We've had dinner, but you're still chatting? We chat endlessly as soon as we meet."
"Let's go to the Jia Mansion tomorrow."
"How are you all preparing?"
"Especially Yongan, he will be a scholar in the future, so he can't be like a greedy cat when he goes to his grandmother's house."
"Your eldest cousin has become the imperial concubine now, and your grandmother is very happy."
"We can't spoil the fun this time."
At this point, Jia Min paid special attention to Lin Daiyu.
"Where's your parrot? If it dares to follow you this time, tie up its wings."
"Did you hear that?"
Lin Daiyu stood up straight and answered, "I heard you, mother! As you say, mother."
"You're so talkative!" Jia Min took the handkerchief in her hand and covered Lin Daiyu's face with it.
Lin Daiyu hurriedly pulled off her handkerchief, and the whole family burst into laughter.
In the yard, Prince Nan'an saw the figures of a family in the window.
He turned and left, feeling a little lonely and desolate.
It’s almost time. Three years have passed. Time has just passed by like this. In two years, I will leave.
……
At this time, the atmosphere in Rongqing Hall of Rongguo Mansion was not as heated as expected.
Jia Mu, Jia Zheng, Jia She, Jia Zhen, Jia Lian and other heads of the Jia family gathered together.
After the good news of her promotion to Imperial Concubine came the announcement that a separate residence would be built for her to visit her parents.
"Has this been decided?" Grandmother Jia's face also looked a little heavy.
All the men in the family are officials.
Nowadays, if you have any problems, just come to me, an old woman.
Jia Lian replied, "Grandmother, it is about 80% true. Concubine Wu and Concubine Zhou have already started the construction."
"What do we do now?"
Jia She taught his son a lesson in a very tough tone, "What should we do? Of course we have to do it, what else can we say?"
"Otherwise, how can our Duke's Mansion hold our heads up high in the capital?"
"Two dukes from one family, we are the only ones left besides the four princes. No one from the family of Concubine Zhou or Concubine Wu can compare to us in status."
"We not only have to build one, but we also have to build one better than theirs, with more pomp and ceremony."
"We should show the grandeur of our Rong and Ning mansions."
Grandmother Jia glared at him helplessly. "Very good, you said it very well. Brother Lian, tell your father how much silver he needs?"
Jia Lian folded his hands and bowed his head to calculate silently, "Father, I roughly calculated that building a separate courtyard would cost a lot of money, even if it was just a slight adjustment on the original basis, plus buying various materials."
"You can't come down without a million taels."
"If it's done better, it should be two million taels."
Grandmother Jia looked at her eldest son.
"Did you hear that? One million taels of silver, Boss, how much silver do you have?"
When Jia She heard that he was asked about his silver, he became anxious.
"Mother, I have never been in charge of the household, so I don't have any money."
"You should ask my second brother and Brother Lian about the silver. We are a Duke's mansion. You can't find thousands of silver by sweeping in the cracks of any room."
"Shut up!" Grandmother Jia couldn't help being angry.
This eldest son has been confused all his life.
Why not let him be the head of the family? If he were the head of the family, the family would have been ruined long ago.
Not to mention selling my children, even I, an old woman, will be stripped naked by him.
When Jia She heard his mother scolding him again in front of the younger generation, he felt very angry.
But he couldn't vent his anger on his mother, so he had to vent it on Jia Lian.
He stared at Jia Lian without saying a word, ready to find a fault to teach him a lesson.
"How much silver can the family use now?" Jia Zheng asked after hesitating for a moment.
He was also impatient with these mundane matters.
He was willing to discuss poetry with literati, or to immerse himself in writing like Lin Ruhai.
And I heard that Lin Ruhai’s youngest son passed the imperial examination and became a scholar.
One of his sons had died, and the other was still hiding among the women, unable to get out.
Although the eldest daughter has been granted a title now, she has not yet been given an honorable official position, so she will first arrange a big flower project.
Jia Lian replied, "Uncle, we can only move a little over 100,000 taels. The rest, and the money that has not been collected from other places, together make up only 200,000 taels."
"Impossible. It cost hundreds of thousands of silver to marry Jia Min." When Jia She heard that he had no money left, he couldn't help it.
"You also said it was back then. At that time, your father was still alive. The Dukes of the two countries were very famous, so of course they married off their daughters in a grand manner."
"Now I am the only old woman left. Which one of you can support the reputation of the Duke's Mansion? It has been running at a loss for more than ten years, and now it is just an empty shell."
"If I die one day, you won't have to struggle to support me anymore."
Speaking of this, Grandmother Jia felt bitter in her heart and forced herself to smile in front of her children and grandchildren.
There is no other way. I have to keep my dignity. If I really die, this family will be completely ruined.
Even the ordinary officials in the capital cannot compare to him.
Neither of the two sons did a good job as an official.
Fortunately, the granddaughter has a promising future now. If she can gain a foothold in the palace and have a son or daughter in the future, the Jia family will be able to enjoy decades of prosperity.
Therefore, in order for her granddaughter to have face in the palace, her parents had to help her no matter how hard it took.
Thinking of this, Jia's mother continued, "Brother Lian, you should start the work first!"
"If the money is really not enough, just use my dowry."
"Mother! It is our sons' incompetence that has made you worry." When Jia She and Jia Zheng heard that they were going to use their mother's dowry, they were both ashamed.
But if they were asked to find a solution, what could they do?
At this time, Jia Lian said, "Grandma, Aunt Xue has a pawnshop. Can you pawn some silver?"
"Then we can borrow some money from our relatives. When the imperial concubine has made some progress in the future, we will pay her back."
"Perhaps after this visit, we can be frugal and save money to repay our relatives."
When Jia She heard this, he immediately agreed, "This is a good idea."
"Mother, how can I touch your dowry?"
Grandmother Jia didn't want to touch her dowry either, as she had other uses for it. Her three granddaughters were following her, and their future marriages couldn't be too shabby.