Zhu Jinghong thought it was a big deal, but these words surprised him.
Hunting in Shanglinyuan does not happen often. It happens once every two to three years, and the standards are very high.
Members of the royal family, nobles in the capital, and chieftains of various vassals will all be invited to participate in this event, including of course the emperor himself.
The last hunting party in Shanglinyuan was nine years ago. Three years have passed since then. Zhu Jinghong stole the show that time.
"Fourth brother, I understand this little thing," Zhu Jinghong said with a smile.
Zhu Jingyuan breathed a sigh of relief, and then taught Zhu Jinghong some more, and then the two of them went separately.
Zhu Jinghong went to Shanglin Garden, but he did not know that Baochai had been summoned to the East Palace by Yuanchun.
The reason why Yuanchun summoned Baochai was because of the business affairs of Prince Xiang's Mansion. As the eldest sister-in-law, she had to "take charge" of it.
However, Baochai didn't know Yuanchun's purpose, so he made preparations in all aspects to ensure that he could deal with it properly.
At this moment, the two of them were wandering around the back garden of the East Palace, talking about interesting things they heard about the fateful wives.
Then naturally, Yuan Chun asked about Prince Xiang’s Mansion sending Xue Pan to Ningguo Mansion to pay his respects.
"There are so many people in the palace. Can the chief historian send some eunuchs if he is not free? Why should Brother Pan go? After all, his surname is Xue."
Following Yuan Chun , Baochai respectfully replied, "Replying to the Crown Princess, it's all because something happened in the palace in recent days. The eunuchs deceived me for being inexperienced and committed mischief to embezzle money from the treasury. The prince and I are rectifying the situation, so how can we let them go to Ningguo Mansion?"
"The eunuchs are not busy, and the chief historian is also busy." Yuanchun asked with a smile.
Although she was smiling, it couldn't change the fact that at this moment, she was questioning Baochai's true nature.
When the matter was asked to this point, Baochai really couldn't answer it. Lying was meaningless at this time.
Before Baochai could reply, Yuan Chun turned around and said, "The thirteenth brother has a straightforward personality. I'm afraid that's what he meant."
"I know about his grudges with Jia Zhen. It seems that he is still angry, so he arranged it like this."
Whether this is actually the case, Baochai knows best, but since Yuanchun has said so, of course she will not Make more excuses.
"He is just that kind of person, I have also advised him to be a pity"
"The thirteenth brother is straight forward, which is better than some people, so there is no need to mention this matter again" Yuanchun The smile became warmer and warmer.
The two changed the topic and walked forward for a while. Yuanchun suddenly asked, "I heard that you sent people again and took the money to do business."
This It was impossible to hide the matter, so Baochai replied, "No, it's his idea again."
"I told him that although the palace is short of money, it can be done as long as it is simpler." Yes, but he said that in addition to cutting expenditures, we must also increase revenue."
"Throwing out one hundred thousand taels of silver in one goGo, I was almost stunned to death because of this."
"Tell me how difficult it is to save that money. I worked so hard to save some money, but he just threw it all away in one breath. These days are really bad. "The law has passed"
Although Baochai said it was Zhu Jinghong's handwriting, these words clearly show that she is the most "money-greedy" person.
And this , also to consolidate her "money-greedy" persona and make people think that she is just a little smart.
In this way, one of her husband and wife are stupid and the other is greedy, so they will not be a threat to the two legitimate brothers, and they can be safe. Do your own thing.
"I heard that King Rui's family lent you 10,000 yuan. Now that the Thirteenth Brother has done this, I'm afraid the treasury is almost empty." Yuanchun asked with a worried look on his face. .
"Sigh, I don't know how to repay the money that Sixth Sister borrowed."
Baochai can guarantee that she really said this out of emotion, not because she wanted to talk to Yuan Chun.
I just heard Yuanchun say, "Now that you have become a princess, you have to take up the honors of a princess. You have to say what you need to say, and you can't just let the thirteenth brother do whatever you want."
"Now that Donggong still has some money left, you can take 30,000 taels of silver over there first. On the one hand, you can pay back the money of Lao Liu's family, and on the other hand, you can live a better life."
Donggong There are not many places to spend money, and the financial situation is worse than that of Prince Rui's Mansion, so it is not a big problem to spend 30,000 taels of silver.
Of course Yuanchun can spend more, but she feels that it is better to spend money than to prank others. Do it in several times.
"How can this be so embarrassing?" Baochai looked extremely embarrassed, as if she was really embarrassed.
"What's the point of helping each other?" I'm sorry."
Yuan Chun stopped again and asked, "You can take Chen Zhi's money, but you can't take my cousin's money."
You always have a way , I had to take the money and leave. Baochai secretly laughed in her heart.
"But this"
"Okay, let's stop fighting for face and suffer. Our sisterly love is better than gold. Jian, a little money is nothing."
"Thank you very much, sister Yuanchun." Baochai thanked her very solemnly.
Here she calls Yuanchun "sister", which is somewhat of an expression of closeness. Meaning.
After taking the money, Yuanchun seemed to be more confident, and then he taught her a lesson.
Of course Baochai responded and used it in the East Palace. After lunch, she returned home with thirty thousand taels of silver.
When the sun was about to set, Zhu Jinghong came back from Shanglin Garden. He was tired from playing polo with the Dragon Guards. Sweat.
There is also a polo competition this year, but Zhu Jinghong will not play, so he can only play with the guards.
When he entered the palace, he saw ten people. When he opened the box and saw that it was full of silver, Zhu Jinghong changed his mind instantly.
He only needed a rough estimate to know that it was about 30,000 taels, which was by no means a small amount.
"Where did the money come from?" Zhu Jinghong asked in a deep voice
<.p>The eunuch on duty in the palace immediately replied, "The prince was brought back by the princess.""Well" Zhu Jinghong suddenly had a bad idea.
Could it be that Baochai was really reluctant to part with the money and ordered someone to bring the money back from the warehouse?
“This woman is so long-haired and short-sighted that she has ruined my life”
When Zhu Jinghong was muttering, a voice came from the side hall, "Which woman has long hair and short knowledge? Who ruined the prince's important affairs?"
Zhu Jinghong followed the voice and saw Baochai walked out of the side hall, looking somewhat dissatisfied.
"Where did this money come from?" Zhu Jinghong asked with a serious face.
"The Crown Princess called me over in the morning. Seeing how pitiful we were, she lent me thirty thousand taels of silver."
Walking to Zhu Jinghong, Baochai asked while adjusting his sleeves He said, "Your Majesty hasn't told me yet, who ruined your big deal?"
"It's all a misunderstanding, Princess"
Baochai rolled her eyes at him and didn't want to go into details. He meant, and then said, "Of these 30,000 taels of silver, the Crown Princess asked us to take out 10,000 taels and pay back the money from Prince Rui's Mansion."
"Why worry about paying back the money?" Zhu Jinghong sat on the chair , and took the tea handed by the eunuch.
"You really don't plan to pay it back, right?" Baochai was still a little surprised. The education she received since childhood told her that this was wrong.
"No one wants it, so why should we pay it back?"
Baochai didn't say more about this, because she was actually not willing to pay back the money.
Sitting next to Zhu Jinghong, Baochai said slowly, "The Crown Princess also asked about condolences to Ning Guofu. I told her."
The husband and wife talked and listened. The scene was harmonious and peaceful, but someone just listened and got into Baochai's arms.
"Oh, you are smelly and sweaty, hurry up and take a shower and change clothes"
Baochai exclaimed in disgust, tried her best to push Zhu Jinghong away, then covered her mouth and left .
The twelfth year of Orthodoxy, the twenty-second day of the first lunar month.
Zhu Jinghong got up early in the morning and changed into his robes under the service of the eunuch. Today was a hunt, so he was dressed smartly.
In the Wangfu Campus, his luggage was ready, and his bow and arrows and saber were placed on both sides of the saddle.
He is cleaning up, and Baochai on the other side is also cleaning up. Today she is going to the palace to pay her respects to the queen.
Normally, as a daughter-in-law, she should go every day, but because the queen likes to be clean, she avoids this rule. Baochai usually only enters the palace every other day.
"Sister Bao, Brother Thirteen has packed everything over there."
When Baochai stood in front of the mirror and looked at herself, Yang Jingting's voice made her turn around, but she saw her She also put on the dress as a concubine.
That’s right, in most cases Yang Jingting entered the palace with Baochai. As the queen’s niece, she naturally wanted to pay her respects.
"Okay, let's go" Baochai smiled lightly.
The two came to Yin'an Hall together. At this time, Zhu Jinghong was standing in the courtyard, adjusting the tightness of his wrist guards himself.
"It's finally here. Let's go quickly. We're going to be late." Zhu Jinghong's tone was dissatisfied.
Baochai didn't pay attention, but said to Yang Jingting who was standing aside, "You see, he doesn't pay attention to other things. He is very active in hunting, riding and shooting."
However, Yang Jingting disagreed with this. In her heart, Zhu Jinghong will always be her beloved thirteenth brother.
"I've been waiting for the carriage for a long time."
Zhu Jinghong is indeed very positive. After all, he can fill the cup again today.
The three of them got into a carriage and headed towards the imperial city.
At the same time, Prince Rui and his wife were also driving to the palace, but Zhu Jingyuan's expression was a little solemn at this time.
Growing up under the influence of poetry and calligraphy, Zhu Jingyuan had little interest in martial arts, and was even more repelled by things like hunting, so he did not like to participate.
In his opinion, the important thing to be an emperor is to strategize, rather than to fight like a reckless man.
Of course, he could only think about these words and would never dare to express them in front of his father.
"The prince gave Lao Thirteen tens of thousands of taels of silver, do you know this?"
"Know"
"They are quite generous. Just thirty thousand."
Seeing that Zhu Jingyuan didn't answer, Chen Zhi frowned and said, "I just don't know when the Thirteenth Family will repay our money. They spend money too lavishly."
At this time Zhu Jingyuan finally said, "It is simply wishful thinking for a person like Thirteenth Brother to have a plan to save money."
After saying this, Zhu Jingyuan said with emotion, "Just think of it as nothing, ten thousand dollars." It’s just two pieces of silver.”
Chen Zhi said with an unhappy expression, “That’s all, you are very generous. If you say you don’t want it, then you don’t want it. I learned a few days ago that I borrowed the money. Who was it that got angry and threw things?”
p>Zhu Jingyuan didn't want to argue with her, so he turned his head to one side and thought about matters in the court.
The biggest issue for the court last year was the Qingzhang of Yingtian Mansion, but this year it is to be fully implemented in Jinling. This is an opportunity for him.
He has received news that in order to ensure the smooth progress of the Qing Dynasty, the imperial court will make adjustments to local officials in Jinling.
From the county yamen to the government yamen, and even to the three divisions and the patrol censor's yamen, the court will re-adjust the appointed officials, which is an opportunity for him.
Over the years, many people have been released outside Jixian Hall, but it was still too slow for Zhu Jingyuan, so he had to seize this opportunity for his men.
On the one hand, it allows followers to get into real jobs quickly, and on the other hand, they can use Qingzhang’s affairs to make contributions, and they will be promoted at a faster speed.
However, Zhu Jingyuan still needs to carefully calculate how to operate.
In addition to making good friends with Zhao Yushan, he also has to get support from his old father, which is quite troublesome.
“I wonder if the fourth child will take the opportunity to deploy people?” Zhu Jingyuan thought to himselfroad.
Liang Qian, who is now the governor of Jinling, has been regarded by Zhu Jingyuan as the prince's man, so he believes that if the prince arranges for more people to go there, he will definitely get more "care" from Liang Qian.
Compared with these big things, tens of thousands of taels of silver is a small matter, and Zhu Jingyuan certainly won't care.
As for Zhu Jinghong, he was the first to arrive at the palace gate. After getting off the car, he led Baochai and two people into the palace. When they arrived at Qianqing Gate, they split into two groups.
Baochai and the others went to Kunning Palace, while he entered the Qianqing Gate.
In the Qianqing Palace at this moment, Zhu Xianming had changed into an ocher yellow robe, and also put on a hood. The armor was embroidered with various exquisite dragon patterns and auspicious clouds, which looked majestic. It also shows nobility.
"Your Majesty, Your Highness King Xiang asks for an audience."
"Hmm"
This "um" made the eunuch who reported the matter very uncomfortable. He didn't know whether it was a meeting or a meeting. No, he still has to go back to deliver the message.
Fortunately, Zhu Jinghong never made things difficult for him. He rushed into the dormitory in excitement before waiting outside for ten seconds.
"Dad, you are not ready yet. The generals and envoys have arrived outside."
Zhu Xianming turned around, waved away the eunuchs serving on his left and right, and then slowly sat down on the chair. .
After staring at Zhu Jinghong for a few seconds, Zhu Xianming finally said, "Old Thirteen, are you waiting for me to greet you?"
"My son, I bow to my father." Zhu Jinghong saluted quickly.
Of course he knows how to be polite, but he never pays attention to these rules, focusing on the deep love between father and son and not sticking to trivial matters.
"Dad, when are you leaving?" Zhu Jinghong asked again.
Ignoring the question, Zhu Xianming asked slowly, "You borrowed tens of thousands more taels of silver from the fourth brother."
"The fourth brother gave you money, I don't know the specific amount." I know, the princess is in charge," Zhu Jinghong replied frankly.
After sneering twice, Zhu Xianming said with a serious expression, "Even if you take out one hundred thousand taels, your family will really have no money left. Isn't it nice to hear that others will spread the word about it?"
"You don't want face, but I still want face"
"Yes"
Here Zhu Jinghong was listening to the lecture, and Baochai in Kunning Palace was not much better.
The queen met her in the flower hall and asked her about borrowing money.
"My daughter-in-law made all the mistakes she made. She failed to take care of the house and take care of things, which is why she is now stuck in a difficult position."
Baochai knelt in front of the queen. Admitting her mistake, she looked like she was admitting the punishment at this time, which made it difficult for the queen to say anything.
"You are the princess, everything in the palace is yours to take care of. You have to take care of food, clothing, and transportation. You can't just leave everything to old Thirteen's will."
" Not to mention anything else, he knows how to do business and can make one hundred thousand taels out of it. If you can’t persuade him, that’s it. Why don’t you tell me?”
Zhu Jinghong reported this matter to the emperor. , but deliberately did not let the queen know, because she was afraid that I would stop it.
"What the mother teaches is that a daughter-in-law is willing to accept the punishment," Baochai replied with her head lowered.
She has been kneeling for several minutes since entering the palace to greet her, and her knees are already in pain.
"I don't say anything about this alone, but you have borrowed money from Lao Si and Lao Lao one after another. How unbecoming is this?"
Now there are rumors in the palace that Princess Xiang As expected of a "merchant", he borrowed money and did business, and he never forgot his old profession.
For this reason, the queen has secretly killed more than a dozen palace maids and eunuchs in order to protect her. My son’s face.
“You are a good boy, but I know that Old Thirteen is here, so you helped him hide it for his own good, and even took the blame for it.”
"But you think this is really for his own good"
Sighing, Yang Qingyin said earnestly, "You don't know the story of Leyangzi's wife. You can use her as an example to advise your husband, instead of blindly "Protect and obey"
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