Bondage

Leaving Yanqing Palace, Jiang Xingjian asked Lin Jiayue why she made her own decisions.

Lin Jiayue laughed and said, "Do you not believe that I can manage the Hou Mansion well, or do you not believe that I can earn more money for the Hou Mansion?"

"Didn't you see the success of the ice shop? And even my mother believed in me and gave me 5000 taels of silver to open a new shop. What are you worried about?"

Jiang Xingjian's face was gloomy: "Do you know that this business is bound to be profitable after taking your mother's money?"

"How can there be a guarantee that you will make a profit in business? Your empress is not such an unreasonable person."

Holding Jiang Xingjian's arm with a smile, Lin Jiayue said sweetly, "But I will do this business, and it will definitely succeed. Don't worry."

Jiang Xingjian shook off Lin Jiayue's hand and strode away.

When Jiang Man saw her for the first time, he must have thought that Lin Jiayue was smart and smart like he did at first, but this kind of smartness cannot stand the test of time.If she made any mistakes in the Hou's Mansion, he would cover them all, but if she made mistakes under the imperial power, she didn't know if she could afford to overthrow the entire Hou's Mansion.

Jiang Xingjian's face was ugly, thinking about Concubine Jiang's words to let Lin Jiayue and Song Wan take charge of the Marquis Mansion together, he was even more disturbed.

Jiang Man is not only his elder sister, but also the biological mother of the fifth prince. The concubines in the harem do not need to open a shop to earn money, but the prince needs a strong wife.Now that Concubine Jiang spoke, the matter of being in charge of the household was not just a private matter of the Hou Fu, and he could not refuse at all.

Seeing Lin Jiayue holding 5000 taels of silver, Jiang Xingjian became more and more bored.

When the two returned to Hou's mansion, Lin Jiayue went back to her room to think about business, while Jiang Xingjian went to Fuhetang with a cold face.

"Your elder sister has always been strong-tempered since she was a child. Shu'er is less than five years old now. She moves so fast, and she is not afraid of stretching her arms too much."

Mrs. Jiang half-closed her eyes, slowly fiddled with the agarwood beads in her hands.

Jiang Xingjian knelt aside and said in a low voice: "The imperial palace is so difficult and dangerous, and my sister is struggling in it. Our mansion can help as much as we can, and now the imperial concubine has ordered us to do so."

"You have been pinched to death by your elder sister since you were young..."

Mrs. Jiang stood up, and Jiang Xingjian hurriedly got up to help her, only to hear Mrs. Jiang say: "It's good for your siblings to support each other, but Man'er has a radical temper. Back then, I didn't agree with her entering the palace. If she didn't Even if you enter the palace, you and Song Wan won't be in trouble like today."

"With a virtuous and intelligent girl like Song Wan as your virtuous helper, coupled with your talent and disposition, it may not be impossible to protect the glory of the Marquis Mansion for a hundred years, but now you want to take the risk to snatch the flower in the mirror, the moon in the water..."

"I'm afraid that I won't be able to earn wealth and glory in the future, but I will end up with a fishy body instead."

Jiang Xingjian's face was sullen, but in his heart he said that the matter had come to this point, and there was no turning back.

"Forget it, since the Marquis Mansion is handed over to you, you are in charge of the affairs of the mansion. My wife, how many years will I have to live? Don't I become a sinner by making troubles between you and your siblings in the future. "

With a wave of Mrs. Jiang's hand, Baozhu, the eldest maid beside her, sent Jiang Xingjian out.

After everyone walked out, Mrs. Jiang sighed in a low voice: "I don't know how many princes and grandchildren in the past have died halfway. Now, as a five-year-old child, I have to fight the entire Hou Mansion to fight against the Song Mansion. I'm afraid Song Lan'an knows Jiang Man is so stupid that he almost burst out laughing."

"Since the old lady knew it was wrong, why didn't she persuade the uncle?"

A woman helped Mrs. Jiang to sit down, and comforted her in a low voice.

Mrs. Jiang said: "You watched Jiang Man grow up, but you still don't know her temperament? Back then, I just said that she was arrogant, and it was not easy to marry into a noble family as a clan wife, so she turned around and hooked up with the emperor to enter the palace."

"Now that she wants to meddle in the affairs of the mansion, if I stop Yi'er, it will only make her feel bad, and she will drift away from the Hou mansion."

"She is from Jiang's family. What's going on? Could it be that the Hou's mansion can get away? It's better to let Yi'er watch from the sidelines."

The mother-in-law also sighed, and couldn't think of any other way except to say a few words of comfort.

After coming out of Mrs. Jiang's room, Jiang Xingjian went to the main courtyard of Lanting with a look of embarrassment on his face.

When he arrived, the wife in the mansion was reporting the accounts with Song Wan, one and two couldn't be more respectful, the accounts in their hands were written clearly, standardized, and detailed.

"Grandma, this is the kitchen expenses in the mansion this month."

Song Wan took them and looked at them one by one, only to see that there were thousands of taels of silver left before the whole month.

"Grandma manages the family well, and everyone in the inner and outer courts praises her."

Mrs. Liang said: "Yes, yes, it was very hot a few days ago, if Grandma hadn't made mung bean soup to relieve the summer heat and gave it to the servants in the outer court, I'm afraid I would be sick now."

"Ordinary things are not worth talking about."

Song Wan flicked the abacus quickly, seeing that the government regulations he changed earlier did save a lot of money, he felt relieved.

"Grandma, how do you get the account for the picture of the autumn moon embracing the mountains that you sent to Sun's residence yesterday?"

Song Wan didn't even raise his head: "There's no need to enter, I will give it to Mrs. Sun privately."

"The authentic work of Zhang Shaoqing?"

When Jiang Xingjian heard the words, he stepped forward, and a group of women in charge saluted one after another. He waved his hand and a few of them stopped talking.

"There is no reason to use a woman's dowry to fill up the husband's family. I will convert that authentic work into cash for you in the future."

"It's good for your husband to be the master."

Song Wan smiled lightly at him, then bowed his head and went to settle accounts, Jiang Xingjian thought for a while, shunned those women, and sat in front of Song Wan.

"Husband, do you have something to say?"

"I do have something to discuss with you..."

Jiang Xingjian frowned tightly, unable to speak after thinking for a long time.Song Wan saw his embarrassment, so she knew it must be related to Lin Jiayue, she didn't urge her but just lowered her head to sort out the tickets in the mansion, and she didn't intend to inquire.

After a long time, Jiang Xingjian said, "How is Jiang Yan's marriage with the Sun family going?"

"Mrs. Sun still has some concerns. Although she hasn't agreed to it, the discussion is almost done. After Miss Sun and Yan Li, maybe it can be settled."

"What concerns do you have? Jiang Yan and that Miss Sun's family are quite compatible. The Sun family shouldn't refuse this marriage."

Song Wan said indifferently; "Mrs. Sun doesn't like people who act out of line and don't follow the rules. She is also afraid that the messy people in the backyard will make Miss Sun tired."

"Where is the Hou Mansion..."

As soon as he uttered a few words, Jiang Xingjian shut up.

Originally, he wanted to ask Lin Jiayue and Song Wan to take care of the family affairs together, but now it's hard to say so.

Until Song Wan's accounts were settled today, Jiang Xingjian hadn't expressed his intentions yet.

She felt faintly uneasy: "After waiting for so long, I think it's something important, so it's better to just say it straight."

Jiang Xingjian touched his nose and said in a low voice, "I want Jiayue to manage the house with you."