This palace comes back in this life, only to be Nian Shilan

Chapter 33: All the money is gone but he still doesn't come

Hua Fei had some doubts in her heart and read the letter written by her sister-in-law again.

So he got up and went to look for the pile of dough figurines that his sister-in-law had mentioned among the holiday gifts sent from the northwest.

The craftsmanship of making dough figurines is indeed extremely exquisite. One is my childhood self, wearing a Han Chinese skirt, with two buns tied with red ropes on my head, holding a string of candied haws in my hand, and smiling innocently. At that time, I was still a snotty kid, sticking to Nian Gengyao all day long to run around and have fun. At that time, Nian Gengyao was not General Nian, and his official career was bleak, but the family was always together, how happy they were. Hua Fei missed that time very much.

The other is herself now, wearing the Manchu costume, flower-pot shoes, and her favorite headdress with kingfisher feathers. Even the small dolls can show Hua Fei's graceful manners. Hua Fei holds the pair of small dolls in both hands, thinking about her sister-in-law's motives for transferring the Nian family's assets in Beijing to herself.

Concubine Hua was playing with the dough figurine with a candied haws on it and felt something was a little strange. The candied haws part did not seem solid. Normally, one side of a dough figurine would not be hollowed out in the middle.

Hua Fei looked carefully at the little girl holding the candied haws and found that there was a gap between the stem of the candied haws and the little girl's hand. Hua Fei tried to take the candied haws out and found that it could be disassembled. Hua Fei looked at the disassembled candied haws and found that the stem of the candied haws was made of rough papyrus, so the color was very similar to that of wood.

Hua Fei carefully pulled the papyrus stick out of the candied haws dough figurine, and it turned out to be a rolled-up note. Hua Fei unfolded the note, and Nian Gengyao's handwriting was clearly visible on the paper: "I had the same dream with my sister in the middle of autumn. Be careful to prevent the nightmare from coming true. Brother will protect the whole Nian family."

It was the tiny calligraphy written by Nian Gengyao himself. When Hua Fei saw it, her hands trembled a little. Could it be that her brother was reincarnated just like herself? "Protect the entire Nian family" was the last words that Nian Gengyao said before he was reincarnated when Hua Fei heard him in the underworld.

Whether my brother has been reborn or not will be known when the war in the northwest subsides and the Nian family returns to Beijing to meet his brother.

Now she can rest assured that her brother completely believes what she said about his previous life. With her brother's ability, Hua Fei believes that Nian Gengyao will find a way to prevent the tragic ending of his previous life.

All I have to do is guard the harem. In the past, Zhen Yuandao helped the emperor to overthrow the Nian family. In this life, I have to take the initiative in the harem and win Zhen Huan to my side.

Concubine Hua personally threw her brother's handwriting into the charcoal brazier and watched the papyrus burn to ashes before she felt at ease and let Songzhi clear out the garbage.

Concubine Hua also instructed Songzhi that since her brother had won a great victory in the northwest this year, the rewards for the servants in Yikun Palace should be doubled during the New Year, and the entire Yikun Palace should celebrate together.

This reward is more than twice as much as the reward in the previous life.

Concubine Hua told Songzhi to take all the money out of her own storehouse and not to enter it into the account of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, to avoid the stingy old woman the Empress seeing the account book and then complaining to the Emperor, even though she didn't spend any of her money.

Since you have more money than you can spend anyway, you might as well use it to invest in yourself and treat your servants well. By rewarding them generously, there will probably be more people willing to serve you next year.

As for the gifts prepared for the empress dowager during the New Year, Concubine Hua prepared eighteen volumes of scriptures that she had copied herself. Those were the ones she had written down some time ago when she was practicing calligraphy, and they were barely readable.

The Empress Dowager believes in Buddhism, so this scripture will surely please her.

I still have to be more honest and just send these scriptures to Baohua Temple in a few days to be worshipped for a period of time. After they are blessed by the monks of Baohua Temple, I think the Empress Dowager will be happier to hear it.

There are so many ways to please people without spending money in this world, why did I choose the one that costs a lot of money in my previous life? I really have a problem with money.

Greedy for money and giving to her man as a gigolo.

Hua Fei became angry when she thought about the love in her previous life.

Relying on women to conquer the world, to defend the world, and even to get involved in the struggles in the harem, these people are not real men in the eyes of Concubine Hua in this life.

Why was I so obsessed with love in my previous life?

He cursed himself for being short-sighted and picked up the notebook to read.

Even if the sky falls, it can't stop her from reading the storybook.

Concubine Hua put on her armor again, glanced at the several scriptures placed casually on the desk, then picked up the notebook that Mr. Sanjin had recently updated and leaned on the Arhat couch to read it.

While looking at the storybook, Concubine Hua's thoughts drifted away.

Although he was well-off now, he was afraid that his sister-in-law would not be able to support him after the Nian family left the court. When it came to money, one had to either increase income or reduce expenditure. It was not a good idea to save money all the time, as money would eventually run out.

Only a fool like Li Bai would say "It is possible to make money even if you spend it all." That is why Hua Fei doesn't like to read poetry. What kind of perverse logic is written here? Mr. Sanjin is right in his storybook: "It is possible to make money even if you spend it all. It is better to earn money as soon as possible."

Hua Fei thought of her sister-in-law showing off in a letter that she had opened a few more shops in the northwest, and she became itchy and wanted to open a few shops in the capital as well.

But soon Hua Fei gave up such thoughts. A tall tree attracts the wind. The Nian family is now in its heyday. If she opens a shop outside, there will inevitably be people who take advantage of her shop. It would be bad if it delayed her brother's important business.

After putting this thought aside, Hua Fei started reading the storybook again, but her mind was still on the letter from home. Thinking of the mention of Nian Fu and Nian Xing in the letter accompanying their brother to practice boxing under the Mid-Autumn Moon, she suddenly remembered that her brother's eldest son Nian Xi was already 18 years old this year. In the previous life, Nian Xi died young at the age of just .

Thinking of this, Concubine Hua could no longer read the notebook.

Concubine Hua wanted to ask Zhou Ninghai to go to the mansion last year to see Nian Xi, but Zhou Ninghai had gone to investigate the cause of Cao Qinmo's death and had not returned yet. So Concubine Hua sent Zhou Ninghai's apprentice Xiao Louzi to the Imperial Hospital to invite Wen Shichu to go to the mansion last year together.

Nian Xi was weak since childhood. Although he passed the imperial examination during the reign of Emperor Kangxi, he never entered the official career. The Nian family could afford to support him anyway. When Nian Gengyao went to the northwest, Nian Xi did not follow him.

Concubine Hua recalled her previous life. After the Spring Festival this year, the Emperor would issue an edict to grant her eldest nephew the official post of Supervisory Censor of Zhejiang Province. However, in the previous life, Nian Xi was weak and sickly. Although he was granted the official post, he did not do much practical work due to health reasons. He spent most of his time recuperating during his tenure.

In his impression, although Nian Xi was weak and sickly, he was also a child prodigy. He inherited the talent of his grandfather Nalan Rongruo. He was well-read in poetry and books since childhood and was familiar with Han culture. Therefore, Emperor Yongzheng valued Nian Xi very much.

If in this life, I can cure Nian Xi's weakness, perhaps I can save the fate of the entire Nian family. Nian Xi can make a great contribution.

Let’s wait until Xiaolouzi comes back before we talk about everything.