The Coral of the Red Mansion Does Not Return

Zhou Su said, "Not yet. But we are engaged."

After oh, Jia Hu asked again, "Which one did you order?"

Zhou Su gave him a strange look, thought for a while, and said, "I can't remember clearly, she is probably the eldest granddaughter of the prime minister's family. Why do you ask this?"

Jia Hu laughed softly, "Didn't you just recognize a big nephew, you have to take care of it."

Zhou Su didn't believe it, so he rushed over and asked viciously, "Will you tell me?"

Jia Hu walked past him, and kissed his lips, "It's my sister, she will be graduating next year."

"My eldest nephew," Zhou Su said, "is a good one. But just because of his status, he is not a good match, not to mention he already has a fiancée. If you have any thoughts, give up as soon as possible."

Jia Hu laughed, "I just asked, but it caused you to call. I pay attention to the young talents around me, and one of them may become my brother-in-law. But I see, whether the eldest nephew's marriage can be reconciled Not necessarily."

"The Cheng family is so courageous!" Zhou Su said angrily, "Even though my elder brother is gone, Lang'er is still the grandson of the dragon! Does the Cheng family's resignation mean they look down on our royal family?"

Jia Hu changed his posture and hugged him, and said, "The eldest daughter of the Cheng family is one year younger than Lang'er, and she has not reached the age of Ji. If the Cheng family really doesn't want to, there are ways. Besides, the eldest son of King Wei is not married yet. If Cheng Xiang wants to seek stability..."

Regardless of how intense the fight for the heir apparent is, there are really few married sons of the princes. After all, not every emperor has the same longevity as Kangxi.

Zhou Su leaned on his chest sleepily.

Just after the Lantern Festival, the imperial court started writing on the sixteenth day of the first lunar month.

The new academician in charge is surnamed Wen. Master Wen called Jia Hu to his office this day. By mistake, I have tested you for some time. It is indeed a beautiful piece of jade. Although there are flaws, the flaws are not concealed. Now that you have passed my test, you don’t have to do those trivial things. Just hand over the books and so on to your subordinates. .”

Jia Hu laughed secretly, thinking that he must have learned Zhou Su's lesson, so he respectfully agreed.

Jia Hu is thinking about Zhou Su here, what is Zhou Su doing?Zhou Su has already been named the King of Le County, but he has nothing to do, and he is happy in the mansion every day.It's just that since the Chinese New Year was approaching last year, the atmosphere in the Lejun Prince's Mansion was quite uneasy, and the Chinese New Year also seemed very depressing.

On this day, the side concubines and concubines of Le County Prince's Mansion couldn't bear it anymore and gathered at Princess Le's place one after another.

The concubine Hu twisted her handkerchief and said worriedly, "Sister, the prince hasn't been in the backyard for a long time, what's the matter?"

The following concubines also said one after another.

"My lord hasn't listened to an opera for a long time!"

"My lord has never taken a fancy to any other girls!"

"The whole first month, the prince didn't step into any sister's courtyard!"

"The concubine went to deliver soup to the lord last time, and the lord specifically told his servants that women in the backyard are not allowed to enter the study."

It was the concubine Ji who was the latest favorite (although it was several months ago last year) who said the last sentence, which aroused the hostility of many concubines.It's fine to send soup to the study, why cut off everyone's way?

A concubine Ji said without thinking, "The prince has only entered the courtyard of the princess..."

All the concubines looked at this warrior as if they were mentally retarded.

Concubine Le Jun calmly broke out at this concubine who has no winks and no brains, and smiled bitterly in her heart. The prince just came to the main courtyard to cover the quilt and just sleep as usual on the [-]th day of the Lunar New Year.

Could it be that he is really not close to women?

However, the people in the front yard also said that the lord may not have had the good fortune of a handsome little actor for a long time...

She had already had a son and a daughter, and the princess of the county was very indifferent to favors, and was very satisfied with her stable position in the mansion.Among this group of women, only the princess of the county wished that the king of the county would have to be masculine all his life.

Maybe it's because King Le Jun is so masculine, he is rarely sober when it comes to female sex.The prostitute was the first to come out, and the concubine was the second to come out. Concubine Hu entered the mansion before the concubine Zheng, and she just didn't get pregnant.

Now that the prince has changed his lascivious temper in the past, the princess of the county is not doing well, and Concubine Hu is in a hurry.

The concubine of the county said gently and grandly, "Sisters, the prince is the prince after all, and where he wants to go, don't let me talk about it."

Concubine Hu said with a forced smile, "What did my sister say? Of course, my sister is in charge of the backyard. If the prince does not enter the backyard for a long time, many sisters will inevitably make trouble. If something happens at that time, it will not be my sister. Take care of it?"

The two big Buddhas above spoke, but the little Xiami below did not dare to speak.

The concubine of the county glanced down and said "you can't see me" silently. She only regarded herself as a concubine of a stone, and chuckled, "What do people say about my sister? Even if the prince is here, the sisters are not less troublesome. If sister Hu is less angry, what else can happen in this yard?"

Concubine Hu froze for a moment.

It is impossible to say how harmonious Zhou Su's backyard is, but he is a newcomer who puts it down for a while, and few dare to make troubles by relying on the prince's favor.Only this side concubine Hu is jealous, relying on her being the side concubine who is on the royal imperial seal, she often trips up the prince's new favorite.Most of the disputes in the backyard of the Lejun Prince's Mansion involved this side concubine Hu.

As time goes by, the princess of the county doesn't want to see side concubine Hu more and more.Seeing her anxious look, she naturally knew what was in her heart.The concubine of the county was happy in her heart, and every sentence she said pierced the heart and lungs of Concubine Hu side more than one sentence.

Concubine Hu sat for less than half an hour, and left the main courtyard with a pale face.The people below all shrink their heads, not daring to face the princess.

Princess Fang smiled and said, "Don't worry. There are still too few heirs in the left and right mansions, sisters have to work harder. Whoever gives birth to a child, I will ask her to be a side concubine."

All the concubines were shocked.

The rules of the county king are one main concubine and two concubines on both sides. If the position of the remaining side concubine is occupied by others, there will be no room for those who come later.

They looked at each other with hostility, and saluted together, "Thank you, Princess Wang."

Since the princess of the county reassured the sisters, she naturally wanted to inquire about the words of the prince of the county.

Hearing that the king of the county is in the mansion today, the concubine of the county ordered someone to clean up a table of good wine and food, and specially ordered Qingyuan to invite the king of the county.

Jia Hu went to the Yamen, Zhou Su lived in his courtyard for a few days, felt that it was inconvenient to move around, so he went back to his own mansion.He was bored, and heard that the princess had something important to discuss, so he went to the main courtyard.

The princess of the county greeted her at the door with her eldest son, Zhou Jun, and her eldest daughter, Zhou Qi.

Seeing him, Zhou Su hurriedly said, "The child is so young, how can he see the wind? You don't feel bad as a mother?" As he said, he hurriedly led Zhou Jun, who was only four years old, into the room.

The concubine of the county was surprised. Although Zhou Su loved his son and daughter on weekdays, he didn't want to be like this today.

It turned out that Zhou Suyuan only cared that the two of them were heirs, but now he remembered that he would only have these two children in his life, wouldn't it be more caring?

After each sat down, Zhou Su asked his son-in-law Zhou Jun with a pleasant face, "Brother Jun, three hundred thousand, what have you learned?"

Zhou Jun was shy by nature this week, so she only said timidly, "The Three Character Classic is almost finished."

Zhou Su was not very happy, but the child was still young, so he said to the princess of the county, "Brother Jun is weak, and the schoolwork should not be too heavy. Let him play with a few more schoolboys, and his body will be stronger." Exercise more and keep your body strong. It will be better, this is what Jia Hu told him.Of course, he was exercising as he spoke.

Zhou Su said so, and the princess of the county had no choice but to agree.She originally thought that her son was not intelligent enough, and he had to rely on hard work to win the prince's favor.Otherwise, how good would it be to be compared to the younger brother below?

Zhou Su saw what she was thinking, put down his teacup, and said emphatically, "My lord is just such a legitimate son. If he fails to study, he will still have a title. If he ruined his body for studying, don't blame me for having another son!"

Speaking of this, the princess of the county turned pale and hurriedly agreed.Fearing that he would be scolded again, he hurriedly said, "Brother Jun is going to see my sister."

Zhou Su refused and said, "Brother Jun will have dinner with me."

The princess of the county really couldn't eat this meal, brother Jun was ignorant, but Zhou Su learned to serve food for brother Jun, which made him so happy that he used half a bowl more than usual.

Because the nurse said that Brother Jun was holding on, Zhou Su asked the nurse to take Brother Jun to go for a walk outside the yard to digest food, and he was waiting for the princess to speak.

The princess of the county thought of her original intention, and her mood was not very good.The king of the county just said that he might establish another son, but now he pushes him to another woman's yard in the backyard, so he is not aggrieved.

But she kept silent for a long time, and Zhou Su gradually became impatient.After debating for a while, the princess of the county still bite the bullet and said, "Master, but there hasn't been a newcomer in the yard for a long time? Master rarely stayed in the backyard."

Zhou Su suddenly realized, so this is the matter?He frowned, "Who told you to tell me?"

The princess of the county will not let go of this opportunity to apply eye drops, "The sisters are worried that the master doesn't like them anymore, so they asked the concubine to ask the master when they said hello this morning. It's just that Concubine Hu took the lead."

Concubine Hu, Zhou Su is not very happy, she is the most troublesome.

Originally, after the main concubine gave birth to Zhou Jun, Zhou Su considered stopping the concubine's avoidance soup.But she was too restless, Zhou Su was worried that a son-in-law would not be safe, if she changed her mind... So Concubine Hu didn't have a son yet.

Zhou Su suddenly asked, "How many people in the house... have you survived? Cough, it doesn't matter whether it's male or female."

The concubine of the county glanced at the king of Le County strangely, and asked the nanny to ask, and then said, "I will not talk about Concubine Hu and I, there are 11 concubines with names and surnames, and I don't know about Tong Fang who has no name. The actors in the outer courtyard... I don't know who I am."

Zhou Su was startled, his face twisted, "So many?"

The concubine of the county is slandering, this is not too much, but with the addition of actors, it will be, ha ha.

Zhou Su pondered for a moment, and unexpectedly called the chief official of the palace.

According to the system, there are left and right senior officials in the palace, and the prime minister does general affairs.The housekeeper power of the princess of the county is actually only in the backyard.Others, such as Huangzhuang, shops, and fields bestowed by the Holy One, are all managed by senior officials.Chief officials have ranks, even the princess can't send them around at will.

It was the right chief official who Zhou Su called.The right chief official was his confidant, so he didn't make any noise, and asked directly, "Is the future of the property in the mansion okay?"

The right chief's surname is Zhao, and Zhao's chief official was called over in a hurry, and the king of the county asked this question again, which really puzzled Monk Erzhang.He tentatively said, "This... last year was the same as previous years."

Zhou Su interrupted him and said, "How much money does the mansion make in a year now?"

The chief official said without thinking, "About 3 taels of silver a year."

"So much?" Princess Jun asked in surprise.

How much is [-] silver? Just refer to Jia She’s selling Yingchun for [-] silver.When everyone's first daughter gets married, the dowry money is only ten thousand taels.

Zhou Su asked again, "How much is the annual expenditure in the mansion?"

The chief official smiled wryly, "The past few years were fine, but in the past two years, it has cost more than 2 yuan per year."

"Impossible?!" Princess Jun blurted out.She glanced at Zhao Changli anxiously, and said to Zhou Su, "I have nothing to do, and I have calculated the expenses of the family. But I don't know the truth, so I'm afraid it can't be counted."

Chief official Zhao said, "Every month the little one allocates five hundred pieces of silver to the backyard, the princess of the county knows about this." Seeing the princess of the county nodding, Chief official Zhao said awkwardly, "Actually, the big head is still raised by the father. Those little opera singers often come on a whim, and sprinkle gold leaves all over the stage without saying anything. Whatever they want, I will let them go. This money...isn't it spent like running water.

Zhou Su also frowned. If things go on like this, isn't there not much money left in a year?

After a while, he said, "Grandpa wants to lay off workers!"