He's just a cowardly bastard.
Baochai took out one of her beady, plump and beautiful hands from the mattress, and opened a hole in the curtain. He gave Ying'er a hidden threatening look outside and signaled the maid to deal with his wife leaving.
Although Brother Rong couldn't see her complete expression, he could feel her majestic aura. He chuckled softly like he was biting his ears: "It turns out that my wonderful baby still has such a side."
Baochai pulled down the curtain, turned around and said softly: "You are a bad person, you are not afraid that my mother will hear the noise outside. Don't say anything for the time being, we will talk about it after my mother leaves."
Brother Rong held Baochai's body and listened carefully to Ying'er's reply to Aunt Xue outside.
Aunt Pianxue was concerned about her daughter. When she heard that Baochai was unwell, she wanted to come in and have a look with her own eyes.
Brother Rong was also depressed, it was a critical moment. Baochai, who was not in a hurry next to him, also heard Ying'er's request to open the door. At this moment, his expression changed and he said urgently: "Go out quickly and hide in the cabinet over there where the clothes are hung."
The only place in Xue Baochai's room that could hide someone was the cabinet. The other furniture and furnishings were all covered by the decorations in the room. Even if you wanted to hide under the table, you couldn't. He was nodding to retreat, but when he heard urgent urging from outside, Ying'er reluctantly opened the door.
Brother Rong smiled bitterly: "I'm really going to be caught in bed today."
Xue Baochai rolled her eyes at him and whispered: "Don't let go and retreat."
Brother Rong also knew that this was not the time to tease Baochai, so he had no choice but to retreat honestly, holding his breath and shrinking down. Hearing the footsteps of several people approaching from the room, he hurriedly covered his mouth and nose with his free hand to save his breath and let out any noise.
I was also secretly annoyed in my heart, I was really obsessed with sex, if Aunt Xue and the Xue family maids saw the two of them like this, how could Baochai have any dignity. I secretly thought that I would have to wait until Baochai moved to the Grand View Garden before making any calculations.
By the time……
Just as he was thinking about it, Xue Baochai suddenly turned sideways and faced outside, holding his arm with one hand. He said urgently: "Put your head in and hide in the mattress."
Brother Rong also followed suit.
As soon as I snuggled into the quilt, I felt the stuffy heat inside and smelled the fragrance.
He couldn't help but dance with his fingers, as if he were playing the piano.
Xue Baochai gritted his teeth and hummed, but did not dare to make a sound. He only heard the footsteps approaching the bed.
"Why did you close the account?" My mother's voice came from outside.
Xue Baochai checked the bed to see that Brother Rong had calmed down, and replied in a loud voice: "Mom is here? My daughter is just resting, and she has no clothes on."
"Are you suffering from heat poisoning again? Have you ever taken Lengxiang Pills?" Aunt Xue asked while holding Ying'er, "Have you let the ladies boil the cork juice?"
"Nothing, just have a night's rest." Xue Baochai replied. But she thought in her heart that the fire in her heart was indeed burning, but she didn't need Lengxiang Pills. There was a better medicine beside her. She pretended to be calm and smiled softly: "My daughter is a little sleepy today. Is there something I want to tell my daughter?"
Aunt Xue came here because she wanted to talk to Baochai about something. Secondly, she saw that Baochai was unusual today and went to bed so early. She was worried about her daughter.
Aunt Xue said: "It's not a big deal. Your aunt heard from Zhu'er's wife that she hesitated to live in another courtyard, so she came to ask her what she was thinking."
Xue Baochai was silent for a moment, but held back tightly with one hand.
This bad guy...
Aunt Xue didn't hear Baochai's response, and then said to herself: "If the girl doesn't like living there, she can also move in with her sisters. For the time being, it will satisfy the dignity of the empress in the palace. Live for a few days, and then move back here. It’s also feasible to come to the courtyard.”
Baochai in the quilt behind the curtain held her knees tightly together.
Suddenly.
Cover your mouth fiercely.
"What's wrong with the girl?" Aunt Xue asked anxiously.
Baochai reacted very quickly. He no longer cared about being angry with Brother Rong behind him. He just pinched the back with one hand and pulled the curtain with the other hand to prevent others from lifting it up.
"My daughter is fine, mom, don't worry. Once their family has made arrangements, our daughter will move into the garden with her sisters."
She raised her eyebrows, narrowed her eyes slightly, and replied with a red face. His eyes were fixed on the curtain, for fear that his mother would force it open. Another extremely unique feeling arose in my heart, one of extremely embarrassing shyness. My whole body was sore and numb, as if my marrow had been hollowed out.
This feeling came from the inside out, making Baochai feel stiff all over.
My heart was pounding, and I just felt that Brother Rong, a bad guy, was bad in every aspect, bad to the core.
At the right time, I suddenly heard the sound of someone stepping onto the shallow corridor in front of the bed. I was so nervous that my whole body shrank, and even my limbs became tense along with the nerves.
Unexpectedly, Brother Rong suffered a lot. He was stimulated by this sudden shock, and when he took a long breath, a sound almost came out of his throat.
This moment. Brother Rong and Baochai didn't dare to move anymore.
Because they could all feel that Aunt Xue was already standing on the shallow corridor outside the curtain, with only the curtain on the bed frame blocking the middle. The room was extremely quiet, and the two of them didn't dare to take a breath, so they breathed slowly for fear of making any noise.
The Ying'er in the room had already lowered her head, not daring to look directly at the bed.
Aunt Xue stood on the shallow corridor of the bed, looked around, and then looked at Ying'er. As the saying goes: A wise daughter is better than a mother. Aunt Xue only felt that the girl's room was really weird today. She recalled the girl's voice just now and thought about it for a while.
She sighed to herself and said, "The girl has grown up and has reached the age of marriage."
Xue Baochai was ashamed, but Jia Rong was stunned.
Could it be that...it was discovered? Baochai held on to the curtain tightly, fearing that Aunt Xue would reach out and lift it at any time. Just watching the figure printed on the curtain approaching, the figure stretched out a hand.
Baochai held it tightly. Make up your mind that you will never be caught in person.
She watched the hand on the shadow getting closer and closer, and in two breaths, the hand had touched the curtain.
My heart was completely lifted.
"You girl." My mother sighed and looked at the hands outside the curtain carefully arranging the curtain, not opening it. Baochai finally breathed a sigh of relief.
I heard my mother sending the maids away, and then I heard my mother's scornful voice.
"It's time to get married and have children before the age of twenty-eight. In a few days, even the girl Qin will go to Beijing to betrothal, but you, the sister, still don't have a place. The empress is interested in bringing the girl and Baoyu together. Although Baoyu is three years younger than you and A bit playful, but a good match."
When Baochai heard her mother talking about this, she felt helpless and felt that the bad guy was secretly causing trouble. She couldn't help but grit her teeth and groaned, but she was afraid of causing misunderstanding, so she quickly replied: "Mom also knows Baoyu's deeds."
Aunt Xue said: "He just wants to play when he is young. He will be fine after two years. It will also save you a girl who is uncomfortable hiding in bed, too shy and afraid to let mom see. You have always had your own opinion, and I won't either." What do you mean? I’ve been through this before, so I’d better do less of this kind of thing in the future, and I’d better have more hot water in the room to clean my hands and wipe my body.”
Baochai's face turned even redder, and Brother Rong, who was hiding behind, stood up and almost laughed.
This misunderstanding got serious. It turned out that the concubine thought Baochai was trying to figure out what she was doing.
Xue Baochai sighed and felt ashamed. He pinched the back secretly again, Brother Rong was really bad. Three words kept wandering in my mind: bad guy, shameless, and nasty.
Aunt Xue hinted and didn't bother her much. She knew her daughter would be most embarrassed at this moment. She called Ying'er to close the door and went back to her room to rest.
After hearing the door closing in the room, Jia Rong and Xue Baochai let out a sigh of relief. Baochai didn't think about it. Before she stopped breathing, the sounds in her throat started to come and go intermittently.
Busy and deliberately suppressed.
Little did they know that Aunt Xue, who had left Baochai, turned pale just after returning to the main room, and told Tongxi and Tonggui to prepare to rest early. After a while, the candles in the main room of the small courtyard were extinguished.
As a result, no one was walking around in the Xue family's small courtyard early this morning. It was not until the night was approaching that the two people quietly walked out of Baochai's room, one after the other. The door in the alleyway between Ning and Rong's mansion opened a gap, and a tall figure slipped out.
After a while, the fire lit up again in the main bedroom.
A gorgeous lady in her thirties or forties leaned on the floor and sighed to herself. Having adopted a daughter for more than ten years, how could I have thought that such a well-behaved girl would have an affair with a man. She calculated that no matter who the other party was, as long as Baochai moved into the Grand View Garden, there would be no chance of private meetings in the future.
The second day.
Jia Rong took a leisurely trip to the Water Conservancy Camp, thinking about how many more months of good life he could live.
On this day, he gave several instructions at the Water Conservancy Yingtian Mansion.
So in the next month, agricultural officials from all provinces rushed to Shenjing.
"If you don't go, if you can't report to the Shenjing Water Conservancy Camp within two months, this official status won through hard work will be taken away."
"Oh, that's not true. He said that the water conservancy camp envoy had important arrangements, and he also asked us not to plan to return to our hometown within two years, and we would have to drag our family and family to Beijing."
"It's noisy." These gentlemen who had just joined the official body were all complaining. Many of them got in through connections. They just wanted to have an official body and enjoy the convenience and happiness in the place. How could they expect that the superiors would suddenly come? Such a time.
If you don't plan to return to your hometown within two years, how can you enjoy happiness? You are obviously going to work.
Some wealthy squires really don't want to go there. They just want to enjoy the convenience and benefits of agricultural officials, but they don't want to put in any effort.
For a time, there were a lot more letters to and from Shenjing from various provinces.
"These people are all confused. Do they really think that they can dominate the local government just by being an official? A small official in a new government office, not to mention writing letters to us, even if someone writes a letter to the court, it is useless. People will step in.”
"Your Highness Shengming." One person said with a smile, "The Water Conservancy Yingtian Mansion is originally presided over by King Zhongshun and the great scholar Shu Bole. The lord of the Ningguo Mansion obviously has the approval of the prince and the great scholar, otherwise he would not dare to do such a thing. If they are really disobedient, I'm afraid that all the money they spent to buy offices will sink into the water."
"Instruct people in Lingnan and Southeast provinces to listen to Jia Rong's arrangements honestly. Those who don't want to go to Beijing can just resign. Those who go to Beijing should work under Jia Rong. I would like to take a good look at this person. What exactly is Lord Rong going to do?" A person in the middle hall of the palace said calmly, "If there are any letters like this in the future, don't send them to the palace. This will prevent others from misunderstanding that I am against Uncle Thirteenth."
"Province."
The man asked again: "How are the conditions of the Tianwu kilns that came to the Ministry of Internal Affairs?"
"The following people inquired back and found out that the eight major imperial merchants invested a lot in building kilns, but the profits were far less than the two kilns of Ningguo Mansion in Ping'an Prefecture and Jiangnan Province. Recently, due to the high price of the kilns of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, no buyers can be found, so The idea was taken to the Ministry of Industry and Hedao."
"Oh? The Ministry of Industry is Uncle Thirteen's territory. Can he still do anything there?"
"The Imperial Merchant Gate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs offered a high price. Ningguo Mansion's 300-wen barrel of natural products was sold by the Ministry of Internal Affairs for 600-dollar barrels." The person who replied chuckled.
"This? The price of the Ministry of Internal Affairs is higher than that of Ningguofu. Why does the Ministry of Industry still buy the price of the Ministry of Internal Affairs? Is it possible that the price of the Ministry of Internal Affairs is better than that of Ningguofu?"
The person who replied did not reply, but asked: "Has Your Highness ever gone out of the palace to do shopping?"
"Is there any inside story?"
"Your Highness, does your Highness know that when the old Prince Yi Zhong was in charge of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, eggs sold for six cents each outside, how much money did the Ministry of Internal Affairs spend on purchasing them?"
"Five articles?"
"No, when the price is low, there are five taels per egg, and when the price is high, there are ten taels per egg."
The man was surprised and said: "The price difference is so big? It's just because of the different types of chickens."
"The species are the same, but the feeding and breeding methods are different, and there are strict size requirements, so the price is naturally a bit more expensive. However, there is another more important reason why the eggs can be sold for five to ten taels per egg." The person who replied The person whispered, "The buyer and the seller have an agreement. If the price is three hundred taels, the buyer will pay three or four taels, and ten taels will be recorded in the account."
The man finally understood and sneered: "I see. It was originally worth three hundred taels. The Ministry of Internal Affairs spent ten taels to buy it, and the remaining nine taels were all swallowed up by the imperial merchants who handled it."
"Your Highness is wise, this time the Ministry of Internal Affairs has just changed from a buyer to a seller."
The person who replied gave a compliment.
However, he just gave this example, and there are more tricks in it. For example, substandard goods are passed off as good ones, fish eyes are mixed with pearls, pig skins are used as donkey hide gelatin, etc. Although the surface price is three hundred cents, its value may only be thirty cents. Not to mention the wear and tear after the Ministry of Internal Affairs put it into storage, whether the purchased items were damaged by rats or taken away by others.
No one can tell clearly.
The person who was called His Highness was envious in his heart, but he could only curl his lips and say: "Sooner or later, he will be in bad luck."
"Unlucky?" Brother Rong, who had just returned to Ningguo Mansion, saw Qin Zhong looking for him. Uncle Rong couldn't help but laugh and said, "You are so good, how could you be so unlucky?"
"Two of the four departments of the Ministry of Industry have already made fun of the purchase of kilns in Ping'an Prefecture." Qin Zhong had also just received a letter from Ping'an Prefecture, and he was very anxious now. "What should we do? According to the tone in the letter, the Fourth Department of the Ministry of Industry will gradually cancel the purchase of natural products from our kiln factory."
"Can they still do without the natural things?"
"It's the Ministry of Internal Affairs. The kiln factory jointly built by eight royal merchants under the Ministry of Internal Affairs chaired by His Highness the Prince. They took away all our business in the Ministry of Industry. I also heard that this month, the Ministry of Internal Affairs is also contacting the Hedao Yamen. They want to steal our business in Hedao Yamen."
