Honglouchun

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She had clearly told Li Jing that his father pointed out that if he could build a good relationship with Lin Ruhai, Dou Xian, and Han Bin, who will return one after another, then his future would be more than half settled!

This is because Emperor Long'an has even made his words clear to this extent in view of her first wife.

However, after Li Jing was politely rejected by the so-called "corporate of courtesy and virtuousness", his self-esteem couldn't bear it, and he showed a broken gesture, which broke Queen Yin's heart.

Li Xuan said dully: "Mother, you have already done what you need to do. Even Jia Qiang can see that you have been haggard recently, so let's take a good rest. Don't talk about my son, third brother, fourth brother, who will not take it?" Are you a mother? It doesn’t matter which one it is, it’s all the same. Why do you need to bother about elder brother? He’s already that old, so let him do it himself.”

Empress Yin's smile became more complicated when she heard the words. Jia Qiang also felt tired when she saw it. No matter whether it is Tian's family or common people's family, being a mother is the same, and it is not easy.

Empress Yin rubbed her brows, and said to Jia Qiang: "I will talk to the emperor later about the family visit. It's just that I don't have the time right now. If the concubine Xiande is not promoted to the imperial concubine, she still has to be free. Now it's really lazy and stealing for a long time. No. Wait a little longer, it will be better by the end of the year.”

Jia Qiang said with a smile, "I'm not in a hurry for a while..." After a pause, he continued, "The carriage should make money soon. After making money, I will first lend my share to the prince. Let’s get together and build a palace over Miyun. There are hot springs and peach blossoms over there, and the peaches are almost ripe now. In this way, the empress also has a place to relax.”

A smile appeared on Queen Yin's beautiful face, and she said: "It's hard for you to show your kindness."

Li Xuan curled her lips and said, "If he really has filial piety, why is he talking about borrowing or not? You are a rich man, this summer, the icehouse business has almost squeezed out all the other icehouses in the capital, and you don't know how much money you have earned. This will Do you still have the face to talk about it?"

Jia Qiang made a "tsk" sound, and said, "It is said to be lent to you, and it is up to you when you want it. This borrowing is also a way of saying to the outside world. Thanks to the love of my mother, I have already been praised by outsiders as a traitor. .If they spend more money to start the garden, why don’t they put all the crimes on the empress? I don’t really care, but I don’t want my empress’s reputation to be damaged.”

Li Xuan snorted, and said with a smile, "That's pretty much the same!"

Empress Yin looked at Jia Qiang and said with a smile: "These are not serious, and a slightly flawed name can't hurt me. Only one thing, Jia Qiang, please remember, don't let Wang Ziteng meddle in the affairs of King Baojun. Now, don’t get involved, let alone your husband, do you understand?”

When Jia Qiang heard this, her heart shook.

This is, are you about to give up?

……

After Jia Qiang came out of the palace, Empress Yin looked at Li Xuan, who was happy and happy, and couldn't help laughing, "Why are you so happy?"

Li Xuan beamed and said: "The black-faced old man today is really hateful. If it weren't for the status of the prince, I would have given him an old punch! Fortunately, after Jia Qiang came, he was stunned. I was stunned. Hahahaha, Queen Mother, why did Jia Qiang come up with so many crooked ideas, even advocating thrift is wrong, extravagance and extravagance are beneficial to the country and the people, hahaha!"

In fact, even Li Xuan felt that Jia Qiang was a bit unreasonable, but the reasoning was a bit cruel.

It's no wonder that none of the sages' lessons for thousands of years and the famous Confucian officials in the past dynasties encouraged the king to spend money well!

Empress Yin smiled and said, "That's because you don't understand the drive in Jia Qiang's bones! Although he approves of the noble and the rich spending more money, the reason behind it is to make better money."

Li Xuan slapped his hands, and suddenly realized: "What the mother said, the son understands! The mother doesn't often say, why is the son so willing to be stubborn with Jia Qiang and be friends with him? The son didn't understand it very well, but the mother just said Having said that, this son-in-law understands. By nature, son-in-law is exhausted and unwilling to fight for anything, so he is naturally willing to be friends with people who are self-motivated!"

Empress Yin wondered: "Didn't you say that things of a kind gather together and people are divided into groups? Why do you still want to be with the opposite person?"

Li Xuan hurriedly said: "Mother, what I mean is that Jia Qiang's aggressiveness is to compete with himself, not simply to fight for power and profit, and to cling to wealth. Think about it, mother, from the very beginning, Jia Qiang's ambition Not in the officialdom, he dared to swear in front of the first emperor. Later, he was forced to go back to Beijing to inherit the title. And the official... think about it, the queen mother, as long as a person with good power , who would put the official seal in the yamen and not go back once in ten days and a half months? I feel that not only my son, but also my father and emperor will treat him as a nephew because of his indifference to power. A person, is it true? His indifferent power can be seen at a glance. If the minister is not sure, the emperor must also be able to see it. Therefore, the minister is willing to be stubborn with him, to be pure."

After hearing the words, Empress Yin was silent for a while, then sighed, "Weird way, you and your elder brother are not so close."

Li Xuan chuckled, and said, "Actually, it's not just my servants who are willing to get close to Jia Qiang, the elder brother, the fourth brother, and Brother Ning, as well as some gold and silver brothers in the clan, and even Uncle Wang. How many invitations have been sent, but Jia Qiang doesn't give anyone face."

Empress Yin's eyes were complicated, and she said, "Is it true that Jia Qiang has become a saint? How can anyone be against power?"

Li Xuan laughed loudly and said, "Mother, don't you know that Jia Qiang has been mooring a boat at the pier outside the city, ready to run away at any time! Hahaha!"

After Yin Hou twitched the corners of her mouth, she also let out a "puchi" laugh, and there seemed to be a firm look in her phoenix eyes.

……

When we returned to Ningrong Street from the palace, it was already dusk.

Seeing that Lin Zhixiao had been waiting downstairs for an unknown amount of time, Jia Qiang sighed helplessly, and took a wooden box from Shang Zhuo beside him, and there were four Xizhou honeydew melons, also known as cantaloupe in the previous life.

There were horse milk grapes in the wooden box. He handed the wooden box to Li Yong who came to meet him, and said, "Take this to my yard and let Qingwen keep it."

Li Yong hurriedly responded, and Jia Qiang gave Tieniu a honeydew melon from Xizhou, saying: "Take it back and eat it with uncle, aunt, sister and Xiao Shitou, try something new."

Tie Niu responded with a grin, holding up a Xizhou honeydew melon with one hand.

Jia Qiang took another one, and asked Shang Zhuo to lead the guard brothers to taste it, saying: "Each person has a bite, and I will send someone to go to the West Market to search for it later. If there is a good one, I will bring a cart back. But the melon inside Don’t eat the pulp, let it be dried as seeds, next year we can eat it freely.”

All the relatives and guards laughed loudly and said: "My master and grandma don't have enough to eat. It is a great blessing to have a bite. How dare you think too little?"

There were two left, one was still sent to Jia Qiang's courtyard, half was given to Xiangling and Qingwen to eat, and the other half was left to Ping'er, Keqing and Youshi.

One is taken to Dongfu...

……

"Master Hou is back!"

The lights had already been hung up in the mansion, and six or seven little girls in red and green autumn clothes on the porch saw Jia Qiang coming, and they shouted happily.

Holding the melon in one hand, Jia Qiang smiled with them and entered the Rongqing Hall.

Just entering the foyer, looking up, the hall is full of pearls and emeralds, it is almost dazzling under the lights.

What is rich and romantic, I can't think of it, but that's it.

"Hey! Qiang'er brought a good thing!"

Sister Feng's eyes were sharp, and she didn't know what to say in the middle of the hall just now, which made everyone laugh. Now when she saw the object in Jia Qiang's hand, she walked over like a gust of wind with small and quick little lotus steps, from Jia Qiang After taking it in his hand, he was pleasantly surprised: "It turned out to be a honeydew melon!"

Watermelon is no longer a new thing, and it is also widely grown in the Central Plains.

However, honeydew melons are still rare, and those grown in the Central Plains are never as sweet as those grown in the Western Regions.

Jia Qiang smiled, looked at Daiyu, then greeted Jia Mu and other elders, and said, "It just so happened that a batch of Xizhou honeydew melons were brought into the palace from the Western Regions, and the empress rewarded me with two. Just bring one."

Sister Feng laughed angrily and said: "Qiang'er is too stingy, just one, and keep one. This is enough, which one is enough for food?"

Jia Qiang heheed, and said: "Sister Lin doesn't need to eat, and Fourth Aunt doesn't need to eat it. I will eat at home later. If Second Aunt wants to save the old lady and the others, she can also eat at my place later."

Sister Feng and Jia Qiang looked at each other, she was so shrewd, she immediately saw the meaning, and said with a smile: "Come on, it's just such a rare thing, the old lady will share half, the wife will share [-]%, and the other sisters will share [-]%." How much is enough? I’d better go to Dong Mansion for a while, there are few people there!”

Everyone laughed again, and Jia's mother asked Jia Qiang, "Didn't you say that something big happened in the palace? The prince even came to call him in person. What kind of big thing happened? Can't it be just because of this melon? "

Jia Qiang shook her head and said: "There are some bad things outside, but it's nothing. After solving them, I went to Fengzao Palace, and the empress rewarded them. I told the empress again that the garden at home has been repaired, when can I invite the imperial concubine A family matter..."

As soon as this remark came out, Mrs. Wang, who was like a Bodhisattva of Zhimu, suddenly became excited and looked up at Jia Qiang.

Mother Jia also sat up straight excitedly, and said, "What did the empress say? When will the imperial concubine be able to visit her relatives?"

Jia Qiang said indifferently: "Your Majesty said, if the imperial concubine is still a noble concubine, then arrangements can be made in the next few months, even if you go home for a fifteenth reunion. But the imperial concubine is now in charge of the six palaces, and the burden on her is too heavy. I can't miss a moment. I can only wait until the end of the year to see... But, it must be possible."

Although Jiamu and the others felt regretful when they heard the words, they would be happy as long as they could hear the letter.

After Jia's mother finished asking, Jia Qiang walked to the empty seat next to Daiyu and sat down, wondering if it was reserved for him...

He asked: "After I left today, did I go shopping again?"