When the emperor's pigeon letter arrived in Jingzhao, Zhang Jun, who had been waiting for a reply, had a heart come to his mind. At this time, there were five days before the New Year. In the last negotiation, the two sides finally reached an agreement.

Chen Qing was granted the title of the Sichuan-Shaanxi Xuanfu Envoy by the emperor's handwriting, but he was officially enthroned and could not arrive after the New Year.

Chen Qing obtained the military power, the right to garrison, the right to public security, the right to defense, the right to militia, and the right to transport, the right to salt and iron, and the right to mine in the right to do so.

The two sides agreed that in addition to the rental income of official fields and official housing, all other financial and tax revenues in Sichuan will be used to support the Western Army, and the salaries of officials in various prefectures and counties and daily expenses of official offices will be allocated according to actual payment by the Transportation Commission.

The court obtained more than a dozen other powers such as governance, personnel, criminal law, taxation, etc. in Bashu and Hanzhong. At the same time, Chen Qing also promised to restrain military discipline and strictly prohibit the garrison from harassing the people.

As for Xiazhou, neither side mentioned it, it must be kept in its original state and controlled by the Western Army.

Zhang Jun signed the reconciliation letter on behalf of the court, and Chen Qing also signed his name and stamped it with a large seal.

Zhang Jun and others were eager to return home. On the second day after signing the agreement, the 27th day of the twelfth lunar month, the group bid farewell to Jingzhao and returned to Lin'an.

Chen Qing led the officials to send Zhang Jun and others away. At the city gate, Zhang Jun once again reminded Chen Qing, "Don't forget to send 30,000 barrels of turmeric oil to Lin'an as soon as possible!"

Chen Qing smiled and said, "Don't worry, Mr. Zhang, I have ordered the Shuzhong army to transport 30,000 barrels of turmeric oil to Lin'an. Maybe the turmeric oil will arrive first."

"That's so thankful. I believe the court will not treat you badly and will not let the empty ship return. In addition, Liu Guangshi is too ambitious. Don't have anything to do with him, which will ruin your reputation. Remember! Remember!"

"Don't worry, Mr. Zhang, it's the Lu family, please let me talk to the emperor in front of the emperor."

"It will definitely happen, okay, I'll leave first, Dutong Chen, we'll have a date later!"

"There will be a time later!"

Chen Qing and Zhang Jun bid farewell, watching Zhang Jun and his group leave

As the New Year is approaching, every household is busy with lights, sticking peach charms, erecting poles, making new clothes, giving New Year's money, brewing sacred wine, preparing sacrifices, etc.

Chen Qing’s mansion is also decorated with lights and is decorated with special festive arrangements. This year’s New Year is particularly meaningful to Chen Qing’s mansion. Not only does it have one more baby, but it also needs to add three hostesses at the same time...

The Yu sisters have long been deemed to be half of the heroine in the mansion. This time, they are just confirmed in their name, but many people have unexpectedly expected that Zhao Qiaoyun will become the master's wife. Everyone regards her as the junior sister who mistress, but they did not expect that she would marry her master together.

New Year's Eve is also a day that the servants and maids are looking forward to. In the afternoon, the mistress Lu Xiu brought the Yu sisters to more than 100 servants and maids and guards. The annual money is New Year's money for the children, but it is the year-end bonus for adults.

Everyone has been looking forward to a year and put on a stool in the small square of Narcissus Pavilion early to sit down.

The guards brought a few large tables, which were filled with small cloth pockets, and silver coins were all in the cloth pockets. One silver coins were worth 500 cents. This was a very rare silver coins on the market, and they were basically collected. On the black market, a silver coins could even be exchanged for 600 cents of copper coins.

Today, Yu Ying and Yu Lian are going to be brides, but they still can't see any special thing about them, and they are following their mistress as usual.

Lu Xiu waved his hand and everyone calmed down. Lu Xiu laughed loudly and said, "Another year is coming. Everyone has worked hard this year. We came from Chengji County to Jingzhao, and new people have joined in, but whether it is new or old people, everyone is a member of the mansion.

According to the rules, I will pay New Year’s money to everyone today, and then have a happy dinner. Tomorrow, everyone will have five days off. If you want to go home, even if you go home and rest, I will pay three times the wages. Everything is voluntary. Now I will start paying New Year’s money. I will add that this year’s money will increase by 20% compared to last year.”

Everyone cheered, and Lu Xiu sat aside, and the name was called by the butler Tian, ​​calling one up one, and each cloth bag had a name written on it.

"The first one, Sister Tao Qi!"

I saw a burly woman standing up with surprise on her face, "Why is the first one? Is it the most money I have?"

Gu Yi

Everyone laughed loudly. She quickly stepped forward to take the cloth bag, counted it, and jumped up with joy. She ran away like a gust of wind. Halfway through the run, she suddenly remembered something, and ran back to salute the mistress and thanked her.

When everyone saw her funny, they couldn't help laughing again.

Yu Ying and Yu Lian stood behind Lu Xiu, and Yu Lian whispered: "I remember Sister Qi seems to have forty silver coins!"

"No, Sister Qi has sixty pieces, and Sister Eight has only forty pieces. The two wild dogs in Chengji County almost bit the young master when they crawled in. Sister Qi saved the young master at a critical moment, so the wife specially rewarded her with twenty silver coins."

The housekeepers shouted their names one by one, and they were very fast. Everyone received the money and bowed to the mistress Lu Xiu to thank him. Then they went down happily and everyone gained a lot.

The one with the highest annual money among them is not the housekeeper or the guard, but Chen Ji's wet nurse Wang. She worked very hard to take care of the little master and was very dedicated. Lu Xiu gave her a reward of 100 silver coins, which was also fifty coins.

This reward is probably the highest in Jingzhao Mansion.

Seeing that the table was empty, Yu Lian couldn't help but mutter: "Don't we have a share every year?"

Yu Ying was so scared that she touched her quickly. Lu Xiu turned around and smiled, "You guys don't say that, you are really rich today, I will give it to you, but not now!"

Yu Lian smiled and said, "Madam, how many are there?"

"Wait! It's time to have the New Year's Eve dinner. You guys should put on makeup quickly. Tonight is your good day, and you can give up if you don't want to!"

"Let's go now!"

The two of them ran to put on makeup in a panic. A special horsewoman put on makeup for them. Lu Xiu smiled and told the housekeeper: "Everyone can leave. The old rules of the New Year's Eve dinner are Hongxi Hall. In addition, please prepare the sacrifices and sacrificial clothes."

"Don't worry, ma'am, I've made arrangements."

Lu Xiu stood up and went back to the house to see his daughter in a group of women.

Even concubines have different levels. First of all, there are differences in raising concubines and taking concubines according to etiquette. This mainly depends on the other party’s family background. If the other party has a family background, you must give the other party enough face. Even if the concubine is a concubine, you must marry a formal match, beat drums and marries the house in a grand manner, and there will also be a wedding for worshiping heaven and earth, but there will be no ceremony of tying and merging wine, which is only the wife.

If you are marrying a concubine, your status at home will be higher than that at ordinary concubines and concubines. There is a saying that a common wife and a second wife mainly depends on the status of your parents' family. Of course, if your parents have a high status, you will generally not be a concubine.

This situation of marrying a concubine often happens when a woman is extremely beautiful. Although her family is an ordinary civilian, she will agree to many conditions in order to marry her, so she has the requirements for getting married and having the requirements for getting married and having the status of her family.

But even if you take a concubine, there are certain rules and rituals. Generally, you don’t get married in such a glorious way. Instead, you use a sedan chair or a boat to send it to the man’s mansion quietly, and then worship the heaven and earth, worship the mistress’s tea, and worship the parents-in-law’s tea. The ceremony is relatively simple.

The worst status is the concubine, mainly the maid upgraded, and there is no ceremony. The maid directly upgraded from a maid is the concubine.

Hongxi Hall is the main hall of the back house, a small hall in the palace, which is divided into the inner hall and the outer hall. More than a dozen tables of banquets were placed on the outer hall, and servants and maids gathered together to have New Year's Eve dinner, while the inner hall was set up with a green hut, a wedding candle was placed, and the word "四" was hung. The table was filled with fruits and candies.

Everyone knows that there is a happy event at the mansion tonight, so everyone dares not drink and be stubborn in the New Year's Eve dinner. Even Tao Qijie and Tao Bajie, who are fiercely drinking, have become very quiet. I don't know if they are sad when they are in the scene, or they dare not annoy the mistress. Anyway, they are sitting there quietly eating meat and drinking, and they dare not squeeze the necks of the male servants into their mouths like in previous years.

The concubine was very quiet this time, and no guests were invited, and they were all participants. However, Chen Qing still invited two couples to watch the ceremony. One was Zheng Ping and his wife Yang Liu, the other was Lu Wei and his wife Li Mei, and then Li Qingzhao, who was the witness, and of course, there was also the mistress Lu Xiu, who held her daughter Chen Xue, and the wet nurse held her son Chen Ji, and they sat in front of the table.

Chen Xue, who was almost three months old, didn't sleep either. She was holding a big apple and was amused by Li Mei.

At this time, the lobby became quiet, and melodious music came from the lakeside. A group of musicians walked up like fairies, playing musical instruments in their hands. Behind them were the sedan chairmen played by the guards of the twelve inner palaces, carrying three sedan chairs and slowly walking towards the inner hall.

"The auspicious day has come, and the newcomers are ready to enter!" the master shouted loudly.
Chapter completed!