After Xue Hong sent the three souls back to their bodies one by one, he determined that the three of them were fine and went straight to the sky above the eldest princess's mansion.
Xue Hong looked down from the air and saw that there was no trace of dragon energy protecting Princess An Ning's house at this time.
Princess An Ning was so angry that she lay on the bed and fell asleep.
Xue Hong disappeared, entered the room, thought for a moment, and finally sighed: "The luck in my body is gone, and most of my soul has been taken away. Even if I am alive, I am still a living dead. I'll give you a good time."
Xue Hong waved her sleeves and Princess An Ning completely lost her life.
Xue Hong's figure also turned into golden light and disappeared.
In the Prince's Mansion, the sudden coma of Zhu Hui and Princess Jinling had alerted Emperor Longqing to visit them personally.
Now the bosses of Tai Hospital are under even greater pressure, and Emperor Long Qing’s face doesn’t look very good!! What if we can’t find out again…
Fortunately, at this time, Zhu Hui and Princess Jinling were in different rooms and woke up one after another.
Zhu Hui only felt that his head was dizzy, his body was a little uncoordinated and extremely heavy, and some bizarre images in his head were slowly being forgotten.
After Princess Jinling woke up, she couldn't remember anything at all. After all, it was quite easy for Xue Hong to erase the memory of a mortal.
However, they had just confirmed that Zhu Hui and Princess Jinling were fine, and news came that the eldest princess had passed away.
In this regard, Emperor Long Qing just sighed a little, and he was not particularly hurt in his heart. After all, his sister was not a fuel-efficient lamp, and she often caused trouble.
Emperor Longqing ordered that the burial should be carried out according to the regulations. New Year's Eve was approaching and it was not appropriate to disturb the people.
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Xue Xinyi lay in Baochai's arms boredly, pouting unhappily: "Where is Shihu? Didn't we agree to have dinner together tonight? The sun is almost setting, why haven't you come back yet?"
Baochai hugged the little guy in her arms, sat on the bed and comforted softly: "Your master must have something important, so he is a little late."
Xue Xinyi has broken through the fifth level of Dahuangting in the past few days. It is estimated that she will catch up with Xue Hong in two or three years at most. Her talent is really terrifying!
Xue Xinyi's big, watery eyes rolled, as if she had thought of something, she struggled to get up from Baochai's arms, her chubby little face pressed against Baochai's pretty face, and she was whispering something secretly.
"This slave has met the Marquis."
"Ah! Shihu is back!"
Xue Xinyi suddenly jumped out of Baochai's arms and ran towards the door.
"Shihu!!!"
A ball of red dumplings crashed straight into Xue Hong from the room. Xue Hong opened his hands and caught the opponent steadily.
Xue Hong: "I'm sorry, Xinyi, Shihu has something very important, so that's why we were delayed."
Xue Xinyi rubbed her little head in Xue Hong's arms and raised her face: "Shi Hu said, adults can't lie to others and must keep their word!"
Xue Hong asked Xue Xinyi to sit on his arm, and the older one and the younger one walked towards the house talking and laughing like father and daughter.
Baochai also came out to greet Xue Hong.
Baochai: "Husband, I'm back. The food in the kitchen should be ready. You must be hungry after a busy day, right?"
Xue Hong took Baochai's jade hand with his free hand: "Baochai, you have worked hard these days."
Baochai shook his head: "Why bother? Let's go quickly, don't let the food get cold."
"Okay, let's go have dinner as a family of three."
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In Rongguo Mansion, ever since Jia Baoyu's accident, Jia's mother's spirit has become worse day by day.
Fortunately, the Lantern Festival was approaching, and Yuanchun was about to return home to wake up, so Jia Mu felt somewhat comforted.
Jia's mother was leaning on the couch, while the two little maids were beating their legs and pinching their shoulders, while Yuanyang stood aside.
Mother Jia: "By the way, it's New Year's Eve these days. When will my Yu'er come to see me?"
Yuanyang replied: "The Lin Mansion replied and said that on New Year's Eve, Mr. Lin will come in person with the young lady."
Mother Jia nodded: "Okay. What about Girl Xia? How is she doing these days? Is the child in her belly still obedient?"
Mother Jia asked a few more questions like these one after another, as if she wanted to ask more, but she still couldn't hold back her sleepiness and fell asleep.
If we say who is the happiest in the Jia family now, it must be Jia Lian, who secretly meets with Second Sister You in the small courtyard and works hard.
Wang Xifeng, on the other hand, was extremely busy with New Year's Eve matters.
Not only is the Jia family's income now not much, but it is also less. In order to build a villa for relatives, nearly two million taels of silver were spent!
At the end of this year, several shops in the Jia family were closed, and none of the men in the family had real power. They could not even support a maid with the meager salary from the court.
Fortunately, the Zhuangzi under the name of the Jia family had a bumper harvest this year, and the money and items offered were extraordinarily large.
Not to mention miscellaneous things, the silver alone is more than seven thousand taels.
However, this amount of money is a drop in the bucket compared to the expenses of Rongguo Mansion.
After all, the master of the Rongguo Mansion probably spends less than ten thousand taels a year.
The two brothers Jia She and Jia Zheng were the ones who spent most of the money.
Jia She is a little bit better, at least the antiques he bought are genuine and valuable, and they are not wasted money.
It will be interesting to wait for Jia Zheng. He imitates the ancients and raises a house full of purifiers. They all shake their heads and flatter each other as masters. When it comes to true talent and learning, none of them can do it!
The expenses for these customs alone cost one to two thousand taels of silver a year.
Wang Xifeng hugged the heater and wore a white fur hat on her head. She sat on the Taishi chair and closed her eyes to calm her beating temples.
Wang Xifeng knows the current situation of the Jia family best. The money in the account is almost empty. Even if you add in the income of the village and the shop at the end of the year, you can still have 40,000 to 50,000 taels of silver left.
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But at the end of the year, which one of these ancestor-worshipping, visiting relatives and friends is not a money-burning job?
Fortunately this year, Emperor Longqing sent away most of the nobles, so not many people in the Jia Mansion need to move around this year.
But after all the New Year's Eve activities, ancestor worship, rewards, etc., it is estimated that no matter how much money is saved, it will still cost 10,000 to 20,000 taels of silver.
According to the current situation of the Jia family, the best way is to increase revenue and reduce expenditure, and save unnecessary expenses.
For example, all the maids wear silk and satin, and the food they eat is all delicacies from the mountains and seas.
If nothing else, at this time, those who can eat white rice every meal are the richest families.
In Jia Mansion, white rice can only be eaten by ordinary people!
There are also three, six or nine grades of maids in the Jia family. The first-grade maids have four dishes for a meal, such as Ping'er, Yuanyang and so on.
In this era, it is difficult for ordinary people to have enough food, but the maids not only have enough food, but also extra meals!
Especially those reputable girls, needless to say, Qingwen, someone will set up a small kitchen at the command, and even the eldest maid Siqi in the Yingchun House can go to the kitchen and turn on the small stove!
Wang Xifeng also knew that the best way was to increase revenue and reduce expenditure, but the masters of the Jia family who were used to living in fine clothes and fine food would not agree.
Often people don't blame the person who caused the trouble, but only the person who exposed it! Those who sound the alarm are labeled as ominous.
If Wang Xifeng really reveals the actual situation in the Jia family, he will almost become the enemy of the whole family.
What's more, by doing so, wouldn't Wang Xifeng be equivalent to surrendering and giving up his power?
Since cutting expenditures is not an option, the best way is to increase revenue...