The next morning, after Sister Feng woke up, she and Jia Lian lay on the bed for a while, then got up to dress up alone.
Suddenly I remembered something and wanted to go back and discuss it with Jia Lian.
But in the hibiscus tent, Jia Lian was half-lying on a pillow. On his chest, Ping'er girl was lazily leaning on him, with a little hand unconsciously drawing circles on it.
Occasionally, I raised my head and looked at Jia Lian: with a sweet smile, her black hair fell down, showing her innocence.
In this case, she naturally knew the beauty of the girl she brought up since she was a child. The key is that Jia Lian was also looking at Ping'er with a smile at this time, stretched out his hand to rub Ping'er's head, his eyes full of
It is the color of pampering.
This made Sister Feng very disgusted and she couldn't help but taunt her.
"Why, you haven't gotten tired of it after more than a month, and you still act like a baby. Look at your potential..."
Hearing Sister Feng's jealous voice, Ping'er's expression dropped and he immediately got up and got dressed.
Ping'er knew her position very well, and knew that Sister Feng was willing to let her stay on the bed now, not only because she was treated obediently by the second master, but also because she was too thin-skinned and acted like a young mistress.
When faced with some of Er Ye's requests that she didn't know were etiquette or not, and she didn't want to or was embarrassed to agree to but couldn't refuse, she could only let herself, her roommate, do it instead.
Therefore, Ping'er now dares to get close to Jia Lian in front of her, but he doesn't dare to disturb her too much.
Even though Jia Lian heard Sister Feng's ridicule, he just smiled and didn't take it to heart.
If Wang Xifeng is not jealous, why should he still be called Wang Xifeng?
Although many times her jealous words can be harsh and unpleasant, but thinking about it on the other hand, if this woman, who is quite capable of concealing a secret in her smile, smiles instead of venting her jealousy, then he needs to pay attention to her.
So he didn't answer anything, just admiring the way his pretty girl dressed.
Over there, Sister Feng saw that Jia Lian ignored her, so she just hummed, turned back and continued to comb her hair that had become messy all night, and said:
"There is something I forgot to tell you. My wife and the old lady were talking about the twelve little actors in Lixiangyuan.
Now that the old concubine has passed away, we are prohibited from having feasts or singing operas for a year.
The empress in the palace must have no use for it either.
The wife then said that it was a pity to keep them in vain. They were all young girls and it was delaying them. It was better to let them out.
The old lady didn't care about it, so she asked me what I meant."
Jia Lian curled his lips and said, "They are just a few little girls. They don't cost much money all year round. It's a shame to keep them in vain."
Sister Feng was a little surprised when she heard the disdain in Jia Lian's words. She stood up and walked over, smiling and saying, "Isn't it that the Second Master can't bear to part with those little girls?"
Jia Lian glanced at her and said: "When we bought those little girls, the youngest ones were only eight or nine years old and the elder ones were only eleven or twelve years old. They were considered innocent and well-informed people.
Although the empress can no longer use her during the year of national mourning, what will happen after that year? Could it be that someone took tens of thousands of taels of silver and went to the south of the Yangtze River to buy a new batch and come back to train her again?
To take a step back, even if the empress no longer wants to marry each other, there are so many people in the family, and the old lady likes to lively, raising these little girls who can sing and dance will always be useful."
"What you said makes sense...
It’s just that the wife feels that the family is in a lot of shortfalls now. In the Lixiangyuan, not counting the four beauties you moved out, including the little actors, teachers and servants who serve and educate, there are twenty or thirty people. These people have food and clothing all year round.
It costs a lot of money to chew it.
My wife is also thinking about her family..."
Jia Lian looked at Wang Xifeng and saw that she was looking at him with a smile, wondering why she didn't understand this woman's intentions.
No matter how wealthy she was, even if there were ten heavy boxes of gold under her bed, she wouldn't be reluctant to pay for a small theater troupe.
He suddenly laughed and said: "The second wife is nearly fifty, and her grace is no longer the same. She can't stand these charming and clever little actors, so it makes sense that she doesn't want them to stay at home and be an eyesore.
It’s just that we have just passed our prime years, are in the prime of life, and are so beautiful that we dare not look directly at them. Could it be that Second Grandma Feng is also so jealous?”
When Jia Lian said this, Sister Feng suddenly blushed and spat.
"Bah, it's a good thing that you are still our son. My aunt is your aunt after all, but you actually... arranged her up like this. When did she dislike the little actors, when did she become jealous of talents...
Just discuss the matter, you..."
Sister Feng wanted to criticize Jia Lian's inappropriate remarks, but looking at Jia Lian's unmoved expression, she couldn't take the next words.
Not only could I not answer the conversation, but I couldn't hold it back and burst out laughing.
Realizing something was wrong, he quickly stopped and couldn't help but give Jia Lian a white look.
What a stinking man, he usually says that he speaks meanly, but he himself is not much better!
Auntie, although she...
Well, she really doesn't like girls with charming looks, especially those who always dress up in a fancy way.
Looking into the root cause, Sister Feng can probably guess:
It was all caused by Aunt Zhao, Mrs. Wang’s enemy for the rest of her life.
Thinking of this strange woman, Sister Feng couldn't help but feel sorry for Mrs. Wang:
Why did my uncle, who came from a wealthy family and seemed so serious on the surface, fall in love with such a thing?
But she just thought about it in her mind. After what happened, she had already seen clearly that in the huge palace of the Duke, the only person she could really rely on was her husband Jia Lian!
She would never stand in Mrs. Wang's position as foolishly as before, targeting that low-level woman everywhere.
Looking back, it is true that I hate that stupid woman, but when I targeted and even oppressed Aunt Zhao, I felt a bit like being instigated by Mrs. Wang and being used as a gunman by her.
She didn't like this feeling very much.
But she quickly threw away these unnecessary thoughts and looked at Jia Lian with soft eyes.
Although Jia Lian just made a sarcastic comment on Mrs. Wang, he clearly praised her three times in his words. She did not ignore it, and she felt a little happy in her heart.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! Jia Lian just said it casually. He didn't care about Jia Zheng and his wife.
Jia Zheng likes to be coquettish when he is old...What happened to the sexy woman?
As for Mrs. Wang, it is a fact that she is petty and does not like women with good looks and elegant faces, so naturally it cannot be considered as his arrangement.
It's quite interesting to see Sister Feng's reaction.
"Since Madam doesn't want the little actors to stay in the garden, then let's move them all to Tianxiang Tower.
Forget about those who taught them and those who originally served them, their family members will be paid back to their original positions, and those hired from outside will be sent off with some money.
As for this year, we should give the little actors a long vacation and let them temporarily work as maids for everyone.
A year later, the team will be reorganized. At that time, whether the imperial concubine wants to be summoned or the family needs to use it, it will be convenient."
Jia Lian directly gave the final solution.
The stay of Gu Qingyi's four beauties in Tianxiang Tower was only temporary. Jia Lian's original intention was to set up a "women's orchestra" outside and let the four beauties settle in.
It can be regarded as finding a career for them to do.
The four beauties all have real talents and learning, and Jia Lian doesn't mind if their talents, music and art are spread. If the time is right, Jia Lian won't even mind to praise them as stars in the world, so that they can become famous in history.
Of course, this still depends on their nature.
The women's orchestra has been completely decorated and arranged, and Jia Lian ordered Jiang Yun and others to prepare for the opening. Who would have thought that first the affair between her and Princess Zhaoyang was exposed, and then the concubine passed away, causing a great mourning for the whole country.
In this case, the opening of the Women's Band Project can only be postponed.
As for the twelve officials, Jia Lian certainly would not let Mrs. Wang send them away.
In order to purchase these girls and train them into a class, a total of 20,000 to 30,000 yuan was spent! Although most of them may have been squandered, even if only a small part was used on them, it can be seen that it was wasted.
It can be said that all the twelve officials are carefully selected girls with good foundation.
If such a group of girls were dismissed, it would be a huge loss to the Rongguo Mansion, not to mention how they would earn their own living.
In the original work, the reason why they were dismissed was because the Rongguo Mansion was declining and Mrs. Wang wanted to save money.
Nowadays, although the official treasury of Rongguo Mansion is also poor, Jia Lian is not poor and does not care about raising more useful idlers.
Seeing Jia Lian make a decision, Sister Feng raised her eyebrows but said nothing more.
In fact, she didn't really want to get rid of this little theater troupe that her family had spent a lot of money to cultivate.
She is a person who likes to show off, and she also agrees with Jia Lian's words. Even if she doesn't use it this year, she can continue to keep it. After the national funeral, won't she be able to use it?
If you are dismissed like this, not only will all your previous investments be in vain, but you will also have to pay a severance package.
As for reselling to reduce losses?
Don't be kidding, how could it be that Duke Wen Tangtang's government doesn't buy people, but instead sells them?
As for her previous suspicion that Jia Lian was reluctant to part with these little actors...
Firstly, it had been a long time since Jia Lian had attacked these young actors, and secondly, there were many women in and out of Jia Lian now, so she was not really afraid of these girls who would be a threat for at least a few years.
To say the least, if this kind of foxy person who was raised at home and knew everything about her could consume Jia Lian's energy, it would be better than the vixen he brought back from outside.
After settling the matter, Sister Feng and Ping'er helped Jia Lian get up and change her clothes, while saying nothing about home affairs.
Suddenly a message from a servant came from outside: "Second Master and Second Grandma, the uncle from outside sent someone to bring in a Western glass screen, saying it is for Second Mistress."
Sister Feng frowned after hearing this: "There are so many screens at home that there is no room to put them. Why did he give them to me for nothing..."
Suddenly thinking of something, Sister Feng glanced at Jia Lian and asked someone to bring the things in.
Suddenly, several servants brought something in. It was a full-length mirror that was as tall as one person and two feet wide.
Sister Feng already has a similar full-length mirror.
But the mother-in-law who heard the news said that her brother Wang Ren made a special trip to buy it from a foreign merchant as a gift for her, and she was quite happy.
So he dismissed the servants, pulled Jia Lian to sit by the Kang, talked about some topics about her brother Wang Ren in a roundabout way, and finally said:
"So, my brother felt that he was not good at doing business, so he sold most of his property in the south and moved his family back to the capital.
It’s just that he has been away from the capital for so many years and has no foundation in the capital. I happened to hear that your official position is getting bigger and bigger now, so I asked me to ask you if there is any place that needs people...
I thought that my brother is not an outsider. If you really have any employment errands, you might as well give him one.
There’s no need to choose, he’s not very capable, if you just give him a little bit, it’ll be enough for him.”
Although Sister Feng pretended to smile casually when she spoke, Jia Lian still saw the petty and flattery in her eyes.
Obviously she knew that he didn't like Wang Ren, and he didn't like her helping someone to get an official position.
"I'm actually a little curious.
In terms of official position and power, I can't compare with my uncle. Why doesn't he go to my uncle to ask for help, but instead asks me through you?
Could it be that, as my brother-in-law, I am closer than my uncle?"
Jia Lian waved his robe and sat upright.
Sister Feng was a little embarrassed: "My second uncle wanted him to go to the frontier army to train for a few years, but he is weak..."
"Since you are weak, you should stay in the capital and be a wealthy and idle person."
Jia Lian waved his hand, not wanting to hear any more nonsense.
Isn’t it easy to become an official while leaving a biological uncle who has real power from the first rank?
Civil service officers may be a bit difficult. Are military attachés below fifth grade not just chosen casually?
After all, I still don’t want to endure hardship.
Also, how many children from a big family are willing to endure hardships and make progress?
Just like Jia Lian in the past, he also donated a fellow scholar, became an official, and then started to live and die.
From this it can be seen that he is not sincere in asking for an official position this time. He is probably seeing his brother-in-law as too famous, and he starts to dream about a day when he can have beautiful women, fine wine, and great power...
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! For this kind of person, let alone know that the other person is a "forgetful" person, even if he does not know, he will not use it.
As he stood up to leave, his arm was grabbed.
When he turned around, he saw Sister Feng holding his sleeve and looking at him pitifully.
"My parents died early, and I am just an older brother. Now that my uncle and aunt are at the border, he is alone in the capital and has no one to rely on. If I don't care about him, how pitiful he will be."
How about you just help me, just think of it for my sake, okay, Second Master..."
Jia Lian was silent for a moment.
First of all, when have you ever seen Sister Feng, who is bold, careful, and extremely proud, begging for help in such a low-key, almost coquettish way?
behave in a spoiled manner?
Just thinking about it, I feel that this word does not match Wang Xifeng.
Secondly, he couldn't help but sigh in his heart.
In this world, there are not many people who can make Sister Feng humble and beg for help.
This Wang Ren, however, accounts for one of them.
But Jia Lian knew that Wang Ren's reputation as "forgotten benevolence and unrighteousness" came from precisely because he had failed Sister Feng, a sister who had shown her heart and soul to him and trusted him so much!
In the original work, when Wang Xifeng turned against Jia Lian and his wife, and the Jia family was raided, the only thing he could think of was his brother.
Therefore, she secretly sent her only hope, her daughter Qiao Jie, to Wang Ren, hoping that Wang Ren could take care of her when she grew up.
But Wang Ren didn't know whether it was because the Wang family was in decline at that time and lacked money, or because he was afraid that Sister Qiao, a "hot potato", would involve him, so he changed hands and sold him to a brothel...
Human?
Thinking of this and seeing how Sister Feng was begging him for Wang Ren, Jia Lian felt very uncomfortable.
He bent down and pulled Sister Feng up, and said seriously: "You really want me to help him?"
"Yeah." Sister Feng nodded.
"Don't even think about the Firearms Camp. It's a forbidden army. If you often go in and out of the Imperial City and bump into nobles, you can easily get into trouble.
Let's go to the Soldiers and Horses Division.
When I get back, I will ask someone to recruit a group of city patrol officers. You ask your brother to sign up.
Patrolling the city is a simple job, and there is no danger. You tell him to do it well, and when he has the qualifications, I will naturally promote him."
Jia Lian said, feeling cold in his heart.
He originally disdained to deal with someone for something that had never happened.
The world is different after all. Maybe Jia Lian has always had smooth sailing, and Wang Ren will never dare to treat Sister Feng badly at all in his life.
This is also the reason why Jia Lian has never caused trouble to Wang Ren for so many years.
But Jia Lian only needs to think about Qiao Jie'er's desolate verdict, the sentence "If the situation is defeated, Yungui will be abandoned, and the family will be destroyed, no matter the relatives", as well as the phrase "the ruthless uncle and the traitorous brother" in the dream song are full of silent accusations...
Looking at my smart and well-behaved baby daughter in this life, who can melt my heart in my arms, my evil thoughts towards Wang Ren are unstoppable.
Just in time, he came to the door.
It just so happens that in this society of human relations, it is really difficult for such a powerful brother-in-law to leave his brother-in-law alone.
So Jia Lian decided to recruit Wang Ren under his command.
Just like the Zhao brothers back then, they monitor things in real time now. If it's safe, then so be it, if not, it's a good time to take advantage of it.
As for promotion and training?
That's impossible.
"Ah, city patrol officer..."
"Why, you don't like it?"
Seeing Jia Lian's half-smiling expression, Sister Feng quickly shook her head and said with a smile: "I didn't know you yet. It's his great fortune that you, the selfless Qingtian Master, are willing to help him.
If he doesn't like me, let him find his own way, and I have an explanation."
People like Wang Xifeng, no matter what they think in their hearts, they work best on face.
Besides, she also knew that unlike the Jia family, the Wang family had no title for a long time.
Therefore, it is impossible for her brother Wang Ren to donate his official position through formal channels like Jia Lian did.
Wang Ren had no fame, so if he wanted to be an official, he could only start as a clerk.
And didn’t Jia Lian say that you can be promoted if you gain seniority?
So there was nothing dissatisfied about Sister Feng. No one knew better than her how difficult it was to let Jia Lian open the back door, so she happily let the girls pass the breakfast.
After dinner, Jia Lian saw that Sister Feng hadn't found a place to place the glass screen yet, so he said: "Ying Yatou seems to be missing a mirror like this in her room. If you don't need it, just send it to her."
When Sister Feng heard this, she subconsciously said: "You care about your sisters. Whenever I get something good, you are always the first to think of them!"
Seeing Jia Lian turn around and leave without saying a word, Sister Feng quickly stopped him and said with a smile: "It's just a joke and you get angry? It's rare for you to take a break today. What are your plans?"
Jia Lian smiled and said: "I don't have any plans. Why, the second grandma plans to stay with me at home?"
When Sister Feng heard this, she was moved for a moment. But then she sneered and said: "You have so many good sisters and so many 'beauties', so why do you need me to accompany you?"
Okay, stop joking. The carriage is ready, let's go to Dongfu together?"
Sister Feng knows romance, but not much.
What matters more to her is that she just returned home yesterday and there are a lot of things waiting for her to take care of!
Sister Feng's reaction was as expected by Jia Lian, and he was not dissatisfied.
He has long been used to this woman not being clingy.
Anyway, he has his own things to do. Even if he is free, he can still go see Miaoyu and tease Daiyu...
So Jia Lian and Sister Feng went to Jia Jing's mourning hall together, and then went home respectively.