Jia Yun and his party took two Xue family boats and hired several boatmen. They were in a hurry and were sailing very fast at night, while the Xue family's big boats moved slowly on the waterway.
Two days later, Jia Yun once again spotted two boats belonging to the Xue family on the Grand Canal. This time, Jia Yun passed by without going to strike up a conversation. Xue Pan even had no time to strike up a conversation with him.
A few days later, Jia Yun and his party returned to Shenjing City.
At this time, it was less than a month before Jia Yun's business trip, which was much faster than Jia Yun expected.
Of course, Jia Yun and his party would not go home first, but went directly to the palace to see Emperor Tianzhi in a dusty state.
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Royal Palace.
Jia Yun, Cao Wu, Tang Daqian, Meng Jing, Mu Fu, Zhao Xiuyuan, and Yu Keping, who was still injured, all stood in the bright room of Qianqing Palace.
Jia Yun and others have reported the situation to Emperor Tianzhi in detail.
Emperor Tianzhi said: "You have fulfilled your imperial mission well this time. Please go home and rest for two days. We will discuss the reward after Wu Pan and other guards return to the capital."
Emperor Tianzhi believed the situation reported by Jia Yun and the others, but he did not believe it entirely. He planned to wait for Wu Pan and other eleven palace guards to return to Beijing and listen to their stories before considering the reward.
"Yes, Your Majesty!"
Jia Yun and the other seven responded respectfully and walked out of Qianqing Palace together.
Emperor Tianzhi stood up from the emperor's throne under the plaque of "Justice and Light", walked to a large pile of property that had been moved into the bright room, and examined it carefully.
"Hmph, a eunuch actually has so much property!"
Emperor Tianzhi thought angrily.
But he was not surprised. He certainly knew better than Jia Yun how serious corruption was in the court when Emperor Kangxing was in power, and Emperor Kangxing himself was a very extravagant person.
"Just wait. Anyone who was too greedy in the past will be punished sooner or later!"
Emperor Tianzhi thought again.
He really wanted to keep the property worth one hundred thousand taels in front of him. The national treasury was short of money, and even his Ministry of Internal Affairs was poor. But he had no choice. This property needed to be handed over to the Supreme Emperor.
well!
"Bring Eunuch Pang in!"
Emperor Tianzhi turned to Dai Quan, the eunuch in charge of the palace, and said.
Soon, Eunuch Pang was escorted into the Ming Dynasty by two inner court guards.
Emperor Tianzhi took a careful look at Eunuch Pang, who was not only old and frail but also in a miserable state, and felt disgusted in his heart.
When Emperor Kangxing was in power, Emperor Tianzhi hated Eunuch Pang, and he became even more disgusted after he came to the throne, because Emperor Kangxing sent Eunuch Pang to monitor him. He clearly hated Eunuch Pang in his heart, but he still needed to deal with him frequently. Eunuch Pang forced a smile...
At the moment, Emperor Tianzhi wanted to kill this old guy with his own hands, but he had no choice. He had to hand over Eunuch Pang to the Supreme Emperor, but he believed that the Supreme Emperor would not let Eunuch Pang go this time.
well!
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Located in the Ningshou Palace area northeast of the imperial palace.
Emperor Kangxing, who was not only old and frail but also unwell, looked down at Eunuch Pang who was kneeling in the palace, overlooking this confidant eunuch who had been following him for many years.
Emperor Kangxing sighed, not for Eunuch Pang, but for himself. He felt that the embarrassed Eunuch Pang in front of him was so old, which meant that he was really old now.
Emperor Kangxing asked in a deep voice: "Why do you want to escape?"
Eunuch Pang knew that he would not survive, so he raised his head and looked directly at Emperor Kangxing: "Your Majesty knows."
Emperor Kangxing said in a deep voice again: "Say it yourself!"
Eunuch Pang said: "The emperor clearly knows that sending a slave to monitor the current emperor will lead to death. Your Majesty, the slave has served you for decades, you should not treat the slave like this!"
Emperor Kangxing snorted coldly: "How many decades have you served me? I think you have been corrupt and committed crimes for decades! Do you think I don't know what you have done? I know it clearly, but you still keep doing it.
I regard you as my confidant, and you just run away to repay me?"
Eunuch Pang fell silent.
Emperor Kangxing said: "Originally, you can live for a few more years, because I can live for a few more years. Since you are seeking death yourself, then go and die!"
After saying that, Emperor Kangxing scolded: "Come here, give me some wine!"
Suddenly, an old eunuch stepped forward and handed a glass of wine to Eunuch Pang.
Even though Eunuch Pang had expected that he would end up like this this time, he was still so frightened that his face turned pale and his body trembled, and he knelt on the ground: "Your Majesty, I was wrong. I want to serve you for a few more years!"
Emperor Kangxing looked at the two imperial guards standing in the corner of the hall: "Let him drink it."
Two Imperial Lieutenants stepped forward and forced Eunuch Pang to drink a glass of wine.
Soon, Eunuch Pang collapsed to the ground with blood bleeding from the corner of his mouth.
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It's noon now.
After leaving the palace, Jia Yun returned to her mansion in Che Seo Ma Hutong.
He did not go back to his main courtyard first, but first went to Bu Wuniang's inner courtyard on West Road.
Jia Yun quietly came to the courtyard of the inner house and walked into the bright room. She found that there was only Qingwen in the bright room at the moment. The girl was sitting and doing needlework, concentrating on it.
Jia Yun smiled slightly, walked quietly behind Qingwen, stretched out her hands to cover Qingwen's eyes.
Qingwen yelled "Oh!" and was startled.
Jia Yun smiled and said: "It's me!"
"Second Master!" Qingwen suddenly turned from panic to surprise. She looked back at Jia Yun and couldn't help but smile sweetly: "Second Master's house is here?"
Jia Yun nodded: "Where's my wife?"
Qingwen said: "My wife is sleeping."
Jia Yun nodded: "Then don't wake up my wife now. When she wakes up later, you tell her that my family is here, and then ask me to come see her."
Qingwen said "hmm".
She has been at Jia Yun's house for more than a year. Over the past year, under the guidance of Bu Wuniang and Jia Yun, her relationship with Zijuan has become better. Although they are not friends yet, they no longer quarrel.
, she and Xiren became friends.
Now she no longer has the taboo of going to Jia Yun's main courtyard.
Jia Yun looked at the needlework Qingwen was doing and asked curiously: "What are you doing?"
Qingwen rarely felt shy, but she still said truthfully: "I'm making clothes for the second master."
This was the first time she made clothes for Jia Yun, and the clothes she made were close-fitting clothes.
Jia Yun wanted to check the clothes Qingwen was making, but Qingwen was even more shy: "Second Master, don't look at it now. When it's done, you will naturally have a look."
Jia Yun nodded.
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Jia Mu and Jia Baoyu have two things in common.
First, they all like beautiful women, and they all fall in love with the one they meet.
Second, both of them are very picky about clothing and only wear clothes made by the people around them (mostly beautiful women).
In the original work, Xiren said that Jia Baoyu, a left-minded young man, did not want the female servants who did acupuncture at home to do any small or large jobs, but only needed to be done by the people around him. If it was done by others, he could do it.
If you recognize it, you will be dissatisfied with it.
This problem of Jia Baoyu made the maids around him suffer. The one who suffered the most was Xi Ren, because Xi Ren was not good at needlework and had to do it reluctantly.
One time, Xiren was helping Jia Baoyu make a pair of shoes. He felt uncomfortable and asked Shi Xiangyun for help.
Xiren told Xue Baochai about this, and Xue Baochai felt sorry for Shi Xiangyun and said that Shi Xiangyun was not doing well in the Shi family and had to do a lot of needlework, so he should not ask Shi Xiangyun to do it. Then Xue Baochai helped Xiren do it.
Jia Yun feels that in the original work, Jia's mother rewarded Qingwen to Jia Baoyu, not only because Qingwen was very beautiful, but also because Qingwen was good at needlework, as evidenced by "Yong Qingwen's illness patched up the bird's golden fur"
this point.
Mother Jia said that the maids in Rongguo Mansion were not as good as Qingwen in appearance, conversation, and needlework.
Jia Yun feels that Qingwen's needlework is very good, not only because of her talent for needlework and her hard work, but also because of Jia Mu's training. Jia Mu herself only wears clothes made by people around her, so many of the maids he has trained with his own hands
Everyone is good at needlework, but Xiren probably has no talent in this area.
In the original work, acupuncture is one of Qingwen's highlights, and the plot of "Yong Qingwen repairs her sick bird with golden fur" is really touching.
In order to prevent Qingwen's bright spot from disappearing, Jia Yun asked Bu Wuniang to teach Qingwen needlework shortly after she came last year. Since Bu Wuniang's needlework skills were limited, Jia Yun went to Rongguo Mansion to find her.
A master from the sewing room came to teach Qingwen.
Qingwen did not disappoint Jia Yun. After only learning for more than a year, her needlework level was already not low.
Over the past year or so, Qingwen has made several things for Jia Yun, including shoes, sweat towels, sachets...
But this was my first time making clothes, and I was still making close-fitting clothes.
In fact, it was Jia Yun's business trip that made Qingwen miss her so much. Although her needlework skills were not low, she had never made clothes before, so she started with relatively simple underwear.
This is Qingwen’s first time making clothes by herself, not for herself, but for Jia Yun!
Although she is a generous person, she is still a girl after all, and she is embarrassed to tell Jia Yunming such things.
It can only be understood but cannot be expressed in words!