Jia Ke just said it casually, but Aunt Zhou took it as a big deal and kept asking questions.
It was hard for Jia Ke to tell her the real reason. Because Jia Ke himself was the eldest son of a concubine. If he told her that he could not have the eldest son of a concubine, so he did not let them get pregnant. Aunt Zhou would not know how sad she would be, because at that time Zhou
Auntie risked her life in order to give birth to Jia Ke. She even offended Mrs. Wang and used up all her affection in front of Jia's mother. It can be said that she has lost everything since she gave birth to Jia Ke.
So Jia Ke said tactfully, "I'm in Xuanfu Town and I'm busy with official duties every day. I don't have time to pay attention to these things. Besides, they have only been concubines for the past few months, so I guess there hasn't been much movement." Then he seemed to be joking.
As if saying to Aunt Zhou: "If they are all available in such a short time, I dare to recognize them, but do you dare to ask for them?"
After hearing this, Aunt Zhou felt that this was the truth. She did not say that she got pregnant in such a short period of time. And just like Jia Ke said, he was busy with official duties and was so tired every day. It would take some time for Qiaolian to become pregnant.
Besides, there are three people in the house, and even if one person reincarnates Qiaolian only once every three days, there is no reason to get pregnant so quickly.
"Bah, bah, bah, stop talking nonsense. How can you joke about the innocence of your concubines? If outsiders listen to it, they will die or die." Then he seemed to think of the hardships of being a concubine over the years, and then
He began to tell Jia Ke: "Don't talk nonsense in the future. You don't know the pain of being a concubine. I understand your aunt in my heart. For the sake of them serving you, it's a good idea to love them more in the future."
That’s a little bit of filial piety towards me.”
Seeing the sad news of congratulating Aunt Zhou, Jia Ke hurriedly changed the subject, "Auntie, look, there are eggplants today. The eggplants in our house are different from others. Even those made in the palace cannot surpass them. Please try it quickly."
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Aunt Zhou just sat at the dinner table and picked up her chopsticks, wanting to taste the eggplant that Jia Ke was talking about, but she searched for a long time and couldn't find anything that looked like eggplant, so she laughed and scolded Jia Ke and said, "That's nonsense.
Where is the eggplant? I searched around the table and couldn't see any eggplant."
Jia Ke smiled and added some eggplant (pronounced xiǎng) and put it on the plate in front of the plate. Aunt Zhou picked up some with chopsticks and put it in her mouth, then said with a smile: "It does taste like eggplant, but to say
This is eggplant, but I don’t believe it. I was born in a farm family when I was a child. I have never tasted any kind of eggplant. If eggplant had such a taste, we would have stopped growing food and replaced it with eggplant.”
"Auntie, this is indeed made of eggplant, but to make this eggplant dish, I'm afraid you need more than a dozen chickens to match it, and you also need to add chicken breasts, mushrooms, new bamboo shoots, mushrooms, and five spices to it.
Dried tofu and various dried fruits." Although Jia Ke had a smile on his face, he felt that such luxury was a bit excessive in his heart. No wonder Jia's house was getting empty. With this way of eating, there were only dozens of dishes on the table.
You can't even afford the material fee of two taels.
"Then is this still eggplant? I'm afraid there's more chicken in it than eggplant, but it's just a name." Aunt Zhou sighed, and suddenly seemed to think of something again, and then waited for Jia Ke to say: "You can go there later.
When we get there, we can’t afford such luxury, otherwise we will be defeated even if we have mountains of gold and silver.”
After hearing Aunt Zhou's words, Jia Ke quickly agreed and vowed to be diligent and thrifty in the future and never be so extravagant and wasteful. Only then did Aunt Zhou let him go. However, Jia Ke agreed very much with Aunt Zhou's views. Such luxury is not so luxurious in modern times.
It is nothing to say that the material is extremely rich, but in ancient times it was too luxurious. But I think the luxury of Jia Mansion came from when the old Duke was here. At that time, Jia Mansion was very famous, as long as it was not
Rebellion is not a big deal. But this habit has been passed down to the point that even if you want to change it, you can't change it back. You must know that it is easy to go from simplicity to luxury, and it is difficult to go from luxury to simplicity.
The mother and son only moved a few bites of the dishes on the table before they were full. Then Xia Mai appeared. The dishes were only slightly moved. Naturally, they could not be returned to the kitchen intact.
These leftovers are the welfare of the few little maids below. You must know that the food these little maids usually eat is just a bowl of white rice and some vegetables. When they can eat meat, it is a reward from the master, otherwise it is like this
When the master couldn't finish the meal, the rest belonged to the maids like them.
At this time, Xia Mai was like a general, instructing the little maids to bring all the dishes out one by one, and put them on the table they had prepared long ago, and then ordered the little maids to clean up all the tables, chairs and benches in the living room.
, then he led the people out.
Next, Xia Mai came to the table they had prepared a long time ago, and directed several maids to take out the bowls they had prepared, take out most of the dishes on the plate, and put the rest next to them.
Xia Maicai and a few maids enjoyed the food.
They divided these dishes and wanted to send them home. They had never seen these things in their lives. Since they had this opportunity, they naturally wanted to send some home. This is also a hidden trait of these maids.
Welfare, but in the past, they did not have such treatment. Those who had these benefits were the maids in Mrs. Wang and Mrs. Jia’s room. But the eldest maids around Mrs. Jia and Mrs. Wang did not bother to do this. In the end, Mrs. Jia
The remaining dishes with Mrs. Wang were divided among the maids in their room.
After dinner, Aunt Zhou chatted with Jia Ke for a while, mainly asking Qiaolian when they could come back, and whether the date of Jia Ke's marriage was determined? Jia Ke answered everything he knew, mainly saying
Qiaolian and the others may not be able to get home until a month later. As for the matter of getting married, it will naturally depend on Jia Zheng's wishes.
The two chatted until very late. Aunt Zhou saw Jia Ke dozing off, so she let him go. After that, mother and son rested separately.
Jia Ke got up early the next day, had breakfast prepared in the kitchen, and then went to the military aircraft office in the palace to start his first day of work.
Jia Ke entered the palace with his waist card without any obstruction. When he arrived at the military aircraft, he found that Pan Yong had been here for a while and was lying on the table reading the memorial. There were several young eunuchs waiting beside him.
As soon as Pan Yong saw Jia Ke coming, he hurriedly waved to him, "Master Jia, come here quickly and take a look at the several memorials sent today. I think they are a little unusual. After reading them, we can draw up an order and then we can send them to you."
emperor."
Jia Ke walked over, took a memorial from the desk, unfolded it and looked at it carefully. It turned out that it was a memorial to several bachelors, and it was jointly signed by some Tai students.
Jia Ke read several letters in a row, and they probably all had the same meaning. They were all expressions of mercy from college students. The more Jia Ke read, the more he frowned. These expressions of mercy were only from Taipei students, not even an official. I'm afraid there was someone behind them to connect them.
, and then push these students to the front for interviews.
Pan Yong saw Jia Ke frowning, his face gloomy, and he said angrily: "What on earth do these people want to do? Are they still trying to make a comeback for the prince?"
"I'm afraid this has nothing to do with the prince. It's just that the two bachelors have been studying in the study for a long time. There are disciples and former officials all over the world. There must be someone among them who wants to rescue the two bachelors. Based on the prestige of the bachelor, there may be someone else in the future.
Resurrection is possible." Jia Ke made his own judgment about Pan Yong.
Pan Yong is different from the other two bachelors. The other two bachelors are both great Confucians and have many disciples. However, Pan Yong was able to become a bachelor only because of the emperor's favor, and even the students with some prospects did not bother to associate with him.
Therefore, he had not considered this aspect before, but now he suddenly realized it when he heard Jia Ke's words.
Pan Yong then thought for a moment and said, "In that case, let's formulate a countermeasure and present it to the emperor together."
Jia Ke has a headache about this matter. After all, each of these college students has some relationship. With so many people gathered together, if one of them is not handled properly, it will cause a big disaster.
"Lord Pan, on the surface, this matter seems to be just an imperial student pleading for mercy to two bachelors. In fact, there must be many courtiers supporting it. If we write down the method of dealing with it, the people we offend in the end will be dead.
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Pan Yong sat there and thought for a while, and it turned out that this was true. His power was not very strong now. If he had a conflict with people like them and was worried about them, he might not be able to escape.
"Then what does Mr. Jia mean? We have to approve this discount at least, otherwise it will be difficult for us to explain it when the emperor asks."
Jia Ke also knew that what Pan Yong said made sense. After all, they were military ministers. If they had no objection and sent it directly to the emperor, what else would they do?
"Master Pan, do you think this is okay? We won't write down the method of disposal and let the emperor decide on his own. We will just tell the emperor our guess. What do you think?" Jia Ke thought about it and could only say, tell the guess.
Come out, and then let the emperor solve this hot potato by himself.
"That's it, let's just write down all the guesses we just made in the regulations and report them to the emperor." Pan Yong said with narrowed eyes.
Jia Ke understood what he meant in an instant, and he had some insight into the cruelty of these old people in the court. If they suppressed this memorial, or wrote a few words lightly and sent it to the emperor, in the end the emperor would at most be
The three words "I got it" were written on the memorial. After all, this was just a joint memorial by the imperial students, and those imperial students did not come to the court to cause trouble. In the emperor's opinion, it was possible to make a major issue a trivial one, and then forget about it.
But if their analysis is also written down in the regulations, the emperor will definitely be furious and at the same time frightened by the power of the two bachelors. Then how can these two bachelors have physiology?
However, Jia Ke thought about it and realized that this incident did not harm him at all. There was no need to fall out with Pan Yong, who had just become a colleague, just for their sake.
Besides, after dealing with these two bachelors, their power will collapse. At that time, it will be the time for me to win over people's hearts and control these courtiers.
So he nodded and said to Pan Yong: "Master Pan, I have been helping the emperor handle government affairs in the past. I will leave this matter to you. Your Excellency will write down the order and I will sign it after reading it."