Seeing that Jia Mu agreed, Shi Nai felt relieved. Now he sent Shi Xiangyun to Rongguo Mansion. Although he meant to be a hostage, he also threw a burden to Rongguo Mansion. This was Xiangyun.
She was not a good person. Although she was stronger in Baolinghou's house, her aunt never failed to arrange the tasks for Shi Xiangyun. However, she was also very sharp-tongued and made her aunt speechless several times.
Now that Shi Xiangyun has arrived at Rongguo Mansion, it is up to them to handle this matter. Anyway, Shi Xiangyun is already a member of Rongguo Mansion. Let alone a few years later, it will not matter even if they consummate their marriage now.
While they were talking there, Jia Lian sat aside and looked at Shi Nai with envy in his eyes.
Shi Nai has not had any contact with the Jia family for many years. Now he just came back to beg the old lady and he was able to get the fat job of Yangzhou magistrate, but he could only work as a handyman in Rongguo Mansion. How could this person be so inferior to others?
Woolen cloth?
So Jia Lian started to think about how to ask the old lady to get him an official job, otherwise he would be useless after doing these chores at home every day.
But this matter is a bit difficult to handle. Ever since Aunt Zhang's accident, the relationship between his eldest brother Jia Ke and him has become a bit weak. Over the years, they have only had a superficial relationship, and they have not interacted in depth again. I don't know.
Can you help me with this?
Not to mention that Jia Lian was there, complaining and sighing, but Jia Mu was sitting on top looking at Shi Nai and said with emotion: "Since your father was gone, no one from our Shi family has come out to be an official. This time you go
But you have to work hard and don't embarrass your elder brother. Otherwise, he won't be able to speak for you in the future."
Shi Nai nodded and knew that Jia Mu was telling the truth. If he didn't do well in Yangzhou this time, no matter how powerful Jia Ke was, he could only transfer him to another place. Otherwise, the world's public opinion would turn against Jia Ke.
It's very disadvantageous.
Although Shi Nai wanted to go to Yangzhou to make a fortune, he also had some ambitions. He thought that if he went to Yangzhou this time and made some achievements, he would also be able to gain a foothold in the court in the future. I think back then, the Shi family was a senior official.
Yes, it's not like you are sitting in the Hou Mansion now and no one cares about you.
"I have remembered everything the old lady said. I will be loyal to the king this time and will not embarrass my eldest brother."
"I'm relieved that you know what's going on. You have to write another post about Xiangyun, otherwise it won't be easy for me to deal with it."
Jia's mother was still thinking that she was going to send Xiangyun to Rongguo Mansion, so she would have to get everything done. After all, she would not be Xiangyun's direct elder at that time and would not have the right to deal with Shi Xiangyun's marriage. If Shi Nai had a document
Now, she can do things easily.
After hearing this, Shi Nai knew that Jia Mu was afraid that without a clerk, a lady like Shi Xiangyun would marry someone else as a concubine, which would make people think that the Rongguo Mansion was forcing her.
"What the old lady said is that I was negligent. I will write down the document after I go back. When the time comes, it will be regarded as a proof when we leave it in the government office. In this way, Xiangyun's arrival in Rongguo Mansion will not be anything.
"
Mother Jia finally smiled and said, "I didn't worry about these things originally, but after all, this is related to my eldest brother's reputation. I still have to ask about it."
Jia Zhu and Jia Lian, who were standing nearby, now understood the purpose of Shi Nai's visit to Rongguo Mansion this time. Shi Nai wanted to send Shi Xiangyun to Rongguo Mansion to live permanently. It seemed that he would consummate the marriage with Jia Ke after a while.
After seeing Jia Mu, Shi Nai said some common things to Jia Mu, then left, planning to come to Rongguo Mansion in a few days to visit Jia Zheng and Jia Ke, and send Shi Xiangyun there by the way.
Jia's mother didn't keep him, after all, he was about to go to another place to take up a post, and he would be very busy at home.
After Shi Nai returned to Baolinghou Mansion, Zhang was already waiting for him in the lobby.
"Master, how are you? What did Auntie say this time?" Mrs. Zhang now began to address Jia Mu affectionately.
"What else can I say? Of course my aunt told us to be loyal to the king when we take office. At the same time, when handing over, we must carefully inventory the money and grain storehouses, so as not to blame others for anything." Shi Nai
He didn't hide anything and told Mrs. Zhang what Jia Mu had told him.
"I'm still my aunt. If it were someone else, why would I say these things to you?" Ms. Zhang said happily.
"I'll write a marriage certificate in a moment. You send someone to send it to Rongguo Mansion, let their master read it, and then file a case with the government. In a few days, I will send Xiangyun to Rongguo Mansion, and then we can be on our way."
Shi Nai began to explain what happened in the past few days. To be honest, Shi Nai's mind had already flown to Yangzhou. He didn't want to stay in the capital for a moment and was eager to leave immediately.
Ms. Zhang had the same idea. She had long wanted to enjoy the life of an official wife surrounded by people who were constantly complimenting her.
Mrs. Zhang agreed and went to the back house with a smile. She wanted to tell Shi Xiangyun the news immediately and let her make preparations. After all, she would live in Rongguo Mansion permanently. I was afraid that she would never be able to return to Baolinghou Mansion again.
She prepares something.
Those things were left behind by Shi Xiangyun's parents. A large part of them were Shi Xiangyun's mother's dowry, as well as some antiques, calligraphy and paintings left by her father. As for the money, it naturally belonged to the Baolinghou Mansion.
Mrs. Zhang wanted to go back to her room and took out a wooden box from the bottom of the box. There was a list of names in the box, which was the dowry list of Shi Xiangyun's mother.
She had put everything on this list neatly in the warehouse, because she was afraid that when Chi Xiangyun got married, she would not be able to live up to her expectations and let others talk about it.
Mrs. Zhang took the list and ordered her personal maid to get the keys from the housekeeper, and then went to the warehouse to inventory the items.
Mrs. Zhang took four or five maids and her mother-in-law to a remote warehouse, where the steward was already waiting.
"Madam, I have been waiting here for a long time. Madam wants to go into the warehouse. Could it be that she is looking for something?" The steward asked a little nervously, because Mrs. Zhang had never entered this warehouse before. Could it be that she found some clues this time?
.
"It's nothing. Open warehouse No. 7 for me. I want to go in and count Xiangyun's mother's dowry. Are there any shortages?" Mrs. Zhang told the steward her purpose without thinking about anything else.
As soon as the steward heard this, his head began to pound. He wouldn't have cared if it was something else, but a lot of Shi Xiangyun's mother's dowry was secretly taken and sold by him. Originally, he didn't want to do such a thing.
, but there is no warehouse manager who doesn’t keep things in the warehouse in order.
The housekeeper thought that Shi Xiangyun's mother's things had been stored away for a long time, and the wife probably wouldn't care about them, but she didn't expect that she would have to count them now. If this happened, her whole family would be in trouble.
After thinking about it, the housekeeper decided that it would be better for him to admit it. Otherwise, if Mrs. Zhang found out later, there would be no good fruit to be gained.
When the housekeeper thought of this, he immediately knelt down in front of Mrs. Zhang and kowtowed as if pounding garlic.
Mrs. Zhang was startled by his appearance. What was wrong with this housekeeper? I hadn't noticed it before.
"What's wrong with you? Just tell me if you have anything. How many lifetimes have you been in our family? What else can I do to you?" Madam Zhang took a few steps back. The mother-in-law beside him had already arrived at Madam Zhang's.
Before the wedding, separate her from the housekeeper.
"Madam, it was my lard that blinded my heart and made me greedy. I sold many of those things." The housekeeper knelt in front of Mrs. Zhang, sobbing, and told Mrs. Zhang exactly what happened.
said.
It turned out that the Baolinghou Mansion had been having a hard time in recent years, and he, as a housekeeper, had no luck. Because of this, the housekeeper had a different intention, and wanted to make a fortune in the Baolinghou Mansion, and then return to the countryside to become a rich man.
After hearing what the steward said, Ms. Zhang was so angry that she almost fainted. She had placed a lot of trust in this steward over the years. She also saw that her family had been a slave of the Bowling Lord for several lifetimes, so she thought he was loyal and reliable, but she didn't know that in the end he would
problem occurs.
Mrs. Zhang didn't care about anything else at this time, she was jealous of the women next to her. Immediately, someone rushed out, and soon came in with a few boys.
Mrs. Zhang ordered, "Tie this slave who betrays his master to me. Wait until I come out of the treasury later and I will settle the score with you."
After Mrs. Zhang finished speaking, she ordered people to find the key from him and opened the warehouse. They took three steps at a time and arrived at the dowry of Shi Xiangyun's mother.
I saw that these things were neat and tidy on the surface, without any damage, but after listening to the butler's words just now, I knew that they had probably been completely messed up by him.
Madam Zhang waved her hand behind her, and several housekeepers immediately came forward and started counting according to the list given by Madam Zhang.
Shi Xiangyun's mother's dowry was not very large, and it only took an hour to count it.
A housekeeper came to Mrs. Zhang and said tremblingly: "Madam, everything has been counted."
"How is it? How many things are missing?"
"When I get back to Madam, more than half of the things on the list are missing. Most of them are gold and silver jewelry that are easy to get rid of." After the mother-in-law said this, she sent another list to Mrs. Zhang after counting.
before.
Mrs. Zhang snatched the list with her hands, and then took the previous dowry list and compared it carefully. Otherwise, as the housekeeper said, more than half of the items were missing.
Mrs. Zhang was so angry that her eyes were red. She had not touched these things even when the Baolinghou Mansion was in trouble. She just wanted to leave these things for Shi Xiangyun so that the world could see them when she got married. She
This aunt did not treat her niece badly.
Mrs. Zhang came to the courtyard, looked at the housekeeper and said, "You are a bitch slave. Even I dare not touch these dowries from Xiangyun. How dare you steal them and sell them? Your life seems to be in danger."
It’s grown.”
After Mrs. Zhang finished speaking, she immediately ordered her personal nanny, "Take someone to search his house for me. After all the things are counted, send them to my courtyard."
The housekeeper lowered her head, agreed and left.
"Wait a minute." Mrs. Zhang stopped the housekeeper.
The housekeeper hurried back and then hunched over to listen to Mrs. Zhang's instructions.
"Listen to me, if we ransack the house this time and if there is anything missing, you and this housekeeper will die together." Mrs. Zhang said harshly.
The housekeeper was already frightened by Mrs. Zhang's appearance. After hearing her words, she immediately knelt on the ground and said, "Madam, don't worry, even if I am very brave, I will not dare to touch the things inside."
Mrs. Zhang stared at the housekeeper fiercely for a while, and then let her go.