I've been so angry for a long time that I can sit in my current position?"

Lin Yutong sighed: "Yes! You can't do anything without paying a price." It is not easy to secure the position of queen.

The queen also laughed: "It's not scary to have too many women in the palace. What's scary is that the emperor can only be spoiled by one person. That's what really causes bad things."

That's the truth! Therefore, in the Queen's view, the situation is not too bad.

Now that Concubine Zhou is mentioned here, everyone knows what Aunt Xue's plan is. But Concubine Zhou is different from Jia Yuanchun. Concubine Zhou's natal family has long since surrendered to Emperor Zhenglong, and she is a veteran of Qiandi.

Today's new rich, like Concubine Zhou, represent Emperor Zhenglong's attitude towards one party. Therefore, it would be okay for Concubine Zhou to do such a thing, but if Jia Yuanchun did it, it would be a taboo.

When Mother Jia came today, she actually asked about the pregnancy of the Queen and Concubine Zhou, but Aunt Xue changed the topic to the matter of Concubine Zhou being able to take people in to serve her.

These are completely two different things.

Lin Yutong only shook his head: "Where can I talk about the palace affairs?" She gave Aunt Xue a soft or hard push, then patted Jia Mu's hand and said in a voice that could be heard by two or three people.

: "...You and your wife can't be anxious. If you are anxious, you will naturally make your wife more anxious. At this time, you have to be more steady. Let others live their lives. We just have to do our own thing.

Not to mention that we still don’t know whether we will be a prince or a princess when we are born, but even if we are born as a prince, how long will it take for the little prince to grow into the eldest prince? What’s more, when he grows up... it will be even more uncertain at that time. Don’t

Let’s not talk about it, let’s talk about Prince Yoshitaka, who has been the crown prince for nearly thirty years. What’s the result? There are so many variables, why are you staring at these? On the contrary, it has aroused taboo.” She whispered:

"If you remember my queen, you can go there occasionally when the weather is nice. After all, you are getting old. Don't you worry about me after all this trouble? I will think in my heart that it is because of her own reasons.

It’s hard for my grandmother to be affected by this.”

The previous words are very reasonable. They are bold, but it is precisely because of their boldness that they say what others dare not say, which makes them more credible.

The dissatisfaction I felt before was completely gone because of these heartfelt words.

Mother Jia grabbed Lin Yutong's hand and said, "You are the only child who is honest and dares to say these things."

Mrs. Wang was also happy in her heart. The first words made sense, and the latter words were just in favor of Mrs. Wang. She didn't want to follow the old lady every time she entered the palace. The mother and daughter wanted to talk privately, but it was because the old lady was there that they never found her.

Chance.

So he hurriedly said: "I just said, this child has absolutely no reason to be separated from us."

Lin Yutong asked: "Where are you talking about? How come we are divided?" She told the story one by one: "The Empress Dowager Qian'er called, the Qian'er Princess Zhongshun called again, the big county in the mansion

The master is now old enough to prepare for the dowry. Not long ago, the uncle from the Qian family went to Beijing with his family. In the meantime, there were two elderly people from the Qi family who were in-laws celebrating their birthdays. The Zhang family came here to urge the marriage and were discussing it with their sister-in-law.

As for the dowry matter... The family property is not big, but there are many things to do. And there are not as many people as there are helpers in the house. Even if this grandma is not here today, another grandma must have agreed to it. I have only one person here.

Me and no one else."

Mrs. Wang hurriedly said: "This is the disadvantage of brothers breaking up early."

Lin Yutong laughed: "Even if we don't separate, no one will help me. My younger siblings stay with Brother Ying and spend most of their time in the academy."

Mrs.

Lin Yutong couldn't answer these words. Is there anyone who talks like this? She said it unintentionally, but the listener did. She envied the mother-in-law who had no mother-in-law to serve, and the sisters-in-law to worry about. Doesn't that mean she didn't want to serve Jia Mu?

Is this mother-in-law, Mrs. Wang, this sister-in-law a little troubled?

Although this is all true, the truth is easy to say but not easy to hear!

After saying this, everyone fell silent for a moment. Not only Lin Yutong didn't know how to answer the conversation, but others also didn't know how to cover the topic for her.

On the contrary, it was Baoyu who took a bunch of things from the table on one side and asked, "Sister Tong, what is this?"

Lin Yutong glanced at it and discovered that it was a literacy card made for Brother Yun. There were some pictures on it to help the child remember. When asked, she said, "...this kid, why did you leave this thing here?

?”

Baoyu looked at Lin Yutong in surprise: "Sister Tong can even write a book."

This is not writing a book, this is...

Just as she was about to explain, she noticed that the things on the card were somewhat different from what she had written before.

There are pictures and words on the front, but annotations are written on the back, just like a dictionary, explaining the word.

Xue Baochai also leaned over to take a look and said: "It's really easy to understand. It's more suitable for young children than Three Hundred Thousand."

Lin Yutong laughed: "The front is for my child's enlightenment, and the back is for the child's father to fill in when he has time. I don't have the ability."

When Mrs. Wang saw Baoyu agreeing with this approach, she felt happy and said hurriedly: "Tong Yatou really puts a lot of thought into raising her children. This is exactly the same as the empress. The empress was also like this when she was at home.

I hugged Baoyu and taught him how to read. Now every time I go to the palace, I am always asked, has Baoyu made progress in studying? I don’t know how to answer."

As he spoke, he carefully looked at the expression on Jia Mu's face.

Jia Mu didn't say anything, but went to look at Baoyu. When she saw him turning over the cards, without saying anything else, her nose became sore, "Looking at me, I don't know what your plans are, but you don't want me to love Baoyu... Let's just let it go."

! You are the parents of the child, and you have the final say on how to arrange it. But just one thing, if my Baoyu is forced to get sick again, I will not comply. "

Mrs. Wang was overjoyed: "Everyone listens to the old lady."

It's just as if Baoyu didn't hear what was said here, or it's as if it wasn't him who was talking here.

Lunch is served in the garden. The garden at home is not big, but it is well kept. It is the coolest place to have it in the garden.

I didn't make the banquet noodles at home, so I couldn't make it in time. I went to an outside restaurant to order the banquet noodles. This is the best banquet noodles in the capital.

Tanchun was a thoughtful person. He saw the words on the food box on the side and asked Lin Yutong in a low voice: "How much is this table worth?"

Wang Xifeng raised her eyebrows and raised the corners of her mouth slightly, but she didn't say a word and just listened.

Lin Yutong said: "Nine taels and nine cents."

It’s only ninety-two yuan, which is more than half the price of making the banquet noodles at home. It also includes dried fruits and various fruits, as well as wine and fruit pulp. After all, it’s even cheaper.

Xue Baochai laughed with Lin Yutong: "Tan girl is only interested in money now. How can she look like a young lady from the Duke's family? Even that small family definitely doesn't have such calculations."

Lin Yutong said: "People say that you will not be poor until you have enough food and clothing, and you will never be poor forever. If you come from a small family, what you say is not unreasonable. I think the third sister is very good like this."

Tanchun didn't care what Baochai said, but asked Lin Yutong: "I heard from my sister before that the garden at home can earn one or two hundred taels a year?"

"It's not just this garden." Lin Yutong laughed: "This garden is not big. It includes the flowers and willows planted in each courtyard. Calculated in this way, it is almost the same."

There are various varieties of flowers in the garden, and the rare flowers and plants that are divided every year can be sold for a lot of money.

Tanchun's eyes lit up: "According to what my sister said, our garden can cost more than one or two thousand taels of silver a year."

If you calculate it that way, it's correct.

But Li Wan shook his head: "I thought it was too good. The population here is simple, and the servants are not that stupid. There are only one or two disobedient ones, just sell them off. With us

This kind of influence in the house can affect the whole body, and it is different to sell a slave to get a piece of it. Therefore, others can enforce orders and prohibitions, but our family cannot. If the output of that garden can feed a whole garden

The girls and servants are pretty good. Can we still expect to make a profit?"

There is some truth to this.

After being noisy for a long time, they were sent away. Today, including the master and his servants, a total of sixteen tables were opened.

The master sat at two tables, and the eldest girl brought the old lady who was close to her, and sat at six more tables. The little girl sent the old lady to take the people who carried the sedan chair, and these were eight more tables.

The master used a banquet worth nine liang and nine yen, the eldest girl used a banquet worth six liang and six yen, and the rough servant used a banquet worth three liang and three yen.

But the master only spent a total of nineteen taels, while these girls and servants, big and small, spent a total of sixty-six taels.

The young lady smacked her tongue: "This is more than three times the master's expense. After a long time of trouble, in these wealthy families, it is not the servants who work to support the masters, but the masters who support the servants."

Lin Yutong took the opportunity to say to his young mother: "So, you must remember the lessons of the Jia family. This arrogance is not staged by servants. Do you think there are really many masters in the Jia family?"

Not many! Compared with other families who often have more than a dozen children, their family is actually not very lush. There are only a few masters, but on average, a master has to be served by several people. These people are just like those who grew up in the Jia family.

The attached organisms on a big tree become more and more greedy as they cling to them.

After this time of socializing, I realized that the Jia family really regarded themselves as outsiders. People would come when they were told to come, and when they came, they would have to entertain them with a feast. Lin Yutong felt that this account was not worth it, and thought to himself, next time

If you call me again, I'd better go. Just take this as a rule. My family's money is not brought by strong winds.

Because of this expense, Lin Yutong refused to give any more expensive things to the Jia family, such as gifts.

The next gifts are rice fish raised in the rice fields or lively shrimps. When it comes to the Mid-Autumn Festival, no other gifts are prepared. They are crabs raised in water from the rice fields. I catch a few baskets and give them away.

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It's the Mid-Autumn Festival. The Jia family is shouting. Neither Lin Yutong nor the Fourth Master are going. There will be no reunions on this festival this year.

The Fourth Master was summoned by the Supreme Emperor, and even Emperor Zhenglong and other princes went to spend the festival with the Supreme Emperor. Where is the Queen? She stayed in the palace to take charge. During the festival, she also entertained some courtiers who were favored by Emperor Zhenglong.

Family members, including Lin Yutong.

These princesses are common, but there is another lady whom I have not seen very often.

Princess Zhongshun smiled and said: "You don't know her, she is Mrs. Jinghaihou."

Wen Tianfang’s mother?

This relationship is really wonderful. Lin Yutong went over and bowed.

Mrs. Hou quickly avoided her and helped Lin Yutong up: "Mrs. Jia is really good-looking."

After hearing this, many people looked in the direction of Yuanchun.

Yuanchun actually didn't feel that comfortable in the palace. On such occasions, she rarely had the chance to speak. Seeing everyone looking at her, she only nodded with a reserved smile.

When these people looked at Lin Yutong again, they felt that she looked similar. She wanted to say she was dignified, but this one was more dignified than the empress.
To be continued...