457. Imperial Capital Nine(1/2)
Chapter 457
The noble ladies in the entire imperial capital couldn't understand why Mrs. Jiang He Zijin was so obsessed with the green eyes of the empress dowager. Mrs. Jiang was particularly popular. Of course, if Mrs. Jiang was annoying, there was no more. There are not many people in the imperial capital now who know Mrs. Jiang, but as long as the person who knows Mrs. Jiang, they didn't say that she was bad.
However, there are many officials and wives in the Emperor City. Why is it this fourth-rank honorable man who is the only queen mother?
The entire circle of powerful people was unable to figure it out.
Let’s analyze Mrs. Jiang’s origin, from a poor family, and there is no Lie Kechen. Then analyze Mrs. Jiang, well, he can plant flowers, especially chrysanthemums. He used to grow famous products, but he hasn’t planted them for many years, right? By the way, when Emperor Taizong was Emperor Taizong, he liked the flowers planted by Mrs. Jiang very much, but the Empress Dowager Tai was not a fan of flowers.
Where is this Mrs. Jiang?
This made countless noble ladies who wanted to show their faces in front of the Empress Dowager puzzled.
Actually, let alone outsiders.
Even Mrs. Jiang herself didn't know where she got into the eyes of the Empress Dowager.
She went to the palace to pay tribute, just to accompany the Empress Dowager. As for the content of the speech, it was very simple. The Empress Dowager had mostly concubines serving him. Women were just talking about clothes, jewelry, soup, and health care. Otherwise, it was children. In other words, Mrs. Jiang's children were more famous than Mrs. Jiang. The main reason was that the children were married to the late emperor and gave marriages. Moreover, many people knew about Mrs. Jiang's twins and twins.
The Empress Dowager likes to listen to He Zijin, especially He Zijin has always been more realistic and does not beautify her children. He Zijin is just like what she looks like. He Zijin said the twins, "I just got into the official school and now I practice Mandarin at home when I have time. They have grown up in Beichang Mansion since childhood. Although they have taught them official language since childhood, they still have a Beichang Mansion accent. Some classmates in the school joke about them. Now they know they want face and are working hard when they go home. They are chatterboxes, but now they are rushing to speak, which is very noisy."
The Empress Dowager asked with a smile, "Do you speak official language or the accent of the locals in Beichang Prefecture?"
He Zijin smiled, "I didn't say the local words of Beichang Prefecture when I first passed, but later I learned it after a long time. When I was talking to the local people in Beichang Prefecture, I often used official language. If I talk to the local people in Beichang Prefecture, I would speak Beichang dialect."
Empress Dowager Su laughed and said, "When I was in my hometown when I was a child, I also said things about my hometown. When I first came to the palace to pay my respects to my mother, I also had a sense of my hometown accent. I felt quite sad at that time."
The Empress Dowager smiled and said, "What's the matter? The accent of the hometown is hard to change."
He Zijin also said, "When the twins first learned to speak, I first taught him official school in the county. Later, we were transferred to Beichang Prefecture, which was close to my mother's home. My grandmother always spoke Shuzhong dialect at home. She liked children, so she saw that the sky taught the twins in the hometown. When she went out, everyone outside spoke Beichang dialect. When the twins were young, they spoke a few official words and then turned to our hometown. Otherwise, they would suddenly say a few local words. They said before they were three years old, and they could not understand what they said before they were three years old. When they were in school, they gradually became organized."
Therefore, when Mrs. Jiang came to the Empress Dowager, she was talking about these fragmented things. She was neither as good as the female Marquis Jiang Xingyun, and she was not as good as the Grand Princess. She had a long friendship with the Empress Dowager. She was even more destined to be a fourth-rank honorable person in the imperial capital.
But when she spoke, the Empress Dowager just liked to listen.
So some guys who sour grapes said, "It's probably because the Empress Dowager had never seen a village girl, so when she first saw such a rustic guy, she felt novel."
Anyway, no matter what these people say, Mrs. Jiang herself became a celebrity in front of the Empress Dowager.
Although she felt that she was just going to chat with her, and was still 100,800 miles away from a celebrity,... to outsiders, if she could be remembered by the Queen Mother and chat with the Queen Mother, she would be a celebrity.
Well, Jiang Hongren and his two younger siblings are watching A Lie and their newly built house.
Although it is a bit sad, the brothers and sisters have grown up, so it is a matter of time to part. Now they live together very much, but if there are too many children in the future, it is better to be separated.
Therefore, Yu Xing talked about the house with his elder sister-in-law in private. Although He Zijin was a little sad, he didn't say anything. He Gong was transferred back to the imperial capital. Yu Xing was fine. He was very cleaned up in that house. He asked his elder sister to help him see what additional room she arranged for his elders. In other words, Yu Xing has made a lot of progress over the years. She is sincere in giving her grandmother-in-law a cleanup of her residence, so why would she not be careful? He Zijin couldn't find any problems, mainly to see how the houses their younger brothers live in in the future. Now everything seems to be good. He Zijin smiled, "I usually love to worry. Even if you want to move out, you can't feel at ease if you don't see it with your own eyes. This house is very good."
Yu Xing smiled and said, "I was a little moved when the Mei family sold the house, but I didn't mention it when my uncle's house wanted to buy it. This Jinyin Hutong is one of the houses, and the other is that we are close to you and can reach it in just a few steps."
Du said, "It's a blessing that our house was cleaned up in advance. I heard that the Internal Affairs Office was going to build a palace for the two empress dowagers to live in. Now, in the city, whether it is flowers, trees, bricks and stones, it is 20% more expensive than before."
He Zijin was a little puzzled and said, "Didn't it just say that it's just a simple repair? It's not a new palace. How can all the building materials on the market increase the price?"
Du said, "I heard that I need to make a major repair."
The sister-in-law and sister-in-law sat in the pavilion to rest. The maid brought the newly cooked tea. Gong Yuan got up and took it. She served one cup to her godmother, and then the two aunts. Finally, she took one cup to her and sat down to listen to the elders. I was lucky to say, "Ci'en Palace has always been the residence of the empress dowager or the empress dowager. There has never been a grand event where the empress dowager and the empress dowager of the two palaces. The residences of the two palaces cannot surpass the Ci'en Palace, and the lower one cannot be inferior to Fengyi Palace. There is no such palace in the palace now, so everyone speculates that it is either reorganized on the original palace or built a new palace to invite the empress dowager of the two palaces to live."
He Zijin didn't expect that there were many other things to pay attention to in such a residence. Yu Xing's father was the Minister of Rites. Yu Xing said this, which is true. He Zijin couldn't help but think of what Empress Dowager Su said in the palace, "Don't build a large amount of construction and waste manpower." And Empress Dowager Cao said, "It is necessary to be frugal in everything." It turns out that people are talking politely.
Gong Yuan didn't understand these things, but heard from the elders that they all felt deeply about their great knowledge. Thinking about the past in Beichang Prefecture, he thought that the governor was a great official, and only after he came to the imperial capital, did he know what a powerful person is. For example, the Empress Dowager and the Empress Dowager were the first to hear about it after Gong Yuan was born, and he was quite excited.
Everyone just gossiped about it. Yu Xing was very cleaned up in the house. The sister-in-law and sister-in-law watched it and saw that the general was so popular that they got up and went home.
Gong Yuanwan also said to her husband, "The strange thing is that people come to the imperial capital, and the world is different."
Chongyang smiled and said, "Of course it's different. The emperors are all in the imperial city."
Gong Yuan nodded and talked about her uncle's house, saying, "I think my aunt is cleaning up very well, but our house is in a while, and the agent has not come to deliver the letter. I think it's not very suitable."
Chongyang said, "I can't hurry, so look for it slowly." In fact, Chongyang is mostly following A Nian. He lives with Aunt Zijin's house, which is cheaper. Chongyang thought that the second brother would just look for the house before getting married.
Although the matter of finding a house has not been settled, the shop that I inquired first has been settled. This matter is useless to the broker, and it was Du's help.
Du had a family brother, and his ability to do academic research was slightly worse. However, he was a social person and knew many people from the imperial capital. His agent was not the same as those in the yamen. Because Du's father was a minister of Dali Temple, what Dali Temple does is just for trial cases. Moreover, in general civil disputes, Dali Temple must be unable to find Dali Temple, so he must have passed through Dali Temple. Therefore, if there is any house search and the family property is confiscated, the news of Du's brother is faster. He is well-informed and has connections. Therefore, if friends buy property or deal with property, they often ask him for information or ask him for help. Du thought that his elder sister-in-law was going to buy property, so he told his clan brother that Du had a suitable shop on hand and came over to talk to his clan sister.
He Zijin found out with Du clearly that the lawsuit must be settled. Du smiled and said, "Don't worry, my elder sister, if it weren't for the lawsuit, the government wouldn't sell it. My father has always been honest. I heard that the land shop sold by the government was very low at first, and my father didn't think of sand in his eyes. It was just to give the handling staff some hand-paying fees, which were similar to the market price. We bought it as the same as others."
He Zijin smiled and said, "That's better. Du's family has always had an official reputation, and it is indeed well-known." He Zijin is not short of money. Looking for a shop is nothing more than doing business. She doesn't want to take advantage of anyone, even if it's the court's advantage, don't take advantage of it. In this way, things will be open and honest, so people won't be able to talk.
In this way, under the command of Brother Du, He Zijin and Gong Yuan each built a shop to carry out business.
As for the land, He Zijin was not in a hurry. Her family had land in Beichang Prefecture. The land in Beichang Prefecture was more fertile than the imperial capital and was cheaper. Moreover, there were grain and grass businesses between the Jiang and Hu families, so the grain on the farm could be directly transported to military rations. He Zijin thought that in the future, she would buy a small village nearby for her own food and food.
Now that she has just arrived, it’s better to take the job slowly. If she buys shops and land with great fanfare, it will be eye-catching.
He Zijin lived a life without any haste. The twins returned home with great revenge. The twins always lived with Master Chaoyun often. However, they were dependent on their parents' age, so they had to go home to see their parents from time to time. When He Zijin saw that the twins were stinky, she said, "What's wrong?"
A Yun said angrily, "Xueli Cuju team selected players. Ayan and I played well, so we didn't choose!"
Ayan also looked angry, "My classmates all looked down on us from Beichang Mansion and said that my brother and I were native buns."
When He Zijin heard that his son was being angry at school, he felt a little uncomfortable, but he also suppressed his temper and called his two sons to come to him and wiped the sweat between their foreheads, "Come on, don't be anxious, drink a cup of honey water and talk to his mother slowly."
The twins ran into their mother's arms and hugged them on the same couch as their mother. Then they talked about what happened in school. Originally, when the twins first came, they had some Beichang Mansion accents, and most of the students studied in the official school were children of officials, and some of them had good family backgrounds. After the twins were transferred to the class, they were often laughed at because of their accent. The twins were always among the best students in Beichang Mansion in the past and were also very confident children. Seeing their classmates laughing at them, they themselves felt that they spoke differently from those in the imperial capital. They practiced their Mansion diligently when they came home. This Mansion was just practiced, and the Xuexi Cuju team selected the team members. The twins ran with confidence, but they failed to get the rating.
If this is not technical, it would be fine.
According to the twins, "It is because we didn't pay Cao Shuang the benefits that he didn't ask us to join the Cuju team."
"What's the benefit?"
"Mom, don't you know. Cao Shuang is the boss of our class. He is the relative of Empress Dowager Cao in the palace. Now no one in our class dares to mess with him. The Cuju team also has to listen to him. Whoever gives him the benefits will he asks to join." Ayun told his mother all the time, and Ayan continued, "Why give him money? The official school is not run by his family! We don't have to spend money to go to school. Humph, do you have to bribe him to join the Cuju team? Who is he considered the old man!"
With the twins' always smart temperament, it's a dream to ask for bribes from them!
The twins were so angry that Ah Yun said, "In the past, we were studying in school, and in terms of the official positions of our classmates, we were not as good as my father's, and Ah Yan and I never asked for money from each other."
"Yes, whoever played well in the Cuju team at that time would be the best." Ayan added to his brother and said to their mother, "It's either that I can't afford the money or that I can't swallow this!"
The two of them talked about everything, and He Zijin said, "Isn't the Cao family a mansion? Why doesn't his children have no money to spend? They even blackmailed you money?"
Ayan said, "Then Cao Shuang is not a shortage of money. He doesn't want this money. I have seen other classmates flatter him and give him money. He rewards the servants as soon as he goes out after school. He just wants to suppress us in the class. Now he has to decide everything in the class, and no one dares to mess with him."
He Zijin asked, "No one dares to mess with him?"
A Yun said, "We don't give him money in the class. Now there are only eight classmates in the class who talk to us. No one dares to talk to us. Some of the Cao family's bad guys are stumbled on us."
He Zijin was afraid that his son would suffer a loss, so he asked, "Why did you stumble on me?"
A Yun said, "I went to do my homework before, and when I turned around, Li Hao, who was sitting in front of me, tripped me up and wanted to trip me up. But I was so sharp-eyed that I stepped on him. He was still recovering from his injuries at home now."
Twins are not buns either.
Seeing that the twins were not at a disadvantage, He Zijin said, "I will go to school to talk to your husband tomorrow."
The twins sighed, "The Master's official is not as good as his official, and the Master dares not offend him."
"Then why don't you tell me about it and change your class."
The twins talked to their mother and felt relieved. They said, "Not yet. There are people in other classes with the surname Cao. I wonder if the relatives of Empress Dowager Cao are all bullying people with power! Xie Xiaolang is also a relative of Empress Dowager Tai, and he has never seen Xie Xiaolang like this."
"That's it." A Yun said, "This man surnamed Cao is just looking at us as easy to bully. Those who are prominent in the public servants and marquis or the family members will not dare to collect money, nor will they not ask them to join the Cuju team. He is not stupid at all, so he just bullies us who are low in our family. If he doesn't fight back, he will be angry with this bird when he goes to another class!"
The twins decided not to steam buns and try to make a sigh!
Seeing that the twins seemed to have an idea, He Zijin told them, "Don't force it. If you can't handle it, tell your family."
The twins all agreed.
Twins have always been careful, and He Zijin has always been at ease with the child.
For a moment, Yu Xun brought Achan and Axuan over here.
Yu Xing said, "I just learned that the twins were angry at school. Achan, this kid, wouldn't have told me if he had known it."
A Can said, "It's not that I won't say it, it's that Brother Ayun and Brother Ayan don't ask me to say it." He is quite trustworthy.
The twins dared to act and said, "Auntie, we didn't let Acan say it. We didn't take it seriously at first. We didn't want to ignore him the more we ignored him, the more we were the one with Cao's surname."
Yu Xing said, "How can you know such a villain? He just thinks that our family is easy to bully. You should say it earlier, and the family can stand up for you earlier to avoid you from being angry." Yu Xing, a relative of the Empress Dowager, was actually squeezed by Cao's nephew, and Yu Xing couldn't even swallow this.
The twins said, "Don't worry, aunt, we already have an idea. If we can't beat someone with the surname Cao, come and ask my aunt to stand up for us."
Yu Xun looked at their little adult appearance and asked with a smile, "What have you come up with?"
The twins were still stuck, "I can't say it now."
Yu Xing saw that the two children were not at a loss, and he was a little calmer. He asked his sons if they had paid the protection fee. Acan was lower in grades than the twins, and said, "I won't pay it to him. My father's official position is low, and those named Cao don't look at me directly." This made his mother's calmer spirit raise again. Yu Xingxin said: This dog's eyes look low.
Ah Xuan said, "There is no one with the surname Cao in our class."
It was the first time that Du heard that there was such a thing in school, so he shook his head, "It's really time for the students to take care of them in the official school."
A few days later, the twins happily went home to announce the good news to their mother. It was not that they chose the Cuju team, and they don’t want to join the Cuju team in the class now. They formed a Cuju team themselves, and the players were chosen from classmates who were unwilling to curry favor with Cao Shuang.
Moreover, the twins do not charge people money. Their words, "We are all classmates, and whoever is nobler will be inferior to whom. In the future, if you have the ability, you will be able to pass the imperial examination and become famous and serve the country. We are not short of money, so we ask people for it, that is a beggar on the street." Some are afraid of Cao Shuang's fear of participating, but some are always angry at Cao Shuang's blackmail and come to participate.
The twins seemed to be waiting for their mother to say this. As soon as the mother asked, the two of them started crying.
After crying for a while, Ayan pointed to a young man beside him and said, "He beat my brother!"
He Zijin sent the twins back and asked Gong Yuan to look at them. She stepped forward and looked at the man, then looked at another little boy in green. She was about the same age as the twins and had a good appearance, but the arrogant in her eyes could not be hidden. At this time, one eye was blue and several blood marks were scratched on her neck. He Zijin swept over the two of them, turned around and asked, "Which is the gentleman?"
Mr., well, the teacher in the official school is also a seventh rank, so he stood by and said quickly, "Mrs. Jiang, I am the teacher in the class." He pointed to another middle-aged fat white man with great authority, "This is the master of the official school, Huang Shanchang. This is the matter. Cao Shuang accidentally knocked over Jiang Yun's table and started fighting each other. This, this, hey, that's it."
To be continued...