In the blink of an eye, it had been half a month since Ji Changze brought Xianglan back. During this half month, Xianglan had used countless methods, but he had avoided them all with ease.
Although the little girl Chunzhu didn't have any scheming intentions, she had seen Xianglan flirting with Ji Changze several times. Although she didn't catch anything, she began to dislike Xianglan very much in her heart.
Originally, when Xianglan first arrived, Chunzhu was still very happy and wanted to get close to her.
After all, she didn't have any maids she could talk to when she was in the palace. Part of her was trying to flatter her, and part of her didn't want to offend Concubine Yang even if she didn't have any ill feelings towards Chunzhu.
It was rare to find a girl like herself, so she was naturally very happy.
It turned out that Xianglan was a drunkard who didn't care about drinking. After she moved towards Ji Changze with all her heart, she became indifferent to Xianglan's attitude.
In the whole family, only the uninformed Jiang Xinyan said a few nice words to Xianglan.
But what Xianglan fears most at home is Jiang Xinyan.
Listen to what Jiang Xinyan said:
"What the consort said cannot be true. Don't be frightened by what he said about marrying an old man. He is a kind-hearted man. He will let you out after a few years."
"When the time comes, we will find you a down-to-earth person who is responsible for his duties. His family has farmland and real estate. If you are so diligent and neat, you will definitely be able to live a harmonious life with him."
In fact, Xianglan, who is neither diligent nor disadvantageous but only wants to be in the top position: "..."
She felt that the Ninth Princess was threatening her.
What does it mean to marry her to a down-to-earth man
To put it nicely, in fact, it is just a family that can only be called Xiaozu.
Now, before she could seduce the Ninth Prince Consort, the Ninth Princess was already planning to marry her off to Ni Legzi.
The Ninth Prince Consort just asked her to work, and every time he said she would marry the old man, he just talked about it.
But the Ninth Princess looked like she was obviously serious!
Pandan was shocked.
She had always felt that her scheming was quite detached.
When she was with the Fifth Prince Consort, she was able to stand out despite the fierce competition. When the Fifth Prince Consort was about to get married, all the other girls who had served her were sent away with a sum of money.
Only she managed to stay and was well raised outside.
When the fifth prince-in-law told her what he was going to do this time, Xianglan was full of confidence.
A man from the countryside with little knowledge.
A weak and kind-hearted princess who is easy to fool and unloved.
There is also a palace maid who makes up the number.
She could even imagine a bright future in which she would turn her hands to make clouds and rain.
First make a fortune from the Ninth Prince Consort, and after the relationship between the Ninth Prince Consort and the Ninth Princess appears to be in rift, try to see if you can guide the Ninth Prince Consort to sell the Ninth Princess.
When the time comes, if you catch it here, you can make another fortune by returning to the Five Prince Consort.
result…
Jiang Xinyan was sitting in the yard, sipping goat's milk.
Seeing Xianglan coming out after cleaning the house, she greeted with a smile: "I asked Chunzhu to heat the water just now. You can use hot water when you cook and wash."
"I read a medical book last night and learned that if a woman uses too much cold water, she will not only be prone to menstrual pain, but may also have difficulty in having children in the future. You should be careful in the future."
Xianglan stiffened.
According to her years of experience in house fighting, this sentence is clearly the same as before, and it also means something.
Ninth Princess... Is this threatening her that if she dares to reach out and touch something she can't touch again, her fertility will be destroyed? ?
Under the calm and even smiling gaze of the Ninth Princess (god, she is so scary, she can still smile as if she is friendly when she says such words), Xianglan nodded with a stiff face.
Then, almost walking hand in hand, they walked into the kitchen.
Sure enough, a pot of steaming water was heating up in the room, but Pandan's heart felt ice cold.
Finished.
She was going crazy inside.
Ninth Princess, is she so good at fighting in a house?
Now the Nine Prince Consort is not tempted by her, and the Nine Princesses are eyeing her.
This mission is the lowest level of difficulty.
It's clearly the highest.
Jiang Xinyan, who was still sipping goat's milk, didn't realize how much of a psychological shadow his casual words had caused to Pandan.
She really didn't think there was anything wrong with her words.
Recently, the prince-in-law likes to go out to eat and drink with Huber and the others. Although he is away from home every day, he usually goes out to eat with other brothers-in-law the day before and then packs up and comes back.
Then he used the packed food to treat Huber to a meal.
Not to mention that he didn't spend any money, Uncle Hub lived right here in the alley. Jiang Xinyan knew where the consort was, so he felt relieved.
A few days ago, the prince-in-law came back with a medical book from Uncle Huber.
Uncle Hu's family was not native to the capital. It is said that when he was young, Uncle Hub traveled all over the country. Later, he opened a shop in the capital and earned hard-earned money. His son and daughter are still in their hometown.
Maybe it was because his hometown suffered a disaster this time, and the prince-in-law went to him every day to comfort and drink, and the relationship between the two gradually improved.
This medical book was also accidentally obtained by Huber in the past. After discovering that the content in it was very detailed, even comparable to some doctors' undisclosed secrets, he kept it.
But the prince-in-law asked for it, and he still gave it to him.
The consort also learned from this medical book that it is best for women to have children after they are twenty years old.
If it was the past, Jiang Xinyan would definitely not believe it.
But she had feelings in her heart about how the consort treated her.
Although he had become somewhat indifferent for no reason a while ago, he quickly recovered and was even better than before.
And if a woman gives birth to a child before the age of twenty, she is prone to accidents. She grew up in the palace, and there is a lot of evidence.
For example, her biological mother, Wang Cainv, gave birth to her when she was seventeen years old.
At that time, it was difficult to give birth and almost killed two people. At that time, the palace even sent an imperial doctor to save the lives of mother and daughter.
But later, when my father found out that the child was a princess, he instantly lost interest.
With the withdrawal of imperial medicine, Wang Cainv failed to take good care of herself at this time, and the root cause of her disease fell.
When Jiang Xinyan was a child, she saw many empresses who were pregnant, but when they gave birth, they either couldn't keep the baby, or the baby died together with the mother.
Looking back now, they are indeed under twenty.
Jiang Xinyan was very surprised.
She quietly kept what she just learned in her heart. She didn't say anything to anyone. She just quietly went to check out the childbirth situation of the women around her.
Because 90% of the women who died after giving birth were under the age of twenty.
Jiang Xinyan still cherished her life, so after Ji Changze told her to separate beds, she thought about it for a while. Although she felt it was inappropriate, she still agreed.
Anyway, it's just separate beds, not rooms.
The husband and wife see each other day and night every day, and she can feel her husband's cherishment, and she still feels very safe in her heart.
Jiang Xinyan also read in medical books that drinking goat milk can make the body better.
She originally just gave it a try, but she didn't expect it to actually work.
Because Jiang Xinyan had been forced to stand or kneel down from time to time since he was a child, before Jiang Xinyan turned sixteen this year, he already suffered from pain in his legs and feet on rainy days.
After drinking goat milk for a few days, I didn't say I suddenly felt better, but it did alleviate some symptoms.
This is called calcium supplementation, and Jiang Xinyan naturally doesn't know that.
She only knew that this book was amazing. Every example described in it was something she had never known before and no one had ever told before. But if she verified it, she found that what was written in the book was correct.
So these days, she drinks a bowl of goat milk every morning and evening.
Chunzhu also drinks.
I originally bought it for Pandan too.
But for some reason, Pandan doesn’t seem to like goat milk very much.
Even though she specifically said it was a good thing, Xianglan just knelt down and begged her, saying that she would work hard and ask Jiang Xinyan not to give her goat milk.
It's embarrassing to say that as the ninth princess who has been bullied since childhood.
Jiang Xinyan actually didn't have much experience in palace fighting.
Because people were bullying her, there was no need to beat around the bush.
The basis of palace fighting is that there will be people to support you after the fight.
No matter whether Jiang Xinyan and Wang Cainu were aggressive or cautious about green tea, the emperor would not even look at them.
Naturally, people don’t need to spend more time.
Bullying is bullying, no need to find a reason at all.
So Jiang Xinyan didn't understand Xianglan's brain circuit at all.
In addition, the reason why Pandan refused was that she didn’t like drinking.
Although she didn't understand why she had to use such expressions if she didn't like drinking, she still agreed, secretly regretting that the other party missed such a good thing.
Then I had a lot of fun drinking with Chunzhu every day.
As for finding a home for Xianglan, Jiang Xinyan didn't think there was anything wrong with what he said.
She was born as a maid, and if she received a favor from her master, she could return her deed, and she would be a free person from then on. But after all, she had been a maid before, and if she could find someone with a family with fields and houses, it was considered good in the capital.
Although they are a civilian family, as long as the couple lives a good life, they can manage their lives well.
What's wrong
While waiting for Ji Changze to come back, Jiang Xinyan casually said that it would be better for Pandan to boil hot water when working in the future.
Ji Changze smiled half-heartedly and glanced at Xianglan who was hiding in the corner, her eyes full of sadness, as if she had suffered a great injustice in his absence:
"Since the princess has such a kind heart, she will naturally listen to her."
"Xianglan, the princess is devoted to you, why don't you come quickly and thank the princess."
Xianglan stepped forward aggrievedly and bowed Yingying, her tone full of weakness:
"Xianglan thanks the princess for being considerate."
"No need."
Having done a good thing, Jiang Xinyan was very happy in his heart.
When she smiled, her face showed some tenderness that she should have at this age.
"Since you came to our house, you have always done your best, and we naturally reciprocated."
Xianglan: “…”
Her whole body froze.
cast! Peach! Report! plum!
Isn't this what she meant when she was in the first year of junior high school and the other party was in the fifteenth year
Is the Ninth Princess hinting to her that if she dares to do something detrimental to the Zhu family, everything will be paid back to her?
She knew very well what she had done in the Ji family.
I have done this countless times just to seduce Ji Changze, but I just didn't succeed.
As for Ji Changze's study, she had quietly inquired about it many times. It was not until the fifth prince-in-law told her that Ji Changze's house had become a sieve that she stopped being so diligent about "cleaning" the study.
As a result, the Ninth Princess actually told her with a smile that she would reciprocate love.
Xianglan swallowed a mouthful of saliva and looked at Ji Changze as if asking for help.
However, as if the Ninth Prince Consort from the country could not understand such a simple hint, he kept looking at the Ninth Princess with a smile, and kept saying:
"The princess is so kind."
Xianglan: “…”
At this moment, she seemed to have returned to the days when she first came to Ji's house.
At that time, it was Ji Changze who manipulated her like an old scalper, and the Ninth Princess closed her eyes and boasted about his kindness.
no.
Is there something wrong with this whole family?
The Ninth Princess didn't know how broken Xianglan was.
Being praised by her consort, she felt shy inside.
I shyly went inside to read.
Chunzhu accompanied her into the house. Before entering, he took a wary look at Xianglan and found that she did not make the previous seductive behavior, so he followed her into the house with confidence.
After entering, she picked up the rag and wiped the table in a familiar manner while complaining to Jiang Xinyan;
"Princess, this servant doesn't look like a rough girl at all. She doesn't work as quickly as you said, especially when cleaning the table. She just wipes it once every time and doesn't pay attention at all."
"Whoever's girl works like this would have been kicked out by the manager a long time ago. Besides, she looks like that. I'm afraid she was sent by the fifth prince-in-law to irritate you, right?"
Jiang Xinyan actually thought so at first, but after discovering that Ji Changze's attitude toward Xianglan was that of an ordinary girl (even despising her for not being good at work most of the time), her mentality changed.
"She looks fine now and works hard. It's hard to give away the girl sent by the fifth brother-in-law. Let's treat her better and let her go free in a few years. It's a good thing."
Chun Zhu held it back for a while, but still didn't tell her that she saw Xiang Lan making secret glances at her consort.
Anyway, the prince-in-law was not fooled.
This Xianglan was given away by the Fifth Prince Consort, and it was impossible to send her away. Otherwise, if she was sent away by the front foot, the princess would be known as jealous in the palace, and she would not know how to deal with it.
Since the prince-in-law would not be fooled, she had better not say anything out loud, as it would make the princess unhappy for nothing.
Chun Zhu thought about it while looking outside absentmindedly.
She really wished she could stay by Xianglan's side all the time, keep an eye on her, and not let her seduce the consort when the princess entered the house.
The scene in the yard was completely different from what Chunzhu had imagined.
When Jiang Xinyan Chunzhu left and only Xianglan and Ji Changze were left in the yard, her whole body was in a tense state.
It's that kind of painful moment when your life seems to be hanging by a thread and you feel the tension all the time.
Xianglan moved quietly, planning to hide in the woodshed quietly.
However, she was caught.
"Xianglan, you said before how much the slaves in your mansion are paid per month, how much cloth are distributed every month, and how many slaves are there in one mansion?"
"Don't be nervous, I'll just ask you a random question, and you can sweep the floor again when you answer."
Pandan; "..."
I'm coming.
She has given up on seducing Ji Changze recently.
Otherwise, how could anyone be able to seduce someone when the other person is urging them to work when they are alone together
At this moment, Ji Changze finally asked, giving Xianglan the feeling as if the knife that had been hanging above her head had finally fallen to the ground.
She accepted her fate and began to sweep the floor while answering Ji Changze's questions.
As for why Ji Changze asked about the situation in the Fifth Prince Consort's mansion
This prince-in-law from the countryside has always been committed to getting closer to other powerful people. It is normal for him to want to inquire and learn.
Although she has been away from the mansion for a few years, she grew up there after all. It is not an exaggeration to say that she knows everything about it. With the disdain in her heart for "Tsk, she is a country girl after all", she kept saying everything out.
While listening, Ji Changze was making non-existent calculations in his mind.
You must know that the father of the Fifth Prince Consort is not from a noble family. Although his mother is the daughter of an official, her family is not that good. How much dowry can she pay to her daughter.
But for such a family, there are more than a hundred maids and servants in the house alone.
Comparable to the amount used in Princess Mansion.
The princess's mansion relies on the emperor's subsidies, what does the fifth prince's family rely on
Then I calculated the places chosen by the five princes each time they travel, the food they eat, the places they go to play, and the monthly payments and subsidies for their maids and servants.
Ji Changze quickly figured out in his mind the amount of money that a fifth prince-in-law should have.
He even made a rough calculation of the amount of money in the account of the Fifth Prince Consort's family.
The fifth prince-in-law is probably beyond his wildest dreams.
He sent people to try to create a rift.
As a result, Ji Changze stole the house with his backhand.
The next day, Ji Changze came to Uncle Hu's house as usual and had breakfast together.
Although Huber is called Huber Huber, he is not very old. He is only in his forties this year. He was born with a strong body.
It’s just that recently because there is no news about my son and daughter, I look a lot haggard.
Seeing Ji Changze coming, he felt a little better. After welcoming him into the house, he whispered:
"I followed what you said before and spent the money you gave me to inquire about it. Sure enough, I found out something. Fengguo has become chaotic everywhere."
"Expected."
Ji Changze was not surprised at all.
Ever since the emperor of Feng Kingdom became unreliable, he has followed the example. As long as he can pay for it, he can buy an official.
The size of the official depends on how much money is spent.
Even Beijing officials can buy and sell.
Of course, unless some families are originally from official families and spend money to buy official positions to pave the way for their sons, most people who buy official positions are aiming to become an official for one of their parents.
After all, only when the sky is high and the emperor is far away can they operate easily and earn back the money they spend more easily from the people.
The original Master Qingtian turned into vampires one after another.
And these people have no lower limits.
Who spends money to buy an official position just so that he can be a good official for his parents
They are used to making it clear with money. If the culprit is causing trouble, they will spend money to bribe their boss. It doesn't matter if the boss doesn't accept it. As long as the money is in place, there will always be an official with a higher rank than the boss who will accept it.
Officials are the cornerstone of a country.
When the cornerstone is rotten, the roots are also rotten.
"They were all ordinary people who started rioting when they really had no way to survive. Most of them were suppressed by the local officials without even a second effort. Some officials did not report it, and some reported it after they could not suppress it."
Ji Changze asked: "How did the court deal with those who reported it?"
Huber looked pitiful: "We sent out troops to suppress it."
Another expected one.
But I always feel a little bit uncomfortable in my heart.
The court didn't even bother to ask the reason, nor did it think about why the good, smooth, and honest common people suddenly went crazy.
It was handled directly like this, and none of the civilians were left alive, but the officials who forced them to rebel still sat in court without incident.
This approach can indeed suppress the remaining people who are ready to move.
But it didn't work.
If we continue, it will be death anyway if we don't rebel, and we will die if we rebel. People will still choose to rebel, so that even if they die, they can have a full meal before they die.
Uncle Hu saw that Ji Changze was deep in thought and did not dare to disturb him.
His hometown suffered a disaster. It is said that there was chaos there, people were displaced, and there were bandits.
He left his property in the capital to look for it in person, only to find that the old house had been burned to charcoal.
The daughter was married to a wealthy local family and was also burned to ashes.
Uncle Huber failed to find his children, so he could only return to the capital and cry every day until a fellow villager who had escaped from the previous disaster told him.
My hometown did not encounter a natural disaster at all, but a man-made disaster.
The weather has been going well in my hometown this year, and everyone was living a good life, but a new official took office and asked the wealthy households in the city to pay money. Not only these wealthy households, but also the common people also raised taxes.
Ordinary people don't understand this, but some rich people do.
They did not want to be taken advantage of, so they united and discussed suing this ugly official to the court.
At that time, everyone filled out a joint petition, and almost everyone with respectability participated.
Huber's son and daughter's husband's family were also among them.
As a result, the day before the joint petition was to be submitted, bandits were attacked in the city.
All the homes that signed the petition were burned, killed and looted.
At that time, those people were so furious that they didn't even spare ordinary people who were not involved in these things. Of course, they may have felt that killing only those people was too conspicuous, so they randomly found some ordinary people to kill.
There was chaos in the city for three days.
For three days, flames soared into the sky, and there were calls for help everywhere, but the government only took some symbolic pictures and took a look.
The family members of the government officials and the gangsters all took detours.
If these gangsters really came down from the mountains, how did they know where the family members of the government officials were? After killing so many people, were they still afraid of offending the government
Ordinary people don't know the inside story, and they don't even know that local officials are reporting disasters.
Huber's fellow countryman almost signed the joint petition, but his grandson happened to be sick and he rushed to visit him in other provinces, so he escaped.
But he could not escape from his younger son's house where he was living separately.
And his home was robbed by gangsters while he was away. When he came back, he saw that his wife and eldest son were gone. He looked around and found out the clues, and wanted to come to the capital to complain. Only when he arrived in the capital did he find out that the newly appointed official , was actually a relative of the emperor’s concubine.
Concubine Yang is still very favored.
He immediately stopped thinking and was taken in by Huber.
After that, Ji Changze came to visit.
Huber looked at Ji Changze who had been thinking about something: "Mr. Ji, what should we do now?"
Ji Changze has marked all the countless rebellion points in his mind.
If this trend continues, Feng Kingdom will definitely be finished in less than five years.
He put down the cup in his hand and said in a very calm tone:
"It's the other way around."