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Chapter 40
Chapter Forty
into the house
"Jiang Prefecture has thirteen counties, which are too far apart, and they are usually under the administration of county magistrates." Jin Xiu was talking about Jiang Prefecture with Qin Jun along the way.
After the carriage entered the city, it was finally possible to sit on it.Just now outside the city, the terrain in many places is uneven, at most you can drive a horse, but the cart is not stable, the road is bumpy, and people are also in a mess. I wanted to have a rest, so I had to cheer up and go on my way.
Fortunately, the king of Jiangzhou lived in the city and did not go to any Zhuangzi.
Qin Jun absently turned over a page of the book, leaned on Ji Si, and read the chronicle written by Li Yueying when she was young while listening.
This book was hidden on the top floor of the bookstore together with Ji Si's soft sword in the past, and it only recorded some things about Jiang Prefecture and some of Li Yueying's Zhuangzi, shops, fields, etc.
Jin Xiu: "These things are reserved for the princess, now that you are back, you have to learn how to take care of them."
Qin Jun covered the book on her face, "Tired."
Jin Xiu said, "It's fine to leave it alone."
Qin Jun: "..."
Outside the carriage, Uncle King flicked his whip and said loudly, "Is the Li family ahead?"
After hearing Jin Xiu's voice, she picked up the curtain and jumped off the carriage.
"Jin Xiu !!" Xiao Taozi yelled, and rushed towards him with tears running down her cheeks.
Jin Xiu dodged and grabbed Xiaotao's arm to make her stand still, "Don't run into the princess."
Xiaotao kept wiping away her tears, and when she saw Qin Jun get off the horse, her tears became even more violent, "Woooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo princess."
At the gate of Li's residence, the two gatekeepers were overwhelmed with excitement, and after hastily saluting, they went to the courtyard to report.
For a moment, the lonely Li Mansion became brightly lit. When Qin Jun was still comforting Xiao Taozi outside the carriage, several female relatives with untied hair and the head of the house in a robe had rushed to the door.
"Jun'er!"
Qin Jun turned her head under the dim candlelight, and for a moment, her eyebrows and eyes overlapped with Li Yueying's more than ten years ago.
Li Yuechuan roared wildly, "It really is Jun'er!"
Several female relatives on the steps supported each other, walked up to Qin Jun, and knelt down one after another, "Meet the princess!"
"See Princess, Princess Chitose!
Qin Jun: "...I, get up!"
Jin Xiu saluted Li Yuechuan and called, "Master."
Qin Jun knew that the person in front of her was Li Yueying's older brother, Li Yuechuan, and shouted, "Uncle."
Li Yuechuan's big palm fell on Qin Jun's head, and he stroked it twice restrainedly. He looked at the motorcade behind her, and finally saw twelve and a half children standing beside the carriage, "..."
Li Yuechuan waved his hands and said, "Jianjinfu!"
A bunch of servants came out of the mansion, and began to lead Qin Jun's carriage and unload boxes.
Li Yuechuan's regular wife stepped forward, looked into a row of large boxes wide enough for three people, and holding Qin Jun's forearm, said softly: "Jun'er, I am your aunt, surnamed Zhao, are you tired from such a journey?"
Qin Jun nodded absently, and asked cautiously, "Where's my grandfather?"
Sighing without any trace, "It's okay, since you're home, I'll write to let the master come back tomorrow."
Qin Jun smiled, and entered the mansion together with Mrs. Zhao, the surrounding maids and two half-grown boys were peeping at Qin Jun, probably Li Yuechuan's wives and children, and Li Wuduan's wives and children.
Li's family connections are not withered, there are not many direct descendants, at least concubines can still have children, Qin Jun murmured to herself, she was a little depressed after traveling for days.
lobby.
Qin Jun held a cup of tea and asked, "How is my cousin?"
Li Yuechuan waved his hands and ordered the dishes to be served, and the people Qin Jun brought were all arranged in the small courtyard prepared for her earlier in the morning, with only Jin Xiu around.Ji Si and Xiao Taozi stood outside the door, being scrutinized by a group of maids.
Zhao said sadly: "Still in Jindi."
Qin Jun was taken aback, "Haven't you come back yet?"
Li Yue preached: "Your Majesty rewarded him and ordered him to continue to serve as General Ji in Jindi."
As the general is sixty, His Majesty may want to train Li Wuduan to lead the army to Jindi in the future.Qin Jun nodded absently, frowned and thought, "What's going on in Jindi?"
Mrs. Zhao looked at Qin Jun in confusion, Li Yuechuan came back to her senses, and she didn't know why she would tell Qin Jun about the situation in Jindi, she smiled and changed the subject, "Jun'er is going to rest after a midnight snack, and uncle will have a good time with you tomorrow, Don't get tired."
Qin Jun nodded, swallowed half a bowl of rice porridge, and then got up to leave with Li Yuechuan and Zhao's Lala Jiachang.
Mrs. Zhao personally sent Qin Jun to another hospital. After thinking about it, he hesitated several times, and finally said, "Jun'er."
Qin Jun: "Aunt?"
"No, it's okay," Zhao said in a small voice, without saying anything, and left after a few words, "Princess, take a good rest."
The servants brought hot water, Qin Jun sank into the bathtub exhaustedly, looked at Xiao Taozi with red eyes, and asked, "What's the matter with uncle's family?"
Xiao Taozi muttered: "...what's the matter, when the servant waits at the gate of Li's mansion every day, isn't the princess curious when she sees the servant?"
Qin Jun blinked: "Lucky little Taozi, I was wronged during this trip, hey, where are the others?"
Little Taozi's eyes turned red: "It's in a nearby inn."
Qin Jun nodded. There were hundreds of guards and maids sent by the palace, but from the entrance to the side courtyard, Li's residence was at most a larger three-entry courtyard.
Qin Jun asked, "Why didn't you see Xing'er?"
Little Taozi: "Miss Xing'er is sick."
Qin Jun lost her voice for a moment, and said in surprise: "Why is it so sick? My grandfather can't see me, so he punished me?"
Ji Si poured water on Qin Jun's back, rolled up her sleeves and wiped her back, "How is the water temperature?"
Qin Jun nodded casually, looked at Xiao Taozi, "Taozi?"
"My lord is kind, he never used punishment," Xiaotao pursed her lips, "Sister Xing'er doesn't know how to deal with this number one hundred and ten who is suffering from a sudden illness."
Jin Xiu walked into the bathroom through the curtain and looked at it. The space was limited and there was no room for anyone to stand. She had to hold Qin Jun's clothes and guard outside the screen, saying, "The princess's secret guard came to report, and those boxes were not brought to the side yard."
Qin Jun said she got it, and motioned for Xiao Taozi to continue talking.
"There were more than a hundred people in the prince's mansion. When we rushed to Jiang Prefecture that day, the prince was furious when he saw the princess, and almost sent us to the village in the suburbs... he didn't lose his temper, and went out with a team of people to find the princess.Princess."
"The palace is not big, so it can't accommodate so many people. The prince is not at home, and the uncle has to do government affairs every day. Mrs. Zhao has the final say at home. They simply sent everyone to the inn, and everyone lived in fear every day.There are a few servants left guarding in this small courtyard... and there is no master, every day is like living under a fence..."
"Xing'er, Sister Xing'er is restraining the maids in the inn. There is no news from the princess. When she is in a hurry... she falls ill. But it's not serious, the princess doesn't need to worry."
Qin Jun stood up and spread her hands. Ji Si wrapped Qin Jun in a wide cloth and carried her to the bed. Qin Jun nestled into the couch and found that the couch was not big.
"Thousands of calculations have been made, and I missed the resettlement matter," Qin Jun said with a smile, "Then go tell Xing'er tomorrow that I'm here, and these things will be resolved as soon as possible."
Xiao Taozi nodded and asked in a muffled voice, "Why did the princess bring so many children?"
Qin Jun was drying her hair, and her scalp felt numb under Ji Si's massage, "I bought it on the road, you go to sleep, we'll talk about it tomorrow."
Xiao Taozi made a promise, seeing Jin Xiu's situation, put the clothes that Qin Jun was going to change tomorrow on the clothes hanger on the side, and followed Xiao Taozi out of the room.
Qin Jun sighed, pinched the root of the mountain and rubbed it, "I completely forgot about the eating and drinking problems of more than a hundred people."
Ji Si said indifferently: "The prince entrusted Jiang Prefecture, and is he living in such distress?"
Qin Jun thought for a while, and said with a smile: "This is the ancestral house of the Li family. It was not big at all, and the renter's father did not expand it after returning to Jiang Prefecture.When natural disasters and man-made disasters happen, the money and food distributed are only enough to feed a family of dozens of people a year, why donβt you think that the officials of the DPRK and China still need to buy shops and do some business?β
"There are also some hundred-year-old families. If the children are not as good as the next generation, the family will be gone after a few times. There are more than a hundred mouths. Do you want to find a way to raise it yourself?" Qin Jun turned over and looked at Ji Si, "YouSay, when will this trouble be exhausted?"
"Dismissed?" Ji Si said.
Qin Jun chuckled, "Naturally not, they are all maids of honor who left their hometowns, how will they live in Jiang Prefecture after they are dismissed?"
Ji Si stopped talking, Qin Jun thought for a while, asked her to bring the book she had read earlier, flipped through a few pages, and said, "I don't know where the land deed is."
"Jin Xiu may know." Ji Si said, brought a glass of water and motioned for Qin Jun to drink.
Qin Jun shook her head: "I'm not thirsty. Since entering Jiang Prefecture, every meal in Jiang Prefecture has been as watery as water, and it tastes like nothing."
Ji Si smiled and blew out the candle lamp, and fell asleep next to Qin Jun.
The next day, finally, she didn't have to hurry anymore, Qin Jun slept until the sun was shining, and she was exhausted on the road, so she rested for two days before she recovered.
In the past two days, Li Yuechuan and Mrs. Zhao came here once, seeing that Qin Jun was resting, they didn't bother them, but in the small yard, nearly thirty people suddenly crowded in, it was too crowded, and it was uncomfortable to live there.
Two days later, Li Yezhen wrote back, saying that he was on his way back.Qin Jun was anxious and uneasy, and never thought that Li Yezhen would go out to find her. When she heard that he was back, she would be honest for a few days and meet with her siblings and nieces.
At night, Qin Jun and Ji Si were head to head, reading by candlelight.
Xiao Taozi held back for two days, and finally couldn't help it anymore, and asked: "Princess, aren't we going to take back our box? If we don't take it back again, those gold and silver jewelry..."
Qin Jun smiled: "I'll take it back tomorrow, the princess has an idea."
The next day, just as Qin Jun had finished washing the front hall, someone came to deliver breakfast. When they passed, Li Yuechuan and Mrs. Zhao had already waited for a long time, and Li Yueying's first wife was also sitting at the table, a pretty girl named Zhou.
The porridge in the bowl was getting colder, so Li Yuechuan brought Qin Jun a lot of small dishes with serving chopsticks, "Jun'er, eat more."
Qin Jun nodded vaguely and swallowed the porridge.
Mrs. Zhao said: "Is the princess's courtyard quiet recently? If it's bothering you, those juniors who come from concubine don't need to bother."
Qin Jun smiled and nodded, eating pickles in front of her.Seeing this, Mrs. Zhao carefully asked: "Is the princess used to eating?"
"If you're used to eating, Auntie will see me, Jun'er." Qin Jun said.
Zhao's eyes lit up, "I knew Jun'er was not the one to take Joe."
Li Yuechuan coughed and signaled Zhao Shi to keep talking.
Breakfast consisted of two bowls of porridge and a few dishes of radish and pickles. Qin Jun didn't think she was a picky person, but she didn't expect that this extravagant life would still make her mouthful, and she couldn't eat it with a few chopsticks.
Mrs. Zhao felt a little displeased when she saw that she was left behind. She had complained about Qin Jun because of Li Wuduan Capital, but when she heard that the princess was coming, she was worried for more than a month.Who would have thought that if no one saw him, he would lose more than a hundred burdens first, and he would complain even more in his heart.
Now that the person has arrived, she looks dignified and extraordinary, but she is still a little girl after all, and she still has to rely on her elders.
After breakfast, everyone sat and talked together with tea in their hands. Jin Xiu guarded Qin Jun and occasionally talked to Li Yuechuan.
Li Yuechuan was in a good mood, so Qin Jun opened her mouth to ask where the ancestral hall in the mansion was, and she wanted to give Li Yueying the memorial tablet first.
Mrs. Zhao was pleasantly surprised: "The tablet of succession? That is really radiant! Yes, yes, yes! Come! I'll call for someone!"
Li Yuechuan frowned: "Your Majesty agrees?"
Qin Jun nodded and said, "When asking for a memorial tablet, let someone complete the ceremony."
Li Yuechuan nodded, looked at the sky, and said: "Uncle still has something to do in the government, you are chatting with your aunt, and the younger brothers, sisters and nephews who were concubines came back, you can see them as soon as you want."
Qin Jun nodded, and sent Li Yuechuan out of the hall with Mrs. Zhou.
Mrs. Zhao found someone and asked with a smile, "Jun'er, where is your mother's tablet?"
Qin Jun: "It's sealed in my box. By the way, where is the box that was brought into the mansion yesterday?"
Mrs. Zhao yelled, and summoned the servants: "I have already sent someone to the warehouse, and I will send someone to pick up the key to the warehouse! Don't worry about the busy boat, Jun'er, and leave these chores to my aunt!"
Qin Jun smiled slowly, and waited for the servants to leave before saying, "Did the box be carried into the warehouse? Who carried it?"
Mrs. Zhou has been with Qin Jun all this time, but now her smile cracked, and she immediately pulled Mrs. Zhao aside, "Mother, that's the princess's box! Why are you carrying it to the warehouse!"
Mrs. Zhao struggled, "Why can't I lift it! What's wrong with the princess, the princess is also my own girl, what's wrong with me carrying the box? Just... just put it there, if she wants it, she can take it away at any time!"
Zhou: "If the prince knows..."
Mrs. Zhao snorted, looked at her daughter-in-law with displeasure, and threatened in a low voice: "What do you care? I have my own way!" Then she turned to Qin Jun and said, "Jun'er."
Qin Jun smiled, "Aunt."
Mrs. Zhao took her by the arm and said with a smile: "The boxes are all in the warehouse. Although I am in charge of Zhongkui in our house, the prince has the final say on all major matters, and the uncle has no say. Your yard is small.There are so many maidservants, where can I put more than a dozen boxes, and put them in the warehouse, if you need to use anything, just tell your aunt, wouldn't it be better for your aunt to handle it for you?"
Zhou can only be anxious, but can't contradict her mother-in-law.
Qin Jun smiled and said, "Auntie, most of my boxes are empty, and the rest are clothes that are changed throughout the year..."
Mrs. Zhao gave an exaggerated smile and interrupted her: "Empty? You're joking. It's okay, just empty the box and put it there..."
At this moment, Jin Xiu who had been following Qin Jun all this time said, "Ma'am, do you want to take the princess's money?"
Zhou's face was flushed, and she just felt that Zhao's appearance had also disgraced the palace.
Mrs. Zhao still saw such a blunt and unruly person. Seeing that he was a servant, his face was unfriendly, and he said: "The princess doesn't know how to manage the house. The warehouse is the most empty, so I put it first..."
Jin Xiu: "I can't get those boxes back today, and I don't know if it will be possible to get them back after a long time."
Li Yuechuan suppressed his anger: "Ma'am!"
Qin Jun: "Jin Xiu!"
Zhao said displeased: "The daughter of the princess, with such a respectable status, actually misses her mother's relatives so much?"
Jin Xiu didn't bother to argue with her about etiquette, so she said, "Open the warehouse and carry the boxes into the side yard."
Mrs. Zhao straightened her expression, "Just move it, and put it in the palace."
Qin Jun pursed her lips: "Auntie, please go and get my mother's memorial tablet first."
A few people came out of the front hall and went to the warehouse. Along the way, Mrs. Zhao could only complain: "...you don't know, life in the royal residence is not as easy as that of ordinary people. It has been a long time since the prince didn't care about political affairs, but only lived in the town.The county guards of the fief often come to cry poor..."
"The prince is benevolent, and the uncle is also filial. They all follow the prince. They collect the rent and tax every year. Before they can use it, they are crying poor."
Qin Jun: "..."
"I don't want to let the prince go back to the capital. If it's in the capital, who would short the prince's mansion!" Madam poured bitter water non-stop.
Mrs. Zhou walked aside, and carefully tugged at Mrs. Zhao's sleeves, her face became even more ugly, "Mother-in-law..."
Mrs. Zhao couldn't stop talking at all, and said: "Your grandparents haven't seen each other for many years, and there is no reason to ask Capital to report to see my sister. I didn't say much at first, but I haven't seen each other for many years. It's the first day when the elders see the younger ones.I have to seal some lucky ones, now itβs over, the three men are crazy, and they scraped the house clean!"
"It's a pity that I went to Beijing for no reason to receive the imperial decree to suppress bandits. My family wanted to pay for the itinerary, but they could only give five taels of silver! And the princess's maid guards, with more than a hundred mouths, even if they eat a catty of rice every day, they have to pay for it."One hundred catties, I have raised it for half a month, and I have no complaints at all, after all, one family does not speak two different languages..."
"Mother-in-law!" Mrs. Zhou let out a small roar, "This is the palace!"
Qin Jun: "..."
Zhou's eyes turned red, she stood up, saluted Qin Junfu, turned and left.
Zhao said angrily, "Come back!"
"Aunt," Qin Jun said awkwardly, "What Auntie said is that I didn't think about it."
Thinking that she had changed her mind, Mrs. Zhao retracted the key to the warehouse in her hand, and said happily, "Princess?"
"Since my grandfather is not here, I'll come back to bother you another day." Qin Jun smiled awkwardly, "Jin Xiu."
Mrs. Zhao froze in place, unable to understand what Qin Jun meant when she said that she would come to bother her another day.
Jin Xiu came over, snatched the key from Mrs. Zhao's hand, pushed the people away, put the key into the door lock, "Take it away."
As soon as Jin Xiu finished speaking, ten servants appeared from behind Mrs. Zhao, all of whom were Qin Jun's secret guards. They entered the warehouse, recognized the boxes and carried them out of the warehouse one by one, and then walked out the door.
Zhao shi came back to her senses in shock: "... Jun, Jun'er?"
At the end of the corridor, Ji Si appeared, "Princess, the car is ready, let's go now?"
Qin Jun turned to Zhao's blessing and said, "Thank you auntie for taking me in for the past few nights, and Jun'er will leave now."
Mrs. Zhao seemed to have been hit by a bolt from the blue, and she was dumbfounded.
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