Unparalleled Concubine

   Chapter 18 Lady Jade

  Pingnanhou Mansion, located in Changlefang, the closest to the imperial city, is a large house facing south and thirteen entrances in front and back, showing the extraordinary status of Pingnanhou Mansion in the imperial court.

You must know that after Dajin dominated the world 30 years ago, land prices in the capital have gone through 30 years of skyrocketing. In today's Changlefang, it is not an exaggeration to use an inch of land and an inch of gold. At this scale, it has already been explained that the Holy Family is prosperous.

In the past two years, the Marquis of Pingnan spent most of the time in the southern border to fight the rebellion. He never lived in the capital. The Marquis of Pingnan was entirely in charge of the lady Yu. Madam Yu was the wife of Marquis Pingnan, her maiden name. Zheng, a prominent family in Jinling City, has quite a few tricks. Even if the Marquis of Pingnan is not in the capital, she manages the Marquis of Pingnan's mansion in an orderly manner.

On this day, the Marquis of Pingnan was as calm as ever, but a red-clothed **** came to the door of Marquis Pingnan, but the **** did not walk in with a big fanfare, but entered Marquis Pingnan from the side door. Finally, in the main hall of the Marquis of Pingnan, I saw the rumored Lady Jade.

Although Mrs. Yu already had a son, she was well maintained. She was in her early forties and looked like she was in her thirties. After seeing this red-robed eunuch, Mrs. Yu saluted and said with a soft laugh, "Eunuch Dong. If something happens, just send someone to let me know, where can I use you to go there in person?"

The person who came to visit Pingnan Hou's mansion is naturally Dong Cheng, the **** of Tianmujian. Don't look at Dong Cheng's humble appearance in front of Emperor Chengde, but as the principal of Tianmujian, he has authority in the palace. In the top three, no princes and nobles in the capital dared to underestimate this slightly fat **** Dong.

   Dong Cheng's face was expressionless, and he didn't sit down in the main hall. Instead, he said with a serious face, "Pass the word of His Majesty."

The oral decree is actually the emperor's verbal letter, that is, the emperor's private opinion. This thing is different from the imperial edict. It does not pass through the two provinces of the Zhongshumen, nor the Shangshutai. It is only the emperor's intention, that is to say, from a certain In a sense, it has no legal effect.

It's just that although this thing has no legal effect, in an empire, the meaning of the emperor is the greatest law, and no one will not give the emperor face. Unless it is related to national affairs, things like oral and hand orders are not the same as ordinary ones. The decree makes no difference.

   Mrs. Yu's face changed slightly when she heard the words, and Yingying immediately bowed: "The angel will come later, the concubine will go to gather the family and listen to the hadith."

  Dong Cheng shook his head and said, "Your Majesty has no intention of making this matter a big deal. It's enough for Madam to listen to it alone. It's not good for too many people to know about it."

   Madam Yu stopped, turned around and slowly knelt down in front of Dong Cheng.

   "My concubine, Mrs. Li Zheng, respectfully listen to the hadith."

Dong Cheng's expression did not change, and he said: "The land of the capital, under the feet of the emperor, there are laws for everything, and you can do whatever you want. This time, I have repeatedly made military exploits in the two generations of Pingnan Hou, and I also cooperated with Li The family is old, so I don’t care about the Marquis of Pingnan. Marquis Pingnan is on an expedition abroad, and it is quite hard work to seek thieves for the country.

After saying this, the seriousness on Dong Cheng's face disappeared, and the **** stretched out his hand to help Madam Yu up, and said softly, "Mrs. Li, Your Majesty has said so much, and the slave has already said a word. Out."

Mrs. Yu's face was pale, she stretched out her hand and pulled Dong Cheng's sleeve, and said, "Eunuch Dong, Marquis is not in the capital, and the concubine takes care of the Marquis's mansion. Why did you offend the Son of Heaven and ask Eunuch Dong to speak up."

   After saying this, she took out a yellowed money ticket from her sleeve and stuffed it into Dong Cheng's hand.

This world has its own banknotes, but the banknotes of this world are not the same concept as the banknotes of later generations. The banknotes of this world are similar to a deposit slip. With this deposit slip, you can go to the bank to withdraw money and deliver it to The bank charges a certain percentage of the storage fee, so this kind of "paper money" cannot be directly consumed, and is generally used for large transactions.

   Moreover, in the entire Dajin, there are only two or three bank drafts with excellent reputation, such as Datong Bank, which can be trusted.

   Mrs. Yu stuffed Dong Cheng with the 1,000-kun bearer bill of exchange from Datong Bank. Anyone who took this piece of paper could take out 1,000-kun copper coins from Datong Bank.

   Dong Cheng squinted his eyes, put the money order into his sleeve, and said softly, "Mrs. Li, have you been embarrassing a young man recently?"

  Mrs. Yu's face changed slightly, and she forced a smile: "Eunuch Dong, why can't my concubine understand what he said?"

Dong Cheng's face was calm: "Mrs. Li, Tianmu Jian has already figured out this matter, and His Majesty has also made it clear. It is useless to distinguish at this time. Originally, if you let Mrs. Li do what she does, it will not be disturbed. When it comes to His Majesty, the bad thing is that Madam Li used the Jingzhao Mansion to burn down the young man's house, and the Jingzhao Mansion went there in the name of hunting for His Majesty's Beishan."

Having said this, Dong Cheng lowered his voice: "You are undoubtedly joining forces to ruin your Majesty's reputation, and His Majesty was so angry that even this Beishan hunt was cancelled, and Jingzhao Yin Li Ye was demoted by His Majesty by two ranks, almost lost. An errand for Jingzhao Mansion."

Eunuch Dong glanced at Madam Yu faintly, and said softly: "In the final analysis, the Pingnan Marquis Mansion is the mastermind, and the Jingzhao Mansion is just an accomplice. At this time, it should be the Pingnan Marquis Mansion, not the Jingzhao Mansion, who carried this matter."

   "The benefits and the benefits, Mrs. Li is a smart person and should be able to understand."

Madam Yu's face became paler and her whole body trembled slightly. She looked up at Dong Cheng and said in a trembling voice, "Eunuch Dong, please tell Your Majesty that I have no intention of smearing His Majesty in the Marquis of Pingnan. thing..."

   "Okay, Mrs. Li doesn't need to say more."

Dong Cheng waved his hand and said solemnly: "This matter has come to an end for the time being. Your Majesty's meaning is very clear. The Lord Hou is not in the capital. When the lady encounters something, she should be gentle. It's better to think about it. Consequences, don't wait until the Hou Ye returns to Beijing to find out that the Pingnan Hou Mansion has done many things wrong."

Having said that, the **** of the Tianmu Prison got up to say goodbye, and Madam Yu naturally got up to send them off. When they were delivered to the gate of the Marquis of Pingnan, Dong Cheng turned around and saluted Madam Yu, then bowed his head and said, "Madam, the servants are more talkative. One sentence, after this incident, the relationship between Your Majesty and Lord Hou was used up by Madam. In the future, when Madam does things, you should think clearly about the consequences. Lord Hou is fighting for the country in the southern border, and Madam should not let him have any worries. It is."

Mrs. Yu's face became more and more unsightly, she nodded reluctantly, said a thousand blessings to Dong Cheng, and said softly: "Thank you, Eunuch Dong, for reminding me that my concubine will close the door and thank you. The mansion will not open the gate of the mansion again…”

   Dong Cheng smiled, turned and walked into his sedan chair. Several eunuchs lifted the sedan chair and walked towards the imperial city.

   After seeing Dong Chengyuan go, Madam Yu's expression became extremely ugly. She took a few deep breaths and spoke to the maid behind her.

   "Go, bring the eldest son back."

   (end of this chapter)