Who isnt aware of these facts? ventured dame Chao; there is up to this day a saying that, in the eastern sea, there was a white jade bed required, and the dragon prince came to request Mr. Wang of Chin Ling (to give it to him)! This saying relates to your family, my lady, and remains even now in vogue. The Chen family of Chiang Nan has recently held, oh such a fine old standing! it alone has entertained the Emperor on four occasions! Had we not seen these things with our own eyes, were we to tell no matter whom, they wouldnt surely ever believe them! Not to speak of the money, which was as plentiful as mud, all things, whether they were to be found in the world or not, were they not heaped up like hills, and collected like the waters of the sea? But with the four characters representing sin and pity they didnt however trouble their minds.
ve often heard, continued lady Feng, my eldest uncle say that things were in such a state, and how couldnt I believe? but what surprises me is how it ever happened that this family attained such opulence and honour!
ll tell your ladyship and all in one sentence, replied nurse Chao. Why they simply took the Emperors money and spent it for the Emperors person, thats all! for what family has such a lot of money as to indulge in this useless extravagance?
While they were engaged in this conversation, a servant came a second time, at the instance of madame Wang, to see whether lady Feng had finished her meal or not; and lady Feng forthwith concluding that there must be something waiting for her to attend to, hurriedly rushed through her repast. She had just rinsed her mouth and was about to start when the youths, on duty at the second gate, also reported that the two gentlemen, Mr. Chia Jung and Mr. Chia Se, belonging to the Eastern mansion, had arrived.
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