The Red Mansions

Chapter 454 Assaulting: You act like no one else...you are not ashamed
Honor Hall

In the afternoon, after lunch with Jia Mu and others, Jia Heng waited for the servants and maids to remove the cups, bowls, chopsticks and dishes, and sat down to talk again.

The second wife of Xing Wang, Aunt Xue, Feng Wan, Chai Dai, Yuan Ying Tan Sanchun, Shi Xiangyun, and Xing Xiuyan all sat on the side with different expressions.

Jia Heng put down the teacup, stared at Jia's mother, and said with relief: "The old lady is too worried, and it will only cause troubles, and it will not help. Now I can only listen to the wishes of the palace. Now that the Holy Son of Heaven is in court, he is governed by benevolence and filial piety. In the world, at least Jia Lian will not be in danger of his life."

In the political atmosphere of benevolent monarch and good governance, it is impossible for father and son to be killed together, besides, the Jia family is still honorable and has the grace of Bayi.

Originally, Sister Feng had been sitting there since the meal before, with a haggard face, lost her soul, and she didn't know what to think about. Hearing this, she raised her red eye circles and said in a low voice: "Brother Heng, he..."

Jia Heng nodded, looked at Sister Feng, and said: "Sister-in-law Feng, don't worry, if there are no other evil deeds, if you save your life, you may be exiled to other provinces."

Sister Feng let out a long sigh, closed her eyes slightly, and tears fell silently from her eyelashes.

At this moment, Li Wan looked at this scene, got up, winked with Suyun and Biyue, and hurriedly called them down, it was really inappropriate for a few people to listen to the following words.

Daiyu, Baochai, and Tanchun looked at each other, then took Yingchun, Xiangyun, and Xing Xiuyan away one after another, heading for the courtyard where Tanchun lived.

After everyone left, Mother Jia stared at Jia Heng aggressively with old eyes, and said: "Brother Heng, what you said earlier is right, the two princes of Rongning and Ning were heroes back then, but not all the descendants of the future generations have the same great ability as their ancestors." If there is a title, even if it is not successful for a while, there will always be a son or grandson, even if one becomes a talent, the family will be able to recover. This title cannot be lost. Now that Lian'er and his father have violated the national law, they have to be punished by the Holy Majesty. But the title is the foundation of the ancestors, and it must not be lost."

Jia Heng put down the teacup and said: "I understand what the old lady means, but I think that since the Jia family lives and lives as a noble of martial arts, if the children of the next generation want to become a noble, they should also learn martial arts and join the army and lead the army. Pardoning the two of them will not help, so today's misfortune will happen. Now Ning Rong and his family members, many of them are generals in the Beijing camp. Don't know everything."

When Jia Mu heard this, her complexion changed and she sighed heavily.

Even if there is a day, what does it have to do with her lineage?
If her precious jade can win the title, or if Zheng'er can win the title...

Thinking of this, my heart is helpless.

"Old lady, let's leave it at that for today. I'll ask tomorrow. I have business matters in the afternoon, so I don't want to stay long." Seeing that Jia's mother still didn't give up, Jia Heng shook her head secretly, but she already felt divorced.

Aunt Xue also persuaded: "Old lady, brother Heng just came back from the yamen, he is so busy, he should go back and take a nap."

Mother Jia didn't get the answer she wanted, so she was inevitably disappointed, but if she didn't know how to entangle her again, it would only be annoying, so she nodded and said to Yuanyang, "Yuanyang, go and see Brother Heng off for me." Son."

"Yes, old lady." Yuanyang replied, got up, looked for an umbrella, and sent Jia Heng off.

For a while, only Aunt Xue, Mrs. Xing Wang, Sister Feng and Yuan Chun were left in the wing room.

At this time, Mother Jia looked at Sister Feng and said worriedly, "Girl Feng, take care of yourself too. I just listened to what Brother Heng said. Brother Lian should not be in danger of life. Besides, the old saying goes well, stay safe." If there are green hills, there is no fear of lack of firewood."

"Old ancestor, why is my life so bitter?" Sister Feng raised her pale melon-seeded face, her eyes were full of tears, and her expression was sad.

Aunt Xue, Mrs. Wang, and Yuan Chun tried to persuade her one after another.

Not to mention how many people were discussing, on the other side, Jia Heng came out of Rongqing Hall. It was mid-afternoon, the courtyard was covered by rain and fog, and the sky and earth were vast. In the distance, the attic with vermilion eaves and green eaves and flying eaves and bucket arches was shrouded in hazy mist and rain.

Jia Heng and Yuan Duck walked slowly along the corridor, expecting that the cold spring breeze was wrapped in gusts of rain and slapped their faces, bringing a bit of chill.

Jia Heng looked at the tall and bright girl beside her, and said softly: "In the past two days, you have also helped to persuade the old lady that nothing should happen. If you need anything, you can come to me at any time."

Jia Amnesty and his son were blasted at a fixed point, so Rongguo Mansion's "scraping bones to treat poison" has basically come to an end, and the next step is to use gentle methods, first of all, Jia's mother should not have anything to do for at least three or two years, second, Jia Zheng wants to be promoted, and finally It is Baoyu who must try his best to "teach" him to become a talent. If he fails, there are alternatives, Jia Huan and Jia Lan.

The mandarin duck gave a soft "hmm", and the slender eyes under the willow-leaf slender eyebrows peeked at Jia Heng, and said softly: "Master, is he?"

Jia Heng said: "What the second master said earlier is true, if you don't know the canonical punishment, I'm afraid the people will not accept it, well, don't talk about it."

Saying that, he has come to the end of the corridor, walked to the flower wall separating the east and west mansions, exited the moon gate in front, and entered the road between the east and west mansions.

Jia Heng stood still, stretched out his hand to grab the girl's slender hand, looked at the mandarin duck with gentle eyes, and said: "Today, it is better than the day before, and the hand is not so cold."

Yuanyang's duck-shaped face was blushing, and his clear and pleasant voice trembled slightly: "Listen to me, you should wear thicker clothes."

The girl let Jia Heng hold her hand, skin touching and warming each other.

Jia Heng looked at the girl with a duck face and a straight nose, and said softly, "Your brother and sister-in-law haven't said anything recently, have they?"

"Since the old lady spoke that day, nothing happened." Facing those "burning" gazes, Yuanyang was a little flustered, and she didn't dare to look at each other, so she turned her head a little.

"That's good." Jia Heng nodded, and asked curiously: "Your father is looking at the house in Nanjing, why didn't you think of taking over Shenjing's family to reunite?"

The mandarin duck sighed softly, raised its bright eyes, and looked at the flower wall beside it. The rainwater accumulated from the eaves tiles flowed in a criss-cross pattern on the uneven blue bricks, staining the traces of ferns and moss. : "Father is getting old, the homeland is hard to leave, and mother's health is not very good. I wanted to go and see it in the past two years, but the old lady can't leave me here."

When it came to the end, the girl's tone also carried a bit of disappointment.

Hearing this, Jia Heng looked at the girl with a slightly sideways face. At this moment, the golden mandarin duck with a beautiful mouth was no longer that eloquent girl, but a little more delicate and lovely as a young girl in the blooming season. After thinking about it, she asked : "You haven't seen the second elder for several years, right?"

Yuanyang Xu also felt that it was impolite to speak sideways to people, so he turned his face, looked at the young man with those eyes that were as bright as water under his beautiful slender eyebrows, and said, "It's been two years."

Jia Heng nodded, and said: "I often went to write letters, send spring clothes and so on."

Speaking of this, he sighed softly: "The regret in life is that the son wants to support him but does not wait for his relatives. I lost my father since I was young, and I have never met my father. To find it, I can only wait for Qingming this year, and go to the grave to pay homage to mourn."

The parents of this body gave him this flesh and blood body, and in terms of appearance, it is also the same as his previous life. Drinking water and remembering the source, this is not only for others, he will never forget it, and there will be echoes.

Yuanyang's heart trembled slightly when she heard the words, she stared at the young man, met the gentle eyebrows, and suddenly showed a touch of confusion and tenderness, for some reason, her heart jumped.

"Master Heng, it's not easy to get to where we are today." Yuanyang held that gentle palm with her backhand, exerting a little force.

It seemed that she had almost forgotten that the person in front of her was younger than herself in terms of age...

Back then when she went to Liutiao Hutong because of the conflict between Uncle Dongfu Zhen and him, in the small courtyard, although she didn't have the power she has today, she had already seen her strong character.

Jia Heng turned to look at Yuanyang, and said in a low voice, "Mandarin duck."

"En." Yuanyang responded softly, turned her head aside, and for some reason, her heart was beating violently.

Jia Heng looked at the girl's duck-egg face, although she didn't apply makeup, it looked like a lotus flower, with a natural beauty and elegance, and the few freckles on her cheeks were a little playful at this moment, her eyes gradually fell on On those shiny pink lips.

For some reason, in the scene where Jia She was imprisoned, looking at the girl who "vowed to marry each other", Xu Shi suddenly felt a little bit moved.

Jia Heng gently supported Yuanyang's shoulders, and leaned over.

The girl seemed to realize something, she pursed her pink lips, her cheeks were hot as fire, she closed her eyes slightly, her curly and fine eyelashes trembled, to hide her shyness.

Suddenly, I felt a softness on my lips, followed by warmth.

The slender and bright girl let out a "wow" from her nostrils, holding the slender catkins in her gentle palms, and her onion-tube white fingers became more and more forceful, as if they were giving support in this way.

At this moment, as if from two people embracing each other, the angle of view extended to the distance, and they suddenly saw Xiren at the corner of the flower wall, holding the corridor with one hand, and holding a handkerchief with the other, his delicate willow-leaf eyebrows were slightly frowned, and his bright eyes widened , with white teeth tightly pursing her cherry lips, for a moment, some emotions floated up in her heart.

Since he didn't lean his back against the wall suddenly, turned his head, the black hair covered half of his face, and slowly closed his eyes, the pain pierced his heart, only the surprise of covering his mouth with a handkerchief.

For some reason, she followed the two from a distance, all the way to the corner, just now, she heard the two talking, and before she heard what they said, she saw this scene.

Uncle Heng and Sister Yuanyang are too bold...

After a while, Jia Heng tasted it lightly, left the moist and glowing lips, and looked at the girl whose cheeks were dizzy and as bright as a peach blossom.

He stretched out his hand and gently caressed the mandarin duck's cheek. The duck egg face has soft lines, and the strands of fine hair on the sideburns are as soft as catkins, and those playful little freckles are faintly hot in the palm of his hand, and he feels a little happy in his heart. He said in a gentle voice, "Okay, I'm going back, you should go back too."

As she said that, before the shy mandarin duck could speak, she opened her umbrella, pushed aside the beaded curtain of rain and mist, and headed towards the East Mansion.

Sensing that the person had left, Yuanyang slowly opened his eyes, only to feel soft and flustered, his eyes were like dew congealed, staring at the back of the boy who was holding an umbrella and entering the wind and rain, until the next day I can't see it, I'm still lost.

After a while, a soft laugh suddenly came from around the corner, "Sister, what are you looking at? If you don't move, you'll almost become two stone lions in front of our mansion."

Yuanyang suddenly heard this sound, but was startled. Looking back, she saw a girl in a red cross-collar jacket and a plain skirt, looking at herself with a smile, and she was relieved immediately. Shamed and annoyed: "You secretly follow and peek, are you ashamed but not ashamed?"

"You act as if no one is around...you don't feel ashamed, I passed by here, I just saw it, what's the matter." Xiren smiled, took Yuanyang's hand closer, and joked: "It's really an old saying, when the bride enters the room, the matchmaker Throwing it over the wall, I don’t want my sister to be like this.”

At this moment, there is only one Pinger missing from the Pingyuan attack of the "Big Three at the Yaerta Conference".

Hearing what Xiren said, Yuanyang couldn't say anything more. After all, if Xiren hadn't reported the news before, she would... After all, she was grateful for the previous experience, so she had to change the subject and asked: "Aren't you going to serve the eldest girl?" , why come here when you are free?"

A trace of worry appeared on Xiren's pretty face, and he said: "The young lady is discussing the matter of the title with the old lady and the lady, and the young lady doesn't need me to wait on her, she just came out to get some air."

Yuanyang narrowed her eyebrows and asked: "Is it true that Second Master Bao is going to take over the title?"

Xiren sighed softly, and said: "I don't know either, you can ask your Uncle Heng, what is your proposition?"

mandarin duck:"……"

Xiren made a joke, and the jealousy hidden deep in his heart dissipated a lot, and then he said worriedly: "Now that Second Master Lian is in such a catastrophe, Second Grandma Lian is very uncomfortable."

In fact, the three of Pingyuan and Xiren grew up together, and Xiren was actually bought when they were young. If there is one of the three who most wants to be an aunt, it is undoubtedly Xiren.

After Jia Lian was imprisoned, it was almost predictable that Ping'er was nowhere to be found. Maybe Xiren wasn't alone?
Yuanyang took Xiren's hand and said softly: "Then let's go and have a look."

But on the other hand, under the invitation of Li Wan, Tanchun, Yingchun, Xiangyun, Daiyu and Baochai came to the courtyard where Tanchun lived to drink tea and talk.

In the wing room, the warm fragrance of the boudoir and the fragrance of books and ink are intertwined, and the candles on the high table are brightly lit, illuminating the dimly lit room brightly.

Several girls in bright clothes, hairpin skirts and jackets sat down on the embroidered pier one after another, and Tanchun asked Shishu and Cuimo to serve fragrant tea to them.

Xiangyun said to Daiyu who was on the side: "Sister Lin, the first month hasn't come out yet, but a lot of things have happened."

Rao is a girl who usually has a sweet and innocent heart, but seeing such a big battle today, it is inevitable that she will feel pity in her heart.

Dai Yu's bright autumn eyes under her smoky eyebrows were as full as water, she shook her head lightly, and said, "Sister Yun has only been here for a short time, maybe I don't know, there were more than one incident last year."

After all, he is an elder, even if he has an idea in his heart, it is not easy to say it behind his back.

But before and after, one after another, one by one, all fell into Daiyu's eyes, and she didn't have any feelings about Jia Amnesty and Jia Lian's imprisonment.

Tanchun took Yingchun's hand, and said with relief: "Master and Lian's second brother, they have been outside these past few years, and they have done these misfortunes. It's really hard for sister-in-law Feng and second sister."

Yingchun sighed, the originally dull and quiet girl's eyes were a little lost.

Although they were not raised under Jia She's knees, they were father and daughter after all, and now that Tanchun specifically pointed them out, they felt a little sad and confused.

Baochai sighed: "I saw that Sister-in-law Feng's face was not very good when I had dinner earlier. I don't know why she should be worried about what happened to Lian's second brother."

Men are afraid of entering the wrong line of work, and women are afraid of marrying the wrong man. Such a man who is promiscuous and troublesome for his family is not a trusting person.

For some reason, I suddenly thought of the boy who was walking with an umbrella in the rain. There may have been only one person in the Jia family who sheltered him from the wind and rain.

While talking, the servant girl outside the house reported: "Girls, the eldest girl is here."

While speaking, Yuan Chun entered the room, his plump and bright face was covered with mourning.

"What did the mother and the eldest lady say?" Tanchun got up quickly and asked with concern.

Yuan Chun shook his head, met several gazes, and said: "The old ancestor wanted to let Baoyu... I'm afraid it's just wishful thinking after all."

Even though there was a slight thought of making Baoyu accept the title, but thinking of Brother Heng's previous attitude, he could only completely dispel it.

Tan Chunxiu frowned slightly, and said softly: "Brother Heng still needs to make up his mind."

Yuan Chun sat down at the side, nodded, and sighed: "Now my uncle is in prison, my father is out of work, and the family has celebrated the New Year, and disasters happen one after another. I am thinking, I need to go to Qingxu Temple for a few days to be safe. Jiao is."

Yuan Chun just casually sighed, or said that the "Ping An Jiao" fell in the ears of Li Rui's cheeky girl, but a strange feeling surged in her heart.

Baochai picked up the teacup at the side, bowed her head and took a sip, and when her radiant apricot eyes fell, she thought to herself, wait a little later, and ask him.

In fact, with the passage of time, Jia Mu and Mrs. Wang will be belatedly aware of an embarrassing situation. The two heads of the Rongguo Mansion, one is dismissed and the other is unemployed.

　The tonsils are inflamed, the pain is unbearable, and the second is more likely to be gone...

　
(End of this chapter)