The red building is so arrogant

【and also】

Less than half a year later, Jia Yuanchun returned to the mansion to visit her relatives again. She was still the Xiande Concubine when she came last time, but now she has become the Empress Dowager Concubine.

Although there is only about ten days of preparation time, but because most of the things prepared when welcoming the driver years ago can still be used, and the dowry gift from Jiao Shun relieved the urgent need and worries, the preparation work was finally safe and secure.

On April [-]th, all the female family members gathered in the Rongxi Hall from early in the morning, ready to go out to pick them up at any time.

The men gathered in the outer hall. Without Jia Zheng, Jiao Shun stood out from the crowd. Even though he himself had no intention of overpowering the crowd, Jia Lian and Jia Zhen still dared not ignore his opinion because they loved being fathers. , Big things and small things always ask for a few words first.

While talking, Baoyu came in from the outside.

Jiao Shun immediately stood up and greeted him: "Brother Bao, is this great? After all, you are young, and you have recovered after only two days."

Jia Baoyu just smiled sarcastically.

After learning that Sister Bao is thinking about Jiao Shun in her sleep and dreams, and that Xi Ren took the initiative to go to Qiushuangzhai, intending to cling to Jiao Shun as a high-ranking child, his perception of Jiao Shun is much more complicated.

Let's say hate, that's out of the question.

After all, this was Sister Bao's and Xiren's own choice. In the final analysis, it was because he broke their hearts that they fell in love with each other. How can he blame Brother Jiao for this?

But it is absolutely impossible to say that he does not blame Jiao Shun at all in his heart.

Just as there were mixed emotions, Jia Zhen smiled and said, "I heard that Brother Bao went to the Muni Temple yesterday? Haha, I heard that little nuns are the best at enlightening people, and they can vent all their anger. Now I see Brother Bao , which shows that what is said is true.”

Everyone heard the hidden meaning in his words and couldn't help laughing.

Baoyu blushed, waved his arms and said, "Brother Zhen, don't talk nonsense, the Muni Temple is an orthodox temple, and Master Miaoyu is even more profound in Buddhism!"

Seeing him like this, Jia Zhen wanted to joke a little more, Jiao Shun waved her hand and said, "Brother Zhen be careful, don't forget that the second sister is practicing in the Muni courtyard."

Seeing that he opened his mouth, and what he said was reasonable, Jia Zhen quickly raised her hand and patted her mouth, and said with a smile: "I am talking nonsense, I am talking nonsense, Brother Bao, don't be as knowledgeable as elder brother."

After all, it was the spiritual teacher who had been slandered, and Jia Baoyu was still a little disconcerted, but since Jia Zhen had already offered to apologize, she couldn't say anything more.

Jiao Shun changed the topic at the right time, and asked about the process of helping Ling go south, and Baoyu gradually shifted his attention.

The road was actually lackluster. What really attracted everyone's attention was the scene when Zhen's house was ransacked.

It was the first time that Baoyu saw a home being copied, which happened to be the home of his pen pal Zhen Baoyu, so one can imagine how touched he was.

When it comes to emotions, I can't help but recite a poem I wrote at that time: "The empty room was empty, and the bed was full of wats; the decayed grass and poplars used to be a singing and dancing venue.

The spider silks are all over the carved beams, and the green gauze is now pasted on the tent windows.What are you talking about when the fat is thick and the powder is fragrant, how can the temples turn into frost?Yesterday the loess sent bones to the bones, and tonight the mandarin ducks lie under the red light tent.A box full of gold, a box full of silver, everyone slanders beggars.Just lamenting that other people's lives are not long, how can I know that I will return to mourn! "

After chanting a poem, you can hear the drop of a needle in the hall.

It's not because I was shocked by Baoyu's poems, or because I was infected by his emotions, I couldn't help but feel sad when the rabbit dies and the fox, but this poem is too inappropriate!

What day is it today?It's a good day for the Empress Dowager to go home and visit her relatives!

Reciting such a mournful poem in cadence and ups and downs is really taboo and can't open your eyes!

It's also fortunate that Baoyu is the younger brother of the empress. If anyone else did this, I'm afraid they would have been kicked out.

"Brother, slow down, slow down!"

It was a loud shout outside the door, which suddenly broke the dead silence. Jia Lian didn't want to lose his temper at Baoyu, so he took the opportunity to raise his voice and scolded: "Who is making noise outside?!"

Before the words were finished, two young boys with thick heads and thick brains ran in from outside.

The one in front was about two or three years old, but he was already walking quite steadily. As soon as he entered the door, he rushed forward and hugged Jia Zhen, raised his head and shouted: "Daddy, I want to see my little brother, I want to see my little brother! "

Jia Lian also changed his smile at this time, nodded and said, "So it's Brother Xiong."

Jia Xiong was born on the third day of May in the fifth year of Longyuan. He was only a few days away from turning two years old, but his physical condition was obviously stronger than that of ordinary children.

And the child who followed him was a year or two older, and he looked good.

Seeing the child following Jia Xiong, Baoyu couldn't help asking curiously, "Which one is this?"

"It's Qin Xian's son."

Jia Zhen said with a smile: "Your sister-in-law sees that he is very clever, and he is not much different in age from Brother Xiong, so it is a kindness to let him be a companion for Brother Xiong, and send them to the school together for enlightenment in the future. "

When he heard that he was the son of a slave, Baoyu suddenly lost interest.

Jia Zhen lowered her body slightly, and said to Jia Xiong, "If you want to see my little brother, you have to ask your second uncle Lian first."

Jia Xiong immediately turned around and hugged Jia Lian's legs.

Jia Lian subconsciously glanced at Jiao Shun, saw that he was smiling and did not object, and said, "It's fine, but don't disturb my aunt and brother."

"Oh~~Look at my little brother!"

Brother Xiong cheered, and trotted out with Qin Xian's son. Several servants and maids stretched their arms to protect him, and they jumped around all the way.

Jiao Shun kept watching the two children's backs disappearing into the distance, and then he pulled his gaze back, only to see Baoyu's round face approaching at some point.

He subconsciously took half a step back, and wondered, "Brother Bao, what's wrong?"

"No, nothing?"

Baoyu rubbed her wrists tangled, and after a while she gritted her teeth and said, "I hope my brother can treat Xiren kindly."

"Assailant?"

Jiao Shun pretended to be surprised and asked back: "Where did you say that? You don't care about your own people, but why do you want to ask me?"

"This……"

Baoyu is full of embarrassment, he only thinks that Jiao Shun really doesn't know, and is completely hot to shave his head - but the more he is like this, the more he feels that he has failed in life.

Although he was a little ashamed to speak, seeing Jiao Shun looking at him curiously, he finally bit the bullet and told about the attacker.

After hearing this, Jiao Shun's face darkened, and he said angrily: "What do you say? There was Qingwen before, and now there is another attacker. Isn't this what I want? No, wait until I discuss it with my third sister." , let her return the person to you!"

Faced with Jiao Shun's play hard to get, Baoyu was tempted for a moment, but thinking of Xiren's refusal to even see him, and Miaoyu's words of 'let go, let go', he finally shook his head firmly and said: "This is She chose it herself, I, I just hope that my brother will treat her well in the future."

"This……"

Jiao Shun couldn't help but sigh: "Didn't all the maids in this mansion want to be your aunts before? Why are there one after another... okay, since you have talked about this, for the sake of Brother Bao , I will definitely take care of her in the future."

As he spoke, he stretched out his hand and patted Baoyu's shoulder.

Baoyu felt like mourning her concubine, but she still held back her tears and thanked her repeatedly.

the other side.

The two children stumbled and ran around, and the maids and servants wanted to hug them several times, but Jia Xiong refused, so they had to keep pointing the way.

While running and making noise, he suddenly heard the sound of a woman yelling loudly from below. Brother Xiong stopped curiously and stretched his neck to look, but he saw a tall, slender, seductive woman with her hips akimbo. Middle-aged steward.

Among the servants of the Ning Mansion, those who knew her couldn't help wondering: "Isn't that Aunt Zhao? She seems to be training Manager Wu?"

"Isn't it Wu Xindeng, Director Wu?"

A servant woman next to her was stunned and said: "After Lai's family got rid of their slave status, he and Lin Zhixiao, Chief Manager Lin, are the first-class decent people in this house. How could Aunt Zhao have the guts to reprimand him with such a big fanfare?"

"Isn't it because the third girl climbed a tall branch!"

"But isn't the third girl never willing to favor her?"

"My daughter is not biased, what if my uncle is biased? Now that the East and West mansions are all included, who dares to offend Uncle Jiao?"

Several servants and women were all talking with emotion.

I once remembered that when Uncle Jiao first made his fortune, he was almost cheated to death by the Lai family and Jia Zhen and his son. Later, it was said that he had hit it off with the second girl, which made the old lady furious.

Who would have thought that Uncle Jiao, whom no one was optimistic about at the beginning, would make rapid progress all the way and rank among the top nine in just a few years? !
Now Aunt Zhao just took advantage of his power and dared to run amok at home.

At this time, Brother Xiong had finished watching the excitement, and began to trot again, and the maids and servants couldn't care less about feeling, and hurriedly chased after him, carefully covering the left and right.

Aunt Zhao only saw this large group of people at this time, seeing that they ignored her, she walked away, scolded 'no rules', and said with a handkerchief: "Okay, okay, I don't bother to break up with you Damn, if you commit a crime against me in the future, see if I will spare you!"

"Thank you aunt for raising your hand, thank you aunt for raising your hand!"

Wu Xindeng thanked him servilely, while secretly slandering him, he was just a little negligent, but Aunt Zhao took a chicken feather as an arrow and scolded him bloody in public.

If it was in the past, Wu Xindeng would contradict him, but now...

Who told her to be Uncle Jiao's cheap mother-in-law?

Uncle Jiao paid three points of respect to Aunt Zhao, and others had to pay twelve points to Aunt Zhao.

So Wu Xindeng could only smash his teeth and swallow this loss.

Aunt Zhao walked a dozen steps away, and when she turned her head and saw Wu Xindeng still bowed and standing where she was, she walked away proudly.

Even when she was the most favored by Jia Zheng's side, she had never been so reckless, let alone Wu Xindeng, even a decent manager would not dare to offend at will, and even had to be careful to win him over for the sake of her son.

But now what...

Uncle Jiao even promoted such an insignificant idiot as Xue Datou to be an official in the Secretary of General Administration, let alone Brother Huan, a serious brother-in-law?
Thinking of Jia Huan who was still in the south, Aunt Zhao became a little angry again. Why should Jia Huan have to stay in the south when Baoyu can come back?

In the past, she wished Jia Huan could stay by Jia Zheng's side, and would try to win Jia Zheng's favor.

But now...

Isn't this just delaying Brother Huan's progress? !
The more she thought about it, the more angry she became, so Aunt Zhao simply found the vicinity of Rongxi Hall—she was definitely not qualified to go in and occupy a place, so she took the opportunity to pull Caixia aside.

Caixia heard her reason for coming, and couldn't help but wonder: "Grandma please ask the third girl to help host, she is busy now, I'm afraid she doesn't have enough skills."

In fact, although Tanchun is busy, it's not that she can't find some free time. It's just that Caixia knows Aunt Zhao's temperament very well, and she also knows that she is arrogant these days, and she is afraid that she will cause trouble at this juncture, so she came want to shirk.

"You girl!"

Aunt Zhao gently pinched Caixia, and bewitched: "I want to call Brother Huan back, and get an official to sit down earlier—what? Don't you want Brother Huan to be an official?!"

"This……"

Caixia hesitated: "Is the third master a little younger?"

"Not young anymore, he is already fourteen!"

Seeing that the bait was not enough, Aunt Zhao added more: "When he comes back, I will ask him to beg you. When the time comes, the husband will have a son and a half daughter, and you will be more expensive than a mother!"

Caixia was so dazzled by the good news that she had no time to think about Tanchun, so she went back to Rongxi Hall, hoping to invite Tanchun out.

At this time, Yingying, Yanyan, and Yingying were gathered together in Rongxi Hall. Mrs. Wang, Mrs. Xing, and Aunt Xue were sitting at the main seats. Two of the three were absent-minded. Fortunately, Li Wan and Tanchun came forward to preside over it. So as not to miss the business.

Tanchun had just finished arranging an errand when he turned around and saw Caixia approaching him.

Hearing that it was Aunt Zhao who came to look for him, Tan Chun couldn't help frowning, seeing that Mrs. Wang was still out of her mind, he explained to Li Wan, and went outside the door with a sullen face.

"This way, this way!"

Aunt Zhao was impatient with the wait, and when she saw her daughter come out, she immediately shouted and waved.

Tanchun's face became more and more discolored, and he walked over quickly and asked stiffly, "What can my aunt want from me?"

"Of course it's an important matter. I was thinking that since Baoyu has already returned, what is your brother doing in the south? Why don't you call him back earlier and ask my uncle to find an official position..."

"Auntie is confused?!"

Tanchun didn't wait for her to finish speaking, and snapped at her sharply: "Second Brother Bao was sent back by the master, why did Brother Huan come back for no reason?! Besides, he is only too old to dare to say he wants to be an official? "

Aunt Zhao stopped doing it, and retorted, shaking her handkerchief: "Why is it for no reason? You are engaged to my son-in-law, shouldn't his younger brother be by your side?! Besides, even that big-headed Xue can be an official, How is our Brother Huan worse than him?"

"You... Anyway, I don't care, you have the ability to get Brother Huan back by yourself!"

"Okay, okay, don't you care, don't you care?! As if someone can't see my uncle, I will ask my uncle for help!"

Aunt Zhao made a gesture to leave after speaking.

"return!"

Tanchun hastily called her to stop, if it is serious to find her, I am afraid that Aunt Zhao will ignore the best strategy and use it, and go to the next three ways to greet her. If this delays the evening arrangement, what should I do?

So I had no choice but to grit my teeth and said: "Come on, let's not make trouble, I will discuss it with my wife later, let Brother Huan return to Beijing as soon as possible, is this okay?"

"It's almost there."

Aunt Zhao succeeded, but she was still a little unfulfilled, and she couldn't help bragging: "If I hadn't had my eyesight and knowledge, and promised you to my aunt early in the morning, how could you have the glory you have today?"

Tanchun almost turned his nose with anger.

How could it be called the eye of wisdom? !

Obviously she was the one who let Jiao Shun catch the sore foot, and betrayed herself to save her life!

Just as he was about to argue with Aunt Zhao, Xiren rushed to find him, saying that there was news from outside that the carriage of the Empress Dowager had already left the Donghua Gate, and his wife asked him to prepare to go out together.

Tanchun had no choice but to leave Aunt Zhao behind and return to Rongxi Hall.