The eldest son of the red mansion

Hearing what he said, Qin Ye breathed a sigh of relief, but he couldn't help but feel a little worried when he heard that he was going to propose marriage to his daughter. Although this daughter was not his own, he had always treated him like his own daughter for so many years. Talk about his life-long events from time to time, even though he knows he can't be the master.But I still wanted to ask, so I asked Jia Zheng: "I don't know, what kind of family did Mr. Jia tell the little girl? If it's too poor, I'm afraid I don't deserve it."

Although Qin Ye didn't point it out, he had already told Jia Zheng not to cross the river and tear down the bridge, and to match his daughter with a muddled marriage.

Jia Zheng heard his words and said with a smile: "Lord Qin is overthinking. Although our Jia family is not as prominent as it used to be, it is a family of kindness and trustworthiness. It will never treat your daughter badly."

Only then did Qin Ye feel relieved, and asked, "Then I don't know which family's son it is?"

Jia Zheng smiled and said, "It's none other than my eldest son. Speaking of his status, it matches the status of the son-in-law."

When Qin Ye first heard that he was assigned to be his eldest son, he felt a little reluctant in his heart.Later, when I suddenly thought of what happened in the court in the past few days, I was startled, thinking that if it was really that person, then the Jia family really kept their promises.He did not live up to the feelings of that person in those days.

Qin Ye asked uncertainly at this time: "Could it be the Marquis of Wuyang from your mansion?"

Jia Zheng smiled and nodded, "It's true that it's a dog. I think it's a good match in terms of status. I just don't know what Mr. Qin thinks."

Qin Ye immediately smiled when he heard this. At this moment, why is he unwilling?It turned out that he was just entrusted by others to do things faithfully.Now I see that Jia Zheng has arranged it properly, letting the most promising child of the Jia family marry his adopted daughter.Now, whether it is from his own psychology or his loyalty to that person, he can completely explain the past, not to mention that the child of the Jia family is really promising.If I marry this adopted daughter, it will be of great benefit to my own son. How can there be any reluctance at this time?

Qin Ye hurriedly got up and said to Jia Zheng: "I have learned the lesson of Gao Yi from the Jia family. I think this marriage is settled like this."

Jia Zheng also stood up and cupped his hands to him and said, "Mr. Qin, let's make an agreement. I will send someone to deliver the letter of appointment in a few days. We will be a family then."

Qin Ye also said happily: "Then I will listen to the good news quietly. But there is one thing I want to explain to Mr. Jia."

"I don't know what's the problem. Just say it, Mr. Qin. As long as my family can't do it, it will be done." Jia Zheng still respects Qin Ye's character.

Qin Ye hurriedly said: "Miss Jia misunderstood, I just said that the young girl is still a little young, although she is engaged, it will take a few years before she can get married."

As soon as Jia Zheng heard him talk about it, he said to him kindly: "So that's what I was talking about. It's okay. My child is still at the border, and he won't be able to return to the capital for a while. Wait a few years for him to come back." It’s not too late to get married again.”

This time Qin Ye put his mind at ease and strongly invited Jia Zheng to have a drink at home, but Jia Zheng refused, so he ate wine at Qin Ye's house before going back, and the host and guest enjoyed themselves for a while.

Chapter 197

Jia Zheng was having wine with Qin Ye, and the little maid who brought them tea just now sneaked into the back house.

This back house is different from other places, it is a different world from other parts of the Qin Mansion, the design of each place is very exquisite, the carved beams and paintings are all done by famous masters, although it is small but exquisite.This place alone costs a lot of silver taels.If someone else comes in and sees it, they will be amazed at the luxury of this place. If it is only about its exquisiteness regardless of its size, many princes and nobles' mansions are not as good as it.

The little maid came to the back house, came to a beautifully designed show downstairs, and shouted a few words to the above, "Ruizhu, Ruizhu, come down quickly, I have something to tell you."

After a while, the door of the building opened, and a little maid walked out of the building. She was pretty and lovely, but her face was somewhat arrogant.Seeing the little maid who called her, she said angrily: "What is it called, is it called soul? Miss is painting upstairs, and you ruined a big piece of paper by calling her like that."

The little girl knew that she was being rude just now, so she stuck out her tongue and showed an embarrassed expression.

Regarding Ruizhu's tone of voice just now, he may already know her temper, so he is not angry.Instead, he waved at her ghostly.

Seeing her mysterious appearance, Rui Zhu walked up to her and said, "What is so mysterious?"

The little girl smiled and said: "This is a big deal for Miss. If I tell you, you will reward me."

Ruizhu immediately became vigilant when she heard her words, took out a piece of loose silver from her bosom, handed it to her and said, "Here, I can't do without you, can we talk about it now?"

The little girl looked around and saw no one around, so she said to Ruizhu: "Just now someone came to propose marriage to the young lady, and the master has already agreed. The other party will come to present the letter of engagement in a few days."

Rui Zhu immediately raised her eyes when she heard this, and said to the little maid angrily, "Don't talk nonsense, if you damage the reputation of the lady, let's see how the master will deal with you."

"I came to report to you out of good intentions. If you don't believe me, it's fine. If you want to lie to me, if I had known, I wouldn't have come." The little girl was angry and wanted to go out.

Ruizhu saw that the little maid didn't seem to be telling a lie, so she hurriedly stopped her, and apologized to her: "Good sister, please forgive me, I just said something wrong, so don't take it to heart It's gone." After speaking, he took out a piece of silver from his bosom and stuffed it into her hand.

Only then did the little girl turn her anger into joy, and she turned around and said to him, "I'm telling you the truth, Master Jia, who is begging for marriage, hasn't left yet. He is drinking with the master in front."

"Which Master Jia is it, who is our future son-in-law?" Ruizhu asked anxiously, this was related to the lifelong happiness of the young lady, and the young lady would not be ashamed to ask, only she, the personal servant girl, came.

The little maid said enviously: "Our young lady is really a lucky person. The person who proposed marriage just now was Mr. Jia Zhengjia from the Rongguo Mansion. It was for his eldest son to propose marriage for the young lady. Unfortunately, he is only a bastard. If he is a legitimate son That would be perfect."

Ruizhu panicked when she heard this. Why is her future son-in-law just a concubine? Others don't know that she doesn't know that her young lady looks gentle and virtuous, but she is actually such a proud and arrogant person inside. I have to marry a bastard, and I don't know how to be sad.

Ruizhu chatted with the maid for a few more words before sending her away.Then go back to Xiulou and close the door.Then he walked to the second floor of Xiulou.

Ruizhu went up to the second floor and came to an exquisite study room. One wall of the study room was a row of bookshelves filled with books. Next to the bookshelves was a desk with tables and stools made of huanghuali. Carved by skilled craftsmen.Next to it is Duobao Pavilion, which separates it from the outside.The Duobao Pavilion is filled with exquisite porcelain of various colors, white jade ornaments, and emerald carvings.Just this shelf of things is enough for ordinary people to endure for several lifetimes.

There is also a large case made of sandalwood in the outer room. There is a lady painting there. The painting is a picture of an outing. I saw that the lady gained weight by adding a point, and lost weight by losing a point. The eyebrows are both dignified and elegant. Pretty, with a graceful figure, of course I thought she was a fairy in the painting, not a mortal woman.

Ruizhu came to this lady's side, hesitant to speak, her eyes were full of uneasiness.

The young lady already knew when she came to her side.Seeing her faltering, he asked: "What's the matter that has been going on for so long, and it looks like this when you come up. If you have something to say, just say it. I can still eat you."

Only then did Rui Zhu speak: "Miss, the little girl who was serving at the front just now came to report to me. It is said that the master has betrothed you to someone else, and now the master is having wine with his in-laws in the front yard."

Hearing what she said, the young lady asked as if she didn't care: "Which one did you order for me? And which young master?" After saying this, her face was already flushed, as if a piece of rouge had been smeared on her face , and a little more charming.

Ruizhu pouted and did not speak, but took a peek at the young lady. Seeing her like this, the young lady had a bad feeling in her heart, and asked uncertainly, "Could something be wrong? You should tell me quickly." Ah, I'm dying of anxiety."

Ruizhu really couldn't hide it like this, so she said: "Miss, he is really nice, it is the famous Rongguo Mansion in the capital. It's just..."

It was related to her lifelong event, the young lady didn't care about being shy, and asked anxiously: "It's just what?"

Ruizhu gritted her teeth and closed her eyes, and said, "It's just that he's not a son of the Rongguo Mansion, but a son of a concubine."

Hearing what she said, the young lady breathed a sigh of relief, and scolded coquettishly: "You damn girl, you scared me to death, I thought it was just this. If you were just a bastard, it would save a lot of trouble. In the future, as long as the two of you are good, there is nothing to eat in this room alone."

In fact, the young lady was somewhat disappointed in her heart, what she just said was just self-consolation.

Ruizhu thinks the same way, although the young lady is not born of old age, but the master loves the young lady to the bone.I am afraid that the dowry prepared for the young lady over the years is several times more than that left for the young master in the mansion?

It's just that they didn't expect that their young lady was arrogant and arrogant. Although she didn't care about it on the surface, she was filled with all kinds of worries in her heart.

In the afternoon, a little maid came to report that the master asked the young lady to go to his study.

So the young lady took her maid, Rui Zhu, and walked lightly with lotus steps to Qin Ye's small study in the back house.As soon as he entered the small study, the young lady saluted Qin Ye. Qin Ye didn't know why, but he turned to the side and only accepted her half salute.

The lady seemed to be used to it, she didn't have any other expressions, but asked softly: "Father, I don't know what is the matter for calling my daughter."

Only then did Qin Ye go back to the desk and sit down, and let the lady sit down next to him, and then said to her: "Keep, I have arranged a marriage for you. That family is also a good one, you go I feel relieved about his family."

It turned out that this young lady was called Qin Keqing, and she was a girl adopted by Qin Ye.

It turned out that Mrs. Qin Ye died early, and because she had no children, she took a son and a daughter to the Yangsheng Tang, but the son she adopted later died for no reason.Only one daughter, Qin Keqing, was left behind, so Qin Ye treated her like the apple of his eye.

Those who know the inside story may be puzzled.When Qin Ye was about 50 years old, why didn't he adopt a stepchild from his distant brother, but went to the Yangshengtang to raise the child?Adopting a child is generally for the purpose of continuing cigarettes and carrying on the family line. Ordinarily, adopting a boy is nothing more than adopting a boy, so why adopt a girl?After being adopted, why did he treat the son so carelessly, and he died easily, leaving Qin Keqing alone. Since it is not difficult to adopt a son from the Yangsheng Tang, why not adopt another one immediately after the son dies?These are all suspicious.

In the next few years, Qin Ye had a son, which was Qin Ye's biological son Qin Zhong, which showed that Qin Ye was not infertile.The mysteries of this make people ponder more carefully.

Qin Keqing lowered her head when she heard what Qin Ye said, and said softly, "Marriage has always been the order of the parents and the words of the matchmaker. The daughter's marriage is decided by the father."

Qin Ye stroked his beard with a relaxed expression on his face, as if letting go of a heavy burden. He smiled and said to Qin Keqing: "Even so, I still want to let you know. Let you know which family the man is from."

When Qin Keqing heard what Qin Ye said, she just lowered her head and blushed without speaking.