The eldest son of the red mansion

But Jia Zhu is now focused on imperial examinations, how can he accept such an arrangement?So the mother and son quarreled a few times. Although Jia Zhu resisted Mrs. Wang several times, in this society with far-reaching influence of feudal ethics, Jia Zhu had no choice but to obey Mrs. Wang's arrangements under Mrs. Wang's suppression.But there was a lot of dissatisfaction in the secret, and they often took advantage of Mrs. Wang's absence to secretly read books, and the two started guerrilla warfare. In the end, Mrs. Wang noticed this incident, so it was another lesson for Jia Zhu.

The two of them quarreled so violently that soon the matter reached Jia Zheng's ears. Without knowing it, Jia Zheng was very angry at Mrs. Wang's obstruction of Jia Zhu's study, and reprimanded Mrs. Wang in front of many people. Said that it is a loving mother who loses her children, and expressed her appreciation for Jia Zhu's ability to fight hard.

Jia Zhu was listening to Jia Zheng's praise. At that time, Gu Pan was proud and thought he was making a big splash in this matter, so he didn't notice Mrs. Wang's embarrassment at the side at all.

At this time, Mrs. Wang was suffering and couldn't tell, and she felt a bit trapped in her own cocoon.Afterwards, Mrs. Wang told Jia Zheng in tears that Jia Zhu's health was really bad, and if he continued like this, he would probably get worse, so she asked him to rest more to take care of his health.As for matters related to the imperial examination, Jia Zhu's talent turned out to be all right.In fact, she knew Jia Ke's promise in her heart.

Jia Zheng also had expectations for Jia Zhu, so he naturally didn't want him to collapse like this. Besides, he also knew that Jia Zhu had failed several consecutive imperial examinations due to physical reasons, so he was also shaken.In the end, it was stipulated that Jia Zhu could only study for half a day every day, which was a compromise with Mrs. Wang.

Mrs. Wang was worried about Jia Zhu, so she specially arranged for Li Wan to supervise him, and then she left in peace.

At the beginning, Jia Zhu followed the schedule of studying in the morning and resting in the afternoon, but after a few days of shopping, she couldn't bear it anymore, and every day when Li Wan was away, she secretly took out the book to read.Sometimes even in the middle of the night, Li Wan had to get up to study while Li Wan was away.

Li Wan was pregnant and often needed to rest, so she couldn't be by Jia Zhu's side all the time. Although she arranged for maids to supervise Jia Zhu, those maids dared not control the second master of Rongguo Mansion, so Instead of resting, Jia Zhu intensified her efforts.Therefore, his health did not improve in any way, and even worsened because he often got up to read in the middle of the night.

But Mrs. Wang didn't think of this, she thought that with Li Zhi watching over Jia Zhu, nothing would happen, but she didn't know that a momentary negligence almost caused a catastrophe.

When it came to Kuaiqiuwei, Jia Ke greeted the Yin of the Shuntian Mansion according to the agreement. The Yin of the Shuntian Mansion knew that Jia Ke was now in power and would dare to offend him. He had already secretly arranged people to greet the Xuezheng. If Jia Zhu is not too bad this time, he will definitely win him.

But things backfired. Jia Zhu’s health didn’t improve due to secretly studying, and she still didn’t persist in the third round, and was finally carried out of the examination room. As for Jia Zhu’s situation in the examination room, no one cares now .

When Jia Zhu was carried back, she was already unconscious.This action startled everyone in Jia's mansion, even Jia Ke hurried over from Wuyang Hou's mansion.

When Jia Ke came to Jia Zhu's yard, there was already a lot of crying, and Jia Ke was so scared that he trembled, thinking that Jia Zhu had done something good or bad.Quickly walked a few steps into Jia Zhu's room, and as soon as he entered the room, he saw that the room was already full of people. Next to Jia Zhu's bed, Mrs. Wang and the pregnant Li Wan were crying bitterly, but they didn't see Jia Mu. figure.

At this time, Jia Zheng, who was standing by the window, kept sighing, and Jia Ke hurried to the bed, only to see Jia Zhu's eyes closed tightly, her lips clenched tightly, her face bluish-purple, already exhaling more air than inhaling up.Jia Ke hurriedly asked Jia Zheng, "Second brother is so bad, did you report it to the old lady?"

"This evil disease is so severe, how dare you let the old lady know, when the old lady has something wrong again, it's not because of our unfilial piety." Jia Zheng sighed and answered Jia Ke's words.

Seeing this situation, Jia Ke knew something was wrong, so she hurriedly dispatched her servant, and took her post to the Tai Hospital to invite Lu Jin, the head of the Tai Hospital. He has the best medical skills in such a big Tai Hospital, as long as he comes, There is still some confidence that Jia Zhu can be rescued.

Originally, Jia Ke wanted to use the small rejuvenation technique to give him a try, but he changed his mind temporarily. If Jia Zhu were to use the small rejuvenation technique, Jia Zhu would recover immediately, and Jia Ke's secret would no longer be hidden. up.At this time, Jia Ke finally chose to hide herself.As for Jia Zhu, he can only use all his connections. As for whether he can be saved, he can only resign himself to fate in the end.

Soon the old doctor Lu Jin from Tai Hospital came. As soon as Lu Jin entered the room, Jia Ke hurriedly pulled him to Jia Zhu's side, and then said guiltily: "My sister-in-law is really bad today, otherwise I wouldn't dare If you bother the old doctor Lu, as long as the old doctor can save your younger brother's life, you can ask for anything." This is already a very big promise.

Lu Jin didn't say much, and directly put his hand on Jia Zhu's veins. At this time, the noisy voice in the room fell silent for a moment.In particular, Mrs. Wang's eyes were fixed on the old doctor Lu, and she was really afraid of seeing something bad on his face.

The old doctor Lu took Jia Zhu's pulse for a long time, his face became more and more gloomy, and everyone's hearts became more and more worried along with his expression.

The old lady Lu took her hand away after a long time.Then he got up and cupped his hands to Jia Ke: "Master Jia, your younger brother's body is really exhausted, even the little old man, I can barely support him for a month or two, no matter how long it takes There’s nothing you can do.”

Jia Ke thought that Jia Zhu in the Dream of the Red Chamber might have passed away during this period, and it seemed that Jia Zhu could not escape this fate.

Jia Ke originally wanted to give up like this, but suddenly he thought that although he won the space of Aunt Zhang, although he could not conceive fairy grass and elixir, the medicinal materials in it could indeed grow at a rate of several hundred times.I don't know if those medicinal materials that are old enough can save Jia Zhu's life.

"Old doctor, I'm not afraid of your jokes. When I was in Xuanfu Town, someone gave me a ginseng. They said it had medicinal effects for thousands of years. I don't know if this ginseng can be used to save my brother's health." Life." Jia Ke hurriedly asked the old doctor Lu.

Old Doctor Lu hesitated after hearing Jia Ke's words. He had seen hundreds of years of ginseng, and there were one or two collections of thousand-year-old ginseng in the palace.But he has never heard of ginseng that has existed for thousands of years. If it really exists, then it is not a essence.

So he answered Jia Ke cautiously and said, "If you want to say that there are treasures in the palace for thousands of years of ginseng. I have never seen ginseng for thousands of years. Why don't you take it and let me have a look. If there is something like the treasures in the palace The effect of a thousand years can actually save a year or two of life."

After hearing the old doctor Lu's answer, Jia Ke immediately said to Mrs. Wang: "Mother, you send a maid to Keqing now, and tell her that I want the ginseng in the sandalwood box."

Chapter 285 Ginseng

Mrs. Wang heard Jia Ke's words just now, she dared not hesitate now, and immediately ordered her confidant Zhou Rui's family to go there in person.Now that she doesn't trust those careless little maids, she still sent her confidants, Zhou Rui's family is mature and prudent, so don't worry.

Zhou Rui's family got the order, so they dared to hesitate and trot all the way, just like running to Wuyanghou's mansion, this time it was to save their second master's life, so there was no delay.

Zhou Rui's family took Mrs. Wang's order and ran away in small steps like Wuyanghou's mansion.Along the way, there was a lot of turmoil, and I didn't dare to say hello to acquaintances, because I was afraid of delaying time. If something happened to the second master, the wife would not spare their family.

Zhou Rui's family did not dare to stop on this road, and arrived at the Wuwei Hall of Wuyanghou Mansion. Qin Keqing lived behind the Wuwei Hall, in a dignified compound.

Zhou Rui's family broke into Wuwei Hall all the way, and there were several maids along the way who told her that she couldn't stop her. They knew who she was, so they didn't dare to stop her too much, so they let her come to the big rooms where Qin Keqing lived behind Wuwei Hall. house.

When she got here, she still wanted to break in, but was blocked by an old nanny at the door. Although Zhou Rui's family was anxious, seeing this old nanny's expressionless face, and for some reason only seeing his sharp eyes, she felt guilty.He didn't dare to force his way in any more, so he said anxiously to the old nanny, "This sister, it was the uncle who ordered me to see the grandma. The second master in our mansion is dying now, and the uncle asked me to come to the grandma to pick her up." Medicine, please let me in, old sister."

Even the old lady was unmoved, but after waiting for a while, a little girl ran out and said to the old lady, "Mother Zhang, the eldest grandma said to let Zhou Rui's family in quickly."

After hearing this, the old nanny let go of Zhou Rui's family.

Zhou Rui's family followed the little girl into the inner room, and saw Qin Keqing sitting on the soft couch in the room, and Aunt Zhou was sitting next to him.

Qin Keqing and Aunt Zhou heard that Jia Zhu was seriously ill when Jia Ke went to Rongguo Mansion, and they were discussing Jia Zhu's condition at that time.Suddenly I heard a commotion outside, and when the little girl went out, I found out that Zhou Rui's family had barged in after asking, but in the end she was blocked by Nanny Zhang.

Qin Keqing thought that if there were no important matters, Zhou Rui's family would not have the courage to break into her inner house, so she ordered the little girl to tell Zhang Nanny to let Zhou Rui's family in.

When Zhou Rui's family saw Qin Keqing, they knelt down on the ground immediately, crying in their tone: "Grandma, our second master is not good. The uncle said that there is a ginseng that has been in the house for thousands of years, and it is said to be in the sandalwood box. Let me pick it up."

Qin Keqing knew what was going on as soon as she heard it. The precious medicinal materials in the warehouse of their house were almost all packed in sandalwood boxes. Among them, there were about ten sticks of ginseng. Jia Ke wanted her to take a precious ginseng Send it over.

Moreover, seeing the appearance of Zhou Rui's family, she thought it was an urgent matter, so she called the orchid grass next to her to her, and then took out a bunch of keys from her waist to choose one of them, and then took out a pair from the kang table next to her. Then he took out a piece of paper from the table, wrote a few lines on it, handed it to Lan Xiang, and asked her to say: "That ginseng is in the sandalwood box on the top of Duobao Pavilion." , get it quickly."

Lan Xiang didn't dare to neglect after taking the key, so she hurried out of the room.

Lan Xiang hurried to the warehouse of Wuyanghou Mansion, and was stopped by Wu Zhong, who was guarding the warehouse, in front of the warehouse.

This Wu Zhong is Chuncao's father, he is dull and not good at colluding with others, but he is very honest. Now he is the warehouse supervisor in Wuyang Hou Mansion, and sometimes he is patrolling the warehouse with three or five servants.

Seeing Lan Xiang, Wu Zhong asked in a muffled voice, "Aunt Lan Xiang, what's the matter with me?"

Lan Xiang said anxiously: "I was ordered by Grandma to pick up things from the warehouse. It's urgent."

After speaking, he showed Wu Zhong the pair of cards and the key, and then handed the note to Wu Zhong. Wu Zhong took it and looked carefully, it turned out that it was for medicinal materials, and he wanted to get a ginseng in the warehouse.Then he checked the pair of cards again, and then led Lan Xiang to a warehouse, only to see that there were two big locks on the door of the warehouse this time.

Wu Zhong silently took out a bunch of keys from his pocket, opened one of the locks, and then took a step back to the side.

Lan Xiang stepped forward, took out the key in her hand and opened another lock, and then Wu Zhong led Lan Cao into the warehouse.

Wu Zhong was very familiar with the scene in the empty room, and soon led Nan Chao to a Duobao Pavilion. Lan Xiang looked at the Duobao Pavilion, and there were neatly placed large and small sandalwood wooden boxes on it. Lan Xiang was stunned by this.

You must know that these large and small boxes are worth a lot in themselves, plus the medicinal materials inside.It can be said that every box is a priceless treasure.

Lan Xiang didn't dare to wait any longer, and according to Qin Keqing's instructions, she took down a sandalwood box from the top of the Baibao Pavilion, and saw that the wooden box was sealed tightly with wax.A note was pasted on it, which only said one thousand-year-old ginseng.

Lan Xiang took the ginseng without daring to delay, and immediately left the warehouse. At this time, Wu Zhong was still waiting at the door of the warehouse. Seeing Lan Xiang coming out, he only glanced at the wooden box, and did not make any move.

Afterwards, the two locked each other, Lan Xiang handed over the pair of cards, left the warehouse and hurried back to Qin Keqing's residence in Wuwei Hall.

When Lan Xiang returned to Qin Keqing's residence, Qin Keqing was asking Zhou Rui's family about Jia Zhu's condition, and Zhou Rui's family knew that Jia Ke had fully understood Jia Zhu's condition, so they didn't hide it too much, but now there are too many people talking.He just said to Qin Keqing, "Grandma doesn't know something. Our second master hurt his body by studying day and night for fame. This time, the imperial examination was carried out of the examination room again. Grandpa invited the imperial doctor and said that this time is very dangerous. , Grandpa remembered this ginseng plant, to see if it can save our second master's life."

As for what the imperial physician said, even if there is ginseng, it can only be involved for a year or two, but he didn't mention it.

Qin Keqing also felt shocked when she heard Zhou Rui's family's words. She knew that Jia Zhu was in poor health when she married into Wuyang Hou's mansion, but she didn't expect it to be so bad. It seemed that her life would be in danger at any time.

After hearing this, Qin Keqing sighed and said: "I didn't expect such a smart person like the second master to suffer from such a serious illness. It's really unlucky." After Qin Keqing finished speaking, she wiped her eyes with her sleeve again, as if she How sad it is.

In fact, Qin Keqing only met Jia Zhu a few times after she married into Jia's mansion. What kind of feelings did she have there? She did this only to show Zhou Rui's family, otherwise her second uncle was about to die, and she hadn't shed tears yet. , spread out to let people listen to the joke.