The Qinghe County Lord of the Red Chamber

Due to the construction of the Grand View Garden, the Pear Fragrance Court was taken away that day, and now Aunt Xue, mother and daughter have moved to a courtyard in the southeast corner of the mansion.

It is not far from Rongxi Hall.

After hearing what Jia Mu said, Mrs. Wang saw that Aunt Xue's face changed rarely, so she came with her, ready to make up for it.

As soon as she entered the door, Aunt Xue coughed and sighed. Baochai had an ugly face, but she only advised Aunt Xue: "My daughter also heard some outside - don't worry, mother. What the old lady said may not be about our family. "

Aunt Xue's eyes turned red and she shed tears, "You don't feel well, so why bother to persuade me. In fact, I'm a widow, so what's the point? It's you, a girl who hasn't been out of the court, who listened to these yin and yang words. It's really pathetic."

"Good boy, I know that you have a serious mind, but you don't like words. Don't think about these words, you will spoil your body. Now our family is not the same as before. If you have an emergency, which one should I rely on?"

Baochai bowed her head, her expression sad: "As long as my mother is good, I don't care what happens to me."

The corners of Mrs. Wang's mouth began to twitch again.

Aunt Xue's mother and daughter's behavior must be for themselves.

On that day, he paid 50 taels of silver from Xue's family for the concubine's family visit.

Naturally, Mrs. Wang may have a good relationship that day, and she also obtained a letter from Yuan Chun in the palace to show Aunt Xue, and the Xue family naturally believed it.

However, Yuanchun was brought up by Jia Mu after all, and he didn't want to force Jia Mu to act, so he has always adopted the policy of Huairou hinting all these years.

And asked Mrs. Wang to take more Baochai to flatter Jiamu. It's best that Jiamu would agree in her heart, wouldn't everyone be happy.

Otherwise, what's the point of the whole family making a fuss.

Mrs. Wang is willing to listen to her daughter, and she has done so in the past two years.Seeing that Xiangyun has not been to Rongguo Mansion very much recently, he only feels that victory is in sight.

Who would have thought that Jia's mother would be so shameless today, almost clearly saying that Baochai is attached to Jia's family, and most importantly, it also expresses the meaning that Baochai will not be able to climb up if she clings.

Sure enough, as soon as she entered the door, the mother and daughter of the Xue family didn't even ask someone to serve her a cup of tea, and first acted as if this faction had been wronged enough.

Mrs. Wang took a deep breath, then smiled and took Baochai's hand and said, "My good boy, you know that I only love you. Not only me, but the empress also praises you for being steady, generous, gentle and courteous. different."

"The old lady is getting old. She thinks about her aunt who left early, and she also favors her granddaughter. Just don't take it to heart."

As soon as Baochai heard it, she knew that Mrs. Wang was avoiding the important ones.

Although Jia's mother mentioned Daiyu several times today, the Xue family was worried about this marriage.

Now it is impossible for Daiyu to be Bao's second grandmother, and even Jia's mother has given up on this wishful thinking, and Baochai doesn't need to worry about her.

So Baochai couldn't help sneering in her heart: as an aunt, she speaks better than anyone else.When coaxing their family's money back then, they made sure that they had a good relationship, as if they could get married tomorrow.

At this moment, instead of talking to them about him, he got up, and instead of mentioning Xiangyun, he faltered with Daiyu.

But Baochai couldn't disrespect Mrs. Wang, so she could only reply, "I don't dare to take what my aunt said. Besides, Miss Lin is the queen's adopted daughter, so I can't compare to her."

Speaking of which, she was indeed a little sad.

Daiyu's Jiji Libaochai had heard about it, and it was simply a gathering of the most honorable women in the world.

However, thinking back to her marriage ceremony...she didn't do the ceremony.

Daughters of this dynasty can go to the ceremony at the age of 15, or before they get married.Baochai lived in Jia's house as a guest, so of course it was inconvenient to borrow someone else's place for etiquette.

Instead, Mother Jia mentioned that Miss Bao was going to celebrate her birthday when she was about to be born, and invited her to a play, which looked like a bunch of flowers.

However, for Baochai, it is just like sitting on pins and needles: Mother Jia is taking this opportunity to imply that she is getting old, and Baoyu should not marry early, even if you stay in Jia's house persistently, it is just waiting and wasting the girl's years.

The Rongguo Mansion has two eyes of wealth and honor, a decent heart, and a decent master. He is bullied by his servants even if he is out of power.Let alone relatives outside.

Seeing what Jia Mu meant and didn't like it, the servants naturally talked behind their backs, embarrassing the Xue family's mother and daughter.

In the past two years, Yuan Chun was proud of the palace, and Mrs. Wang regained the housekeeping right, so there was less gossip.

Of course, the price is 50 taels of snowflake silver.

After hearing Baochai's words of envy for Daiyu, Mrs. Wang couldn't help but sneered and said, "You think Miss Lin will be successful, but her bad days are to come."

"Lin Ruhai thinks he's a high-ranking high-ranking official, and he won't give up on trivial things, which embarrasses both of our Wang family and Jia family!

From then on, he refused to get close to the family and let Baoyu be bullied in the household department.That's all, after all, it's a businessman's trick.

But their father and daughter didn't even dare to come to visit their mother-in-law.Such ignorance of flattery will lead to disaster sooner or later.

Sure enough, the Supreme Emperor has been annoyed now. I heard that the old sage accused Lin Ruhai of colluding with the merchants last time, so it can be seen that he is about to fall.Then don't think about the rest of us interceding for him! "

The words of the Supreme Emperor are now being circulated everywhere inside and outside the palace, and even Yuan Chun knows a lot.

But she didn't want to know how the private rumors in the Supreme Palace could be spread out. She thought she had obtained private news, so she told her mother specially, telling them not to get close to the Lin family recently, so as not to be implicated.

In fact, this is all written by the Empress Dowager Shang, who deliberately asked people to release the news.

She just wanted to let everyone know that the Supreme Emperor's temperament had changed drastically due to his illness and persistent illness, and that traitors and loyalties were not distinguished.

Who is a person with a bright eye and a bright heart who can't tell the right from the wrong?

Seeing Taishanghuang's crazy and rebellious behavior, firstly, his inner conscience and reason do not agree, and secondly, he is worried that Taishanghuang's behavior is crazy.

As a result, even if many old officials did not fall to the emperor, they began to stand neutral, and did not dare to join the former confidant of the Supreme Emperor in exonerating Zhen Yingjia.

The emperor had less resistance in court.

Only Yuanchun treated the news that everyone knew as a treasure and told her natal family.

And Rongguo Mansion, because there is no one in the court, also regards these news as first-hand information, and refuses to communicate with others, thinking that he is a prophet.

So the "prophet" Mrs. Wang just disdained: "Who wouldn't do such a face-saving effort like Jijili. If the Empress really loves her that much, I have a Fifth Highness under my knees, who are about the same age."

"Why don't you tell Miss Lin to be a princess? After all, it's just a joke."

Her own daughter had her head sharpened, and even if she was a court lady, she would put it in the palace.

How can we understand the Queen's painstaking care for Daiyu.

Even if the queen told her the truth to her face, what she couldn't understand was that Xia Chong couldn't say anything.

Seeing Aunt Xue, mother and daughter listening intently, Mrs. Wang was even more proud, and continued, "There is also the Baoninghou Mansion, which is usually very arrogant, but now it is a bad news for the world. Don't talk about demoting officials and nobles in the future, I am afraid that the family will be ruined." There are days too!"

Mrs. Wang has a new and old hatred for the businessman, and I can't finish it: Shang Duo came to Wang's house to paint and slap his face because of hatred.

Shang Chi sued Jia Baoyu in the Ministry of Households for his improper words and deeds before the imperial court, and Jia Zheng and his son were killed because of their second hatred.

The third hate is what Yuan Chun Sulai said, that the Empress Dowager Shang only likes queens, and she doesn't take good looks towards them, especially her concubines.

Jia Yuanchun also didn't want to be a female official in the Empress Dowager Shang's palace, buying people everywhere, adding trouble to the Empress Dowager Shang, and he didn't want to advise the concubine Xian to plot against the merchant.

But he only resented the Empress Dowager Shang for not valuing her as much as the empress.

So these days, the Supreme Emperor scolded and scolded, even threw scissors and hurt Bao Ning Hou, and refused to see the Queen Mother of Shang again. Yuan Chun told Wang all these things.

Sure enough, Mrs. Wang was refreshed and elated.

Every day, the drought is long and the rain is waiting for the Baoninghou Mansion to be unlucky.

After all, Baochai had stayed in the palace before, so she knew what the Empress Dowager Shang could do, so she couldn't help saying: "After all, the Marquis of Baoning's mansion is the home of the saint's mother, so it shouldn't be like this."

Mrs. Wang laughed and said: "It can be seen that you are talking like a child and don't understand the rules of the royal family. Don't talk about the royal family, even people like us know that the father is the guide for the son.

You can see what Baoyu is afraid of when he sees his father every day.What's more, the royal family has more distinctions between monarchs and ministers. "

"Since the old sage is here, naturally he has the final say. Even if the emperor protects his shortcomings, he can't violate the holy will."

"So, you just don't have to envy Miss Lin, she will suffer some losses in the future. When the Lin family falls, and she lives in our house again, she can't be so happy-she lived here a few years ago, and the old lady favored her too much , they are treated the same as Baoyu everywhere."

"I will think about such a good thing in the future, but I can't."

Baochai couldn't help but feel a bit of seeing the sun behind the clouds: in her opinion, the days of serving tea and serving people in the palace were really humiliating.

Especially when he was punished for several months because of the rules, it was Shang Chanchan's fault.

She really didn't like the two of them.It's just that these years, the Baoning Hou Mansion has been rewarded many times, and Daiyu is even recognized as a righteous daughter by the empress.

Every time I listen to it, the dark clouds in my heart get heavier.

Now listening to Mrs. Wang's words, I feel a little happier: You are just relying on having a good family background and a good father.However, after climbing high and falling heavily, she will become the daughter of a criminal minister in the future, and the days of suffering are still to come.

Mrs. Wang talked about these "secrets in the court" and continued to appease Xue's mother and daughter.

"When the merchants and the Lin family are in trouble in the future, I will let the old lady know that she has always wanted to fix the stupidity with the Lin family, so as to suppress her voice."

"At that time, if you ask your mother to speak, the old lady will not be able to say anything. She will definitely let Bao girl be the second grandmother of Bao."

Baochai hurriedly lowered her head, and withdrew on the pretext of asking Yinger to pour tea.

Seeing her daughter going out, Aunt Xue wiped her tears and said, "Sister, there is a saying that the old lady said is not bad. Bao girl is old, I hope you will worry about this matter."

"I also ask the empress in the palace to worry about it. It's better to make a decision early. As the saying goes, there are many dreams at night, and it's useless to procrastinate."

Mrs. Wang nodded and said, "Don't worry."

She thought to herself: Now I already have a share of the Zhen family's money in my hand, but it's a little less.If disaster happened to the Lin family, there would be no close relatives in their family. Wouldn't the money accumulated over many lifetimes be mine?

If there is a better marriage at that time, the money will be returned to Xue's family and Baoyu will be asked to marry another beautiful woman.

Mrs. Wang's arrangements are clear in her heart, and she feels that the days are getting better and better.

Mrs. Wang is here to let her dreams fly, but the merchants don't know that some people are praying for their bad luck day and night.

Of course, Shang Duo wouldn't care if he knew about it, even the Emperor Taishang thought he was unlucky, now he doesn't bite if he has too many lice, and doesn't worry about debts.

He is still leisurely doing his job as a prime minister, and is resetting the assessment standards for officials at all levels in various provinces-after all, it is impossible for all places to have good weather, and the standards must always be adjusted according to natural disasters and man-made disasters.

According to the "Four Qualifications and Eight Methods", the officials were evaluated every three years, and officials were divided into three grades according to their achievements: the first grade was competent, the second grade was diligent, and the third grade was service.

Those who are excellent are promoted, and those who are poor are demoted.

At this time, all localities have already submitted the evaluation report, and only waited for the adjustment of Shang Duo's standards, and then the officials could start the final review one by one.

Shang Duo has been in a good mood since he made up his mind about his son's marriage, and even the daily scolding from the Supreme Emperor can't affect his joy.

Even more reciprocating, I specially came to the Ministry of Households to open the back door for my in-laws.

Ask Lin Ruhai: "Your nephew Jia Lian, who was sent to Dantu to be the county magistrate, did very well in this year's assessment. It stands to reason that he can be promoted to a first class on the spot, or he can be transferred back to the capital. What do you say?"

Lin Ruhai said: "It will take another three years to be promoted to the first class on the spot. It is better to call him back. I am afraid that the Rongguo Mansion will not be able to wait for three years."

Mrs. Wang is looking forward to the bad luck of Shang and Lin.

But the Shanglin family knew very well that the Rongguo Mansion would be in trouble.

Just the fragmented father-son relationship between Emperor Ether and His Majesty.

If the Supreme Emperor passed away today, the Emperor would directly let Zhen Yingjia be buried tomorrow, and the rest of the lawless families would also have to be sent into exile as a sideshow of the funeral.