Linzhi Gongzi [Red Mansion]

At night, Sanyan of Jia's mansion and Baoyu accompanied Jia's mother for dinner.The daughters-in-law were not here, they just served with their bowls and chopsticks, and went back separately.After dinner, I rinsed my mouth and drank tea, and talked and laughed once or twice.Seeing that Jia's mother's spirit is not so good, all the juniors tactfully bid farewell.Mother Jia ordered the mandarin ducks beside her to send them away, and told the woman who was accompanying them on the night road to take care of them, and turned back only after seeing each other go back from afar.

When she came back, Jia Mu sat on the kang already looking drowsy.Yuanyang went up to touch her arm, woke up immediately, and asked, "What time is it?"

"It's the end of the You hour," Yuanyang replied in a low voice, "Old ancestor, if you are tired, take a rest. If you have anything to say, we will talk about it tomorrow."

Mother Jia waved her hand and only asked, "The elder master and the second master are here."

Seeing her insistence, Yuanyang had no choice but to ask outside.After a while, Jia Zheng greeted him outside the door, and then he lifted the curtain and came in.Jia Mu asked him, "Has it been done?"

Jia Zheng hurriedly said, "It's already been used. I've been delayed by some things. I'm late. Don't blame my mother."

Naturally, Mother Jia would not blame him, and beckoned him to sit down beside her, and said, "Wait for your elder brother to come."

After waiting for half an hour, when the head of the Rongguo Mansion, Jia She, wandered into the mother's yard, not to mention Jia's mother, the second master was about to fall asleep.

Seeing him coming so late, Jia Mu was a little displeased, "I will see you once, and if there is no one with a big sedan chair, I won't be able to call you."

Jia Amnesty just hummed: "Mother's here are all junior children, what do you do here on weekdays?"

Seeing that Jia's mother wanted to teach her a lesson again, he hurriedly said, "It's getting late, mother might as well get down to business."

Being interrupted, Mother Jia had no choice but to hold back her breath, and said in recollection, "We and the Zhen family have always been on good terms. Although he has gone to Jinling at this time, the two families have never been in contact. Remember, You Zhong used to be a subordinate, also from the capital, surnamed Wen, do you remember?"

The second master said he didn't remember, but the elder master seemed to have some impression, "But it's called Wenli? It seems to have visited our house?"

"That's him," Jia Mu said firmly, "he was picked up by Youzhong. At that time, there was a lack of a double-sided wreath screen with a hundred flowers and butterflies on the other side of Hangzhou. It would be ugly without it, but it was only our family. Yes. Or he sent someone to borrow it, and when he returned it later, he gave him a huge gift. Do you remember?"

Having said that, the two men in Jia's mansion all remembered.

Jia Zheng stroked his beard, "There is indeed such a person. I just remember that he was promoted later, so he is still in the south of the Yangtze River, right?"

"My younger brother is a member of the imperial court, how could he even forget this?" Jia She sneered blindly beside him, "Before my brother-in-law took office, he was the Yanzheng in Yangzhou!"

"What! It's him!" Jia Zheng was astonished, "Then, he is the one who gave medicine from a thousand miles away!"

"That's right," Mother Jia sighed, "It's a pity that I left without waiting."

The three sighed together, and Jia She became impatient, "Why did mother mention such a person?"

Jia Mu glanced at the absurd eldest son, and there was an inexplicable light in her cloudy eyes, "It's such a talent that matters. You know that Baoyu knows someone from the Wen family outside."

Speaking of the karmic son, Jia Zheng's first reaction was anger, "What did that wicked son do again!"

"When it comes to Baoyu, you look like this," Jia's mother was also very unhappy, pointing to her two sons, "You elders, can you do something good?"

Jia Zheng's face blushed when he said this. He is still just a small director of the Ministry of Industry, and he has not been promoted for many years.Even if he is repairing the palace now, it is not his turn to show his face and take advantage of it.Jia Mu's words really touched his heart.But his elder brother Jia She was used to wandering around for many years, so he didn't respond at all to these words.

Seeing that one of the two sons was indifferent and the other was only concerned about shame and depression, Mother Jia became more and more tired, and said: "If you think about it, you have forgotten. Before the son-in-law took office, the Zhen family sent a letter asking us to look at Wen's family in Zhen'an Square. But someone..."

After being reminded like this, the two Jia family men finally came to their senses.I saw Jia She frowned and said: "I remembered that Laixing went to stare at it for a while, and there were only a few old servants guarding the house in Zhen'an Square. There is no one else. Could it be that someone has come back now?" ?”

Jia Mu nodded and rubbed her forehead, "We were also negligent. If Baoyu hadn't mentioned something today, I wouldn't have known that it has been almost a year since his family came back."

"This is really..." Jia Zheng read a sentence, but he didn't know what to say, so he stopped.

"I heard from Baoyu that he was a boy who was only in his teens, but he returned home to take the imperial examination last year," said Jia's mother.

"It's just a kid, what does mother worry about?" Jia Amnesty still didn't care.

Jia's mother pursed her lips and raised her eyebrows, "I told you to do more things in your daily life, so you won't have to ask three questions!"

Being scolded several times by his mother in one night, even though Jia She never cared that he was not promising, he was also a little annoyed at this time.With a cold snort, he sat aside and didn't speak.

Jia Zheng recalled the letters from the Zhen family in the study, and felt a little uneasy.There are several boxes of Zhen's silver and antiques in the storeroom of his house, not to mention the expensive fabric toys.Although the Rongguo Mansion has close contacts with the Zhen family, its influence in the court is far from enough.Therefore, the Rongguo Mansion only secretly helped the Zhen family do some shady things.

After Wen Li died of a serious illness, the Zhen family asked the Jia family to keep an eye on him in Beijing.If anyone came to Wen's old house, it would be better to inform them as soon as possible.It's just that Jia's family stared at it for a while, but they didn't see any changes, so they put this moment behind them.Who would have thought that Wen Yishu would appear out of nowhere and approach Jia's baby.

It can't be said that without their knowledge, that simple and kind baby in his family said a lot of things that shouldn't be said.

Jia Zheng was a little annoyed, but he didn't know what to do.On weekdays, he recites poems, paints paintings, writes prose and composes Fu with Qing guests, and never cares about family affairs.Many important things are still in the hands of Jia Mu.This made Jia Zheng feel a little guilty, and looked up at his mother, wondering how she would make a decision.

"It's just what a child can do," the old man next to him half-slumped on the chair, slamming his mouth, "Since I'm going to Beijing to rush for the exam, isn't it common to live in my own home."

Jia Mu was still worried, and said, "But I heard from Baoyu that the son of the Wen family seems to know His Royal Highness Prince Gong."

These words shocked the two heads of the Jia family, and they both said: "What is the origin of this man!"

Because of the Zhen family, or in other words, all the established families are from the prince's side.Now there is someone who has some relationship with Prince Gong near his house, which is very strange.When it comes to standing in line, it inevitably raises people's vigilance.

This is what Jia's mother was worried about, so even though it was very late, she still insisted on calling her two sons to discuss countermeasures.

It's a pity that the men in Jia's family are not very useful, there is nothing good to do except to chime in and worry a little.Mrs. Jia looked at her two sons, both of whom were in their fifties, but they still couldn't support such a huge family business.She had pinned her hopes on her grandchildren, but lost one of the most promising ones.She became more and more conflicted, hoping to have a successful family, but she didn't dare to work too hard on her precious egg.

So in desperation, he had no choice but to think that the granddaughter in the palace could earn some money for the family.However, since the granddaughter entered the palace, there was no more news.The last time I saw her was the Empress's Qianqiu Day, and then a few palace servants came to spread the word.And these father-in-laws also have a lot of benefits to run errands.

It's fine if it's once or twice, but if you want to have it every few days, how can you bear it.However, Yuanchun was the only hope for the Jia family, so they had no choice but to grit their teeth and give it away.

It was still late at this time, and the woman who was watching the night outside quietly stood outside the hanging flower door and waved. After hearing this, Yuanyang came forward and reported: "Both of them have turned off the lights and rested."

These words awakened Jia Mu who was in deep thought.Thinking of her cherished granddaughter and grandson, her heart is not as heavy as before.Because he deeply understands that if the Jia family wants to maintain the prestige of the family, the big tree of the Zhen family cannot fall down.After thinking about it for a while, Mother Jia has already made up her mind.

"Second brother, you go to Jinling to write a letter and tell the Zhen family about it. Then write a post to the Wen family, saying that your old friend invited them to play..."

Before she finished speaking, Jia Amnesty said: "After all, I am a junior, so it is too solemn to write a post. Isn't Baoyu on good terms with him? Isn't it enough to call Baoyu?"

"How old is Baoyu, and what does he know?" Jia Mu and Jia Zheng said at the same time.

Jia She immediately sneered, "I'm not stupid, so solemn, even if there is nothing wrong, I can detect something wrong."

Jia Mu pondered for a while, nodded and said, "The boss is right. Let Lian'er do it."

After finishing speaking, he waved his hand again, "That's it, I'm tired, you guys go down."

Jia Amnesty and Jia Zheng had no choice but to ask Ann and leave.After leaving Jia's mother's yard, Jia Zheng felt that there was a countermeasure for this matter, and he had nothing to say to his elder brother, so he raised his hand and said goodbye.

Seeing his younger brother Youzai Youzai heading towards the other side of Rongxi Hall, Jia Amnesty's face became even colder.The good thing is that he doesn't have his turn, and it's his son who does chores.But there is also a daughter-in-law who is elbowing out holding her son, she really hates it.But Jia She was always a man with no ambitions, and got angry once or twice.He also felt that he was living a comfortable life now, and he couldn't work harder than himself, so he didn't need to worry about these things.

After thinking about it for a while, he whistled again, walked outside the door, got into the car, and looked into his yard.

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