Xichun, the first daughter of the Red Chamber

After seeing Jia Amnesty put down the chopsticks, Jia Lian and the others quickly put down the chopsticks as well.

Jia She glanced at them, and laughed again, "It's a great day, our family is here neatly! It's just right! Let's take this opportunity to have a good chat!"

Several people also laughed, but they were secretly cursing why the servant girl hadn't found someone yet.

Unexpectedly, Jia Amnesty waved his hand again, "Don't worry, I've sent someone to treat your maids and boys to dinner, don't worry about them, let's have a good chat today! Let's chat to the fullest!"

The faces of several people changed instantly, and they couldn't smile anymore.

Jia Lian opened his mouth several times before he found his own voice, "Father, you are drunk, let me have someone serve you to rest."

When Jia She heard this, he laughed again, and the laughter became louder and louder, "Drunk? Lian'er, you are wrong, I have never been so sober."

Jia Lian knew that there was no way to persuade the drunk, so he had no choice but to coax Jia She, "What does father want to talk about?"

"What are you talking about?" Jia Amnesty thought for a while, and finally looked at the two untouched bowls and chopsticks and said, "Let's talk about your mother and your elder brother first."

Jia Lian paused and met Jia Amnesty's gaze.

Jia Amnesty was looking at him, and seemed to be looking at other people through him.

"Actually, you look a little like me, and your elder brother looks a little like your mother."

Jia Lian slid her throat, "Really?"

Regarding his elder brother and mother, he no longer remembers anything, and when he thinks about it now, he only has a vague image.

It was a warm afternoon, the fragrance of flowers drifted in through the window, as if I was still young, I looked up at a boy who was older than me, and the other boy said in a strict tone, "You are not allowed to eat any more sweets, look at you My teeth are almost broken."

Then his hands were empty, as if something had been taken away, and he cried loudly, "Brother is bullying!"

The elder brother watched him cry, "I'll bully you! Let's see if you dare to eat sweets secretly!" But seeing that he didn't stop crying for a while, the elder brother became anxious again and began to coax him.

On the bed next to it was a woman sitting leaning against the head of the bed. She was a little thin and coughed from time to time. At this moment, she said, "Okay, return the candy to Lian'er."

He stopped crying immediately and took the candy from his brother with a smile.

The elder brother was so angry that he turned to the woman on the bed and said, "Mother!"

Mother coughed twice, "Just let someone watch him brush his teeth well, it's fine." After she finished speaking, she added, "When you were his age, you ate sweets more than him. Check your bed."

The elder brother blushed, "Mother!"

Mother smiled, "You're so old, why are you acting like a baby?"

Finally, he put the candy in his mouth and made a face at his elder brother, who immediately rushed towards him, and he quickly hid behind his mother, "Mom, save me!"

"I'm afraid you don't even remember what your mother looked like." Jia She looked away, "But I don't blame you. You were young at that time, so you can remember much."

Jia Lian immediately said, "My son is ashamed."

"Your mother's surname is Zhang, and she was the youngest daughter of the old Zhang Yanqing of the Chaozhong Pavilion at that time. Since there was only one girl like your mother in the Zhang family, the Zhang family loved your mother very much. When your mother grew up, the people who asked for marriage were even more There are too many to count, at that time, everyone in the Zhang family kept their faces dark every day, because they were afraid that if they didn't pay attention to your mother, they would be deceived by the brat."

"In the end, no one expected that the one who finally got the jewel in the palm of the Zhang family was actually a demon king like me."

"The Zhang family all went to persuade your mother, saying that the Jia family is not a good place, and life will definitely not be good after marriage. They have talked about all kinds of advantages and disadvantages. After talking back and forth for a month, even I was persuaded. I don't want to Drag your mother through this muddy water."

"In the end, your mother slapped me hard when she knew what I was thinking." Jia Amnesty laughed softly, her eyes brightened, "That's how your mother married into the Jia family."

Jia Amnesty looked at Jia Lian again, "At that time in the mansion... your mother was often wronged, and every time she was wronged, the Zhang family would come over to persuade her, to persuade her to reconcile."

"Even with your brother, the Zhang family didn't give me a straight look until I had you."

"After you were born, our two families started to move around like in-laws, and we didn't say anything to persuade us to get back together."

"You and your mother both suffered a little when you were born, so people from the Zhang family came to see you every day at that time. It is your name, and it is also the old man of the Zhang family. My father-in-law got it."

Jia Lian pursed her lips, "I've never heard of the Zhang family."

Jia Amnesty nodded, "It's strange if you've heard about it, but within a few years, something happened to the Zhang family. In order to protect themselves, everyone kept silent about it. Slowly, the Zhang family was forgotten."

Jia Lian hesitated and said, "When I was young, I also asked some women about my mother and my grandfather's family. They said..."

They told Jia Lian that the Zhang family was convicted and sent to prison, and that after the Zhang family was a sinner, they wanted to be cast aside.

They told Jia Lian not to ask any more questions, and not to mention it again, saying that if people knew about it, others would look down on him.

Gradually, Jia Lian stopped asking, and didn't mention it anymore.

"I can guess what they said, it's nothing more than that the Zhang family is guilty." Jia She sneered, "I'm yuck!"

"Families like the Zhang family are considered guilty, so what is the Jia family?!"

"How dare you talk about the Zhang family?!"

Everyone's expression changed, and Jia She pointed at Jia Lian's nose and said, "Jia Lian! Remember it! Your mother's family is the Zhang family! It's the Zhang family that was slandered to death for the country and the people!"

The sound was like thunder, and it took a while for them to react, especially Jia Lian.

Jia Amnesty took a few deep breaths before calming down.

"At that time, your mother was the housekeeper, and the whole Rongguo Mansion was in perfect order. Anyone in Beijing who mentions the eldest wife of Rongguo Mansion should praise it."

"Later your grandfather passed away suddenly, and the situation in Beijing was not very good. I took over in a hurry and was completely unprepared. I was burned out a lot of times. It was also your mother who took care of the Rongguo Mansion while taking care of me. Sort out a little bit and help me manage things slowly."

"At that time, your mother had you again. It took such a lot of energy and energy. How could your body survive? Your mother could only lie on the bed for a few years after you were born."

Hearing this, Jia Lian recalled the woman lying on the bed, his mother.

"After hearing what happened to the Zhang family, your mother's health became even worse."

"Later, something happened to your elder brother, and your mother went with her in grief."

Jia Amnesty still remembers that day when he sent the Zhang family's family away from Beijing, the old man of the Zhang family looked at him for a long time, and finally laughed three times, saying that his daughter of the Zhang family did not marry the wrong person.

The old man of the Zhang family asked him to guard the Zhang family and the children, but when he returned to the mansion that night, he saw white flags hanging in the mansion.

The servants came up with their heads down so that no one could see their expressions, and they said to him in a calm and compassionate tone: "My lord, please forgive me."

He asked them why they mourned.

The servants told him that his eldest son accidentally fell into the water and was out of breath when he was rescued.

They also told him that his wife, who was greatly distressed by the news, had followed her.

He didn't want to believe it, he pushed them away, ran back in a staggered way, and before he entered the door, Jia Lian's nurse hugged his leg and cried out.

She said that the second master Lian was taken away by the old lady.

"Just like that, you were carried to the old lady's lap to be raised by herself, and you never came back."

"You were so small when you were taken away. You just read a few words of the Three Character Classic with your brother. When I see you again, you won't recognize me."

"At that time, you called me Grand Master."

At that time, his eyes turned red when he saw his son who had just met so hard. He grabbed Jia Lian's collar and asked over and over again, "What did you call me? What did you call me?!"

Jia Lian was so frightened that he burst into tears, and everyone hurriedly separated them.

He stood there in a daze, and Jia Mu sat on top and reprimanded him, "What are you doing to scare the child?! You never visit him on weekdays, but now you blame him for not recognizing you?!"

Jia Lian also thought about it, and his eyes turned red.

"Later, you hid from me for a long time, until one day you heard that I was sick, so you came to see me secretly, apologized to me, and gave me sugar back."

Jia Lian only felt that his throat was very congested, he choked up and said, "Father..."

He remembered, he remembered that after he gave the candy to Jia She, Jia She was stunned for a long time, and finally put the candy into his mouth with trembling hands, saying it was delicious and sweet, but tears flowed from his eyes.

From that day on, he seldom saw Jia She, but his life became better obviously, and he was no worse than Jia Zhu, but every time he saw Jia Zheng and his wife's love for Jia Zhu, he always subconsciously felt that Lonely, at that time he often complained secretly, why his father didn't come to see him.

Thinking about it now, in fact, the most sad and helpless person at that time was Jia Amnesty.

Jia She patted him on the shoulder, "Okay, it's over, you're married now, don't let people see you as a joke."

Jia Lian wiped his face, "Yes, father."

Jia Amnesty turned to look at Xing again, and wanted to call her by name, but found that he only knew her surname was Xing.

Jia Amnesty sighed at Mrs. Xing, "I have wronged you for so many years."

Xing Shi laughed, she wanted to say that she was not wronged.

Where is she wronged?After marrying into Jia's family, she ate delicacies from mountains and seas, wore silk and satin, and also wore gold, silver and jewellery. There were servants waiting to order her around anytime, anywhere, and she didn't have difficult mothers-in-law. She had nothing to wrong of.

But for some reason, she just couldn't get the words out of her mouth.

"Since you married me, you haven't had a good day. The subordinates deceive the superior and the inferior, arrange the right and the wrong, the mother-in-law is unkind, and the sister-in-law is disrespectful. Even a little capable manager dares to perfuse you and squeeze you out."

"I know all this, but I didn't do anything." Jia Jing paused, "Even to ensure Lian'er's status, I can't give you a child."

"It's the Jia family who's sorry for you, and it's me, Jia Amnesty, who's sorry for you."

Xing lowered his head, looked at the twig pattern on his skirt, tried to smile and said: "What are you talking about, master?" But his voice was trembling, and his eyes became blurred.

"Actually, you didn't have to marry into Jia's family back then."

As soon as Mrs. Zhang died, Jia's mother wanted to marry him a step-wife within a hundred days, but he refused to let go, even if Jia's mother threatened Jia Lian.

After keeping his wife's filial piety for Mrs. Zhang for a year, Jia's mother brought up the matter again, but he also refused.

So from one day, there were more and more beautiful maids in his yard, and the words of the servants gradually spread to Rongguo Mansion.

They all said that the elder of the Rongguo Mansion is a hungry ghost, and his family is full of concubines, even when his wife dies in filial piety.

But just like that, Jia Amnesty refused to marry his stepwife, saying that his reputation was already such that no one would marry.

Even though Jia's mother was originally optimistic about Jia She's daughters of petty officials, she refused to marry after hearing about Jia She's reputation.

In the end, Jia's mother was angry and appointed Xing for him. He wanted to retire, and Jia Lian fell ill.

He married the Xing family into the family, and Jia Lian recovered from his illness.

Xingshi wiped his eyes, "Since I'm married, I'm your master."