A Dream of Red Mansions Unexpected Visitors

How earth-shattering the fight between Concubine Xiande and Concubine Wu in the palace is, it is all an affair of the inner palace, and there will naturally be no talk from the outside. The most discussed matter in the capital now is that the princess of King Nan'an is unwilling to get married. The old concubine of Nan'an took advantage of her age, so she dragged on until Chen Yun led the army away, and the princess couldn't make it.

Now that more than a month has passed, the emperor is really impatient. He gave the deadline of one month, and said that Chen Yun had already sent it with the letter of the two countries, which clearly stated the daughter of the Nan'an palace. , Nan'an Palace has nothing to do.I don't know whose idea the old concubine of Nan'an Wang got, not to mention obediently sending the princess to marry him, but the whole capital is planning to recognize a righteous daughter, and the name of the anti-justice girl is also a legitimate daughter.Although these words took advantage of the emperor's golden words, they really did not violate what the emperor said, and everyone was not angry when they saw the emperor, so everyone thought that the emperor was still there, and the palace of Nan'an was still grand. Even for the sake of the 20 troops under King Nan'an, it should be lifted high and put down gently.Although there are a few people who are vigilant, most of them only see the power of King Nan'an and flatter them all, but there are also many people who follow the power and want to recognize their concubine's daughter as the old concubine of Nan'an. Mother-in-law, giving up a daughter, it would be a good deal to get the support of Nan'an Palace in the future.

These self-defeating people did not know that the reason why the emperor followed the old concubine Nan'an was to find a good excuse for Chen Yun to send troops, and when the time came to fight, he said that it was Qian Xiangguo who knew about the actions of the concubine Nan'an. Angry and angry, he wanted to kill the King of Nan'an, but he wanted to see how many fools and smart people there are in the capital. If he knows how to choose a tree for a good bird to live in, it is not impossible for him to use them. As the monarch of a country, he must Don't be impulsive.

But Mrs. Wang didn't know the emperor's consideration behind this. Now the empresses in the palace can't be favored, and Tanchun dare not send her into the palace. There are no girls of a certain age in the four major families, and she is anxious. Thinking of hearing such news, she brows with joy.Among the four kings and eight princes, the King of Nan'an is more prestigious than the King of Beijing. When the old princes of his own family were around, they often came and went. Since the Grand Master inherited the title, the contacts have gradually decreased.In order to show my magnanimity, I raised Tanchun under my body, which is much better than other people's hastily accepting it under the name of my aunt.Tanchun recognized the concubine as his adoptive mother, and became the honor of the princess. The imperial court must order his aunt, so that when he goes out to see the wives and grandmas in the future, he can hold his head up.Nan'an Palace doesn't have any girls in the harem, and my own family will have the support of Nan'an Palace. I am not afraid that Yuanchun will not be good, but it will be much better than now.Baoyu's future prospects are also good. If he didn't feel sorry for Baoyu and didn't want him to be wronged, maybe Baoyu would be able to accept the princess for this help.

Therefore, Mrs. Wang did not discuss with Jia's mother, so she quietly sent a message to the Wang family and the Shi family. I thought it was the idea of ​​the four families together, but now I heard that there is a way to get in touch with the Nan'an Palace, so naturally I was in a hurry to take the lead.She thought she had Nan'an Palace as her backing, so what was Concubine Wu Guifei?Didn't Concubine Nan'an fool the present majesty like this?On the other hand, Concubine Nan'an also has her own thoughts, she knows that the emperor must be very angry with her actions, so this adopted daughter is definitely not a concubine who can casually mess with a family, she has to choose a good-looking and talented girl. Other than her identity, she is more serious than a royal princess, but the people who come to flatter her these days say that she is not very good.That's right, unless there is no concubine daughter in the family, they are all wretched and wretched raised by the concubine mother, let alone have any talent to speak of.On the contrary, there are also some prostitutes who have just entered the palace from small households. Their eyes and manners are extremely vulgar and have no bearing at all.Seeing that people like Jia's family agreed to send the girl over now, they were surprised.Although the Jia family was in decline, to put it crudely, a lean camel is bigger than a horse, and a centipede is dead but not stiff.What's more, when Jia's mother celebrates her birthday in the past, I seem to have seen the girls from their family, which is really impressive.Talking about this identity to the emperor, I can also open my mouth, so I came to see Jia Mu the next day.

On this day, Mother Jia was surprised when she heard that Concubine Nan'an came to visit. Why did the old concubine come at this time, shouldn't she choose a righteous daughter?My family, Tanchun, is already ready to ask her to enter the palace to help the empress. I have seen her housekeeper a few days ago, and she does have some tricks.Yingchun's temperament is not good enough to be sent to get married, but he just wants to let the boss's temperament be under his control. The last marriage failed only a few days ago, and he settled down again. Seeing that he doesn't want to make decisions on his own, he just lets him go. Come on, even if you have your own family, you can't afford to lose the reputation of selling your daughter.I don't know if the two sisters of Li Wan's family, Coco Li and Wen Li, are willing to make peace with their own family, but they can also form a good relationship.It's just that I haven't told the old concubine how to come to my house today.

After welcoming the old concubine in, the old concubine responded to the nonsense for a while, and then said: "I heard that your family has quite a few nice girls, so why are you hiding them and don't let us see them?" Mother Jia heard this. The meaning was wrong, but he didn't dare to object, so he hurriedly invited Sanchun Daiyu, Xiangyun, Li Wen, Li Wen and other girls over, only hoping that his hunch was wrong.

After Daiyu, Tanchun and others came in, they were like delicate flowers and weak willows, with a charming posture. It is common for Concubine An in Hunan and Yunnan, because the two Shijia brothers are also in charge of the army, and the relationship between the two families is good. Concubine then greeted her first and said: "Girl, you haven't come to see me for a long time." While pulling her over to talk, she observed the expressions of all the girls, and saw that there was no look of jealousy on their faces. , very calm and content, and very satisfied in my heart.

All the girls came forward to pay her respects, and she stopped them all in admiration, so Mother Jia had to introduce their identities one by one.The concubine judged that Daiyu and Baochai were superior to other girls, and even her own girl seemed a little arrogant and extravagant in front of them.When asked about her status, Baochai is white but her status is too low. Although Daiyu's status is good, she is the emperor's personal promise to marry her.Among the remaining girls, Xichun is still young, but Yingchun Tanchun is out of the others, but Yingchun seems to be gentle and docile, I am afraid that the marriage is not like the princess of the kingdom of heaven, and Tanchun's eyes can tell He is not admitting defeat, but he is a good candidate.It's just that he doesn't know which girl the Jia family is going to let him recognize.

When Mrs. Wang saw it, she knew it was the old concubine. She didn't know which girl it was. She knew that Jia's mother would definitely disagree, so she went up and called Tanchun to her, and looked at the old concubine again. I knew it was this girl, but I thought the same as myself.So the other girls didn't praise, but they just stepped forward to Tanchun, grabbed his wrist and praised again and again, then took out the sandalwood beads on his hand and gave it to Tanchun, but gave it to the other girls according to the ratio Mother Jia felt even more ominous about the gift.Sure enough, after the Concubine Nan'an praised Tanchun, she said to Jia Mu: "Your family has such a good girl and never let us meet. Now that I see this girl, I feel like it. Why don't you let me recognize her?" Let her be a granddaughter." But because I and Jia Mu are of the same generation, I have to recognize a god-daughter, and it is okay to record it under the name of the princess.

Tanchun was originally proud that he could be valued by Nan'an Wang Taifei, but now he heard that the dowager recognized him as a granddaughter, and his face turned pale with fright.Who doesn't know the role of this granddaughter, Jia Mu naturally disagreed, and forced a smile: "My granddaughter is just the appearance of a willow, how can she be pitied by the concubine, the status of the princess is precious, you can't make it so casually." The concubine made up her mind and didn't care about it. She said, "What is this? I am willing to recognize someone as my granddaughter. Is there anyone who can't object? This is a happy event, and the old lady should congratulate her." Jiamu saw Nan'an Wang Taifei threatened herself and dared not say anything. The room was quiet, and Tanchun Ninja said to Jia's mother in tears: "Old lady, it's my luck that the concubine sees me. It's your luck too, old lady." If there are too many, the granddaughter will be valued by the concubine after a little benefit."

Concubine Nan'an then turned her anger into joy, thinking in her heart: "I'm really serious. Didn't you guys send this girl here to hang up the archway? What are you doing with such a mood now?" Concubine Nan'an thought to herself After seven days of agreement, I formally invited each family to recognize their granddaughters, and then left.Daiyu and others took Tanchun to persuade him.But Jia's mother realized that according to the friendship of four princes and eight princes, how could the old concubine force her family? Someone in the family must have agreed, and raised her eyes to Mrs. Wang: "What's going on?" As soon as she raised her hand, she threw the tea cover at Mrs. Wang. Mrs. Wang hurriedly knelt on the ground to explain, but Jia's mother knew that she just didn't want the children of Aunt Zhao to benefit, but how could the Jia family oppose Nan'an Wangfu, this is different from the Wu family's upstart family, no matter how much Mrs. Wang is reprimanded, Jia's mother has no choice but to do so.

When the emperor heard the spies report that the old concubine of Nan'an Wang had chosen Jia Tanchun, the second room of the Rongguo Mansion, as her adopted daughter, he couldn't help crying and laughing.I haven't prepared to clean up Jia's house this year, but why do they have to make a fuss about everything, and that's not the way to die.Forget it, I will turn a blind eye to it first, and when Chen Yun returns triumphantly, it will be time for me to clean up these moths.On the contrary, Prince Teng of the Wang family is a shrewd person, and he should be called back to Beijing. If he takes advantage of this opportunity to collude with local officials, it will be a problem. When he returns to Beijing, let him be a first-rank university scholar. idle job.Let's see if he can understand the practice, and then decide how to deal with the four major families.