Mother Jia of the Red Chamber is Unkind
Chapter 60
The sacred decree cannot be violated.
Jia Mu immediately sent someone to send a message to Lin Ruhai.Lin Ruhai was startled, and immediately asked for leave to go home, and led Daiyu to Rongfu with his wife Sun Muqing.This matter came too hastily, and the people in the palace didn't even inform him, the father.Because of this, Lin Ruhai was even more worried.It is not scary for Daiyu to enter the palace, what is scary is the meaning of entering the palace this time.
Concubine Hui has her eyes on the Lin family!
Lin Ruhai understood that even if Concubine Hui didn't let Jia Mu bring Daiyu into the palace this time, sooner or later there would be other reasons for Daiyu to go, and she couldn't escape.I also blame myself for being too high-profile recently, being mentioned by the emperor several times in public, and attracting the attention of people who shouldn't be provoked.
On the way, Sun Muqing advised Lin Ruhai not to worry, but she was also anxious in her heart.It's a pity that she has only married into the Lin family for a few days, and she doesn't have the great popularity of those aristocratic ladies, so she can't help anything.Now she and Lin Ruhai have to rely on the old lady of Rong Mansion to come up with an idea.
The couple entered the mansion and led Daiyu to meet Jiamu.Wang Xifeng took Daiyu away and went to play with the Sanchun sisters.
Lin Ruhai was in a hurry, so he stopped being polite to Jia Mu, and asked for help straight to the point. "She summoned Daiyu this time, I'm afraid she has other deep meanings. The king of Zhijun recently passed away a concubine." The royal family wants a daughter-in-law, no matter how high they are, there is no such thing as whether they are worthy or not, so how can outsiders be tolerated? cut in.Lin Ruhai was afraid of this, their Lin family didn't want such desperate wealth.
Sun Muqing knelt down to Mother Jia and begged, "Old lady, you are the only one who can help the master. Daiyu is the only child of the Lin family, and she is not in good health. A place of bones."
"What are you doing, get up quickly, I should be the one asking for it." Lin Ruhai also knelt down as she spoke, and Jia's mother hurriedly helped the couple up.
"The matter has not been clarified yet, you husband and wife, don't be too anxious, the more critical the moment is, the more calm you are." Jia Mu gently comforted the couple.Daiyu's matter was indeed difficult, because they were completely defenseless and did not know what the purpose of Concubine Hui's move was.
Lin Ruhai thought for a while, and said to Jia Mu: "Don't you know an old concubine, can I get some news?"
Jia Mu said: "It is possible, but not so fast. We will enter the palace tomorrow. I think there is something going on here, and it can't be settled immediately. We should wait until we enter the palace tomorrow to see the situation."
Braking statically is the best way now, and you can't mess up your position after all.Jia Mu first asked Lin Ruhai to analyze the situation in the court and see what she didn't know.
After listening to Jia Mu, she felt that the royal battle was nothing more than the clichéd question - the crown prince's battle.Although there are other powerful princes, they are no more than two people: Zhijun Wang and Prince.
Now the crown prince belongs to the dignified and noble lineage, so he is naturally powerful.The emperor's eldest son, Zhijun Wang, was brave and good at fighting, and his behavior was quite like the emperor's style. He was praised and praised by the emperor several times, and gradually gained his own power in the court.In addition, in recent years, the empress has been weak and often bedridden; while the concubine Hui, the mother of the Zhijun king, has been honored and favored, and her power in the harem is growing.Originally, the difference between one high and the other low has gradually evolved into an even match, so the two groups of people are almost at the point of life and death.
Mother Jia asked Lin Ruhai which side he thought would win.
Lin Ruhai thought for a while, and finally shook his head: "It's hard to say." The emperor's dragon horse spirit is in his prime, and it seems a bit premature to stand in line with the princes now, and the risk is extremely high.
Jia Mu pondered, "Tell me your opinion first." Lin Ruhai is the closest to the affairs of the court, so he always knows more than outsiders.
"The two princes are young and energetic, and their tempers are a little too impatient." Lin Ruhai stroked his beard and said.
Mother Jia understood what she meant, and decided to think carefully about entering the palace.She arranged for Lin Ruhai and his wife to stay in Rong Mansion for the time being, and let the three of them go back together when Daiyu came back from the palace tomorrow.
Lin Ruhai was very dissatisfied with the emperor's edict in his heart. He had been loyal to the emperor for so many years in vain. The emperor kept saying that he would reuse him the day before yesterday, but in the blink of an eye he wanted to cheat his daughter.Daiyu is his only flesh and blood, his hope of living, how can he let others control his daughter's fate.Lin Ruhai tossed and turned all night, and the next day, anxiously watched Jia Mu and Daiyu enter the palace.Pray that the matter can be resolved smoothly, otherwise, he would rather give up this troublesome official.
Wang Xifeng has the title of fourth-rank imperial order, and can accompany Jia Mu and the others into the palace.It is reasonable to say that Sun Muqing also wears the imperial order, but she has just married into the Lin family, and the formalities for the imperial order have not been completed yet, so she cannot go.
Jiamu and Daiyu first met Yuanchun. Yuanchun was wearing apricot-yellow costumes, with phoenix-like peacock-like hairpins and buds inlaid on his temples, inlaid with various gemstones, and long jewels, tassels and beads spit out from the mouth of the phoenix. .The whole person is dressed in jewels and jewels, radiant.Jiamu, Daiyu, and Wang Xifeng had just met after paying respects, and they had no time to gossip, when they saw Concubine Hui send someone to invite them.Yuan Chun smiled and took the three of them to Chuxiu Palace to meet Concubine Hui.
Concubine Hui was wearing a nice casual dress, and her skin was well maintained. Although she was middle-aged, her beautiful melon-seeded face showed a few fine lines around her eyes only when she smiled.The appearance is amiable, with a virtuous and virtuous appearance.Concubine Hui didn't put on airs, and ordered someone to bring the best tribute tea to taste with Jia Mu and others.As soon as Jia Mu said yes, she asked someone to reward Jia Mu with a few catties.Mother Jia hurriedly took people to thank you.
Concubine Hui smiled and said: "You are welcome, I am on good terms with Sister Yuanchun." Seeing her change of mind towards Rongfu, she secretly praised the Rongfu family for being well-behaved.Concubine Hui's eyes shifted to the two young men beside Jiamu, she glanced at Wang Xifeng, and her eyes finally fell on Daiyu. "Pretty-looking, well-mannered, and a fine girl. Come, come nearer, and let me have a good look."
Daiyu stepped forward obediently.
Wang Xifeng's heart skipped a beat. From the corner of her eye, she sneaked a glance at Jia's mother. Seeing that her attitude hadn't changed, she was relieved.
Concubine Hui asked Daiyu what books she read and what talents she knew.Daiyu answered them one by one, but every time she answered a sentence, she would unpretentiously look at Jiamu first, and she answered very well.Concubine Hui smiled, tired of talking, and ordered Yuan Chun to reunite with her natal family.
Yuan Chun took the people back to the palace, and as soon as he entered the house, he waived the rules and asked Jia's mother, "Why didn't mother come?"
Jiamu's face changed slightly, and she said back to her: "If you go back to your mother, she is not feeling well, and she is not suitable to enter the palace."
"Mother is sick?" Yuan Chun sighed in surprise, then saw that Jia Mu and Wang Xifeng's expressions were not right, and slapped the table fiercely, "What's wrong, why didn't you tell me the truth?"
Jia Mu was unmoved.Wang Xifeng was taken aback, after all, the person in front of her was a virtuous concubine, and the courtesy of a monarch and minister comes first.Mrs. Wang looked at Jia Mu, not knowing whether to echo her or tell the truth.
Jia Yuanchun was furious and frowned.
"Your Majesty, you have forgotten the fundamentals, and you still have the right to be angry?" Mother Jia asked her back with a sneer.
Jia Yuanchun was stunned, he never expected that in her current position, someone would dare to speak out and blame her at will, even though the person in front of her was her grandmother, it was unreasonable!
Jia Yuanchun clenched the handkerchief in his hand and glared at Jia's mother. Because of the past family relationship, Fang Yin restrained himself from attacking.The little eunuch next to her didn't care about this, and scolded Mother Jia for being rude.
"Ms. Wang is about to be divorced!" Mother Jia said in shock.
Jia Yuanchun was so frightened that he hurriedly dismissed the idlers.The status of the mother's first wife is not guaranteed, so she has no airs to use, so she hurriedly asked Jia Mu why.
Wang Xifeng quickly explained the process of Mrs. Wang's corruption.Jia Yuanchun's face was covered with dark clouds and he was speechless.After a long silence, Jia Yuanchun remembered that Daiyu was here, and sent her maid to take Daiyu away first with a qin.
Jia Yuanchun found that Jia's mother's temperament had changed a lot, and coupled with her mother's experience, she guessed that many changes must have happened in the family when she was away these years.
Among the concubines, there are many concubines with strong natal backgrounds. Jia Yuanchun was born in Rongfu, which has gone downhill, and is already looked down upon by others.Now that she has managed to get ahead, she has a hope that if her mother is divorced suddenly, the reputation of her daughter's family will be lost.She can't even use her power to suppress Mrs. Wang's affairs.The evidence of the mother's mistake is conclusive, and the old lady is a stubborn person, so she can't force it at all.
Jia Yuanchun thought about it, but he gave in for the time being, and apologized to Jia's mother for her mistake, and interceded for her.
Jia Mufang looked up at her seriously, and said in a puzzled tone: "I didn't expect you to be a fool, how old is the emperor now, and how many princes and daughters he has, you are favored now, and you have a good life as a virtuous concubine. Not to mention what will happen in two or thirty years, but in three to five years, can you still protect yourself?"
Jia Yuanchun felt like a drum, being knocked deaf by Jia Mu's stick.Don't say three to five years, even after three to five months, she can't guarantee that she will be like she is now.The harem has always been a place where 'only the newcomers laugh but not the old ones cry'.
"Look at your clothes that steal the limelight, and look at Concubine Hui's, you are only a star and a half away from her." Mother Jia said again.
Jia Yuanchun looked at his attire, and said a little wronged: "These outfits were all given to me by Concubine Hui, she said that she is getting old and can't dress gorgeously."
"Tell me what you say," Jia Mu glanced at Yuan Chun and sneered, "The thing on your neck is only for eating?"
Yuan Chun was stunned, and shook his lips, a little unable to adapt to Jia's mother's way of speaking.Too poisonous!But she didn't dare to refute, her mother's life was also her fate, and she was strangled to death by Jia Mu.But thinking about it carefully, Yuan Chun felt that Jia's mother's words seemed to make sense.
Wang Xifeng exists as a mediator, comforting Yuanchun with gentle words, and analyzing the danger she faces at the same time.It made Jia Yuanchun realize that he was in a place where tigers and wolves gathered, and he was in danger of dying at any time.
Yuan Chun was better than her parents anyway, and soon there was a tendency to wake up.
Mother Jia calmed down her anger for a while, and Fang softened her tone a little: "I am your own grandmother, I will not harm you, and I understand your difficulties. It is reasonable to say that your mother's fault is enough to punish her ten or eight times. Forgive her, it all depends on the affection of your brothers and sisters."
Jia Yuanchun thanked Jia's mother in tears, "I was wrong. I forgot who I was once I gained power. Thank you for your grandmother's enlightenment. I need to ask you to show me how my granddaughter should go in the future."
We didn't have much time to meet each other, so Mother Jia didn't have time to explain everything to Yuan Chun in detail, and told her the key points: "Concubine Hui is using you, don't trust her in anything. If you want to live in the palace for a long time, check the people around you carefully. Keep in mind the lessons learned by those concubines who were demoted and deceased, and learn from those concubines who sat firmly in the harem and stood still. Don't ask about political affairs, don't meddle in business, and don't ask for anything in front of the emperor. In short, act low-key and humble As a human being, never ask for things you shouldn't want, let alone show off. There is one more thing you must keep in mind, even if you have the opportunity, never go home to visit your relatives."
Jia Yuanchun was stunned when he heard the last sentence, and looked at Jia's mother in bewilderment, not understanding why.
"Let me ask you, has Concubine Hui visited her relatives, what about Concubine Rong and Concubine Yi?"
Jiamu's words were like a blow to the head, waking Yuanchun awake.
Yuan Chun shook his head one after another, and finally understood the reason for this.These three concubines are all old people close to the emperor. They have raised princes and daughters, and they have a very high status in the palace; they are not yet qualified to go to the palace to visit their relatives.As my grandmother said, if she gets too much limelight, she will become the target of public criticism, and she will surely die soon.
Mother Jia waited for the time to leave.
Jia Yuanchun had received a lot of education, but he was very reluctant to let go of his grandmother, a wise old lady.
Before leaving, Mother Jia has one last thing to ask, "You have to help with the affairs of your uncle Lin's house. Concubine Hui will ask you later if you are not sure, and you must praise Daiyu, and mention you to her by the way. Father and your uncle. Remember, only mention it quietly in front of Concubine Hui."
Jia Yuanchun nodded, and sent off Jiamu with tears in his eyes.Not long after, concubine Hui sent someone to summon her.Jia Yuanchun thought that the emperor might go to her place at this time, changed his clothes, streamlined his hair accessories, and went to her place to pay his respects in a tepid way.
"Good sister, come and sit beside me." Concubine Hui smiled and asked her to come over without waiting for Yuan Chun to salute.When she found that Yuan Chun had changed her clothes, she was a little dissatisfied and said, "Why did you change it? It turns out that the attire is so glamorous. It is just at your age. If the emperor sees it, he will also like it."
"My sister is stupid, she just drank tea and stained her clothes." Yuan Chun changed the subject and asked Concubine Hui why she wanted her to come.
"I just saw that your cousin Lin is pretty, tell me about her." Concubine Hui said with interest.
Yuan Chun got excited and praised Daiyu as soon as she opened her mouth, but all the good words she had learned in her life were used on Daiyu in different ways.Concubine Hui listened very enthusiastically at first, but then the more she listened, the more she felt that something was wrong, and she was even a little impatient.Yuan Chun was still talking, and casually brought up Lin Ruhai, Daiyu's father, and led him along, then the conversation turned to his father and Uncle Xi.Concubine Hui hurriedly interjected and told her to stop, Yuan Chun was leaving, but she still wanted to keep her, and asked Yuan Chun to taste the cakes from the Imperial Dining Room.
After a while, the emperor came.Concubine Hui rushed to tell the emperor that seeing her family in Yuanchun today went well.
The emperor looked at Yuan Chun with a smile, seeing that she was dressed much lighter today, his eyes lit up.
Concubine Hui smiled and continued, "Looking at the teary eyes of my sister, my concubine feels sorry for her. After all, my sister has not seen her family for more than ten years since she entered the palace. Really It makes people feel sad and distressed, my good sister!"
The emperor was so moved, he looked at Yuan Chun in a blink of an eye: "If that's the case, I will allow you to go home and visit your relatives, how about it?"
Concubine Hui hurriedly asked Yuan Chun to thank her.
Yuan Chun solemnly knelt down to thank the emperor, and then politely declined.
Concubine Hui asked puzzledly: "Good sister, it's rare to have another chance to visit relatives. This is a great honor bestowed on you by the emperor. Why don't you want to?"
Hearing this, the emperor's face became slightly gloomy, and he looked at Yuan Chun.
Yuan Chun hurriedly pleaded guilty and said: "Thanks to the grace of the sage, the concubine has met her family today, and she is grateful and content, and has no extravagance. But Sister Hui, she has been away from home for 30 years, and she hasn't seen her family for a long time."
The emperor glanced at Yuan Chun happily, then smiled and said, "Then I will accept your wish and let Concubine Hui go back, that's the deal."
Concubine Hui quickly organized her refusal, but just as she was about to say it, she was choked back by the emperor's words.
The emperor's order has been issued, and there is no room for refutation.
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Concubine Hui was irritated by the matter of showing off her relatives, so she saw her son Zhijun Wang cheerfully congratulating her.Concubine Hui was so angry that he taught him to be ignorant.After Zhijun Wang understood, he hurriedly comforted Concubine Hui with a few words.
Concubine Hui was so angry that she pulled the brocade handkerchief in her hand: "I don't know if Concubine Xiande did it on purpose or if she was stupid!"
"I think it's stupid. She is so grateful for her loyalty to the concubine mother." Prince Zhijun said with a smile, without doubting concubine mother's ability to control people's hearts.
Concubine Hui was laughed at by her son.
King Zhijun followed Lehe, then raised his eyebrows and asked him: "What do you think about Lin Ruhai, mother and concubine?"
As soon as she heard the word "Lin", Concubine Hui thought of Yuan Chun's "praise words" about Lin Daiyu, and her ears hummed uncomfortably.Concubine Hui felt disgusted when she thought of Yuan Chun's eagerness to seek vanity for her mother's family at that time.Concubine Hui thought again when she asked Daiyu what to say, that girl was like a marionette, and had to follow Jiamu's winks.Concubine Hui guessed that all of this must have been instigated by the old lady of the Jia family. This old guy thought that if he worked so hard to sell well, he would have a chance to climb high.How stupid!With such a stupid family holding her back, the girl is not smart, even if it is Lin Ruhai's daughter, it is useless to get it.
Concubine Hui definitely rejected King Zhijun: "No! He's just a bachelor of the Imperial Academy, what's the big deal. The idiot of the whole family has no skills. Don't try to win him over, and replace him with someone else."
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Rejecting a royal offer is a technicality.You can't defy and offend people you shouldn't offend, and you can't destroy your reputation; for example, pretending to be bad-tempered or calling yourself sick, the news in the palace spreads the fastest, and it is easy to get everyone in the capital to know, and miss the girl's way back home .
After a night of careful thinking, Jia's mother guessed that Concubine Hui should be a person who is good at controlling and manipulating people's hearts. Since she loves to calculate, she must be suspicious.Therefore, Jia's mother only needs to gather Yuanchun and make him sell and praise Daiyu in front of Concubine Hui.Concubine Hui must have doubts and resistance instinctively, subconsciously rejecting the Lin family's choice.In this way, no important person will be offended, and Daiyu's boudoir name will not be ruined, so it can be said to have both.
Mother Jia came out of the palace with Wang Xifeng and Daiyu, and she was relieved.The three went back to the house by car, and got off after the second gate. Jia Mu saw a young man standing in front of the hanging flower gate, dressed in coarse cloth, whose back was very familiar.
Wang Xifeng didn't think much about it, and immediately asked who the person in front was and why he was blocking the way.
Seeing the movement of the man's figure, Jia Mu narrowed her eyes and asked, "Is it Baoyu?"
Jia Mu immediately sent someone to send a message to Lin Ruhai.Lin Ruhai was startled, and immediately asked for leave to go home, and led Daiyu to Rongfu with his wife Sun Muqing.This matter came too hastily, and the people in the palace didn't even inform him, the father.Because of this, Lin Ruhai was even more worried.It is not scary for Daiyu to enter the palace, what is scary is the meaning of entering the palace this time.
Concubine Hui has her eyes on the Lin family!
Lin Ruhai understood that even if Concubine Hui didn't let Jia Mu bring Daiyu into the palace this time, sooner or later there would be other reasons for Daiyu to go, and she couldn't escape.I also blame myself for being too high-profile recently, being mentioned by the emperor several times in public, and attracting the attention of people who shouldn't be provoked.
On the way, Sun Muqing advised Lin Ruhai not to worry, but she was also anxious in her heart.It's a pity that she has only married into the Lin family for a few days, and she doesn't have the great popularity of those aristocratic ladies, so she can't help anything.Now she and Lin Ruhai have to rely on the old lady of Rong Mansion to come up with an idea.
The couple entered the mansion and led Daiyu to meet Jiamu.Wang Xifeng took Daiyu away and went to play with the Sanchun sisters.
Lin Ruhai was in a hurry, so he stopped being polite to Jia Mu, and asked for help straight to the point. "She summoned Daiyu this time, I'm afraid she has other deep meanings. The king of Zhijun recently passed away a concubine." The royal family wants a daughter-in-law, no matter how high they are, there is no such thing as whether they are worthy or not, so how can outsiders be tolerated? cut in.Lin Ruhai was afraid of this, their Lin family didn't want such desperate wealth.
Sun Muqing knelt down to Mother Jia and begged, "Old lady, you are the only one who can help the master. Daiyu is the only child of the Lin family, and she is not in good health. A place of bones."
"What are you doing, get up quickly, I should be the one asking for it." Lin Ruhai also knelt down as she spoke, and Jia's mother hurriedly helped the couple up.
"The matter has not been clarified yet, you husband and wife, don't be too anxious, the more critical the moment is, the more calm you are." Jia Mu gently comforted the couple.Daiyu's matter was indeed difficult, because they were completely defenseless and did not know what the purpose of Concubine Hui's move was.
Lin Ruhai thought for a while, and said to Jia Mu: "Don't you know an old concubine, can I get some news?"
Jia Mu said: "It is possible, but not so fast. We will enter the palace tomorrow. I think there is something going on here, and it can't be settled immediately. We should wait until we enter the palace tomorrow to see the situation."
Braking statically is the best way now, and you can't mess up your position after all.Jia Mu first asked Lin Ruhai to analyze the situation in the court and see what she didn't know.
After listening to Jia Mu, she felt that the royal battle was nothing more than the clichéd question - the crown prince's battle.Although there are other powerful princes, they are no more than two people: Zhijun Wang and Prince.
Now the crown prince belongs to the dignified and noble lineage, so he is naturally powerful.The emperor's eldest son, Zhijun Wang, was brave and good at fighting, and his behavior was quite like the emperor's style. He was praised and praised by the emperor several times, and gradually gained his own power in the court.In addition, in recent years, the empress has been weak and often bedridden; while the concubine Hui, the mother of the Zhijun king, has been honored and favored, and her power in the harem is growing.Originally, the difference between one high and the other low has gradually evolved into an even match, so the two groups of people are almost at the point of life and death.
Mother Jia asked Lin Ruhai which side he thought would win.
Lin Ruhai thought for a while, and finally shook his head: "It's hard to say." The emperor's dragon horse spirit is in his prime, and it seems a bit premature to stand in line with the princes now, and the risk is extremely high.
Jia Mu pondered, "Tell me your opinion first." Lin Ruhai is the closest to the affairs of the court, so he always knows more than outsiders.
"The two princes are young and energetic, and their tempers are a little too impatient." Lin Ruhai stroked his beard and said.
Mother Jia understood what she meant, and decided to think carefully about entering the palace.She arranged for Lin Ruhai and his wife to stay in Rong Mansion for the time being, and let the three of them go back together when Daiyu came back from the palace tomorrow.
Lin Ruhai was very dissatisfied with the emperor's edict in his heart. He had been loyal to the emperor for so many years in vain. The emperor kept saying that he would reuse him the day before yesterday, but in the blink of an eye he wanted to cheat his daughter.Daiyu is his only flesh and blood, his hope of living, how can he let others control his daughter's fate.Lin Ruhai tossed and turned all night, and the next day, anxiously watched Jia Mu and Daiyu enter the palace.Pray that the matter can be resolved smoothly, otherwise, he would rather give up this troublesome official.
Wang Xifeng has the title of fourth-rank imperial order, and can accompany Jia Mu and the others into the palace.It is reasonable to say that Sun Muqing also wears the imperial order, but she has just married into the Lin family, and the formalities for the imperial order have not been completed yet, so she cannot go.
Jiamu and Daiyu first met Yuanchun. Yuanchun was wearing apricot-yellow costumes, with phoenix-like peacock-like hairpins and buds inlaid on his temples, inlaid with various gemstones, and long jewels, tassels and beads spit out from the mouth of the phoenix. .The whole person is dressed in jewels and jewels, radiant.Jiamu, Daiyu, and Wang Xifeng had just met after paying respects, and they had no time to gossip, when they saw Concubine Hui send someone to invite them.Yuan Chun smiled and took the three of them to Chuxiu Palace to meet Concubine Hui.
Concubine Hui was wearing a nice casual dress, and her skin was well maintained. Although she was middle-aged, her beautiful melon-seeded face showed a few fine lines around her eyes only when she smiled.The appearance is amiable, with a virtuous and virtuous appearance.Concubine Hui didn't put on airs, and ordered someone to bring the best tribute tea to taste with Jia Mu and others.As soon as Jia Mu said yes, she asked someone to reward Jia Mu with a few catties.Mother Jia hurriedly took people to thank you.
Concubine Hui smiled and said: "You are welcome, I am on good terms with Sister Yuanchun." Seeing her change of mind towards Rongfu, she secretly praised the Rongfu family for being well-behaved.Concubine Hui's eyes shifted to the two young men beside Jiamu, she glanced at Wang Xifeng, and her eyes finally fell on Daiyu. "Pretty-looking, well-mannered, and a fine girl. Come, come nearer, and let me have a good look."
Daiyu stepped forward obediently.
Wang Xifeng's heart skipped a beat. From the corner of her eye, she sneaked a glance at Jia's mother. Seeing that her attitude hadn't changed, she was relieved.
Concubine Hui asked Daiyu what books she read and what talents she knew.Daiyu answered them one by one, but every time she answered a sentence, she would unpretentiously look at Jiamu first, and she answered very well.Concubine Hui smiled, tired of talking, and ordered Yuan Chun to reunite with her natal family.
Yuan Chun took the people back to the palace, and as soon as he entered the house, he waived the rules and asked Jia's mother, "Why didn't mother come?"
Jiamu's face changed slightly, and she said back to her: "If you go back to your mother, she is not feeling well, and she is not suitable to enter the palace."
"Mother is sick?" Yuan Chun sighed in surprise, then saw that Jia Mu and Wang Xifeng's expressions were not right, and slapped the table fiercely, "What's wrong, why didn't you tell me the truth?"
Jia Mu was unmoved.Wang Xifeng was taken aback, after all, the person in front of her was a virtuous concubine, and the courtesy of a monarch and minister comes first.Mrs. Wang looked at Jia Mu, not knowing whether to echo her or tell the truth.
Jia Yuanchun was furious and frowned.
"Your Majesty, you have forgotten the fundamentals, and you still have the right to be angry?" Mother Jia asked her back with a sneer.
Jia Yuanchun was stunned, he never expected that in her current position, someone would dare to speak out and blame her at will, even though the person in front of her was her grandmother, it was unreasonable!
Jia Yuanchun clenched the handkerchief in his hand and glared at Jia's mother. Because of the past family relationship, Fang Yin restrained himself from attacking.The little eunuch next to her didn't care about this, and scolded Mother Jia for being rude.
"Ms. Wang is about to be divorced!" Mother Jia said in shock.
Jia Yuanchun was so frightened that he hurriedly dismissed the idlers.The status of the mother's first wife is not guaranteed, so she has no airs to use, so she hurriedly asked Jia Mu why.
Wang Xifeng quickly explained the process of Mrs. Wang's corruption.Jia Yuanchun's face was covered with dark clouds and he was speechless.After a long silence, Jia Yuanchun remembered that Daiyu was here, and sent her maid to take Daiyu away first with a qin.
Jia Yuanchun found that Jia's mother's temperament had changed a lot, and coupled with her mother's experience, she guessed that many changes must have happened in the family when she was away these years.
Among the concubines, there are many concubines with strong natal backgrounds. Jia Yuanchun was born in Rongfu, which has gone downhill, and is already looked down upon by others.Now that she has managed to get ahead, she has a hope that if her mother is divorced suddenly, the reputation of her daughter's family will be lost.She can't even use her power to suppress Mrs. Wang's affairs.The evidence of the mother's mistake is conclusive, and the old lady is a stubborn person, so she can't force it at all.
Jia Yuanchun thought about it, but he gave in for the time being, and apologized to Jia's mother for her mistake, and interceded for her.
Jia Mufang looked up at her seriously, and said in a puzzled tone: "I didn't expect you to be a fool, how old is the emperor now, and how many princes and daughters he has, you are favored now, and you have a good life as a virtuous concubine. Not to mention what will happen in two or thirty years, but in three to five years, can you still protect yourself?"
Jia Yuanchun felt like a drum, being knocked deaf by Jia Mu's stick.Don't say three to five years, even after three to five months, she can't guarantee that she will be like she is now.The harem has always been a place where 'only the newcomers laugh but not the old ones cry'.
"Look at your clothes that steal the limelight, and look at Concubine Hui's, you are only a star and a half away from her." Mother Jia said again.
Jia Yuanchun looked at his attire, and said a little wronged: "These outfits were all given to me by Concubine Hui, she said that she is getting old and can't dress gorgeously."
"Tell me what you say," Jia Mu glanced at Yuan Chun and sneered, "The thing on your neck is only for eating?"
Yuan Chun was stunned, and shook his lips, a little unable to adapt to Jia's mother's way of speaking.Too poisonous!But she didn't dare to refute, her mother's life was also her fate, and she was strangled to death by Jia Mu.But thinking about it carefully, Yuan Chun felt that Jia's mother's words seemed to make sense.
Wang Xifeng exists as a mediator, comforting Yuanchun with gentle words, and analyzing the danger she faces at the same time.It made Jia Yuanchun realize that he was in a place where tigers and wolves gathered, and he was in danger of dying at any time.
Yuan Chun was better than her parents anyway, and soon there was a tendency to wake up.
Mother Jia calmed down her anger for a while, and Fang softened her tone a little: "I am your own grandmother, I will not harm you, and I understand your difficulties. It is reasonable to say that your mother's fault is enough to punish her ten or eight times. Forgive her, it all depends on the affection of your brothers and sisters."
Jia Yuanchun thanked Jia's mother in tears, "I was wrong. I forgot who I was once I gained power. Thank you for your grandmother's enlightenment. I need to ask you to show me how my granddaughter should go in the future."
We didn't have much time to meet each other, so Mother Jia didn't have time to explain everything to Yuan Chun in detail, and told her the key points: "Concubine Hui is using you, don't trust her in anything. If you want to live in the palace for a long time, check the people around you carefully. Keep in mind the lessons learned by those concubines who were demoted and deceased, and learn from those concubines who sat firmly in the harem and stood still. Don't ask about political affairs, don't meddle in business, and don't ask for anything in front of the emperor. In short, act low-key and humble As a human being, never ask for things you shouldn't want, let alone show off. There is one more thing you must keep in mind, even if you have the opportunity, never go home to visit your relatives."
Jia Yuanchun was stunned when he heard the last sentence, and looked at Jia's mother in bewilderment, not understanding why.
"Let me ask you, has Concubine Hui visited her relatives, what about Concubine Rong and Concubine Yi?"
Jiamu's words were like a blow to the head, waking Yuanchun awake.
Yuan Chun shook his head one after another, and finally understood the reason for this.These three concubines are all old people close to the emperor. They have raised princes and daughters, and they have a very high status in the palace; they are not yet qualified to go to the palace to visit their relatives.As my grandmother said, if she gets too much limelight, she will become the target of public criticism, and she will surely die soon.
Mother Jia waited for the time to leave.
Jia Yuanchun had received a lot of education, but he was very reluctant to let go of his grandmother, a wise old lady.
Before leaving, Mother Jia has one last thing to ask, "You have to help with the affairs of your uncle Lin's house. Concubine Hui will ask you later if you are not sure, and you must praise Daiyu, and mention you to her by the way. Father and your uncle. Remember, only mention it quietly in front of Concubine Hui."
Jia Yuanchun nodded, and sent off Jiamu with tears in his eyes.Not long after, concubine Hui sent someone to summon her.Jia Yuanchun thought that the emperor might go to her place at this time, changed his clothes, streamlined his hair accessories, and went to her place to pay his respects in a tepid way.
"Good sister, come and sit beside me." Concubine Hui smiled and asked her to come over without waiting for Yuan Chun to salute.When she found that Yuan Chun had changed her clothes, she was a little dissatisfied and said, "Why did you change it? It turns out that the attire is so glamorous. It is just at your age. If the emperor sees it, he will also like it."
"My sister is stupid, she just drank tea and stained her clothes." Yuan Chun changed the subject and asked Concubine Hui why she wanted her to come.
"I just saw that your cousin Lin is pretty, tell me about her." Concubine Hui said with interest.
Yuan Chun got excited and praised Daiyu as soon as she opened her mouth, but all the good words she had learned in her life were used on Daiyu in different ways.Concubine Hui listened very enthusiastically at first, but then the more she listened, the more she felt that something was wrong, and she was even a little impatient.Yuan Chun was still talking, and casually brought up Lin Ruhai, Daiyu's father, and led him along, then the conversation turned to his father and Uncle Xi.Concubine Hui hurriedly interjected and told her to stop, Yuan Chun was leaving, but she still wanted to keep her, and asked Yuan Chun to taste the cakes from the Imperial Dining Room.
After a while, the emperor came.Concubine Hui rushed to tell the emperor that seeing her family in Yuanchun today went well.
The emperor looked at Yuan Chun with a smile, seeing that she was dressed much lighter today, his eyes lit up.
Concubine Hui smiled and continued, "Looking at the teary eyes of my sister, my concubine feels sorry for her. After all, my sister has not seen her family for more than ten years since she entered the palace. Really It makes people feel sad and distressed, my good sister!"
The emperor was so moved, he looked at Yuan Chun in a blink of an eye: "If that's the case, I will allow you to go home and visit your relatives, how about it?"
Concubine Hui hurriedly asked Yuan Chun to thank her.
Yuan Chun solemnly knelt down to thank the emperor, and then politely declined.
Concubine Hui asked puzzledly: "Good sister, it's rare to have another chance to visit relatives. This is a great honor bestowed on you by the emperor. Why don't you want to?"
Hearing this, the emperor's face became slightly gloomy, and he looked at Yuan Chun.
Yuan Chun hurriedly pleaded guilty and said: "Thanks to the grace of the sage, the concubine has met her family today, and she is grateful and content, and has no extravagance. But Sister Hui, she has been away from home for 30 years, and she hasn't seen her family for a long time."
The emperor glanced at Yuan Chun happily, then smiled and said, "Then I will accept your wish and let Concubine Hui go back, that's the deal."
Concubine Hui quickly organized her refusal, but just as she was about to say it, she was choked back by the emperor's words.
The emperor's order has been issued, and there is no room for refutation.
……
Concubine Hui was irritated by the matter of showing off her relatives, so she saw her son Zhijun Wang cheerfully congratulating her.Concubine Hui was so angry that he taught him to be ignorant.After Zhijun Wang understood, he hurriedly comforted Concubine Hui with a few words.
Concubine Hui was so angry that she pulled the brocade handkerchief in her hand: "I don't know if Concubine Xiande did it on purpose or if she was stupid!"
"I think it's stupid. She is so grateful for her loyalty to the concubine mother." Prince Zhijun said with a smile, without doubting concubine mother's ability to control people's hearts.
Concubine Hui was laughed at by her son.
King Zhijun followed Lehe, then raised his eyebrows and asked him: "What do you think about Lin Ruhai, mother and concubine?"
As soon as she heard the word "Lin", Concubine Hui thought of Yuan Chun's "praise words" about Lin Daiyu, and her ears hummed uncomfortably.Concubine Hui felt disgusted when she thought of Yuan Chun's eagerness to seek vanity for her mother's family at that time.Concubine Hui thought again when she asked Daiyu what to say, that girl was like a marionette, and had to follow Jiamu's winks.Concubine Hui guessed that all of this must have been instigated by the old lady of the Jia family. This old guy thought that if he worked so hard to sell well, he would have a chance to climb high.How stupid!With such a stupid family holding her back, the girl is not smart, even if it is Lin Ruhai's daughter, it is useless to get it.
Concubine Hui definitely rejected King Zhijun: "No! He's just a bachelor of the Imperial Academy, what's the big deal. The idiot of the whole family has no skills. Don't try to win him over, and replace him with someone else."
……
Rejecting a royal offer is a technicality.You can't defy and offend people you shouldn't offend, and you can't destroy your reputation; for example, pretending to be bad-tempered or calling yourself sick, the news in the palace spreads the fastest, and it is easy to get everyone in the capital to know, and miss the girl's way back home .
After a night of careful thinking, Jia's mother guessed that Concubine Hui should be a person who is good at controlling and manipulating people's hearts. Since she loves to calculate, she must be suspicious.Therefore, Jia's mother only needs to gather Yuanchun and make him sell and praise Daiyu in front of Concubine Hui.Concubine Hui must have doubts and resistance instinctively, subconsciously rejecting the Lin family's choice.In this way, no important person will be offended, and Daiyu's boudoir name will not be ruined, so it can be said to have both.
Mother Jia came out of the palace with Wang Xifeng and Daiyu, and she was relieved.The three went back to the house by car, and got off after the second gate. Jia Mu saw a young man standing in front of the hanging flower gate, dressed in coarse cloth, whose back was very familiar.
Wang Xifeng didn't think much about it, and immediately asked who the person in front was and why he was blocking the way.
Seeing the movement of the man's figure, Jia Mu narrowed her eyes and asked, "Is it Baoyu?"
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