After the Rebirth of the Red Chamber

When Shi Nai went home from the Yamen, as soon as he entered the main room, Mrs. Yan handed over Zhang Dahong's gold-painted invitation.

"What is this?" He took it a little strangely.

Under normal circumstances, only the invitations that Yan Shi himself is not good at deciding will be brought in front of him.With his current status, Yan Shi no longer has to worry so much.

Yan frowned slightly, and said, "This is from the Mansion of the Marquis of Jingsui. It is said that the Marquis of Jingsui is going to remarry, and the wedding date is set in half a month."

Shi Nai understood a little bit.

The current Marquis of Jingsui is Xu Deng.He and Shi Nai worked together for the first prince, but later they had disagreements and parted ways.

Later, Xu Deng was gradually ignored by the sages and grandsons tacitly, and gradually moved away from the center of power, but Shi Nai was on the rise.

However, no matter what, there is always some old love between the two families.Xu Deng continued, Shi Nai will definitely send a congratulatory gift.

"At that time, my wife will just take the children with me. I won't be able to attend casually." He paused, and then said, "Prepare a generous gift."

It stands to reason that this matter has been resolved here.

But Yan's frown did not relax at all.This made Shi Nai realize that things might not be as simple as he thought.

"Why, is there something else going on here?"

Then, Yan took out another wedding invitation.

Shi Nai was taken aback, "Is this a gathering for a wedding?"

However, it is understandable if you think about it.Seeing that the saint is about to die, if he doesn't take advantage of this time to get things done quickly, he will have to wait a few more months.

but……

"Whose family is this?"

"Rongguo Mansion." Yan's expression was very indescribable, full of regret, gloating, and disdainful, "Yuanchun is getting married."

"Isn't Yuanchun only thirteen? Why is he about to get married?" He held the tea bowl to his mouth and was about to drink it when he suddenly thought of something and asked with wide eyes, "Wouldn't it be Jing who married Yuanchun?" Sui Hou?"

Yan Shi curled her lips, "Isn't that what it is. She is the eldest daughter, but she wants to be a sequel for someone. It really makes people laugh out loud."

Shi Nai also found it incredible.

These days, any family who pays attention to some things will not even send out their concubine daughters to be concubines.

The eldest daughter was carefully cultivated since she was a child. When a noble daughter is raised, she is destined to marry into another family and become a clan wife.

Even the eldest daughter of a small official's family, she is also going to marry her son and be her wife.

Although Yuan Chun was only the eldest daughter of the second house of the Rongguo Mansion, if the Jia family searched carefully, it would not be a problem to marry the eldest son of a fourth-rank official family.

Even if this fails, it is still an investment to choose someone with high character in the new imperial examinations.

What's the matter with making sequels for people?Are the other girls in the Jia family still married?

Shi Nai suddenly remembered one more thing, and said, "This marriage may not be possible."

Yan Shi wondered: "What's wrong?"

"Jia Jing is going back to Beijing."

The matter of Jiangnan salt merchants has come to an end. Except for Yan Jin who is reluctant to leave the seaside and is still serving as the governor of Guangzhou at the second rank, Jia Jing and Lin Ruhai, who have also made great contributions, will be transferred back to the capital.

But he heard that the aunt Jia Jing brought gave him another daughter a few years ago.

Although this daughter is a concubine, she is Jia Jing's only daughter.Not only does Jia Jing dote on her, but even Jia Zhen and his wife love this younger sister who is almost 20 years younger.

When Jia Jing wrote to him, he even flaunted it on purpose, saying that when he returned to Beijing to enroll his daughter in the genealogy, he would record the youngest daughter under the name of his first wife Wu.

Although the named concubine's daughter is not a serious concubine's daughter, when it comes to kissing, she is a head taller than the concubine's daughter.

But if this girl has a cousin who is the eldest son and will be a successor, her value will plummet immediately.

People will definitely think: the eldest daughter of his family is only worthy of being a successor, so where can such a named daughter be so noble?

Therefore, Jia Jing would never approve of this marriage.

"Master Jia is coming back?" Yan showed a happy smile, "What's the use of Mr. Jia's disagreement? Do you think our aunt is a person who listens to advice?"

Shi Nai also laughed, and said, "It's not for us to interfere with the relatives' affairs, just watch over them."

******

Jia Jing rushed back to the capital five days before the wedding.

Yes, it was rushed back.

He originally came back with Lin Ruhai's family.However, on the way, he ran into the steward of the Rongguo Mansion who was delivering a letter to Yangzhou.

Jia Min called someone over to ask, and said that the old lady asked him to send a letter to the aunt, and the eldest girl was getting married.

"Oh? I don't know which family's son is so lucky?"

The steward laughed along with him, and said rather proudly, "It's Master Xu, Marquis of Jingsui."

"Who?" Lin Ruhai next to him asked with his eyes wide open in disbelief.

The steward thought he didn't hear clearly, so he said it again, "It's Master Xu, Marquis of Jingsui."

Lin Ruhai put down the tea bowl, and asked, "Is it Dali Temple Minister Xu?"

"Exactly."

Jia Min has been away from the capital for many years, and the inheritance of Xungui has become blurred.When I heard Lord Jingsui Marquis Xu, I thought it was a young man who had just become a prince, and I was still surprised that with Yuan Chun's identity, he could find such a good marriage.

However, when she heard the official title of "Dali Temple Minister", she immediately noticed something was wrong.

——The Minister of Dali Temple is a high-ranking official of the third grade. In the capital where the rich and powerful are everywhere, he is also very capable. How can a young man be competent?

Since the founding of the People's Republic of China, Shi Nai is the youngest and most promising, not to mention Xunguili, even if you count those who have entered the imperial examination.

But Shi Nai's starting point is high, he can be said to be the pinnacle of becoming an official, and he started as the household servant of the third rank.

But even so, when Shi Nai became an official, he was already 24 or [-].

Jia Min asked: "Master Xu, how old is he?"

The steward didn't realize there was any problem, and said with a smile, "Master Xu is forty years old this year."

Jia Min's complexion changed suddenly, and he couldn't help coughing.

——It is already in his forties, it is impossible that he has not married a wife.Then Yuanchun married, wouldn't it be to fill in the house for others?

When did their Jia family's daughter become so cheap?

Jia Min didn't even dare to think that if she was socializing with other wives in the capital in the future, she would be asked, "I heard that your natal sister-in-law made the eldest daughter to fill in the house?"

How should she answer?

Lin Ruhai squeezed his wife's hand, and said to the manager, "You go down first."

The steward didn't know what he said wrongly, so he resigned nervously.

Lin Ruhai sighed, and hurriedly comforted Jia Min: "Madam calm down, the doctor said, you can't get angry."

Jia Min was so angry that tears came out, "I'd better die, so as not to be humiliated in the future!"

"What are you talking about?" Lin Ruhai asked anxiously, "You don't think about me or Daiyu?"

Jia Min leaned into her husband's arms weakly, and murmured, "I'm thinking about you, that's why I don't want to live anymore."

"Min'er..."

Jia Min interrupted him, obviously out of breath, and said: "Anyway, my body is broken, and I can't last a few years. Why don't I just go now. In this way, you and Daiyu can take the opportunity to get angry, Cut off contact with my natal family. Also avoid..."

Her eyes became hot, and she choked up with sobs: "It also prevents Daiyu and I from being looked down upon when we go out to socialize."

Lin Ruhai was anxious and angry, hugging his wife, he was so anxious that he was about to cry, "What nonsense are you talking about? Since you came to my house, neither mother nor I treat you as an outsider? Since you If you marry me, you will be a member of our Lin family."

He helped Jia Min up, looked into his wife's eyes, and said solemnly: "Daughter who is married, the water is thrown out. You have nothing to do with the Jia family."

Seeing his wife's obviously sad expression, knowing that she has a deep relationship with her mother-in-law, she quickly changed her words: "I'll go to Brother Jing right now. Brother Jing will not agree to such a thing."

Jia Min's eyes brightened a little, "That's right, there is Brother Jing. Brother Jing is the patriarch, if he disagrees, Second Sister-in-law will not dare to mess around."

Seeing that his wife always believed that the second sister-in-law was responsible for this matter, he didn't dare to say more.But in fact, he felt that most of the matter would fall on his good mother-in-law.

In the past, he had little contact with Jia's family members, so his impression of Jia's mother was naturally from his wife.And as long as Jia Zheng is not involved, Mother Jia really loves Jia Min very much.

Therefore, in Jia Min's heart, his mother is of course very good.

And this kind of thinking also affected Lin Ruhai.

However, since Jia Jing became an official in the south of the Yangtze River, the two families got closer and they both worked on the same job, so there were naturally more correspondence.

Since the two families are relatives, it is naturally impossible for Lin Ruhai and Jia Jing's letters to only discuss business matters, and occasionally intersperse some personal matters.

From Jia Jing, Lin Ruhai had a thorough understanding of the family in Rongguo Mansion.

——The mother-in-law, whom he thought understood righteousness, was actually a eccentric, selfish, and clever old lady;

——He thought that the second uncle, who had a good-natured personality and was well-versed in reading and manners, was actually a cowardly, selfish, irresponsible thing;

——The eldest brother-in-law, who he thought was greedy for money, lustful and useless, is actually the most knowledgeable and politically sensitive person in Rongguo Mansion.

It's a pity that what the eldest uncle wants wholeheartedly is to destroy the whole family together.For so many years, he has let the old lady and second uncle do their best, never only adding fuel to the flames, never mentioning a word.

Lin Ruhai felt exhausted: What kind of Yue family does he have?

If Shi Nai was here, he would definitely explain Lin Ruhai's doubts out of love: Even if you are a king, you can't bring a group of bronzes.What's more, the family in Rongguo Mansion doesn't even count as Bronze, at most they are just a bunch of rookies.

Even without Shi Nai's explanation, Lin Ruhai knew that it was a group of people who were desperately holding back.

The only difference is that Jia Zheng and Jia's mother do not know that they are holding back, while Jia Amnesty is very cheerful and willing to hold back.

The author has something to say: Lin Ruhai: I always feel that my legs are about to be dragged and broken, why?

Jia Jing: I have been dragged by them since I was a child, did I say anything?