[Red Mansion] Adopted daughter and child

When Jia Min came, there was only one old doctor with a white beard in the Jia family, she frowned, and hurriedly ordered the maid beside her to go back to the palace with Lin Ruhai's name card to invite the imperial physician.

Lin Ruhai's famous post was still very useful, and in just half an hour, an imperial physician with superb medical skills was invited from the palace.

The Jia family cared about the old lady very much, and now they were relieved to see the imperial doctor come to the door.

It's just that after the old doctor Jia's family had invited to give Jia Mu's pulse, he said that Jia Mu occasionally had a cold, but when the imperial doctor came to the door, he said that Jia Mu had a stroke.

Stroke is a serious illness!

Jia Min was so anxious that she urged the imperial physician to prescribe medicine for the old lady.

Fortunately, the imperial physician is quite capable in this area. First, he took out a box of silver needles and gave the old lady acupuncture and moxibustion for a while, temporarily delaying Jiamu's condition. Finally, the dosage of the medicinal materials in the prescription was determined.

He handed the prescription to Jia Zhu who was standing next to him: "Master Jia, please get someone to catch the medicine as soon as possible, add five bowls of water and fry it on high fire, and turn off the fire when there is only one bowl of medicine juice left."

Jia Zhu didn't dare to stay, and hurriedly asked someone to take the prescription to a nearby medical clinic to get the medicine.

The servants of Jia's mansion are used to decocting medicine, and they quickly decocted Jiamu's medicine according to the imperial physician's request.

After drinking the medicine, it was only time for a cup of tea, and Jia Mu woke up.

When she woke up, the imperial physician removed the silver needle inserted in her head.

Jia Min immediately came to Jia Mu's bed: "Mother, how do you feel now? Is there any discomfort in your body? Is there any pain?"

She crackled and asked a lot.

but……

After Jia Mu opened her mouth, she only made a few breathy sounds with unknown meanings.

Mother Jia was speechless.

After realizing this fact, everyone in the room was dumbfounded.

Seeing this, the imperial physician frowned, reached out and patted Jia Zhu's arm, and led him out of Jia Mu's room, and the two of them came to the eaves one after the other.

As soon as he stood still, the imperial doctor said directly: "It's still a bit late for the treatment."

Jia Zhu was startled, and her face turned pale instantly.

The imperial doctor sighed and said, "I'm not sure how the old lady's health is now. Everything depends on whether the old lady's condition will improve after drinking the medicine tonight."

Jia Zhu asked with trembling hands: "If it doesn't get better..."

The imperial physician subconsciously glanced at Jia Min who was still in the room, and said in a low voice, "If you have taken the medicine and still haven't improved overnight, or even got worse, you may have to prepare for the old lady's funeral as soon as possible."

Thunder exploded in Jia Zhu's ears, and she felt blurred in front of her eyes.

Although he was lucky enough not to be implicated, and because of the old lady, Ding You was not hurt by the death of his mother, and he was taken away by the emperor, but he can still be an official in the court.But Jia Zhu is only in his twenties now, his mother died, his father was exiled, his sister died, and his home was ransacked.

Now the last remaining close elder is also...

Jia Zhu's emotions were on the verge of collapse, and Jia Min in the room was also not much better.

Fortunately, there were He Nian and Mao Shou beside her who would say a few words of comfort from time to time, and because she didn't know that Jia Mu's condition was dangerous, she could barely maintain her emotions and didn't cry in front of Jia Mu.

Jia Mu herself seemed to feel that her time was approaching, and when she realized that she could not speak, she was not afraid or sad, but instead smiled at Jia Min.

Seeing Mother Jia's smile, Jia Min almost burst into tears.

Not long after waking up, Mother Jia found that she could not move one side of her body. The only good thing was that she could not move the left side of her body. Although she could not speak, she could barely hold things with her right hand.

Mother Jia gestured at Jia Min, seeing that she hadn't understood what she meant, she spit out a fairly clear word "pen" in a hurry.

Jia Min understood, and quickly asked someone to bring a small table for eating on the bed, and asked someone to bring a pen, ink, paper and inkstone.

After getting ready, Jia Min took the brush and filled it with ink, and put it in Jia's mother's hand.

Mother Jia took a brush and wrote a few words crookedly——

Call the mandarin ducks in.

Before the Jia family ransacked the house, many servants who were not available to the Jia family, or who committed crimes, or who were greedy for gold and silver from the Jia family, were all sold out. Most of the remaining servants were loyal, not so many. Stealing rape and playing tricks.

Although Yuanyang is smart, she is very loyal to Jia's mother and has already vowed not to marry in this life, so even if Jia's family is raided, she will be protected by Jia's family.

Now she is still in charge of Jia Mu's private treasury. Although there are not as many as before, and the things in it are not more expensive than the previous private treasury, compared to the current Jia family, Jia Mu's private treasury is already the wealthiest of the Jia family, and it is also There are the most good things.

The status of Yuanyang in Jia's family is naturally not bad.

But Jia Lian was still in Jinling, Jia Zhu was upright, and Jia Baoyu "regarded money like dung". Although Yuanyang's status was good, it was still within the normal range compared to when he was in Rongguo Mansion.

Today's mandarin ducks have become very calm, perhaps because they have experienced too much, they have lost the innocence and liveliness of being a girl, and have become silent and credible.

She walked up to Mother Jia and looked down respectfully at the old lady writing.

When Jia Mu saw the mandarin ducks approaching, she couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, and then continued to write crookedly on the paper——

[You keep the key safe, and when I die, strictly follow my instructions and divide all the things in the private vault into ten shares...]

After writing this, Mother Jia seemed a little tired, she threw her head back on the pillow and rested for a while.

When she felt that it was almost done, she struggled again and continued to write——

[Jia Zhu, Jia Lian, and Jia Yao each have one share; one share is shared equally between Jia Huan and Jia Cong; one share is equally shared between Tanchun and Xichun as a dowry; two shares are given to Baoyu; one share is given to Yingchun, and the rest is given to Miner. 】

After insisting on finishing these, Jia Mu fell on the bed and gasped for breath, and it took a while to recover.

Mrs. Xing next to her poked her head to see the words on it, her eyes lit up and she felt satisfied.

Jia Min looked anxious and flustered: "Mom, you still have a lot of time, why are you so anxious to arrange your own private property? Isn't it good for you to stay for the elderly?"

Mother Jia looked at Jia Min and shook her head slightly.

Jia Min stepped forward: "Mother, you have always been in good health, and you will definitely recover after taking the medicine. What you need to do most now is to lie down and rest, and don't worry about other things."

Mother Jia wanted to say that she could feel the power of her body draining at a very fast speed, which she couldn't stop at all, which made her feel panicked.

But she couldn't speak, so she could only look at Jia Min sadly.

Jia Min's heart was seized by a huge panic, and he was almost speechless when he met Jia Mu's eyes.She opened her mouth, but her tongue tasted a hint of saltiness.

Jia Min froze, reached out and touched her face, only to find that tears had already wet her face before she realized it.

Seeing Jia Min like this, Jia's mother felt distressed. She seemed to have returned to the time when the mother and son met for the first time. At that time, Jia Min was just born and was just a small, frail baby who was judged by the imperial doctor to be almost impossible to live past one year old. .

Her cries were so thin that you couldn't hear them unless you listened carefully.

But she is different from other babies. Other babies cry when they are born, but she weeps quietly.

At that time, Mother Jia thought that this child must be a very quiet girl when she grows up.

Later, as she expected, Min'er grew into a quiet little girl.

Her life was not much different from others, but just because she picked up a different daughter, her life became different.

Mother Jia lowered her eyelids, sighed slightly, and apologized to her daughter in her heart.

Then, she picked up the pen again and wrote on the paper——

【Min'er, I know that little Qilin respects you as a mother very much. I'm leaving soon. I have a few children and I have nothing else to ask for...】

Jia's mother lay on the pillow, gasping for breath.

Jia Min had mixed feelings, so she hurried forward to comfort Jia's mother: "The younger generations of the Jia family are all promising. Jia Zhu was originally an official in the court, and Jia Lian's business in the south of the Yangtze River is also flourishing. Even Baoyu, Although he doesn't like reading, hasn't he started to improve recently?"

As he spoke, he looked back and asked Baoyu to stand in front of Jia's mother, "Baoyu, swear to your ancestors that you will study hard in the future and take part in the imperial examination to get a name for Jia's family."

Jia Baoyu was already frightened and stupid at this time. Although his personality was different from ordinary people, he was not really stupid. He knew very well that Jia Mu was his only backer in this world. Now generally carefree.

When he stood in front of Jia's mother, his eyes became dazed, and he didn't hear what Jia Min was saying, so he just nodded subconsciously.

Jia Min turned to look at Jia's mother: "Look, mother, even Baoyu is already sensible and knows how to make progress, so you can rest assured and recuperate, don't..."

Mother Jia grabbed Jia Min's hand and shook her head vigorously.

Just as Jia Min was about to ask, Mother Jia tremblingly picked up the pen and began to write again.

This time the writing was even more crooked than the previous few times. If you don't read it carefully, you can hardly recognize what she wrote.

It took a long time for Jia Min to recognize the word Jia Zhu.

She was about to take a closer look, when the mandarin duck next to her said, "Grandma, what the old ancestor meant was that I hope you can beg the emperor to win back his love, and don't let Uncle Zhu delay three years in order to keep his filial piety for the old lady."

Now that the new dynasty has just been established, there is a shortage of officials in the court. Now the officials in office will have the greatest chance of promotion. As long as they are people with real skills, as long as they are not stupid, as long as they seize this opportunity, their future will be sure. Limited.

Jia Zhu was lucky, he happened to be an official in the court, although he didn't take the initiative to seize this opportunity, as long as he didn't fall behind, he could follow the trend.

Mother Jia can fully imagine that as long as Jia Zhu does not make mistakes, he will be able to climb to a high position sooner or later.

Even if they are not officials of the third rank or above, they are much better than the two brothers Jia pardoned and Jia Zheng. It is absolutely not an exaggeration to say that the ancestors are glorious.

But once she died, Jia Zhu would have to observe mourning for three years.

Three years later, this biggest opportunity was missed, and there was no way to get it back.

Moreover, after three years, when the tea is cold, whether anyone will remember Jia Zhu, and whether anyone will be willing to run around for his recovery is uncertain.

Jia's mother hated herself for being ill at an untimely time, and she was anxious and unspeakable.

It's just about seduction, of course I didn't ask...

Jia Min was about to nod his head in agreement when he suddenly realized something: "Is this really good for Brother Zhu? Before the death of his second sister-in-law, Brother Zhu never kept his filial piety at home. If..."

If Jia's mother really passed away, and the emperor once again ordered Jia Zhu not to keep his filial piety, would Jia Zhu's reputation not be damaged?

Is it really okay for grandma and mother not to observe the filial piety?

Mother Jia was in a daze for a moment, as if she just remembered that Jia Zhu had never kept her filial piety for Mrs. Wang after Mrs. Wang died.

But she is going to die, where else can she think of other more comprehensive solutions?

Now there are only two paths in front of her, one is to ask Jia Min to beg Lin Liu to seize love, so that Jia Zhu will not miss this opportunity, and let him climb up by his own means; Three years later, Jia Min helped Jia Zhu run around, helped him brush his face in front of Lin Liu, and helped him climb to a higher position.

The second point is that there may be too many accidents. Under the circumstances that Lin Liu does not have much affection for the Jia family, the risk is too great and it is not advisable.

After thinking about it, Mother Jia still nodded.

Jia Min wanted to persuade her again, but Mother Jia looked at her with pleading eyes.

Jia's mother had never looked at herself with such eyes before, Jia Min's heart softened, and she nodded in agreement.

Mother Jia breathed a sigh of relief, and wrote another line on the paper.

This time, Jia Min couldn't recognize the words on it at all.

Yuanyang was considerate, seeing that she didn't understand, she translated and said: "The old ancestor hopes that after the separation of the men, the wife can take more care of Baoyu. If it is possible, I hope that the aunt can ask the emperor to look after our relatives." For the sake of the field, Baoyu can be given an official, no matter how big or small, as long as he is not bullied in this capital."

Jia Min was stunned, and turned to look at Baoyu.

Baoyu hasn't recovered yet.

She looked at He Nian and Mao Shou in a daze, not knowing how to refuse this request.

Regarding Jia Zhu's request, it was quite normal, and it was only a matter of one sentence. She just went to Xiao Qilin and said it.Although such things as seizing love are rare, they happen once or twice every few years. It just so happens that there is a shortage of people in the court, and it is only a matter of one sentence for the little unicorn to order to seduce love.

But when she asked for an official for Baoyu, she couldn't agree.

Even if she doesn't know much about the major affairs in the court, she also knows that officials can't just ask for it.

Maoshou stood aside with a serious expression. I don't know how worried he was about Jia's mother's illness, but in fact, his eyes were empty at the moment, his mind was already wandering, and he didn't know where his thoughts had wandered.

He Nian had been paying attention to the previous conversation between Jia Mu and Jia Min, and he could probably see that the old lady was relying on Jia Min's concern to cause chaos, and wanted to use Jia Min's feelings for her to achieve her own goals.

But on the one hand, Mother Jia's request was not too much, and on the other hand, he saw that Mother Jia's eyes were really lax during the meeting, and it seemed that he was really going to die, so he didn't interrupt.

But Jia Min has already asked him for help, it seems that it is not good for him to keep quiet?

He Nian stepped forward, took a look at Jia Mu's writing, nodded and said: "The old ancestor is sure that the last wish is to ask sister to make an order and give Baoyu an official to do it?"

Mother Jia's eyes were in a trance for a moment, and she nodded.

He Nian shrugged: "Old ancestor, grandson agrees to your request."

Jia's mother didn't expect He Nian to agree to her request so easily, her eyes were focused, and her eyes were slightly bright when she looked at He Nian.

He Nian smiled: "It's fine for the ancestor not to regret it in the future."

After speaking, he glanced at Baoyu, shook his head, and said nothing more.

If you ask him, although Baoyu is not a very responsible person and likes to evade his own responsibilities, he is indeed very smart. If he really puts his heart on studying for the imperial examination, he may not fail to pass the Jinshi exam.

And once you pass the Jinshi exam, your official career will be smoother than directly granting an official——

The best example is Jia Zheng.Jia Zheng has been in the position of head of the Ministry of Industry for decades without moving his home. Apart from his lack of talent for being an official, it is also because he was not born in a serious imperial examination.

In the court where the vast majority of officials were born in the imperial examination, a Jia Zheng who did not take the imperial examination but took the examination of his father's shade to get a fifth-rank official position would obviously not be very popular.

And this kind of unpopularity will always affect his official promotion.

What Jia's mother is doing now is almost to ask Jia Baoyu to repeat the path his father Jia Zheng walked, so that his future can be seen at a glance.

But what about Guan Henian?

Although this is not good for Baoyu, it is obviously a good thing for Lin Liu.

It was a hidden danger for Jia Baoyu to be born with a jade title. He also married the daughter of Prince Yizhong of the former dynasty. With such an identity and such a wife, if she cannot be promoted in her entire life, it is of course a good thing.

As for whether Mother Jia made this request intentionally or unintentionally, and what the real purpose is, it doesn't really matter.

The year of the crane smiled, the important thing is that everyone is happy in the end.

Jia Min was still a little dazed, she frowned, and was about to talk about He Nian, but saw He Nian shook her head at herself: "Mother, sister will be very happy to agree to the request of the old ancestor."

Jia Min looked at Jia Mu, then at He Nian, and finally said nothing.

After Jia Mu's request was satisfied, she closed her eyes and lay back on the bed. After a while, she fell asleep breathing evenly.

Seeing such a scene, Jia Min should have been happy.

But for some reason, she had a bad premonition in her heart.

It was already dark, at this time, Lin Ruhai and Daiyu should also go home together.It stands to reason that Jia Min and others should also return to the Lin family.

But neither Jia Min nor He Nian had any plans to go home.

After Maoshou came back to his senses, he looked at this and then that, and simply found a chair to sit on and continued to think about the problems he encountered when making things.

Halfway through, Jia Zhu walked in after talking with the imperial physician.

Jia Min subconsciously turned her head to look, but Jia Zhu just shook her head with an ugly expression on her face.

Jia Min's heart skipped a beat, and she simply stayed by Mother Jia's side, reluctant to leave even a single step, and would reach out her hand from time to time to sense whether Mother Jia was still breathing.

If she was breathing, she immediately breathed a sigh of relief; if it happened to meet Jia Mu's breathing gap, she would turn pale with fright, and quickly called the imperial doctor to check the situation until she felt Jia Mu's body temperature and heartbeat again. To calm down again.

The whole night was spent safely amidst Jia Min's startled reaction.

It wasn't until the dawn was faint and the sun was rising that everyone was temporarily relieved and took a nap.

But no one thought that something would happen during such a short nap.

Jia Min was stunned for a while and woke up. Subconsciously, she put her finger under Jia Mu's nostrils to feel her breathing, but she didn't feel it for a while.

She was so frightened that she hurriedly shouted: "The imperial physician! The imperial physician—"

The imperial doctor rushed forward, but after some examinations, he could only speak to Jia Min with a heavy expression, "Madam Lin, please, please mourn..."

Jia Min's eyes went dark, and he passed out on the spot.

It was a lot of frenzy, and Jia Min was finally settled down. Jia Zhu and Li Wan were in a hurry. Not only did they have to get people to buy funeral supplies, but they also had to send someone to inform Jia's family. Relatives, friends, and old friends also invite monks and Taoists to chant scriptures...

Because Jia Zhu has to take care of the ups and downs of the house, he is so busy that he doesn't even have time to be sad.

Lin Liu also got the news soon.

She doesn't have much affection for the old lady of Jia's mansion. To her, the old lady is just like a pendant of Jia Min. It is only because of Jia Min that she looks at the old lady differently; She should be the same, all the feelings for her are just because of Jia Min.

But when the old matriarch passed away, Lin Liu still rarely felt a bit of sadness and loss.

But after all, she didn't have much contact with her, and this feeling came and went quickly, but she was more worried about Jia Min's mental state.

Losing a mother in middle age is really sad.

Regardless of how other members of the Lin family feel about Jia's mother, Jia Min's admiration for Jia's mother is not a lie. Although Jia's mother uses most of the others, she is sincere to Jia Min.

Now that Jia's mother is gone, Jia Min still doesn't know how to be sad.

After Lin Liu hesitated, he asked while Lin Ruhai was entering the palace: "Father, do you think it is necessary for me to leave the palace at this time to see the old lady off?"

Lin Ruhai subconsciously refused, and Jia's mother's status was not enough for Lin Liu to send her off.

But soon, he remembered Jia Min's red eyes from crying.

After hesitating, he still nodded: "You change into ordinary clothes, don't make a fuss, and go when the coffin is over and you are ready to be buried. I heard from your mother that the old lady of the Jia family missed most of them before she died. Son, after you go, I will let someone release the news, which will also benefit the Jia family in the future."

Lin Liu nodded: "I see."

According to the habits of the Jia family, when someone dies, the coffin is usually taken back to the countryside for burial after the coffin has been suspended for seven to seven or forty-nine days.

Seventy-seven and 49 days is enough for people living in other places to come to express their condolences.

For example, Jia Lian's family far away in Jinling.

According to common sense, Jia Lian, as the eldest grandson of Jia's family, should be the one who stays in the capital.But because of his hesitation about Jia Amnesty, he was doomed not to be able to pass the imperial examination in the previous dynasty, so Jia's mother gave up the long family line and supported Jia Zheng's family instead, and Jia Zhu also replaced Jia Lian.

Later, at the beginning of the new dynasty, Jia Lian no longer had any scruples about not being able to pass the imperial examination. Not only Jia's family, but even Jia Lian's ancestral family tried to persuade Jia Lian to take the imperial examination.

But Jia Lian found that when he could not take the imperial examination before, he was still a little bit unwilling to be an official in the imperial examination, and he always thought about the opportunity to be an official in the imperial examination.But now that the opportunity to become an official through the imperial examination is in front of him, he feels that he is completely uninterested.

Is really not interested, not interested in the imperial examination, not interested in being an official.

Now the couple's business in Jinling is slowly starting up, not only in the food business, but also in the salt and cloth business that he failed before——

Instead of opening a shop by myself, I found those cloth houses that were short of funds but possessed technology, and took the money to participate in the shares. They provided the technology, Wang Xifeng was in charge of the business, and Jia Lian was in charge of personnel management. When the business started to make money, the dividends alone would be a lot of money .

Jia Lian's business vision is not good, but he is good at interpersonal communication and personnel management. As long as it is his subordinates, he will not miss it.

Seeing this, the other partners trusted Jia Lian with the idea of ​​hello, me, and everyone.

He and Wang Xifeng can not only make money here in Jinling, but also get an unparalleled sense of satisfaction in the business field. Then, when he thinks about the difficulties he will encounter in taking the imperial examination, the little obsession in his heart for becoming an official through the imperial examination instantly disappears. Disappeared.

Doing business is very good, there is no need for imperial examinations at all.

Anyway, Cousin Lin is the emperor, even if he can't be honored, but if he is really bullied and finds Cousin Lin to file a complaint, can she just sit idly by?

Jia Lian didn't feel at all that he was in trouble and only thought of suing, but never thought that there was something wrong with fighting back with his own abilities——

There are people around you you can rely on, why not rely on them?

In this regard, Wang Xifeng also very much agrees.

As for the next generation's relationship with Lin Liu is unfamiliar, maybe they won't be blessed by Lin Liu?

Jia Lian had the foresight long ago, and the child was sent to enlightenment when he was three years old.

He himself is not interested in becoming an official in the imperial examination, and he does not want to take the imperial examination, because he will not be bullied if he does not take the imperial examination, but since his son does not have the same backer as himself, he can only work hard on his own!

Jia Lian was not guilty about this.

Not only that, after he learned that women can also take the imperial examination, even Sister Qiao invited a gentleman to enlighten her——

Although he is young, Jia Lian understands better than anyone else that it is better to rely on oneself than others.

After all, back then, Jia Lian regarded the old lady as his only reliance, but in the end, he was easily given up by the old lady?

Jia Lian's feelings for the old lady are very complicated, ranging from admiration and trust when she was innocent and ignorant when she was young, to helplessness and resentment when she was easily given up later.

But these feelings, after learning the news of the old lady's death, all turned into discomfort.

Jia Lian clutched his chest in silence for a long time, then looked back at Wang Xifeng who was looking at him with concern: "Pack up and pack up, let's go back to Beijing as soon as possible."

Wang Xifeng nodded, leaned to his lips and kissed him, then got up and rushed to prepare the luggage for returning to Beijing.

Because it is going home for the funeral, I must travel all the way quickly, so as not to delay the time.

Jia Lian's family didn't dare to take other people's boats, so they had to find someone to rent a small boat temporarily. After putting their luggage on it, the family set off on the road with only a few maids and servants serving them.

I hurried all the way, and finally returned to the capital on the sixth day of No.40.

Seeing Jia Lian, Jia Zhu heaved a sigh of relief.

He also didn't see outside, pulled Jia Lian and began to introduce the details of various places and personnel exchanges.

Jia Lian and Wang Xifeng are good at housekeeping and management. They have been doing business outside these years and often deal with outsiders. Their skills are much better than before. When the two came back, the Jia family, which seemed a bit hectic, became orderly in an instant. stand up.

It's just that the three children of Jia Lian and his wife are still young, so they can only be left to Mrs. Xing to take care of them if they stay in Jia's house.

But Mrs. Xing also has a son Jia Yao who is also young. After Jia Lian's child was sent there, she had a few fights with her.

As a grandmother, Mrs. Xing has no intention of taking care of her grandson. Once Jia Yao and Jia Lian's children get into trouble, she will never let Jia Lian's children give way to Jia Yao, regardless of right or wrong.

If a child is wronged, he will naturally sue his parents.

Jia Lian and Wang Xifeng thought at first that they had only returned to the capital for the funeral, and they would have to carry the coffin back to Jinling in a few days, so there was really no need to quarrel with Mrs. Xing in just a few days.

But once or twice was fine, the child had conflicts too many times, Wang Xifeng's violent temper couldn't be tolerated, she directly brought the servant girl to find her, and yelled at Mrs. Xing.

Mrs. Xing was already clumsy and tongue-tied, so how could she be Wang Xifeng's opponent in a quarrel?

So he retreated steadily, and was scolded bloody by Wang Xifeng.

Wang Xifeng, who had never lived in Jia's house, had become famous since then. The servants in the mansion were terrified of her, as long as it was something she ordered, they would not dare to perfunctory.

Seeing this, Wang Xifeng became more and more complacent.

Jia Lian liked the freshness of Wang Xifeng, but now seeing Wang Xifeng's smug look, he couldn't help shaking his head and laughing.

A few days passed in a flash, and soon came the day of the funeral.

Jia Zhu and Jia Lian discussed it. This time to help the coffin back to the hometown, Jia Zhu has an official position, so there is no need to go back to Jinling together.But the second room had to send someone to watch the old lady's burial, so Jia Baoyu and his wife were appointed.

Jia Baoyu was still in a daze at this moment, but compared to when the old lady had just passed away, she was already much better. After listening to the words of the two elder brothers, she nodded repeatedly without any objection.

Looking at Jia Baoyu's appearance, Jia Zhu felt a little worried.

But Jia Lian didn't take it to heart at all, he just took him by his side no matter what he did, and asked him to learn from him: "After the old lady left, the eldest house and the second house must be separated. Without the pressure of my parents, it is estimated that the family will be separated soon."

"Brother Zhu is an official in the court, and I have saved a fortune in Jinling. Both of us have the ability to support our families. The separation will not have too much impact on our lives." Jia Lian looked at him. Baoyu, "But what about you? You can be regarded as incapable of writing or martial arts now. Although the old lady gave you two private houses, there is always time to sit and eat. What are your plans in the future? Are you going to be an official through the imperial examination? I go to Jinling to do business? Or, do you have other ways to make money?"

Jia Baoyu returned to his senses and looked at Jia Lian with a wry smile: "I used to live under the protection of others, and I couldn't see the reality of the world clearly. Now that I have lost the protection, I feel like a headless chicken. I really don't know where to go."

Looking at Baoyu like this, Jia Lian sighed slightly: "Do you still feel disgusted by the imperial examination...? I remember that you are still very talented in your studies, how about taking the imperial examination?"

When mentioning the imperial examination, Baoyu frowned subconsciously.

But then, he smiled: "Let's see when the time comes. Even if I want to take the imperial examination, I won't be able to pass it in a short while. Can you win."

Jia Lian was taken aback for a moment, then laughed: "You have grown a bit."

Unlike what I said before, it always makes people feel that the imperial examination is such a simple matter, as long as Baoyu is willing, he will definitely pass the exam.

Baoyu smiled and fell silent.

Jia Lian patted him on the shoulder and took him to greet the guests without further talking.

This early in the morning, the entire Jia family was active.

As soon as the sky turned pale, the Lin family's carriage stopped in front of Jia's house.

Lin Ruhai and Lin Daiyu went to court, and they could not come to Jia's house until after the court was over; Jia Min worried that the Jia family's children would not be able to cope, so she rushed over early in the morning.

In fact, Jia Min was too worried.

If the Jia family was still in Rongguo Mansion, the two brothers Jia Zhu and Jia Lian might not be able to cope with the constant stream of guests, but in today's Jia family, few people are still willing to associate with them, although there are still many people who come to visit them. They came to see off Jia Mu, but the number of people was not too many.

Jia Min, Mrs. Xing, Li Wan, and Wang Xifeng entertained the female relatives, while Jia Zhu and Jia Lian received the male guests outside.

Although there were still some accidents during the process, fortunately, they survived without any danger and did not cause bad results.

The sky brightened quickly, and after confirming that no one was playing, Lin Liu immediately dispersed.

The officials returned to their office in small groups, only Lin Ruhai, Ji Song and Lin Daiyu were the last ones to leave the palace gate slowly, and then stopped at the palace gate without going any further.

After a while, Lin Liu appeared at the gate of the palace with four servant girls including Chun Xia Qiu Dong.

After the four of them greeted each other, Lin Liu got into Daiyu's carriage directly, while Ji Song and Lin Ruhai rode in the same carriage.

The two carriages, one in front and one behind, soon stopped at the door of Jia's house.

After recovering his identity, Ji Song's relationship with the former General Shenwu's family is also good. Although the Feng family no longer has the title of General Shenwu, they were directly awarded the title of Uncle Shenwu for helping Ji Song.

Now the Feng family's status in the capital is much higher than before.

Also because they have a good relationship with Ji Song, they also got the news that although Lin Liu doesn't value the Jia family, he still has affection for the younger generation of the Jia family.

What's more, the old lady is also the mother of the emperor's adoptive mother?The Feng family had a good relationship with the Jia family before?

So on this day, Feng Tang came with his wife and son to express condolences.

It was a coincidence that when they arrived at Jia's house, they happened to run into Lin Liu and the others getting off the carriage.

Lin Ruhai and Ji Song walked ahead and got off the carriage at this moment.

Lin Liu got out of the carriage first, then turned to La Daiyu.

When Feng Tang and the others came over, they saw Lin Liu turning his back to them to pick up Daiyu, and Daiyu just poked her head out of the carriage.

Feng Tang just glanced at Daiyu, then looked away, but frowned at Lin Liu's back——

I always feel that this back looks familiar.

Mrs. Feng stretched out her hand to pinch Feng Tang, and looked at him threateningly: "What are you looking at?"

Feng Tang begged for forgiveness and explained: "I just think the back of the girl who didn't see the face looks familiar, as if I've seen it many times somewhere."

Mrs. Feng stared at him, and was about to speak, when Feng Tang exclaimed: "Your Majesty..."

"Huh? What must it be?" Mrs. Feng turned her head in a daze, and met Lin Liu's smiling eyes.Her legs were so frightened that she almost knelt down to Lin Liu on the spot.

Think about it before, when Lin Liu was not the emperor, and when Ji Song was her nominal son, she really regarded herself as Lin Liu's mother-in-law!

Mrs. Feng's face was stiff, thinking of what she had done before, she wanted to slap herself——

Who gave you the face to dare to be the emperor's mother-in-law?

Lin Liu liked Mrs. Feng very much, after all, Mrs. Feng was really kind to her back then.

It's just that she was watching, and Mrs. Feng's expression seemed a little wrong when she saw her?She was about to go forward, but was stopped by Daiyu: "Sister, let's go in first. The longer you stand at the door, the more likely you will be recognized."

Lin Liu was startled, turned around and nodded at Feng Tang's family, and then entered Jia's house first.

Daiyu, Lin Ruhai and others quickly followed.

Mrs. Feng turned her head and looked at Feng Tang, and they both breathed a sigh of relief.

Only Feng Tang, who hadn't figured out the situation beside him, fell on Lin Daiyu, took a look, avoided it embarrassingly, took another look, and avoided it again...

Mrs. Feng looked angry and laughed: "Like a fool!"

Seeing that the backs of the Lin family were about to disappear at the door of Jia's house, Feng Ziying said quickly: "Father, mother, let's go in quickly and stand at the door to block the way."

Feng Tang glared at Feng Ziying angrily. After all, he didn't reprimand his son at the door of Jia's house, but entered Jia's house with his wife.

Feng Ziying followed behind, thinking of the scene she saw just now, she couldn't help but feel a surge of emotion: Long time no see, Miss Lin