Honglou Xing

After Jia Amnesty figured out the secret path in the incident of buying and selling officials in Yangzhou, he decided to return to Beijing to play the Ming Emperor himself.The case cannot be delayed, so Jia Amnesty decided to leave as soon as possible.So he decided to take a boat with Xing in a hurry the next day, preparing to embark on the road back to Beijing.

Lin Ruhai didn't expect Jia She to leave so suddenly, many things hadn't been explained in time, and even the gifts for the Rongguo Mansion were not fully prepared.

Jia She looked at Lin Ruhai's gift list and said with a smile: "Pearls, agates, gold, silver and jade, these are not rich enough, you plan to move the entire Lin Mansion there?"

"That's not true. Yu'er has been bothering your house for a long time, so she has to express it." Lin Ruhai stroked his beard and smiled meaningfully.

Jia Amnesty understood the meaning a little bit, his eyes were crescent-shaped, and asked him with a smile: "Don't tell me that you didn't prepare a little gift when you gave your daughter?"

Lin Ruhai was already familiar with Jia Amnesty, so he expressed his emotions more realistically.He glared at Jia She, and said seriously: "Brother, you really wronged me. My Lin family is also a Zanying family, a scholarly family, how can I not even understand this bit of etiquette? Even my daughter's little-known teacher , I prepared generous gifts and recommended him to be an official. Back then, I gave the old lady 3000 taels of silver, which was a lot.”

"That's not a small amount, it's more affordable than what's on the gift list." Jia Amnesty commented objectively.

Lin Ruhai smiled: "That's the reason, but who would have thought that not a single person in your Rong Mansion knew that my Lin family had sent money. Even the eldest brother and sister-in-law don't know about it, right?"

Jia She nodded.

Lin Ruhai said again: "This time the gift list is here, and there are several boxes of things, so they don't want to know."

Jia She understood Lin Ruhai's intentions, he was afraid that someone would chew on the Lin family's tongue behind their backs and challenge them. "Don't worry, big brother will definitely spread the word for you everywhere, not to mention these things, and your 3000 taels of silver, I will also announce it to the world for you once."

Lin Ruhai nodded with a smile.He must make those who look down on his daughter regret it, the Lin family is not easy to mess with!

Coming out of Lin Ruhai, Jia She wandered alone in the back garden, admiring the autumn scenery in the garden.

In fact, just now when Lin Ruhai mentioned the 3000 taels of silver, he really didn't know what was going on.At that time, he was still a wild ghost who wandered for thousands of years and saw the warmth and coldness of human beings.Those arrogant and domineering characters that were cultivated when they were princes and kings have been worn away in the long history of thousands of years.Even humanity is almost worn away.

Thanks to Mrs. Xing, those things that were about to disappear in his heart were brought back.Otherwise, his road to adulthood will either be drunk and dreamy, or he will become a heinous big devil.

When he was a ghost, Jia She had conceived countless ways to take revenge on this world. He once wanted to completely destroy the generations left by his concubine brother.

But when he woke up and became a real adult, when he saw Xing's for the first time, he realized that he still had conscience and love in his heart.

Xing's looks too much like her first love, Zi Ying!

He and Ziying were childhood sweethearts, and Ziying was arranged to marry when he was 16 years old, but he was not the one who married.After the grandmother learned of the relationship between the two of them, in order to force him to submit to the marriage she arranged.Grandmother made a strong decree to coerce Yingying, made her the princess, and married her to the old king of the neighboring vassal state as the successor queen.Ling Ying refused to betray the love between them. The day before her wedding, she smiled as usual and came to say goodbye to him.

"Brother Jiu, if one day I die, I will wait for you in the next life. If I can't wait for the next life, I will wait for the next life... Brother Jiu, you have to believe that there will always be a lifetime where we will meet, know each other, and be together ..." Later, she committed suicide by taking poison.

He always believed in what Ying Ying said.So he wandered around as a lonely ghost for thousands of years, trying to find the aura belonging to the solitary among the crowd, but to no avail.Until he turned into a human, the appearance of Xing's... It was as if the heaven had made a huge joke on him, but the joke made him very excited and pleasantly surprised.

Xing's appearance, Baoliang's temper, the tenacity and persistence in her personality, and her own little kindness, all of them are very similar to Xiaoying.

He was not sure that the Xing family must be the reincarnation of Zi Ying.But he can be sure of one thing: he fell in love with her, who is now her.In this life, he doesn't ask the reason or the result, and he doesn't need to care about the world.He just wants to be the ordinary person he yearns for the most, facing the trivialities in life, bowing his head occasionally, being annoyed by various small things every day but living happily.The only thing he wants is to join hands with people he knows and grow old together.

I am used to seeing the warmth and coldness of the world, poverty and wealth, life and death... only love is worth his trust.

"Master, why are you in a daze? We are leaving tomorrow, master, do you have anything else to say? Otherwise, it will be late and there will be no time for anything." Xing finally found Jia She with a smile on her face He hurried over and interrupted Jia She's thoughts.

Jia Amnesty froze for a moment, looking at his wife who was smiling like a flower, a warm smile subconsciously filled his face.He put his arms around his wife's shoulders, raised his head to look at the sunset in the sky, and said happily: "I don't need to explain anything, I just have you."

Xing Shi's cheeks became hot from Jia She's confession, and she blushed and scolded him in a low voice: "Aren't you ashamed to say this in front of servants in broad daylight?"

"What's there to be ashamed of, you are my daughter-in-law, if I don't tell you, why not tell them!" Jia She said stubbornly.

Xing gave Jia She a thumbs up helplessly: "Master, you are awesome!"

Jia She's thin lips curled up, which was strangely sexy.He raised his eyebrows, tilted his head, slowly moved his lips to Xing's ear, and whispered: "Madam Xie praised, don't worry, Madam, I will definitely be as strong as a cow as Madam said, and serve Madam happy every night. "

Xing's face was like an overripe apple, and the breath he exhaled felt hot.She pushed Jia She angrily, and said with an angry smile: "You are not serious! Let's go, you have nothing to say, let's go back to rest early, so we can leave as soon as possible tomorrow."

"Respect!" Jia She replied cheerfully.

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Baoyu went to school, and Daiyu left again.Baochai usually has no interest in leisure time, so she can only play chess with Sister Tanchun and chat about what's in the house.If he felt bored again, Baochai would accompany his mother, Aunt Xue, to play cards with Jia Mu.She is a little girl, she is really tired and flustered if she has to pretend to be very happy and play cards with a group of elderly elders.

In the past few days, Baochai didn't bother to go anywhere, so she complained of illness and stayed at home.Coincidentally, Xue Pan got tired of playing in Jia's school these days, and felt that Xiang Ling in the room was delicate, so he stayed at home honestly and made fun of his concubine.

Xue Pan learned that his sister was in a bad mood, so he brought some of her favorite food to coax her.Baochai didn't have any appetite, she sat at the table and watched the food and wine without talking.

"Good sister, what's wrong with you? Do you have to tell me to invite our mother back?" Xue Pan said.

Baochai gave Xue Pan an annoyed look: "It's such a big deal, why are you bothering her old man? I'm just a little tired these days and want to rest at home."

"I don't think you are tired, but more like you are thinking about someone, and you are not in good spirits." Xue Pan has already pointed out.

When Baochai heard this, he immediately understood what it meant. Didn't the elder brother mean that she wanted Baoyu?Baochai was so angry that she pointed at Xue Pan's red face and said, "You treat everyone else like you, and your mind is full of indecency. You dare to say this about your sister, it's really annoying. I'll tell you right now. Mom, go and see how she treats you!"

"Hey, don't go." Xue Pan hurriedly held Baochai with a smile, raised his head and patted his face lightly, and apologized, "Your elder brother is vulgar, he doesn't understand anything, he made a mistake, said It’s okay to be wrong.”

"Hmph," Baochai gave him a squinting look, sat back down again, and warned Xue Pan, "Don't treat me as your younger sister, and you'll be easy to bully."

"How dare you, that's fine, let's not mention the previous words. Sister, then tell me why you are like this?" Xue Pan looked nervously and concerned at the face of his younger sister Xue Baochai.

Baochai sighed: "There is no reason, but I feel that since Sister Lin and Brother Bao left, this family seems to be less lively and interesting than before. I can't get interested in doing anything, and I always feel tired and flustered."

Xue Pan deliberately raised his eyebrows to look at Baochai's demeanor, he didn't dare to say it, but he thought in his heart: if he still doesn't admit it, isn't this just suffering from lovesickness, and it must be caused by missing Baoyu.

Xue Pan rolled his eyes, but he couldn't bear his sister to suffer like this.He wanted to find a way to help his sister but only wished.Thinking of this, Xue Pan couldn't sit still, and said goodbye to Baochai hurriedly with a smile. In a blink of an eye, his figure disappeared in Lixiangyuan.

Baochai knew that she couldn't call her elder brother, so she simply ignored it, turned around and fell on the kang, ready to squat for a while.At this time, there was a noise outside, and a maid said something like "The Eldest Master is back".Baochai sat up hurriedly, asked someone to wait on her, changed her clothes, dressed up vigorously, and went straight to Jiamu's flower hall.

Jia Amnesty and Mrs. Xing have already arrived at Jiamu's place, and they are sitting on the lower left side of Jiamu, laughing and explaining the origin of the several large boxes of gifts in the flower hall.Everyone in the house was beaming, and when the box was opened, everyone was even more delighted to see the gold, silver and jewels inside.

Baochai was stunned in her heart, she didn't expect the Lin family to be so generous.

Looking at Lin Ruhai's thanksgiving, Jia's mother swept away the previous haze about Daiyu's failure to return, and became cheerful, and asked Jia Shelin about Lin Ruhai's recent health with a smile.Mrs. Wang and Aunt Xue also stretched their necks slightly, staring at Jia She's mouth.

"Not bad, very energetic." Jia She replied ambiguously.

Mrs. Wang lowered her eyes and thought for a while, then turned to look at Aunt Xue.Aunt Xue was also looking at her. After the two of them made eye contact, they fell silent.

"Look, son-in-law Lin is really outrageous. We have only raised Daiyu for a few days, so why give such a heavy thank you gift?" Mother Jia said politely.

Jia She explained with a smile: "My brother-in-law had expected that my mother would say this, and asked me to pass on a message. These things and the 3000 taels of silver that I brought earlier, you just keep them safely, and I have the right to honor you for my sister."

Mother Jia suddenly heard Jia Amnesty mention 3000 taels of silver, and forgot to feel sorry for her dead daughter.She froze for a moment, and said hello with a smile.

Everyone present was shocked, 3000 taels?It turned out that when Miss Lin first entered the mansion, she handed over so much money, a total of 3000 taels so generous.My God, this is much richer than the Xue family.Why are they blind? They didn't take good care of Miss Lin on weekdays.

Jia Amnesty then followed Daiyu's instructions and distributed things to several sisters.It's not biased, they are all about the same price.But when it comes to the maids, who are usually a little more friendly, they share a few good things.

The next day, Tanchun, Xichun and Baochai came to have a small gathering with Yingchun.In addition to wearing two new pieces of jewelry on Yingchun's head, she actually wore a pair of fine jade bracelets on her wrists.But I envied Tanchun, Xichun and others, and asked her where she came from.

Yingchun bowed her head shyly, saying that it was given by Xing.

Tanchun was very surprised: "She really gave you this?"

Yingchun nodded.

Tanchun sighed: "Good sister, I really envy you. There is a good aunt who teaches you to be housekeeper, loves you and loves you, and thinks of everything for you." When Tanchun praised Yingchun, his heart was a little sad.

Baochai couldn't stand it anymore, smiled and pulled Tanchun and Xichun back and said, "Isn't it just a bracelet, I'll give you a pair someday, I have plenty at home."

Tanchun and Xichun thanked Baochai gratefully.

The next day, Baochai picked out two eye-catching bracelets from Xue's storeroom, brought them to Jiamu, and gave them to Tanchun and Xichun in front of Jiamu.

Tanchun was naturally happy when he saw that Baochai still remembered the gift of the bracelet.However, when Tanchun got it and carefully weighed the quality of the bracelet, it was completely different from Yingchun's pair.After all, the bracelet Baochai gave was something that a concubine could afford.

Tanchun suddenly felt a little sentimental.She felt that no matter how hard she tried to climb up, she still couldn't survive her second sister's log.Her biological mother is not as honorable as Baoyu's biological mother, that's all, she can be compared with Yingchun and Xichun.Although Xichun is a direct descendant, but her parents don't love her, so she is not as good as her now.And Yingchun is most similar to her own background, since she was a child, she has surpassed Yingchun in every way.When others revered her as "Third Girl", Yingchun could only be called "Er Mutou".

With such a big life, Tanchun thought that he could overwhelm Yingchun for the rest of his life.It never occurred to her that her fate was so good that her aunt had changed and treated her more lovingly than her own daughter.Compared with the family, Tanchun realized that Mrs. Wang treats him coldly.Not to mention any generous gifts, she was not even given any housekeeper or any instruction.She can live up to expectations now, all on her own.

Tanchun felt resentful, angry and hated in his heart, unwilling to reconcile, but helpless.

Baochai saw that Tanchun was not very happy, thinking that she was not satisfied with the bracelet she carefully selected, and explained with a smile: "There are many more in the storeroom. I am too confused to choose which one will please you. Another day I'll take you to choose in person, okay?"

Tanchun hurriedly smiled and nodded, thanking Baochai from the bottom of his heart.She is such a gentle, generous, and understanding sister.

"Second Master Bao is back!" The mother-in-law reported happily.

Jia's mother was leaning on the imperial concubine's couch and taking a nap, when she heard this, she immediately sat up and looked at the woman who sent the message with vigor: "Is it true?"

"That's right!" As soon as the woman finished speaking, she saw Baoyu, dressed in vermilion brocade, stepping in.When he saw Jia Mu, he couldn't help but shed tears and ran to Jia Mu's arms crying.

"My dear darling, you are finally back, you miss me so much!" Mother Jia burst into tears.

Baoyu cried even harder, and said to Jia Mu: "Do you know how much I miss you? I dream of you every day. Ancestor, I don't want to go to that Qingshan Academy anymore, except for a group of sour people who are dead studying. , nothing good at all. It's a dreary day, and I have no one to talk to."

Mother Jia cried: "Good boy, I have made you suffer. I will discuss this matter with your father later. Don't worry!"

Baoyu nodded gratefully to Jiamu, and buried her head in Jiamu's arms.

Baochai, Tanchun and Xichun were also very pleasantly surprised by Baoyu's return and were very happy for him.

Yingchun was not the case. After the greetings from the sisters were over, she suddenly asked, "How did you come back? I heard that Qingshan Academy only gives holidays during the Chinese New Year, and it's only winter now. Why did you come back?"

"Old Ancestor, look at Second Sister, she's getting more and more rigid. When I come back, she doesn't care about me, and instead asks me this and that." Baoyu said aggrievedly.

Jia Mu gave Yingchun a reproachful look and scolded her for her lack of eyesight.

Yingchun was not annoyed, and asked indifferently: "Don't grandma wonder why he came suddenly?"

Mother Jia looked down at Baoyu, who looked at her wronged with tears in her eyes, and her heart almost softened.She didn't have time to take care of Yingchun, she thought she was in the way, so she dismissed her directly.

When Yingchun went back, he immediately taught Xing about it.

The Xing family is now the housekeeper, and everyone in the house is docile and obedient, and there are very few people who refuse to listen to her for a change.He casually sent someone to the door to inquire, and immediately got the news that Xue Pan and Baoyu had returned together.

Xing said with a sneer, "It must be this dazed Uncle Xue who used some bad method to get Baoyu out."

Before the matter was over here, a woman ran over to report to the Xing family for approval of the money.It turned out to be the consultation money prepared for Baoyu.

Xing asked the woman what happened.

The mother-in-law said with a mournful face: "As soon as Master Bao heard that you came back, he didn't bring Miss Lin back from Yangzhou. He suddenly vomited blood and became dazed. At this moment, he couldn't tell the difference between east, west, and north, and he was yelling indiscriminately, shouting what?" Sister Lin'."

Mrs. Xing nodded and ordered people to prepare the money and follow the woman to see Baoyu.Sure enough, Baoyu's room was very noisy, and a group of people surrounded him as if they were treasures.Baoyu lay on the couch, falling asleep for a while, waking up for a while, calling out "boat", "Lin family", "Sister Lin", or "uncle and aunt".It seems that Baoyu blamed Daiyu and Jia Amnesty for sending Daiyu back to Yangzhou.

Seeing this, Jia's mother cried in distress, and by the way, following the meaning of Baoyu's words, she scolded Xing's family happily.

Xing's face was numb, and she listened numbly, not caring at all.

Mother Jia couldn't scold her vigorously, but became even angrier, pointing at Xing with shaking fingers, accusing her of not admitting her mistake.

"What did mother tell me to recognize?" Xing asked with a wry smile.

Mother Jia was stunned, not knowing what she wanted her to admit.Could it be that she was asked to apologize for sending Daiyu back to Yangzhou?But Daiyu was going home to reunite with her father, and she definitely had no reason to stop her.Mother Jia thought for a while, she couldn't blame this matter, there was another matter.

"Look at your idea of ​​telling him to go to Qingshan Academy. It will take less than two or three months. Look at this boy's skinny." Jia Mu raised Baoyu's face and showed it to Xing Shi.

"He's thinner and much handsomer than before."

"You—you bastard, are you going to disobey me on purpose?" Mother Jia threatened Xing with her dignity.

"Second Master Bao is not pampered, he enjoys a lot of wealth and happiness. Can't you get used to living in the best Qingshan in the country? Back then, the old master used to live in Qingshan Academy, and he said something refreshing and refreshing. Even the emperor admired it. Where he praises, he has the right to dislike it?"

Jia's mother was choked by Xing's words and couldn't make any sense, so she said angrily, "Don't talk about such nonsense. In short, if you and your wife hadn't proposed to send Baoyu to Qingshan Academy, how could he be where he is today?"

"Mother, you can't just care about Baoyu. He is always a trouble in the house. Do you want to ignore the innocence of other girls?" The daughter-in-law just sent him to study to learn well, and didn't spoil his mind at all. "

"Still sophistry! In short, you are wrong in this matter! Baoyu is like this, and he will never go to that ghost academy to suffer again!" Jiamu said, slapping the table.

"Mother, he went to Qingshan Academy, but he got the approval of his second brother. The tuition is not cheap!"

"I'll make it up for him!" Mother Jia shouted.

"In this case, the daughter-in-law can only listen to you." Mrs. Xing smiled and said goodbye to Mrs. Jia.Mrs. Xing walked back with a calm and fearless pace. Mrs. Wang hurriedly chased after her and called to Mrs. Xing.

Xing looked back at her.

Mrs. Wang caught up and explained apologetically: "Look, this is what our ancestors meant, and we as children can only respect him. In fact, it's better for Baoyu to stay at home and educate him, not to mention the convenience of serving him. Those who study poetry and books can also take the exam at any time."

Thinking of Jia Zheng's "serious" look, Xing thought it was funny, nodded to Mrs. Wang, and left.

Mrs. Wang was a little surprised that Mrs. Xing, who has always been eloquent, didn't even argue with her.Unfortunately, she had prepared a lot of arguments, but it was useless at all.

Because of Baoyu's affairs and Mrs. Wang's instigation, the steelyard in Jiamu's heart was completely biased towards the second room.And after Mrs. Wang and Aunt Xue sang together, they quickly made up their minds and decided to deprive Mrs. Xing of her current housekeeping rights.

Xing is busy with the jade she brought from Yangzhou.This time she wanted to get a good price, so she was not in a hurry, so she opened a jade shop in the capital and sold it slowly.Monthly accounting audit.

Today, the Xing family is settling accounts, and they heard Xiaohong report the news they inquired from outside.

Xing frowned upon hearing this, and stopped what she was doing.

Jia She had few things to do today, so he came back early.As soon as he entered the door, he saw his wife was worried, so he hurried forward to ask.

Xing raised her eyes and calmly met Jia She's eyes.

Jia Amnesty felt the seriousness of the problem, and nervously asked his daughter-in-law what happened.

"I want to separate." Xing said coldly.