Honglou Xing

Frightened by Jia Amnesty's flickering, Jia Zhen and his son agreed to testify to Jia Amnesty in order to save their lives.

Jia Amnesty had already grasped the physical evidence of the pair of Dai brothers, including the witnesses of Jia Zhen and his son, it was considered complete.

Recently, the eldest prince heard the wind from nowhere, and learned that the emperor sent someone to investigate him.In order to show his loyalty, the eldest prince beat him up, and instead joined Brother Dai Quan.Therefore, the issue of Brother Dai Quan's purchase of a business officer was brought to the fore. Jia Amnesty had no choice but to follow the clues, so he had to present the evidence at hand for the time being to question Brother Dai Quan.

The emperor thought of Jia Amnesty's merit in investigating the case, and also thought of the merits of the ancestors of Ningguo Mansion in assisting Emperor Taizu in founding the country.Jia Zhen's crime of buying an official without authorization can be regarded as equalizing the merits and demerits.

After Jia Amnesty left Donghua Gate, he got into the carriage of Jia Zhen and his son.

Jia Zhen's father and son shivered in fright, and wiped the bean-sized beads of cold sweat on their heads with a handkerchief.

Jia Zhen slowed down for a while, and after confirming that no one was coming to arrest him, she breathed a sigh of relief, and looked at Jia Amnesty nervously: "How is it?"

"Forgive me, I told you earlier, and I will plead with the emperor for you if I tell you the truth," Jia She said.

Jia Zhen and his son finally breathed a sigh of relief, patted their chests, and relaxed.

"However, the emperor still has something to tell you." Jia She stared at the two of them coldly.

Jia Zhen and his son became nervous again, shrinking their necks and looking at Jia Amnesty in fear.

"In the future, it's better to act on your own, be cautious in your words and deeds, and remember to make the same mistakes again, otherwise there will be no mercy."

"Yes, yes, yes!" Jia Zhen and his son hurriedly clapped their hands together and saluted.

Jia Amnesty smiled and told the coachman to go home.He sent Jia Zhen and his son off first, and saw them get off the car and run to the mansion.When Jia Zhen walked to the door, Jia She suddenly remembered something and called out.Like well-behaved pugs, Jia Zhen and his son immediately turned around and quickly ran to Jia Amnesty's carriage to listen to instructions.

"You are the patriarch of the Jia family. You should have heard about the trouble in the school a few days ago. Now there is everything in the school, and it is in a mess. It's not just the distant relatives who are good and bad. It's not right! Mr. Dao, who is in charge, is not a good one. That is the school, the place where the children will be educated in the future, but now it has become a place for flirting. You are the head of the clan, and you can’t bear this burden?" Jia She scolded road.

"Uncle is right, I'll go back and punish them!" Jia Zhen said harshly.

Jia She sneered, squinted at Jia Rong, then at Jia Zhen, hesitant to speak.

Jia Zhen looked at him inexplicably.

Jia She sighed, and told Jia Zhen earnestly: "My good nephew, I advise you to restrain yourself. Not only do you have to control the people outside, but also don't forget to control the people in the house. After all, you should control everything, be patient, Don't make any more troubles called Ginseng Ben, when the time comes, not only will I not be able to speak, I'm afraid even our Rongfu will be affected by you and get fired together. We both belong to the same family, and are connected by blood, one is prosperous and the other is damaged."

Jia Zhen hurriedly nodded in agreement.

Only then did Jia Amnesty wave his hand, indicating that Jia Zhen and his son can leave.

As soon as Jia Amnesty came home, a little maid came over and asked her to go to Jia Mu's side.

Mother Jia had heard the rumors a long time ago, worried that something would happen to the Rong Mansion, she was restless all morning.Mrs. Wang was sitting on the side, persuading and persuading did not work.

Mrs. Xing was not in a hurry, she drank tea slowly and waited.

As soon as Jia Amnesty came in, Mother Jia didn't care to look at him and saluted, and asked quickly, "What's the matter?"

Jia She said with a smile: "It's no big deal, merit and demerit are equal. But in the future, it's better to be more cautious."

"I don't know who has a small stomach and small intestines. He is jealous of our wealth and honor and secretly participated in the book. Brother, who do you think is that person?" Mrs. Wang asked.

Jia Amnesty smiled lightly: "It's not easy to reveal the affairs of the court to the younger siblings. The younger siblings escaped unharmed, so it's time to celebrate now, why think about anything else."

Mrs. Wang looked at Jia Zheng in confusion: "Me? I escaped? What does this have to do with me?"

Xing added: "Siblings forgot? The loss of the Ningguo Mansion was arranged by the younger siblings alone. It was so luxurious that it almost surpassed the specifications of Princess Nanhua's burial. Do you think you are responsible for this? I'm afraid it's not a small responsibility."

Mrs. Wang looked at Mrs. Xing in surprise, and innocently asked Mrs. Jia for help.

Unexpectedly, Mother Jia didn't even look at Mrs. Wang, but squinted, looked at Mrs. Xing seriously, and nodded in agreement.

Mrs. Wang was speechless for a moment, her chest felt like a thousand gold stones had been smashed.She was recovering from her illness, so she kindly went to Ningguo Mansion to help the housekeeper, which was a thankless job in the first place.Those troublesome servants are not easy to manage, so she must be more powerful, so as to avoid offending many people.Now she has damaged her simple and honest image, dragged her dirty body, and helped the Ningguo Mansion to finish the funeral.How can I not hold my breath to be accused like this without hearing a word of thanks!

Now the Ningguo Mansion is spreading rumors that she is "very strong" and "severe", and there are also a few people in the Rong Mansion who are dissatisfied with her, and they get together to talk about her right and wrong behind her back.The simple and honest image that he worked hard to create for more than ten years was completely destroyed in one day.

Inside and out, she got nothing but verbal abuse and accusations.She put in all her strength in vain, and even caused a commotion!

"You are a bit old and confused." Mother Jia said casually.

Mrs. Wang is like a bolt from the blue, does this mean that she dislikes her for being unable to do things?

"My brothers and sisters, remember this lesson, don't do it next time, or we will suffer as a whole, and it will be ruined." Xing added, seeing that Wang's face became more and more embarrassing, so he did not continue.

Mrs. Wang lowered her head in a muffled voice, swallowing all the bitterness and resentment in her stomach under the accusations of these people.

Xing looked at Jia She, and sighed: "I don't know where Brother Lian has gone recently. He hasn't been seen all day. I asked him to remember to come to pay respects to the ancestor every day, but now he has forgotten it. "

Mother Jia frowned, because she knew that Jia She and his wife had given the child a lot of money, and hoped that he would do something good.Looking at the current situation, it's probably a dead end.Jiamu took Xing's hand, stared at her belly and said, "Tell him to go wild, my temple is small, so I don't need him to worship."

Mrs. Xing understood what Jiamu meant. It seemed that Jiamu meant to give up Jia Lian.She glanced at Jia She, seeing Jia She nodding to her, Xing Fang smiled and said: "I showed Yingchun a few sons from aristocratic families, but I think that Qiu Hanlin's son is a good one, gentle and honest, and eager to learn and make progress on weekdays. Yingchun is not a top-notch kid, stable. He is suitable for him, and his temperament is very suitable. Although this Qiu Hanlin's family background is not considered to be a famous family, but it is a gentle family. After generations, they didn't become high-ranking officials, but they are not considered small, and they can be called a scholarly family."

Jia's mother sounded good, she nodded and didn't ask further questions.

Xing also knew that Mother Jia didn't care too much about this, so she just let her know. "Since everything is settled here, the daughter-in-law will go to inform her family when she turns around, and wait for the matchmaker to come to the door on an auspicious day."

Jia Mu said cheerfully, "It's considered a happy event in our mansion. It's just that it has to be postponed for a while, and the troubles in the East Mansion will subside. Let's wait for three or two months."

Xing nodded with a smile: "That's what I mean too, these days are not suitable for discussing marriage."

Besides, since Aunt Xue moved back to the old house, just as Mrs. Wang said, she waited quietly in the old house for ten and a half months, but there was no movement in the Rong Mansion, and no one came to pick her up.

Aunt Xue was a little annoyed, and then she felt that she seemed to be cheated by Mrs. Wang, so she sent someone to find Mrs. Wang to urge her.But I learned that Mrs. Wang was ill in bed.

Aunt Xue brought her daughter Baochai to visit, and she could also inquire about the situation in Rongfu by the way.

Mrs. Wang was lying on the couch with a pale face, her eyes half-opened, and she was not very energetic.Seeing that Aunt Xue was coming, she hurriedly asked the servant girl to help her up, and leaned feebly on the back cushion.

Aunt Xue frowned and worried: "What's wrong with you?"

"Isn't it because I was so angry." Mrs. Wang pursed her chapped lips listlessly, took two sips of the tea handed by the maid Jin Chuan, it seemed that it was not moist enough, she took another two sips, and then put it down.

Aunt Xue held Mrs. Wang's hand distressedly: "Why is my sister in such a state? Where is my brother-in-law? Have you ever come to see you every day?"

"Don't mention him." Mrs. Wang frowned even deeper, and she became even more sad and depressed when she heard about Jia Zheng. "It's also my fault for being troublesome. I kindly stopped the funeral work in the Ning Mansion. I am old, so what I can do is to help out with good intentions. Who knows that this gang will also cause trouble. No one is considerate of me. The fault is on me. Even him, the matter of Ning Mansion’s out-of-the-ordinary funeral has come to the Holy Majesty. He must think that because of me, he has a bad reputation in front of the Emperor, and it will be even more difficult to hope for promotion in the future. "

Mrs. Wang said, weeping, crying miserably.

Aunt Xue also felt uncomfortable. Her elder sister has been extremely aggressive since she was a child. She likes to be at the forefront of everything and is the best in everything she does. She is often praised by her elders.Even when it comes to her family, she is many times better than herself.Aunt Xue saw that the Rongguo Mansion's family was going well, and it was a good home.Who would have thought that she had been proud all her life, but now she ended up in such a miserable end.

Aunt Xue didn't say anything more, she comforted Mrs. Wang, left some herbs, and left.As for the precious things like gold and silver that she brought, she didn't give them away and took them back with them.

Baochai leaned in Aunt Xue's arms all the time on the way, silent.

Aunt Xue hugged her daughter and didn't speak, but her heart was as heavy as iron.I remembered that their mother and daughter went to Dafang to test Xing's meaning, intending to disturb the marriage between Baoyu and Daiyu.Thinking about it now, people didn't take them seriously at all, and they didn't want to call Daiyu and Baoyu good, so they expressed their attitude so simply and neatly.Aunt Xue still felt very happy at the time, but now that she thinks about it, not only does she feel dull, but she also has a disgusting feeling like swallowing a fly by mistake.

The second house of the Rong Mansion is finished, Mrs. Wang is not up to date, Jia Zheng is still that old-fashioned, and Baoyu's child is good-natured, but he is not disciplined.If the daughter really married in the past, wouldn't she be crushed to death by that Xing family in the big house?

Aunt Xue sighed again, her gaze gradually became firmer.She decided to rethink her daughter's marriage with Rongfu Bao Erye.

At the end of the month, it was freezing cold, and it was almost New Year's Eve.Every household is busy with purchasing, and Baoyu and Jialan, who are studying in Qingshan Academy, are coming back from vacation soon.

Everything in Rongfu's preparations for the New Year is in full swing.As the end of the new year approached, Lin Ruhai also wrote to Jia She. After reporting the safety of the family, he told Jia She that their father and daughter would come to Beijing to work in the spring of next year.As for what kind of official to be, the emperor has not yet decided, but because of the joint recommendation of Jia Amnesty, Minister of the Ministry of Officials and the old prince, Lin Ruhai's coming to Beijing to serve must be certain.

On the 28th day of the twelfth lunar month, the sky was just getting brighter.Suddenly, deafening firecrackers sounded from the ground outside the Rongguo Mansion, followed by the beating of gongs and suona, attracting many people to watch and bustling.

The leader is a young man, wearing a vermilion brocade robe, vigorous and vigorous, riding a tall horse.Behind the man were four carriages and some servant girls who were picking up the goods.Accompanied by the sound of firecrackers and playing music, a group of people swaggered across the city to the main gate of Rongguo Mansion.

As soon as the line stopped, the matchmaker came out of the sedan chair, and with a powder incense all over her body, she came to the gate of Rong Mansion with a smile and called the door. "Quickly go and inform your eldest wife that a big happy event is coming. Uncle Sun has come to your house to propose marriage!"

The doorman was taken aback for a moment, and then glanced puzzled at the figure on the tall horse who was not looking at the ground. "Uncle Sun?"

"That's right, Uncle Sun Shao, grandson who is currently in waiting at the Ministry of War, his ancestors belonged to Zhong Ding's family, which has a deep connection with your Rongfu. Proposing marriage now can be regarded as a great thing to do."

The boy hesitated for a while, if someone came to propose a marriage, he should have informed in advance, so that the madam and the gentlemen could be prepared.He, the gatekeeper, will definitely be the first to be informed.But now he has not heard any notice at all.Since the eldest wife was the housekeeper, all rules in the mansion have been strictly enforced, and everyone has performed their duties.The boy didn't dare to spread rumors and broke the rules.Then he decided to ask the matchmaker again: "Who do you dare to ask Uncle Sun's marriage proposal?"

The matchmaker smiled and said, "Who else is there? It's the dignified and virtuous second girl of your family. The age is just right for Uncle Su. She is a man of talent and looks, a match made in heaven." The matchmaker said, and put her two index fingers together to compare Show the boy what a "pair" is.

The boy froze for a moment, nodded, and said "wait a minute" to the matchmaker.Immediately, he came to the door and asked the rest of the people to guard the door, and he went to his wife to report back.

In the eldest room, Jia Amnesty and Mrs. Xing were hiding in the main room discussing the dowry for Yingchun, when they heard the servant report back, the two of them didn't change their minds for a moment.

"Who is this Sun Shaozu?" Jia Amnesty asked puzzled.

Mrs. Xing shook her head, suddenly remembered something, and said: "I remember, I came to join us a long time ago, and you were not there at that time. The butler came back to me. I didn't see him. I just sent the butler to give him some money. Who Knowing that he has a temper, before the housekeeper said anything, he left angrily. It can be seen that he is a small-minded person, so he was not kept." Xing replied.

"Oh, that's how it is." Jia She nodded and laughed when he heard that his grandson, Shaozu, had a good relationship with the Rong Mansion. "My poor relatives can't take care of them yet. If we can pay attention to him, it's a great kindness to reward him with two money. So what if we ignore him?"

"The master is right, but who would have expected him to be so stingy, to propose a marriage recklessly, and to show off in the market, and now everyone in the street knows that he is going to marry our second girl. He has never talked about matchmaking, asked about his horoscope, let's go From the serious way, it can be seen that his move has the meaning of revenge. He probably wants to show off to us, or he really wants to marry the second girl to make him look better. If the second girl really marries, she will never marry her It's better." Xing analyzed, with disgust flickering in his eyes.

You must know that marriage is a matter of free marriage, but this has changed over time.In order to take care of the face of each family, if they intend to propose a marriage, they will call a matchmaker to discuss it in advance. After both parties agree, they can ostentatiously send the dowry to propose marriage.By doing so, on the one hand, it can avoid the trouble of being rejected and losing face for the party proposing marriage, and on the other hand, it can also preserve the reputation of the woman.This habit has become a routine, and in the eyes of the world, basically those who bring a dowry gift to propose a marriage are settled marriages.If any family publicly refuses to give the dowry, it is tantamount to repenting and renouncing the engagement, and will be criticized to some extent.

This Sun Shaozu ostentatiously ran to the gate of the Rong Mansion to deliver the dowry, apparently deliberately "revenging".He is shameless, he is not afraid of anything, and he has good calculations.If the Rong Mansion refuses this marriage, it will definitely damage the reputation of her family's girl to some extent.If he didn't refuse, he would simply marry a girl from the Jia family and ask her to serve him tea and water, wash his feet and beat his back...to avenge the humiliation he suffered when he visited the Rong Mansion that day.

"Now is the critical juncture of the second girl's engagement, and he made trouble at this time, as if he was right." Xing said angrily, and turned to Wang Shanbao's family's instructions, "There must be someone who is familiar with him in our house. Someone reported the letter. No matter who this person is, find it out for me!"

Wang Shanbao's family took the order, and he will do it now.

Jia Amnesty took Xing's hand and signaled her not to worry.

Xing frowned: "I must be anxious about the child. One of our decisions will affect her life. So when it comes to children, I will be tolerant as long as I can, and I will be considerate of them. Think about it as much as possible. Thinking about it in the long run, we should not rely on them in the future?"

Jia She nodded with a smile.

Mrs. Xing remained silent, and the young servant who spoke back did not dare to leave without order, and looked anxiously at the old lady.

Jia She asked Xing for him: "How do you plan to answer him?"

"If you have to reject this relative, the second girl married such a person, it's better to just jump into the fire pit. Why can't you marry him!" Xing said harshly, then moved her eyeballs, and thought about it carefully , told Jia She, "This engagement requires three books and six engagements. He came directly to accept the recruitment, accept the adoption, and accept the auspicious steps. There is no fortune telling with the horoscope. His betrothal gift is simply nonsense. .”

Jia She nodded: "Madam is very reasonable, I will teach him a lesson."

"Don't go, what are you going to do, you, a servant of the official department, found that Baba went out to teach him, but he was flattering him instead." Xing's eyes rolled, and he called the woman who was burning the fire in the courtyard. There is still ash on the bottom of the pot.The woman felt ashamed to offend the old lady, and hurriedly lowered her head to wipe it off with her sleeve.

"Don't rub it, I have something for you to do." Xing said with a smile.

The woman was terrified, and immediately acted as obedient...

Sun Shaozu got impatient waiting on the horse, and yelled at the matchmaker: "What do you call someone? You still haven't come to pick up the young master?"

The matchmaker hesitated in her heart, but this Uncle Sun gave a lot of money, so the smile on her face was [-]% full. "Look, Uncle Sun, I can't just kick the door open and take someone in to snatch the girl. Before entering the door, I always ask the owner what he means. Besides, Uncle Sun didn't say hello to him in advance, so he came here suddenly son……"

"The young master called you in advance, why do you still need you as a waste? I don't care, you call me the door again. Why did you ask me to wait at the door for so long!" Sun Shaozu looked at the surrounding people unhappily.In the past, these two streets were deserted and deserted. It can be seen that these people were all attracted by such a big ostentation.With so many people in a blink of an eye, the whole capital knows, and they are not afraid that their Jia family will disagree.At that time, Miss Jia Er will have no choice but to marry him!

The matchmaker couldn't help it, in order to get that generous reward, she had to risk her life and knock on the door again cheekily.

The matchmaker knocked twice, but no one answered, she got angry and waved her arm ready to knock hard.The door creaked open suddenly.The matchmaker was caught off guard and fell towards the open door.Fortunately, there was someone inside the door who supported her.

The matchmaker thanked him with a grin, and walked away from the man, looking at the jet-black face, she jumped back a few steps in shock. "you you you……"

The matchmaker stuttered and didn't finish her sentence.The burning woman who opened the door spoke first: "Where is the wild dog who dares to come to our Rongguo Mansion to make trouble? Oh my god, what the hell is that face painted on your face, why does it smell so disgusting?" said Forget it, Mrs. Burning Fire wiped the white gouache on her face with her hands in disgust.

"Who are you?" The matchmaker looked at the woman disgustedly, her eyes flickering with fear.

"Me? Didn't you see it?" The burning woman raised the stick in her hand. The front half of the stick was obviously burnt black, and she knew it was a fire stick from the kitchen.

"We came to your house to propose marriage, you stay away, your wife will send someone to pick us up in a while." The matchmaker dismissed her in disgust.

The burning lady laughed loudly: "Hahaha... that's a big joke. There is nothing in this Rongfu that I don't know about the kitchen lady. Proposing marriage, where did the marriage come from? Since the birth of our second girl, Qing Innocent up to now, I have never heard of any matchmaker politely coming to ask about the marriage, which is a good match. It seems that your father is here to give a dowry. Are you Na Cai and Naji? Are you a good match? Soon Take it out and let me have a look!"

"We—" the matchmaker turned her head to ask Sun Shaozu hesitantly. Sun Shaozu frowned. He didn't prepare such a thing, even if it was a temporary fake, it wouldn't work.

The matchmaker had no choice but to refuse to admit it: "Of course we have, but things like horoscopes are naturally kept secret for your master to see."

"Oh, this is really a big joke. Our wife has never even seen the face of this young master, why would she give you the horoscope of the second girl? Let's make it clear today. If you show it, Even if you have a reason, if you can’t get it out, you have to kowtow to make amends to the two big stone lions at the gate of our Rongguo Mansion before you can leave!” After saying that, the burning lady rushed forward and grabbed the matchmaker’s hair in a bun .