Honglou Xing

Half an hour later, a midwife smiled and came over to announce the good news: "Congratulations to the old man and the old lady, the mother and child are safe. My brother is a lucky person when he was born, and he is no more wrinkled than other people who just gave birth. Tsk tsk, his long It must be called a water spirit, with eyebrows and eyes very much like a master, very handsome, and will definitely be a promising and suave person in the future!"

Mother Jia nodded her head, rewarded the money, and went to see it right away.

The midwife hurriedly stopped her: "We have to wait for a while, until it's cleaned up over there."

Mother Jia laughed again, nodded in agreement, and turned her head to persuade her eldest son, Jia Amnesty, not to be in a hurry.But this time, there was no one there.Jia's mother looked around and caught a shadow of Jia Amnesty.How could he know that this guy was disobedient, and in the blink of an eye, he rushed into the delivery room.

Jia Mu was both happy and angry: "Look at how impatient he is. If this woman's delivery room is not cleaned up, be careful of getting bad luck."

"Bah, bah, bah, you must be overjoyed, overjoyed..." The midwife said sweetly when she saw the wind making her way.

Mother Jia was stunned for a moment, then smiled: "Yes, I'm very happy."

When Jia Amnesty entered the room, Mrs. Xing happened to have finished scrubbing.The child had also been washed clean and white, and was wrapped in a small thin quilt of vermilion brocade, with a layer of fine velvet wrapped outside, in case the little one caught cold.

The mothers-in-law and maidservants went out with all kinds of tools, the leader carrying a basin, which was stained with light red blood.When the servant girl saw Jia Amnesty approaching, she shy away and made way.Jia Amnesty still looked at the things in the basin, knowing that it was all blood from Xing's body, he became more worried and uncomfortable, and strode into the inner room with big strides.

The room has been incensed, and the newly hung curtains on the couch are half-drawn, and someone can be vaguely seen moving on the couch.Jiao Hong and Xiao Hong, the maidservants, saw that Master She was coming, they bowed their heads knowingly, backed away quietly, and closed the door.

Jia Amnesty walked forward step by step, feeling nervous for some reason, rubbing his hands together, and finally decided to walk straight to the bed.

Xing was half-bowed, looking down at her newborn son wholeheartedly, when she heard a movement, she raised her head again and saw Jia She's face, she was startled.

Jia Amnesty hurriedly came forward with an apologetic smile, put his arms around Mrs. Xing, and sighed meaningfully, "Thanks for your hard work."

Xing smiled, took the handkerchief and wiped the sweat off Jia Amnesty's forehead. "You bleed more than I do."

"That's not it. I was waiting outside in a panic, even more anxious than you. I really wish I could suffer this for you." Jia She took the veil and wiped off the cold sweat on his head. onto the little guy next to Xing.

A small face no bigger than a palm, full of features, white and clean, just like the midwife said, handsome and delicate.

Jia She picked up his son in a strange way, and carefully stretched out his fingers to touch his soft face. With a slight touch, the child woke up, and his pitch-black eyes stared fixedly at Jia She, as if he could speak. Same.

"I cried so much just now that I fell asleep." Xing corrected Jia She's holding the child, and smiled playfully.

Jia She glanced at his daughter-in-law gratefully, opened his arms, and held the delicate little person in his arms more carefully.

"The old lady is here!" After the maid shouted outside, she opened the door and saw Mother Jia leading the crowd in lively.The You family from the Eastern Mansion also came, one by one, to join in the fun and see the demeanor of the eldest son's newborn son.

Youshi couldn't help praising him, saying that the child grows up well, and he must be blessed in the future.Jia's mother was also happy, as the matchmaker had said, the child was handsome and lovable, and he resembled her eldest son Jia She very much.

Thinking about what she did to Xing's family earlier, Jia Mu felt ashamed, so she expressed her feelings by giving her grandson a meeting gift.When Jia's mother was waiting for Xing's birth, she ordered Yuanyang to prepare a heavy gift for her.

When everyone saw these three boxes of treasures, they were secretly stunned. Could it be that the old lady gave away half of her dowry?In addition to being amazed, everyone also understood that the old lady attached great importance to Da Fang's son, just looking at this generous reward, it was more than two or three times more than Baoyu's original one.From now on, in this mansion, everyone knows whether the "Third Master" or the "Second Master" is more important.If it is said that these servants serve Baoyu meticulously with one hundred hearts, then they must serve the newly born third master with two hundred hearts.

After the elders finished watching, it was the younger generation's turn to visit Yingchun, Xing Xiuyan, Tanchun and others.Several girls gathered in a circle, staring at the handsome little guy with wide-eyed amazement, extremely happy.

Xing Xiuyan caught her eye at a glance, and she, who is usually rigorous and low-key, couldn't help but praise: "You look pretty, with a heroic face, just like my uncle. He must be a handsome young man in the future. Aunt, have you noticed, brother?" These eyes are particularly bright, like the stars in the sky in the dark night."

Yingchun nodded agreeingly: "I said that he looks different from others, by the way, it is this pair of dark and shiny eyes. Once I look at him, I can't bear to look away."

Xing smiled: "Look at these girls, I didn't know how many jars of honey they ate before entering the house. My son, I like your boasting like this. It's all in my heart, it's so sweet."

Everyone laughed when they heard the words, and the atmosphere was relaxed and happy.

When Jia Mu saw that it was almost done, she sent the rest of the people away.You Shi waited for a smile and nodded, and said wittily: "I just gave birth, I'm tired, we'll come back another day."

Jia Mu stayed for a while longer, and then asked how Xing's health was before going.

Seeing her approaching the door, Xing frowned slightly, and said to Jia She: "Let's pack up and get ready to go back, and we can't occupy the room of the second brother and his wife."

"Hmph!" Mother Jia stopped suddenly, turned around and came back, pulled Xing Shi and said, "You can live here with peace of mind. You are in confinement, how can you catch cold and toss around. Today's matter is all about you. Brother and sister's fault, it's nothing if she vacated a room for you, I told her to give you the yard!"

After Jia's mother finished speaking, she changed her identity and told her mother-in-law beside her to urge her second son's family to move out.The eldest son's family lived in Rongxitang, and as for the second room, they naturally moved to the vacant courtyard of the big room.

As soon as Jia's mother left, Mrs. Xing looked up at Jia Amnesty.

Jia She pursed his lips and smiled lightly, and sent the child to the nanny to take care of.He hugged his wife and coaxed: "It should have been like this a long time ago, we are the big house, and we are the heirs of the Rongguo Mansion."

Xing looked down and smiled: "My husband is wise, that's what I mean." Xing paused, and then said, "I need to trouble my husband for the child's name."

Jia She said with a smile: "I thought about it a lot, and there was always something I wasn't satisfied with. What your niece said just reminded me. What do you think of 'Can'? When I first saw our son, I thought I was attracted by his bright eyes. As the saying goes, a gentleman is gentle and moist like jade, and his eyes are as bright as the stars of the Big Dipper. Only the word 'can' takes its double meaning, beautiful jade, bright , couldn't be more appropriate."

"Good words, just listen to the master." Satisfied with the name, Mrs. Xing smiled, and then ordered to go on, and turned to ask someone to inform Jiamu.

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In the cold west wing room, Mrs. Wang was awakened by the roar of firecrackers.She had a splitting headache, touched the back of her swollen head, and felt breathless.

Mrs. Wang reluctantly opened her eyes to observe the surrounding environment, and smelled a musty damp smell.She immediately frowned and sat up, shaking off the heavy quilt that was pressing on her body.Mrs. Wang looked around, and only then remembered that this room was the West Wing in her courtyard that had been vacant for a long time.

"Where are people going to die!" Mrs. Wang covered her head and shouted loudly.

Jin Chuan, who was packing things outside, heard the movement, put down the things in his hands, and ran into the house.Mrs. Wang was helped out of bed by Jin Chuan and asked for tea.

Jin Chuan glanced at the cup of herbal tea on the table, and said falteringly, "Ma'am, I was busy moving just now, and I didn't know you were going to wake up. I forgot to make tea for you. Damn this servant."

"Moving?" Madam Wang frowned, looking at Jin Chuan suspiciously.

Jin Chuan nodded, and looked at Mrs. Wang in embarrassment: "Yes, the eldest wife is overjoyed. She has given birth to a brother and is resting in the main room. The old lady said that it is not suitable for the eldest wife to move during confinement, so she called the second room and Let’s switch places for the big house.” Jin Chuan said that they would swap for the time being, but in fact, looking at the tossing posture of this move, who knows that this move will never change back.

If it is said that the second room lost the housekeeping right in the past, it is out of control.Now that the Rongxi Hall has changed hands, it has really fallen out of favor.

Mrs. Wang was in a daze when she heard this, her mind was as heavy as if a thousand gold stones had been dropped.She couldn't accept the reality and shook her body, as if she was really going to faint.

Jin Chuan gained experience this time and quickly supported Mrs. Wang.

Mrs. Wang frowned, her eyes widened and she came forward, she turned her head and asked Jin Chuan, "Where's the master?"

Jin Chuan sighed: "The second master hasn't come back yet."

Mrs. Wang frowned, completely disappointed.She then remembered that when she was dizzy, her son Baoyu's unnecessary pull made her even more depressed. "Where did Baoyu go?"

"Second Master just followed the old lady to see Brother Can, and then went back with the old lady." Jin Chuan said.

"Brother Can?" Mrs. Wang repeated in a low voice.

"Yes. The name was given by the elder. The old lady likes it very much. Everyone who heard it said that this name is a good teacher." Jin Chuan replied.

Mrs. Wang gave Jin Chuan an annoyed look and rolled her eyes in disgust.No matter how good it can be better than her Baoyu?Look at the other children's names, Lian, Cong, and Can. How can his second son Baoyu's name be so special?When she gave birth, it was auspicious from heaven, and that child was born with jade in his mouth. Who can compare to destiny?

"Ma'am, since you're awake," Jin Chuan moved his eyeballs and replied stammeringly, "Should we also leave for the new residence?"

New residence?Mrs. Wang sneered, and felt ironic after hearing these three words.What new residence, she was obviously thrown into limbo by the old lady.

Mrs. Wang couldn't accept it for a while, she was silent for a while, and ordered Jin Chuan to make tea for herself, and then talk after a while.

Jin Chuan pursed his lips. Now the kitchen is full of people from the eldest wife's side, and she has to ask for tea to make tea.But there was nothing he could do, Jin Chuan gritted his teeth and turned to the kitchen to ask for tea.The attitude of those people surprised Jin Chuan. They didn't mean to neglect her at all, and they specially cooked the second wife's favorite drink for her.

Jin Chuan's heart moved slightly, and he felt a little envious of those who served by the eldest wife's side.But what's the use of being envious, everyone has his own destiny, and there is nothing he can do about it.Jin Chuan complained slightly in his heart about his own life, but he still honestly brought tea to serve Mrs. Wang.

Mrs. Wang drank the tea and thought it tasted good, so she wanted another cup.

Jin Chuan wondered: "Ma'am, most of our things have been moved there. You will get on the sedan chair now, and it will only take a while. Then will the servant make tea for you?"

Mrs. Wang stood up angrily when she heard this, and asked Jin Chuan where the tea came from.Jin Chuan explained honestly that Mrs. Wang slapped Jin Chuan with a wave of her arm without saying a word. "Who told you to honor me with their things!"

Jin Chuan felt aggrieved, covered his face and knelt and wept.

Mrs. Wang vented her anger again, and kicked Jin Chuan on the chest twice to relieve her anger, and called for someone to help her into the sedan chair and left.As for Jin Chuan, he doesn't care.

Wang Shanbao's family brought people to tidy up the wing room. When they saw Jin Chuan lying on the ground vomiting blood, they were startled, and hurriedly asked someone to help her up and invited a doctor.The doctor diagnosed him with blood stasis, and heard that Jin Chuan had chest pains, and it was not easy to check him, so he had to ask Wang Shanbao's family to take a look.Wang Shanbao's family unbuttoned Jin Chuan's clothes, but saw that her chest was red and purple, which was really scary.Wang Shanbao's family applied medicine to Jin Chuan according to the doctor's instructions, and then went to the eldest wife to report the incident.

Coincidentally, Yingchun was also there, Xing turned to her and asked, "If you were you, what would you like to do?"

"Poor thing, mother might as well ask her to come here." Yingchun said.

"Do you think your second aunt will agree if I ask someone to ask for it directly?" asked Xing.

Yingchun was stunned, thought for a while, and shook her head affirmatively.

Xing smiled: "Think about it yourself, if you can ask her to come here, she will be your dowry maid in the future. You saved her life, how dare she disrespect you in the future?"

Yingchun suddenly realized, smiled gratefully at Xing Shi, stood up lively, took Xing Shi's arm and said coquettishly: "Mother will wait and see, I will find a way now, and I will never disappoint my mother."

Xing Shi nodded: "I can still delay it for you for two days, but if it takes longer, it will not work."

Yingchun nodded, raised her eyebrows and said: "Don't delay, my daughter will solve this matter tomorrow." After that, Yingchun confidently left.

The next day, Mother Jia knew about Jin Chuan somehow, and Madam Wang scolded her.Jin Chuan naturally stayed with Jiamu.The next day, Yingchun tried to find a way to ask for it, leaving Jin Chuan to recuperate by her side.

After seeing Yingchun's swiftness, Xing felt a little relieved.She smiled and said to Jia She: "I think it would be good if the marriage is scheduled for this autumn."

Jia She nodded: "I will see Captain Qiu again later, and tell him to ask someone to calculate the date, and we will be sure. By the way, I heard that this girl got a maid from the second room, but is it true?"

Mrs. Xing nodded: "The second girl looked at Jin Chuan pitifully, and she managed to get it by herself. Thanks to her cleverness, she knew how to move out of mandarin ducks, so I asked her to whisper a few words into the old lady's ears. Sometimes her words are better than ours. Children are much more useful."

Jia She nodded: "She is a loyal, filial and righteous servant girl, so treat her better in the future."

"By the way, there is one more thing. Baoyu has been having a lot of fun at home these few days. The old lady called a girl from her natal family, named Shi Xiangyun, and she probably will stay at the house for a while." Xing told her.

Jia She happily hugged his son, and listened to Xing's saying that this person was not too important, and he didn't care too much, so he nodded perfunctorily, only concentrating on teasing his fat and fat son.

Xing calculated the date, guessing that Lin Ruhai and Daiyu would soon arrive in the capital, so she asked Jia Amnesty if they could find a suitable place for their father and daughter.

Jia She nodded: "There is a suitable place, we still have to tidy it up. I reckon that if he brings Daiyu, the old lady will definitely keep their father and daughter for a few days."

Mrs. Xing nodded, drank the tonic soup, felt tired, fell down on the couch and squinted, and stopped talking.

Jia Amnesty coaxed Brother Can to sleep, and when he saw his wife lying down, he carefully placed Brother Can in the middle, and he also lay down.The family of three had a happy afternoon nap.

When Shi Xiangyun came, Jia's mother was a little happy, and asked all the maids to go to her place to gather.

Yingchun now lives close to Jia's mother, so it's easy to move around.Apart from preparing and embroidering a wedding gown, she has basically learned all the housekeeping skills.She didn't have much to do. The sisters invited her, and she participated diligently.

Baoyu felt that life was back to the way it was before, and he was happy all day long, overjoyed.

Mother Jia intended to bring Brother Can by her side to raise him, but looking at the intentions of Mrs. Xing and Jia She, it seemed that she was not very willing.Jia's mother was a little unhappy, feeling that the eldest son and daughter-in-law did not take good care of her, so she simply turned back and continued to spoil Baoyu.

These few days, Jia's mother had a happy life, and Xing's confinement did not hinder her eyes. Jia's mother was immersed in the happy life of her children and grandchildren all day long.When she was idle and bored, Jia's mother finally remembered Mrs. Wang under Baoyu's reminder.So on this day, Jia Mu took Baoyu and others to see Mrs. Wang in person.

Because of Xing's childbirth and the beating of Jin Chuan, Mrs. Wang was hit one after another and Jia's mother abused her. She was already depressed and lying in bed listlessly.In addition to the recent beating of Jin Chuan, the people around her were all cold towards her, and they did not take good care of her sincerely at all.As for Jia Zheng, he came to see her as usual every day, and left after a few symbolic greetings. Mrs. Wang had never seen real concern and anxiety in his eyes.Mrs. Wang became more and more sick day by day, her heart was ashes, and her face was haggard.

When Mrs. Wang felt that she was about to die, Mother Jia suddenly brought someone to the door in person.Mrs. Wang was grateful and excited at the same time, and burst into tears for a while, rushing out.

Seeing Wang's misery, Jia's mother forgave her for her previous mistakes.The dignified daughter of the Wang family, who has always been very loud and loud, is crying in front of everyone, how can she bear it?Compared with Xing's vigorous and resolute, Jia's mother prefers Wang's who is a little weak and pitiful.At least when she was with Mrs. Wang, she felt that she was the real "ancestor" of Rongfu, being chased and praised, and saying what she said was right.And that Xing family, although he catered to her on the surface, he didn't care about her opinions and ideas behind his back.Although the Xing family did the right thing, it was too tough, and Mother Jia didn't like it very much.

Mother Jia thought so, and felt that Mrs. Wang was a good daughter-in-law, except for occasional confusion.At this moment, seeing Mrs. Wang so haggard, she couldn't bear it, she shed tears, and took Wang's hand and told her to take care of her illness.Mother Jia sent many precious herbal medicines and tonics back, and asked the old dowager to invite an imperial doctor from the palace to recuperate Mrs. Wang's body.

Mrs. Wang was very moved, but the people in the room were all ruthless.With Jia's mother's attention, these people took care of Mrs. Wang swiftly and meticulously.With the two-pronged approach, Mrs. Wang's illness has gradually improved.

Everything revives, withered grass sprouts.

In the early morning of this day, after Jia She had breakfast, he thought about the day when Xing's confinement would be confinement, wouldn't it be tomorrow?Jia She was overjoyed, and was about to discuss with Xing Shi about the couple's life, when someone said that someone came from the palace and asked him to go ahead.

Jia She and Xing looked at each other.

Xing smiled: "What can the news from the palace be, I'll go and order someone to prepare the incense case, and you go and receive the order."

Over there, Jia Amnesty was also called.

Mother Jia had already come to remind Xing's side, so she simply went to Mother Jia to wait.

Mother Jia was a little nervous, she was holding Mrs. Wang's hand, and when she saw Mrs. Xing coming, she asked her if she knew what was going on.

Mrs. Xing looked at the confident Mrs. Wang, and said with a smile: "I don't know, but I guess since it's news from the palace, it's probably good news for the eldest girl."

Mother Jia's eyes lit up, she forgot about her eldest granddaughter.Jia Mu immediately took Mrs. Wang's hand happily.

Mrs. Wang glanced at Xing Shi defensively. Originally, she didn't reveal any information about this matter. How could she know it so well?Mrs. Wang felt a little displeased. Originally, this incident was intended to shock and surprise Mother Jia and the others.Xing's words in advance made everyone feel confident, and the surprise effect must not be good.

Mrs. Wang smiled and agreed that it was impossible, but she scolded Mrs. Xing all over her heart.

After a while, Jia Amnesty and Jia Zheng's brothers came together and told everyone about Jia Yuanchun's being canonized as a virtuous concubine.

Everyone was overjoyed, but it was also because of the relationship they had in their hearts before, they were just happy, without too many surprises and excitement.

Jia Mu said cheerfully, "It is necessary to have a big feast and invite relatives and friends to celebrate such a big event. You should make good arrangements for this matter, and you must not neglect it."

Mrs. Xing hesitated for a moment, and looked at Mother Jia in embarrassment: "Mother, let's just invite our close relatives to get together. Your Majesty has just been named a virtuous concubine, and she is in full bloom. As the saying goes, a big tree attracts wind, and it is easy to attract people's hatred. If we natal family are more arrogant, it will only cause people to hate us even more. Why don't we keep a low profile and keep a low profile, the empress is also easy to do in the palace."

Mrs. Wang looked at Mrs. Xing dissatisfied. Her second wife finally fell into something to be proud of, and she actually told everyone not to publicize it.How vicious this woman is!

Jia She nodded: "Mother, what your daughter-in-law said is absolutely correct. Now the court has two opinions, and none of us are easy to offend. Showing off arrogantly at this time is undoubtedly asking for death."

"Bah! Our family just met a big happy event, what are you talking about, you are begging for bad luck!" Jia's mother glared at Jia She, and then looked at Xing's with dissatisfaction.Her idea was blocked, and she definitely felt uncomfortable.However, what these two people said made sense, but the second room's mood was not good and it was difficult to take care of it.While Jia Mu was hesitating, she suddenly heard that there was another visitor from the palace.

When everyone heard this, their hearts were suspended, and they looked at Jia Zheng and his wife worriedly.Is it true that as the old man said, the limelight became so big that he was demoted as soon as he was canonized?