Honglou Xing

Jia Zhen didn't have a good idea, so she didn't even have time to eat dinner, so she drove directly to the Minister's Mansion of the Ministry of Officials.When he arrived, Jia She was having dinner, and the servant wanted to repay his master.How could Jia Zhen dare to bother others when begging for help, so she quickly stopped the servant and expressed her willingness to wait.

With the window half open, Jia Zhen was sitting in the side room drinking tea dryly. In fact, he hadn't eaten all day, and wandered around the door of the cell for several hours in the afternoon, exposed to the wind and sun, already thirsty and hungry.Now that Jia Zhen drank a full stomach of water, she was no longer thirsty, but became even more hungry.From time to time, maids carrying food passed by the window, and the fragrance was desperately drilled into Jia Zhen's nostrils, and her stomach growled even more happily.Jia Zhen felt even more hungry, smacked her lips, turned around and continued drinking tea.The little maid who was waiting on the sidelines in the room was diligent, and kept changing tea for Jia Zhen, letting him drink as much as he could.

Jia Zhen's eyeballs moved, she looked at the little girl in embarrassment, and really wanted to ask her if she had eyes.Since I came here at this time, I haven't eaten yet, so why don't I ask him?There is no such way of hospitality.Jia Zhen really wanted to pinch the little girl's neck and ask, but he came here to ask Jia's amnesty for something, so he didn't know how to teach others' maids a lesson.

Gollum...

Jia Zhen's stomach growled again, this time loudly.Jia Zhen was sure that the maid who was in the room with him heard it, he blushed, and the truth found a crack in the ground.He is the head of the Ningguo Mansion, when did he eat and wear short?Now he is so wronged that he is hungry.

It's thanks to Jia Zheng, who is so troublesome, that he is what he is today.He just drank too much that day and complained about Brother Rong's imprisonment, but Jia Zheng took the initiative to suggest something to him.When Jia Zhen saw the opportunity to release her son early, there was no reason not to help her son. She made a joke and offered money, but it ended up like this.

Jia Zhen really wanted to go back to settle accounts with Jia Zheng and scold him.However, Jia Zheng didn't say what he said at the beginning, and it may not be possible to make such a sentence.Besides, Jia Zheng is his elder, and he is more capable than him, how can he be embarrassed?

Now I can only smash my teeth and swallow it in my stomach, what a loss!

The resentment in Jia Zhen's heart deepened, and she bit her lip with hatred.It was not suitable for the stomach to growl, and the sound was extremely loud.Jia Zhen blushed, and slowly turned her head to look at the maid, but all of them lowered their eyebrows and held their breath as if they didn't hear half of it.

Jia Zhen breathed a sigh of relief, clutched her stomach and gritted her teeth and sat down.

It took a full half an hour before Jia Zhen, who was hungry and her chest pressed against her back, was invited to see Jia Amnesty.

The food on the table in the room was cleared early, the sandalwood table was polished very brightly, and there were two cups of new tea and four plates of fruit on it.The smell of rice still lingered in the room. As soon as Jia Zhen came in and smelled the aroma, she couldn't help swallowing a few times.

Jia Sheyuan was half leaning on the couch to read the letter, which seemed to be related to official business.Jia Zhen didn't dare to interrupt, she nodded and stood in the middle of the ground, waiting quietly without daring to say anything.

After Jia Amnesty finished reading the letter, he casually put the letter on the four-cornered short-legged dragon-tiger stool beside him, before raising his head.Seeing Jia Zhen, Jia Amnesty stood up and let him sit down with a smile, then blamed the maid at the door for not notifying him when someone came.

Although Jia Amnesty's tone was reproachful, his eyes and demeanor did not imply punishment at all.

Jia Zhen hurriedly waved her hands and said, "Since Uncle Pardon's official duties are important, it's fine for me to wait."

Jia Amnesty smiled, everyone knew that he didn't mean to punish the maid, but just said it casually.Jia Amnesty then asked Jia Zhen how long she had been here, and Jia Zhen answered truthfully.Jia She raised his eyebrows slightly and asked him if he didn't eat.Jia Zhen nodded.Jia Amnesty hurriedly greeted his servants to serve food, and told Jia Zhen to finish eating.

Jia Zhen hurriedly waved her hands and begged, "This is a trivial matter. My nephew is not being polite to my uncle anymore. My nephew is here in a hurry. I beg you for something terrible."

"Then you sit and talk." Jia She said with a smile.

Jia Zhen nodded, and as soon as her butt touched the edge of the stool, she couldn't wait to tell Jia Amnesty about Jia Rong and Jia Qiang's torture. "It's all my fault. I shouldn't have mentioned this matter to Uncle Zheng. Uncle Zheng is also warm-hearted. He didn't want to ask the wrong person. It would be self-defeating. It's useless for me to look for him again. I have to come to you, Everything you say is accurate!"

With a sullen face, Jia She reprimanded Jia Zhen in a cold tone: "I told you earlier, I told your family to restrain themselves, let Brother Rong and the others admit their mistakes, and stay in the prison of Shuntian Mansion for a few days, and learned a lesson. , can also have a long memory. I have entrusted someone to look after them, and I will definitely not let them suffer in prison. They will be released in two days. Own!"

Jia Zhen regretted it a hundred and eighty times, and was so anxious that she was about to cry: "Uncle Pardon, it's useless for you to say these things now. I regretted it a long time ago, but now I don't regret taking the medicine. Now I'm not afraid of Brother Rong and the others staying here again." It's ten days and a half months, after all, it will be released in the future. I'm afraid that some mysterious adult will turn around and join the book of Rongfu. Taking power in Shuntianfu is a serious crime, and our family will lose all protection. After Jia Zhen said that, she was so frightened that she wiped away her tears sadly.

Jia Amnesty didn't expect Jia Zhen to be able to cry in fright, she was stunned for a moment, and a new idea popped up in her mind.This idea couldn't be better, Jia Amnesty jumped up in his heart, grabbed Jia Zhen, and said with a smile: "Okay, I know about it, I'll inquire about it later. I'm afraid it will last for a while, but not forever. Once this thing is seized, it will be a big handle. Do you want to be restrained for the rest of your life? We still have to think of a perfect solution. "

Jia Zhen stopped her tears, glanced at her nose and looked at Jia Amnesty: "Say it!"

Jia Amnesty took a special look at Jia Zhen and said with a sneer, "I'm afraid that if I say it this time, you will be like the last time, uninterested, and it's useless to say it."

"Ancestor, don't mention the previous words that make me regret. This time, I promise, I will listen to you in everything. I can't gamble with the life of my big family. Besides, Ningguo Mansion and Rongguo Mansion It doesn't matter, Uncle Xi, you will definitely not just watch us suffer." Jia Zhen said with a mournful face.

Jia She sneered: "Now I can't even protect myself, you? You really can't afford it."

Jia Zhen was even more frightened when she heard this, and stared at Jia She with wide eyes: "Uncle Xi, what do you mean by that? What do you mean you can't keep it? You are now in the high position of Minister of the Ministry of Officials. It’s just me, how can you.”

Jia She frowned: "What do you know, do you think the Holy Majesty gave me another mansion as a reward for me?"

"That's right, the Yuci mansion is not a reward for you, maybe it's a punishment for you."

"You're right." Jia She said with a gloomy face.

Jia Zhen laughed: "You really know how to joke."

"Things in the court are much more complicated than you think, how can you understand." Jia She sighed meaningfully, and looked into the distance without focus.

Seeing this, Jia Zhen felt even more guilty. When the Minister of the Ministry of Officials was afraid, wouldn't he be more dangerous?

Jia Zhen hastily knelt down to Jia Amnesty, begging him to help him find a solution.

"Don't think that I don't know the reason why you asked your uncle Zheng to do things. It's probably because you don't want to believe me. I don't care about this with you today, but if you still refuse to listen to me in the future, you can't let go The things that should be given up will be more serious sooner or later than they are today. Not to mention the big loss, you may die! If you can't do it, don't ask me, the door is there, leave as soon as possible, don't make me worry .” Jia She said coldly.

Jia Zhen anxiously grabbed Jia She's robe and kowtowed: "Uncle She, please help me, my family is about to die, you see what I can't bear, don't worry, I promise to listen to you in everything in the future Yes. If you don’t believe me, I swear it now, on the lifeline of my lower body!” Jia Zhen swore after saying that.

Seeing that Jia Zhen was really intimidated this time, Jia Amnesty hesitated for a while, and when Jia Zhen was extremely disturbed, Fang nodded in agreement.

Jia Zhen immediately breathed a sigh of relief, smiled and thanked Jia Amnesty.

"Okay, you go back first, I'll go back to Shuntian Mansion to ask, how can I find a way to keep your Ning Mansion and Ning Mansion's blood."

Jia Zhen was very grateful and nodded obediently. After thanking her a thousand times, Fang left.

After a while, Fang Xing stepped out of the ear room slowly.

Jia Amnesty turned around to tidy up the letters on the table, and asked with a smile how brother Xing Shican was doing.

"I've been coaxed to sleep early." Xing smiled and sat down at the table, "You've been bluffing him a lot."

"It's not a bluff. I don't want to find a way to scare him right now. The Ning family will suffer a lot in the future. Now I teach them a lesson, which saves their future and prevents me from being implicated. I can kill two birds with one stone. He Le Instead of?"

Xing nodded with a faint smile, looked at Jia She with admiration, and a look of sympathy flashed in his eyes: "Master is surrounded by a bunch of relatives who are holding back, no matter how big or small they have to worry about, are you tired?"

Jia Amnesty squinted and smiled, sitting beside Xing Shi, holding her hand. "As long as I can live with you, these little things are nothing, they are just casual things."

Feeling warm in her heart, Xing slipped into Jia She's arms and said nothing more.

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Jia Zheng originally planned to go to see Jia Amnesty, but when he heard about the Shuntian Mansion in the afternoon, he was afraid that something might go wrong, so he decided to wait at home for the time being.In the evening, he heard that Jia Zhen went to his elder brother's place by car, and he knew that the matter was serious.The people he entrusted not only failed to get things done, but also screwed up.

Jia Zheng was so ashamed when he thought of the idea he had offered to Jia Zhen.Although he said politely at the beginning that it may not be accurate, but these words were really just polite at the time.At that time, he really felt that this matter was a trivial matter, a matter of asking someone to make some money to say a word.I never expected that the boat capsized in the gutter this time, and I was ashamed in front of my relatives.What made him even more shameless was that Jia Zhen stopped begging and discussing with him after the incident happened, but went directly to his elder brother.

It's clearly useless to despise him!

From childhood to adulthood, Jia Zheng surpassed his elder brother in everything, no matter his reading or conduct.Even the daughter-in-law's natal family is several times better than her sister-in-law's.How can people live to middle age, but the more they live, the worse they used to be.

Jia Zheng felt ashamed and indignant, but he was ashamed to see Jia Zhen.While hating Jia Zhen for going to his elder brother, she was also afraid that Jia Zhen would settle accounts with herself.Now Jia Zheng himself doesn't understand what kind of mentality he is in.He paced around the room restlessly with his hands behind his back, turned around dozens of times, and finally decided to go to those little officials who charged him money to do things, blaming them for not doing a good job!

Thinking of this, Jia Zheng ordered someone to hitch up a carriage, found a random restaurant, and then sent a servant to invite these people.Today, he plans to have a serious calculation with these people and settle the accounts.

These small officials also heard the news and feared for their own safety.When several people got together, they all complained to Jia Zheng in unison.

"It wasn't a big deal at first. It happened before. I begged a few words, and the Fu Yin lord released him a few days earlier. You probably offended some master in the court who shouldn't be offended. Let's mention it. The expression on the side was not right, and he went out of the door halfway, and it took a long time to come back, and then this happened. It was said that an adult was going to the government office, and he just heard it. We are all afraid, isn't this even Are we all implicated? Mr. Zheng, we lost our love for such a trivial matter, it's not worth it!"

"You guys didn't do things well, and you blame me. Don't forget that you took the money." Jia Zheng said angrily.

Hearing that Jia Zheng's tone was not kind, these small officials became even more angry when they looked at each other.Several people were very dissatisfied with Jia Zheng's attitude, and one of them dared to say: "Master Zheng, we are not greedy for a penny of the money you gave us. Why don't we need to spend such things when we ask for help? I bought an expensive gift with money and sent it to Mr. Fu Yin. How can this be counted? With our good intentions, you have treated us as donkeys. Now that the disaster is imminent, it’s fine if you don’t help us, and blame us? I’m really wronged! If we had known today, why would we have promised you and caused a commotion!"

Several people nodded in agreement.If they hadn't taken a fancy to Jia Zheng's eldest brother and daughter, they wouldn't have given face to a useless household inspector!

Jia Zheng stiffened his neck, and several petty officials who were not on the stage dared to reprimand him, it was really against the sky!If he didn't feel that he was wrong, he would have scolded these useless people on the spot.

"It's us who are shameless and rushed to help Mr. Jia, but it turned out to be a waste of help. We apologize to you, so please don't take offense." One of them bowed and apologized, and the other officials rushed Chong Jia Zheng nodded symbolically.

Jia Zheng calmed down a little, and was about to order everyone to sit down for dinner and discuss how to deal with it, but they all left with various mouths.

Jia Zheng frowned and drank two cups in the restaurant, got up and left in a muffled voice.

As soon as he left, those petty officials who were hiding in the backyard of the restaurant came forward and sat around the table.

"We really misjudged the person."

"This master can't be messed with, he's far behind his elder brother, Mr. She."

"It's a good thing that he is the inspector of the cadre department, otherwise he would have offended people and been kicked down."

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Jia Zheng worried all night, but finally couldn't find a solution.Early the next morning, Jia's mother called him over to inquire about the status of the request, and then Jia Zheng hesitantly admitted that he was busy with official duties yesterday and did not have time to deal with this matter.

"You, don't forget today. I'm counting on good news from the palace."

When Jia Zheng thought of going to ask his elder brother, he was so anxious that he suggested to Jia's mother, "Baoyu is still young. Why don't you worry about it? Why don't you wait. Madam will go back to the mansion to visit relatives in a few months. At that time Wouldn't it be more effective for the mother to tell her personally?"

"That's the reason, but I'm worried about what the Lin family will do. I'm always not sure what to do. I always feel that if this marriage is delayed, it will become more uncertain." Jiamu said sadly.

Jia Zheng laughed lightly when he heard that, he had met Daiyu earlier, she was really beautiful, like a little flower in the rain.But at first glance, he is a weak and sick person. Who would look for such a person when marrying a daughter-in-law?

"We can be anxious about other things. There is no need to worry about Miss Lin's marriage. How can it be so easy to find her? Besides, brother-in-law Lin is a noble person. Who would want to marry a daughter-in-law who is not fit enough?"

Jia Mu frowned and pondered, then nodded: "What you said is not unreasonable. If Baoyu has such a family background, if he doesn't like it, he must want to choose from those royal relatives, but he doesn't even think about it. The girl's body is so good, so she has to pick and choose? Well, I don't think this marriage will be settled for a while."

Jia Zheng finally met something he wanted, and nodded with a smile.

Jia Mu was silent for a while, then raised her head and said: "No, I still can't rest assured. You still have time to send a message to the empress in the palace. The thing about marriage is not to say that it is done, you have to watch it." When the emperor and empress are in a good mood, we can't embarrass the empress and give her more time to spare."

After all, Mother Jia still asked Jia Zheng to pass on the message.

Jia Zheng returned disappointed, and hid in the room depressed, thinking about how to meet his elder brother.Even if there are a thousand or ten thousand unwillingness in my heart, Jia Mu's order must be obeyed, so I still bite the bullet and go.

Jia Amnesty thought that Jia Zheng was happy to see him because of the affairs of Jia Zhen's house.When Jia She heard what Jia Zheng said about the old lady, he frowned in surprise. He probably didn't expect that Jia's mother hadn't given up on the Lin family's marriage so far.

"My mother asked me to pass the message to the palace. How can I have that ability? I still have to ask my elder brother. After all, it is my family's business, and my elder brother should also help."

Hearing Jia Zheng's blunt tone, Jia Amnesty smiled and nodded. "Okay, I got it. Isn't it Baoyu's marriage? I know the chief steward of the palace. I just beg him to bring a sentence, it's not a big deal."

"Since that's the case, I'll trouble you, brother. I don't want to bother you anymore, so I'll take my leave first." Jia Zheng had no way to stay in this mansion any longer.He saw with his own eyes that his elder brother was now steadily rising to the top, rising step by step.Now the eldest brother doesn't even have to enjoy the shade of his ancestors, and lives in the mansion bestowed by the emperor... Thinking of all this, Jia Zheng was so jealous that Zhimen couldn't stay there for a moment.

Xing came back with Brother Can for a walk, saw Jia Zheng was about to leave, and asked her how Wang's condition was with a smile.

Jia Zheng frowned: "It's serious, I can't even speak now."

"Why don't you ask an old imperial doctor in the palace to take a look at another day, maybe there is a good way to treat her."

Jia Zheng nodded, and only acted as a housekeeper for his sister-in-law, which was her duty, so she couldn't wait to leave without thanking her.

Jia Amnesty frowned, dissatisfied with Jia Zheng's rudeness.

Xing didn't mind, she smiled and sat down at the table with her son in her arms, feeding him water while coaxing him.

Jia Amnesty was stunned, turned around and sneered, and sat in front of Mrs. Xing: "You are so kind. Seeing how rude he is, you shouldn't find an imperial doctor for his daughter-in-law. Fortunately, what kind of Rongfu is he?" The one who is the most educated in poetry and books has no sense of etiquette!" Jia She was so angry that he couldn't help cursing.As long as he has a bad attitude towards his wife, he will never be stingy with swearing.

Xing smirked, and looked up at Jia She: "When did I say to find an imperial doctor for them?"

Jia Amnesty was stunned, and blinked at his daughter-in-law: "Didn't you just ask an imperial doctor to take a look?"

"I just suggested, and I didn't say I would invite him. If he is capable, he invites him. What does it have to do with me." Xing sneered, Wang used to find her a lot of bets, and she was not the cause of her illness. Why should she help her?Besides, since Wang's illness, all the valuable medicinal materials have passed from Xing's hands.

After hearing what his daughter-in-law said, Jia Amnesty suddenly realized, pointed at her and laughed loudly. "Daughter-in-law, I just found out today that you are really bad!"

"Is there?" Xing raised her eyebrows in surprise, and looked at Jia She innocently, "Why do I feel that I am kind?"

Jia Amnesty laughed again, couldn't help being attracted by Xing Shi's cuteness now, got up and quickly kissed Xing Shi's forehead lightly.

"Aww..." Brother Can in Xing's arms cried out in dissatisfaction when he felt that it was getting dark and something heavy was pressing on his head.He looked up at Jia Amnesty with dissatisfaction, and stretched out his hand to slap him.

Jia Amnesty covered his face, and looked at Brother Can in surprise: "Okay, you are promising, it's the second time you hit me!"

Xing couldn't stop laughing, and patted Brother Can's head appreciatively. "This child will definitely be filial when he grows up."

"I think it's unfilial!" Jia Amnesty twitched the corners of his mouth.

Xing smiled and coaxed Brother Can for a while, and because she had to discuss something important with Jia She, she ordered the nanny to take Brother Can away.

"What are you going to do with Baoyu's marriage? Are you really going to send the word to the palace?"

"Well, I've agreed." Jia She replied honestly.

"Then press again. We have already discussed with brother-in-law Lin. After the provincial examination this autumn, we will have more than a month to choose the right candidates from these outstanding candidates. It is not too late." Xing suggested.

"That's inappropriate, we'd better tell Concubine Xiande to know about it earlier, and find an opportunity to marry Baoyu as soon as possible." Jia She said with a sinister smile.

Xing knew that he must have some bad idea in his stomach, so he raised his eyebrows and asked him what he meant.

Jia Amnesty raised his chin proudly, smiled confidently and said, "I will help everyone."