Honglou Xing

Chapter 53

Xing smiled: "Okay, let me see how you make it happen."

Jia She smiled mysteriously, hooked Xing Shi's neck, put her thin lips close to her ear, and exhaled softly: "You fulfill me first!"

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After the morning court, Jia Amnesty grabbed the Governor of Shuntian Prefecture: "How is my nephew doing in your prison?"

"Okay, it can't be better!" Shuntian Fu Yin raised his eyebrows and said with a wicked smile.

Jia Amnesty nodded, didn't say much, and walked out with his hands behind his back.The governor of Shuntian Mansion hurriedly grabbed him and begged for mercy: "My ancestors, please give me a letter as soon as possible. How long are you going to imprison those two masters? Let me tell you that the prison in Shuntian Mansion is a bit rudimentary, but at least it is covered up." To shelter from the wind and rain, some people lined up to get in, but they couldn’t get in.”

"That's good, why don't you go live?" Jia Shehui glanced at the governor of Shuntian Prefecture.

"Bah bah! My lord, if I have a successful official career, I will definitely be rich and powerful in my life, and I will never be imprisoned."

"Whether you will be imprisoned or not depends on your brain, such as whether you will be able to do things, and whether you will offend people who should not be offended." Jia She smiled and patted the shoulder of the governor of Shuntian Prefecture, with an unpredictable expression.

Shuntian Fu Yin was startled, he stroked his chin and looked at Jia Amnesty.

Jia She asked him what was the matter.

"Do you a big favor, why don't you invite me to dinner?"

"Please, I want to treat you to a good meal, but I have other things to do at the moment, let's take another day." Jia Amnesty looked at the door of the palace and replied with a smile.

Shuntian Mansion Governor did not give in at all: "Don't bully me, please take advantage of today if you want to, I just happen to be free."

"Alright, then you have to wait, I really have something to do." Seeing Eunuch Wu coming out of the hall, Jia She turned his head and looked around, Jia She hurriedly waved at him.

Eunuch Wu walked over with a smile, and accompanied Jia Amnesty and Shuntian Fu Yin. "You two adults, haven't you left yet?"

Jia Amnesty pushed away the Governor of Shuntian Mansion, and immediately took Eunuch Wu to the deep wall, and handed over five bank notes.A silver ticket is 100 taels, a full 500 taels.

When Eunuch Wu saw so much money, he was too frightened to accept it, and looked at Master Xi tremblingly. "You won't ask the little one to do something rebellious this time, will you?"

"Is it a big treason to spread a word?"

Eunuch Wu heaved a sigh of relief, took out one and stuffed it into his bosom. "One is enough, who should I send the message to?"

Jia Amnesty quickly rolled up the rest and stuffed them into Eunuch Wu's arms. "Take it all, who knows if there will be any trouble left after this incident."

Eunuch Wu trembled again, and looked at Jia Amnesty in horror.This master is really powerful, and if you tell him to pass a word, it will still cause trouble?

"Hey, Lord Shangshu, please tell me quickly, or my little heart will be shattered." Eunuch Wu said, clutching his chest in horror.

"Isn't it for the old lady in my family to pass a word to her granddaughter Concubine Xiande, hoping that she can say a word in front of the empress someday and ask for a marriage proposal." Jia She said.

"Hey, what's so difficult about this? Concubine Xiande has the best relationship with the Empress Empress on weekdays. This trivial matter is too easy. Tell me, which two people are you going to marry?"

After Jia She said the words, he hesitated again.If the Empress really ordered the marriage, I'm afraid the second room will jump up again, making a fuss about how to make a big splash.The last time the couple pushed back and forth about the construction of the Xinggong Palace, the Wang family was still restless.Fortunately, she is sick these days, and no one mentions it anymore.But if the news of the marriage was announced and she recovered from her illness, she would definitely bring up the old matter again.

Jia Amnesty's mind was spinning quickly, just as others took a breath, he thought of a new way to deal with it in an instant. "I don't think there is any need to bother the Empress about this matter. Just tell her that her mother hopes that she can show her affection for his brother's engagement."

Eunuch Wu nodded and looked up at Jia She eagerly, as if asking him: Which family is the girl from?

"I don't know if Eunuch has heard of the imperial merchant Xue's family?" Jia Amnesty did not tell Eunuch Wu the answer, but only asked an ambiguous question.

Eunuch Wu nodded. "Oh, yes."

"She lived in Rongfu before, and she has a good relationship with my nephew."

Eunuch Wu understood, affirmed the answer in his heart, and said with a smile: "Young people, it's nice to know and be happy earlier."

"Speaking of which, Master Lin's daughter also lived in my house for a while, this girl is really..."

"My lord?" Seeing Jia She's tendency to chatter, Eunuch Wu hastened to stop him, and bowed his hands apologetically to Jia She, "I still have to run errands for the Holy One, so it's going to be a long delay. Look at this?"

"Go ahead, of course it's the father-in-law's business that matters. I need to bother the father-in-law with the matter I begged you just now." Jia She said with a smile.

Eunuch Wu nodded confidently, turned around and walked quickly with his whisk in hand.Halfway along the road, Eunuch Wu suddenly stopped, and sighed in his heart: Oh no, I just forgot to ask Mr. Xi what "remaining troubles" are.Eunuch Wu thought about it again, Mr. Pardon was just asking him to mention her younger brother's marriage to Concubine Xiande, it was a trivial matter, it couldn't be simpler, so what trouble could there be?

Eunuch Wu didn't take it to heart either, he cheerfully conveyed his intentions to the Holy Majesty, and then turned to the residence of Concubine Xiande in the harem.

Concubine Xiande is playing the piano in the hall, the sound of the piano is melodious and refreshing.At the beginning, the Holy Majesty was also attracted by the sound of Concubine Xiande's piano, she is really a talented woman, and she is also considerate.Since the emperor favored concubine Xiande with the empress, he has continued to favor this empress.The emperor and the empress are also singing harmoniously, and the relationship has eased much more than before.However, this harem is a place where undercurrents are surging, and Concubine Wan, who has temporarily fallen out of favor, is always staring at this virtuous concubine.

In order to avoid trouble, Eunuch Wu decided to make a quick decision, and immediately came out of Concubine Xiande's palace after delivering the word.

When Jia Yuanchun saw Eunuch Wu coming in front of the emperor, he felt a little happy, stopped his hands, and looked at him with a smile.

Eunuch Wu said hello, and hurriedly told Concubine Xiande what he said.

Jia Yuanchun raised his eyebrows in surprise: "It turned out that I pardoned uncle and asked you to pass the message. I know, and I will do it later. I just don't know what to give to this young couple to express my heart." When Jia Yuanchun thought of his young Now that my younger brother is getting engaged, I can't help but feel happy, and I look forward to going home to visit her precious brother Baoyu.

"What's so difficult about this? Your Majesty will turn around and ask for permission to send someone to the Rong Mansion to give each pair of young people a pair of jade mandarin ducks or something like that. Isn't that all right?" Eunuch Wu suggested with a smile.

Jia Yuanchun was pleasantly surprised, and nodded to praise Eunuch Wu for his good idea.

Eunuch Wu quit in a hurry, and he took a special look around, seeing that there were no other people waiting, he lowered his head and hurriedly walked back. Unexpectedly, after only a few steps, Eunuch Wu was stopped by the nuns beside the queen.

Eunuch Wu was immediately brought to the queen for questioning.At this moment, he knelt in the middle of the hall anxiously, only then did he realize how troublesome Master She's phrase "the troubles left behind" was.God knows that the empress would actually monitor Concubine Xiande!

"Let's talk." The queen half-lyed on the imperial concubine's couch with her eyes closed, her forehead resting on her hand, and she didn't move her eyelids when she spoke.

Just two words made Eunuch Wu think too much in his mind.Eunuch Wu immediately lay down on the ground honestly, and truthfully stated what Jia She asked him to pass on, and what he himself said to Concubine Xiande.Eunuch Wu confessed the basic situation to the queen.Anyway, this is not something shameful, and he has no need to hide it.

The queen knew what Eunuch Wu's personality was like, and she knew that with his clever mind, he would definitely not do anything extraordinary in broad daylight.The queen didn't make things difficult for him, and waved him away casually.

Eunuch Wu was indeed sweating from fright, the next time he saw Jia She, he hurriedly warned him that he would not pass on his message to Concubine Xiande in the future.

"It's good to have money, but I can't waste my life." Eunuch Wu complained.

"Okay, just this time, I will definitely not bother the empress in the future." Jia She smiled slightly, there was nothing unexpected, as if he had expected the queen's move.

Eunuch Wu looked at him in surprise: "You really knew earlier? But it's good that the queen knows, maybe she will really order marriage."

"She won't, as long as Concubine Xiande doesn't ask, she will never agree. You have stayed in this palace longer than me, and the empress's purpose in supporting Concubine Xiande is known to both of you." Jia She thought he looked at him deeply. With one glance, he waved his hand and calmly resigned to Mr. Wu.Before leaving, Jia Amnesty did not forget to add something that made Eunuch Wu frightened, "Yes, I said that the trouble left over is not this one."

Eunuch Wu's heart trembled, he looked at the back of Jia She who was going away with fear, and cried out in his heart.Isn't that troublesome enough?

Eunuch Wu stood there in a daze for a moment, analyzing the matter of the empress supporting the virtuous concubine and sharing her favor.Thinking about it again, now the goal of sharing favor with Concubine Xiande has indeed been achieved, but the Holy One has become more and more interested in favoring Concubine Xiande in recent months.The empress looked at Concubine Xiande so closely, she must be afraid that she would raise tigers in the future.As for Master She's certainty that the Empress is not willing to propose marriage, there must be this reason, she will definitely not take the initiative to propose marriage to increase the power of Concubine Xiande's natal family in a disguised form.

A few days later, Concubine Xiande sent a young eunuch to the Rong Mansion to convey Concubine Xiande's meaning, and the Empress specially awarded him a jade mandarin duck.

Mother Jia accepted the order, and asked the little prince in surprise, "Are you sure that Concubine Xiande refers to Miss Bao of the imperial merchant Xue's family?"

"Naturally, the little one does things with these two ears and one mouth, so how can I make a mistake!" The little eunuch was not satisfied with Jia Mu's questioning himself, and raised his chin proudly. After accepting the hard work from the Rong Mansion, he left immediately .

"How did this happen?" Mother Jia looked at a pair of emerald green mandarin ducks and jade pendants in the box lined with yellow brocade.High quality with yellow tassels.The things are indeed good things, and they were specially rewarded by the queen, which is extremely honorable, but Mother Jia couldn't be happier.

Jia Zheng frowned, also puzzled: "How could this happen? I clearly asked my elder brother to talk about Miss Lin."

"What, you asked your elder brother to tell it?" Jia Mu said softly, her eyes widened in surprise, and she smashed the table angrily, "Why are you so confused, your elder brother and your brother-in-law Lin have always been on good terms, as close as brothers. You Big Brother and Sister-in-Law are already on your brother-in-law's side and don't agree with this marriage, how can you expect him to ask for it!"

Jia Zheng was awakened by Jia Mu's words, his mind was like being struck by lightning, and it took a long time for him to go blank before he recovered.Jia She was so angry that he blew his beard and stared, wandered around the hall for a few times with his hands behind his back, and finally broke out.

"Who is his real brother? Even if he doesn't take my younger brother seriously, he can't distort what you mean, mother. I told him this truthfully back then, it was Lin Girl, now he is intentionally misrepresenting our intentions, intending to deceive the Xiande concubine and the empress. This is a serious crime of deceiving the emperor, how can we let it go!" Jia Zheng said.

Mother Jia frowned, she had long been dissatisfied with Jia Amnesty's self-assessment.

"See what he says when he comes!"

As soon as Jia Amnesty and Mrs. Xing arrived, they were scolded by Jia's mother and Jia Zheng's mother and son, and the accusations kept coming and going.

Jia Amnesty and Xing looked at each other without speaking.At this moment, the mother and son were hysterical, and their shouts could penetrate the roof of the house, and their words were useless.

After a stick of incense, the mother and son finally shouted hoarsely and stopped cooking.

Jia Zheng was very dissatisfied with his eldest brother's unrestrained attitude, pointed at him angrily and said, "Brother, do you know that you have deceived your mother's will, which is the crime of deceiving the emperor."

Jia Amnesty laughed lightly, raised his eyebrows and asked Jia Zheng, "I lied to you, which ear of yours heard me say the wrong thing?"

"At this point, big brother is still trying to make excuses?"

"I did pass on the word and mentioned Miss Lin, how would I know how it would turn out like this at the end?" Jia Amnesty retorted coldly.

"If you are right, how can you be wrong?" Seeing that Jia She's tone was firm, Jia's mother was also uncertain, and her attitude eased a little.

Jia She was silent for a while, then said with a sneer, "Who knows, maybe the eunuch who sent the message may have misunderstood it. I mentioned Miss Lin and Miss Bao to him at the time, and he may have listened twice."

"Why do you bring up the Xue family?" Jia Zheng believed that Jia Amnesty did it on purpose.

In fact, Jia Amnesty really did it on purpose.But what can Jia Zheng do against him?He didn't have the ability to do things at the beginning, so don't blame others for doing things wrong.

"It's just a matter of talking, just mentioning it casually. Could it be that I ask someone to do something, don't say a word of gossip, and just ask someone to do something with a cold face? Not only can't get things done, but also offend people." Jia Amnesty glanced at Jia Zheng and sneered.

Jia Zheng suddenly felt that Jia Amnesty was referring to him.He entrusted someone to handle the affairs of the Ningguo Mansion back then, but in the end, not to mention the mess, he completely offended those petty officials.Now those bastards often speak ill of him among his colleagues in the capital, which made his reputation worse and worse, and almost few people are willing to make friends with him in private.

In the past few months, with the brilliance of his daughter Concubine Xiande, the nobles he managed to make friends with also avoided him like ghosts. Every time they invited someone, they used various excuses and reasons reject him.

Jia Zheng was even more annoyed when his scars were exposed. He clenched his fists angrily, saying that he would find a way to ask the concubine Xiande and that Eunuch Wu to find out what the problem was.

Jia Zheng spread his hands indifferently: "Check it out as you like."

"Now it's of secondary importance to pursue the previous matters. What matters now is what to do now? Thanks to the oral order from the empress, we can ask her to talk about it later." Xing said to Jia's mother.

Jia Mu gave Xing a blank look, and scolded: "How can you take back the golden mouth and jade words? Besides, this pair of mandarin ducks and jade pendants are gifts from the queen's grandma and grandma. How do we know if we have changed people? Could it be possible to return the jade pendants to the queen?" Empress?"

Xing remained silent, and raised the corners of his mouth slightly.It seems that Jia's mother is not confused to the end, and she understands the truth.

Mother Jia sighed again and again, but there was nothing she could do. "For the present plan, the only thing to do is to settle this marriage. Although there is no intention to marry, but with the oral order of the virtuous concubine and the jade pendant personally rewarded by the empress, Baoyu's marriage can be regarded as a blessing. .”

"It's fine that the marriage is settled like this, but we still have to find out the reason!" Jia Zheng stared at Jia Amnesty, not relaxing.

Jia Amnesty smiled indifferently, ignored Jia Zheng, and didn't even look at him.When the matter is settled, he will have an excuse to take his wife back home earlier.

As soon as they left, Jia Zheng complained to Jia Mu: "Mother, we must not let this matter go like this. Don't you have some friendship with the old concubine? She must be acquainted in the palace. Let her Elderly, please ask that Eunuch Wu?"

When Jia's mother heard this, she looked at Jia Zheng angrily: "What did you do so early? I really thought you had something to tell you about the messenger. I didn't want you to tell your elder brother. Even if you can't do it, You won’t come back to discuss with me, how can you make your own decision?”

Jia Zheng didn't expect that he could still be scolded. He lowered his head in a muffled voice, but his face was full of dissatisfaction.

Seeing his stubbornness, Jia's mother had no choice but to sigh, "Maybe it's all fate, that's all right, let's accept fate. After we find out about this matter, if that Eunuch Wu really made a mistake, we'll do it too." Don't say anything, just take it as God's will." If things get serious, it won't benefit anyone, besides, Jia She is now the pillar of the Rong Mansion, so we can't live without him.

Jia Zheng still wanted to argue, but seeing Jia's mother complaining about him, she bowed her head again and remained silent.

"I'll ask someone to ask that father-in-law, so don't worry about it."

Jia Mu took out a mandarin duck jade pendant from the brocade box, left the other in the box, and ordered the mandarin duck to send someone to Xue's old house to deliver something.

Aunt Xue suddenly received a mandarin duck jade pendant, she was a little dazed.When she heard what Concubine Xiande meant, she had mixed feelings in her heart.She had long been looking forward to the day when Baoyu and Baochai got engaged, and she had also thought about asking the empress in the palace to decide this matter.However, Mrs. Wang's procrastination has exhausted her patience.Now she has given up a little bit, she doesn't count on it anymore, and what she was looking forward to a long time ago has come instead.

Aunt Xue held this shiny little jade mandarin duck in her hand, she really didn't know whether to cry or laugh.

As soon as the messenger left, Baochai came out of the ear room crying and threw herself into Aunt Xue's arms.

Aunt Xue hugged Baochai sadly, patted her on the back and coaxed her: "Now, I kind of understand why you regretted it in the first place. This marriage must be sure, why do I feel even more uncertain."

Baochai cried even harder.

Aunt Xue sighed and handed the jade pendant to Baochai. "Since it's already settled, it's useless for us to regret it. It's a mistake, and we have to go all the way to the dark. Besides, Baoyu's child is very good, she looks good, and her personality is also very good. In the future, you will marry her." There will be no disadvantages. Just one thing, after entering the gate of Rongfu, remember to mention him more, let him improve his studies earlier and make a career."

Baochai stopped her tears, nodded, and immediately began to make plans in her heart.

"I don't think we'd better go to Rongfu for a while. Your aunt is sick, so you can do your filial piety. We look virtuous and filial before we enter the house. After you become the second grandma of Bao, who would dare?" Find fault with you?"

Baochai nodded receptively. She wiped away her tears, pondered for a while, and then said: "I think Baoyu has a very good relationship with those maidservants, especially Xiren."

"Well, that's the reason. You have to hold her in your hands and tell her to respect you wholeheartedly. We are not in a hurry for a while, and we will clean up one by one when you come in in the future." Aunt Xue Suddenly there was a fierce look in his eyes, and he said sternly.

Baochai had the same thought as her mother, nodding her head very much in agreement, with many calculations in her heart.

Lin Ruhai heard that Baoyu and Baochai's marriage was settled, and that his precious daughter was finally free from the risk of being accused of marriage, so he specially brought a few jars of century-old wine to express his gratitude, and drank with Jia Amnesty to celebrate.

Lin Ruhai was afraid that Mrs. Xing would disagree, so she asked her sister-in-law first.

Mrs. Xing took Daiyu's hand, and said with a smile to Lin Ruhai: "It doesn't matter what you do, I will always stay with Miss Lin for a few days. The second girl will get married tomorrow, no matter how much you drink, you have to drink before dusk. Just wake up."

Early the next morning, Jia Zhen brought Jia Rong and Jia Qiang who were released last night to meet Jia She.

Seeing them, Mrs. Xing smiled and said: "It's early, I chatted with brother-in-law Lin all night last night, and I just fell asleep now."

Jia Zhen hurriedly said: "We are here to thank you, so why not wait for the benefactor for a day? Today is the second girl's great joy. There must be a lot of work in the house, but do you need some help from our master?"

"It's all arranged, but the second child promised to come early, but the son still hasn't come. The second girl is married, but his brother needs to carry her into the sedan chair. I'm worried that something happened to him, and I'm stuck. gone."

Jia Rong and Jia Qiang hurriedly said that they would go and have a look, running errands for the servants in the mansion.

When they arrived at Rongfu, they heard about Jia Lian's whereabouts and hurriedly turned to Jiamu's place.After waiting for a while, the two were allowed to enter the house by Mother Jia.

Besides Jia Mu, Jia Lian and his wife, Jia Zheng is also there.

Jia Lian and his wife stood on one side with anxious expressions on their faces.When Jia Lian saw that Jia Rong had come, he first congratulated him on his release from prison, and then asked Jia Rong why he came.When Jia Lian learned that it was her mother-in-law who came to remind her, she became more anxious and seemed helpless.

"I think it's better to let Lian'er take care of the garden repairs. He's doing things faster than anyone else now." Jia Zheng suggested.

Jia Lian shook her head hurriedly, not daring to take it.

Jia Mu only regarded him as modest, and said cheerfully: "You should just accept it. Is there anyone in the Lun Mansion who is as talented as you? You are the one who repairs the garden. Don't be jealous of your father. The second room paid for it by itself, and it was the concubine Xiande who welcomed us. Besides, we live in Rongfu, so what does it have to do with your father? Don’t tell him for now, even if he knows it, he can’t control it. Tell me everything. , just say I forced you!"

Jia's mother said that she was in high spirits, but who could refuse?Jia Lian and his wife were not as strong as Jia Amnesty. They faltered and refused to agree, but they dared not refuse, which was very embarrassing.

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