Honglou Xing

Mother Jia looked at Jia Zheng in surprise. Just now, he and she were fighting against the boss together.Why did he turn against him when he was dizzy just now, and even beat his son?

Mother Jia was so angry that she wept, and asked Jia Zheng what evil he was doing!

When Jia Zheng thought of his son Baoyu's shameless behavior, his hands itched with anger, and he wanted to beat that unfilial son again.

"What's going on?" Jia Mu was supported by Yuanyang to sit up, and shouted with all her strength.

Jia Zheng's face turned dark, he frowned in embarrassment, turned his head away in embarrassment, and even felt that mentioning that matter would dirty his mouth.

Seeing this, Jia Amnesty called She Yue in and motioned for her to say.

Seeing Musk Moon, Jia Mu frowned, knowing that things were not easy.

She Yue lowered her eyes and confessed the relationship between Master Bao and Qin Zhong.

"What are you talking about, Baoyu and him, cough..." Mother Jia coughed violently, and turned to look at Jia Amnesty in disbelief. "How can this be!"

"How can it be impossible? Baoyu has even exchanged his sweat towel with someone else, and his son has been searched out. Mother wants to see it?" Jia Zheng said violently.

"This—" Jia Mu's face was ugly. She didn't expect Baoyu to be so ignorant. She just wanted to make an excuse that Baoyu must have been led to ruin by Xue Pan.Who in the house doesn't know that Xue Pan is the most masculine?But just as Mother Jia was about to open her mouth, she saw Aunt Xue, mother and son, and swallowed the words abruptly.She frowned, unable to speak in pain.

Seeing that Jia Mu was sad, Aunt Xue sat down on the side of the couch, comforted Jia Mu's chest, and advised her not to worry too much.

Seeing Baochai bowing her head, Jia's mother wished she could get into the ground, and immediately scolded Jia Zheng, "You can't speak properly!"

Jia Zheng followed Jia's mother's gaze to see Baochai, froze for a moment, and bowed his head to admit that he had made a mistake.When his mother asked just now, he was so anxious that he forgot that the occasion was inappropriate.

Xing took Baochai's hand and said with a smile: "I just came to bring you something good, come with me to have a look?"

Baochai gave Xing a grateful look, and hurriedly nodded in agreement.She didn't care what valuables Xing gave her, she just wanted to escape from this place quickly.

Baochai thought that she was not an unreasonable person, she had heard about his elder brother outside, and she knew a little about men and men.Baoyu and Qin Zhong have a good relationship, and she knows a little bit about it, and she can accept these ambiguous rumors.The only thing she can't stand is the cold heart of her husband's family. She said it in front of her face, and she doesn't know how to comfort her, except for Xing.

Baochai sighed one after another in her heart, afraid that her original worry had come true.She was even more afraid that after she chose to marry Baoyu, her life in the future would not be as comfortable as that of the big house's second master Lian.At that time, she would really be ashamed, and she would not be reconciled to death.

Mrs. Xing had brought some presents for the girls when she came here, and they were all of equal value, impartial.Xing took one and handed it to Baochai.As soon as Baochai opened it, it was a pair of opal rings, light green, which is a fine product in the eyes of cats, crystal clear and magnificent, extremely beautiful.

Baochai didn't expect to receive such a good job, so she smiled and thanked Xing.

Xing patted her hand, and retreated away the idlers in the house. "What happened just now, don't be sad. Men, you will always encounter such and such things outside, but don't care how they make trouble outside. When you get home, you don't belong to you. You just hold him at home. Be stubborn, I won't go outside to mess around in the future."

"Thank you madam for your suggestion." Baochai thanked with tears.If it is said that she was not a tearful person before, only today is different. When she felt the most helpless, only the eldest wife cared about her.

"I think you understand this principle, so I won't say more. You and Baoyu are not married yet, and it depends on how you make him good." Xing smiled, then sighed helplessly He looked at Baochai in a sympathetic tone, "You had your Aunt Wang remind you before, and I have nothing to say. Now that she is ill, I should say a few words for her. Baoyu is still uncertain, and she is stubborn in her feelings. Let go. You are a smart person, you should understand who I am talking about. In the future, you will always persuade him and let him know that you are good."

At this moment, Baochai heard from Xing that Baoyu still missed Daiyu, and felt even more aggrieved and bitter.No matter how you look at this marriage now, it makes people regret it, she is really blind!

Xing seemed to see through Baochai's enjoyment, grabbed her hand, and reminded her: "Since the marriage has been settled, you can't sit still, you should work hard for it."

Baochai nodded, but felt ironic in her heart.She is the wife of Second Lord Bao who is about to marry, but she still has to compete with others for her husband's heart, how ridiculous.

When Xing saw that Baochai had listened, she smiled and sent Sheyue to send Baochai back to rest.She went into the back room to continue to check on Jia Mu's condition.

Jia Mu is still angry, even more angry than before.Instead of scolding Baoyu for being an asshole, she scolded Jia Zheng for not teaching his son well as a father.After Jia Zheng was scolded to the point where his body was bruised, the flames burned on Jia Amnesty again.

"You are the head of the family and the backbone of the Rong Mansion. You also have a part to educate your nephew's moral character. But your husband and wife are good. One is holding on to the money and the other is a fan of the government. He only knows how to socialize all day long , don’t teach the children at home at all.”

It doesn't matter to Jia Amnesty to hear Mother Jia scolding him, but she can't bear to scold her daughter-in-law.Jia Amnesty took a step forward and said stubbornly to Jia Mu, "Mother, you must be reasonable in what you say. Our husband and wife care more about Baoyu than anyone else."

"Shangxin?" Mother Jia coughed a few more times, her voice a little hoarse.The girl next to her, Yuanyang, couldn't stand it anymore, and advised Jia Mu not to get angry or to rest earlier, but Jia Mu quit and insisted on arguing with Jia She. "What do you mean by Shangxin, do you mean that you husband and wife Shangxin hit Baoyu? A slap was not enough before, but now you have slapped him thirty more slaps, and you still have to hide it from me. How decent is it?"

"Mother, Baoyu didn't tell you about the beating because he was afraid that you would be anxious and get angry after seeing his injuries. This happened openly, so how can we hide it from you. The daughter-in-law is telling you that she wants her to recover from her injuries. Lest you be too sad."

"I'm not too sad now. You unfilial sons. I shouldn't have given birth to you!" Jia Mu was so angry that she slapped her hands on the quilt and burst into tears. She looked up at the roof and said the old man. cry.

"Mother, look at you, that's not what my son meant when he said "Shangxin." Jia Amnesty stepped forward and coaxed her a few words.After all, she is the deity's own mother, connected by blood, how can an old lady cry like this, even if she is a confused old lady, it is pitiful.

Jia Mu was so angry that her chest twitched. She looked at Jia Amnesty with fiery eyes, and said with a sneer, "Today, I want to hear how you care about that child Baoyu."

Jia Amnesty glanced at Aunt Xue who was present, and politely said: "You are laughing at our own family affairs, I asked the servant girl to help you to rest?"

Aunt Xue nodded knowingly, thinking that she hadn't comforted her sad daughter, she hurriedly left.

"Mother, look, where did Baoyu learn this masculinity, and how did he have the opportunity to see Qin Zhong every day to develop emotions?"

When Jia Mu heard this, she frowned and began to think. "This Qin Zhong was originally the younger brother of Grandma Rong of the Dongfu. Baoyu hit it off with him at first sight and has been intimate since then. How is it?"

"As far as my son knows, this masculine attitude came from the school, and this Qin Zhong also studied in the school. Baoyu was sent to Qingshan Academy by his son before, so these troubles can be avoided completely, but... " Jia Amnesty didn't say the following words wisely, but looked at Jia's mother, and he would understand what he meant.

Mother Jia's lips trembled when she heard this, and when she looked at Jia Amnesty, her heart skipped a beat.Is her eldest son blaming her?She was the one who decided to keep Baoyu and not go to Qingshan Academy.Self-inflicted crimes, the elder son said everything is right, and they all make sense, it seems that this is my fault.

Mother Jia felt depressed for a moment, clutching her chest and panting.

She is so old-fashioned!

"Mother, don't worry too much. Now that he has been hit twice, he has a long memory. As for the Qin family, let's send them to a distant place as soon as possible, so as to cut things off completely, out of sight and out of mind. " Jia She said.

Mother Jia nodded, raised her trembling hands with difficulty, and sent them all to disperse.As soon as the group of people left, Jia's mother couldn't hold on anymore, she closed her eyes and passed out.

Yuanyang hurriedly called the doctor for help, and Xing waited outside. First, he called the doctor for emergency, and then the imperial doctor came to diagnose the disease and prescribe the medicine again.

After the old doctor came out, she shook her head helplessly, and said to Jia She: "The old lady is over [-] years old, her foundation is not very good, and her vitality and blood have been depressed for years. In addition to this sudden outbreak, I am afraid it will not be easy to recover. I Prescribe some medicine first, use it for seven days to see how the situation is, and then decide whether to change the medicine. Try not to make her worry and get angry during the days of recuperating."

Everyone nodded, and after seeing the old doctor, they took the medicine according to the prescription and gave it to Jia Mu.Seeing her two sons standing in front of the bed and looking at her seriously, Jia's mother was upset.

"I'm not dead yet, don't be annoying in front of me, let's all go away."

The crowd dispersed.

When Aunt Xue went back to the house, she went to look for Baochai, thinking that the child might be so sad, and her heart ached.As soon as she entered the back room, Aunt Xue saw her daughter sitting upright on the kang, fiddling with needlework.When Baochai saw her mother come in, she smiled and got up to welcome her to sit down.

"Good boy, are you all right?"

"What can I do? It's fine." Baochai lowered her head and continued to embroider.

Aunt Xue couldn't help but feel sorry for her even more. Seeing her daughter's figure, her heart was sour, and she didn't know what to persuade.

"Does mother know that Baoyu is not only with Qin Zhong, she is also with Xiren..." Baochai suddenly raised her head and said to Aunt Xue with a smile.

Aunt Xue was shocked, she stood up and looked at Baochai in surprise: "Who did you hear about this kind of obscenity?"

Baochai looked up at Aunt Xue, and sneered: "I didn't hear that, but my daughter got two precious otoliths in exchange for the news."

Aunt Xue frowned and looked at her in confusion.

Baochai explained: "Sheyue, since she didn't serve Baoyu, she betrayed Baoyu's secret. I wanted to bribe her to make sure she didn't ask more. I didn't expect that I actually found out." Baochai Squinting her eyes, thinking of Xi Ren's pretended honest face, she wished to tear her mouth apart and poke her eyes blind.

Aunt Xue narrowed her eyes, she never thought Baoyu would know so many things when she looked at the honest and innocent Baoyu.Maybe all men in this world are the same.Aunt Xue couldn't help sneering when she thought of her deceased husband.That guy is also a pervert, and there are many servant girls in the house. Fortunately, she watched closely and cleaned up.

Master Xue often travels to various provinces because of his business, and he has a lot of flair outside.After his death, Aunt Xue quietly dealt with three concubines who came to ask for status, and one of them was even pregnant with Liujia and was about to give birth.Aunt Xue didn't recognize any of them, so she just gave them some money and dismissed them, and she didn't show mercy when she came again.Wild species are wild species, so they should be raised outside.Otherwise, the Xue family would have to have another master.Bastards are not allowed to appear on the stage, and Aunt Xue also thinks it's an eyesore, so don't!

Aunt Xue naturally couldn't tolerate the matter of attacking people.

"I used to think that she was honest and honest. She only had a little bit of ambition and didn't dare to do anything. I didn't expect this guy to succeed. She has no title, and there is no mother to control her. In the future, she will be pregnant before you enter the door. But how do you calculate it? The eldest son of the concubine, it is really embarrassing."

Baochai frowned, she had been jealous just now, but she didn't think of this.The mother is more experienced and knows more than her.Baochai hurriedly asked Aunt Xue what to do.

Aunt Xue sneered: "What's wrong with this, our serious first wife can't beat her as a maid? You don't need to worry about it, leave it to me, just wait and see."

Baochai naturally believed in her mother, so she just nodded and asked.

"I think the date of your big wedding with Baoyu should be finalized as soon as possible. It's best to get married in the spring of next year and have an eldest son as soon as possible."

"In such a hurry?" Baochai counted the days and was busy preparing things.

"The sooner the good things happen, the better, so that in the future, there will be an attacker, and another sweet and beautiful woman will come, and there will be no end." Aunt Xue said bitterly.

Baochai felt that what her mother said was reasonable, and nodded in agreement.Just as Mrs. Xing said to herself, she is already engaged to Baoyu, and there is no other way to choose. The only choice she has now is to keep going, and try her best to ensure that her position as wife is secure.

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After Xing and Jia She had arranged everything in the Rong Mansion and told Jia Lian and his wife what they should pay attention to, they drove back to the mansion together.

Liu Qingyun had been waiting in the wing room for a long time, and when he heard that Lord Shangshu was back, he hurried over to pay a visit.He didn't have anything to say, he just came to say hello and then returned.

The mouth of Wang Shanbao's family was pursed, and he deliberately said to Xing: "I waited for a full hour, but I didn't move. Most of the things I do are just to ask for peace. Tomorrow, Uncle Liu will have a scientific examination. I'm really afraid of delays." time for him to read."

Xing nodded in satisfaction: "It shows his politeness."

Jia She also nodded in agreement, his impression of Liu Qingyun was getting better and better, and he really wanted to take him to meet Lin Ruhai, but before the examination papers were finished, out of taboo, this matter had to be shelved.

The township examination is divided into three sessions, with the ninth, [-]th, and [-]th day of the lunar new year as the main session. Candidates must enter the test the day before each test and leave the test the day after.

Nine days later, Liu Qingyun finished his scientific examination and came here to thank Jia Amnesty and Mrs. Xing for their kind support.

Jia She secretly observed Liu Qingyun's demeanor, neither humble nor overbearing, neither sad nor happy, but he couldn't tell whether he passed the exam or not.Jia Amnesty laughed and asked him how he did in the exam.

Liu Qingyun smiled and said: "It's okay, whether it's good or bad depends on how the examination papers are judged."

Answering is the same as not answering.

Jia She raised his eyebrows slightly, and heard Liu Qingyun's voice, "Are you worried that the review process will be tricky?"

Liu Qingyun said with a faint smile, "The student didn't say anything." This was also a disguised answer to Jia Amnesty, "Yes".

Jia Amnesty nodded, and it was no wonder that he was suspicious. There were indeed some problems in the process of grading papers before, and the bribery was serious, so that the really talented candidates were excluded from the top of the list.

"Lord Lin, the presiding judge this time, is a man of incorruptibility, and his talents and learning are quite remarkable. Don't worry. If you are gold, you will shine in your own time." Jia She said with a smile.

Liu Qingyun nodded and echoed Jia Amnesty: "The students have heard about it, but whether it is true or not, the students still trust their own eyes."

Jia Amnesty's eyes brightened, and he looked at Liu Qingyun even more highly.This kid is really good. He is highly talented, understands etiquette, has unique insights, and has his own persistence. He doesn't make fools of himself.

He only hated that he didn't have a daughter, otherwise he would be reluctant to give Liu Qingyun to Lin Ruhai.

When Mrs. Xing heard about it, she laughed at Jia She: "That's enough. Think about it, he received your favor for helping him, and he was also reminded by you. In the end, he married your own niece. This is already a great kindness. You still What do you want?"

Upon hearing this, Jia Amnesty felt a little contented, and nodded, "What madam said makes a lot of sense."

"Daiyu's child is not the same as her own daughter."

"Well, when I mentioned this, I thought of my nephew. What a jerk, he almost ruined Miss Lin's name at the beginning. But when it comes to our mother, everything about him is 'forgivable'." Jia Amnesty said angrily.

Xing has long been used to it: "It's not a day or two for her old man to 'prefer' Baoyu. I should have gotten used to it."

"Hmph." Jia She snorted coldly, turned away from drinking tea, and said immediately, "Is there any news from the Rong Mansion recently? Baoyu got hit again this time, how is he doing?"

"Is it possible to heal as quickly as you did here?" Xing raised her eyebrows and smiled, sipping tea as well.

Jia Amnesty became interested, put down the teacup in his hand, and stretched his neck to look at Mrs. Xing.However, Xing's tea drinking is very elegant, elegant, beautiful and slow, and Jia She's uncomfortable with those half-sentences.

Mrs. Xing felt uncomfortable being stared at by Jia She, so she simply told him: "Half of the wounded and healed, his mother went to take away his big maid, Xi Ren, and she had to beat and scold him face to face. If others don't mind it, then it's Xi Ren But Baoyu was not willing to be willing, and begged for a few words, but the younger siblings scolded Xiren even more severely. They slapped Xiren face to face, told the mother-in-law to take him out of the house, and asked her parents to take her back."

Jia Amnesty narrowed his eyes: "This attacker can be regarded as his own reward."

"Oh? Master knows her?" Xing asked in surprise.

Jia She laughed: "How can you not know that the front is a sage, and the back is a traitor. This kind of person will have no good fruit sooner or later."

Mrs. Xing nodded: "There is no good fruit. A girl ruined her reputation, and she was pointed at when she returned home. Who would dare to marry in the future? Even if someone wants it, I'm afraid it's the same kind of goods, and it won't be time .This matter is not over, see, Rong Mansion still has trouble."

Jia She lowered his eyes and pondered for a while: "I don't know if mother will listen to the doctor's orders, so don't worry about it."

"She is the one who can't live without Baoyu for a few days. Besides, Baoyu has been wronged. I can hold back and not tell her about it. Come on, I'm afraid the old lady can't escape her anger this time." Mrs. Xing After all, he looked at Jia She, and saw that Jia She didn't have any strange demeanor, he knew that he was the same as himself, took the matter aside and let it take its course.

After all, Mother Jia is not the biological mother of the two of them, so she has done her best in filial piety.If it doesn't work, it's the result of her own crimes.

Before winter, the imperial court released the list.

Just as Liu Qingyun took the winter clothes Mrs. Shangshu made for her, she felt warm in her heart, when suddenly she heard the sound of a gong outside the room.Liu Qingyun pushed open the door, and saw two yamen servants smiling and announcing the good news to her.

"Congratulations Mr. Liu, you are Jie Yuan in high school, No.1 on the list!"

Liu Qingyun opened his eyes slightly, but his expression was not as surprised as that of the extraordinary people, it seemed that everything was in his expectation.Liu Qingyun thanked those two people politely, seeing that they still didn't leave, remembering that he should give the reward, he touched his purse, it was empty.Liu Qingyun asked them to wait a moment, saying that they would go into the house to get the money, but they were extremely embarrassed when they entered the house.

When he recommended himself to the Shangshu Mansion earlier, Lord Shangshu and his wife had given him money, and they all blamed him for his arrogance and arrogance, thinking that there was no need to spend extra money from others when he had enough to eat and a place to live.Now, it was really embarrassing for him.

Liu Qingyun was spinning around anxiously, when she suddenly saw a white corner of her arms under the winter coat, Liu Qingyun opened the clothes, and saw ten ingots of silver hidden under the clothes.Mrs. Shangshu must have considered his difficulties today and was afraid that he would refuse, so she put the silver under the winter clothes.

Liu Qingyun was extremely grateful in her heart immediately, and a strong sense of warmth rose up.No one had paid him this much attention since his grandmother passed away.Liu Qingyu took out two ingots of silver and went out to reward the two yamen servants who reported the letter.

When the yacha saw that the master Juren was generous, he happily said a lot of auspicious words before leaving.

After Liu Qingyun tidied up her clothes carefully, she was about to go to thank Mr. She, when she suddenly heard a man talking and laughing outside the house.Liu Qingyun recognized Master She's voice, and hurried to greet him.As soon as he opened the door, he saw a proud and refreshing figure standing beside Mr. Xi, who turned out to be Mr. Lin Ruhai.

……

In the blink of an eye, it is the end of the year, and there are many happy events.

First, Yingchun's father-in-law Qiudu Lieutenant was promoted two ranks, and he was greatly valued by the emperor. Then came the good news from the Lin family. Liu Qingyun agreed to Lin Ruhai's request after seeing Daiyu under the recommendation of the Xing family, and took the initiative to come to propose marriage .Lin Ruhai had bought the house in the neighboring house earlier, it was not big, but it was big enough for the young couple to live in.The two families are close to each other, they can take care of each other in the future, and they don't have to ask Liu Qingyun to be their son-in-law, so it's easy for everyone, so everyone is happy.

The Xing family and Jia She still had to spend their years in the Rongguo Mansion. In contrast, the Rong Mansion has been in trouble recently, so this year is also very reluctant and not very happy.

Jiamu's illness has been procrastinating.And Baoyu is even more, since he was beaten by Jia Zheng, the medicine has not been good in the Minister's House, and the attacker was sent away, Baoyu and Mrs. Wang had a dispute, depressed and intractable, and the disease became more serious. Bewildered for a while.

Later, when the new year was approaching, Baoyu's spirit became a little clearer, but suddenly he received the news that the attacker had committed suicide and Daiyu was engaged.This time he was so confused that he was not honest, he always wandered around without knowing the direction.

Baoyu, who had lost his jade, seemed to have lost his spirituality and became more and more confused.

Mrs. Wang, who had recovered a little, saw her only son like this, resented her own recklessness, and was anxious about Baoyu's illness. On the other hand, she had to hide it from Aunt Xue.Mrs. Wang tried to find an excuse to invite the Xue family out again, and since then sealed the news that Baoyu became stupid, lest the Xue family be upset and cut off the money for building a palace for them.

In the early spring, ten days before the concubine Xiande visited her relatives, the Grand View Garden in Rong Mansion was officially completed.