[Quick Crossing + Red Mansions] I have a strong desire to survive

When Jia Zhen asked Mrs. Dou how she knew that the emperor's reign was getting shorter and shorter, Jia Jing really didn't want to admit that this was his son.When do you go out every day and when do you go back to the house, don't you really know the wife, the mistress?

As a courtier, you are going to attend the Great Court Meeting, and the emperor will not leave the court. How dare you, Jia Zhen, leave early?

Facing Mrs. Shang Dou's mind, Jia Zhen felt that her 30-plus years had really been in vain, and she might not be as transparent as her wife, a housewife like her.It seems that it is very important for people to study since they were young. I was not good at reading when I was young, and my wife has a family education.

Fortunately, Jia Rong was brought up by his wife, unlike himself who doesn't like reading so much, and now that he has won the prize of a scholar, it's no wonder that his wife and the master want to suppress him as a son everywhere.Thinking of this, Jia Zhen got up and solemnly bowed to Mrs. Dou and Jia Jing: "My son is dull. In the future, the master and wife should discuss matters in the house with Rong'er."

This is being hit understand?Mrs. Dou didn't feel angry when she heard his words, she nodded in satisfaction: "If you say that you haven't made any progress in the past few years, it's a lie. But you were spoiled too much by the old lady when you were young, every time I want to discipline you , you go to the old lady to act like a baby, and then I was scolded by the old lady once."

"Son, it's not a mother's partiality. You can see it yourself. This foundation is weak. It's too late for me to teach you now, isn't it?" Mrs. Dou tenderly recalled Jia Zhen's bastard things when she was a child, and successfully let her He was even more ashamed, before confirming again: "So it's best if you can figure it out now."

Jia Jing also nodded: "Don't worry, Rong'er is not someone who forgets his ancestors, and he will not let you be wronged in the future."

Jia Zhen was already ashamed, but when she heard his wife talk about how she was scolded and angry because she didn't study when she was a child, she felt even more ashamed: "It's because the son didn't live up to it, and he didn't dare to complain about his mother."

Since then, Jia Zhen has once again lived the life of studying with Jia Rong and Jia Qiang. It just so happens that Mu's family was diagnosed as pregnant, and even excuses are ready-made.Although Director Li, Shi Langzhong and others felt that Jia Zhen was making a fuss out of a molehill, but the old couple and young wives had to feel sorry for their daughter-in-law, and they couldn't do the thing of coming to force her.

Princess Xining is a thoughtful person, and now she came to Madam Dou and asked her to choose two roommates for Jia Zhen: "Otherwise, it would be the rules of a family like us."

Mrs. Dou could only smile lightly: "That's what I said too. He can choose any girl in the house, as long as he doesn't go out and make trouble for me. Who knows that he took it easy, so it can be seen that this daughter-in-law is married." So you don't have to think about stuffing people into our house.

What's the matter with your wife?Princess Xining was a little dissatisfied, but she could only hold it in her stomach.Probably because the king of Xining County had sent a letter back, Feng Tang went to the northwest, but brought a few names with him.For some reason, the people on that list were all killed in battle in the past ten years or so.

When the Prince of Xining discovered the descendants of those people, there were very few who were still in the army, and his subordinates had already been transferred one by one.In this way, the list became useless paper, but it made people believe that the Rongguo Mansion really had connections in the military, but the fourth prince was unlucky and didn't get that thing a few years earlier.

Rongguo Mansion has them all, and Ningguo Mansion, which was also guarded in the northwest, must also have this list!The connection with Ningguo Mansion still cannot be broken.This is how Princess Xining came to the door again two years later.

It was this Mrs. Dou who spoke too carefully and refused to give others any clues.You asked Jia Zhen to pick a girl in the mansion, but he still refused, but how can you let Princess Xining put people in your mansion?

Mrs. Dou knew the intention of Princess Xining's visit in advance, so she prepared the words to deal with it early.Her source of information is very simple, that is, when she was watching a play in Rongguo Mansion, she discovered that Jia Amnesty had personally concocted the list that Feng Tang took to the Northwest.

When Jia She was concocting the list, he still took a lot of thought. With Qin Zhu from the East Courtyard, he searched through many lists of pensions issued by the Ministry of War at the end of each year, and it took several days to finalize them.

Even if it is confirmed, Jia Amnesty also made use of his specialty of being good at gold and stones, and simply made old pieces of paper that Qin Zhu had copied once. It can be seen that it took some thought for Jia Lian to marry the daughter of Feng's family.At first, Madam Dou didn't understand why Jia She didn't like the Feng family at first, but asked Jia Lian to marry the daughter of Feng's family.

When the big house moved into the Rongxi Hall and the Feng family became the home of the Rongguo Mansion, Madam Dou finally understood: Jia Amnesty wanted to use the external force of the Feng family and even the fourth prince behind him to make her own house truly the master of the house.

In case the fourth prince is defeated, someone finds out what connections in the Rongguo Mansion gave him in the army, all of them are dead people, and they have no effect at all. Jia She pushed that it was just his father telling him to add more Others have nothing to say about the old department.With the emperor's temperament of treating veterans preferentially, the Rongguo Mansion, which has not actually contributed, will not end too badly.

It's really hard for Jia She to come up with such an idea.

Mrs. Dou naturally wrote down all the people on the list, and even copied it on a piece of paper, so that when her family was cornered, she could take it out to ward off disasters.These Mrs. Dou naturally wouldn't talk about Jia Jing and Jia Zhen—knowing too much, it's easy to show traces in her actions, which is not good for others to see.

Fortunately, the relationship between Jia Jing and the Zhou family is being restored bit by bit, and the female relatives of the two families have started to move around with each other.It has to be said that both Jia Yuan and Mu Shi are considered bonus points, and the welcome received by Jia Jing and Jia Zhen is more sincere.

Every time Mrs. Dou went to Zhou's house, she brought Jia Yuan with her, so that when the adults couldn't find a topic to talk about, they could point to the little girl to divert the embarrassment.Seeing that the full moon festival is approaching again, Mrs. Dou thought that this was the first festival since the relationship with the Zhou family was restored, and it seemed sincere that the gift was given by her own mother.

Get up early in the morning, let the nanny clean up Jia Yuan’s little girl, and start to dress her up: a few small soft hairs are combed into a double bun, around the bun is a circle of vermilion tourmaline, on the ears are fine gold thread hanging tourmaline earrings of the same color, The little girl shook her head slightly, and she shone brightly with her powder-puffed chubby face.Wearing a bright purple short shirt with a smoky blue skirt, with a few poppy flowers on it, and a collar hanging around the neck, it is a first-class and solemn dress.

Jia Jing looked at the collar a little displeased: "Just hang it on a chain, this kind of collar is heavy and clumsy, and the child will not dare to run and jump if it is too heavy."

Mrs. Dou called Jia Yuan, took off the collar and weighed it in her hand: "I don't think it's very heavy, it was made hollow on purpose."

It is said that it is hollow, Jia Jing's old father's heart is better, he still took his daughter's hand and told: "Go and don't be restrained, if you feel good and feel embarrassed, let your wife speak for you. "

Madam Dou was helpless: "Master, I am Yuan'er's mother." She will not abuse her while you are not around.

Jia Jing is also very helpless, the girl doesn't go out much, and now her heart has flown far away, and she didn't even listen to what he said, even if her little head kept clicking, Jia Jing didn't dare to touch it Conscience said that his daughter heard what he said.

No matter how worried, Jia Yuan happily accompanied Mrs. Dou into the carriage, and lifted the curtain to wave to Jia Jing: "Master is going out today, don't forget to go to Taibailou to buy cakes."

Seeing that the two of them were tired, Mrs. Dou asked the coachman to leave quickly.When we arrived at Zhou's house, Mrs. Zhou led people to greet her at the second gate: "My cousin is here, how are you doing these days. Yuan'er still remembers my cousin, she is really beautifully dressed today."

Mrs. Dou greeted her, and Jia Yuan also finished the salute on the other side, turned her head to look around, but couldn't find the person she wanted to see, and asked curiously, "Where's Brother Tan?"

Brother Tan is Jingpin's natal nephew, when Mrs. Dou brought Jia Yuan the last time, Jingpin's sister-in-law was with him, and the two children played together.Jia Yuan still remembers this until now, and wanted to play with him as soon as he came here.

The girl from the Zhou family laughed when she heard this: "Yuan'er really wanted to go with Brother Tan, and he also came to look for you twice, but it's a pity that you didn't come, so he went home."

Jia Yuan heard that Brother Tan was not there, so she pouted and said nothing, Mrs. Ren Dou dragged her to sit down obediently in the main room, and took two bites for the food, and played for the playful, but it seemed nothing. Spirit.

Mrs. Zhou smiled and said to Mrs. Dou: "I just like Yuan'er's temperament. If ordinary children are not happy, they will start crying. You see, although she is unhappy, she doesn't cry or make trouble."

Mrs. Dou also loves to hear others praise her child: "That's true. Although she is the youngest in the house, she is not too pampered."

Mrs. Zhou asked Miss Zhou to take Jia Yuan to look at the flowers in the garden, and sent her servants out after they left. Mrs. Dou knew that she had something to say, so she didn't rush her, just waited to listen.

"Shouldn't Rong'er take a look?" Mrs. Zhou already knew a little about Mrs. Dou's temper, she didn't like to go around, so she went straight to the point: "Have you thought about what kind of person you want to give him? "

Speaking of this, Mrs. Dou had to pay attention to it. She didn't mention this to her alone, and she had her own way of replying: "You also know that there is such a thing before Rong'er, although no one has mentioned it in the past two years. When we can't see each other, people will talk about it. I want to marry him a girl from a scholar's family, but I am afraid that scholars are too particular, and I will dislike Rong'er's engagement to someone before."

"A girl from a scholar's family," Mrs. Zhou pondered for a while, "I do have one here, who is about the same age as your Rong'er, but his father's official position is a bit lower."

Mrs. Dou listened with a smile: "To put it bluntly, the purpose of getting married is to get some in-laws to help. But my family knows their own family affairs. After all, our house is considered a military honor. Scholars generally look down upon it. Some people are willing to marry girls. It’s good to come here. Which family are the brothers and sisters talking about?”

Mrs. Zhou was also a little happy when she saw that she didn't take the university: "It's not a girl from another family, but also from our clan. My father is now the Chancellor of Shuntian Mansion."

The Prime Minister of Shuntian Mansion?Madam Dou frowned, only to realize that this is not the one who followed You's family to Ningguo Mansion to make trouble: "That is also from the fourth rank, and Jia Zhen is only the third rank now." Speaking of this, she sighed: " In our house, we can’t say what we said back then.”

If it weren't for this, the Cheng's family wouldn't dare to ask Mrs. Zhou to agree with him, right?Mrs. Dou asked carefully how old the girl was, how many brothers and sisters there were in the family, and whether they were of the same generation as Jia Rong.

It sounds very satisfying: Miss Zhou's name mentioned is Ruo, the eldest daughter of the family, who just passed the age of Ji this year, and her father, Shuntianfucheng, is also the direct line of the patriarch's branch, but he is the second son.Fu Cheng had met Jia Rong twice, and found out that he was a top scholar, so he took a fancy to him.

I heard that it belonged to the head of the Zhou family, Madam Dou didn't dare to reply to Mrs. Zhou immediately, she went into Dou's house after leaving Zhou's house, and asked her sister-in-law if she had heard of Miss Zhou Ruo.Mrs. Dou has met Zhou Ruo a few times, and she thinks she is a generous and straightforward girl.

"But there is one case. That family is the patriarch of the Zhou family. Now that the eighth prince is in charge of the government, I'm afraid that someone who cares about it will think too much." Mrs. Dou said worriedly.

Mrs. Dou could only smile wryly: "Sister-in-law, look at the people in Beijing, how many of them are careless?" Those who should stand in line have already stood up, and there are really few who do not rely on both ends, not to mention that I am not without that kind of thought. It's just that it's not easy to tell Mrs. Dou directly.

Mrs. Dou was stunned: "That's not true, but the eighth prince has just taken over the government not long ago, and those two are much older than him, and when they fight over each other, a prince will not be able to escape."

The Dou family is inferior to the Ningguo Mansion, and there is a reason why they must stand in line. Mrs. Dou did not use her theory to frighten Mrs. Dou, she just asked Mrs. Dou to inquire for herself if there is anything wrong with Miss Zhou.

After returning home, I wanted to tell Jia Jing and others about this matter, and the most important thing was to listen to Jia Rong's opinion.Jia Rong trusted her grandmother the most, even if she was talking about her own marriage, she blushed and said to Madam Dou, "But it's better for the wife to decide."

After Jia Zhen and Jia Rong had left, Jia Jing asked: "You want to have a relationship with the Eighth Prince. If Rong'er's marriage is settled, wouldn't it be a great opportunity?"

Mrs. Dou shook her head and said, "Master thinks, are people begging me, or am I begging others?"

Naturally, it is only when others ask for it that it is precious.Jia Jing didn't say much anymore, and he had as much relationship with Zhou's relatives as he should. It seemed that he just couldn't bear to cut off contact with his natal family, and he didn't seem to be ingratiating.

This made Zhou Fucheng a little impatient, and one day he found out that Jia Jing was going to have a conversation with his cousin Zhou, so he deliberately brought a painting of Wu Daozi over, saying that he wanted to ask Jia Jing to verify the authenticity.

Jia Jing spread the painting carefully on the table, took out his crystal glasses, looked carefully at the scroll, the color of the paper and paint, and the bottom line, then pointed to a place and said, "Don't It's fine, it's just that this fold is not as smooth as Wu Daozi's, it actually looks rough and stiff."

Cousin Zhou listened to it and looked at it carefully, and then went to look at the bottom money: "The money seems to be real. The color of Zhu Ni is also right."

"Who can tell if it's true or not." Jia Jing pointed at the place he didn't like and sighed.

Zhou Fucheng laughed and said: "This painting was awarded by the Eighth Prince, so it must not be fake."

Jia Jing shook his head: "Hey, the most fake thing in the world..." At this point, he realized that he had made a slip of the tongue, so he smiled and stopped talking.Cousin Zhou gave him a blank look: "Cousin still has this temper." Jia Jing apologized to him and smiled: "They are not outsiders, not outsiders."

Both of the two mentioned in this sentence laughed, but the contrast between Jia Jing's expressions was too obvious, so people couldn't help laughing.This smile brought the relationship with Zhou Fucheng closer, and it made him speak more freely.

Obtaining Zhou Fucheng's wink, Cousin Zhou said to Jia Jing: "What did my cousin think about what my wife told my cousin that day?"

Jia Jing looked at him very strangely: "What do you want to do with the affairs of their housewives. Let them make trouble."

Seeing Zhou Fucheng looking at him eagerly, Cousin Zhou had no choice but to refute Jia Jing's reply: "If it's something else, it's up to the housewife to decide. Jia Rong is your eldest grandson and the only grandson now. His daughter-in-law is still your clan's wife, you are always making up your mind."

Speaking of this, Jia Jing pondered: "Yes, Rong'er is the eldest grandson, and he will be the patriarch in the future." After speaking, he turned to look at Zhou Fucheng: "There is no rush for this matter, it is better to wait for him in the autumn. How about it after it's over? If he gets lucky, the marriage will look better."

Neither of them expected that Jia Rong would be in autumn this year, and she was obviously a scholar who was selected last year.It's just that it's not good to doubt someone's grandson's level in front of Jia Jing, and he has to accept it when he shouldn't.Since then, Zhou Fucheng has become acquainted with Jia Jing, and can meet up at Cousin Zhou's house from time to time.

Both of them like calligraphy and painting, which is justifiable, and they compare their own collections from time to time.What discouraged Jia Jing was that even if he was a military commander in his mansion, his ancestors collected a lot of good things during the battle, but they were not as good as what Zhou Fucheng brought out. I'm comparable."

Zhou Fucheng is also a real person: "To be honest, I lost the previous two times, so I had to ask the Eighth Prince for help. The things I brought these few times were all the Eighth Prince's private collection."

"Oh?" Jia Jing said curiously: "I thought the saint's good things were coaxed away by the fourth prince, and no matter how bad the third prince was, he often received rewards from the saint, but I didn't know that the eighth prince also got a lot." Ask Zhou Fucheng how he can help the Eighth Prince casually.

If someone is so upright, if others would have been annoyed, Zhou Fu Chengduan would be good at self-restraint: "They are all the sons of saints, whoever gets it is possible."

Jia Jing suddenly raised his head and glanced at Zhou Fucheng, smiled and said nothing else.Within a few days, Zhou Fucheng came to Ningguo Mansion to pay a visit, and enjoyed a tour of his collection with Jia Jing.

At the mid-autumn palace banquet in August, Concubine Zhen left Mrs. Dou to speak alone. When asked about Jia Rong's marriage, Mrs. Dou said that she had already taken a fancy to the family and made a secret agreement because Jia Rong and Jia Qiang were both married. One wanted Qiu Wei, so I didn't dare to make a decision, for fear of breaking his heart.

Concubine Zhen recalled what her son said, that the matter still had to start with Jia Zhen, so that there was no need to do the matter of placing people in the inner house, so she let Madam Dou go back.It's just that Jia Zhen can't easily leave Ningguo Mansion now, how can it be so easy to get rid of him?

The fourth prince is in a hurry to get angry here, but I don’t know where the third prince is more anxious than him: the emperor’s body is getting weaker and weaker according to the news from the imperial hospital. to him.In case the emperor is really sick one day, the final decree will most likely fall on the fourth prince.

This is what the third prince does not want to see.The only thing he is stronger than the fourth prince now is that Wang Ziteng is in control of the Beijing camp, and the king of Xining County and Feng Tang in the party of the four princes are both far away in the northwest.

I just don't know that the fifth child is in the Northwest Army, but he still stays in peace.

No one thought of the eighth prince, even though he was already in charge of the government, the third prince and the fourth prince didn't take this little brother seriously: a brat who hasn't built a mansion yet, knows a few officials, knows about money, food and military affairs?

Mrs. Dou thinks that the eighth prince's inconspicuousness is a good thing. It can make the third prince and the fourth prince compete with each other, and the eighth prince will be the fisherman who gets the most out of it.

It's just that the preparations that should be done are also to be done.Mrs. Dou knew that Wang Ziteng was completely in favor of the prince, and a new post appeared on Chen Rong's desk. The handwriting was exactly the same as the original one, but the content was even more frightening. How could Chen Rong be negligent, so he wanted to check it out. .

With the Eighth Prince, as the number of meetings increased, the content of the conversation between Jia Jing and Zhou Fucheng, whether it was Zhou Fucheng's intentional guidance, was not limited to calligraphy and painting, and added some comments on court figures from time to time.

Jia Jing used very sharp words when he praised or disliked people, not only talking about himself, but often going back to his father and grandparents.These are exactly what the Zhou family, who have never been in the first-class circles in Beijing, lacks.

The secrets of some top-notch families came from Jia Jing without hesitation, and Zhou Fucheng, who spoke bluntly, wished to meet him every day.Jia Jing was also happy to hear about this, and he didn't think Zhou Fucheng's question was too trivial, so he knew everything.

It didn't take long before it came to the days of Qiu Wei. Jia Zhen was ordered by Madam Dou to send Jia Rong and Jia Qiang to the examination room in person. The tragedy of Chunwei Jiazhu two years ago was repeated.

Yes, Jia Zhu's life still continued his tragic fate of not persevering through Chunwei, and now he is only hanging on his breath. I heard that the Rongguo Mansion has begun to prepare for his funeral.

Mrs. Dou has been studying with Jia Jing how to pass useful news to the Eighth Prince's ears through Zhou Fucheng's mouth. She really doesn't have much time to watch the Rongguo Mansion's drama. It's Jia Rong who wants Qiu Wei. Only then did I think of Jia Zhu, the unlucky ghost, because it was my original body from the previous life, so I checked it occasionally at night.

To say that Rongguo Mansion deserves Mrs. Dou's attention, it is Lin Ruhai who wrote to Rongguo Mansion, informing Jia Min of his serious illness.Mother Jia was going to cry a lot, and she tried to ask Jia Lian to go to Yangzhou to see Jia Min, but Jia She refused, because Jia Zhu was not in good health now, and Jia Lian had to help Zhang Luo if something happened in the future.

It seems that Fairy Lin still cannot escape the fate of entering the Rongguo Mansion.When Mrs. Dou read the original novel, she liked that intelligent, sensitive, and talented girl the most.Jia Min got along with her in that life, which made her feel closer to Lin Daiyu.

It can be said that after several lives in the Red Mansion, and how many times she has been a cheap elder for others, what Madam Dou is most reluctant to part with is Daiyu, and what she loves the most is the current Jia Yuan.There is no way, people who are long-cherished are inherently biased, she has her own likes and dislikes, and she has the ability to make what she likes happy and make what she hates unhappy, so naturally she can be a little willful.