After the Gu of the Red Chamber

The one who came was none other than Wang Ziteng, who is currently very popular in the court.

Seeing Wang Ziteng for the first time, Lin Ruhai couldn't help being surprised. You must know that he didn't plan to make a big deal about Brother Jin's full moon this time, and he had already notified his relatives and friends. It's just that people who can be regarded as close relatives like Xue's family came here to congratulate him.

But the Wang family is not a close relative of the Lin family, nor is it an in-law of the Lin family. There is also a little misunderstanding between the Wang family and the Lin family because of Mrs. Wang. It can be called the No.1 status in the court, and it is too close to come to the Lin family to congratulate him in person.

Not only Wang Ziteng and his wife and daughter came to congratulate in person, Wang Ziteng also sent a heavy gift, not only for Brother Jin, but also for the couple and their two children, and everything was complete. , the etiquette is much more important than Jia Amnesty.

Especially the one for Jia Min is the most important one, much more important than the one for Brother Jin. Lin Ruhai couldn't help feeling suspicious, no matter how much he thought about it, he really couldn't think of anything from his mother and Wang family. Is it time to have such a good friendship?

Fortunately, Wang Ziteng didn't confuse Lin Ruhai for long. Wang Ziteng directly cupped his hands and said, "I'm here to thank you."

Lin Ruhai was trying to remember what he had done for the Wang family, only to hear Wang Ziteng continue: "If Mrs. Zun hadn't recommended a famous doctor to my wife, I'm afraid my daughter's body would have been misjudged by those quack doctors, and my wife would not be happy."

Speaking of this, Wang Ziteng couldn't help showing a little joy on his face, even if it was him, he never expected to be a father again at this age.

If it is a son, it is the best. Even if it is not, the daughter can recruit a son-in-law and inherit the heir of his royal family. Whether it is a man or a woman, his life is considered complete.

Lin Ruhai suddenly realized, and for a moment, the two men exchanged a "you understand" look in a very subtle way. As two old men, they really have a lot of experience to exchange.

"congratulations!"

Wang Ziteng laughed triumphantly, "Congratulations! Congratulations!"

Under normal circumstances, this common joy is just a polite remark, but when it falls on Lin Ruhai and Wang Ziteng, it really has a bit of common joy.

Wang Ziteng also really thanked Lin Ruhai for coming uninvited, and brought his wife and daughter to congratulate him.

You know, giving gifts is nothing these days. The official doesn't walk away, but comes to congratulate himself, which shows that Wang Ziteng really values ​​the Lin family. If anyone wants to touch Lin Ruhai in the future, he has to think about him and the Wang family The relationship between.

Although Lin Ruhai doesn't need Wang Ziteng's help, it's always better to have multiple paths in the court, not to mention that he is the most popular Wang Ziteng in the court.

With Wang Ziteng's support, Lin Ruhai naturally wouldn't refuse people thousands of miles away, so he quickly asked people to add seats, and asked the maid to send Mrs. Wang into the inner courtyard to talk to Jia Min.

Jia Amnesty had always looked down on Mrs. Xing's modesty, and his brother-in-law Tete said that the full moon banquet was not going to be a big one, so he didn't bring Mrs. Xing to be an eyesore, but he just brought a few children and Jia Lian and his wife to congratulate him.

It's not just that Jia She was inexplicably reused by Emperor Pingkang, even Jia Lian had a bit of a chicken dog ascending to heaven. Originally, he was just a donated Tongzhi vacant position. Don't look at Tongzhi as a genuine fifth-rank, but this one It's just a false job, and it's just a good name, not even the sixth-rank member Wailang who was on Jia Zheng back then.

For some reason, after Emperor Pingkang gave Jia She a doctor of the fifth rank, he also gave Jia Lian a head of the Ministry of Industry from the sixth rank. Although this official position was a little lower than that of Jia Zheng back then, the whole family even With two people being given a real job, this has never happened before.

Not only that, Emperor Pingkang treated Jia She unexpectedly well, not only arranged the future, but also asked about Jia She's affairs, I was afraid that Jia She would be wronged at 01:30, even if there were many before Those who were dissatisfied with Jia Amnesty and were about to do something secretly, seeing that Emperor Pingkang cared about Jia Amnesty so much, could only silently back away.

It's not that they have more heads than others, so they dare to play tricks under the eyes of the Holy One.

Although Jia She is not good at reading, but he has a way of doing things, and Jia Lian is the same. Although his name as the second housekeeper of the Rongguo Mansion is not good, he can be frank when Mrs. Wang is the housekeeper. Lai Da's subordinates are mixed up as the second housekeeper, and he can also see his skills.

This pair of father and son is not successful in the imperial examination, but in terms of handling affairs, they are better than many scholars.

Seeing Jia She and Jia Lian look like ducks in water, Emperor Pingkang, who was still a little worried, was finally relieved, but he was also a little suspicious in private, why Jia She and Jia Lian couldn't study well, but they were better at doing things than those knowledgeable scholars ?

It seems that the selection of officials through the imperial examination may not really be able to select all the talents. After careful observation, it turns out that Jia She and Jia Lian also have a bit of aura with those scholars in the court. Officials deal with more.

Although the petty officials are not good, they are usually just beating the officials, but when it comes to doing practical things, those petty officials do more, and many officials are not as good at understanding the situation as the petty officials under them, and even better. On the contrary, the ability of small officials is stronger than that of some officials, but because of various factors, they are only small officials, not imperial examination scholars.

Not to mention that Emperor Pingkang and Prince Li were discussing to increase the entry path of ordinary officials in the court, on the other hand, this sacred will is God's will, with Emperor Pingkang's care, all of a sudden, the Rongguo Mansion declined from the original The second-class family in the capital instantly became the first-class family in the capital.

I have given birth to a son-in-law, and my natal family has inexplicably prospered. Even if there is the shadow of Jia's mother's death, it will not affect the joy at the full moon banquet. After learning that Wang He's family is happy, Jia Min is really happy for Wang He's family. , Keep going straight to congratulations.

This kind of pain that has been married for many years but still has no children, only they can understand it best.

Wang He smiled gently, "It was also discovered in the past two days. No, we came here to thank Mrs. Lin for recommending a doctor."

Even if it was her, she didn't expect that Miaojiang Chieftain to be so powerful, but after a few months of recuperating for her, she took off the sterilization pills on her body, not only that, but also saved her Xiluan, otherwise if the previous With the quack doctor's treatment, I'm afraid Xiluan won't live to adulthood, even if he manages to survive, it's hard to guarantee that he won't be able to pass the test of giving birth.

Thinking of this, Wang He secretly thought it was dangerous, and was even more grateful to Jia Min for not mentioning it.

Jia Min did not expect that the chieftain of Miaojiang was so powerful that he actually took the sterilization medicine off Wang He's body. Seeing that Wang He was pregnant, he felt quite honored.

At that moment, Wang Heshi was pulled over, chattering about a lot of precautions, and even asked people to sort out the medicinal recipes that Yu'er asked to sort out before, and the precautions during pregnancy were all sorted out, so that the Wang He took it back.

Jia Min's gift is definitely a timely gift. After all, Wang He is getting older and her physical condition is not as good as before. Although it is not the first time she is pregnant, for some reason, she always feels very tired, and her reaction during pregnancy is also worse than before. Xiluan was even more serious, if not for this, she would not have discovered the pregnancy so early.

Mrs. Xue Er hurriedly congratulated Wang He. This year, for some reason, there are so many strange things. Even old mussels can get together. First, Jia Min gave birth to a son, and then Wang He's congratulations. I know men and women, but as long as it is a son, it will be a great joy for the Wang family.

Wang He thanked with a smile, this hand has been placed upright on the lower abdomen, the palm subconsciously protects the stomach, although it is only a fetus that has just turned one month, but she has subconsciously put him before her.

Wang Xifeng noticed that Wang Heshi was subconsciously protecting the child in her belly, and she was somewhat defensive, and couldn't help feeling sad.

She was raised by Wang Ziteng and his wife since she was a child, so she naturally knew that her second uncle was good at everything. The only regret was that she had no children, so she and her elder brother had to be adopted.

Now that the second uncle and his wife have their own son, wouldn't she and her elder brother become superfluous?

She is just a married niece. Whether the Wang family has a son or not doesn't matter much to her, but her elder brother...

Although her eldest brother Wang Ren is the son of the first wife of the Wang family, he has been supported by the second wife since childhood. Naturally, his purpose is to be the first wife and second wife of the Tao Wang family in the future. Now that the second uncle has a son, then...

Wang Xifeng hesitated for a long time, and finally couldn't help but gritted his teeth and asked, "Second Aunt, my elder brother..."

The smile on Wang He's face faded slightly, and he said lightly: "Brother Ren is extremely stubborn, and your second uncle and I really can't teach him, so we simply sent him to Jinling Academy, which has always been famous for being strict. , thinking about it, it must be able to restrain Ren'er's temper."

Although they don't know whether the flesh and blood in the belly is male or female, but they should be careful, they will naturally not let any one go.

Wang Ren has a tyrannical temperament, and he believes that he is the future head of the Wang family. Apart from being in front of her and Wang Ziteng, he also knows how to pretend. He does not know how arrogant he is in his usual actions. He regards the entire Wang family as his. Because of this, Wang Ren even dared to dislike Xiluan.

Although she was dissatisfied, but thinking that Wang Ren was the only male in the Wang family, she had no choice but to bear it all the time. In the end, Wang Ren committed suicide by himself, and dared to accuse Xiluan of spending a lot of money on food every year in front of Wang Ziteng. Medicine, wasted a lot of Wang family's money... and so on.

Wang Ziteng's most precious thing is Wang Xiluan, a jewel in the palm of his hand, who can tolerate others to make her wronged, and Wang He's pregnant, no matter male or female, he is better than Wang Ren, the son of other people's family. People sent Wang Ren back to Jinling, and specially found the most severe Jinling Academy, so that Wang Ren could restrain his temper.

She sighed and continued: "If Ren'er can improve a little bit, I will have the face to meet my elder brother and sister-in-law underground with your second uncle."

Sending Wang Ren to Jinling Academy and ignoring him is already Wang Ziteng's last act of compassion. Otherwise, Wang Ren belittled Xiluan before and secretly asked her to inquire about the news in her yard. The intention of the flesh and blood to shoot.

If Zi Teng had been more cruel, Wang Ren would not even have the chance to live in Jinling. Now Wang Ren was just sent to Jinling Academy, and Wang Ren was already being merciful.

Wang Xifeng was worried, and hurriedly said: "Will Auntie give up on Eldest Brother too early? Eldest Brother has stayed under the knees of Second Uncle and Second Aunt for so many years..."

After so many years of education, it would be too much to say that I can't teach him now. If the uncle and aunt were serious about it, how could the eldest brother be taught to be a useless person.

Wang Xifeng was dissatisfied, and her voice couldn't help becoming a little anxious.

Wang He raised his eyebrows slightly, and said in a cold voice: "Feng girl, what about your rules? Why don't you understand the rules more and more?"

Do you think that by marrying into the Rongguo Mansion, you can have the support of the Rongguo Mansion?To put it bluntly, if she hadn't been Ziteng's niece, she would have been blessed to marry into the Rongguo Mansion.

Even the Rongguo Mansion might look a little better right now, but compared with the Wang family, it is not as good after all. If Wang Xifeng thinks that she can take advantage of her husband's family to question her about Wang Ren, then she is wrong.

Wang Xifeng's face turned pale, she bit her lower lip and dared not speak, Wang He's temperament has always been gentle, but now she speaks very rudely, which shows her displeasure.

In fact, as soon as the words were spoken, Wang Xifeng regretted it herself, but thinking of her elder brother, Wang Xifeng always felt a little bit unwilling.

Obviously... the eldest brother is only one step away from the position of the head of the Wang family, which should have belonged to their room.

Wang Xifeng also felt somewhat resentful, if it wasn't for the good deeds done by her second uncle and second aunt, how could she and her elder brother have become orphans and had to live by their uncle and aunt.

Unexpectedly, not only would the uncle and aunt refuse to teach her elder brother well, but she would abandon her elder brother as soon as she had her own son, and she would not even think about how her elder brother should live in the future.

Seeing that Wang Xifeng's face turned dark and pale for a while, Jia Min couldn't bear it, and quickly said: "Please trouble Xifeng to take a look at my two monkeys, don't let them lead the second girl Wang to her."

This time, Wang Ziteng's whole family was present, and even Wang Xiluan, who seldom appeared in front of people, followed along.

Jia Min and Mrs. Xue Er had known for a long time that Wang Ziteng had a favorite, but because of his poor health, he seldom saw outsiders. The two of them could be regarded as distant relatives with the Wang family, but it was the first time they saw Wang Xiluan until today.

I saw that Wang Xiluan was very thin and thin, although he was a few years older than Daiyu, his figure was not much bigger than Daiyu's, and his complexion was sallow. Daiyu is not as good, just like this, Wang He's family can still be called "great", which shows how bad Wang Xiluan's body was before.

Wang Xiluan, as a member of the royal family, naturally looks not bad, but because she is too thin, she is pitifully thin, as if she would fall down when the wind blows. Yingchun also understood some things after being taught by the mother in the palace. I dare not approach Wang Xiluan for fear of hurting Wang Xiluan at 01:30.

But Daiyu didn't know why, but hit it off with Wang Xiluan at first sight, and the two children went to play in the back garden of the Lin Mansion holding hands. After going out, for a while, most of the children in the room ran away, but it was a little quieter, and it was convenient for them and the women to talk.

Normally, Jia Min would be happy to let the two children get close, but today there are guests, so it is not easy to let the two children stay outside.

And for some reason, Jia Min is happy today, but he can't help but think of the deceased Jia Mu from time to time, and somehow feels a little uneasy, so he took this opportunity and asked Wang Xifeng to call the children back , and by the way, help Wang Xifeng out of danger.

Wang Xifeng breathed a sigh of relief, immediately responded, and hurried out to find Daiyu and Xiluan.

Don't look at her as the perfect housewife in the Rongguo Mansion, but in front of Wang He, she will always be that orphan girl with both parents dead and no one to rely on.

After Wang Xifeng left, Wang He wiped away her tears and sighed: "Everyone, don't blame me for being straightforward. Ren'er is really disappointing. Ziteng and I finally had another child. We really didn't dare to take the slightest risk." gone."

Wang He's Liao Liao said a few words, but also vaguely revealed some information. Jia Min, who originally intended to be a peacemaker, suddenly stopped talking. She is also a mother, so she naturally knows that if someone dares to attack her child, she will definitely not He would let that person go, not to mention that Wang Ren was just a nephew, not even a concubine, so he couldn't blame the Wang family for giving up on him.

Jia Min and Second Mrs. Xue looked at each other, only talking about Fengyue, never mentioning the matter of Wang Ren and Wang Xifeng. After all, this is an internal matter of the Wang family. No matter what, Mr. Wang can't be too harsh on his nephew.

Wang Xifeng came out only to avoid Wang He's family, and didn't care about Daiyu and Wang Xiluan who didn't know where to play, and just told the maids and servants to take care of a few girls. .

Everyone didn't take it seriously, not to mention that neither Daiyu nor Brother べ have the temperament to mess around, just looking at Wang Xiluan's appearance, I know that he is not a person who can mess around, so I know that it has been more than half an hour. However, Daiyu and Wang Xiluan did not come back, and even brother だ was nowhere to be seen, so everyone was a little anxious to find someone.

Qingsi and Qingyan hurriedly went to ask the maidservant, you know, it wasn't just the three children who disappeared, but also Daiyu's maid, Wang Xiluan's nanny, and Brother ず's servant also disappeared. , and even Jia Cong disappeared.

Seven people disappeared in a row, and one of them was an adult who was still missing in Lin's mansion. No matter how you look at it, it feels wrong.

Wang Xifeng's complexion changed slightly, "Quick! Let someone go find it."

The entire Lin Mansion started to move, Jia Min burst into tears, and Wang He passed out with a groan, almost getting pregnant, and frightened the servants who were waiting on the side. It's up to Second Mrs. Xue to calm down. On the one hand, people searched for the whereabouts of the children, and on the other hand, they asked Wang Ziteng and Jia Amnesty to be informed.

Hao Duan came to drink the full moon wine, but his own children disappeared inexplicably after drinking it. Both Wang Ziteng and Jia She had extremely unsightly faces, but Lin Ruhai had the most unsightly face among them.

You know, the other two families only lost one child, but he lost two children, and if the children can't be found, not only will all the relatives of the Lin Jia family be lost, but even the Wang family will lose their relationship with each other. Lin Ruhai's face darkened as soon as he thought of this, and he really wanted to catch the two children back and spank their buttocks.

Wang Ziteng said harshly: "Lin Ruhai, if you don't give me an explanation for this matter! This old man will never end!"

He only has a daughter like Xiluan, who is usually nothing but a treasure, but it can be said that she is held in the palm of her hand and raised. Xiluan's body is not good enough. If there is something wrong with the child, even if he kills the Lin family, it will not be enough to compensate her. .

Even Jia Amnesty's complexion is extremely difficult, even if Jia Cong is not favored again, he is also his son, a good son suddenly disappeared, no matter who is in a good mood, he will definitely not go there, although he is not like Wang Ziteng. Threatening directly like that, but his face was also extremely ugly, and he looked at the servants of the Lin family with a knife in his eyes.

Jia Amnesty didn't want to vent his anger on Lin Ruhai and his wife, but he kept scolding Jia Lian over and over again. The inside and outside of his words were to blame him for not taking good care of his younger brother.

He has been in the front hall since he came to Lin's house, and never entered the backyard. As soon as Jia Cong came to Lin's mansion, he ran to the backyard to play with his little friend. The two brothers were not together at all. How should he take care of Jia? What about Cong?

He glared at Wang Xifeng angrily, and there was a bit of complaint in his eyes. In his opinion, it was true that Wang Xifeng didn't take good care of his uncle.

In fact, Jia Amnesty thought the same way, but he was too embarrassed to teach his daughter-in-law a lesson, so he could only teach his son a lesson. Anyway, they are a husband and wife, so Jia Lian's scolding is the same as Wang Xifeng's scolding, the same.

(Jia Lian: Not the same!)

As a business owner, Xue's family didn't want to get involved in troubles, and they couldn't help in the Lin Mansion. The whole family discussed it, and immediately returned to Xue's Mansion, and came to visit another day. Fortunately, the women were chatting in Jia Min's room, so they didn't care about the children, and let the children play by themselves.

Xue Baoqin was young, and she was still in the arms of the nanny, and Xue Biao didn't dare to stay away in order to take care of her younger sister, and stayed by Baoqin's side all the time, and Yingchun was always quiet, so she didn't follow her, otherwise she would not be missing. There will be a few more children.

Jia Amnesty scolded Jia Lian, not only the Lin family, but the Wang and Jia families also sent servants to help find them, but no matter how hard they searched, they couldn't find the whereabouts of the children. At this moment, Yingchun suddenly pulled Raja away. Xie's hand, whispered: "Master!"

"Good boy!" Jia She forced a smile and coaxed, "You go back with your sister Feng first, and I will go back with your second brother later."

For Yingchun, Jia Amnesty is probably better than Jia Lian, so if Yingchun is willing to stay in the Lin Mansion and be in fear with him, Wang Xifeng will not be able to help if she stays in the Lin Mansion anyway, so she simply asks them to go back first. government.

Yingchun bit her lower lip and said in a low voice: "Master, I seem to have seen the second wife!"

Although there was only one glance, she could tell that it really looked like the second wife's back!

You know, she has been raised under Jiamu's knees since she was a child. Although she is the only daughter of the big family, she is like a little transparent and is not taken seriously. What she usually looks at most is the backs of the wives. The face is not the face of the second wife, but the feeling it gives, and the back...it really looks like the second wife.

Yingchun said in a low voice: "Although that woman's face is covered with scars, she is terribly ugly, but her back really looks like the second wife."

She didn't notice it at first, but when she and brother Xue were playing chess in Baosha, the servant woman kept coaxing her out, coaxing her out several times, if brother Xue and the nanny were not by her side, look Seeing the appearance of the servant woman, maybe she wanted to pull her out, so she noticed it.

Thinking back, that maid really looked like the second wife, she really wondered, could it be the second wife who caused this matter again?The second wife had no child, so she took someone else's child to Baoyu's life?

Jia Amnesty couldn't help being stunned, "Mr. Wang! Why did the old witch suddenly appear here!?"

Jia Amnesty gritted his teeth secretly, how does Yin Tian Fu Yin do things?It's been so long, I can't even catch the shadow of Mrs. Wang.

In an instant, Jia She's seldom-activated brain also began to activate rarely. If anyone had a grudge against the three of them at the same time, there was indeed no one other than the Wang family.

Needless to mention the matter between him, his fourth younger sister, and the Wang family, he was a little surprised. Why did the Wang family poison Jia Zheng instead of him? A little bit of rancor.

Even if there is no enmity, just the fact that Wang Ziteng refused to save him before is enough to make Wang Shi, a lunatic, hate Wang Ziteng so much.

No wonder the three of them lost their children at the same time, only the Xue family did not lose their children. The Wang family and the Xue family had no grievances or enmities, so there was really no need to take action against the two children of the Xue family.

Although the Wang family is only one person, it is impossible to do such a big thing, but Jia Amnesty never dared to underestimate a woman, let alone a crazy woman, to the point where the Wang family even dared to poison her husband. What is it to take children of relatives abducted?

For a while, everyone looked at Wang Ziteng with vague dissatisfaction. How can I say that the Wang family is Wang after all? Wang Ziteng is not responsible, who is responsible?

Jia Amnesty also said directly: "Wang Ziteng, could this be a good thing done by your good sister?"

Wang Ziteng blushed, and suddenly choked out, "She was exiled from the clan."

In other words, Wang is no longer his sister.

Jia Amnesty and Lin Ruhai presented a pair of dead fish eyes at the same time, can they be irresponsible if they are out of the clan?Think too beautiful.