Queen's Road in the Red House

Li Wan and Tanchun left in a daze.

To be honest, the two of them are not people who are messing around with brown sugar - Li Wan is like a dead tree after losing her husband, Tanchun is even more high-minded, and only hates that she is not a man and cannot go far and make contributions.

It is difficult for them to ask for help like this.

Mrs. Wang taught Li Wan these words today: "Why don't you lose face? If you really follow us out of the city, don't you want Lan'er to be a rural farmer for the rest of your life?"

That's why Li Wan mustered up the courage to come here today.

After asking Sister Feng to point it out so mercilessly, Li Wan and Tanchun both turned pale with tears in their eyes, stumbled and turned around to leave.

Ping'er was afraid that they would faint in the courtyard and couldn't explain clearly, so he hurriedly sent them all the way out, and even added a few sentences for Wang Xifeng.

Then Daiyu came out from the inner room with a strange look on her face.

Sister Feng has already brought her own Zhaojun set, and she smiled bitterly: "Sister Lin, do you still remember how my ancestors described me before? Said that I was a rascal and settled down, Feng Lazi. But to some people, you just can't be polite. Otherwise you will Some people are sure that you cherish your feathers, and you will bully the weak and fear the strong."

"My younger sister is more fortunate than me. Everything in the palace is up and down. It's not like outside, where all kinds of relatives have to deal with it—Sister-in-law Zhu is not too difficult to deal with."

Everyone said it was hard to be treated in the palace, but Sister Feng didn't think so.

The official family of the Houmen government has countless branches and branches. To be a housekeeper and daughter-in-law, you must be able to deal with these crooked people. If you are a little weak and lenient, many people will pounce on you like mosquitoes seeing blood.

Sister Feng sees Daiyu as quite arrogant, and may not be able to deal with the best relatives of all kinds.Especially these people have bad mouths, it's okay to get benefits, but once they don't follow them, they will be extremely degraded.

There are many students who are partial and elders, and they cannot be swept away.

Daiyu is also careful, how can she bear this idleness.

On the contrary, in the palace, rules and decency are the most important, even if there is someone who hits the wooden clock, they dare not put on the airs of relatives and elders to be eccentric.

Daiyu smiled: "I'm afraid that you will get angry twice in a row, what if the child also rushes out like you."

Feng'er laughed out loud.

Sister Feng said: "Sister Lin's mouth is really unforgiving."

Ping'er put on a cloak for Daiyu, and when Sister Feng wanted to get up to deliver it, Daiyu pressed Sister Feng's hand and said, "Sister Feng doesn't need it. Tomorrow, I'll pack up the things for Xiangling and send them to Sister Feng. "

--

February [-]th is the Flower Festival and Daiyu's birthday.

In the early morning, the palace sent out the rewards. Jia Min took her daughter alone and set up an incense table outside the second gate, thanking the Queen Mother and Queen for the rewards.

After that, the families of relatives and friends sent gifts one after another.Chief Steward Lai took a look, Lin Zhixiao and Wu Xindeng were on the sidelines to assist in making the booklet, and they came and went to greet each other.

Because it was the Flower Festival, Rongguo Mansion cut a lot of flower paper in advance and hung it on the branches to look like a hundred flowers. It was very lively inside and outside.

The people outside were busy outside, Jia Min put off everything these days and just stayed in Rongqing Hall with her daughter.She personally picked out a long piece of longevity noodles for her daughter: "Mother only expects you to be safe."

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One year later, at the Huachao Festival, Daiyu's 15th birthday seemed to be no different from her 14th birthday, except that the location was changed to Shaojingxuan.

Jia Min was quite sad: "One year has passed in a blink of an eye, and now you have reached the age of Jiji, and you will have three years of filial piety in summer."

The day when her daughter enters the palace is near, how can Jia Min not be sad.

Daiyu held Jia Min's arm, leaned her head on her mother's shoulder, and said softly: "The third highness's wedding will only be held this spring. I still have more than half a year to accompany my mother."

By the light of the candles, Daiyu carefully looked at her mother, seeing that her complexion and spirit were quite good, she smiled a little relieved: "The last time I entered the palace, the elder sister of the Zhou family also said that the palace is not as good as she imagined. That rigidity is terrifying. The empress has a bright temperament and never embarrasses the younger generation, while the rest of the empresses in the six palaces, let alone being harsh, rarely even meet each other."

She deliberately picked out happy events in Zhou Ling's words and told Jia Min: "Every February and Sixth, the female family members of Jiaofang are allowed to visit the palace. This year's Chinese New Year, she is even allowed to go home to visit relatives."

Jia Min knew that her daughter was trying to ease her heart, so she smiled along the way: "Yes, there is always a chance to see you again."

When talking about visiting relatives, Jia Min couldn't help but think of Yuanchun and the Grand View Garden, which is like a fairyland.

This New Year's Eve, the emperor authorized the concubines of the six palaces to go back to visit their relatives. The Xu family of the Zhou family built relatives' visitation gardens, but they were all of a mediocre scale.

No wonder the emperor wanted to raid the Jia family that day.

As for Yuanchun.

It's been almost a year since Erfang moved to the house in the suburbs of Beijing. At first, he always visited the house, but then his voice gradually faded away.I heard that Yuanchun's marriage has also been decided, and it is the governor of Jingzhou Zhao's family.

When Jia Min first heard about it, he asked casually, "Which son is the governor of Zhao?"

From Mrs. Wang's point of view, she must want to be the first wife of the eldest son.However, the governor of Jingzhou's official position is not small, and if he is not a successor, he may not be willing to hire his father as a white woman for the eldest son.

Therefore, either it is the stepmother of the eldest son, or the younger son or even the first wife of the concubine.

Whether the son with a low status in a high family or the eldest son in a low family has always been an eternal dilemma.

Sister Feng stood at the bottom with a strange expression on her face, and after a while she said cautiously: "Back to the ancestors, it is Dudu Zhao himself."

Jia Min: ...

She really didn't guess the answer: the person who can be the governor must be middle-aged, at least 40 years old.

Sure enough, after Sister Feng's explanation, Jia Min learned that the governor of Zhao is in his forties this year, the eldest son was married the year before, and now there are two young masters born in the mansion, one young master born in the concubine and five girls born in the concubine. Undecided.

Yuanyang was stunned as she listened: This stepmother is supposed to be the son of nine children.

Even though Jia Min didn't have the slightest liking for Yuan Chun, but as a woman, she couldn't help feeling the same dissatisfaction in her heart: "Why did you choose such a family?"

Sister Feng said: "Dudu Zhao promised that he will help Baoyu in his official career in the future. There is also the second master of politics. Because the emperor has demoted him to a white body, it is naturally not easy to be an official in the past few years, but wait for three to five years." Yes, maybe there will be a turning point, and he won't watch the old father-in-law's official career decline. And it has been agreed long ago that as soon as Yuan Chun gets married, he will immediately ask Yuan Chun to be the second rank. This is the first job in Jingzhou His honor."

Jia Min frowned: "The Zhao family is not a well-known family for generations. Since Governor Zhao has been able to rise to the top, he is naturally a man of real ability. He has given so much, so he must have something to ask for."

Sister Feng quickly raised her eyes to look at Jia Min, and then said: "Old ancestor, I don't know whether this is true or not. My aunt told me after listening to the gossip."

Mrs. Wang Ziteng has gotten closer and closer to Sister Feng over the past year, and has become more and more harmonious with Mrs. Jia's family.At least Mrs. Xing has greeted her with a smile on her face. She only remembers that she is Sister Feng's aunt, and almost forgets that she is Mrs. Wang's sister-in-law.

"This Dudu Zhao has a concubine married in the middle of the capital. When he saw Yuan Chun once in a while, he was astounded. Dudu Zhao lost his wife for three years. In Jingzhou, he wanted to continue his marriage. No matter how many families were willing to marry their daughters He. It has been delayed until now because he has a high vision, not only wants a woman who is virtuous and sensible, able to raise many children in the family, but also wants a wife who is outstanding in appearance and beautiful as a flower, so it is delayed."

Jia Min always felt that marrying a wife for her appearance was not the temperament of a man of ups and downs in the officialdom.

But the matter of the second room has nothing to do with her, and Yuan Chun's misfortune and fortune can only be seen by herself.If something goes wrong after she married in Jingzhou, and she wants to take advantage of Rongguo Mansion's influence, that's fine.

It didn't take long for Jia Min to think of Yuanchun, and then she patted her daughter's hand: "Go to bed early, you have to enter the palace tomorrow. I heard that the empress has been out of harmony since the Chinese New Year. After you enter the palace You must be careful in everything, you must be close to your empress, but you must also be respectful."

That is not only her future mother-in-law, but also the mother of a country.

As long as she cared for Daiyu in the past two years, she was not feeling well, so Daiyu was willing to accompany her by her bedside.

Daiyu nodded: "Mother, don't worry. Physician Wu said that my body is already in good shape. I could stop going to the palace to change prescriptions and drink bitter medicine. I just need to take care of myself when the seasons change. I just heard that my mother's illness is lingering, so I don't feel relieved."

Jia Min also said: "Your Majesty has her own natural appearance, besides, she is only about [-] people, and she will be fine after a while."

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As soon as the red flower curtain moved, Jia Lian came into the room. Seeing that the nurse was holding her son and playing in front of Sister Feng's son, she hurriedly changed her clothes, washed and washed, and then came out to tease her son.

"Is it still snowing outside?"

"It's still falling, rustling like salt particles." Through the silver-red gauze on the window, Jia Lian saw that the lights and snow outside were dyed red, which looked soft and festive, and she was also happy in her heart.

Seeing him happy, Sister Feng couldn't help asking: "Is everything going well with the Ministry of Rites? It seems that the second master is in a good mood."

After the year, He Shangshu's official document settled Jia Lian's lack of the head of the sixth rank of the Ministry of Rites.

"I also know who this job is. Don't worry, I will do it with my heart. Even if I can't do it well, I won't be punished and demoted like the second master, and make the Fourth Highness lose his reputation."

Sister Feng smiled and raised the teacup: "Then I will replace the wine with tea to congratulate the second master."

Both sons and daughters, husband and wife are harmonious, looking forward to the future, Sister Feng thinks that the current life is really peaceful and beautiful.

Seeing her smiling, Jia Lian couldn't help teasing and said, "When did the Second Mistress Lian become so worthless? The eldest girl of the Second Household is about to become the second-rank wife, and I am a sixth-rank sesame official, so you can be satisfied." gone?"

Sister Feng snorted softly: "After she passed the door, the children behind were waiting in line to get married. It took eight years to get married each year, and there were plenty of places for her to worry about. My good aunt, she always said it hurts." Daughter, it’s sold by weighing the catties.”

Jia Lian asked someone to boil a pot of hot wine, and brought in some side dishes.

Sister Feng saw that he was having a good time talking, so she asked someone to take her son away, and continued to talk to him: "Besides, Erfang paid a whole 10 taels of silver: who has this cash? But who dares to pull out the tiger's beard? Going against the words of the Holy Majesty. So the second wife changed some of her family's property that day, and even moved her dowry, so she managed to collect 10 taels and send it to the household department."

"In the past two years, I have lost the income of earning oil and water in the mansion, and I have been sitting and eating all day. The second wife can't help being anxious. After all, Yuanchun and Baoyu's wedding is not over yet, and there are Tanchun and Jiahuan. This pen Aren't they all silver?"

After Jia Lian drank two glasses of wine, she didn't understand the point of Sister Feng, but seeing her high spirits, she knew that she must have something to say, so the supporters kept asking: Then?Really?

Sure enough, Sister Feng was willing to tell him: "Then, the Second Wife then moved the Xue family's idea again! Now she wants Baoyu to marry Baochai."

Jia Lian yawned a little: "Hasn't the second wife been thinking about this?"

"It's different this time! When Aunt Xue first moved into the house, the second wife had this idea, and she also used it to hang the mother and daughter. Later, Baoyu was a companion reader, and the second wife's eyes became raised, and her words became vague. This delay has dragged on for four or five years.”

"This time the second wife finally made up her mind to go to Wang's house and entrust my aunt to be a nobleman and matchmaker, and to formally discuss marriage with Xue's family."

Jia Lian picked up a chopstick and ate the jelly powder pork tenderloin, then suddenly smiled and said, "There must be other things, otherwise you don't need to bring it out."

Sister Feng clapped her hands: "Sure enough, the second master understands me—the second wife finally made up her mind, but who knows that it was Xue's family who turned her back on it and declined. It was said that some monks made up their minds, and that Baochai could not talk about it this year. marriage."

Jia Lian was startled: In his heart, the marriage between Jia Baoyu and Xue Baochai will always be Xue's family chasing the Rongguo Mansion.

Even if the Second House has now changed from Rongguo Mansion to Jia Mansion, Jia Baoyu is still the grandson of Rong Guogong, and is the prince's companion.

Why is the Xue family hesitating now?

Jia Lian rolled his eyes upwards to calculate, and hesitated: "Sister Lin's [-]th birthday is today, and Sister Xue's birthday is Autumn, and she will be eighteen in half a year!"

Women in this dynasty do not advocate early marriage, but it is too late to discuss marriage.

Sister Feng regretted: "That's right, so you said it's not weird. Unfortunately, we are also very indifferent to the Xue family now, so I can't find out anything."

Jia Lian put together a small pastel wine cup and a treasured hibiscus jade porcelain cup, then reached out and took away Baoguang Linglong's jade porcelain cup: "Is this not clear? I didn't choose this one because there are better ones." of."

Sister Feng and Jia Lian looked at each other and smiled: Mrs. Wang has used Xue's family as a candidate all these years. Who would have thought that Xue's family could only look at Jia Baoyu like that!

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At this time, Xue Baochai, one of the protagonists who are each other's spare tires, is also frowning.

Aunt Xue sighed and said: "What monk said that you don't want to discuss relatives this year? The excuse is far-fetched. If there is a letter from the Sun Palace in the future, and the scene is the same as today, there is no need for relatives."

In March last year, the eldest prince got married, half a year later the second prince got married, and one month after the marriage, the concubine Liu entered the palace.

The Xue family has been waiting for Xin'er.

First of all, it is not advisable to accept a side concubine immediately after the big marriage, let's wait until the new year.It's been a long time since the new year, and the empress who gave birth to the queen has been sick all the time. There is no rule for the concubine to take concubines when the aunt is sick, so there is still no movement in the palace.

The Xue family looked left and right, but in the end Mrs. Wang came to propose marriage for Baoyu, and they were dumbfounded.

Baochai can't help it either, no matter how much she can do, she won't be able to go to the palace, she can only wait.And waiting is sometimes the most tormenting.

--

After seeing her mother off, Daiyu read the letter by herself with a lamp.

Opening the envelope, she saw two bright red lychees rolled out of it. She wondered why there were such overripe lychees in winter. When she picked them up, she found that they were carved from red jade.

"These two lychees are a gift from my sixth brother." It was written in Xin Hongcheng's letter.

It seems that life has stabilized, and the younger sister of the third princess is accompanying her to learn to speak and read. The sixth prince knows a lot better than before.

The emperor and queen didn't expect him to study, so he was able to wander around the palace.

The last time I visited Yushifang, I asked the craftsman to make two lychees for him.

This jade is not see-through, so it is not considered top-grade, but it is lifelike and lovely when carved into lychees, and holes are carefully drilled on the stems, so you can tie it around with a thin gold chain or red string, or wear it as a Jewelry is also convenient.

Daiyu put away the two lychees in her purse.

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