The Queen Mother of the Red Chamber

Xiao Rong is in a very good mood recently, seeing everyone smiling lovingly, even the concubines in the harem are living an unusually nourishing life.Of course, except for the concubine Jia of Fengzao Palace.

At this time, Jia Yuanchun was wearing a pale yellow fringed brocade palace dress, a concubine bun, and a cloud-shaped gold hairpin inlaid with gemstones. He looked helplessly at his own wife, Mrs. Wang, who was sitting on the round stool in front of her and was crying. Then she told her about the grievances Baoyu had suffered during these days.

"Your Majesty, Baoyu is your own younger brother. Now everyone in this city is gossiping behind, and it will be hard to even mention a marriage in the future. If you don't make the decision, how will our mother live?"

Jia Yuanchun caressed the gold bracelet on his hand, which was given to him by the emperor last night.Thinking about what the emperor said to her last night, and seeing that her mother said it was all for Baoyu and not for herself at all, she couldn't help but feel resentment in her heart.

I have worked so hard in the palace for so many years, as a slave and a maidservant, and finally relied on my mother-in-law's power to be promoted to a noble concubine, but I was not loved by the empress dowager. Taking advantage of his own reputation to do some corruption and accepting bribes, and now for the sake of his unworthy younger brother, he insisted on fighting against the loyal and obedient king who is full of sacred favor. Isn't this forcing himself to death?

Jia Yuanchun secretly sighed, that's all, if he really loved him, he wouldn't send himself into this palace at his age.Those boudoir handkerchiefs in those days are not as noble as myself now, but they have a happy family, a beautiful husband, a virtuous husband and a filial son.It's not like I went away early when I was young, but I don't have any children.

Seeing that her daughter was indifferent, Mrs. Wang became even more excited, "Ma'am, that's your own brother, the lifeblood of our family. When he was born that year, he was also born of Hanyu. There is no one in this world who is more beautiful than him." If you have a history, are you willing to let him be wronged?"

"Mother!" Jia Yuanchun exclaimed in shock.If he hadn't waved away the palace people long ago, leaving only his confidantes in the palace, what his mother said just now would have made the Holy One punish him for a serious crime of disrespect.

Swinging away the confidantes around him, Jia Yuanchun stood up and walked towards Mrs. Wang step by step. When he reached Mrs. Wang, he knelt down on the ground, "Is mother going to force her daughter to death? "

Mrs. Wang also fell to her knees in shock, "Your Majesty, you are going to shorten the life of a married woman. You are the king, and the married woman is a minister. There is no such thing as a king kneeling and a minister."

Jia Yuanchun took Mrs. Wang's hand and cried, "Now that my daughter can't move an inch, and Baoyu has confessed her affair with King Zhongshun in front of His Majesty, how can my daughter make decisions for him? Now the concubines in the palace don't know what to say in secret What about your daughter, you are forcing her like this now, don't you want her to die?"

Mrs. Wang did not expect that the imperial concubine, who was regarded as the protector by the whole family, would have such thoughts, and said in surprise: "But the empress is now the imperial concubine, the only noble concubine in this palace, who else dares to speak?" Your Majesty, you are the reliance of the whole family, if you are so submissive, what will the family do?"

Jia Yuanchun raised his head, with tears all over his face, and said sadly: "Mother has such a cruel heart!" Such begging and begging made it clear that it was difficult, but his mother only thought about what was going on at home, but never felt sorry for her daughter in the palace. How to deal with oneself in the middle of the world is really cruel!Thinking of this, Jia Yuanchun only felt that what the emperor said yesterday couldn't be more correct, and if he offended the prince for the sake of his unworthy younger brother, no one would do him a favor.

He wiped away the tears on his face with a handkerchief, and the mournful look on his face was replaced by a majestic look.Pushing away Mrs. Wang's hand, she got up and stood up, then turned and walked towards the golden armchair on the upper seat.

Seeing her daughter's sudden change, Mrs. Wang was stunned for a moment, before she said: "Your Majesty..."

Jia Yuanchun sat on the big chair, with an indifferent expression and a dignified manner, "I can't help you, it's getting late, you'd better go back. I advise you not to talk too much, so as not to bring disaster to the entire family."

Mrs. Wang shivered, pointed at Jia Yuanchun tremblingly and said, "Your Majesty, you..."

Jia Yuanchun didn't pay any attention, and said to the outside: "Come here, send Mrs. Wang out of the palace."

Two maids in blue palace attire came in from the outside, they were Jia Yuanchun's personal maids.

The two walked to Mrs. Wang's side and stretched out their hands to help her up, "Madam, I will send you out of the palace."

When Xiao Rong got the news, Mrs. Wang had just left the palace gate.

Xiao Rong stretched out his hand to pick up a piece of fragrant jujube paste cake on the white jade plate, chewed it carefully, and when he swallowed the jujube paste cake, he just told Nanny Cui, "Isn't there a piece of fine brocade in our palace?" , that satin mourning is not suitable for home use, so send it to Fengzao Palace."

Cui Mama didn't understand what it meant, but still said: "No, I will arrange for someone to send it here."

Xiao Rong took a sip of fragrant tea, and Fang sighed: "The best thing for a child in this world is to have the love of parents, and the worst is to lose the love of parents." Although Jia Yuanchun is not the best, in the original book , is also a hard-working person.If she can keep her own place, it would be fine to give her a place in the palace.

The palace people got the order and already took the reward and went to Fengzao Palace.When he came back, Xiao Rong was talking and laughing with the queen.The two wear bright yellow uniforms with phoenix patterns, but the color of Xiao Rong's suit looks deeper.

"Going back to Empress Dowager, Empress Jia received your reward and immediately kowtowed three times to Changle Palace, expressing her gratitude to Empress Dowager."

Xiao Rong smiled lightly, then waved away the visitor.

The Empress poured tea for Xiao Rong with her own hands, picked out the tea leaves, and said with a smile: "It seems that Concubine Jia understands."

Xiao Rong leaned on the phoenix chair, picked his forehead hair, and said: "I am not a fool, but I am tired of a family of fools, and now I can save a lot in the future. thing."

The queen pursed her lips and smiled lightly: "The minister has something to bother the queen mother. Now all the suitable women in the mansions have been nominated to enter the House of Internal Affairs, and they have kept the booklets. After the primary election, they will disturb the queen mother to have a look."

It was only then that Xiao Rong remembered that his cheap son was going to have a concubine this year.This draft is a big deal. Since ancient times, the draft has been a battlefield full of gunpowder. How many women from good families will be caught in the mud now.

If the emperor knew that his mother compared him to mud, he would definitely want to cry without tears.

Xiao Rong suddenly thought that Xue Baochai was in the original book, but she had participated in the draft, but she was not selected later.With her character, talent and appearance, she was not selected, but it caused countless red studies experts to conjecture.

"Then the Xue family must have participated in the election." Although Xiao Rong asked the question, he used an affirmative tone.

The queen was not surprised, and said with a smile: "The eldest daughter of the Xue family, Xue Baochai, handed over the name tag, but there is a strange thing. The Jia family is a relative of the Xue family, so it should be pulling this girl, but it didn't work. I think that the Jia family secretly reported that Xue Baochai was born with a hidden disease, and my minister asked someone to investigate, and it is true. This person with a serious disease, naturally cannot serve the emperor. The minister has already sent someone to remove the famous card, so he is considered unsuccessful."

Xiao Rong secretly said: "As expected, it is really the work of the Jia family."

Xiao Rong thought about it carefully for a while, and then said: "I heard from Yu'er that the hidden disease is not a problem, it's just a disease of wealth. Our royal family does not lack that kind of medicinal material, so it's easy to live with."

The queen asked in surprise, "What does the queen mother mean?"

"Keep the card."

Seeing that Xiao Rong was confident, the empress thought about it a few times before she finally figured it out, and said with a smile: "It's my mother who is thoughtful."

Xiao Rong supported the handle and sat up, moved his old bones, and said with a smile: "You have to give something sweet to raise a loyal dog."

It is said that Mrs. Wang has been depressed since she came out of the palace that day, and now she is lingering and sick.On this day, Aunt Xue took Baochai to see the meeting, said the meeting's heartfelt words, and then went to Jiamu's Rongshou Hall.

When the mother and daughter arrived in the hall of honor and longevity, Li Wan, Sister Feng, Mrs. Xing and all the daughters-in-law surrounded Jia Mu to relieve their boredom.

Aunt Xue led Baochai to the ceremony, and she also gossiped with her, about what strange things happened in the house, and the lady of the house left the cabinet, but no one dared to mention Jia Baoyu and the king. lady.

On the other hand, Mother Jia wore an embroidered brocade scarf and leaned on the soft couch, looking listless to the laughter of the crowd.After staying for a while, he burst into tears again.

All the daughters-in-law in the house had to surround Jia Mu, trying to comfort her.But Jia's mother only held Wang Xifeng's hand, shedding old tears, "Feng Lazi, you have to take care of your aunt these days, she is also a miserable person, but Baoyu still..."

Wang Xifeng hurriedly wiped Jia Mu's tears with a handkerchief, but her own eyes were full of tears, and she was even more sad than Jia Mu. "Old Ancestor, don't worry, I will let Ping'er go to watch the night these few days, and I will take care of it in person during the day, and my aunt will definitely be fine."

Only then did Jia's mother stop crying, "You are the safest thing to do. By the way, is Baoyu better?"

It turned out that Baoyu was angry with Wang Ziteng that day, so the emperor ordered Zhongshun beauty to send Baoyu back to Jia's mansion.The two are naturally inseparable again, let's not talk about it for now.After Baoyu returned to Jia's mansion, he just felt that he didn't think about food and drink, and spent his days in a daze. In addition, the people around him were not as elegant as a ten thousandth of a loyal beauty, so Baoyu missed him even more and clamored to go out. to find someone.Jia Zheng was put in confinement in a rage. Unexpectedly, within a few days, Baoyu became haggard, and Jia's mother wiped her tears with distress.

Wang Xifeng smiled and said: "Brother Bao is doing well, I just went to see it, the improvement is a bit better than before, and I don't cry anymore."

Mother Jia was relieved and sighed: "There are so many grandchildren, and I love him the most. Unexpectedly, something like this happened. If that person is an ordinary person, it's okay, it's okay to buy it, but then What is the status of a person, if Baoyu really followed him, how can I be worthy of the spirit of the old duke..."

Wang Xifeng kept reassuring again, and the daughters-in-law next to her also hurriedly came to drink tea.

Everyone was in a mess when an old woman in a dark blue silk gown ran in from the outside with the door curtain.

I saw the old lady said with joy on her face: "I am so happy, old lady."

Jia's mother was wiping her tears, and when she heard the words, she hurriedly asked, "What's the happy event, why don't you report it quickly."

The old lady hurriedly said: "Ms. Xue is overjoyed. Just now the second master accepted the post from the Ministry of Internal Affairs. Miss Xue has left a sign for the Ministry of Internal Affairs."

Aunt Xue and Xue Baochai next to her were surprised, then overjoyed.

Jia's mother hurriedly asked, "But the truth?" She thought to herself, hasn't someone already reported it, and why was it selected again.

The old mother said: "The second master personally accepted the post, saying that it is for a good student today. Three days later, he will enter the palace in a sedan chair from the Ministry of Internal Affairs to meet the saint."

Aunt Xue was overjoyed when she heard the words, "It really is the emperor's grace." She hurriedly pulled Xue Baochai to give a big gift to Jiamu, and said with a smile: "This is also delaying the blessings of the old ancestors and the family."

Xue Baochai was calmer than Aunt Xue, but the unconcealable joy in her eyes made Jia's mother feel stuck in her throat.

Mother Jia gritted her teeth with hatred in her heart, but smiled on her face: "This is also the luck of the eldest girl. I have said it a long time ago. If you are born so well, you will be blessed when you see it."

Aunt Xue took Xue Baochai's hand and said: "Old lady, the girl will go in in three days. I thought I'd go back first and make arrangements early, so as not to be rude in front of the saint."

Jia Mu said: "Let's go back first, and the saint should be the first. Don't come here in the next few days, so be prepared."

Aunt Xue said happily: "Hey, then let's go back first."

Waiting for the mother and daughter to leave the Rongshou Hall with happy faces.Jia Mu immediately lost face, and then retreated the crowd.

In the evening, news spread from Lixiangyuan that everyone in the mansion flashed a tael of silver, envious of the servants of Jia's mansion for a while.

Naturally, these things in Jia's mansion could not escape the fox's eyes of the loyal and obedient beauty.

At this time, Zhongshun beauty was wearing a begonia flower spring nightgown, with satiny black hair, lying on the beauty couch with her eyes slightly squinted, leaving only curled eyelashes casting a dark shadow on the eyelids.

The confidants on the side didn't dare to watch such a lively scene, they just lowered their heads and reported every move of the four kings and eight lords.

The loyal and obedient beauty didn't open her eyes, but she only raised her lips, "I should have known that the role of the queen mother is not easy to be bullied. Now, the people in Jia's mansion are going to have fun. Hey, also I don't know how much pain my Bao'er will have to suffer, it really makes my heart ache."

Hearing this, the confidant trembled all over, and then said: "Young Master Jiang wants to see you."

The loyal and obedient beauty opened her eyes, and a sly glint flashed in her bright pupils, "Sure."