The Queen Mother of the Red Chamber

Ever since meeting Lin Daiyu that day, Jia Yuanchun wanted to go to the palace with Mrs. Wang to discuss important matters. When Mrs. Wang entered the palace this day, naturally the mother and daughter had a lot of haggling.

Mrs. Wang has been unhappy because of Daiyu's affairs.

"Mother, it's a good thing that the cousin of the Lin family has been conferred the title of princess. Why is she so colorful?" Jia Yuanchun knew that Mrs. Wang had always disliked Lin Daiyu, but as a concubine in the harem, her family status was not considered high among the dignitaries in Beijing. of.Now I have a high-status princess as a cousin, which is also a great help for me in the future, and I heard that the queen mother likes Lin's cousin very much, and I will have a much better life in front of the queen mother in the future, but seeing Mrs. Wang like this, I can't bear it. I couldn't help feeling sour, although my mother said she loved her, she was still not as good as her younger brother.

"Your Majesty, isn't that hoof just an orphan girl? What's the good thing to talk about? I don't know what will happen in the future?" Mrs. Wang had endured enough in front of her husband and mother-in-law, and now she can finally vent her anger in front of her daughter. I am disgusted with Lin Daiyu.

"Mother, the cousin of the Lin family is now the righteous daughter of the empress dowager, the righteous sister of the sage, it is better to pay more attention to what mother says, this is the palace after all." Jia Yuanchun couldn't help but reminded that if someone listened to this, he would lose his temper in the future. I'm afraid the day is even more sad.

Mrs. Wang also realized her slip of the tongue, and said again: "Now that your grandmother sees that she has become the princess, she wants to match her with Baoyu even more. I am here today to ask my mother to make an order to betroth your cousin Xue Baochai to Baoyu." He is a good match." Mrs. Wang always liked Xue Baochai in her heart, but she disliked Lin Daiyu from the bottom of her heart.

Jia Yuanchun was about to drink tea, when he heard Mrs. Wang's words, he paused, and his heart felt a little cold. He wanted to let his mother into the palace today because he wanted to find out about his cousin's preferences, so that he could match what he liked, and bring the relationship closer I want Mrs. Wang to settle the marriage between Lin Daiyu and Jia Baoyu as soon as possible. In the future, no matter how bad my younger brother is, he will be a county matriarch, and he can be regarded as the brother-in-law of the emperor, but how can my clear-minded mother submit to this matter? To be confused, no matter how good the Xue family cousin is, she is only a businessman, and I heard that there is a brother who is not worth anything in the family. If she really gets married in the future, it will inevitably cause a lot of trouble.

"My mother's thoughts are not as good as before. The cousin of the Lin family is now a princess of the princess, with a noble status. Even if she is an orphan, she is also from the Hou family. Why is she not worthy of my brother? In the future, Baoyu will be indispensable. If I want to become an official, it will be Baoyu's help from now on. Although the cousin of the Xue family is good, she is from a poor background. Besides, my daughter is struggling in the palace, and the empress dowager doesn't like me. Now the cousin of the Lin family is very much loved by the empress dowager. The daughter finally has someone to rely on, so mother should think about how to assign Lin's cousin to Baoyu, it's too late, I'm afraid it won't be Baoyu's turn."

"This... Your Majesty's words are very true." After hearing Jia Yuanchun's words, Mrs. Wang also began to waver in her heart, but if she asked her to accept Jia Min's daughter as the wife of her precious son, it would be too wronged for herself.But now that the daughter of a virtuous concubine has said so, what else can I do, I can only grit my teeth and respond, but it's hard to explain to my sister, after all, I have taken a lot of benefits from her.

"It's good that mother can understand her daughter's painstaking efforts." Although Jia Yuanchun heard that his mother reluctantly complied, he also knew that it was unwilling. If you accomplish this, you will be fine.

The mother and daughter wanted to talk about family matters, when they heard a message from the little eunuch outside, "I would like to report to the imperial concubine, the empress dowager has sent a message that tomorrow will be a canonization ceremony for Princess Anping, and everyone in the palace and family members above the second rank must attend."

"Understood, let's go down." Hearing this, Jia Yuanchun couldn't help sighing that the Empress Dowager really loves Princess Anping.

"No." The little eunuch stepped back in response.

Jia Yuanchun said sadly: "Look, mother, the Empress Dowager really loves Cousin Lin, and she is blessed." He had been a maid in the palace for many years before he reached his current position, but Lin Daiyu was so young , is such an honor.

"You and You are just an orphan girl. What kind of luck is there? She will become my daughter-in-law in the future, and she must be disciplined. I will go back today and tell the old lady to settle their marriage as soon as possible. Madam, just relax." Mrs. Wang Also a little bit aggrieved, the queen mother even held a banquet specially for Lin Daiyu, and all the family members who were above the second rank were invited, and she was not even qualified to participate in the palace banquet.

The mother and daughter had another conversation. Seeing that it was getting late, Mrs. Wang got up and went back, thinking about how to tell the old lady and how to deal with her sister. At this moment, it was Lin Daiyu who was in a mess. I must discipline her well in the future, but I can't give her a good life!

When Mrs. Wang returned to the mansion, everyone in the family was busy looking for a tailor to make clothes or something. Wang Xifeng was going to find a master from the garment workshop to make clothes for the old lady. When Mrs. Wang came back So she hurried over, "Oh, my aunt is back, she must have gotten this good news in the palace."

Mrs. Wang was puzzled and thought, where did the good news come from? Nothing is satisfactory, "I don't know what the good news is. Why is the family so busy today?"

"Isn't it a good thing? Earlier, there was a word in the palace that tomorrow the palace will hold a banquet for sister Lin, and let us relatives go. I heard that all of them are family members of the second grade or above. The old lady said to ask all the women in the family to make a new set of clothes. You can’t be rude tomorrow, and now all the masters in the capital are at our house. Auntie also hurry to the old lady’s place to order a set. I still have to go to invite the old lady's master master from the garment workshop, so I'll go there first." Wang Xifeng hurried out with the maid again.Mrs. Wang made up her mind and went to Jiamu's yard.

At this time, Mother Jia was happily letting the master tailors make clothes for her, and other ladies and ladies also gathered together, which was very lively.

After measuring her body, Xiren helped Jia Mu to finish the job in the first place, served a cup of eight-treasure tea, and Jia Mu took a sip and said: "Back then, I only went to the palace to thank the saint after being ordered When I was young, I met the old sage once, and now at this age, I never thought I would have the opportunity to enter the palace to meet the sage, what a blessing from the ancestors."

"Old Ancestor, you are blessed with profound blessings. There will be even better things in the future. If Young Master Bao takes the princess back in the future, our family will marry the Empress Dowager again." Xiren was happy to see Mother Jia. , hurriedly said what Jia's mother loved to hear.

Aunt Xue listened to it, and naturally felt uncomfortable. Jia Baoyu was reserved for her own daughter, so how could she allocate it to others.Even if you want to ration it to someone else, you have to wait until your own girl becomes the empress of the palace.However, Aunt Xue still appeared to be as festive as everyone else on the surface, "Old Madam, this family is really blessed," she suddenly changed the subject, "It's just a pity that our eldest girl didn't have a chance to have a good time. Seeing her These sisters will all go to the palace to meet the nobleman tomorrow, and this child also wants to see him."

Mother Jia is a fine person, and she can't understand the meaning of Aunt Xue's words, but this time all the girls in the house have the opportunity to enter the palace to face the saint. If there is an extra Xue Baochai, there is no guarantee that they will not be robbed of the limelight. Those who were able to bring her into the palace said, "Hey, that's what you said, but this palace is not like an ordinary family, and there is no permission, so how can you come in and out at will. The banquet is over tomorrow, and I will come back, and I won't delay their sisters." Baochai has always been magnanimous when we get along with each other, so why would he care about these things."

After hearing this, Aunt Xue knew that Mother Jia was unwilling to bring her daughter into the palace.Thinking about not wanting to leave Baoyu to his daughter, and not letting his daughter enter the palace, this really didn't leave him any way of life. He was so angry that he couldn't show it, so he could only squeeze the handkerchief tightly in his sleeve. My son, this can't be done like this, I have to talk to Mrs. Wang, my money is not wasted.Thinking about it, he smiled and said: "The child has always been a sensible person, so naturally he won't care about it, but I can't bear to see it as a mother, but what you said is also reasonable, I will go back first and talk to the girl , lest the child still have pimples."

Xichun, who was trying on the tiara next to her, stopped her movements after hearing this, and said to Aunt Xue: "Aunt, don't worry, my sisters and I came back, so I told Sister Xue about interesting things in the palace. Hello, we will never forget her."

Yingchun and Tanchun next to him also agreed: "Don't worry, Auntie, we sisters, how can we forget anyone."

After hearing these words, Aunt Xue felt even angrier. These people were really doing alms to herself and her daughter. She felt aggrieved when she thought about it, and said: "Auntie, why don't you worry about it? Girls should choose their clothes and headgear carefully. Auntie, I won't bother you, I'll go back first." As he spoke, he blessed Mother Jia.

Jia Mu said cheerfully, "Let's do your work first."

Aunt Xue turned and walked out, followed by the maidservant.The cheerful laughter of Jia Mu and Sanchun came from the room, which made Aunt Xue even more unhappy. As soon as she left the sight of Jia Mu's room, her face sank.

Mrs. Wang was rushing to Jia Mu's yard, and just entering the gate, she saw her Aunt Xue coming out of the yard with a dark face. What's going on here?"

Aunt Xue was about to burst into anger, but she thought that after all, she was in someone else's house, and there would still be a lot of room for use in the future, so she deeply suppressed the anger she was about to release, walked up and took Mrs. Wang's hand and said, "Where is it?" I'm angry, but I haven't been feeling well recently, my sister went to the palace to see the empress, she thought she wanted to report to the old lady, and when she has free time later, please come to my yard and we sisters can have a heart-to-heart talk."

Mrs. Wang didn't respond, and said: "It's been a long time since I talked properly, then sister, you go back to the room to rest for a while, and I will come later."

"Alright."

After Aunt Xue agreed, she took the servant girl towards her yard, leaving Mrs. Wang standing where she was, and looked at Jia Mu's yard, her face was not good, and then she settled down again, her face turned pale. He walked into the house with a smile on his face.