The Young Master of the Jia Family in the Red Chamber

Jia Hu is happy to see the marriage between Dongfu and Zhang's family come to fruition.First of all, he has read books with Jia Jing, so he has some understanding of Jia Zhen's character. His cousin, in essence, is very similar to his father, Jia She, who lacks self-control ability and is controlled by others. , it looks like the same thing, but if there is no restraint, it is easy to cause trouble.I can't write two Jia characters in one stroke. In this day and age, the fate of the East and West Mansions is linked together. If something happens to one side, the other cannot escape. Jia Hu must be hoping for the best of the East Mansion.

Jia Hu had also met the second cousin of the Zhang family, and she was more courageous than the Zhang family.He has means, and his father and brother have skills. When Xiao Zhang marries to Dongfu, he will not worry about not being able to hold Jia Zhen.Besides, Jia Zhen is still much stronger than Jia Amnesty. It is thanks to Jia Daihua who discovered the problem in time and broke Jia Zhen back in a daze.In the future, when Xiao Zhang came in, he would only persuade Jia Zhen to go on the right path. Jia Zhen was not an idiot, so it was impossible not to know how the Zhang family could help him in his career. Jia Hu was very optimistic about his marriage with Xiao Zhang.

Secondly, different ways do not conspire with each other, Jia She has no intention of writing poems, and stays at home all day, and his relationship with Jia Jing is also mediocre, occasionally meeting him will stab him a few words.But Jia Zheng, he and Jia Jing were in the Ministry of Industry and the Ministry of Rites. Whenever they met, they still had a few words to say.Jia Jing is the patriarch of the Jia family. Whenever there is an issue in the Jia family, it is most justifiable for him to come forward. Shi Taijun can't be suppressed if he moves out of his seniority. Jia Hu doesn't want him to get too close to the second room. Xiao Zhang married Jia Zhen No matter how you say it, she will get closer to the head of the West Mansion.

It's just this marriage, does Shi Taijun know about it? Jia Hu vaguely remembered that after Jia Zhen was admitted as a scholar last year, Mrs. Li came to the West Mansion to mention it and asked them to help see which one had a suitable girl.Mrs. Zhang didn't answer at that time, but it was Shi Taijun who thought about the girls of their historians. Unfortunately, there was no one of the right age, but it was just talking.Later, Mrs. Li fell in love with Mrs. Zhang, so she didn't mention this again, but would Shi Taijun have any ideas?Jia Hu guessed in her heart that she might think that Mrs. Zhang introduced her niece to Mrs. Li.

Thinking of Shi Taijun's strong desire to control, Jia Hu couldn't help asking, "Does the old lady know about the matter between Brother Zhen and the second cousin of the Zhang family?" Seeing Mrs. Zhang shaking her head, she said with a dazed expression: "Brother Zhen's His parents are in charge of the marriage, so why bother the old lady." Jia Daihua and Jia Daishan are cousins, Shi Taijun is just Jia Zhen's next-door uncle, Jia Zhen's parents are there, so what does the marriage have to do with her.

Jia Hu knew it would be like this, Zhang was just spreading the word, she didn't tell anyone else in the house about it, so she explained: "Mother, do you remember? Last year, Big Brother Zhen was selected as a scholar, and Auntie came to announce the good news. , and asked you to help to see each other, the old lady is very enthusiastic."

Mrs. Zhang thought about it, and there was such a thing, but the historian did not have a girl of the same age as Jia Zhen. You can get things done without pointing, and your second cousin still has her own fancy."

Jia Hu nodded and said: "That's right, the second cousin was chosen by the aunt herself, but the old lady didn't know that the aunt had a favorite candidate. Last time I heard her tell the second aunt that she saw a good girl , and Brother Zhen are quite a good match, and I want to help make a deal."

Mrs. Zhang said in surprise: "How is this possible? Even if the old lady wants to help, she should tell your aunt first." The marriages these years, until they are finalized, will not be brought to the public. It's just a question from the bottom, no matter whether it's successful or not, it doesn't hurt anyone's face.

Just like when Mrs. Li fell in love with Mrs. Zhang, she didn't come to the door rashly, but asked Mrs. Zhang for help to ask questions. If the Mrs. Zhang was interested, they would formally come to propose marriage. Both are good looking.Shi Taijun can help out as a matchmaker, but she has a suitable candidate, so she has to tell Mrs. Li. She and Jia Jing feel that there is no problem, so they find someone they know well to ask.There is absolutely no Jia Jing and Li's who don't know about it, so they just leaked the news to the woman.

Jia Hu frowned and said: "The old lady may not be so reckless, but the aunt only said that she invited us to have a drink and watch a show without any reason. If the old lady talked about Brother Zhen's marriage on a whim, wouldn't it be embarrassing, so I should remind the aunt , It’s better to talk about things when you come up.”

Jia Hu didn't know which girl Shi Taijun wanted to introduce to Jia Zhen, but judging from the way she gave priority to girls from the Shi family, the ones she introduced must be close to the Shi family, and marrying Jia Zhen would also be able to pull things off. If the house and the second house are close, it will definitely not be good for the long house.

Zhang frowned and thought about it, and felt that her son's words made sense, so she smiled and said, "Tomorrow, I will send someone to Dongfu to tell your aunt." Both Lian'er and Lian'er matured earlier than other children, Zhang was both relieved and distressed.

On the seventh day of the Lunar New Year, the entire Xifu family dressed up and went to Dongfu to visit.Jia Zhu's condition improved, so she was taken there by Mrs. Wang, saying that she was bored at home all day long, so she had to go out to get some air.Jia Zhu thought of being able to ask Jia Jing for advice, so she was very happy to go out.

Jia Jing and Mrs. Li greeted her at the door early on. Shi Taijun is an elder after all, they are patriarchs and clan wives, so they should be more polite to her.After entering the door, men and women were separated. Jia Jing led his brothers and nephews to set wine and watch a play in the front yard, while Li Shi took Shi Taijun and others to the back yard.

Shi Taijun sat in the soft sedan chair and was still thinking, the weather is fine today, and he happened to talk to Mrs. Li about the Cao family's marriage. She looked at several houses and decided that the one was the most suitable.The Cao family that Shi Taijun mentioned was the family her cousin married to. When Shi Taijun was still in his boudoir, he had the best relationship with Mrs. Cao.Shi Taijun’s family started with military exploits. Shi Taijun’s parents are similar to Jia Yuan and Mrs. Xu, that is, from ordinary families. Mrs. Cao is the daughter of Shi Taijun’s aunt. She married a well-off family through her uncle’s family background, and her family also has a title. .

It's a pity that this old lady Cao had a hard life, and her son died young, and she watched helplessly as the bastard inherited the title of the family.Mrs. Cao's son left behind a daughter, who is 15 years old and looks like a flower, and she was the candidate Shi Taijun chose for Jia Zhen.

Shi Taijun had made some calculations in his mind. In terms of background, Cao's granddaughter is the uncle's granddaughter. Speaking of it, she is still very good, and she is definitely worthy of Jia Zhen.The old lady Cao treated her concubine harshly in the early years, but now that the concubine has conquered the noble, he only has face for her, and it is even worse for the Cao family.When Mrs. Cao married into Dongfu, her natal family was unreliable. Shi Taijun came forward as an aunt, and Mrs. Cao must be for her, so she pulled Dongfu over.

When everyone arrived at Huifang Garden, before Shi Taijun had a chance to speak, Mrs. Li smiled and said, there are two reasons for inviting everyone here today.One is that in the past few years during the Chinese New Year, both sides were observing filial piety, and the Chinese New Year was always peaceful and peaceful. When it came to making arrangements, she was busy all by herself, and she might have to bother her two younger siblings.

Shi Taijun's words were in his throat, hearing what Li Shi said, he quickly suppressed it again, but felt a little unhappy.There was no movement at all, Jia Jing and Li Shi made an appointment with Jia Zhen's marriage, but they just informed her, and they didn't take her seriously.

Mrs. Wang was aware of Shi Taijun's idea of ​​wooing the East Mansion. Seeing her uneasy expression, she asked with a smile, "Excuse me, Sister-in-law Jing, who is the new daughter-in-law from, but have we heard of it?" Look, Mrs. Li told Jia Zhen what a marvelous marriage it was.

The marriage with the Zhang family was concluded, and Mrs. Li was very happy in her heart. Seeing Mrs. Wang's question, she immediately smiled and said, "Of course I have heard of it. I have a little relationship with you." Mrs. Zhang sent her away yesterday. When people came over, Mrs. Li realized that Shi Taijun was thinking too much.

Shi Taijun frowned when she heard the words, she didn't know that she was related to Xifu, but she still asked with a smile: "Nephew and daughter-in-law, don't be a fool, just tell me, whose girl is it?" Although he was joking, his eyes looked a little hazy.

Mrs. Li didn't seem to see the slightly dissatisfied expressions of Shi Taijun and Mrs. Wang, and continued to smile and said, "It's not someone else, but the second niece of the eldest brother and sister's natal family. You said it was a coincidence, and everyone said that it's not that the whole family doesn't come into the house." , the Jia family and the Zhang family are really destined to each other."

Hearing that she is Zhang's natal niece, Shi Taijun almost couldn't maintain the stiff smile on his face, and said in a deep voice, "Boss daughter-in-law, why haven't I heard you talk about this?" It doesn't matter, Shi Taijun doesn't believe it at all, she thinks it's Mrs. Zhang who is pulling the strings.

Unexpectedly, Zhang raised her eyebrows, but her face showed surprise, and said in amazement: "My sister-in-law asked me earlier whether my niece was a concubine, what kind of character and temperament, I told the truth, but she If you don’t want to tell me, whose child are you talking about, it turns out it’s Brother Zhen.”

Wang saw that Zhang's expression was calm and did not seem to be fake, so she laughed and said: "Sister-in-law is really joking, don't you know about your niece's marriage?" Hooked up with Dong Fu, and kept them in the dark.

Mrs. Zhang narrowed her smile, and said seriously: "Your siblings are just joking. My niece's marriage is decided by my brother and sister-in-law. I am an aunt who is married. How can I know, but if someone asks, I will say a few good things. As for Whether things can be accomplished or not is not up to me.”

When Mrs. Li saw that the two sisters-in-law were not getting along, she came up to smooth things over, "I really didn't tell me about the second girl of the Zhang family, but I heard it from someone, so I came to ask a few words. I don’t know if it will be successful, so I dare to say it, so I have to hide it.”

What Mrs. Li said was basically the truth, except for one thing, Mrs. Zhang did know in advance that the marriage of their two families had come to an end, but whether Shi Taijun and Mrs. Wang would believe it was hard to say.Most of them have already decided that Zhang Shi and Li Shi joined hands to deal with Erfang.

In fact, people never thought about it that way at all. Jia Jing and Jia Amnesty are both successors, and Li and Zhang are also depended on by their natal families. Well water doesn't interfere with river water, as long as everyone can get by.

Now that the matter is over, what else can Shi Taijun say, just like Zhang said, her niece's marriage is decided by her brother and sister-in-law, and she has no right to participate.As for Jia Zhen's marriage, Jia Jing and Li Shi had the final say. If they hadn't made a decision, she, the great-uncle in the next room, could still help introduce candidates. If they had already made a decision, she couldn't say anything else.If Shi Taijun had enough self-knowledge, she should be thankful. Jia Jing and Li Shi didn't know who the Cao Shi she wanted to introduce to them. If they knew, the two families would probably cut off contact.

The greetings were over, the stage had already been set up, and the actors were all ready. Mrs. Li asked someone to bring a list of plays. Starting with Shi Taijun, one person ordered two plays, ordered them to go on, pretended to sing and sang, and the previous topic was here. Skipping it aside, everyone concentrated on watching the show.

If it is said that there are three women in one play in Huifang Garden, then in the front yard, it is Jia She who watches the play comfortably all by himself.Because other people actually got together to discuss homework.Jia Jinghao was a teacher, and when he saw his nephew approaching him to ask for advice, he led him directly to the study.Jia Zhen really wanted to watch the play, but Jia Hu and Jia Zhu didn't want to watch it. He didn't want to upset Jia Jing, so he followed.As for Jia Zheng, he ran to the study simply because he didn't want to stay with Jia She, but Jia She doubted whether he could understand what other people were discussing.

When they arrived at the study room, Jia Jing checked the homework of Jia Hu and Jia Zhu respectively, then nodded approvingly, saying that their grades were much better than that of Jia Zhen of the same age.Jia Zheng listened, quite proud of it, while Jia Zhen raised her eyebrows helplessly.Before he was ten years old, he only knew how to play. Jia Hu and Jia Zhu learned to read at home when they were young.Jia Jing saw that Jia Zhen had nothing to do with him, so he sent him out, saying that Jia Amnesty was still in the front yard, what kind of words did their father and son go away, and asked him to go out to accompany Jia Amnesty.

Jia Zhen left happily, Jia Jing continued to point out the two nephews, and Jia Zheng followed to listen.But listening to it, he felt that something was wrong. Jia Hu and Jia Zhu Mingming went to school in the same year, so what Jia Jing told Jia Hu was much deeper than what Jia Zhu told him.

Jia Zheng wanted to ask clearly, but Jia Hu's thinking was too divergent, and he couldn't keep up with him if he asked a few more questions.

The teaching content of Gong Xue is very extensive. Jia Zhu has not experienced much in the class of yellow characters, but Jia Hu has experienced a lot in the class of earth characters.After learning those things, when he writes articles, he feels much more at ease, unlike before, when he writes all nonsense.Jia Jing was very satisfied after seeing Jia Hu's homework, and said that if it wasn't for Jinling being too far away, he wouldn't worry if he went back to his hometown at a young age, and he would be able to take the children's exam.

When Jia Zheng heard this, he couldn't hold back any longer. He asked Jia Jing when Jia Zhu would end.Jia Jing pinched his fingers and said that it would take at least three years, and then he would be a little bit sure.Jia Zheng was in a hurry, he didn't understand when the gap between Jia Zhu and Jia Hu became so big.

Jia Jing seemed to have seen through Jia Zheng's mind, and he went on to say that the white-haired boy was still working hard to be a scholar, Jia Zhu waited three or four years, and he was only a teenager, which was considered very good.A talented and intelligent person like Jia Hu can be met but not sought after, so there is no need to force it.

Jia Zheng was so speechless that he couldn't even refute.But Jia Jing said that there is hope for Jia Zhu to end in a few years, but he himself has never passed the government examination. He has no right to speak in the matter of the imperial examination, so he can only keep silent and keep silent. Endure internal injuries.

Although Jia Zhu thought that it was wrong for a son to look down on his father, it was obvious that Jia Zheng stopped talking, and he was still a little inexplicably proud.Jia Zheng always scolded him, saying that he was not good here and wrong there, but as for himself, he didn't even pass the exam as a scholar, but that's all.

On a one-day trip to the East Mansion, the long house has gained a lot, and the second house has been hit hard. Jia Hu said that his little family is in a good mood.

In the next few days, Jia Hu either went out with Mrs. Zhang, or went to visit friends by himself, forget about the others, Jian Ming and others always had to contact them.Fifteen days ago, Jia Hu followed Mrs. Zhang to the Beijing Prince's Mansion, and overheard Princess Beijing saying that Beauty Yin in the palace was seriously ill, and it might only be a few days.Princess Beijing's cousin is the current queen, and their family is always faster than outsiders in the palace.At that time, some people said that people's blessings are limited, and Yinmei's family background is worthwhile to be able to reach the fifth rank of the harem.

However, Jia Hu knew that Situ Jing must have found out something, otherwise Yin Meiren was doing well a few years ago, but within half a month, she would be very sick.It could only be that the emperor didn't want her to live, and didn't want to lose face of the royal family, so he used such means to let her die.As for the specific situation, I have to wait two days to enter the palace to ask Situ Jing, and I don't know if he is willing to talk about it, but it is always a good thing to eliminate the hidden dangers between him and the prince.Jia Hu even felt that this was the best gift he had received during the Chinese New Year this year, and it couldn't be better.

On the sixteenth day of the first lunar month, the palace school resumed classes, and Jia Hu happily went to the palace to go to school. He didn't have class for more than half a month, and he missed it a bit.

Due to the suspension of classes for nearly 20 days, there was no new content in the two classes in the morning. Instead, they focused on what they had learned and guided everyone to return to class.Therefore, Jia Hu was a little absent-minded, and he didn't attract the attention of others. Everyone was similar, and he hadn't recovered all his thoughts.

It was finally time for the lunch break, and Jia Hu stuck to Situ Jing after lunch.He was very curious about what Yin Meiren had done to hide the truth from the emperor and the crown prince for more than 20 years.He was even more curious about how Situ Jing exposed her. Before, he said that there was no evidence, and there was no way to start. It has only been half a month, and Yin Meiren is almost dying.Seeing Jia Hu's flickering eyes, Situ Jing couldn't help raising his eyebrows, but he smiled and refused to speak.Where Jia Hu is willing to agree, he even pesters Situ Jing, and the two of them quarrel from the dining room to the bedroom.

Finally, Situ Jing asked with a smile, "Jia Hu, do you have something to ask me?" His room was very spacious, and there was no room for hiding people. When it's on, if someone walks outside, you can see it from a long distance, and it's safe to talk.

Jia Hu nodded and asked with a smile: "Your Highness is the smartest, you know what I want to say before I speak." Think he doesn't know? When he saw Situ Jing this morning, he was thinking, Jia Hu He's really careful, so he can observe even something wrong.

Situ Jing suppressed his smile, and said seriously, "Jia Hu, I should thank you. If it weren't for you, my father and I would have been killed. I'm afraid we still don't know what happened." For a long time, Situ Jing The disgust of the seventh prince, Situ Zheng, was considered to be childish temper, because Situ Zheng had almost never done anything wrong to Situ Yan and his son.Almost, there are naturally exceptions, but there was only one time, and it happened a long time ago, so long ago that it was Situ Jing himself, almost forgotten, but Jia Hu reminded him.

Situ Jing thought for a long time, and finally found the tail of his memory.He traced back along that thread and found the source.