The Red Mansion's Late Welcome Spring

After Concubine Xiande visited her relatives, the palace gave a lot of rewards such as gold, silver, cloth and silk as usual, and the people in Rongning and Ningfu also rested for several days before recovering their spirits.

Since there were no major matters to worry about in the mansion, Mother Jia couldn't help thinking that Lin Ruhai's father and daughter were becoming more and more estranged from the Rongguo Mansion. She was thinking about finding a way to make the relationship between the two families closer.

Mrs. Wang wanted to get Jia Mu to agree to the marriage between Jia Baoyu and Xue Baochai earlier. Today, thinking about Xue Baochai's birthday, she planned to have a lot of fun, and remind Jia Mu that the girl in front of her is comparable to that The granddaughter who came to the door after a long time is much better.

"Old lady, the 21st is Bao Yatou's birthday. After discussing with my sister, I thought that although Bao Yatou's birthday this year is not a full birthday, it is also a big day in the year of Jiji, so I came here to ask the old lady for an idea. Hold a lively birthday party for Bao girl." Mrs. Wang said with a smile after greeting Jia Mu.

"Oh?! This is a happy event. It should be a big event. Bao girl is a good person. Naturally, she will not be wronged by us. The money should not be paid by the public. I will pay 20 taels. You Then I asked their sisters-in-law and sisters to come together, and they can make a lively birthday party." Although Jia Mu didn't like Mrs. Wang's plan, she liked Xue Baochai a little bit, and she thought about Jia Baoyu now However, the serious heir of the Rongguo Mansion, Xue Baochai's identity is impossible to be the main wife, but it is not impossible to marry as the second wife. In the future, her precious grandson will have the official contacts of the Lin family and the rich family wealth of the Xue family. Does the government still worry about not being able to prosper again?

"Alas! The old lady likes Bao girl so much, it is really the blessing of Bao girl. Since the old lady is so generous, a shot of 20 taels, I can't be stingy as an aunt, at least I have to follow the old lady's price. As for the girls, just ask Mrs. Li to ask." Mrs. Wang nodded happily.

After Li Wan received Madam Wang's order, he naturally had to travel around several times. A banquet in a high-end household cost at least a few dozen taels of silver. Madam Wang couldn't afford that sum of money. How many cases are there for a month?How much silver taels can you come up with?

Fortunately, Li Wan didn't worry for a long time. After she came to Jia's house, she explained her intention to Mrs. Xing and Jia Yingchun, and Mrs. Xing immediately said without thinking: "The old lady and the second lady both pay 20 taels, that's because one of them is a grandparent. Elders, one is my aunt, but we can't lose our friendship, so I will give you 16 taels."

"It's rare for a madam to be so generous. Our monthly bills are not distributed with the public's over there. You only pay 16 taels. The second wife may be too little." Jia Yingchun laughed.

"Hmph! That's because the person who is going to celebrate her birthday is Bao girl. If it were someone else, let alone 16 taels, I think [-] taels is too much." Mrs. Xing replied bluntly.

"The eldest lady has praised Bao girl so much, I have to ask her to make a special trip to thank the eldest lady some other day." Li Wan laughed quickly.

"Sister-in-law Zhu, can the third sister and the others tell me how much they will pay?" Jia Yingchun smiled, turned her head and asked again.

"Several girls' families only get two liang of silver a month, and they usually have to spend some money for rouge and water powder. After thinking about it for a long time, Tan Yatou said that a month's monthly payment can be issued. Unfortunately, Yatou said that it was the same as Tan Yatou, but it was a mandarin duck." The maidservants of them are very caring, and they all volunteered to donate a tael each to join in the fun, I roughly estimated, anyway, it's just a fun for my family, a few dozen taels should be enough." Li Wan smiled awkwardly road.

"Oh..." Jia Yingchun calculated secretly. Mother Jia and Mrs. Wang have 40 taels in total, Mrs. Xing has 16 taels, and Jia Tanchun and Jia Xichun have four taels. The number of glass and glass counts. Caiyun Caixia beside Mrs. Wang knows her mistress's wishes, and she will definitely follow her. Only Jia Baoyu's room and Jia Tanchun's sisters' room have less than one or two monthly cases. Even if you want to add a head, I'm afraid you have more than enough energy but not enough energy, but after such a calculation, you already have a budget of around 70 to [-] taels, which is enough to organize a sumptuous birthday party.

However, Jia Yingchun never thought of including Li Wan's share. Strictly speaking, she didn't plan to include Mrs. Wang's share either. See money.

"I'm in the same year as Sister Bao. Since she invited everyone to this birthday party, she can't figure out that in a few months, if it's my birthday, she should be able to get back the money, so don't be stingy. Let me pay five taels alone. , but we still have a big family, sister-in-law Zhu, don't forget my sister-in-law." Jia Yingchun laughed immediately.

"You girl knows how to count, and you still want to pay back the money. Forget it, I will give you the money later. You can go to Feng girl and ask first." Mrs. Xing nodded Jia Yingchun's forehead pretending to be annoyed, and then Said to Li Wan.

Li Wan listened to Mrs. Xing and Jia Yingchun's words, and was overjoyed in his heart. After saying goodbye, he went to Wang Xifeng's place with his wife.

After Li Wan came out of Jia's mansion, she got 30 taels of silver more. She also estimated that the money was enough to use, so when she returned to Rongguo Mansion, she was in a much lighter mood. The rare Li Suo entrusted her with organizing the birthday party, but Jia Yingchun predicted that Mrs. Wang never took out the 20 taels of silver she said from the beginning to the end, and Li Wan didn't dare to ask her mother-in-law for it. , I can only swallow this bitterness by myself.

On the 21st, a small stage was set up in the small garden of Jiamu's backyard, and all the women of Jia's family were present. Lin Daiyu also got the news two days ago, and she also gave Xue Baochai a face, and she came the day before After arriving at Jia's mansion, I rested overnight in Jia Yingchun's house. This morning, Mrs. Xing and the three of them came to greet Jia's mother. So today, apart from her, there are only Xue's mother and daughter and Shi Xiangyun. He is a guest, but he is also the protagonist of today.

Almost all the plays on the stage were lively ones that catered to Mother Jia's wishes, but because Jia Yingchun didn't want Shi Xiangyun, who was not thinking about everything, to say inappropriate things in front of everyone, so she always paid attention to where her eyes fell .

Li Wan's thoughts are not as lively as Wang Xifeng's. Even if she sees who looks like whom, she will not deliberately mention more. Wang Xifeng no longer flatters Jia Mu and Mrs. Wang everywhere like in the original book, so seeing that one at this time Distracted like Lin Daiyu's child, she just pretended not to see it.

After the play ended, Mother Jia called the two children who had just sung on the stage to ask questions, gave them a few more things, and let them go back, but Shi Xiangyun on the side looked at the two, frowning slightly, as if to She seemed to be thinking something, but unfortunately, because no one reminded her, she didn't realize what was wrong until everyone dispersed.

After the banquet was over, before Lin Daiyu went back to the mansion, she asked Jia Yingchun to come over to play when she was free, and said inadvertently: "At first, I thought that my brother had no roots in the capital, so everything must be difficult, but I never thought of coming back before the New Year. At that time, he told my father and me that he met a young master of a family on the way back to Beijing, and he made an appointment with him to see him often."

"Really? Which family is it from?" Jia Yingchun asked in surprise.

"It is said that his surname is Situ. My brother always calls him Fengyang. I don't know if it is the name or the character... But my father only heard the other person's appearance described by the brother, and somehow his face has not been very good. He has not met the other party, brother. I once mentioned that I wanted to invite the young master Situ to meet my father at home, but my father refused... Then I remembered, isn’t Situ the surname of a royal family? Could it be that my brother knew someone from the palace? So my father was worried that my brother would not Yes... But it's impossible, I heard that the three princes in the palace can't leave the capital casually without the emperor's order, even the princes in the palace are like this, how could my brother meet someone from the royal family?" Lin Daiyu overturned her original guess in the middle of her speech.

"Do you want me to ask for you? Nanny Zhou is also considered to be familiar with those in the royal family. Maybe she can know which prince of the palace is the most favored, and even the emperor can turn a blind eye to his travels." Jia Yingchun understood what Lin Daiyu meant.

Because the royal family wants to guard against those ambitious people who will inevitably appear in their own homes, they have a lot of restrictions on men. If there are no errands, those princes and princes can't leave Beijing for any reason. They are afraid that they will secretly woo Those generals and ministers from other places, but now that Lin Heng met a man who seemed to be from a certain royal family on the way back to Beijing in Suzhou, it's no wonder they were worried and overthinking.

Lin Daiyu thought for a while, then nodded and thanked her. She hoped that Lin Heng could inherit her father's mantle safely in the future. Naturally, she didn't want to see him being implicated by anything. Knowing that Jia Yingchun had a way to inquire for her, she was happy. In the end, the two made an appointment for a few days, and after Jia Yingchun found out who the man was, he went to explain to Lin Daiyu.

After Jia Yingchun sent Lin Daiyu away, she turned around and asked Nanny Zhou about it, but she didn't expect that when Nanny Zhou heard the appearance of the person Jia Yingchun described, she would have a somewhat tangled look on her face... .

"Mother...Is there something wrong with Mr. Situ that Big Brother Lin met?" Jia Yingchun looked at Mother Zhou's face, and couldn't help but ask cautiously as her heart fluttered.

"Well... I don't know whether to say yes or no. If I remember correctly, the one named Fengyang should be the daughter of Prince Chengshun, but when anyone in the royal family mentions the word Fengyang, it is definitely a headache. There's nothing you can do about it." Mother Zhou's smile showed a trace of elder's kindness, obviously she was also familiar with that Feng Yang.

"It's really a member of the royal family... But according to Madam, the nobles in the palace should love and trust this young master of Fengyang, right? Otherwise, they wouldn't let him go out to play in Beijing." She had a headache, but suddenly a message flew through her mind, and she asked suspiciously: "Isn't it?! I remember that Prince Chengshun obviously only has one son, and he has always been working in the capital, isn't he? Why are there so many?" a son?!"

"Of course Prince Chengshun doesn't have another son. The identity of that one, to be more precise, should be called Princess Fengyang. She was born to Princess Yang, who died young in Chengshun's residence, and was raised in the In front of the princess, because she was weak and sick since she was a child, the princess had no choice but to raise her as a boy. She has a very good relationship with the elder brother, but she is too active. A few years ago, she relied on her own boxing for a few days. The prince and concubine slipped out of Beijing alone, saying that they wanted to experience and play around, but they never returned to Beijing after this trip. I heard that they had sent someone to send a letter back to report their safety. Her whereabouts are just that she has found someone several times, but she insists on refusing to come back, and she even left the guards and slipped away again, but now it's strange that she came back on her own initiative." Mother Zhou shook her head and smiled.