The Lin family of the Red Chamber has a son

But it is said that Yuanchun was restrained because of his disrespect in front of the imperial court, and his family members were not allowed to enter the palace to pay their respects.The news was like a thunderbolt from the blue, which shocked Mrs. Jia Mu, Wang and others all stupid.

"Well, what's going on here? The empress was fine two days ago, why was she suddenly grounded? Is the little eunuch joking?" Mrs. Wang said with trembling lips.

The little Huangmen had delicate features, and his expression was quite impatient: "What does Yiren mean? Could it be that the empress's words are still wrong?"

"Mr. Wang, step down!" After all, Jia's mother had experienced a lot. Although she couldn't help but feel panic in her heart, she still kept her expression on her face.Knowing that the more these servants are, the less they can offend, he hurriedly reprimanded Mrs. Wang, and then glanced at Jia Lian who was escorting several people over.

Jia Lian understood, and hurriedly took out a bank note from his bosom and stuffed it into the hands of the little yellow door, and said with a smile: "Don't be surprised, little eunuch, it was the first time I heard such a thing, my second wife was a little impatient, how dare you question the queen?" What about your wife?"

Xiao Huangmen glanced at the bank note, stuffed it into his sleeve, and said with a smile: "It's okay for the servant to hear this, but it's not easy to spread it. This is the imperial palace, so you should be careful when you talk pleasantly."

"Yes, thank you, little eunuch, for your suggestion." Jia Lian smiled all over her face, "But I don't know, when did the matter about the concubine Xiande come out? My old lady is old, and she can't help but be scared. I hope my little eunuch can tell One or two, I am very grateful."

Xiao Huangmen looked around, lowered his voice and said, "It's not been two days, it's just the third year of junior high school."

After finishing speaking, without waiting for Jia Lian to speak again, she turned around and left in a hurry.

Jia Lian didn't dare to call him back, so he had to look back at Jia's mother for advice.

Mrs. Xing and Mrs. Wang, who followed Jia Mu, were panicked with a bit of gloating, and her face was gray and her eyes were dull. Only Jia Mu's face was as usual, and she said in a deep voice: "Go back to the house and talk."

Jia Lian hurried over to help her into the carriage, and waited on Mrs. Xing and Mrs. Wang to get into the carriage behind. Just now she got on the horse by herself and ordered the coachman to go home.

As soon as she entered the gate of the mansion, Jia's mother immediately ordered Jia Lian to invite Jia Amnesty, Jia Zhen and Jia Zheng to come over.Mrs. Xing and Mrs. Wang didn't dare to be negligent, and they were busy helping Jia Mu back to the upper room.

Yuan Chun is the pillar of the entire Jia family. Once something happened to her, Jia Amnesty didn't care about messing around with his aunts and maids. courtyard.Even Jia Zhen brought You Shi forward and backward.

For a while the room was full of people, except Li Wan and the Yingchun sisters, even Baoyu stood beside Jiamu.

Jia Zheng was most anxious, "Just now, Lian'er didn't explain clearly, why did the empress be grounded?"

Jia Amnesty and Jia Zhen looked anxious, so Jia Lian said what the little yellow gate said, "It is said that the emperor lost his manners, but we can't find out what happened."

Jia She stroked the sparse short beard under his chin, frowned and shook his head: "Lian'er, you are confused! Is this the emperor's order to restrain the empress, or the empress's order to restrain the feet? Can we always find out?"

Jia Zhen nodded her head and said in agreement: "My lord is right. If it's the empress's order, it's easy to say. If it's the emperor..."

Taking a deep breath, "I don't know what other channels we can walk around in our family now? Anyway, we have to have a bottom line in our hearts. This disgrace before the imperial court is just a sentence. It's fundamental."

Mrs. Wang wiped her tears and said: "Your Majesty has always been the most well-behaved woman. She has been in the palace for the past few years, and she finally got the emperor's eyes. How could she provoke the emperor? Last time, she told me that she was too careful to be careful. Those who dare to go beyond the thunder pool, why now..."

"Okay, you cry for a while, can you just be a concubine?" Jia's mother has encountered too many bad things recently, and it was just when she was anxious about Yuan Chun that Madam Wang's crying made her feel more and more embarrassing. She was upset, and she didn't save face for Mrs. Wang at the moment, so she reprimanded her.

Both Sister Feng and Baoyu went to comfort Mrs. Wang.

Mother Jia stopped looking at her, and only looked at Jia She and Jia Zheng and others below and sighed: "Your Majesty has worked hard in the palace for many years, and now she has the honor she is today. The glory of our two houses is tied to your Majesty. Now we Just discussing ways, they are all here, and I also think about it, is there anyone who can inquire about it for the family of the people who come and go on a daily basis."

Sister Feng hurriedly said: "The eunuch Xia in the palace has always been in contact with our mansion."

"There is also Eunuch Dai who is serving the Supreme Emperor now." Jia Zhen also said, "Last time, he helped get Rong'er's quota of Dragon Guards."

Before Jia's mother could speak, Mrs. Wang hurriedly said, "In this case, Zhen'er and Lian'er will ask people to ask."

Jia Zhen and Jia Lian looked at each other, the second wife was really anxious, then Eunuch Xia and Eunuch Dai were servants in the palace, how could they see each other easily?

Mother Jia also thought about it, she pondered for a while, and looked at Jia Zhen and Jia Lian: "You brothers usually take care of the external affairs of our two houses, what should I say?"

Jia Zhen reckoned that Jia Lian was not good at talking, so she said, "Old lady, although Eunuch Dai is the number one chief executive in the palace, he cannot come out easily. The same is true for Eunuch Xia. Besides, they even If you can come out, you will only come out when you have something to do. As far as we are concerned, we can’t go to the palace to find it. So in my opinion, we can’t really count on the two of them.”

Jia Zheng frowned and said, "This...is a bit difficult."

"What did you say, master? Could it be that you just let your mother suffer in the palace?" Mrs. Wang said with tears in her eyes.

Mother Jia gave her a displeased look, and Sister Feng suddenly interrupted: "Old lady, I remembered. A few days ago, eunuch Xia sent someone to tell me that he had taken a fancy to a house, and he didn't have enough money. I borrowed two thousand silver from us."

Mrs. Xing was originally wiping her eyes with her head down, but when she heard this, she raised her eyelids and looked straight at Sister Feng with a sneer.Sister Feng was looking at Jia Mu, but she didn't see her.

Mother Jia hurriedly asked, "Do you know where the house is?"

Sister Feng nodded.

Mother Jia breathed a sigh of relief, looked at Jia Lian and said, "Clean up quickly, and go to Eunuch Xia's house right away."

Jia Lian knew that the matter could not be delayed, so he agreed and hurried away.Here Jia Mu thinks about this matter and it is really inappropriate to make a big fuss. Among the real close relatives, apart from the historian, is the Wang family.The Wang family is not in Beijing, and the historians... since the incident in Xiangyun, it seems to be a lot weaker now, so let's wait for a while.

After telling everyone to disperse first, Mother Jia collapsed on the couch, her originally calm face was covered with a deep layer of exhaustion.Yuanyang brought her hot tea, but seeing the old lady shook her head, she had to give it to the little girl again.He knelt down and beat Jia Mu's legs.

It took Jia Lian more than an hour to come back. Before the little girl outside could say anything, Jia's mother hurriedly turned over and got up from the couch.Just looking at Jia Lian's dejected expression, he knew he hadn't seen anyone.

"Old lady, the house does not belong to Eunuch Xia now, it seems to have changed hands again. This..."

Jia's mother sneered and said: "How do you know that you didn't come here to fight the autumn wind under the guise of buying a house from the beginning? Now let's not talk about this. Lian'er, you have been outside for a long time, and you have seen more than your wife and daughter-in-law. You can see it." Which other way can I go?"

Jia Lian weighed it back and forth in his heart, and finally suppressed what he almost blurted out, and said with a smile: "Although I'm running outside, I know only a few people..."

Seeing that Jiamu's complexion was really bad, she felt soft, clapped her hands together, and said, "Look at my memory, there is one person now, maybe he can use his strength."

Jia's mother stared at him with piercing eyes, and listened to him, "Speaking of which, the old lady has heard of this person before. It is the Wei family that Sister Shi settled down. Sister Shi's future husband-in-law, Wei Ruolan, is They are serious dragon guards, the emperor's bodyguards. They are not of high rank, so they can enter and leave the palace. It's just that although our two families are considered family friends, we haven't had much contact with each other in recent years."

Mother Jia sighed, and now there is no other way to think of it, so she said dejectedly: "If you know Mr. Wei, go ask him about it. If it's inconvenient for him, don't force it."

Jia Lian thought for a while, then smiled and said, "Actually, Baoyu and Wei Ruolan may be more familiar. He often stays with Feng Ziying and others. How about letting Baoyu go?"

"Baoyu?" Mother Jia frowned subconsciously, "Baoyu is still young, so I haven't experienced this before. It's better for you to go. Tell Yuanyang to find some things from me, and you take them with you."

Jia Lian had no choice but to agree, and went back to her yard unhappily.As soon as I entered the yard, I heard Sister Feng complaining about something in the house.Jia Lian looked around, but fortunately there were no women or girls in the yard.

Entering the room with a sullen face, Sister Feng was leaning on the couch, and Ping'er was sitting on a footstool and was beating her legs.Seeing Jia Lian coming in, she hurriedly stood up.

Sister Feng's eyes were reddish, she got up gracefully, and said with a forced smile, "You're back? Did you find Mr. Xia?"

Jia Lian went over and looked at her chin, frowned and said, "What's the matter? Who made you angry?"

Sister Feng pushed him away, "Who else? It's not the eldest wife!"

Ping'er hurriedly went out to look outside, but only Feng'er was waiting on her, so she came in again and poured tea for Jia Lian.

Jia Lian drank his saliva and listened to Sister Feng's nagging for a long time before he finally understood.It turned out that Mrs. Xing heard that Sister Feng accidentally said about buying a house for Eunuch Xia today, so she called Sister Feng over for a long time to question her, and said a lot in a strange way, she just pointed at Sister Feng's nose and said that she and The second wife was single-minded, and the two aunts and nephews evacuated the Rong Mansion.

Sister Feng said aggrievedly: "The silver is just passed from me, and I am not greedy for ink. Nowadays, the empress in the palace spends a lot, and who doesn't know in the whole house? What is 2000 taels of silver? Don't say anything else, just How much does the eunuch earn in a year? The eldest wife doesn’t know, if she knew, wouldn’t she be so distressed?”

Jia Lian still listened first, seeing that her words became more and more outrageous, she put the teacup in her hand on the coffee table heavily, "Have you finished?"

Sister Feng was taken aback. She and Jia Lian were on good terms since they got married. She tested little by little. Jia Lian was indeed not as arrogant as she was in the mansion in the past two years. This sudden attack still called her Heart suddenly.

Jia Lian reprimanded: "Is it good that she is the wife! You also have to know that we are the elders after all, and there is no reason to just flatter others!"

Sister Feng came back to her senses, and said with a sneer: "What the second master said, could it be that I only picked Gao Zhier to stand? What am I for? It's not our family. Now the second wife is in charge, and the empress is Her daughter, can I not flatter you? Your mother wants money, so why don’t you just say it out of my mouth? Even an old lady can’t agree!”

Jia Lian was very irritable, and slapped the table, "What's wrong with your mother? She's not been restrained now! People's honor and wealth are pulling her mother's family, but we are sticking to it instead! I just ask you, what have you gained after flattering you for so long?" Is there any benefit? What benefits does our mansion have?"

Seeing that his expression was different than usual, Sister Feng rolled her eyes, and with a smile on her face, she lowered her body and said softly: "Second Master, what's wrong with you? You are so angry. According to me, this is not It’s not that the two of us have the final say, the old lady is the one who decides anyway. The old lady just complained about me, and I just listened to it. The second master..."

Jia Lian shook her head and sneered: "Old lady? In the eyes of the old lady, there is only the second wife."

Sister Feng hurriedly covered his mouth, "Are you crazy?"

Jia Lian pulled her hand away, sat down on the couch, leaned on her arm and said nothing.But in his heart he was thinking about what he said when he went to Lin Yan's house that day.

Yin opened her eyes again and whispered to Sister Feng: "I advise you, keep an eye on everything. Think about it carefully. In the past few years, when the old lady didn't stand on the side of the second room when she was in trouble? Let's talk about it." We are the masters of the Rong Mansion, but the elders and wives can only turn to one corner, you and I, together with sister Qiao and this group of maids and women, only have a small courtyard, and there are only three main rooms! You Let’s talk about it, but if you look around in the capital, who’s house is like this? The eldest house of the official Xijue can’t live in the main house, can’t be the master of the house, but is oppressed by the second house?”

Sister Feng's face was so shocked that her face changed. Jia Lian's words... "What's wrong with you today? Even the old lady is to blame? If this word gets out, can you and I still gain a foothold here?"

"Can we stand now?" Jia Lian's face was full of sarcasm, "Your Majesty was grounded, we all ran around thinking about it, it's nothing to say. Just now when I came back from outside, the old lady ordered me to go to Wei's house to look for Wei Ruolan I asked him to inquire about the news. You know, I didn’t have much contact with the Wei family in the past, but Baoyu and Wei Ruolan were closer. I said that since this is the case, it is better for Baoyu to entrust him. Maybe there is some confidence. The old lady just I’m not willing to say that Baoyu is still young. I don’t know, I’m already fifteen years old, so it’s possible that I can’t say this well? I’m the one who can go out to run errands to sell face?”

Ping'er knew the situation, and went out to watch as early as when the couple were talking.At this moment, he shouted loudly: "Sister Yuanyang is here!"

Sister Jia Lianfeng covered her mouth in a hurry. Sure enough, Yuanyang came in with a brocade box, and said with a smile, "Second Master Lian, Second Mistress, this is what the old lady ordered me to find out. Ask Second Master to take it with you when you go out in a while." To give it away."

Jialian and Sister Feng all got up, asked Ping'er to take the brocade box, and let the mandarin ducks sit down again.Yuanyang declined and said: "The old lady is still waiting for my reply. The old lady said, let the second master come back and tell the old lady if it is okay."

Jia Lian agreed, and ordered Ping'er to send the mandarin ducks out.

Sister Feng turned her head to look at him, Jia Lian folded her hands behind her back, and sighed helplessly - after complaining for a long time, what should go must go.

In the evening, Jia Lian came back from outside and went all the way to Jia's mother.In the house, Jia She and his wife, Jia Zheng and his wife, were all there.Seeing him coming in, Mrs. Wang asked in multiple voices: "How is it? Will the Wei family's child agree?"

Jia Lian shook his head, "It's useless. Wei Ruolan is young, but he speaks clearly. How can anyone inquire about things in the palace?"

Jia's mother was so gloomy that she didn't speak, and Jia She and others in the room dared not speak.Baoyu stood behind Jia's mother, thinking of her eldest sister who was confined in the palace alone, and could not even see her family members. She didn't know how desolate it was, so she couldn't help crying.

The atmosphere in the room became more and more dull. After a while, Mother Jia made up her mind and said, "Put your heart in your stomach. Yuanyang, pack up my clothes. I will hand out the sign to the palace in the morning. Please greet the Empress Dowager!"

There is no other way to think of it now, but this is the only way.

At that time, Jia Daishan was the only one among the "Eight Dukes" who was not relegated to the title.He was cautious all his life, and together with his elder brother Jia Daihua, he made great contributions at the beginning of the current emperor's ascension to the throne.Therefore, although Ning Rong's descendants are poor, the Supreme Emperor can still take care of the affection of the previous generation's monarchs and ministers.

For Mother Jia, please pass it in according to the post, and the queen mother ordered it to be passed on.

Jia's mother entered the Shou'an Palace where the Empress Dowager lived, and paid a respectful visit.The Queen Mother ordered someone to give me a seat, and said with a smile: "Now that you are old, please just ask the juniors to come. The Ai family knows your intentions. Why bother to run this life again ?”

Mother Jia stood up tremblingly, bowed down again, and cried: "I didn't dare to disturb the empress, but the old slave learned yesterday that the concubine Xiande was grounded because of her disrespect in front of the imperial court, and she was really terrified in her heart! Growing up next to the old slave, if there are any inappropriate words and deeds, it is naturally the fault of the old slave. Because of this, the old slave can hardly sleep and eat, so he can only go to the empress dowager to plead guilty, and hope that the empress will punish the old slave for improper education..." As he spoke, he knelt down on the ground and wept bitterly.

The Empress Dowager has been ups and downs in the palace for decades, so it is not hard to guess what Jia Mu is thinking.It's just that I heard that my granddaughter was grounded, and I couldn't find a way to inquire about it, so I came here to make a gesture.Although she was a little displeased when she thought of this, she just saw Jia Mu kneeling there, looking old and frail, and although she was wearing the imperial phoenix crown on her head, it couldn't cover her silvery white hair.

Sighing, the queen mother also softened her heart when she saw Jia Mu who was still kneeling and begging for her children and grandchildren at this age.He ordered someone to help Jia's mother up, took a sip of the new tea that was served this year, and said, "In the past, I saw that your granddaughter was fine. I think it may be that she offended the emperor for a while, and it will come naturally in a few days." That's enough. No one in this palace is grounded? You are too careful. How many years has your granddaughter been in the palace? Why do you need to come to plead guilty?"

Mother Jia wiped away her tears, forced a smile and said, "The empress dowager taught me the lesson. It's just that this old slave has to blame himself."

The queen mother smiled and said, "You are too serious."

While speaking, the emperor came down to greet his mother.The Empress Dowager pointed to Jia Mu and said, "This is Concubine Xiande's grandmother, the former wife of Duke Rong Jia Daishan. I heard that Concubine Xiande behaved in front of the imperial court, so I came here to plead guilty."

Situ Jun didn't even look at Jia's mother, sitting on the empress dowager, lowered his head and laughed, "The son was also angry that day, so he made the order."

"Since this is the case, if Concubine Jia has no serious faults, what does the emperor think of asking both of their grandparents and grandchildren to meet?" the Queen Mother asked with a smile.

"The queen mother is in charge." Situ Jun followed the good advice.

Mother Jia hurriedly knelt down to thank her, the Queen Mother waved her to get her up, and ordered her to be sent to Fengzao Palace.

After half an hour, Mother Jia kowtowed to the Empress Dowager again gratefully before leaving the palace and returning home.

Mrs. Wang, Mrs. Xing, Aunt Xue, Baochai, Sister Feng and others had been waiting in the upper room for a long time. Knowing that Jia Mu came back, they all went to Neiyi Gate.Mother Jia shook off Mrs. Wang's outstretched hand, and went in with only Sister Feng's hand.

Mrs. Wang was very embarrassed, and Baochai hurried to her side and whispered a few words of comfort, and personally supported her and walked in.

Mrs. Xing couldn't hide her gloat - looking at this, the second wife might feel bad again.

Sure enough, they all entered Jia Mu's room, and Mrs. Wang hurriedly asked: "Old lady..."

Before he could say a word, there was a sharp pain in his shoulder, but it was hit on his body by Jiamu's crutch.

Jia Mu pointed at her and scolded: "You foolish woman, you have hurt your mother so badly!"