The Heart of the Red Chamber

Speaking of this, naturally few people still have the interest to continue talking. Mrs. Shi and Mrs. Sun quickly got up to say goodbye, and went back directly.

Leaving Wang Xifeng on the carriage at the back, let the maid take care of her, Mrs. Shi got into Mrs. Sun's car, and said bitterly: "Sister-in-law, I don't know when I offended our little sister-in-law, and almost killed my family Luan!" Sister, now I miss Brother Feng again!"

Mrs. Sun snorted coldly, and said: "You don't care what she does! With Brother Feng's conditions, why can't you find a son-in-law, so you have to marry into Jia's family? I don't know what our sister-in-law is up to? It's just because I think that I am Brother Feng's aunt. After I get married in the future, I will naturally be close to her. Naturally, she also holds the national government in her hands! It's a good idea, how can our daughter be fooled by that bitch!"

Mrs. Shi gritted her teeth and said, "I'd like to see what happens to her precious daughter who entered the palace, what kind of precious jade and what kind of virtue she has!"

Mrs. Sun said indifferently: "Sisters and sisters, good and evil will be rewarded. Since she has bad intentions, she will have retribution in the future. Let's not worry about it, just watch from the side!" Wait until she is about to fall and push her again. Yes, Mrs. Sun added in her heart.She is tired of this little sister-in-law. In the past, she was willing to say a few words for the sake of her husband Wang Ziteng, but now even Wang Ziteng is impatient. She has nothing to worry about. Do they all think that she is the head of the royal family? The mistress just let others bully her.

In the evening, Wang Zisheng entered the main room on a rare occasion, said hello, took off his outer robe, and lay directly on the bed. Mrs. Shi talked about it while removing the hairpin on her head under the service of the maid. He said angrily: "Master, look at what that aunt of our family said. While disliking our brother Feng's pettiness and not being chaste enough at the old lady, at the same time thinking about using our daughter as a big wife." My daughter-in-law, if at that time, whether the daughter is facing the first room or the second room, isn't it not pleasing to both sides! It sounds nice, just like our brother Feng marrying Jia Lian, who only knows how to eat, drink and play. It's like picking it up for nothing!"

Wang Zisheng still loves Wang Xifeng very much, and although he doesn't do much serious business in Chang'an, he probably knows more about the affairs of the Jia family than Wang Ziteng and the others. She frowned, thought for a while, and said, "Don't worry about her nonsense, about Brother Feng's marriage, we have to see what the eldest brother and sister-in-law mean! The eldest brother is now considered to be a high-ranking and powerful person. Whoever Feng Geer marries into, who is not?" Forgive me, why go to Jia's house to be angry at both sides!"

Hearing what Wang Zisheng said, Mrs. Shi was satisfied, and she waved her hand: "It's up to you to say, but now, Brother Feng is almost ten years old, and we won't be able to stay for a few years. I can't bear it!"

Wang Zisheng didn't have much interest in Mrs. Shi, who had been promoted to Huanglianpo, he nodded perfunctorily: "It's time to get to Jiji no matter what, there are still five or six years! Speaking of which, Lun'er is about to arrive. It's the age of marriage, you can help me to see, and you can't wrong him too much!"

Mrs. Shi was so angry that she almost threw the emerald butterfly hairpin in her hand on Wang Zisheng's head. After suppressing her anger for a long time, she said, "Why do you want me to watch over that kid? He's only so old. The maids around him are even more straight-faced." Played it all over again! Who is a good girl who is willing to marry such a perverted ghost..." While talking, there was no reply from Wang Zisheng. When he turned his head, Wang Zisheng had already closed his eyes. Fell asleep.

Mrs. Shi almost gritted her teeth, and spat angrily: "Sure enough, like father like son, it's all a virtue. You've almost fooled around with those vixens, so take me as a stack?"

On the Jia's side, most people seemed to think that it was a good idea to marry the Wang family. The reason why it didn't work out before was because Mrs. Wang couldn't speak and offended her sister-in-law.Shi Taijun thinks that Wang Ziteng is becoming more and more powerful now, and if Yuan Chun can be favored in the future, it will be Wang Ziteng who can be recruited as foreign aid. Therefore, he is even more determined to marry the Wang family.If it weren't for Yingchun who is only five years old now, and Tanchun who has just turned one year old, and they are all concubines, she would really like to recruit Wang Ren as her son-in-law. Now, only Jia Lian is suitable.The old lady thought in her heart that her treasure jade would not be small in the future, and she might not care about the title passed down from the Rongguo Mansion!

Just when the old lady was thinking about finding a suitable time to talk to the Wang family again, Jia Zhu, who had worked hard for more than a year, entered the Gongyuan with a big basket and several layers of single clothes.

Jia Zhu has worked too hard and thought too much for more than a year. After reading his article, his father-in-law Li Shouzhong felt that Jia Zhu's end this time, even if he got lucky, would be at the bottom of the list. It's better to wait another three years and wait until you have accumulated enough fame.It's a pity that Jia Zhu's will is very firm, and Li Shouzhong can't beat this son-in-law before the exam, so he just let him relax and don't care too much.

Jia Zhu fell down after leaving the examination room, and Lai Da, who came to pick him up, almost had a heart attack. He hurriedly called someone to carry Jia Zhu into the carriage, and at the same time called someone to ask the imperial doctor. diagnosis.The imperial doctor checked the pulse for a long time, and only said that he was tired from the examination room, coupled with mental depression, and weak body, implying that Jia Zhu seemed to have insufficient kidney water. Don't be stimulated and so on, and prescribed a symptomatic prescription.

As soon as the imperial doctor was sent away, Mrs. Wang cast her knife-like eyes on Li Wan, and scolded sharply: "You know that the uncle wants to prepare for the exam, but you still pester the uncle. Could it be that you can't leave the man for a moment?"

Li Wan couldn't care less about worrying about Jia Zhu, so he knelt down with a "plop", and cried, "Ma'am, my daughter-in-law is really wronged. The uncle is only in the daughter-in-law's room two or three times a month, most of the time it's Qingfu, Qingrong and the others. How many are waiting by your side!"

Mrs. Wang became even more angry, and said sharply: "Could it be my fault? Are you a housewife, and you can't even control the two maids in the house? If you can't manage the backyard for the uncle, then you, the daughter-in-law What's the use!"

Mrs. Wang scolded sharply, but Li Wan had no way to defend herself, so she could only cry.

When Shi Taijun heard the news, he hurried over and saw Mrs. Wang reprimanding Li Wan. He was so angry that he knocked on the ground with aloes agarwood cane, and yelled, "Your second family, don't take good care of Zhu'er now. Putting on the majesty of a mother-in-law here, could it be more important than Zhu'er's body!"

Mrs. Wang fell silent after being scolded, but she looked at Li Wan with gloomy eyes.

Jia Zhu has been in a coma, and Li Wan waited on him with his shirt untied, full of fear. In this day and age, women are the accessories of men. If there is something wrong with Jia Zhu, Li Wan will almost have no hope in this life. , while regretting that she was too impatient for the child at the beginning, and hating those restless foxes in the yard, so she didn't care to show the generosity of her grandma, and directly closed all the houses. He got up and told the uncle not to let them out until he woke up, and he devoted himself to taking care of Jia Zhu, for fear that something might happen to Jia Zhu.

The imperial physician's prescription was still effective, and with the addition of various expensive tonics, Jia Zhu finally woke up on the sixth day, and Li Wan almost wept with joy.After raising her for a few more days, Jia Zhu can already walk a few steps in the yard, and she is about to recover slowly.

Then, another blow came.

The imperial list was posted, but Jia Zhu was not on the list.Originally, because they were worried about Jia Zhu's health, Shi Taijun and Mrs. Wang did not allow anyone to tell Jia Zhu, and only let people temporarily hide it.

But the weather was rare that day. Although Jia Zhu didn't remember that it was the day of posting the list, she let Li Wan take a walk in the garden. When she walked to the half-moon gate, she heard a faint voice from the other side of the gate.

"What are you doing so fast, why don't you go to receive the reward!"

"Aren't you going to receive the reward? The housekeeper went to look at the list early in the morning. I heard that he just came back. With our uncle's knowledge, isn't it certain that he will win? If the old lady and the wife are happy, there will be Our benefits!"

"Don't mention it, if you go now to say whether to accept the reward or not, I'm afraid a meal will be light!"

Hearing this, Jia Zhu's face turned pale. Li Wan has been busy taking care of Jia Zhu these days, and has never paid attention to these things. Now that he heard the words were not good, he was about to go out and reprimand those two who didn't understand. The well-behaved servant was held tightly by Jia Zhu, and before she could open her mouth, she heard the two people say over there again: "Uncle failed this time, it's just because Uncle is not in good health, old lady and wife They issued a ban, and we are not allowed to talk nonsense! If we hadn’t grown up together, we have always been good, and I wouldn’t tell you. Well, you can go back now, and if someone asks you, you will be nothing I don't know, do you understand?"

"Understood, thank you sister, I'll go back now!"

The two maids sneaked away, and when Li Wan saw Jia Zhu's expression, his heart skipped a beat, and he hurriedly said, "Master, I failed this time, and I'll take the exam next time. How old is your master? Don't worry... "Before he finished speaking, he saw Jia Zhu spit out a mouthful of dark red blood, and then fell backwards.

Li Wan yelled in horror: "Master, wake up, don't scare me! Come quickly, Master has passed out again..."

The Jia family was once again in turmoil, and the imperial doctor came to Rongguo Mansion again. After giving Jia Zhu the pulse, he shook his head and sighed: "I was overthinking, lacking energy, and not taking care of myself properly. Now I am in a hurry. It's worse!"

"Prince doctor, just speak up!" Shi Taijun gritted his teeth and said.

The imperial physician stroked his somewhat gray beard, and finally said: "Your official is not good at learning art, now I can only resign myself to fate!"

Mrs. Wang was stunned, and immediately burst into tears: "Pearl, my poor son!"

"Why are you crying, aren't you still dead?" Shi Taijun slammed his cane hard, and said calmly, "Emperor doctor, you can prescribe prescriptions anyway, and you have to do your best no matter what!"

Being an imperial physician is a virtue. When encountering a serious illness, he would rather prescribe it to avoid death. However, the safe prescription, now that Jia Zhu looks like this, the imperial physician must be more cautious. After thinking for a long time, he prescribed the prescription, and then hurriedly Ran.

Naturally, Jia Zhu still didn't get better. The Rongguo Mansion invited almost all the doctors in Chang'an, and at the end, they all said one sentence: "My condolences and the changes, let's prepare for the funeral!"

Another doctor was sent away. Li Wan, whose expression was numb and haggard, fell to the ground. The doctor who had just been sent away was invited back again. Three months pregnant, you need to take good care of it, otherwise it is very likely that you will not be able to keep it.

When Li Wan woke up, Jia Zhu had just passed away. Mrs. Wang wanted to vent her anger, but she could only grit her teeth and bear with Li Wan, who already had Jia Zhu's child, and hated Li Wan even more. After Wan found out that she had a child, she cried a few more times. In order to keep the posthumous child, Li Wan didn't even give Jia Zhu a burial, but stayed in her own yard to conceive. The belly withered and lost all vitality, and only when he saw his pregnant belly did he show a little emotion.