The Heart of the Red Chamber

In fact, the preparations made by the Xue Wang family were useless in the end. The Xue family has been in business for generations, and they are all discerning. He flinched, and Xue Lin's younger brother Xue Qing tried his best to turn things around. In the end, almost [-]% of the clan members shut up, but they all had their own plans in their hearts.As an imperial merchant, it is true that you can receive money and food from the Ministry of Households, and the prices purchased by both the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the Ministry of Households are very favorable, and the oil and water are also very rich, but if there is no support from powerful people, there are naturally risks. Maybe it's a crime of deceiving the king.With Wang Xue's presence, both the Wang family and the Jia family must be concerned about it. If the qualifications of the imperial merchants are given to someone else, it would be a good thing that the two families don't play tricks behind their backs.

Therefore, even if Mrs. Xue wanted to sue her elder brother and brother-in-law, saying that the tribe was bullying too much, there was nothing to say. Although she was not very smart, she knew that her second brother still had the temperament of a brother-in-law.Wang Zisheng is informal at best, but in fact he is careless and careless in some respects. As for Jia Zheng, although he is not a gentleman, he is just a lifelong arty and word-for-word useless Just look at him who has been a soy sauce party in the Ministry of Industry for nearly 20 years, you know that this person is not very capable, and he is also well-versed in the world, and he was so praised by the members of the Xue family that he almost forgot his last name immediately what.

Besides, although Mrs. Xue is the daughter of the Wang family, she is a concubine after all. When she was not married, she was the attendant of her elder sister Mrs. Wang. Lou, and Wang Zisheng, as the royal family staying in Jinling, it is naturally easier to invest emotionally.When she was at home before, her mother, Aunt Liu, was cautious and she did not allow Mrs. Xue to be too prominent. Otherwise, it would be easy for the mistress to punish a concubine who is aggressive and likes to show off. up.Xue Wang was able to marry the Patriarch of the Xue family because she was honest and responsible when she was at home, and she looked after her aunt everywhere. Otherwise, even if Xue Wang's two families were married, the Wang family would not only be the eldest house!

Although Mrs. Wang and Wang Zisheng still take good care of the Xue family, the change of the Xue family will not affect the relationship between the Jia family and the Wang family too much. No matter who is in charge of the Xue family, they have to look at the faces of the Jia and Wang families. Well, if the Xue Wang family wants to make an inch, I'm afraid that they will only steal the chicken and lose the rice, which will annoy Wang Zisheng and Jia Zheng, and affect the friendship of several families. Now that the goal has been achieved, Xue Wang Shi is naturally satisfied.

The matter was settled, Jia Zheng and Wang Zisheng paid a funeral for Xue Lin, waited until Xue Lin was buried in the ancestral grave of Xue's family, and then met the two old people who stayed in Jinling by the way, and then took a slow boat to Chang'an .

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Wang Ziteng was tearing open the sealant on the letter sent by Wang Zisheng, and after roughly reading it, he nodded and said to Mrs. Sun who was sitting beside him: "The matter of the Xue family has been settled, and the matter of the imperial businessman has been settled." The younger sister's room is still in charge, and for the time being, Xue Qing, the second master of the Xue family, will help."

"That's good!" Mrs. Sun nodded, "It seems that the Xue family is still very reasonable, and the second aunt doesn't have to worry too much! Speaking of which, the second aunt's Pan'er is almost ten years old now. I don't know how it is now?"

Wang Ziteng shook his head: "Second brother didn't say much in the letter, but the second brother-in-law is not a fool, so he will not delay my son!"

Mrs. Sun nodded, and stopped asking about the Xue family, thought for a while, and said: "Ningguo Mansion posted a post today, saying that Brother Rong from Ningguo Mansion is going to be engaged, and he will do so in the middle of next month." It’s decided, it’s said that it’s the daughter of Mr. Lang Qin’s family, who was appointed by the Ministry of Industry.”

"The Minister of the Ministry of Industry? Qin Ye?" Wang Ziteng had some impressions of the name, and he nodded without thinking too much, "This marriage is well-established! I heard that Jia Rong is just like his father. It’s very bad, I just hope that after we get married, I can take it easy!” Wang Ziteng and the Jia family have long been just a matter of face. He escaped and handed over the title to his son Jia Zhen directly under the pretext of cultivating Taoism, but now it is clearly on the decline.Anyway, Jia Jing came from a professional class before, and had a noble title. If he hadn't been involved in the matter of seizing the heir, if there were no mistakes in the future, he would at least be able to sit on the position of the chief official of the six departments. But Jia Zhen, although looking at it now It seems that there is nothing wrong with it except lust, but in fact there are not many advantages. His son Jia Rong has similar virtues to him. If there is no one in Ningguo Mansion who can lead the way, he will really be a gentleman, and he will be killed in five generations.

Thinking of this, Wang Ziteng couldn't help feeling a little bit sad. The four major families were so prominent at the beginning, but with the passing of the older generation, most of them are now in decline.Last year, the old Hou Ye of the historian passed away after all. Brother Shi Ding and Shi Nai had to go to Ben Dingyou before the seats under the two buttocks of Shi Ding and Shi Nai were hot. Not an easy task.Not long after the old Hou Ye passed away, Shi Sheng also caught wind and cold, and passed away unfortunately. His wife also died after a serious illness, leaving only an immature daughter with Shi Ding and Shi Nai. Uncle lives.Xue's family lost the job of the Secretary of General Administration, so what if the imperial businessman is prosperous, a businessman is a businessman after all, no matter how rich he is, he will not be able to stand on the stage.Thinking about the Jia Zhu who died young in the Jia family, Wang Ziteng suddenly felt that his life was already complete. At least compared to these family friends, his son was not inferior to anyone. yes!

"I heard that it was not born by Mr. Qin. It was Mr. Qin and the late Mrs. Qin who have been living in desolation, and finally had to adopt a son and a daughter in the Yangshengtang." Women are naturally interested in these gossips, and Mrs. Sun doesn't know that Wang Ziteng I was thinking about something next to me, but I just said happily on the side, "However, people who have seen it all say that the eldest girl of the Qin family is beautiful, even a concubine and a fairy are nothing more than that! Brother Rong is also considered lucky. I know that in the past two years, there have been quite a few people who have asked to marry that Miss Qin! For this daughter-in-law, Uncle Zhen from the Ningguo Mansion went to do the engagement in person, and I don’t know how many rare things were stuffed in the dowry gift, not to mention how many Decent!"

Wang Ziteng didn't have much interest in this, he was just a small official who was only a little bigger than Zhima, and he didn't have any backstage behind him, so he must be like that in his life.As for Wang Ziteng, just waiting for the position of the Ministry of War above to move, he can immediately change from a cabinet bachelor to a second assistant. At that time, you will not have a third-rank official title, and you can only see the back of Wang Ziteng's head.

Seeing that Wang Ziteng was not interested in the affairs of the Jia family, Mrs. Sun had no intention of continuing, so she heard Wang Ziteng ask: "Speaking of which, it's time for Lun'er to get married. Have you found a suitable sibling?" who is your choice?"

Since ancient times, the royal family has not treated the concubine so well. Mrs. Sun and Mrs. Shi are naturally comrades-in-arms in the same trench, so they naturally have to speak for Mrs. Shi, and can't let her husband feel that the younger siblings are not good, so he hurriedly said: "My lord, this relationship Er'er's marriage is not so easy to settle. Although our Wang family still has a bit of face in Chang'an, but Lun'er is such an old man, he can't be good at literature, and most of the friends he associates with are dudes. I heard that outsiders know that Lun'er is greedy for money and lustful, so who would be happy with someone from a slightly higher family! But the second room has only one son, Lun'er, and it is impossible to say that the second room can only be handed over to Lun'er in the future Therefore, Lun'er's marriage is definitely not bad, at least she should be a prostitute! With such a calculation, it will be a bit troublesome to find a suitable one!"

There are so many twists and turns here that ordinary men really can't react. Naturally, Wang Ziteng didn't notice any problems. He just felt that Madam Sun's words made sense, so he sighed and said, "What Ma'am said is, It's just that Madam also said that Lun'er will probably inherit the second room in the future, and we still need to carefully consider the marriage. After all, even if our first room and the second room live together now, they have separated after all. You have to take care of the second room yourself, so Lun'er's wife will be the head grandmother of the second room, you have more things to do than your younger siblings, so help your younger siblings to take care of them!"

Mrs. Sun nodded and said with a smile: "Master, don't worry, Lun'er was raised by me, so I won't treat him badly!"

Wang Ziteng also nodded, and sighed: "That's good! Hey, that kid Lun'er, I'm afraid he can't control his temper! If it weren't for the fact that there has been no news from the second brother's room for so many years, we don't have to worry about Lun'er anymore." !" Wang Ziteng actually complained about his second younger brother. The so-called raising or not teaching is the father's fault. Wang Lun's current virtue has a great relationship with Wang Zisheng. Who made Wang Zisheng fail to make a good start? , I am a typical dude!Now that the person who is about to be engaged is still like a wall that can't be supported by mud, why doesn't Wang Ziteng feel depressed!

Mrs. Sun took the opportunity to say: "That's not true! The second younger sibling told me a few days ago that she is not too young now, and she is determined not to have a son-in-law. , I just hugged him and raised him, as if he was born in the first place! The second younger brother and sister took care of Sister Luan and Brother Feng very well, if there is another son, I'm afraid it won't be like Lun'er!"

Wang Ziteng was taken aback for a moment, he had always known his younger siblings' temperaments, no matter Mrs. Shi could think so, it was a good thing: "It's good that younger siblings think about it!"