Dowry maid's daily life [Red Mansion]

When Wang Ziteng walked out of the palace gate, the autumn wind blew, and the sweat-soaked official robe was stuck to his back, and his body was cold.

This is because someone took advantage of the Taishang Emperor's uneasiness to stab Jia Baoyu's "auspiciousness" to the present place. Although the trick is small, it is sinister and vicious.From ancient times to the present, who have been born with visions?Either the founding sage, or the lord of ZTE, if you can't win the trust of the sage, waiting for these relatives may be a disaster.

Thanks to the Holy Spirit, he didn't take it seriously.

After Wang Ziteng returned to the mansion, he immediately ordered someone to investigate the matter of Baochai's golden lock.Rong Mansion has always had his people, and he reported back in a short while.When Wang Ziteng heard this, he couldn't help laughing: the eldest sister is stupid and bold, but the second sister is shrewd. She was quick to learn from Baoyu's "born with a jade in her hand", and made a golden lock given by a monk.It's just that the stupid one is true, but her shrewd one can be fake.

Fortunately, Baoyu himself suffered from three disasters and eight disasters. When he was a child, he was as weak as a girl. He was not outstanding in reading, learning, and interpersonal relationships. On the contrary, his sentence "I saw my daughter, I It's refreshing; when you see a man, you feel foul and smelly." Children's nonsense, it shows that this psychic gem has no miraculous effect.Therefore, I don't take it seriously today, but treat it as a little joke between the monarch and his ministers.After the joke was over, Wang Ziteng also had to admit that he was working hard and settle the matter.

"... Your Majesty is magnanimous, but we must be grateful. If this kind of miraculous story is spread too much, it will not be good after all." Wang Ziteng said to Jia Zheng.The royal family is not yet auspicious, but your Jia family is out, and everyone knows about it, what do you want!

Jia Zheng's complexion was sallow, and he never thought that his brother-in-law asked him to come here, and he was talking about such a terrible thing.

Seeing that Jia Zheng didn't think of a way to take care of him, he panicked, Wang Ziteng looked down on him, waved his hands and said, "I was confused, I couldn't help but beg her to help her come up with this lie, sister-in-law, don't blame me. In the future, I will only It is necessary to restrain the words and deeds of the family members, and stop talking about it."

Jia Zheng hastily handed over his hand, and he was very grateful.

Wang Ziteng's behavior towards him was really helpless, he didn't talk speculatively, just said the matter, and didn't say anything else.

After Jia Zheng resigned, Wang Ziteng returned to the inner house, and Mrs. Li asked, "The second aunt and wife moved out from the Rongguo Mansion, which yard do you think the master should tidy up?"

Wang Ziteng frowned: "Pan'er is about [-] years old, and he should be the head of the household. Besides, Xue's family does not have a house in the capital. It is better to ask them to go home, otherwise when will they be able to live?" stand up?"

It was Wang Ziteng who remembered that Brother Zhong was about the same age as Xue Pan, but Brother Zhong had been supporting the family and raising younger sisters as early as ten years old.Wang Ziteng felt a little pain in his heart, someone else's son was taken care of and protected by him, but his own son struggled to grow up by himself - thinking about it this way, Wang Ziteng was sour and proud, but Guan Gu's nephew and nephew's heart was a little bit weaker .

Mrs. Li's heart for the Jia family and the Xue family is only weaker. Hearing what he said, she would not pretend to be friendly and virtuous, so she immediately asked the steward who was waiting to order to clean up the house, and said to Wang Ziteng: "Tomorrow Master Er is at home, tell the second aunt personally. I told her, I'm afraid she won't believe it."

Wang Ziteng sneered: "It's not up to her. Originally, Baochai girl and Baoyu were good relatives, but she was superfluous and made this golden lock given by the monk's order. It's too miraculous to be born with jade. Everyone thinks It's not true. But it's a common feeling that the monk gave orders. There are many young masters and young ladies in the aristocratic family. Now she says, "Only those who have jade can get married." After all, Baoyu's jade is a 'fake jade', so it's her own fault."

The next day, Wang Ziteng really said that to Aunt Xue.

Aunt Xue was hit hard, why did the clever trick she figured out to help Bao'er realize her wish became a stumbling block?

"Second brother! Since Baoyu's incident is not serious, shouldn't Baogirl's incident be ignored?" Aunt Xue said, looking at Wang Ziteng's expression.

"Is there a suspicion of 'gold and jade match, marriage is destined'!" Wang Ziteng sneered: "Do you think your son-in-law is the Han Guangwu who is full of red light? Or Song Taizu who is born with a strange fragrance?"

Aunt Xue dared not say any more.

After returning home, he held Baochai in his arms and cried loudly, crying and saying: "My son, you should get rid of those thoughts! But if there is something that can be done, your uncle will not speak so harshly..."

"Mom, I want to be elected." Baochai didn't mourn like Aunt Xue, she sat quietly for a while, and then said suddenly.

Aunt Xue couldn't misunderstand that she was self-defeating and escaping. Baochai said calmly, "I've been thinking about this for a long time, but my mother took the trouble to make plans for me before, so I can't say it. Now this happened suddenly , it’s God’s will.”

Aunt Xue persuaded her by saying: "Your cousin Yuanda is an example. She has worked hard for nothing for several years, but she still hasn't made it. My son, don't be arrogant."

Baochai smiled and said, "Don't worry, Mom. I know. Please tell Uncle a word, and Uncle will definitely agree. I am different from Sister Yuanda. She is nominated for the palace. It's my creation."

Aunt Xue seemed to understand and was a little confused, but she had always been able to listen to her daughter's words, and she really told Wang Ziteng.

Wang Ziteng only asked someone to reply: "Understood." Yin sighed to Mrs. Li again: "Baochai girl is very clever, I don't want to say it, she guessed it herself."

When the words "only jade can match" reached the ears of the sage, Baochai had no other choice in his life——the most noble and precious jade in the world, there is only the jade seal handed down to the country!Even if the Holy Majesty doesn't pay attention to the order of some skinny monk, he can still include him in the harem.There are so many beauties in the harem, it's just adding another beauty, and many years later, there is another anecdote similar to "Mrs. Gouyi".

However, within a day or two, Xue Baochai's life has come to a conclusion, and he only needs to run for election next year, but now it's hard to tell others.So Xue's family rushed to clean up the house in Jingzhong, preparing to move out before the Mid-Autumn Festival. On the other hand, they said that Baochai had suffered from a fever brought by her womb, so they resigned from the management of Rongfu, and moved from Zhiyuanzhai back to Lixiangyuan to close their doors. out.

Jia's mother didn't know the inside story, but she felt that Baochai was knowledgeable and interesting, so she couldn't help but love this girl.

It was the fifth day of the eighth month, and Lin Ruhai's official ship arrived in the capital. Concerned about Lin Ruhai's official duties, Jia's mother set the reception banquet on the sixth day of the eighth day.

On the sixth day of the lunar new year, Jia Amnesty and Jia Zheng went out in a serious manner. Lin Ruhai first visited Jia's mother, and then had a good talk with his uncle.

Daiyu, brothers Du Zhong and Song Chen personally picked up Lin Ruhai and his party at the port yesterday, and Lian Yunan also accompanied Daiyu. These two ladies have already returned home yesterday, so today the banquet in the Rong Mansion is only for the Sanchun sisters and the others. Xiangyun and Mrs. Xing sat behind the screen.Jia's mother sighed more and more coldly, because she said with a smile: "my aunt is not a foreigner, please girls come to see my uncle, please sit here."

Sister Yingchun couldn't, so she had to move out.Because she was a junior, Lin Ruhai didn't feel anything, but paid special attention to her daughter's sister Jin Lan.

As long as Lin Ruhai is an official, as long as he is willing, no matter how vulgar or mediocre, his words and actions can make people feel like a spring breeze.This was the case at the banquet, contrary to the usual indifference towards Jia Zheng and those literati, Jia Amnesty pulled Lin Ruhai to talk about gold and stone antiques, the interest was so high that even Jia's mother was secretly surprised.

On the contrary, Jia Zheng was very silent at the banquet. Except for Jia Mu and Baoyu, everyone here knew that he was uncomfortable because of the fact that "the psychic Baoyu was fabricated by the second wife", and no one dared to bring up the topic for him.The whole family knew about this matter, and Jia Zheng strictly ordered that no more nonsense about "born with a jade" be allowed in the future.I only thought that Jiamu was old and Baoyu's "lifeblood" was always the most important thing. Baoyu couldn't hide his words and was prone to dementia. Dare to tell them.Jia Zheng also excused Baoyu to teach Baoyu himself during this period, and did not ask Baoyu to go to school, so as to avoid the looks and words of outsiders.

It's just that the more uncomfortable Jia Zheng is for these two brothers in Rongguo Mansion, the more proud Jia Amnesty is.Just now, when he was in the front study, he persuaded Jia Zheng in front of Lin Ruhai: "I'm afraid the matter of Baoyu will not be hidden for long, the second brother should find a way to tell the old lady as soon as possible, so that the old lady will not waste all her expectations. It's really not good." .”

It's the same now, Jia Zheng is silent like a dead thing, Jia She is as noisy as a black old raven.

Jia's mother watched for a long time in the upper seat, but finally couldn't help ordering Baoyu to pour Lin Ruhai a pot of wine, and then ordered Jia Lian, Jia Huan and others to toast the elders.

Baoyu had long wanted to get close to Uncle Lin, so she hurriedly got up and stood behind Lin Ruhai holding the pot. Lin Ruhai smiled and stroked his beard and nodded, seeing that the etiquette was good, but it was not as bad as imagined.But not long after she secretly said this, Baoyu laughed and said, "Why doesn't Sister Lin come? The whole family is here, only the younger sister is missing. What's the fun of her being at home!"

Lin Ruhai paused, but Baoyu's argument was influenced by Jia's mother. At this time, the old man didn't feel inappropriate at all, and said, "What Baoyu said is true. Our family is of flesh and blood, and my aunt and master can't see it. You are usually on official business. Busy, why not ask Yu'er to live with me."

Yangzhou Salt Administration Affairs has now sent another confidant to take over. Lin Ruhai has decided to stay in Beijing to take up a post this time, and it is not a short stay. Send the girl to Rongfu to live?Besides, Daiyu returned to her home a few days earlier, the meaning of which was already obvious.

It's just that the Rongguo Mansion has taken in and protected girls for several years, and Jia's mother is an elder, so Lin Ruhai could only deal with this with a smile, but then heard Jia's mother say to Jia Baoyu: "You study hard now, didn't you say you wanted to ask a famous teacher for advice?" Right now? A famous teacher is right in front of you, why are you so stupid! Your Uncle Lin was once a high school student, why don't you ask your Uncle Lin for advice?"

Hearing this, the joyful look on Jia Baoyu's face froze, but remembering what Jia's mother had told him before, he had no choice but to put down the wine pot, and bowed to Lin Ruhai for advice.Lin Ruhai looked at Jia Zheng from the corner of his eyes. Jia Zheng was taken aback when he heard what Jia Mu said, and immediately shouted: "Ignorance and karma! You have only been studying hard for a long time, and you have a lot of knowledge in your belly, so you are so arrogant." Wake up, don’t tell me the masters in the school can’t teach you anymore! If it’s passed on, others will think that I’m as arrogant as you in every discipline, so why don’t you go back!”

Jia's mother didn't know where Jia Zheng's evil fire came from, but when she saw that it was his own father who interrupted her son's progress, she immediately felt uncomfortable, but she didn't want to get angry with Jia Zheng in front of Lin Ruhai.

Jia Baoyu was so frightened that he submissively backed away, and Jia Lian and others rushed to refill Jia Zheng's wine. He rounded up the situation and said, "Baoyu has indeed improved. He often reads and writes until midnight..."

Jia Zheng's face was still purple, and his anger was still there.

At this moment, Lin Ruhai shook his head and said with a smile, "I spend a lot of time on papers every day. In fact, I have abandoned the books of sages for a long time." Then he called Baoyu to his side, stood up and bowed his hands to Jia Mu and Jia Zheng, and said with a smile, "My uncle is not good." Teaching knowledge, but I can invite my nephew to study in the Imperial College. I wonder what the old lady and uncle would like?"

When Jia Mu and Jia She and Jia Zheng brothers heard about it, they were all shocked: You need to know that the number of places in the Guozijian is very rare. Once you become a supervisor, you can directly participate in the provincial examination, or you can directly enter an official position without passing the imperial examination.The most rare thing is that this kind of official is only one line lower than those who have a formal background, but they are much more orthodox than Jia Zheng's "specially obtained officials", and their promotion is much smoother.It's just that it is not easy to become a prison student. Except for the talents selected by the government schools in various places, only senior officials above the third rank are allowed to choose a child to study in the Imperial College. Serious relatives.If Xun Qi wants to send his children in, he still needs the emperor's special permission to enter.

Jia Zheng is the only person with a real job in the two prefectures of Rongning and Ningxia. After decades, he has only been promoted from a sixth-rank principal to a fifth-rank Yuanwailang, and he is far away from the quota of supervisors.

Such an opportunity, Rao Jiamu, who had made a plan in her heart, couldn't help hesitating.

Jia Zheng was overjoyed and then hesitated. On the contrary, Jia Amnesty squinted at Jia Lian, but was reluctant to take advantage of it, because he called Baoyu, "I don't want to kneel down to thank you!"

Baoyu still couldn't understand the benefits of the Guozijian, and while listening to the old man's words, he pretended to kowtow, while looking at his father.

Lin Ruhai knew what Jia Zheng was worried about, so he said in a low voice, "Brother, don't worry too much."

Jia Zheng relaxed slightly and nodded to Baoyu. Baoyu hurriedly knelt down. Lin Ruhai smiled and said, "Get up! Good boy, work hard after entering prison, don't let the old lady and your uncle and father's expectations down."

According to Baoyu's words, he saluted Jia Mu, Jia Amnesty and Jia Zheng.

Seeing this, Jia's mother could no longer ask Lin Ruhai for advice, or ask Lin Ruhai to be her teacher.He was both happy and embarrassed, and he didn't know how to combine the two Yu'er together. For the current plan, Baoyu could only strive for success by himself, succeed in his studies in the Imperial College, and expand his network, thinking that he would be able to satisfy Lin Ruhai in the future.

"Guye Lin should still like to value Baoyu, otherwise how could he give Baoyu all the places in the Imperial College?" Jia Mu thought to herself, feeling at ease.

After Lin Ruhai gave the number of Guozijian seats that he didn't need, the reception went smoothly, Jia Zheng was also very happy, and the atmosphere was very harmonious.

After the banquet, the Lin family's carriage came to pick him up, and Jia Amnesty and Jia Zheng personally sent Lin Ruhai out.

When the carriage left Ningrong Street, Chen Zi smiled slightly in the carriage: "Guan Dongweng's expression, but your wish has come true?"

Lin Ruhai smiled: "Exactly."

"Why did master Jia Er agree?" Chen Ziwei was puzzled, knowing that his son had been heard by the saint because of the piece of 'auspiciousness', so being mediocre and low-key is the way to save his life?Besides, from Chen Ziwei's point of view, even though it has been proven that Laoshi Zixiangrui is a fake, the royal family will not allow Jia Baoyu to be outstanding, right?

"Being able to study in the Imperial College is naturally a good thing that one can only wish for. Besides, my second uncle has always been somewhat straightforward, and only takes the imperial examination as a regret in his life. I hope that my descendants will make up for it: the eldest nephew entered school at fourteen that day, and this treasure is far inferior to his brother. Once there is such an opportunity to gather famous Confucianists from all over the world and go directly to the provincial examination, how can the second uncle be willing to let it go?" So he naturally agreed.

Lin Ruhai stroked his beautiful beard, and said with a smile: "I have no children under my knees, and the talents in my clan are withered. I have been floating in the copper smell of the salt sea for many years. I don't remember that there is a place for shadow prisons. Ziwei guess how the old man remembered it. ?”

Chen Ziwei understood: "Did someone remind Dong Weng? That's right, you can rest assured only after you have seen him under your nose." Such auspicious omens will not only listen to one side of the story.

Saints don't care about such trivial matters, but clan officials don't let them go. When Lin Ruhai left the palace today, Prince Zhongshun sent someone to bring Lin Ruhai a message, and Lin Ruhai naturally knew what to do.

Moreover, Mr. Lin has seen from Jiamu's previous letters that his mother-in-law wanted his daughter to marry Baoyu's temptation, and he also guessed that the old lady asked Baoyu to ask for homework to pave the way for a serious apprenticeship... Lin Ruhai is also looking for a way to dispel it. The old man thought, now the number of shadow prisons is just one shot to send people to the Guozijian. The Guozijian is not Jia's family school, and they even live in the dormitory.As long as there is no master-student relationship, it is reasonable for Lin Ruhai to decline if the old man wants to talk about marriage again in the past.

Lin Ruhai made a "five" gesture, and Chen Zi shuddered slightly.Sure enough, these sons and phoenixes are not simple. The Fifth Highness, who was not stingy in the past, has not only been crowned the throne, but has also become Zong Zheng. The faction never loses——The Supreme Emperor spread his blessings a few years ago, and even the Imperial Prison has mixed good and bad. Now he intends to tighten the number of prison students, and he is loyal to the prince to observe the holy will. Ken Shien gave the quota, but instead used one sentence for the one that Lin Ruhai should have.

No matter how weak the Lin clan is, this scholarly family will always have children who can use this quota.

Putting this matter aside, Chen Ziwei drew the word "King" on his hand, and said with a smile: "This master's post has been sent to Weiyuan. I will invite you and me to a banquet in the future. Will Dong Weng go?"

Lin Ruhai shook his head and laughed loudly: "No."

Since Wang Ziteng found out about Eucommia's life experience, Du Zhong thought about it again and again, and told Chen and Lin about it. These two people were also narrow-minded. half relationship?

The two evenly matched parties who once united against the Zhen family and fought against each other in the south of the Yangtze River finally decided the victory temporarily with Wang Ziteng being the first to show affection - encounters between people are really impermanent.