Edge of the Red Chamber

Those who were angry with Jia's mother were of course afraid because of the Zhen family's affairs, but it might not be because her sons and daughters-in-law took her words as a deaf ear.She agrees with what Jia She said, the family has already paid back part of it, the position that should be expressed has already been expressed, and the rest is less than half, she does not think that the emperor will really copy the Rongguo Mansion.Even if they don't save face for their family, there is still Yuan Chun and the face of the fifth prince in it.She wants to protect her status in front of her son and daughter-in-law. This is what Jia She said, right or wrong.

After that day, the two wives of King Xing sent over two thousand silver each, which was naturally not enough to repay the debt, but since her face was recovered, she didn't care about the silver.She didn't mention it, Mrs. Jia She Wang and Mrs. Xing were so happy that no one mentioned it; Jia Zheng was worried, but he didn't like to worry about these things. He thought that there would be no accidents if he had an old mother, and he forgot about it within two days .They didn't say anything, so naturally Wang Xifeng wouldn't be bored looking for something.Everyone pretended to be confused, and let it go.

On February [-]th, the two brothers Lin Juan and Lin Yan set off for Sichuan to welcome their relatives.

Princess Beijing asked where the newcomer would be placed. Lu Huixian said: "Our family has a village in the eastern suburbs. It was originally set up by the master to grow orchids. There is also a small yard with two entrances. There are not many houses, only a dozen or so rooms. I'm afraid of wronging my siblings."

Princess Beijing smiled and said: "How can there be any reason to enter the door before worshiping?" Everyone laughed, "We have a separate courtyard, not far from your Zhuangzi, and it is still spacious. I don't know what you mean?"

Although the Zhuangzi of the Lin family is not spacious, it is not impossible to live there for only a few days.But Princess Beijing mentioned her own other courtyard, probably because of the face of the Chen family.

The Chen family is decent, which means their family is decent. The old lady smiled and said, "It's good, but I don't know if it's convenient?"

Princess Beijing said: "It's convenient, it's convenient, why is it inconvenient?" She also said: "This is also my selfishness. I have only this evil in my life. I always want a girl, but I don't have this life. I just thought about it, never When we go out of the house, it is only as if I married a daughter once." Speaking of children, the old lady couldn't help but think of her son who died young, and couldn't help feeling sad.Although Princess Beijing has no daughter by her side, she always has a son by her side.

Princess Beijing asked Lin Jun and Lin Daiyu again, "Why don't you see their sisters?" Then she smiled and said, "I must have been bluffed by what I said, I'm afraid I've abducted your children back home."

The old lady smiled and said: "Look at what you said," while ordering the rosary, "Go and invite the girls to come over to see the guests," then turned around and said: "There are only two girls at home, they are very spoiled at home, and they haven't been out much. , Seeing people are shy, I was afraid that you would see a joke, so you didn't call them out."

Princess Beijing waved her hands again and again, and said angrily: "Really, really..." She shook her head, "I don't even know what to say. If you say that your children can't be seen by others, who else in the capital can see them?" Someone?" Then he turned to Mrs. Zhao, "Mrs. Lin has a good reputation, and no one in Beijing knows it? When I was a girl, our wife always liked to compare our sisters with her. I also have a strong temper, although Everyone says she is good, but I don't agree with her. Whenever I meet her, I always compare myself with her. From ten to seven or eight times, I win. I really think I am better than her. Now look at your family Child, look at our family, and you will be convinced."

The old lady laughed at first, then gradually faded away, and sighed: "She is not as blessed as you." Yes, no matter how famous you are, you will be gone at a young age, and you will not see your son marrying a daughter-in-law or your daughter marrying. People, if you can't hear your grandson calling grandmother, isn't it because your blessings are too thin?

Although it is true, there is some sense of blame in it.

This is also a rush of words, and the old lady is a little embarrassed to say it, I am afraid that Princess Beijing will not be happy when she hears it.Just when she was about to speak, Mrs. Zhao pointed at Lu Huixian and said, "Look at her, how well do you know her mother-in-law?"

The Dowager Princess of Beijing really looked at Lu Huixian carefully for a while, and just now she made a nine with her fingers, and said: "I see, there are nine points."

Lin Daiyu and Lin Jun just started to learn double-sided embroidery. Lin Daiyu embroidered Xie Lingyun's "Mountain Dwelling Fu", and Lin Jun embroidered "Dongshan".

Lin Daiyu finished embroidering a thread, and while she was waiting for Hongxiao to thread her needle, she asked Lin Jun, "Is the concubine coming soon?"

Lin Jun also stopped, squeezed her neck, and said, "If there are no mistakes, there are still three days to go."

Luzhu came in with tea, and when she saw Lin Jun rubbing her neck, she said, "Is your neck sore? Girls, get up and walk around, let's take a break." The two of them were about to get up when the rosary came.

The two sisters and Brother Lin Fei and Lin Ming came over to meet and say hello.Princess Beijing was overjoyed, she hugged Lin Ming, teased him for a while, pulled Lin Fei, asked how old she was, praised her again and again, because she let him loose again, she pulled Daiyu and Lin Jun again, Look at this and look at that, ask what you were doing just now.Hearing this, he praised: "You are really lucky. These granddaughters and great-grandchildren are so good. I can't bear to see them. I don't know how to praise them. No wonder they won't show us."

Someone had prepared the meeting gifts early on: two gold and jade rings, two strings of incense beads on the wrist, two silver collars, and two silver locks.

The four hurriedly thanked, and Lin Ming was hugged by his nanny to salute.

The curtain was lowered, and Princess Beijing looked away just now, and asked the old lady with a smile, "How old are the two children?"

The old lady glanced at Princess Beijing and said, "The older one is sixteen, and the younger one is fourteen."

Asked about the horoscope again, the old lady explained what she meant, and said: "Girl Jun, I don't need to worry about her, her mother is already optimistic about her. It's just the youngest, I can't bear it. If you have a high family status, you are afraid that your in-law's family will be more disciplined, and the family is low. And I'm afraid I've wronged her, whether it's left or right."

Princess Beijing nodded slightly, and said: "That child is also painful, no wonder you are reluctant to bear it, even if I see her, I still don't want her to suffer a little bit of grievance."

On this day, the Jiang family arrived and they were all talking in the old lady's room, and there were also people from Fujian.

It was Liuli who came, and she was promised to a steward of the Liu family, who was still working in the inner courtyard, and she was the steward's lady beside Zhang Feng'e.

Mrs. Jiang didn't know her, so Mrs. Zhao whispered it to her.Knowing that it was someone who was with the aunt who was raised by the old lady in the past, and guessing that the old lady had something to ask, she got up and wanted to leave.The old lady didn't stay either, and said with a smile: "You old sisters haven't seen each other for four or five years, so go talk about it yourself. When you get here, just treat yourself as your own home, and don't talk about those vain etiquettes."

Mrs. Jiang agreed, and said: "I will resign from the old lady now, and I will go home in a while, and I will come to pay my respects to the old lady when the house is settled."

The old lady hastily tried to persuade her to stay, saying: "What should I say, I just came and wanted to go home. It can be seen that we didn't greet well."

Mrs. Jiang waved her hands again and again, and said: "The old lady saw me as an outsider when she said this. It's just that your family is having a happy event, and we are here, and we have to clean up the house, arrange our luggage, and add a lot of things. Good to go back." He laughed as he said, "Although we don't live together, I still have to come and disturb the old lady. Besides, I want to ask the old lady for a glass of wedding wine."

The old lady just had a sullen face, and said angrily: "That's what you said well, just stay at home, and turn around and go back."

Mrs. Zhao put aside Mrs. Jiang's hand with a smile, looked at her with a smile, and said, "Don't pull me, I didn't say that, the old lady and I are of the same mind. Now that we are at home, we have to stay for a few days, waiting for us Let's talk about the second master's happy event after. If you want to leave, then don't step on the threshold of our house. "

Mrs. Jiang said that she had nothing to say, "Then bother the old lady."

Only then did the old lady turn her anger into joy, and said with a smile, "That's what makes sense." Then she said to Mrs. Zhao, "Go and settle down with your aunt first, and I'll send someone to invite you when the meal is over."

Mrs. Jiang said with a smile: "There is no need for the old lady to make people go, I will definitely come." She said that she was afraid of missing it, and everyone laughed.

Lu Huixian got up and led the old lady to send Mrs. Jiang to the hallway. When she turned around and just reached the door, she heard the old lady ask Liuli, "It's time, has your grandma given birth?"

Liu Li said: "Just about to congratulate the old lady, our grandma gave birth to a brother on the second day of February."

The little maid raised the curtain, and Lu Huixian went in with a smile.As he walked, he said: "The old lady can be relieved."

The old lady smiled and said, "What worries me?" Then she asked about Liu Xianglian and the eldest sister, and Liuli explained them in detail, but couldn't explain them all.

In another three days, Lin Yan and his party arrived in Chang'an.

On the seventeenth, Lin Lang went to meet the dowry.Mrs. Zhao was worried that he would make a joke because of his young age, but she didn't dare to show it in front of the old lady.The old lady was also worried. Seeing Mrs. Zhao like this, she said: "At that time, Yan'er was also at the same age, and we were also worried. We always thought that he was young and couldn't handle things, so he came back safely? Wu Liang and Zhong Xin are safe people, you and I just keep our hearts in our hearts."

Mrs. Zhao heard the persuasion in the old lady's words, she calmed down a little, nodded, and said: "I owed them in the previous life, so I don't care what I say, but I can't help it when I'm here."

Mrs. Jiang said with a smile: "The door of our house is too big. If I go a little further away, I won't be able to eat or sleep. I can rest assured when he comes back." Speaking of Jiang Wen, the old lady asked.

Sanchun came, and Lin Daiyu and Lin Jun watched the play with her.Yingchun became more and more quiet. When she saw her and Lin Jun, she didn't talk much. She greeted her and sat aside.Lin Daiyu thought about her situation at home, and was anxious for her, but there was nothing she could do.I had no choice but to ignore her and talk to Tanchun Linjun, "I don't know if Sister Yi will come or not. We haven't seen each other for a year, and I don't know how she is?"

Before the words finished, the woman outside shouted: "Grandma Yu is here."

Lin Daiyu and Lin Jun were very happy, and immediately told the servant girl, "Go ahead and have a look."

Just after Xiangcheng went out, Muyu came to ask them to go out to meet the guests, "The old lady of Zhen Guohou's mansion is here."

Lin Daiyu and Lin Jun nodded, but asked Cui Jiayi, "Is Grandma Yu here alone?"

Muyu nodded and said with a smile: "You are still so nice, that's why Grandma Yu also asked about you." After a pause, she said: "There is another happy event, Grandma Yu is happy."

Lin Daiyu was stunned for a moment, and said happily, "Really?" Then she turned to Lin Jun and said, "This is a great event, let's congratulate her quickly, I'm afraid the old lady will like it too."

The old lady was afraid that Cui Jiayi would be tired, so she sent their sisters to find another place to talk.

Mrs. Zhao couldn't let it go, so she sent the little maid to inquire at the second gate, and the little maid came in and said: "The king of Beijing, the Marquis of Zhen Guo, and the third master Cui also followed."

Because of them, it's not just a family matter, Mrs. Zhao didn't dare to hide it, so she said it right away.Concubine Bei Jing and the other wives were very surprised, they were taken aback for a moment, and then they smiled and said: "What nonsense."

Mrs. Ji didn't take it seriously, and said: "This is a happy event. Let the brothers make a fuss. If they don't make a fuss, there will be no excitement. Besides, they are not children anymore. If they do things properly, don't worry."

When she said this, if the rest of the children and grandchildren were not at ease, they would look stingy, so they said: "We are not worried, I am only afraid that the old lady is worried."

The old lady said angrily: "I have nothing to worry about, I can only rest assured. With the prince and the others following, I'm afraid I can return sooner."

Everyone in the room burst into laughter, and a wife said: "The old lady is in a hurry to see her granddaughter-in-law." Before the words finished, there was another burst of laughter in the room.

After April, the prefect of Shandong reported the drought, and Lin Yu was ordered to work again.The imperial envoy had just left Beijing, and the governor of Fujian played a memorial, and the Japanese invaded the country, and Fuzhou had fallen.The king of Nan'an County asked for an order to take back Fuzhou and drive the Japanese out of the country.

If you want to send troops, you must ask for money.The spring sowing in Shandong has already been missed. Seeing that there is no harvest, it is still good at the moment. I am afraid that it will be sad when the autumn harvest comes.Money is needed everywhere, and everyone in the household department has gray hair from top to bottom.

The Rongguo Mansion also became anxious, the house was leaking because it was raining overnight, and the family was in a hurry to raise money, and it was reported in the palace that the fifth prince was slightly ill, but within four or five days, he was gone.At this point, everyone in the Jia family was even more panic-stricken, not daring to delay at all.Even Jia Amnesty sold antique wares and scraped together tens of thousands of silver.Mrs. Wang also didn't care whether to suffer or not, and she was afraid of a catastrophe, so she took an inventory of her private house.In this way, this is finally closed.

The king of Nan'an County just came out of Beijing, and several corruption cases were found in Shandong. Many nobles in Beijing were also involved, and the Rongguo Mansion was also involved.

Because of the serious involvement and the time of troubled times, the emperor wanted to uproot the emperor, but he was afraid that the foundation of the country would be shaken by it. Although the Ministry of Officials settled the case, they only sentenced the family to raid the house to fill the national treasury, but the people were fine.

This time, Mother Jia had a rare moment of grandeur, and when the confiscators arrived, they offered the family assets with both hands.Because of this, the Emperor Taishang thought of Daishan, so he was extra merciful, even giving back the first place in the government, and ordered Jia Zheng to study politics, and released Jiangxi Liangdao.

Not a disaster, but a blessing.

The battle report came from Fujian, and the king of Nan'an County was defeated and captured.However, within ten days, another good news came that the king of Nan'an County had been rescued and Fuzhou had been taken back.The leader was Liu Xianglian, but the one who offered advice was Mr. Liu, the teacher recommended by Lin Hai to Jia's family, who had taught Lin Yan and Lin Yan.

As soon as the siege of Fuzhou was lifted, good news came from Shandong.Although the harvest in the first half of the year was gone, it finally rained and the fields were able to grow crops.

Lin Jue was named the magistrate of Shandong because of his meritorious service in disaster relief.Fortunately, Mrs. Chen had entered the house, so Lu Huixian handed over the family to Mrs. Chen, and she took her two young sons to Shandong with Lin Yu.

In August, Princess Beijing invited the old lady Hou Ji of Zhen Guo as a matchmaker to propose marriage to the Lin family and set a date for September of the following year.

At the end of the year, the Supreme Emperor passed away.The emperor decreed that the seal be mourned for three days.

In the spring of the following year, Yushi impeached Jia Amnesty, communicated with foreign officials, and bullied the weak.Also, Jia Zhen of Ningguo Mansion was so promiscuous that she forced a woman from a good family to be a concubine.

The wall fell and everyone pushed it, not to mention that the Ningrong and Rongfu were already weak, so many people were impeached immediately, and all kinds of insidious and dirty things in Jia's mansion broke out.Even when Jia She borrowed [-] silver from the Sun Shao Group of Datong Mansion and then recruited him as his son-in-law, some people said that Jia She had no heart and sold his daughter for the money.Then there is Jia Zheng who is in power in Jiangxi, indulges his subordinates, and openly accepts bribes.

Even if the king of Beijing County reconciles, it still cannot.But a year later, Jia's house ransacked the house again.

Unexpectedly, a box of usury owed bills was copied from Jia Lian's room, which added another crime of profiteering and exploitation.

Adding the same thing, Yuan Chun knelt outside the upper study all night, the emperor showed no mercy, and put everyone in jail.

From the beginning to the end, the Lin family never showed up.If the emperor releases him, he will send some silver taels.If he is in prison, he will order someone to go in and visit him.

The author has something to say: First of all, I would like to apologize to everyone who has been supporting me.I didn't arrange it well, which caused this article to take too long, and Wensi couldn't keep up, so I hurriedly concluded the article, and apologize again.