[Red Mansions] Minruo Spring Breeze Returns to Dream

No.60 Five times Zhen's family visits Min's prevarication

Concubine Hui's demotion came suddenly, and the Zhen family wanted to go to the palace to inquire, but they were sent back.People in the palace only said that Zhen Guiren's feet were grounded, and his family members were not allowed to visit inside. When the emperor changed his mind, he would naturally release Zhen Guiren's feet, and then allow Zhen's family to come in to pay their respects.

Mrs. Zhen originally wanted to rely on herself as the emperor's wet nurse, and handed over the sign to the queen mother to ask the queen mother to help her granddaughter lift the ban, but the queen mother kept saying that she was sick and could not see the married woman, and she did not accept the greeting.The Supreme Emperor took the Concubine Gui, Concubine An and a few nobles to the Requan Palace in the suburbs of Beijing, and would return to Luan after half a month.Even if Old Madam Zhen wanted to turn around and ask Concubine Gui for help, she was powerless.

"How can such a good-natured person be grounded and punished? Is there someone who saw that our Lan'er is quite favored, and was jealous in his heart, and deliberately designed it for her?" Madam Zhen said with red eyes, "Our Lan'er has been sealed off for half a year after entering the palace. For concubine Hui, the emperor's love for her is known to everyone who is blind. This time the tree is so big that it must be in the way of other people's eyes, so there will be such a disaster. But why doesn't that person think about it? Lan'er is from Yipin The daughter of a high official, it doesn't matter if the emperor spoils her a little!"

"Okay, stop yelling." Zhen Yingjia's head hurts.He, the minister of the Ministry of Industry, looked at the scenery, but he couldn't finish the hard work inside.A few days ago, someone came to report that there was water seepage in the imperial mausoleum. The emperor had just ordered the Ministry of Industry to repair it. Qingzhou over there also reported that the embankment of the canal had collapsed. He was so busy that he didn't even have time to eat. This time his daughter I don’t know why they were fined and grounded. My mother and wife cried every day, and there wasn’t even a quiet place. "Think about it carefully, is there anything wrong with what you said when you entered the palace to see Lan'er?"

"My master ordered you to be cautious in your words and deeds in the palace. How dare I say anything, but I just asked her how she is doing these days." Mrs. Zhen wiped her tears with a handkerchief. Lan'er said that she was careful to flatter the queen and serve the emperor every day, for fear that someone would catch her and punish her."

"Who wants to punish her?" Zhen Yingjia grasped the words in Mrs. Zhen's words and asked anxiously.

"It's Concubine Kang!" Mrs. Zhen suddenly realized, "People in the palace said that Lan'er was punished because she offended Concubine Kang... It turned out that she did it! When Lan'er entered the palace, Concubine Kang secretly It means that Lan'er should be assigned to Prince Gong, but after Lan'er became a concubine, Concubine Kang must be jealous and wait for an opportunity to retaliate! My poor Lan'er!"

Concubine Kang!Zhen Yingjia slammed her fist on the table: "Why doesn't she think about it, Prince Gong's maternal ancestor's family is a military officer, and we Lan'er was allocated to her son, so it's not like we want our Zhen family to stand behind Prince Gong, it's delusional!"

"I heard that Mrs. Lin went to greet the queen mother and empress dowager before Lan'er's demotion. Maybe she heard something, so I'll post a post to ask about it tomorrow." Mrs. Zhen was also in a hurry. He went to the doctor and quickly asked someone to write a post, waiting to send it to the Lin family early tomorrow morning.

Just after Jia Min finished his meal, he heard people from the outer courtyard report that Mrs. Zhen had come to the door. Seeing the heavy snow outside, Jia Min asked her to go to the side hall, put on a brocade and woolen waistcoat, and followed suit with the stove in her arms. up.At first sight, Madam Zhen seemed to have lost a lot of weight, and there was a light black-blue color under her eye sockets, it seemed that she hadn't slept well all night.Thinking of Zhen Lan's demotion and grounding, Jia Min probably had an idea, and said, "Madam Zhen's complexion seems to have changed a lot, but she hasn't slept well recently?"

Madam Zhen twitched the corners of her mouth and said, "How can I sleep well if something like this happened to the young master in the palace?"

Jia Min asked people to serve tea, and said, "Madam Zhen, don't worry too much, you should pay attention to your own body."

"To be honest, I came today to inquire about news from Mrs. Lin." Mrs. Zhen cut straight to the point, "I heard that before Mrs. Zhen's demotion, Mrs. Lin was summoned to the palace by the Queen Mother and the Empress. , I don’t know if I heard any news at that time? Our family Lan’er is the most docile, how could she do something to offend the empress? Since she was demoted, I have repeatedly wanted to hand over the sign to see her. I can't make the trip, and I don't know how she is doing in the palace now." After saying that, her eyes turned red again.

Jia Min held the teacup and took a sip of the fragrant tea. Hearing Madam Zhen's low sobs, she just smiled lightly and said, "I haven't heard anything about it. It was only because the Queen Mother hadn't seen Yu'er for a long time that day that she summoned her." Afterwards, we entered the palace. Later, the empress was thinking about Shu's daughter-in-law, so she called me to ask her about her health, and then I took Yu'er back to the palace, but I didn't hear about any major incidents in the palace."

"That's how it is..." Madam Zhen gritted her teeth, and said again, "It's just that no one in our family can enter the palace now. I wonder if Madam Lin can help me find out? I don't want to intercede with Lan'er, I just hope Just to get news from her!"

"Ms. Zhen's behavior, isn't it telling our Lin family to disobey Yi's order?" Jia Min narrowed her eyes slightly. Their family has never been familiar with the Zhen family, and this Mrs. Zhen is ashamed to ask her to help find out the news. "Since the Empress has an order not to allow anyone to inquire about nobleman Zhen, you can see that this matter is a big taboo. If Mrs. Zhen really loves nobleman Zhen, it is better not to rush to inquire about nobleman Zhen during this time, and wait for nobleman Zhen It's not too late to ask after the ban is lifted. I can't agree to such an abrupt request today. Mrs. Zhen is worried about her daughter, so she can't ask our Lin family to come forward. If the emperor finds out, why don't we ask our family to accompany Zhen Guiren be punished?"

Madam Zhen also knew that her request this time was indeed too unreasonable, so she smiled awkwardly and left.

No information could be found from Jia Min, so the Zhen family went through the Jia family again.It's just that although Mrs. Wang keeps asking for help, she forgets it in a blink of an eye.She was on good terms with the Zhen family, but once Zhen Lan was demoted, her daughter would get more favors. How could she hinder her daughter's future for such a "family friend"?

"That Mrs. Zhen came to ask for help, she said she wanted to ask Yuan Chun to find out about the situation in the palace, and she also sent a lot of gifts." Mrs. Xu took a sip of warm honey tea and said to Jia Min with a smile , "The old lady asked someone to accept the pile of presents, but I forgot about asking for news."

"Of course I shouldn't ask for help." Jia Min invited Mrs. Xu to visit the mansion by making new meals in the mansion this time, "I heard that Lian's daughter-in-law is pregnant again? Congratulations. "

"Isn't your daughter-in-law going to give birth soon, and then you will be able to hold your grandson." Xu said with a smile, "Lian'er's child is also thoughtful, thinking that he has passed the exam, so naturally He wanted to become an official in the court. Later, he found a fifth-rank associate and went to Ping'an Prefecture."

"Ping'an State? Ping'an State is so far away, why do you want to go there?" Jia Min was a little surprised.

"My second elder brother is over there, so he can take care of him all the time." Mrs. Xu had thought about everything for her son, "The term of office has been fixed, just after the spring. It's just that Lian's daughter-in-law will stay in the mansion to raise her baby. My sister also wants to follow me, so now I have a headache about how to arrange it. I know the virtues of the staff around the master, and I must not ask these people to follow."

Jia Min suddenly remembered that Liu Tang and her three sons also lived in incognito in Ping'an Prefecture. I heard that the eldest son and the second son were engaged in business, but the third son was a serious scholar. I don't know how things are going.If possible, it would be good to recommend it to Jia Lian. I'd better ask the master tonight.He said: "You don't need to be so anxious to find an assistant for him in the capital. You will also say that your second brother is in Ping'an Prefecture, so it is better to ask him to recommend candidates for Lian'er." Jia Lian and Lian's relationship is very deep, and there is no Tong Fang, "But Lian's daughter-in-law can't follow, Lian'er's side..."

"Lian's daughter-in-law has already chosen someone to serve him," Xu said.

Sure enough, not every man is like Lin Ruhai or Jinshu, Jia Min said again: "Speaking of which, since the mother and the Wang family are not willing to inquire about the Zhen family, what if they ask in the future?"

"You can just fool around. Don't look at Mrs. Wang's appearance as a kind person who eats vegetarian food and recites Buddha. She is not clumsy." Mrs. Xu snorted and said, "Women from the Wang family are so talkative, you are not. I don't know, even Mrs. Xue's family looks gentle, and she speaks a lot of truths that make people unable to catch her mistakes. I heard that Mrs. Wang also meant to ask Baoyu to marry a girl from the Xue family. .”

Did a golden-stone match happen so quickly?Jia Min looked at Xu Shi slightly surprised: "How did sister-in-law know?"

"I just listened to it once in a while." It's better that fewer people know about the fact that Xu's second room has inserted nails. "I have met the girl from Xue's family a few times, and she looks well-behaved. It's just that Baoyu's marriage is old. The wife clearly said that she wants to see her by herself, and I don't know what the result will be this time, I'm afraid that the little girl's reputation will be damaged."

Where did Mrs. Wang think of this?But when it came to getting married, Jia Min thought of Wang Xifeng, and asked: "Didn't she often recommend her niece before, did the one named Wang Xifeng ask us to get married? Later, Lian'er married the Lian family, and Shu'er also went to the Li family." , what happened to Wang Xifeng?"

"I heard that Master Wang Ziteng found her a middle-class marriage and married her." Xu said, "Now she has moved to Dingzhou with her husband's family. I also heard from Mrs. Wang's."

"That's good too, so as not to be recommended everywhere as something worthless." Jia Min laughed.

"That's right, after all, Master Wang Ziteng is the quickest mover. I heard that although the family's property is not much, but there is no mother-in-law and no sister-in-law. If you marry him, you will be the housewife. Master Wang must have searched for a long time to find such a family." It’s good to have a reliable patriarch, “Left and right are also their royal family’s business, let’s just listen to it.”

"Too."