[Red Mansions] Minruo Spring Breeze Returns to Dream

No.60 Nine Chapters Another Lovely Marriage

In fact, there was a reason why Mother Jia arranged Shi Xiangyun and Jia Baoyu to sit next to her. Seeing that the possibility of marrying the Lin family was gone, she naturally wanted to think of a second way out for her own Baoyu.She could see Wang's little plan, telling Baoyu to marry a wife who would not help her future much, it would be better to marry Xiangyun back.Although Xiangyun lost his father and mother, at least he still has two uncles of the same family and double earls, who are many times better than the imperial merchant Xue's family.Furthermore, Xiangyun and Baoyu were childhood sweethearts, so their relationship is naturally close.Now that Xue's family has moved out of Rongguo Mansion, Jia's mother is also happy to see this. This time when Shi Nai is released, she even makes Shi Xiangyun stay in the capital and follow Yu's side on the pretext that she doesn't want Shi Xiangyun to go with her.

"Old Ancestor, why is Sister Bao not here today?" Shi Xiangyun looked around and saw Lin Daiyu chatting happily with Jia Yingchun, and Jia Tanchun and Jia Xichun were also watching the people singing on the stage with relish. Xue Baochai, who was playing together, was not there, so she asked.

"The girl Baochai is ill. I heard that her old illness has relapsed. Mrs. Xue didn't want her to go out with her sick body, so she didn't come today." Although the four families of King Jiashi and Xue were united, but in the current generation, The friendship between Xue's family and Jia's family is not as deep as before. "That girl Baochai is also poor. She has been ill for more than two months and still hasn't recovered."

"So that's the case, I didn't know." Shi Xiangyun said, "I also embroidered a handkerchief for Sister Bao with her favorite begonia pattern on it. I thought I would give it to her today. But Sister Bao's cough It seems that it is difficult to recover from the disease, I am afraid that it needs to be healthy and healthy."

"Yes." The heat poison from the mother's womb is a congenital disease, how can it be cured?Although there is some golden lock to protect it, it is just a bit of consolation from heretics. How can it be worthy of being born with the title jade of your own precious jade?Mother Jia glanced at Lin Daiyu, it's a pity, if only Min'er was willing to let go.

"Grandpa, Yun'er toasts you." Seeing Jia's mother looking at Lin Daiyu, Shi Xiangyun quickly grabbed the small wine glass on the table, "I wish my ancestors happiness like the East China Sea, and a long life like Nanshan."

"You drink less, although this wine is fragrant, it has a lot of stamina." Jiamu said with a smile.

Jia Baoyu on one side also came over to have fun, and said: "Old ancestor, we are so happy today, why don't we keep Sister Lin for a night? Then tomorrow, let's write a post to Sister Bao and ask her to stay in the house for a while." It's also possible. Our sisters and sisters have been playing together for a long time."

"Second brother is really talking nonsense." Shi Xiangyun was a little unhappy after hearing this, and even changed the usual nickname "Love Brother", "Just now the ancestors said that Sister Bao is still recuperating, so it is difficult for the second brother to ask Sister Bao to support her sick body Come here to have fun with you. The second elder brother has always said that he loves his sisters the most, so why don't you feel sorry for Sister Bao this time?"

"I..." Jia Baoyu was so choked that he couldn't speak, and seeing Shi Xiangyun's expression of disapproval, he said, "Well, I said something wrong."

"Your Cousin Lin has her own home, and this time she's just here for a banquet, so why bother to stay with her?" Mother Jia sighed, "If you keep talking like that, Aunt Lin will get angry again. "

Only then did Jia Baoyu die down, and sat back with an unhappy expression on his face.

Not long after Jia's mother's birthday, it was the full moon ceremony for the eldest grandson of the Lin family, and Li En was finally confinement.

"The Empress misses you. At the end of the month, I will take you into the palace to greet the Empress." Jia Min looked at Li En who was sitting at the bottom. Her face was slightly swollen, and her stature was also bigger than before. A little plump, holding a bright red swaddle, tenderness spread in his eyes.

"Yes." After giving birth to the eldest son in the first child, Li En finally felt relieved a lot.Although her mother-in-law and father-in-law did not set her the goal of "must have a son", she always felt that if the first child was not a son, she would feel a little uncomfortable after all.

"The buyer bought some materials in the south. I heard that they are imported and they are very soft. I asked someone to save two pieces for Daiyu. You take the rest back and cut some clothes for my little brother. "Jia Min laughed and said, "After all, the skin of a newborn baby is delicate, so you have to be careful about all the expenses. The nuns around you are all seasoned and experienced, so ask them more if you have anything to do."

"Thank you mother. It's just that those materials are hard to come by. Why doesn't mother keep two horses for herself?" Seeing that the son was a little hungry, Li En handed the child to the wet nurse and asked her to hold it down and nurse him. So pampered."

"It's not that I'm spoiled, those materials are just worth looking at." Yin's opened several shops in Yangzhou specializing in selling imported goods, and Jia Min also had a shareholding, so he got a lot of good things, "The key is that those materials are really soft. It seems that it is most suitable to make clothes for children. For us adults, we can wear dresses made of other materials."

"Yes." That's right, the skin of newborns is very tender, and it is easy to cause problems if you are not careful.Li En nodded, and said, "The daughter-in-law there is more respectful than obedient."

"You are also tired today, go back and rest first." The woman who has just given birth should not be too busy, "There is a small kitchen in your yard, just ask the people in the kitchen to cook for you whatever you want gone."

"Daughter-in-law knows." Li En got up and gave a slight bang, "Daughter-in-law is going back first."

The weather is getting colder, and soon it is winter.At the end of August, the Lian family gave birth to Jia Lian's second child, an elder brother, both mother and child were safe.Mrs. Xu laughed from ear to ear. Jia Lian in Ping'an Prefecture was also very happy when he got the news. He only said that he would bring Mrs. Lian and his two children to him after the beginning of spring.

"This is a post from the Ningguo Mansion to Madam, saying that Madam, Grandpa, Madam, and Miss are invited to visit the mansion to enjoy the plum blossoms." Huiyun said.Cui Liu was pregnant, and Jia Min let her go back to rest early. Now Hui Yun has officially become Jia Min's first-class maid, bringing Hui Yu and Hui Xue to serve Jia Min.

Plum blossom appreciation?Jia Min raised her eyebrows, so Jia Baoyu is 13 years old, right?Appreciating plum blossoms and snow in Dongfu made Hua Xiren become the most proud person around Jia Baoyu.Then he asked, "Who else invited?"

"There is nothing else, only the four girls from Rongguo Mansion in our mansion and the second master Bao Erye." Huiyun replied.

"Let's find an excuse to push it away. It's fine if it's all female relatives. What's the point of inviting Jia Baoyu?" Jia Min flipped through the book and said, "Baba went to see the snow and plum blossoms in winter. I might as well stay at home and eat it." A sip of hot tea and a piece of pastry are very comfortable. By the way, daughter-in-law Rong of Ningguo Mansion, is she recovering from her illness?"

"I heard that the disease has been coming and going, but I haven't seen it all." Huiyun asked someone to come in and change a charcoal basin, "But Miss Xue's body has recovered. Now I heard that Mrs. Xue is inquiring about candidates, and she wants to give Xue Grandpa discusses marriage."

Talking about marriage, is it possible that you still want to marry a tigress back?Jia Min raised the corners of her lips slightly: "Just leave them alone. You ask the kitchen staff to prepare a hot pot of bad duck and boil a pot of wine tonight. It's too cold this day. By the way, the winter clothes in the house are all Is it ready?"

"According to Madam's order, it has been distributed." Hui Yu brought hot tea, "Because it snowed early, the clothes were specially thickened, so it is very comfortable and warm to wear."

"That's good." Jia Min said with a smile, "The people in the sewing room have also worked hard, so ask the cashier to give them an extra half a month's money."

"Yes."

Jia Min declined Youshi's invitation with an excuse, but Shi Xiangyun, Sanchun and Jia Baoyu arrived on time.Not seeing Lin Daiyu really made Jia Baoyu unhappy for a while, but when he saw Qin Keqing walking out gracefully in a pink dress and a satin cloak with silver and white emerald pattern brocade, these unhappy emotions disappeared instantly. In the back of his head: "Daughter-in-law Rong is in good health?"

Qin Keqing smiled lightly and said, "Thank you, Second Uncle Bao, for your concern. She is already much better." After changing doctors, her body did relax a lot, but she still coughed occasionally. "Madam's mother came to visit suddenly today. , but I have no time to entertain, so I just told me to lead it."

Although Jia Xichun was Jia Jing's daughter, she was only raised by Jia's mother since she was a child. Ningguo Mansion was a strange place to her, and she was not very familiar with Qin Keqing, a junior, so she just followed Jia Tanchun and didn't speak.Although Jia Yingchun and Jia Tanchun have been to Ningguo Mansion two or three times, they are not the hosts after all, and they should be led by Qin Keqing.

Shi Xiangyun was cheerful, pulled Jia Baoyu and said, "Brother Love, let's go and sweep some snow from the plum blossoms later. I heard that making tea with these snows is very delicious, let's have a taste of it today, how about it?"

"Okay!" The matter of coming to the East Mansion to appreciate the plum blossoms has allowed Jia Baoyu to escape the family study for a day, and he is really eager to have a good time and have fun, so as not to ask the second master to catch him and ask about his homework when he goes back.

"Put on the cloak first, otherwise the second wife will worry if she finds out." Jia Tanchun looked at the cloak in the hands of the attacker who followed, "It's still snowing outside, what if it's freezing? "

"What the third sister said is true." Jia Baoyu put on his clothes with a smile, and ran out to sweep the snow with Shi Xiangyun.

After the snow was swept away and the plum branches were picked, Jia Baoyu felt a little sleepy watching his sisters discussing poetry.Seeing this, Qin Keqing smiled and lured him to sleep in her room for a while, and said that she would wake him up at lunch time, warm up the wine and ask the wet nurse and maid who came with her to drink.Xiren was worried after all, so he sipped two cups and went to guard Jia Baoyu in the house, but he didn't want to guard Jia Baoyu, but in the end, his taste changed.

After the **, Xiren hurriedly got up and packed everything, and tidied up all the clothes.Seeing that Jia Baoyu was still in a daze, she reached out to touch his blushing face, and slowly a plan came to her mind.She sold herself to enter the mansion, and she is not as good as the children of those families around Second Master Bao. She is used to the luxurious life of Jia's mansion, so she is not at all willing to go back home.And there are only two ways to stay in Jia's mansion, one is to be a servant or to be a concubine. Since they are all serving others, it is better to stay with Bao Erye and be the first concubine.As long as you win over Second Master Bao, there will be no problems!

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No.70 Huibao sister discusses relatives and other homes

Xue Wang's family for Xue Pan is Xia Jingui, the daughter of the Xia family who is also from the royal family.The Xia family specializes in sweet-scented osmanthus in the imperial palace and palaces, and there are several shops that sell golden osmanthus to the outside world. It can be called a wealthy family.Xia Jingui was quite pretty and could read a few words, which met Xue Wang's requirements.

After exchanging letters of appointment with the wife of Xia's family, Mrs. Xue became worried about Xue Baochai's marriage again.After three years of filial piety, spending more than two years in Jia's house and recovering from illness for more than half a year, Xue Baochai is now fifteen years old, and she is an old girl regardless of marriage.It's a pity that the Xue family doesn't know many families in Beijing. Except for the Jia family, Wang family and historians, most of them are imperial merchants in Beijing. The selection of candidates is very narrow.For the sake of her daughter's future, Xue Wang thought it over and over again, and ordered someone to prepare a gift, and posted a post to Lin's residence.

Jia Min was a little surprised by the arrival of Mrs. Xue. During this time, Mrs. Xue hadn't come out to socialize. It was only later that she heard that she was busy discussing marriage with Xue Pan. After getting married, it is conceivable to go out and walk around, but the first one to visit is the Lin family who has never had any contact with his family, which is strange.

In the past, one of the reasons why Jia Min was unwilling to associate with the Xue family was that the Xue family was involved with the Wang family and had a close relationship.But after learning the reason why the Xue family moved out of Lixiangyuan from Mrs. Xu, they have a different view of the Xue family.Jia Min was a little curious, Xue Wang's intention to come to the door this time.

"Mrs. Xue, please sit down." Jia Min smiled.

Mrs. Xue was a little embarrassed. After all, she had nothing to do with the Lin family. It seemed a bit unhealthy to ask her to help her to see her all of a sudden.She pulled the corners of her mouth and smiled, and said, "I visited rashly."

"Mrs. Xue doesn't have to be so polite." Although Jia Min said so, the look on his face was indifferent. "Mrs. Xue came to the door today, what's the matter?"

Xue Wangshi faltered, but said everything completely.To put it bluntly, she just hoped that Jia Min could find a suitable marriage for Xue Baochai by taking advantage of Jia Min's friendship with the officials' wives.It doesn't have to be too outstanding, let alone after the duke - with Wang's calculation, Xue Wang only thinks that it is most suitable for her daughter to marry an ordinary family.

"Nowadays there are quite a few men of the right age in Beijing, but most of them are sons of wealthy families, not suitable for Miss Xue." Jia Min estimated Xue Baochai's age, and probably knew why Xue Wang was so anxious, but she Can't answer.Firstly, their family has no friendship with Xue's family; secondly, Jia Min doesn't know Xue Baochai's reputation. If Mrs. Wang suddenly pours a basin of dirty water, the Lin family who help pull coal may not have good results.

Xue Wangshi bit her lip, sighed, and understood Jia Min's attitude.

Seeing that Mrs. Xue is also eager to love her daughter, Jia Min only said: "But next year is the year of the Grand Competition, and there will be many children from poor families participating in the imperial examination. If Mrs. Xue doesn't value family background, she can wait until the end of the autumn. Look." In the previous life, it was Xue Wang who recognized Daiyu as a righteous daughter, so she had a little affection for Yu'er, and this time I mentioned it as a reward for this affection.

Mrs. Xue took a deep breath and nodded heavily: "Thank you, Mrs. Lin."

The matter of Xue Wang's marriage proposal to Xue Baochai is very secret, at least the Wang family does not know about it.Jia Min also knew that this was related to Xue Baochai's reputation, so she didn't tell anything about Xu's visit.Mrs. Lian had already taken a son and a daughter to Ping'an Prefecture, Mrs. Xu's knees were empty, and it happened that one of Jia She's aunts died of illness, and her son was still young, so she took this child to her side and raised him, who was Jia Cong.

Mrs. Xu has also seen through these years that she no longer looks good, and it is reasonable for Aunt Jia to shenna, so looking at Jia Yingchun and Jia Cong's birth, just treat her like a aunt.However, Mrs. Xu is smart and does not suppress Jia Huan in every possible way like Mrs. Wang. Although she is not close to Jia Cong, Jia Cong will definitely have what Jia Lian should have, and she also wins Jia's mother's approval.So although Jia Cong had already remembered, he didn't have much resistance to being taken to his aunt's side.

"This is brother Cong." Jia Min beckoned Jia Cong to come to her, "The eyes are exactly the same as elder brother's." Jia She likes women, and Na's aunt must be pretty.Jia Cong seemed to have followed his biological mother's appearance, with red lips and white teeth, better than Jia Baoyu's appearance, and more likable.

"Greetings to Auntie." Jia Cong glanced at Xu Shi, and then stepped forward to bow.The well-behaved appearance reminded Jia Min of Lin Jinshu at this age.

"Sit down quickly." Jia Min asked someone to fetch milk tofu and lotus paste cake, "I know your mother well, and you are my nephew, so you are welcome."

Jia Cong was still a child at heart. Seeing Mrs. Xu nodded, he smiled and grabbed a piece of milk tofu and chewed it slowly. The way he ate was clearly educated.

"Cong'er used to live with his biological mother, but his biological mother was not lucky enough to see the day when Cong'er got married and had a child." Xu said, "This aunt used to be a lady of the official family. Zhan, she didn't become an official slave, and she came to my house after a while. Later, I was the one who made the decision to show the face to the master. So Cong'er was also trained by her, which saved me a lot of worry."

"Brother Cong, it's time to enroll, isn't it time, brother, what is the charter?" Jia Min asked Jia Cong when he saw that Jia Cong had reached his age.

"Master likes ancient fans recently, so I don't have time to care about these." Xu sighed, "I don't want Cong'er to go home to learn. It's a mess, and it's impossible to teach Cong'er badly. I have asked my sister-in-law to pay attention. Let's see where the private school is better. But I've been busy recently, and Rong's daughter-in-law in the East Mansion is ill again, so I'm afraid it's really bad this time."

"Didn't you say it's already healed? The old disease has relapsed?" Jia Min knew that Qin Keqing would not live until next year, so she just pretended to be surprised.

"Didn't you tell me to go to Dongfu to enjoy the snow a while ago, I'm afraid I caught a cold again." Xu sighed, "It looks like I'm going to be young, and I don't know if I can make it through."

Dongfu enjoys the snow, and Jia Baoyu tastes love for the first time, it seems that this flower attacking people also has a plan.Jia Min lowered her eyes slightly, and said, "Everything is predestined. But I heard that there is a girl of the right age in my sister-in-law's family, and she has to participate in the draft next year?"

"That's right, she's just a girl from a concubine, most likely because she put up a sign. My sister-in-law has already made her want to look after her, so she will discuss marriage after she put up a sign." Xu said, "Ms. Xue also had a chance. For those who participated in the draft, it's a pity that the qualification for the draft was canceled because of her brother's affairs, which is pitiful."

"It's not pitiful. It depends on what people think. Maybe they think it's a good thing." Jia Min picked up the tea bowl and took a sip of tea, smiling.

After the new year, good news came out first from the palace. Beauty Murong was pregnant, and she was enfeoffed as a nobleman immediately, with the title Duan; nobleman Zhen served the queen's bedside for her meritorious service, and was enfeoffed as Xiaoyi.The queen's illness is not so serious, it's better to say that she just wants to recuperate and watch several concubines vying for favor from the sidelines.After learning the lesson, Zhen Lan learned to behave well, knowing that following the queen would never make a mistake, so she calmed down the grievances in her heart first, and watched the sudden emergence of nobleman Duan, and slapped Jia Yuanchun hard.

It's a pity that the nobleman Duan was not assigned to the Fengzao Palace when the newcomers entered the palace, otherwise this scene would be even better now.

In April, the primary election began, and the queen also "timely" recovered from illness, and regained power in the Sixth House.After being taught a lesson back then, Concubine Wu Gui also kept a low profile and never dared to place nails casually again; Concubine Xian is now more often teasing her grandson with Concubine An, regardless of whether these powers are not powerful.But Concubine Kang is still unwilling to give up. This time noble Duan who lives in her palace is pregnant. After the child is born, she will definitely give it to the empress. As long as noble Duan gives birth to Lin'er, she will have another prince in her hands up.

There are not many concubines selected into the palace this year, only two, their family backgrounds are very ordinary, one is named Anxuan servant, the other is named Zheng Changzai, An's lives in Fengzao Palace, Zheng's lives in Fenghe Palace.

Next is the Qiuwei Dabi.

"Bring me here and let me have a look." The queen said with a smile.

Li En handed the child wearing the bright red pattern of hundreds of sons and thousands of grandchildren to the queen, and said with a smile: "I fed the child before going out, I am worried that my brother will wait..."

"What are you afraid of, my grandnephew." The queen smiled, "The child is so clever, it reminds me of Yaoxu." Yaoxu is the queen's son, and now the emperor has brought him by his side to raise him personally.Although this was a great grace, it was inevitable that the empress would be worried.

"The child is delicate, you need to watch it more." The queen hugged the little brother and coaxed her, and said, "Chen Xiurong's princess passed away due to illness last year."

"It's so good, why is it gone?" Li En was a little incredulous.The emperor's daughter's mother was not liked by the emperor, so she was not even eligible to be buried in the concubine's mausoleum after death; although the emperor's daughter was recorded under Chen Xiurong's name, she was not liked by the emperor, so no one in the palace dared to mention this child.

"She was originally weak, and she caught a cold last year, so she just disappeared." The queen sighed, "Chen Xiurong is still lying on the hospital bed because of this grief. Fortunately, there are many low-ranking concubines in the palace. , So what the emperor means is that after the concubines who are not the main concubines give birth to the emperor's heirs, they can be taken to be raised by Chen Xiurong." There are many concubines who have not given birth for a long time, and Duan Guiren's child will not be easily available to Concubine Kang.

Li En understood in his heart, he just kept the queen's words in his heart.

In the golden autumn of October, Qiu Wei also came to an end.Xue Wang spent a lot of effort and finally found a suitable candidate among the Jinshi.Ye Hui, a native of Suzhou, 24th in the second class, was awarded the head of the seventh-rank household department.Ye Hui's family had a small property, and there was only one old mother in the family. He had no brothers or sisters-in-law, and he was the eldest son of a direct descendant, which fully met the requirements of Xue Wang's family.After inviting a matchmaker to come to the door, Mrs. Ye was also satisfied with the marriage, and the two families exchanged the birthdays of their children. After getting married without any problems, they formally engaged in marriage.

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