Jia Rong, the smiling tiger of the Red Chamber

No matter how much resentment Jia Mu and Mrs. Wang have in their hearts, how unwilling they are, the imperial decree has been issued, and it is an established fact that Jia Yuanchun will enter the Seventh Prince's Mansion as a concubine. Unless there is a change of dynasty, there will be no turning back. room.It's just that compared to Mrs. Wang and Jia's mother's reluctance, Jia Yuanchun is a smart person. After learning the news, he didn't make noise or cry, and even went back to comfort him. Since the decree came down, he has been sad all the time. Poor Mrs. Wang.

When Jia's mother and Mrs. Wang looked at such a sensible Jia Yuanchun, they felt even more uncomfortable, especially Mrs. Wang, who shed a lot of tears in private.

"Auntie Yuanchun is really a very smart girl. She was born on the first day of the new year. If she cried a lot at the scene, the old lady of Xifu and the second wife would feel uncomfortable Yes, but that's only temporary. After a long time, when you calm down, you will inevitably have some criticisms in your heart. But now that she is not crying or making trouble, the old lady of Xifu and the second wife will feel wronged for her. He understands righteousness. Especially the second wife, the origin of this incident was caused by Uncle Bao. Although the concubine had a limited number of dowry tables when she entered the mansion, she can give her more money in private. This is better than Everything is more practical." Jia Qiang said with a sigh.

Jia Rong nodded, "That's right. In their second room, she is the one with the smartest mind, but it's a pity that she was born as a daughter here, otherwise, when she grows up in the future, she can support her second room."

Jia Yuanchun, she is a smart person, but it's a pity that she was born in the wrong age.Otherwise, with her cleverness, she would definitely be able to fight her way out in the realm of comprehension where she was in her previous life.But even here, her cleverness should not be underestimated, otherwise, just by confessing the secret of Qin Keqing's life experience, she would be able to get a concubine with a double title, and even be allowed to go back to the family to visit her relatives.Besides, whether there is a purpose in letting her go back to visit her relatives?But from the looks of it, this is a great honor.

Jia Qiang also nodded in agreement: "Brother said yes." After a slight pause, he asked, "Brother, since Aunt Yuanchun's marriage has been settled. By the end of the year, she will enter the Seventh Prince's It’s time for the mansion. Uncle Zhu’s marriage should be on the agenda.”

"What you said is not wrong at all. Jia Zhu, as the eldest son of the second wife, is now the eldest grandson of the Rongguo Mansion. His parents and children are well-organized. Naturally, his marriage cannot be ranked behind his younger sister. What's more, his age is also very important. Not too small." Jia Rong said sarcastically.

Jia Qiang said with a little sigh: "I don't know which girl has such a bad fate?" Xifu is a big dye vat, which has all kinds of colors in it.There are two layers of mother-in-law pressing down on it, and each one is not easy to get along with.Besides, Uncle Zhu himself is somewhat similar to Grandpa Zheng Er, he is a son who doesn't know the sufferings of the world, and it really takes a bit of courage to be his daughter-in-law.

When Jia Rong heard this, she also smiled and said, "But. It's really bad life to be his wife." Not only are there two layers of mothers-in-law on top, but Jia Zhu is also destined to die early.

Jia Qiang turned her head and said, "I think at this time, the old lady and the second lady are worrying about Uncle Zhu's marriage."

"That's right. According to their self-consciousness and high-mindedness, they probably think that someone like Jia Zhu is no better than a princess." Jia Rong said sarcastically.

Just like what Jia Rong and Jia Qiang discussed, after Jia Yuanchun's matter was settled, Jia's mother and Mrs. Wang began to worry about Jia Zhu's marriage.According to the imperial decree, Jia Yuanchun will enter the Seventh Prince's Mansion at the end of the year.In other words, Jia Zhu's marriage must be finalized before Jia Yuanchun enters the Seventh Prince's Mansion at the latest.

Therefore, the most urgent task is not to prepare a dowry for Jia Yuanchun, but to quickly select Jia Zhu's wife.

Regarding Jia Zhu's marriage, no matter whether it is Jia's mother or Mrs. Wang, they are extremely concerned.It goes without saying that Mrs. Wang is Jia Zhu's biological mother, and she still needs Jia Zhu to rely on when she is old. His daughter-in-law must be carefully selected.As for Jia's mother, she has the same thoughts as Mrs. Wang.

It's just that the two of them picked up all the ladies of marriageable age in Beijing.

After an almost harsh screening, only the three girls who they thought were the most satisfactory were left.

Among the three girls, there is Li Wan, the eldest daughter of Li Shouzhong, the Imperial Academy Jijiu.Of course, this candidate was not picked by Mrs. Wang and Jia's mother, but Jia Zheng's favorite.As for the other two, they didn't know what to say.One of them is Mrs. Wang's niece, her brother Wang Ziteng's second-in-law Queen Xi Yun.The other one is Mother Jia's grandniece, Shi Xiangxia, the eldest daughter of Baoling Marquis Shi Nai.

Mrs. Wang had a dispute with Jia Mu.Mrs. Wang's favorite is naturally her niece, and Mother Jia's favorite is naturally her grandniece.

"What an old man. If she hadn't proposed that I take Yuan Chun to Famen Temple together, then my Yuan Chun would not have been so unfortunate as to be the concubine for a lame prince. Now, she even My Zhu'er will not be spared. No one knows her natal family. They say that they belong to the same family and are extremely honorable, but the family is very poor. What's more, marrying her niece and granddaughter will naturally be with her. She is single-minded. At that time, I am afraid that I will end up in the same fate as my sister-in-law, and I will not even have the weight of talking in the mansion..." Mrs. Wang thought that Jia Mu was already such a young age, but everything was in turmoil. The act of meddling is filled with infinite annoyance in my heart, and I said ruthlessly.

Zhou Rui's family hurriedly said: "Ma'am, beware that the partition wall has ears."

Mrs. Wang still has some confidence in her housekeeping skills, she waved her hand and said, "It's okay, it's in my yard anyway. The old man's hands haven't stretched so long yet." But although she said so, she wanted to Following Jia Mu's tricks, her voice was still two points lower.

"Ma'am, I have an idea here, I don't know if it's feasible?" Yin Chuan said suddenly.

Mrs. Wang looked sideways at Yin Chuan, and said anxiously, "What is the solution? Come on and let me hear."

Yin Chuan said: "Madam, why don't you write a letter to the second uncle and his wife to explain the matter. If the second uncle and his wife have the same meaning, then you can talk to the master for a while, and then kill him quickly." Set things down in a mess. As for the old lady, you can just push the matter to the master. In this way, even if the old lady is angry, there is nothing she can do about it."

Zhou Rui's family immediately echoed and said: "Madam, I think what Yin Chuan said is right. Since you want to marry a daughter-in-law, it is natural to marry a daughter-in-law who agrees with you. Otherwise, it will be the same as what you were worried about just now, Madam." It's hard to guarantee that she won't end up in the same fate as the eldest wife. Besides, this cousin girl is from a good family background and has a dignified and virtuous temperament. The second uncle is also a promising person. She is deeply favored by the third-rank official position. The second cousin girl will reach the age of Ji this year. I don't see how many wives came to congratulate. Afterwards, the people asking for marriage would almost break through the threshold. If it wasn't for the second uncle who was really reluctant to stay for another year, at this time, the second cousin girl might have promised It's someone else's."

"But..." Mrs. Wang heard the words of Yin Chuan and Zhou Rui's family one after another. Although her heart was extremely moved, she still hesitated.

When Yin Chuan saw it, he said again: "Madam, you made your decision earlier. Our master is the most filial person, and he rarely disobeys the old lady. If the old lady talks about filial piety, then the master is out of filial piety. I will definitely nod and agree. At that time..."

Although Yin Chuan hadn't finished speaking, what did she want to say next?Whether it's from Zhou Rui's family or Mrs. Wang, they already know about it.

Mrs. Wang's heart also became firm after hearing these words, and she whispered softly: "Well, what you said is not wrong at all. The master has always been filial. If the old lady does this, the master must be filial. I will agree. Even if I marry the daughter of the Li family, I cannot marry a girl from the Shi family."

Turning his head to Yin Chuan, he said, "Go, bring a pen, ink, paper and inkstone. I'm going to write a letter to my second elder brother and second sister-in-law now, and ask them what they mean."

"Yes, ma'am." After hearing Mrs. Wang's words, Yin Chuan immediately responded with a blessing body, and did not mention it.

Wangfu

Wang Ziteng, as a very popular figure in the court today, is usually very busy with his affairs. He didn't come back with a tired body until the evening glow filled the sky. He got out of the carriage and walked into the gate of the mansion. He saw a familiar man The servant girl was waiting outside, and upon closer inspection, she turned out to be a second-class servant girl next to Madam.

That servant girl was sharp-eyed, and when she saw the prince vacated the carriage, she trotted over immediately, saluted her, and said, "Greetings to the master."

"You are not the second-class girl next to the wife, what is your name Hanlian." Wang Ziteng asked.

Hanlian was blessed again, and replied: "If you go back to the master, it is the servant girl. It is the wife who asked the servant girl to wait for the master's house here, and asked the master to come to the main courtyard. She said that she had something important to discuss with the master. "

Wang Ziteng knew what his wife was like, and would not send someone to wait for someone at the gate of the mansion just to fight for favor like those aunts and concubines. She asked the maid to wait for her here, probably because there was something really important.Then I thought about it, since my second daughter Jiji three months ago, I don't know how many people have come to talk about marriage?Madam has spent a lot of time choosing a well-rounded husband's family for her second daughter. Now that she is calling herself, I am afraid that the eldest daughter's marriage is about to start.

Although Wang Ziteng's wife, Shi Shi, also has the surname Shi, it has nothing to do with Jiamu's natal family, which is just an ordinary family of officials.My father only started as a fifth-rank official.But when Shi Shi married Wang Ziteng, Wang Ziteng's father had passed away, he was the second son in the family, and he was also white.If it weren't for the fact that there was a Du Taiwei in the family who ruled the county after the prince.He can marry Shi Shi anywhere.At that time, it was still he who had climbed the Shi family.

All the way to the main courtyard, Shi Shi came up to greet him and personally waited on Wang Ziteng to change his clothes.

After Wang Ziteng changed into casual clothes and asked the servant girl to bring tea and fruit, Shi Shi said, "Master, this afternoon, my eldest sister sent a letter."

"What was said inside?" Wang Ziteng was a little surprised when he heard Shi Shi's words. He originally thought that Shi Shi called him here because of his second daughter's marriage, but it was not true.

Shi smiled and said, "It's about Xi Yun and Zhu'er." Seeing Wang Ziteng's surprised eyes, he paused for a moment, and then said: "Big sister means that Xi Yun Yun and Zhu'er are only two years apart, and they are also cousins. They grew up together and have a deep relationship. They are really a match made in heaven. I just don't know what you mean, master."

To be honest, during this period of time, I don't know how much thought it took her to choose a family with all four corners for her second daughter Xiyun.But no matter what, there is always something wrong.It's not that she hasn't thought about Pearl in her eldest sister's house.Zhu'er was born in the Duke's Mansion, and is the eldest grandson of the mansion. She is not only born outstanding, but also has a refined temperament, and her talents and studies are first-class. At the age of 16, she is already a Juren, and she has a bright future.If Xiyun can marry her, since her mother-in-law is her own aunt, she doesn't have to worry about the relationship between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law. It will be a rare and good marriage.

The reason why she didn't mention it was because she knew that her sister-in-law was a person with high character.Zhu'er was born so outstanding, if it wasn't for the son-in-law who couldn't participate in politics, she wished she could be married to a princess.Although her Xi Yun had a good life and was a leader in family management, her temper was raised a little bit by her.Compared with the dignified and generous eldest daughter Xihui, there are still some shortcomings.She was worried that her aunt might not be able to see Shang Xiyun.

But today, the eldest sister took the initiative to bring it up.

Wang Ziteng didn't quite agree with this marriage, and frowned slightly: "That's true. But there are many people in Beijing who are better than Zhu'er." He didn't mean that Zhu'er was bad, on the contrary, Pearl is fine.But they already have a marriage with the Jia family, and it would be a waste to marry another daughter.

How could Shi not understand Wang Ziteng's thoughts, so he said in a slightly sad tone: "I know what the master means. It's just that the master also knows that I only have two daughters, Xi Hui and Xi Yun, under my knees. Everything was well planned for them. At the beginning, the master said that Xihui married far away in Binzhou. Although the master judged people accurately and his son-in-law was a good one, he treated Xihui well. Now he has two sons and lives a happy life. But she This is no longer in front of me. Since I got married, I have only met once. My heart is like a needle. Now that I am in Xiyun, I only hope that she can stay in Beijing, and I can always watch her, so I can rest assured. "At first it was just a strategy to mourn the soldiers, but as he spoke, Shi remembered his eldest daughter whom he hadn't seen for three years, and tears rolled down his face.

"Hey Ma'am, I didn't disagree here. Don't cry, I just agree with you." Wang Ziteng owed something to his eldest daughter's marriage.Seeing Shi shi crying so sad now, there would be no response.

What's more, in Jia Zhu's heart, he was indeed a young and handsome man.

After hearing Wang Ziteng's words, Shi wiped off his tears with a handkerchief, "It's the concubine who was rude here, and made the master laugh."

Wang Ziteng patted Shi's hand and said, "Actually, what you said is not bad. Xiyun and Zhu'er are also a good-looking couple."

When Shi heard this, he naturally praised Jia Zhu again.Afterwards Shi asked the servant girl to prepare pens, inks, papers and inkstones, happily wrote back to Madam Wang, and accepted the matter.

But when the news of Jia Zhu's death reached Shi's ears in the future, she really regretted it!

After receiving Wang Ziteng's reply, Mrs. Wang, under the reminder of Yin Chuan, quickly asked Jia Zheng to come back and talked to him.This Jia Zheng respected this second uncle very much, and he was naturally satisfied with his daughter.He also nodded in agreement.

It's just a pity that the girl from the Li family he was looking for was also a good one, and her father was also the Imperial College Jijiu, although the official position was not very high.But Zhu'er is going to take the imperial examination, and there is a father-in-law who serves as a sacrifice to the Imperial College, which will also help him in his official career in the future.But since the second uncle mentioned it first.Of course he didn't answer.

With Jia Zheng's permission, Mrs. Wang immediately settled the matter of Jia Zhu and Wang Xiyun in order to avoid any side effects.By the time Mother Jia knew the news, Mrs. Wang had already exchanged tokens, and the marriage was settled.

Regarding this, Mother Jia was naturally trembling with anger, but just as Yin Chuan said before, Mrs. Wang pushed all the responsibilities to Jia Zheng.Although Jia's mother was very upset and tossed Mrs. Wang for a few days, but with Jia Yuanchun, Jia Zhu and Jia Baoyu around, naturally it would not last long.

Just half a month after the imperial decree of the emperor's marriage was issued, Jia Zhu and Wang Xiyun's marriage was also finalized, and the wedding date was set for ten days before Jia Yuanchun entered the Seventh Prince's Mansion.