Jia Rong, the smiling tiger of the Red Chamber

After Jia Rong knew that Jia Zhu's future wife was his cousin, Wang Ziteng's first daughter, she couldn't help but smiled softly, her beautiful eyes were full of interest.

This Jia Zhu was destined to die young.

When the storybook begins, Jia Zhu is already dead.He still clearly remembered that when Leng Zixing talked about Jia Zhu, he only said a few short sentences. He entered school at the age of 14, married a wife and gave birth to a child before he was 20, and died of illness.After Jia Zhu died of illness, Mrs. Wang decided that it was Li Wan who had an unlucky character. Not going well.As a result, Li Wan, a woman of just the right age, turned out to be like a dead tree, lifeless.On weekdays, except for paying respects according to the rules, the rest actually stay at home, only blindly taking care of his son Jialan.

If Mrs. Wang's attitude towards Li Wan could be justified, then Jia Lan couldn't justify it.

Logically speaking, Jia Lan, as the only blood left behind by the eldest son Jia Zhu who died young, Mrs. Wang should not only regard him as the eyeball and lifeblood, but also should be like a jewel.But here lies the blame. Mrs. Wang's attitude towards Jia Lan is dispensable and indifferent.That is to say, it is only a little bit stronger than the concubines like Jia Huan!

But thinking about it carefully, Mrs. Wang's attitude towards Jia Lan is not too strange.Mrs. Wang didn't have only one son, Jia Zhu, he died.Isn't there another Jia Baoyu who was born with a jade title and will have great fortune in the future?You know, Jia Lan is not as promising as Jia Baoyu.After all, although the son and grandson are separated by one word, there is a generation between them.

But now it's different.

Jia Zhu's daughter-in-law was not the Li Wan he had known before, but her niece, Wang Ziteng's daughter.This girl from the Wang family is probably not as good-natured as Li Wan.As Wang Ziteng's daughter, first of all, her status is much higher than that of Li Wan.After all, Wang Ziteng is already a member of the third rank now, and he will be promoted in the future.Secondly, although he doesn't know what kind of temperament this Wang Xiyun is?But he has heard a little about the character of Wang Ziteng's wife, Shi Shi.It is said to be great!

Besides, the reason why Mrs. Wang was able to secure her position as the second wife in the West Mansion, and even squeezed out Mother Jia in the end, and grasped the power in the Rongguo Mansion, besides herself, was inseparable. Her promising second brother, Wang Ziteng's power has grown.

Ha ha... so it seems.He hoped that Wang Xiyun would be as pungent as Wang Xifeng.In this way, if there is a dispute in the future, the scene will be interesting.

Daughter and sister, which is more important, how to choose, needless to say.

I just don't know if Li Wan, the second girl of the Wang family, has the good fortune to give birth to a son before Jia Zhu dies.

Thinking of this, he himself was looking forward to this wonderful mother-in-law and daughter-in-law drama.

After Jia Zhu's marriage was finalized, everything seemed to be at peace.

On weekdays, Jia Zhen is still living the life of his son-in-law who is drunk and dreamy. He only gets up after three poles every day, and then invites a group of friends to hang out together. There are always a few days every month, and they rest in the flower building outside.Occasionally, he would also go to the Taoist temple outside the city to pay Jia Jing's greetings.

You Shi still racked his brains, taking medicines to nourish his body, and wanted to give birth to a son and a half daughter as soon as possible.To stabilize his position in Ningguo Mansion.

Jia Ying and Jia Qiang also have their own things to do.In contrast, Jia Ying was a little more relaxed.After all, Jia Ying is a girl, and she is only five years old. Apart from Jia Rong's fixed time for exercising her body every day, in the rest, she is the same as other ladies, there is no difference.

Jia Qiang, on the other hand, may have realized that she really has no talent in martial arts, so she didn't waste time on martial arts, except that the fixed time every day was the same as that of Jia Ying, and he still has to beat him up to now. Except for not learning Wing Chun well, in the rest of the time, I began to study with Mr. Liu wholeheartedly.Mr. Liu was praised and praised, and he also said clearly that if Jia Qiang continued like this.Next year, he will have a try.

As for Jia Rong herself, she practices martial arts and literacy every day, and regularly assesses Wu Ya's kung fu. When she is free and bored, she will tinker with her own herbs in a specially set up room.Every month, I would also go to the mountains outside the city to wander around and see if there are any useful herbs?On the first and fifteenth day of every month, I regularly go to the Taoist temple outside the city to pay Jia Jing's greetings.

Day after day, it was the end of the year in a blink of an eye.

In the 30th year of Longqi, on the twelfth day of the twelfth lunar month, it is advisable to marry.

The Rongguo Mansion was decorated with lanterns and festoons, and red was everywhere. Today was the day when Jia Zhu, the eldest grandson of the Rongguo Mansion, and Wang Ziteng's second daughter got married.

Although it is already the twelfth lunar month of winter, even yesterday, there was a lot of heavy snowfall, and the snow beads have not stopped until now.

But this did not hinder the celebration of Rongguo Mansion at all, nor did it hinder the footsteps of the dignitaries who came to congratulate.

Before it was too late, there were already a lot of carriages outside the Rongguo Mansion standing in front of the door, bustling and bustling.

Zhiqiu frowned when he heard the sound of gongs and drums beating outside, and said, "Master, I heard from the little maids that Rongguo Mansion is very lively today. They sent someone to deliver clothes outside the city early in the morning. It is said that those who will be dispatched until evening, no matter who they are, can get two catties of rice and a set of winter clothes. Tsk tsk... just for this item alone, there is no one or two thousand silver, but they can't get it. The old lady and the second lady of the Xifu , it’s really a big deal.”

Jia Rong pursed the corners of her lips with some sarcasm, "It's not their private money that was spent anyway, it's all in the public school. It's not willing to part with it, so it's natural to come here because of dignity."

Jia Zhu got married today. Speaking of which, he and Jia Qiang are nephews of the same clan and have a very close blood relationship. Even if there were any unpleasant things before, they should pass by today.But Jia Rong was impatient with the affairs of the Rongguo Mansion, so she found an excuse, saying that she was a little unwell, so she didn't go.

After hearing the news, Jia Zhen couldn't help but twitched the corner of her mouth when she saw Jia Rong's extremely rosy face.But he quickly agreed.

Apart from other things, the most important thing is that he is afraid that his murderous son will make a fuss at the wedding if something goes wrong there.But Jia Rong didn't have to go, because he couldn't control it, and he didn't feel at ease, but Jia Ying and Jia Qiang were both called by Jia Zhen.

Zhiwen couldn't help but sighed: "Speaking of which, the second master of Xifu Lian is really poor." He lost his biological mother since he was a child, his father is unreliable, and he competes with his master, his stepmother is not up to his task, and his grandmother is partial.If I don't know how to fight for it, I really can't live through this day.

"It can only be blamed that he cast a wrong baby and was born in a family like Rongguo Mansion. What's more, in today's world, how many people are more pitiful than him? He Jia Lian, absolutely It won't be the most tragic." Jia Rong said with a twitch of his mouth.

It's just——he really has a little sympathy for Jia Lian in his heart.

He knew that Mother Jia was eccentric, but he didn't expect her to be too eccentric.

Even though Jia Zhu is the eldest grandson of the Rongguo Mansion, in the final analysis he is only the son of the second wife, not the eldest son of Xijue's eldest son, but the scene of his marriage is not small, and it is even better than Jia Zhen's succession to the You family. The time is almost the same.In other words, Jia Zhu got married according to the specifications of a third-rank general.

If Jia Lian got married, it would be reasonable to follow such a standard.Jia Zhu, no matter how much he is the eldest grandson, he is not a successor.Once Jia's mother came, she didn't know where to put Dafang and Jia Lian, the serious eldest grandson of the eldest family?

Presumably Jia Lian's face at the moment must be very pretty.

Just as Jia Rong thought, at this moment, Jia Lian's complexion was really pretty, smiling like a summer flower.

Jia Lian's face has become the beauty of his biological mother Zhang's, and his facial features are very good. The 13-year-old boy has begun to look taller. Today, because of a happy event at home, he is also wearing a scarlet brocade dress, with a golden crown on his head and a waist. The jade pendant with auspicious white jade in the room really has the feeling of a young man from a family.

At this time, he was entertaining guests with Jia Zheng.

At this time, Jia Lian had already shown his talent for diplomacy. He was better at communication than Jia Zheng.This also gave the crowd who came to watch the ceremony a general impression of Jia Lian.

Although the Rongguo Mansion has withered in recent years, the third generation looks pretty good.There was a young talent like Jia Zhu in the past, and Jia Lian, who is in the long room, looks good. Although he is young, he is already good at dealing with people. In the future, he can be regarded as a talent.In the future, the Rongguo Mansion will not be as glorious as it was when Jia Daishan was around, but it is not bad.

Jia Lian's smiling face was almost stiff when he was outside, and he finally had a moment's rest when the sedan chair arrived.

Zhao'er held a warm towel, spread it on the back of Jia Lian's hands and face, and said in an aggrieved tone: "The old lady is too much. How filial are you in front of her, second master, and she actually makes people stand in this world of ice and snow?" The weather is such a long time to stand outside the door. Master Bao is Master Zhu's younger brother, why should he come out."

"Speak carefully. Baoyu is still young and can't bear hardships. Today is Big Brother Zhu's happy day. Whether you are the eldest son of the eldest son or his cousin, you should come out to help." Jia Lian said in a tone of voice. He said lightly.

When Zhao'er heard this, she stopped talking, and swiftly brought the ginger tea that had been prepared to Jia Lian, with a bit of annoyance, and said in a babbling voice, "Speaking of this, it's even more chilling. Second Lord, it's not that the slave is idle and is here to stir up trouble, but you can see for yourself that the scene of Master Zhu's marriage is too much. It was actually the scene of Master Zhen a few years ago, and it was even more grand How much. I don’t know, I thought Uncle Zhu was the eldest son of the eldest son of our Rongguo Mansion. It’s not a servant who said, I’m afraid that in two years, when you get married, there may not be such a scene.”

Jia Lian listened to Zhao'er's babble, holding the bowl and drinking ginger tea, paused for a moment, but didn't speak again until he went out.

It's just that before Jia Lian went out, Zhao'er saw Jia Lian's clenched fist, looked down at the empty bowl that Jia Lian had finished drinking in his hand, and a slightly sinister smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

It was already approaching the first hour of Haishi, and the mansion had already become silent, without any sound.Just as Jia Rong took a bath and was about to fall asleep, she heard a loud noise from outside. After listening carefully, Jia Rong's complexion immediately became gloomy. She picked up a cloak and put it on her body. Then walk out of the room.

But seeing Jia Zhen's face was flushed, her body was shaking, and she was holding a large wine jar in her hand, muttering in her mouth, she didn't know what she was talking about?Around him, there were seven or eight young servants around, but they didn't dare to go forward, they just said out loud, "Master, go back." ' and so on.And Jia Zhen is also restless, as long as a servant touches him, she will kick her without hesitation.

Seeing such a scene, how can Jia Rong not understand that Jia Zhen is drunk and going crazy with alcohol!Speaking of which, Jia Zhen is a drunk and lustful person, and there are many scenes of getting drunk like this, almost every three or five days.Moreover, his wine quality is so bad that every time he gets drunk, he has to make a fuss before it's over.

The Qinghui Garden where he lived happened to be in front of the Yusheng Courtyard, and to go back to the Yusheng Courtyard, he had to pass in front of his courtyard, so he had seen such scenes many times.

His stepmother, You Shi, was also walking around in a hurry, but she was a girl, and she didn't dare to go forward. Seeing Jia Rong coming out, she immediately called out anxiously: "Brother Rong..."

Jia Rong looked sideways at Jia Zhen, who was still yelling at Jia Zhen for beauties, turned her head to Zhiqiu who had followed her, and said coldly: "Go, give the master an injection, and let him be quiet." .”

Knowing that Qiu was blessed with blessings, he said yes.Then he took out a silver needle as thin as a hair from his waist, walked behind Jia Zhen, and pierced Jia Zhen's neck without hesitation.

Jia Zhen's body suddenly slumped down, and the wine jar she was holding fell to the ground with a loud 'pop'.

Everyone in the Ningguo Mansion knows that Zhiqiu, who is next to the uncle, has studied medicine since childhood and is a medical girl. On weekdays, the maids and women in the mansion have headaches, and she is the one who sees the doctor. Her medical skills are quite good. It will be fine after the medicine is taken, so it is very popular in the mansion.The first time she was ordered by Jia Rong to give the drunk master an injection, everyone was surprised.But after a few times, he calmed down.

It's no surprise by now.

So at the moment she started to get the needle, there was already a servant following her. Seeing her start, he quickly supported Jia Zhen's falling body, and then skillfully drove Jia Zhen towards her. walk in the yard.

"I'm sorry to trouble my mother to take care of my father." Jia Rong said to You Shi.

Youshi heaved a sigh of relief, and looked sideways at Jia Rong with a calm face, not sure if he heard the nonsense that Jia Zhen just said?After a long time, I just said: "Brother Rong, it's getting late, you should go to bed earlier."

Jia Rong nodded, and after Youshi left with her maid, Jia Rong immediately ordered in a cold voice, "Zhiqiu, call Wu Ya over here."

"Yes."

On the tenth day of Jia Zhu's marriage, Jia Yuanchun was sent by the Seventh Prince's Mansion in a small pink soft sedan chair, with his two confidant maids Baoqin and Qinyun, and three large boxes. From the corner gate, he was carried into the Seventh Prince's Mansion.

I heard that Mrs. Wang looked at the people who came to pick up Jia Yuanchun, her eyes were red from crying, and she scolded the Seventh Prince for not keeping promises.

You must know that if it is the prince's side concubine, she is on the royal imperial seal. Although it cannot be carried into the mansion like a concubine, three matchmakers, six hires, and eight sedan chairs are carried into the mansion, but there are still matchmakers as guarantees, and there are also four people. The red sedan chair is carried into the mansion through the side door in a dignified manner, which can even entertain relatives and friends.

But now, there are only three boxes of things, two maids, and a pink soft sedan chair, all carried in.The rest are nothing.

Time flies, and the 30th year of Longqi has passed quickly, and the 31st year of Longqi has been entered in a blink of an eye.

The first day of March is the triennial examination.Jia Zhu is also going to take the exam this year. The Jia family has great hopes for him. Even Jia's mother, who has not been out of the house all the year round, not only spent a lot of money in order to let Jia Zhu get a good grade in the exam, but also in Lingyin Temple. While rolling 600 taels of silver as a reward, he went there in person and asked Jia Zhu for an amulet of "prosperous career".

He stayed in the Gongyuan for a full nine days, eating, drinking and drinking in a pitifully small room.

This is not only to test the knowledge of the students, but also their psychological quality and their own physical condition.Without one of these three things, nothing is possible.

Over the years, in every imperial examination, many of them were carried out before the time was up.Some even died suddenly due to excessive psychological pressure.

It wasn't Jia Rong's crow's mouth, but Jia Zhu's small body. The biggest reason why he died early was probably because of this trial.But Jia Rong would not try to persuade him, and whether he died early or not has nothing to do with him.Even if he dared to speak about this matter, Jia Mu and Mrs. Wang would really swallow him alive.

So on the day when the examination ended, I heard Wuji say that Jia Zhu was pale and was helped out by someone, and when he went out, he saw Zhou Rui and a few servants who came to pick him up, and turned his head. Jia Rong was not surprised at all when he fell down and passed out.