There is no phoenix

The next day, Baoyu brought 2000 taels of silver from Jia's mother, and some clothes to keep out the cold for food, and came to the prison of the Ministry of Criminal Justice. He first spent ten taels of silver to meet Jia Zhen, Jia Rong, and Jia Qiang.

Jia Zhen seemed to be in peace. When she saw Baoyu, she was neither happy nor sad.Baoyu handed over the clothes and food prepared by Mrs. Jia Muwang. Jia Zhen took it and only sighed: "Baoyu, tell the old lady that I am fine. I will take care of the big things. You can let them rest assured."

However, Jia Rong's face was full of tears. She climbed up from the straw paved ground, stepped forward and grabbed Baoyu's hand that had been stretched in from outside the prison, and cried, "Baoyu, how are my children? Please, go find Feng Zi." Young Master Ying and Beijing please intercede? You tell them, I am willing to take the blame, as long as my mother and my wife and children are spared! My daughter and son are not yet five years old."

Baoyu couldn't stop crying and said: "Rong'er, don't worry, the old lady has sent me to pick them up now. The emperor is merciful, saying that they are innocent and can be redeemed. I will pick them up soon."

After hearing this, Jia Rong knelt down and kowtowed: "Baoyu, tell my daughter-in-law that it's inconvenient to go to your place after going out, but don't bother you, let her go back to her natal home. My father-in-law is an honest man, my child I'm at ease there."

Baoyu nodded and said: "Don't worry, Rong'er, the old lady said, I will pick up my sister-in-law and your daughter-in-law and children, and live with us first. If you want to go to other places in a few days, it depends on what the old lady said. The emperor is now We will also keep our family’s ancestral hall, family temple and sacrificial fields, we still have so many houses there, they will not worry about food and shelter.”

Jia Qiang on the side also cried: "Second Master Bao, my wife is pregnant, so I beg you to redeem her first? You redeem her, give her a few taels of silver, and let her go to her mother's house too. She knows how to sew, I will live a good life. You also tell the old lady, if I can go out, I must honor the old lady and the ladies!"

Baoyu could only nod in tears, not knowing how to comfort her.

Half an hour later, Youshi's mother-in-law and Jia Qiang's wife and two girls were led out by Baoyu. Kailuan Peifeng in the prison behind saw that there was no hope of being redeemed, so she just cried there.

Although there is still money left, Baoyu dare not be self-absorbed, because Jiamu said that the two of them, Luan and Peifeng, would not redeem themselves.

The desperate Kailuan Peifeng did not hide it at the age of 30, and only then did she truly understand the meaning of the phrase "I would rather be a poor man's wife than a rich man's concubine".When disaster strikes, they have to bear the same sins as their masters, and even if they have a chance, they are also the same as those servants who cannot control their own destiny at all.

Baoyu led a group of people and was about to board the car when they saw Jia Rong's wife Hu's natal brother also came to redeem her, so Baoyu had to let Hu make up her own mind.

Although Hu's brother is just a small clerk in the yamen, he said to Hu very enthusiastically: "Sister, you should go to our house. These silver taels are prepared for you by changing jewelry. Now that the old lady asked Bao Erye After you pay the ransom, the money will be used for your mother and children’s living expenses. I have ordered some rooms in our old house to be cleaned up. Sister, you can bring your children to live there, and we can also help. "

Mrs. Hu thought for a while, and said to Mrs. You: "Mother, let's go to my mother's house. The officials and father don't know what the crime is, so we can't bring the old lady and wife down."

You Shi felt a burst of sadness when he heard this.There is no one in my natal family, my biological parents have died long ago, my stepmother and second sister You and third sister You are also dead, my imposing hereditary wife of the third rank now has nowhere to live.

Jia Rong was not born by himself, and the Rongguo Mansion would not be his long-term shelter. Hearing what Hu said, Youshi was in a dilemma.

Baoyu saw Youshi's sad face but didn't speak, so he hurriedly comforted him: "Sister-in-law Zhen, you should go to our place. The old lady and the lady said that when you come to our place, you will live in Xiexiangou, where the fourth sister lived. very quiet."

You Shi then said to Hu Shi: "Take the children to your mother's house first. I'm alone. I'd better go see the old lady first. The old lady rescued us. If we don't have a word of thanks, others will think that We are heartless and ungrateful. The home is gone, but let's keep some dignity."

After hearing this, Mrs. Hu had no choice but to say to her brother: "Brother, let's go to Rongguo Mansion now. You wait for me outside. My mother and I will go in and thank the old lady and wife, and then go back with you."

So several people got into the car and headed for Rongguo Mansion.

When Jia Mu, Mrs. Xing, Mrs. Wang, Li Wan and others who were waiting in Jia Mu's house saw the Hu family's mother-in-law and Jia Qiang's wife who had been redeemed by Baoyu, their faces were sad and haggard, and they couldn't help crying.

Without a thousand words, the sorrow in the room made everyone pause for a while, only the sound of sobbing was heard.

But Mrs. Hu remembered that her elder brother and children were still waiting outside Rongguo Mansion, so after thanking Jiamu and everyone, she said she wanted to live in her mother's house.Seeing that Mrs. Hu had made up her mind to go, Mother Jia asked Baoyu to give 200 taels of the remaining silver to Mrs. Hu, and told her to take care of her children.

Seeing Jiamu's generosity, Mrs. Hu burst into tears of gratitude, and asked Mrs. You if he would go with him to her mother's house now. Mrs. You said, "I will rest here for a few days, and I will go to your place in three days."

Mrs. Hu said goodbye in tears, got into her brother's car, and went to her natal home.

During lunch, Mother Jia asked You Shi and Jia Qiang's wife to have dinner together in her own room, and then comforted her, and sent You Shi and the newly redeemed girl into painting to rest in the room where Xichun used to live.

Jia Qiang's wife was four or five months pregnant, but fortunately she was strong, and she said she wanted to go back to her natal home. Jia's mother also asked Baoyu to give her 100 taels of silver, and Lin Zhixiao's family sent a car to take her back. She gave birth to the child with peace of mind and lived a good life.

The few people who survived the catastrophe, because of Jia Mu's generous help, have no worries about food, clothing and shelter for the time being.

However, Yuan Chun from Fengzao Palace, ever since Shui Ruoyang came to the palace to reprimand him, he felt panic in his heart, always feeling that something big was about to happen.

At Haishi on the evening of the [-]th, Yuanchun was different from the past, and did not go to bed to rest.Baoqin came to persuade me a few times, Yuan Chun sighed: "Baoqin, we don't know what the emperor knows, but I always feel that something will happen in our house, I don't want to sleep, read a book for a while, you go and rest."

After hearing this, Baoqin had no choice but to comfort her, and then went to rest first.

Yuan Chun held the book in his hand, but he didn't turn a single page.Looking at this spacious room of my own, I just feel like a big cage at this moment. It's been 16 years, since entering the palace at the age of 13, I don't know how many times I have faced this slowly long night, keeping the lonely lamp empty.

I used to think that having a child, even if you can't reach the sky in one step, you can still feel proud, but now, when you are about to die, the joy you had before will disappear at some point.

If there is nothing wrong with the Baojia Mansion, I am afraid that it is not enough to have children, and a prince must be born.It is said that old people get children, and they are spoiled even if they are not delicate.Shui Ruoyang also said that as long as he gave birth to a prince, he would never treat him badly.

But, what if something happens to your natal family?Shui Ruoyang said it to himself with a gloomy face that day, and he couldn't see a trace of warmth and concern that he had before.But, are you wrong?

Looking at the stillness of the night, Yuan Chun stood up and suddenly felt a dull pain in his abdomen drooping.Thinking about sitting too long just now, I lay down to rest.

After a while, Yuan Chun felt more and more pain in his abdomen, so he turned sideways and called Baoqin.After hearing this, Baoqin hurriedly put on his clothes and came out, asking: "Ma'am, what's wrong with you?"

Yuan Chun hurriedly said: "Baoqin, you go and call Mama over, my stomach hurts."

After hearing this, Baoqin hurried to call two midwives.

After a while, two nuns came over, asked Yuan Chun, asked Yuan Chun to lie down, checked, and said, "Mother, I'm afraid the fetus is moving, don't be nervous."

A nanny said to Baoqin: "Auntie Baoqin, go get someone to prepare hot water. It's not time for the baby yet, I'm afraid the mother will give birth tonight."

Yuan Chun heard this, and hurriedly said: "Mommy, I think it's really uncomfortable to lie down like this."

After Yuan Chun finished speaking, he turned sideways to get up.Two nuns hurriedly helped Yuan Chun to sit up, and one nun comforted: "Your Majesty, giving birth to a child is going to be a bit of a pain. It's okay if you don't lie down now, it shouldn't be so fast, you can get up and walk, but if you lie down, You have to lie flat."

Yuan Chun listened and said, "Then I'll get up and walk, now my stomach sometimes hurts and sometimes it doesn't."

After a while, Baoqin came in and helped Yuanchun walk slowly.

Half an hour later, Yuan Chun's stomach was getting more and more painful, and he hurriedly said, "Ma'am, do you want to tell the emperor?"

Yuan Chun recalled Shui Ruoyang's words earlier, shook his head reluctantly and said: "Now the night is quiet, the emperor is resting, don't bother me, we will talk about it after the birth."

In fact, Yuan Chun at this time calmly understood that if he gave birth to a prince, everything would be fine, but if he gave birth to a daughter, it would be the same whether he reported it or not.After several nights of torment, now that the child is about to be born, everything is calm.