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After hearing this, Shui Rong helped Daiyu up and said, "Dai'er, I knew you would say this. Like your father, you always put the law of the country first. Come on, I'll accompany you for a walk, and I'll tell you about the Jia Mansion. "

Shui Rong helped Daiyu out of the courtyard, Shui Rong sighed: "Dai'er, do you know? A few days ago Liu Xianglian accompanied your fourth younger sister to meet a very important person, do you know who they are going to see?"

Daiyu stopped to look at Shui Rong and said, "Who are you seeing? It can't be the old lady, right? The fourth younger sister said that she will never go back after leaving that house. Could it be that she is going to see Baoyu?"

Shui Rong shook his head and said seriously: "No, Dai'er, let me tell you, your fourth younger sister went to see Jia Zhen from Ningguo Mansion. Pulling the officials of the court into the water, there were reports from the courtiers at first, but the father kept suppressing it. Not long ago, Ma Shang, the inspector of the Dongcheng Grain and Grass Depot, even embezzled the military salary of the warehouse soldiers because of gambling in the Ningguo Mansion, selling his own things, He even left his post all night to mess around in Ningguo Mansion, which caused dissatisfaction among the soldiers in the warehouse, and even set fire to the grain and grass, even when I took it to Dongcheng in the morning, the grain and grass there were still filled with smoke and fire!"

Daiyu was shocked when she heard this and said, "Ningguo Mansion is actually like this?"

Shui Rong said: "Yes, even at this point, when the father asked the father and the crown prince to go to the Ningguo Mansion the next night, he also told him that if the Ningguo Mansion was closed at this time, they could still be lenient. Who knows the crown prince's brother?" When I went there with my father, there were a lot of cars and horses outside the Ningguo Mansion, and there were twenty or thirty people drinking and gambling inside, so my father ordered the Ningguo Mansion to be strictly punished."

Daiyu said: "So the fourth sister is going to see his brother in prison?"

Shui Rong nodded and said, "Yes. A few days ago, Jia Zhen and his son were dispatched to the Northwest Frontier, and they will not be able to return to Beijing until one or two years later. But Rongguo Mansion is still in good condition."

Daiyu looked at Shui Rong and asked, "Did you go out one night?"

Shui Rong said: "Yes, I think Father is old and didn't come back so late, so I went there to have a look."

Daiyu said: "What about those female relatives? How did the father deal with it?"

Shui Rong said: "Those female relatives are not involved, but paid some money to redeem them. Only Jia Zhen and his son were punished. Jia's ancestral hall and sacrificial fields are all kept. I heard from Liu Xianglian that your fourth younger sister is very happy when she sees Jia Zhen." Calm, I only asked their father and son to correct their mistakes, and gave them a lot of clothes and money."

Daiyu sighed: "It turned out that the fourth younger sister could only sigh helplessly when talking about his brother to me. When his father passed away, the fourth younger sister was unwilling to say a word to his brother, because she hated this brother for not taking responsibility and making progress. Four The younger sister said that she couldn't talk about these men, so she could only protect herself. If she hadn't met Liu Xianglian, I'm afraid that the fourth younger sister would really go to become a monk."

Shui Rong said: "Now I understand a little bit, the fourth girl dared to escape to find you, and wanted to become a monk, your third younger sister was willing to be someone else's adopted daughter to get married, and you were willing to go back to Gusu, there are all these reasons, right? ?”

Daiyu nodded and sighed: "We are just girls. My grandmother originally wanted to get a good marriage through us girls' family and help this family in the future, but only we know that we are powerless. My grandmother's biggest mistake is that she is too loose. Those boys in the family. I told Zijuan a few days ago, if my grandmother taught the boys to treat us like girls, why did this happen!"

Shui Rong was a little puzzled and asked: "Why? Other families are patriarchal, so why is it that Jia's house is still patriarchal?"

Daiyu shook her head and said, "No, it's because my grandmother indulged those boys too much. Except for my second uncle who wanted the boys to study, my grandmother and eldest uncle hardly cared about them, so that those boys were like wild horses without a rein. For example, for Baoyu, if you want me to say that his original qualifications and nature are actually good, but my grandmother is always afraid that Baoyu will be wronged, and tries every means to prevent Baoyu from going to school. As long as Baoyu likes it, my grandmother will follow. They said that it was caused by my second uncle's forced study, and that Baoyu was frightened when he saw my second uncle like a mouse or a cat, so that Baoyu would play with us sisters every day, or go shopping with those girls. He was hardly restrained. In the courtyard where Baoyu lived, there were more than 16 girls, big and small, four servants who accompanied them when they went out, and a few nuns and women who did rough work. There are many people. Don't say that Baoyu doesn't like reading and practicing martial arts, but he just likes it. How can he learn well in a place with so many people?"

After hearing this, Shui Rong asked in disbelief, "If you don't tell me, I really don't believe that the old lady actually taught the men of the Jia family like this?"

Daiyu nodded and said: "It's because of these mistakes that Baoyu made a big mistake and everything changed. He's a good brother, but it's really embarrassing to do anything else."

Shui Rong smiled and said: "Daiyu, if you say that, I would like to thank the old lady for teaching Baoyu like this. If it weren't for this, even if I tear down the walls of the Grand View Garden, it would be useless."

Daiyu was a little surprised when she heard this and asked, "Tear down the walls of the Grand View Garden? Brother Rong, where did you start?"

Shui Rong looked at Daiyu with a smile and said, "Dai'er, it's okay for me to tell you now, do you know how I got in when I came to see you in your Xiaoxiang Pavilion for the first time?"

Daiyu looked at Shui Rong with wide eyes and said, "Brother Rong, did you come in over the wall?"

Shui Rong said with a smile: "Dai'er, think about it, how can I get in if I don't climb over the wall? I'm afraid that someone will make things difficult for you, so I have to take into account my status as a young prince, right? Let me tell you again, I'm not the only one, I'm It was the two of us who climbed over the wall with Feng Ziying. We squatted on the wall for a long time before we got down."

After hearing this, Daiyu couldn't help pointing her fingers and said with a smile: "Brother Rong, it's thanks to the two of you who figured it out. If someone finds out one day, look at you, a young prince, a majestic fourth prince, and a martial arts general, son-in-law and concubine. The commander of the guards actually imitated others' indecent behavior of climbing over the wall and entering the house, what a shame!"

Shui Rong stepped forward to embrace Daiyu, scratched Daiyu's nose with his fingers and smiled: "You still say me, Dai'er, it's all because of you, I don't even want the face of the young prince and the fourth prince."

Daiyu smiled and leaned on Shui Rong's chest and said: "Brother Rong, you said this yourself, in the future you will teach our son, don't teach the trick of climbing over the wall!"

Shui Rong lowered his head and kissed Daiyu, and said with a doting smile: "Dai'er, I don't believe that our son will go to see the girl he likes in such a mess as I am. Let me see, I hope Liu Xianglian or Li Tai will give me a hand. We gave birth to a daughter-in-law, and we brought their daughter to our house early to cultivate a childhood sweetheart relationship between their daughter and our son."

Daiyu said with a smile: "Brother Rong, you think so far, I'm afraid our son is like you, we want him to marry, but he won't marry. Doesn't it mean that like a father, like a son?"

Shui Rong said softly: "Dai'er, don't let our son hear you say that. If he dares not listen to us when he grows up, I'll give him a good lesson. Come, I'll take you back!"

Daiyu and Shui Rong returned to the house, after Chunxian and Cui'er took care of washing up, Daiyu remembered something again and said, "Brother Rong, Uncle Lin said that my cousin Li Xun had chosen to get married on the ninth day of February. Simply set up a few tables, and you will go for me when the time comes."

Shui Rong smiled and said: "Of course, I drank a lot of wine for you these days, next time I drink, don't blame me."

Daiyu thought for a while and said: "Brother Rong, if you don't tell me, I will forget it. It has been counted several times, but the time when Wei Ruolan's son was full moon is not counted, because there is no relationship between Sister Yun. You and Feng My brother-in-law will definitely be going too. Mei Qing and Zijuan Shui'an don't count that time, it can only be counted as half. Mei Qing was chosen by you as a gift to me, Zijuan is my girl, and Shui'an is you Brother Rong, don't get drunk when you drink, I read in the book that the smell of alcohol will spoil the child."

Shui Rong smiled and said: "Good Dai'er, I will remember your words, from now on I will never get drunk when I drink."

The next morning, after Shui Rong had breakfast, he called Chen Yejun and said, "Today you follow me to the Jingxi Military Camp, and Shui'an will come later!"

Chen Yejun smiled and said: "My lord, when I first came here, I saw Shui'an and said that he would come right away, and Zijuan would come too."

Shui Rong said: "Shui'an is still the bridegroom officer these two days, Ye Jun, you have to work hard these few days, you go to prepare the horse, I will go to see my father first."

Chen Yejun agreed and walked out.