There is no phoenix

Let’s not talk about how Daiyu enjoyed the rare family happiness with her sick father in Yangzhou.

In Ningguo Mansion, because Jia Jing went to Xuanzhen Temple to practice Taoism, Jia Zhen, the only son, inherited the third-class hereditary early on.Jia Zhen usually likes to use guns and sticks, but not poetry and books, and is closest to Jia Lian of Rongguo Mansion.

Jia Zhen's first wife died young, leaving only one son, Jia Rong, who is 17 years old this year and married Qin Keqing, who is the adopted daughter of Qinye, the clerk of the camp.Because Qin Ye had no children back then, he adopted Qin Keqing in the Yangshengtang and gave her the nickname Ke'er.

Qin Ye also adopted an adopted son, named Qin Zhong, who was the same age as Baoyu, and went to school together in Jia's family school.

Qin Keqing looks very bright and charming, with a romantic personality, and she is just 14 years old. She has the warmth like Baochai, and she is like Lin Daiyu when she is romantic and graceful.At this time, Baochai was only 12 years old, and Daiyu was even younger.

Ke Qing is not as old-fashioned as the widowed Li Wan, nor as aggressive as Wang Xifeng, so everyone in Rongguo Mansion and Ningguo Mansion likes her deeply.

Jia Rong is a lustful playboy who doesn't like reading or learning martial arts.Although they are young couples after all, Jia Rong and Qin Keqing respect each other very much.Ningguo Mansion and Rongguo Mansion usually have close contacts. Qin Keqing manages Ningguo Mansion, and Wang Xifeng manages Rongguo Mansion. The two are very close, so they often get together.

Who knew that not long after the Mid-Autumn Festival in August, Qin Keqing, who was always cheerful and lively, fell ill in bed.Two months later, it was said that he was very sick.Fortunately, Feng Ziying, the eldest son of the Shenwu General, who is close to Baoyu and knows both Jia Rong and Jia Zhen, recommended a doctor named Zhang Youshi to treat Keqing, who even said it was a serious illness.After using a few patches of medicine, it seemed to be better, but Qin Keqing was not like the previous sun, she has been lying in bed resting, becoming less talkative.

Everyone thought that Qin Keqing had been ill for a long time, so they had no choice but to persuade and comfort each other.

On this day, Qin Keqing was resting in bed, the girl Baozhuhou was beside her, and another girl Ruizhu was brewing medicine on the porch outside.Seeing Jia Zhen's stepwife, You Shi, come to visit, Qin Keqing hurriedly sat up to pay respects.

The You family never had any children, and since Qin Keqing married, the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law are also very harmonious, and they manage the Ningguo Mansion in an orderly manner.Now that Qin Keqing is ill, Youshi seems to be missing an arm.Youshi saw that Qin Keqing was originally thin, but now that she had been ill for more than two months, she looked even weaker, so she comforted her for a long time before turning around and leaving.

Youshi walked through the corridor and just passed Jia Zhen's study. Seeing that the door of the study was open, he hurriedly asked a young boy standing outside, "Where is the master?"

The young man said: "The uncle just went out, he said that some important guests came, they should be in the flower hall outside."

After hearing this, You Shi suddenly became curious and wanted to visit Jia Zhen's study.Although Jia Zhen confessed that she was not allowed to enter her study without her consent, Youshi couldn't help but want to go in because of this curiosity.

You Shi is Jia Zhen's current wife, and the servant dared not stop her, but only asked You Shi to come out as soon as possible.

Youshi walked into the study for a while and saw that it was very clean inside. Then he went to the room next to the study, knowing that it was the place where Jia Zhen occasionally rested.Youshi was curious, because he had never been here before, and he knew that Jia Zhen didn't like people to disturb her in the study, so she took a closer look.

When You Shi came to the bed, he saw that the quilt and pillows were well arranged, and he could see that Jia Zhen was a person who liked to be clean.

Suddenly, Youshi saw a jasper hairpin protruding from under the pillow, quickly picked it up and took a closer look, as if he had seen it somewhere before, he quietly put it in his sleeve and walked out.Then he said to the boy at the door: "When the uncle comes back, you don't need to say that I have been here." The boy naturally agreed.

After walking a few steps, Youshi suddenly remembered something, so he went back outside Qin Keqing's courtyard, saw the girl Ruizhu was still brewing medicine in the porch outside, hurried over, and asked Ruizhu, "Ruizhu, people say that jade hairpins are inserted It looks good on the head, and it is more expensive than ordinary hairpins, so I want to buy one. I seem to have seen someone in our house has a jasper hairpin?"

After hearing this, Ruizhu nodded and said, "Madam, there are several people in the house, including Baozhu and I." After saying that, he pulled out a jasper hairpin from his forehead and said, "Look, ma'am, mine and Baozhu's are exactly the same. , it was all given to us by the young mistress."

Youshi said: "I remember seeing a jasper hairpin that seemed to be bigger and better than this one, but I don't remember who wore it."

Ruizhu laughed and said, "Then it must belong to our young mistress. Back then, the young mistress asked someone to buy the three hairpins, one big and the other small. The big one was used by the young mistress herself, and the small one was given to Baozhu and me."

You Shi said: "The young mistress must like that hairpin very much, but I haven't seen her wearing it these days?"

Ruizhu said: "Madam said that, I also remembered that after the Mid-Autumn Festival, I haven't seen my young mistress use this hairpin. It turned out that she said it was her favorite, and she always wore it on her head. I have time to ask my young mistress. "

You Shi nodded and said: "Forget it, there is no need to ask, why bother to ask about such a trivial matter. Young Mistress is not in good health now, please take good care of her, and let me know if there is anything." Rui Zhu agreed.

You Shi was full of doubts, saying that this hairpin must belong to Qin Keqing.Then why is it under the pillow in Jia Zhen's study?Could it be that Keqing accidentally lost it?

Youshi passed by Jia Zhen's study again, thought for a while, and asked the servant, knowing that Jia Zhen hadn't come back, and hurriedly said to the servant: "My handkerchief may have been dropped in there, I'll go in and look for it." After finishing speaking, he went in again, took out the hairpin, put it under the pillow again, and then walked out.

It turned out that Youshi knew Jia Zhen's temperament, and she usually didn't like people to interfere with her.Youshi is the stepwife and has no children, besides, Jia Zhen has several concubines.Although Jia Zhen respects Youshi, she doesn't often spend the night with Youshi, but spends more nights with concubines Peifeng and Kailuan.

Women are very helpless towards things like their husbands, especially in a prominent family like Ningguo Mansion.Youshi himself has never had a child, and often stays alone in an empty house, often feeling lost in his heart.But You's temperament is gentle and docile, and he never dared to show it outside.Youshi didn't think too much about the hairpin, and he didn't dare to think too much. After all, it was already a bold move for him to enter the study without telling Jia Zhen, so how could he dare to think about anything else!So simply put it aside.