[Red Mansions] The Road to Empress Dowager

On Mother Jia's side, the women's relatives set up a meal. She tossed Mrs. Xing and Wang Xifeng, and her heart was smooth, but someone came to report that Baoyu was beaten again by the second master in the East Courtyard.

Mrs. Wang has been lingering in bed since returning the owed money, and Jia Zhenggu doesn't care about it. No one in the East Court can help Baoyu now.

Jia's mother was frightened for a while. She was quite old and wanted to be helped out of the house by her maid's daughter-in-law. When she saw Baoming come back with Baoyu, she was about to come to pay her respects.

Jia Mu hurriedly rushed over, and the old tears flowed down, saying, "Baoyu, where is it hurt?"

Baoyu's face was thin and pale, and he said, "I haven't been hurt very much, but the article I wrote is not to the master's liking. Hit me twice with a ruler."

Ever since Musk Moon died tragically in front of her eyes, when she was rational, Baoyu also had repentance, and the good daughter's family had disappeared like this.He also dreamed of her, but because he had seen her tragic situation before death, he was extremely afraid of dreaming of her.

Baoyu wanted to be with the girl, but at this time Jia Zheng was not ordered to study politics, and the eighth-rank official errands did not go to the government much, but he was teaching his son and grandson at home.When Baoyu saw Jia Zheng, he was like a quail, and when he read the Four Books and Five Classics, he felt a headache. Even if he was a little clever, he couldn't read the books to Jia Zheng's request, let alone write stereotypes that Baoyu hated so much.

Jia's mother scolded, "Why is that scoundrel so cruel!"

Baoyu was pitiful and said: "The old ancestor Lao is worried, and the master is also for my own good."

Jiamu asked the maids to surround him again and give him medicine. Jiamu thought that if Zheng'er's wicked person forced Baoyu like this, he would be forced to death by him like Zhuer again.She is just such a baby bump. The night before he was born, she dreamed of a fairy, saying that Baoyu had a history and would definitely have a great fortune.

Now why force him to do something he doesn't like, Zheng'er is really confused.

Jia's mother asked Mrs. Xing to bring the delicate snacks from the palace that Mrs. Xing had brought from the Xingfu, but Baoyu couldn't eat it now, so she went to take it to his room.

Mrs. Xing also saw all these in her eyes, feeling depressed for a while.But Baoyu really felt pity for his daughter, most of these court cakes were distributed to the maids in his room.However, most of these maids are well-educated, and the advantage is that they can take it. But after seeing the death of Sheyue, they may not refuse to give him some rouge, but most of them will not agree to take a bath together.

As for Li Nanny staring at the courtyard, few people would dare to do this.

The next day, when Jia Zheng came to greet Jia Mu, Jia Mu scolded her. Jia Zheng admitted his mistake and kowtowed, but he refused to give in to Baoyu's study, and Jia Mu couldn't help being angry.

"Are you going to disobey me like this?"

Jia Zheng said: "The old lady calmed down, but Huan'er and Baoyu are under her son's knees. Huan'er has been admitted to the scholar and got a good job, so the son is at ease for the time being. Only this Baoyu, what will happen in the future?" Although Jia Zheng is greedy for his elder brother Nobility, but in the original book, he also felt that the family was in decline. At this time, Erfang lost in the family power struggle, and his face was lost, so he naturally became more rational.

Jia Mu said: "Even after returning the owed money, She'er and the others made a fool of themselves and searched the house of such a slave. Huan'er has a share, and you have kept a lot. In any case, Lian'er and Huan'er dare not take care of their brothers." Two? There are no them, and I still love Baoyu. Good fortune will definitely come when it comes, he is not yet 17 years old, it is still early! In the play, Jiang Ziya was only in his 70s, so why are you forcing him now? Just let him relax for the past few years? His hand was swollen like that yesterday, and it's thanks to you that he managed to do this!"

Jia Zheng said: "today is loose, how will tomorrow be good?"

Mother Jia thought to herself that Yuanchun had already returned home, so he was considered useless, and Baoyu must be given a distinguished status, and only Tanchun was left.Today she followed Brother Feng to the Xing Mansion.

Jia's mother also heard that Xing Xiuyan was pregnant, and she was afraid that she would not be able to serve the king.She is already a queen, so she should use someone who knows everything.She didn't support Yuanchun back then, and Jia's mother now thinks that Yuanchun's age is really not suitable, but Tanchun is only fifteen, good-looking, talented, and good-looking, she is just a concubine, and she never thought about her back then.

Jia's mother asked Jia Zheng to get up, and had a long-term discussion with him.

Jia Yuanchun was present the whole time, and when he heard that Jia's mother planned to send Tanchun to the palace, he felt ashamed and angry.Tanchun has already lost the general election, but Jia's mother still does not give up and wants to make such a plan.

Jia Zheng also heard that Xing Zhong had no talent and no virtue, he gave birth to a daughter and was favored by the emperor, and now he is honored and favored. It would be a lie to say that he is not envious.

In this matter, Jia's mother is willing to start with Mrs. Xing and Wang Xifeng, so that they can recommend Tanchun to Cheng'en Gong's mansion, and then go further to the queen.Although Jia's mother hates Xing Xiuyan extremely, she can't fall out at this time.As long as Tanchun can help the second landlord make a comeback, help Baoyu get rich, and wait for his fortune to come, so that the Jia family can regain its former wealth, it doesn't matter if she is wronged a little bit.

Jia Zheng came out of Rongqing hall in a daze, but Jia's mother looked at Yuanchun and said, "If you need to use it, there is no need to promote a concubine in the house."

Yuan Chun's heart seemed to be severely torn, and he just lowered his head and said, "The granddaughter is not filial, and my grandmother has to worry about it."

Jia Mu said: "You don't need to say that these are useless, you should teach your sister well first, the court etiquette rules and the relationship between the characters in the palace are indispensable."

Yuan Chun's brain seemed to be struck by a thunderbolt, it was really going to use her as a nurturing nun, just like before she entered the palace, she invited two nuns who had been released from the palace to teach her etiquette and rules.

It turned out that grandmother and father didn't avoid talking about her because they wanted to use her. Yuan Chun was always proud, but the last bit of her living space had to go through such wind and frost swords.

Yuan Chun only responded with Fushen: "Granddaughter understands."

It was Jia Mu who came up with this long-term idea. At this year, she was so kind to Mrs. Xing and Wang Xifeng that they all felt that she was Baoyu.Year after year, Mother Jia moved out of her private treasury the treasures that she was reluctant to see in the past, and asked Mrs. Xing to send them to the Xing Mansion as a gift.

Mrs. Xing thought, it must be the reason why her natal brother was granted the title of duke by the empress, and she happily sent those treasures to her natal family with a simple mind.This mean and careful eldest lady is not stingy at all when it comes to matters related to her relationship with the empress.She still burns incense every day to worship the Bodhisattva and bless the empress.

It wasn't until the beginning of spring that Mother Jia cared about the Empress Empress and brought up the matter of sending Tanchun Xiaoxuan to the palace to work beside the Empress Empress to share her worries, Madam Xing didn't realize it, but it was a later story.

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On New Year's Eve, the grand banquet in the palace was no different from previous years. The empress did not sit for a long time because she was pregnant, and the emperor accompanied the empress to leave because of the proper etiquette.

At dusk, there was constant sound of fireworks and firecrackers outside, and the sky was bright and prosperous inside and outside the palace.

Eldest Princess Tu Xin touched the gate of Jingsi Palace. The eunuch guarding the gate saw that Eldest Princess came over for the New Year, and was extremely filial to her mother.He thought that for the New Year's Eve, seeing their mother and daughter would be his sinful virtue, besides, does anyone in the palace really care about the ordinary Yang Shi?Even the emperor didn't care much about the eldest princess and the eldest prince.

So Tu Xin sneaked into the Jingsi Palace in this way, naturally no one took care of Yang Huang's daily life.But Yang was adopted by the Yang family since she was a baby, and later became a princess and queen.No matter how poor her biological parents were, she had never worked, and the house was a mess, and there was even a trace of rot.

Tu Xin burst into tears suddenly, Yang was lying on the bed like a living dead, covered with half-worn bedding.

"Mother..."

When Yang heard her voice, she moved her body, turned her head and saw that in the dim light, Tu Xin was standing in front of her with tears streaming down her face.

"Xin'er!"

Yang rolled up from the bed, dragged Tu Xin to look up and down, hugged her again and cried loudly.

The mother and daughter cried for a while, and Yang asked, "What's going on outside now? Is that bitch more proud?"

So there must be something hateful about a poor person. Her daughter came to see her secretly after a lot of hard work, and she hasn't seen her for a long time. What she cares about is not how her daughter is doing now, whether she has been abused in the palace-even though she hasn't, but to ask her The status quo of the hated person.

Tu Xin cried: "Father has made that bastard his queen, and after the Chinese New Year there will be a queen conferring ceremony and a sacrifice to heaven..."

Yang coughed, and gritted his teeth: "The Empress Seal Ceremony... offering sacrifices to the heavens...he has never held it for me, and it is considered a kindness for him to make me queen. He said he wanted to save money and do practical things..."

Tu Xin wiped away her tears and said, "Queen, are you here...every day...have enough food and warm clothes?"

Yang's heart felt sour, the eunuchs and maids did not starve her, but the days when she was in charge of the harem, eating whatever she wanted, and wearing whatever she wanted, were much worse.

Yang said: "Tu Xin, remember, that bitch is the cause of my mother's downfall. One day, you must avenge my mother! Don't let the bitch have a better life! She won't be able to be proud for the rest of her life."

Tu Xin cried: "Mother, I... I can't do it..."

Yang said, "Where's Hui'er? Why doesn't he come?"

Tu Xin said: "I haven't seen Brother Hui for a few days, I'm afraid he went to a palace banquet."

Yang said: "After you find a way to let him come to see his mother, I will explain to him."

Tu Xin thought about what he had heard recently, and told Yang while crying that Yang knew about the abolition of the decree, but he didn't know that she was the daughter of Yang Huaigu and Dong. She didn't know the fate of the time.

Mrs. Yang is really unbearable to be a daughter and a mother: before Tu Xin took the initiative to mention it, she only thought about her own resentment and jealousy, and didn't care about the long-term plans of her children for a while, and the disaster of her mother's family who was so kind to her was also brought up for a while. Sorry.

At this time, Yang heard that the fate of the Yang family was the result of the public trial by the three divisions, colluding with foreigners and embezzling the royal property, so she was filled with despair.In desperation, she was even more unwilling to accept the reality, and she hated herself for having such a natal family. If her natal family did not commit crimes, if she was not a daughter of the Yang family, but a daughter of the Xungui family who was more useful, wouldn't she be the one? Such a result.

She still doesn't know that she is really not the daughter of the Yang family, and if she hadn't been adopted by the Yang family, she would just be reduced to an ordinary peasant girl, and she doesn't even know if she can read or not.

Tu Xin did not tell her the gossip about her mother's life experience, the two talked for a while, and Yang confessed that her daughter must bring her son to see her.

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Tu Xin met Tu Hui on the first day of the first lunar month, when all the masters of Mercy Palace went to Shangyang Palace to pay their respects to the old saint.And the only two princes naturally went to Shangyang Palace from Dongwusuo.

The emperor and the empress did not take the imperial chariot and the wind chariot today, but came in a specially built eight-carrying soft sedan chair, and the emperor and empress shared the sedan chair.The queen is pregnant now, if she wants to travel a little far, the emperor will be by her side, worrying about any accidents.As long as he is there, there will be no accidents.

Tu Yuanyi and Xing Xiuyan were sitting on the right seat together, and the old saint was smiling. As for his lameness that caused Tu Yuanyi and Yang's marriage tragedy, he was heartless.Now his main job is to revise the "Ceremony of Qianzheng", but he has no intention of pursuing what happened more than ten years ago. In his opinion, it is just a woman.This is the reality of ancient times, and it is not judged by modern moral standards. Yang can save her life, but her stupidity and selfish and narrow temperament towards her close relatives seriously do not match her prosperity and status, which is the original sin.

Tu Xin looked at her father and that bitch talking and laughing with her grandfather from afar, and felt bad in her heart. Now she is no longer a proud first princess, and even she is not as good as Tu Yue who lost her mother. out.Concubine De had passed away from illness, and during the period of Beishou, she had been inactive until now, and Tu Yuanyi had only ordered to be buried according to the ceremony of the fourth concubine for all the major events when Tu Yuanyi came back.

Tu Xin quietly touched Tu Hui's side, pulled him out of the hall, and went to a secluded place.

Tu Hui asked: "Sister Huang recently... how are you doing?"

Tu Xin said: "I'm not good, but I think Brother Hui is pretty good."

Tu Hui couldn't say that he wasn't affected by the Yang family's affairs and Queen Yang's affairs, but Tu Yuanyi went to the East Fifth Institute two days ago and told him a few words to make him study hard.

His status is quite different from before, from a descendant to a concubine, but he is still the eldest son of the emperor.

Tu Hui couldn't help but feel lonely, and said, "What can we do now that the matter has come to this? Sister Huang... also take it easy."

Tu Xin sneered: "Look away? Am I going to call that bitch my queen?"

Tu Hui said: "Miss Huang, don't keep your mouth shut. Outside...the matter of the Yang family has nothing to do with...she has nothing to do with the Yang family's conviction, and they have all confessed. No matter how close we are to the Yang family, , we are the descendants of the Tu family. This Great Zhou Dynasty was laid down by our ancestors. Everything that the Yang family planned is digging the roots of the Tu family. As the descendants of the Tu family, how can we be eliminated because of rebellion? Hatred too? We can sympathize, but in terms of age and righteousness, right and wrong, there is absolutely nothing wrong."

This was also what Tu Yuanyi meant. What he said to Tu Hui that day emphasized that he was his son, and that was the number one priority.If it wasn't for this first place, then being a member of the Yang family, a descendant of a traitor, even though the Yang family was adopted, would be implicated, so it would be light to be an official slave.

Tu Xin said angrily: "I don't care about this! I only see that bitch replacing our mother!"

Tu Hui said: "You are a big Zhou princess, you keep calling yourself a slut, what about your princess's upbringing etiquette? She is becoming a queen, but her grandfather's family colluded with foreign forces decades ago. This is a fact. It has something to do with her." What's the matter? Did she let the Yang family do this? I know that the mother is pitiful, but is the mother not responsible? Hatred can't solve any problems. You are resenting alone, but you can't use this kind of hatred that has no meaning at all What can I do? It is said in the book that things must rot first and then worms grow. If the Yang family is loyal, let alone loyal, as long as they don’t collude with foreign clans and conspire to overthrow my family, the Yang family will be fine. If the mother ...My dear knows how to survive in the harem well, with...with her grace and talent, my father would not have done such a great job."

Tu Xin said angrily: "You unfilial son! How dare you say such a thing! Do you not know the life and death of your mother for the sake of wealth?"

Tu Hui said: "When will I care about my mother... mother's life?" He gave some benefits to the eunuchs who delivered meals and guarded the door, and only hoped that Yang's life would be better.

Tu Xin said, "You actually speak for that bitch!"

Tu Hui said: "Sister Huang, how many times do I need to remind you that our surname is Tu, and we are the children of the emperor! We have been treated differently since we were young because we are the sons of the emperor! To the mother Filial piety, but don’t you need to be filial to the father who gave us everything? Besides, besides filial piety, there is also loyalty, the father is the king, and we are sons and servants, so don’t we need to be loyal to the king?”

The books that Tu Hui read since he was a child naturally have a ranking for loyalty and filial piety. In addition, Tu Yuanyi had talked to him, and he also found his own position again. Otherwise, how would he live?No matter how painful the day is, we still have to live.

Tu Xin cried: "Do you know what kind of life the queen mother lives?"

Tu Hui asked: "Mother... what happened to Mother?"

Tu Xin said: "My queen, she can't eat well, sleep well, wears old clothes, doesn't even have hot water in winter, and is sick. She misses you very much."

Tu Hui couldn't help feeling sore in his heart, and suddenly said: "We'll go to ask Father later, today is the first day of the Lunar New Year, I beg him to let my mother celebrate the New Year too, and let us visit her."

Tu Xin sneered: "Will the father agree? I'm afraid it's okay if you don't mention it, and you won't have a chance to meet the queen mother if you mention it. I know that brother Hui is trying to climb another branch. You are such a heartless and ungrateful person." .”

Tu Hui said: "Why does the emperor say that?"

Tu Xin said: "Then do you dare to go with me to see the queen mother?"

After all, Tu Hui still cared about the condition of his biological mother, how could he not?

After the banquet was over in the afternoon, he and Tu Xin found a free time and went secretly to Jingsi Palace.

At noon, Tu Yuanyi was coaxing a pregnant woman to take a nap in the dormitory, when Zhao Gui came to report something, he walked out of the dormitory lightly.

Zhao Gui bowed and said, "The eldest prince and princess have gone to Jingsi Palace."

He also knew about Tu Xin's visit to Mrs. Yang yesterday. There are few things in the harem that he doesn't know about.

Originally, Tu Yuanyi also understood the child, but Xiner became more and more outrageous.Tu Yuanyi said: "Look at what Yang will do, and report to me in every detail."

Tu Yuanyi hated Yang, but she was not in charge of this marriage, and the old saint was his father, so he couldn't blame him either.But what was his fault?He is not what he wants to marry, and he has never made a promise of love. This is not what Xiuxiu said in modern times, where divorce can be done on an equal footing. Even if he can, Yang may not accept divorce readily.Yang Shi is so confused, it is the limit that he has not given her death so far.

However, when Tu Xin and Tu Hui went to see Mrs. Yang, the eunuch who guarded the gate let them in, and of course sold them while receiving the benefits.

Seeing Tu Hui, Yang became excited again, and then talked about her resentment, anyway, it was the same as yesterday, instilling in him that it was Xing Xiuyan who harmed her and the Yang family, that is a bitch.

These Tu Hui didn't want to listen at all, so they couldn't help persuading Yang Shi gently, and what they said was the same as persuading Tu Xin.

Yang cried out sadly, and slapped her across the face. Tu Hui couldn't help being blindfolded, covering her cheeks, thinking of her tragic family and love, she couldn't help but burst into tears.

Yang Shi slapped him down, he couldn't help being stunned, and Tu Xin was also so frightened that he fell silent.

Mrs. Yang panicked and wanted to touch Tu Hui's face again, but Tu Hui avoided it and said, "Mother, although the son never speaks of his mother's faults, how can a person who never sees his own faults make progress? You If you don't make progress, how can you compare to others? If you...are not comparable to others, how can you resent father for not falling in love with you?"

Yang yelled: "You are not my son! I raised you for nothing! Why would I have such an unfilial son like you!"

As she spoke, she patted Tu Hui's body one by one, and Tu Hui knelt in front of her, unbearable, but Tu Xin was frightened and went to pull Yang Shi, but she didn't expect Yang Shi to be insane at the moment, Even this daughter was shaved.

When she found out, she hugged her daughter again and said, "Xiner, are you in pain? The queen mother didn't see clearly, I'm sorry, let the queen mother take a look..."

Tu Xin shed tears and said, "Queen Mother, don't hit Brother Hui anymore, Xin'er is afraid..."

Yang said: "Okay, the queen mother will stop beating."

Yang made Tu Hui, whose cheeks were red and swollen, and whose face was scratched by nails, stand up again, and said, "My mother does not ask you to be filial, but as a son of man, you must avenge your mother's blood and blood!"

Tu Hui smiled bitterly, and said, "I...Although I am mother's son, my surname is Tu, not Yang. I will try my best to make my mother's life easier, and I will take care of Huang Jie in the future, but those who hurt my father and the Tu family thing, I will not do it."

Yang sternly looked up to the sky and laughed, Tu Hui looked up at his mother, and he also knew that her mother might be crazy.

"The child is not filial, knock your mother away!" He kowtowed to the ground three times, then got up, and then dragged Tu Xin out of the house.

Seeing that Tu Xin was about to leave, Mrs. Yang hurried to pull her. She held onto Tu Xin's hand so tightly that her wrist was red.Tu Xin was terrified and didn't know what to do. It was Tu Hui who pulled Huang Jie out, but there were also several bloodstains on the back of his hand.

Tu Hui's cheeks were red and swollen, Tu Xin also had a slap mark on his cheek, and his hand was still injured, and he left the Jingsi Palace without going into details.

Seeing her son and daughter leaving, Yang screamed and cried for a long time in the palace.Tu Hui refused to avenge her, the more she thought about it, the more unwilling she became. Only she could take revenge, but she couldn't get out of Jingsi Palace, and she couldn't get close to that bitch.

Yang thought of her life, she fell in love with him the first time she saw him, and the day she married him was the happiest day for her.And after he came to the throne, he became more and more extraordinary, like a banished immortal, and she became even more obsessed with him and couldn't extricate herself.Why, why don't you love her, why should you bear her?She is his wife!

She won't let that bitch end well, she will turn into a ghost and torment her every night, she will tear her soul apart, grind her skin to pieces!

At night, Mrs. Yang couldn't find the red clothes, so she tied a red scarf between her forehead and hanged herself in Jingsi Palace.