[Red Mansions] The Road to Empress Dowager

Jia Mu said, "What does the lord have to say?"

Prince Fu said: "First, what does the old lady mention about 'other property'? Second, it is the first time this king has heard that the family of the noble family is divided between the eldest son and the second son."

Jia Mu's face was extremely displeased, but she endured it and said, "Your Highness has a noble status, so I don't need to worry about such trivial matters in my house."

Prince Fu said: "What the old matriarch said is true, as long as it does not violate the rules of etiquette, this king cannot lower his status to intervene."

After that, he said to Jia Amnesty and Jia Zheng, "Don't bother with me, you two, and do what you should do."

The Jia family at this time is completely different from when Mrs. Wang was in charge. Jia Lian copied the rich slaves and sold many people, and Wang Xifeng was reminded by Shi Zhang and also successively dismissed the evil slaves. part up.

Jia Amnesty asked Jia's mother, "Old lady, since the family is going to be separated, it is still necessary to make it clear whether this other property is the property of the public."

Jia Mu paused, and said: "Of course it is the property of the public. I won't bend with you anymore. You have inherited the title of ancestral house and sacrificed land, and you have already taken advantage of it, haven't you?"

Jia She smiled wryly and said: "My son dare not. If the second brother is the eldest son, it is naturally the same. It is the same for every honorable family."

Jia Mu said: "I won't share with you. You and Zheng'er will share the rest of the property equally. Do you agree?"

Jia She said: "I have ordered people to prepare the accounts of the public school, and then I will sort them out..."

Jia Mu interrupted: "Wait a minute."

Mother Jia saw that Jia Amnesty had become more cunning in recent years, and her plan was to let him sign the paper first.

Jia She raised her hand and said, "Old lady, please come down."

A gleam flashed in Jia Mu's eyes, and she said: "There was something wrong with the housekeeper of the second child's family back then, but it was returned to the public house back then, which means that it is not owed to the public house."

Mrs. Wang wanted to dig into the ground, even Wang Xiyan felt ashamed, so Jia Zheng gave Wang a vicious look.

Jia Mu said again: "All the silver and silver embezzled by the Wang family have been returned to the public. It should be leveled with a bowl of water. Back then, when you searched the servants' homes, those evil slaves were also greedy for ink from the public. Those properties are If it belongs to the public, you moved it into the private treasury, and you have to take it out and return it to the public like Wang.”

Jia She said: "The money was all used to return Ku Yin."

Jia Mu said firmly: "How many times have you acted before and after, the Lai family, the Zhou family and the servants, big and small, have sold them out, and none of the money they got has been returned to the public. It is the rest of the confiscation of the Ku Yin group. There are 10,000+ taels, you and Lian'er shared about 8 taels, and Huan'er shared 3 taels. The total after that may not be less than [-] taels."

Jia's mother remembered all the money so clearly, and everyone present couldn't help but be amazed at the old lady's shrewdness.In fact, there were a lot of slaves in the search back then, so naturally we couldn't completely hide it. The old lady paid attention to it for several years, so it was clear to people who asked about it.

Originally, there were several thousand taels of silver and some utensils in the public house, even if half of it was given to Jia Zheng, it would be at most two to three thousand taels.But according to Jia's mother's calculations, Jia Huan naturally wanted to take it out, but Jia pardoned Jia Lian and his son to post most of it.

Jia's mother said again: "the money that Wang returned to the father-in-law was returned in addition to the dowry that year. That is to say, all the money she took and the money she earned from doing business were also returned to the father-in-law. You take It is only fair that the money earned from the old man should be paid back just like Wang’s. For example, the old family’s and Lian’er’s family’s dowry, there is still a list, and the money on the list is deducted. According to the proportion of the total dowry and the total amount of the public silver that you have not returned at that time, the excess property will be settled in proportion, and the proportion of the dowry will be deducted, and the rest will be earned by the public silver.”

All the people present dropped their jaws in shock, and Mrs. Wang was overjoyed. She stepped forward and said: "Old lady, my daughter-in-law made a mistake back then. Thanks to the old lady's decision, I have paid off all my sins. To be a person should be like the old lady. Clearly."

Jia She thought to himself: I'm so stupid, so stupid, so these years, the old lady let us come, besides waiting for the second wife to see the light of day, she also played a big game of chess.

Mrs. Xing said: "It's not right for the old lady to divide this way. Although I didn't have a dowry back then, my natal family has helped me a lot these years. It's something my natal family brought. What does it matter, I have never seen the silver of the master."

Mrs. Xing's words are not false, Jia She really likes to hide her private house, but she sees that the Xing family will give her some decent things, but she doesn't let her take care of her private treasury.

But Wang Xifeng didn't have the confidence to say it, because most of Jia Lian's money was at her disposal, including batches of property copied in those days.

Jia's mother said: "According to what the elders said, how many things did the Wang family bring from the Wang family back then?"

This kind of loophole makes people speechless, and Prince Fu can't help but sigh that this ginger is old and spicy.

After all, Jia Lian is the master Qingtian who travels all over the world to solve cases, and has the quickest response. How can Jia's mother be allowed to change her mind?

Jia Lian said: "The old lady has a certain reason for saying this, but the Wang family has been in charge of the family for more than ten years, the original amount of the public house and the later amount are very different, and the public house has increased slightly in recent years after Feng'er took over. Property. There’s a gap in between.”

Jia Mu said: "How many people were raised in the mansion back then and what was the cost? In recent years, there are much fewer people and less cost. How can it be the same?"

Jia Lian said: "If you want to calculate it this way, the Wang family gave Jia Yuanchunba 10,000+ taels of silver back then. She has never returned this money to the public."

Mother Jia's old face was very gloomy, and she said: "Before that pen, she paid a lot of filial piety to the palace, how can she ask the palace if she wants to come back?"

Prince Fu was startled, and said: "What does the old lady mean by this? But disrespect to the emperor?"

Mother Jia naturally had resentment in her heart, but she couldn't say that. Mother Jia said: "Yuan Chun had a difficult life in the palace. The sage didn't know how much money was spent, but the money was indeed spent in the palace. Back then, the Yang family There are no rules in the harem, so Lian'er can ask Mrs. Yang for it?"

Mrs. Wang also wiped her tears, but she called out: "Poor Yuan Chun..."

"Shut up!" Suddenly, a tall man with a dignified face stepped into the door. He was in his sixties, and his steps were vigorous.

Mrs. Wang exclaimed: "Brother!" Mrs. Wang looked happy.

It was Wang Ziteng who came, and he came quietly, because of his great prestige, he asked the servants of Jia's mansion not to pass on the message, and the servants did not dare to disobey.

It was Wang Xiyan who sent someone home to tell Wang Ziteng, and Jia Lian actually sent someone to tell him last night.

Wang Ziteng said: "You are no longer my Wang family, so you don't need to call me that." Mrs. Wang was expelled from the family last time.

Wang Ziteng said: "The sinner, Jia Yuanchun, is a big treason. I remember that he is no longer a member of Jia's family. Besides, he has died long ago, so there is nothing to blame."

Jia Baoyu couldn't help being a little sad, no matter how thoughtful Wang was, she didn't dare to be presumptuous towards Wang Ziteng.

Wang Ziteng said to Jia's mother again: "Old lady, I, a person with a foreign surname, shouldn't bother you about the division of your family, but Xiyan is Baoyu's daughter-in-law. I have to say a few words. The sinner Jia Yuanchun, since Hua I bought 10,000+ taels of silver from your mansion, and I was always the second wife back then, and I didn’t want to come back, but now Enhou and Lian’er don’t hand over the silver back to the public, but they deduct it from each other, why should there be more troubles?”

Jia Mu's face froze, and she said, "Nephew of the Wang family, Baoyu is your son-in-law and nephew!"

Wang Ziteng said: "Because Baoyu is my son-in-law, I am doing it for his own good! Now that he has achieved fame with great difficulty, you elders who keep saying that it is for his good, don't make trouble."

Wang said: "Why are you just adding to the chaos? Da Fang is trying to force us to death."

Jia Baoyu finally went to hold Wang Shi back and said, "Ma'am, don't say a few words, and listen to your father-in-law."

Mother Jia's eyes dimmed with tears, and she said, "Is my nephew not thinking about my daughter at all?"

If Mother Jia was not an elder, she would be gray-haired by now, and her time would be numbered. He would have wanted to slap her.

She thought she was taking advantage of the fact that she was still presiding over the division of the family, so that the second room could take advantage of it, but she didn't want to think about the background of the first room.Mrs. Xing is the queen's aunt, and the queen is the master of Wang Xiluan's husband. In the future, Duan Zhi's son will provoke the Wang family's family, and the future of the Duan family and the Wang family will depend on the queen.

Jia Lian is an old man in the officialdom, he has killed so many corrupt officials, his family members are rich, and his connections are so strong, in the future, he will be better than Baoyu himself if he thinks about his kinship and supports some Baoyu.

It's unreasonable to bully the two biggest backers in the future. Can Baoyu have a future by guarding the money he gets?

What's more, it also involved the Wang family, making people think that the Wang family supported Mrs. Wang's comeback.

Wang Ziteng was also a tyrannical person back then, if it had been ten years earlier with the temper of the Wang family, he would not have let people down.But when you get older, what you think about is only children and inheritance, and the Wang family can only rely on the next generation.

Wang Ziteng said: "Old Madam, do you want Baoyu to have no contact with Lian'er in the future?"

Jia's mother looked at the baby, looked at Jia Lian, and said, "Although the family is separated, they can't write two Jia characters in one stroke. Lian'er is a big family, how can..."

Jia Mu couldn't go on anymore, Jia She said with a sneer: "Old lady, isn't these years enough? We don't want to investigate the past of the second child, but our hearts are also fleshy. I copied the property I got from slavery. It can be distributed to Jia Zheng, but I have a request, I don't want to separate the family, but the clan."

Mother Jia wailed loudly, "You unfilial son...you..."

Jia She fell to his knees with a thud, kowtowed and said, "The old lady presided over the separation of the family so fairly today, and in the future my eldest family will be separated from the second family!"

Wang Ziteng helped Jia She, and persuaded him, "Why is this so, Marquis En?"

Jia Baoyu didn't have a psychic treasure, and he didn't like these things, but he knew he had to face it.

Jia Baoyu knelt in front of Jia's mother, with a sad face, and said: "Old ancestor, grandson is not filial, please listen to father-in-law's opinion."

Jia Zheng was actually very anxious in his heart. Who doesn't want money, but he has never fought for the top in his life. His mother and wife have planned for him. How can he have the face to fight in public?

Mrs. Wang approached and said, "Baoyu, you don't understand anything, so don't talk nonsense."

Jia Baoyu said: "Madam, don't talk about it, I understand. Whether it is the eldest sister, the third younger sister, Xiren, and Sheyue, they are all burdened by me. The sins all over my body can only be repaid in the next life. I already have a reputation. I am still alive, and I will always be able to protect my wife and children in the future. Now, I can only be filial to my ancestors, and there is no reason to make her suffer. Uncle, aunt, and second brother Lian loved me since childhood, and even though we separated, we are harmonious Angry, okay?"

Mrs. Wang was speechless, and Mother Jia seemed to have lost all her strength. Jia Zhen looked at Jia Amnesty and then at Jia Zheng. He wanted to ask whether the family could be divided.

When it came to Prince Fu and the others, they knew that outsiders should leave the scene after seeing the play, and it was not as Prince Fu expected.Prince Fu, as the house raid gang of the household department, was the most experienced in dealing with old ladies like Jia Mu, but after years, he found that no matter how tyrannical an old lady is, it can't stand up to the years.

In the end, most of the current public property was taken out and distributed to Jia Zheng. Although the East Court had opened a separate gate, it was also the courtyard of the Imperial Mansion separated from it.Even if the title is gone in the future, the Imperial Mansion will be taken over by the Ministry of Industry. Of course, it is impossible to distribute it to the second room and let them move out within a month.

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The next morning, Jia's mother was in good spirits and had two bowls of rice porridge for breakfast.

Leaning on the couch, he heard a magpie calling outside the house, so he let the mandarin duck help him go out to look at it for a while, there were tears in his old eyes.

Suddenly, Baoyu and his wife came, and they picked some brilliant peach blossoms in the yard, which made Jiamu smile with joy.The two accompanied Jia Mu into the room to sit. Baoyu put the peach branches in the blue and white porcelain vase, and Wang Xiyan helped her sit down again.

Jia Mu murmured: "Baoyu is a Jinshi, and he will be an official in the future..."

Wang Xiyan said with a smile: "In a few days, Baoyu will take part in the palace examination. I hope that the palace examination will leave a good impression on the emperor and the empress."

Jiamu murmured: "My lady..."

She suddenly remembered the prosperous and brocade dream she had last night, in which Yuan Chun became a concubine, and came to visit her relatives in a royal manner.The family-visiting villa built at home is like a fairyland on earth, and Baoyu is happy in the fairyland on earth.Zheng'er is the mother's biological father, so where is he not decent?

That's great!Baoyu has been promoted by her mother, so she will have a bright future in the future.

Wang Xiyan didn't know that this empress was not that empress, so she said: "The emperor brought the empress to the court, and the second sage presided over the palace examination. There is no such thing in this court. I heard from my father that the imperial decree has been issued, and Baoyu is just in time for the meeting."

But Jia Mu had already closed her eyes, with a smile on the corner of her mouth, she whispered softly: "That's great..."

Jia Baoyu came over and wanted to talk to Jiamu, but Jiamu was already asleep.

The husband and wife had to come out of the house.

Three days later, Jia Baoyu went into the palace early in the morning, but Jia's mother hadn't woken up since she went to bed yesterday, and she was still breathing last night, but when they got up early in the morning, the maids found that they couldn't wake her up again.

Stretching out his hand, his body was already cold.

Jia She and his son, Mrs. Xing, and Wang Xifeng all went out to socialize, so they could only report to Wang Xiyan, who still lives in Rongfu. he.

……

Today's imperial examination is usually done in regular clothes. Tu Yuanyi and Xin Xiuyan showed up together, but he was wearing regular clothes. After all, wearing the emperor's mian suit is quite tiring.Xin Xiuyan didn't wear a heavy dress either, she wore the ten-jin phoenix crown, a modified black gauze crown, and a white dress.

Sitting next to the dragon chair to invigilate the exam is really a very boring job, so Xin Xiuyan looks like a handsome guy.

There are a lot of people recruited for this scientific examination, two hundred Jinshi and one hundred fellow Jinshi.

Those who can come to the palace are of course Jinshi, Xin Xiuyan looked carefully, there are a few white and tender ones who are not bad, but none of them can match the old monster Tu Yuanyi in appearance.It's no wonder that when he found himself, she could be thrown down by him even if she had no memory.Male / seductive!Why is she so restless?

The palace examination is also for them to discuss politics, and those who speak are innocent.

Jinshi are not in the mood to be dissatisfied with the Queen's appearance at the palace examination site, and concentrate on writing.

Xin Xiuyan looked at Tu Yuanyi and signaled with her eyes, he smiled slightly, and the two of them walked out of the hall together.

As soon as Xin Xiuyan came out of the palace and escaped the sight of the Ministry of Rites and Honglu Temple officials, she stretched herself.

"It turns out that I was studying for a doctoral degree in the Zichen Palace, so it's no different."

Tu Yuanyi smiled and said, "Have you seen Jia Baoyu?"

Xin Xiuyan tilted her head: "I don't know him. It will take a while for my brain to remember an old shameless bullying me."

Tu Yuanyi turned his head and smiled slightly, and said, "In a few years, you will be a young lady, so feel free to talk about others."

Xin Xiuyan took his hand and said: "When you are a young lady, you are especially good at taking care of your husband."

The two went to the side hall to rest together. After two hours, the papers were collected and graded. They also participated in the grades. Of course, they were the excellent papers selected by the chief examiner.

Instead, Xin Xiuyan saw two articles implying that women can be officials, and listing female sages in history. This person either really approves or wants to win her attention.No matter what kind of thoughts he has, such a person cannot be named as the top few, and she didn't say much.

She chose a few people who could be more pragmatic and say something. As for the angry youth and flamboyant talkers, she didn't choose them. Although she is a small piece of talker, she is also very good.

Tu Yuanyi obviously had the same views as the heroes, so he named the top three and revealed his names. Among them was a rather handsome young man named Su Tong, from Gusu.Xin Xiuyan had heard that this was Su Fuer's nephew, who was able to pass the scientific examinations for the children of the Su family back then, but many years later, there was actually someone who could pass the examinations.After all, it used to be a big family, and there are so many people in the family, there are always hardworking and high IQ.

Jia Baoyu was also smooth and stable, and his ranking in the palace examination was still over one hundred.

When Jia Baoyu came home at night, he saw the house crying. When he asked the servants, he said that the ancestor was gone, and he almost fainted.

Jia Lian and Wang Xifeng presided over the funeral, and Wang Xiyan assisted in the funeral. Jia's mother was the wife of the Duke, and the mourning hall was first set up in the Xitang.

The mansion is busy all the time, and no one cares much about Baoyu going to the palace examination today, except for the second house.What Jia Zheng thought was that Jia Baoyu had finally been admitted to Jinshi, but now he had to keep his filial piety.

Jialian, Dingyou, and the emperor and Shangguan will rob love, and Baoyu has not officially become an official, so how can anyone rob him?

It took Xin Xiuyan two days to hear Mrs. Xing and Li talking about Jia Mu's funeral when she entered the palace. Of course, Mrs. Xing also talked about the family dispute that Mrs. Xing and him had talked about.

Xing Zhong and his wife went to Jia's mansion once, and made a brief statement, and Xin Xiuyan, as the queen, of course, did not need to condescend to the funeral of an official's wife.

However, for her Qianqiu Festival a month later, Daiyu and Yingchun will not be able to come because they have to serve Xiaogong.She hadn't thought about the Qianqiu Festival, but she had never held a Qianqiu Festival since she was enshrined. She was pregnant two years earlier with a baby, and then she was not in the court. This time the emperor insisted.

Xin Xiuyan felt like a spoiled little woman, so she agreed.

As for Jia's mansion at this time, the coffin had to be closed for 49 days without a funeral. She started the Qianqiu Festival with great carelessness, and the emperor ordered the whole world to celebrate.

In April, all local officials presented gifts for the Thousand Autumn Festival, and even the foreign kingdoms of Korea, Zhenzhen Kingdom, Qianxiang Kingdom and Mongolian tribes also sent gifts.For the first time, Xin Xiuyan felt the feeling of being a ruling class, the feeling of corruption.

The congratulatory gifts can't be piled up in several warehouses, so I have to put the more expensive ones in the nearest warehouse.

The Qianqiu Banquet Palace is located in the Zichen Hall, where the emperor and empress sit in the middle, all officials congratulate, singing and dancing begins, and the cups and cups are intertwined.

After the banquet, fireworks were set off in the imperial garden. Xin Xiuyan and Tu Wuyi clasped their hands, and under the radiance of the fireworks, they couldn't help thinking of some scenes.It was the same kind of fireworks that year, his eyes were more shining and beautiful than the stars.

Suddenly, the exclamation of the palace people came from a distance: "It's not good! The third princess fell into the water! Help!"

The tender and affectionate two people woke up suddenly, and the clan, nobles, ministers and their imperial orders present were all surprised.

The two rushed over quickly, and many eunuchs and maids in the lake had already gone down the river, and many people rushed up from the covered bridge.

Tu Yuanyi also hurriedly jumped down into the lake, Xin Xiuyan was in a state of anxiety, but did not go down to the lake, the two sons cried loudly and were held back by the personal eunuch.

Xin Xiuyan hurriedly tried to appease her, but her mind was placed in the lake, the pool of Taiye is not shallow, how long can a girl like Yuanyuan last?

"Where is Wang Momo? Why don't you keep an eye on the princess?"

Nanny Wang is a nanny who is only Yuanyuan, she is always cautious, how could this happen.

At this time, Nanny Wang knelt down in front of Xin Xiuyan to plead guilty, tears streaming down her face.

"Your Majesty, spare your life! This servant deserves to die!"

When it comes to her precious daughter, Xin Xiuyan, who has always been lenient, couldn't help but get angry and said, "What's going on?"

Nanny Wang said: "This servant is in a hurry, so I went to Gongfang to ask Chun Xing to take care of the princess. The servant just came back when I heard that the princess fell into the water."

"Where's Chunxing?"

Zhao Quan ordered a palace maid to come over, knelt down in front of her, and kowtowed non-stop: "Damn the slave! Damn the slave!"

Xin Xiuyan said: "Why did the princess fall into the water?"

Chun Xing said: "Your servant doesn't know, I said a few words to Qin Shanggong, then the princess disappeared, and then I heard that the princess fell into the water."

Xin Xiuyan said: "Zhao Quan, send someone to Qin Shanggong to ask for a living person. Su Qing, find out everyone who was in this area just now."

At this time, Tu Yuanyi grabbed Tu Yuanyuan, lifted his lightness kung fu and jumped ashore, Xin Xiuyan swooped over to check her breath.

"I'll give her cardiopulmonary resuscitation, you can try your best!"

I don't know how long Tu Yuanyuan fell into the water, maybe the eunuch and maid found out that it wasn't the first time she fell into the water.

Tu Yuanyi nodded, and pointed at his daughter's Baihui acupoint, the spiritual power passed in, but it was extremely difficult to move forward, she had already lost her breath and drank too much lake water.

Xin Xiuyan desperately held her breath, pressed her chest and abdomen, and couldn't help crying.

"Yuanyuan, open your eyes and look at the queen mother! Open your eyes!"

Tu Yuanyi grabbed her again, helped Tu Yuanyuan up, and patted her on the back, but there was still no response.

Xin Xiuyan said: "It's useless for you, you need to recover your breathing and heartbeat first!"

Xin Xiuyan laid her down again and pressed her lungs. After two to three minutes, there was still no response.Xin Xiuyan went crazy, Tu Yuanyi stimulated her lung meridian points again, and the spiritual power was blocked, as people said, the meridian has been cut off.

Tu Yuanyi dragged his wife and said painfully, "She is dead."

Xin Xiuyan slapped her husband furiously: "She won't die! I was seriously injured and passed out in Hanshui for a day!"

Xin Xiuyan was still doing the CPR until 5 minutes, which is already difficult in medical terms.

Tu Yuanyi grabbed her and hugged her: "Xiuxiu, don't do this, she's dead..."

"No! Yuanyuan won't die! Let me go!"

Tu Yuanyi hugged her tightly, with tears in his eyes, Xin Xiuyan struggled, he touched her acupuncture points, and she passed out.

Tu Yuanyi hugged his wife with one hand and his daughter with the other, tears streaming down his face, and his two sons rushed over to cry too.

Suddenly, the daughter in his arms coughed and spit out a mouthful of water, which shocked Tu Yuanyi.

"Sister is still alive!"

"younger sister!"

Tu Yuanyi didn't care about Xin Xiuyan who was knocked down, and hurriedly patted his daughter on the back, and she coughed louder and louder.

But Tu Yuanyuan didn't wake up, she just recovered her breathing and heartbeat, and she was still extremely weak.

It was supposed to be the Thousand Autumn Festival celebrated by the whole world, but such an accident happened. At this time, the emperor was no longer in the mood to celebrate the festival.