The Second Master Lian of the Red Chamber

Mrs. Wang pretended to choose a wife for Jia Baoyu, so she forgot about Tanchun and the others. Every day, she only concentrated on thinking about the girls of the right age from the official families in the capital and Jinling, and eliminated those children who were not good enough. Or if the elders have a bad disease, or if their mother is jealous and unvirtuous, they will send Zhou Rui's family to Wang Ziteng's wife to inquire about it.

Although Mrs. Wang Ziteng still remembered Jia Yuanchun's plot against Concubine Wang Shu back then, she still had some sincerity towards Jia Baoyu, a nephew who had watched her grow up. After a few words from the sister-in-law, I asked someone to carefully inquire about the reviews of those families, and then asked someone to tell Mrs. Wang about it.

It's a pity that although the Wang family has made great efforts, the families Mrs. Wang favored have indeed taught their daughters both talents and virtues, but they are unwilling to be such relatives.Mrs. Wang Ziteng just asked the acquaintances of the officials and wives to test it out a little bit. Once the ladies and gentlemen heard that it was Rong Enbo's second cousin, Jia Baoyu, they talked about him one after another, and they refused to answer the words. .

My family knew about my own family affairs, and Mrs. Wang Ziteng was disappointed, but she also felt that it was expected.After all, Jia Baoyu is just a white man. Since childhood, he has the reputation of being stubborn, unmotivated and indulging in the backyard. There is a lot of uproar in his family, and it is human nature for his well-bred daughter to refuse to marry him.

At that time, she was able to ask Mrs. Wang's wishes many times, but she was just thinking that most of the people in the world want to have a smiling face when they marry a wife, and men don't care about these things, so there is no harm in trying.In case any wife liked Rong Enbo's name, she felt that Jia Baoyu would be lucky in the future.

Seeing that the plan was in vain, Mrs. Wang Ziteng kindly added a sentence when she sent someone to pass the message, saying that she has always bowed her head to marry a wife, and when choosing a wife for her children and grandchildren, she should not pay too much attention to her father and grandparents. For a family like theirs, the daughter-in-law herself is dignified It is better to be sensible, and to be able to persuade your husband and son-in-law than any red makeup.

To put it bluntly, Mrs. Wang Ziteng also felt that Mrs. Wang was too ambitious in seeing her daughter-in-law, and she didn't take into account her own identity.Jia Baoyu's identity is to put it mildly as a descendant of the Duke of Rong, the master of the family, but the one who succeeded him was his cousin. After all, this branch is regarded as a branch. I don't know when he will move out of the Rong Mansion. He also has no good reputation, Mrs. Wang picked for him only young ladies from the direct branch of the noble family, how could this be possible.If you lower your eyes and choose carefully from the fifth and sixth grade officials, you may not really get a good daughter-in-law.

Mrs. Wang believed that Jia Baoyu was born intelligent and a person of great background. She always thought that the second son, Princess Shang, was worthy enough. She never expected that the selected families would reject her, and all her thoughts were in vain. After receiving the news, she was really ashamed, shocked and angry, and Mrs. Wang Ziteng's words were like a slap in the face. She just got better and her illness inevitably got worse. , didn't even show up when Tanchun came out of the cabinet.

It's not that Mrs. Wang's illness really prevents her from getting up and meeting people, it's just that she is unhappy in her heart and can't help others, and she just got angry with Tanchun.A concubine got married, and her aunt refused to come out to give the marriage, so what face would the bride have in the future.

Mrs. Wang's calculations were very loud, but she forgot why the guests who came to the mansion on the day when Tanchun came out of the pavilion.She doesn't show up, and since Daiyu takes care of everything as the elder sister-in-law, the guests are all full of praises for Daiyu's filial piety, and envy Tanchun's blessings. There are so many people who just pretend that there is no such person, and they are very happy.But Liu Xianglian had no parents, and all her best friends were as unrestrained and unrestrained as him. Hearing that Mrs. Wang was missing, she didn't take it seriously. She just greeted the bride happily and noisily, without any disturbance.

The concubines turned upside down, Mrs. Wang secretly hated Jia Lian for not planning for Jia Baoyu, she was more picky about the choice of daughter-in-law, and even wanted to choose for Jia Baoyu a person who had Xue Baochai's character and virtue, and had a generous dowry. Moreover, the powerful wives of the father and brother naturally got nothing in the end, and became a laughing stock in Beijing and Jinling's ancestral home for nothing.

Seeing that she couldn't find a suitable candidate, Mrs. Wang had no choice but to stay alone to talk to Jia Mu after paying her respects. Miss is wife.After all, Jia's mother is the wife of the Duke, and she had a close relationship with the old concubines when she was young, and because of Jia Lian, she is now very respectable among the imperial wives in the capital, so naturally there are more people who can talk.

Mrs. Wang invited Jia Mu to accept on the spot.In fact, even if Mrs. Wang didn't come to make amends, Jia's mother never gave up the idea of ​​marrying Jia Baoyu in the past two years, but she never publicized it.However, even though Jia Baoyu was her favorite grandchild, he was really out of place, so he was dragged down.

Jia's mother was worrying about Jia Baoyu's marriage, and rumors were raging in Zhongjing Hou Shi Ding's house, but something happened in the marriage of Shi Xiangyun, the posthumous eldest daughter of Lord Xianhou.

Shi Ding's title was inherited from his brother, and the husband and wife have always regarded Shi Xiangyun as their own for the sake of fame, and their own daughter is still behind.Therefore, when Wu Xunwei's family wanted to marry their young master, Mrs. Shi Ding appointed Shi Xiangyun this good marriage that everyone envied. On the contrary, the marriage of her own daughter was far inferior, and the one promised was only the son of a family of military officers in Jinling City.

Wei Ruolan, the uncle of the Wei family, is handsome in appearance, well-versed in both civil and martial arts, and his speech is very similar to his ancestors. The grandmother in the family is as precious as a treasure. Shi Xiangyun can get this marriage because of the old ancestors of the Wei and Shi families, both Shi Ding and Master Wei The reason for being an official in the same dynasty.Not to mention Shi Ding and his wife, even Shi Xiangyun himself is very satisfied with this fiancé-in-law, and secretly agrees with him.

Because Wei Ruolan and Shi Xiangyun are getting older, the two families originally intended to get married within a year, but after they got together, they said that things were inappropriate during the year, so they pushed the marriage to a year later.Not wanting to wait for the New Year to turn, Wei Ruolan fell off the horse while out hunting, broke her neck on the spot, and was silent.

Wei Ruolan died early, the two marriages had to be abandoned naturally, but rumors came out somewhere, saying that Shi Xiangyun's fate was hard, but it was the fate of the lone star of Tiansha, so that he punished his parents as soon as he was born, and made an engagement Afterwards, he was married to his husband and son-in-law.As soon as this rumor came out, the historians were alarmed. Shi Ding and Shi Nai jumped anxiously, trying to recover and clarify, but this invisible blade hurts people the most. After all, it still spread.

The room leak happened to rain overnight, and when Shi Hou and Mrs. Hou were in a hurry to get angry, Shi Xiangyun made a mistake again, and spoke freely in front of the servants of the Wei family.Although it was only a half-sentence mistake, how could it be easily let go in the ears of the Wei family, and the trouble became even uglier for a while, and Shi Xiangyun's reputation became more and more tarnished.

As soon as news of Shi Xiangyun's marriage getting in the way came to the Rong Mansion, Mother Jia sent someone to invite Madam Wang to speak after a little thought, explaining to her the pros and cons of marrying the Shi family, and talking about the rumors going on outside The rumors are mostly unfounded, let her not miss the child.

An orphan whose parents both died, and whose reputation has been ruined, of course such a daughter-in-law is not a good candidate for Mrs. Wang, but she went back and thought about it for three or two days, and finally nodded with a sullen face, begging Mother Jia to advocate for Jia Baoyu .

With Mrs. Wang's words, Jia's mother asked Jia Zheng again, and found an auspicious day. After posting a post, she went back to Zhongjinghou's mansion in person, and made a marriage agreement for Jia Baoyu and a pair of young children.