Old things in the Red Chamber

The Ninth Prince fell into the water.

The emperor quickly left everyone behind, and ran towards the lake with his robes in his hands. From a distance, he saw a group of people surrounding a place. When I got up, my whole body was covered with water, and drops of water were still dripping from my hair.

The emperor breathed a sigh of relief. Fortunately, he was fine. He was raised so big and he was so smart. It would be too sad if he disappeared.

Concubine He was trembling all over, watching her son being sent back, she couldn't stand upright anymore, she was supported by licorice.When the emperor and empress left, she couldn't bear it any longer, and cried loudly while hugging the Ninth Prince, "My son..."

After she yelled this, Princess Ruhe also cried. The eleventh prince didn't cry at first, but he was led to cry too. The ninth prince only needed to coax Hefei first, and only said that he was naughty, and didn't mention the loose railing for a long time. thing.

Concubine He's depression for many years did not break out completely. When the queen sent someone to tell Concubine He, "I also know that you have been frightened. You are also pregnant now. Let your natal family come to see you. You don't have to go there for half a month." Please rest in peace, comfort is the priority."She smiled and thanked the queen for her kindness, and sent someone to give a reward, as if she forgot that her son had walked around from the gate of hell.

In the dead of night, she took out a jade pendant, thought it over and over, and gave it to the Ninth Prince, "This is what the Marquis Zhongwu gave me when I entered the palace. He said that someone in the palace recognized this jade pendant. After so many years, relying on you Father, we live in peace, now that you are grown up and attractive, take it, as long as you are well, mother and concubine will be well too."

The mother and son cried in each other's arms, and the next day the eunuch came to announce the decree, exempting the nine princes from going to the academy today, raising them for a day, and going back tomorrow.

The eunuch didn't leave for a long time, and the maids in the Queen's Palace led the female family members of the Rongguo Mansion.

People from Rongguo Mansion really came to see their relatives. Starting from Shi Taijun, Mrs. Wang and Wang Xifeng all came, entered the Pixiang Hall, and first paid respects to Concubine He, because today the Ninth Prince is recovering from illness, and Concubine He's three children are all in front of her. , was also invited out, and accepted the ceremony of three people.

The unentrusted prince is the same prince, so the ninth prince and the eleventh prince did not move, and when they finished paying homage, they asked the wet nurse or the nanny in charge to help them up.

Shi Taijun can't wait to bring his tortoiseshell glasses, and look at his brother here again and again, especially the Ninth Prince, who is now half the height of a man, and has developed a demeanor. He looks at her with a smile, and his attitude is neither far nor near. It was just right, she loved her very much, and when she wanted to say some daily compliments, she felt offended and hesitated.

Concubine He only kept the princess, and sent the two to study before chatting with the people of Rongguo Mansion.

"How is the family, how are the masters, how are the brothers and sisters."

Wang Xifeng stood up and replied, "Going back to your mother, everything is fine, but the Elder Master has not been very happy recently, Master Jia Hou has gone out, and he is bored at home drinking."

Concubine He is still concerned about her own father, "I should persuade him every day, how can an elderly person drink every day?"

"Persuasion, it's much better now. Since Fang'er moved in front of him, the master knows how to take care of himself. He insists on teaching a promising grandson." She cleverly introduced her son, just to keep him in front of the concubine. impression.

Princess Ruhe was young, and being hugged by her wet nurse, she felt bored, twisted a few times, and couldn't help but ask, "Mother Concubine, I want to go out to play?"

Concubine He had no choice but to wave her hand and let her run wildly in the yard. "Your Majesty treats her coddled, I can't say, I don't have any patience now. Let's not talk about her, how are the sisters at home?"

Mrs. Wang waited for a long time, but she didn't hear her asking Baoyu, and she was already unhappy. Now she heard that she asked the girls, she immediately interjected, "Girls are all well, now it's time to talk about others, but Baoyu didn't say anything about it." Sure, it's not good for them to go past my brother."

Shi Taijun squinted his eyes in the direction of Mrs. Wang, and the old man just sat upright, thinking that this is not a noble concubine, so how could he listen to you in everything.

Sure enough, Concubine He just nodded, and changed the subject to ask the nephews and nieces of the next generation. First, she asked Jia Lan and Jia Fang, and Qiaoer was the one who talked a lot. She had an impression of Qiaoer, so she couldn't help but say more. A few words.

Mrs. Wang had already made up her mind to settle the matter of Xue Baochai and Jia Baoyu. Now that Concubine He didn't answer, she was in a hurry and had no choice but to wait for Concubine He to finish talking about Qiao'er with Wang Xifeng. .

"...It just so happens that there are some good things here, and I don't need them. My sister-in-law brought them back for Qiao'er's use, and I also brought back a few good ginsengs. When the family needs them urgently, I can also use them to top it off."

Wang Xifeng hurriedly thanked her, as long as the thing was in her hands, no one would want to leave, regardless of whether it was for the whole family or for herself, anyway, the empress didn't say anything.

Three generations of grandparents, all kinds of thoughts, after dinner, when he was about to leave, Shi Taijun changed his half-drowsy state just now, and took Hefei's hand, "As long as you are well, your family will be well, don't care what you ask , as long as you can take care of yourself." After speaking, she covered her eyes, and the circles under her eyes were red from crying.

The Jia family couldn't stand the toss anymore. They lost one of their two concubines, and now this is the whole family's hope.

When she discovered this reality, it hit her very hard.

The sedan chair of Rongguo Mansion was waiting at the gate of the palace. Jia Lian led the servants to follow, and sent the old lady into the sedan chair carried by four people, and Mrs. Wang into the small sedan chair carried by two people. The husband and wife sat in the carriage.Jia Lian couldn't wait to ask, "How do you look at the face of the empress? Do you know what happened outside the palace?"

"Your Majesty, what does a woman in the deep palace know? I know it by looking at the two young masters in the palace. The older one looks at our family like a knife."

Jia Lian sighed, "There's nothing we can do about it. The Elder Master and I, even with Cong'er, can't change the people of Dongfu's mind."

Wang Xifeng shook the handkerchief, "What are you afraid of? Our family is counting on Lord Jiu. If we don't hold it now, what benefits will our family gain when everyone else holds it?"

"Naturally, you should hold it when you should hold it. Now you shouldn't hold it. The Ninth Prince is still young. When he comes out to listen to government affairs, hold it hard. Now, I reckon, it will be difficult."

"This matter was done by the two of you in the East Mansion, and it has nothing to do with us. It doesn't matter if you say that the Ninth Prince is wise or bad-tempered, we are who we are, just talk to the Ninth Prince, and you're scared."

Jia Lian sighed, since he had a son and started to grow a beard, he became more timid, knew more, and was even more afraid of accidents.

Wang Xifeng couldn't bear to see his cowardly appearance, "Let me tell you something. Today, the empress asked our Qiaoer specially. Tell me, could it be that she has taken a fancy to our girl?"

"Qiao'er is a bit older than the Ninth Prince."

"What are you afraid of? Isn't Miss Xue much older than Baoyu? No one in your family dislikes her, why do you dislike my girl?"

Jia Lian didn't want to talk to her.It happened that the horses and chariots also arrived at the gate of the mansion, got out of the car, and the masters of the whole family went to Shi Taijun's upper room to talk together.

Shi Taijun said to Jia She, "I saw two princes today, God bless me, I hope this is also a prince in my mother's belly, our family will be more stable, and my mother will not worry."

Jia She stroked his beard happily, nodded and did not speak.

Jia Zheng was more concerned about "how does the Ninth Prince look?"

"Tianhuang nobleman, naturally majestic and majestic, the old lady likes it when she sees it."

Jia Zheng hurriedly asked, "I heard that the companionship of the Ninth Prince is not complete, the old lady is watching, how about letting Baoyu go?"

The people in the hall changed their minds instantly, and Jia Baoyu's face turned dark.

Shi Taijun couldn't give up on Jia Baoyu after all, "This is also a way, let me think about what to do? How to mention this matter to the empress."

Jia Amnesty squinted his eyes at Jia Zheng, hummed inwardly, and made up his mind.

When Jia Lian followed him out of Shi Taijun's courtyard, and the two of them went out of the gate of Rongguo Mansion and turned to their own courtyard, Jia She then said what was in his heart, "That guy Jia Cunzhou is in a daze, he should take Lan'er seriously. Send it over, and the princes are also cousins. Lan'er is about the same age as the Ninth Prince, so naturally they can play together. Sending Baoyu, there is no need to make people feel shy, as long as they are the same age, it's fine. It's too long, should I serve the prince when I go, or let the prince respect him?"

Looking back, seeing that Jia Lian didn't react too much, she scolded, "Idiot, I'm planning for your son, so you don't want to think about your son."

"Master," Jia Lian smiled wryly, "The Ninth Prince is getting old, and Fang'er is still a child. I can't even wipe my nose clean. How can I accompany you to read? Let him go. That's for the Ninth Prince to take care of the child."

"You are so stupid, who told you to keep aiming at the ninth prince, and Fang'er will be a companion for the eleventh prince. If not, this is also a prince in the empress's belly. Can't he be a companion. I will let you plan , is to plan this, let your daughter-in-law go to pay her respects to the mother, we are not holding on to the Ninth Prince, we are all cousins, and anyone who cares about Fang'er is his blessing."

"What you're saying is, it's just...the empress is just pregnant...maybe it's a princess..."

Jia She smiled contemptuously, "You all pick up your mother, who would have thought about her, and only a father like me would do that. Let me tell you, I went to the street after the old lady and the others left today, and met A Taoist priest is very accurate in fortune-telling, and he is a Taoist friend with Taoist Zhang of Qingxu Temple, I asked him to make a divination, and said that my mother's child must be a prince."

Jia Lian nodded, thinking that people only picked up what you wanted to hear, so they didn't really figure it out.

Jia She knew that he didn't think so, and he was not angry, "He is a man of great ability, don't believe me, I will invite him to the house tomorrow, and show the faces of the juniors in the family. Let me tell you, it's all Because our family knows Taoist Zhang, otherwise, it would take a month to invite people according to the schedule."

The words were so mysterious that Jia Lian believed them a little, "Since that's the case, my son will order Mrs. Wang to pack up the fragrant flowers and precious candles tomorrow, and write down the horoscopes of their brothers and sisters."

Jia Amnesty stroked his beard happily, "Let's also learn from Jia Cunzhou, write out all the characters of the family's master and servant, mix them together, and let others count. Get in... I don't know how to find someone to ask for it, your uncle and brother are not at home, but your aunt is still here, go, let your wife go, ask for the horoscope, and count together tomorrow."