Old things in the Red Chamber

When people are old, it is easy to think too much, and they can't stand the blow. Mrs. Tong almost cried herself to death at the funeral. When someone was buried, she was so uncomfortable that she almost died.

"I have raised her for several years, hoping that she will survive one day and have a good life, but looking at it now, it is because she is not lucky enough. In order to have a child, she has already thrown her own life into it."

Jia Gu didn't say anything, he felt uncomfortable too, but the men's pain only lasted for a while, not as long as women's.He still wants to see Jia She, since the news of the death of the noble concubine came, Jia She lay down again sick, how should I put it, he is not even qualified to cry for spirits, and Yisheng Dou Xiaomin can only be on the day of the funeral , being supported and kowtowed on the road, it can be regarded as parting from life and death.

"Our family is unlucky after all." Jia She's argument was the same as Mrs. Tong's. The old dandy is now thin and out of shape, leaning on the head of the bed. We can still send people to look at it, but now we don’t even have the chance to look at it.”

Jia Gu patted him, "Don't worry, I'm paying attention, they will grow up sooner or later, even if their mothers are alive, they don't give them much protection."

"You don't understand," Jia She became excited, "there is a difference between having this person and not having this person. If their mother is alive, the emperor will miss them. If their mother dies, there will be no shortage of people in the palace. Forget about them."

Jia Amnesty sat up, "I'm useless, and you can't use too much strength, we can only think of other ways."

"Tell me, I'll listen." Jia Gu looked at Jia She, this guy has never planned anything, and now that he is so urgent, someone must have said something to him.

Naturally, Jia Amnesty would not hide it from him, "The old lady came a few days ago and discussed something with me. I thought it was inappropriate, so I didn't agree to her."

"What's the matter?"

"The old lady asked me, I don't know who and where I can get in touch with the imperial concubine in recent years. She wants to send the third girl to the palace."

"This is a bad move. The emperor is not the kind of master who can't move when he sees a beautiful woman. Besides, it's okay for the two concubines to be sisters. If another one is sent in, it's hard to send all the girls in the family. Go in and be a concubine, if your family is willing, you have to ask the royal family if they are willing. Nowadays, the royal family values ​​reputation more than anything else. Besides, the purpose of sending someone into the palace is to take care of the prince. When the time comes, she will give birth to a son , Naturally, he won't care about the princes left behind, so it's better to entrust other people's concubines who have no children to raise them."

"I said the same thing, but the old lady didn't think so. She felt that there were no family members in the palace, and she was not at ease. What she was afraid of was that people would teach our prince not to be close to the family. Besides, the third girl People are monkeys, the second child agrees with both hands, and now there is nothing I can do if I disagree. Besides, I don’t know where the concubine and the concubine are. She never asks for money from her family. Did she spend money to support her? I don’t know the person, and no one in the family knows, I can’t tell if I ask, the old lady is still angry with me because of this matter, thinking that I hold hands and refuse to speak, and don’t contribute to the family.”

"Don't say you don't have it, just don't give it to them if you have it. They have plenty of ways to pass the message to the palace. Concubine Jia's people have been around for so many years. Presumably there are still one or two people who think about her well."

Because of the funeral with the imperial concubine, the Mid-Autumn Festival was not well celebrated in the entire capital. After the Mid-Autumn Festival, Jia Xuan's ceremony was brought in, and the family who followed the gift explained the reason. "I met some people blocking the way on the road. They said that they were sending wood to Beijing. The wood they sent was for He Guifei to make a coffin. Therefore, the road on the water was occupied by them, and we couldn't walk."

Jia Gu nodded, and didn't ask who did it in the name of the concubine, anyway, sooner or later the emperor would pull him out and tear him to pieces.After looking at Jia Huan's gift list for a few moments, he said to the family general, "Go back and tell him that I am his own father, so why bother to pay me all these efforts to honor me? I am only his son, and I still lack something from him. No, and looking at the list, it's too shameful, I think it's all a baby, don't tell me he robbed Jiangnan's officialdom?"

"Master Hou, you don't know that Jiangnan is a good place. We thought Beidi was a good place. At that time, I didn't believe that Jiangnan was good. I went to Jiangnan with the young master. It was really good. There are more people and more money. There are a lot of food and corrupt officials. This is the favor of the officialdom, and it is not the silver that the young master stretched out his hand. Look, the emeralds on it, just this kind of top-grade, the salt merchants sent a box of 24. Then Take a look at the beads, they also delivered 24 in a box. The box containing the beads is very beautiful. Our young master met a person there. A salt merchant who used to rely on our family for business, and now he is in partnership with our family. For business, the young master said that at the end of the year, he would send the account book back to his wife, and you can take a look at that time, it really makes money like water."

Jia Gu threw down the list, feeling a bad premonition in his heart, the emperor seems to be approaching Jiangnan soon, other people don't know, but he knows it, every day he forces the Minister of the Ministry of Households to pay the army, never Seeing that he gave it happily, the reason is that there is a lack of money in the treasury.

"You go back and rest for a few days. Come to me when you leave. I have a letter for Xi'er. Go, you are tired, go back and see your wife and son. I remember that your son is growing up, so you can leave now." It's time to take him away, and it's time to follow you to see the world."

When the family is about to go down, the people around Mrs. Tong will send the list, one by one, which will be distributed to the retainers and generals. This is the foundation of a family, so Mrs. Tong is very generous. After unpacking, the family gave one, and other quality pearls, the family shared a few, as well as high-quality silk and silk embroidery. In short, more than half of the presents received this time were distributed.

Jia Gu looked at it, and was quite satisfied with Madam Tong's handling. He gave an order to divide the things into boxes in the backyard, and invited people to come. After dividing the things, it was already night, and they all stayed in the yard to drink. Tea.

During the National Filial Piety period, drinking is forbidden, so after a group of people filled their stomachs with tea, someone came to tell Jia Gu that a guest was visiting.

Jia Gu was rather curious about the visiting guest, because Jia Gui's serious face at this time showed that this guest was not an ordinary person.

A few years later, there were babies crying again in the queen's palace. Princess Ruhe and the newborn nineteenth prince moved into the queen's palace. The happiest one was Princess Changsha. She ate and slept with Princess Ruhe, but Ruhe The princess preferred to be in the same room with her brother.

Not long after her mother died, she deliberately pinched her younger brother to vent her anger. The Ninth Prince saw her and immediately slapped her. She didn't want to leave her brother.

The nineteenth prince is only a few months old now, and when he cries, it is extremely worrying. I'm afraid that he will cry so badly that he won't be able to catch his breath.That's right, this child's health is not very good, even weaker than an old man who is full of five poisons like the Taishanghuang.Don't look at the Taishanghuang drinking, staying up late, messing around with women, and having a slight stroke, so far he still has a lot of energy to toss around in the palace.It takes three or four days to check the pulse, and the nineteenth prince has to be held by the imperial doctor every day to check the pulse, and the imperial doctor even euphemistically told the emperor that it is difficult to support him.

The emperor only sighed once, and touched his little face, hoping that he would survive, "You are not living alone, you are living your mother's life too."

Because he is too weak, he has not dared to name him, for fear that he will die early.

At the end of a day of hard work, the emperor watched Princess Ruhe playing with her younger brother in her arms, holding her two little hands tightly, for fear that she would not be able to hold her younger brother and fall off.The elderly Changsha stretched out his hand, ready to follow at any time.Looking at them, the emperor took a sip of his wine and seemed to relax.

The queen let go of her hair, came over and sat beside him, "I have something to tell the emperor."

"You can handle things in the palace according to your own discretion, you don't need to tell me."

"It's just... Let me tell you. The Jia family, the Jia family of Rongguo Mansion, spent money in the internal affairs and wanted to send a girl into the palace. The people in charge of the inner palace dare not hide it from me. I At first glance, she is the younger sister of Concubine Xiande, and also the younger sister of Concubine Xianhe. What should I do? Please give me a regulation."

"When Concubine He was alive..." The emperor just said this, Princess He immediately turned her head, hugged her younger brother and trotted to the emperor's side, followed by a group of people, afraid that she would not be able to hold the baby and throw the baby away.

"Father..."

The emperor patted her head, "Did your concubine mother tell you about her natal family when she was here?"

"I've said it once, and I asked it myself, but I didn't say much, and I was vague."

"Then do you know how many younger sisters your concubine has?"

"There are two cousins, one is the youngest, and the other is older."

"Go and play, give your brother to your mother, and see that you feel uncomfortable holding him."

Watching the two princesses go out to play, the queen patted the baby and coaxed the nineteenth prince to sleep, and looked at the emperor and said, "If she is a concubine daughter, she will not be allowed in. The concubine daughter of the family will not serve others when she comes in. If the concubine daughter , just stay here, find a random place, and make her a nobleman, for the sake of her two older sisters."

Everyone knows what it means for the Rongguo Mansion to send a girl into the palace?

"If it's a concubine, let her in, and don't make her a nobleman. Some of the little princes in the palace should move out, build a palace, and be his side concubine. If it's a concubine, just push her away. People in the province say that I look ugly, and it is rumored that I like girls from Jia's family, so I can find someone to reason with."

The queen nodded, turned around and turned over the list, and crossed out the word Jia Tanchun among a row of big girls and two girls.

After waiting for a few days, the masters of Rongguo Mansion got the news from the inner mansion that the Empress Empress had personally ordered the name of the third girl of your mansion to be crossed out.Shi Taijun was anxious, and when he was at his wit's end, someone came up and said, "Old lady, something has happened, what happened to Second Master Bao, you go and have a look."