Old things in the Red Chamber

Jia Xuan then accompanied Lin Daiyu to bury Lin Hai and Jia Min in Gusu, and then returned to the capital. It was already four months later.Kyoto has been hot for a long time, and with Lin Hai's letter, Mrs. Tong is also raising her nephew and daughter more than 30 days a month.

First, not long after Jia Gu received the letter, he asked Jia Gui to buy a yard nearby, cleaned it up, asked the Lin family's stewards to live in it with their servants, and put some heavy furniture and decorations in it.Jia Gu spent a day with Jia Amnesty to have a look, beat up the stewards, and explained, "You girls are not allowed to leave this mansion until you go out (married). Brother-in-law entrusts people and belongings to Me, I will deliver it as it is.”

After Shi Taijun and Mrs. Wang found out about the changes in the Lin family, Shi Taijun also hated Lin Hai for his brains. Can he not love his granddaughter?It would be a matter of time before Baoyu married Daiyu, but Lin Hai insisted on asking for a marriage letter, how could he send it to him in a short time.

Lin Hai is second. Shi Taijun hates Jia Gu the most, and he has been disturbed by good things. Whether Baoyu can marry Daiyu in the future depends on Jia Gu's consent.

Shi Taijun was so angry that she called Jia Amnesty, scolded him, and kicked him out.

Jia She was kicked out of the main hall, the little maids in the corridor couldn't hide their smiles, they didn't show any fear when they saw Jia She, they all looked at him and covered their mouths with smiles.Jia Amnesty looked at it, his face was clouded, but he didn't have any face in the Rongguo Mansion as a slave with some power, even though his face was gloomy, those little maids would not be afraid.

That night, the clan wife of Ningguo Mansion next door, the Qin family, disappeared.

The person who sent the word said that he died of illness.

Jia Amnesty immediately rolled off the bed in fright.

Rongguo Mansion has no secrets, the elder was so frightened that he rolled out of bed and within a day it became a joke in the Mansion. Mrs. Wang also heard this joke, and Jia Zheng also heard it.Jia Zheng just felt that his elder brother was too timid, and when Jia She came to him to discuss countermeasures, he would slowly tell his elder brother the good news.But after a lot of waiting, I got the news that Jia She went to find Jia Gu.

Jia Zheng, who heard the reward, thought of Jia Xun's performance in Jiangnan. On the one hand, he was reluctant to part with the help of the Zhen family in Jiangnan. On the other hand, he wanted to continue to please the emperor.Alone in the study, thinking about things over and over.

Jia Amnesty ran to Jia Gu's study early in the morning. Jia Gu was not at home when he was on duty. He squatted in Jia Gu's study, shaking alone for a long time, and then ran home, even more drunk and dreamy. The maid who laughed at Shi Taijun on the porch of his main room got it from Shi Taijun and became the roommate directly, and became the groom again that night.Got very drunk the next day.

On the third day of Qin's death, Jia She was so drunk that he didn't even remember who his own father was. Jia Lian came back from Jiangnan and lost the lives of Mrs. Wang's confidantes, and did not bring back Lin Daiyu and the Lin family's property. Jia Lian was in despair. He greeted Shi Taijun, called back Wang Xifeng who was in charge of the funeral in Ningguo Mansion, and pleaded guilty to Mrs. Wang.

Mrs. Wang is now counting the days waiting for good news, which is not good for Jia Lian's affairs, so she handles it lightly.When Jia Lian remembered to greet his father, it was already two days later.

Of course, if Jia She was drunk, let alone his own father, he didn't even remember his own son, so naturally he wouldn't criticize him.

On the first seventh day of the Qin family, Jia Gu came back from outside the city. The minister of guards usually only works in the one-acre land in the palace. Most of them are in charge of the guards. It was also handed over to Jia Gu, who would go out to patrol the city one or two days out of ten days.

After he came back, Madam Tong chattered around him.

"The funeral of the daughter-in-law of the Ningguo Mansion is really...you don't know, more than half of the noble ladies in the capital have gone to worship. , but it is fashionable to pay homage to the dead, do I want to show up in our family?"

"You didn't go? It's been a few days."

"No, I'm not thinking, you two are not at home, so I don't have someone to discuss with, do I follow the principle of obeying husband and son?"

"Hehe, last time who kicked me out of the room and slept at the door all night, because I snored in my sleep, sir, I can't even snore once? Who kicked me out last time because I drank too much wine? Putting your head in the washbasin almost drowned me, almost murdered my husband?"

"Did you drink too many sips? You drank too many jars. You started to vomit as soon as you entered the door. The vomit made my new bedding useless. It's a trivial matter. You still pointed at my nose Scolding me, scolding is ugly."

"I just said something jealous, are you going to grab me first and ask if I have a date, if you don't ask me, I won't say you, we're even, let's say it again, sir, the only date I have is you, don't ask Don’t think about telling the truth after drinking next time, let me tell you, you will only spit out food after drinking.”

Madam Tong smiled and tugged on his sleeve, "Am I going to Ningguo Mansion or not?"

"No, what are you going to do? That family is not ashamed. My wife stepped on their house and I was worried that your feet would be dirty."

"what happened?"

"Don't ask."

"Then bring Yingchun back?"

"Of course I have to pick him up. It's not just her. Bring Cong'er back too. My old brother's future pension will fall on him. That guy Jia Lian can't be counted on."

Jia Gui and his wife went to pick them up, Jia Yingchun quickly cleaned up, said goodbye to Shi Taijun, led Jia Cong into the carriage, and followed Jia Gui's family.Jia Gui wants to invite Jia Amnesty over, but Jia Amnesty stays drunk in the room of his newly acquired maid.

Jia Gui had no choice but to offer a lot of rewards, and asked the mother-in-law of the Rongguo Mansion to put clothes on Jia Amnesty and carry them to the carriage to take him away.

"Ice water, cover more, don't cover people to death." Jia Gu watched as Jia Gui put an ice handkerchief on Jia Amnesty's face with rough hands and feet, and then poured hangover soup into the old bastard's mouth .After a long time, Jia Amnesty woke up in a daze.

"How much did you drink? Look at your face, it's almost swollen." Jia Gu asked his servants to go out, sat on the edge of the couch, took a clean towel and wiped Jia Amnesty's face indiscriminately. .

"Old brother, do you know that the Qin family is dead?"

"Yes, I also know why she died."

Seeing Jia She sobbing and crying, Jia Gu felt uncomfortable, "Don't cry, the Qin family is not the seed of the abolished prince, the Holy Majesty already knows."

"Really." Jia Amnesty crawled a few times before getting up, "Don't worry, brother."

"It's too early for you to rest assured, big brother. The Qin family is not the daughter of the abolished prince, but the daughter of the loyal prince. Her mother's background is not good, so the loyal prince entrusted the Jia family to take care of the child, and even found a marriage for the Qin family. That is to marry into the Ningguo Mansion. But Jia Zhen is not a human being, and she and the Qin family...are ashes, and the loyal prince spread the news that the Qin family is the daughter of the deposed prince, and this dirty water is poured on the deposed prince's head, you say Can the Queen Mother bear it?"

"No, you said that the queen mother is looking for someone..."

"The empress dowager can bear it. The women in the harem who can't bear it all die, and those who live can bear it all. Although it's a bit cold to say this, the empress dowager's dead son or the adopted son who will rely on in the future, who is more important to her old man Some, that's right, the later adopted son is more important. The empress dowager puts the emperor first in everything. If the emperor didn't show the intention of killing Qin, the empress dowager would not do anything. But some people couldn't help it, and they did it to curry favor with the empress dowager. It is your good niece. The Qin family was strangled to death. In the middle of the night, the masters of the Ningguo Mansion were all present... It was your Jia family who attacked. After the Qin family's maid found out, she was silenced. There is news in the palace Said, the queen mother promised Jia Yuanchun a concubine for this. You want to ask why, after the spring, the high-ranking concubine has been determined who it is, but it has not been announced to the world. Jia Yuanchun is not young. In the beginning, I don't know how many years later it will be. Besides, the Rong family will not agree to her staying in the palace. The longer the time drags on, the older she gets, and she will be useless when she has no favor and no children. After all, this is her last chance, and once the title of the emperor's harem is settled, it will be even more difficult for her to get ahead."

Jia Amnesty was dumbfounded.

"Right now, the Rong Mansion has surrendered to the emperor, but it is still entangled with the Zhen family. The relationship between the Zhen family and Prince Zhongzhong..."

"Brother, I know, I just hope that the building will be overturned after the old lady is gone."

The funeral in Ningguo Mansion could not be described as grand enough. When Jia She returned to the mansion at night, he found that Ningrong Street was filled with the carriages and horses of the guests, and all kinds of sedan chairs were parked outside.A group of guests were also diverted to Rongguo Mansion.

At the beginning, the Jia family just made the funeral a big one in order to tactfully show their favor to the loyal prince, but later on, all the mansions joined in, and everyone thought that the Qin family was a "princess" ------ after the emperor succeeded to the throne, the abolished The crown prince's daughters were all named princesses, so the Ningguo Mansion had to continue singing this play. In fact, it has not been so glorious for a long time, and the Ning Rong Second Mansion also wants to continue singing this play.

Jia Zhen's planning of the funeral was such a sensation in the capital that he had to rely on crutches to stand up. He was heartbroken and said that he was like that. The death of a daughter-in-law is more grieving than the death of his wife. Absolutely.

Jia Zhen had a wife who died, and his current wife is his stepmother.

The weather was getting hotter and hotter. The tormented people from the Ningrong Second Mansion turned their backs on their backs. Jia Zhen was still in great sorrow.

Zhongwuhou's Mansion never sent anyone to offer sacrifices. On the day of Qin's burial, princes and nobles set up sacrificial sheds by the side of the road. Jia Amnesty, Jia Zheng, who was twirling his beard and frowning, and Jia Zhen, who was being held up to walk, were next to the family in the sacrificial shed to return gifts. Madam used a word to describe this grand occasion called "pressing the silver mountain".

"You don't know Ma'am, it's not enough to describe it. Below the prince, the princes and uncles, except for our family, have set up road sacrifices. I have never seen such a funeral in my life. This grandma Rong mourned after her death. To put it bluntly, it is bigger than nobles. I heard that the coffin was not used by Prince Yizhong..."

"Ma'am," Cailing came in from the outside, "good news, our uncle and cousin are back."