Old things in the Red Chamber

Maybe when you are old, you will be very concerned about the introduction of marriage.If there is a boy or girl of the right age in the family, the elderly will be more anxious than others.

When Jia She found out that it was time for her granddaughter to get married, she hurried home and scolded Mrs. Xing first.

He scolded Mrs. Xing for no reason, mainly because Mrs. Xing, as Qiaoer's theoretical grandmother, was extremely indifferent to her theoretical granddaughter, which made Jia She very dissatisfied.

In addition, Jia Amnesty also brought his son to him and cursed him again.

Jia Lian thought that the 10000 taels of silver that he was greedy for the old lady had come to light, but he didn't expect that it was his daughter's business, so he immediately relaxed.

After relaxing, he rolled his eyes and thought of a good idea. He went to Jia She with a monkey face, and first brought a bowl of tea to his father, "How many good families can we know in this family? Or just like this , Uncle please worry about this matter for us."

Jia She nodded, "You don't need to say, I already asked your uncle just now, but Qiaoer is also your daughter, you should pay more attention."

When Jia Lian went back and told Wang Xifeng about this matter, Wang Xifeng's eyes rolled, "I heard from my son that the Ninth Prince is also looking for the princess soon..."

After all, they were husband and wife for many years, and they raised a pair of children. Jia Lian understood Wang Xifeng's plan at this moment.

"No, no, our family is too low to be worthy of a prince."

"You are stupid, if you can't become the main concubine, you can become the side concubine. The aunts and cousins ​​of their two direct relatives, can the Ninth Prince not look up to Qiao'er in the future? Besides, you don't look at it. Now the master of the palace Was it born by the queen mother?"

It's not impossible, Jia Lian thought about it, this is indeed a way.

"It's just that this matter needs to be planned earlier, and I need to tell the master, and then ask my uncle to work hard."

So just after Jia Lian left for a while, he ran back to discuss things with Jia She, licking his face.

At this time, Jia She is reading a letter from his youngest son. The youngest son has been in Jiangnan for several years. The original plan was to let him stay there for three years before returning, but now the youngest son is unwilling to come back and wants to stay for six years. .Six years passed in the blink of an eye, and what worried Jia Shen the most was that the youngest son should also get married.

But when this kind of thing happened, Jia She had no one else to talk to except his own brother.If you tell the old lady that she is worried about Jia Baoyu now, she will naturally not advise Jia Amnesty, but if you tell Mrs. Xing that Mrs. Xing has no idea at all, she will only say yes or right.It wasn't that Jia She looked down on Jia Lian. In Jia She's mind, Jia Lian and his wife had no knowledge at all, and his brother's marriage could not be discussed with them.

"Come on, you guys go outside to prepare your car, let's go to Duke Wei's mansion now."

Just when Jia Amnesty was about to go out, Jia Lian ran over to him and told him about it.

"Master, think about it, the Ninth Prince is your grandson, and Qiao'er is your granddaughter. These are relatives who couldn't be closer. You can only be a family if you get closer."

Jia She thought to himself, you didn't think of this idea just now, and now you come to say this, it is obviously your wife who asked you to say it.

Seeing that Jia Amnesty was about to go out in displeasure, Jia Lian quickly mentioned another example, "Do you think the empress and the emperor are also cousins ​​now?"

"I see. I'm going to your uncle's house now. Do you want to go with me?"

"Of course, my son hasn't greeted his uncle for several days."

After getting off the carriage, Jia Lian was still persuading Jia She, but Jia She was actually a little bit tempted, but he knew very well about his own situation, if he wanted to interfere with the affairs of the palace, he had to find someone with experience to intervene, otherwise he would have to wait a long time. Don't intervene rashly.

When Jia Gu saw that Jia Amnesty had gone and returned, he knew that something had happened again. After Jia Lian said it, he thought about it and shook his head in denial.

"The emperor is different from the ninth prince. It is the emperor's decision to marry the queen. If the ninth prince also wants to marry his cousin, he will never agree with the emperor to choose his concubine. Besides, our girl will be a side concubine. I feel a little wronged. If you want me to say, it would be better for the children to choose a noble family in the imperial court, find a motivated child, and let them marry and live a stable life."

Jia Lian was unspeakably disappointed. He also knew that without Jia Gu's help, it would be easy to send his daughter to the palace, but the follow-up would be too troublesome.It was different when Jia Yuanchun and Jia Yingchun entered the palace.How many taels of silver were thrown into Concubine Jia's house, so Concubine Jia not only failed to conceive a dragon fetus, but even died inexplicably.She was also a palace concubine, and had given birth to several children with the noble concubine. Although she died early, she was also extremely honored after death.

If this path fails, then the only option is to marry the daughter into a good family.

Jia Amnesty looked at Jia Lian's drooping head and was not very interested, and he did not talk about the marriage of his youngest son. Instead, he discussed with Jia Gu about Baoyu's release from prison.

"I have already tidied up the yard on my side. The old lady brought three maidservants here, and two of them wanted to be Baoyu's concubine. The old lady wanted to keep her by her side. That's fine, originally It's a small matter, when such an accident happened in the family, it's a big thing to have children. If you give me an accurate word, where are the princes...?"

Jia Lian quickly stretched his head to listen to what was going on here.

"It's still the same sentence. I don't know much about the things here. You also know that I led the troops to suppress the rebellion that day, but the follow-up of all the things after that was handed over to other people. The people who took over these things worked hard. Wanting to do meritorious service on the emperor's side, especially the four princes being dragged into the water, this matter has become complicated, plus the princes and their disciples are all over the world, there is no conclusion yet, the emperor is a little anxious, but for a moment Things don't end in between..."

Jia Gu's voice became smaller and smaller, and the things he said became more and more confidential. Jia Lian stretched his neck and couldn't hear what he said, but he knew that the matter of Rongguo Mansion next door was far from over.

Jia Gu raised his voice, "If Baoyu's child comes out, don't let him go out, and don't let other people in the family go out, especially restrain the slaves, don't talk nonsense, the important thing is the things from Rongguo Mansion in the past Don't take it."

Jia Gu's purpose of saying this was just to beat Jia Lian. After all, the servants of the Rongguo Mansion used to go out to talk about the affairs of the master's house at will. If this kind of thing happened in his brother's house, what kind of secret would there be?

Jia Lian was terrified when he heard this, and finally watched the two elder brothers finish their conversation, serve their own father and return home.I can't care about my daughter's marriage anymore, I just want to go back and discuss the 10000 taels of silver with Wang Xifeng.

Seeing Jia Lian flustered, Jia Amnesty didn't take it to heart, he sighed inwardly, feeling that he would not be able to enjoy the blessings of a legitimate son in this life, and would still point to his elder grandson and younger son in the days to come.

After Jia Lian came home, Wang Xifeng leaned on the couch and talked peacefully. Seeing Jia Lian's expression was not very good, he couldn't help but thumped in his heart, "I heard that you went there with the master, what does the father-in-law over there say?"

"Don't think about sister Qiao's matter. What the father-in-law means is to find a good family for sister Qiao."

"You said there's something wrong with our sister, she's gentle, virtuous, and generous." Wang Xifeng complained.

Let Jia Lian say that her daughter is indeed a good girl, and she has a bit of the character of the imperial concubine back then, that is cowardly and honest.She didn't inherit the aggressive and tricky temperament of her mother at all.

"Let's talk about the girl's business. Today, I heard the master and uncle say that our family is not allowed to take over the things from the Rongguo Mansion, and we can't take over anything. After listening to it, why did I feel so flustered? I didn’t hear a few words they said clearly, but I think it should be important. The master also said a while ago that I would not let me interfere with the old lady’s private money. After all, what did they say? Same thing?"

"What are you panicking about? That money is the old lady's private money, which was hidden behind everyone's backs. Who would know?"

Jia Lian thought about it for a while, and it really is the truth. If the old lady hides things really carefully, not to mention the people inside the family, people outside may not be able to know.

With this kind of fluke mentality, the husband and wife looked at each other, and took the money with peace of mind.

After the news came out that the girl was looking for her husband's family, many high-ranking nobles sent people from the family to look inside the door one after another, uncharacteristically.

Jia Amnesty himself felt that something was wrong, and called Jia Lian to him, "Our family can only be regarded as ordinary people now, and the only one who is an official is your brother, but your brother is far away in the south of the Yangtze River, and he is also a small official. People..."

"It's true that people like us are ordinary people, but think about it, who in the capital doesn't know that you are the brother of the Duke of Wei. Do the three princes in the palace call you grandfather?"

Jia Amnesty thought about it, and it really made sense, "Don't agree to them first, I'll let your uncle take a good look at these families, and now I only have this one grandson and one granddaughter, and your sister's marriage can't be intervened. In your girl's marriage, I have to do my best."

On the contrary, Jia Lian worried that Jia Amnesty was too worried and delayed his daughter's good marriage.

Shi Taijun knew about the excitement at home, and Shi Taijun called Wang Xifeng to him, "Your wife doesn't take it seriously at all, and you are also ignorant, if you want to choose marriages for your children, you have to listen to me. "

Wang Xifeng thought this was true. After all, the old lady had lived for such a long time. She had seen a lot, experienced a lot, so she naturally knew a lot, and even though she was down and out now, she was a guest of various mansions years ago. .Immediately flattering the eldest wife with joy and sincerity.