Old things in the Red Chamber

After bringing the sisters Jia Yingchun and Lin Daiyu back, Qi Jingan sent someone to report to her natal family. Princess Anyang was extremely happy when she knew that her daughter was coming back to stay for a few days. Qi Jingan had dinner with Mrs. Tong at night, and the four women sat A table, happy, broke up after dinner.

Jia Huan was not at home, and Jia Gu went out of the city again. There was no man in the family to support her, and naturally no one came to celebrate her birthday. Most of them sent a birthday gift, and sent the servants who needed the family to greet Mrs. Tong, Qi Jingan When Jia Xuan returned to the mansion on the day of her birthday, she also had to go back to the princess mansion the next day to be with the princess.

When we arrived at the Rongguo Mansion, when we went to the Zhongwuhou Mansion, we encountered a soft nail. Jia Gui came out to pick up Jia Lian, and replied respectfully, "Because the men in the mansion are not here, the house does not accept male guests. Enter the backyard, gentlemen, please come back, and return gifts will be given later."

Everywhere Jia Lian went these days, he was praised everywhere, everyone yelled at him one by one, making him feel comfortable all over his body, and when he arrived at Zhongwuhou's mansion, he was respectfully and verbally squeezed out by Jia Gui, a slave.

In fact, Jia Gui was unqualified as a chief steward, but he was relatively tactful as a man in the army, and this tact was relatively speaking.

Although the servants are loyal but not tactful, Jia Gu himself is relatively withdrawn and doesn't like to socialize with others, so Jia Gui's problem is not a problem in Jia Gu's view.

Jia Lian was praised a lot by others, and when he met someone who couldn't speak, he took it down and brought his younger brothers back angrily.

When he came to Shi Taijun, he didn't dare to say anything else. He just said that Gu Gu and his son were not there. Shi Taijun waved his hand and let Jia Lian go down.

At this moment, Shi Taijun complained about the sons and daughters of Dafang.Jia Lian didn't send people to send birthday gifts in advance, and Jia Yingchun didn't send letters home.People in Kyoto usually give birthday gifts a day or two in advance or ask how people celebrate their birthdays. There are also people who give birthday gifts on the same day, but it seems that they are not close enough. For example, Jia and his father never give them in advance for their own birthdays.And Jia Yingchun, who returned there early, must have known that Jia Xun was not there. Zhongwuhou's mansion didn't plan to celebrate Jia Xun's birthday, but he couldn't remember to tell the mansion. This point of vision is not as good as Tanchun. .

Speaking of Tanchun, Shi Taijun liked it quite a bit, and called Yuanyang to him, "I remember when I was young, I had a necklace inlaid with gold and jade, and I took it to the third girl. She has worked hard for her wife these days, so tell me Her wife knows it."

Yuanyang agreed, and went back to take out a box, which contained a delicate collar. Shi Taijun nodded, and Yuanyang carried it to Jia Tanchun's house with her own hands.

Inside the palace, Jia Yuanchun came back from the Empress Dowager's Palace with Baoqin, and sat on the couch tiredly. Baoqin was about the same age as Jia Yuanchun, and it was harder than Jia Yuanchun to go to the Queen Mother every day. I will continue to serve Jia Yuanchun.

Jia Yuanchun pulled her, "Sit down and rest, catch your breath and pass the meal, let's talk."

Baoqin declined again and again, and sat on the footrest. Before the two masters and servants could speak, the little eunuch outside sent a message, "Today, the emperor is staying in the Pixiang Palace."

Baoqin quickly dismissed the eunuch for Jia Yuanchun, and then came back to persuade Jia Yuanchun, "Concubine Liu of Pixiang Palace is pregnant now, the emperor must go to see her belly."

Jia Yuanchun took her hand, "I know, you don't have to persuade me, I'm not that teenage girl, the emperor likes that tender girl, I'm old after all, I can't see the emperor all year round, although Having the honor of a noble concubine, what exactly is it... I thought about it, let the family send a girl, give birth to a boy and a half girl early, and have someone to rely on in the future, what do you think."

The master and servant have been together since childhood, and now they have been in the palace for many years, Baoqin also thinks this is a way.However, it is more troublesome to operate.

"If the empress wants to adopt a child, there are plenty of handsome little nobles in the harem, so it's not difficult to choose an obedient one. If the empress values ​​blood and feels that she is of the same bloodline as herself, then she can rest assured that there is only the second girl in the family. It's suitable for Miss Bao. Forgive me for talking too much, the second girl is not suitable, Miss Bao...Although we are cousins ​​with the empress, it's better to gather a nobleman who is struggling in the palace."

Jia Yuanchun admitted that what she said was right, but he couldn't let go of this thought, "Let Ben Gong think again, think again."

Jia Gu is not busy with business recently, so he takes Jia Amnesty to drink with him when he is resting.Now that the weather is cold, the two of them don't want to go out. In Jia Gu's study, there is a wine table set up, boiling some wine, and they get dizzy from drinking.

"Is there anything unusual happening in your house recently?" Jia Gu's drunken eyes were hazy.

"My old brother is not kind, did you ask us about something rare in our house that made you laugh?"

"Haha."

"It's okay to tell you, our family's most important thing recently is to find some supplies for the empress."

"It's forbidden to use things in the palace. Let alone, I feel too free recently. It's time to clear up this unhealthy trend." Jia Gu really laughed out loud.

Jia Amnesty was dumbfounded, and then he remembered that the twin brother was the head of the Miyagi guards, and it was his duty to eliminate entrainment.He shook his head himself, "I heard that Mrs. Wang is now making a wish in front of the Buddha, asking the Buddha to give a prince to the noble concubine in the palace."

Jia Gu thought, without the emperor, Concubine Jia would not be able to give birth to a son by herself, so she pursed her lips and didn't make any arguments about it. After all, who the emperor wants to sleep with is his own business, and it is up to the courtiers. Talking about it, I can't help but be dealt with by the emperor in the future.

Changing the subject, "Jia's second son has realized his wish now, is he still teaching the children at home every day?"

Jia Amnesty shook his head, "There are more people coming to the door now, and Jia Lao is busy welcoming and sending off every day, and he can't remember to discipline his son." After speaking, he felt lonely.

Jia Gu knew that he was left behind by Jia's second son and felt uncomfortable. Now that Jia Yuanchun has become a high-ranking concubine, Jia She has no chance to stand up again. Even if Shi Taijun passes away in a few years, Jia She can't get back his own The position of the head of the family.He himself repeated the old saying.

"I have a yard in the city. You live in it with your nephew. We'll be closer. I'll go find you when I'm not busy."

Jia She lowered his head and thought for a while, "And the old lady, I just moved out, what's the difference between being evicted? After all, Rongguo Mansion is home."

"A person who is not caring is just a house. You take Cong'er out, teach him well, and become an old man in the future. It's not better than this."

"Don't persuade me, brother, I won't move out."

Jia Gu just drank a cup, thinking that if he can't do it now, he will be pushed into a corner by Jia's second son in the next few years, and he will move out by himself. "It's okay not to say it now. After a few years, the noble concubine in the palace will have a prince, will there still be a place for you in the mansion?"

Jia Amnesty's complexion was not good to look at, Jia Gu looked at his face and considered whether to stab a few more words, when Jia Cong's voice came from outside the door, Jia Gu knew that today was a failure.

Jia Cong came in and said hello to Jia She and Gu brother Jia. Jia She was upset just now and asked him to get up with a straight face. He took the textbook to check his homework. Right now, Jia She couldn't see his son's complacent appearance, so he opened his mouth and wanted to scold him.

Jia Cong is only six years old now. Jia Gu smiled and watched the father and son ask and answer. He wanted to find something to reward and encourage the children. Then Jia Amnesty began to scold him, "Evil, I have only studied for a few days." What are you doing weird..."

"Marquis Jia En, who do you think is evil?" Jia Gu hugged Jia Cong in his arms, hugging his small body, "Your father drank too much today, Brother Cong doesn't care about him." A few words of comfort , gave him a horsewhip inlaid with gold as a prize, and promised to give him a pony in the coming year, so the little guy was so happy that he let him go to the backyard to greet Mrs. Tong.

"The child is so good, why are you scolding him?" Jia Gu couldn't see him like this, he had to live a life of his own, and even passed the pain on to the child, "I tell you, Cong'er is a good child, now he is obedient and well-behaved, He is good at reading, and he is filial. He should be educated well now, and he will be an official in the future. Only I will support him. When you get old, you will wear filial piety on him. Your blessings are also on him. If you don’t act like a strict father here, you can’t see it You act like a strict father."

Jia Amnesty didn't speak, and after a while, he whispered, "Lian'er..."

"He..." Jia Gu originally wanted to say that his mind was not right, but looking at the old brother's appearance, he changed the subject again, "Loyalty, filial piety, propriety, righteousness and trustworthiness, what do you think Jia Lian has?"

Jia Gu thought to himself, Jia Lian has never shown loyalty, but filial piety, seeing how he treats Jia Amnesty, is reluctant. Jia Gu feels that Jia Lian is more filial to Jia Lao Er than his own father. Out of sight.I won't talk about Li, I haven't seen Yi, let alone Xin.

"Jia Lian is already broken. Speaking of which, the men in Rongning and Ningfu are all broken."

When Mrs. Tong returned home, she was so angry that she couldn't show it, and Caiyun rubbed her heart for a long time. It happened that Jia Huan's daughter-in-law, Qi Jing'an, was sent back by her brother.

"Mother, what's the matter?" Qi Jing'an is pregnant, and Mrs. Tong is not strict with her on weekdays, let alone setting rules in front of her. Not to mention, meeting a good mother-in-law is really a blessing that has been cultivated in eight lifetimes, not to mention going back as soon as you miss your mother. In other people's homes, you can't go back to your mother's house once a year after serving the old and then the young.This time, she lived in her mother's house for a long time, and Princess Anyang was afraid that Mrs. Tong would be unhappy, so she drove her daughter back.

"I'm so angry. I went out today and met a few wives. I said how good it is that I have a niece. I missed a little bit to welcome your sister to find a husband's house. Who knows that the wives who were still interested in the past are here today. When I heard that several people were confused, I asked someone I knew well, and I was so angry, the old godmother of Rongguo Mansion, she said bad things about you welcoming your sister everywhere, what cowardice and incompetence, what is useless..."

Caiyun hurriedly brought a glass of water, and Cailing rubbed Madam Tong's back while talking to Qi Jing'an, "Grandma doesn't know, it's only been two or three days since everyone knows this, otherwise it wouldn't have happened." Make madam mad like this."

"I have raised these two girls for two years," in fact it was only a year and a half, "Although they were not born to me, after raising them for so long, I treat them as the same as those born to me in my heart, who knows... Let me know whose idea it is, I will kill them..."

"Ma'am, we are in the capital now, we will kill people if we are not in the mood." Cailing gave the cup to Caiyun, and then rubbed the back of the vest for Madam Tong.

Qi Jing'an has now seen her mother-in-law's toughness, and comforted her, "Mother, there is no need to worry. Sister Ying'er is not too old after all, and the marriage can be delayed for another year or two. Besides, there is a custom in Kyoto called "caught under the list." Son-in-law, let’s pay attention to that young and promising son-in-law coming to Beijing, and when he wins the exam, we will promise him a family like a flower, and he will be supported by Lord Hou, and he will be happy."

"Is he happy or not? What's wrong with Ying'er, she has a quiet temper, is also pleasant-looking, well-bred, can play chess and compose poetry, a serious lady, what more do those people ask for?" She slapped her hand on the table, "Whoever marries my niece will not be wronged."