Old things in the Red Chamber

There are nine out of ten unsatisfactory things in life. Even the emperor has a backyard that makes him a headache. He does not lack children, but what he lacks is a woman who knows the cold and the hot.He used to think that this woman was his wife, his former cousin, but with the successive deaths of his three sons, the Queen's whole person changed.

The emperor himself was full of bitterness.

This gave the harem concubines a chance. The four concubines mastered the palace affairs and coerced each other. In addition, the queen was not despised. On the surface, the queen was respected. In fact, the power of the four concubines in the harem had grown. The concubines regard the queen as a Buddha statue, and they only need to offer it up, and don't care about the rest.

Jia Yuanchun looked very keenly. It stands to reason that her position is above the fourth concubine, but there is no gold seal in the treasure book, and the fourth concubine secretly does not buy her account. She is also a childless concubine. Compared with the queen, she is She gave birth to three sons, even though they died young, they were born, and Concubine Jia Gui, let alone gave birth to a son, didn't even have a daughter.

Power, children, love, whatever you want is fine.

The queen is the kind of person who is struggling to escape after encountering a blow, while Jia Yuanchun is the kind of person who is struggling to catch up after encountering a blow.

She knew in her heart that she couldn't compare with the empress. The empress was the emperor's first wife and his cousin, and she was tougher than herself in every aspect.

It was a sunny day, and Jia Yuanchun was embroidering a set of men's tunic in the bedroom, which was for the emperor. The silk was the best silk, and the workmanship was exquisite.

The pace of holding the piano was a little faster than before, and when he reached the palace, he quickly ran to Concubine Jia, "Madam, Mr. Lu was arrested by the guards outside the palace gate. He said that he was charged with carrying private goods."

Concubine Jia put the clothes into the basket, "What about the ticket number?"

"It was confiscated by the guards."

"You find someone to tell the guards that the Minister of Guards, Lord Jia Hou, is my uncle."

"Your Majesty, Eunuch Lu said, don't say it's ours, everyone in the palace will be detained. I heard that the things they took have been handed over to Weiyang Palace."

When Jia Gu returned to the classroom, a guard commander came over beaming and brought Jia Gu a cup of tea, "Tea, sir."

Jia Gu picked up the tea bowl and thought it was wrong. The weight was too light. He lifted the lid of the tea bowl and found a folded ticket number inside. He put the lid back with a smile and put the tea bowl by his hand. .”

Seeing that his immediate boss accepted the money, Commander Lu felt relieved, and he spoke a lot more intimately, "Naturally, it's good tea. It's not common to see tea from good years."

Jia Gu pointed to the seat and asked him to sit down, "Yes, good tea leaves are not common, by the way, there are some broken tea leaves to share with the brothers, it's not easy for everyone in the wind and rain all day long."

"You don't need to worry about it. A little tea foam is not a precious thing. Naturally, everyone has a share."

In the evening, each guard divided some pieces of silver, put them in his robes and boots with satisfaction, and prepared to loose the value and take them home to subsidize the family.

Not to mention how angry the noble concubine in the palace was, even the lady Wang of Rongguo Mansion was so angry that she fell backwards. The noble concubine in the palace needed money, so she asked her confidant eunuch to go out of the palace to get the ticket number at home, and was given by that bastard Jia Gu. Cut it off, 5 taels of silver, which made the treasury, which was not well-off, even worse.

How could Mrs. Wang bear this tone, and immediately set off to go to Shi Taijun.

No one knew what the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law said. After Mrs. Wang came out, she went to find Jia Zheng, and Shi Taijun called Jia Amnesty into his yard.

Jia Zheng was also very angry, but he still reprimanded Mrs. Wang with a straight face, "Your Majesty spends money, and the House of Internal Affairs has to worry about it."

Mrs. Wang wants to slap Jia Zheng on the face. The Ministry of Internal Affairs is worried. The Ministry of Internal Affairs is most concerned with people ordering dishes. The pastries they give you are about to go bad after a few days, and the fabrics they give you are moldy. , The tea leaves given to you are aged, and the carbon given to you is smoky.How can I live a good life without money, let alone conceive a prince.

Jia Zheng naturally knew it, and he was also annoyed that Jia Gu was unreasonable. You don't say that you are helping your niece, but don't pick on your son.Jia Zheng pinched his beard, feeling that he and Jia Gu had long since become mortal enemies.

"Back then, my father said that if I am in ambush, I have to be fully prepared. One attack can kill someone. This time my father offended the concubine, but he didn't kill him, leaving disaster in vain. For women in the harem, it is easier to remember revenge than to remember kindness. Now In this situation, what should we do?"

"I don't regard the Rongguo Mansion as a big enemy, so naturally I don't take the imperial concubine seriously." Jia Gu looked at Jia Xuan, "Xuan'er feels that my father has underestimated the enemy."

"There is a saying that my father also said to me. The lion and the rabbit must use all their strength, not to mention that in the court, if they are a little careless, the whole family will be imprisoned. I also ask my father to think twice about doing things in the future."

Jia Gu looked at Jia Xun with a stern face and taught himself a lesson, but he was not annoyed, "My son has grown up and understands the truth, then listen to Xun'er, and never do such arrogant things when things are not safe in the future. "

Jia Huan's complexion looked a little better. Thinking about his father's experience in the field, how could he do such a thing, "Father must have a reason for doing this, and my son would like to hear about it. "

"It's an order from the emperor. In the harem, when the four concubines were at loggerheads, someone seized the opportunity and a court lady passed on a letter. You know, the loyal prince is still willing to give up. The concubine of the Zhen family has been operating in the palace for decades. Therefore, the emperor ordered me to inspect the palace people who entered and left the palace. Not to mention Concubine Jia, even the fourth concubine also withheld a lot. The money passed on and off was found to be 15 taels, and the guards passed it. With one hand, I wiped off some of the odds and handed it over to the imperial court."

Jia Huan breathed a sigh of relief, and knelt down to Jia Gu, "The son didn't know the whole story, and thought that his father sat down to vent his anger on his mother and cousin. Please forgive me."

Jia Gu helped him up, "I'm your father, and I can still hold grudges against you. Next time, I'll come to the door to inquire about the crime after I've found out clearly, remember?"

Another three months later, Qi Jingan was sent to the delivery room and gave birth to a daughter. Because she knew this, it didn't matter whether she was disappointed or not, but Qi Jingan was sad for a while.

Not only Zhongwuhou's Mansion and Anyang Princess' Mansion were concerned about Qi Jing'an's birth, but Rongguo Mansion also secretly sent people to inquire about it. Shi Taijun was a little disappointed when he knew that the child was also a girl.

In private, he wondered whether it was because Jia She and Jia Gu had difficulties in offspring, and there were not many sons and grandchildren in their fate.Let Shi Taijun say for himself that Jia Xuan is much more promising than Jia Lian. I didn't expect that the first child was also a girl.

Hey, sigh.

Because she is the No. 1 grandchild of Zhongwuhou Mansion, not long after the baby girl was born, Jia Gu began to look in the dictionary, trying to find a better name.

However, he hadn't read for a long time, and there was no paper in the study, so he invited Lin Daiyu here with shame.

"Niece, uncle knows that you are knowledgeable, tell me, which word is more blessed, and use it for the little girl."

Lin Daiyu first humbled her knowledge and thought for a while, "It's better to be called Sister Xuan, Hemerocallis, and there is also a saying of Wangyoucao."

Jia Gu was semi-literate, and he wrote letters to the emperor in vernacular, and no one accused him of that. Most of the generals in the army were like him, and some low-level officers couldn't even read the words.Now that I heard what Lin Daiyu said, I thought it was a good name, so I asked Lin Daiyu to write it obliquely, and discussed it with Jia Xuan.

"Hemerocallis, also known as Wangyoucao, how about it? Jia Xuan, a good name."

"Father," Jia Xun looked at Jia Gu's happy face, amused in his heart, "Does the next generation also start with cursive characters? I heard that the next generation of the Rongning Second House are all cursive characters, like Jia Rong, Jia Lan and others. "

Jia Gu put away the smirk on his face, "No, we are two families, who wants to be like them, but I think the word Xuan is good, and the meaning is good, anyway, I can't think of a better word. .”

Compared with the Rongguo Mansion entrenched in Kyoto, Jia Gu's father and son have weak foundations, which is why Shi Taijun looked down on father and son at the beginning.Since the founding of the country, the Rongguo Mansion has been guarding the emperor most of the time, ranking in a high position, and has become the image of a family. Compared with the Rongguo Mansion, the Zhongwuhou Mansion is the home of the new Rong. From the owner to the slave, in the eyes of others, Come on, I'm a little lost.When Mrs. Tong goes out to socialize, the first is that she doesn’t understand the rules of the capital, but at least she goes out to socialize with sincerity, and it is not considered to offend others. The second is that the customs in the north are different from those in Kyoto. Madam Tong didn't care if she said a few words to her because she was used to her style.

On the ninth day after Qi Jingan gave birth to her daughter, Sister Xuan, Qi Jingan's two older brothers and two sisters-in-law came to visit their mother and daughter.

In the backyard, it was natural that the female relatives were chatting and laughing, but in the front yard, Uncle Qi looked at the hall and talked to Jia Huan,

"Hou Ye has been in Beijing for three years. I don't know what the hall name of Zunfu is?"

The brothers of the Qi family also knew about the lawsuit between Jia Gu father and son and the Rongguo Mansion. Let them say that it is the best way not to get involved with the Rongfu Mansion.

First of all, the branch clan needs to establish its own family tree and family law, and then establish the hall name of this descendant. Generally, when going out to socialize, first report the family name, and will introduce the children in which hall and house.Take Rongguo Mansion as an example, their church name is "Rongxitang" bestowed by the emperor, and one day the plaque of Guogong Mansion was withdrawn, and the children of this branch can also call themselves Rongxitang Jiajia.

Therefore, Jia Zheng of the Rongguo Mansion is the head of the family recognized by the world, because he lives in the main hall, no matter from the religious etiquette or secular point of view, he is the head of the family.

In places like Jiangnan where the style of writing prevails and the family is paramount, they recognize these traditional things even more, no matter how prominent the offshoots are, they are not eligible to live in the main hall.

And now even if everyone doesn't say it, in fact, Jia She, the eldest son of the direct line, has become a side branch of the Rongguo Mansion, and the direct branch is Jia Zheng's house.This is also the reason why Jia Gu repeatedly persuaded Jia She to move out, and it is also the reason why the official hall where Jia Zheng lived for so long did not have a censor to play him.

The family chose Jia Zheng as the head of the family, and Jia Amnesty was just unwilling to be the eldest son.Jia Amnesty has lost his position as Patriarch, and now he can only rely on his title to pass on to the family. Unfortunately, because the title was passed on to a side branch, he has changed from a Duke to a first-class general.