Old things in the Red Chamber

A group of ladies and wives from rich and noble families can talk about ghosts and spirits with a Taoist nun.

"Those little ghosts are the most hateful. They often bully the good and fear the evil. It's not that I disrespect the officials and lords in the yamen to talk about them. They are more restrained than ordinary people. Like those officials with big palms , especially the county magistrate of a county, the magistrate of a state, these big masters are sealed by the emperor, with royal luck, and their souls are stronger than those who sell oil and tofu on the street. It’s not good to say, and it’s easy to be backlashed. Thank you for the tea, girl, and trouble girl.”

Ma Daopo stood up, took the tea from a big girl, apologized, and took a few sips.Wang Xifeng didn't believe this, and took it as a joke, Xue Baochai didn't speak easily, and just held a handkerchief to see Mrs. Wang's reaction.Jia Tanchun dared not speak even more, because Mrs. Wang prayed to God and worshiped Buddha every day, and she had a Buddhist hall in the yard. Naturally, she believed in ghosts and gods. Jia Tanchun wished that Ma Daopo would talk more, so that he would I also know a little bit, even if I talk to my wife in the future, I don’t understand everything.As for believe it or not, Jia Tanchun didn't think it was a question.

Mrs. Wang watched as Ma Daopo drank the tea and twirled the beads, "Everyone in the world knows that being an official is good, and there are benefits, but they don't know that there will be another experience."

"Being an official naturally has various advantages. If you are talking about the nobles in the palace, the benefits are even more. For example, those who are prime ministers who are the number one scholar, all know that the stars of Tianshan come down to earth, especially the Wenqu star. Oh, there are so many in the world. It is precisely because the number one scholar is a Wenqu star. Even if he was born in a poor family, no one can stop him when it is time to stand out. By the way, has my wife heard the story of the West Lake White Snake? The Millennium Snake The demon was suppressed under the pagoda, just because his son was the reincarnation of Wenquxing, and he knelt down to worship, and the Leifeng Pagoda fell down."

"Yo, is this true?" Wang Xifeng kowtowed the melon seeds, and the skins of the melon seeds were placed on the little girl's handkerchief, full of interest.

"I read it in a book, saying that there is indeed a Leifeng Pagoda beside the West Lake. By the way, there is also a famous scene in the West Lake called Leifeng Xizhao." Xue Baochai took a sip of tea, "The nobleman is not the same, If it's a noble person in the palace, wouldn't that be even more remarkable."

Ma Daopo glanced at Xue Baochai with satisfaction, thinking that this is finally a good person, and it is not in vain that I have told the story for a long time. My wife is embarrassed to ask, lest people say that there is a noble concubine in the family, and it seems frivolous. If the younger generation I asked, but only out of curiosity.

Mrs. Wang still felt that Xue Baochai was caring. After all, Jia Tanchun would not be as good as Xue Baochai, and would look at someone with high eyebrows and low eyes.

"The nobles in the palace are even more extraordinary. Hey, the emperor is the emperor, and the people around him are also nobles from the sky. The eldest girl in our house must be the empress of some fairy palace in the sky."

This flattery is too blatant, but it's just right to tell the ignorant old women, if they are elegant, they may not understand it. Mrs. Wang's mouth is modest, but her expression is very self-satisfied.

Seeing that it was getting dark, the maid came to ask where to put the dinner, Madam Wang entertained Ma Daopo with a good table, and promised three hundred catties of sesame oil to light the ever-burning lamps for the family members.Ma Daopo was also invited to come to the house to speak in a few days.

Although Ma Daopo failed to achieve her goal today, she saw that Mrs. Wang had taken the bait and left contentedly.

Jia Gu took his son to hang up the plaque, and it was already summer time.Although Qi Jing'an regards her daughter as her darling, she can't stand her own mother, Princess Anyang, saying that there is only one reason, and she still needs a son, so she can rely on her in the future.

He discussed with Jia Huan and wanted to entrust his daughter to Mrs. Tong's upbringing, and wait until this winter to conceive another child and give birth to a son next year.

"Why are you bothering? Your parents didn't urge you to do this, so why are you in such a hurry?"

"My uncle doesn't know. He is a grandfather in his thirties, and our child is not yet an adult. If it is a few years later, the wrong generation will be born. Besides, the uncle is just a brother himself, and there is no one to help him." , if you have a son, teach him well, and after fifteen or sixteen years, he will be able to share his worries with the master."

Seeing that his wife was full of confidence, Jia Yu did not object, "There are still a few months before winter, you should take care of your body first, and you can't leave your daughter in front of your mother. You go to your mother during the day to serve her, and at night you will treat her as a child." Put my daughter to sleep with my mother. Take her back in a few days and let me see you too."

Seeing that her husband doesn't object, Qi Jing'an has achieved her goal. As for the matter of giving her husband a concubine to prolong his heirs, forget it, I haven't seen a concubine in the Princess's Mansion, and I haven't seen a concubine in the Zhongwuhou Mansion. Putting a person in front of the husband and wife is an eyesore, if the husband can't control it, Qi Jing'an looks at the husband who is dangling indoors with his daughter in his arms, thinking of what the younger brother said, "See if I don't cut him to death", and feels very happy.

That night, Qi Jing'an carried the child to Mrs. Tong's yard. Mrs. Tong took Jia Yingchun to talk to Lin Daiyu, and watched her granddaughter come in, ignoring other people, and then several women brought in Xuan'er's toys. , What kind of cloth tiger cloth hydrangea, the little girl eats white and fat, does not recognize her life, looks at the people in the room, looks at this and that with big eyes.

The female relatives in the mansion played with the child for a long time, Qi Jingan took her daughter back, but did not take away the toys and small clothes.

When Jia Gu came back, Mrs. Tong showed off that she was holding her granddaughter today, which aroused Jia Gu's envy and jealousy, with mixed feelings in her heart, and she wished that someone could hug the child and coax her.If you think about it, forget it, otherwise, the few members of the family will have to say that they are disrespectful, and play with their granddaughter in the middle of the night like a child before going to bed.

In this way, within a month, Xuan'er stayed in the yard of her grandparents for three or two days, and she couldn't hold her grandson or her granddaughter. Jia Gu ran around in Mrs. Tong's yard with her granddaughter in her arms, because the granddaughter liked it like this. , Run fast, people are unhappy, and when they are unhappy, they cry.

Even so, when meeting Jia She, Jia Gu showed off several times.

It's also fortunate that they are brothers. If it was anyone else, Jia Gu would definitely give them a few punches without hesitation, "I know, I know, Xuan'er has gained a few pounds compared to last month, and she is a finger taller than last month, you said How many times have you said it eight hundred times since we met today?"

"Nonsense, I've said it a dozen times, not even eighty times. Did I tell you that the little girl seems to be teething..."

"I've said it, I've said it seven or eight times."

"Let me think about it, what else did I not tell you, let me think about it... By the way, she will call daddy, that kind of 'Father...Father...Tiger', drooling while talking, oh, what a clever children."

Jia Amnesty suddenly felt that even his own brothers should be beaten to death when encountering such a person.

However, he still can't beat others. For Jia She, this is a sad realization.Seeing that Jia Amnesty's interest was not high, Jia Gu wisely stopped provoking him.The two of them were sitting by a lake fishing at the moment, and they didn't expect to catch any fish, so they just looked at the fishing rod and talked.

"Is there anything new in your mansion recently?"

Jia Amnesty thought for a while, "There is nothing new, it's just that the lady in the palace has heard that she wants to ask for a son."

Jia Gu smiled at the fishing rod, wondering how she would have children without the emperor. "The empress is a bit older, not to mention the emperor, even ordinary people, the master also prefers younger concubines, don't you think, you understand this better than me."

Jia She ignored his joke, and said worriedly, "I'm not the kind of dandy who only drinks and spends money. When I was a reading companion when I was young, I often listened to those children from Xungui's families whispering, and often said those things. A concubine is favored, and that concubine has a son... Whether there is a prince or not is up to the emperor, he does not want a certain concubine to give birth to an heir for him, naturally there are thousands of ways, and it is useless to ask."

"This made me admire my elder brother."

"Go, you really think I'm a mallet."

"Things in the palace, in the final analysis, are royal family affairs. For your family, you should not interfere. I have seen someone insert their hands into the son-in-law's house. If the in-laws find out, they must come to make a fuss. What's more, it's not the son-in-law's family, my daughter is considered a noble concubine."

These words made Jia Amnesty somewhat displeased, "Your Majesty really gave birth to a prince... Hey, I can't force it. I hope that your Majesty will be well, and I also hope that the Rongguo Mansion will be well. Let's not talk about this, I will go The next time I asked Cong'er to pay homage to Xie Xun'er, and thanked him for getting a good inkstone for Cong'er. How did I hear that there was a Jiangnan lawsuit in your house. Cong'er also listened to it in Xun'er's study in time, and didn't dare to ask, so she came back Tell me, I can't figure it out either."

Jia Gu pulled up the fishing rod, and a carp had already been hooked. It was about two feet long, and he put it in the pottery beamingly. I came to look for Jia Lao Er with the letter with your seal. He corrupted ink officials and money in Jinling and offended some people. They impeached him. This matter does not wrong him. He really indulged his children to ask for bribes. I just heard that the emperor Very angry, he has been trying to plow the Jiangnan officialdom like a plow three or five times. Who knows that Wang Ziteng intervened, and was entrusted by Jia Laoer to wipe away the traces of Jia Yucun's extortion. Prince Teng will leave the capital soon, and the vacancy of the nine-door admiral will come out."

"The old brother wants to compete for the admiral of the nine sects?"

"What to fight for? Whoever the emperor wants to let go will go. There is no way to fight for this kind of thing. If you put an unfaithful person, the emperor can't sleep at night. Just wait and see, if I become nine The admiral of the door will give up the seal of the Ministry of War, anyway, he won't have these two jobs at the same time."