Old things in the Red Chamber

Sending Baoyu back will definitely disrupt Jia Amnesty's birthday banquet. Although Jia Huan had expected it, he really saw it and felt a little sad.

There is a banquet in the Rongguo Mansion, although Jia She and Jia Gu are two brothers, but in comparison, the number and quality of guests at Jia She's side are not as good as that of Jia Gu's, here are some relatives and friends The servants of the face, there are all the court ministers, sitting in the courtyard bustling with each other, and sitting in the courtyard here sparsely.

As soon as Jia Baoyu came home, everyone circled around Jia Baoyu. Shi Taijun held Baoyu's hand and patted him while crying, "You are a solid-eyed child, why can't you look away."

Jia Xun was afraid that the people in the Jia family would say something unpleasant. After all, Lin Daiyu was married. If there were any rumors here, Jia Xun took a look at Jia Baoyu, and then thought about Gu Yun's narrow-mindedness who refused to suffer. These people will not end well.

"Old lady, why don't you invite a doctor here, Baoyu can't help being frightened by those rough people." Jia Lian watched Jia Xuan's face getting darker and darker, and quickly changed the subject.

"That's right, that's right, Lian'er, you go and invite Doctor Wang from the imperial hospital. He is our family's usual doctor and knows Baoyu's weakness."

The servants carried a table, let Baoyu lie on it, and carried it back to the garden. Jia Xun saw that there was nothing wrong here, so she said goodbye to Jia Zheng, "There is no one to serve my father, and the family cannot do without people." , this is my farewell."

Jia Zheng knew that their family was busy today, so he asked the housekeeper Lai Da to send him out. Jia Xuan went to Jia She's yard instead, and greeted Jia She once again to celebrate his birthday. Great guilt.Jia She was a little dizzy from drinking this time, Jia Lian was still in front of him, Jia Cong was too young to persuade Jia She, helpless, Jia Huan coaxed Jia She to go back to sleep, and when Jia She fell asleep, let Jia Cong guard him, I just went outside by myself.

After a busy morning, I didn't even eat lunch, and I drank a lot of wine in my stomach. Jia Huan felt a little bit high, supported his forehead and shook his head a few times, and his eyes suddenly became clearer.Lai Da himself wanted to go to the masters of Rongguo Mansion to flatter him, so he assigned his son Lai Shangrong to follow Jia Xuan.

This Lai Shangrong can be regarded as a person who has studied. Seeing Jia Xun enter the upper room, he thought of going up to flatter him. He waited for more than an hour before coming out. He was impatient at the beginning, but now he watched Jia Xun come out Yes, and immediately gathered around, "Young Master, this way please, there is a banquet prepared in the kitchen, and I would like to ask Young Master to make a cushion."

Jia Xuan looked at him strangely, and with Lin Zhixiao standing aside, she asked Lin Zhixiao, "Who is this?"

"This is the eldest son of the chief executive, the uncle of the Lai family." After Lin Zhixiao finished speaking, he bent down and replied, "Uncle Lai is free, not the son of our family."

Jia Xun couldn't help but glanced at Lai Shangrong, and kept being polite, "It turns out that I'm not from the family. Since I'm a guest, let the servants greet me, Steward Lin, and invite him to sit outside and drink."

Lai Shangrong still wanted to talk, but the regular followers around Jia Xun pushed him away, surrounded Jia Xun and went out.

Doctor Wang pinched his beard, looked at Baoyu's pupils and tongue coating after taking the pulse, and went out to prepare a prescription. The purpose of taking medicine is to show one's own ability. After all, the nobles are weak, and treat any ailment as a serious illness. It is just getting angry, and it is enough to go hungry for two meals. If you have to take medicine, then treating a minor ailment as a serious illness It became an unwritten rule among imperial physicians.The second is for the sake of stability. Most of the nobles are weak, and they may not be able to withstand the effects of medicine that ordinary people can bear.

A prescription was prescribed, and Jia Baoyu didn't feel better after drinking it for two days, so the branch of the Jia family recommended many doctors to come over.

The most reliable one, diagnosed Jia Baoyu's pulse, and also prescribed a prescription. When Jia Zheng saw it, he didn't like it in his heart. "The first medicine I used was the first-born Ziheche."

Zihe Che was the first child, Jia Amnesty and Jia Zheng glanced at each other, Jia Zheng sighed, "What should I do?"

The prescription was spread to the backyard, and Mrs. Wang saw it, but she didn't think there was anything wrong with it, "I remember, the Tianwang Buxin Pill that was prepared last time, one of the ingredients is Ziheche, so let's use the prescription like this."

Shi Taijun thought about it, but he didn't think there was anything wrong, so he nodded, "Use this recipe."

Jia She, an old dandy, went to Zhongwu Hou's mansion that night, clamoring to live in the Hou's mansion for a while.

"What's the matter with you?" Jia Gu placed him in the front yard, watching him hide in the tent in the hot weather, standing outside the tent, "What the hell?"

"Don't talk, don't talk," Jia Amnesty poked his head out of the tent, "Don't talk about ghosts at night, you don't even know that."

Jia Gu pulled a big chair over, "What's wrong with you?"

Jia Amnesty thought for a while, and felt that Jia Gu was a man who had been on the battlefield. His body was full of evil spirits, and he could suppress all kinds of ghosts and ghosts. Here, there is another medicinal herb called Ziheche."

"Oh." Jia Gu had never heard of it, and thought it was similar to ginseng and angelica.

"You don't know that God is Zihe Che?"

"Grow on the ground or underground? I've never heard of it. Is it a great tonic that is rarer than ginseng?"

"It's just... the placenta. It's only a thing that hurts the harmony of heaven. It's said that heaven has the virtue of good life..."

"Wait, as long as you take this... process and don't hurt innocent people, why are you..."

"Here, eat this..." The old dandy couldn't accept it, he gestured with both hands, and his face showed a bit of confusion.

"Hey, let me tell you, what's the difference between the barbarians and us is that they drink blood like hair, they treat us like fat sheep, and they are so barbaric that they plunder the residents on the frontier and make their skulls into bowls or wine vessels. Their men must have Hunting and killing a person by yourself, otherwise it is not considered an adult, brutal and bloody. Eat something you can't accept, that's not a problem."

Jia She felt nauseous and wanted to vomit.

"Let's not talk about this, if you are afraid, I will live with you at night, what do you think?"

Jia Amnesty yelled, "Who's scared?" and acted cowardly, so Jia Gu asked the housekeeper to send someone to the backyard to deliver a message, saying that he slept in the front yard today, and went directly to court from the front yard tomorrow.The room was hot and stuffy, so the couch was carried to the yard, and the small table on the couch was served with wine and food. Jia Guyou asked the kitchen to bring over two large bowls of noodles. He ate a bowl of noodles first, and then drank and ate vegetables.

When the two of them were drinking, they also chatted some gossip, and what they could talk about was about their children. Jia She said happily, "Among these children, the most promising ones are Concubine He and Xuan'er."

"Among these children, the most promising ones are Baoyu and Concubine Gui." Mrs. Wang and her younger sister, Mrs. Xue, were enjoying the coolness in the courtyard, and Mrs. Wang's eldest maid, Jin Chuan, put the watermelon that had been run over by the well in front of them.

Mrs. Xue's compliment to her own wife was next to her ear, and she rolled her eyes in her heart, "It's late at night, and Mrs. Xue is not leaving yet. This is the master's backyard, not your Xue's backyard. How about when the master comes back later?" Sure." But on second thought, the master hasn't been in the wife's yard for a long time, so he probably won't meet him.

Shaved off the seeds of the watermelon with a silver stick, put the watermelon with the rind and seeds removed in a small bowl, first to Mrs. Xue, and then to Mrs. Wang.

Although Mrs. Wang was happy for her sister to say this, she still had a bit of worry on her face, "It's all about Baoyu, I've always cared about the matter between him and Bao girl, but you know where the empress is, I'm so anxious It's like burning. The second girl has raised two princes, the only one in the palace, but there has been no movement from the imperial concubine."

The idea Mrs. Xue could come up with was still the same old tune, "Concubine He is raising two princes now, and she must be unable to do what she wants. Why don't you give one of them to the imperial concubine?"

"Who says it's not, but the old man in the East Courtyard is unscrupulous. Every time the old lady mentions it, he makes a fuss by himself. That's all, we can't take care of Tianjia's affairs, I see, and The concubine may not be willing either."

Mrs. Xue thought about it, looked at Jin Chuan who was kneeling and shaving melon seeds, and said with a smile, "Miss Jin Chuan, go and tell the girls in our family for me, saying that I will go back later, let them wait earlier on."

Jin Chuan stood up, took a few steps back, and walked out of the yard.

Mrs. Xue said, "Of course, the Tian family has the final say. In this palace, it doesn't matter whether it is the queen mother or the queen, who can not listen to the words of the emperor, as long as someone blows into the ear of the emperor, wouldn't the imperial concubine be rewarded as soon as possible?" Wish."

Mrs. Wang thought for a moment, "You mean, go the way of Concubine Zhen."

Mrs. Xue nodded and shook the round fan in her hand. At this time, the sky was filled with stars and the sound of cicadas was heard all around. Mrs. Wang's heart suddenly calmed down, "My sister is right, that's the reason, you say, the Ninth Prince and the Tenth Prince Prince, which one is better?"

"If you want me to say, it is naturally the eleventh prince. He is still young and doesn't remember things. Naturally, whoever raises him and listens to whom."

Mrs. Wang thought deeply in her heart, isn't her own precious jade like this?With the protection of the old lady, no matter how many times he told him to be motivated, he never listened to it.

"What I'm worried about is that the eleventh prince is too young. I'm afraid it won't be easy to raise him."

"I'm worried that the eleventh prince is too young. If a child gets sick, it will be difficult to support him. Among other things, Lian'er's brother is also gone from illness. If there is something bad, the eighth prince is also a The disease is gone."

Jia Gu poured Jia She a glass of wine, took a sip himself, filled it up, and put the glass in front of Jia She, "Eat more, run more, and you will grow up. Look at Xun'er, and then look at it." Look at Xuan'er and Fu Rong, when Brother Nan grows older, I'll whip the horsewhip and let him run more and eat more. Let me tell you, this method is more effective than taking medicine. That's how I raised Yu'er .”

"Speaking of this matter, it's not that our family thinks too much. It's because there is no noble prince in the palace. It's the same as 20 years ago. After the death of the prince, whoever raised the prince would not think too much. Jia Amnesty drank the wine, "In conclusion, because our family has two princes, we are one step ahead of others..."

Jia Gu warned him, "Be careful or take it by mouth. Let me tell you again, our family has no intentions at all. We are dedicated to serving the country and serving the court."

"I see, you have to be more cautious, listen to you, listen to you."

"My sister wants to listen to me about this matter," Mrs. Xue waved her round fan, "Our family has been sending money to the palace all these years, and we can still chat with Concubine Zhen. After a few days, my sister will go The palace greeted the empress, and explained to the empress that at this time, she must bow to Concubine Zhen and flatter her. It won't take too long, and a white and tender prince will arrive."

"Of course I can trust my sister, but this matter has a lot to do with it. My sister has to talk to the empress first, and do things according to the empress's wishes."

"It's natural. We have planned so much, isn't it for the sake of your mother?"

Mrs. Wang nodded, and stretched out her hand to hold Mrs. Xue's hand, "I know that my sister cares for our mother, and now everything is up to me, but I promised my sister, and my mother and I will remember it. Baochai is a good friend." Girl, just ask my younger sister and Baochai to wait, I will make the old lady agree."

Aunt Xue shook back emotionally, "I can trust my sister, if there is no sister, Pan'er is a bad son... Now our family depends entirely on my sister."

Mrs. Wang took out her handkerchief and wiped the corners of her eyes, "Pan'er is my nephew, I should plan for him. By the way, he is not too young. There is only one person in the house at the moment. It's outrageous. What is my sister's plan, and wherever my sister is used, my sister can just say."

Mrs. Xue sighed, "I can't do anything about that evil person. I told my sister the truth. The marriage of this naughty son made me feel anxious. A woman is a wife."

"Hi," Mrs. Wang thought this was not a big deal, "there are not many stunning women, but they are easy to find. Is it because you have someone you like?"

"Not really. The girls are all raised in deep boudoirs. I saw that he might not like it. He said that he would only hire a wife if he thought she was stunning. Whose girl would let him look at it? That's inappropriate. rule."

It's really against the rules, girls are all delicate these days, and they have to avoid outsiders.Mrs. Wang rolled her eyes, "What do you think of Xiangyun?"

"Her?" Mrs. Xue thought for a while, "It's not right, I used to think that Miss Lin had a good color, but when I thought about her body, I didn't dare to mention it to the old lady. Miss Smith's color is also good, but I haven't grown up yet, I act like a child, my family knows my own affairs, we Pan'er is also a bastard, and the Shi family is also a noble family, so we can't climb high."

"Why can't you climb high? Pan'er is the cousin of the noble concubine and the head of the Xue family. Miss Smith is just an orphan of the Hou family. His father has never been a master, so he can't be regarded as a serious lady. Sister, don't belittle yourself. We need to find a proper person to talk about this matter.”

"What my sister said is true." Mrs. Xue was only half-satisfied with Shi Xiangyun, but she hadn't found a decent and suitable family yet, so she thought about letting her son see Mrs. Smith first. If it was suitable, she begged her brother to propose marriage.

At this moment, the two sisters were very happy, and wanted to continue talking, when Jin Chuan came over from the door, "Madam, Mrs. Xue, all the doors are going to be locked, and I won't be able to return to Lixiangyuan any later."

Mrs. Xue stood up quickly to say goodbye, and Mrs. Wang sent her to the door to retreat. The more she thought about this idea, the better. It would not only eliminate a strong enemy for Baochai, but also find a beautiful woman for Pan'er. Slowly fell asleep.

After a few days, Baoyu recovered from his illness and sat in the courtyard feeling unhappy. Seeing him depressed, Xiren had to sit by his side to relieve him.

Jia Baoyu listened to her without saying a word, and suddenly asked, "Is the baby in Sister Lin's stomach a boy or a girl?"

Xiren immediately shut up, looked at Sheyue Qingwen Qiuwen who was sitting on the side kneading melon seeds, and said with a forced smile, "How do we know about this, besides, Miss Lin's month is light."

Qingwen also said, "Don't worry about Baoyu, whether it's a man or a woman, the Gu family will worry about it."

Sheyue also said, "Baoyu, don't think about it, you will know when Miss Lin is born."

Qiuwen didn't dare to say a word, for fear of making Baoyu fall ill.The four maidservants glanced at each other, and Xiren asked, "Why don't I accompany you to talk to Miss Bao?"

Baoyu shook her head, went to her room, let a little maid named Zhui'er grind the ink, and began to write by herself.

The four big girls had different ideas, and She Yue wondered how the pendant could touch Baoyu.Qiuwen thought about not letting this girl get ahead, Qingwen looked at Zhui'er, rolled her eyes, thinking that this girl is dishonest, let's see how I deal with her.Xiren was worried about Baoyu, thinking that in the past he didn't like reading books and writing, what's wrong?

Xiren explained a few words, went to Mrs. Wang's yard, and told what happened today. Mrs. Wang also felt that it was not a good thing for her son to be depressed, so she turned around and found Mrs. Xue, "Let Pan'er lead Baoyu to talk to Mrs. Some sons from good families are playing around."

Xue Pan took this matter as a big one, got his old lady's order, and sent a letter to the lovers in the kiln, and invited a few people to play with him for a day.

Jia Baoyu followed Xue Pan to a pavilion, and was greeted by someone earlier. The opera singers were not wearing costumes, and now they looked like princes of aristocratic families with silk and satin upper body.There are also a few children of Xungui's family, and Feng Ziying is an acquaintance.

Going up to the attic, there is a hole in the sky, with flying curtains, carpets, a big round table in the middle, a big couch against the north wall, and chairs on the left and right sides. The girl of musical instruments.

Xue Pan pulled Baoyu forward, shouting as he walked, "Yun'er, my son, come and see uncle."

A woman was holding a pipa, and was pushed out by other girls, covering half of her face, and said hello to Baoyu shyly.He bowed his knees and gave blessings to the people around him.Xue Pan immediately hugged Yun'er in his arms, regardless of other people's presence, first lay down on Yun'er's face like a pig and arched it a few times, and introduced to Baoyu with a rippling face, "This is your little sister-in-law, Yun'er, over there They are Yun'er's sisters."

At the same time, the girls who were acting as background boards bowed their knees like green onions, and said a few auspicious words in a whisper.Then he stood up, chose one of them, pulled them to the table, and started teasing them.

The other babes who didn't grab anyone had no choice but to sit back, tune the orchestra, and start playing and singing.

A group of people started pushing cups and changing glasses, and there were a few cute exclamations at intervals, and the little girls kept changing the banquets. When the sun was setting and Baoyu was in a daze, when he stood on the attic and caught a glimpse of the setting sun, he felt Not in the void.Not allowing him to think too much, a beautiful woman sitting next to her complained softly, Bao Yu just wanted to coax, Feng Ziying stood up drunk, and said to the people at the table, "Everyone eat and drink well, I'll go first."

The girl next to him who was supporting him helped him go downstairs, but Baoyu wanted to stop him, but was hugged by the beauty beside him, and the others winked and said goodbye one after another. When they left, they all dragged a girl.Xue Pan put his arms around Yun'er and said to Baoyu, "The one beside you is Yun'er's good sister, brother, please take pity on me."

"goose"

"Puff puff"

"Song to Heaven"

"Puff puff puff"

"White hair floating in green water"

"Puff puff puff"

"Anthurium dial clear wave"

"Puff puff puff"

"Good son," Jia Huan hugged his son and kissed him, "You are as smart as your old man."

Qi Jingan burst out laughing immediately, and the women in the room also laughed so hard that their stomachs hurt, Qi Jingan wiped away the tears from laughing, "I've never seen such a thick-skinned uncle."

"What do you know?" Jia Huan held his son in his arms, holding his son high as he walked, "I said goose goose, and he said "goose, goose, goose, goose, goose, goose, goose, goose, he's puff, I said three words, and he said three words. I said Qu Xiang paused for a moment and Xiang Tiange, and he paused for a moment. What is it if my son is not smart?"

"You are right, sir."

"That's natural." Jia Xun supported his son's little butt, and Jia Nan put his arms around his neck, his big eyes rolled around. The more Qi Jingan looked at it, the more he recognized his son's cleverness.

A woman came in at the door and said to Jia Xuan with her hands tied, "Master, there is a rumor in the front yard that the second uncle of the Qi family is here."

Qi Jingan sat up straight, "Second elder brother is here. But is there anything going on at the Princess Mansion?"

Jia Xun went out with Jia Nan in her arms, "I think it might be inappropriate for the errand, you sit down first, and I will take Nan'er to greet his second uncle."

Qi Jing'an thought about it too, if something happened in the Princess Mansion, it would usually be the mother who came, no matter how bad it was, she would take care of the matter, if something serious happened, it would be the brothers and sisters-in-law who came to the door to inform.Besides, her natal family is kind to others, and nothing major has happened for so many years, so she said to the maid standing aside, "Go to Madam's yard, tell Madam that my second brother is here, and ask Xuan'er and Rong'er to greet their second uncle."

Jia Xun carried Jia Nan to the front yard without changing her clothes. When she arrived in the hall, she found that the second master Qi and a cousin of Qi Jing'an named Wei were not dressed so formally. Transferred to uncle's arms.

"Oh, brother Nan is getting fat again. He's white and fat. Call him uncle."

"chirp"

"Oh, grand nephew, didn't your mother say that she still can't speak? Now she can speak." Second Master Qi was quite surprised.

"It didn't take long for him to speak. He is stupid, not as early as his two sisters."

While they were talking, some women pointed out that Xuan'er and Fu Rong sisters had come to the front yard, "Madam said, ask the two girls to greet uncle."

The young man surnamed Wei who was sitting next to Second Master Qi quickly stood up, and the servants behind him took out two purses from their pockets and gave them to the young man.Jia Xuan knew that he was going to pay respects to his two daughters, so he waved his hands with a smile, "Cousin Wei, don't do this. When you get married, just give them a share."