Old things in the Red Chamber

Jia Baoyu was not at home, Xiren greeted him warmly, Jia Tanchun went to the main hall to have tea and waited for Baoyu, but Qingwen threw things at home and beat and scolded the little girl, first she scolded someone named Jiahui or Jiasui, then He grabbed a girl named Zhui'er and poked her hand with a hairpin pulled from her head, saying that the girl had stolen something.Jia Baoyu's other two maids, Sheyue and Qiuwen, were watching, Xiren smiled at Jia Tanchun embarrassedly, but did not scold them.

Jia Tanchun suddenly felt a chill in his heart. As a concubine young lady, the maids of the concubines looked down on them, and they beat and scolded him in front of him. It was not because he was leaving here sooner or later, and he had to rely on him in the future. precious jade.

What's more, even a son's house is in such a mess, what is the situation in the palace.

"I won't wait for my second brother anymore. When he comes back, tell him that I'll come back tomorrow."

"I'll see off the third girl."

Xiren politely sent Jia Tanchun away, and when Jia Tanchun returned to his room, it was already dark, and the celebrities around Mrs. Wang and Zhou Rui's family were waiting for her.

"Miss," Zhou Rui's family stood up, "greetings and congratulations to the girl."

Where does joy come from?

"My wife said that it is better to hit the sun than to choose a date. Tomorrow will be a good day. I will send you into the palace early in the morning."

"Aunt Zhou," the servant helped Jia Tanchun to sit down, "Our girl's things haven't been packed yet."

"What else to pack? There is everything in the palace. Besides, the girl is the mother's younger sister. My sister must have prepared good things." After speaking, he turned and looked at Jia Tanchun, "Miss, sit first, and Aunt Zhao and Huan My brother is here to greet you."

After speaking, he left.

Before the master and servant could come to an agreement, Aunt Zhao grabbed Jia Huan's hand and came in.

"Girl is overjoyed, another empress has come out of our family."

The waiter went up to stop "Auntie..."

Aunt Zhao spit on the servant book's face, "What are you, our mothers are talking to each other and want you to push back, the girl doesn't want to see me so much, it's because you have spoiled me, bah." Push the servant book away , grabbed Jia Huan and pushed in front of Jia Tanchun, "When a girl has become a queen, she should pull and pull your brother."

It was Yuanyang who rescued Jia Tanchun. Yuanyang helped Jia Tanchun to the old lady's yard. There was no one in the yard. When the two of them walked to the corridor, they could hear the voices of Mrs. Wang and Shi Taijun.

"It's impossible for all the sisters to marry into the palace. We are also the family of the Duke, and their sisters are not dowry concubines." Shi Taijun was obviously angry.

Mrs. Wang was not angry, "Liu Ge's hometown sent a few people into the palace, more than our family."

"Who is that person? Although they are from a good family, they are not from the real Liu family. The Liu family collected beautiful women and brought them to the palace. They gave birth to a prince and did not advance to the throne. Can you compare them with the girls in our family? If Sanya also enters the palace, she has two elder sisters who are high-ranking concubines, and she is determined not to be able to stand out. "

Jia Zheng persuaded, "Old lady, the empress already knows about this matter, and she has also agreed with the palace."

Shi Taijun wished he could hit him on the head with a cane, "It's settled, who did you talk to? Is it with the Supreme Emperor or the Emperor? Is it the Queen Mother or the Queen? If you send the three girls in like this, the master is not the master, the slave is not the slave, a big A living person has entered the palace, how can the Ministry of Internal Affairs explain it? Where can the Minister of Guards let him go?"

Shi Taijun immediately grasped the important point, "Why did you send the third girl in? Jia Gu doesn't recognize my mother, let alone your brother. The palace ban is so strict, and this stall can enter and exit the palace gate without eye contact. People who are loyal to the palace, the third girl can only enter the palace pretending to be a girl from the loyal palace. When they leave the palace, the guards find that there is one person missing. The loyal palace must say that they are staying to serve the concubine. The Ministry of Internal Affairs will take care of it, and the Ministry of Internal Affairs has already figured out the way, right?"

Jia Zheng knew that his wife's knowledge was different from that of ordinary women, so he didn't expect to deduce his arrangement in a few moments. Why can't you be confused for a while.The reason for this is not because of my mother, because of Baoyu, and because of our family's title.

"Old lady, it's really pitiful for the noble concubine to be in the palace." Jia Zheng, an old man, cried himself first.When he cried, Mrs. Wang cried more sincerely than he did.

"Alas," Shi Taijun sighed, "there are two empresses in the palace and two princes, so there will be no more complications. Why don't you understand?"

Jia Zheng just cried, saying that he couldn't bear to see the empress live like this.Shi Taijun knew that he only cared about himself, and felt that his brother's daughter was not caring, and he didn't see the whole family in his eyes, and what he saw with his two eyes was only three feet wide.

Shi Taijun felt a headache, and the mandarin duck on the porch said outside, "Old lady, the third girl is here."

Shi Taijun raised his voice, "Let the third girl go back and rest."

Jia Tanchun suddenly felt her whole body froze, Yuanyang supported her, and walked out step by step.

Shi Taijun waited for a while, and the crying of the couple also stopped, "Do you know that the road of being loyal to the palace is not easy, the Qin family a few years ago, our family was almost hated by the queen mother and the emperor, the big girl is like this now It might not be because of this incident, but now he dares to entangle with the Zhongcheng Palace... I heard that the emperor's biological mother, the Empress Dowager Gu, was folded in the hands of Zhen Taifei. Since this kind of rumor has been spread, it may not be true, Your Majesty I'm afraid new and old grudges are waiting for the loyal palace and Concubine Zhen."

After the emperor ascended the throne, he named his biological mother the empress, and now people call her Queen Mother Gu.

Mrs. Wang looked at Shi Taijun's face, "Our family was also deceived at the beginning, the emperor must know, otherwise, he would not have sealed our two girls as empresses."

"The emperor named the noble concubine because the queen mother had spoken first, and the concubine because she gave birth to the prince."

Seeing Mrs. Wang's expression, Shi Taijun didn't seem to care, so he waved his hand, "Go, go, you don't listen to what I say, and if you talk too much, you still scold me for being obtuse."

Jia Zheng and Mrs. Wang knelt down quickly, and Shi Taijun stood up by himself and went back to the room.

"What do you mean? One person is missing?" Jia Gu got off his horse and saw several carriages in front of the Shenwu Gate.A very angry eunuch looked at Jia Gu with the whites of his eyes, "Lord Jia, what is the meaning of this?"

"This father-in-law, my subordinates said that there were eight servant girls entering the palace today, why only seven came out, and the other one?"

"Concubine Zhen likes that girl, and thinks she takes good care of her, so she stays."

Jia Gu smiled, "Since I stayed, when the House of Internal Affairs will take over and when the carriage of the Palace will leave, please don't embarrass me, father-in-law. This is my duty."

"Master Jia, our concubine and side concubine are nobles, you let the nobles hang out at the door, Mrs. Jia..."

"In the final analysis, this is the emperor's family business. You and I are the dogs of the heaven's family. As for me, watch the gate. As for you, just be funny. Don't be a dog, otherwise, this watchdog is better than amusing people." The dog's teeth are sharp and sharp, if I accidentally bite off a few pieces of your meat, it will hurt you at that time, won't it?"

The eunuch's chest heaved a few times in anger. In the past, he heard that Jia Gu was a gangster, but today he has seen it.

"Lord Jia..." The eunuch also wanted to speak harshly.

Before finishing speaking, a guard of Weiyang Palace ran over and said to Jia Gu, "My lord, there is a word in the Queen Mother's palace that Princess Zhongzheng has left something in the palace, and she has sent someone to bring it to the princess."

A few eunuchs in the back drove a young girl to the Shenwu Gate, and looked at the clothes, which were the same as those of the servant girls in the Palace of Zhongzhong.

The eunuch of the loyal palace said to Jia Gu, "Since we are all here, let's go back. Master Jia, let's wait and see."

Leaving the girl behind and leaving.

Jia Gu didn't understand why your family left before they got into the car.The girl who came Yingying bowed down to Jia Gu and called her uncle. Jia Gu thought that this matter was in his hands.

"Good boy, you are going to visit your relatives today, don't cry, go back and change your clothes, and rest well." Shi Taijun signaled to Yuanyang, Yuanyang supported Jia Tanchun, picked a path, and sent Jia Tan off. Spring back to the garden.

Mrs. Wang was so upset that she looked at Jia Zheng, who frowned.

"You have also heard what the third girl said. Today, in a remote palace, I saw Concubine Zhen. There were no more than ten people serving her. Concubine Zhen was so confused that she couldn't recognize anyone. I didn't see Concubine Zhen. , was sent directly to the Empress Dowager’s Palace, without beating or scolding, and was kicked out after a day.” Shi Taijun looked at Jia Zheng, “Didn’t you arrange good people? Who did you find in the House of Internal Affairs?”

"The Xue family made a connection, and they are looking for a Lang Guan, surnamed Zhao." Jia Zheng replied cautiously.

"A Langguan" Shi Taijun sighed, his son is a fifth-rank Langguan, except for this department, other places can't be the master, so what's the use of looking for a Langguan. "It seems that the Royal Palace of Loyalty is dead."

Mrs. Wang quickly raised her head, "Old lady, why is it that you are loyal to the palace...?"

"Concubine Zhen has lost power, otherwise, she would not have been moved to a remote place. If the loyal palace is really willing to help you, they will definitely greet the head of the internal affairs office and pass a message to the fourth concubine who is in charge of palace affairs. How can I let you run away. How can the palace just randomly stuff a person in? The maids have to be selected, the guards have to be from good families, and even the eunuchs have to be innocent. If there is an extra person in the palace People, among other things, starting from the ministers of guards down to the officials at all levels of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the eunuchs and mothers in charge of the palace, and even the four concubines, you can't count the number of officials you have with your two hands. If the imperial confinement is not strict, and a person with a ulterior motive sneaks in, a pack of medicine can cure a person, why don't you understand."

Mrs. Wang said in a hurry, "Old lady, the eunuch who sent me the message said that the noble concubine and the fourth concubine in the palace have greeted each other well, as long as the person is sent in, it is sad to enter the gate, guarding the palace." Mr. Jia from the door used to make things difficult for Qiao, and said that as long as someone enters the palace, everything will be fine."

Jia Zheng already understood that someone was plotting against him.

Shi Taijun looked at Jia Zheng, "You are the head of the family now, you will leave the outside affairs to you, and you will leave the matters concerning the third girl to me. I will find a good family for her and marry her early."

Jia Zheng quickly stood up, "Leave this to the old lady."

Shi Taijun waved his hand and called a maid named Glass, "Go, invite the Elder Master, I have something to say to him."

"Let me tell you, I felt a few thunders on my forehead. You said that it would be fine if she didn't call me uncle, but when she called, the guards around me must know her identity, so I ordered it to be kept silent. Don't let them talk nonsense." Jia Guzi took a sip of his wine and handed the glass to Jia She, "Full up, full up."

Jia Amnesty poured him a glass of wine, "The old lady asked me to ask you if there were any family members present at the time. If you want to marry the third girl, you should avoid these families."

"Yes, there are quite a few. Let me tell you, there are two from the princess's family, five from the princess's family, the grandson of the Minister of the Ministry of Officials, and the youngest son of the left servant of the Ministry of Industry. For the time being, there are so many. Others... ...By the way, there is also a little prince in Zhao Wangfu. His mother is not favored. It is the eldest son of their family who finds him this guard job. The main reason is that there are too many princes in Zhao Wangfu. The eldest son is afraid that he will not be able to support him in the future. I have found errands for my younger brothers, so let’s get some salary first.”

Jia Amnesty stared blankly at Jia Gu, and Jia Gu glanced at him, "Yes, guarding the gate seems to have no future, but what gate do you want to guard, and who does it guard for. You said you want to mess with the emperor If there is any errand in a few years, the emperor will think of them. This is the way Xun'er went. Didn't one of the nine ministers, Taipu Siqing, get it early. I'm going to ask him to do it The fifth-rank guerrilla general is still struggling with his qualifications. There are no battles to fight around the capital, so what can he use for promotion? Besides, since he is in the capital, I don’t have to make my son suffer. Taking care of her, food, clothing and housing are exquisite, not better than sleeping in a tent? Of course, Princess Anyang also contributed, if she hadn’t given her kind words in front of the Supreme Emperor, Xun’er would have to endure for a few years, and there would be no mistakes in the middle.”

Jia Amnesty snatched Jia Gu's glass of wine, "Sure enough, there are people in the court who are good at being officials."

"That's, the old historian's brother, isn't there still one who stays in the capital? The fear is that he will go out and not come back. If he wants to come back, the people who stay in the capital will pay attention to him early on. Once a radish leaves the radish pit , and their brothers squat up immediately."

Jia Amnesty poured another glass, "Is it okay to get Lian'er to you and guard the palace gate?"

"Okay, the premise is that you can endure hardships, rain or shine, and you can't ask for leave. I only invite you home once to get married. And there will be rehearsals every ten days. Don't be too bad at kung fu. Don't mention me if you are too bad. The emperor will be the first one." I don't agree with him staying. I won't help him cheat, even the princess' son, the son of the Prince's family, doesn't have the guts to coerce his colleagues to help him cheat."

"Hey, he was spoiled and spoiled. He doesn't have any skills, and he can't be this job. If Cong'er doesn't pass the exam, because he isn't the seed of studying, you can put him in the guards and stay for a few years. Grade officials, grade six officials, take your time."

The two had a drink.

Jia Gu asked him. "Your old lady really wants to find someone for the third girl. Let me tell you, there are quite a few good guys in our guard camp. Regardless of their family background, I can pick out a dozen for you."

"Our old lady is all about finding her someone who is both talented and beautiful, and who has a prominent family background."

"Let me tell you, it's too hard to find. By the way, how about the second child of the Wei family? You can turn the fight with the Wei family into friendship."

"Yes, yes, why didn't I think of it. Come, come, have a drink and a drink."

After hearing what Jia She said, Shi Taijun looked down on Jia She and Jia Zheng brothers even more. The two brothers did not have Jia Gu's vision, whether it was picking a son-in-law or doing business.

"Your brother is right. This is a good opportunity. I personally asked someone to go to Wei's house to ask about this matter."

Jia She groaned, "Old lady, if this matter comes to fruition, do you think the Shi family's cousin will think too much about it?"

"If you don't do this, the historians won't make friends with us easily. It's better to resolve one family than two families to hate us."

Jia She nodded obediently, stood up and said goodbye to Shi Taijun, "Then you rest, I will go back to the yard."

"Go."

When Jia Amnesty left the yard, Shi Taijun remembered something and hurriedly shouted, "Boss is back."

Jia Amnesty came back quickly and asked Shi Taijun, "What other orders does the old lady have?"

"Seeing that the birthday of the Ninth Prince is approaching, where is your charter?"

"Regulations?" Jia Amnesty was stunned, "Send it to the palace as usual."

Shi Taijun knew that this person was unreliable, "For example in previous years, sending some jade lions and jade dogs in previous years was because the Ninth Prince was still young, but now that he is older, I heard that he has started to read, so it is inappropriate for you to give these things gone."

"What did the old lady say is suitable?"

"You go, I will call Lian's daughter-in-law later, and I will tell her."

"Well, my son will go back now."

Shi Taijun nodded, she felt in her heart that the noble concubines in the palace were not in a good situation, and the Jia family could only catch the Hefei side, which had a deeper foundation than the noble concubines.

Qi Jing'an held the list to Mrs. Tong, and told her, "I have prepared clothes, hats, shoes and socks, but we have no longevity noodles, and it is not easy to send these in the palace. It is very taboo to import things. All kinds of gold and silver are prepared. A hundred of them, all in the shape of puppies and cats, besides these, there is also a small gift from His Royal Highness the Eleventh, and six gold collars. Take a look, if there are any that don’t fit, let’s add or subtract.”

"That's enough. I asked your sister yesterday, we can't overtake the Gu family, and don't argue with the Rongguo Mansion. It's fine if you want it."

Qi Jing'an put away the list, and joked, "The princesses and princes in Guanggong celebrate their birthdays, and the Gu family will give out a lot of birthday gifts."

Mrs. Tong also laughed, "No, several copies are issued every month, and the princesses can't be negligent. The etiquette is the same, and you can't give one to others. It's enough for your sister to have a headache. "

Once the birthday gift is sent to the palace, people don't have to go in, and they can't see the rightful owner, so they can't receive feedback on whether they are satisfied with the gift or not.

On the birthday of the ninth prince, the emperor called the seventh and ninth princes to the imperial garden. The eunuch carried two cages, covered with cloth, and placed them in front of them.Uncovering the cloth, there are two puppies inside, one is a pug, the other is a slender hound, and both are small milk dogs, looking very cute.

"Choose one of yours." The emperor sat on the chair brought by the eunuch, leaned against the armrest, and looked at their brothers. In the afterglow of the setting sun, the two villains seemed to be inlaid with a circle of gold rims. The emperor's He was surprisingly happy in his heart. He knew that in the next few years, the two of them might live forever, but now, the relationship between brothers is very good.

Let's grow slowly, grow slowly, in the future you won't have so much time to fight to the death.

"Today is Jiudi's birthday, let Jiudi choose."

"The older brother is the elder, so the elder brother should be chosen first."

"In the past, I was the first. Today is your good day. My brother won't choose first. You go first."

"Your seventh brother is right, today is your good day, you should choose first. From now on, you must also respect your brother. Seventh, you will also take care of this younger brother in the future."

"Follow father's instruction." The two bowed down and listened respectfully.The Ninth Prince chose a pug.The hound became the seventh prince's. The seventh prince was very happy. He really liked hounds. The first time he saw it, he thought about going hunting with his father in the future, so he happened to take the hound with him.

Both of them were very happy, so the emperor patted the head of the ninth prince and said to the seventh prince, "Go, greet your mother and concubine, go back to the palace early in the evening, go to bed early, and get up early in the morning to recite the book."

Today is the ninth prince's birthday, the emperor is going to sit with his concubine, and the seventh prince also knows that after resigning, he asked the eunuch to carry the cage and leave through the rockery.

The emperor sat on the imperial court and hugged the Ninth Prince in his arms. Because he was one year older, the Ninth Prince was a little unhappy, and he was no longer a baby. He couldn't let his father hug him around like this, so he said coyly, "son When he grows up, father and emperor will hold his younger brother in the future."

The emperor said to him solemnly, "Okay, father will hug you again, and I won't hold you in the future." Looking at the cage carried by the little eunuch, he asked him, "What name did you give it? Let father see how many times you Have you made any progress in daily reading?"

"Given by the father, the son should be fed well, but Tonger likes cats, cats and dogs more than the son. The son plans to give this dog to Tonger. Last time he looked at the cat raised by the poppies, he chased it. I wanted to play with the cat for a long time, but the cat ran too fast, and he even fell down."

The emperor was noncommittal, and asked him again, "It's your birthday today, that was originally given to you by the emperor, but if you gave Tonger, it means that you didn't receive the birthday gift I gave you."

The Ninth Prince thought for a while, "If you give it to Tong'er, it's like giving it to your son. After all, both the son and Tong'er are the sons of the father's emperor and the mother's concubine. One mother and one sibling, there is no distinction between his and mine."

The emperor smiled, and it was passed down in one continuous line. When I was young, I also felt that my things belonged to the elder brother of the prince, and I also thought that the things of the elder brother of the prince belonged to me, but the things of the elder brother of the prince did not belong to me. He is different from other brothers. This is the reason Only after the blood was broken did I understand.

"My dear son, you can't believe everything the nuns say, and you can't disbelieve it. Even if your father and your mother and concubine tell you, you can't believe everything, and you can't disbelieve it."

No matter how clever the Ninth Prince was, he couldn't understand what he meant.

The emperor stroked his head, "Royal father is verbal, and when you put pen to paper, you must call him patriarch. The emperor is the first, and the father is the last. The father is the most cruel father. You will gradually understand in the future." I may be sorry for you, but I want you all to take good care of me. Looking at my son's ignorant eyes, I looked at the palaces to the west, where the Supreme Emperor lived. The emperor was thinking: Did the father think the same way at the beginning?