Old things in the Red Chamber

The members of Jia's family cried and shouted, they were indeed very terrified, a family that relied on the concubine was trembling, and the concubine was naturally their reliance.But the whole family did not reach the point of fear. After all, one died, and there was another in the palace.Even the elders of the Jia family privately felt that in the long run, concubines and concubines were more valuable than concubines.Concubine He doesn't want the family's money, and still supports the prince, which is much better than the concubine who spends money and does nothing all day long.

This is the bloody reality.

Only a few people smelled something different from inside.

Xue Baochai returned to Mrs. Xue, and after sending out the servants, she carefully said, "The imperial concubine is gone. This kind of thing should be reported by the inner mansion, and the mother of the imperial concubine should go to see her for the last time, and then cry for the funeral. I shouldn't have sent someone to report to the imperial concubine, and I always feel that something is wrong in my heart because the inner government has not come for a long time."

Both eyes of Mrs. Xue were swollen from crying, "My son, the rules in the palace are strict, so he will come later." Mrs. Xue was also a little panicked. Unexpectedly, the second girl who was dumb would become a nobleman in the palace.She relies on the imperial concubine, the imperial concubine is her niece, and the imperial concubine has nothing to do with her.He stubbornly felt that his niece was definitely protecting the Xue family even after her death.

Xue Baochai felt that it shouldn't be what his mother said. No matter how strict the rules in the palace are, they shouldn't ignore the affairs of a noble concubine.She didn't know what happened in the palace, and naturally there was no need to talk about it.

Not to mention the heads of the Jia family, even in the palace, they were puzzled by this matter, since they were below the concubine, they changed into plain clothes early to cry, but they didn't see the concubine for a long time.

Concubine Xian said, "My sister is not diligent, why are we so diligent?"

The remaining three concubines nodded in agreement, but they were able to talk, but no one was willing to leave. They were afraid that the emperor would turn over old scores at some point. The crimes of disrespecting high-ranking concubines can be big or small. Avoid, life in the palace is not easy for anyone, and the concubine He is not very courageous, if he wants to come or not, the crying spirit has already made a will.

It took two days before the white cloth in the inner mansion was in place. Judging by their hasty attitude in coping with this incident, not to mention the crying of the married woman, even the grandeur of what happened after the death of Concubine Zhen last year was not complete. Everyone in the house secretly asked how Concubine Jia Gui had offended the emperor.

Knowing that Concubine Jia passed away, Concubine He shook her arms in her arms, pretended to be okay and said to Licorice, "Take care of our people, and no one will say much. If I find out, I will be expelled from our palace immediately." inside."

It is very difficult to have children in this palace. In other words, their childhood was very short. After the Ninth Prince greeted the queen first, he went to the Pixiang Hall. He was young, and the ladies and nuns would not restrain him. After leaving Hefei's bedroom, he first looked at his little sister before greeting his mother.

Not to mention that other concubines can't understand, even he himself can't understand. If the father is annoyed by the Jia family outside the palace, he can't justify not asking the concubine. It doesn't look like this. Here, it can be regarded as one side of power, regardless of other things, just the twelve princesses are born, and they are named Princess Ruhe. It is also a kind of honor to have the title early.

It can only be said that the imperial concubine has provoked the emperor, where is the emperor's Ni Lin?He couldn't figure it out, his uncle always said to see more and think more, but why couldn't he figure it out.

He is still too young, and there are not many twists and turns in his mind. At this moment, after paying his respects to his mother honestly, he asked, "Can I go to the imperial concubine to offer incense on behalf of my mother?"

Concubine He thought for a while, "Ask your father to go, and concubine mother doesn't know if you can go."

The death of the noble concubine made her more cautious in the palace. She had to think twice before doing anything. She concluded a rule by herself. In this palace, first the emperor and the queen mother, then the queen, then the princes, and after the princes, the princess Ladies and gentlemen, concubines are only a little bit more noble than palace maids and eunuchs.

Applying the rules of the backyard of the Rongguo Mansion, the aunt cannot raise brothers, and even the brothers cannot interfere in their work.Regardless of whether it is a big or small matter, even if the prince is gluttonous and has a stomachache, he can't talk too much. Their nuns are more qualified to preach than the concubines.The husband can discipline them, the mother can discipline them, the queen can discipline them, but the biological mothers cannot discipline them.

Seeing her son's small body coming out of the hall, she suddenly thought of something, "Big sister, is it because you want to meddle in the prince's affairs with your death?" '

Concubine Jia is dead, even if she is not dead, she will not tell her the truth. At this time, the one who knows the truth is the emperor, and the emperor will not tell the truth.Concubine He saw the emperor stepping on the setting sun into the main hall in the afterglow of the setting sun. A court lady had long since come to hold her down and prevent her from getting up to pay respects. The emperor burst into laughter, and the father and son surrounded Princess Ruhe's cradle, head to head for a long time. In the eyes of the emperor, the death of a noble concubine is like the death of an ant, which made him feel uneasy. , far less worthy of his attention than a bubble of saliva spit out by his newborn daughter.

Under the offensive of a large amount of money, the officials of the inner government finally confided some news to the Jia family, "I heard that the palace only allowed the imperial concubine to rest for seven days, and she was buried in the concubine's mausoleum first, but the concubine's mausoleum has not been repaired. It's stored."

What Jia Lian went to do would naturally not focus all the problems on the imperial concubine alone. To Jia Lian, the imperial concubine was already a dead person, and spending money to buy her news was far worse than buying concubine He and the two princes. Good news.

He toasted the visitor, and asked cautiously, "Your highnesses have worked hard this time crying, I don't know what the twelve princesses said? She was born not long ago..."

"The emperor said that learning is important. Neither the prince nor the princess went to cry for the concubine."

Jia Lian was startled, and quickly asked, "The imperial concubine's posthumous title..."

In order to give the deceased a face, the practice of concubines in the palace has always been to posthumously rank one. Concubine Jia was a noble concubine during her lifetime. After her death, according to the convention, she should be conferred the title of imperial concubine. The visitor also shook his head, "The inner palace has not received the order."

Jia Lian hurried home, Jia Zheng and Jia She accompanied Shi Taijun, and before Jia Lian had time to greet him, he asked him, "What do the people in the inner palace say?"

"The funeral will be carried out in seven days, and buried in the concubine's mausoleum. There will be no posthumous title and no prince crying. The funeral officials have not yet been determined."

Jia Zheng immediately asked, "Is it buried in the imperial concubine's mausoleum? It hasn't been repaired there yet, and the repaired one is the imperial concubine's mausoleum."

He is an official of the Ministry of Industry. When it comes to building the imperial tomb for the emperor, the people in the Ministry of Industry are clear. It is normal for an imperial tomb to be repaired for ten or twenty years. The more important people, the more their tombs should be repaired first.Inside the imperial mausoleum, the main tomb is the underground palace of the emperor and empress. If the concubine's son lives in the country, his biological mother's coffin will also be placed in the main tomb.The tombs on both sides of the main tomb are the tombs of the imperial concubine. The imperial concubine and the imperial concubine are buried together. They are not considered posthumous, but they were in their lifetime. It is definitely a huge group of concubines. At least five or six concubines will be buried there. Seven or eight.

Concubine mausoleums are different. They are buried next to the imperial mausoleum, which belongs to the annex building of the imperial mausoleum, and those buried are all low-ranking concubines.

"Is it wrong? The imperial concubine's tomb has been repaired. How can the imperial concubine be buried in the concubine's mausoleum?" Jia Zheng muttered to himself. It's the same thing, but halfway, he went back by himself.

Jia Lian had already come out of Shi Taijun's yard, and when he saw Jia Amnesty coming back, he hurried up and asked, "Master is back, so fast, but uncle doesn't want to say?"

"No, this matter is our family's business. You don't need to ask your uncle. An aunt died at home. How to bury it is our family's business. It's not up to others to point fingers, and it's reasonable to put it in the royal family. "

Jia Lian watched Jia Amnesty enter the upper room, and didn't know what to say in a daze. Jia Cong pushed him with his shoulder from behind, "Second brother, why do you care so much? Our mother just needs to be good." After bowing, he retreated.

Jia Lian quickly ran a few steps and pulled Jia Cong, "Third brother, that's not what you said. Our mother's temper is submissive, but the concubine is different. You have to find out where the mistake is. Our family is not just the concubine. Niang Niang, how do you say in your words, "if there is nothing, then it will be changed", that's what it means, you have to figure it out, right?"

Jia Cong took a few glances at him, then stepped forward, "What do we care about what Baoyu doesn't care about?"

Jia Lian watched his younger brother salute again and retreated, knowing that this was the truth. In the end, he and the concubine were separated by a floor. The two families looked very close. In fact, there had been endless nasty things. up.

He slowly walked back to his yard, Wang Xifeng hugged their son, Jia Fang, and greeted him, "What did you guys say?"

"It's just a matter of being confused. Our house doesn't have the white jade pillars that lift the sky, and the purple gold beams that drive the sea. There is no way to ask the emperor and the concubine what happened. If the old uncle is still at our house, he would have gone to the palace to find out. , and you need to inquire everywhere.”

Wang Xifeng handed her son to Ping'er, and sat beside Jia Lian, "What do you say, is it strange that your mother is gone?"

Jia Lian was a bit conscientious. He and the noble concubine were raised in the old lady's yard back then. Their biological mother passed away early, and the old lady had been taking care of her. Naturally, Mrs. Wang had to intervene. The relationship with the concubine is stronger. Now, if the concubine really died of illness, he would naturally have nothing to say, but if it was because of other deaths, he would feel a little uncomfortable. Thinking about what Jia Cong said, he knew it was this reason.

"Don't worry about it. I used to think that the noble concubine died of illness. Don't blame anyone for birth, old age, sickness and death. Now I know it's a bit inappropriate. The second master and Baoyu don't show their heads. They expect me and the eldest master to inquire about it. If you are not our mother, you don't need to spend so much effort, we don't care about anything."

Turning over irritatedly, Wang Xifeng didn't poke the tiger's nose with a straw stick, but forced Jia Lian to do things for Mrs. Wang, just saying, "Don't involve our mother in this matter."

Jia Lian didn't speak, Wang Xifeng lay on top of him, "When you went outside today, the second wife called me over, she said a lot of family talk, and said that you and your mother grew up together..."

Before he finished speaking, Jia Lian became even more irritable. He dropped a cup, and Wang Xifeng pushed him, "What kind of prestige is your master playing? Baoyu is a little bit, yes, Baoyu is her own younger brother, and in the past, she would reward things at home, not to mention that what was given to the master was the same as what was given to Baoyu, but it was more than Cong'er and Huan'er. Where Huan'er goes, it's Cong'er's place, one or two out of ten times you can get rewards, the concubine first alienated us in her heart, and now she can't blame us for not running around for her, don't you think?"

Jia Lian also thinks the same way in his heart. In terms of intimacy, cousins ​​who eat together every day and live in the same yard meet more and get along longer than their own brothers.But the imperial concubine prefers Baoyu.

"Forget it, let's not talk about this, let's set the meal. I ran for a day today and drank a lot of drinks. I want to eat now."