Jia Hu of the Red Chamber

Not long after Jia Hu received the imperial decree, Zhou Ze, a senior scholar of the Ministry of Rites, wrote a letter to beg for rest. Shui Qing and the emperor refused, and the emperor, who was sad that most of his loyal ministers were aging, even spoke eloquently at noon when he was still in good spirits. After a long oral order, after listening to the eunuch Xia Bingzhong repeat the meaning, he waved his hand and asked Xia Bingzhong to go to the Zhou Mansion to deliver the decree.

Unexpectedly, Zhou Ze took the tonic given by the emperor for a few days, but he was really bedridden.The imperial physicians and imperial physicians went several times, and they all said in unison that Zhou Shangshu's body should be warm and nourished, and he should not be bothered.

The emperor nodded, and the water was clear, so he gave another agarwood walking stick, and appointed Zheng Tong, the right servant of the former household department, as the minister of the Ministry of rites, and the word Zhou Ze also had a kindness.

Only then did Zhou Ze heave a sigh of relief, spending his days in the backyard of the Zhou mansion teaching his young grandchildren was much more comfortable than before.

Ever since Jia She, the great master of the Rongguo Mansion, wrote a letter to give the title to the noble, and the eldest concubine's concubine entered the palace as a concubine, anyone in the capital with a wink would know that Jia Hu must be very expensive after he completely quelled the Nanyue rebellion and returned to Beijing. Zhou Ze, who has been immersed in officialdom for most of his life Naturally see more clearly.

Zhou Ze was cautious all his life. The reason why he was so highly valued by the emperor back then was that the late Zhou Lao Shangshu had hidden him, and the second was that he had always been loyal to the king's affairs and did not dare to get involved in the struggle for the heir.So that was the first time that Zhou Ze vaguely heard the rumor that his good nephews, Jia Hu and Jia Lian whom he had grown up watching were both working for the Fifth Prince Shui Qing in private, he almost couldn't bring it up.

The Fifth Prince is really good.Zhou Ze watched coldly, His Highness the Fifth Highness was the best among the princes in terms of strength and resourcefulness, and even when he himself was ordered to pick up characters for the Fifth Highness, he used the word Qing as He Qinghai Yanjie.But what's the use?At the beginning, Prince Duan Minren was also expected to be a dragon and a phoenix, but in the end, he was poisoned by his red-eyed brother?The one who actually sat on the dragon chair in the back said that he was very happy and that he must be repaid, which is light.

Zhou Ze wanted to dissuade him, but he knew that there was no turning back when he started work. Moreover, he could use his father's majesty to restrain his son. Whether the surname of his nephews was Jia or Zhou.

It wasn't until the Nanyue pacification was imminent that Zhou Ze really put his heart into his stomach and decided to beg for a rest.

After all, the Zhou family has not really joined the current command for many years, and he is highly valued by the emperor. Staying in the court will not only be of no benefit to the younger generations, but will also be in danger of alienating the tacit understanding between their monarchs and ministers.

As for those who still refused to retreat, Zhou Ze could only sigh that the authorities were fascinated.

This group of old ministers is nothing but the emperor, but how long can the emperor protect these people?What does the emperor have in the future? Can these people still count on the current Internet, which has been suppressed for many years, to be lenient?

Zhou Ze sighed for his colleagues for many years in the mansion, and quite a few people in Beijing thought that he was really dying soon, so they kept begging for rest, day and night looking forward to receiving the Zhou family's obituary.

As a result, the Zhou family didn't come, and the cloud panel of Ningguo Mansion rang first.

The second wife, Mrs. Wang, has been tossing and turning at night since she was forced to move to Lixiangyuan. When the cloud board rang, she got up almost immediately, and was about to call Jin Chuaner, the eldest girl on duty at night, who was picked up by Wang to stay for a while. Xue Baochai led the girls in.

"Auntie, the night watch women have come to spread the word that Grandma Xiaorong of Dongfu is gone."

Looking at her aunt Wang whose expression changed suddenly, Xue Baochai saluted calmly, took Wang's coat from Jin Chuan'er and helped her put it on herself: "The mandarin ducks from the old lady's house also came, and they said it was Baoyu's coat." I was startled, and just drank the Ningshen decoction and fell asleep. The old lady meant that Baoyu was still young, so she couldn't go to that place, so she stayed with the old lady."

Still young, Xue Baochai's heart was filled with bitterness when he thought of Yuanyang saying these words tenderly.

Looking at the [-]-year-old man, who is still favored in this family, he is incapable of education and military, and knows nothing about official career and economics, so he is the husband-in-law chosen by his mother for her.

A happy marriage between gold and jade, she, Xue Baochai, has a golden lock, and she wants to pick up a married woman with jade. There are eight characters engraved on the golden lock, which are exactly a pair with the characters on Jia Baoyu's psychic jade. Who in the whole house doesn't know?

My aunt picks me up every now and then, and the old lady in this house is still pretending to be confused, either to ask Baoyu to play more with the girls from the Lin family, or to send someone to Shihou's mansion to pick up Shi Xiangyun to play, and to tell my aunt and my mother clearly , she just despises herself.

If there was a way to go, Xue Baochai would not want to spend her good years in Jia's house, just waiting for the endless secret fight between her aunt and the old lady.

It's a pity that even if she is the nephew of the Wang family, the daughter of the royal merchant Xue's family is not easy to marry.After the election, some people came to propose marriage. Either the family background was too low, or the character was low. The two aunts of the Wang family were very cold, and they didn't want to take her out to socialize at all. After a long time, Jia Baoyu became the best choice. .

The second wife, Wang Shi, didn't notice Xue Baochai's strangeness, all she could think about was the hateful face of the big house mother-in-law and daughter-in-law.

The second bedroom and their family live in such a remote place now, at this moment, the eldest wife and daughter-in-law, especially the Zhou family who killed thousands of knives, must have been waiting in the upper room with all their leisure time, to see her miserable appearance rushing past.

How could she not know that it took only a short time to go from Rongxi Hall to the old lady's yard?

She has walked that road in her heart for more than 20 years.

What does it mean that since Hu'er has already become a noble, the Zhou family should take the children to live there first?What do you mean, since this is the case, it is not appropriate for them to live so close to their nephew and daughter-in-law as uncles and aunts?

The old lady has always said that Baoyu has a sharp heart and eyes, so why didn't she care about it this time, and let the two of them be harassed by the big house screwer?

It's just that Jia Hu's short-lived ghost has a future, and he wants to sacrifice his old face to gain some glory.

I hate myself for losing the power of housekeeper, relying on others everywhere, and then being driven into such a small courtyard. In the end, I can't even take the only remaining treasure with me, so I can only watch him stay in the old lady's yard, being surrounded by those foxes. Ziyao way of coaxing.

In today's matter, I don't know which one with a rotten stomach made a tongue-in-cheek with Baoyu, scaring her good Baoyu.

Thinking of this, Mrs. Wang gritted her teeth with hatred, put on her plain clothes and jewelry, and took her maid to drive all the way. Not long after, she rushed to the upper room where the old lady Shi lived, and together with Mrs. Xing, they took Zhou Jie by car. I went to Ningguo Mansion to be annoyed. As for Lian's second grandmother, Liu Xia, she had another three months' rest, so it was naturally inconvenient to go there at this time.

Ever since the second-bedroom family moved to Lixiangyuan, the eldest wife Xing's complexion has become much more rosy, and her heart has become more relaxed than before. When she arrived at the back house of Ningguo Mansion, she saw Wang Xifeng, the eldest grandson Jia Lei, who was weeping in her arms. Xing's eyes also turned red, and after crying hard, she hugged Wang Xifeng, watching Zhou Jie who was pulling her handkerchief.

Taking a closer look, Wang Xifeng's condolences are as much as two-part sincerity.

In the past few years, Zhou Jie has faintly sensed that there is something strange in the Ningguo Mansion. It may be that the Qin family was killed by Wang Xifeng, but Wang Xifeng really hurt her grandson Lei to the bone. , Everything is offered with the best, which is really puzzling.

Wang Xifeng also knew that Zhou Jie was suspicious of her, but she didn't move a finger of that little whore, she didn't feel afraid of anyone, she just felt relieved to cry with Xing Shi, brother Lei in her arms didn't have the slightest impression of her biological mother Qin Shi, There wasn't a single tear at this moment, she just looked at Wang Xifeng with wide watery eyes, and still clutched Wang Xifeng's placket with her small hands.

After shaking brother Lei's little hand, Wang Xifeng felt more confident.

After all, it's not inappropriate for a grandmother to take her grandson by her side and raise her in any household. Who knew that the Qin family was so weak that she couldn't eat because she couldn't see her son?

She is all thinking about the golden grandson that the mansion finally got. Qin's illness has been dying for a few years and can't get out of bed. What can I do for Brother Lei when he gets sick?

As for whether Qin Shi has a ghost in her heart and has become overly worried and sick, how does she know as a step-mother?

It's better without it.

The corners of Wang Xifeng's lips that were hidden under the veil slightly hooked and then dropped.Anyway, she never wants to see Jia Zhen's obliviousness again in her life, and she will not be able to give birth to a son. It just so happens that the Qin family is gone, and if she carefully teaches Brother Lei to grow up, she will be able to be a majestic old lord in the future.

This time, Wang Xifeng cursed the god of death countless times, and he really stood by her side.

Just after the Seventh Seventh of the Qin family, Wang Xifeng was intending to privately visit Jia Rong with a submissive and beautiful step-wife, and another big event happened in the Ningguo Mansion.

Uncle Jia Zhenzhen, who had been bedridden for many years, told her own son, Uncle Xiao Rong, to roll his eyes white with anger, and died.

It turns out that ever since she found out about the fact that her biological father Jia Zhen and his wife Qin Shi intended to collect ashes, Jia Rong, who had no guts to disobey her father, avoided her wife Qin Shi like a snake and scorpion. That's so good, it directly broke my father's leg, and frightened Qin Shi to the disease.

Don't forget about it, when Jia Rong was happy, she was even more afraid of Wang Xifeng's ability. Wang Xifeng pinched the money and property of Ningguo Mansion, and Jia Rong had to withdraw every penny from Wang Xifeng. West.

Wang Xifeng doesn't have much hope for Jia Rong, and it's better to be a wimp, so she never urges him to make progress, and just takes good care of Brother Lei, after all, this is what she and her elder sister expect.

Unexpectedly, a wimp would even bark his teeth with his own father. When Wang Xifeng got the news, Jia Rong had already hooked up with Jia Zhen's only two partners.

Wang Xifeng didn't bother to take care of him when he spit out a vine.

Wang Xifeng didn't care, but Jia Zhen cared.Jia Zhen, who has always been saddened by the death of her lovely daughter-in-law Keqing, accidentally found out that her son Jia Rong, who had always been submissive and dared not even give a fart in front of him, dared to cheat on his intercourse. , Raising the crutches on the spot was about to kill both Jia Rong and the girl.

Jia Rong was afraid that Jia Zhen was used to being afraid, so she was frightened and stupid, and let the stick fall on her body, feeling dizzy before her eyes, when the girl kneeling next to her uttered a high-pitched howl, before Jia Rong came back to her senses , was hit by Jia Zhen who rolled her eyes.

Uncle Zhen was so angry that he just left. Jia Rong was injured and shocked, and was too sick to get out of bed.

After beating and killing the Tongfang, Wang Xifeng thought about it as soon as she turned her beautiful eyes. She didn't listen to her father and uncle's request that she take the exam on behalf of Brother Lei. Jia Jing was so angry that he almost passed over by telling the scandal of his filial son and grandson clearly.

As soon as Jia Jing recovered, he asked Wang Xifeng to send someone to Rong Mansion to find Jia Lian, offering most of Ning Mansion's money, just to keep Lei brother and title.

It's not that Jia Jing really thinks that money will be useful, but he thinks that the emperor's time is short and he has a lot of nostalgia for the princes who have passed away. If he donates his family wealth at this time, he will surely win the mercy of the emperor.

Wang Xifeng didn't want to at first, but after thinking about it, this business can't always be an empty-handed wolf, if you want to get the royal grace, you have to be willing to give up real money.Her dowry is still there, and in the future, the Ningguo Mansion will depend entirely on her to support her. Who would dare to faint in front of her?

After marrying into the Ningguo Mansion for many years, Wang Xifeng didn't act against her will for the first time, and honestly followed what Jia Jing said.

Less than three months later, the emperor called Shui Qing to reprimand him for the matter of the Ning State Mansion. Since Shui Qing had received money from the Ning Mansion to help the people who were displaced by the war, he was also generous and gave the title of the Ning Mansion over Jia Rong. Milk baby Jia Lei, but he was still demoted to a fifth-rank guerrilla general.

And in the twelfth lunar month of this year, the news of Jia Hu's return to Beijing finally came.

Eight hundred miles of good news, the right servant of the Ministry of War, Jia Jiahu, the general who conquered the South, personally captured the chieftain of Nanyue, wiped out the rebels, and escorted the whole family of chieftains back to Beijing.