Love of Friends in the Red Chamber

That night, Jia Cong went to Jia She's upper room to make a secret report. In fact, he didn't need to say much, Jia She is not a fool. A few broken fans waded into the muddy water. Fortunately, he had already declined in the court. Not only could he not do good things, but he couldn't even do bad things. The thief ship, but has not done any detrimental activities.

After hearing Jia Cong's words and learning about the scene at Jia Yucun's house, Jia Amnesty was so startled that he was sweating, his hands and feet were cold, and he was speechless for a long time.Jia Cong saw that Jia Amnesty's hostility had disappeared, so he comforted him and said, "Father, you don't have to worry too much. After all, with the protection of the prince, there is still room for improvement. Now as long as you find the stone nerd, you can resettle him and send someone to take care of him. If he takes care of his old age, return the fan and ask a good doctor to cure his madness, and he will be safe."

How dare Jia Shen not obey at this time, he threw the dozens of ancient fans to Jia Cong as if his hands were hot, and urged him to "do it quickly, do it quickly." Jia Cong promised, and when he took the fan and was about to leave, Jia She called Stopped him: "Wait a minute, although this matter is said to be the face of Master Lin and the grace of the prince, but it is so dark under the lights, it is estimated that it will not be able to pass the test at the court - so, you let your brother To deal with the stone nerd, hurry up and report this matter to the emperor tonight, just say that I am a money addict and foolish, and I have done this wrong thing, and I will plead guilty to the emperor and beg for mercy. Passed."

Jia Cong thought to himself that he was lucky, he didn't think that his father seemed to be confused, but his heart was clear, so he hurriedly agreed, and said: "Father is worried, Master Lin also reminded me like this. Master Lin also said the last It’s good that our father and son wrote letters to plead guilty.” Jia She stroked his beard, pondered for a while, then shook his head and said, “I’m already a piece of hard-boiled meat, it’s easy to write a letter to plead guilty. It seems that our father and son have discussed it. Why don't you just write the letter yourself, anyway, when the emperor wants to use you now, I don't have to be too considerate."

This is more sophisticated than Lin Jiarui's words. Jia Cong admired it, so there was no second word, but Jia Amnesty thought a little more: "Master Lin is looking for your daughter-in-law's sake. I just helped our family. This is still an outsider, but after all, some things can’t be said very clearly. My reputation in Chaozhong Palace is very bad. I’m afraid I have to thank the master in the palace. Your uncle is a real person Well, tell me nothing, your aunt's mind is hard to guess, their second room relies on the old lady's liking, and the first wife doesn't know how to housekeeper, so she dominates the upper room, but once the old lady is gone, she might have to give it back. How can she be willing when I am free? Maybe she hopes to snatch this hereditary position together——good boy, I can only count on you now."

Jia Cong only said that such words of heart-to-heart talk between father and son had never been seen before. Jia Cong was heartbroken, but then he thought: Even if he helped his father keep his job, it was his brother Jia Lian.But you can't be too greedy, it's more beneficial for you to gain power. If Mrs. Wang encourages the noble concubines in the palace to prove her father's crimes, and the nest is overthrown, there will be a complete egg, and I can't be alone .

Thinking of this, Jia Cong said earnestly to Jia She, "If the father hadn't reminded me, the son would never have thought that there is such a joint. If the father is resourceful, the son will do it right now." Jia She nodded in satisfaction, and asked someone to call Jia Lian. , and ordered the two to handle this matter well.

That Jia Lian was already dissatisfied with his father's connection with Jia Yucun. He is not a bad person, but he is used to being a dude, and he is controlled by Sister Feng, so he is not allowed to use it outside the house. When he came to the palace, he was really shocked and angry when he wanted to imprison the big house in Jiayu Village. Now the father and son had a long-term discussion, and then they separately implemented it.

Jia Lian went to settle the stone nerd by himself, while Jia Cong went back to the Lixiangyuan and did not go back to the inner room. He would never let Daiyu know about this dirty matter. He just stayed in the study and stayed up all night. I wrote a secret book, expressing my fearfulness and loyalty to the utmost, and when I finished writing, it was dawn, I changed into the court clothes, and waited for the court.

Jia Yucun's case was lifted high and dropped lightly, and all the criminals were given light sentences.Yucun was only dismissed pending investigation, and most of the family property was returned except for the evidence of stolen goods, which was enough to make him a rich man. Everyone said that the emperor's grace was great, and only Lin Jiarui and other cabinet ministers knew about it. The emperor still likes Jia Yucun, a courtier who is good at doing what he likes, but because his hand is too long, he has to wipe it. If there is a chance, he will use this person again, so the case will not be closed. Zhulian, the stone nerd case is not even mentioned.

The Mrs. Wang contacted the noble concubine in the palace and her elder brother Wang Ziteng. Originally, she hoped to use this case to overthrow Jia Amnesty in one fell swoop and seize the hereditary title. However, the firewood was set up, and even the smoke was extinguished without the flame. It's a disappointment.In addition, I heard from the people in the palace that the imperial concubine is already a month old, and she has worked too hard, and there are signs of fetal instability, and she is more and more regretful. Naturally, she eats fast and recites Buddha for days, only hoping that the imperial concubine will give birth to a dragon son, so as to stabilize her position , in order to follow up.

However, in the final analysis, the Sacred Heart is as unpredictable as the sea. After a few days, the eunuch Xia, the head of the inner court, suddenly came to pass the decree, rewarding Jia Cong with a real estate, but it was a small garden that had been copied and inspected by Jia Yucun to become an official. It's called Red Orchard.Jia Cong received such a reward for nothing, and hurriedly accepted the order tremblingly, and went to the palace to thank him again, but the emperor said a few words of comfort, not a word of apology in advance, just let him arrange his family well, and wait until winter comes. Jia Cong made up his mind to handle the river affairs on duty.

Looking back, he just realized that it was the emperor's kindness to let him escape from Jia's mansion. He was already an official and should be separated according to the rules, but he has been living together all the time. This is also the arrangement of many honorable families. To save trouble, or to save money, but once offended, they will be wiped out, because it is always unclear what is involved.

Daiyu's dowry was rich, so it would not be difficult to renovate another house, but because Mother Jia felt sorry for Daiyu, she couldn't say this.Therefore, they have been living together, and this time there is an imperial decree, and they just move out.Therefore, Jia Cong no longer went to the East Palace these days, but discussed river control strategies with Lin Jiarui in the cabinet during the day, and discussed the decoration of the new house in Hongguoyuan with the housekeeper at night, which was busy and happy.

Hongguoyuan is located in Jinyu Hutong, Dongcheng, with blue bricks and gray tiles, exquisite and unique structure, and has the style of Jiangnan gardens.Jia Yucun has always prided itself on being elegant, and has put a lot of thought into his own business.The house is small and the courtyard is large, the courtyard is deeply shaded by pineapple, and the pool is clear and beautiful. Except for the two courtyards at the entrance, which are used for banquets, the residences are all hidden among the trees. There are Moxiangzhai, Yilan Pavilion and Tingfeng In the third floor of the building, Aunt Lin sent her assistants and servants to help. In less than a month, she renovated the red orchard inside and out. Jia Cong wanted to change the name of the garden. I don't want Daiyu to listen to the word "red fruit", and casually recite the sentence "the mountain fruit falls in the rain, and the grass and insects sing under the lamp", thinking that the word "red orchard" is simple and good, so it can be left alone. Jia Cong remembered that Yucun had done Daiyu's first teacher, the teacher-student friendship was there, but Daiyu didn't know what Yucun did later, and Yucun was quite talented, and all the couplets on the plaques he drew were remarkable, so that's all.

After autumn came, taking advantage of the cool weather, an auspicious day was chosen, Jia Cong and his family moved into a new house, and the original Lixiangyuan was vacated.It happened that Xue's family sold their house in order to buy Xue Pan out of prison, and even wanted to rent a house to live in. Mrs. Wang made the decision and asked Aunt Xue to take her family to live in Lixiangyuan. Supporting the door, Xue Biao didn't dare to enter the door in order to avoid Xia Jingui's harassment. Aunt Xue was the only one in the family and was often harassed by Xia Jingui.Aunt Xue then moved into Lixiangyuan, and after Xia Jingui cried and quarreled a few times, seeing that Aunt Xue was bound to rely on relatives, and she couldn't see Xue Biao's shadow, she became discouraged and slammed her bag , Packed up the gold and silver at home and went back to her mother's house.Aunt Xue was only glad that she left the troublemaker, and moved to Lixiangyuan on her own, and she still stayed with Mrs. Wang every day, or sat idle with her daughter Baochai, but now it's not the same as before. Selling the only headgears and clothes around him to survive, it is inevitable that money is tight, rewarding servants can no longer be compared with the past, everyone in Jia's house has a pair of eyes of wealth, and naturally there are some tongues in the open and in the dark.Aunt Xue sometimes cried when she was angry, and Baochai tried to comfort her with all kinds of words.

Mother Jia originally did not want Daiyu to move out to live, but the imperial decree has been issued, so who dares to disobey, fortunately, the distance between Hongguoyuan and Jia's mansion is not very far. In Dingxing, Daiyu still comes to Jiamu's place to sit with Chenghuan every two days.

In fact, both Daiyu and Jia Cong are willing to move away from Jia's mansion, because although Baoyu is married now, his infatuation has not changed, and he often wants to talk to Daiyu in private. Now, although Baoyu is an adult and does not hang out in the inner room, but relying on Jia Mu's love, he often goes straight to the inner room. Besides, he neither studies hard nor has other livelihoods. He is a very boring person. Now Except for occasional visits to the Prince's Mansion in Beijing, he just messed around with the little aunts at home. Baochai's routine persuasion is better, but Baochai's affairs are too many and complicated, and there are always things that he can't take care of. Jia Cong is afraid that he will go crazy one day , something happened, and Yu Daiyu's reputation was hindered.This is the best way now, every time Daiyu goes back, there will be a group of servants, so naturally she can avoid outside men, so she can be safe.

In a blink of an eye, the Mid-Autumn Festival was here and everything was in order. Mother Jia settled down a bit and only hoped that Concubine Jia would give birth smoothly. She couldn't relieve her boredom, so she called the second wife of Xing Wang, Sister Feng, Baochai and others to discuss the lively Mid-Autumn Festival. Fan.Mrs. Xing has nothing to do, but Mrs. Wang doesn't like the excitement, but naturally she didn't dare to disobey Jia Mu, so she smiled and said, "I listen to the old lady." Baochai then said, "The weather is fine this autumn." , the sweet-scented osmanthus in the garden is in full bloom. According to my daughter-in-law, it’s better to go to the Tubi Mountain Villa in the garden. You can enjoy the big moon and the top-quality sweet-scented osmanthus. You don’t need to invite those small plays, and you won’t fail Qingxing." Mother Jia knew that she was trying to save money, but she couldn't argue with it, so she forced a smile and said, "That's fine, then invite more relatives and friends to have fun together, and you don't need to listen to operas on the mountain."