The Lady of the Red Chamber

Mrs. Wang returned to Rongqing Hall, sat on the couch, leaning on the big red python satin pillow, her face was as sinking as water, and she didn't say a word.

Jin Chuan'er and Yu Chuan'er guarded the side tremblingly, silently not daring to even breathe, for fear of offending Mrs. Wang who was becoming more and more uncertain.

Since the division of the Rongguo Mansion, the eldest family moved out of the Jia family's mansion, and Mrs. Wang also re-lived in the Rongqing Hall from the East Courtyard.

This is a good thing.

Now Mrs. Wang looks at the furnishings of Rongqing Hall, but she doesn't think it goes well.

Thinking that these things might have been used by Mrs. Xing, and thinking of their indifferent attitude when they went to Dafang for help.Mrs. Wang gritted her silver teeth, wishing she could not eat her flesh and eat her bones.

Zhou Rui's family carefully looked at Mrs. Wang's face, thought it over and said, "Ma'am, but what did the old lady say?"

Mrs. Wang looked at the vase in front of her, squinted her eyes and said: "It is said that in the past, I loved my empress the most, and it was worse than all the other girls combined. Now the empress's important affairs are being pushed back and forth. I think the hearts of the old ancestors are now flying to the big room." If you go to the side, you still think about us in the slightest."

Zhou Rui's family knew that Mrs. Wang was in a daze.

After all, the ancestors couldn't understand Dafang, and everyone in the mansion knew it.In the past, I didn't like to see the Elder Master and Eldest Wife.Now that the sect is divided, and the second master Bao bumped into the uncle, no one is sent over there to take a look.The old lady's complaints against them were getting deeper and deeper.

Not to mention the eccentric big room.

Zhou Rui's family tried to persuade: "Madam, why did you say that? How much the old lady loved the empress and the second master Bao in the past, and we servants can see it. The other girls in the mansion can't get over it. The old lady The wife must be in some trouble now. Otherwise, how can I ignore the empress?"

Mrs. Wang is quite shrewd on weekdays, but it's easy to make mistakes when encountering Jia Yuanchun.Now she has fallen into her own thinking, and she can't listen to Zhou Rui's family's persuasion, and she hates in her heart: "Master is a man who doesn't care about things. I thought that my ancestors could help me a little bit, but I didn't expect her to say that we need to care about Princess Jiatai. Princess House. This Princess Jiatai is going to marry into our Rongguo Mansion. He is a member of our Jia family. He wants to inspire teachers and mobilize people. Send someone from the House of Internal Affairs to point fingers and make irresponsible remarks. Degrading our mansion to nothing, not to mention, can't bring us any good. Now we have to wrong our eldest sister because of her. This is not like marrying a daughter-in-law, it is not like marrying an ancestor. "

Zhou Rui's family was frightened by Mrs. Wang's words, and supported Mrs. Wang's hand regardless of her dignity, with lingering fears: "My wife, you must never say such words. Who is Princess Jiatai? That's your majesty." Your niece is a very honorable status. You can say it in private, if it gets out, I don’t know, I think you are dissatisfied with the marriage bestowed by His Majesty."

Mrs. Wang is indeed very dissatisfied with this marriage, but she also knows the seriousness.I usually have a mouthful in the house.On the outside, he was still holding the air of a five-rank imperial order, showing off that he had a daughter-in-law of a princess.

Zhou Rui's family also heard from Mrs. Wang's words why Mrs. Wang was angry.Rolling his eyes, Zhou Rui's family said: "Ma'am, isn't money the most worrying thing about building a provincial garden? In fact, according to this old slave, this matter is not difficult."

Seeing that Zhou Rui's family spoke so firmly, Mrs. Wang straightened up slightly: "Oh? Tell me?"

Now Dafang is hopeless.

The Xue family is rich, but Xue Baochai is also among the concubines, they must be planning for Xue Baochai.

Because of Qin Keqing's illness, Ningguo Mansion was too busy to take care of itself, and the courtyard was unwilling to demolish it, so it was a pushback to pay for it.I only hate that Jia Zhen used to hang out with Jia Lian in the past, but now that Jia Lian has left, there is no one in Xifu who can go to Ningfu to talk.

Although Mrs. Wang started to put profit money again because of Wang Xifeng's withdrawal.But this is just a drop in the bucket.

So she was really curious about what solution Zhou Rui's family could come up with.

Zhou Rui's family took a look outside the house.

Jin Chuan'er and Yu Chuan'er understood, and immediately retreated with the maid, and guarded the door.

Zhou Rui's family was sure no one could hear what they said, so they lowered their voices and said to Mrs. Wang: "Ma'am, our three girls have also reached their age. I heard that there are many wealthy businessmen in the south of the Yangtze River who spend a lot of money on betrothal gifts because of widowhood. With this amount of money, wouldn't that solve the urgent need?"

Mrs. Wang's eyes lit up.

Yes, why didn't she think of it?

Tanchun has an outstanding appearance, and she is at a good age to be married.The Jia family has raised her for so many years, so it's time to do something for the family.

"It's just..." Mrs. Wang hesitated: "I have roughly calculated, even if I use Tanchun's dowry, it may not be enough."

Zhou Rui's family said: "Madam, is this not easy to handle? The second master Bao is going to marry Princess Jiatai, and the Ministry of Internal Affairs has already sent the princess's dowry. The old slave looked at it last time, and there are hundreds of dollars in money. There are tens of thousands, not to mention those fine silks and satins, rare jewels, and good looks. The body of the daughter of the princess, who grew up with gold and jade since childhood, why would she care about these things? Just take those that are on the inside , who else can’t find out? Take a step back and say, even if it is really known. Madam, you are the mother-in-law of the princess, will the princess really tear herself apart with you?”

Mrs. Wang was completely shaken by what Zhou Rui's family said.

After weighing in her heart for a long time, Mrs. Wang finally nodded and said: "You can handle this matter yourself. Remember, you can't take it from the direct treasury, first find a way to transport the princess's dowry to the Zhuangzi outside the mansion. Also, don't let anyone find out about it."

Zhou Rui's family nodded: "Is the old slave not at ease as a wife? Since that's the case, can the third girl..."

"The third girl's marriage should also be arranged. Not to mention anything else, the empress will spend a lot of money in the palace. She is just a concubine, and it is her duty to sacrifice for the sister-in-law. Otherwise, I will work hard What's the use of raising her so big?"

Tanchun still doesn't know that his marriage has been clearly arranged by Mrs. Wang.Now she is being invited to go horseback riding in the countryside with Yun Qingxuan.

Lin Daiyu, Xichun and Yingchun also came together.

A few people ran a few laps at the horse farm in the outskirts and felt a little tired, so they sat around a stone table and drank tea and talked.

Yun Qingxuan was 12 curious about Qin Keqing's serious illness, and it happened that Xichun was here this time, so he asked by the way: "Sister Xichun, I heard that Young Master Jia's wife is seriously ill, and my sister-in-law goes to Ningguo every day The government treated her. Is she feeling better now?"

According to the development of the original book, Qin Keqing should have died of illness when his cousin the emperor came to the throne.

But after Qin Keqing was cured by Liang Yiheng that time, there was no serious problem.Now that I have lived happily for so many years, it doesn't make sense that something big happened to my body all of a sudden.

But even Jia Yuanchun's visit to relatives has been postponed a lot, so it's not so strange that Qin Keqing is seriously ill again.

Xichun shook her head and said, "I don't know what's going on. Even with Mrs. Yun's wonderful hand, her health is still getting worse day by day. Now my brother has taken me back to the house, and only said that I will be with you." When she talks, she is in a better mood, and she will be better if she is not sick. Now it seems..."

Xichun shook her head, unwilling to say more.

But it was obvious that Qin Keqing was about to fail.

Tanchun sighed: "My wife is not happy because of this matter. Originally, my eldest sister was visiting relatives, and my wife wanted to demolish Huifang Garden, but Brother Zhen was afraid of disturbing Brother Rong's daughter-in-law's illness, so he didn't agree with anything." Groundbreaking in the Ning Mansion. These days, when I go to invite An, I am trembling, because I am afraid that my wife will take her anger on me if something goes wrong."

Tanchun is having a hard time in the mansion now.

In the past, the sisters were all there, and Wang Xifeng held the power of the housekeeper, and there was harmony in the whole house. Madam Wang only needed to eat fast and chant Buddha behind her back, so she naturally pretended to be happy.

Ever since the two houses were separated and Xichun was picked up by You Shi, the house suddenly became cold.From bustling to empty.

Afterwards, Emperor Detai bestowed a marriage, and Jia Baoyu fell ill, and none of them made Mrs. Wang feel at ease.Mrs. Wang felt frustrated, so she took her anger out on Jia Huan and her.

However, Jia Zheng never cared about the affairs of the back house, and Jia's mother was busy with Jia Baoyu's marriage to the princess.She didn't even have anyone to talk to.

If Mrs. Wang hadn't thought about how useful she was as a girl, I'm afraid she would end up copying Buddhist scriptures every day like Jia Huan.

Speaking of this, Tanchun looked at Yingchun and Xichun: "Now I really envy you. The second sister went out with the eldest aunt, and the fourth sister was picked up by brother Zhen. Don't say anything else, at least I can be clean. What Like me, I don’t know when this day will be the end.”

Lin Daiyu knew that Tanchun was not a self-pitying person, and now that she said something that was not in line with her past personality, she was afraid that her life would be very bad.

It's just that Lin Daiyu doesn't like talking about other people's family affairs, so she just patted Tanchun's hand and said, "Third sister, rest assured. Life is always going on. After all, who knows what will happen in the future?"

Tanchun understood what Daiyu meant, shook his head and said, "Now I've reached the age to see each other. My wife hasn't moved at all. I don't know what my wife thinks. To be honest, I'd rather marry far away. Yes, I don’t want to stay in this capital anymore.”

Yun Qinghuan's heart skipped a beat when she heard it.

As far as she knew, the construction of the Grand View Garden was based on Lin Daiyu's million-dollar fortune.

Now Lin Daiyu has nothing to do with Rongguo Mansion.The Xue family has Xue Baochai, so it is impossible to help Mrs. Wang.Because of Jia Baoyu's insane remarks of "remonstrance with martial arts", the Wang family almost cut off contact with the Jia family, and they could not count on it.

In this way, if Mrs. Wang wants to build a Grand View Garden exactly like the original book, the money...

Yun Qingxuan couldn't hide the matter at all, but she was not sure, so she asked in a roundabout way: "I heard from my sister-in-law that a lot of money was spent on building the garden. Speaking of which, the Rongguo Mansion is a big family like this. The provincial hospital will definitely be beautiful."