Aristocratic family's career in the Red Chamber

Wang's suggestion about the marriage of Jia Zhu and Wang Xifeng caused an uproar in the entire Jia family. This sentence came out of Wang's mouth that day. Regardless of the lateness of the sky, my mother ran to Jia Zheng's house in person, intending to use some family law against the Wang family.

"Is she out of her mind? Brother Zhu is even engaged." Mother Jia was so angry that she didn't even care that Yuan Chun was still by her side, and tapped the faucet stick, as if it wasn't the table that was being knocked, but Wang's. "Even if you're not engaged, She, Wang Xifeng, has a disabled leg, how can she match Zhu Geer?!"

Even Yuan Chun couldn't understand why his mother would make such a ridiculous decision, didn't her mother love her eldest brother the most?Breaking the engagement without promise, does she know how much it will affect her eldest brother?Who doesn't pay attention to faith among scholars?Retiring the engagement without reason, Li Jijiu is an official anyway, and a noble man in the hall, can he swallow this breath?

No matter how much you love your niece, there is no reason to push your son into the fire pit.

Everyone was amazed, and felt that there must be something tricky in it.

At night, Jia Zheng took Wang to question: "Tell me, what is your plan to ask you to agree to such a ridiculous thing?"

When Wang came out of the Wang family, she was already thinking about how to deal with the series of problems that would arise later, among which Jia Zheng was the least of her worries.After decades of husband and wife, she already knew how to convince this man.

"If it's possible, I can see Zhu'er marry a woman with a broken leg?" Wang wiped her tears with a handkerchief, and choked up, "Even if she is my own niece, she is not as close as my son. I, I really can't help it, for the sake of our whole family, I have to make this decision!"

Jia Zheng was full of suspicion when he heard this: "Why for the whole family? How come Brother Zhu's marriage has something to do with our whole family?"

Seeing that he had taken the bait, Mrs. Wang suppressed the pride in her heart, and said confidently: "Why isn't it our whole family? It's not like you don't know that since Feng girl broke her leg, her eldest brother and sister-in-law have always blamed me, thinking that I ruined Feng girl In the future, the Wang family has a girl with a broken leg who has a bad reputation and refuses to forgive me... Didn't the master also say that you are living a difficult life in the yamen?"

For any man, being told by his wife that his career is not going well is not a matter of face. Jia Zheng just mentioned it to Wang when he was drunk one day and complained that Wang Ziteng was not interesting. Zheng Zheng's face was red and white, and he said impatiently: "Okay, what are you talking about!"

Mrs. Wang shouted: "I am also for the sake of the master. The eldest brother is young and strong, and he may not be able to climb up later. The uncle of the Rongguo Mansion has made it clear that he is not willing to help us. Let's hurry up and ease the relationship with the eldest brother." It's over...Master, don't you want to be squeezed out in the yamen all the time!"

Jia Zheng was naturally unwilling.In the past, everyone knew that Wang Ziteng was behind him, and he was the younger brother of Jia She, the first prize soldier of the Rongguo Mansion. Even though his official position was not very high, he still had face.But now, Wang Ziteng didn't seem to see him when he met several times, and he ignored him when he greeted him-someone was already wondering if he had offended his brother-in-law, and they refused to talk to him, because of this, the few people who usually talked to him He made good friends, but they were all alienated. How could Jia Zheng feel good about this?

Can you ask Wang Ziteng for forgiveness?Said that Wang Xifeng's broken leg was an accident, and blamed him for not venting his anger at will?Jia Zheng doesn't have this face.The days could only go on in such a non-salty way. As time passed day by day, Jia Zheng's status in the yamen plummeted.

If there is a way to return to the past, Jia Zheng is of course willing.But……

"Then you can't bet on your son's future." Jia Zheng shouted dissatisfied, "My brother-in-law is your brother after all, and sooner or later he will understand that what happened to Feng girl was an accident, and you can't blame you at all. Wouldn’t it be great? Why do you have to ask Zhu’er to destroy her own future?”

Wang's face froze, but he recovered quickly, and said, "I know my elder brother's temper best. It's always been a matter of conviction, and it's hard to change it. Besides, he's treating me like this now. , even if he knew he was wrong, for the sake of face, he can still pull down his face and apologize to me? This is going to relatives and relatives, between relatives, the closer you go, the closer you are. You said that every one or two years, We are all strangers, even if we reconcile, how much friendship will there be?"

The words are true, but based on this alone, Jia Zhu's marriage must be changed?Jia Zheng shook his head: "No, if Zhu'er regrets the marriage, her reputation will be ruined!"

Wang hurriedly said: "How could it be? Everyone knows that Feng girl has a disabled leg now. When we say that Zhu'er loves her cousin and is willing to marry her, others will only say that he values ​​love and righteousness."

"But how can a woman with a broken leg be the wife of an official? What about socializing in the future? Isn't that a joke to tell people to look at Zhuer?" Jia Zheng was still counting on Jia Zhu's promotion.

Mrs. Wang hurriedly told him about Wang Xifeng's situation: "Yes, there are some problems with Feng girl's legs, but you have to admit that she is beautiful enough and smart enough. If there are problems with her legs and feet, as long as she walks slowly, it won't be obvious. ..." Seeing that Jia Zheng was still hesitant, Mrs. Wang used her final trump card and persuaded her, "My lord, if you marry her, our Zhu'er will have the full support of our elder brother in the officialdom."

Jia Zheng looked at her amusedly: "What nonsense are you talking about? Feng girl is not my uncle's biological daughter, but a niece. How can my uncle fully support Zhu'er?"

Wang reminded her: "Girl Feng is in a bad situation now. All relatives and friends know that the daughter of the Wang family is crippled. Tell me, is there any glory on the face of the Wang family? A person with such a good face, brother, must be able to bear it." That's weird. Zhu'er married Feng girl, that's a big favor to the Wang family, and the eldest brother will always remember that it was him who gave his niece with a broken leg to his nephew. Every time he saw Feng girl's leg, He will think of this matter... tell me, can he not be nice to Pearl?"

Jia Zheng thinks about it carefully, and it really makes sense. If Jia Zhu can solve the Wang family's problem and help Wang Ziteng, Wang Ziteng is still angry with the Wang family, so naturally he doesn't feel it. Don't you feel sorry for Jia Zhu?In this way, Jia Zhu will definitely be pulled twice...

Mrs. Wang hit the iron while it was hot, wiped her tears and said: "I am Zhu'er's mother, how can I not think about him? You think it's good if there is no one to help you in this officialdom? The old saying is good, a good man has three Help, no matter how capable you are, if you don’t have anyone to help you, it’s almost impossible. I also hope that in the future, Zhu’er can go smoothly in the officialdom and make a career in the sky, so that she can shine on the lintel, let us feel proud, and let the Rongguo Mansion do well. Look... and Yuan Chun, with the help of elder brother, Yuan Chun may find a better marriage to help the family..."

Jia Zheng's heart moved when he heard what she said about the future: "You let me think about it, you let me think about it..."

Hearing from Wang's mouth that she wanted to marry Cousin Feng, Jia Zhu felt an ominous premonition. For some reason, his mind kept lingering on the letter that someone sent that day, which said , Cousin Feng's leg was played by Mrs. Wang...

Jia Zhu was very reluctant to believe this, but he couldn't deceive himself, Wang's behavior was really suspicious.

For so many years, Jia Zhu has always been very clear about Wang's expectations for herself: I hope that one day I will be on the imperial list, ride horses and parade through the streets, have a smooth career, make a career in the sky, and best of all, be able to surpass Jia Hu's cousin - under such circumstances , Mrs. Wang actually proposed to let him marry his cousin with a broken leg?Back then, when she heard that her father had appointed Li Jijiu's girl, she murmured that a girl from such a family background must be a head shorter than Jia Hu's wife's family background, so she has always been reluctant to get close to the Li family.So marrying Cousin Feng is better than the daughter of the Gu family?Even if his family background was similar, he was far behind Jia Hu in terms of Cousin Guangfeng's broken leg.

Jia Zhu really wanted to believe that Wang really wanted to pull Cousin Feng out of pure blood relationship, but all the facts told him that there must be some unknown secret in it.

The servant he secretly sent to find out the origin of the messenger came back in despair and told him that the messenger just took money from others and helped him to run errands. As for the person behind him, he didn't know him at all, and the people who came into contact with him seemed to be nothing. The important person seemed to be a servant, but he only said that if he helped deliver the letter, he would get money, and he didn't explain anything else.

Jia Zhu was extremely disappointed. She tossed and turned all night and didn't sleep well. The next day, she was reading a book in the house, and another servant delivered another letter. something in between.

I wrote quite a lot this time, saying that if he didn’t believe what was said in the previous letter, he could just check the Wang family’s attitude towards Wang and Wang’s reaction earlier. Not guilty, why did the Wang family treat her like this, but she never complained behind the scenes that the Wang family's brother and sister-in-law were not authentic?Why did the Wang family not allow her to come to the door, so she really didn't go?

Almost frightened, Jia Zhu went to ask the coachman in the mansion in private, and sure enough, it had been several months, except for the moment when Wang Xifeng lost her leg, Mrs. Wang went to Wang's house more frequently, and never went there again.The groom still remembered that it was a month after Cousin Feng's broken leg, Mrs. Wang brought many gifts to the Wang family, but when she came back, all the gifts were taken back, and the Wang family confiscated them at all.

As the coachman said, he was still very upset for Wang: "No one would want Miss Feng to startle the horse. How can the uncle blame the wife?!"

Jia Zhu twitched the corners of his mouth dumbly, he didn't know how he got back to the room...

When the letter came back on the third day, Jia Zhu was a little afraid to open it, but he opened it anyway, and there were only two words written on it: Shameless!

Jia Zhu shuddered, the letter floated on the ground, and her whole body became stiff...

Within a few days, Jia Zheng finally decided to let Jia Zhu marry Wang Xifeng. When he announced this, Jia Zhu didn't say anything...

"Cousin Zhu is good at everything, but he is too upright." When Wang Xifeng told Wang Ren about Jia Zhu behind his back, he smiled complacently. Make it up to me, he knows what his mother did to me and ruined my life, can he not marry me?"

After this incident, Wang Ren convinced the younger sister: "Thanks to you for coming up with such a method, I was worried that my cousin would not resign the engagement at first, but now it's all over, everything is settled. Next, I will wait for the Jia family There's a marriage proposal over there!"

Wang Xifeng laughed: "Don't worry bro, when the time comes, I will never treat you badly."

With these words, Wang Ren was relieved, and happily drank tea.

Wang Xifeng looked into the distance, and the appearance of Wang's appeared in his mind, and he couldn't help chuckling, my good aunt, I need you to take care of me in the future...