Aristocratic family's career in the Red Chamber

When Zhou Ye arrived, whether it was Mrs. Lin Jia Min or the servants of the Lin family, they were all overjoyed. Even Jia Min didn't expect that he just wanted his father to send some people to be busy guarding the Lin family and commanding the guards. Unexpectedly, Jia Daishan directly proposed that Mrs. Jia Minlin go to Rongguo Mansion to take refuge together.When Zhou Ye said that Jia Daishan hastily sent someone to check on the Lin family's situation before he received her letter, Jia Min felt even more happy.

"Mother, even though there are guards, there are more people at the Rongguo Mansion. How about we go there?" Jia Min chose his words carefully, paying attention not to compare the Lin family with the Jia family, lest Mrs. Lin feel uneasy. comfortable.

Going back to Jia's house for refuge is what Jia Min wished for in his heart. It was her natal family. She was married not long ago, and her life in her in-law's house was not satisfactory, and she had a deep affection for her natal family. , when Zhou Yecai said it, she was about to agree.Although Jia Min considers herself the daughter of Rongguo Mansion, a group of guards in Lin's Mansion should be able to keep out the mob outside, but then again, who can guarantee that no accidents will happen?If any unscrupulous person really rushed in, he would retreat in the end, which would not look good on the surface.How could it be that the parents and elder brothers of her natal family are all there, and the people in the environment are familiar with each other?And Jia Min is not stupid, she grew up in the Rongguo Mansion since she was a child, but she knew that her family had some connections with Prince Yizhong's Mansion back then, and now that Tu Youming is rebelling, no matter what happens, the Rongguo Mansion will not be disturbed.It can be said that Rongguo Mansion is the safest place.

The servants of the Lin family also sounded eager to move, but Mrs. Lin was a little hesitant.Go to Rongguo Mansion?A few days ago, when she was taking Lin Ruhai as a concubine, Jiamu's face at the Rongguo Mansion was not good-looking, and now she went to beg the Rongguo Mansion for cover...

Mrs. Lin's hesitation really annoyed those servants who pointed to seek refuge at Jia's house. Lin Fang's family secretly tugged at the hem of Nanny Ji's clothes and gave her winks.Mother Ji's daughter and Lin Fang's daughter are sisters-in-law, and the two families are usually close, but they can't, so they said to Mrs. Lin: "It's really chaotic outside now, and the in-laws are very thoughtful. It's not good to take away the kindness of my in-laws." In the end, Nanny Ji is not without worries, she is loyal to Mrs. Lin, so she is even more worried about Mrs. Lin's safety.Moreover, Rongguo Mansion is indeed much safer than Lin Mansion.

Nanny Ji opened her mouth first, and Lin Fang's family hurriedly echoed: "That's the reason, old lady, don't miss it, don't miss it, you have to take care of yourself for the young master."

Mrs. Lin was elated by what she said, and she rubbed her fingers, feeling a little upset.Jia Min didn't intend to speak, as if she was impatient to go back to her mother's house.Zhou Ye was a rude person, he didn't think too much, he just urged Mrs. Lin to make a quick decision: "Don't dare to lie to Mrs. Lin, the outside is already in chaos. When we came, those rebels had already arrived at Xiningfang, and they were only a few steps away from here." There are a few blocks of roads, the old lady has to decide whether to stay or not, and I can arrange it later."

Mother Ji and Lin Fang's family gave another persuasion. Mrs. Lin thought about Lin Ruhai in the palace, and slapped the table: "Okay, let's go to Rongguo Mansion." Let Jia Min quickly order the people below to hide, " Those people are asking for money, they just hide in the cellar of the firewood house, and the guards in the mansion leave [-]%, which is enough if they think about it." This chaotic time is the time to make a fortune, and those servants have nothing to offer, as long as they Be careful, most likely nothing will happen.Mrs. Lin called her confidant to get ready so that she could go to Rongguo Mansion with her, and said to Zhou Ye very politely: "This time, I will trouble you."

Zhou Ye hurriedly returned the gift: "The young ones can't be praised by the old lady, that's what the young ones should do."

Now that he has decided to leave, he must quickly put his things back. At this time, he will not care about the finances. Mrs. Lin waved her hand and asked someone to lock the warehouse. She only packed the most important things out of a small box Come and take it with you, but Jia Min has a lot of dowries, so I can't take care of it now, so I asked Li Mama to take several big locks to lock the private treasury, and asked a companion to guard here, and told me what to do , let He Zhi guards and others take a look, he took the bank notes at the bottom of the box, packed up a few clothes and it was over.

When everyone gathered at the side of the carriage, Mrs. Lin brought Mother Ji, He Fang's family, and two big girls, Qing Luo Qing Zhi, and Jia Min, that is, Mother Li, Mother Bai, and the girl Luoying, and Mrs. Lin Just as the person said he was going to leave, two more figures came hurriedly through the door. After a closer look, it was not Shui Lan who staggered over with Han's help.

Jia Min explained to Mrs. Lin in a low voice: "After all, it was brought in from the outside in a serious manner. It is also thanks to her to serve my husband. I thought about it, and there are two of them, so I asked them to follow." Mrs. Lin looked The look in Jia Min's eyes was a bit complicated. He turned his eyes to look at Han Shi, sweating profusely and panting, and couldn't hide his fright.The girl next to her was carrying a big bag in her hand, she was so tired that she was panting heavily, and didn't know what was in it.Unhappy in his heart, he nodded approvingly to Jia Min, without looking at Han Shi again.

It was Jia Min who beckoned Han to get on the carriage quickly: "Don't delay now, Aunt Han will sit still in a while, I am afraid that the carriage will be a bit bumpy."

Since Jia Min has become a good person, he doesn't care about the carriage. He has prepared two carriages, both of which are equipped with the best horse driver in the mansion, Mrs. Lin, who shares one with Mrs. Han, Mrs. Lin's A thick quilt was also laid in the carriage, even if it was bumpy, it would not be too uncomfortable, it was meticulous and thoughtful, and no one else could find anything wrong.

The coachman slapped his whip all the way, and the carriage ran wildly. Sure enough, he told Jia Min that it was uncomfortable. The female relatives were sitting in the carriage, and they could hear Zhou Ye leading the guards outside to send off the stragglers who came to block the road, wailing bloody , the face of these prostitutes turned pale with fright, and finally the car arrived at Rongguo Mansion, and the limp old Mrs. Lin got out of the car supported by the servants of Jia's family. When she looked up, she saw a bright red streak of blood on the shaft. , Mrs. Lin closed her eyes, pinched the Buddhist beads and recited the Buddha silently. This Prince Yizhong's residence is really a crime!

The first butler, Jia Ke, brought the second butler, Lai Yuan, to pay respects to Mrs. Lin: "It is normal for the wife to pick me up when the wife comes, but there are many things in the house at the moment. I really can't get away, so I can only come to meet my wife as a child, and please don't take offense to my wife."

Mrs. Lin naturally wouldn't get entangled in such a trivial matter, and said "no problem" to Jia Ke very kindly, and waited for Jia Min to get off the carriage to personally help her, and then Jia Ke led her into the Rongguo Mansion.

Naturally, the Rongguo Mansion will not open the main entrance with great fanfare at this moment. A group of people came in through the side entrance. As soon as they entered the gate, Mrs. Lin could see people behind the corner gate, and the tall guards stood solemnly with knives and axes in their hands. Xiaosi, who was dressed as a servant, didn't laugh, he ran back and forth, and went up the ladder from time to time to check the movement outside, everything was orderly, solemn and calm.

Mrs. Lin admired secretly for a while, but she no longer worried about her own safety, she turned her head and smiled and said to Jia Min: "My in-laws are really good at managing the family." Unfortunately, this sentence didn't last long, and Mrs. Lin discovered that maybe Jia Daishan was really good. She is easy to get along with and can do something, but Jia Mu is definitely not.

Seeing Mrs. Lin and Jia Min, Mother Jia hurriedly took her daughter-in-law to the door to pick her up. Seeing Jia Min's pale face and thin figure, she immediately felt sad and pulled Jia Min to cry: "My poor Min'er!" Ah, how hard it has been."

Mrs. Lin couldn't help being embarrassed, but Jia's mother didn't even look at her, she just wailed in her arms, looked Jia Min up and down, and shouted: "Why are you so thin?" "Why is your complexion so bad?" ?”

Mrs. Zhang said to Mrs. Lin in embarrassment: "Since we knew something happened outside, our wife was so frightened that she almost fainted. Seeing my aunt now, she will inevitably lose her composure. Don't take it to heart."

What could Mrs. Lin say, she shook her head to express her indifference, but she heard Jia Min beside her softly urging Jia's mother, "Don't be like this, mother, isn't your daughter doing well? She was ill earlier, so naturally she lost some weight, but outside , It’s a terrible mess, my daughter’s heart is still beating violently when she thinks about what happened on the road.”

Everyone was stunned, and Mother Jia looked at her daughter suspiciously: "You are the first, are you scared?"

"That's not to say." Jia Min said with a long breath, "The carriage we came here was still stained with blood. Although there were not many people, there were still arrows shooting over the carriage. If it weren't for Zhou Ye Protecting her with all my might, I don't know if I will have a chance to see my mother right now." Fu pulled Mrs. Lin again, "Thankfully, everything is safe, otherwise, I don't know what face I should have to see my husband." Then he asked Mrs. Lin in a low voice, "Mother, are you okay? Do you want to wash up first, and drink a cup of ginseng tea to calm yourself?" She looked very filial to her daughter-in-law.

Mother Jia's eyes were shining brightly, as if Mrs. Lin had done something to Jia Min. Mrs. Lin felt uncomfortable and displeased at being seen. What's the matter, shouldn't it be right for a daughter-in-law to care about my old lady?What's the matter with this picture of me bullying her? !It's not easy to get angry with Jia Min, so he said in a deep voice: "It's nothing, don't bother, I'm fine."

Mrs. Lin tried her best to restrain her displeasure, but those few short words stopped in Jiamu's ears. It was this Mrs. Lin who had neglected her daughter.Since I was spoiled and spoiled, the two never said aloud that her daughter is so cautious towards Mrs. Lin at the moment. It can be seen that she must have suffered a big loss before she changed her attitude. Who knows how this old lady tortured her own daughter behind her back? All of them have taken refuge on the territory of Rongguo Mansion, and they are still so lukewarm to their own daughter in front of her, so what if she is in a place where she can't see?

Mother Jia really wanted to explode on the spot, but her daughter kept looking at her with pleading eyes. The daughter would stay in the Lin family for the rest of her life, and now she was tearing herself apart with Mrs. Lin, and it was Min'er who suffered in the end. At this point, Mother Jia forcibly suppressed her anger, and forced a smile to get close to Mrs. Lin: "It's all my fault. Seeing Min'er too excited, I have neglected my mother-in-law. Hurry up, let's stop standing here." , my mother-in-law went into the house, this way, she was startled, let's sit down and take it easy."

The so-called exaggeration and respect, that's all. Mrs. Lin didn't forget that Jia's mother just said that Jia Min suffered so much in Lin's mansion, and it was because of her suffering. Xia had no choice but to bow his head, he was blessed by others, so he really didn't have much to say, so he was dragged into the house by Jiamu halfway.The servants had already prepared tea and snacks, and the lingering fragrance of tea eased the fear of the thrilling journey just now. Mother Jia didn't show any signs of embarrassment to Mrs. Lin, and she always spoke softly. Mrs. Lin felt a little better After a while, he said something about the Lin family, and then asked Jia Mu about the outside situation. "My daughter-in-law and I are both women's families. If Ruhai is not here, I don't know some things, and I don't know what's going on outside?"

Jia's mother, Mrs. Zhang and Mrs. Wang looked at each other, not knowing what to say.He didn't pay attention at first, who knew that Lin Ruhai was not at home, but went to accompany him in the palace.now...

It was about Lin Ruhai, not to mention Mrs. Lin, Jia Min was also in a hurry, and hurriedly asked Jia's mother, "Mother, why don't you talk? Isn't the situation outside right now?" It's a bad premonition, but how can I put it, Lin Ruhai is in the palace, shouldn't it be the safest next to Sheng Jia? "I heard that Prince Yizhong's son led troops to attack the palace. Why was the battle so intense?"

When Jia Min was so anxious, Mother Jia dared not speak more, fearing to frighten her, she could only perfunctorily say, "It's just very intense. Your father is still talking to your eldest brother, Brother Jing from Dongfu."

Mrs. Lin and Jia Min are not so easily deceived. Mother Jia wanted to expose this topic so calmly, but it made them more and more sure that something big must happen outside. related……

Madam Jia Minlin's face paled in an instant: "Could it be that the rebels have invaded the palace?" How could it be?What do those forbidden troops eat?

Seeing that she couldn't hide it, Mother Jia could only tell the truth: "I don't know who the rebels colluded with in the palace, and they attacked the palace with a combination of inside and outside. The speed was so fast that everyone had no time to react. The first news came. Back then, it was only said that most of the imperial palace had fallen, and the West Palace was on fire. As for the situation inside, now, no one knows..."

"Old madam!" Mother Jia's words had just finished, and Nurse Ji on the other end screamed. Madam Lin's eyes darkened, and she passed out.

Mrs. Zhang and Wang hurriedly sent someone to invite Dr. Li. Jia Mu surrounded Jia Min, who had no blood on her face, and said in a panic: "Min'er, don't scare me. That's what I said. No one knows the situation now, my uncle will be safe and sound, don’t be so frightening, I’m just a daughter like you, if you want to have something good or bad, how can I live?!”

Mother Ji pinched Mrs. Lin, and Mrs. Lin woke up faintly. Thinking of what Jia's mother said earlier, she couldn't help crying: "My son..."

Miss Zhang thought of Jia Hu in the palace, tears also fell down...

After such a thing happened, no one was in the mood to talk about the old days. Mrs. Lin was not in good health. Jia Min waited on her and went back to her room to rest. When she came out with a pale face, Jia Mu grabbed her arm and dragged her back to herself. In the yard, she only wiped her tears, and patted her arm while scolding: "You unfilial thing, you are killing me, you are only a few bones thin, you are sincerely wanting my old lady to feel sorry for her to death You are happy, aren't you!"

Jia Min was still a little dazed, unable to recover, the harder Jia Mu scolded, the more she shed tears, and finally whimpered, threw herself into Jia Mu's arms and cried loudly: "Mother~"

Mother Jia put her arms around her, her heart was about to break: "You silly child. It was your father who harmed you. I said this marriage can't be done. Your father insisted on it. Now it's all right. Let's see." Your mother-in-law, you are so heartless, you even brought that aunt back. In this time of chaos, you should push people out of the carriage and let the rebels capture and kill you. You are half meat!" I was so angry that I pinched Jia Min's thin cheeks, and said bitterly, "What did I do in my previous life to give birth to such an uneasy girl like you? Rubbing me so you can't feel at ease?!"

Jia Min was crying so hard that she couldn't catch her breath. She let Jia's mother scold her and didn't reply, but her neck was red from crying, her eyes were already swollen from crying, and she only yelled one word back and forth: "Mother!" ~"

No matter how cruel Jia's mother was, seeing Jia Min like this, she also gave up, scolded "injustice", hugged her and comforted her softly: "Don't cry, everything is still with your father, son-in-law, follow the emperor For my side, no news is good news now. Those forbidden soldiers in the palace are not vegetarians, even if they didn’t block the attack of the rebels at the beginning, they will never let the emperor be in danger. The son-in-law is a civil servant, and he doesn’t need to kill the enemy. You can be at ease , the situation is not that bad."

Seeing that Jia Min was still crying, Mother Jia was helpless and said angrily, "You are really born to torture me." She whispered in her ear, "Your father is also moving, although I don't know what it is. , but son-in-law, he must be safe and sound!"

Jia Min was dubious: "Really?"

Jia Mu stared at her: "Who can I coax, can I coax you?"

Jia Min didn't understand: "Then why did you say that to my mother-in-law first?"

Mother Jia patted Jia Min's arm, and said angrily, "I'm not doing it for you, your mother-in-law doesn't make me happy to see her, and you don't want me to scare her?!"

Jia Min pouted immediately: "Mom, you didn't just scare my mother-in-law, you scared me to death."

"Bah, bah, what's not dead, can you talk nonsense?!" Jia Mu cursed, watching Jia Min slowly recovering, secretly relieved, although she lied, but She is also doing it for Min'er's good, and the master is really busy recently, and he doesn't know what he is secretly planning...

Jia Min came back to his senses, and slowly stopped crying. Suddenly, it occurred to Jia Mu that the West Palace of the Imperial Palace was in flames, and Zhang's haggard and yellow face flashed across his mind. The army has entered the palace, then, Brother Hu..."

Mother Jia didn't speak for a long time, and after a long while, she sighed: "This is fate..."

Jia Min also felt bad, such a smart kid.

Silent for a while, Mother Jia quickly collected her mood, put Jia Hu's matter aside, and asked Jia Min sternly: "I'll talk about it later, you tell me first, what do you think, that you brought that concubine's room to you?" Here you are, and you are still so servile to your mother-in-law, what about your self-esteem? How do I usually teach you?!" I really hate that iron is not steel.

Speaking of this, Jia Min's eyes flashed, and he said to Jia Mu seriously: "Since the mother mentioned it, the daughter has something to ask the mother..." Leaning into Jia Mu's ear, she whispered...

Not long after, people who went to the Jingyuanhoufu received news that Shan Guogong and General Wu Lie sent people to the Jingyuanhoufu to help, and now everything in the mansion is fine, please don't worry about it, Mrs. Zhang was relieved , Another servant rushed back to report that King Qin's army came from the Xitai camp, but there was still no news from the palace...

Four days later, except for holding Jia Lian in his arms every day, Mrs. Zhang didn't even say a word. At noon, someone shot an arrow into the mansion with a letter tied on it, pointing it out to Jia Daishan.

Jia Daishan opened the envelope, and there was a big bloody handprint on the letter paper. The familiar font was Jia Zheng's...