[Red House] Ban'er's Road to Imperial Examination

The carriage rattled on the road, went straight all the way, passed through the lively neighborhood, and came to a very clean and tidy street. This street was full of high-ranking officials and dignitaries. The people here will send people to inspect every day, which is very safe.

The carriage walked all the way to the door of a house on the third street ahead, and then stopped. The concierge was originally basking in the sun at the door with his arms folded. He watched the car coming from afar, and hurriedly greeted it with a very happy smile. : "But Grandpa is back?"

After getting an affirmative answer from the driver driving the carriage, the concierge hastily opened the corner door and let the carriage in. After walking for a while, the driver jumped out of the carriage and said respectfully, "Master, we're here."

The curtain of the carriage was lifted, and a boy of seventeen or eighteen jumped out from the inside. The boy got out of the carriage, and hurriedly raised the curtain to wait for the people inside to get out of the carriage.

At this time, the groom had already arranged the running boards attentively, and was waiting for the people in the car to get off.

The curtain was slightly opened, revealing the person inside. It was a boy of eighteen or nineteen years old. The boy was wearing a jade crown, a moon-white Ruihe auspicious robe, a blue cloak over his head, and a Hetian belt tied around his waist. Yupei, wearing official boots, is really a suave young man.

The young man jumped out of the carriage, led the servants all the way to the backyard, nodded casually to the servants who saluted him, and after a while, he walked to the side yard, just in time to meet a maid who came up to him at the door, and the young man went He stopped in his tracks and asked with a smile, "Where's my mother? Is there a visitor here today?"

The maid gave him a salute with a smile, and replied: "That girl from the Jia family is here again. If you ask me, you should have settled down a long time ago. No matter what, you should give me an accurate word if it works." , otherwise that girl would run to our house every day, and she wouldn't look like that."

She said again: "That girl is also destined to be with you. Our family also received some favors from her mother. The old lady and the wife have been thinking of her kindness. I think the old lady and the wife are very good at matching you. What she means is, if you are willing, you can give me a promise, and our family can come to propose marriage. If you don’t want to, let me tell you, the girl is going to be a baby this year, so I can’t wait any longer. "

Wang Yue just smiled, she didn't know what to say, and the maid didn't expect to get any promise from him, seeing him like this, she just gave him a complaining look, and led him to the main room.

As soon as he entered the room, a gust of warm air rushed towards him, and the cold air he brought in from the outside dissipated immediately. Wang Yue casually untied the cloak on his body, threw the cloak to the servant girl, and walked into the inner hall, Say hello to your mother.

Although Mrs. Liu has become a noble wife now, the mother depends on the son, and has her own order, so she doesn't have to do farm work anymore, but she is also a restless person. Most of the underwear that Wang Yue wears is made by her. When Wang Yue went in, she was picking out fabrics with someone.

Say hello, but Wang Yue's family doesn't pay much attention to these etiquettes. After all, it's only been a few years since Wang Yue received the title. Although they pay attention to etiquette, they are just for outsiders to see. Some, so Wang Yue just went up to meet Li and greeted him.

As soon as he got up, his mother Liu pulled a little girl over and said with a smile, "I won't greet your sister either."

"Hi, sister Qiao. It's a coincidence that my sister came today. The empress has just rewarded me with some cloth, and there are two that are suitable for my sister!"

At the beginning, the Rongguo Mansion was confiscated and dismissed because it was involved in the rebellion of the five princes. Except for Jia Zhen and Jia Amnesty who were sent to the frontier, the others were not serious, but they were penniless and almost lived on the streets.

Fortunately, Wang Yue helped them buy a small village and a few acres of land on the outskirts of the capital, and connected them to it, so that they would not be unsustainable and destitute on the streets.

When the Jia family was in a catastrophe, they asked their relatives and friends for help, but no one dared to take care of them. They thought that the world was cold, but they didn't expect that the one person who helped them casually could miss their old love. Yue's help, but not much trouble him.

Because of this catastrophe, Jia's mother was hit hard and fell ill, but Wang Yue came to analyze the situation for her, and she regained her spirits. The child is in good order.

After the court's victory, Jiapai Enke, Jia Baoyu and Jia Lan all went to take part in the examination and won in one fell swoop. However, although Jia Baoyu's grades were good, he disappeared after the examination, leaving only Xue Baochai with him. The unborn child of the womb.

And then one day, Jia Zheng went out by chance and saw Jia Baoyu who disappeared after he kowtowed far, and then it dawned on him that this Jia Baoyu, who had an extraordinary background and was born with a jade in his mouth, was probably some immortal who went down to the earth to experience calamities. Asking them to pin their hopes on him made them happy in vain.

Jia Zheng went back and said it, but it was just a sigh. Fortunately, Jia's family still has Jia Lan, and it seems that there is still hope for revival.

Jia Lan didn't let his family down either. Although he was only released as a county magistrate, his two years of evaluation were all top-notch, and he hoped to be promoted next year. Thinking about the future, even if he couldn't reach the heights of his father and grandfather, he would It won't let the Jia family lose to nothing.

In the second room, Jia Lan was an official outside, and Jia Zheng, Mrs. Wang and Xue Baochai lived with Xue Baochai's son and grandson who had just turned one year old.

As for the big house, Jia Amnesty was dispatched to the frontier, and news of his death came not long after. Jia Lian, as his own son, went to help arrange his funeral, borrowed some money from Wang Yue, and now opened a shop to do business. With business, while supporting his family, he also provided Jialan with some funds, so that they could go further in the officialdom.

Originally, Wang Xifeng was constantly taking care of her body under the reminder of Aunt Xue, so she finally became pregnant.But it happened that Jia's house was ransacked, and the things she had done outside the loan sharks and casually meddling in the lawsuit were also found out. She was startled and frightened, and was complained by Jia Lian. Her health was not as good as before, and she gave birth by force I gave birth to a son, and went there within two days.

After this incident, Jia Lian turned away from women's sex, no longer like a hungry ghost in sex, and did not mess around outside, but helped Ping'er upright, and guarded Ping'er and his son. Daughter lives.

Now Ping'er is not pregnant yet, the family of four is not as extravagant as before.I also lived an ordinary life in the past.

As for the Ningguo Mansion, Jia Zhen is still in the frontier. Although Jia Qiang has a frivolous temper, she has become much more sensible after the house raid in Ningguo Mansion. Now she is following Jia Lian behind him to help him do business, which is considered a small fortune.

He was originally in love with Ling Guan. When the actors in the Grand View Garden were released, he secretly asked someone to bring Ling Guan back, and they married Ling Guan in private.

Now he, the decent great-great-grandson of the Ningguo Mansion, is just a commoner's son, and there is no disparity in status between the two, not to mention that he has no elders to take care of him, and Youshi still depends on him to make a living, so he doesn't talk too much. As for The relatives on the other side of the Rongguo Mansion were separated by another layer.

Since no one cared about him, Jia Qiang took Ling Guan back, passed Ming Road, paid respects in a serious way, became a relative, and became known as husband and wife.

As for Jia Rong, he is still stubborn and loves leisure and hates work. He originally wanted to take advantage of the kindness of the Jia family to Wang Yue to benefit from Wang Yue, but he didn't want to be known by his family before he took action. The two elders, Jia Zheng and Dang, were so furious that they ordered someone to tie him up and beat him up severely.

He lay at home recovering from his injuries, then took advantage of Jia Qiang's going out and stole the family's money, and even if he disappeared, he didn't know where he went to fool around. It has been five years and he still hasn't disappeared.

Jia's family couldn't bear to look for him, so they simply assumed that he died outside. Since then, Youshi took Xichun to live with Jia Qiang and his wife.

The aunt and sister-in-law do needlework every day to subsidize the family. Although it is very hard work, they are already very open to women outside. Compared with the Duke's Mansion where the rules are strict and there is no hope, their lives are now happier than before. a lot.

I heard that Jia Lian and Jia Qiang were doing business outside and met a lot of people. Now they are seeing their husband-in-law for Xichun. Although the husband-in-law she can choose now may not be a noble family, Jia Qiang and Jia Qiang's character is not bad. Well, I won't deliberately entrap her, and Jia Lian is doing things properly, so she should choose a husband's family that suits her temperament. I think she is much luckier than her other three sisters.

Behind Jia Xichun is Jia Lian's daughter, Qiaojie, who is about to reach her age of Jiji. Although the age at which women marry has been pushed back a lot, it seems necessary to get acquainted in advance.

Originally, when Wang Xifeng was alive, she had told Ping'er that it would be great if Wang Yue could be recruited as her husband. However, at that time, Wang Yue was the one who was the one who was the one to marry, and Qiaojie was the one who was the one who was the one to marry. Yue is married.

It's just that the Wang family is not a person who climbs high and steps down, and they always remember the Jia family's kindness to them at the beginning. Although the Jia family's help at that time was just a piece of cake for the Rongguo Mansion, it was nothing to the Wang family. It relieved the urgent need, because of this matter, Liu Shi and Wang Gou'er had a good impression of Qiao Jie.

What's more, the two couples have now figured out their son's temperament, and know that he is not a person who is determined to go up, so there is no need to marry a daughter of a high family to add chips to him.

What's more, when Wang Yue's great-grandfather was there, although their family could be regarded as a family of officials, they were nothing more than a small official. The foundation of the Wang family was too weak. I am afraid that I may not be able to surrender, and I am afraid that the house will be disturbed, and it may not be a blessing.

But if you marry at a lower level, the sons are now dealing with extraordinary people, and the daughter-in-law here will be in charge of the family in the future, welcoming and sending off, and the daughter of a small family may not be able to take on this important task.

After thinking about it, Qiaojie turned out to be a very good candidate. Although his family is now in ruins, she is the daughter of the Duke's mansion, and she was personally raised by the old lady. The housekeeper is in her ability. Internally, and compared to her mother's dominance, Qiao Jie is much gentler. As a daughter-in-law, she is no different from a good candidate.

As for sister Qiao, marrying into the Wang family is the best choice for her now, and of course she is very willing.

What's more, although Jia Lan is very promising, with the support of Jia Lian's funds, and the old relatives of Jia's family who occasionally helped out because of the friendship of their ancestors, they want to rely on these to reach the level of his father and grandfather. Height is impossible, for the revival of the Jia family, the Jia family had to think of another way.

It has to be said that Jia's family has always been somewhat yin and yang, and the women in the back house are all outstanding, not only in appearance, but also in terms of literary talent and handling skills.

On the contrary, men are more short-sighted, lazy, lazy, like to take shortcuts, and seek nepotism.

This time, they found that Jia Lan's development had encountered a bottleneck, and the first solution they thought of was not relying on their own efforts, but marrying their daughters to find some good helpers for themselves.

Although Xichun is good, her temperament is not suitable. Even if she marries, she will not be of much help. What's more, the Jia family can't find any good husband-in-law with their current capabilities. It's better to let Wang Yue lead the way and find her a husband A poor boy with a good future, although the future of this poor boy may not be as good as Wang Yue's, and the opportunity may not be as good as his, but there is still some hope.

On the contrary, Qiaojie is not only outstanding in ability, but also has a good husband's family waiting for her, which makes the Jia family very excited.

Both parties have intentions and coincide with each other, so Sister Qiao often visits Wang's house, and Mrs. Liu has not been able to get a positive answer from her son, and she is unwilling to be the master of her son without authorization, so she can only keep Sister Qiao at her home. So, every time Sister Qiao came to Wang's house, it would take ten days and a half months at most, or two or three days at least, and the relationship between Wang Yue and Sister Qiao became more and more familiar.

"Thank you, Sir." Qiaojie stood up, greeted Wang Yue, smiled, and said, "Every time I come here, I eat and take. I don't look like a guest, but like a bandit." .”

"Good boy, you are not an outsider, why are you being so polite?" Mrs. Liu stepped forward and took her hand, and said angrily, "You two are friends with each other, and you call him Lord, and he is still the same as before. It should be called brother!"

Sister Qiao lowered her head and pursed her lips and smiled, and said: "Now that I'm grown up, I can't be the same as before, besides, if my sister-in-law hears about it in the future, don't you be jealous? I'm afraid the Sir will suffer! "

As soon as she finished her words, before Liu Shi said anything else, the servant girl beside her smiled: "I have an idea, it's better for the girl to come to my house and become a grandmother, wouldn't it be just right?"

Qiaojie blushed at this maid's joke. She hurriedly lowered her head, but couldn't help but quietly raised her head to peek at Wang Yue's reaction. What about a good man and a woman who doesn't like Mu Ai?

What's more, Qiaojie and him are childhood sweethearts, and they often contact each other, so it is inevitable to be attracted by him.

And he is very willing to respect and love girls, but he is different from a passionate man like Uncle Bao, which makes girls even more excited.

Such a good man is so close to her, if she has no hope, it's fine, but there is hope, she is really unwilling to give up the man in front of her to another woman for nothing.

But she couldn't wait any longer, she was about to reach the end, might she want to learn from Aunt Bao, this was her last temptation, if he couldn't respond, then...then she had no choice but to give up!

Wang Yue lowered her head slightly, just in time to see the girl's blushing cheeks, and the pair of red phoenix eyes inherited from her mother, slightly raised, with a little charm, which made Wang Yue lose his mind for a moment.

Her eyes trembled slightly because of shyness, her long eyelashes looked like butterflies, but she looked at him expectantly, as if the butterflies were lying on his heart.

Wang Yue suddenly realized that this little girl had grown up without knowing when.

And she was already a beautiful girl.

Maybe it's a good thing to agree.

Wang Yue knows that even though the current atmosphere has become more open, it is just delusional to want to fall in love freely. Instead of finding someone who doesn't know the details, it is better to choose Qiaojie.

At first he only thought of Qiaojie as a child, and never thought about her marriage, but now he found that the little girl has grown up, if he doesn't respond, maybe this little girl will become someone else's.

Thinking of this, Wang Yue suddenly felt a little uncomfortable, and then he couldn't help but laugh, it seemed that his lamp was dark.

"That's a good idea, it depends on whether my sister is willing or not?" Wang Yue smiled, since she understood, of course she must be quick and accurate.

As soon as he said this, no one could understand what he meant, Liu was afraid that sister Qiao would be shy, so she hurriedly blamed Wang Yue and said, "Little bastard, what is Hu Qin, I'm not afraid of being rude to other girls."

After speaking, she took Qiaojie's hand again and said, "Good boy, don't pay attention to your brother Yue! He's just straight-hearted and can't coax girls."

Hearing what she said, Sister Qiao quickly raised her head to defend Wang Yue: "Brother Yue is like this, isn't it naughty if you are too good at talking?"

The words blurted out, and it was only after she said it that Qiaojie found that Mrs. Liu and the maids in the room were smiling at her. She realized what she had said, and hurriedly lowered her head, but her eyes could not help but shifted to On Wang Yue.

Aware of the little girl's cry for help, Wang Yue smiled at her, seeing her hastily avoided her gaze, the corner of Wang Yue's mouth hooked upwards, and he opened her mouth to help her out: "Mom, I will trouble you this time." back!"

"Oh? But what's the matter?"

"The princess is pregnant, and I need to prepare a gift, but my son really doesn't know what is taboo here, so don't bother your old man?"

Hearing that Mrs. Liu was overjoyed, the reason why she was so happy was because she knew that the young man who often came to his house was the prince. Although she already knew the identity of the prince, the prince never put on airs with her, so Liu She still treats him as a younger generation, and she is naturally happy for him when she hears the good news, but on the other hand, the Liu family is no longer Wuxia Amen, and is no longer a country woman. She knows some court affairs, and she knows the fortunes and misfortunes of her son and the crown prince. Connected, now that the prince has a queen, his position will be more stable, which is naturally a good thing for his son.

"You should ask me, you, a big man, don't know what to give, you, just don't make trouble for me," Liu waved at him in disgust, letting him go, and then she pulled the future daughter-in-law's hand. Let's discuss the congratulatory gift together.

Wang Yue smiled and didn't say much. After explaining a few words to the servant girl, she went out and went to the study.

As he walked, he caressed the Hetian jade pendant at his waist. This jade pendant was left by a monk and said that he could go back.

Wang Yue has been staying there, planning to wait for grandma and parents to go back and see grandpa after a hundred years, but now it seems that they may not be able to leave.

Then he thought that the Supreme Emperor had told him that if one day he didn't want to keep this jade pendant, he could pass it on to him.

The last time he ran back for Xiao Yan, he won a title, and he didn't know what benefit it would be this time.

After the assassination, he thought about it carefully, only to realize that something was wrong. Tu Hui had already detected the plan of the fifth prince's treason, so how could he not know that Mu Jing had colluded with the fifth prince?

Since he knew that Mu Jing was wrong, he still wanted to let Mu Jing approach him. Presumably it was to test him. If he protects Tu Hui himself, it will be of great benefit. If he only cares about protecting himself, he will put Tu Hui in danger. However, I'm afraid that the title may still exist, but it's not as high as it is now, and the friendship with Tu Hui is about to come to an end.

He is now a first-class baron, a second-rank rank, a rank that is beyond the reach of most officials, and it is also a hurdle that many people can't overcome in their lifetime.

Although he was successful in rescuing him, Tu Hui was only the crown prince after all, which was different from saving the emperor. Besides, titles were even more rare during the Taiping period. Rewards were enough to promote his official position, but he didn't expect it to be Knighthood.

Presumably it had something to do with him protecting Tu Hui without hesitation. Although he was a little angry when he thought about it, he could understand after thinking about it. After all, Tu Hui has a special status, so naturally he had to think about it.

After thinking about it, the relationship between Wang Yue and Tu Hui became even better, and Tu Hui also trusted Wang Yue more, and sincerely regarded him as his good friend.

So don't look at Wang Yue who is currently only a sixth-rank editor in the Imperial Academy, but there are many people who are willing to associate with him, not only because he has a title, although the title is good, it is not worth mentioning in the capital.

It was because he was not only trusted by the crown prince, but also liked by the emperor and the empress dowager. He could speak in front of the three of them, which was remarkable.

Those above the court, as long as someone can speak effectively in front of one of them, it is enough to be sought after, not to mention Wang Yue can speak effectively in front of three people.

In recent years, there are many people who want to marry him, but Wang Yue has never thought about it. First of all, he also knows that those noble girls who want to marry him have impure intentions. What's more, it's reasonable for a daughter to think about her natal family, but he just doesn't want to get involved with those big families, not to mention that he also understands his parents' worries, and he doesn't want to marry someone who will dislike her. The woman who slept with her own parents came back.

And if they get married and become a burden, he may never want to go back.

Wang Yue hadn't made up his mind whether to go back or not, so he didn't think about the marriage, but now he was suddenly moved, it might be a good idea to stay.

What's more, the original book revealed the marriage between Ban Er and Qiao Jie, maybe this is fate.

Even if they were changed, the two of them should be together.

"Ban'er, come quickly," Wang Yue was thinking about the problem, but suddenly heard his father's shout. He looked up and found that his father had someone carrying something in. He walked over and took a look. But it was half a box of paper and ink.

Now Wang Yue's reputation for painting is becoming more and more famous. On the one hand, it is naturally because of his status in the court, and on the other hand, it is true that he has real talents and learning, so he is sought after by others.

Since Wang Gou'er came to Beijing with his son, he stopped doing farm work. At first he was very happy, but later he felt that he was too busy, but he couldn't do needlework like his own wife, so he decided to I have developed a hobby, dedicated to this family's son Tao Teng with good paper and ink.

Don't worry about him being deceived, Wang Gou'er is used to it, and he won't be deceived casually. What's more, in his early years, he hung around with a bunch of cronies and saw many ways to deceive people, so naturally he would not be easily fooled.

Quite a few people wanted to curry favor with Wang Yue, so they wanted to start with Wang Gou'er. Seeing that he liked to buy paper and ink, they deliberately sold him good things at low prices.

However, although Wang Gou'er is very greedy for cheap, he also knows that there is no such thing as a pie in the sky in this world. Even if he is very greedy for these good things, he absolutely stays away from these things in order not to cause trouble for his son.

Wang Yue was a little worried at first, but later saw that her father didn't need to take care of him at all, so she let him go.

Now I see my father went out for a stroll, and brought back half a box of paper and ink. He hasn't used up what he brought back last time.

But of course Wang Yue wouldn't say that, he rushed up to meet him, praising and praising his father, making him so happy that he dragged his son to the study.

The two had just walked a few steps, but they heard Liu's voice behind them: "I'll be back in a while, don't miss the time, and there is no need for dinner."

"Got it!" Wang Gou'er looked impatient, but there was a smile on the corner of his mouth, complaining to his son: "Your mother talks so much the older you get, it sounds really annoying!"

Wang Yue smiled slightly, but didn't answer the question, but turned her head to look behind her. Her mother also looked impatient, and she thought she was complaining about his father, but her eyes and brows were full of joy, and behind her , a pretty little girl was smiling gently and talking to her mother for some reason, which made his mother laugh out loud.

Seeing him looking back, the girl suddenly stopped talking and lowered her head shyly.

Wang Yue smiled again, then turned her head, helped his father to go to the study, this place is very good, everything is good, the jade pendant should change its owner, let it be left to those who need him.