The Fate of the Red Chamber

Mother Jia came in a hurry, and when she saw Baoyu lying on the bed crying, her heart was screaming in pain, and she was also crying, sitting on the bed and calling for Baoyu.

"Baoyu, what's the matter, tell your ancestors, and your ancestors will decide for you."

"Old lady, old lady." Baoyu refused to say anything other than calling the old lady.

It just so happened that when Mrs. Wang heard the news, she brought Sister Feng over in a hurry, but what she saw was the grandparents and grandchildren hugging each other and crying.I had to leave Baoyu and persuade the old lady first: "Old lady, daughter-in-laws have done wrong things, you can just teach them. Baoyu offended the old lady and asked his father to beat him. The old lady must not be angry." It’s broken, otherwise what will we do.”

Seeing that Baoyu was crying so sadly that she had never been before, Jia's mother cried along with her heartache. Hearing this, she hurriedly stopped her tears, patted Baoyu's back, and tried to comfort her: "Baoyu, look at your wife. If you cry again, don't you cry?" Is your wife worried about you? If you have anything to say, just say it, and the old ancestor will decide for you. "

Baoyu cried for half a day, slowly let go of the sadness in her heart, and wanted to offend the old ladies and wives because of herself, so she gradually stopped her tears, but refused to say anything.

"Did your sister Lin say something?" Mother Jia had guessed it was because of Daiyu, but just now Baoyu was crying so sadly that she couldn't open her mouth for fear of adding fuel to the fire, so she asked this time.

Mrs. Wang didn't know that Baoyu had gone to Lin's mansion. When she heard about Lin Daiyu, she hated Daiyu even more.

"It's none of Sister Lin's business. It's my own fault. I was wrong." Baoyu is not the kind of ignorant person. He knows that he can't tell outsiders about this matter, otherwise it will harm Daiyu, and the matter has been said now. What's the use.

Jia Mu stared at her for a while, and made a general guess, and stopped asking, but wondered whether Daiyu really had no affection for Baoyu, and she was becoming more and more unable to see through this granddaughter.Since Baoyu doesn't want to talk about it, let's tease him first, and he will care about it in the future.Jia's mother comforted Baoyu again, and told the girl to take good care of her, and then she took Mrs. Wang, Sister Feng and others back to her yard.

Jia Mu sat on the couch, Yuanyang knelt at her feet and beat Jia Mu's legs with beauty fists. Mrs. Wang and Sister Feng stood on the ground, daring not to speak.

"Feng girl, go get busy. The New Year's Eve is coming soon, and you have a lot of things to do. Yuanyang, you go down too." Jia Mu was a little tired, shaking her head and ordering the two of them to go down.

As soon as everyone left, Mrs. Wang looked at Jia Mu anxiously, hesitated for a while, and asked in a low voice: "Old lady, what happened to Baoyu, what has it to do with the eldest girl?"

Mrs. Wang did not disclose the fact that Jia's mother went to the Lin family to propose marriage, otherwise her own daughter-in-law would have to obstruct her in every possible way. Go talk to his wife, how dare she speak.Unfortunately it didn't work out.

"You are Baoyu's own mother. You should know his thoughts best. This child has only one Daiyu in his heart. Besides, the Lin family has a great fortune, and Daiyu has a noble status. If we marry Baoyu, Baoyu will be a real county horse. What's more, we The Lin family is still short of 20 taels of silver. Once Daiyu marries into our family, there is no need to pay back the silver.

So, yesterday I went to the Lin family to propose marriage. "

"What? The old lady went to propose a marriage?" Mrs. Wang became more and more anxious as she listened, and interrupted Jia's mother when she was anxious. After she finished speaking, she realized that she was being more polite, and lowered her head in embarrassment.

"Hmph, don't be dissatisfied. You don't like the Lin family, and the Lin family doesn't like our family. Lin Mohan thinks that Baoyu can't inherit the title and family business because of his lack of fame, so he immediately refused, leaving no room for him." Jiamu said coldly. Humming coldly, this daughter-in-law is short-sighted, and she can't look down on the family that the empress dowager covets and fears. If the Lin family hadn't come to the capital, the empress dowager's behavior was strange, and she didn't think about the Lin family's affairs.

So what if my family is the founding father of the country, this generation only has the idle position of a third-rank general, and if there is no empress to support him in the palace, he is afraid that he will be ruined.Those who made good marriages with my own family were all the four major families or the family of the public officials in the past, and generally had no real power. If this continues in Baoyu's generation, it is estimated that they will fall.

But the Lin family lived far away in the south of the Yangtze River quietly, and their ancestral princes were gone, but they were highly valued by the former emperor, and they were named county kings for no reason. How many families have such honors today?It doesn't matter if the queen mother doesn't like it, she doesn't dare to attack the Lin family openly, and also rewards the Lin family extra from time to time.Why, isn't it because you are afraid of the prestige of the Lin family in the south of the Yangtze River? You think that a famous family with hundreds of years can be compared with an upstart family.Who didn't see that the several big families in the south of the Yangtze River were friendly with the Lin family, and they stood up at the critical moment, even daring to refute the face of the empress dowager.

His own family was defeated because he started his family with military merits, and those famous families looked down on him. Min'er couldn't marry into the Lin family even if he wasn't given a marriage by the queen mother.If he can marry the Lin family again, he can truly enter the Jiangnan gentry, and his own family can gradually evolve into a scholarly family, so there is hope that it will be passed down for hundreds of years.

Hey, the children and grandchildren are not up to date, and Jia's mother actually understands the decline of the Jia family. She is trying her best to continue the glory of the Jia family and find a refuge for future decline.

As for Mrs. Wang, where did she think of this, she was relieved when she heard the Lin family's refusal to marry, and then she became resentful. This Lin family even dared to underestimate my Baoyu, so I must ask the empress to show them some seriousness.Mrs. Wang is also strange. If the Lin family agrees to the marriage, she is afraid that she will start a quarrel early, and the Lin family will not be able to refuse. It is because I look down on the Lin family. How can it become that the Lin family looks down on me? Baoyu is an uncle of the country. No wonder Baoyu is so angry.

"Old lady, it's fine if the Lin family refuses. Baoyu has been spoiled and spoiled since she was a child, and she has to serve others when she becomes a county horse. How can she do that? Baoyu was brought up by her mother. Every time the daughter-in-law went to the palace, she cared about Baoyu very much. She wanted to come here I will be able to point out a good marriage for Baoyu, how many good girls are there in the rich and famous families in the capital."

"What do you know? The Empress Dowager, who do you think that the life of the Empress is easy in the palace! The rich and famous family must be willing to give their daughter to our family." Jia Mu was so angry that this daughter-in-law, who was He was really blind to marry her for Zheng'er. She was fine in trivial matters, but his vision was too short-sighted, and he only cared about his own gains and losses, without caring about the future of the entire Jia family.

Mrs. Wang was reprimanded by Jia Mu, and she was too frightened to say more, but she didn't think so. With her precious jade, she didn't believe that no daughter of a good family in the capital would marry him.

Jia's mother had seen through this daughter-in-law a long time ago, knowing that she was blessed on the surface, but she didn't take it seriously in her heart, so she was angry and angry, beat the small kang table hard, and asked sharply: "If you have a good choice, why don't you tell me?" listen."

"Well, my daughter-in-law is just a little foolish. My daughter-in-law thinks that my brother's youngest daughter, Sister Hui, is good, because my brother has a high position and power; Baochai is also good, dignified and stable, and takes care of housework properly; there are a few other ministers who have good relations with us. The girls in the family are also very good." Although she was quite frightened, Mrs. Wang still refused to give up, and nervously mentioned a few girls she thought would be suitable.

"It doesn't matter whether those people are willing to give their daughters to us Baoyu. Sister Hui is a good one, and your brother is also capable. As long as your brother is old, he can last for a few more years. I don't want your nephew in the future. Get ahead. I don’t say anything, you know in your heart who your nephew is, whether he can stir up a family business, whether he can help Baoyu in his official career. Xue Baochai, what’s the use of being able, a daughter of a declining imperial merchant? , What do you think the nobles in the capital will think of us? Will they accept a girl from the imperial merchants? How many people in the families of other officials still have real power. You must know that Baoyu cannot be hereditary, at most he can get a little bit of family Only with the support of the Yue family in the future can Baoyu enter the official career and walk smoothly."

Mother Jia became more and more calm as she spoke. Baoyu was her most beloved grandson, and she naturally wanted to leave him the best, but it was not up to her to decide, and even if Baoyu's resignation was at most a fourth-rank idle job.Although the status of the county horse is not high, the key is that the Lin family is not an ordinary family, and Lin Mohan is not a useless person.As long as he really thinks about his sister, he will definitely plan a good future for Baoyu. Other than the royal palace, he usually comes into contact with the rich and powerful.

In fact, Mrs. Wang is not a fool. She knew that what Jia Mu said had some truth, and the blame was that she had an enmity with Lin Daiyu in her previous life.After listening to it for a long time with a blushing face, he murmured: "Isn't there a lady? Wouldn't the lady plan for Baoyu?"

With a loud bang, a big red cloud dragon holding a birthday brocade cushion hit Madam Wang's face. Madam Wang was stunned and stared blankly at Mother Jia. The old lady had never done this to her.

"You, are you trying to piss me off? The harem is not allowed to do politics, and you want to kill the empress? Even if the empress has a heart, there is no capable person outside, who will deal with who will move, do you think Lian is the second line? He even has six I can’t even get through the door. All right, you go back to me, think about it in the Buddhist hall, and come back when you think about it.” Jiamu felt exhausted, and she didn’t want to see Mrs. Wang’s face anymore, otherwise she would really He was so angry that he slapped him a few times and waved his hand.

Mrs. Wang finally got a little scared, she hurriedly bowed and then quietly retreated.She's old, she's already a grandmother, it's fine if she doesn't let go of power, even intervening in her son's marriage, and even doing it to herself, what face does she have as the head wife.After all, he was still thinking about his granddaughter, what kind of fate was he? He was angry with the old lady because of Jia Min back then, and now he has no way out because of her daughter.The enmity of the previous life.