The Fate of the Red Chamber

At dawn, Mo Han got up first, in order not to embarrass Daiyu after waking up, he secretly went back to his Changyuan to freshen up, and then came back again.

Last night, Daiyu began to sleep unsteadily, having nightmares again and again.Later, for some reason, I felt very warm and at ease around me, so I fell asleep soundly.

Feihong's gauze curtain, through the bright light, awakened Daiyu.Slowly propped up, and found that the left half of the bed is warm, what's going on, I have been sleeping tightly, I should not sleep on the other half.

"Snow geese."

Xueyan wore a pea-green long dress, which was refreshing and pretty. She lifted the curtain and came in: "Miss, are you awake? It will be later today."

Daiyu sat on the edge of the bed, let Xueyan serve her dress, she smiled a little shyly: "Little Hoof, why don't you wake me up at any time? But it's really weird, I slept especially soundly last night."

"That's natural, the uncle stayed here with the girl all night, how can the girl not sleep well." Xueyan was originally about the same age as Daiyu, with a pure nature, and she didn't think about other things at all.

But Daiyu was taken aback for a moment, and asked for a while: "What are you talking about? Didn't brother go back to Changyuan?"

"When the girl came back, her complexion was not very good. Later, Qingyue said that she was just tired, and it was good to rest. But the uncle was worried, and insisted on guarding here all night, and it didn't take long for him to leave. The girl didn't believe that the uncle would come soon. Just ask." Xueyan licked Daiyu's temples with a grate, and replied with a pause and a smile.

Now, although I have a good relationship with my brother, I don't want to avoid suspicion, but it's not good for my brother to stay in my room for a night, so it's fine for me to spread the word, so I don't want my brother to be troubled.Daiyu has a delicate mind, even in her own family, she behaves properly, for fear of being gossiped.

After washing and grooming, when they went to the outside room, Qinyan greeted Daiyu first, and Fang asked: "Miss, when will the dinner be served?"

"Go and see if grandpa is ready? If it's ready, let's set the meal." A little bit of shyness came to Daiyu's heart, and her voice was low when she spoke.

Qin Yan smiled and said yes.

"No need, I'm already here." The mellow and soft baritone voice carried a hint of a smile, lazily and leisurely.

Daiyu's eyes brightened instantly, a blush crept up her cheeks, and her whole body suddenly appeared in high spirits. She glanced at Mo Han secretly, but told Qinyan: "Then let's set the meal. By the way, is there any Prepare for that pheasant boy?"

Originally seeing Daiyu not looking at him and ignoring him, Mo Han thought she was secretly angry with him after hearing what the girl said, and heard her asking about the pheasant cub, he couldn't help being funny, who didn't know that it was his favorite food.My sister asked this because she didn't care about herself, but she was too thin-skinned to say it clearly.

The maids wanted to laugh but did not dare to laugh, for fear that Daiyu would turn her face in embarrassment and deny her recognition, Qin Yan suppressed her laughter and replied: "Miss gave me an order yesterday morning, how dare the slaves forget it? How much does the uncle want to eat?"

"Dead hoof, who said it must be eaten by the uncle, your girl, can I eat it?" Daiyu was ashamed and anxious, stomping her feet and spat softly.

Xueyan helped Daiyu to the dining table and sat down, smiling: "It's great if the girl likes to eat, but I'm afraid that the girl will say it's greasy again later, and she will be annoyed when she sees it."

"How can there be so much talk, I don't go to work early in the morning." Daiyu became more and more embarrassed by the words, rubbing her handkerchief and still not looking at Mohan.

Mo Han had no choice but to take the initiative to sit by her, teasing her if he had anything to say, and the two of them had a tacit understanding not to mention what happened yesterday.

After dinner, Princess Ning'an and Prince Yicheng came together, naturally for yesterday's matter.Daiyu and Mohan rushed out to greet her.

The four of them went to the small study in Mohan Changyuan, dispatched the servants around them, and closed the door to discuss closely for a long time.Most of the time Daiyu listened and didn't talk much. Even if everyone didn't say it clearly, she knew it in her heart, and she made up her mind to follow her brother.The four of them had lunch together before breaking up.

After the first lunar month, not long after, a small event happened in the capital, and soon it was spread all over the capital, and it was unavoidable to ask a few words when talking to everyone.Only Daiyu didn't hear anything about the outside world, and she only understood the general idea after listening to the little girl in the garden occasionally, so she couldn't help calling Xueyan to ask her carefully.

"Girl, it's not a secret. I think everyone except the girl has heard about it. It's just that the uncle ordered that the girl is not healthy if she has too many things to do. Don't bother the girl if there is nothing serious. Since the girl asks, That Xueyan will not hide the girl, let alone this matter has something to do with the girl." When talking about the business, Xueyan became smarter.

It turned out that after Yuanchun visited relatives, Jia's family was in the limelight for a while, and the news of Yuanchun's foot ban was banned by the Queen Mother, so outsiders probably didn't know it, and only thought that Jia's family had a great reputation.

There are those who are of a lower family background than the Jia family intend to cling to each other. In ancient times, the most convenient and effective way for two families to cling to each other is through marriage.At present, only the second girl of the right age in Jia's family welcomes the spring, but Tanchun is not too young, so engagement is possible.

Among them, Uncle Anqin's Xu family's title is not high, and he has no real power. In terms of close in-laws, the only close in-laws are the historians of Jiamu's natal family, and the wife of the Xu family is the concubine daughter of the historians.On that day, Uncle Anqin Xu Liangti first married a girl from the Mo family, a family in the south of the Yangtze River. Who would have thought that he would go there in less than a year, and the daughter of the Shi family was married as the second wife.

Originally, some historians looked down on the Xu family, and the concubine's daughter didn't care much, so the two families gradually became less and less active.Unexpectedly, some time ago, Mrs. Xu actually went back to her mother's house and asked her sister-in-law to be a matchmaker, and told the second daughter of the Jia family to Xu Yepin, the eldest son of their family.

Mrs. Shi thought about it, the Xu family's family background was lower than the Jia family's, so it was inevitable that they might be considered superior, but although the Xu family was a bastard son, he was also the eldest son, so it was reasonable to say that he was suitable for the second daughter of the Jia family.After all, the second girl was only a concubine, and according to Xiangyun's tone in the past, she was not favored in Jia's family, not as good as the third girl who was also a concubine.To be able to marry the Xu family as the main wife, my aunt should be willing.

Moreover, my aunt never came to the house to beg his brother or something. It was rare for us to ask us to say something, and it was really hard to refuse. If it didn't work, she wouldn't be able to blame herself if she said it herself.Thinking of this, Mrs. Shi agreed with a smile, and only explained that she would go to Jia's mansion to find out what happened, and let his aunt and grandma just wait for the good news.Sure enough, Mrs. Shi went there the next day, and first raised the matter with Jia Mu, and Mrs. Xing and Mrs. Wang were present and listening.

At the beginning, Mother Jia was really dissatisfied with Xu's family. Her original intention was to marry all her granddaughters into princely families, so that she could drag her family down in the future.Later, I heard that although he was a bastard, he was quite capable. He passed the examination before he was twenty. He thought that a Jinshi would not be able to escape in the future, and he could also help his family.

Furthermore, Yingchun's temper is indeed a bit weak, and she can't even control a maid. It's hard to expect her to gain a foothold in the Duke's mansion, so it's better not to drag the family down.Now that the Xu family is all about clinging to their own family, they will think highly of Yingchun. This might not be a good marriage.The strange thing is that Xu's eldest son is nineteen years old, why hasn't he discussed marriage yet, isn't he a favored one?

"Do you know why the young master of the Xu family has not discussed marriage at this age, but what's the problem?" Mother Jia asked with a frown.

Mrs. Shi heard the words, covered her mouth and smiled: "Auntie, if you ask other questions, I really can't answer, but if you ask this, I know a thing or two. Our Jiaheng'er has occasional contacts with several young masters of the Xu family. I heard him say It seems that Xu's eldest son has a long-term ambition. He said that he would talk about marriage only after he became famous in one fell swoop. No, last autumn he won the Juren, and within a few months he asked me to be a matchmaker. I think the Xu family also admires my aunt very much. "

The words made Jia's mother happy, and she wanted to agree. Seeing Mrs. Xing here, although she usually looked down on her, she had to put on a face.Looking at Madam Xing, he asked, "Daughter-in-law, what do you think?"

Mrs. Xing had no children all her life, married Jia Amnesty and she was an idiot, and she couldn't be seen by Jia's mother.Yingchun had been raised by the old lady's side since she was a child, and she had nothing to say if the old lady wanted to decide on her marriage; moreover, the old lady was just asking casually, and she definitely didn't really ask for her opinion.The old man just spends his days and nights, and has never cared about his only daughter. He would not object to it, so why don't he go along with the flow and agree.

"The old lady is well-informed, and it is her blessing to be able to make decisions for the second girl. The daughter-in-law sounds like a proper person, and she has a reputation. I am not afraid that I will not be able to earn a royal order for the second girl in the future."

"It's good if you can think so. It's up to you to talk about your master. Nephew and daughter-in-law, it will be hard for you to go to Xu's house, and our family will accept this matter." Jiamu smiled with satisfaction. A good marriage will benefit the third and fourth girls in the future. The Jia family has raised them for so many years, and it's time for them to repay.

Mrs. Shi agreed with a smile, took her leave immediately and left without going back to the house, and went directly to Xu's house to finish the matter.A few days later, Jia and Xu's two families exchanged Geng notes and began to discuss marriage.Because the young master of the Xu family is not young, and Yingchun is almost seventeen this year, so time is tight, and the two families made a small decision soon after discussing it, and planned to get married within the year.

(In the Red Mansion, Yingchun should be bigger than Baochai. In Xilan’s text, Baochai performed the Jiji ceremony last year, and Yingchun is estimated to be seventeen this year. Because Baochai’s birthday is in the first month, and Yingchun is not in the first month, so Yingchun It should be at least one year older than Baochai. However, Xilan is very strange, why Yingchun in the Red Mansion is so old. According to ancient calculations, they have passed the best age for marriage. Does the Jia family care too much about this? The second girl?)

Apart from the Xu family, there are many other families who intend to climb up to Jia's mansion, but because of their gaining power, they were afraid that they would not be able to climb up and would lose face instead, so they did not dare to try lightly.Seeing that the Xu family's words are ready, they are all tempted, and they also sent a matchmaker to talk about the third and fourth girls of the Jia family.

In particular, there are many Tanchun people, even the Duke's mansion.It's just that Jia's mother prefers Tanchun, and thinks she is no worse than Yuanchun, the only difference is her status, so it's no problem to marry a side concubine of the palace.Just for a while, several palaces were bestowed by the queen mother some time ago, or ignored Jia's family, none of them came to Jia's family to propose marriage, and Jia's mother dragged it down.

Perhaps it was the good fortune of the Jia family, and suddenly there was news from the Nan'an palace that they would choose a concubine for the son.According to the rules, the candidate for the first concubine of the Nan'an Palace is to be married by the empress dowager, but this time it is strange, the Nan'an royal family themselves spread the word that they want to choose a concubine.

When Jia's mother heard this, she was so happy that she could not close her mouth from ear to ear, and immediately asked Wang Xifeng to make new clothes and jewelry for the third girl, all of which must be the latest materials and styles.There was not much money in the account, Wang Xifeng was very embarrassed, and Jia's mother took the initiative to take out 5000 taels of silver, half of which was used for Yingchun's dowry and half for Tanchun.

Money is easy to do, but within seven or eight days, Wang Xifeng has already made four new sets of clothes for Tanchun, and two sets of head and face jewelry, one of pure gold and one of ruby.

Tanchun didn't know what happened, seeing this posture, he probably guessed a little bit, seeing that Jia's mother attached so much importance to her marriage, she felt relieved.All these years, she has flattered Mrs. Wang because she hoped that at the last moment, Mrs. Wang could marry her with a good family because of her filial piety.Now that the old lady is in charge, there is no need to be afraid.

Sure enough, within a few days, Princess Nan'an suddenly visited Jia's house, and Jia's mother called Tanchun Xichun to meet her.Princess Nan'an said a lot of compliments, and the meeting gift for Tanchun was twice as thick as that for Xichun.Mother Jia suppressed her joy and stayed with Princess Nan'an until she left. She treated Tanchun even better in the future than before.

It can be seen that Princess Nan'an is very satisfied with Tanchun, although the status of a concubine is a bit low, at worst, Tanchun will be adopted under Wang's name.Now the Nan'an Palace is just an empty palace, not much better than his own mansion, and there is still a Yuanchun in his mansion, and Tanchun can barely win a princess back.Mother Jia has been sitting at home with peace of mind and waiting for the palace to come to propose marriage.

When Jia's house was going up and down, something went wrong in the marriage of the second girl Yingchun.

Only one month after Xiaoding, the Xu family came to withdraw their marriage, and refused to say why, only that the two families were not suitable.Ordinarily, after the engagement, you can't withdraw at will, you must give a convincing reason, otherwise the family who withdraws will have to bear quite serious consequences.

But this Xu family, who was eager to cling to the Jia family before, came here to withdraw at such a critical moment for no reason, and still refused to give a reason. How can the Jia family swallow this breath?If the Jia family really agreed so simply, how can they gain a foothold in the capital in the future? They must not become the laughing stock of the entire capital.

Mother Jia glared at Mrs. Xu, who was sitting apologetically, and said in a very bad tone, "Shufang, I am still your aunt after all, and you have the nerve to spoil my granddaughter like this! Tell me, what is my granddaughter not worthy of?" When I come to your house, the status, property, and character are not worthy? If you don’t tell me that you are ugly, don’t blame me for not recognizing you as a niece. I’m going to ask for the crown. How did your son educate you, you have completely embarrassed our historians."

"Auntie, Shufang doesn't dare. There is really no way to do this. Our master didn't know what the bastard said, so he agreed to his request to withdraw from the marriage. I respected my aunt in my heart, thinking that the granddaughter trained by my aunt must be Well, I entrusted my sister-in-law to be the matchmaker, and my master also agreed to this matter. Now, the father and son insisted on retiring, and I tried hard to persuade them. I was forced to come to ask my aunt for forgiveness.

My aunt loves Shufang anyway, and Shufang can still explain a thing or two when she goes back.What happened to the second girl is our fault, I must find a way to make up for the harm the second girl suffered, aunt. Mrs. Xu looked submissive, afraid of Jia Mu's appearance, but there was no looseness in her words.

Mother Jia was so angry that the girl's family's reputation would be ruined if the news of being divorced was ruined. She didn't care about Yingchun, but Jia's family. This hurt Jia's family more than Yingchun.The big deal in welcoming the Spring Festival is to marry a small family or make friends with others.

She is a concubine, but what she has implicated is the entire Jia family, as well as the family of the girl who has not yet left the cabinet in the Jia family.At the critical juncture when Tanchun was about to marry into the Nan'an Palace, it was reported that Yingchun had withdrawn from her marriage. How would the Nan'an Palace think about their own girls? How dare they marry their own girls?

"If you still think of me as your aunt, go back and persuade your master that you must not withdraw the marriage. If the concubine Xiande knows that her sister has been divorced, you think she will be so angry and sad. Those of your family You know what's going on in the past few years, this time it's not good, and there is such a scandal, could it be that you don't want to gain a foothold in the capital?"

"Auntie thinks I didn't persuade? Why don't I know that my mother is a noble person, how can I disturb her with such a thing. It's just that my aunt knows that I'm just a stepmother, and the master always thinks that I'm not welcome by my natal family, so I don't pay attention to it." My words." Mrs. Xu wiped away the non-existent tears from the corners of her eyes with a handkerchief, she accused Jia's mother and the Shi family of treating her badly before, which made the master not pay attention to her words.

Mother Jia still couldn't understand what she meant, which made her even more angry, but Mrs. Xu was telling the truth, she really didn't think of her as her niece all these years after she got married.Changing the topic, he shouted sharply: "I don't care if your master listens to you or not. Anyway, if you pass on my words to him verbatim, I don't believe that he won't think about the rest of his life."

Mrs. Xu replied vaguely, in fact, she had scolded Jia's mother half to death in her heart, and she was still an aunt. At that time, did she ever look at herself in the eyes, hmph.You think it's great to have a concubine in your family, and you can blackmail your master, and it's not bad if you don't have to protect yourself.It's not your turn to talk about the rest of your life, so don't cry like a cat and pretend to be merciful.

Mother Jia finally scolded Mrs. Xu back, but the matter failed in the end, and the two families eventually divorced.The Xu family was generous and sincere, and paid a lot of gold and silver treasures.

After thinking about it secretly, Jia's mother immediately forced the Xu family to promise not to spread the matter to the outside world, and must wait a few more months.I believe that after a few months, Nan'an Palace's selection of the crown prince should have a clue. With the reputation of Nan'an Palace, it would not do such a scandalous thing of imminent divorce, as long as the decision is made, there is no room for change.

It's a pity that thousands of calculations have been made, but in the end they came to nothing. It took only two days for the two families to withdraw their marriage, and the news spread all over the capital.People in this era don't have much entertainment, and it's rare to have such gossip without adding fuel to it.Soon, it was rumored that the girls of Jia's family did not abide by women's morality and shamelessness, and did many unbearable things, so Xu's family was forced to withdraw the engagement.The Xu family suffered such grievances, and they never said a word about Jia's family in front of or behind their backs. Instead, they fully admitted that they were at fault, and even paid such a generous gift, which is truly benevolent.

I didn't expect Jia's family to be a family of poetry and gift hairpin tassels, but it was so shameful in its bones, and the ancestors were ashamed.

The Jia family was rendered helpless by the rumors outside. There was no way to explain this kind of thing, and it would only get darker and darker.Anyway, the second girl Yingchun was ruined, and the Jia family's face was completely lost.

Just when Jia's mother was full of panic and worried about the news from Nan'an Palace, the news that Nan'an Palace had chosen the Princess of Beijing Palace as the crown prince's concubine spread.Although the second princess is still young, Nan'an Palace is not in a hurry, and has decided to get married in three years.

Mother Jia was so angry that her complexion turned purple for a while, her lips trembled and she couldn't speak, and finally she scolded Mrs. Xing and Mrs. Wang severely to vent her anger.I got sick for a few more days, and even my granddaughters and grandchildren didn't want to see me.

Yingchun secretly wiped her tears, she didn't dare to say more than one word, dare not take more than one step, she still can't understand, most of the servants in the mansion are talking about her now, what did she do wrong?I stayed in the mansion well, and occasionally looked at the chess records as a female celebrity, and I didn't even know a foreigner, so how could I have a lack of virtue.

In this family, there has never been any family affection at all. The girls are just pawns in their hands, and she is an abandoned pawn. How can I survive in the future.However, the third sister was also involved. The third sister didn't change her face, but she knew her temperament best, so she probably had a grudge.

On this point, Yingchun guessed right, Tanchun just pretended that there was no such thing in front of outsiders, after all, Jia Mu didn't tell her clearly, she just pushed it aside and lived as usual.In fact, my heart is turbulent and can't be calmed down. I am ashamed and remorseful.Originally thought that this time the old lady was in charge, and she could satisfactorily decide on her lifelong affairs, even if she was a side concubine, she would be willing, at least as the master.

Looking at it now, let alone a concubine, it will be difficult to match her with someone of her class in the future. How will she live?She naturally knew that the old lady treated her so well because of her future prospects. Not only did she lose face, but she also cost the old lady a lot of money. Don't wait to see yourself.Second sister, second sister, hey.