[Red Mansion] Ronghua Road of Mrs. Hou's Mansion

"Oh, this is a happy event. The Jia family is extremely rich and extravagant. It's just a garden, so it shouldn't be a problem."

How could Daiyu not know that what Sister Feng said was ironic.No matter what she experienced personally or what she heard from Lin Ruhai, she knew that Jia's family was just empty-handed now, and the extravagance and prosperity were just holding on. If they wanted to build a garden, would it be worth it?

She smiled and said: "Sister is a smart person, how can she not know the difficulties?"

Sister Feng laughed silently, "I know what Jia's family is most worried about now, anyway, they can't borrow money from Wang's family, but the old lady and aunt always have ideas, I don't know where to prepare so much money? "

As she spoke, she looked deeply at Daiyu.

Daiyu was thoughtful, and immediately sighed: "Thank you sister for your guidance, I understand."

"The old lady loves my younger sister very much, and she is ill again this time. I think my younger sister will go to Rongguo Mansion frequently in the near future. She is getting old, so my younger sister should be taken care of carefully."

Daiyu nodded, "My sister reminded me that I know it well."

It was a good thing for Yuanchun to go home to visit his relatives, but now the Jia family has turned into a gloomy cloud.

No matter what kind of person Jia Zheng really is, he is a very filial person. When he saw Jia's mother fell ill from anger, he couldn't help but get angry at Mrs. Wang. "It's too much for you to disobey my mother! If it spreads out, won't it make others talk about my disobedience?"

Mrs. Wang was a little guilty, but she still felt that she was right. She said sternly, "As a mother, what's wrong with my planning for Baoyu's marriage? Don't I even have the qualifications to participate in Baoyu's marriage?"

"But you can't be disobedient and unfilial!" Jia Zheng shook his sleeves, "Besides, mother's decision was not wrong. What's wrong with Daiyu? You don't like her so much?"

The most important thing is that Daiyu is Lin Ruhai's only daughter. If Daiyu marries in, wouldn't the Lin family's property belong to the Jia family?The Lin family is also an aristocratic family, and they live in a wealthy place in the south of the Yangtze River. They have accumulated a lot of wealth for many generations. Wouldn't it be more than enough to build a garden with this money?Furthermore, since Lin Ruhai held a high position, Daiyu was naturally worthy of Baoyu, and Lin Ruhai needed some advice from Jia Baoyu when he entered the officialdom.The two families were relatives, and when Daiyu married, Lin Ruhai didn't have to worry that no one would take care of Daiyu after a hundred years.

On the one hand, Mother Jia really loved Daiyu, and on the other hand, she was considering the interests of Jia's family.This is really killing two birds with one stone, and everyone is happy.

But Mrs. Wang didn't think so, she hated Daiyu more than her own interests.

Mrs. Wang sneered, "How can such a delicate and sick Xi Shi be the daughter-in-law of the Jia family?"

Jia Zheng was rather annoyed and said, "Don't you know that Daiyu's body has been cured by that divine doctor Xia? I think you are biased! You..."

When Xia Yanqi was mentioned, both of them thought of Mrs. Wang's intention to harm Daiyu. Jia Zheng immediately shut up and just glared at Mrs. Wang.

Mrs. Wang's complexion was ugly, but she didn't mean to admit her mistake, "No matter what you think, I won't agree. I'll go to the palace tomorrow to see Concubine Xiande and listen to what she has to say."

If Mrs. Wang really asked Yuanchun, Yuanchun would not refuse her mother's request, and would definitely let Baoyu marry Baochai according to Mrs. Wang's wishes.

Jia Zheng choked, "I know what you think. You think that I don't care about the affairs of the inner court, so I don't know what you and the Xue family are planning? Don't take care of the official lady, but marry a merchant's daughter. If you don't think about Baoyu's future, just do what you want."

"Master, you—" Jia Zheng already knew that she and Aunt Xue had forged the golden marriage?

Jia Zheng snorted coldly, "You can figure it out yourself."

Looking at Jia Zheng's back, Mrs. Wang lost her mind and asked Zhou Rui's family, "Did I really do something wrong?"

Zhou Rui's family hesitated to speak, "This..."

"to be frank!"

Zhou Rui's family hurriedly said: "The Lin family is very rich, Mr. Lin is also a high-ranking official and well-paid, Miss Lin is born with outstanding talents and looks, she is indeed worthy of Second Master Bao."

When they learned that Lin Ruhai was seriously ill, everyone looked down on Daiyu, and thought that Daiyu's marriage to Jia Baoyu was a tall order.But now that I think about it carefully, it is clear that Jia Baoyu is not good enough for Daiyu. If we really want to talk about it, none of the girls in the Jia family can compare with Daiyu.

But she dare not say this, Mrs. Wang will not admit it.

Mrs. Wang glanced at her, "Even so, it's still difficult to understand. Not to mention that she is Jia Min's daughter, but she looks like a vixen at a young age, and Baoyu's soul is taken away." If you really want to marry in, I don't worry about it." After thinking for a while, she said coldly, "I remember that there is a girl named Qingwen in Baoyu's room, how similar is she to Miss Lin?"

"Yes, I heard that Second Master Bao is very indulgent to her."

"Forget it, just pay attention to her first, and report to me immediately if there is any irregularity."

Mother Jia was ill and didn't want to see Mrs. Wang, and Mrs. Wang didn't care. She planned to go to the palace to see Yuanchun.

Here, Mother Jia is holding Daiyu's hand and chatting with her, mentioning Jia Min from time to time, hoping to bring the alienated relationship between the two closer.

When Jia Min was mentioned once or twice, Daiyu could still cry out of emotion, but after too many times, she couldn't make any waves in her heart, and just listened quietly.Of course, I would 'encounter' with Jia Baoyu every time.Jia Baoyu was enthusiastic and chattered endlessly with Daiyu, but Daiyu's expression was indifferent and she didn't want to pay attention.

"When will Sister Lin move back? I don't even have anyone to talk to when you're not here. They're all idiots, and they always talk to me about economic and official careers."

But he forgot, isn't Lin Ruhai just a person who studies and becomes an official?

Daiyu said politely: "My cousin is wrong. The Lin family has a mansion in the capital. It's not good for me to always live in the Rongguo mansion. Besides, there are only me and my father in the house. If I'm not here, there will be no one." He takes care of his father and handles common affairs. There are so many sisters in the house, why don't they speak?"

Jia's mother was afraid that Jia Baoyu would say something stupid again, so she said to Daiyu: "Since you moved away, the two families have become estranged. For your mother's sake, you should come and walk with your father often."

Hearing this, Daiyu felt infinite disappointment in her heart, "Look at what grandma said, where did you get estranged? It's just because my father is busy with work, and if he has free time, he will definitely come to visit you."

Jia Mu smiled, "I'm getting old, I just hope that my family can live in harmony, especially you and Baoyu are my most distressed. Last month, Baoyu and I went to the palace to visit my mother and talk about family affairs. Then I talked about you. The empress has never seen you before, she is very curious about you, and said that she must meet you if she has the opportunity. "

Daiyu didn't seem to understand Jia Mu's real purpose, "Thank you for your kindness, but I'm just a servant's daughter, so I don't have the good fortune to meet my mother."

Mother Jia's hands trembled, and she looked at Daiyu in surprise.Daiyu has always been smart, does she really not understand or pretends not to understand?

Daiyu returned to Lin's house and told Lin Ruhai what Jiamu had said. Lin Ruhai pondered for a moment and said, "You don't have to worry about this matter, let alone whether Jia Baoyu is worth entrusting for life, I don't worry about what Mrs. Wang has done to you." Let you enter Jia's house."

"However, my grandmother also mentioned the Xiande Concubine." Daiyu hesitated.

Lin Ruhai smiled and said: "It's not a big deal, Concubine Xiande can only listen to what the old matriarch said, and she is not qualified to intervene in the family affairs of the court ministers."

Besides, the emperor would not be happy to see the Lin family and the Jia family marry again.

When Daiyu went to visit Sister Feng in Jing'an Hou Mansion, she told Sister Feng all about it.

Sister Feng said: "Master Lin is right. The reason why the old matriarch mentioned Concubine Xiande is to put pressure on Mrs. Lin through Concubine Xiande. She really wants to establish an in-law relationship between the two families. She doesn't have that right, at most she just manages the marriage." Just take care of the Jia family's business."

Daiyu agreed deeply, "I know, but I still feel chilling."

"Building a garden is a big project, as long as Lord Lin refuses to agree, they are embarrassed to ask the Lin family for money." Sister Feng said, "But how did I hear that the eldest aunt and the old lady have different opinions?"

Daiyu's reaction was flat: "In the eyes of my second aunt, Miss Xue is ten times better than me, and Xue's family is not short of money."

Sister Feng had expected this a long time ago, "It's okay, it just happened to be a good story about a golden and jade marriage."

In the previous life, Jia used the property of the Lin family to build the Grand View Garden, but killed Daiyu, making Xue Baochai the owner of the Grand View Garden.Since Xue Baochai wants to be in charge of Jia's house, let's use Xue's money to build it.

The courtyard where Sister Feng lives is called 'Yushengju'. It is a large courtyard with three entrances, and there is also a small kitchen in the courtyard.Sister Feng stayed with Daiyu for lunch and talked with her before sending Daiyu out of the house.I met Gu Qiongju and Gu Qionghua on the road, and seeing that Daiyu was going to leave, I was a little bit reluctant, and invited her to come play again tomorrow.

In the evening, Sister Feng and Gu Xingchi talked about Daiyu and Jia's family. "The Jia family has a virtuous concubine and they don't know the heights of heaven and earth. Do you think His Majesty doesn't know about their private actions?"

Gu Xingchi moved closer to her, "You like Mrs. Lin's daughter so much? From the very beginning, you seem to be thinking of her everywhere."

Sister Feng was startled, and tried to be vague, "Who doesn't like such a good girl, I naturally don't want her to fall into the quagmire of Jia's family."

Gu Xingchi didn't delve too deeply into it, and said solemnly: "I don't pay attention to other girls, I just think you are the most worthy of my liking."

Sweet words naturally make people happy physically and mentally, but she didn't think about believing them all.Combined with her past and present lives, she is not young anymore, and she will not be easily fascinated like a little girl.

"If you feel bored at home by yourself, you can invite her to sit more." Gu Xingchi said again.

Ignoring his arm around her waist, she thought for a while and said, "Is there any clue from Chen Yu? I'm always worried that this matter can't be solved. Xihe is too careless and heartless. I Afraid......"

"However, according to the reports from the people below, Chen Yu did not behave strangely, nor did he come into contact with any particularly strange people."

Sister Feng lowered her eyes and remained silent. After a while, she said, "Maybe that person is in the Chen family. It's just because it's from the Chen family and it's too ordinary, so we naturally ignore it."

Gu Xingchi couldn't bear to see her worried, and said with a smile, "I will send someone to investigate again."

Sister Feng sighed softly, "That's the only way to go."

Gu Xingchi looked at the sky, and glanced at Ping'er and the others. Ping'er understood, and led the group to retreat.

Gu Xingchi sat with her on the imperial concubine's couch, his arms tightened inch by inch, his lips almost touched her ears, and his warm breath swept across.When she looked up, she was relieved to find that there were only the two of them left in the room.I wanted to reject it, but he was caught in his arms all of a sudden.

She naturally understood what he meant.The two have been married for a month, and it is the time when the newlyweds are like glue, so intimacy is naturally indispensable, but today——

"Let go of me." Sister Feng struggled.

Gu Xingchi loosened his arms and asked with his eyes.

Sister Feng coughed subtly, "I'm not feeling well today."

Gu Xingchi hurriedly held her up and down to look up and down, "What's uncomfortable, why didn't you tell me earlier?"

Seeing that his nervousness and concern did not seem to be fake, Sister Feng smiled, "It's nothing, it will be fine in two days."

Gu Xingchi disagreed, "It's not good to hide illness and avoid medical treatment, I'll send someone to call Xia Yanqi."

"do not go."

The lights were brightly lit, and she didn't see that her face was pale just now, only then did she realize that she was really sick.Gu Xingchi was unhappy, and was about to ask Ping'er and others to come in and question him.Sister Feng said helplessly, "If I say no, I don't need it."

Gu Xingchi looked at her for a long time before he suddenly realized.

"Since you're not feeling well, take a good rest and don't catch a cold." After saying that, he turned and left.

"Hey......"

Sister Feng dropped her hand, her emotions were complicated and hard to say, because of this, is he going to leave?

At this time, Ping'er and Xiangling came in.Ping'er looked outside the door, "It's so late, where is Lord Hou?"

Sister Feng smiled lightly and said, "He is Lord Hou, so he can go wherever he wants, he can't just come to me."

After saying this, she regretted it.As the mistress, why is she so petty?He secretly castigated that he was too hypocritical, and said: "Master Hou probably won't be staying here tonight, we should also prepare to rest."

Ping'er seemed to have sensed something, and wanted to comfort Sister Feng but didn't know what to say.

Sister Feng patted Ping'er's hand to show her peace of mind.

She didn't forget her goal. In her previous life, she was a jealous and vicious first wife. In this life, she wants to be a good wife and mother.Compared to Jia Lian, Gu Xingchi is already very, very good.

She had just laid down on the bed and was about to ask the servant girl to extinguish the candles when she saw Gu Xingchi rushing in.

Sister Feng propped herself up, "Why are you back again?"

Gu Xingchi didn't think about the meaning of her words, and brought a bowl in front of her.

"what is this?"

Gu Xingchi turned his face away slightly, "I'm going to ask Xia Yanqi."

It turned out that she suddenly felt that the unhappiness in her heart disappeared. "So you went to Miracle Doctor Xia, I thought..."

Gu Xingchi raised his eyes and stared at her, "What do you think?"

She quickly smiled and said, "It's nothing, I just don't think it's appropriate for you to ask Miracle Doctor Xia about this?"

In the eyes of everyone, this is an extremely filthy matter, how did Gu Xingchi manage to lower his face and ask about it?

Gu Xingchi made a gesture to feed her, "It's nothing, it's just a trivial matter."

Of course, he would never forget how Xia Yanqi raised his head and laughed, if he wasn't afraid that Sister Feng would not be able to wait, he would definitely beat him up.

Sister Feng snatched the bowl over, "No, I'll do it myself."

After a while, Gu Xingchi still had no intention of leaving, and Ping'er took the bowl away first, feeling really happy, "The servants have left first."

Qing'er walked slowly at the back, Ping'er glanced back at her, "Qing'er."

Qing'er was taken aback, "Sister Ping'er, what do you want to tell me?"

Ping'er waited for her to walk outside together, and gave her the bowl, "From now on, you will be responsible for making medicine for Madam."

After all, don't look at her any more.

Qing'er froze in place. Although Ping'er was the most useful big girl around Sister Feng, she was quite kind to others and never bossed around the little girls, but today she treated her like this.

The next day, Gu Xingchi had something to do, so he left the house after breakfast.

Ping'er asked, "Ma'am, are you feeling better?"

"much better."

"Master Hou is so kind to Madam, I don't know how many people will be jealous."

Sister Feng put down the teacup and looked at her with a smile, "What's wrong with you today? Why are you always targeting Qing'er? Either your hair is not combed well, or the tea is too hot. Did she offend you?"

Ping'er laughed again, "Madam saw it, didn't she not stop me? These days, she has been looking for opportunities to hang around in front of Lord Hou, but Lord Hou ignored her at all. Last night she thought the opportunity came, so she dressed up Showing off her flowers is trying to get Master Hou to notice her, and it's already clear what's on her mind, and she's too impatient, so I want to beat her up."

Regarding Qing'er's personality, she already knew about it in her previous life, and the reason why she didn't deal with her was because she didn't find her fault, which has been exposed now.

"I understand what you mean, I have my own arrangements."

After some beatings by Ping'er, Qing'er could only put away those shady little thoughts, and waited on the side honestly for a long time.

Soon it was mid-autumn in August, and Yuanchun sent people to give gifts to everyone in Jia's family, and also to Sister Feng by the way.

Gu Xingchi glanced at it and threw it aside, looking very disgusted.

"I went back to my grandmother, and I will go out with you tonight for a stroll."

Today is the night of mid-autumn, the curfew has been lifted in the capital, and the capital is very lively, full of people, shoulder to shoulder.

Gu Xingchi protected her by his side, and while admiring the night view, he asked her if she wanted to buy something to take home.As soon as Sister Feng turned her head, she saw his perfect side profile, and thought that although this man had a thick skin, his appearance was one in a thousand.If it was me in the previous life, I would have taken every precaution to prevent those goblins from looking at him more. If someone had a wrong mind, it would definitely not end well.

"Staring at me like this, does it mean that you've been coveting my beauty for a long time?" Gu Xingchi scratched her nose affectionately, and whispered, "It's not good to be seen by others. When I get home, I just close the door. Appreciate it for yourself."

Sister Feng resisted the urge to roll her eyes, "It sounds nice, maybe I won't be alone in the future."

"What did you say?"

People come and go on the street, the bright moon is in the sky, and the lights are brilliant.In addition to the lady, there are couples passing by.

This situation is obviously very common, but she thought, "I have something to ask you, and I will only ask you once. You must tell the truth."

Seeing her being so serious, Gu Xingchi also accepted it as a joke, "You ask."

After a moment of hesitation, she said, "I want to ask..."

"Sure enough, it's Sister Feng and Master Gu." Turning around, she saw Lin Ruhai and Daiyu.

Seeing Daiyu, Sister Feng couldn't care less about what she had to say, first met with Lin Ruhai, and said to Daiyu: "Why is my sister so elegant to go out with Uncle Lin to enjoy the tour tonight?"

Daiyu laughed and said, "Sister, I don't know. When I was in Yangzhou, I would go out with my father on such festivals. When I got home, I would write poems with my father. It's also a kind of fun."

Since Lin Ruhai entered Beijing, Daiyu's temperament has become more cheerful and enthusiastic, which is rarely seen in her previous life.In such a festival that everyone enjoys, the girls of Jia's family can't leave the house at will.

At this time, Sister Feng saw a string of beads on Daiyu's wrist, and asked casually, "Are these red musk beads? My sister wears them so beautifully."

Daiyu raised her hand, not showing much joy, "This is a gift from the Xiande Concubine, I looked pretty, so I put it on."

Sister Feng's eyes flickered slightly, "Your Majesty also gave me some rewards, what did you give to my sister?"