The Legend of the Long Room in the Red Mansion

Jia Amnesty decided to do it on the day of visiting relatives, and separated from Jia Zheng in front of people from the palace. Thirdly, and most importantly, on the day of visiting relatives, men and women should be divided into two sides. I am not afraid that Shi Taijun will rush out to support Jia Zheng.

In order to achieve these three goals, Jia Amnesty not only recruited the former patriarch Jia Jing, but also entrusted Jia Zhen to contact Dai Quan, the head of the Daming Palace.

It turned out that Dai Quan had been flattered by Jia Zhen for a long time, and he was somewhat biased towards him in his heart, occasionally willing to reveal to him some information not related to the government.After the emperor's anger was provoked but not released that day, Dai Quan asked the little eunuch to bring a message to Jia Zhen, saying that the old sage was dissatisfied with Jia Zheng, and asking him to come forward to help the old sage vent his anger, Quan regarded it as filial piety .Jia Zhen had no feelings for Jia Zheng in the first place, and was a little annoyed that he always reprimanded him with the words of a sage and looked down on the entire Ningguo Mansion. Now that she has such an opportunity to benefit from the government, she is of course happy to accept it.

Although Dai Quan is the most capable person around the Supreme Emperor, he is not unable to leave for a moment, otherwise he will not be able to make friends with many nobles, he will be served well, his private property is richer than that of the court elders, and even outside the palace. There is a house and adopted son, who is planning to leave the palace for the elderly in the future.

Jia Zhen passed a message to Dai Quan, saying that she would slap Jia Zheng in the face when the emperor's concubines were visiting relatives. By the way, she would also make the emperor's concubines look bad, and help the old sage perform two good shows in one go.The old sage liked Jia Zhen's filial piety, so he ordered Dai Quan to look for him and tell him when he came back.Because the princes of the previous dynasty were more and more inclined to the emperor, the emperor urgently needed to find something to suppress the current arrogance.All the noble concubines in the harem were held up to fight with the queen, and the Supreme Emperor himself naturally had to find something to slap the emperor in the face to vent his anger.

Since Yuanchun's family visit was settled, the big house has all moved back to the East Courtyard to wait. Shi Taijun and Mrs. Wang are busy every day, all the supervisors have paid their accounts, and all the antiques and toys have been fully furnished.Those who bought birds had bought all the cranes, peacocks, deer, rabbits, chickens, geese, etc., and handed them over to raise in various places in the garden; Girls—and hired instructors—and costumes and other things came to serve as theatrical troupe; and ten little nuns were interviewed and bought in the outskirts of central Beijing, and a little Taoist nun and one who practiced on her behalf were arranged in the garden.

At this time, Aunt Xue's family moved to live in a secluded house in the northeast. The Lixiangyuan had already been moved out and repaired separately, and the teacher was ordered to teach female opera here.They also sent other women who had acted and learned to sing in the family—now they are all old women. They led the management and practiced twenty miscellaneous plays.He also taught a group of little nuns, and the little nuns also learned to recite a few volumes of mantras.Jia Zhengfang had a good heart, and invited Shi Taijun and others to enter the garden. After careful consideration, the decorations were appropriate, and there were no omissions or inappropriate things. Finally, the day was ushered in.

Since the eighth day of the seventh month, some eunuchs have come out to look at the direction first: where to change clothes, where to sit, where to receive gifts, where to have a banquet, and where to retire.They also inspected the local prime minister's guard against eunuchs, etc., and brought many young eunuchs out to guard and guard everywhere.He also instructed the staff of Jia's house where to retreat, where to kneel, where to eat, and where to make announcements.Outside, there are officials from the Ministry of Industry and five city soldiers preparing to clean the streets and drive out idlers.Jia Zheng personally supervised and led the craftsmen to tie up lanterns and fireworks. By the [-]th, everything had stopped.Shi Taijun and others were exhausted physically and mentally, and they had to prevent the big house from adding chaos, so they couldn't sleep peacefully every day.But from the top to the bottom of the big house, no one came out to make trouble, they all hid in the east courtyard, not even a shadow of anyone was seen.Shi Taijun felt faintly uneasy in his heart, but because he couldn't see anyone, he couldn't ask questions.Also, Wang Xifeng had an affair with Mrs. Wang, and refused to come forward to help. She only pretended to serve her in-laws, and stayed in the big room and refused to come forward.

Finally, on the [-]th day, Shi Taijun thought about his mother's return to the province today, so he would definitely support her and the second room and suppress the eldest room. He felt a little complacent, so he couldn't help eating a few more mouthfuls for breakfast.After using it for a while, I was about to wash my mouth and change clothes, but suddenly I heard the servant girl come to report: "The elder master, the elder wife, the second master Lian, the second grandma Lian, and the East mansion respects the master, and the uncle Zhen and the grandma Zhen are asking to see each other."

Shi Taijun thumped in his heart, instinctively felt that something was wrong, and was about to speak to drive them away, but the servant girl came to report again: "A team of internal prison guards has entered Ningrong Street, and they are almost at the gate, please show me, old ancestor."

Shi Taijun dressed and dressed in a hurry, and ordered someone to ask Jia Zheng to open the door to meet him.When I went out for a while, I saw that the visitor ignored Jia Zheng and was talking happily with Jia Amnesty, Jia Zhen and others.Although Shi Taijun has never seen these inner eunuchs, he also knows that no one, big or small, can offend those who come out of the inner court, so he hurried into the room to serve tea, only asking for instructions, but the empress and the phoenix are approaching.

The leading eunuch said: "It's too early! Before the first quarter, I had dinner, and before the second quarter, I went to Baoling Palace to worship Buddha. At the first quarter of the year, I went to the Daming Palace to receive a banquet, kowtow, and ask for orders. I'm afraid Xu Chu didn't get up until the first quarter. "

Shi Taijun then asked: "Your father-in-law came early, did you have some important instructions?"

The eunuch then said: "Grandpa Dai, the head of the Daming Palace, sent us out to notarize the separation of the two prefectures."

Shi Taijun turned pale with shock: "Why did the father-in-law say that?" The mother-in-law is about to visit her relatives, who made the bad idea to separate the family?

The eunuch was dissatisfied and said: "Baron Jia handed over the brochure, saying that the big branch of your Jia family tree has already passed the old sage's dragon eyes, and the old sage personally praised it as 'very good'. Is this going against the law?"

Shi Taijun's subordinates tried so hard that they broke their nails.She knew that Dafang's family of bastards would never settle down, but she didn't expect that they would stab the imperial court without making a sound, and they still passed the old sage's eyes and ears.They have the support of their empresses, and they can't stand that even the emperor can't go against the emperor. This big loss is for sure.

Immediately, the eunuch was invited to have tea, and he went into the inner room, and ordered Jia Amnesty and the others to get out, but unexpectedly, Jia Zhen and the others came in with the eunuch.Jia Jing held the details of the family division in his hand, and started with his own mansion. He only said that he wanted to share it with Jia Qiang, so he cleared out some of the vassal clansmen next to the Ningguo Mansion, and made room for Jia Qiang to build a three-entry house. He also distributed half of the public treasury of Ningguo Mansion to him.

Shi Taijun felt a little comforted after hearing this, and couldn't help but said: "It's fair, I just feel sorry for that child Qiang'er, who is only so old and hasn't married yet, how could he be so heartless as to separate him?"

Jia She immediately answered: "Second brother, I mean, not only the second brother has already married, but his son has already married, so he should have been separated long ago." The eunuch nodded and smiled, as if he was very appreciative.

Shi Taijun turned his back to the inner prison, and savagely gouged out Jia She's eyes. Jia She didn't hurt or itch, and cupped his hands at Jia Jing, saying: "Brother Jing, please preside over the division of the Rong Mansion."

Mrs. Wang couldn't help interjecting behind the screen: "Ningrong and Rongfu are like a family since they came, and respecting uncle must be distributed fairly." Anyway, many of the public treasury of Rongguo Mansion fell into her pocket. With an average of one point, the second room is going to get the big head, but it's a pity that the mansion and title built by imperial edict have nothing to do with it.

Jia Zheng had a dark face, not daring to show a greedy face in front of the eunuch, but secretly hated Jia Amnesty for not giving him face, and actually bullying his daughter before visiting her relatives.At this time, the empress has not yet returned to the province. If the family is separated, even if the empress returns, she will not be able to reunite.

Jia Jing opened another account book and said: "Rongguo Mansion itself has two mansions, and it's cheaper for you to get one each. Jia Amnesty's house should inherit the ancestral house, and the second house will share the newly built garden. Bar."

Jia Zheng was shocked: "That's the royal family's garden, how can it be distributed?" The garden was originally owned by the second house, so what's the point of distributing it to them? Rongguo Mansion should be divided into two.

The inner eunuch Dai Quan sent was to support Jia Zhen and others. Hearing Jia Zheng's words, he said in a strange way: "This is really strange. Isn't that garden in the Zhenggong's house? The imperial decree today is clearly written : Anyone who has a home in a Chongyu other courtyard can stay outside the customs, and only then can he invite the inner court Luanyu to enter his private residence, so as to make a little of the family relationship. If there is no other courtyard in the family of the government official, how can he ask for an order to visit his relatives? ? Could it be that you are deceiving the king?"

Jia Zheng outside and Mrs. Wang inside were so frightened that they knelt together: "Your official, no, how dare you bully the emperor? It is really because the whole family has built a royal-style garden with the strength of the whole family, so they dare to ask for an order to visit relatives. A few days ago, Didn’t the inner court send the eunuchs to inspect, and everything is in accordance with the holy will?”

Jia Amnesty shook his head and said: "The imperial decree said that there is a house in Chongyu Bieyuan. We are two people, but my big house has no other courtyard, so the second room took millions of dollars from the public treasury to build another house. Courtyard? Since the money for the flowers is to honor the royal family, I don’t care about it with you. The whole garden and everything in it belong to your second wife, so you can respectfully welcome your mother to visit her relatives. If you don’t recognize it, then your mother will come back today Where should we go?" This was a blatant threat, but with the eunuch standing behind him, Jia Amnesty was fearless.It's just blatantly forcing you to take the garden and leave, what can you do with the second child in politics?Do you dare to admit that the garden does not belong to your family, the empress cannot come back to visit your relatives, and your second wife is a criminal who deceived the king?

The eunuch sighed in admiration; "Ronghou is really generous and kind. The garden built with millions of silver is so filial to the harem. This matter must be heard by the miscellaneous family. I think His Majesty should be very happy. Ronghou can be very filial, and he is very filial to the royal family. A sincere heart will definitely not be buried."

Jia Amnesty and Jia Lian bowed together to thank her, and Wang Xifeng also kowtowed behind the screen to thank her. Jia Shishi and Jia Wangshi hated her so much that they wanted to peel off her skin.

After talking like this for a long while, it soon came to the end.Another eunuch came on horseback outside to report that Concubine Jia had won the honor of giving food, and Shi Taijun and others hurriedly thanked God.Jia Amnesty shook a stack of separation papers, smiled slightly and asked Jia Zheng, "Second brother, why are you hesitating, sign it quickly, and you can go to the next door and line up to wait."

Jia Zheng gritted his teeth, and only evaded: "Today's first priority is to welcome the empress Fengjia, and we will discuss this matter later."

But Jia Jing said: "If the garden is not under the name of the second younger brother Zheng, the empress will have nowhere to visit relatives." It can be regarded as a part of Rongguo Mansion.If Jia Lian, the head of the family, made a statement at this time, saying that their family did not dare to respectfully invite the mother back to the province, it would be a great joy.