Daiyu of the Red Chamber owes no one

How the little servant tremblingly repeated the words that Wang Ziteng was escorted to the capital, how Mrs. Wang couldn't believe it at first, and how she fell down after that doesn't need to be described in detail.It is only said that after Wang Ziteng was escorted to Beijing, he was also sent to the prison of Dali Temple.

Emperor Ding'an originally wanted to interrogate Prince Teng immediately, but because the New Year was approaching and the royal family was very busy with prayers and sacrifices.

Also because Wang Ziteng's case is pending, Mrs. Wang, as a younger sister, has to help him take care of it.But the Jia family repaid a sum of money owed, and the money obtained from the confiscation of the two wealthy slaves was taken away by Jia Sheyi. Mrs. Wang only had the money in her private treasury, so that Wang Ziteng would suffer less. .

With a population of several hundred in the whole family and a lot of spending, Mrs. Wang finally felt that she couldn't hold on, and she had to pay some New Year's gifts, so she had to inform Jia's mother and sell a lot of servants in the family.After going through the New Year's Eve so hard, spring will begin again.

Years later, after the Taihe Emperor's Anniversary Festival, the officials and officials went out to serve the country.In this dynasty, filial piety is a year for officials and officials, and three months for common people. Many people have been bored for a year. Now that the filial piety period is finally out, don’t you post posts and move around?

On this day, Jia Min also accepted the invitation from Mother Jia to go to enjoy the flowers; and because there were still two ladies in Jia's house who had not left the cabinet, Daiyu also accepted the invitation to Tanchun.Only Daiyu came here to refer to her relatives, and secondly, since Yinglian beat Baoyu back then, Daiyu seldom went to Jia's mansion. pushed.

Jia Min is the direct daughter of Jia's mother, so even if she doesn't like Mrs. Wang, she has to go there.Jia Min accepted the post this day, and said to Lin Ruhai with a frown, "It's not a big day, what are you doing posting at this time?"

Lin Ruhai heard this, and said with an unchanged expression: "After all, it is my Yue family, your mother's family, since the post has already been posted, you just picked up the gift and went there. Yu'er has already pointed out marriage, and Baoyu of Yue family is still there. Yu'er must not go to anyone who loves to mess around inside."

After hearing this, Jia Min smiled and said, "Even if you don't need to tell me, I also know that I can't take Yu'er. This time, my mother specially invites the female relatives of each family, and Brother Yu doesn't need to go. I just go. That's all."

In fact, the husband and wife both understood in their hearts: for all princes and nobles, once the slaves are sold at home, they should tell the outsiders that the family can't hold on.Now the Jia family has betrayed many people. Those who have offended them before, and other Xinrong families, who will not come to add insult to injury?

So at this time, Mother Jia bought wine and invited people to enjoy the flowers, so she let the outsiders see, Rongguo Mansion and many powerful people came to the Internet, so that the villain who was about to make a move gave up his mind.Therefore, the husband and wife deduced that this time Mother Jia must have invited the Lin family, besides the Wang family of Nan'an County who are now gaining power.No matter what Jia's mother said, she was Jia Min's mother, and Lin Ruhai didn't make these words so clear. Jia Min saw that Lin Ruhai didn't say anything, and knew in his heart that it was the master who was sympathetic to him.

The next day, Jia Min did order a few gifts, set up a car, and went to Rongguo Mansion.Daiyu came out again and said, "Mother told my sisters Tanchun and Xichun that I didn't go because I felt unwell for the past few days. There are two-color needles and threads here, and my mother gave them to my two sisters as gifts."

After hearing this, Jia Min thought it was a good idea, so she took Daiyu's needlework with her.

This time Mrs. Wang didn't dare to push her any further, and obediently opened the middle door to welcome the nobleman.When Jia Min arrived at the entrance of the Rong Mansion, he saw the middle door open, frowned and said, "It's not a festival, it's not a celebration, and it's not to welcome the imperial edict, why did you open the middle door? The Yi door can't be opened?"

After Zhou Rui's family was convicted, Jia's house changed another manager. Seeing what happened to the Lai family and Zhou Rui's family, he was much more honest.This time Mrs. Wang came to greet her in person. After Jia Min broke her words last time, she didn't need to show Mrs. Wang a good face. She just went to see Mrs. Jia directly.

Tanchun, Xichun, and Baoyu were all having fun in Jia's mother's room. Jia Min entered the Rongqing Hall and met each other. Because of Baoyu's presence, Jia Min felt that it would not be good for Daiyu's needlework to be ahead of her cousin at this time, so she did not wait for the time being. To Tanchun and Xichun.

After a while, Concubine Nan'an, Concubine Dongping, Concubine Xining, Concubine Beijing, the family members of Zhen Guo Gong Niu's family, Xiu Guo Gong Liu's family, Bao Ling Hou Shi's family, etc. all arrived.When Jia Min saw that Xiangyun came with Baochai and Cuilu, accompanied by two foster mothers, she was taken aback for a moment.

After the death of the first emperor, the new emperor ascended the throne, and the fifth emperor, Sun Yongju, had already been named the county king.Although King Jujun has never been favored, but because of his honesty and duty, he never acts out of line, and lives freely in the palace. Emperor Ding'an, the prince and others treat him well.Xiangyun has already pointed it out to King Jujun, and after two years, several emperors and grandsons have paid tribute to them and learned the rules at home as their duty.

It turns out that Xiangyun is the most lively and active, the rules in the palace are strict, and learning is cumbersome, even though Baochai is there to persuade him, Xiangyun will not be annoyed if he is detained for a long time.After another year of keeping the national filial piety, I feel more and more uncomfortable. After hearing the post from my ancestor who loves me the most, Xiangyun came here.

The foster mother referred to in the palace has also heard that there is a brother who is an insider in Rongguo Mansion. Xiangyun's visit to such a family is afraid that it will be a hindrance to his reputation, so he persuaded her.But Xiangyun became annoyed after hearing these two sentences, and the nurturing nun always gave her so much advice, but she received Xiangyun's eyes so much, so the nurturing nun became cold-hearted and let him do as she pleased.The left and right nurturing mothers are by Xiangyun's side every day, which means they have fulfilled their duty.

After Xiangyun arrived, he just saluted everywhere, and then said with a smile: "Ancestor, I'm here. Did the ancestor miss me?" He held Xiangyun in his arms.The expressions of the two nuns changed when they saw what they said and did, but they didn't say anything when they saw many people present.

After lunch, the group went to the garden of Rongguo Mansion.In fact, Baoyu is not really ignorant of etiquette. When he walks outside, everyone praises him and understands etiquette, because today many princesses came to order, but Baoyu did not crowd into the garden.

But Xiangyun lost Baoyu, who had grown up in a small one, and felt uncomfortable. He found a gap and took Baochai and Cuilu secretly to look for it in Rongqing Hall while the two nuns were not paying attention.When he was a child, Xiangyun lived in the green gauze cabinet in Jiamu's room, so he was very familiar with finding Jiamu's room.The other maids who looked after the house were familiar with Xiangyun, so no one stopped her.

But when Baoyu saw Xiangyun coming, thinking that she had pointed it out to the prince, and would enter the palace in two years, she was very sad, and she was also watching Xiangyun's room in the green gauze cabinet to wipe her tears.

Seeing Baoyu there, Xiangyun smiled and said, "Brother love, you don't go to the garden to enjoy the flowers, what are you doing here alone?"

Baoyu was taken aback when he heard someone calling him at this moment.Wiping his face with his sleeve, he turned around and saw Xiangyun and Baochai, and said with a smile: "It turns out that Sister Bao and Sister Yun are here. You are all people who want to climb high branches, why are you looking for me again? Now Sisters and sisters are going to enter the imperial palace and forbidden city one by one, leaving me alone outside, I might as well die immediately, turn into ashes, and disperse with a gust of wind, I don’t know about these things and I’m clean.”

After hearing this nonsense, Xiangyun saw that the corners of Baoyu's eyes were slightly red, as if she had shed tears. When his heart moved, he couldn't bear it, and hurried forward to persuade him.He said in his mouth, "Brother love, what are you talking about..."

Only halfway through Xiangyun's speech, Baochai was terribly frightened.She entered the palace to achieve her ambition of Qingyun, all of whom belonged to Xiangyun, and now Xiangyun can't have any accidents.So he hurriedly interrupted Xiangyun and said: "Sister Yun, what do you have to say, why don't you go out and talk about it? There is no outsider in this room. If someone sees it, they will think we are talking about shady secrets."

Xiangyun thought to himself that he was magnanimous, but he still didn't take it seriously, and said with a smile: "We didn't do anything, sister Pianbao is so careful." Then he took out a fan cover from his arms and said: "Brother love, this I was asked to do it by Xiren the other day. She said that many people were sent away from the house, and even a few sisters went to your house, and the needlework became more and more busy. Only now I have two ear gods by my side all the time. , I can only do it secretly, it took a long time to make this one, so keep it for now.”

When Baochai saw that Xiangyun had appointed the prince of the county and was still acting like this, she was so frightened that she almost lost her mind. She hurriedly pulled Xiangyun back, and then reached out to grab the fan cover, saying, "Sister Yun, every day Why have you forgotten the rules that the nanny taught you? When Xiren entrusted you with sewing, how come I don’t even know about it?”

Baoyu saw that the fan cover was densely stitched, the embroidery was excellent, and it took some effort. It seemed so much love, how could Baochai take it away?Just dodge the hand holding the fan cover behind, and put it into his arms very quickly.Baochai knew it was wrong to do so, so she didn't want to step forward to grab her.Busy Xiangyun's hand, regardless of whether she wants to drag her out of the room.

In this life, since the news of the general election was released, the historians have invited a foster mother released from the palace for Xiangyun. Later, when Xiangyun was elected, the palace appointed another nurturing nun, and learned the rules for another year.Baochai has been studying with Xiangyun all the time, so she has grown a lot. Knowing that Xiangyun's actions just now are privately handed down, if it is spread, it will inevitably cause great disaster.

Xiangyun has learned the rules for the past two years, so why doesn't he know?It's just that if I don't talk about it, Baochai and Cuilu don't talk about it, nothing will be hindered.Besides, I spent more time in the Rongguo Mansion than in the Bowlinghou Mansion when I was young, and I don't know how much of Baoyu's things are with him, and how much of Baoyu's things are with me. .

When Xiangyun saw Baochai coming to pull him, he thought that it would be troublesome for the two ear gods who came to the palace to find him after a while without seeing him, so he stopped arguing and came out with Baochai.After walking two steps, I still turned around and shouted: "Brother love, be more at ease, what's going on, I can't make you and my ancestors short."

When Baochai heard this, she wished she could shut Xiangyun's mouth. She stepped even harder and pricked up her ears. Fortunately, she didn't hear the sound of footsteps coming in.It's just that Xiangyun asked Baoyu to shout louder, just hoping that no one could hear it.

When Xiangyun, Baochai, and Cuilu came out, they saw Xiangyun's two foster nuns standing at the entrance of the Rongqing hall, but no one had recommended them and did not trespass.When Baochai saw her, her heart turned cold, and Xiangyun couldn't pronounce the words clearly again, "Love brother, love brother", and I don't know if the two mothers heard it. Baochai looked closely at the faces of the two, but he didn't understand What, I had to salute the two mothers anxiously.

Xiangyun's two nuns, one surnamed Zhou and the other surnamed Wu.The two nodded slightly, and said to Xiangyun: "Miss Yun is really too lively. If I don't see you for a while, it will be easier for slaves to find."

Xiang Yun nodded and said: "It's nothing serious, but I lived in my ancestor's house for a few years when I was young, and now I'm going back to the old place to see the house I lived in when I was young."

Grandma Wu still said indifferently: "Miss Yun, you have already pointed it out to the king of Jujun, and you are already a princess by name. How can your ancestors call you that? The ancestors of Xiaoci County are yours." What about the old ancestor. Miss Yun remembered it today, but now it’s fine. If people hear such words after entering the palace, not only Miss Yun is inseparable from the people around us, I’m afraid even Shi Fengjun will Being troubled, how can she be able to be the ancestor of the royal daughter-in-law?"

Xiangyun was stunned after hearing this, speechless.

Baochai was most afraid that Baoyu would come out of the room again at this moment, and the two mothers would not be able to explain clearly when they saw it, so she hurriedly persuaded, "You two mothers, I'm afraid Miss Yun will remember." Yun said: "Miss Yun, today Shi Fengjun buys wine to enjoy the flowers, and you only care about looking at the childhood house here, isn't it the kindness of my uncle and old lady?"

Xiangyun admires Baochai as her elder sister the most. She usually calls her Sister Bao, Sister Bao, but she was told several times by her foster mother that she changed her name to only Baochai in front of others. She still likes to call her Sister Bao in private.Baochai also likes to be called Sister Xiangyun Yun, but she likes to listen to it like this, only in front of the two mothers, but Baochai is called Miss Yun in a well-behaved manner.

After hearing Baochai's words, Mother Zhou said, "Miss Xue, you have to learn some rules. Miss Yun didn't open her mouth, so there is no room for you to speak. King Jujun said it was three years of filial piety, but in fact it was 27 months. But there is still more than a year to enter the palace, if you are so noisy in the palace, you will be rewarded sooner or later."

When Baochai heard this, her fair face turned slightly red.

Xiangyun interjected: "That's right, patriarch... my aunt invited us to enjoy the flowers, what are we doing standing here?" Said Xiangyun raised his foot and walked ahead, Baochai heaved a sigh of relief, Follow closely behind Xiangyun.Unexpectedly, Nanny Zhou followed, but Nanny Wu stood still.

Baochai didn't dare to look back at the front, and felt panicked when she heard the sound of Wu mama's footsteps not following her.She knew that Nanny Wu would not trespass on Jiamu's house, and she only hoped that Baoyu would not come out at this moment.

Mama Wu didn't wait for a while, only to see a handsome young man with a face like the full moon coming out of the house, and ran away in a hurry.Nanny Wu snorted coldly, and said in her heart: She really is a bit handsome, it's strange that she loves her elder brother and loves her elder brother.

It is also said that in the garden of Rongguo Mansion, the female family members of each family just use some melons and fruit cakes, which is another gossip.But a woman came to Madam Wang in a panic and whispered a few words. Madam Wang's face changed greatly in fright, and she followed the woman out in a panic.After about a quarter of an hour, when Mrs. Wang came in again, she had changed her face, walked up to Jia Min and said, "Sister Min, when I was young, I was very competitive, and I offended you in some places. Today I am here to apologize to you." .”

It turns out that since Wang Ziteng was arrested, Mrs. Wang's natal family has completely collapsed, and she only relies on Jia's mother to maintain her connections so that no one can bully her.Now Jia Min is Mrs. Lin Shangshu who is very powerful in the court, and she is also the daughter of Jia's mother's direct relative, so she has to be subdued and build a good relationship.If she still confronts Xianger like Qian'er, it will be her Wang family who will suffer.

And because Wang Ziteng has not been sentenced since he was arrested, Mrs. Wang asks people to find out who is the presiding judge every day, so she can take care of it first and make arrangements behind her back.Now the one most trusted by the new emperor is Lin Ruhai, but the new emperor is unresponsive, not very assertive, and is often ignored by Empress Huo.And Empress Huo's natal family is the Wang family of Nan'an County.Today, to enjoy the flowers, Concubine Nan'an and Jia Min are here, and Mrs. Wang must carefully curry favor with her.

Mrs. Wang paid special attention to inquiring about Wang Ziteng's affairs. Just now the old lady kept saying that Mr. Wang Ziteng will interrogate the news outside in a few days.Mrs. Wang was worried that it was Lin Ruhai who tried Wang Ziteng, so she took advantage of today to apologize to Jia Min in public.Mrs. Wang thought to herself: I am submissive to you in front of all the concubines and imperial orders today. If Lin Ruhai punishes her brother severely in the future, you will always be denied.Mrs. Wang also knew that Wang Ziteng would not be spared, but as long as Xiao Linruhai loosened his hands a little, Wang Ziteng could at least suffer less.

When Jia Min heard Mrs. Wang's words, she was taken aback for a moment, and then thought to herself: Can this soft compensation for your murder of offspring be uncovered?And you apologized in front of so many people today, are you saying that I like to hold grudges or something?

So Jia Min said with a smile that was not a smile: "It's a good day today, and it's rare for my mother to be happy. How did the second sister-in-law say something that people couldn't understand? When did the second sister-in-law offend me? Why can't I remember? I know, tell me Sister-in-law is talking obstinately, if you don't know, why don't you say that I hold grudges because of my petty nature?"

After hearing Mrs. Wang's nonsensical words, some of the servants almost laughed out loud.Among these noble ladies who can marry into high-ranking and wealthy families as regular wives, who hasn't been carefully taught about giving and treating others at home, and how many of them don't know how many important court affairs?Wang Ziteng was also a powerful official at the beginning, but now he is under arrest without trial, and everyone who understands knows that it is either the Huo family trial or the Lin family trial, and Mrs. Wang's behavior, everyone can guess her intentions.It's just that Sima Zhao's heart is too clear, and he has fallen to the bottom.

The daughters of the Wang family don't study, how can they understand the real truth?In the past, he relied on power to run rampant, but now he is down and out, but if he is really subdued, he will not be subdued.Mrs. Wang thought she had given in, but she offended others even more.

When Jia Mu heard this, she didn't feel like it. She hurriedly said that she was a little tired after shopping for half a day, so why don't we sit in the flower hall again.

The female relatives of the family naturally understood after hearing this, and quickly thanked Mr. Shi Feng for his hospitality, fell to the mansion for a long time, and then left in twos and threes; even if they were slow, they also reacted when they saw that everyone else had left. It is also a farewell.

Jia Min was going to leave, but Jia's mother stopped him.Since Jia's mother suspected that Mrs. Wang had harmed the Lin family, she had long wanted to find out the inside story.Today it was so easy for both of them to be there, so I called them into the room, screened them back, and asked them carefully.

Mrs. Wang only admits that she pushed Jia's mother to send Jia Min to the palace, and she refuses to say anything else.At the end, he said: "Even if my aunt refuses to enter the palace, everyone has their own ambitions. Why bother to blame me after all these years? If my aunt was really elected back then, she would have been the crown princess. The empress is gone. Auntie is very respectable to be the wife of Shangshu now, why can't she let go of the past?"

Jia Min snorted coldly, suffering from the fact that Zhen Yingjia and Mrs. Wang colluded to poison Lin Feng back then, only the people in the wind door listened to it and bought a piece of information, but there was no evidence.At this moment, Mrs. Wang can't admit it. Now that the Zhen family and the Wang family have received retribution, Mrs. Wang's retribution may come soon, so Jia Min doesn't argue with her.He just snorted and said, "Second sister-in-law thinks this is all there is to it, but second sister-in-law understands in her heart that even if you kneel down and beg me for anything, I will definitely not answer."

Mrs. Wang has a guilty conscience and felt that she was acting in secret.But these years have passed, and when I think about it carefully, Lin Rong was seriously ill. After being rescued, Lin Ruhai seemed to have changed.After the Lin family returned to Beijing, Jia Min's eyes were as sharp as knives every time he saw her. Could it be that the Lin family really knew what happened back then?

When Jia Mu saw that Jia Min said that she would never help Madam Wang, she was decisive. Although Madam Wang always denied it, her expression was vacillating. .

So Jia's mother also said angrily: "What age am I? How many years are left? It's so easy to have so many direct children, and that unfilial Jia Enhou hid in Ping'an with the only silver he had in the officialdom. Go to the state. You two are at odds again, are you really trying to make me hate Jiuquan? When people grow old, they just hope that their sons and daughters will be harmonious, why can't you let me have peace of mind?"

Mrs. Wang still refused to admit it, and said aggrievedly: "Old lady, my aunt sees that I am down and out now, and she is afraid of getting hurt, so she refuses to admit me. What can I do? Let the old lady worry, it is because she is unfilial as a daughter-in-law. My wife wants to scold me, and I admit it."

But Jia's mother ignored Mrs. Wang, she just stared at Jia Min and said, "Are you really refusing to tell the truth?"

Jia Min also looked at Jia's mother, and said with a clear face: "Mother, I ask myself that my Lin family is worthy of the heavens, and I am worthy of the ground. I have my reasons for acting like this. I don't have evidence. I will talk nonsense; if there is evidence in the future, I will no longer allow people to confuse right and wrong."

As we were talking, the woman outside came back and said that a father-in-law brought a scruffy man with something important to return to the old lady.

The members of Jia's family are now frightened when they hear the words from the palace, and hurriedly order people to come in.Not to mention who the father-in-law was, but the man escorted by the father-in-law was known to everyone in the Jia family. This man was Zhou Rui's son-in-law Leng Zixing.

Leng Zixing took advantage of the honor of the Rongguo Mansion to become an antique dealer, and no one dared to bully him, so he made a lot of money in the past few years.Years ago, Zhou Rui's family was copied by Jia She, and Leng Zixing had no support, so he hurriedly sold all the goods in his hands, hiding in Tibet, he didn't want Jia She to follow Jia Lian to Ping'an Prefecture to take office, he never thought of his name Little man, who will take care of him?It would be fine if Leng Zixing kept hiding and didn't dare to show his face, but he felt that the news had passed, and Jia Amnesty had left Beijing for a long time, and came out to resell some antiques to make money.

But he said that Leng Zixing had ruined the reputation of the Lin family when the Lin family came to Beijing. Although the Lin family did not pursue this matter later, now that the crown prince's position has become more stable, they have pursued it.This day, I caught Leng Zixing and asked him about the inside story, who was instigating him, and why he wanted to harm the Lin family.

Zhen Yingjia and Mrs. Wang communicated to seek wealth and death, and Zhou Rui and his wife sent the poisonous rose dew. The two families communicated with each other usually through Leng Zixing's business trips.Because Zhen and Jia's two families are planning a big deal, the letter must not be lost. If it is accidentally known to an irrelevant person, it will be a major event of beheading.Therefore, the letters between the two families were delivered by Leng Zixing himself. If there were robbers on the road, even if the antiques were not wanted, the letters would be destroyed as soon as possible.

Leng Zixing saw that he was arrested inexplicably, and another eunuch came to interrogate him who ordered him and why he wanted to harm the Lin family.He also thought that the daughter of the Lin family had pointed it out to the prince, so he thought that this is the prince who came to stand up for the Lin family. Leng Zixing had long forgotten such trivial matters as fame.

The prince just wanted to get angry with Daiyu, but he didn't want to ask such a shocking event.He also thought about such a big event, because the Lin family and Jia's family are still in-laws, it is not easy to come forward, so they ordered someone to bring Leng Zixing directly, saying that if Leng Zixing exposed Mrs. Wang in front of Jia's mother, he would spare him One life.

So today the crown prince sent a eunuch to send Leng Zixing straight to see Jia Mu, but by chance, Jia Mu invited people to enjoy the flowers, and Jia Min was also there.

When Mrs. Wang saw Leng Zixing, she was so frightened that she lost her soul.In order to save his life, Leng Zixing didn't care about his former master Mrs. Wang, he just kowtowed on the ground like garlic after he finished talking.

Talking about Mrs. Wang, even Jia Min did not expect that Zhen's family had been ransacked. There are still people in this world who know the inside story of the pickle incident back then, but today the truth is revealed like this.

When Jia Mu heard this, she was already trembling with anger. She raised her crutches and hit Mrs. Wang on the head. up.

Mrs. Wang still didn't recognize herself, and she didn't dare to fight back. She was hit by the walking stick several times on her face and head.But Jia Mu was old and frail, and the crutch was very heavy. After hitting it a few times, she couldn't lift it anymore, so she stopped to breathe.

He also said that the little eunuch who brought Leng Zixing here was a confidant of the prince. When he came in to see the ceremony, he heard that the other lady here was Mrs. Lin Shangshu from the household department, and that was the mother-in-law of His Highness the prince.So when Jia's mother was beating Mrs. Wang, the little eunuch hurried over to protect Jia Min and said, "Mrs. Shangshu, the people here are very pickled. They must not spoil Mrs. Shangshu's body. You must send Mrs. Shangshu out first. This pickled servant has his own food." After speaking, he spat on Leng Zixing.

Because of the secret matter mentioned today, there was no servant in Mother Jia's room. Jia Min felt his eyes were dirty when Leng Zixing was kneeling on the ground like this, so he didn't care how Mother Jia punished Mrs. Wang. Take the maid and mother-in-law to go home by herself.