Palace Flower as Employment [Red Mansion]

Since the beginning of this year, Jia Qi has no time to be free. She has been busy since January. In February, she came back on Lin Daiyu’s birthday. She brought some small gifts for her parents and fiancée, and fell asleep without saying a word. At the beginning of March, there was no one in sight. They just asked someone to send back Jia Yue's dressing box, glass embroidered screen, two sets of glass tea sets, and two pairs of glass vases.

These are the dowry for Jia Yue.

What does the rumors in the Grand View Garden have to do with him?

Mrs. Jia Shexing saw her youngest son so busy, why didn't she murmur in her heart?Jia Amnesty couldn't ask Jia Lian what to say, so he scolded Jia Lian bloody, and then took Jia Lian to Zhang Family, Xu Family and Qi Family, until the three families all told him that this is Long Live It's a good thing to think highly of Jia Qi, and they all congratulated Jia She, and then Jia She was willing to believe that his youngest son was really about to develop.

What about Mrs. Xing?Busy with Jia Yue's final arrangements before she gets married, she has no time for other things.Even Jia Wan and Jia Xuan and Jia Han were pulled over by her to help.

Therefore, when all kinds of things in the Grand View Garden reached Mrs. Xing, it was already the day to add makeup to Jia Yue.

This day is also the most popular day for glass mirrors. The discussion about the silver taels that Jia Qi handed over to the emperor has not subsided since the beginning. From the initial 300 million taels to the current 800 million or even 1000 million taels, the amount is It is getting bigger and bigger, and the bigger the amount, the more money the imperial court will use to relieve the people and manage the Yellow River.

Anyone with a brain in the court knows that this credit alone is enough for Jia Lian and Jia Qi brothers to survive in the next ten years.

Therefore, many people came to add makeup to Jia Yue on this day, whether they were acquaintances or strangers, as long as they had a little relationship with Jia Amnesty, they all came.

Of course, Mrs. Chen Yushi in front is also indispensable.

As a neighbor of Jia's family, he also happened to live between the two brothers, Jia She and Jia Zheng. Over the years, Chen Yushi had a full understanding of Jia She and Jia Zheng.

Chen Yushi didn't feel bad about Jia Amnesty.In the eyes of Chen Yushi, Jia She is a typical dude. However, considering the history of the Jia family, Jia Yuan and Jia Daishan's two generations of patriarchs are all figures in the heart of the emperor. The appointed Jiedu envoy of the Beijing camp, the real confidant of the emperor, came to Jia She's generation, restrained his edge, and in the long run and the continuation of the family, it would be better for the Jia family to stay away from power struggles by making Jia She a dude method.

Don't you see, how many people in the court were involved in the old affairs of the old Prince Yizhong, and as a result, a good family was scattered in all directions, and only the Jia family can still enjoy the wealth.

This has proven many things.

Therefore, Chen Yushi will not despise Jia She because of Jia She's past. On the contrary, as the brothers Jia Lian and Jia Qi have emerged in the court, Chen Yushi feels more and more that Jia She can cultivate his sons to be good. .

In contrast to Jia Amnesty, Jia Zheng has no skills. He has been working as a member of the Ministry of Industry for more than 20 years, and he has not even had a errand.

Not only did Chen Yushi look down on him, he even found Jia Zheng's family annoying.

Chen Yushi's attitude led the attitude of his family.In this regard, Mrs. Chen Yushi has always been based on her husband.Chen Yushi looked down on Jia Zheng, and Mrs. Chen Yushi naturally looked down on Mrs. Wang, plus Mrs. Wang's own character, character, words and deeds, but the big-mouthed girl and woman on Mrs. Jia Zheng's side just didn't After deliberately inquiring, Mrs. Chen Yushi knew the latest rumors about Grand View Garden.

After being reminded by Mrs. Chen Yushi, Mrs. Xing was taken aback for a moment, and people around immediately came up to care about what was going on.

Some people pretended to be curious and asked, I heard that when Jia Min was there, Jia's mother mentioned the matter of Jia Baoyu and Lin Daiyu?

Mrs. Xing really liked Lin Daiyu, her daughter-in-law, and she immediately said: "If we talk about childhood sweethearts, our brother Qi and his daughter-in-law are naturally a couple. When our aunt and wife were gone, our old lady tortured our aunt Lin. The master picked up Miss Lin, but everyone has been here for a long time. There is still no sign of this room, and there are girls in red and green in a circle over there! Our master loves his niece, so this I snatched my niece from our old lady. At that time, our brother Qi was only five years old, because Jia Baoyu over there didn't like reading, so our brother Qi was five years old and hadn't enlightened yet. It was our master The gentlemen who were invited for their brothers were also taken away. Thanks to Lin Yatou's carefulness, she didn't dislike us Qi Ge'er, a naughty brat, and taught her little by little. That's how our Cong'er and Qi Ge'er got in Master Lin's eyes. Later, Miss Lin went home after she became a filial piety. Our family Cong'er and Brother Qi accompanied her to the south, so that she was able to worship Master Lin as a teacher. It's funny to say, probably because she knew The opportunity to study was hard-won. Brother Qi had been talking about marrying his sister Lin since he learned how to read with Miss Lin. After three years before Mr. Lin, he passed countless tests, which made Mrs. Lin nod. "

In a word, Lin Ruhai is Lin Daiyu's father, Lin Ruhai can make decisions about Lin Daiyu's marriage.What if Jia Min made an agreement with his mother behind Lin Ruhai's back?If Lin Ruhai didn't nod his head, the marriage would not count, let alone the marriage certificate!

That is, Jia Min had an agreement with Jia's mother, but there was no marriage certificate. This agreement was just a verbal agreement, unlike Jia Qi and Lin Daiyu, who had a marriage certificate. This is what a serious marriage looks like!

Like Jia Min, it was a verbal agreement, and then the Lin family sent their daughter.Where is this marriage?It turned out that he didn't treat his own daughter as a human being, and gave it to others as a concubine and a plaything!

Those who were present, some who were tolerant, thought that Mrs. Jia Muwang might be coveting Lin Daiyu's dowry, so they made such remarks; The Lin family abused their daughter; there were also those who were more mean, who felt that Jia Min was not worthy of being a mother at all.

Wang Xifeng also said: "That's not the case! My parents died early, and I lived with my uncle and aunt. When I was not married, I often visited Jia's house. By the way, we were still in Rongguo Mansion at that time. I still remember that At that time, Sister Shi was still in her infancy, but her parents were gone. The old lady was worried that Sister Shi would be wronged, so she specially brought Sister Shi here. If you talk about childhood sweethearts, Jia Baoyu and Sister Shi What a couple! That Jia Baoyu is one year older than Sister Shi, and both of them grew up in the green gauze closet in the old lady's house. I remember very clearly, when I was a guest in the Rongguo Mansion , the old lady sat with Baoyu on one side, and guarded Sister Shi’s cradle on the other. Sometimes, Baoyu would take toys to tease Sister Shi, who was less than half a year old, and Sister Shi was still alive. When I was a baby, I would laugh when I heard Baoyu's voice..."

If Shi Xiangyun had already engaged, Wang Xifeng would definitely not have said such a thing.

However, Jia Qi approached the two masters of the Shi family for the incident about the little actor, because Baolinghou Shi Dingzhong Jinghou Shi Nai brothers personally took action, and even the girl Cuilu that Jia Mu gave to Shi Xiangyun was executed, so Shi Xiangyun was naturally impossible Get engaged at this stage.

Just like Jia Yue's marriage, the Qi family also knew that Jia Yue had engaged in a marriage when he was in his hometown.But what does it matter?Marriage Marriage, the good relationship between the two families and the alliance of the two surnames, the important thing has never been the parties, but the two families.

Since Shi Xiangyun is the eldest daughter of the Shi family, her marriage has no meaning.

Hou Baoling and Hou Zhongjing didn't want to get married and become enemies.

If it follows the original book, Mother Jia is secretly venting to the two wives of the Shi family, and the two wives may have engaged Shi Xiangyun early, so as not to drag down their daughter's reputation, but men's views are different from women's. .The two marquises of the historians would use this method to give priority to keeping their daughters, but the two marquises of the historians were even more worried, whether betrotting Shi Xiangyun in this way would make the in-laws and the historians enemies.

This is also the real reason why Shi Xiangyun has not yet engaged.

Wang Xifeng also annoyed Shi Xiangyun.

Shi Xiangyun is the grand-nephew of Jia's mother. Because Jia's mother likes it, she lives in Jia's house for more than half of the year.For Wang Xifeng, she is Jia Mu's granddaughter-in-law, and a cousin like Shi Xiangyun is a bit far away. If Shi Xiangyun is good, she will give him a smile, and if Shi Xiangyun is not good, they will go away.

But who asked Shi Xiangyun to arrange Lin Daiyu and include her?

Why is there a dressing mirror and not a dressing mirror, and even said that Lin Daiyu has her own? Isn't this trying to provoke myself with Lin Daiyu, Mrs. Xing, or even Jia Lian and Jia Qi brothers?

It's just that Wang Xifeng can't read a few words, and he is not as proficient in poetry and prose as Shi Xiangyun, and he is known for his talents, but Wang Xifeng knows that a good man has three gangs.

Jia Lian still needs to be with Jia Qi in the cabinet and look at each other head to tail!

So, seizing the opportunity, Wang Xifeng ruthlessly followed Shi Xiangyun's wishes and made some publicity for her and Jia Baoyu.

Don't you really want to marry Jia Baoyu?I give you everything!When you become the daughter-in-law of that benevolent second wife, you will know what is good or bad!

What Wang Xifeng was talking about was the past between Jia Baoyu and Shi Xiangyun, who was still in his infancy. On the surface, there was nothing wrong with what she said.But which of the guests who came today is not a smart person?

Smart people like to think too much.

Although the Shi Xiangyun in Wang Xifeng's mouth is less than half a year old, and he is not at the age that needs to pay attention to the defense of men and women, but combined with Mrs. Wang's greed, Lin Daiyu's dowry, and the rumors in the Grand View Garden, everyone showed meaningful smiles.

Someone said: "I also vaguely heard that the Lord Lin gave something to Jia Baoyu, so I thought about it."

"Heaven and earth conscience!" Wang Xifeng flicked the handkerchief, and said: "No one else knows this, but I know it. In the past two days, our old lady was a little unhappy, so she invited the imperial doctor, and said it was nothing serious. Coincidentally , that day was the day when the second cousin of my natal family’s second uncle’s house was going to hold the ceremony. The wife over there took the children to the Wang’s house, and I also went back to my mother’s house alone. Our old lady took the rest of the family. A girl was sent to Sister Lin. Because it was the first time that the old lady asked Sister Lin to take care of her, could Sister Lin still refuse? Sister Lin entertained the eldest lady and Mrs. Sister Shi, as well as the two cousins ​​of sister-in-law Zhu over there, and the cousin of the girl from the Xue family. Before leaving, according to the etiquette, no one gave a set of tea sets, and invited Sister Shi Helped to bring a different set of tea sets for the second girl, the third girl, and the Xue family girl who were not there. Later, after I went home, my little girl still taught me, why the second girl over there My aunt is a set of cracked ice celadon, the third aunt is a set of cracked ice white porcelain, and Aunt Bao is a set of fine white porcelain. I also learned from me what is celadon, what is white porcelain, and what is cracked ice. I remember clearly Chu. But who would have thought that Sister Shi actually brought the three sets of tea sets to Jia Baoyu! I heard that this incident was a bit unpleasant, and it was the third girl who gave up her own set of tea sets. Come out, that Jia Baoyu gave my younger sister a set of agate plates to finish the calculation."

Everyone exclaimed and whispered to each other.

Coincidentally, Sister Qiao was holding her in the hands of the nanny, and she was there, so someone went to tease Sister Qiao, but Sister Qiao was young, but her memory was not bad, she even knew to point at the jade pendant on her body and said: "Second aunt, this Color. Cracked." When people asked her how big the teapot was and how many cups, she could figure it out.

Where are these noble ladies not clear?

It is said that Lin Daiyu did not act well, but Lin Daiyu clearly asked in front of all the guests at that time, and she explained clearly which set was given to whom.Even if it is not marked with a stick, logically, Shi Xiangyun should not have sent it by mistake.

On the contrary, among those few guests, Shi Xiangyun had the closest relationship with Jiamu, even for Jiamu's sake, Lin Daiyu could only rely on Shi Xiangyun.

But Shi Xiangyun himself did not act properly, and did not take responsibility for what happened. Instead, he blamed Lin Daiyu in the Grand View Garden. How can such a person be trusted?

The noble ladies naturally shook their heads.

After all, Jia She is the eldest son of Jia Daishan, that is, he is an otaku, and he is also a first-class supernatural general appointed by the imperial court, belonging to the school of nobles and nobles, but Jia She's two sons, Jia Cong and Jia Qi, both passed the imperial examination. The Qi family is also from the line of civil servants, and Lin Ruhai's old friends, because they think Jia She's family is okay, they don't mind continuing to maintain their affection.

Among these people, some people have seen Shi Xiangyun.

After all, in many cases, Shi Xiangyun is innocent and naive, and the two wives of the historian family treat her well, and they often take Shi Xiangyun out to socialize. Many imperial wives know Shi Xiangyun and think Shi Xiangyun is not bad.

But now, how many people are willing to marry Shi Jia and marry Shi Xiangyun for their son?Isn't this putting a ready-made hat on his son's head?

Besides, with Shi Xiangyun's virtue, is he really going to marry into the family and wait for her to mess up the family?

If only a few people knew of Shi Xiangyun's virtues, then the wives present who had other thoughts might be happy to marry such a woman for their stepson.

But now, Shi Xiangyun's various things are exposed to the sky, is there anyone willing to provoke Shi Xiangyun?Shi Xiangyun is not the only girl with a good family background and both parents died, so why bother to find a name for herself?

These married ladies are naturally in the same place, and the unmarried girls' homes are naturally in the same place.Although Jia She and Jia Zheng have separated, they are neighbors after all, and they still live on the same street. Naturally, the girls in the Grand View Garden are also there today.

Shi Xiangyun looked east and west, and suddenly said: "Sister Lin, did you also prepare these tea sets?"

Lin Daiyu's reaction was not slow, and said: "Although it was produced by my workshop, the appearance was drawn by Brother Qi."

Shi Xiangyun said: "Brother Qi? He's really free."

Lin Daiyu said: "In the past, he had to study and take exams, so naturally he had no time to spare. But now he has an errand, and besides, isn't Lord Yi also in charge of Xuanhui Mansion?"

All the girls laughed and said: "That's not true. Since I have received such an errand, I also need to use my own workshop to practice my hands."

There was also that young girl who came with her parents. Hearing what Shi Xiangyun said, she remembered the rumor again, couldn't help being curious, and asked.

Lin Daiyu said, "So that's the one. It's just some new tea set, and it's not worth anything. It just looks unique, but it's actually sent from the workshop below. The craftsmanship is not bad, but they are all new things. Nothing."

The girls here understand it in seconds.

Shixin tea sets are actually worthless, unless they are made by famous craftsmen of the Xuanhui Mansion in the palace, and they have inscriptions, they are still worth a little money, but they can be replaced by folk kilns, just like Lin Daiyu said, their own workshop No matter how good the workmanship is, a regular set includes one teapot, one fair cup, four tea tasting cups, four sets of tureen bowls, plus a set of tea drains, tea pots, tea clips, etc. It's only ten taels of silver.If you are like Lin Daiyu, the workshop in your hand is filial, and you don't need money.

This kind of tea set is often used as gifts in the boudoir, and it is not as easy to cause trouble as needlework.

This is the Great Wei Dynasty. In the previous dynasties, especially in the Song Dynasty, fighting tea and fighting incense was an activity enjoyed by everyone from the king to the common people, and the boudoir was no exception.Even today, there are quite a few girls present with tea pets.

As she spoke, Lin Daiyu seemed to have suddenly realized, and solemnly apologized to Shi Xiangyun: "It was my negligence. I only remembered to ask Sister Shi to bring tea sets for the second sister, third sister, and sister Bao of the second aunt's family, but I forgot that you are now They all study in the Grand View Garden, unlike me, who have a lot of free time every day, and can only grow flowers and plants, eat tea and brew wine, and kill time."

The other girls laughed and said that they were bored too, and wanted to raise a cat or dog, but the family was afraid that they would be bitten, so they could only raise tea pets or something.

Immediately, someone agreed and asked Lin Daiyu what her tea pet was like.

Everyone talked affectionately about going together again, and made an appointment. After a while, everyone will have time to meet for tea.

It was only then that Xue Baochai realized that the tea fight, which was once criticized as extravagant in the Song Dynasty, is now as popular in the boudoir.

For example, the girl from Yang Taiwei’s family used 12-year-old Pu’er for tea pets, while her first cousin used [-]-year-old Pu’er; the girl from Qian Shangshu’s family who was originally from Yuhang used the top flag gun .

There are also Biluochun and Maojian, all kinds of them.

Many girls even have more than one tea pet. For example, Lin Daiyu has four tea pets, one purple sand one, one celadon one, and two white porcelain ones. It's not the same, Jia Wan, Jia Xuan and Jia Han each raise three.

Xue Baochai is rich, but she always flaunts frugality. How can there be so much tea to raise tea pets?As for Yingchun and Tanchun, how much sincerity does Mrs. Wang have for them?If it's Jia Baoyu, that's fine. It's Yingchun and Tanchun's turn. In the eyes of Mrs. Wang, it's enough for these two girls to have the status of the public.I'm already generous enough, tea pet?What are you kidding?

Not to mention the guests Shi Xiangyun Xichun and Li Wen Li Qi.

On this kind of topic, the girls on Jia She's side can talk to these jocks, but these girls in the Grand View Garden can't.

When Xue Baoqin was at home, she raised one, but she hurried to Beijing and didn't bring it with her at all. Now it's too late to raise it, so she can only talk about it.

All of a sudden, a few girls in the Grand View Garden became wallflowers.Fortunately compared to Xing Xiuyan back then, there were more of them and they were not too ugly. Unfortunately, this time, they failed to get to know the girls from powerful families.

After the make-up is added, the dowry is given, and then Jia Yue gets married.

Jia Lian carried Jia Yue on the bridal sedan chair and escorted Jia Yue all the way to Qi's house with his two younger brothers. Then he watched Jia Yue pray to the heaven and earth before returning.

On Jia Amnesty's side, there is still a banquet.

When Jia Yue got married, Jia Qi finally got a few days free, You Ruo naturally told Jia Qi what happened in these few days.

Jia Qi said: "It's not Sister Lin's fault. Sister Lin is also looking at the old lady's face, but there are always people who think they have this capital. It's okay to have a quarrel now, anyway, our two families have already divided the clan. , but because of the old lady, we are still close. The more noisy there is, the less we will be involved in the mess there in the future."

It was as if he didn't know who was behind the scenes to spread the incident outside the Grand View Garden.

"As for Shi Xiangyun..."

Jia Qi snorted coldly and said, "I don't need to do anything, this girl can kill herself. We just need not to be involved."

Jia Qi is busy.

Although the 500 million taels of silver had been handed over to the emperor, it hadn't been three months yet, and the glass mirror was still in his hands.

Second, those boats that went south came back with a boat full of rice.

This time, the Donghai division made a fortune.Yes, the emperor asked them to find food.However, there is such an unspoken rule in water transportation and sea transportation, that is, the crew can carry private goods, and each crew member is about five catties.

Five catties of rice is worthless, can it be exchanged for spices such as cardamom, sandalwood, agarwood, and Canaan incense, or ivory and various gemstones?

Anyway, this time, the Donghai division has earned a lot of pockets.

Warriors are just so cute.First, drinking water and thinking about the source, this boat was brought by Jia Qi, and Jia Qi helped them fight for the southward trip, and they want to give Jia Qi a thank you fee; second, they also need someone to speak for them, Jia Qi is young but For those in the cabinet, Donghai Navy will naturally prepare generous gifts.

Therefore, Jia Qi got a big gift package.The two-foot-wide gift box contained two rows of six boxes in total. These boxes, which can hold a catty of tea, are now filled with gemstones of various colors, and two of them are in pretty good condition.

Jia Qi directly gave these gems to his mother.

As for the emperor, before Jia Qi could speak, the emperor allocated half of the [-] ships of the Bohai Navy and followed the Donghai Navy to the south.

Now, the imperial court needs food, and it needs a lot of food.

The emperor had money, and the emperor had food.The emperor felt that he had the confidence to cope with this year's Yellow River.

I don't know whether it should be said that the emperor's luck is good or bad. Although Jia Qi helped, and although Yu's gate had helped to release the flood earlier, the lower reaches of the Yellow River still burst.

Now, disaster relief has become the main task of the government and the opposition.

The emperor didn't care about the overlord who was unhappy because of his concubine's serious illness. He decided to go for a walk by the Yellow River himself to confirm the current situation in the lower reaches of the Yellow River.

Accompanying the emperor to the south, besides King Hu, was Jia Qi.

Jia Qi jumped at the time: "Why me??"

King Yi grabbed Jia Qi by the collar: "Little thing, you still despise an opportunity that many people can't ask for. Don't worry, I'm over there at the glass shop."

Jia Qi said: "I'm not going! Who doesn't know that there are not one or two people in the world who envy my good life! Besides, Long Live's southern tour is definitely going to the Yellow River. I am such a You kid, don't join in the fun. I was caught by a kidnapper, and I have nowhere to escape."

"you!"

The emperor said: "Aren't you curious about what it looks like outside?"

Jia Qi said: "Scholars know the world without going out. I can imagine what it looks like outside. Don't treat me like a seven or eight year old child!"

"you!"

The king of Yi was angry.

Why is this kid so hard to get rid of?

Instead, the emperor, he thought of the brothers who were coveting Lin Daiyu's dowry, as well as his sons, and Pingan Prefecture, and said: "Since this little thing refuses to go, let him stay in Beijing." here to help you."

The emperor and King Yi made a tacit look.