The Hulk of the Red Chamber

Lin Ruhai's illness lasted for more than half a month, and he lost a lot of weight because of it, but in the eyes of outsiders, he finally got better.But those who knew about Lin Ruhai's pulse case, as well as Lin Ruhai himself, knew that he looked fine on the outside, but in fact he was empty on the inside, and the time would not be long. He was just hiding it from Lin Daiyu.

Lin Ruhai has always been a person who takes one step and sees three steps. Lin Daiyu is now in the year of cardamom, and it is barely enough to say that she is married. However, due to the customs of officials and eunuchs, and Lin Ruhai's selfishness, it is generally necessary to wait until after Jiji before discussing formal affairs. of marriage.However, he was worried that he would not be able to survive for two years. At that time, Lin Daiyu would have to keep his filial piety, so he would have to drag on. Shi Hong was already several years older than Lin Daiyu. At that time, even if Shi Ding and Shi Hong had nothing to complain about, Mrs. She's a woman, and she won't be happy that her son is delayed like this. Even if the marriage is not destroyed, it is possible to give her son a few rooms, or even serve wine and take concubines. If some eldest son is born, it will be troublesome.

Lin Ruhai thought of letting the two get married in advance, and the historian should agree, after all, the youngest daughter of the historian is a little older than Lin Daiyu, and the older brother is not married, so even if she decides to get married, she can only delay it first. .

Not only Lin Ruhai was anxious to get married, but also Shi Nai and his wife.For Shi Ze's marriage, even if it was agreed before, you can choose the lower one, but there is a limit to the lower one. Shi Ze is also the eldest son of the Marquis Mansion, and he is destined to be the prince. If he marries someone from a small family , how can I have the confidence to host Zhongfu, let alone go out to socialize on behalf of the Hou Mansion, so at least she must be the daughter of an official family.Shi Ze has been honest for such a long time, and it is not without benefits. Although he is not very good in civil and military affairs, but he has status and appearance. In terms of conditions, he is several miles better than Jia Lian. Those things in the past were for big families. Said, at most, it's inexperienced, lustful things are not a big problem for men, since Mrs. Fang and the others have lowered their requirements, Shi Ze can be regarded as a very sought-after object in a lower circle .

Therefore, Mrs. Fang has been picky for such a long time, and finally she has chosen the candidate for her daughter-in-law. Sizuo Shaoqing is only the fourth grade, and Yang Nuo's family is not considered a famous family. The Yang family is from Quanzhou, and originally made a fortune in business, but later the man who was in charge of the family failed to come back because he went to sea and encountered a storm. The mistress felt that the risk was too great, so she gave up the business route, and used the family property accumulated over the years to buy more land while providing education for her children and grandchildren. Yang Nuo was the first Jinshi from the Yang family in a century. The three top ranks are the same Jinshi, but the Yang family is rich, and almost helped Yang Nuo to climb up with the strength of the whole family. The official fourth grade, but it took less than 20 years, and the official voice is not bad.

Yang Nuo's wife is just the daughter of a county magistrate, but this Mrs. Yang has one advantage, that is, she can have children. Yang Nuo has four sons and three daughters in total. Among them, two sons and one daughter are born by Mrs. Yang, whom Mrs. Fang proposed to marry. She is Yang Nuo's third daughter, and also Mrs. Yang's daughter.

Mrs. Fang has also seen the third girl. The third girl of the Yang family is the only legitimate daughter in the family, but Mrs. Yang is well-raised and not arrogant. Instead, she is very gentle and generous, and she talks and behaves very well. I heard that she is already at home Learned to be a housekeeper, and did not do badly.Mrs. Fang heard that the girl was thoughtful and knowledgeable. Although she was not a stunning girl, she was also a beautiful girl. She was not worried that Shi Ze would not like her, so she asked the official media to propose marriage.

The Yang family is not considered clean, and most of the families with business backgrounds are more practical. The two princes of the historian family are highly valued by the sages. Shi Ze is the son of Xijue.Yang Nuo has climbed to this position, and wanting to be promoted is no longer possible with the small tricks of the past. It is naturally best to have a capable in-law. In addition, I heard that because of Shi Ze's marriage, Fang Madam made the decision and released all the rooms in Shi Ze's room. Suddenly, I felt that the historian was very sincere. After two visits by the official media, the matter was settled.

Because Shi Ze was really old, and the third girl of the Yang family was already fourteen, the two families exchanged notes very quickly, Mrs. Fang made a decision in the past, and they all started to get busy with their children's marriage.

In the blink of an eye, it was the end of the new year. In the twelfth lunar month, every concubine who had a concubine visiting relatives, and those who had completed the concubine's family visitation villa, all wrote in the book, saying that the family visitation villa was ready, and the Holy Majesty was asked to set a date for the family visitation.

The Holy Majesty was very straightforward, and with a swipe of a pen, he directly booked the Shangyuan Festival.This directly caused the scale of the Shangyuan Lantern Festival to be greatly reduced this year. After all, there are only Jia’s family and Concubine Zhou’s natal family in the inner city. Outside the city, the direction is not the same, that is to say, on this day, there will be guards of honor for concubines passing by on several main roads in the inner city and outer city.

In private, Shi Hong felt somewhat disrespectful that the Holy Majesty was probably trying to save money. You must know that the annual Shangyuan Lantern Festival is also allocated by the Ministry of Households. It is usually undertaken by the Ministry of Internal Affairs, mainly for the large-scale lanterns and fireworks. , to show the joy with the people, according to the virtue of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the cost is one tael of silver, and at least three to fifty taels is reported, and even more black-hearted, one hundred and eighty taels is not easy, so it is really expensive.This time, just taking advantage of the concubine's family visit, the scale can be reduced by more than half, and the money from the Ministry of Households will not be so much.

Both the Shi family and the Lin family received a post from the Jia family, saying that Shi Xiangni and Lin Daiyu should also meet with the empress, so as to accept the empress' kindness.Both refused without hesitation.Lin Ruhai directly said that Lin Daiyu wanted to stay at home to get married, and that it was not appropriate to bother relatives during the first lunar month.Mrs. Qin is also very straightforward. Even if Shi Xiangni and Jia Yuanchun are cousins, but to be honest, they have hardly met a few times. What is there to see? My precious daughter, do you want to pay a wronged visit to the emperor? Concubine?Although Mrs. Qin did not have much relationship with the palace, but in her daily social circle, there are many people with high status who can often enter the palace and talk to the queen and even the queen mother. It has been revealed in private that Jia Yuanchun's Although her status is high, she is not so favored in the palace!Shi Ding was also unwilling to put on a hat of nepotism for his family, otherwise he would not be able to reap the benefits at that time, but would follow the scapegoat and help the Jia family wipe their ass.

There are some troubles in Baolinghou's Mansion, forget about Shi Xiangxue, in the eyes of the Jia family, Shi Xiangxue, a concubine, is a transparent person, unless Madam Fang takes her out, otherwise, they will definitely treat her as nothing.But Shi Xiangyun now spends almost all of his years in Rongguo Mansion, even the four seasons clothes and jewelry of her and her maidservant beside her are paid by Rongguo Mansion. The Linghou Mansion didn't save on this either, so Shi Xiangyun and the people who served her got double share of everything.However, you can just stay in Rongguo Mansion on weekdays, and you can’t spend New Year’s with others there, right? Your surname is Shi now, not Jia!Therefore, not long after the twelfth lunar month, Mrs. Fang asked someone to bring Shi Xiangyun back.

As a result, at this moment, the Jia family sent someone over again, saying that they wanted to take Shi Xiangyun there. According to Shi Taijun's intention, they wanted the empress to see the benefits of Shi Xiangyun so that he could marry him in the future.Mrs. Fang was almost driven crazy by the Jia family. What did the Jia family mean by this? Did they find fault to delay the marriage? Then Jia Yuanchun, even if Shi Taijun brought her up, but after all, she It crawled out of Mrs. Wang's stomach. Didn't she favor her mother, but her grandmother?Mrs. Fang really has no confidence in this, but Shi Xiangyun is not a person who can listen to people's words. She has stronger confidence in marrying Jia Baoyu than Mrs. Fang. Before Mrs. Fang let go, she started Tossing around in his own room, choosing clothes and jewelry, he wanted to make a good impression in front of his sister-in-law who might not see him very often in the future.

After Mrs. Fang found out, she didn't even have the energy to find an excuse. She waved her hand irritably: "Forget it, let her go!" Someone who treats her well.

So, Shi Xiangyun couldn't wait to pay the money, and went to Rongguo Mansion again. She didn't treat herself as an outsider, and she didn't know how many people in Rongguo Mansion would treat her as their own. Anyway, Madam Wang didn't treat her very well. impressive.

The Jia family has had a pretty good year this year, because there is a noble concubine in the family, and outsiders don't understand the affairs of the palace.Therefore, in addition to old relatives and friends from previous years, there are many people who want to go sideways and make connections.However, for the Jia family, which is almost exhausted today, those coral ornaments, antique calligraphy and paintings, etc., are not as useful as real gold and silver except for adding some luster to the family's family.On the contrary, the masters of the Jia family have enriched their private houses a lot by taking advantage of the east wind. After all, the Jia family is in the limelight at the moment, and many people are willing to spend money for the Jia family to help deal with the government and clear the way to buy officials. Promotion too!

There are gains and losses, because they are busy with picking up the driver, their year is not as lively as in previous years. Just after the first day of the first lunar month, the family came back from the palace to congratulate them, and a few eunuchs came to the palace There are also mothers, who are specially trained in relevant etiquette, so as to avoid any troubles when picking up the driver. These eunuchs and mothers took bribes from the Jia family, but they were not merciful when they taught them a lesson. Many people in the Jia family were tossed Knees are almost swollen.

When it came to the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, the Jia family began to wait for Concubine Xiande's arrival with anticipation mixed with a little relief.