The Housekeeper's Daughter-in-law of the Red House

Naturally, Shulan didn't know, she gave Wang Xifeng hope because of her 'good intentions', but the heavy reality immediately slapped Wang Xifeng severely.

No matter how unwilling he was, and no matter how painful his face was, even a strong woman like Wang Xifeng could only bear with this situation when she had no heirs for several years.Not only did he have to endure it, but he also had to answer with a smile on his face: "The old lady is very happy! Just now Feng'er sent someone to say that An'er is happy."

"Really!" Mrs. Wang's eyes lit up when she heard the words. Now Jia Baoyu is still young and raised by Jia's mother. Although Jia Yuanchun entered the palace, she was worried, but she could only watch. The only one who can make Mrs. Wang pay attention and intervene It's about Jia Zhu.

Even though Mrs. Wang knew that what she did would make Wang Xifeng unhappy, she didn't care.Since ancient times, the mother-in-law has been the daughter-in-law's immediate boss, and besides, the succession of children is more important than everything else. It's not that she doesn't love Wang Xifeng, but she just loves Jia Zhu more.

Wang Xifeng heard that the slender fingernails had dug into the palm of her hand fiercely, and said with a forced smile: "How dare I joke about this kind of thing, but congratulations to the old lady."

"Okay, okay!" Mrs. Wang smiled like a chrysanthemum, unable to stop being happy.She was happy for a reason, and there was nothing that would make a person happier than having someone succeed her son.

Mother Jia was also delighted when she heard the words, but she is an old man, so she could hear and see the reluctance in Wang Xifeng's words. Thinking of Wang Xifeng's filial piety to her before, and thinking about the current situation, she said: "An'er is pregnant, so let someone take care of her. She is no better than others and she doesn't have to go out. After she gives birth, both men and women will be raised by Feng girl."

Wang Xifeng was taken aback for a moment, and then her eyes became moist. It was no use for her to be so filial to Mrs. Wang, but in the end the first person who thought of her interests was Jiamu.Although Wang Xifeng is Feng Lazi, she is a woman after all, an ancient woman.

In the original book, she was able to rely on her natal family to suppress Jia Lian, because the Wang family had nothing to do with Jia Lian, but Jia Zhu was completely different, no matter from which aspect she could not suppress Jia Zhu.Therefore, she didn't dare to mess around like in the original book, and could only swallow the bitterness in her heart.

"Old lady..." Wang Xifeng's lips parted lightly, her voice was a little choked up, but she didn't know where to start when her mouth was full of words.

As a local woman, Wang Xifeng naturally has no idea that I will not raise a child born to others.She and Jia Zhu had been married for many years and had no children. Even if others dared not tell her in front of her face, Wang Xifeng knew that someone secretly laughed at her as a hen that couldn't lay eggs.Furthermore, inheritance from offspring is more important than anything else, even if she and Jia Zhu are in harmony, Jia Zhu is strong in this respect.

If Wang Xifeng still had bad thoughts in his mind before, Wang Xifeng lost his mind instantly after Jia Mu said this.It would be a good thing for Jia Zhu if An'er could give birth to a son, especially when Jia's mother allowed her to adopt An'er's child. knew.

Even if An'er had some ideas, but An'er was Wang Xifeng's dowry girl, and Wang Xifeng controlled the whole family's wealth and life, what big trouble could there be?

Jia Zheng's Aunt Zhao dared to mess with Mrs. Wang because she was the son of Jia's family. She, that's why she dared to act like this.

Moreover!

A look of sternness flashed in Wang Xifeng's eyes, there were quite a few dramas in the mansion of 'removing the mother and keeping the child'!

Mother Jia took Wang Xifeng's hand and patted it, and said meaningfully to the shocked Mrs. Wang, "It's good for everyone to give the child to Feng girl."

Wang Xifeng would not want to harm An'er's children because of jealousy, and An'er would not have any ambitions. The second wife also has an heir, so it is good for everyone.

Mrs. Wang came back to her senses and replied: "What the old lady said is true." She originally wanted to follow Jia's mother to adopt this child, but what Jia's mother said was also right. Wang Xifeng is not only her daughter-in-law but also her niece. No matter what, you have to think about her, otherwise, if she only cares about herself and doesn't even care about her daughter-in-law and niece, wouldn't it be cold to the hearts of the people.

After listening to Mrs. Wang's words, Wang Xifeng was completely relieved. Although it was very comforting, the pimples that had already formed in her heart were hard to smooth out.

Shulan only got the news the next day, and couldn't help but cover her face, she would not have said those things to Wang Xifeng before she knew that An'er would come.After all, if Wang Xifeng really believed her words, it would not be good news for An'er.

Apparently, Shulan was suffering from the onset of house fighting fantasy poisoning.

Although where there are people, there are rivers and lakes, and where there are rivers and lakes, there are disputes, but that doesn't count. It is true that there are house fights in rich families, but they are not as powerful as Shulan imagined. At least they are always poisoned. Certainly not.

It gave others hope, but the reality immediately made others despair, don't be so cruel, okay! ?

Shulan felt that she would not be able to see Wang Xifeng, so after getting the news, she just pretended not to know.After all, it was An'er who was pregnant, not Wang Xifeng, and they didn't need to send gifts to congratulate her.

Just when Shulan was pretending to be an ostrich, the palace exam came as scheduled. Although no one in her family took the exam, don’t forget that Brother Lin, Lin Jin, was going to take the palace exam. Lan also ordered people to pay attention.

Before the Lin family went to Beijing, Lin Ruhai had used all his relationship abilities to pave the way for Lin Jin, and when the last moment came, it was impossible for him to kneel here.With the capital of the Lin family and Lin Jin's ability, the first and third places may have to use their best, but the second best is appropriate.

Therefore, the suspense is not whether Lin Jin can win the Jinshi, but whether he can win the top three.

The palace examination is only one day, and the papers are handed in at dusk, and the officials such as the acceptance papers, palm papers, and seals are collected.There is no limit to the length of the palace examination essays, generally around 2000 characters, and the writing at the beginning and the middle has a certain format and word limit, with special emphasis on writing, which must be written in traditional style, that is, the so-called "yuan style" and "guange style". It should be square, bright, black and big.From a certain point of view, calligraphy is often more important than articles.

Until the examination day, 8 examiners will be handed in, each at a table, and they will read in turn. Five marks of "○", "△", "", "1", and "x" will be added to each of them, and the one with the most "○" It is the best volume, and then among all the volumes, the ten most pretentious volumes were presented to the emperor, and the first, second, and third places in the imperial approval were the number one scholar, second place, and Tanhua. "Three tripod armor".

A number of people in the second class, accounting for one-third of the admitted candidates, are called "Jinshi background", and No. 1 in the second class is called Chuanlu.There are a few people in the top three, accounting for two-thirds of the admitted students.Finally, the list filling officer fills in the list and publishes the list.

The top three were appointed immediately, and the number one scholar was awarded the editorship of the Imperial Academy.Second, if the top three Jinshi want to be appointed to the official position, they have to pass the imperial examination again, and after comprehensive examination results before and after, the best ones will be selected to enter the Imperial Academy as Shujishi.It is commonly known as "Dian Hanlin", and the rest are distributed to various ministries to serve as directors or to serve in other places.

Shulan knew all these things. Although the content of the martial arts exam and the literary exam were different, the general process was the same.On the day of the palace examination on April 21, Lin Jin passed the exam and went home. A few days later, at the end of April, the tense moment came, and the results of the palace examination were released.

Shulan was also watched by people. Regardless of whether Lin Jin was admitted to Tanhua or not, just being a Jinshi is a happy thing, and they have to give gifts with them.

Originally, Shulan didn't care much about this matter, but she didn't expect that sometimes she really has the potential to be a magic stick. I don't know if the new emperor is satisfied with Lin Ruhai's "knowledge" or to make a good name of "one family and two detectives". When she came out, Lin Jin really hit Tanhua.

"Uncle Lin really hit Tanhua?" Shulan asked with wide-eyed eyes.

The people who came to report the news nodded quickly. They were sure that Lin Jin had really been selected as Tanhua, and there was no crown or Li Dai. They even checked the seat number and place of origin on purpose.

"Okay!" Shulan said with a smile, "The Lin Mansion really deserves to be a scholarly home, but it's different. The two gentlemen from Jia's Mansion also went for the exam, but they didn't even pass the general exam. Let's go to celebrate."

Mrs. Chen pursed her lips for fun and said with a smile: "If you want me to say, it's my wife's clever calculations. My wife said that Uncle Lin will definitely get a good score in this subject. It's true that he won. Mrs. Lin and Mrs. Jia still don't know how happy they are."

"Spoof!" Shulan cast a reproachful glance at Chen, "It's my cleverness! If I had been really clever, Shuyu would have won the first prize in the martial arts exam back then. It's Mr. Lin who has the ability, otherwise I can say no more. Too much is useless." Then he ordered: "Thicken the gift by [-]%."

Tanhua is no different than others. This not only guarantees Lin Jin's personal future, but also means the emperor's attitude towards the Lin family, but the Lin family will definitely not be the first family the emperor wants to deal with.Otherwise, the emperor would not give Lin Jin the ranking of Tanhua. After all, since ancient times, it is very common for the emperor to find excuses to lower the ranking.

Since this is the case, Shulan will naturally not give up the opportunity to sell well with the Lin family. Although she said so in front of Mrs. Chen, she really said something else in front of Jia Mu and Jia Min.

After joking a few words, Shulan asked someone to prepare a carriage, and led Chen Shi, Lin Hongyu, and Xu Hao's daughter-in-law Yun Shi to the Lin Mansion.

Shulan's house is not far from Jia's house, she got the news, and Jia's house almost got the news of Lin Jin's high school prospecting.

Liu Shan entered Rongxi Hall almost at a galloping speed, stepped through the gate, knelt down in front of the curtain with a bang, and said loudly: "Old ladies, wives, grandmas are overjoyed, Cousin Lin won the prize, and the high school candidate ..."

There was silence in the room at first, and then Mrs. Xu was the first to react and said with a smile: "The old lady is very happy, this is a happy event." It is also a good thing for Jia's family that Lin Jin won the prize. Jin's maternal ancestral family, in the future, whether there is something wrong with the Jia family or Jia Lian and Jia Zhu become official, the Lin family will be able to help out a little, so the Lin family will naturally get better and better, which is the best.

It's just that Lin's mansion is well, and it won't do any harm to Jia's mansion.

"Okay, good, happy!" Mother Jia beamed when she heard Xu's words. Apart from "filial piety", her status in Jia's family also depends on her natal family. Now that her grandson is so outstanding, Mother Jia is naturally happy.

At this time, Wang Xifeng also realized that she was still immersed in the shock of An'er's pregnancy these few days. Although she looked like a virtuous woman on the surface, Wang Xifeng was still very uncomfortable in her heart, so she was not the first to react. Come here, but was snatched by Xu Shi.

"It's a great event for Cousin Lin to win Tanhua. It's a pity. Why didn't I..." Wang Xifeng suddenly made an annoyed look, and successfully attracted everyone's attention.

"What's the pity?" Mrs. Wang wondered.

Although it was good for the Jia family that Lin Jin won Tanhua, more benefits belonged to Jia Min.Mrs. Wang and Jia Min have always been at odds. Although Jia Min didn't mean it, Mrs. Wang always compared the two secretly.

Before getting married, Jia's mansion was more prosperous than Wang Jia's, and Jia Min was the favorite of Jia Daishan and Jia's mother.And if she hadn't planned to marry Jia Zheng by herself, maybe her younger sister Wang Xue would be her fate. Who made the Wang family short of money at that time, selling their daughters for money.

After getting married, Jia Min's husband was Tanhualang, and he had the ability to advance all the way from the Imperial Academy to the position of inspecting the salt censor.As for her, on the surface she is beautifully married to the second son of the Rongguo Mansion, but in fact Jia Zheng is an incompetent person. After so many years, she is still nesting in the seat of Yuanwailang, which makes Mrs. Wang really feel sorry for her. He couldn't raise any expectations.

At this time, the two of them are naturally more than their sons. Mrs. Wang has one more son than Jia Min, but for the heirs, everyone pays more attention to quality than weight, just like even if there are other people in the Wang family, but Basically, there is only one Wang Ziteng in everyone's eyes, and everyone else subconsciously ignores it.Her eldest son was a weak man, and the younger son was only enlightened to study.As for Jia Min, Lin Jin is the only son of his family, but Lin Jin is doing well. He has been admitted to Tanhua, can anyone compare with Tanhua?

Comparing it like this, it seems that since Mrs. Wang was born until now, she has never beaten Jia Min in the slightest. The girls of the four major families are all girls, so the gap is not so big, okay! ?

This also doesn't understand why Mrs. Wang is not very happy now. Faced with this situation, Mrs. Wang really can't be happy!

Therefore, seeing everyone overjoyed, Mrs. Wang felt a slight pain in her stomach, and she was naturally happy to see Wang Xifeng want to interrupt.

"It's a pity, I didn't give Sister Lin a big gift before, and let her say something good about the uncle, otherwise the uncle might also be in high school now. Who would have thought that Sister Lin would have the ability to predict the future? If I had known, I would have You should try to curry favor with her." Wang Xifeng pretended to be heartbroken.

Everyone knew that Wang Xifeng was joking, but that small appearance amused Jia Mu. Jia Mu laughed and said, "It's not too late to understand now. When Zhu'er takes care of her health and then goes to take the Chunwei exam for three years, you Remember to give her a big gift."

Wang Xifeng responded with a smile, "The old lady said yes, I will definitely remember this matter firmly."

There is no particular preference for Jiazhu Jialian and Jiamu, and she said to Xu Shi: "You heard that, when you wait for Lian'er to take the Chunwei exam, you also remember to send a big gift, and we will have a family together at that time." Double Scholars, that's really a happy event." Even though Lin Jin is the grandson of Jia's mother, she is not her own grandson after all, and there is still such a layer of separation, just such a thin layer, and many things are different.

"Yes!" Mrs. Xu agreed with a smile. She knew that Mother Jia was joking.In fact, even if Mother Jia was telling her seriously, Mrs. Xu didn't take this kind of thing seriously. If it was really that easy to be able to go to high school, then why study hard for ten years?It is much more reliable for everyone to burn incense and worship Buddha than to give Shulan a big gift.

After several people in Jia's mansion had a good time, Mother Jia always felt that the atmosphere was not high, so she ordered: "Prepare the car, let's go to Lin's mansion." Perhaps the atmosphere in Lin's mansion was up.

It was a coincidence that Jia's and Lin's motorcades met on the way, and Shulan naturally chose to follow Jia's.

A group of people came, and Jia Min quickly took Lin Daiyu to the second gate to meet him. After seeing Jia Min, everyone congratulated him first. For Jia Min, this is indeed good news. There is nothing better than his son being promising. news.

After everyone sat down politely, Shulan started joking, "Uncle is Tanhua in high school, how should my aunt thank me?"

The smile on Jia Min's face couldn't stop, and the smile on Wen Yan's face became even wider. "Oh, don't worry, I will never forget you as a great hero. I will come to the door in person with a generous gift in a few days to thank you."

"Then I'll just wait for my aunt. I'm afraid that my aunt will forget this matter too much, and I have to trouble Grandma Lin to remind my aunt in a few days." Shulan joked.

Lin Jin's high school prospecting is also a great joy for the Yang family. Her husband is promising, and she has more confidence and face whether she is going out to be short or in charge of the family.Hearing Shulan being so joking now, even though it was natural that Shulan was just talking about it, in fact, it had nothing to do with Lin Jin's high school exploration and Shulan, but she still smiled and said: "Don't worry, Mrs. Lin, everything is fine." It can be forgotten, we will never forget this matter, even if my wife forgets, I will come to the door with a generous gift."

Shulan laughed even more happily when she heard the words, "Everyone has heard it, if my aunt and Grandma Lin don't come, then I won't follow."

Wang Xifeng laughed at the side and said: "So what if you don't comply, is it possible that you still dare to come to the Lin Mansion alone to seek justice?"

Shulan rolled her eyes at Wang Xifeng when she heard the words, "Do you think everyone is like you, a hot pepper? I, I will go to the old lady when the time comes, and ask the old lady to make decisions for me. The old lady is always wise Shenwu will definitely not favor my aunt."

"I'll help you when the time comes, it's up to you!" Just as Shulan finished speaking, Jiamu continued.

Everyone laughed when they heard this.

Naturally, Shulan refused to obey, and made trouble with Jia Mu again.

Just as they were talking and laughing, the daughters-in-law and mothers-in-law in charge of Lin's mansion came one after another to report to Jia Min, who sent congratulatory gifts, and who handed over posts.Lin Jin went to Tanhua in high school, and with Lin's family background and relationship network, and Lin Ruhai's job as the hottest fat servant inspecting salt censor, it means that people with a relationship are coming to the door, even if they have no relationship, they still have to find a relationship to come to the door Come.

Now that the business is coming, everyone is no longer joking. Jia Min went out to deal with these matters after he pleaded guilty. It is a hidden danger.

It was the first time that Shulan found out that the Lin Fu's network was so large, and of course it was also the first time that Jia Min found out that there were so many people related to her family.Shulan came to the Lin Mansion to gain a sense of presence. Seeing that her goal had been achieved and Jia Min was busy, she was ready to leave.But Jia Mu is a hospitable person, and she stays with Shulan for dinner.

Seeing that Jia's mother insisted, Shulan couldn't talk about her leaving, so she stayed and prepared to eat before leaving.

Mrs. Jia's mother Mrs. Zhang and Mrs. Wang waited and sat in the lobby. Lin Daiyu led Lin Hongyu, Jia Yingchun, Jia Tanchun and Shi Xiangyun to her yard, and Lin Daiyu received all the girls' families.

Because Mrs. Chen was pregnant, Jia Min had someone prepare a side room for Mrs. Chen to rest. Mrs. Yun, Mrs. Jia and the others had nothing to say, so they took the opportunity to stay in the wing, pretending to take care of Mrs. Chen.

Shulan saw that everything was tidied up, so she led the girl back out, and met Wang Xifeng after passing through the warm corridor, she couldn't help but wondered: "Why isn't the eldest grandmother serving the old ladies in the house, why are you here?" The warm gallery is not facing the garden like Lin's house, there is no scenery to see here, and Shulan was really surprised by Wang Xifeng's sudden appearance here.

passing by?

Um...not like.

It's a bit like waiting here specially for her.

Not to mention, Shulan really guessed it right!

"The room was simmering hard, so I came out to secretly get angry." Wang Xifeng forced a smile, and it was nonsense to hear it.

Shulan didn't expose Wang Xifeng, but said: "The weather is changing a lot now, it's cold in the morning and hot in the afternoon, grandma should take care of her body."

body! ! !

Immediately, Wang Xifeng's eyes dimmed a lot, and she gave Ping'er a look, and Ping'er knew how to leave them a few meters away, and then Wang Xifeng said: "Sister Lin, I am suffering, now someone is giving birth to the uncle, What else should I care about my body?" Under the words, there was a feeling of self-abandonment.

Shulan was startled, and quickly said: "Grandma, what are you talking about! I've heard about it too, and I should say something that I shouldn't have said. No matter how many children the people below gave birth to Uncle Zhu, in the end, they The person who is called 'wife' or 'mother' is not you, grandma. If you give up on yourself because of this, no one will be sad for you, but will say behind your back that you can't tolerate people." He said with a sigh, "this world is In this way, everything is always blamed on women, if women don't cherish themselves, who will cherish women."

Wang Xifeng's heart was touched when he heard the words, and after careful consideration, he said, "Sister Lin, you are right." If she is gone, will anyone be sad for her?I'm afraid everyone would be happy to change to Grandma Zhu. "It's not that I don't know the truth, but I was confused because of An'er climbing the bed without authorization."

Shulan's heart moved slightly when she heard the words, and said: "Since the eldest grandma said this, I should ask something that should not be asked. An'er and Ping'er are both grandma's dowry girls. Since Yi'er has already married Mo Shu, grandma Why don't you find An'er Ping'er a husband's house." Instead, she stayed by her side, and An'er seized the opportunity to climb onto Jia Zhu's bed.

Wang Xifeng was taken aback. In the past two years, she and Mrs. Wang had often fallen out over the issue of children. Although everyone didn't know it, the relationship between the two was not as close as before.

Mrs. Wang's attitude is very clear, if you, Wang Xifeng, cannot bear children for your son, then let Xian and other women give birth to your son.

Of course, it is absolutely impossible for Hugh to give up Wang Xifeng, but every time he thinks of Mrs. Wang's attitude, Wang Xifeng feels a blockage in his heart, which makes people panic.

As a mother-in-law who was about to go crazy thinking about her grandson, Mrs. Wang naturally didn't just talk about it, but put pressure on Wang Xifeng in all aspects.It is also because of this that Wang Xifeng is getting more and more difficult to be a housekeeper. Under such circumstances, Wang Xifeng will naturally not push out her right-hand assistant, and naturally she has not thought of this.

It's too late to regret!

"I actually forgot such an important matter..." Wang Xifeng looked remorseful, if he knew this, he should have sent An'er away early.

Shulan shook her head, An'er Ping'er was already about 20 years old, according to the rules of Jia's house, girls at this age should be matched with boys.But Wang Xifeng has no news at all, even if they didn't mean to climb the bed before, they will have a different heart under this situation, especially when Jia Zhu is still handsome, young, rich and secure, rich and handsome.

"Now that An'er has become Uncle Zhu's roommate, naturally we can't talk about it anymore, but what about Ping'er? Grandma, do you have any plans?" Shulan asked.

Wang Xifeng shook her head, "If I don't listen to Sister Lin's words, I won't think about it. An'er is already like this, and Ping'er, I absolutely can't let her be like this. Right now, I only have a superficial thought in my heart. Find a reliable and diligent young man to match her." Wang Xifeng has already missed Ru'er and An'er, and if Ping'er becomes Jia Zhu's woman again, she is absolutely unwilling.

Shulan rolled her eyes when she heard the words, and said with a smile: "If Grandma doesn't think I'm too lenient, I have a good candidate, and I'm sure I'm worthy of Ping'er."

"Sister Lin, please tell me." Wang Xifeng's eyes were strange. Although she could not read much, she was not stupid. Hearing what Shulan said, she felt that something was wrong. Could it be that Shulan was going to be a matchmaker? , so I said those words on purpose before.

Shulan didn't see the strange look in Wang Xifeng's eyes, and said directly: "It's not someone else, the grandma also knows it. It's the comprador in the old lady's room, Yuanyang's brother, Jin Wenxiang."

He said with a sigh, "I'm not afraid that Grandma will know, this matter is not my responsibility, but my mother-in-law's surname is Jin, and the father of the two of them, Jin Cai, wrote a letter from Jinling, asking us to arrange marriage for them. Someone told him about one before, who was also in the old lady's house. But I asked someone to find out that that person is a nosy person. The so-called married wife and idler, we naturally can't ask for a family background, but the character is not good. It’s a matter of a lifetime to see.”

"Originally, I didn't dare to ask for the people around Grandma, but she was just a girl from all over the house. From what I saw, Ping'er was considered top-notch. It really deserves to be Grandma who came out. If you think he is not good, match him." If you don’t go to Ping’er, just pretend that I didn’t say this, if you think it’s appropriate, you might as well get married with my little thought.”

Among the girls in Jia's house, Shulan thinks that Ping'er is the most capable, and she is also the one who can't see through her the most.

For a girl to have a better reputation than the master, but she can still make the master not suspect that she trusts him, and also make all the master's servants praise her, which is not a small skill.

Moreover, in the original book, the last dowry girl left by Wang Xifeng's side was only Ping'er. As the male master, Jia Lian not only didn't feel wronged but even acquiesced when someone said that he would straighten a mere girl like Ping'er. The attitude that a son of a family should have.

It can be seen that the impression of Ping'er in Jia Lian's mind must be very good, so good that Jia Lian can ignore Ping'er's identity.Otherwise, based on Jia Lian's family background, even if Wang Xifeng is gone, Jia Lian can only ask for another wife as Jia pardoned Jia Zhen, and cannot help a housekeeper.

Now that he was going to choose a wife for Jin Wenxiang, with Shulan's temperament, he naturally wanted to choose the best one, and besides Ping'er Shulan, the most talented girl in Jia's mansion could not fail to see anyone else.