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

Just when Shulan was happily hugging her grandson, something happened outside that made her very unhappy——Qin Keqing died!

With Yu's and Ye's around, it is naturally impossible for Qin Keqing to marry Jia Rong. Now Jia Rong is already married and has obtained the reputation of a scholar. It is said that Shulan was surprised when Jia Rong married his wife. His own butterfly effect made Qin Keqing, the most beautiful woman in the Red Mansion, butterfly away.

In the original book, it is said that she is the younger sister of Fairy Jinghuan in Taixu.She looks graceful and slender, has a romantic personality, and acts gentle and peaceful. She was praised by Jia Mu as the first proud person among her great-grandson daughters-in-law.

Shulan has never met her before, but because Jia Rong suddenly thought of Qin Keqing when she got married, Shulan asked someone to find out. Sure enough, except that she was not married to Jia Rong, other conveniences were as described in the original book. almost.

Qin Keqing was an abandoned baby and was adopted by Yangshengtang.Qin Bangye, the clerk, adopted her in the Yangshengtang because he was childless, and gave her the nickname Ke'er.At the same time, there was a baby boy who was adopted, but was unable to support him.

What is the official position of Yingjiro?

The Ministry of Industry has a Department of Construction and Repairs, which is in charge of the construction and repair of the royal court and mausoleums. .

But it is such a family background. In the original book, Qin Keqing married Jia Rong, the eldest son of Ningguo Mansion, and became the daughter-in-law of Jia Mansion. She was quite liked by everyone, and even Jia's mother had expressed more than once that she valued this nephew and granddaughter-in-law very much.

That is a historian with two families. Shi Ding is the Marquis of Baoling. Even if Shi Hong is the youngest son, it is impossible to inherit Shi Ding's title in the future, but just like Jia Zheng, as long as Shi Ding and his wife are alive, his head You can always bear the halo of Lord Hou's mansion.

After hearing this, Shulan, even a fool, can see that Qin Keqing's life experience is tricky. Many people speculate that Qin Keqing died as the illegitimate daughter of Prince Yizhong, who died in a bad way. This question needs to be verified.

To be honest, Shulan thinks that it is more likely that Qin Keqing is the illegitimate daughter of the second prince born to Concubine Zhengui. Thinking about Qin Keqing's funeral at that time, Jia Zhen couldn't have spent more money to do it. The Duke sent people to pay back the sacrifice, but the king of Beijing Jing came himself.

Gradually getting lonely in Jia's mansion, the funeral of a younger generation doesn't need such care at all.If Qin Keqing is really the daughter of Prince Yizhong, would the four kings and eight princes dare to join her?You must know that the new emperor has already ascended the throne at this time, so he naturally has the bad habit of protecting food. He may hate the former Prince Yizhong to death, who made him attempt to rebel before.

The four kings were originally kings with different surnames, and the kings with different surnames were already feared by the emperor, but they still wanted to hang with the rebels. Isn't this asking for death?

Therefore, Shu Lan felt that it was more reasonable for Qin Keqing to be the second prince's illegitimate daughter. First of all, although Concubine Zhen Gui was not dead, she could not be favored by the emperor, but at her age, those pets were useless.The second Concubine Zhen Gui still has a trump card in her hand - the Ninth Prince. It is possible that the four kings and eight princes did this in order to please Concubine Zhen Gui and the Ninth Prince.

According to the rules, the emperor also named the nine princes the prince. At first, it was a title with irony: Prince Zhongyi. I heard that when the title came down, Princess Zhen Gui immediately went to the Supreme Emperor and cried. Although the Supreme Emperor's love at this time is not Concubine Zhengui is now, but this title is really bad, so she intervened in this matter and changed it to 'Prince Zhongxiao'.

As for the Prince Zhongshun that everyone wants to know, it is the sixth prince who was born with a disability.It's no wonder that this guy can do whatever he wants, and dare to make a big show of playing an unpopular actor.Of course, we can also understand that because of the inherent disability, the inner inferiority complex is distorted, and then I like to play with men, and I also like to play with abuse.The reason is that he has nothing to fear, as long as he doesn't want to rebel, the emperor will not do anything to him in this life, after all, the emperor has to be shameless!

What's more, the princes below are not convinced by the emperor, the seventh brother, and they are ready to move. At this time, the emperor has been kicked in the head by a donkey to fight for the loyal prince who has no threat to him.

It's no wonder that Prince Zhongshun didn't give him face even though he knew that Jia Baoyu was the treasure of the Jia family, because he had a bigger background, and Prince Zhongshun was not afraid of anyone except the Supreme Emperor, the Emperor, and his own mother. The son of Wai Lang dared to compete with him for a man, and Prince Zhongshun had already given the Jia family a lot of face if he didn't do anything wrong.

Another family married, but Qin Keqing died around the same time. The original book said that after Youshi found out about her affair with Jia Zhen, Youshi deliberately let people release rumors to separate Qin Keqing and died.But this time I don't know why Qin Keqing died, but no matter what, Shulan doesn't believe that Qin Keqing died because of Jia Yuanchun's informant to the emperor.

What is the purpose of Jia Yuanchun entering the palace?

Be the emperor's concubine, and later become the empress dowager.

Under such circumstances, Jia Yuanchun only went to discredit his natal family after being kicked in the head by a donkey, let alone telling the emperor about his family's participation in the seizure of the heir apparent. This is not to say that his family has ambitions and wants to be a foreign relative. Well.If that was the case, it was impossible for Jia Yuanchun to live safely in the harem for so many years, and he would have been treated as cannon fodder long ago.

It stands to reason that Qin Keqing is dead now and she is not Jia Rong's daughter-in-law, so she has nothing to do with Shulan. Even if the historian wants to climb up with others, it is enough to send a woman to mourn. After all, the eldest grandmother of the Lin family is only giving birth now. I really can't leave people.

But this matter is not so calculated. It is true that Qin Keqing's death has nothing to do with Shulan, but after that?

What happened after Qin Keqing died?

After that, Jia Yuanchun conferred the concubine to visit his relatives! ! !

This is about Shulan.

Lin Zhixiao's nephew, Xu Hao, came from Shang, and Shulan knew that the Xia family of the imperial merchant would lose in the future, so he specially asked Xu Hao to do the business of flowers and trees.When the head of the Xia family died in a strange way, when the various houses of the Xia family were fighting for power and profit, they successfully established a relationship with the Ministry of Internal Affairs. Although there was no way to get rid of the Xia family's Royal Business brand for a while, they gradually began to devour the Xia family. business.

Of course, Shulan asked Xu Hao to do the flower and tree business for the sake of concubines' family visits in the future. Although many experts in later generations declined the emperor to take advantage of this visit to make a fortune, the emperor must let the people below drink soup if he eats meat. What's more, Xu Hao was in the flower and tree business before, so he won't attract attention if he makes a lot of money.

This is naturally not something that Shulan is worried about. Now Shulan is thinking about whether she should report a letter to Jia's mansion in advance, so as to get a big red envelope. Anyway, Jia's mansion will be ransacked in the future, so it is impossible not to extend her hand Help, when the time comes to help people in Jia's house with what Jia's house gave me, I don't feel bad.

But Concubine Feng's stuff is about politics, and Shulan didn't dare to talk about it. If she went to Jia's mansion to talk about it, but it didn't happen after that, it would be a joke, and something big would happen.

But this kind of opportunity is such a good opportunity that there is no such store in this village. It is a pity to ask Shulan to give up. There is no way that her only hobby in this life is to earn money from Jia's mansion. After so many years, it will take a while. It won't change for a while.

Fortunately, Lin Shuyu was the emperor's bodyguard, so he should have some gossip about this kind of thing, so he couldn't help calling Lin Shuyu to tell him to pay attention to this matter during this period of time.

Lin Shuyu was still a little confused at first, after all, what business does the emperor make a concubine have to do with them!Besides, this kind of thing is usually circulated in the harem, and the previous dynasty usually got third-hand information.But Shulan ordered him so carefully, it was not a big deal anyway, Lin Shuyu complied even though he was a little confused.

Half a month has passed, and there is no news from the emperor at all. Just when Lin Shuyu was thinking about who gave her mother the wrong news and whether there was any conspiracy behind it, suddenly a little news came out from the emperor, and the emperor was going to win over the old meritorious family .

Originally, this news was not much news, because the emperor has been doing such things since he took the throne, no matter whether it was the imperial examination or something, the emperor never stopped doing it, that is, because the emperor is in urgent need of talents, so it is said that people like him before Those who have been with the Supreme Emperor have also been reused by the Emperor.

But this time after the news got out, another cryptic news came out, saying that the emperor felt that his previous method of attracting meritorious families was too slow, and the emperor wanted to change to a faster method.

What better way than to be part of your own family?

Anyway, in this era, it is normal for a man to have multiple concubines, not to mention that he is an emperor who can have 72 concubines in the Sangong and Six Courts, and three thousand beauties in the harem.If you wrong yourself a bit, donate the girls from those meritorious families as concubines and concubines, and this matter will be resolved.

Originally, Lin Shuyu would not have thought of this, but with the words Shulan carefully instructed him before, if Lin Shuyu couldn't guess again, he would be a fool.

As soon as she got the news, Lin Shuyu told Shulan immediately after returning home, Shulan was shocked when she heard the news, since the emperor had let people release the gossip, then the matter would be settled.

Shulan sat on a chair and recalled the original work. It seems that the Jia family received Jia Yuanchun's concubine imperial edict on the day of Jia Zheng's birthday. Half a month's time.After thinking about it, Shulan's heart sank. This is not a good time, and the matter is not completely clear, so she asked Lin Shuyu to continue to inquire about the news.

A few days later, Lin Shuyu came back with new news, saying that the emperor and the empress had decided to seal off the harem after discussing it. Shulan's eyes lit up when she heard this, and it seemed that the matter was almost over, so she sent someone to Jia's house to hand over the harem. A post said that she came to Jia's mansion to visit the old lady and ladies.

Occasionally, Shulan would go to Jia's mansion to pay her respects when she had nothing to do. It's not surprising that the family members of Jia's mansion quickly sent people to the inner courtyard after receiving the post. , nothing happened, Jia Mu agreed, and Shulan came to spend the day with her.

Shulan came to the door the next day, and she didn't bring anyone with her except the girl who served her personally. Lin Hongyu was left at home by her.

"Greetings to the old ladies and grandmas!" Shulan said with a smile on her face.

Jia's mother quickly got Shulan up and smiled, "You're not teasing your precious granddaughter at home, why do you suddenly think of us here?"

Shulan said with a smile: "Of course there is something to do."

Wang Xifeng interjected from the side: "I knew Sister Lin, she would go to the Three Treasures Hall for nothing, and she wouldn't come if nothing happened." Everyone laughed when he said this.

"Don't interrupt, you monkey. Since she has something to do, let's listen to what she has to say. If we can help, it's okay to help." Jia Mu smiled, but the smile was much lighter.

"Ouch!" Shulan said angrily, "I thank you here for the old lady's heart, but what can happen to me if I usually don't leave the door, it's a great joy for your mansion!"

"A big happy event in our house?!" This made everyone in Jia's house look at each other in blank dismay. They didn't know what big happy event their family might have, and they needed Shulan to inform them.

Shulan nodded, "That's not it." She opened her mouth to say something, then looked around, not only the master of the Jia family was in the hall, but also Aunt Xue Baochai, and dozens of maids.

Mother Jia is such a perceptive person, she naturally saw Shulan's expression, and knew that Shulan must have some ulterior motives to say, so she said, "Mandarin duck."

The mandarin duck at the side understood, and led all the girls in the hall down, and finally closed the door, and guarded it himself outside.

After the girl retreated, Shulan still didn't say anything, just looked at Aunt Xue, Xue Baochai, mother and daughter, Jia Mu pretended to drink tea, ignoring Mrs. Wang's eyes.The atmosphere was a bit awkward, Mrs. Wang couldn't help but go into battle and said: "Auntie and Baochai are not outsiders, so you don't have to be jealous."

Shulan glanced at Jia Mu again, and seeing that she neither objected nor agreed, she said: "The old lady also knows that my boy is working by the emperor's side. He came back yesterday and said that he heard the news that the emperor and the empress We discussed the intention to seal the harem."

Shulan's words were not very clear, but Jia's mother had already figured it out, looked at Shulan in surprise, and said excitedly: "You, you mean, Yuanchun..."

Shulan nodded, "I heard that people in the palace are interested in a big girl!" The big girl refers to Jia Yuanchun.

"Okay!" Mother Jia said very happily, there is nothing that would make Mother Jia happier than Jia Yuanchun being accepted into the emperor's harem, at least this shows that the emperor does not want to touch Jia's mansion now.

At this time, everyone present came to their senses, even Mrs. Zhang, who was always half a beat slower than others, also came to her senses.

"Congratulations to the old lady, congratulations to the second wife!" Everyone congratulated Jia Mu and Mrs. Wang in one voice, so happy that Jia Mu and Mrs. Wang couldn't close their mouths.

Shulan had a smile on her face, but her heart was a little cold. She traded a daughter for the prosperity and wealth of the whole family. Before her daughter was promising, she would treat her as if she didn't have this daughter. Once she was promising, she would cling to her daughter like a vampire. It's really embarrassing to suck her blood dry.

After being happy for a while, it was Jia Mu, who had a lot of experience, who was the first to recover from the ecstasy, and asked carefully: "Is this really sure?"

"Although the imperial decree hasn't come down yet, it's almost [-]% sure." Shulan said with a smile, "It's just that this matter hasn't come to light. I'm afraid that during this period of time, someone in Jia's mansion accidentally gets caught with her pigtails and hurts the eldest girl in the palace."

Mother Jia looked at Shulan with a look of relief, "You have a heart." Then her face straightened, "You go down later and take care of your servants, and stay safe during this time. If I know someone who provokes you This matter has involved Yuan Chun in the palace, so don't blame me, a bad old woman, for not being sympathetic. Also, you are not allowed to talk about this matter today, and I will keep it in my heart. If it gets out, what will happen to Yuan Chun? The young master of the house will inevitably be speculated by people, and if someone turns a happy event into a bad one, don't blame me for turning my face and denying people."

"Yes!" Mrs. Zhang, Mrs. Wang, Mrs. Wang Xifeng, Mrs. Xu and others all stood up and responded. Even Mrs. Zhang and Mrs. Xu felt a little uncomfortable, but they knew the priority of this matter.Maybe Jia Yuanchun's becoming the emperor's woman will make the second room arrogant for a while, but they can't bear the crime of guessing Shangyi. At least they will be reprimanded, and at worst they will be sent into exile.

"The old lady was very thoughtful. When I heard the news, I hurried to tell the old lady, but I didn't think of this. Oh, I really deserve to die." Shulan looked guilty.

At this moment, Mother Jia had an ever-loving smile on Shulan, "If you hadn't thought about us, you wouldn't have thought of this! I have to thank you very much."

"Look at what the old lady said. Listening to me, I think she came here to announce the good news and get a reward. If the old lady really wants to thank me, she will give me a few cups of good tea." Shulan said, regardless of whether Jia's family is Gold and jade are ruined, but the quality of life has not deteriorated at all. There are many good things from Jia Mu.

"You!" Jia Mu shook her head, "I knew you had been drinking my precious tea leaves for a long time, that's all, I don't like drinking tea anymore when I get old, and it's also mildew-proof when I put it here, just like yours. I wish you well."

"Thank you, old lady." Shulan was overjoyed.

They said that it would be enough to just give some tea, but Jia's mansion couldn't afford to lose face. Jia's mother, Mrs. Wang and Wang Xifeng asked Shulan to send a thank you gift when she returned to Lin's house, and Shulan didn't refuse. , She originally came here for this purpose, what are you being polite about?

After returning from Jia's flicker, Shulan suddenly thought of another thing, which was Lin Ruhai.In the original book, he died between Qin Keqing's death and Jia Yuanchun's concubine. If something happened to Lin Ruhai at this time, Jia's mother would not have said a thing or two, but now there is no news about it at all. It seems that Lin Ruhai is fine now.

This is a good thing for both sister Lin and her family, and it is also a good thing for the Jia family.

Received the gift of thanks from Jia's mansion ahead of time. Although Shulan had a clear conscience, she was paying close attention to the movements of the palace. Fortunately, she was lucky. As expected, she came here on Jia Zheng's birthday. With Shulan's previous reminder When everyone in Jia's mansion watched Jia Zheng enter the palace, they no longer had the anxiety in the original book, but instead looked happy.

After waiting for two hours, Lai Da and other three or four stewards panted and ran into the gate of Yimen to announce the good news, saying that Jia Yuanchun was granted the title of Shangshu of Fengzao Palace and a virtuous concubine.

Mother Jia and Mrs. Wang couldn't help but feel confident when they heard the words, and then they beamed with joy.Putting on makeup according to the product, Jia Mu led Mrs. Zhang, Mrs. Wang and Mrs. Ye into the court in four sedan chairs.Jia Amnesty and Jia Zhen also changed their court clothes, and led Jia Zhu, Jia Lian, Jia Rong, and Jia Qiang to serve Jia Mu's sedan chair. Rong Ning and Ning went up and down, inside and outside, and they all jumped up and down. endlessly.