Yongzheng period

They generously let their mother and child go.

Baochai stayed in Anqi Temple for more than half a month, during which time she managed to 'encounter' three times Aunt Cuiyun, who was serving the Concubine, and a Bamboo-born nanny sent by the Empress Dowager thought she had received a 'powerful' message to return to the palace Finally, Baochai, who stayed at Anqi Temple in order to "pray for blessings" on the surface, finally got the opportunity to "greeting to the imperial concubine".

Concubine Shu Gui is a person with a gentle and graceful temperament. She is only about 40 years old, and her appearance is not very glamorous, but she gives people an indescribable charm and beauty, just like a Qiongshu soaked in spring breeze and spring water Pear blossoms, people can't help but admire them in their hearts.

There has never been a shortage of beauties in the palace. The empress was dignified and elegant; Arrogant—Concubine Shu Gui is different from them, even at an age that has passed away, the brilliance in her eyes gave her an indistinguishable beauty.

Baochai didn't dare to be negligent, she lowered her eyes and bowed her knees, "Great concubine Jin'an, concubine Xue Shi, nobleman of Yanxi Palace."

Concubine Shu Gui smiled lightly, her expression was calm, and she said in a warm voice, "Your honor is mistaken, the lowly body is just a aunt who is just a aunt, fortunately, I have been granted the title of 'Chongjing Yuan Master'—" Tai Concubine Shu Gui paused for a moment at this point, Then she clasped her hands together and recited a Buddha's name, and then said, "The poor nun is no longer a person in the palace, and you don't need to call him this name anymore."

Baochai complied with her will, honored her as 'Master Yuan', and said in admiration, "My concubine served the empress first, and then the empress dowager. Sing scriptures and pray for blessings; I came to visit you in secret for an old friend of yours."

Listening to her talking about "in the open and in the dark", what is there that Concubine Shu Gui doesn't understand?She was silent for a while, and then said clearly, "The nobleman has won the trust of the empress dowager. It must be that the empress dowager misses the poor nun? The poor nun is very good, so there is no need for the empress dowager to worry about her. How is the empress dowager?"

"Master Yuan knew about concubines after living in a secluded place, so it can be seen that the rumors in this palace have been blowing for a long time." Baochai no longer has any scruples. Since the imperial concubine agreed to see her at ease, there is no need to worry about what will be wrong in today's conversation. In the ears of the relevant people.Baochai said meekly, "Then you must be well aware that although the Empress Dowager is in good health, she is in a dire situation."

Concubine Shu Gui took a deep look at her and chuckled, "It seems that the nobleman really wants to have a long talk with the poor nun today, but the poor nun has been away from the court for a long time, so I'm afraid I can't help you with anything."

"How does Master Yuan know that he can't help concubines?" Baochai said softly, "I heard that the Empress Dowager was also a sister to you—a concubine. I just want to hear about the past from you."

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Mr. Gong stayed at Anqi Temple for two months, and returned to the palace before the end of November. Inside the palace, it was already covered in silver and decorated with lanterns; The family held a banquet, and today is the auspicious day for Jia Baoyu to marry the daughter of the historian.

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Because there are clothes, it is inconvenient for Jia's mansion to play drums. You Shi, who is in charge, is not afraid of being deserted, so he spreads the music to those women who have learned music and managed actors at home, which makes it more lively.

Jia Baoyu's marriage to Shi Yiyun is considered a high profile: Shi Yiyun's father was given the title of "Marquis of Bowling", and Jia Zheng was deprived of his official position and now he is only white.Therefore, Shi Yiyun's mother, Liu Shi, was quite reluctant about this marriage—it's just that Baoling Hou listened to Jia's mother, and it was common for the four major families to marry each other. A concubine who is in the position of concubine cannot tell the end of Jia's family yet, and she is not good to say anything more with Jia's mother, the old lord, in charge.

Since the "Rongguo Mansion" brand was taken over, the Grand View Garden was also closed due to violations of regulations. The second house of the Jia family and the relatives of the original Ning Mansion were all crowded in the house at the former site of the Jia family. Fortunately, the regulations of the "Rongxi Hall" were still Now, it will be used as the main hall of the wedding banquet.

The concierge waited by the gate of the front yard to greet the guests, the second room of the eldest room had already torn their faces, the main room only sent servants to give gifts, and the master didn't show his face; Xichun didn't care about anything, just wanted to hide in the room You chanted the Buddha inside, but You Shi went to persuade him, but was refuted; Tan Chun was busy taking over the power of housekeeper in Sun's house, but he also sent someone to tell him he was sick; The mother who died with a stick, Yingchun didn't prevent embarrassment, so she only sent a young eunuch with a face to give gifts.After giving the gift, he couldn't make it through, and was stopped by Jia Mu and said a lot. When Jia Mu spoke, his mouth was dry, and the little eunuch only nodded or shook his head from beginning to end, without saying a word.

Mother Jia had no choice but to touch the corners of her eyes with a handkerchief, pretending to sigh with emotion, "In a blink of an eye, the empress has been in the palace for so many years, but fortunately now that the princess has been born, she has become the master. It's just that if you want to meet your family, it's harder than going to heaven!" Jia Mu was sobbing, "Your Majesty grew up with me, and we are separated for so many years suddenly - I hope the little father-in-law will tell you when he returns to the palace. Empress, this old lady of mine really misses her granddaughter very much!"

The people who waited around gathered around to comfort Jia Mu, one said, "I can always see you";

The little eunuch had seen enough of the excitement, and saw that Mother Jia's sobbing stopped, and finally said the first sentence when he entered Jia's mansion, "After our family returns to the palace, we will definitely convey the old lady's thoughts to your mother." .”

Jia's mother finally got a word, thinking that as long as Yingchun still remembered Jia's family, it would be fine--then ordered someone to wrap up a "red envelope" and sent the little eunuch away from Jia's mansion with good words.

The main hall is full of joy and harmony, and there are dedicated concierges to welcome the colleagues at home in the court hall—there are not a few officials who come here for the title of Marquis Bowling.Zhen Yuandao was talking with Guerjia Emin when he suddenly heard someone come up to salute and say, "The sixth division of the lower official will send my regards to Zhong An Bihuai, and to the two adults."

Zhen Yuandao stopped talking and looked at An Bihuai, and said with some embarrassment, "Lord An." ——The speech and officials have overlapped with each other. The last time his eldest daughter Zhen Huan was the host and invited the daughters of various families to visit the garden to enjoy the snow and settle down. The eldest daughter An Lingrong was also invited.Because the An family came to Beijing from a different place, these young ladies will inevitably crowd out the An family's daughter—others are good, but the Zhen family has a heart-pounding Huanbi who clearly offended Miss An but refused to admit her mistake. He sneered again.Zhen Huan didn't take this daughter of An's family seriously either, she stepped forward to smooth things over but blatantly protected Huanbi, and in the end An Lingrong was so angry that she ran back to An's house halfway.

Zhen Huan later felt that something was wrong, and sent Huanbi to give gifts in private to apologize. An Lingrong took care of the overall situation and agreed, but all the things sent were sent back to Zhen's residence.After this incident, Miss An's family never accepted the post from Zhen's family again. Because of Huanbi's special nature, Zhen Yuandao didn't want to wrong her, so he had to suppress this matter.

In fact, this incident is nothing more than a friction among the younger generations. It's just that Huanbi satirized An Lingrong's background in a small family in front of many ladies, and slandered the An family's reputation. Indulging and protecting her maidservant, how could the An family swallow her anger?

Originally, it was enough for the Zhen family to punish Huanbi, a slave anyway, how could such a character stay in the lady's room to serve her? This Huanbi is not an ordinary son of the Zhen family, but the illegitimate daughter of Zhen Yuandao. as a handmaid.

Others didn't know the details, they just thought that the Zhen family didn't take themselves seriously, An's mother was very angry because of her daughter's grievance, and An Bihuai's complexion was also bad, but because of her family's weak position in Beijing, she had to endure it .

Zhen Yuandao and An Bihuai were feeling very embarrassed, when they heard a sudden crowd of people and the sound of string music - it turned out that the auspicious time had come.

At that moment, the big sedan chair came in through the gate, and the family's fine music greeted them out. Twelve pairs of palace lanterns came in lined up, which was fresh and elegant.The bridesmaid invited the new couple out of the sedan chair, but Baoyu was still in a daze. I'm afraid she couldn't even tell who the bride standing beside her was.

Sitting at the top, Jia's mother felt a lot of emotion when she saw the two newcomers next to each other.Because of what Baoyu said to Shi Xiangyun when he was ill a while ago, Mrs. Wang Youshi and others were afraid of another accident, so they simply asked the sunflower officer next to Xiangyun to support the bride, so as to deceive Baoyu.

It is said that when Baoyu saw Kuiguan, he thought in the chaos that Shi Xiangyun was standing beside him, so he was overjoyed.When the bridesmaid praised the heaven and the earth, he invited Jia's mother out for four worships, and then invited Jia Zheng and his wife to the hall. After the ceremony, they were sent to the bridal chamber.There are also things like sitting on the bed and spreading the tent, all according to the old Jinling practice.

Jia Zheng dared not disobey because of Jia's mother's decision, and did not believe in the theory of Chongxi.Who knows that Baoyu looks like a good man today. Jia Zheng likes it when he sees it. The newcomer will take off his veil when he sits on the bed.

When the hijab was lifted, Baoyu saw that she was a slender and pretty strange sister, and she was stunned for a while, thinking that she was especially in a dream.

Shi Yiyun didn't know the situation. Seeing Baoyu staring at her in a daze, a red glow flew up on her face, and she lowered her head in shame.On the other side, Jia's mother was afraid that he would be ill, so she helped him to bed herself. The historian didn't know Baoyu's situation, so Xiren Youshi invited the bride to enter the inner bed and sit down.

The girl and servant who came with the historian just wanted to ask, but Xiren hurriedly sent Baoyu out on the grounds that Baoyu was drunk, leaving only Mrs. Jia Muwang and others in the room.

Needless to say later, Baoyufu yelled "Sister Xiangyun" again, and tossed until the third watch, when Xiren lit benzoin, and then fell asleep.Fortunately, the bride is docile, she only thought that Baoyu was in poor spirits, but she never had any doubts. When she went to serve tea the next day, she was comforted by Jia Mu and others.

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Another year in the blink of an eye