Sister Xue of the Red Chamber

New Year's Eve Banquet

In the early morning of the 31st year, Mother Jia took Mrs. You and Mrs. Xing, dressed up according to their grades, and went to the palace with the wife of the gods to congratulate them.

When I returned to Rongguo Mansion in the evening, Mrs. Wang led Sister Feng and Li Wan, who had changed into new clothes and waited.After Jia Amnesty and Jia Zheng returned to the mansion, people from the whole mansion rushed to Ningguo Mansion to open the ancestral hall to worship their ancestors.

The people of Jia's mansion were divided into Zhaomu and established: Jia Jing as the officiant, Jia Amnesty as the accompanying sacrifice, Jia Zhen as the noble, Jia Lian as the silk, Baoyu as the incense holder, Jiachang and Jia Ling as the blanket for worship, and guarding the burning pond.

Jia Huan just watched coldly from the side.

In the old days, I didn't know these rules, and I was very envious when I saw that there were precious jades when I worshiped my ancestors.Now it seems that it is just a joke!

Jia's family was divided into two mansions, Ning and Rong. Originally, the two Dukes were Ning Guogong as the elder brother, so the Ning mansion was the first.Jia Jing is the lord of the Ning Mansion and the head of the Jia family, so he is the officiant; Jia Amnesty is the lord of the Rong Mansion, so he is the accompanying sacrifice.The eldest sons of the two also offered noble titles and silks to each other.The problem lies with Jia Baoyu!

Since Jia Zheng's branch is the second house of the Rongguo Mansion, they can only worship the ancestors at the back.When Jiamu spoke, she forced Baoyu to go in and have a look.

The identities of others are all inferior to Baoyu, and they look down on rough jobs such as spreading blankets and guarding the burning pond, and in the end they can only grab the job of holding incense.

The job of holding the incense can be snatched by him for no other reason than that it was Jia Rong who held the incense. Jia's mother insisted on asking Jia Rong to give up the job on the pretext that Baoyu was older than Jia Rong.

Jia Rong is very happy.Worshiping ancestors and holding incense is not a good job, but it is just a name. Since Jia Baoyu has surrendered his status and is willing to be the same generation as Jia Rong, then Jia Rong has nothing to lose!

After finally returning to the mansion, Mrs. Wang and Li Wan were busy again.

Wang Xifeng's belly is getting bigger now, and when she is about to give birth, no one rushes to bother her even during the New Year's Eve.Without him, if you are tired and have a premature delivery, not only will you not be able to help, but it will even make the whole house even more chaotic!

Jia's mother sat upright in the main room, according to the rules of Jia's mansion, even the master should respect the respectable old slaves.So it was the old lady at the head of the family who came to salute first.

Because Jia Mu had the longest seniority, Jia Jing led the people from the Ning Mansion and Jia She led the people from the Rong Mansion to enter the house together and saluted together.After each sat down, the younger generation saluted the elders, and the younger saluted the older ones, busy for a while.

Afterwards, the stewards, mother-in-law, servant girls, and servants of the two mansions saluted one by one.

Jiamu happily scattered the lucky money.

Everyone got up again and came to the courtyard. Zuo Zhao, You Mu, men, east and women sat around the table for four or five tables, and this is called the opening of the table.

After drinking for three rounds, Wang Xifeng went back first on the pretext of feeling unwell, and Jia's mother didn't say much.

After the banquet was over, everyone went back to their own courtyards and burned incense to make offerings.After a while, there are firecrackers and fireworks everywhere.

Xu Shi was shocked, and that night Wang Xifeng began to have abdominal pain.

At five drums the next day, Jia Mu and others went to the palace to congratulate her again.

Although Mrs. Xing was concerned about Sister Feng's belly, she had to dress up and enter the palace with Jia's mother.It's just that there is a sad look between his eyebrows and eyes.

On the first day of the Lunar New Year, Jia Mu was very unhappy about such a toss.Seeing that Mrs. Xing was not happy at all, she could not help but reprimanded her a few words: "Frowning on a happy day, you are so petty! If you knew this, you would have stayed at home, and I would have brought the second daughter-in-law here. Just to congratulate our mother-in-law life."

But I didn't want to, the little palace maid had heard it a long time ago.There are hundreds of palace daughters in the palace, if they fail to find a good master, they will die or just be buried, and they will go away quietly.

This little maid secretly followed Zhen Guiren, and now the three nobles in Xianfu Palace are fighting happily, and got such an opportunity to discredit the Jia family, Zhen Heng tried her best to leak the matter to the queen mother. Mammy.

"Why is Mrs. Jia frowning? Why, what is there in the Compassionate Palace of Aijia that Mrs. Jia is not satisfied with?" The Queen Mother spoke unhappily.

Mother Jia gave Mrs. Xing a hard look.Although he wanted to add insult to injury and get rid of Mrs. Xing completely, he couldn't write two words of Jia in one stroke. As long as Jia Amnesty still occupied the Rongguo Mansion for a day, he would be both prosperous and ruined. "Back to the queen mother. The old granddaughter-in-law Jia Wang is pregnant in October, and she started it last night. It's just that she hasn't given birth before going out today, and the old daughter-in-law is probably worried about it."

The queen mother was taken aback, and the mother on the side hurriedly listened to her and said a few words.

"Is it called Wang Xifeng?" the Queen Mother asked.

"It's the old grandson's daughter-in-law."

The Empress Dowager laughed and said: "I often hear Bao Xuan talking about it, I heard it is the most refreshing one. Ai Jia originally wanted to call her into the palace to talk, but after hearing that she was pregnant, that's all. I don't want life to pass so quickly, It's about to give birth!" Turning to the mother, she said, "Go and pick two birth mothers, and take a doctor with you. If it is a boy born on the first day of the new year, it will be the most blessed But that's all!"

The nanny replied: "Earlier, the Eldest Princess asked the imperial doctor to see it, and it is likely to be a boy."

"The Ai family remembers that Jia She, the first-class auxiliary general in Rongfu, only got a granddaughter?" The queen mother turned to Madam Xing, and when she saw her nodding in agreement, she said to Jiamu: "Congratulations to Mrs. Jia, Rongfu has a granddaughter." The eldest grandson, now there is a successor!"

On the first day of the first lunar month, Wang Xifeng gave birth to a son named Jia Quan.

Tsuen Hui hides and hides, Hu long but not fragrant?

Jia Quan's full moon, even though Jia's mother repeatedly said, "Children's families don't have to mobilize the teachers and mobilize the crowd like this, no one will lose their blessings!" Ningfu opened the ancestral hall to worship the ancestors.

After returning to the Rong Mansion, Mother Jia was even more upset when she saw the people in the mansion hurriedly arranging the yard and preparing to welcome the guests: "It's just a child, and it's just a full moon. You can pay it back in the future! It was Baoyu who didn't open the ancestral hall during the full moon. Baoyu's full moon banquet is nothing more than that, how can Brother Quan go past his second uncle?"

Wang Xifeng was just out of confinement, and she was very energetic. She hugged Jia Quan and said with a smile: "Don't worry, old lady. Brother Quan is the eldest grandson of the Rong Mansion, and was born on the first day of the first lunar month. In addition, the Empress Dowager Jinkouyu said 'the most Blessed', no monsters dare to cause trouble!"

"That's all." Jia Mu said with a frown, "If the house is decorated like this, if there are no guests, wouldn't it be a disappointment? It would be a joke!"

Wang Xifeng said with a smile: "Don't worry about the old lady! Brother Quan was born well, and someone who wants to be blessed will come to congratulate him! Besides, as the eldest grandson of the Rong Mansion, who would dare not come?" I'm just afraid, when the time comes, the yard will be full of people, making noise and making you uneasy!"

Jia's mother is worthy to say: "It's okay, people like to be lively when they are old, and there are many people coming, I can only be more happy!"

But it took only half a stick of incense, and half the yard came.

The Prince of Dongping, the King of Beijing County, the two sons of Nan'an and Xining, the original four kings all came; in addition to the second mansion of Rongning, the first-class Uncle Niu Jizong, the first-class son Liu Fang, the third-class Fuguo General Chen Ruiwen, and the third-class Feng Ma Shang, the general of the country, Hou Xiaokang, the first-class son, Shi Guang, the first-class descendant, and Ba Gong are all present.Even Bowling Hou Shi Nai and Zhongjing Hou Shi Ding, who had been estranged from the Rong Mansion because of Shi Xiangyun's incident, also came with their wives and children.

Just as it was bustling, someone came to report that a red wheeled cart with red curtains and golden corners came in front of the door, leading eight people and four court maids.

Mother Jia was in a daze when she heard Wang Xifeng laughing and saying, "The eldest princess has arrived in person. Old lady, we have to go to the door to greet her."

Baoxuan entered the gate of the courtyard but did not take a seat, stood still in the courtyard, a maid stepped forward and read out the imperial edict.

The Empress Dowager gave some gold collars and bracelets for the children, and more importantly, she rewarded many precious medicinal materials and pointed them out to Wang Xifeng.After that, starting with Jia Mu, Jia Amnesty, Mrs. Xing, Jia Lian, and Sister Feng took turns to reward them, and Sister Feng's set of ruby-inlaid gold heads was the most valuable.

After everyone thanked her, Baoxuan said with a smile: "Emperor Empress said, Wang Xifeng gave birth to a child, and she contributed the most, so I thank you very much. Mrs. Jia, Mrs. Jia, don't take offense."

The two said in a hurry and dared not.

Baoxuan said again: "I don't need the Queen Mother, I can't afford a heavy reward. I just prepared a long-life lock early on, and asked someone to take it to the eminent monk to chant scriptures for 49 days. If Jia Quan is a child If you were born a day or two earlier, you may not be able to get the full moon gift."

While talking, a court lady had long ago handed over a box with the Chinese character "Fu" and a moss-grass pattern to Wang Xifeng.

Jia's mother hurriedly said, "I'm still young, so I can't afford such a great gift."

Bao Xuan said with a smile: "I can't afford it! Although Brother Quan is young, he is the eldest grandson of the Rong Mansion, and he will inherit the Rong Mansion in the future, so the future is boundless! Besides, there is a saying in Bao Xuan's hometown As the old saying goes, girls born on the fifteenth day are the most blessed, and boys born on the first day of the new year are the most blessed! Bao Xuan himself is less than fifteen, and now he sees a boy born on the first day of the first lunar month. I just wanted to get some luck!"

When Jia Mu heard the words, she was struck by lightning.

In the past, if you were born on the first day of the first lunar month in Yuanchun, you would be the most blessed if you took the lead in everything.I don't want to say that, this girl's family is the most blessed to be born on the fifteenth day!No wonder Yuan Chun didn't soar into the sky after entering the palace, but gradually declined... Yuan Chun was not so lucky, but sent himself to the palace, what should he do in the future?

Mrs. Wang was very annoyed at the side, and said in a strange way: "Why did the eldest princess make such a conclusion? I heard that people born on the first day of the first lunar month, regardless of male or female, are very lucky! What's more, the concubine heard that the first lunar month On the first day of the lunar new year, the yang energy is very strong, so it should be the time when girls are born, but it is too late for boys!"

Baoxuan laughed and said, "Wang Yiren is too worried. I asked the eminent monk about this. Boys are in the first year of junior high school, and girls are in the fifteenth year. They can't be changed at all."

After teasing Jia Quan for a while, Bao Xuan said with a smile: "The little doll is so cute! When I turn around, this princess will go to the emperor brother, how about asking your father to be a prince?"

Coincidentally, Jia Quan just happened to giggle at this moment.

People around quickly flattered: "Children are really spiritual!"

Someone else jokingly said: "Now I have to trouble the eldest princess to ask the emperor!"

Bao Xuan smiled lightly: "I don't bother you at all. Since Jia Lian is the eldest son of General Jia, he should have been granted the title. It's just that no one has mentioned it. Now, taking advantage of this happy event, it happened to be settled together!"

The faces of Jia Mu, Jia Zheng and Mrs. Wang were ashen.