Prequel to the Red Chamber: I Am the Second Wife

Jia Zheng was suddenly summoned by the emperor, and everyone in the Jia family began to feel worried. Jia Amnesty went to Jia Mu in person to report the news, "Old lady, the emperor has summoned the second younger brother to enter the palace. I don't know what it is, let me see if it is Ask someone to inquire about it." As he spoke, Jia Amnesty also looked at Zili in particular, as if Jia Zheng and Zili had done something shady.Zili pretended to see, and only talked with You Shi. Mrs. Xing really had a sympathy with her husband, and she immediately looked worried, and said loudly: "This is strange. Since it is the emperor's call, you should explain clearly why it is. Don't What's the matter—" He said squinting at Zili.

Mother Jia was confused by the performance of the eldest son and daughter-in-law, and said worriedly: "In this case, let someone go and find out the news."

"Don't bother. Baoyu's father is now in charge of the mausoleum. When the emperor thinks of it, he will naturally be called into the palace for questioning. In fact, there is nothing to make a fuss about. If you don't do anything wrong, you are not afraid of knocking on the door in the middle of the night. Baoyu's father He did not corrupt the law, nor was he negligent or lazy. He did his best in his duties, not to mention forming a party for personal gain, taking bribes, he is a well-behaved person. Even if the emperor suddenly summoned him, it was for official duties. Today is the birthday of the old man here. Our family gathered together to celebrate Uncle Jing's birthday. But the emperor and the officials of the six ministries were busy with their official duties. It was probably because the emperor asked about the project that he was called in. The elder is really a real brother, so worried about his younger brother. As a daughter-in-law, I don't seem to care about my own man." Zili sarcastically turned Jia She and Mrs. Xing's face into red, and her breath was choked in her throat.

Mother Jia slowly calmed down. After thinking about it carefully, she thought that what Zili said was right, and glared at Jia She and Mrs. Xing angrily: "You can only scare me. You can't stop your mouths if you have good wine and good shows. An Sheng's going to watch a play and drink."

Jia Amnesty bowed to Mother Jia with an embarrassing expression before leaving. Mrs. Xing was embarrassed for a long time, and wanted to say a few words to Zili, but she still couldn't utter a word after opening her mouth for a long time.On the other hand, Zili looked at Mrs. Xing in embarrassment, and said to her, "Today's play is a bit interesting. This troupe is new to the capital, and the song Da Jin Zhi is different from what we've seen before."

"Yes, I also think it's fresh. It's still that Uncle Zhen here will play around with this, and the troupe he chose has a different flavor. Look at Guo Ai's beating the princess just now. The previous performances were all about the crying princess. Guo Ai regretted it after the beating. But this troupe's acting is different, the princess doesn't cry, and that Guo Ai is also angry and fierce. He beat the emperor's daughter." Mrs. Xing took the olive branch Zili handed over.Anyway, Mrs. Xing is used to losing face in Rongguo Mansion these years.

"I think they acted well. That princess is also of royal blood. How can she be sad when she is wronged like an ordinary little daughter-in-law who has nothing to rely on? Don't say it is a princess, it is people like us who will marry the girl in the future. If you are wronged at your in-law's family, you can't just shrink back and bear it. If nothing else, the dowry servants around you will not speak out. Even if your mother's family is far away, you will not let your own girl be wronged. What's more As for the princess of golden branches and jade leaves, that is, Guo Ziyi has made great contributions. If it is placed on Princess Taiping, I am afraid that the lives of the son-in-law and the in-laws will be lost. Guo Ai dared to beat the princess because of his father's credit, and more importantly, the Guo family is powerful. Everyone, seven sons and eight sons-in-law, all of them hold great power, and the whole family works together as a group. If you plot against me as a family, I plot against you. I wish I could eat each other first. Let alone beating the princess, their family would have broken up long ago. What kind of princess are you dreaming of marrying!" Zili's words mocked Jia She and Mrs. Xing, and Youshi's expression was not good.

Mother Jia could hear Zili's anger, but after thinking about it, she pretended not to hear.

After all, it was Jia Zheng who was called into the palace, but there was no news after asking people to inquire about it, so Jia's mother lost interest and said that she would come back when she was tired. Naturally, Zili didn't want to stay in Ningfu for a long time, so she came back with Jia's mother.But it was Baoyu who wanted to watch the play and refused to come back. Zili asked a group of maids and women to follow, and then left after a while.

After getting out of the car, Zili took Jiamu home first. As soon as she sat down and served tea, Xichun's nanny came over and said, "Miss Si didn't feel well this morning, and now she's starting to burn." Zili listened. Standing up hurriedly: "Have you called the doctor to see it, I'll go and see Si Yatou."

Mother Jia sighed and said to Zili, "Go and have a look, you don't have to come here. It's so ups and downs that you can't calm down. Your elder brother and sister-in-law are not bad people, but they have shallow eyes. If there is something, don't let it go." In my heart, my son, I know that he shouldn't be such a black-hearted person. It's just a narrow-mindedness. It's a joke for a big man to be so narrow-minded when he has a beard."

"The old lady is too worried. I am the most careless person. I forget what others say as soon as I turn my face. The fourth girl is pitiful. Losing a mother at a young age is the same as losing a father and mother. I feel sorry for her not because of It's just that her biological mother entrusted me with her back then. People are doing things and the sky is watching, after all, the sky has eyes." Zili sighed and left Jiamu to go to Xichun.

The imperial physician had already checked Xichun's pulse, and when Zili came in, he had already prescribed a prescription. It was just an occasional cold, and it would be fine to evacuate.Zili saw Xichun lying on the bed with red face, asked the nanny to take the prescription to get the medicine, and told the waiter to wait for the nanny to go out, the imperial doctor was also invited out to drink tea, Zili called Xichun's The girl Ruhua: "You have been by the girl's side all the time, the weather is not cold, why did you catch a cold and have such a severe fever?" Ruhua is also young, but she is very clever.Seeing that there was no one in the room, she said to Zili, "Our girl was fine last night. I don't know what the nanny said to her. The girl ran out secretly at night and hid behind the rockery and cried for a long time. We are in a hurry. I went to look for it, and I wanted to tell the old lady and the lady to go. But she stopped me and waited for me to get the girl back. She was already suffering from cold. This nurse has become more and more hateful recently, and she refuses to serve the girl and secretly gives She's pissed off."

Zili frowned immediately after hearing Ruhua's words: "Ma Ming's family has been serving the fourth girl, how could he be so careless. What do you know?"

"I don't know too well. One night I heard her whispering furtively outside. I can't help myself. If I don't, my son will die or something." He told Zili everything he saw and heard.