Jia Minqi's family in the Red Chamber

This year's decree referring to the marriage did not include a name.

Ranked first is the fifth prince's continuation princess Han's family -- the eldest daughter of a third-rank Beijing official, and her family background is similar to that of the fifth prince's favorite side concubine.

As the main wife of the future prince's son, Yuan Chun came in second.

When Yuan Chun knew about it, he felt a burst of joy: the concubine and the side concubine had similar backgrounds, one was well-known, the other was favored, it was a good show in the palace!

In the conversation that she overheard while hiding under the rock, one of the two nobles who spoke was the Fifth Prince.

At that time, Yuan Chun was frightened for a long time because he saw the...clothes of the eunuch next to Sheng Shang.

It wasn't until Concubine De looked at her differently and entrusted her with a heavy responsibility that she found an opportunity to tell Concubine De the whole matter. Afterwards, under Concubine De's consolation, although she was restless, she was still terrified: What if the fifth prince finds her one day? On the head... my life is over!

A few days ago, the fifth prince sent his side concubine to Rongguo Mansion several times. Yuan Chun couldn't sleep for several nights after hearing about it: she wasn't sure if the fifth prince really wanted to marry his uncle's aunt's cousin Daiyu. , I still want to take her into the palace so that she can study hard.

But her mother didn't know anything, and the side concubine of the palace, who had never had any contact with her, came to her door, and she really thought that something good would happen to her for nothing.

In the past, she always felt that her mother didn't talk much, but her heart was clear.After she really entered the palace and stayed with Concubine De for a few years, her opinion of her mother was completely reversed...

She planned that once she left the palace, she would first thank her uncle and aunt, and then have a nice talk with her mother, and suppress her messy thoughts.

Yuan Chun was sitting in the room thinking about it, when a female official who got along well with her suddenly came to the door: Your cousin wants to find you, she has something to say.

Yuan Chun sighed when he heard the words, "My cousin is too serious." There is nothing to hide from the sister in front of me, "She is too young, and her family did not expect to send her to be selected so early."

The female officer nodded her head with relatives in her heart, "But the relatives beside... the adults who have the final say can't wait?"

Look at these women in the palace, how many of them are sincerely willing to step into the palace gate?But they are all poor people who can't help themselves.

Yuan Chun said: "That's right, it almost self-defeating."

"It's true that every family has scriptures that are difficult to recite." The female officer smiled, "No matter how lazy you are, there will always be times when you can't escape, why don't you go quickly?"

Yuan Chun stood up, "Take it if you can."

The female official said: "I don't ask her to thank you in the future, as long as you can live up to your own heart."

Yuan Chun patted the back of the sister's hand, "You know my heart best."

Saying goodbye to the sisters, Yuan Chun took the busy road to the palace where his cousin lived temporarily.

When they arrived at the place, the female officer on duty directly asked the little maid to invite Baochai out, and even made room for the sisters to talk—now that Baochai's future is fixed—she is not someone who can live alone.

When the sisters greeted each other, Yuan Chun cut straight to the point, "What's the matter?"

Baochai was taken aback, and immediately said, "I was just about to ask my cousin, should I ask the concubine Xian to thank you? Do I have to... take care of it?"

In fact, what she really wanted to ask was, as the sixth prince's concubine, wouldn't the sixth prince take a chance to take a look?This feeling of insignificance and insignificance after being elected made Baochai restless for a long time.

The cousin in front of me has eager eyes, but her facial features have not yet developed, and her childishness has not completely faded... Thinking about how she was spoiled in every way at home, but after coming to the palace for a long time at a loss, Yuan Chun finally swallowed the heavy words After going down, she pulled her cousin to sit beside her, and explained softly, "Think about it, although you were personally chosen by the concubine Xian, but if she always called you to come to talk, and called the sixth prince to come over Look, when you marry into the palace, how will the princess treat you?"

Baochai's eyes widened when she heard the words, "This..."

Yuan Chun's voice was softer, "The concubine Xian's background is... a little ordinary, but the concubine of the sixth prince is a decent daughter of an aristocratic family. Her father is also in charge of the army. Even if the concubine looks at the face of the sixth prince, she will not make her daughter-in-law look bad."

Baochai's father was a rare clean-blooded man, now that there is no concubine Ji in the family, how could Cousin Baochai see what the concubine should say and do, and how difficult life is?

Thinking of this, Yuan Chun felt a little more sympathetic, and told the truth without saying serious words, "Talent, learning, virtue, and appearance are all second. When looking at a girl, the first thing you look at is her natal family." Seeing that the cousin's face turned paler A little bit, "Look at the ladies in the palace, the birth is not a hindrance at all, and the days are still long. When the son is born, the son will be more outstanding, and he will be able to feel proud."

After speaking, Yuan Chun looked at Baochai fixedly, and did not continue to speak.

Cousin obviously has more to say than finished, Baochai already feels uncomfortable when she hears this.

Seeing Baochai's slightly uneasy appearance, Yuan Chun thought to himself, "You don't need a heavy hammer to play the drum."If this younger sister has not come to her senses at this point... then she can only live quietly in the sixth prince's palace for the rest of her life.

Anyway, she has done her best, and she will have no regrets when her mother and aunt are mentioned again in the future.

Yuan Chun got up, pulled Baochai and said, "I'm going out of the palace to get married in a few days," Baochai did the same, "It's not easy for us sisters to meet each other, so you can talk to me as much as you want."

After saying goodbye, he left calmly.

Baochai looked at the figure of her cousin gradually going away, full of worries, followed the little maid she knew back to her room.

But Yuanchun said that this time it was a blow to the head, at least most of Baochai was woken up.

Thinking of how she was afraid that the sisters around her would underestimate her, she always worked hard secretly, and after entering the palace, she also tried to behave like those girls who were waiting for election with her... Now that I think about it, I am afraid that in the eyes of others, she will be separated from her. funny outside...

She was going to be the prince's concubine, what the cousin said just now was considered tactful, but at this moment... Baochai couldn't help but clenched the handkerchief tightly in her hand. She had no family background and had to concentrate on pleasing the sixth prince when she married into the palace. Be careful not to get too complacent and offend the princess... There is no end to speak of!

Just looking at the time before and after she entered the palace, Baochai finally knew that her uncle and uncle seemed to be high-spirited, but in fact... there was no hope at all!

On this point, Yuan Chun and Baochai, the cousins, have a rare tacit understanding.

A few days later, Baochai left the palace with a group of girls.

The house of the Xue family in Beijing now has only two companions, a mother and a daughter. When Baochai gets married, not only the generous dowry prepared by her parents will not be used, but her father will also not be allowed to participate—to be a concubine for the prince. The principle of leaving one's post without permission in marriage is almost the same if you are the prince's official wife.

Anyway, Baochai couldn't see his father again, so he entered the palace in a small sedan chair on an auspicious day.And Aunt Xue, who sent her daughter away from home, is really happy and sad: being a concubine is really involuntary.

The wife of Wang Ziteng, who was accompanying her, was also a bit uncomfortable: she had already greeted the princess, but the princess didn't take it to heart at all.It was only then that Baochai got into the sixth prince's palace by accident.

After all, Mrs. Wang couldn't bear to see her younger sister with tears in her eyes, so she asked someone to help her into the inner room: because of Baochai's incident, the two sisters also had a estrangement, and she was always clumsy, so she didn't know how to speak at this time.

Aunt Xue cried for a long while, and finally felt a little more at ease: with Baochai's intelligence, she may not be able to succeed in the palace... The master and son are still waiting for her to go back in the south.

Aunt Xue, who had changed her mood, saw her natal sister-in-law and her own sister, and she didn't want to greet them anymore, let alone leave a meal.

When Wang Ziteng's wife and Mrs. Wang saw this, they didn't get entangled. Originally, Wang Ziteng's wife wanted to make up with his sister-in-law again.

As for Mrs. Wang being treated coldly by her younger sister, she was somewhat unhappy, but she had to hold back and comfort her natal sister-in-law first: who would let my elder brother be so powerful.

Not to mention Baochai girl, daughter Yuanchun always... borrowed the power of her natal brother, and she had to flatter her a little bit.Although she doesn't really like her natal sister-in-law's high-spirited appearance.

But it is said that the sixth prince Yin Hao's side, the princess specially arranged wine to entertain some of her husband's brothers, and a few sisters-in-law who had been friends with her also came--they not only congratulated the sixth prince, but also wanted to say something to the sixth prince and concubine. say.

The sixth concubine would also feel a little sour, but thinking about how tolerant her mother-in-law and her husband have been for so many years, the mother-in-law chose a concubine and even chose someone whose background was not obvious.Even for her mother-in-law and concubine, she has to save face.

The sixth prince, Yin Hao, has always been taciturn, and his biological mother sent him a beautiful concubine, but he was not seen to be in the slightest.

The father and emperor valued sons, but the few his brothers married either had no legitimate sons, or had legitimate sons... For example, his eldest son was born sick and sick, which was more worrying than his second brother.

The concubine gave birth to a son, so she was more concerned about her son, plus she herself has not been able to take care of herself well, the original "plan" of the sixth prince Yin Hao can only be swallowed, and the concubine sent by the mother is not worth it. Thinking of the fifth elder brother who was about to remarry the daughter of the aristocratic family and who was smiling happily at the banquet, he became even more irritable.

In the early summer night in Beijing, it was still a bit chilly, and when walking on the road, the sixth prince was blown by the breeze, and most of the smell of alcohol dissipated from his body.

Let the nanny from the mansion lead into the room, and seeing the appearance of the new concubine, he couldn't help but soften his expression a little.

Baochai raised a smiling face until her own face was almost frozen with laughter, and finally waited for the corner of the prince's mouth to twitch slightly, and she immediately breathed a sigh of relief.

When the fifth prince returned to the mansion, he went straight to the side concubine's yard without even changing his clothes.

It's a "coincidence" that the concubine Han Shi newly designated by the Holy Majesty to the fifth prince is Han Qi's niece from the same clan and Miaoyu's sister.This branch of the Han family is also the most outstanding branch of the Han family at present. Like Han Qi, it is a side branch.

The fifth prince smiled and said, "I still want to test Lin Hai's mind by testing Han Qi... Now it's good, Han Qi is already half of my own..."

Concubine Xuxian hasn't married yet, so let's toss the concubine's uncle first, what do you make the concubine's father, brother and elders think?What does the royal father, who is referring to the marriage, think?

The side concubine also laughed, "It saves the prince from taking action. The twists and turns are also related to each other, at least everyone can talk through this relationship."

The fifth prince said: "Mother and concubine always keeps me calm, and the old eighth also suffered because of me, and almost offended others indiscriminately in order to vent his anger."

Even though he didn't know it at the time, he also knew later that it was because of Lin Hai's secret report that Jiangnan's private soldiers were exposed.

He had to see whether Lin Hai's "reporting" was because he didn't like the crown prince and the Sun family, or because he didn't like the old man, that is, because he didn't like him gaining money secretly, or because he was purely dedicated to his duties.

As a [-]-something-year-old who got his father's blue eyes and became the youngest feudal official in his father's reign for decades, the fifth prince did not believe that Lin Hai would be ignorant and confused about the truth about private soldiers in the south of the Yangtze River. There are many people involved behind it.

The side concubine responded at this time: "How can you offend someone?"

The fifth prince shook his head: It's true that the father doesn't like his mother and concubine very much, but he really can't find fault with his son.He could even guess that the mother and concubine could be promoted from an unknown beauty to a concubine, and the father and emperor mostly looked at him for his sake.

His original wife, the concubine, was the beloved daughter of the governor of Sichuan. Even though her natal family was not considered an aristocratic family, it was still a real and famous family.The second marriage, due to the fact that the family background of filling the house cannot override the rules of the original wife, the new princess's father's grade is a little lower, but no matter how you look at it, it is the best choice for the sake of face.

However, he sent his side concubine to Rongguo Mansion to find out, and deliberately asked the girl from Rongguo Mansion together. In fact, he did take Zhong Linhai's daughter.

But the father refused to agree, otherwise he would have fulfilled his intention long ago, even if Lin Hai's daughter was too young to propose marriage immediately, he would have let him know.

The emperor finally cared about the Jiangnan matter.

But...the father is still angry with the grandson's family and his good brother.Thinking about his sixth younger brother who has always been calm and composed, his face is not very good-looking today, but he can guess the difficulty of the sixth younger brother: there is no healthy son...

Because neither did he.

The fifth prince stared sideways at the side concubine... She gave birth to a son and a daughter for herself, and she has contributed a lot, but this time she has to give birth to a son with the concubine.

When the prince looked over, the side concubine felt a little guilty after all: those methods had to be put on hold for a while.

In other words, Yuanchun is different from Baochai, she married the second son of the county king, so she couldn't be in a hurry.

Jia Min is confinement and needs to prepare some makeup for the child.

Seeing his wife leaning on the couch, energetically ordering the girl to rummage through the box, Lin Hai also sat beside her and watched with a smile.

Jia Min asked Hongwen to open the box, took out the good bread her father gave her back then, wrapped it up, and then turned to explain to her husband, "Yuanchun and Brother Zhu are really siblings."

When Yuanchun went home from the palace, the first thing he did was to send someone to thank his aunt through his elder brother Jia Zhu: the kindness of my aunt, my niece and daughter will never forget, and now my niece and daughter are limited in their ability, but they can always take care of the family, and they will be careful when going out .

The meaning of these words couldn't be more clear, Yuan Chun has no power or influence for the time being, and can't help my aunt, but she can earnestly serve as a reward for her aunt, and at the same time, she will try her best to stop her parents' "whimsical ideas".

Afterwards, Yuanchun did her best: she told Jia Min that her aunt, the wife of Wang Ziteng, had asked Mrs. Wang several times to inquire about Daiyu's cousin.

When Jia Min got the news, she had nothing to be angry about, since her Daiyu was not Baochai.If Wang Ziteng really dared to plot against her daughter, her master would be able to ruin Wang Ziteng's entire career, although it might not be easy for his own family.

Thinking about it, Wang Ziteng is not so stupid, and it is best to make friends with his own family.

Her calmness was beyond the expectation of Jia Zhu, who came to deliver her sister's letterhead.

Jia Min laughed and said, "Your uncle is just thinking about it. Can he pass your uncle and report Daiyu's name?"

Jia Zhu laughed dryly when she heard the words: It doesn't work if you don't mention my uncle's relatives and friends in the capital, just say that there is a moral concubine and empress to take care of her.

When Jia Zhu left, Jia Min could still appease her husband, whose face changed slightly when he heard about it, "Brother Zhu, his grandfather was white, and there is nothing left in his family. Although the two daughters he raised are not As for the ignorance of big characters, it is only for the housekeeper to be able to understand the account books. But this old man is very good at looking after his son-in-law. His son is relying on his brother-in-law, one foolishly recommends, and the other has to give money. Became a second-rank official... The Wang family married a good daughter and tasted the sweetness, this time it's just a 'return to the old way'."

Lin Hai coughed lightly, but most of his annoyance dissipated because of his wife's point of view, "Wang Ziteng is also a great talent." There is no luck for a person who can become a second-rank official. After a pause, he smiled helplessly, "You Is that how you say your second brother?"

Having said that, who couldn't see the approval on his face?

Jia Min said sternly: "Young girl Yuanchun knows how to tell the news. Can my second brother and sister-in-law really fail to see Wang Ziteng's thoughts? They are not really stupid. If they don't speak, they acquiesce. Yuanchun married well, we The second brother and the second sister-in-law also think that we are just like them, and we all hope that our daughter will stand tall."

Jia Zheng sincerely hoped that Daiyu could become a prince and concubine, and whether she could support her relatives was the second priority. If it could be done, the three families of Jia Wanglin would be able to get closer, and in the future...it would be easier to speak.

Mrs. Wang was upset: Jia Min's sister-in-law is married well, and when it comes to their daughter, Daiyu is better married than Yuan Chun... But no matter how unwilling she is, she dare not disobey her brother's wishes, and she is not willing to marry her. Fulfilling my master's wish.

Jia Min had indeed guessed exactly what his brother-in-law was thinking.

Lin Hai smiled lightly when he heard the words: "In this case, I will help you to the end, and I will also help you find a good marriage for your nephew who was born with jade." As for Wang Ziteng...you have to let him know that I have no friendship with him."

A month later, when Jia Min was confinement and was able to go out, news came from Beijing that Wang Ziteng's second younger brother and father of Sister Feng, Wang Zisheng had gone home to reflect on corruption and dereliction of duty.