The Rich and the Idlers of the Red Chamber

All in all, the brothers Jia Jing and Jia She have cooperated to get Yuan Chun out of the palace, and Xiao Wang's side naturally has to accept their favor. To be honest, there is such a sensible person in the Rong Mansion. It is also a great thing to say.As for the Shi family and Jia Zheng, there is also one less reason to stir up trouble.

Mrs. Xiao Wang got the news early, and together with Jia Zhu went outside the palace gate to pick up her daughter. She was kept in the dark, and Mrs. Shi and Jia Zheng, who didn't know about it at all, saw Mrs. Wang coming back with Yuan Chun. Step across the brazier, let Yuanchun use grapefruit leaves to boil water and bathe, so as to get rid of bad luck.

The imperial palace is said to be the most magnificent place in the world, but in fact it is also the darkest place. If Yuanchun said that he went in to be a concubine, that would be a good thing, but if he went to be a poor maid, it would be bad enough. of.

To be honest, when she saw Yuan Chun for the first time, Xiao Wang almost didn't realize that this was her own daughter, who had changed too much in the palace.

Even if the Rong Mansion is in decline, life before Yuanchun is still easy. After all, she is the only prostitute in the Rong Mansion. Since the Shi family has the intention to use it, it is still very good for Yuan Chun, and there is Xiao Wang's mother. I was afraid that Yuanchun would suffer some grievances, so even if a nurturing nanny came back before the general election, Yuanchun didn't really suffer. Therefore, the teaching of Yuanchun is also based on noble people.Although there are a little more rules, it is nothing more than the master's money.

But Xiaoxuan, that's different.There are two sources of court ladies in this dynasty, one is the daughters of criminal officials who are regarded as official slaves, and the other is the sons of good families selected from the people, and the daughters of criminal officials are nothing more than that. A lowly handyman who can be bullied by anyone.And it is not so easy for a good family to enter the palace.It's like a big family only buys a little girl. Who knows if you brought any lice or other unclean things into the palace outside. Gong, the first thing to do is to take a bath, and then shave your head, don't say anything about your parents' body, hair and skin, if this is the case, the barber will die.

Yuan Chun was originally noticed by her superiors, but someone obstructed her and directly stuffed her into the group of rough envoys. After all, after such a long time, it's only a little longer, and I can't even pull up a beautiful bun.

She is in the Shangyi Bureau. The clothing materials in the palace, except for the ordinary court ladies and eunuchs, who wear ordinary cotton cloth, most of the others wear silk and silk. The Shangyi Bureau has to deal with all kinds of clothing materials. Yes, therefore, no jewelry can be worn, if the material is scratched, wait for the superior to clean it up!

That's all, Yuanchun, a lady from a great family, was a maid of honor, and was specially targeted by people. She couldn't even eat warm food every day. It was winter, but it was good when she was working. What I do is delicate work, if my hands are frozen, or something goes wrong with the cutting and embroidery of the material, it will be a big trouble.But when they are resting, there are not many charcoal samples in the houses of these rough envoys and maids. Nope, I often wake up from the cold at night, and the court ladies who are acquainted have to huddle together in the same bed to keep each other warm at night.However, Yuan Chun was rejected and isolated because of her background and the intentions of her superiors. The mannerism she had cultivated since she was a child could not be changed in a short time. Inside trembling.

The time of entering the palace is only about a year, and Yuan Chun is almost like the past half of his life. He is quite emaciated, and his personality has also undergone obvious changes.After all, the palace couldn't tolerate her temper when she was a girl at home. Although the aunts in charge would not give them any flesh and blood, it was actually the most inferior method, which was too revealing.Therefore, it is nothing more than the so-called teaching rules. If your eyes are wrong, they can make use of the problem and make you unable to tell.

In such an environment, Yuan Chun's character naturally became a little cautious, and even shrank in silence, without the original bright and generous. After seeing Yuan Chun like this, Xiao Wang felt that his eyes were so dry that he couldn't even cry. up.

Yuan Chun suffered a lot in the palace. Although she did not find some dirty things, she still secretly saw them. The aunt above changed her name to Qingliu's palace maid. She came from a peasant family in the outskirts of the capital. The steward of a certain palace ended up forcing Qingliu to have a counter meal with him.

Yuan Chun accidentally saw the eunuch playing tricks on Qingliu, teasing wantonly, and had a nightmare for half a month. From then on, he became more silent, usually lowering his head, for fear of being noticed by someone. You know, it's not because of her self-confidence, but because of her appearance. Even among concubines, she is considered to be above average, if she falls to the level of Qingliu, she really might as well die.

Seeing that Xiao Wang hadn't seen him for such a long time, Yuan Chun looked a lot older, and his heart was also sad. Knowing that these days, Xiao Wang's life is not easy, so he also reported good news to Xiao Wang, but not bad news. He only said that he was assigned to the Shangyi Bureau in the palace. Although there was more work, it was relatively quiet, and the aunts in the palace did not make things difficult for him.

However, even if she knows her daughter Mo Ruomu, Xiao Wang, even if she doesn't look at other things, but only talks about Yuan Chun's current posture and temperament, she also knows that Yuan Chun has suffered a lot in the palace, so after returning, she directly asked someone to put Yuan Chun in the palace. All those clothes and so on were thrown into the brazier and burned. Yuan Chun said that he was going to visit the old lady and his father, but Xiao Wang directly ordered Yuan Chun to take a bath to get rid of bad luck, and then dress up. I went to pay my respects, but my heart was full of hatred.

Xiao Wang came back with Yuanchun, and did not cover up any traces, not to mention that it was Jia Zhu who escorted them back. Therefore, both Shi and Jia Zheng got the news. But Zheng rushed directly to Xingshi to question the crime.

Not to mention that Xiao Wang had a big fight with Jia Zheng again, and how Shi Shi reprimanded Xiao Wang for being unfilial. In short, the chaos was turned upside down, and those things before were also revealed. Jia Zhu was from the previous Wang family, and Xiao Wang The matter that Shi is just a continuation has also been spread to the surface.

The matter of the Wang family is a taboo in the Rongguo Mansion and even in the entire Jia family and even relatives.What the Wang family did had a far-reaching impact. The most direct impact was that Jia Amnesty broke out directly. He would rather not have a title and adopt him than live under the same roof as the Shi family and the Wang family. Jia Zheng was considered Duke Rong The position of the eldest son made people discover that this was the mud that couldn't be pasted on the wall.

The elders kept this secret, and the servants in the family have changed. Everyone knows that this is not a good thing, so no one mentions it anymore. Anyway, the new wife is still a daughter of the Wang family, so even some old people are hypnotized. For me, let me feel that the things in the house are just like this.

Jia Zhu Yuanchun and the others are even more unaware of the grievances from above. After all, after they were born, Jia Amnesty separated and went out. They would not say that this is your adopted uncle. They would only say that this is The cousin of your deceased great-uncle.Yuan Chun lived in the inner house since he was a child, so naturally no one told him about these things.And although Jia Zhu is studying abroad, because of Jia Zheng, Jia Zhu doesn't have many real friends, and he doesn't have many contacts with classmates, and no one even talks to him. Therefore, Jia Zhu also has nothing. Know.

This time, Shi Shi, Jia Zheng, and Xiao Wang quarreled together. Jia Zhu and Yuan Chun, who wanted to come over to persuade the fight, were all stunned when they heard such privacy. The little Wang who cares about is not his biological mother, but his stepmother, or his biological mother's cousin, and his own biological mother killed Uncle Xi's eldest son under the connivance of his grandmother for the title of the family. The uncle who was forgiven was found out, and after giving birth to him, he died of illness.

Jia Zhu is probably because of Jia Zheng, he is quite paranoid in his temperament, it should be said that he is a man of moral cleanliness, he does not want to be like Jia Zheng, so he is filial to Xiao Wang, caring for his younger siblings, and personally He also studied hard, so that he could tell others through the imperial examination that he was completely different from his father, but now he knew that his biological mother was also a poisonous woman, and suddenly he couldn't accept it. He didn't quarrel, but looked at nothing There was nothing abnormal, but in fact, he withdrew out in a daze.

In the palace, Yuan Chun, who was used to observing words and expressions, didn't see well, and she didn't care about her parents and grandmother making noise there. She was actually a little confused. For her own sake, her mother put down her face and ran to beg Uncle Jing in the clan. He went against the wishes of his grandmother and father, and now he was blamed by his grandmother and father together, but his elder brother heard the secrets from back then, and he didn't know what to do.In the end, Yuan Chun stomped his feet, thinking that if he appeared in front of his grandmother and the others, he might cause them to quarrel again. At this moment, the elder brother's side was the most important thing, so he led people directly to find Jia Zhu.

Yuan Chun's judgment was right, but he didn't expect that Shi's blood pressure was relatively high. Now he quarreled a lot, then passed out again, and immediately, he was in a panic again.

Shi Shi didn't have such good luck this time, she was emotionally ups and downs too fast, and these days she was thinking about the future of the so-called Rong Mansion, um, she was just thinking about selling her grandchildren's marriage. Good price, this time Xiao Wang was so angry that she stripped away her real face under the identity of the old lord, Shi was so angry that she passed away, and waited until the imperial doctor was out of breath. He came over quickly, and the result was quickly diagnosed, but this time Shi Shi had a headache, that is, he had a stroke.

Jia Zheng and Xiao Wang accused each other there again, Jia Zheng once again stood on the moral high ground, accusing Xiao Wang of being angry with Shi Shi, this time he justifiably wanted to divorce Xiao Wang, but Xiao Wang sneered, Shi Shi had a stroke, and Jia Zheng was a talker, if he really wanted to do something, Xiao Wang would admire him instead.

Jia Zheng now has nothing but an empty title, and the family's perception of Shi and Jia Zheng is not good. They will definitely not support Jia Zheng's divorce. Therefore, the Xiao Wang family is full of confidence. Seeing Jia Zheng there Hopping, tossing and turning over and over again, talking about Xiao Wang's anger and Shi Shi's illness, Xiao Wang finally said directly in a cold voice: "Master is so full of righteous indignation, it's like how filial I am! Master won't go either!" Look in the mirror and see clearly what kind of virtue I am, even if I am unfilial, I have obeyed your husband!" Saying this, Xiao Wang walked away directly.

This guy Jia Zheng has never been able to see clearly what kind of person he is, but he really made a fuss about it.Anyway, he still knows a little bit of shame, and Jia Amnesty has hardly spoken to Jia Zheng these years. Therefore, Jia Zheng went directly to the Ning Mansion next door to find Jia Jing, and demanded that the ancestral hall be opened to divorce his wife.

Seeing that every family is preparing for the New Year, Jia Jing is still the head of the clan, and he has to be busy with ancestor worship. Originally, his wife Gu was helping with these things. After all, Gu is the clan wife, and the clan wife was supposed to Responsible for part of the ancestor worship.The problem is, Gu's old clam is pregnant, and she is pregnant at the moment. Gu's age is very old, and she will be a proper old woman in future generations. Therefore, the imperial doctor said that Gu's situation should be less serious. You have to work hard and rest in peace.

Therefore, even if his son and daughter-in-law were called, Jia Jing was still so busy that he wanted to hit the back of his head with his heel. As a result, at this moment, Jia Zheng came to the door noisily, saying that he wanted to open the ancestral hall and divorce his wife!

Jia Jing only felt the veins twitching on his forehead, looking at Jia Zheng's righteousness, everyone was at fault, as long as I was right, and in words, he was still complaining that Mrs. Wang didn't get his permission, so he took it without permission. Yuan Chun picked him up from the palace and ruined his future. When Jia Jing saw Jia Zheng's old face, he felt itchy palms, and wished he could slap Jia Zheng's face.

Jia Jing was really exhausted towards the Rongfu family, and he didn't want to follow Rongfu to clean up the mess. He was very lucky at the moment, he got some favors and got Yuan Chun out, Otherwise, he really didn't know what Jia Zheng and Shi's mind could do to make Yuan Chun a nobleman, a concubine, or other things.

Jia Jing is considered an orthodox scholar, and he has also acquired some pure temper. He despises nepotism the most. Thinking of Jia Zheng wanting to rely on selling his daughter to rise to the top, he just feels disgusting. Jia Jing wants to get rid of it this time. There is a family in the Rong Mansion, and now he looks at Jia Zheng with a cold face, gritted his teeth and said: "You want to divorce your wife, okay, I will gather the clansmen and open the ancestral hall first, after that, if you want to divorce your wife, you can do so!" You bastard, you never know what it means to make progress, you only know how to hold back and make trouble for others, keeping you is simply disgusting yourself, then, from now on, your whole family will get out of me!

Jia Jing has always been a well-cultivated person, this time Jia Zheng was so angry that he swears, which shows how he is feeling now.

Jia Zheng didn't realize Jia Jing's implication at all, and actually showed some color. It seemed that if Xiao Wang was in front of him, he could show off directly in front of Xiao Wang, making Jia Jing feel that he had nothing to do with this Idiot caressing is simply lowering his own standard, so he doesn't care about preparing for ancestor worship, and directly orders his servants to go to each family to find the elders of the tribe.

When encountering such a thing, Jia Amnesty cannot avoid it.When the servants from Ningguo Mansion came over, Jia She was playing with his precious daughter.The Zhang family learned that it was also a holiday at the end of the year. A Shou and A Ning were left behind by the Zhang family, and now they are playing with a few cousins ​​there, so Bei Bei was asked to stay at home alone. Fortunately, both Jia She and Zhang dote on this little daughter, so she doesn't feel lonely.

Beibei is not as smart as Ah Shou and Aning showed when they were young, that is to say, she is not a genius baby, and her IQ is at the level of ordinary people, but she is a lively and lovely little girl.Neither Jia She nor the Zhang family had any patriarchal ideas. On the contrary, like Jia She, the only time a girl can really be happy these days is when she is in her boudoir. Therefore, she is very tolerant to Beibei, even conniving. up.

At this moment, Jia She is holding Beibei, letting Beibei spoil the flowers he cultivated so hard in the garden, her hands are stained with flower juice, and she also wipes the flower juice on Jia She's face and body , Seeing the traces on Jia She's face, he clapped his hands in Jia She's arms and "giggled" and laughed.

Jia Amnesty was not angry, and even broke a flower for Beibei to play with in his hand. Beibei is still young and has no hair left. Her hair is just tied with a red string. Jia Amnesty pinched a flower The half-bloomed flowers were stuck on the little tug on Beibei's head. Beibei didn't know what beauty was, but she felt uneasy about having something in her hair, so she stretched out her hand to grab it.

Just when Jia Amnesty was amusing the children, people from Ningguo Mansion came and said that Jia Jing had been made a fuss by Jia Zheng and planned to open an ancestral hall.

Jia Amnesty frowned and didn't ask any further questions. When he turned around, he carried Beibei back to the backyard, handed Beibei to Mrs. Zhang, and said softly, "Yuaner, I'll go to the Ning Mansion. Brother Jing has something to do. Maybe I will come back later, if I haven't come back by dinner time, you can eat first!"

Mrs. Zhang nodded and didn't ask any further questions. In other words, she already knew it. After all, Jia Amnesty took Beibei in the back garden before, and she knew that the person from the Ning Mansion was actually her, so she said, "Your Majesty, don't worry. It was in the past, I will take care of several children, it is cold in winter, try to come back as early as possible at night, I will wait for you!" Now they belong to old couples, and Mrs. Zhang is not as reserved as before, saying that she will wait for Jia's pardon It's very natural to come back.

Jia She smiled slightly, and said goodbye to Beibei in a serious manner: "Beibei, Daddy needs to go out for a while, so you can play with Mommy, okay?"

Beibei waved her chubby little paw obediently: "Well, goodbye, Daddy!"

Jia Amnesty also smiled and waved: "Goodbye, Beibei, be good at home, Daddy will bring you delicious snacks when he comes back!"

After Jia Amnesty said goodbye to his family, he got into the carriage and headed for Ningguo Mansion.

Most of the clan members of the Jia family in the capital live on Ningrong Street. Everyone has nothing else to do during the year. They arrived, but Jia Amnesty was the last one to arrive.However, none of them showed any expression of dissatisfaction. After all, Jia She is considered to be the one with the highest title in the Jia family.

Jia She was wearing a stone blue long gown and a black cloak over it. The fur on the cloak was made of the finest black fox fur, which looked extraordinarily delicate and luxurious.

Jia She is well maintained. Although he is middle-aged, he has a short beard on his upper lip. His complexion is fair, and there are almost no wrinkles on his face. Miscellaneous studies, but life has always been good and comfortable, so he has a calm demeanor, a bit of a graceful noble attitude, and he maintains a very good figure, without any fat on his body, because he has internal strength to protect his body, he does not wear bloated clothes, so, He looked extraordinarily personable and heart-wrenching.

Jia Zheng is four or five years younger than Jia She, but he has been in trouble all these years. He has no career at all. As for love, let alone love, he is addicted to wine and sex. He is already a bit potbellied and has a long beard. It felt like he was several years older than Jia She, and when he saw Jia She came over, a group of clansmen leaned over to compliment him, their faces were full of flattery, and Jia Zheng showed a gloomy expression.Jia Zheng has always refused to face up to it. Jia She, who was crushed by him back then, is far stronger than him. Seeing Jia She's appearance now, he felt a sense of strangeness.

Jia She greeted those clansmen with a smile, and said a few words to a few clan elders, which made those clan elders quite complacent. Greeted, and then said: "Enhou came sooner, just in time, the matter should be settled earlier, and the matter should be settled earlier, so as to avoid confusion later!"

The servants of the Ning Mansion were not clear about what they said before, they only said that Jia Zheng wanted to divorce his wife and Jia Jing wanted to open the ancestral hall. Therefore, Jia Amnesty didn't know what Jia Jing's plan was, so he asked: "Brother Jing is Patriarch, just be the master, I'm just an idler, I'm just here to join in the fun!"

Jia Jing shook his head and said: "Since Enhou said so, I won't waste the time of the people. After all, it's the end of the year, and everyone's family is very busy, so let's deal with the matter early, everyone You can also breathe a sigh of relief!"

Jia Zheng didn't know what he was thinking, so he also interjected, angrily said: "There is nothing to say about this matter, Mrs. Wang is not filial, she took Yuan Chun out of the palace without authorization, and got mad at the old lady. This is seven crimes, I must divorce my wife!"

Jia She frowned, and he and Jia Jing were responsible for taking Yuanchun out of the palace. Otherwise, Xiao Wang, a woman in the back house, worried about her daughter, how could she get her out of the palace? What Zheng said was divorcing his wife, but he was actually blaming himself and Jia Jing for meddling in their own business. However, Jia Jing is the head of the clan, so he didn't say anything, and Jia Amnesty couldn't say much.

As a result, when Jia Jing opened his mouth with a cold face, he suppressed the clansman: "Okay, who would be willing to take care of the messy things in your house? You think we are meddling. From now on, we will deal with your affairs. Don't worry about it, let's open the ancestral hall today and divide the clan directly!"