[Red Mansion] Jia Lian, son of a family

Chapter 46

At the end of March when the grass grows and the birds fly, the peach blossoms planted in Rongguo Mansion are in full bloom, light red, deep red, crimson red, and red flowers of various colors hang all over the branches, like the most beautiful clouds.

Today's weather is just right, Mrs. Zhang arranged the welcome banquet in the Nuan Pavilion in the back yard of Rongxi Hall.The windows of the warm pavilion are all made of transparent glass, even in the coldest winter, you can sit inside and enjoy the snow scenery outside the window.

At the beginning Jia Lian made the Nuan Pavilion like this and attracted the attention of the entire Rongguo Mansion. Knowing that the transparent glass came from the glass workshop under the name of the Ninth Prince, the second wife could only retreat bitterly.However, Jia Lian also installed glass in Jia Daishan's study in Lixiangyuan. The lighting of the glass is very beneficial to the old man's increasingly bad eyesight.

Being dragged into the Nuan Pavilion by Jia Daishan, just as Jia Lian's eyes met Mrs. Zhang's, she was immediately attracted by Mrs. Wang beside her.Mrs. Wang, who was in her thirties, was dressed like a noble lady, with a deliberate and dull smile on her face.These are nothing, what Jia Lian noticed was Mrs. Wang's slightly protruding belly under the fragrant skirt.

When he was in northern Xinjiang, he was always busy with Prince Shuigen and General Lu Hanyang on Jurchen affairs, and on the way back he was thinking about the next task that Situ Yuan gave him.All these made him forget that according to the trajectory of his previous life, his phoenix egg cousin Jia Baoyu, whom Jia Shishi regarded as the future of Rongguo Mansion, was coming soon.

Jia Lian narrowed his eyes slightly as he looked at Mrs. Wang's stomach, and the warm smile on his face made it impossible to guess his true thoughts.After the people in He Nuan Pavilion greeted each other according to their seniority, they couldn't hold back Jia Daishan, so he finally sat next to Jia Daishan.On the other side of Jia Daishan is Jia Shishi.

Since there were no outside guests today, everyone did not sit in separate seats, but sat together.Jia Lian's seat made the smiles on the faces of the second room even stiffer. Mrs. Wang opened her mouth to say something, but she had to swallow it under Jia Zheng's stare.

The eyes and expressions of everyone at the banquet fell into Jia Daishan's eyes. After sighing in his heart, he smiled and said: "Lian'er not only came back from northern Xinjiang safely this time, but also made a lot of military exploits. I am honored." The national government finally has a successor, and when I go to the Nine Springs in the future, I don’t have to feel ashamed and dare not meet my ancestors.”

Jia Daishan's undisguised gratification and admiration made Jia Shishi's expression beside him change several times, but the past few years of house arrest made her learn to behave, and she just needs to listen at this time.She had already bribed the imperial physician who treated Jia Daishan, knowing that his body was at the end of its life, and now he was just taking care of him with good medicine.As long as he waits for a hundred years, the highest status in Rongguo Mansion will not be her, the Duke's wife!

She has endured it for decades, and it's not bad for a few months and a year.

"Grandfather is too famous, Lian'er just did what he should do." Jia Lian hurriedly stood up, and said to Jia Daishan respectfully.

No matter how partial Jia Daishan was to Erfang in his previous life, and how indifferent he was to him, Jia Daishan in this life is very good to him and Dafang.Even if he has a system, if there is no support from Jia Daishan behind him, he would not be able to become the Seventh Prince's Party so easily.

"What are you doing so modestly, Lian'er? You have made a lot of contributions this time. The Holy Majesty even granted you the guard of the northern border gate. This is a fifth-rank position!" Mrs. Wang sat under Jia Shi's family Next to Zheng, he covered his mouth with a silk handkerchief and said with a sour taste.

Jia Lian, the long house, is the only one who has a real job in the Rongguo Mansion. Who knows if Jia Lian made the great achievement, maybe it was the old man and his old subordinates who gave him their credit!If her Zhu'er went to northern Xinjiang, she would definitely be able to make meritorious service on her own.If she hadn't been reluctant for Zhu'er to suffer that kind of suffering, it would be their second wife who is enjoying the glory now.

However, no matter how high the rank of this military officer is in the capital, it is not impossible to get along. Her second brother Wang Ziteng has been tossing in the capital for so many years, but he is only from the gate of the fourth-rank capital. It will not be easy for Jia Lian to get promoted again, unless he also Willing to go to the frontier to stay.

Jia Lian pretended not to hear Mrs. Wang's thorny and sour words. Now that the second house is doing more, the eldest house can benefit more.Only his grandson with good eyes who sat beside Jia Daishan could see the cold light that flickered in the depths of Jia Daishan's eyes just now.

"It's rare for Lian'er to come back, so what are you talking about?" Jia Daishan said indifferently, "Today is a reception banquet for Lian'er, nothing else!"

Jia Lian didn't know how the others ate at the welcome banquet, but he ate heartily.Although he occasionally went to the wild to make tooth sacrifices, but after all, it was not comparable to what the cook at home made.What's more, the dishes on this table are basically his favorite.

That night, Jia Lian, Jia She and Mrs. Zhang were drinking tea and enjoying the peach blossoms in the warm pavilion.The corners of Jia Lian's eyes twitched when Jia Amnesty hugged Jia Cheng and tried every means to make her laugh.Nearly two years away from home, the degree of filial piety of his unreliable father has increased again.

Mrs. Zhang didn't even glance at the happy father and daughter who were on the sidelines. Her beautiful peach eyes kept staring at Jia Lian, and her eye circles suddenly turned red when she thought of something: "Lian'er, these two years have been really hard. It’s you. How old are you, your grandfather and father are willing to send you to northern Xinjiang. Fortunately, you came back safely, mother didn’t want you to make meritorious deeds, mother just wanted you to be well!”

"Huh, a loving mother is a loser!" Jia She, who was teasing Jia Cheng, just finished speaking coldly, and hurriedly begged for mercy, "Teng'er, this is father's beard, you can't scratch it, it will hurt!"

Jia Cheng didn't care about Jia She's pain, his chubby little hands pulled his beard vigorously while giggling at Zhang and Jia Lian.

"The longer Cheng'er grows, the more she looks like her mother." Jia Lian didn't know how to deal with Zhang's sudden outburst of feelings, so he had to use his own sister to change the subject.

"That's right!" Jia She raised his head proudly, but the pain from his jaw made him turn pale again, and he said repeatedly in distress, "Teng'er, if you like Dad's beard so much, Dad will have to stop. Grow a beard!"

Zhang turned a blind eye to this, but Jia Lian was dumbfounded again.For some reason, he suddenly thought of his younger sister Jia Yingchun in his previous life.Although he still doesn't have a strong brother-sister relationship with Jia Yingchun, but comparing Jia Yingchun and Jia Teng, he doesn't know what it should feel like.

Is the Zhang family really that important to Jia Amnesty?Then why, in the previous life, Jia Amnesty was still trampled by the second wife, the only flesh and blood left by the Zhang family?

The moment the smile on Jia Lian's face disappeared, Mrs. Zhang noticed it and gave Jia She a hard look. She hugged Jia Cheng and said, "It's time for Cheng'er to go to bed. You father and son haven't seen each other for so long and have a good chat. Let Chunliu bring you some food and wine."

Jia Lian watched Zhang's leaving back and remained silent for a long time.

"Your mother is worried that you think we dote on Cheng'er too much and ignore your feelings. If you ask me, you are an adult, so you still care about these things?" After Mrs. Zhang left, Jia She immediately became careless.

For Jia Amnesty's behavior, Jia Lian just gave him a sideways glance.

"Do you want to welcome the Spring Festival?" In response to Jia Lian's silence, the old god Jia She took a sip from the teacup before saying, "I once told you that only you are my child, but you don't believe it. For For me, only the children born to my first wife and your mother Zhang are my children, as for Yingchun and Jia Cong..."

"Don't look at me like that, Lian'er. Do you think Rongguo Mansion has any connection with your three married aunts? What about those Jia family members who were separated from Rongguo Mansion?" Jia She The eyes were lazy and cold with hard work, "It is said that more sons and more blessings, but no matter which family, except for those who have no sons and daughters, who else would value the sons and daughters? The daughters are better, At least it’s still a tool for marriage, what about the bastard?”

Jia Lian suddenly thought of Jia Cong and Jia Huan in his previous life. Jia Huan had a tough aunt and a concubine sister who was barely favored. He would still appear when the ancestral hall was opened to worship the ancestors, probably no one would remember that there was such a person in Dafang.

"Teng'er and Yingchun are completely different to me. They can't be compared at all." Since his wife, Zhang, wants him to help her son untangle, he, as a husband, naturally has to work hard. Blessed performance, but the one who can inherit Zongzhen is still the son. There is a world of difference between the son and the concubine. In the previous life, you and I were willing to give up to Lian'er, let alone Yingchun and Jia Cong. What's more, I am also When Yingchun reached her age, I found her a husband's house."

What Jia She said made Jia Lian feel sad and at the same time couldn't help laughing angrily.Jia Yingchun is married, but who is she marrying?She was beaten to death by Sun Shaozu within a year of her marriage. Although she was beaten to death after the end of the Rongguo Mansion, Sun Shaozu treated her like that when she was newly married.

Jia Lian thought he was a jerk enough, but compared to that Sun Shaozu, he was also a good man!At least he wouldn't make a move on Wang Xifeng, let alone sleep all her dowry maids without Wang Xifeng's consent.

No matter how unbearable the men in Rongguo Mansion are, they still respect their first wife. They are as shameless as Mrs. Xing, and Jia Amnesty is not like Sun Shaozu.It is enough to see that the difference between the Sun family and the Jia family is quite large.

"You don't think Yingchun is married to someone? Don't even think about it. The daughter of any family doesn't even talk about marriage when she is eighteen or nine years old! What's more, that kid Jia Baoyu has spread all the poems of his sisters and sisters. In the capital, which of the girls in the Grand View Garden has a good reputation in the capital, it would be great if I could find such a husband's family for Yingchun."

"Yes, I took the 5000 taels from the grandson Shaozu and raised Yingchun for so many years. What's wrong with me asking for such a dowry? When your aunt Jia Min got married, the Lin family sent a whole 5 taels of dowry. How about your grandmother Jia? The Shi family was so active in bringing Lin Daiyu back after Jia Min's death, she has been thinking about the Lin family's property for many years!"

Jia Lian only felt a thunderstorm in his mind, and he always thought that Jia Shishi was only partial to Erfang and Jia Baoyu, at least he still had some genuine feelings for Lin Daiyu.Although the granddaughter was later abandoned due to Rongguo Mansion's reasons, it was also caused by many reasons. According to Jia She, Jia Shishi had already made up his mind about the Lin family's property?