[Red Mansion] Jia Lian, son of a family

Chapter 78

Prince Situ Yuan's trip to the south of the Yangtze River would naturally not only stay in Jinling. Yangzhou, Gusu, and other cities where the main tax sources of the Daqing Dynasty were located had left his footprints.Among them, the longest time he stayed in Yangzhou was five days. His most beloved cousin, Mei Xiruo, followed Jia Lian out here, and Mei Xiruo was pregnant again, so there were many reasons for him to stay in Yangzhou.

Lin Ruhai was inconvenient, Jia Lian could receive Situ Yuan in Jia's mansion, but he, as Emperor Longxu's confidant, could not do so.Therefore, he only met with Yangzhou officials when Situ Yuan summoned them, and was treated equally by Situ Yuan and other officials.

After Situ Yuan left Jiangnan, Lin Ruhai learned of Situ Yuan's arrangement from Jia Lian.Lin Ruhai inevitably had his own ideas about this arrangement, but he was only an executor, and could only cooperate with Jia Lian's slow deployment in the south of the Yangtze River.

The crown prince wanted to completely regain Jiangnan without causing Jiangnan to retaliate. This is not so easy.Officialdom is chaotic, especially in Jiangnan.So many aristocratic families and students are entangled in it, one can imagine how difficult it is to clean it up and hold it in your hands.

The previous emperors of the Daqing Dynasty failed to do this.

Compared with several saints who ascended to the throne in their prime years in the Daqing Dynasty, Situ Yuan, who was only in his early twenties, was still an enterprising young man.Since you are young, you still have the capital to make mistakes.Lin Ruhai believed that it was impossible for Situ Yuan's actions to completely escape the eyes of Emperor Longxu. Since the sage chose to acquiesce, then he should try harder.

Lin Xu is still young, and the Lin family still needs to go further.

Jia Lian has been very busy, but no matter how busy he is, he will go home every day.Mei Xiruo's belly is getting bigger day by day, even if there are many maids and women in the family, and Mei Xiruo's housekeeper is also very skilled, he is still worried.

As early as when Mei Xiruo was four months pregnant, Jia Lian had already confirmed that she was carrying a baby boy. Although he occasionally felt a little regretful when thinking of the only daughter in his previous life, he really looked forward to the birth of this child more in his heart.This is his only son in two lifetimes.

Both Ronghou's Mansion and Cheng'en Gong's Mansion had already heard the news that Mei Xiruo was pregnant, and Mrs. Zhang and Mrs. Mei sent two large boats.If it weren't for the fact that both of them are wives who are in charge of the house and cannot leave, they might have to go south together together.After Jia Amnesty learned from Jia Lian's letter that he was going to have a grandson, he excitedly went directly to Rongqing Hall to burn incense for his ancestors.

In their previous life, their eldest family was unprecedented, but in this life, the eldest family can have such good fortune, it's really God's eyes!

Ronghou's mansion was happy for the arrival of the little master from top to bottom, but Erfang's side was not so happy when they heard the news.Mrs. Wang ordered Wang Xifeng to take care of the congratulatory gifts and send them to the south of the Yangtze River, and immediately fell ill in bed again.As for Jia Shishi, who has been bedridden all this time, his cloudy eyeballs kept rolling when he heard the news, but he still couldn't do anything in the end.

The old lady who can only say "ah", "oh" and "uh" is no longer the old lady who was in charge of the Rongguo Mansion in her previous life. In the face of illness, power and wealth did not make any difference to her.

Speaking of the second room, I have to mention the housekeeper.After Wang Xifeng married into Jia's mansion and returned to Ning, Mrs. Wang handed over some housekeeping affairs to her.At that time, because Jia Yuanchun was not yet married, Mrs. Wang still had the account book and the key to the warehouse, and Wang Xifeng only had the right card in his hand.

After Jia Yuanchun, the eldest daughter of the second room, got married, Mrs. Wang completely lost all her energy for marrying a strong woman, so she put aside all her self-cultivation.Since she didn't have the energy to intervene, Wang Xifeng naturally took care of the second room.However, before handing over the account books and keys to Wang Xifeng, Mrs. Wang still confessed that a sum of money in her officialdom was reserved for Jia Baoyu to marry a wife.

Although this coveted son did not bring her glory, but after all, she was born in October. Jia Zheng had already given up on this son, so she had to think more about him.

Jia Shishi was paralyzed by a stroke and could not raise Jia Baoyu, and Mrs. Wang was also in poor health after giving birth to him, so Jia Baoyu was always looked after by a nanny and a maid.Jia Yuanchun didn't get close to this brother because of taboos. Without the beautiful and virtuous elder sister to enlighten him, he only knew that the second master Bao, who ate the rouge on the lips of a beautiful maid, still doesn't know the "San Zi Jing".

The prudish and pedantic Jia Zheng naturally looked down on such a son.Besides, he also has an eldest son who is a Juren, and Jia Baoyu can't get into his eyes, but he just doesn't let him suffer from cold and starvation.Wang Ziteng still loves his niece Wang Xifeng very much, otherwise he wouldn't be able to spend so much effort on her marriage.

Jia Zhu is a Juren, and she is preparing for the next subject, Chun Wei, and she will become an official after being named on the gold list, so there is no need for the prince to spare her hands.Of course, even if he wanted to help, he couldn't help. As a military officer, he didn't have that much energy to manipulate the imperial examination.

So the result is that Jia Zheng finally returned to court after waiting for more than a year after Ding You ended.His official rank has no boundaries, but this time he is not in the Ministry of Industry but in the Ministry of Rites as Yuanwailang.Compared with the Ministry of Industry, which needs relatively superior professional ability, the Ministry of Rites is obviously more suitable for him, a pedantic old man who is obsessed with studying.

Compared with sitting on the bench in the Ministry of Industry and no one paid attention to it, although Jia Zheng was not a duck to water in the Ministry of Rites, he could at least communicate with his colleagues, and he was able to complete the tasks assigned by his superiors better.I believe that in this department, he will not move his position for more than 20 or [-] years like in his previous life. He doesn't have to think about the third rank, at least he still has hope for the fourth rank.

Jia Zheng became an official again and knew that Wang Ziteng was helping him because of Wang Xifeng, so he was naturally satisfied with what his daughter-in-law thought.He doesn't understand common affairs at all, it is easier for him to ask out customers after his wife is the housekeeper, and he completely falls for his wife.

Anyway, the wife is not in good health, so it is reasonable for the daughter-in-law to take care of the house.

Jia Zhu felt extremely guilty towards Wang Xifeng because of Fei Ming's matter, so naturally she did as she wanted.Although Wang Xifeng is illiterate, compared to the Fei Ming trained by Jia Shishi, she is full of extravagance. How can he be dissatisfied with such a woman who can just lay down in front of him and wash her hands to make soup.

Jia Zhu, who is familiar with the sage books, clearly distinguishes his wife from his concubine. His wife is his lifelong partner, but his concubine is just a plaything.Although he likes Fei Ming, it is only because she is gentle and considerate. Once he knows that these are just her masks, how can he continue to love her.

He would not dare to have such an aunt who wanted to poison the mistress and the child in the womb of the mistress, not to mention that Fei Ming was not the exact aunt.Without official documents, she is just Jia Zhu's liaison girl.

And after dismissing Fei Ming, Jia Zhu didn't want to put any more women in the room.His first priority now is to prepare for the spring in two years' time. Wang Xifeng is pregnant now. Doctor Wang said after taking the pulse that it is likely to be a boy. He already has a concubine and is still a son. He doesn't need to think about these issues for the time being.

Mrs. Wang was a little reluctant to hand over the power, and she was even more dissatisfied with such a result.She didn't feel anything when Fei Ming was kicked out of Jia Zhu's backyard. After all, she belonged to Jia Shi's family, and she didn't like it either.But without Fei Ming, Wang Xifeng was pregnant again, and she was very dissatisfied that she didn't add another person to Jia Zhu's room. How could she still dominate her husband after pregnancy!

Mrs. Wang doesn't think it's a problem for her to control Jia Zheng's backyard, but it's a big problem for her daughter-in-law to control her son's backyard.Compared with the unreliable Mrs. Jia Zhengwang, all her future hopes are pinned on Jia Zhu. If Jia Zhu just married a daughter-in-law and forgot her mother, who would she cry to?

But she is not in good health now, and all her former maids have been released, and the newly brought up Jin Chuan'er is too young to accompany Jia Zhu.It would be good if Zhou Rui's family was still with her, and she could help her to see if there was any suitable child in the house, but when Wang Xifeng took over the housework, he also borrowed Zhou Rui's family.

Mrs. Wang couldn't refuse Wang Xifeng's reason, so she could only send her confidant out.But now, she has no confidence that Zhou Rui's family is still loyal to her.She and Wang Xifeng came from the same Wang family, and compared to Jia Zheng and Jia Zhu, she had a better future. It was obvious who Wang Ziteng would choose between his sister and niece, and she also knew which side the Wang family's wife would fall to.

Mrs. Wang was very unwilling, but unfortunately there was nothing she could do other than being unwilling.The news of Meixiruo's pregnancy came at this time, and Mrs. Wang, who was complacent because Jia Zhu had a child first and finally won Jia Lian, turned pale.

Jia Lian of the eldest room is indeed becoming more and more annoying!

Jia Lian, who was far away in the south of the Yangtze River, didn't know, much less wanted to know, what Mrs. Wang was thinking. Anyway, he ordered the nuns around Mei Xiruo to lock all the things sent by the second room to the unused warehouse.Mrs. Wang can get poison/drugs like Thousand Day Drunken, so it would be bad if she got something bad on the gift she sent.

Whether it hurt Mei Xiruo or the fetus in her womb, it was not what Jia Lian wanted to see.

The weather is getting colder every day, and the new year is here.Jia Lian has long been used to celebrating festivals outside, but Mei Xiruo is not like him.Coupled with the fact that pregnant women are already more sentimental and have to prepare a lot of food for the New Year, her slightly plump cheeks due to pregnancy have become thinner like that.

This made Jia Lian very anxious, he didn't care what kind of man was not suitable for these things, so he forcefully took over these chores from Mei Xiruo.Of course, it is impossible for him to sit down in the flower hall every day and arrange affairs for those women in charge.

After spending some time in the officialdom, he directly explained these matters to Mei Xiruo's nanny and foster mother, and he only needed to listen to their reports every day.Jia Lian believes that they dare not do anything in it, and the future of their children is in his hands.

Freed from these chores, Mei Xiruo's mood slowly improved with Jia Lian deliberately taking time to accompany her, and flesh appeared on her face.Jia Lian, who was sorting out the gift list to be sent to the capital, looked at Mei Xiruo, who was sleeping soundly on the couch not far away, with a smile on her face from time to time, feeling very soft in her heart.

It's not easy for a woman to get pregnant.

Mei Xiruo's life during pregnancy deepened the relationship between the husband and wife, and at the same time made Jia Lian's admiration for Zhang Shi even more.

After the plum blossoms, spring comes, and apricot blossoms, peach blossoms, pear blossoms, and cherry blossoms come one after another.Jia Lian ruthlessly rejected Mei Xiruo's request to go out for an outing. She is now nearly eight months pregnant and not too far away from her due date, so how could she go to a crowded place.

As the pregnancy approached, both husband and wife were emotionally unstable. Mei Xiruo, who had been psychologically prepared, was calmer than Jia Lian.On the evening of the fifth day of May, the husband and wife drank realgar wine, and Mei Xiruo finally started.Hurriedly picked her up and sent her to the delivery room. Jia Lian, who was driven out by the midwife and waited outside, kept pacing back and forth in the yard.

In his previous life, his daughter was born on the seventh day of July, and in this life his son will be born on the fifth day of May... Compared to the seventh day of July, the fifth day of May is even worse.