Baoyu Fights the Red Chamber

Sister Feng and his wife had a secret conversation in the confinement room, and Baoyu accompanied Zhao Mama to chat in the living room of the upper room.

Zhao Mama sighed and said that Sister Feng has a strong temper, she can't move her place during the confinement period, and she insisted on changing rooms to see Lian Er, and she couldn't persuade her no matter what.Ping'er was in a hurry and ordered someone to invite her. When she arrived, the imperial physician was already asking for her pulse.After thinking about it, she felt that she still had to ask Second Master Lian to go home to persuade Second Mistress, where did the husband and wife get their overnight feud?

Baoyu thinks that this can only be half believed. Lian Er and Sister Feng had been arguing for half a year, and Zhao Nanny, who lives in the back street of Rongfu, knew about it?Of course it's not her fault, how can a servant who has returned home to take care of his master be in charge of his master's affairs?

He also didn't intend to ask about Lian Er's housework, and instead talked about the Zhen family. Zhao Nanny used to be a slave of the Zhen family.

Mother Zhao said with a smile: "At that time, I haven't left my head yet. Our Jia family supervises the construction of sea boats and repairs of sea ponds in Yangzhou, Gusu. Mrs. Zhen's wife picked us a group of little girls and sent them to serve our old lady. I remember that the Tai~Zu~ Emperor imitated Shun's tour, and our house was only going to receive congratulations once, and the silver flowers were like sea water! Speaking of..."

"Speaking of it" are all old things, according to Zhao Mama, no one has the money to buy that false excitement, "it's just using the money of the emperor's family to use on the emperor."

Baoyu frowned slightly, could it be that Rongfu owed money back then?At that time, 32 taels was indeed an astonishing number.

In the Prince's Mansion of Beijing County, he couldn't help but hear many praises of the Tai~Zu~Emperor. He was a bold warrior, and he was very generous to the younger brothers who followed him to conquer the world. He liked to visit the younger brothers' homes the most. Every time I went there, the money in the family "turned into mud", and a group of nouveau riche who had turned themselves into masters indulged in alcohol and revelry.

He estimated that most of the money owed by the martial arts was spilled by the Tai~zu~huang, so Jiamu Jiashe thought that there was no need to pay it back.But at that time, the country has been established, and the national system will be established accordingly. Tai~zu~huang asked you to go to the treasury to collect money, so you have to make an IOU.Tai~zu~huang's descendants look at the IOUs, and they are speaking on the basis of the IOUs. Not counting interest, it is "the emperor's grace".

During the conversation, the Wang family was involved again. Mother Zhao mentioned that Sister Feng's great-grandfather (that is, the county uncle in charge of the rich capital Taiwei) was in charge of the tribute and congratulations from the subordinate countries. There is no white jade bed, and the Dragon King has come to invite the King of Jinling."Later, Sister Feng's grandfather (that is, the second generation ancestor of the prodigal family) took over the position and became "everyone who comes from a foreigner will be supported by the Wang family".Fortunately, the second ancestor's health was not good, and he died not long after working.Probably what the second generation ancestor did was too absurd. Sister Feng's father, Wang Zisheng, failed to take up this post, and worked hard in the army with his second brother, Wang Ziteng.

Baoyu guessed that the Wang family, as a lord, should also have debts from the public, and most of them were repaid by the second ancestor. There are three evidences: First, Mrs. Wang knew that there were "debts from the public", but she didn't know how much the Jia family borrowed. Obviously she did not marry into the Jia family. I only found out later.Moreover, Mrs. Wang took the initiative to think that the debt should be repaid, and it should be repaid by the Wang family.The second is that the official careers of the Wang brothers are not going well. If it weren't for the repayment of debts that "don't have to be repaid" and stumbled others, it wouldn't be so.The third is that the royal family reuses the Wang brothers, and no amount of memorials can defeat them.In particular, only Wang Ziteng was left to be reused all the way. It is one thing for him to be talented. To paraphrase Jia Mu's words, "The emperor doesn't need you, so what if he is full of knowledge."

After talking for about half an hour, Jia Lian returned to the living room with a very gloomy expression. He only nodded to Mammy Zhao and ran away with Baoyu.

Zhao Momo sighed, she originally thought that there would be a concubine in the family, so she had to be extravagant, and wanted to ask Second Master Lian to support her two sons, but she couldn't make a sound.Forget it, when the second mistress is out of confinement, she will be the housekeeper again, where can't she find a few fat jobs?

Lian Er and Baoyu on the other side went out silently, but they heard cheers of joy in the wind and snow.Walking around the shadow wall, I saw a group of servants hanging lamps on the corner corridor of Rongqing Hall.As far as Baoxia, the lanterns here have been hung up.

Qingwen, who was guarding outside, reported: "The master ordered it to hang up. The master ordered the steward to go out and buy a lot of new lighting. Except for Lian's second grandma, don't worry about it. The lights have been put on everywhere else."

Baoyu smiled wryly, gave a few instructions, and went straight back to the east room where she lived.

None of the servants were ignorant, and the two masters obviously looked wrong, and no one dared to smile.Xi Ren and Xiao Hong, who were on duty, didn't even step forward to help the two masters remove their big clothes, which was done by their own servants.Since Lian Er likes to come and live in the building, as long as he is there, Baoyu doesn't need maids for personal affairs.

Lian Er dragged Baoyu into his room, lay down on the couch with him, closed his eyes and said, "I knew it was nothing to tell her! I asked her, "Brother Jiang is going out to receive the order. It's a kindness." ?', she actually said, "How would the Holy Majesty know that Rongfu just had a new baby? Uncle Guo, your Jia family has only become relatives of the emperor today!" He also said that the father 'leaved the courage in the mother's womb and didn't bring it out'!"

Baoyu pushed him down: "That's right, don't act like you're dying. Get up quickly, wash your face, soak your feet, and go to bed. I'm going to take a nap too. It's the Lantern Festival. I'm afraid there may be something tonight." Gotta mess around."

Lian Er propped himself up to get off the kang, without calling servants, poured hot water by himself, and complained: "One and two are in a hurry to seek death! I want to think about paying back the imperial silver to be safe. Look, you still haven't paid back a yard." If you don’t toss until your family is ruined, you will not give up!”

Baoyu was in a bad mood and lazy to go back to her room, washed it casually, called the servant to pour out the dirty water, and slept on the same bed with Lian Er.

The heated kang is very big, and the brothers and sisters in difficulty each hold a warm quilt and sleep at one end.A certain soul enters the five-colored stone space, opens its mouth and calls, "I'm giving up! Lian's two bastards actually tell the truth! Rongfu just won't stop until it's gone!"

Wucaishi smiled and said: "You have realized it! If you are rich, you are not benevolent; if you are poor, you are extremely vicious. You have already left a way out, so there is no need to panic. Then go out for a walk together and see the world."

You don't care what Baoyu Xin said, a stone comes and goes, I really became an ancient grassroots, no, an ancient refugee, so I have to suffer.Lian Er has learned how to bow and horse, so far I can only ride a docile pony. Next, I have to ask Uncle Jiao, the short-legged man, to give me a special training!

A certain person snored after making up his mind. Unfortunately, Jia She was too excited and ordered to set off firecrackers before it got dark.

But hearing the sound of firecrackers from far and near, the brothers and sisters in trouble couldn't sleep anymore, they sat up and stared at each other with big eyes.

Just at this time, Jia Congxing came running headlong. Seeing that the servant's expression was not right, he hurriedly suppressed his joy, and when he entered the room, he lowered his head and spoke solemnly: "Second Brother, Second Brother Bao, there is a little Huang in the palace." The door (that is, the little eunuch), said that the virtuous concubine left the old lady, the eldest wife, and the second wife to watch the lanterns in the palace. The other empress sent a lantern riddle for us to guess together. The elder ordered me to ask the second brother if he could get up. If you can, go together; if you can't, take Second Brother Bao, and I will keep this piece to take care of Second Brother."

Lian Er looked at Baoyu sideways: "What a fortune teller! Such a kindness, even the little ones will crawl!"

Freshen up and dress up, and leave the building.Parked outside was an eight-horse BMW carriage with glazed lanterns, and a group of healthy servants held up snow umbrellas for the horses.There are also many healthy servants on the road clearing the snow at any time, each of them is full of enthusiasm, which shows that the rewards are so generous.

Now that Lian Er has sharp eyes, he said as soon as he got in the car: "Don't say you two white men, I, a fifth-rank fellow acquaintance, can't ride in this kind of carriage. Don't think that you are fine at home, and people will spread the word if you talk too much. Hmph, full of eyes It looks like it's overreaching..."

Jia Cong lowered his head and did not dare to make a sound, Baoyu interrupted: "The old man can sit, this is the old man using his carriage to pick up his nephew. Good second brother, Shangyuan Festival, don't say unlucky words, I am not good Set it on fire today."

On the day Daiyu returned to Beijing, Lian Er thought about the danger of being beaten violently by the elder. Didn't Baoyu order the servant to set the fire in the stable, whether she could save her life or not, she snorted heavily and stopped talking.

The car arrived at the East Courtyard—note, the Grand Master ordered that his area is no longer called "General's Mansion" but "East Courtyard".Didn't you see Rong Mansion open the main gate?With the glory of the empress shrouded in glory, why does Rongfu need to be split into two places?

The three of them got out of the carriage, but they saw that everyone in the East Courtyard was excited and enthusiastic, all of them looked terrified, chattering and laughing endlessly.

Walking to the banquet, chirping, what is filial piety, Jia Zhen, Jia Rong, Jia Qiang, etc. were all present, but Qin Zhong didn't come, saying, "Father is filial."Baoyu nodded secretly, took the orchid buns that came rushing over, and exchanged greetings with various people.That Jia Cong followed Jia Lian who was "inconvenient to walk", and he didn't dare to show any joy on his face, so he was stared at by Master Xi.

The little yellow gate stands in the middle of the banquet, and the lantern riddles have not yet been opened, waiting for the second master Bao to arrive.

It was a white gauze lamp with flat head and four corners, covered with light gauze. "White" is originally unlucky, except for lantern riddles, all lantern riddles use this kind of white gauze lantern, the candles inside are lit, and the golden light shines, which is very auspicious.

Now the little eunuch lit up the lantern riddles himself, and said with a smile: "The empress said: All the young masters and young ladies have guessed it, don't say it, write each on a piece of paper, and seal them into the palace together, the empress will check for herself."

So Yuanchun's peers and juniors looked forward one by one to look at the lamp, and Baoyu was the younger brother of the Xiande Concubine, so he was the first to look at it.On the white gauze lamp is the first seven-character quatrain: "It can make the demon's guts shattered, and the body is like a bundle of silk, and the energy is like thunder. One sound makes people frightened, and when they look back at the Prime Minister, they have turned to ashes."

Baoyu thought about it, this ominous lantern riddle poem in the original book came out ahead of schedule!It seems that the time left for myself may really only be one year!

After watching the men's seats, the little eunuch went to the women's seats with lantern riddles.The servants hold pens and ink, and serve the young men to write answers.Baoyu caught sight of Jia Huan frowning and thinking hard, remembering that in the original book he and Yingchun didn't guess right, but Yingchun didn't take it seriously, but he was depressed, and couldn't help the Holy Father, and said with a smile: "Third brother, everything in the world is normal, Don't overthink it."

Jia Huan responded and didn't take it to heart. When he picked up the pen, he suddenly woke up and wrote "Battle of Firecrackers".At first he thought it was impossible for the empress to come up with such a simple riddle, but he didn't think it was too deep, Baoyu might not be able to guess it right, wouldn't it be a disappointment?

For a while, the little eunuch went away with the answer and a generous cup of tea, and Jia Amnesty yelled for a new banquet.

The silk orchestra sounded, and all the guests congratulated and laughed again.Someone mentioned that before the seal of the Great Dynasty (the Chinese New Year official holiday), Lin Ruhai was posthumously named "Marquis of Zhongqin" by the Holy Master, and his heir Lin Guang also received the gift of "Born as a scholar and supervised by the Imperial College" by the Holy Master. Then you can go to the Juren examination, get married with the daughter of Zhong Jinghou's subordinates, maybe there will be a double happiness - when the bridal chamber wedding night gold list title!

Everyone laughed, with disdain on their faces: What about the five generations of the Lin family?When it came to Lin Guangcheng's bare board, all the family wealth accumulated by five generations of high-ranking officials was donated, and he didn't even get the last "baron", only a scholar!That kid was originally a child, and after another exam, he became a scholar.As for the "Guozijian Supervising Students", there are a lot of people here who have passed the Guozijian, and the situation in it is very clear: it is divided into two colleges: the student and the examiner. Life, how can there be a teacher to give serious instructions.Therefore, what Lin Xing got was just a false name, and it didn't benefit at all.

Everyone was talking and laughing, but Mr. Zheng was a little restless, not because these guys were suspected of slandering the saints, they didn't have the guts, and it was only Lin Xing who laughed.He remembered that his son-in-law was going to take the college entrance examination this year, but he never took care of it!

Baoyu was at the next table, seeing Jia Zheng's expressions, and thought sadly: Or go to the exam for a scholar?This is probably the only and last consolation I can give to my fake father.

However, as the night fell, the colorful lanterns became more and more colorful, and the theater troupe performed on the stage, pushing the night banquet to a climax.

The former little eunuch came again in the night mist, and Xuankou said that except for the second lady (Yingchun), everyone else had guessed right.Afterwards, the concubine's rewards were presented to those who guessed right, nothing more than a pen holder and a tea whisk, etc., but this is a palace thing, which can be shown off to others, and everyone smiles.

After the little eunuch left, Lian Er was exhausted.Master Xi nodded: "Go and rest, your side is also close to the old lady's yard, don't rush to sleep, tell the old lady and the others that you are tired before going to bed."

It's still the same carriage as when they came, only this time the passengers are missing Jia Cong, Lian Er and Baoyu.Lian Er whispered: "Look at the lantern riddles, the firecrackers that disperse as soon as they go off, do you think your mother..."

Baoyu hurriedly stretched out his hand to cover his mouth, needless to say, Yuan Chun is a talented woman, and it is a pity that such a lantern riddle sent during the Shangyuan Festival has something to say, but few people can understand it.In the original book, Jia Zheng was the only one who felt that something was wrong. After tossing and turning and insomnia for a night, he still lived with his eyes closed afterwards. I have to sigh that Master Zheng has a strong nerve.

The author has something to say: Lian Er: Dear, I think it would be better if we don't know what to do!