The Concubine of the Red Chamber

Jia Zhou's family passed away, so Jia Daishan had to take care of Ding You, because after Jia Yan and Jia Yuan's generation of outstanding military exploits were granted the title of Rong Guogong, they moved from Jinling to the capital. The old lady was gone, so they had to be buried in Jinling's hometown Yes, Jia Daihua from the Ningguo Mansion next door specially arranged for his son Jia Jing to accompany Jia Daishan back to Jinling. The recent turmoil in the court has involved his family. Jia Jing is his second son. The eldest son was born smart, but died at the age of □. Jia Daihua has high expectations for this son and has always been very strict in discipline, so Jia Jing Although young, but knowledge is very good.

Jia Daishan, his wife and children, and even his eldest grandson Jia Hu, who was less than five months old, wanted to go together, but before leaving, because Jia Min suddenly caught a cold and coughed, Jia Shishi was afraid that his daughter would have an accident, so he wanted to say yes She will not go back with a few younger ones, but Jia Daishan has just lost his mother, so how can he agree?Shangzuo invited the imperial physician to accompany him, and then he and his family went back to Jinling for the funeral.It has only been two years since he was enthroned, and the power is tightly held, and the ambition is to be rewarded. If he does not let go of power, Jia Daishan understands the consequences, so he simply and honestly took off all the errands on his body. It is not that he does not feel sorry for his daughter, but now Do not allow yourself to feel bad.

"Master is really a ruthless person." Jia Shishi hugged her daughter, full of displeasure, she did not believe what Jia Daishan said, the Rongguo Duke's mansion has the sacred heart in its hands, and it has the merits of being a dragon in today's world. It will not be this time to kill the donkey.

If it was in the past, Jia Dai Shanxu would have had a good analysis with his wife, but now their husband-wife friendship has long been exhausted, especially the two pregnant concubines in the backyard, especially the little Chen who he cares about now. The matter of the miscarriage made him really dissatisfied with Jia Shishi, he pretended not to hear Jia Shishi's complaints, and specially arranged for his confidant to stay in Beijing to take care of the two concubines who were pregnant, Jia Shishi was angry at Jia Daishan He even lost his good looks.

After so many years of rebirth, Jia Lan has never been out of Rongguo Mansion. Because of her status as a concubine, she has never even been to Ningguo Mansion next door. The first time she went out, she went to Jinling. There is not much joy in the confusion of the road ahead.

In fact, Jia Lan seldom gets along with her sisters. Whether it is the married eldest sister Jia Mo or the unmarried Jia Ting, they don't live together, they just say hello when they say hello, and Jia Zhou's original love for this The two granddaughters didn't care too much, they just asked to be greeted once a month.This time when I went back, I was arranged to be in the same carriage as Jia Ting. Jia Lan watched the second sister carefully. Jia Lan found that she had changed a lot after she got married. The flamboyance and wantonness that came out are gone, and now the eyes are full of gloomyness.

"What are you looking at? The old lady is gone, you will only be worse than me in the future!" Jia Ting looked at Jia Lan, and suddenly felt a lot more comfortable. His wife is vicious, but at least he still has his aunt to help plan. Father is also very dissatisfied with that person now, the matter is not absolutely absolute, as long as the marriage is withdrawn according to what my aunt thinks, father will definitely not let his aunt spoil him at will, isn't the elder sister's in-law's family very good?Besides, the aunt asked the foster aunt to resign from the two gentlemen under the pretext of keeping filial piety. Isn't it left by the father to support her?And seeing Jia Lan, who was worse than her, made Jia Ting regain some confidence. Thinking that he would not be completely desperate, Jia Ting's face softened a lot, and he suddenly felt a little bit hopeful.

To be honest, Jia Ting is not yet 12 years old, she is still a child at all. Jia Lan didn't know why she suddenly felt better, so she said obediently: "My sister looks so pretty when she smiles."

Jia Ting glared at Jia Lan when she heard the words, and saw her round body and innocent face. She pursed her lips and said in a low voice, "Who laughed? You want me to be punished, right?"

Jia Lan also knew that laughing was not allowed on the way to send the spirit, so it was fine in private, but if Jia Shishi found out, the only one who would be unlucky was herself, she thought she didn't like herself.So she lowered her head and closed her eyes and didn't say anything anymore. Now she was a little worried about what she should use to raise her little plum tree. If you water her, she won't grow up, and if she doesn't grow up, she won't bear plums.Looking at all the private houses she placed next to the plum tree, she feels at ease.Although the plum tree is very delicate and tasteless, it is not useless. At least because of its existence, Jia Lan has basically never really suffered from any illness in these years, only occasionally pretending to be sick.

The 2 taels of silver bills given by the old lady, the eight sets of face masks successively given, and the 93 taels of gold and more than 300 taels of silver that I had saved in the past few years... It is also fortunate that the old lady only gave it to me and my confidant Huier, otherwise I guess I can't keep it, my wife gave Cui Niang to help me manage the finances in my house, so Jia Shishi knows her finances clearly.The monthly routine of two taels of silver per month, when Jia She got married and gave birth to a child, Jia Mo got married, and birthday gifts, etc., were all made up for her by the old lady. With the old lady, she didn't have to worry about eating and drinking, and didn't spend much money, but occasionally The rewards were given by Chen's mother for herself, and the monthly money was basically saved.In addition, Mother Chen also hid a few boxes of jewelry, which were left by her biological mother, and seemed to have some silver notes, but she was very cautious, but she didn't reveal anything.

"The Three Caves of the Cunning Rabbit, my ancestors told me, I know. The ancestors also said that you can't be smarter or prettier than your fourth sister. My mother understands it." Three-year-old Jia Min is already very smart, and even started to enlighten her. But Jia Lan had no one to teach him. It was originally agreed that he would learn from the master in the mansion when he was six years old, but Jia Lan, who was simple and honest, could not hide it from everyone, so when Chen's mother said she would help When she was hiding something, she directly refused.There are some things that need to be explained to Chen's mother, and she needs to cover for herself.

Mother Chen couldn't help laughing at her little lady's frightened look. Mother Chen was very relieved that her little lady was born with precocious intelligence. Since then, she never said anything about helping her hide things.Jia Lan is actually very grateful to Mother Chen. After all, her loyalty to herself makes it difficult for her to take care of her family and children. Jia Lan once thought about asking the old lady to arrange some good errands for Chen’s mother-in-law’s family. But it was stopped by Chen's mother, she said it was very good.It was only later that Jia Lan found out that when Zhou Qing was favored, the Chen family begged Mother Chen to marry her, but after Zhou Qing died, the Chen family did not treat her as well as before. Later, she knew in private that if the Chen family hadn't been incapable, the biggest family member The income is just one or two taels of silver per month for Chen’s mother, and the situation will only get worse, but this incident also made Jia Lan stop helping them. He just reminded Chen’s mother to keep in touch with her son, and don’t let him learn from it. .Fortunately, the Chen family lives in the servant's room of the Jia family, and Mother Chen can accompany her son every night when she goes home.

Chen's mother is not a very independent person, she is just stupid and loyal. Now that Jia Lan has given her an idea, she will follow suit.Hui'er is a girl that Zhou Qing accidentally rescued on the way to Jia's house. She was betrayed by her stepmother, and the deed of sale was in Jia Lan's hands, so she was very loyal.In addition, after Jia Lan knelt down and begged the old lady to find a good marriage for herself, she became the center of attention. As for the other three, although there is nothing wrong with it, Jia Lan does not intend to trust her completely. The Zhou family gave themselves their deed of sale, but they did not go to the government to transfer their ownership, so they are still members of the Jia family in name, and because they are not young, the marriage will not be up to them.Jia Lan wanted to see more about the future.

Because Jia Min is not in good health, Jia Shishi is in a bad mood, so seeing the healthy Jia Lan naturally has a bad face. Now that there is no mother-in-law who is pressing her down and protecting this little hoof, Jia Shishi doesn't care at all. Jia Lan saw it in his eyes, in keeping his filial piety, although meat, fishy and greasy food is forbidden, the master is like this, and the servants are naturally like this.But because of the child, it's not too strict. Whether it's Jia Min or Jia Hu's nanny, they have meat to eat, but...

Jia Lan looked at the porridge and vegetables that Huier had brought over, pursed her lips, and ate without saying anything, are you filial piety?What a reason!Jia's food has always been good. According to legend, she has eaten more than a dozen ducks with eggplant. She has also eaten blood swallow donkey-hide gelatin. She used to follow the old lady and did not suffer any grievances, but now... I guess she can only maintain it. Be starved to death!To be honest, the taste of the green vegetables is not bad, and the quantity is quite large. After all, Jia's family is the government of the state, even the hot green vegetables are made very carefully, but it is a bit difficult to change from extravagance to simplicity!

"Miss..." Hui'er was about to cry. Miss didn't eat as good as him. She really wanted to bring her food over, but the servants ate together, and she and Mother Chen were watched all the time. There is no way, this porridge is so clear that people can be seen, how can the young lady stand it?

"Don't cry!" Jia Lan took out a small piece of snack from her purse and stuffed it into Hui'er's mouth, and said softly, "It's not good for others to see, I won't be hungry." Before the first seven days, she found that During the filial piety period, I don't want to eat well, and I also understand that the days to come must be stepped up and lived carefully, so I asked Chen's mother to buy a lot of snacks and snacks in advance, and the half square meter of space except the plum tree The small place I arrived was full, and some were shared with the people around me, and the rest were packed in small boxes and put at the bottom of the clothes box.Fortunately, Hui Er was in charge of the suitcase, and she was her confidant, so she thought that Jia Lan only ate a piece because she was really hungry.Chen's mother bought a variety of dim sum with a variety of flavors, and the taste was not bad.The most important thing is because Jia Daishan and Jia She and his son are sincerely sad for Jia Zhou's death. Although Jia Shishi is suspected of being unfavorable as a housekeeper, he will never be left behind.

Hui'er inadvertently put a piece of snack in her mouth, but tears flowed out in a flash, looking at her young lady distressedly, trembling all over in sadness.