The Concubine of the Red Chamber

The matter of Zhen Xianya's miscarriage was just as Jia Lan thought, even though the virtuous concubine decisively dealt with the palace servants who served Zhen Xianya by her pillow, and the beautiful girl who pushed Zhen Xianya away, Emperor Longchang silenced him in time.But the matter was known to many people, that Xiu Nu did not enter the palace innocently, the concubine couldn't help gloating when she looked at Concubine Xian for a while.Jia Lan even heard Niu Jihong complain about the Zhen family's upbringing.

"If I were Sister Niu, I would never say such a thing." Wu Wanjun was not optimistic about Niu Jihong's behavior. Now that the marriage has been settled and she is the daughter-in-law of the Zhen family, she complains behind her back about the upbringing of the Zhen family. Can the past be better?

Jia Lan said softly: "Sister Niu is just talking about it in private, she still has a lot of protection in front of people." Niu Jihong is not a fool, but he complained privately twice, and never heard of it again.But the Zhen family can't blame anyone for doing such a thing.Originally, the Zhen family background was insufficient, but now it is even more...

Concubine Xian saw that things had met her expectations, and after secretly tampering with Zhen Xianya's body-replenishing medicine, she sent a letter to Zhen's family, expressing her many complaints to Mrs. Zhen, and some to her father. Knowing his grievances and current situation, he even cried several times in front of Emperor Longchang.However, someone found a reason to arrest the person who sent the message to scare others, and finally, when he greeted the queen directly, he said that Zhen Xianya was just a child, but she was so corrupted by a newcomer, which damaged the reputation of the Zhen family, begging the queen call the shots.How could Empress Xu not understand what was going on, but Emperor Longchang was the girl in charge of Zhen's family, so she knew without guessing, so she could only follow the concubine Xian's wishes and help Zhen Xianya clean up.

Emperor Longchang knew that when the concubine Xian sent Bizi soup to Zhen Xianya, now such a result made him look a little ugly, and he was a little angry for a while. The noble concubine who was originally expected to be the third rank directly became the fifth rank the concubine.

Although the matter has passed, it was nothing more than a romantic affair for the emperor, and for Concubine Yu Xian, she became a good sister who was betrayed by her sister but still protected her, and for this she won the emperor's pity, but for Zhen Xianya, it was just a matter of love. It was an endless blow. Not only did she have to face the accusations from the concubine Xian, but she also had to face the different eyes of all the women in the palace. Even the emperor felt that she was scheming.

When the Zhen family sisters made such a fuss, Jia Lanquan had to watch the show, and at the same time, she also had a better understanding of the struggle between women in this era.After the draft was over, Emperor Longchang proposed marriages to his second son, third son, fourth son and fifth son, and brought more than a dozen beauties into the harem, and then proposed marriages to the nobles of the clan who were about the same age and had no engagements.The electives have ended, and there will be a wave of peak marriages next.Jia Lan took the opportunity to open her own rouge shop.

Shen Dacheng was quite capable, and the rouge maker he hired was also quite capable, and he asked him to go to the south of the Yangtze River with Liu Mama's adopted son to buy a lot of fresh and unique goods. Jia Lan didn't know much about the current shop, so he mentioned two After the two opinions were not suitable, I didn't intervene more, but I chose an easy-to-understand name for the rouge shop, Xiangbaozhai.

In addition to making money, Jia Lan opened Xiangbaozhai to buy some lead-free cosmetics for herself. It is impossible for her to not wear makeup all her life, and naturally it is impossible to use it knowing that it is not good.Self-made is good, but she needs a lot of materials, she is not suitable for making it now, although there are many things that know the recipe, but the required materials may not be available now.Therefore, many ideas need the help of professionals, so opening a rouge shop by yourself is the best choice.

When Xiangbaozhai first opened, Jia Lan proposed a [-]% discount for the first three days. Jiangnan’s rouge and gouache are already in short supply, and the [-]% discount is already much cheaper. In addition, there are exquisite head flowers to give away. It is said that the business is not bad, only three days Afterwards, there were quite a few people who bought it, and they couldn't help but make a lot of money instead of accompanying them. Jia Lan saw that there was no loss, so he didn't pay attention to it for the time being.

A few days after the rouge shop opened, it was the day when Jia Zheng got married. Jia Daishan took a three-day leave for Jia Lan to go back. Only then did Jia Lan discover that Jia Zheng did not get married in Rongxi Hall, but behind the wing of Rongxi Hall. In an independent small courtyard on the side, Jia Lan once speculated when visiting the Rongguo Mansion that it should be the residence of Jia Lian and his wife in the future.The courtyard is not big, at least twice as small as the courtyard of Jia She and his wife, but it is the closest to the Rongxi Hall of Jia Daishan and his wife.

"Originally, the second elder brother got married in Rongxi Hall, but Madam Liu was unruly, which made the second elder brother's career unfavorable, so the wife chose this place herself." Jia Shishi also begged because she saw Shen Nanny next to Jia Lan. Princess Annan also found a nanny in the palace to serve Jia Min. Counting the nanny who taught Jia Min the rules, three of the four nanny around Jia Min are from the palace. It's very standard, better than the companions in the palace.

After hearing this, Jia Lan laughed and said, "My wife also thinks that my second elder brother will take the imperial examination next year, but I can't let that person get caught." Jia Zheng's name was reported in front of Emperor Longchang, so there is no problem in taking the imperial examination.

Jia Min just smiled and said nothing, the wife is a good one, so is the one she gave to Liu Nanny, who originally came from a scholarly family, if not for Liu Nanny, the master and wife would never have thought that the second brother's name would affect his nephew's career in the future.For this reason, the master also specifically asked the Holy Master, saying that he was not thinking well, and he would give more good words to the second brother in front of the Holy Master, and also asked the Holy Master to give the second brother the word of "Cun Zhou". It will affect the career of the future nephew.Because of this, the wife was worried for a while, so she asked her to learn more from Nanny Liu.But such a good wife, the master just likes those enchanting and charming girls, it's really chilling!Thinking of Jia Shishi who was weeping every day in Rongxi Hall, Jia Min's mood suddenly became bad, and he didn't bother to say anything to Jia Lan, so he left.

After Jia Lan waited for Jia Min to leave, he found out that Jia Daishan had had a big fight with Jia Shishi's family a few days ago, and even almost fought. These days, the housekeeper has all been in Zhang's hands.

Ever since Jia Zheng received the letter from the Holy Majesty, he was in a good mood, even though he lived in a small courtyard and got married, he didn't feel unhappy at the beginning, on the contrary, it was just as it should be.Seeing that his son was so transparent and in a good mood, Jia Daishan privately gave him [-] taels of private money as compensation.But at this moment, Jia Shishi did something that disappointed Jia Daishan in her.

"If it wasn't for Hu'er, I wouldn't be so kind to mention something." After Jia Zheng changed the small courtyard, Jia Daishan and his wife always felt that they treated their youngest son badly, so Zhang knew about it, but now she and Jia She The family background is rich, and I don't care about it. It is Zhang's way to mention Jia Zheng's name.But seeing that Jia Zheng was not only dissatisfied, but also looked upright in front of Jia She, and reprimanded Jia Hu, Zhang couldn't help feeling annoyed.Therefore, he directly told Xiao Chen about Jia Shishi's assassination of Xiao Chen.

Now even if he loves his youngest son no matter how much he loves, for the sake of his son's future, Jia Shishi dare not do too much.Although I feel that these rules are too unreasonable, I still have to abide by them honestly, and I feel even more aggrieved, but I want to torment the eldest daughter-in-law.However, Mrs. Zhang had been on guard for a long time, and she was dissatisfied with Jia Zheng to the extreme, so she let Mrs. Chen, who died just after giving birth, make a scene in front of Jia Daishan.

Xiao Chen has already lost her second child, needless to say, she already hated Jia Shishi, she was good-looking, Jia Daishan pityed her even more after she begged for death with tears in her eyes. Knowing that Jia Shishi can't be defeated, but he is really not reconciled, after Mi and Liu's instigation, he insisted on not saying a word about Jia Shishi, but he killed him because everyone gave him the medicine.

In recent years, Jia Shishi has not done it once or twice, Jia Daishan's patience has reached the extreme, he can tolerate Jia Shishi once or twice, but now he is not willing to endure it anymore, knowing what Xiao Chen said. It's true, and with the evidence provided by Mrs. Zhang secretly, and I didn't want to investigate other things about Mrs. Jia to disgust me, so I didn't even say hello, so I beat everyone Lai half to death, and her husband Lai only stayed close to him. clothes were thrown out together.Then Jia Shishi was severely reprimanded, and the housekeeper was directly handed over to Zhang Shi, including Jia Zheng's marriage.Even after deciding to marry Jia Zheng, he sent Jia Zheng and his wife to Jinling to prepare for the exam, and took Xiao Chen and Mi to live in Lixiangyuan.

Seeing that Mrs. Zhang looked more radiant than before, Jia Lan understood it in her heart, but she did not have the right to do so. She paid her respects to Mrs. Jia as usual, and gave Jia Zheng the fan overshoes and socks embroidered by Huier for her as a congratulatory gift. .

"Nowadays, my younger sister has been blessed by heaven, and she is a humble student accompanying the princess. She must be cautious in her words and deeds, work diligently, be diligent and respectful to serve the princess, so that she can live up to the sage's considerate father's kindness, remember it!" Jia Zheng My impression of this younger sister is mediocre, and I always reprimanded Jia Lan if I didn't see it, and it's no different this time.He didn't even look at the congratulatory gift Jia Lan sent over, and only said solemnly to Jia Lan.

Jia Lan rolled her eyes silently in her heart, only felt that Jia Zheng was worthy of being prudish, but she still said obediently on her face: "What brother said is true!"

Seeing Jia Lan being so respectful, Jia Zheng felt a little satisfied, and continued to educate Jia Lan on the need to attack men and women in the palace, and finally asked Jia Lan to serve Jia Shishi.

After Jia Lan bid farewell to Jia Zheng, she suddenly felt relieved. She had no sympathy for Jia Zheng who was about to marry a wife she didn't like. Unable to read and write, although Jia Zheng was satisfied with the appearance of the Wang family daughter, he was not very reconciled.A large part of the reason why Jia Lan has been close to Jia Shezhang over the years is that she thinks she can never get along with Jia Zheng.

Amidst the din of gongs and drums, Jia Lan, Jia Min, and Jia Mo, who went back to her natal home, listened to the commotion outside and greeted the female relatives who came and went. Jia Ting saw Jia Lan sitting on the side, and most of the female relatives were beside Jia Min. , walked over and said with a smile: "Is the third sister doing well in the palace?"

Jia Lan saw that she was now covered in brocade, she was dressed in jewels, and her expression was extremely flamboyant. It was obvious that her life was going smoothly, so she hurriedly helped her sit down and said, "I don't know how to reply to my sister's words, but my sister looked at her." But it went very smoothly.”

"After all, he stayed in the palace, and his mouth is sweet." Jia Ting covered his mouth with a handkerchief and smiled, then untied a purse from his waist and handed it to Jia Lan with a smile: "Your reward."