The Concubine of the Red Chamber

"Then why did you ask us to enter the palace?" Jun Zexuan didn't have a good impression of this fourth brother. Now that the mourning hall has not yet opened, is there anyone in charge? Entering the palace, what is the matter?

"The fourth prince was fine last night and was rewarded by the emperor, but the servant was woken up at night and found out that the fourth prince had gone. Concubine An Guifei passed out at that time, and the emperor also vomited blood in a hurry." Jia Lan asked for a while People, I only heard that they went suddenly, and there was no recruitment at all, but the nobleman who served the bed last night was blamed by the queen and was imprisoned.

The emperor was ill, so Jun Zexuan naturally wanted to go and have a look, and Jia Lan could only join the concubines.The matter of the mourning hall was still built by the prince.The atmosphere in the entire palace was extremely weird.

"I thought I'd pack it up and hold the housewarming banquet in two days. Who would have thought of such a thing?" The third concubine sat with Jia Lan, frowning and sighing.

Jia Lan glanced at her, but said nothing.The fourth prince is not sick or in disaster, and apparently died for no apparent reason, so what kind of housewarming banquet is there, according to Concubine An's temperament, she will tear you apart at that time.

"The eighth sibling's birthday will be coming soon, right?" Seeing that Jia Lan hadn't spoken, the third concubine turned her head and asked her.

Then Jia Lan hurriedly replied: "December 26 is the official day."

"That's a pity. It's only been three days. I heard that the red plum grove in your mansion is very beautiful. I thought I'd go and have a look at it when you celebrate your birthday!" The third concubine shook her head regretfully, He smiled and said: "It's not the birthday, and the eighth siblings don't mind if I go shopping."

"Third sister-in-law wants to come, I'm sure I welcome it, but it's impossible to appreciate the plums. Most of the plum trees are too small, and up to now there are only a few scattered flowers. If you want to appreciate the plums, you have to wait a long time." Two or three years." Jia Lan hurriedly explained.

The third concubine said with some regret: "That's it! Since the eighth younger siblings don't welcome me, then treat it as if I didn't say anything."

Hearing this, Jia Lan looked at her even more curiously, why is this person more difficult than the Second Prince and Concubine?

"What's wrong with the third brother and sister, I just heard that the eighth brother and sister said 'definitely welcome', how come you say that they are not welcome, the eighth brother and sister are young, don't bully him." The princess suddenly opened the mouth.I thought to myself that the third concubine didn't even look at what time it was, and she was the only one there babbling, looking for trouble for nothing, it was really annoying.

The third concubine was choked by the crown princess, and said that I was just kidding with the eighth sibling, so she didn't say any more.

Two hours after Jia Lan entered the palace, I heard that after the emperor woke up, he ordered the fourth prince to be the king of Chenjun.

"It was Concubine Zhen Gui who served the bed last night, not Chen Guiren. Chen Guiren also died suddenly just now." After meeting Emperor Longchang, Jun Zexuan followed Jun Zexuan back to the prince's residence, and only then did he hear the servant report back.

Jun Zexuan frowned, looked at his fifth brother, and asked impatiently, "What's all this?"

After Emperor Longchang's decree was issued, the palace really started to organize the funeral of the fourth prince. The whole palace was full of mourning and glory, which was completely different from the previous atmosphere. A sacrificial battle was set up on the road.

The king of Chenjun didn't have a big marriage, he didn't reach the crown, and he had no heirs. Although he had concubines and concubines by his side, he wasn't considered an adult after all. The funeral was completed within seven days.Because it was New Year's Eve, and when it was New Year's Eve, it was only nine days before the death of the fourth prince, but the palace had already started to wear red and green, which was very lively, but Jia Lan Jun Zexuan's scanty clothes seemed a little out of place.The fourth prince, who has been arrogant for 17 years, seems to have never appeared before, and it seems that he has not left a mark on the hearts of everyone except Concubine An Gui and Princess Anping.

"Father has already issued a decree today to remarry the fourth concubine who has not yet been married." After the New Year's Eve dinner, when Jun Zexuan took Jia Lan away from the palace, he looked at the excitement in the palace with some sarcasm, and said softly .

Jia Lan felt a little dazed when she heard the words, and felt extra glaring when she saw the noise in the palace. After so long, every time she felt that she had adapted, life would give her another chance.

"We're fine in the future, so don't enter the palace." Jia Lan didn't breathe a sigh of relief until she sat in the carriage, and said seriously to Jun Zexuan.

Jun Zexuan stretched out his arms to hug her, responded lightly, and then asked, "Lan'er, what do you think the common people should look like to live a normal life? The book says it is fatherly, motherly, brothers and sisters, brother respectful." , filial piety, internal peace and external success. But I have never seen it before."

"Normal life?" Jia Lan closed her eyes, recalling her happy life when she was young, and said slowly: "A normal life should be that the father is like a mountain, shouldering the heavy responsibility of supporting the family, and the mother takes good care of the whole family." Life and study, father and daughter...Father and son, mother and son should care about each other. Parents help children grow up, care and love keep them from detours, and children bring happiness to the family in the process of growing up...The family can be angry, or There are disputes, but they are all in each other's hearts. Anger does not hold grudges, disputes do have reconciliation. No matter what you do, no matter whether you are poor or rich, family is always the most important existence."

Jun Zexuan listened quietly, and the picture she said appeared in front of her in a trance. When she recovered, she saw the tear stains on Jia Lan's face. After she reached out to wipe her clean, Jun Zexuan promised softly: "Then we Let’s live like this from now on, no matter what I do, I will keep you in my heart, and we will live a normal life.”

"En!" Jia Lan nodded heavily.

Jun Zexuan used to look at the world mostly from books, but now because of Jia Lan, his head no longer suffers from frequent and severe pain, and he is not as sensitive to the surrounding affairs as before, so he began to learn to see with his eyes and understand with his ears. listen.

The first day of the Lunar New Year was Jia Daishan's birthday, and few people went out to pay New Year's greetings, but Jia Daishan had a family member, even the palace gave him a reward, and Jia Lan asked someone to send the gift to him.She and Jun Zexuan woke up early in the morning and paid New Year greetings to each other. Jun Zexuan also gave Jia Lan a red envelope, saying that his brother would give him one every year, and now he is giving Jia Lan one too.Then two days later, they put on new clothes that they had prepared long ago, and played around the mansion hand in hand.

No sweeping the floor, no splashing water, no going through the back door, no cursing, Jun Zexuan listened to Jia Lan talking about the customs of the New Year, and agreed very seriously. Except for not getting angry and cursing, it was not his own thing to do, so he felt that as long as he did not It is enough to reprimand others.

Jun Zexuan's memory is outstanding, even if he looks at the same scenery every day, he can tell the difference. Jia Lan likes this kind of feeling very much. Hearing him talk about the difference between today and yesterday also feels very fresh.

Although it seems that he didn't do anything, Jun Zexuan also felt very good, eating dumplings together, visiting the garden together, talking about his thoughts together, reading books together, drawing together...Compared with today's tranquility and leisure, he even feels that he doesn't want to It's good to think about the old days.

"Why does my maid feel that the eighth prince and the prince are not 12 or 11 years old, but 82 or 81 years old?" Huier watched as the eighth prince kicked out all the servants and dragged the master for a walk around the yard. Thinking of peony.My girl is old-fashioned, why is the eighth prince like this now?

Shao Yao feels that there is no way to answer this question, but since the master is willing to do this, they slaves can only obey.He turned his head and asked, "Are you ready for the return ceremony tomorrow?"

"It's ready!" Hui'er glanced at Jia Lan in the pavilion who didn't know what to say, and said with a smile: "A few years ago, the concubine asked someone to prepare all the gifts to be given this month.

On the second day of the Lunar New Year, even though Jia Lan didn’t like Rongguo Mansion, it was unavoidable. Jun Zexuan got up early in the morning, had breakfast with Jia Lan, and then brought Jia Lan back home .

What an ordinary son-in-law has to do is completely unnecessary for Jun Zexuan. The Rongguo Mansion opened the front door early in the morning, waiting for their arrival. As soon as Jia Lan entered the door, he saw Jia Daishan and the whole mansion kneeling in front of them, feeling deeply in his heart. Can't help but feel happy.Jun Zexuan always did his own thing in the palace, and rarely appeared in front of people. The prince married his wife and did not come out to greet him in person.It was the first time I came to Rongguo Mansion, wearing a red prince's uniform and a white fox cloak. Although he had an arrogant attitude, his exquisite face still made everyone feel a little dazed.

"Didn't you say that the Eighth Prince is a fool?" Jia Shishi felt bad all over, facing Jia Lan's life after marrying into the royal family, she just felt trembling all over, wishing she could step forward and tear her smiling face .

Nanny Lai didn't dare to reply, she just glanced quietly, and felt that the eighth prince was not as beautiful as ordinary people, so she didn't even notice the third aunt beside her.She understood Madam's intentions, but she didn't dare to admit it. You must know that Sangu's grandma married into Tian's family, and she was no longer the poor wretch that even a servant like her could bully at will.

It was beyond Jia Daishan's expectation that Jun Zexuan could accompany Jia Lan, so he didn't eat, drink or speak, and didn't smile at all during the whole process. Although he didn't care in his heart, he would still accompany the third son-in-law The matter was handed over to Jia Amnesty, and he asked the eldest son-in-law and the second son-in-law to talk.

"Why is my sister-in-law getting thinner now?" Jia Shishi was forced by Jia Daishan to let go of the housekeeper's work years ago, and all of them were called into Zhang's hands. Even though Jia Shishi was impatient with the two nanny and the four maids who looked rather serious, he had no choice but to hold on, but Jia Lan turned to talk to Zhang Shi after saying hello.

Although Mrs. Zhang lost a lot of weight, she was happy in her heart and her expression was high. She thanked Jia Lan repeatedly and said that she was too busy, so she asked Mother Chen to go back to her house to help her take care of Jia Lian.

As soon as Mrs. Zhang finished speaking, Jia Shishi snorted coldly. She didn't like this woman Mrs. Chen before, but she was careless for a moment, and she was raised by this dead girl because of her carelessness, and now she still has it Such a good future, compared to her sister Min, who doesn't know what good future she has in the future?But the eldest daughter-in-law who gave birth to her unexpectedly brought this woman back.If it weren't for the fact that the master's mind is still uncertain, he would have sold Chen's directly.

"My sister-in-law is lucky to see the nanny. I originally thought that I would bring the nanny to the prince's house to support her, but she couldn't be idle, and she felt that the sister-in-law was dear. She must come back to take care of her. I really don't know what to do. What to say." Jiajia ignored Jia Shishi, first replied to Zhang Shishi, then looked at Jia Shishi with a concerned face, and asked worriedly: "Mother is not feeling well? Should I call the imperial physician for that post?" Come to show you?"

"Third sister, please ask an imperial doctor to show the second sister-in-law. The second sister-in-law has been ill for half a month for some reason, and she can't even take care of Zhu'er. My wife has to take care of Zhu'er now, and she is really tired." Jia Min heard the words and looked Jia Lan said.

Jia Lan nodded and said, "Okay, let the imperial doctor come over after the fifth day of the lunar new year."

"Isn't it possible now?" Jia Min glanced at his mother who had two-colored temples, and continued to ask after hearing Jia Lan's evasion.

Jia Lan replied directly: "Of course not now. During the Chinese New Year period, there are not many imperial physicians in the palace on duty, and the wife is nothing more than a high status. But now the second brother is still a white man, and the second sister-in-law has no orders. Now it is time to ask for help." No, the imperial physician won't come either, after the fifth day of the lunar new year, when they have sold out their holidays after the Chinese New Year, and there are more people, then use my post to go there, this is feasible."

Jia Min turned her head and didn't say anything after hearing the words. It wasn't that she didn't understand these things, but that she was just worried when she saw her mother so haggard.She usually works as a companion in the palace, and she doesn't come back much. Years ago, because of the incident of the fourth prince, the fifth princess was shocked. They were relieved for a long time before she was willing to let them come back. As a result, when she returned to the mansion the day before yesterday, she saw The wife who has aged a lot, feels distressed in her heart.

"Bengong hasn't seen Brother Lian yet, sister-in-law should take Bengong to have a look!" Jia Lan and Jia Shishi had nothing to say, they couldn't hurt them now, and looked at Jia Shishi with an uncomfortable expression on his face. Jia Lan also felt a little bored, so she simply put down the tea bowl and said to Zhang Shi.Jia Mo Jiating also said that he wanted to see it.At that time, because of the funeral of the fourth prince, Jia Lian hadn't had a full moon drink, and it was New Year's Eve, and they had never met anyone. Jia Zhu had already met Jia Shishi, so it's easy to go and see now.

Mrs. Zhang hurriedly got up and took three aunts to see her son. Jia Lian has been in a month and a half now. Mrs. Zhang was in a good mood when she was pregnant with him, and he was born at full term. After Ting looked at it for a while, he took his children to see Aunt Jia Ting together.Jia Lan was tired after holding her in her arms for less than half a moment, and Mother Chen hurried forward to pick it up.

"Mother Chen is careful. With her taking care of Brother Lian, I can take care of the house." At that time, I was still in confinement, and my father-in-law pushed my mother-in-law to throw over the housekeeper's affairs, and she just accepted it. What happened on the day of the delivery could not be separated from Wang's calculations. Now that Wang is half-dead, Zhang's anger will be extinguished. She is not cruel. She feels that she is competent as the eldest daughter-in-law, but she doesn't want to be so In terms of treatment, if Jia She hadn't been caring, Jia Hu was sensible, and Jia Lian was still young, she wished she could have died.But looking at Jia She's guilty and cautious expression, Hu'er's worried look, and Lian'er who doesn't know anything but sleeps soundly, she feels that no matter what, she can't do what they want.

Jia Lan knew that the Chen family was cautious. When she was a child, Chen's mother was almost worried about herself because she was confined in such a small courtyard. Now, with so many cares for Jia Lian, she is more worry-free than before. Not a lot.

"I feel that when I was a child, Mother Chen was in control too much. I was not allowed to do this, and I was not allowed to do that?" Jia Lan couldn't help but lowered her head and smiled. People are forced. The situation was that they couldn't get sick, so Mother Chen was very careful, and made a lot of demands on her, herself, and Hui'er. Adding Jia Lan's own demands, she survived.

"That's right, now the food and clothing of the two nurses are watched by others, and Mama Song is also watched every day, for fear of getting sick, the clothes Lian'er wears around her, and the servants who serve around her wear the same clothes. I have to wash it with boiling water every day, my heart is so careful! I am very grateful." It was the first time since Jia Lan entered the mansion that she did not claim to be her own palace, and Mrs. Zhang also understood the position of Mother Chen in her heart, saying Speaking of Chen's mother, she was full of praise, and she was indeed very satisfied with Chen's many actions. Besides, with so many people serving a brother, how could they be tired?

Jia Lan lowered her head and smiled when she heard the words. In fact, Mother Chen may not understand the reason for hot water disinfection, but she also understands that being clean is not easy to get sick. With a kind face, he asked Mrs. Zhang: "What happened earlier? Is the second sister-in-law really sick?"

"The Wang family invited the imperial doctor to see him, and he was indeed ill. He said that he had given birth to Brother Zhu, and his body had not recovered, but she gave birth to a strong one. I was stupid at the time, and my wife saw that she was recovering, so she asked her to take care of the house. She didn't want to let go of the power in her hands, so she held on, and she couldn't hold on anymore, so she fell." Zhang's resentment towards Wang's is not so deep now, it's already like this, her natal family They have all given up on her, she is resentful, so what can she do, she feels that she has lost her identity by caring about a dying person.Now even Jia Zheng Wang himself thinks that this is the case, and she doesn't want to say anything more, just accept it when she sees it.

After Jia Lan heard this, she understood what Zhang meant. The past is really not worth mentioning now. The Wang family seems to have given up on this daughter now. It is even possible that the Wang family is now like this, or the Wang family themselves.It's just that the Wang family is like this, how many years can it last?If there is really something wrong with the Wang family, Jia Lan speculates that Jia Zheng Xuxian might still come from the Wang family.She remembered that the Wang family had a concubine who was about the same age as her!It is estimated that if the concubine was not young, the Wang family would have gone like this now.After all, according to the relationship between Jia and Wang's family, the loss of a daughter would not cause too much impact. Now that Jia Zhu is being raised by Jia Shishi's side, Jia Daishan also values ​​it a lot, and it can be regarded as an explanation to the Wang family.