Xichun, the first daughter of the Red Chamber

After sending off the announcer, Jia Jing arranged to open the ancestral hall to worship the ancestors, and asked Jia Rong not to forget to tell his parents.

Jia Rong agreed, and took Qin Keqing to You Shi to announce the good news. You Shi was very happy when he found out, so he kept saying yes, and asked Jia Rong not to forget to go to his biological mother to say it.

"My sister left early, but she must be thinking of you in her heart. Now that you are promising, you should go see her and tell her."

Jia Rong paused, with mixed feelings in her heart, and finally said hello.

Jia Rong's biological mother died of dystocia when she gave birth to Jia Rong. Jia Rong has no image of her mother since she fell to the ground. At first, she was raised by Jiang's knees, and later she also set up a yard by herself.

The birth mother's family, like those of the Jiang family, was also involved in those years. Over the years, Jia Rong sometimes even forgot her birth mother.

Out of You's courtyard, Jia Rong's pace became slower and slower, and Qin Keqing also stopped, "Grandfather wants to worship the ancestors in the ancestral hall, and now the servants should go to prepare. I will go to father's place first, and you will come later." That's right."

Jia Rong touched Qin Keqing's hand, "Okay, I'll come back as soon as I go, I won't keep you waiting."

Qin Keqing's eyebrows and eyes were curved with a smile, "Then you go, and remember to say hello to mother for me."

After separating from Jia Rong, Qin Keqing took Ruizhu to Jia Zhen's yard, and before entering the door, she heard the sound of silk and bamboo coming from inside.

Qin Keqing stood at the gate of the courtyard, and let the young man in to pass the message.

Not long after the boy went in, he came out to ask Qin Keqing's master and servant to go in.

When Qin Keqing and Ruizhu entered the yard, the sound of silk and bamboo didn't stop, but the woman's teasing sound could be heard faintly.

Qin Keqing buried her head even lower, arrived at the front of the hall without looking sideways, knelt down respectfully, and said hello to Jia Zhen.

Jia Zhen hummed, "Why are you here? But what's the matter?"

Qin Keqing said: "People from the yamen came to announce the good news today. Rong'er won the election and ranked fifth among 210."

Only then did Jia Zhen cheer up, "Rong'er also participated in this autumn test?"

"Yes."

"Where's Rong'er?" Jia Zhen asked, "Why are you here alone?"

Qin Keqing said: "Before the people who announced the good news left, Rong'er asked me to come and announce the good news to my parents first, and he will arrive later."

Jia Zhen hummed, "Okay, I see, you go down, and I'll talk to him later when he comes."

"Yes."

Qin Keqing saluted, and just turned around and took a few steps when she heard Jia Zhen say, "Wait a minute."

Qin Keqing stopped, then turned to face Jia Zhen, "Is there something else to do, father?"

As soon as the words fell, Qin Keqing noticed that Jia Zhen's eyes fell on her, and sized her up carefully.

Qin Keqing froze all over, only feeling a bang in her head.

This look was too familiar to her.

Jia Zhen's eyes lingered on Qin Keqing's jewelry and clothes, "You..."

Qin Keqing's heart was already in her throat, and she almost fainted when she heard Jia Zhen speak.

"...Forget it, you go down."

Qin Keqing saluted stiffly, and was helped out of the yard by Ruizhu.

Once out of the yard, Qin Keqing couldn't help trembling, and Ruizhu's eyes were red, "Young Mistress..."

She also noticed that look.

The two walked for a while, and finally fell to the ground, tightly holding Ruizhu's hand, both master and servant fell into an ice cave.

"Keqing? Ruizhu? What's the matter with you? Why are you sitting on the ground?" Jia Rong asked anxiously.

Only then did Qin Keqing realize, "I'm fine, I didn't walk steadily for a while, and accidentally fell."

Jia Rong stretched out her hand to help Qin Keqing up, "Is there something uncomfortable? Do you want the doctor to take a look?"

Qin Keqing followed Jia Rong's strength and stood up, "Today is your good day, how can you invite a doctor? I'm fine, I just go back and take a rest, but it's a pity that my clothes are dirty."

Seeing Qin Keqing's pale face, Jia Rong was still a little worried, "Then you go back and rest for a while, if you don't get better, we'd better ask the doctor to take a look. Rui Zhu, take good care of your master, and send someone to call me if you need anything. "

Ruizhu should be, and helped Qin Keqing back to the yard.

As soon as Qin Keqing entered the room, she began to take off her clothes, asking for water to be fetched while she was taking them off.

Ruizhu helped Qin Keqing take a bath with red eyes, and went to find a brazier to burn the clothes herself.

After Ruizhu burned the clothes and went into the room, Qin Keqing was still sitting on the bed with her legs crossed in a daze.

Ruizhu moved close to Qin Keqing's ear and whispered, "Young Mistress, why don't we tell Master Rong?"

Qin Keqing's eyes slowly brightened, "Tell him?"

Rui Zhu nodded, "Tell Master Rong, at least we..."

"No, no! You can't tell him!" Qin Keqing interrupted Ruizhu.

Can't tell Jia Rong, can't tell him that his father treats his wife...

Qin Keqing now feels sick just thinking about it!

Ruizhu also understands that this is disgusting, but if she doesn't say...

Qin Keqing grabbed Ruizhu's hand, her fingertips turned white, "You're not allowed to say anything! Did you hear that?!"

Ruizhu nodded with tears in her eyes, "I won't say anything, young mistress, I won't say anything."

Only then did Qin Keqing let go of Ruizhu, and murmured: "I can't say it, I can't say it..."

Ruizhu took a few deep breaths, and helped Qin Keqing to lie down, "Young Mistress, sleep for a while, don't be afraid, Ruizhu is with you."

Qin Keqing nodded, lay down obediently, closed her eyes and fell asleep.

In the dream, Qin Keqing came to Jia Zhen's yard again. She was about to leave, but Jia Zhen asked her to stay, and the disgusting eyes fell on her again. She wanted to escape, but was caught. Jia Zhen grabbed it and slowly touched it.

Qin Keqing woke up screaming, Ruizhu hugged her, "Young Mistress, it's okay, it's just a dream! It's okay."

Qin Keqing trembled all over, "When is it?"

Ruizhu said: "There is going to be a banquet outside, so the young master asked someone to ask you."

Qin Keqing calmed down slowly, "...wash up for me."

Ruizhu should be, called Baozhu, chose new clothes and jewelry, Qin Keqing sat in front of the mirror, the woman in the mirror was pale and frightened, Qin Keqing gently stroked her face, "Put some rouge on me. "

Qin Keqing held on for three days, and when the banquet was over on the last day, Qin Keqing passed out, and Wang Xifeng fainted with her.

Qin Keqing was ill, but Wang Xifeng had a child.

Lying on the bed, Qin Keqing couldn't help but smile when she heard that Wang Xifeng was pregnant, and forced herself to call Ruizhu to prepare a gift.

Seeing Qin Keqing's pale face and haggard expression, Jia Rong gasped for breath after saying a few words, and couldn't help frowning, "You are not in good health, you should take good care of it now, and Rui Jewelry is also capable, let them do these things Just do it, why do you bother?"

Qin Keqing held Jia Rong's hand vaguely, "My aunt is pregnant, and I'm very happy. After hearing the good news, I feel better."

Qin Keqing asked Jia Rong again, "What are you doing with me these days? You just won the exam, so it's time to socialize."

Jia Rong pushed back the hair next to her face for her, "You also know that anyway, I'm going to let it out, and it's enough to make some important connections. There's no need to go to those banquets for eating, drinking, and socializing."

Qin Keqing disagreed, "You don't think it's necessary today, but people are impermanent. What if it's useful someday in the future? It's always good to know more people."

Jia Rong couldn't earn more than Qin Keqing, so she had to agree.

After Qin Keqing drank the medicine and fell asleep, Jia Rong left for the front yard.

Jia Rong didn't leave the house either, but went directly to Jia Jing's yard and knelt down.

The people in the yard were not surprised, as if there was no such person as Jia Rong.

Jia Rong knelt quietly in the middle of the yard, and waited until it was dark before getting up and leaving.

Inside the house, Jia Yi lit the lamp for Jia Jing, "Master Rong has already left, and the young man following him is waiting outside the gate of the courtyard, and he caught him as soon as he left the gate."

Jia Jing didn't speak, Jia Yi said again: "Master Rong has been kneeling for the past few days, so I probably won't be able to hide it when I go back today."

Jia Jing snorted coldly: "I have done so much for her, and I still want to hide it from her. I really didn't know that there was such an infatuation in my Jia family."

Jia Yi smiled and stopped talking.

Jia Jing was really chilled this time. With Qin Keqing's status, he was under pressure to keep Qin Keqing in the mansion for Jia Rong's sake. Now Jia Rong has finally become a weapon. , but actually refused to take care of the responsibilities on his shoulders, and just wanted to take Qin Keqing away.

After Jia Rong went back, she really couldn't hide it. Only then did Qin Keqing know that Jia Rong had a conflict with Jia Jing because of the matter outside, and had been kneeling for several days.

Seeing that Jia Rong was unable to stand up or sit down, Qin Keqing's tears couldn't stop flowing.

Jia Rong's forehead was sweating from the pain, but she still wanted to comfort Qin Keqing, "Don't be afraid, I used to kneel when I was naughty and punished a lot when I was young, and I have already learned the experience of kneeling. These are all serious, just keep them for a few days. gone."

The boys put hot salt bags on Jia Rong's legs. Jia Rong turned pale and was speechless.

Qin Keqing's heart ached even more when she saw it, but she knew in her heart that if she didn't take out the cold on her legs, she would suffer even more in the future.

Jia Wu watched from the side, and waited until Jia Rong got better before saying: "Master Rong, the master said, if you still can't figure it out, you don't have to kneel at his place tomorrow, just kneel in the ancestral hall."

Jia Rong nodded, with a difficult smile on the corner of her mouth, "I see, I will go to the ancestral hall on time tomorrow."

Qin Keqing couldn't cry at this time, but she couldn't say that sentence.

Jia Wu shook his head in his heart, not only for Jia Rong, but also for Jia Jing.

Jia Wu didn't say much, turned around and left.

Jia Rong went to the ancestral hall to kneel on time the next day, and did not go back this night. When the lights were turned on, the servants heard no movement inside and went in to have a look, only to find that Jia Rong had passed out.

After the imperial doctor came to see her, she shook her head again and again, saying that if she didn't take good care of her legs, she would be useless.

Qin Keqing fainted when she heard it.

After Jia Jing found out, he didn't say anything. After a few days, when Jia Rong got better, he sent someone to send a transfer order.

Along with the transfer order came Jia Jing's words, "It's good to do it yourself."

Jia Rong was lying on the bed holding the external tune, which made her choked up crying.

He understood that this time he had completely broken his grandfather's heart.