Yuanchun of the Red Chamber is not a virtuous concubine

The plan of the Ningguo Mansion was also only informed to the old lady. The old lady knew that Jia Zhen was out of tune, otherwise she would not have warned many times. There are advantages and disadvantages in passing the title down. To be downgraded by one level, the title of Ningguo Mansion was originally lowered to General Wei Lie, the third-rank noble. Now if he is downgraded again, he will become General Fengguo.

"I've already thought about this matter. The titles are becoming more and more precious nowadays. Even with the imperial concubine and concubine here, I'm afraid the emperor won't care about the past. Those of you who are often in the court can know the character of the emperor after thinking about it." The same is true of integrity and style of conduct, the empress just wants to promote her family, and she will not be able to use her strength for a while, if the family status is lowered, I am afraid that the Ningguo mansion will be returned to the royal family sooner or later."

The old lady is not without this worry. Although the imperial concubine is a noble concubine, everyone in the court respects it, but after all, for the royal family, there is a queen above the imperial concubine. To the queen, the imperial concubine is just a status. It's just a concubine. If you talk about it, it's equivalent to those concubines who don't pay attention to other people's families. In essence, they are still different from wives. It is really rare for a queen in the harem to be deposed, but the imperial concubine made a mistake and was demoted. It may be very big, and the policy that the harem is not allowed to interfere in politics is clear.

The old lady was afraid that those people would think that the imperial concubine was in a good position, so she didn't have any scruples about anything.Fortunately, Jia Jing didn't mean that, "Don't worry, old lady, with me here, I will restrain the clansmen, but after all, I have wronged Rong's daughter-in-law for so many years. Anyway, now is the time to employ people, and three years later it will be time for me to hire people." It is the year of the imperial examination, and it is time for the fourth prince to choose Fujin, and he will be able to work in the court. We don't have that idea for the position of Fujin, but I wonder if we should send a girl from the clan to the backyard of the fourth prince It's just that our Jia family has not had a girl of the same age as the fourth prince in recent years. I think there are a few girls of the right age in Rong's daughter-in-law's family, and they always have to bring them into the palace to show the empress and make an idea. , now that she doesn't have a higher order, how can she let her enter the palace to pay her respects."

The old lady also nodded, because of Yuan Chun, she was not in a hurry to strengthen the relationship between the princes and Jia's family, but the relationship with Ningguo Mansion was far away. Although there were many gifts on weekdays, Yuan Chun's character was not bad either. Taking advantage of others, the return gifts are also very valuable. No wonder Jia Jing is anxious, but this statement is also interesting. The girls of the right age in the Jia family are also aunts, just for the Jia family. The prince's reputation is good, and he cannot marry someone of the same generation as the fourth prince. Because of this matter, other princes cannot marry, and it may be a lot lower for girls from the Jia family to marry other clans.

And now because of the imperial concubine, the situation of the girls of the Jia family has also improved. Naturally, there is no need to be a concubine for others. , the fourth prince's entry into the court will also require manpower to do things, and the Yue family also needs a reassurance. After I let the Wang family report this matter to the empress, let's see what the empress's plan is, and then go to the Yue family to write a letter. Don't be in a hurry There are still three years to prepare."

"Thanks to the old lady for worrying about Xichun all these years, now I see her so outstanding, I also feel guilty, and I am also unqualified as a father. I didn't teach her well. Fortunately, the old lady is here, otherwise I would I don't know what to do, you also know that the You family in the mansion can't take care of things, I heard that the mansion is going to Zhuangzi for vacation, and Xichun is going to trouble the manor again."

Xichun was almost raised in Rongguo Mansion. The old lady is getting older and doesn't care too much, and Ningguo Mansion also sends silver taels to Xichun every year, so it can't do anything wrong.

"It doesn't take much for a girl to come from every family. It doesn't deserve your thanks again and again. Why bother to talk about the affection between our two houses."

Everyone in Rongguo Mansion also acted quickly, that is, half a month after Yuanchun went to Yuanmingyuan, they also went to Zhuangzi. Before Yuanchun was busy with business, even if they came, most of them didn't have the energy to entertain them. Visiting the Old Summer Palace, now that the Old Summer Palace has expanded to a large area, the scenery is also good, but I have an errand on my shoulders, and I am just getting started now, I don’t have time for now, so I can’t play with you.”

Mrs. Wang also understood, after all, the fact that Yuan Chun was in charge of the Old Summer Palace was spread outside, "Your Majesty, you can go as long as you are busy, but it is also a minister's wife who cares about your Majesty, and wanted to come over to see if she could be of any help, but now I didn't expect it I didn't help, but I disturbed the empress."

Yuan Chun didn't feel disturbed, but said, "It's my honor to have the emperor's trust now, and it's my honor to share his worries. I just thought that the Old Summer Palace is too close to the Changchun Garden. After all, the Supreme Emperor and our ancestors also have some connections, so come here. If you don't visit, it will appear that our family is flattering the forces, and now the Supreme Emperor is quite dissatisfied with me, I have nothing to do, but I am afraid that my family will be implicated."

Mrs. Wang naturally knew, and she assuredly said, "How can your majesty say that? We are just here to escape the summer heat. How can we not go to see you when we are in front of the nobleman? Don't worry, your majesty will hand in the greeting card tomorrow. They are just noble concubines here, but the etiquette of the Jia family will never be picked on by others, even if the Supreme Emperor knows about it, he won’t say anything more.”

Mrs. Wang also stayed for another quarter of an hour, and left without saying anything else to Yuan Chun. Anyway, Zhuangzi is close to here. Mrs. Wang thought that she would be summoned when Yuan Chun was free, so she just waited. That's all, as for what the old lady explained, Mrs. Wang thinks that what she said now is just to add to the empress's heart, but the gain is not worth the loss. It's not too late to come over to discuss other things that should be discussed. After all, there is still a long period of time, and the affairs of the Yue family are not too urgent.

Sure enough, Mrs. Wang went to Changchun Garden with Mrs. Xing the next day. Among these concubines, only Concubine Zhengui had some connection with the Jia family. At that time, the Jia family paid more attention to benefits. After giving so much money to the Zhen family, they were not satisfied with what they got in return. In addition to the matter of still owed money, it really stabbed the Zhen family, and the two families were quite perfunctory even when they exchanged new year gifts.

Concubine Zhen Gui didn't know much about the inside story before, but she also knew that the Jia family was unwilling to give money, so it was fine, anyway, the Zhen family had plenty of silver, but afterwards, because Yuan Chun was not very respectful to her, Concubine Zhen Gui was particularly dissatisfied. Make a point of being the wife of Jia's family.

Fortunately, Mrs. Xing and Mrs. Wang have communicated before, knowing that Concubine Zhen Gui might embarrass them. There is more than one concubine in Changchun Garden. Concubine Zhen Gui thought that the Jia family would visit her first. After all, she has the power of the palace. Who knew that they would visit Concubine Yigui first, and they would stay for an hour. What is more noble is that it is untenable for Concubine Zhen Gui to embarrass them with the reason of ignorance of dignity.

Originally, the time to enter the garden was a bit late, so if the time was wasted elsewhere, if Concubine Zhen Gui still made things difficult for them, it would be hard to find a reason for this.

After all, they can be used in the morning and have not woken up, let them stand outside, they can use the lunch break at noon, and they can be fined to stand in the same way, but at this time, it is neither morning nor noon. If you are unwell and cannot see guests for the time being, Mrs. Wang and the others can go home directly.

They also came back after the things in the Changchun Garden were settled, and they stayed in Zhuangzi peacefully and waited for the concubine to be summoned by the imperial concubine. By the time Yuan Chun was free, Mrs. Wang and the others had already lived in Zhuangzi for a month. No matter how much they are on vacation, it is time to go back to the mansion. Even Mrs. Xing is a little anxious. I can't help but wonder if Mrs. Wang said something bad about them last time, which made the empress not want to summon them, right?

Fortunately, this time is not in vain. After all, Yuan Chun summoned them. Seeing the beauty and generosity of these girls, he said happily, "I haven't seen you for several years. Now that you are so outstanding, what I do My sister is very happy."

"My sister looks more and more graceful and luxurious now. We are a little afraid to go forward. We are also happy to know that my sister misses us. Now that the family has changed a lot, my sisters and I have done something for my sister. As a second painting, give it to my sister as a thought." Tanchun said.

Lin Daiyu also said with a smile, "Nowadays, the sisters in the family come and go, and now they can gather together. I don't know where they will go in a few years. It's hard to say whether they will have the opportunity to get together again. Sister Yingchun is missing today, since Sister Yingchun got married, we haven't seen her for a while, so it's strange to miss her."

Speaking of Yingchun, it is also more convenient for these people to meet Yuanchun. After all, Yingchun married into the royal family. As Belle Fujin, it is also appropriate to enter the palace to pay her respects. "I saw Yingchun a while ago. Look at her complexion. That's right, it's not bad if you want to come here, I also met that child, she's very attached to Yingchun, don't worry, it's only a short time since I got married, and I have to get used to each other, I'll invite her to come to Yuanmingyuan after a while Stay for a while, and you will see each other then."

The author has something to say: because I didn’t find out the specific official position of the third-rank general Wei Lie, I only checked the title distribution system of the Qing Dynasty.