After the Rebirth of the Red Chamber

There were three days of marriage leave in the imperial court, and Jia Jing asked for another day to accompany Yuniang back home.

Xu is satisfied with his daughter-in-law, so he must thank his in-laws for teaching his daughter-in-law so well.

So in the first day, she packed several expensive gifts and added them to the daughter-in-law's homecoming ceremony.

On the day of returning home on the third day, just after breakfast, Mrs. Xu urged Jia Jing to take Yuniang back home, saying that there was no need to rush back, and he had a good taste of the good wine hidden by his father-in-law at noon.

Yu Niang was naturally grateful, and when she returned home, she told her mother and sister-in-law, and Mrs. Li said that she had fallen into a lucky nest.

Although the natal sister-in-law is happy for my sister-in-law on the one hand, on the other hand she is also a little jealous of my sister-in-law.

In fact, Mrs. Li is not that wicked mother-in-law who loves to tease her daughter-in-law.

But she grew up in the south, and the rules in the south of the Yangtze River are thin and trivial, so Mrs. Li's requirements for her daughter-in-law are inevitably stricter.

For example, it is Mrs. Li's deep-rooted rule to have her daughter-in-law serve every meal.

When she was a junior serving her mother-in-law, she also did the same.

Although she only let the daughter-in-law pick up two chopsticks dishes every time, and let the daughter-in-law go back to her yard to eat, but she never thought of getting rid of this rule.

There are also juniors who cannot go to the table of the elders, eat without talking, sleep without talking and so on.

On Xu's side, there are not so many rules.

Ningguo Mansion is sparsely populated, Xu's favorite thing is to sit around and have a lively meal.

Of course, Yuniang was not stupid enough to say the latter in front of her sister-in-law, but secretly told Mrs. Li when her sister-in-law went to the kitchen to fix the dishes.

Now, Mrs. Li completely let go of her worries about her daughter, but she still told her: "My wife treats you generously, but you yourself should not be frivolous. You should take care of your uncle more attentively and serve your uncle."

Yu Niang nodded in response: "Daughter knows."

Here the mother and daughter talk about themselves, but the man is much more relaxed.

Li Qianshi took his two sons and son-in-law to talk for a while, and then the four of them came to the school grounds and started playing horseback riding and archery.

Regarding Jia Jing's skill, Li Qianshi nodded repeatedly, and commented: "It's just a matter of honing it on the battlefield."

The warriors are straightforward, and they are not outsiders. Jia Jing knew that Li Qian's praises were sincere, so he was not humble, and just sighed: "Nowadays, where is there any war to sharpen me?"

Li Qianshi also sighed, patted his son-in-law on the shoulder, and encouraged him: "Just practice hard, a hero will always be useful."

Even so, he really didn't have any confidence in his heart.

With the passage of time in the world, the way for generals to make meritorious deeds is getting narrower and narrower.

Li Qianshi also thought about letting his two sons study for the imperial examination and follow the path of civil servants.

However, no matter the eldest son or the youngest son, they are not that kind of material, so that's all.

But Jia Jing knew that in a few years, the Turks in the north would be restless.

At that time, ordinary military officers like Li Qianshi would not dare to say it, but children of honorable backgrounds like them had more chances to go to the battlefield to be gilded.

This is also Li Qianshi's original intention of getting married to the Ningguo Mansion, so it's more or less a glimmer of hope, isn't it?

Seeing that the father and son of the Li family were somewhat depressed, Jia Jing changed the subject, implying that he could find a job as a bodyguard in the East Palace for Li Shu, but he didn't know if the Li family would like to join the prince's boat?

Does this need to be said?

Now the prince's momentum is very good, the Li family is eager to show their face in front of the prince.

The dull atmosphere was swept away just now, Li Qianshi took Jia Jing's hand and walked to the living room, telling the eldest son as he walked: "Go and take out the altar of Huiquan wine hidden in my study. If the son-in-law is not drunk, he will not return!"

It was not until the afternoon that Jia Jing and his wife came out of Li's house with generous gifts in return.

Jia Jing drank a few more glasses of wine and walked a little shaky. Yuniang was worried about him riding a horse, so she took him home by car.

After drinking the hangover soup and having a good night's sleep, Jia Jing went to the military department refreshed and on duty.

Now that there is no war, the Ministry of War is idle, and the Chariot Driver is not in charge of repairing the armor of the world like the Arsenal Division, so Jia Jing is even more idle.

On weekdays, apart from reading the files, he would have banquets with his colleagues to build relationships, but he seldom went to the East Palace.

After all, he is no longer an official of the Eastern Palace. Although the saint intends to tie the Ningguo Mansion to the prince's car, he is not necessarily happy that the head of the Ningguo Mansion is around the prince all day.

This year is the year of the draft, and there has been news from the palace that the sage intends to send the girls from the Liguogong and Zhiguogong's families to the East Palace to be good concubines for the prince.

In addition, the Crown Princess Zhang, who was born in a scholarly family, is beside the Crown Prince, who can be said to have both civil and military skills.

But Jia Jing was not very happy. Under his influence, the prince was also tense, for fear that the sage would suddenly come back one day and lift up his other sons to suppress the prince.

They all felt that they should not sit still.

But what can really be done is very little.

Later, Master Liu gave an idea: "The third prince has not opened the mansion yet, and he is still living in the palace. I don't know if the palace people around His Highness are familiar with the people in the third prince's palace?"

Familiarity is naturally dare not say, but the relationship between palace people is intricate, such as fellow countrymen, dry relatives, vegetable households, messy, not at all simpler than the relationship network between literati who have passed the imperial examination.

The prince is not short of gold and silver, and he can do things easily if he has money.

Not long after, the Third Prince overheard such things as:

The saint really loves the prince.

The prince already had a concubine who was born in a literati family, but the saint still felt that it was not enough, and he wanted to point out two honorable daughters to the prince as good concubines.

The saint is not so concerned about the marriages of other princes.

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The third prince was on fire with jealousy, and he selectively forgot the fact that except for the prince and the second prince, none of the other princes were married yet.

He even turned a blind eye to the fact that the second prince's father-in-law was a member of the third rank, and only stared at the prince.

——Father is really eccentric, he thinks about the crown prince in every good thing.

After listening to this kind of gossip for a few days, the third prince overheard two maids talking together again.

One of them talked about a girl from his hometown who had already been engaged, but accidentally let someone see her feet, so she was rejected by her husband's family and had to marry the person who saw her feet.

The two maids just said casually, and after a few words of regret, they talked about something else.

But the third prince's heart moved, thinking of this year's draft, he would also have a prince and concubine.

If you can marry someone who can help you, it's better than resigning yourself to fate.

At the beginning of February, the Ministry of Household Affairs had issued an order to all the state capitals, ordering the marriageable daughters of officials above the fourth rank to stop discussing relatives and enter the palace to participate in the draft.

And this season, beautiful girls from all over the world have come to Beijing one after another, and they only waited for the sage's order to live in Chuxiu Palace, waiting for the sage to review and select.

If the third prince was given more time to calm down from his jealousy towards the prince, with his lofty heart, he would definitely not do anything inappropriate.

But since the crown prince wanted to plot against him, he must have figured out his temperament and calculated the time.

The next day, beautiful girls from all over the country were sent into the palace by their father and brother.

The third prince tossed and turned all night, and the more he thought about it, the more unwilling he became. As soon as Xiu Nu entered the palace, he ordered his confidants to inquire about the whereabouts of the legitimate daughters of Duke Li and Duke Xiu.

Just after the first round of reading and selection, Jia Jing received news that the sage had intentionally assigned Duke Xiu's daughter Ma Shi to the third prince as his concubine, and the decree would be changed after the general election.

Anyone with connections knows that there must be tricks in it.

It's just that the saint has a good face, and everyone doesn't talk about it.

The Duke of Xiuguo even followed Jia Jing's line, and gave the prince a lot of filial piety, hoping that the prince would not anger them at the Duke of Xiuguo.

The crown prince made enough gestures of grievance in front of the saint, but said: "Since the third brother likes it, the older brother will naturally not rob it from the younger brother."

Facing Xiu Guogong's mansion, the prince also showed great generosity, only saying that he had no predestined relationship with Miss Ma.

The current Duke of Xiuguo, Ma Yuan, is of the same generation as Jia Daihua. The Duke of Xiuguo's mansion was a family of officials and eunuchs in the previous dynasty, and they have always acted carefully.

This time something like this happened, Ma Yuan was really ashamed.

But it was already like this, for the sake of his daughter's future happiness, he had no choice but to gather his energy so that others would not underestimate him in Xiuguo Mansion.

Regarding this, Mrs. Xiu Guo was relieved.

After all, she is a woman in the inner house, so she naturally understands the difference between being the main wife and being a concubine.

Although she became the prince's concubine Liang, she is expected to become a noble concubine in the future.

But as far as she knew, the princess was not a virtuous person.

Living under the hands of the crown princess, how can you be happy as the third prince and concubine, and be the master of your own family?

Then, Mrs. Xiu Guogong concentrated on arranging the dowry for her daughter.

In the past, it was a pity that the bright red fabric jewelry could not be added, but now it can be put in.

Those pink satin, pearls, etc., became extremely obtrusive at this time.

Change it, change it all!

Here, Xiu Guogong's mansion is in a world of ice and fire, and the third prince's place is also in dire straits.

How could the saint not investigate when such a thing happened?

Originally, the sage thought that the Ma family was unwilling to be a concubine and designed the third prince.

After a search, I found out that it was the third prince who designed the girl.

The saint was so angry that he trembled all over. Although he didn't punish the third prince explicitly because of his face, he asked him to copy books in Lama Temple, which in disguise grounded him.

Concubine Duan also had a cold face for several days in a row, and she was so angry that she scolded Ma's disaster.

It wasn't until the draft was over, the imperial decree of the marriage was issued, and everything was settled, that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince breathed a sigh of relief.