[Comprehensive] Tragedy Subversion

57. (Dream of Red Mansions) Through Jia Min ([-])

Facing Lin Ruhai's question, Lin An'an said seriously, "You can live your life with whatever family background you have. It's no longer the residence of the Duke of the State, but he still wants to put on the ostentation of the Duke of the State, regardless of his superiority or inferiority. Let the eldest son who inherited the title live in a side courtyard. I looked all over the capital, but I couldn’t find another one doing this. I won’t accept my money to show off.”

Rongguo Mansion is Jia Min's natal family, she said so, Lin Ruhai said, "You can figure it out, just don't be too blunt."

Lin Anan smiled and said, "I have my own ideas, so don't worry."

Jia's mother and Jia Zheng thought that Jia Min's mother's family was in his heart, so he would definitely persuade Lin Ruhai.At that time, Rongguo Mansion will be able to get the full support from the Lin family.How do you know that Lin An'an is already inside Jia Min's body?

Therefore, after receiving the reply, Jia Zheng hurriedly delivered the letter to Jia's mother.When other people got the news, they all ran to Jiamu to make fun of it.

Jia's mother hurriedly asked Jia Baoyu to dismantle the belief.

Jia Baoyu began to read to Jia Mu Lin Anan's greetings to her.

Before Jia Baoyu finished reading, Jia's mother urged, "Don't mention this. Baoyu, take a look, how much money did your aunt say to lend us?"

Jia Baoyu looked down, and said falteringly for a while: "My aunt said she was not in good health and had no extra money. Well, if the family really lacked money to spend, she would send someone to embezzle 1000 taels of money for medicine and medical treatment." Bring it."

Jia Mu, Jia Zheng, Mrs. Wang and others were completely dumbfounded.

Jia's mother asked in disbelief, "Baoyu, don't you read it wrong?" Then she turned to Jia Lian and said, "Lian'er, come and read."

Jia Lian had to take the letter, unfold it, and saw that the content of the letter was exactly as Jia Baoyu said.He didn't dare to speak, just stood there.

When everyone saw this, they all knew that what Jia Baoyu said was true.After all, who doesn't know that Lin Ruhai's current position is very lucrative, Lin Anan said so, obviously because he doesn't want to borrow money.

Mother Jia's heart turned cold, "I don't believe it, Min'er has always been obedient and filial, and Uncle Lin is the most fat job in the world as the inspector and censor. How can there be no money?"

Everyone dared not speak.

Jia's mother scolded a few times for being a rebellious daughter, and said that Lin An'an had been raised for nothing.

However, Lin An'an was not in front of her eyes, it was useless for her to scold loudly, so she had to think of other ways.Said: "There is not enough money in the official office. Fortunately, I still have some private houses in my hand. For the sake of the concubine, I will take out some. How about this, I will pay 20 taels of silver, and the decoration will be calculated separately."

Turning to Mrs. Wang, she said, "The imperial concubine is your daughter, so you should pay more. You also pay 20 taels of silver."

Mrs. Wang first expressed her attitude, "It is a blessing from the heavenly family to have a concubine in the family. It is really an honor for the whole family. For the sake of the concubine, I am willing to do anything." Then she complained, "Old lady , you know that I have a lot of private houses in my hands, not as rich as your old man. How can I get 20 taels of silver?"

Mother Jia's face turned cold, and she said: "Why, you are not willing to do your best for the noble concubine? Why don't you ask the master to tell you that the family is poor, so don't ask the noble concubine to come back to visit her relatives. At that time, other concubines will be able to visit their relatives, so don't be too disrespectful." The imperial concubine has no face."

Ever since Jia Yuanchun became a concubine, Mrs. Wang had been arrogant, she was unwilling to slap Jia Yuanchun in the face, so she had to say unwillingly: "I will obey the old lady's orders."

Jia's mother said to Jia Amnesty and Mrs. Xing: "It's not just about the second wife's visit. Your first wife is also proud. So, you can give 10 taels of silver."

Mrs. Xing didn't dare to make a sound, but Jia She took a deep breath: "Old lady, where did we get the 10 taels of silver? You know that my first-class general's salary is not enough for me. Where can I save it?" We don’t have any private property, and all the property in the mansion has been collected by the government, and I can’t even get a tael of silver.”

Jia Mu said angrily: "Don't be sloppy with me, the dowry of the eldest lady in front is not in your hands, take it out quickly."

Jia She jumped up suddenly: "Old lady, why, you don't even spare the dowry of your dead daughter-in-law?"

Jia Lian and Wang Xifeng also secretly hated them.Jia Lian's biological mother had only one son, Jia Lian, and her dowry would be Jia Lian's in the future. If Jia's mother was like this, it was obvious that she wanted to get food from Jia Lian and her.

Before Jia's mother could speak, Madam Wang said, "My lord, visiting relatives is a major event in the entire Rongguo Mansion. First of all, the dowry of the eldest wife can be spent on this, which is a blessing that no one else can ask for."

Jia She sneered and said, "I don't dare to take such a blessing. Since the second wife said so, why don't you take out all your dowry? Anyway, the noble concubine is the daughter of the second bedroom, and you should share all the wealth of the second bedroom." Yes. Why are you bothering those of us who live in the side courtyard?"

Mother Jia scolded Jia Amnesty: "I told you not to mention this matter again, why do you still mention it? Are you dissatisfied with me?"

Jia Amnesty hurriedly said, "Mother calms down, but my son doesn't dare."

Jia Amnesty didn't dare to fight against Jia Mu, but no matter how Jia Mu persuaded him, he said that he had no money and would not pay any money.

Jia's mother didn't dare to push him any further, so she had to tell Jia Zheng, "Send someone for Zhen'er, and I'll talk to him about borrowing money."

Then he said to Mrs. Wang, "The Xue family is rich, go and discuss with the Xue family about borrowing money."

With the help of the Ningguo Mansion and the Xue family, they managed to raise enough money.But in this way, life in Rongguo Mansion will not be easy.

Lin Anan suddenly thought of something.Soon he wrote a letter to Jia Lian, clarifying the serious relationship, and then helped the eldest son to make an idea to return to Rongxi Hall.

Jia Lian was very surprised when he received the letter.Lin Anan refused to borrow money that day, and he was also there. From then on, he knew that Lin Anan wanted to go far away from Rongguo Mansion.

Seeing that Lin An'an actually wrote a letter to himself now, of course he murmured in his heart.Hastily opened to see.

Looking at the content, Jia Lian was stunned.My aunt was far away in Yangzhou, so she actually knew about Wang Xifeng's usury.This is too scary.

Wang Xifeng was illiterate when she was in her natal family. When she came to Jia's house, she knew a few words in order to serve as a housekeeper, but she didn't know the law at all.

Jia Lian knew a little about the law, so he turned around and scolded Wang Xifeng bloody.He also asked the boy to go and buy a copy of the law, and he and Wang Xifeng studied together.

Wang Xifeng used to be ignorant and fearless. Now that he read the law and heard that his affairs were not kept secret, even Lin Anan who was far away in Yangzhou knew about it, so he was shocked.

Recalling the idea of ​​Jia Mu and Mrs. Wang taking their own mother-in-law's dowry that day, Jia Lian's words provoked dissatisfaction with the second room, and since then they have refused to be housekeepers.He hurriedly smoothed out the traces, and stopped doing usury and champerty lawsuits.

Jia Lian ran to Jia Amnesty to complain, and suggested that it would be better to take advantage of Jia Yuanchun's concubine opportunity to bring Rongxitang over.

What Jia Amnesty really wanted was to move into Rongxi Hall as soon as possible, so he immediately went to see Jia Mu and Jia Zheng.

Jia Amnesty asked Erfang to move out of Rongxi Hall, and the reason was very good.

First of all, he is the eldest son after all, and he inherited the title, so he should live there according to the etiquette system.

He also said that now the emperor values ​​Jia Yuanchun, and the title given to her is virtuous, so he must think that she has outstanding virtues.If it is known that Concubine Xiande's parents have disregarded decency to occupy the magpie's nest, it will inevitably affect the emperor's view of Concubine Xiande, thinking that she is not virtuous.

It is also said that the harem is fiercely competing for favor, even if the emperor intends to favor Concubine Xiande, I am afraid that other concubines will not let go for the sake of holy favor, and it will be disadvantageous to Concubine Xiande at that time.

In the end, he also said that if Jia's mother still refused to let the second room move out of Rongxitang, it would be better to separate the family immediately.It also saves the incident from happening in the future and hurting myself.

Anyway, my current title is only a first-class general, and I should have written to the emperor to return the plaque of the Rongguo Mansion, and tidy up the Rongguo Mansion according to the regulations of the first-class general's mansion.

Jia She was strict in his words, and chose the time when the imperial concubine was visiting relatives to talk about it.

Although Jia's mother, Jia Zheng, and Mrs. Wang were not happy, they had to consider whether the second room's continued living in Rongxi Hall would affect Jia Yuanchun's favor.

He was also worried that if Jia Amnesty really disregarded the request to separate the family, the second room would be kicked out of Rongguo Mansion, and there would be no light at all.

Of course, Jia Amnesty, who knew that the officials had run out of money, generously expressed his willingness to still have Mrs. Wang as the housekeeper.

Although Jia Zheng and Mrs. Wang were very unwilling, they still felt that there was nothing more important than Jia Yuanchun's favor.

Don't you see, since Jia Yuanchun became a concubine, the minister of the Ministry of Industry, the Minister of Industry and others have a better attitude towards Jia Zheng. During the communication, the ladies of various families greet Mrs. Wang with smiles and praise her for being a good teacher.

Both of them were thinking that now that Jia Yuanchun was favored and not very old, when she gave birth to the prince, they would be the prince's grandparents.

The little prince is at least a prince, maybe he can have a bigger future, so he is afraid that no one will support him?Sooner or later, with the help of Jia Yuanchun's influence, Dafang will be driven out of Rongguo Mansion.

Just like that, Jia Zheng and Mrs. Wang moved out of Rongxi Hall, while Jia Amnesty and Mrs. Xing quickly moved into Rongxi Hall.

The Jia family was ready, so they wrote a booklet to ask Jia Yuanchun to visit his relatives.

Aunt Xue, who had long gone to Beijing to join Mrs. Wang, became more determined to marry Mrs. Wang after she had seen how the imperial concubine visited her relatives.

It's a pity that now without Lin Daiyu in front of her eyes, Mrs. Wang is not very anxious about Jia Baoyu's marriage, thinking that maybe she can find a better marriage for Jia Baoyu.

So while making false promises with Aunt Xue, she went to various wealthy families to choose the daughter-in-law she wanted.

She had overestimated Jia Baoyu's popularity.Even if Jia Yuanchun became the imperial concubine, those nobles still looked down on Jia Baoyu who had accomplished nothing and only knew how to mess around in the inner circle.

Therefore, no matter what Mrs. Wang hinted, those ladies just didn't answer.Mrs. Wang was so angry that she had a headache, but there was nothing she could do.

Mrs. Jia is old and smart, and she can clearly see Mrs. Wang's jumping up and down, and seeing her busy life, she naturally feels more and more that she must marry the Lin family.

She is still immersed in the old days when Jia Min obeyed her and was extremely filial.

Thinking that Jia Min didn't get along well with Mrs. Wang when she was in her natal family, and she didn't want Lin Daiyu to be Mrs. Wang's daughter-in-law, so she didn't agree to the marriage.

Soon he wrote another letter to Lin An'an, repeatedly explaining how outstanding Jia Baoyu is, and there will definitely be great fortune in the future.He also said that as long as he was there, he would take care of Lin Daiyu, and he would never let Mrs. Wang treat Lin Daiyu badly.

Lin Anan was angry and funny when she received the letter.Although there are hundreds of daughters in the family, but I don't know how many times I have rejected Jia Mu, why Jia Mu still doesn't understand?

Marriage is a matter of having two surnames, and it is easy to handle only if both parties are willing. How can there be someone like Jia Mu who stalks and entangles endlessly, which is really annoying.

Don't say that I don't think much of Rongguo Mansion, it's wrong, now it's a first-class general's mansion, and I don't think much of Jia Baoyu either.

Even if the people in the first-class general's mansion strictly abide by their duties, no matter how outstanding Jia Baoyu himself is, Jia Baoyu and Lin Daiyu are still cousins, and the blood relationship is too close, which is not conducive to eugenics at all.

What's more, I wish I could stay far away from the people in the first-class general's mansion, so as not to implicate the Lin family in future accidents.How could it be possible to rush to marry Lin Daiyu to Jia's family? Could it be that he thought that the connection with Jia's family was not close enough and rushed to send Lin Daiyu to endure hardship?

Lin Anan didn't bother to pay attention to Jia's mother, and just enjoyed life in Yangzhou.

Mother Jia didn't receive a reply after seeing it for a long time, so she naturally understood that Lin Anan didn't like Jia Baoyu at all, and was angry and angry, but there was nothing she could do.

She absolutely refused to ask Jia Baoyu to marry the daughter of a merchant, even if the merchant was an imperial merchant, so she made the idea of ​​Shi Xiangyun, the grandniece of her natal family.

Shi Nai, Shi Ding and their wives are not idiots, and they don't think much of Jia Baoyu, but Shi Xiangyun has been close to the Jia family since he was a child.

He also thought that he was not Shi Xiangyun's parents anyway, so he couldn't control so much, and just bought a generous dowry for Shi Xiangyun at that time.

Mrs. Shi Nai and Mrs. Shi Ding often go out to socialize, so they naturally know some of Mrs. Wang's plans, and they don't know how much Jia's mother can play in Jia Baoyu's marriage.

Naturally, he didn't want to make Shi Xiangyun ambiguous. He had to know that they also had daughters. If Shi Xiangyun's reputation was ruined, they would also be implicated.

Thinking about it this way, Mrs. Shi Ding took the opportunity of visiting Jia Mu to discuss this matter with Jia Mu.

Clearly inform Jia's mother that Shi Xiangyun is not young anymore, if a marriage can be settled, it will be good for the two families to get closer.

If you can't, you can go back and tell Shi Ding to choose another bed for Shi Xiangyun, and you must not delay.

Mother Jia is nominally the person with the highest status in the Jia family, but she doesn't decide anything by herself.

For example, in Jia Baoyu's marriage, it was necessary to pay attention to the orders of the parents and the words of the matchmaker. She could interfere in this matter, but she couldn't make up her mind, so she had to ask Jia Zheng what he meant.

Jia Zheng met Shi Xiangyun and Xue Baochai.In his eyes, Shi Xiangyun is too evasive, Xue Baochai is dignified and prudent, and Jia Baoyu is naughty and willful. It is better to choose a stable wife for him.

However, Shi Xiangyun is the daughter of a Hou family after all, while Xue Baochai is the daughter of a merchant. In terms of family status, Shi Xiangyun can throw Xue Baochai a few blocks away.

Jia Zheng was a little hesitant at first, but it was Aunt Zhao who made up her mind for him.

Aunt Zhao has been living under Mrs. Wang all her life. Although she has a son and a daughter, she lives in fear.How can you be willing to let Mrs. Wang's niece come in in the future, and the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law will team up to deal with her and Jia Huan?

She is also somewhat clever.He didn't say that Xue Baochai was bad, but he only said that Jia Huan said that Xue Pan often caused troubles and made a mess of his family's education, which disturbed Jia Huan and Jia Lan from time to time to study, so they had to go home to study hard.

Jia Zheng attaches great importance to the education of his children and grandchildren, especially Jia Lan, who is young but works very hard, and his future prospects are no less than those of his father Jia Zhu.

Hearing about this, even though she scolded Aunt Zhao a few words, she became suspicious, and the next day she quietly brought a few confidants with her and went home to study.

It's also Xue Pan's bad luck.Jia Dairu was not in good health that day, so he asked the students to study by themselves and went home to rest by himself.

Xue Pan saw that no one was restraining him, so he naturally had some nasty talk with his friends, and even made a fuss about it.

When Jia Zheng arrived, he heard him talking nonsense inside,

Looking in from the window, only Jia Lan and a few other children were studying honestly.

The others were chatting and joking around Xue Pan, sometimes making him, an elderly hypocrite, blush.