Honglou Xing

Mother Jia was so frightened that she froze for a while, and then, under the reminder of everyone, she asked someone to help Mrs. Wang to her green gauze cabinet to rest, and called the doctor and Mrs. Xing over.

Mrs. Xing accompanied Jia's mother to wait for the diagnosis result, and persuaded the terrified old lady.

Mother Jia was still in shock, looking at the ground that had been cleaned up by the maids, she shook her hands and cried, "You didn't see it, just that one, spit blood all over the floor, it's really scary!"

Mrs. Xing took Jia Mu's hand and comforted her again: "Maybe there is nothing wrong, and you don't know if you are in a hurry. Let's wait and see what the doctor says."

Jia's mother nodded, and looked at Xing's trustingly.

At this time the doctor came out and told the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law that Mrs. Wang's illness was just due to being overly frightened, depressed, and the old illness had not recovered.

Xing asked in surprise, "Too frightened? Mother, she was sitting here talking to you just now. What frightened her?"

"No way!" Mother Jia frowned, shaking her head for no reason.

The doctor stroked his beard and said, "Maybe it's because of long-term depression, and today's sudden rush, it's just the illness."

"Maybe that's the case." Mother Jia sighed leisurely, and then asked the old doctor when he would recover from his illness.

The old doctor stroked his beard again, frowned and shook his head, and said, "Second Wife's old illness has not recovered, and she has a new illness, and now she is restless in summer, and her heart fire is on the rise. This illness needs to be taken care of slowly, so there is no rush."

When Jia Mu heard this, her eyes darkened.When doctors diagnose diseases, they always talk about minor illnesses, and serious illnesses tend to be small and medium-sized.According to the doctor, Wang's condition is probably quite serious.

Jia Mu suddenly felt a little uncomfortable, and couldn't help crying.

Mrs. Xing persuaded Jia's mother again: "The doctor only said to raise it slowly, and it will definitely get better. Is there any precious medicinal material in our family? After careful treatment, the siblings should be fine."

Jiamu held Xing's hand and nodded.

Xing turned around and asked the doctor to prescribe a prescription, and told the nanny to take care of Mrs. Wang.It's not easy to ask her to be a patient for a long time to recuperate at Jiamu's place. Fortunately, Xing asked someone to help Xing go back in a soft sedan chair.

Jia Mu was reluctant and insisted on keeping her.

"She is a junior, and she will feel uneasy when she takes medicine in your room to recuperate from illness. It is better to ask her to go back to her own place to raise her comfortably. Don't talk about her, even if your eldest son and I are sick here, it is reasonable. Going back. There is no reason for the younger generation to blame the elders for their illness."

It can be said that the Xing family has done their utmost to treat Mrs. Wang like this.

Mother Jia thinks about it too. It would be fine for Mrs. Wang to stay with her for three or two days. If it takes a long time, there will be a lot of people coming to her place, and sometimes she has to socialize. It is inconvenient to ask a patient to stay here.

The comatose Mrs. Wang woke up under the bumping of the sedan chair. When she heard that Jia Mu was willing to send her back while she was still sick, she couldn't think about it for a while, and vomited another mouthful of blood.He wasn't dizzy, but he was in a daze, unable to hear or speak.

When Mrs. Wang woke up again, it was already the afternoon of the second day.As soon as the servant girl saw that she had woken up, she hurriedly brought over the medicine that had been boiled for the third time, and then called someone to inform Jiamu and Xingshi.

Mrs. Wang remembered what happened yesterday, and she was very depressed, she couldn't even eat, and she couldn't drink medicine.

"Ma'am, the doctor said that this medicine should be drunk while it's still warm, and it won't be effective when it's cold." Yin Chuan advised gently.

"I won't drink it if I say no, why are you barking!" After Madam Wang finished speaking, she stretched out her hand and pushed the medicine bowl onto Yin Chuan, and the bowl shattered on the ground.

Yin Chuan wept aggrievedly, but dared not make a sound, knelt down and picked up all the broken porcelain pieces into the wooden tray.

When Mrs. Xing helped Jia Mu to enter the door, she saw a body of medicinal soup hanging on the silver bracelet, and she went out with broken porcelain pieces.Seeing this, Mother Jia frowned, "This is it?"

Yin Chuan hurriedly dodged away, so as not to bump into Jia Mu with his dirty body. "The servant was clumsy and spilled the medicine bowl."

Mother Jia sighed, of course she could see that Yin Chuan was lying.The second-class maidservant in the mansion has always been steady in serving people, her status is not from Bai Sheng, how can she spill things clumsily?Most likely Wang woke up and lost his temper.

Xing sent Yin Chuan: "Go ahead, ask someone else to take your place and serve your wife."

Yin Chuan bowed and retreated as if he was about to receive an amnesty.

Jia Mu frowned: "This is Mrs. Wang!"

Xing smiled: "Patients are all tempered, it's nothing serious."

Mother Jia looked at Mrs. Xing in relief, nodded, and with her support went down to the back room to look at Mrs. Wang.Sure enough, there was a puddle of scrubbing marks in front of the bed, further confirming Jia Mu's previous speculation that the medicine bowl must have been spilled by Mrs. Wang who was lying on the couch.

Mrs. Wang was quite surprised to see Mother Jia came to see her, and got up excitedly.She regretted her previous arbitrariness even more in her heart. It turned out that the old lady did not give up on her.

Mother Jia still felt sorry for Mrs. Wang, but now that she is seriously ill, she still loses her temper and scolds her servants, and she feels a little dissatisfied.She smiled perfunctorily, pressed Wang Shi down and told her to lie down and not move around, so as to recover from her illness.

Madam Wang was so moved that tears welled up in her eyes. It was only after her mind cleared up a lot that she realized her confusion just now.

Mother Jia told Wang many things, nothing more than to tell her to recover from her illness, and many things in the family were waiting for her to decide and could not do without her.At the end of the day, Mother Jia also asked about Jia Zheng, and ordered someone to go and urge Jia Zheng to come back to see his wife.

Mrs. Wang was so moved that she shed tears and said, "No need, I heard my mother-in-law said that he came to see me yesterday, because I was in a coma and I didn't see him. I went out today for business. If you break your body, you will delay the master's future."

Mother Jia patted the back of Mrs. Wang's hand with a sneer: "As expected of a lady from a famous family, she knows the general situation and is considerate. Seeing that you are so sick, you still think of others."

Mrs. Wang won the praise of Jia Mu, cracked her dry lips, and smiled contentedly.

"Okay, we don't want to bother you for too long. You are sick, so you must rest well and take your medicine on time." Mother Jia didn't want to stay any longer, so she simply lifted her legs and left after saying these words.

Mrs. Wang was moved and watched Jia Mu leave.Turning around, Mrs. Wang was about to take the medicine and asked someone to bring it, but it took half an hour for the medicine to arrive. She had already fallen asleep twice in a daze.

Mrs. Wang became even more upset, and she was so angry that she scolded this maid too.

The little maid felt wronged, but she didn't dare to say it, so she had to bear it.But once the little girl came out of Mrs. Wang's room, she couldn't hide any grievances, and she would feel comfortable speaking out.

"If you don't drink this medicine, you have to pour it out and boil it again. The kitchen cooks the medicine three times, and the medicine is spilled by the wife. There is no medicine here, so I have to catch it again and boil it again. This medicine It takes half an hour to boil a pot of water into a bowl, how can I make it faster?" the little maid said, and began to cry.

The women felt very sympathetic when they heard this, and one of them called Nanny Zhou and said, "You are considered light. Earlier, when Yin Chuan was serving her, she was splashed with medicinal soup and even dropped the medicine. The bowl is amazing."

Hearing this, the little maid became even more wronged: "Sister Yuan Yinchuan was wronged just like me. I also thought, it would be better than sister Jinchuan. Fortunately, I got kicked by her back then, so I can go to my new master."

When the women heard the words, they hurriedly echoed: "Now we all envy her. In the future, she will marry the second girl. I guess it will be like this." The women gave a thumbs up.

Several people nodded in agreement one after another, and complained again, and each of them dispersed to do their own work.

Mrs. Xing accompanied Mrs. Jia back home, and tentatively asked Mrs. Jia about the conversation she had with Mrs. Wang yesterday. "Mother, did you discuss something with your younger siblings, and when your younger siblings get excited--"

When Jia Mu heard Xing's words, she remembered her mention of Baoyu and Daiyu's marriage, and she frowned and thought about it for a while.Could it be that what the doctor said about Wang being "frightened" and "depressed" refers to this?Doesn't Mrs. Wang want Baoyu and Daiyu to be together?Mother Jia was silent for a while, and the appearance of Aunt Xue's mother and daughter suddenly flashed in her mind, and her brows frowned even deeper.

Mother Jia felt that this matter was a bit complicated now, and she didn't want to change her original intention, but because Aunt Xue had given her many good things, she also didn't want to hurt the feelings of the Wang family and the Xue family sisters.

This matter is a bit difficult to handle, but the wife that Baoyu should marry in the end should be Daiyu.Mother Jia looked coldly at Daiyu's health, and now that Lin Ruhai has been promoted to a Bachelor of Martial Arts Hall, walking freely in front of the imperial court can be said to be in full swing.If Baoyu were to marry Daiyu, not to mention the in-laws, with such an imposing father-in-law in the future, plus the uncle of the Minister of the Ministry of Officials, it can be said that the official career will be prosperous, and the future will be bright and magnanimous.

Mother Jia had made up her mind, so she was not afraid to tell Mrs. Xing, so she told Mrs. Xing about her idea of ​​getting closer to the Lin family.

Xing was silent.

But Jia's mother talked endlessly. First she analyzed Baoyu's open future, and then she talked about the benefits of this marriage for Rongfu.In the end, Mother Jia said that Mrs. Xing must help, because Jia Amnesty and Lin Ruhai have a good relationship, and it is safest to have him as a mediator, and Lin Ruhai can't refuse anything.

Jia's mother said a lot, and saw that Xingren had been silent, so she realized something was wrong.Mother Jia stared at Xing Shi unhappy: "Why, do you have an opinion?"

"Mother, let's think carefully about it." Xing said in a deep voice.

"How do you say it?" Seeing Mrs. Xing's hesitation, Jia's mother said displeasedly, "I know you like Miss Lin, but you also despise your nephew. It must be focused on outsiders."

Xing raised her eyebrows slightly, thinking: You are not stupid!Knowing that she is not good enough for another girl, she has the nerve to say that she wants to propose marriage.

If it wasn't for Mrs. Xing, she would have worn it on Mrs. Xing. As a daughter-in-law, she must abide by filial piety, so she really wanted to spread everything out and reason with Jia Mu.

Seeing Xing's attitude, Jia's mother was even more unhappy. "I asked my eldest son to marry you back. I told you to be filial to me and help the housekeeper. I didn't tell you to turn your elbows away! Let you decide whether you are worthy or not? Besides, our family is a famous family. What's wrong? What's wrong? Not worthy?"

Xing smiled lightly, "My daughter-in-law didn't say she wasn't good enough."

"Then what do you mean!" Mother Jia said angrily.

"My daughter-in-law asked you to think carefully about it. It means that brother-in-law Lin recently had an idea that contradicts mother's." Xing thought about it, and now she can only say this.Looking at Lin Ruhai's attitude earlier, he must be the same as himself, he would not agree to this marriage.If she doesn't stop Jia Mu's thoughts now, Jia Mu will be confused and say it on the bright side later.When the time comes, the two families will face a deadlock, saying that they can't get married, and if they become enemies again, it will definitely affect the friendship between Jia She and Lin Ruhai.The Xing family would not be so stupid as to wait for everything to fall short, and then try to hold her back with her bare hands.

"what idea?"

Mrs. Xing pondered for a while, and replied: "The Lin family has no descendants now, so they should think of a way to continue their descendants."

Jia Mu frowned, not understanding what Xing said.Now Lin Ruhai is at this age, not to mention that he didn't have a rebirth, even if he did, he might not be so lucky to have a child in middle age.The generation from Lin's family to Daiyu's is clearly extinct, so what else can they do to continue their descendants?

Mother Jia looked at Mrs. Xing in confusion, and asked her what she could do.

Xing replied: "Brother-in-law Lin can recruit a son-in-law."

"Oh my God!" Mother Jia covered her mouth with her hands in surprise, "A man-in-law? Thanks to him, he dares to think, is there any man from a decent family who is willing to marry? This time, a man will enter the house in a sedan chair. Even the name is not my own. The child can be named Lin, but who would be willing?"

"The Lin family has a big business, so they can find someone after all. The wife is just guessing, and thinks that brother-in-law Lin has this intention. The wife thinks that you must be reluctant to marry Baoyu, so this marriage should not be counted together. good."

Mother Jia frowned and fell silent.

Seeing that her words had finally blocked Jia Mu's mouth, Xing gently raised the corners of her mouth and hurriedly said goodbye.Inform Jia Amnesty about this matter later, and ask him to discuss a solution with Lin Ruhai.

In the evening, Jia Amnesty took the opportunity to chat with Lin Ruhai and set up a small table. The two men discussed the matter while having a drink.

Lin Ruhai bowed to Jia Amnesty in admiration: "Sister-in-law can save my life. If my mother-in-law suddenly proposes marriage to me, I really don't know how to refuse her. I'm afraid that she will be sad and break the relationship between our two families. If you don't say it, it will definitely not work, how can I marry my only precious daughter to that child, there is no future at all!"

"She's just nonsense, and she's stabilizing the old lady for the time being. But brother-in-law, you have to take care of the marriage of Miss Lin, and you should find a good husband's family for your daughter as soon as possible." Seeing Lin Ruhai worried, Jia She paused , didn’t mention this again, and smiled again, “I have a happy event for you. Didn’t your sister-in-law promise you to find you a partner, and now there is a suitable candidate. It’s the daughter of an old Hanlin, surnamed Hu, At the beginning, she was virtuous, filial and talented, and she was selected into the palace as a female official, but she was released from the palace this year, at the age of 28, and it is said that she looks good."

Lin Ruhai has been in the officialdom for many years, and he is like a fish in water. He has never seen any big wind and waves.Now that Jia Amnesty suddenly mentioned marriage to him, Lin Ruhai didn't know how to react, his cheeks flushed a little because of his age.

Seeing that Lin Ruhai was still shy, Jia She laughed and patted him on the shoulder. "Good brother, seeing you like this now, I think it's a good decision to find you a companion! How about it, let's meet her old father some other day, and ask your sister-in-law to help you look after each other?"

Lin Ruhai was slightly stunned, and nodded.

It was late at night when Jia Amnesty returned.Mrs. Xing coaxed Brother Can to sleep, and half-lyed on the couch to read a book, waiting for Jia's pardon.

After Jia She took a bath, he was tired from the day and lay down comfortably. "It's settled, don't worry, even if her old man proposes marriage to brother-in-law Lin right now, he won't blame our husband and wife. He knows that we are thinking of him wholeheartedly, and we have long been grateful. But , to be honest, I think your move to recruit a son-in-law is quite good."

"Don't talk nonsense!"

"I'm not talking nonsense." Jia She looked at Xing steadfastly, "Daughter-in-law, do you think all the ideas you just made up are good?"

Xing closed her eyes with a smile, slowed down for a while, then raised the corners of her mouth and looked at Jia She with a smile. "Don't tell me, you really suggested Brother-in-law Lin to recruit a son-in-law?"

Jia Amnesty nodded. "When girl Lin was young, a monk came to transform her and said some strange things, you know. Brother Lin said that if she were to find a son-in-law for Daiyu, she would just follow the monk's words and stay at home for the rest of her life without seeing outsiders. Yes. That’s right, once the son-in-law enters the house, he is considered to be his own family and not an outsider.”

"Nonsense, whoever lives the rest of his life with the words of a Taoist and a half-immortal is really stupid. Whether a person will live well in the future depends on himself?"

"You're right."

"I want Miss Lin to do well in the future, but I have to find a reliable family. Recruiting a son-in-law is still not feasible. Which serious man would be willing to enter the house in a sedan chair, wouldn't it be shameful? The man's family ancestors were also unwilling. Even now If they are willing, I will also doubt their original intention. It is nothing more than greed for the Lin family's wealth, which is even more unreliable. My words are just used to bet on the old lady, you can't take it seriously." Xing sighed.

"Alas!" Jia She couldn't help feeling worried for Lin Ruhai, "He thought he had finally found a way out."

Xing smiled: "It's not good to recruit a son-in-law. I didn't say that other methods are not good. We can find a compromise. Pick an excellent child, and I am willing to give up another child to adopt the surname Lin after we marry Miss Lin in the future." In this way, he not only took care of his face, but also ended the affairs of the descendants of the Lin family."

"Such an adoption, I'm afraid it's against the rules." Jia She said hesitantly.

Mrs. Xing replied: "This matter depends on brother-in-law Lin's impression in front of the emperor. Please ask for grace, and then I will make a special case in the Ministry of Household Affairs, and it will be nothing."

Jia She repeatedly nodded and praised Xing: "Good idea. With brother-in-law Lin's face, it is easy to ask for such a favor. He has worked hard as an official all his life, and his meritorious deeds are all there. The emperor will be more or less sympathetic. It’s not a big deal at all.”

Mrs. Xing nodded, and then said to Jia She: "I've made a selection for the second daughter-in-law. It just so happened that when I was showing my brother-in-law Lin, I saw a suitable one on the way. His family background is not as good as that of the old Imperial Academy. Qinggui, but also a clean family. My father is a seventh-grade sesame official in Beijing. He is three years older than our second eldest. He is very stable and capable, which is not bad. I am impatient. I went to see a doctor yesterday afternoon. satisfy."

"Since you think it's good, it's okay for me to inquire later, so I'll make a decision early and get things done early. It's also good to ask his wife to coerce him."

Mrs. Xing remembered something, and said again: "The second day before yesterday, the second child told me frankly that he had raised a foreigner, who was the half-sister of the nephew and daughter-in-law of the Dongfu. I went back and inquired carefully. About my nephew, I don’t know much about it with Brother Rong.”

Jia She's eyes widened, wondering what kind of person this woman is, Jia Zhen and Jia Rong's father and son, plus Jia Lian... Jia She frowned in disgust: "This is all a messy relationship!"

"It's not surprising if it's about the Dongfu." Xing said with a sneer.

Jia Amnesty narrowed his eyes and said with a sinister smile, "I was negligent."

Xing shivered, feeling that something was wrong with Jia Amnesty.Because I feel tired and have a lot of things to do tomorrow, let alone him, turn off the lights and rest.

As soon as it got dark in the room, Jia Amnesty stretched out his hand and grabbed Xing Shi's waist.Xing was taken aback, she was really tired... After waiting for a while, when she heard the sound of steady breathing behind her, Xing breathed a sigh of relief, closed her eyes and fell asleep peacefully.

Early the next morning, Jia Amnesty did not let her go.

Xing lay on the couch resentfully, watching Jia She get dressed and washed in a state of trembling spirit.Xing wondered and asked a thousand times in her heart: Isn't he tired?

Today is the day when the Qi family hired Xing Xiuyan, so the Xing family had to get up early and take a bus to Facai Town.Seeing that everything was going well, Mrs. Xing came back early.When Xing's carriage passed by Ningguo Mansion, he heard noises outside.She lifted up the window screen, and saw a few government officials standing at the gate of Ningguo Mansion clamoring to arrest people, and the steward of Ning Mansion smiled and invited a few government officials to come in.What happened after that, Xing didn't know, and had to ask.

When she got home, Xing's buttocks hadn't warmed up when she saw Jia Mu sending someone to urge her to go over.

Xing knew that Jia's mother had something important to discuss, so she passed as soon as possible.

Mother Jia's expression was very solemn, and she watched Xing Shi walk step by step from the door to her with cold eyes the whole time, her face remained serious, and she never let go of it for a moment.

Xing remained calm and looked at Jia Mu's current situation, knowing that something big was about to happen.

Jia Mu lowered her eyes and reached out her hand to signal Xing to sit down.

Xing followed suit and sat down.

Mother Jia didn't look at the Xing family, and asked coldly, "I heard that the Qi family is hiring your elder brother today?"

"Yes." Xing replied.

Mother Jia nodded: "This is a happy event, I can't miss it, and I like Miss Xing's dignified and stable appearance. Later, I will ask someone to prepare a gift, and you will send it for me."

Mrs. Xing nodded. The more Jia's mother didn't get to the point, the more she could feel the magnitude of what Jia's mother was about to say.

Mother Jia moved her eyeballs, and finally glanced at Mrs. Xing. "The second girl is going to get married this autumn, Xing girl is sure, and Lian'er is almost there. It's a good thing that there are many happy events in the house. Except for those two young people who don't need to worry about it, Baoyu is the only one left. It's about Miss Lin."

Mrs. Xing was terrified when she heard the words. She had already said so many irrelevant things that day. Could it be that Mother Jia has not given up her mind?

"I didn't sleep all night last night. I thought about it carefully. If the Lin family is as you said, they may not necessarily have to recruit a son-in-law if they need to keep a son. After Baoyu and Daiyu get married, they can adopt their first son to him." The Lin family!" Mother Jia said in a heavy tone, this was the biggest concession she could make.

Mother Jia sighed, and shot at Xing Shi calmly and sharply.