[Red House] But for the sake of the king

Speaking of which, Sister Feng is undoubtedly the most idle person nowadays.When Jia's mother, Mrs. Wang and others come back, all the affairs of the mansion will still be managed by Mrs. Wang.Sister Feng's fetal breathing was unstable last time, and she was a little red, so she stayed in bed in a small courtyard all day long to raise her baby, eating and drinking in bed all day long.Now that the first three months have passed, the fetal breath has stabilized, but Jia Lian still doesn't let her go out, and even asks Ping'er to watch her, and more and more like a Bodhisattva, he began to make offerings.

On this day, Sister Feng ordered a big woolen dress, and half-stretched on the kang with the quilt in her arms.Ping'er was sitting by the side doing needlework, and Sister Feng ordered Ping'er to make all the clothes for the children, and most of them had to watch them with her own eyes.The master and the servant are talking, and Grandma Dongfu Zhen is about to give birth. Sister Feng has always been close to Keqing, so she naturally cares.

When it was almost lunch time, Zhou Rui's family came meandering.Feng'er was coming out to pass on the meal, and hurriedly said, "Why is Mrs. Zhou free to come today?"

Zhou Rui's family laughed and said, "For a reason, a distant relative came here, and his wife was not here, so I came to ask grandma. Have you passed the meal yet?"

Feng'er replied, "I'm letting people go. If it's not a big deal, Mrs. Zhou can just go in and say a few words; if you can't make it clear for a while, you'd better wait until after lunch. Now our grandma is doing well." It's easy to swallow the food, but I dare not delay her meal."

Zhou Rui's family was in a dilemma. They had already boasted a lot, but it happened that his wife was not there, and the eldest grandma was like this. Could it be possible to go back and tell others that it was okay?It's also her luck, Sister Feng is in good spirits at the moment, and she hasn't been a director for a long time, and she feels a little itchy in her heart.Today, when I heard someone talking outside, Sister Feng, who is always easy to take care of things, would push it away, and hurriedly asked inside, "Feng'er, who is outside."

Feng'er replied under the verandah, "If you go back to grandma, it's Mrs. Zhou who came." Then she let Zhou Rui's family go in.

Sister Feng said happily, "Hurry up and let her come here, it's been a long time, let's talk now."

When Zhou Rui's family came in, he hurriedly said hello, "Grandma, grandma, I'm well today."

Sister Feng smiled and said, "Sister Zhou is being polite, I haven't seen you for a few days, it's strange. Let me guess, come to see me today, but what's the matter, otherwise I won't come again."

Zhou Rui's family hurriedly said, "What Grandma said, the slave really has no place to be ashamed. Because I know that Grandma is at an important time now, and the old lady and the wife have also ordered not to be disturbed, so I dare not come to say hello casually. If Grandma doesn't Dislike it, it is only right for a servant to come to greet Tian'er in the future. If there is something to say, there is really one thing."

Sister Feng didn't wait for her to elaborate, and said to Ping'er first, "Look, what are you talking about, you don't go to the Three Treasures Hall if you have nothing to do, and you really come here when you have something to do." Then she turned to Zhou Rui's family and said, "You know, earlier The doctor said that I was not good, so the old lady made the decision not to let me care about these things. Do you know if you are coming here today?" Although she was very clear that the wife must not be at Zhou Rui's house to dare to come, but Sister Feng still asked clearly, saving Discord arises when you get it.

Zhou Rui's family replied, "But with that said, I don't want to bother grandma, but unfortunately today, my wife went to my uncle's house, and the relatives of the Wang family came, so I dared to invite grandma Show me."

Sister Feng knew that her second uncle, Wang Ziteng, had only been ordered to return to Beijing a few days ago, because she thought that her aunt might go back to see her second uncle, so she didn't know the difference.I just heard that they are relatives of the Wang family, so I wondered, "How did the relatives of the Wang family find this place? Do you know which family they belong to?"

Zhou Rui's family replied, "That's not clear. I didn't care about the welcoming and seeing off. I only knew that my wife would meet regularly that day. Today she came all the way to pay her respects. It's not easy to see her, so I That’s why I dared to bring her in.”

Sister Feng said, "It's a bit embarrassing. I don't know how to make a decision." She also thought that the people who came all the way here must not be some serious relatives, but came here in the autumn wind.It's just that people have been brought in, if they don't see it, it's a loss of etiquette, and it will be tongue-tied.But it's time for dinner, so Sister Feng bowed her head and thought for a while, then ordered, "My wife will have a regular meeting that day, so I naturally can't neglect it. Now it's meal time, and Sister Zhou said that she came all the way. It's time to be hungry. Now, Ping'er, go and order the kitchen to pass a table of guests, and trouble sister Zhou to accompany you. Although I want to, it's inconvenient now, and the uncle is coming back today. After a while, I will let Ping'er Please come here, sister Zhou will take care of you more."

Zhou Rui's family thought they were going to lose face today, but they didn't want the grandma to answer again, so they hurriedly agreed, went out and told Grandma Liu, and took her and Ban'er to the west wing for lunch first.

At one time, more than a dozen women and little maids entered the courtyard with large lacquer boxes, and heard a voice of "set the meal", and gradually the people dispersed, only a few people serving the dishes.Because Sister Feng is pregnant now, Mother Jia ordered that all the orders in this section should be followed by the wives, so there are a lot more vegetables, and there are many dishes on the table, mostly fish and so on.

Sister Feng just raised her chopsticks and picked out two chopsticks of fish to eat, when she heard someone coming in from outside, it was Jia Lian.

Ping'er hurriedly stepped forward to take off the cloak for him, Feng'er twisted a hot handkerchief to wipe his face.Jia Lian didn't sit on the kang until the cold air dissipated from his body, and said with a smile, "I was too late to hurry. But I'm starving to death. Grandma is doing well these days."

Sister Feng personally took the chopsticks from Ping'er, put them away for him, and replied, "It's all good, I thought the uncle would not come back today, so I asked them to set it up. It's really not treating me well."

Jia Lian drank a cup of hot wine first, and said, "What's this worth? You are the most important thing now, and it should be like this. Now the weather is getting colder, if it's better, let the meal be served, don't worry about me, don't be like the previous one Waiting like that made the food cold. In a few days, some ministers from the foreign court will come to see His Majesty, so the ministry will be busy. When they leave, it should be free again."

Sister Feng said with a smile, "I don't know anything about you guys. I used to look at grandfathers and fathers. The business is the most important thing. Now that you have such a prospect, you should put the overall situation first. There is always me in the family." Besides, there are maids all over the place, are you afraid that they will not be able to serve you well?"

Jia Lian said, "That's exactly what I said. It's just that I don't feel at ease when I'm not in front of my eyes. By the way, when I just came in, I saw someone going to the west wing with things, but is there someone there?"

Sister Feng replied, "It's a grandma, who is said to be a relative of the Wang family. I don't understand if my wife is not here. It's hard to drive out when everyone is here, because she will stay for dinner."

Jia Lian didn't care, and said, "Since they are relatives, they should be entertained. You can figure it out. I have to go to the Yamen in the next half an hour. You are bored all day long. The old man knows a lot. If you come from outside the city It's better, you just chat with her to relieve boredom, it saves me worry. Just don't be too tired, the imperial doctor can say, although it is stable, you have to be careful. Ping'er, you guys should be careful Grandma, don't let her do something just because she didn't see her wrongly."

Ping'er hurriedly agreed, and then smiled and served the two of them with vegetables.Sister Feng blushed, lowered her head to eat and said nothing.

After dinner, Jia Lian really changed his clothes and went out.After drinking tea, Sister Feng had her grandma brought over to meet her. As expected, she was only a village woman with a five or six-year-old child with her braids, shy to see others, and hid behind her grandma. .

Sister Feng greeted her for a while, and she didn't think much of her vulgarity in her speech.It's just that if she is sent away like this, one is that she doesn't know the real origin, and she is afraid of hurting the Wang family's face; the other is that there is really nothing to do at home alone, because it is interesting to lead her to speak some village dialects.At the beginning, Grandma Liu was still a little cautious, but later she let go of it, talking about something more sexually, just hoping to make this grandma happy.

When Sister Feng heard it, she couldn't help laughing, and she fell on Ping'er to hold herself steady.Ping'er was afraid that she would laugh too hard and move her fetus, so she signaled Grandma Liu to stop.Seeing that it was almost time, Sister Feng was afraid that it would be inconvenient for the old man to go out of the city, so she ordered someone to hire a carriage for her to take it there, and asked Ping'er to wrap a bag of 50 taels of silver and two pieces of cloth.Grandma Liu was overjoyed, thanked her a thousand times, took her things and followed Zhou Rui's family outside, and after muttering for a while, she took the board and went out through the back door.

The conversation was divided into two parts. Jia Lian said that the ministry had business to do, but actually went to a small alley two streets away from the mansion.Now that the Queen's funeral has not passed, there is no music, singing and dancing in the house, and even the folk theaters have stopped.But how can these officials and gentlemen bear this, most of them are secretly making fun of it.Jia Zhen has always been a person who enjoys pleasure in time. Although she has restrained herself a lot after marrying Ke Qing, she is still very romantic outside. Because of this arrangement, she built a house as a place for her daily entertainment.It was Jia Zhen's birthday, and she couldn't have a banquet at home, so she came up with a way to call some familiar actors here, and because she had always been on good terms with Jia Lian, she invited him here, and others Two brothers, Jia Rong and Jia Qiang, accompanied him.

Halfway through drinking, Jia Lian hugged an actor in his arms and forced him to drink a glass of wine. When he looked around, Jia Rong and Jia Qiang could not be seen, so he asked, "Big brother, where are Rong and Qiang?" , how could it disappear in the blink of an eye?"

Jia Zhen smiled ambiguously, "They have their own fun and don't care what they do. Now that Qiang'er lives outside alone, she rarely sees her brothers, maybe she has something to say."

Jia Lian understood, and asked again, "Big brother is too cruel, Qiang'er is so young, you let him go out alone, don't you feel bad?"

Jia Zhen put down her wine glass and signaled the actors to go out, then she sighed and said, "I have always treated him like a son, and I have raised him for 13 years since he was three years old. I don't feel sorry for him. It's just that you also know that in our house How many dirty things, even if they don't, will spread seven or eight points. Isn't it like them making trouble so that everyone in the house knows? If it's only in our house, it's fine. Your sister-in-law is also a sensible person, and she suppresses it Even Jiao Da wouldn't dare to be presumptuous if he could live with those unreasonable slaves. It's just that if your second uncle finds out about such things, it wouldn't be too bad."

Jia Lian said, "That's right, it's still so good. It's just that I used to know that their children were playing around, but I didn't want it to be real. If you say people like us, men have such hobbies, it's not bad." Not much, but whoever takes it as a serious matter, just grabs a few boys on a whim and it’s over, and at most raises two actors outside. I really don’t know what the big brother thinks, so he just let them go. Rong’er arrives Fortunately, she has already married a wife, so what is Qiang'er's plan? You can't just be a bachelor for the rest of your life, even if you have a job in the mansion, you can't always mess around, a good boy will be tired by that picker. "

Jia Zhen said, "I don't know, I've been thinking of making a match for him for a long time. It's just that your sister-in-law is inconvenient now, so let's wait until she gives birth. They have been sitting and lying together since they were young, and they have seen many times. It will be like this today." It's unexpected. I just didn't expect it to be so powerful. Although they also quarreled with others, they had to follow along. You don't know, the last time I went to Rong'er's yard, this brother The two of you are just so naked, playing with a little boy together. Be good, Cheng Rijie said what about me, but I said that it is the blue that comes out of the blue."

Jia Lian was speechless, "Big brother should also take care of it, we can't let them mess around like this. If you were not the one who went in, and you were smashed, I don't know what bad words will come out."

Jia Zhen replied with a smile, "They are smart. Whenever there are people, they only tease others. They hide their own affairs more than anything else. Although there are some gossips, they have no basis. It is just Hu Qin. There is no use for the children. If it’s not a hindrance, let them go. If it’s just a matter of controlling it for a while, it can’t be worse, or they secretly resent me and curse me in their hearts, so why bother. It’s a big storm. You’re working in the Yamen now, and you’re better informed than I am, but what rumors do you hear?”

Jia Lian was shocked, "Big Brother, did you hear something? I don't know."

Jia Zhen stood up with her hands behind her back, "It's not what I heard, it's just a guess. Once the Zhen family fell, I always felt that something was going to happen. A few days ago, I heard that the Xue family's imperial business was eliminated. Their decades-old brand I don’t think so. I don’t think so when Xue Pan said that he offended Master Lin Ruhai and was avenged by the public.”

Jia Lian replied, "Of course not. I am very clear about Uncle Lin's character. Xue Pan must have offended him, but Uncle Lin will definitely not use such indecent means to deal with Xue's family. Xue Pan is also responsible for this matter." I used to look for me, because the guy in our family is Aunt Xue's niece and daughter, so I can't shirk it, but I didn't have any clue after inquiring about it, it seems that the higher-ups mean it."

Jia Zhen clapped her hands, "That's it! I think the higher-ups already have this idea. First it was the Zhen family, and now it's the Xue family. I'm afraid our family will not be spared."

Jia Lian said with a smile, "Brother, don't worry too much. Although our family is said to be the four major families, it is much more prosperous than them. Besides, although the two houses have titles, they have no real power after all, and they are not in the way of the superiors. How can it be so easy to be targeted. Besides, the north and the south are not very peaceful now, and the top will not randomly stir up big waves in the court."

Jia Zhen sighed, "If this is the case, it will be fine."

Jia Lian handed over a glass of wine, "Brother has always been free and easy, and he admires carpe diem most. What's wrong with you today? You've become so sentimental. Today is your future, and you put all these things aside. Drinking for fun is the right thing to do." Come on, brother, I will offer you a toast, let me do it first."

Jia Zhen also drank the wine with a smile, and did not mention the matter.

On the other side, Wang Ziteng returned to Beijing by order a few days ago, and is still waiting for news at home these days.Mrs. Wang came to the door today, but for her daughter Yuan Chun.Due to the emperor's decree, Yuan Chun should be able to release the palace and go home to marry on his own.Mrs. Wang was fascinated by power in the early years. Now that she saw Zhen Guifei's end, and Yuanchun was over [-] years old but she was in the Dowager Palace, she had already put most of her thoughts out of the day. She only hoped that her daughter could return home as soon as possible.It's just that my master is not proficient in many of these matters, and there is no errand runner in the family, so I had to ask for help from my elder brother who came back.

However, Wang Ziteng kept saying that she was confused, "Yuan Chun finally got in, and maybe the timing was wrong if he didn't get noticed by the emperor. Did you guys manage in there? If you don't care about it like this, I don't know if she is your biological daughter. Now Yuanchun is 21, right? Even if you come out, what kind of family can you find? High or low, you were always picky, but now you still have to be picked by others. You can still watch Which one to go to?"

Mrs. Wang lost her mind when he said this, "Then according to brother's opinion, it is better to stay in the palace?"

Wang Ziteng said, "It depends on the situation. If it can be taken care of, let Yunchun go to a place where the emperor can see. Naturally, it's better to stay in the palace. Anyway, we still have something in hand. If we still stay with the concubine, You should have picked up the child early so as not to make it more difficult in the future."

"What? Brother, what else can you do, tell me quickly, and save your niece too."

Wang Ziteng regretted his slip of the tongue, and said vaguely, "There's nothing, I'll take care of it here naturally, and you should also serve snacks. You can discuss it with the old lady later, she has a lot of experience, and she has to make up her mind. I don't know what the result will be, and I don't know where I will take office next year, and I am very busy."

Because Mrs. Wang wrote it down, she hurried back to the mansion to consult with Jia's mother.