The Jade of the Red Chamber

However, it is said that Jia Yuanchun had calculated and worked hard for several years, but in the end he was relegated to the position of Jia Taipin. He liked a certain concubine very much, and ordered her to be buried.

After all, Jia Yuanchun's thoughts turned quickly, and the emperor cherished her color, so he ordered her to sleep in bed for several days, and the rewards were continuously moved into Yuanchun's Wangchun Palace, causing the other concubines of the emperor to secretly call her "a foxy girl" ".

Taipin Jia was wearing a wide-sleeved silk dress embroidered with red and gold peacocks. She glanced lazily at the tray in the hands of the eunuchs and maids, and waved them off.

Baoqin next to him asked softly: "Girl, what are you...?" Baoqin served Jia Yuanchun since she was a child, and then entered the palace with her, suffered together in difficult times, hugged and cried secretly when thinking of her loved ones, loyal, She is Jia Yuanchun's most trusted person in the palace. This time Jia Yuanchun is promoted, Baoqin will naturally become the grand maid.The two have a deep relationship, and when Baoqin is alone, they still call him the old name of "at home".

Yuan Chun glanced at the well-decorated Palace of Wangchun, feeling a little depressed. This small Palace of Wangchun was actually where Jia Yuanchun lived for the rest of her life. She was really unwilling!Although the Wangchun Palace is good, it can't compare to the majesty of the First Palace. If she is the emperor's concubine, how can she be condescending to the First Palace!

Although the emperor is still the emperor, after all, the owner of the palace is now. Although the emperor's office dare not be a little careless, the emperor's concubines have to move out of the vast palace in the past, and squeeze into a place not far from the Xianfu Palace. In several palaces, those with high status can still have their own independent halls and pavilions, while those with low status can only squeeze together.

Jia Yuanchun has recently been favored and is also a concubine, so the eunuchs in charge naturally tidy up her Wangchun Palace magnificently, but she still feels aggrieved, one must know that the Yufu Palace to which the Wangchun Palace belongs lives in all sizes. More than a dozen "nobles"!Every time Jia Yuanchun goes in and out or gets a reward, he can feel the needle-like eyes on her from the closed rich doors, and he often thinks of the graceful Changchun Palace where the queen lived, how could he? Don't panic! (The difference between Changchun and Wangchun is one word...)

At this time, a soft and pretentious voice said outside the hall: "Is the lady Jia Taipin here?"

Yuan Chun hurriedly said: "Please come in, Eunuch Feng!" This is the old man who is needed by Emperor Feng Cheng, and he is very close to Concubine Wan. It is good to win over.

Feng Cheng looked at Yuanchun, laughed and said: "Ms. Jia, the emperor ordered you to play the piano." Jia Yuanchun smiled all over his face: "I'm in trouble, Mrs. Jia, I'm going now." It seems to be respectful to Jia Yuanchun Satisfied with his attitude, Feng Cheng said with a smile: "Your Majesty, hurry up and tidy up, this old slave will report back to the Emperor."

Baoqin hurriedly sent him out of the hall with an apologetic smile. Before leaving, he stuffed a flat and inconspicuous purse for him. Feng Cheng pinched the purse, put it in his sleeve, and said with a smile: "Ms. The male blood is the most pure and kind, and the emperor often praised the empress for her honorable legacy."

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Concubines have only been promoted to the throne for a few days. Today, I feel grateful that there is nothing like the word "filial piety" in the world. I think the nature of parents and children is the same, not the difference between high and low.Today, since I serve the Supreme Emperor day and night, I still can't show my filial piety. Seeing that the concubines and talented people in the palace have been in the palace for many years, and they have left their parents' voices, how can they not think about it?Therefore, it was written to the emperor that on the [-]th day of each month, his family members in the pepper house were allowed to enter the palace, please wait and see.

The emperor was overjoyed, highly praised the filial piety and pure benevolence of today, and made a decree, saying that the entry of family members into the palace would hinder the national system, and the mother and daughter could not be comfortable. You can invite Luan Yu from the inner court to enter his private residence, so as to make a little love for your own flesh and blood!

With these two decrees, the whole world praises the pure filial piety and generosity of the present, the benevolence of the Supreme Emperor.

Those in the capital who have daughters in the harem are all happy.

It was the 26th day, and Jia Mu and Mrs. Wang handed over the booklet early today and went to the palace to see Jia Taipin.After waiting for an hour, the little eunuch invited him into the palace.

Mother Jia is old and used to pamper her, how can she bear the pain of standing and running around, she has no choice but to lean half of her body on Mrs. Wang's body to support herself. Although Mrs. Wang is healthy, she can't bear it. When Jia's mother came up again, she couldn't help complaining secretly.

Now Concubine Wan of the Empress Dowager has the highest status, so she went to pay her respects first, so she couldn't help being cold-eyed, and she didn't see Jia Yuanchun until there was only half an hour left in the waiting time.

Mother Jia was in tears, rubbing Yuan Chun's hand, full of many things in her heart, but she couldn't say anything.

After a while, Concubine Jia smiled sadly: "It's hard for a girl to cry for a while instead of talking and laughing."

After all, Jia Mu has experienced many storms, so she endured her grief and spoke carefully.

There was no one else in the hall, only holding the qin to wait on her, and the three of them didn't have to avoid her when they were talking.Just listen to Jia Pin saying: "Now there is a rift between Concubine Wan and Concubine Wan, and I can't turn around. Fortunately, I am quite favored by the Emperor, so it's okay for now. It's just that our family is weak in the court. If we can't add some help, I'm afraid... if we can get out If the court and the inner palace benefit from each other, our family will surely be more prosperous than before!"

When Mrs. Wang heard about it, she quickly laughed and said, "Now that your uncle has been promoted to the inspection point of the nine provinces, he will have to advance again in the future. Isn't it just relying on him?"

Jia Yuanchun was relieved when he heard this, and he only told him: "It's good for uncle to be promoted, but in the end it's better for our family to have someone in his place." After thinking about it, he said: "Baoyu has been different from others since childhood. Intelligent, extremely talented, well-supported, not strict enough to become a weapon, but not too strict to give birth to danger. Although the emperor is good now, how will the situation be in a few years... In this deep palace, you still have to rely on precious jade to win Only then..." Having said this, he couldn't help but choked up again.

Jiamu and Mrs. Wang hurriedly comforted her, but seeing that it was getting late, Jiamu didn't care about other things, and said in a low voice: "Although the emperor is old, I asked your mother about a few months ago and promised to be pregnant. The time is too short to fall, now you should..."

When Jia Bin heard it, she was both surprised and happy, and she couldn't help asking in a low voice, "Is this true?"

Mrs. Wang replied with a smile: "No mistake, I got it from the waiter of Tai Hospital."

Mrs. Wang thought that if her Yuanchun could get a dragon son, wouldn't she be the prince's grandmother in the future? Wouldn't she be more noble than the old lady now?

Seeing that the concubine Jia had already thought about it, Jia's mother said: "The emperor favors the concubine to wait for a proscription. Anyone in the capital who has a daughter who is a noble in the palace will not be grateful." Now, the father of Zhou Guiren has started work at home, and the father of Concubine Wu also went out of the city to see the place. The families of several concubines and concubines are all like this, especially the Fu family of Concubine Wan's natal family is even more powerful Haoda, we are going to build the Provincial Court."

If Jia Yuanchun was afraid of extravagance and didn't want to stand out before, now he seemed to have a reassurance after hearing that, nodded and said: "Do as father." Affection……

After a while, Baoqin came forward: "Old lady, madam, the time is coming..."

The three of them were helpless, and Jia's mother said: "Be good at taking care of me, and I will see you next month..." After saying a word, tears fell like rain.

Good news came the next day. It turned out that Jia Taipin was thanking her for her kindness and playing back the matter of her grandmother and mother entering the palace. Long Yan was very happy, and not only rewarded Jia Taipin, but also sent her inner money, satin, gold and silver, etc. The gifts given to Jia's mansion also praised Jia Zheng, and everyone in Jia's mansion was very happy and complacent.

It is said that after the family members of Jiaofang entered the palace to visit and greet, Mrs. Wang regained the power of the housekeeper in the mansion, and everyone flattered and flattered her.Jia Zheng, Jia Amnesty and Jia Zhen agreed to borrow the garden of the East Mansion and move to the north to build a provincial courtyard in a total area of ​​three and a half miles.

Jia's family is planning to build a family home, but Lin Zhenyu in Lin's mansion is holding the account book and smiling. Seeing him so happy, Shui Yang feels a little helpless: Is there such a shortage of money?It's been a half hour of laughing!

Zhenyu patted him on the shoulder and continued to be happy. It's not a matter of lack of money. Seeing these fools rushing to buy those expensive wood and building materials from the shop for the sake of their fame, and his good grandparents' house, Earn money while watching a play, don't be happy!

Zhenyu rubbed her stiff face with a smile, and said to Shuiyang: "I have to thank you for this, if you hadn't told me about visiting my relatives in advance, I am afraid it would be too late to make money by collecting wood. "It's not that Zhenyu didn't have the idea in his heart to make a fortune while all the families flaunted their wealth and competed to build provincial homes. It's just that things have changed a lot since he came, and a lot of wood is expensive. He doesn't want to go adventurous.

Shui Yang knew what Zhenyu was thinking. In his heart, the Lin family's wealth should be left to Daiyu and Fuyu. He didn't want to lose what his younger brother should have inherited, but Lin Hai loved him very much. Daiyu and Fuyu And I love Dai to be close to him the most, how could I be willing to do this!Therefore, Zhenyu's enthusiasm for opening a shop to make money since she was a child is nothing more than wanting to treat her younger siblings well.

It's just... Shui Yang raised his eyebrows slightly - just let him raise it, not to mention Zhenyu, even the whole Lin family can afford it.Stretching out his hand to rub the boy's cheek, Shui Yang thought to himself, he is very willing to raise him.

In Rongfu, heaped mountains and dug ponds, erected buildings and erected pavilions, planted bamboo and flowers, and made people make gold and silver utensils. They went to Gusu to buy girls, and went south to collect rare birds, flowers and birds. It was very lively and noisy.

Mrs. Wang heard Zhou Rui's family's report and repay the account, and she felt a little worried. The money in the public account was not enough, and the money from the old lady, Dongfu, and Dafang added up was not enough, but she had to think of something. That's good.

Thinking about the faces of the great master and the Xing family, even if they went there, they would not get any money, and maybe their garden would be occupied by crying poor for nothing.Mrs. Wang thought that it was not appropriate for the East Mansion. The Huifang Garden, which had been repaired for a few years after occupying the East Mansion, this time the Ning Mansion sent tens of thousands of taels of silver.

Lian'er and Sister Feng should have some private houses, but this couple is a bit slippery. Mrs. Wang originally wanted to hand over the transfer of money to Sister Feng because of the heavy responsibilities and body, but she didn't want Sister Feng because of the previous paragraph. She was exhausted and unable to take care of things, but Lian'er became well-behaved. She supervised the work every day and only received money to do the errands. She didn't care about the accounts at all. Reason, just complain to Aunt Xue.

After Jia Yuanchun made her concubine, the Xue family gave a generous gift, and the Lin family also prepared a generous gift, which was sent by Lin Zhenyu herself.Now Mrs. Wang naturally puts the idea of ​​money on these two families. The reason is also true. The relatives have such a big happy event. Now it is good for everyone to come to build a provincial house. power?

Speaking of which, Mother Jia intended to bring Daiyu and Fuyu to live here, but they were both declined. Lin Zhenyu was also polite. Now that there are many people in Rongfu, it is inappropriate for Daiyu to come and disturb her. Fuyu, now I have invited a master to sit in the library, and I am studying hard.Although Jia Mu was a little displeased, she couldn't find a reason, so she had to give up.

Since Mrs. Wang had such a heart, she immediately packed up and came to Aunt Xue's Pear Fragrance Court.

Aunt Xue saw that the eldest daughter of the Rong Mansion was named a concubine. Although she was a concubine, she was a noble person after all. The lintel of the Rong Mansion was naturally higher. She wanted to sell some benefits to them and discuss with Baochai. Relying on the protection of the Jia family, they also agreed, and only asked Aunt Xue not to give more, 5 taels.

Mrs. Wang borrowed money this time, Aunt Xue readily agreed after hearing her say a few words, went into the inner room and brought a brocade box, which contained 5 taels of silver notes, and then the two old sisters talked and laughed, very harmonious.When Mrs. Wang returned to Rongxi Hall, she felt a little disgusted: the Xue family is rich, and the family property must have several million taels of silver, but they only borrowed 5 taels, which shows that they are stingy!

Thinking of the Lin family again, I was even more determined to borrow more from his family!I was thinking about asking Sister Feng to go there in person tomorrow, but I heard Jin Chuaner report outside: "The old lady is looking for you."

Mrs. Wang curled her lips secretly, and asked someone to call the Sanchun sisters who lived in the three small buildings behind the room to go to Jiamu's room together.

Jia's mother was chatting with Aunt Xue, and Xue Baochai was sitting next to her.

When Mrs. Wang and others saw the ceremony, Mother Jia asked casually, "How is the garden?"

Mrs. Wang replied with a smile: "there is already a charter, so follow it, and there are elders, masters and Lian'er outside to take care of it."

Mother Jia nodded, but she didn't just ask this question casually. Just now when Xue's mother and daughter came to greet her, she vaguely said that it was about borrowing money. The meaning of borrowing some is nothing more than wanting to sell it well.

Mother Jia knew that in order to make Yuanchun favored, not only did she go to the Ning Mansion to have a grandson-in-law, the Qin family, but also spent a lot of money in the Rong Mansion, and Ku Yin was running out, so she treated Mrs. Wang like a relative. He turned a blind eye to borrowing money, and even agreed in his heart.

Calling Mrs. Wang today is just a few words of advice. Mother Jia knows that her second daughter-in-law is quite fond of money, and she has never been able to spit it out. However, this private house money will also be left to Baoyu in the future. As long as it's not too much, it's fine.It's just that the eldest son of the Lin family is very cunning. Mother Jia is afraid that Mrs. Wang will be self-defeating again. A few days ago, Wang's reputation was not good.

In fact, Mother Jia didn't know much about Mrs. Wang's affairs a few days ago. Firstly, due to her seniority, it was inconvenient for everyone to mention it at the banquet; secondly, even if some relatives knew about it, who would come to her? Chew this tongue, for fear of please?Therefore, Mother Jia only felt that although this matter was disgraceful, she didn't care too much about it, but she didn't know that there was no family in the capital who didn't know about it, and the consequences of this matter were still to come!

After chatting for a while, Mother Jia was about to leave Mrs. Wang alone to talk, when Yuanyang lifted the curtain and came in: "Old lady, the second master is here."

I saw a rare smile on Jia Zheng's usually serious face, but today the emperor's envoy rewarded him with some gold and silver objects, and the minister of the Ministry of Industry also praised him for his rigorous work, so he couldn't help but want to give the reward to his mother. The old lady is also happy.

Jia's mother was really happy, and asked him to sit down and talk about it. The room was full of happiness, but after a while, she heard Jia Zheng mention Lin Zhenyu.

Jia Zheng stroked his beard and said with a smile: "I went to inspect the fortifications in the ministry today, and I happened to meet Brother Zhen, and my conversation and demeanor have improved."

Jia Mu was afraid that he would remember Baoyu again, so she couldn't help scolding him, so she asked with a smile, "That child hasn't come for a long time, how can you describe it?"

Jia Zheng smiled and said, "Okay. Today, the emperor has decreed that Enke will be added next year. I have always been lenient towards Enke. Although brother Zhen's filial piety is less than three years old, it has already passed a hundred days. It is also in the grace, but it can end. It's a happy event to try." Seeing Jia's mother happy, he said: "Brother Zhen has a heart, and he said that the money for the construction of the relatives' courtyard in the mansion must not be rich, so he used all the 1 taels that his mother said to build the other courtyard. Their intentions, the child's words are sincere, so I agreed."

When the Lin brothers and sisters went home wronged, Jia's mother did say that she would return the 1 taels of "living expenses" to the children, which was almost untouched, and she also expressed her innocence and non-greedy intention.

That's what Jia Zheng said. Mother Jia listened to it, but she lowered the corners of her eyes and her smile faded a little.

Mrs. Duwang can't take it anymore, the 1 taels of silver have already entered her private treasury, do you still want her to take it out now?

But Jia Zheng didn't pay any attention to these common affairs. He only felt that his nephew was very considerate and caring, so he said to Mrs. Wang kindly: "Let's put the 1 taels in the foreign account, so that Lian'er and the others can buy it." .”

Mrs. Wang knocked out her teeth and swallowed her blood, but she had to nod her head in response. She had to listen to Jia Zheng's compliments to Lin Zhenyu one by one. The rest of the people, in order to please Jia's mother and Jia Zheng, mostly agreed, the straight-hearted Mrs. Wang The veils were ripped off.

Back at Rongxi Hall, hearing that Jia Zheng was sleeping in Aunt Zhao's room again, this added fuel to the flames, throwing away two teacups after throwing away the maids.Mrs. Wang was leaning on the stone blue money python lead pillow and caressing her heart, thinking about where to get some money back, asking her to take it from her private treasury, but it is absolutely impossible!

After thinking it over and over again, I called Zhou Rui's family and asked her to explain to her son-in-law Leng Zixing: "If you lend twice as much silver, the interest will be increased by one point!" Too... just seeing Mrs. Wang's uneasy face, she didn't dare to say more, so she took her order and went.