The Jade of the Red Chamber

It was still bright outside, but this absurd thing happened inside the house. Mother Jia was so angry that she couldn't stand, she pointed at the three kneeling people on the ground and kept shaking.

Jia Baoyu's face turned pale, and he couldn't speak.Xiren and Sheyue burst into tears even more. Rao Xiren, who is such a delicate figure, is now in a state of panic, as if the sky is falling.

To say that Jia Baoyu was also extremely unlucky, this incident was really not bad for him, it was all caused by the careful maids, Jia Baoyu probably just had soft ears and no opinions, and couldn't bear the temptation.

He knew about this man and woman from the Fairy Jinghuan in his dream, and when Xiren was a few years older than him, he couldn't help but push it back and it became a good thing. After that, he treated Xiren differently from others, and Xiren served him as well. Even more gentle and dedicated, if the two continue to develop like this, it is inevitable that Xiren will be Baoyu's most powerful aunt in the future, Xiren is virtuous and flattering, even with Bao's second grandmother, Xiren will not be left behind.

It's just that things are always unexpected. This Baoyu actually has a heart for Miss Lin who hasn't lived for a long time.From Xiren's point of view, this Miss Lin is arrogant and comes from a high family background. Seeing how her elder brother and younger brother treat her, she is extremely favored at home.It has to be said that when the whole family in Jia's mansion, which was instigated by Mrs. Wang and Xue Baochai, looked up to Miss Bao, this Xiren was rarely sober. She knew that if Lin Daiyu married in, her natal family would be strong, so she A maid and concubine really can't get anything good, so she targets Daiyu both openly and secretly.

Miss Lin didn't have those thoughts, and she was far away from Baoyu on weekdays. Even Xiren sighed in her heart for the upbringing and rules of the Lin family.After what the wife did, the Lin family was going back to their own house, and Xiren heaved a sigh of relief. According to Uncle Lin's temperament, he would never let Baoyu come into the Lin mansion to see Miss Lin.Unexpectedly, Uncle Lin returned Zijuan's hoof, and the old lady handed him over to the second master in a blink of an eye. Baoyu confessed like a treasure, and her limelight was suppressed for a while.

This Zicuckoo is careless, because she has served Miss Lin for a while, she always seduces and sells it in front of Baoyu, which is very embarrassing.Xiren competed with her, but Baoyu seemed to be slightly on the other side. Fortunately, Xiren has been enveloping the maids all the time, so it can't be regarded as a disadvantage.I don't want the old lady, because of Baoyu's discomfort with Miss Lin's engagement, to actually make that foxy girl into a roommate, who is half a point higher than her prospective aunt who holds the aunt's monthly regulations at the wife's place, which strikes people's heart Not to mention jealousy.

But after all, Xiren is a few years older. She speaks less and more steadily, and the old lady valued her when she was young. She knows that she has seen a lot of things that cannot be said in this backyard. After getting married with Baoyu, although she hopes to have a child It can strengthen her position, but she knows in her heart that this must be done after Baoyu has her second grandmother, otherwise, if the aunt doesn't say anything, her life may not be saved.

But who would have thought that Jia's family was in such a catastrophe, Zijuan's cheap hoof was pregnant at this time, the most pedantic master was not there, and the wife was not here because she was convicted, the old lady took pity on Baoyu, and even acquiesced to Zijuan That cheap cuckoo gave birth to a child!

How can Xiren be reconciled, seeing Baoyu being a father for the first time is novel and exciting, most of her heart is pulled there, Xiren is shocked and frightened, her former relying wife is now a plucked phoenix—— It's useless, the old lady thinks that she leaned towards Mrs. Wang and was very lukewarm.Xiren understands that now the old lady calls her over to call her back from time to time, not because she values ​​it, but because she knows Baoyu's daily life best and takes care of the big and small things in Baoyu's room, but once Zijuan gives birth to a child, she may not be able to keep her identity , compared to her, Zijuan's name change is justified, isn't it?

Xiren never thought of doing anything bad to the child in Zijuan's womb. Firstly, the old lady valued this child, and if something happened, she would have to be investigated strictly; Come on; thirdly, with Zicuckoo as a shield, the future Second Mistress Bao wants to find a helper, as long as she behaves meekly and low-key, she must be the first choice, and then someone else will take care of that bitch!Xiren understood clearly that the most important thing now is to seize the opportunity to win Baoyu's heart back.

Seeing that Baoyu was upset to study for the old lady's imperial examination, she knew Baoyu's temperament well, and knew that it might be useful if the girl spoke slowly, but the old lady's way would only be counterproductive, so Xiren helped him in the old lady's speech. I had a lot of conversations with my wife, and sure enough, Baoyu was very grateful, and he pulled her "good sister" and called her affectionately.

Xiren's heart is full of Baoyu. Although she also wants Baoyu to make progress, she feels that the old lady loves Baoyu. In the future, those bodies will be his, enough for them to live for several lifetimes. This matter of the imperial examination It doesn't matter much.After all, she is a maid, she is scheming but short-sighted.

Just thinking about it this way, Xiren hooked up with Baoyu to do what kind of deeds, and they spent more time together. With their affection, Baoyu was happy, and naturally treated Xiren better, and asked the next few to see the wind Seeing this, the rudder rushed the little girl who flattered Zijuan to turn around.

However, in the matter of men and women, it’s okay if the two are dependent on each other in their hearts. Like Baoyu, she can’t wait to keep all the sisters and sisters in the world in her heart. Every girl is like a person with a passport. Fortunately, every month and year, they have been here for so many years, even if they are young and beautiful, they can't match Baoyu's temperament of "sisters with the world in mind".

Xiren had no choice but to look at Sheyue, who had been following her footsteps. Sheyue's appearance was not very outstanding among the flowers in Baoyu's room, but her figure was very good, with a heavy chest. , much more seductive than those young girls.And compared to Qingwen and others who have the most temperament like Miss Lin, Muskyue who vents her anger with herself is the most appropriate.Which girl in Baoyu's house is not used to enjoying the blessings, who doesn't want to become half the master in the future, and the Zijuan incident happened earlier, Sheyue agreed not long after, and the attackers created an opportunity, and the good things between her and Baoyu were completed.

When Xiren cleaned up Baoyu's study once, he found a few picture books among the books given by Baoyu's friends in the past. Xiren was already an experienced person, so she couldn't help but blush when she saw it. When Baoyu and Xue Pan were friends, the "good things" from the Qinlou and Chu Pavilion that were sent in book boxes on Valentine's Day received many book gifts every year, and Baoyu threw them away at a glance. I went to the study and didn't find it.

Xiren hid secretly and tried a few times with shame. Sure enough, Baoyu was so happy that he threw the fresh musk moon aside.Xiren felt sweet in his heart, and acted more boldly.In order to win over Sheyue and keep Baoyu by his side, although Xiren didn't let her see those books, he secretly mentioned some of them... Sheyue became more and more sympathetic to her.

Or is it that people's scale and bottom line are expanding bit by bit?Baoyu couldn't help being tempted, they often did that in the daytime, and it was safer in the daytime than at night, Xiren also thought that if there was a lot of noise at night, it would be difficult to avoid suspicion in the dead of night.

It was the first time the three of them were together today, and they hadn't made any mistakes these days. Xiren was once again dazzled by Qingwen's complacency in being driven home, so he didn't arrange it carefully, and this time it wasn't like In the past, she or Musk Yuezhong would always be watching outside, but it was such a coincidence that the old lady was breaking through this scandal!

Just a moment ago, Xiren was still looking down on Qingwen in his heart, "pretending to be aloof, it was just because she didn't notice for a while that she saw Baoyu and Sheyue rolling on the bed, so she wanted to go home crying and making noise!" Huh, don't Said that she has no intention of being Aunt Baoyu, and now she is going home, and she wants to see what good luck the "shy" girl Qingwen can have in the future!

The next moment Xiren knelt on the ground, the old lady's eyes made her feel cold from the outside, this time it was really not talking about the way forward, I'm afraid I didn't even talk about whether I was alive or not.

Mother Jia tried her best to maintain the last sliver of reason, and she withdrew and told her to put on her clothes. Yuanyang blushed and bowed her head, and the maidservant below dared not make a sound.For a long time, Jia's mother asked Baoyu to go to the study to think about the past. Seeing that the old lady was furious and had been smashed through such a shameful thing, Baoyu dared not speak, and walked away with a pale face.

Baoyu left alone, and when Jiamu went up, she slapped Xiren and Sheyue on the face several times, pointed and scolded: "You little whore, good man, you have taught me badly." Xiren and Sheyue's faces were hot, and they dared not speak.

Jiamu knew that this should not be a big deal. If it was passed on, Baoyu's life might be ruined, and there would be no need to think about marriage and official career.He didn't say much, and asked people to gag the two of them, shut them up in the firewood room, and explain that they would be sold far away in the day.The attacker cried and begged: "Old lady, I don't dare anymore. If the old lady wants to beat and scold, just let me go. It's God's grace not to ask me to go out. I have been with the old lady and the second master for these years, and I will be kicked out now." , I'm fine, but what do people say about Second Master?"

When I said this, I really hit Jiamu's reverse scales, and the tea cup was thrown over, and Jiamu scolded: "How dare you mention Baoyu! If it weren't for you, how could my good Baoyu be like this? Hurry up and stop mentioning it." You have served me, you are not ashamed, but I want to feel ashamed for you! There is no need to drag other things, I know you are greedy for the azalea in that room, hum, let me tell you the truth, this woman has children like Passing through the gate of hell, I am a child who loves Baoyu, but the lowly maid who blocks Baoyu's way is not necessarily!"

When these words came out, even Yuanyang's expression changed.

Sure enough, Mother Jia strictly ordered the maids who saw what happened today not to say a single word to the outside world. In half a month, the maids who knew about it were all "sent to Zhuangzi" one after another. In short, there was no one. Even Amber was no exception. Mother Jia gave a dowry silver to marry the son of Zhuangtou, who was in charge of her dowry.

Mother Jia also searched the cages of all the maidservants in Baoyu's room, and sent away anything that seemed wrong.Xiren and Sheyue were dragged away to give teeth the next day. This was seen in Yuanyang's eyes, but it was rumored in the house that these two big maids were in charge of the money and things of Second Master Bao, and they had accounts in hand. If it is not clean, ask the old lady to take it to Zhuangzi to think about it, and then call it back when it is corrected.While Yuanyang was worried about the old lady's methods, she was also worried about herself. Although she was the most trusted by the old lady, if there were any rumors, the old lady might think of her. Fortunately, there was something wrong with Second Master Bao. , Pulled the old lady's mind away.

After all, Mother Jia felt sorry for Baoyu, and now she blamed all the faults on the maids. After kicking out these maids, fearing that Baoyu would be wronged, she hurriedly selected four or five neat and honest servants from the mansion to serve him.

On this day, when Xichun painted a new painting and sent it to Baoyu, she looked at the unfamiliar faces all over the room and sighed, "If there are some faults with the Xiren sisters, they are also small. They have served you with all their heart all these years." , Second Brother, why don't you beg the old lady to take them back?"

Before he finished a sentence, Baoyu was sick in his heart, and his face turned pale after hearing this.

Xichun thought that she had made a mistake, so she quickly changed the topic, chatted a few words and left.

Jia Baoyu was already depressed, ashamed and terrified, with all kinds of feelings accumulated in his heart, but now he was holding on with all his strength, and he often stayed until late at night.After a day or two like this, Jia's mother was satisfied, and felt more and more that it was the fault of those foxes and goblins, but within half a month, Jia Baoyu's weak body, which was spoiled by thousands of pampering, fell ill.

Jia's mother was distressed, and she had invited many doctors, but Jia Baoyu was in a daze and couldn't get better. One day, Mrs. Wang suddenly said, "Why don't you see Baoyu's jade?!" I beat and scolded the waiting girls, but I really can't blame them. It was Jia Mu who gave the order to die-"Your second master should concentrate on studying. If you tell me who dares to make troubles and disturb Baoyu, kill him immediately and throw him away." Get out!" With that said, no one would dare to get close to Baoyu's body, not to mention that those things were always done by the attacker, She Yueqingwen, and these maids haven't started when they came here!

Jia Mu was so panicked that she couldn't help it. This jade is Baoyu's lifeblood. His future and his extraordinaryness all depend on it.After rummaging through the whole house, Jia Mu was encouraged by Mrs. Wang to offer a reward outside to find jade. At first, it was 1000 taels, but later it grew to 1 taels.

Dafang Jia She and others all heard the news, and they were very angry. This is why Jia She and Mrs. Xing did not come to the door for the next few months.

Baoyu was lying on the bed, although he was still confused from time to time, but this illness was not as serious as when he lost the jade in the Rongguo Mansion, and the doctor was able to find out the source, saying that it was caused by the accumulation of everything in his heart.

After half a month of quarreling, Mother Jia even sent people to the big room to ask them to help find her, but she was kicked out by the angry Jia Amnesty.

On this day, the weather was just right, but a monk with a skinny head came. The sound of chanting Buddha could reach the ears of Jia Mu in the house through the courtyard.

Jia Mu was anxious and asked about Yu's whereabouts.The monk was crazy, crying and laughing, and sang: "It may be true, it may be false, jade goes where jade goes, where does jade come from, and where does jade go."

Jia Mu thought about these words carefully, the more she thought about it, the more profound it became. She suddenly remembered that Mrs. Wang had mentioned the matter of adding money to the reward in the past few days. No, I thought it was because I missed Baoyu, but now I think about it... Where did jade come from?Jade goes in jade, it seems true and false!Isn't this jade brought out when Wang gave birth to Baoyu?

Jiamu's eyes sharpened, and she clenched her hands tightly, causing Yuanyang who was supporting her to feel pain.Asking Ren Haosheng to greet the master with tea, Jia Mu took the mandarin ducks and went directly to Mrs. Wang in the small courtyard.The scarlet-headed monk sang and laughed madly, and ignored her.

When Jia Mu came in, she slapped Mrs. Wang and shouted sharply, "Mrs. Wang! Take it out! Take out Baoyu's jade!"

This jade was really taken by Mrs. Wang. She thought someone was telling the truth and looked at the two cronies beside her with resentment, then knelt on the ground and took the jade out of her arms.

Jia's mother didn't know what to say. These people were more disappointed than the other. Regardless of Mrs. Wang's crying, she asked someone to lock her up in the backside room.She glanced coldly at her two trusted wives, she has more important things to do, and after that, these people are good-looking!

Mother Jia hurriedly held the jade for the master to see. She remembered that when Baoyu was dimpled, a lame Taoist stroked Fuyu and within a few days Baoyu healed.

As expected, the monk was still there. He took the jade to look at it, and suddenly laughed loudly: "It's really strange, your turbidity is so strong, that's all, I'll come pick you up when you're broken! It's a pity for the waiter, it can't be broken The calamity has polluted the mind in vain, what a pity!"

After finishing speaking, he threw the jade to Jiamu, and went out with a high song.Jiamu went out after chasing her, but she was nowhere to be seen.

After this incident, Baoyu slowly recuperated. Mrs. Wang's mother Jia was completely discouraged, and she was only watched by others, and she was not allowed to step out. To deal with her, just ask people to seal the windows tightly so that no sound can come out.

On the contrary, the illness of the Baoyujing seems to have lost half of its aura, no matter how you look at it, it is not as agile as before. Fortunately, it is much more obedient, and it is hard work to read and write.But Jia Mu was very worried about the unfinished words of the scarlet-headed monk that day, and she couldn't wait to ask her family to pay a lot of money to invite some masters back, so she always asked Baoyu Mingke if there was hope?Several masters rushed to Jia's family with a lot of money, but after all they were famous. After reading Jia Baoyu's article, they all shook their heads and told them to read it for a few more years.

One of them managed to make up for a vacancy in a remote place. Before leaving the library, he said to Jia Mu: "Madam, I know you are eager to look forward to Sun Chengcai. The precious son is indeed not a material for reading. Memorization is too slow. At his age, It's really late. Please think twice, old lady, and find another way out as soon as possible."

Jia's mother was dumbfounded, holding Baoyu and crying. Since the child fell ill, the talent of almost never forgetting in the past has gone out of ten. What hope is there for this?

The series of blows almost made Jia's mother unable to swallow. Hearing that Jia Huan was doing well in the academy, she even thought of admitting Jia Huan back.Mother Jia weighed it for a few days, and decided to find a marriage for Baoyu first, and then talk about this kind of thing.

In this world, there are people like Lin Ruhai's family who love their girls so much, and naturally there are parents who treat girls as bargaining chips for profit.Under Jia's mother's heavy betrothal gift, he made a marriage with a big merchant in the capital city. If they agree, the two will dissolve their engagement.

The betrothal gift was generous enough, but the family didn't say anything, and married the girl only half a month after the engagement. The marriage was hasty, and few relatives and friends were present.The Second Grandma Bao, whose maiden name is Tong Hui'er, is also very powerful, she looks exactly like her parents. Mother Jia saw that she was pretty and good at housekeeping, so she was satisfied at first.In the face of Tong Hui'er's trouble with Zijuan overtly and secretly, she pretended not to see it.

It's just that it's still necessary to train the daughter-in-law, and Tong Hui'er can't do without asking and serving every day.Tong Hui'er has been holding back for more than ten days. She has to serve the old woman during the day, and at night she has to face her husband who looks like she is useless. She doesn't have the power and money of the housekeeper, so she has a bad temper. She finally broke out when Mother Jia asked her to pass the way for Zicuckoo.

Such a father and mother can raise such a good daughter. Tong's poetry, calligraphy and painting are all incomprehensible, but he is very good at yelling and scolding. He sat on the ground crookedly, pointed at Baoyu's nose and scolded Jia Mu: "You thousand I was coaxed to get in, but it was given to such a useless husband! Well, I also admit that this bastard is inhumane, and now I have a lowly maid with a wild seed climb on my head? ? Oh my God! Is this life still a thing of the past! . . . "

Jia Mu was startled by her sentence "inhumane", and hurriedly looked at Baoyu.Jia Baoyu's face was flushed, but he lowered his head as if acquiescing.

It turned out that Jia Baoyu was terrified when Jia's mother smashed him and Xiren Muskyue that day, and then he was ashamed and shocked. After recovering from a serious illness, he realized that he was "not good".

Mother Jia didn't care about other things, so she hurriedly called for a doctor.She is not soft-tempered to be manipulated, so she directly ordered her mother-in-law to block Tong's crime and lock her in the house without food for two days.

As a result, the doctors came several times, but they took away her last hope. Several doctors said: "This young master's first incident was too early, which has already hurt the root. Later, he...excessively, it made the situation worse. Like, raise it slowly, although the offspring is difficult, it can be expected. But the bad thing is that he was frightened by this son's affairs. Now it seems that there is no good way, I'm afraid..."

Jia Mu suddenly felt that the sky was about to fall down, which was her last hope.Mother Jia fell down, and this time the support in her heart was all broken, and she was too ill to recover.

There was no other way, so I had to ask Mrs. Tong to come out to take charge. When Mrs. Tong heard that her husband was hopeless, she threw him aside and used all the tricks she learned at home. She was very stingy and made the Jia family suffer unspeakable.But she didn't target Zijuan anymore. Tong Hui'er is also a governor. She knows that her mother's family has no place for her now. She only has the way to stay in Jia's house. He is the only child, and for his own status, this child has to be well. When the time comes, go to the mother to keep the child, and take the child to his side.

Tong's abacus was so good that she actually persuaded Jiamu to hand over her private treasury and herself in front of Jia Mu, saying that she was covering it up so tightly and trusting the girl around her so much. If she accidentally went away, wouldn't the money be cheap? Abandoned these slaves?The angry mandarin duck cried.

Mother Jia couldn't control Tong's coming anymore, so she had to call Baoyu to come over and ask him to write a letter of divorce to divorce the wicked woman and go home.Bao Yumu was dumbfounded, since he almost died of shame and indignation when he was checked and questioned by the doctors that day, he didn't even have any aura of the past.Mother Jia was sad and regretful, and now she felt that she had favored Baoyu too much in the past, and that a man didn't have the rigidity to do anything.

When the grandparents and grandchildren talked, it was mostly Jia Mu who spoke intermittently, while Jia Baoyu listened numbly.When Jia Mu talked about the eminent monk who came that day, she regretted that she didn't stop him from letting him take a good look at Baoyu.Jia Baoyu's eyes lit up, and he hurriedly asked what the scarlet monk said.Seeing this, Jia's mother was very happy, and repeated all the words without delay.

Jia Baoyu was crying and laughing all of a sudden, and kept chanting the phrase "I can't bear the calamity, and my mind is dirty in vain", and suddenly tore off the piece of jade that was born with him from her neck, and threw it on the ground fiercely. Seeing the piece of jade that convinced her that Baoyu had great fortune was torn apart.

Not to mention, Jia Baoyu reached out and pulled off the purple gold crown with hair inlaid on his head and threw it on the ground, muttering: "You misled me, you misunderstood me!"

Yuanyang stopped her and asked crying, "Second Master, what's wrong with you?"

Baoyu laughed suddenly, and said hehe: "I won't stay in your filthy place anymore! Only then did I understand that I am the servant of Shenying in the sky. You have missed me for many years. Now I am going to find Dashi and Zhenren, please They saved me!" After speaking, she ignored the old grandmother who was still lying on the bed, and went out without a trace.

Mother Jia spat out blood suddenly, her heart was ashamed, and she lay on the bed all day long waiting to die.

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After listening to Yuanyang's narration, Sister Feng shed a lot of tears, but she really didn't know what to say. At this point, she had to say that the old lady herself had to bear most of the responsibility.

Mother Jia is not well. The doctor came to see and said that it was only a matter of the past two days, and asked the family to prepare for the funeral.Jia Amnesty and others hurried over.

Sister Jialian Feng thought over and over again, and went to Xin'er with the Lin family.Lin Zhenyu sighed secretly when she heard Jia She's explanation of the reasons, and the light of death went out. Anyway, for the sake of mother, the three brothers and sisters drove to Jia's house to see Jia's mother for the last time.

Lin Zhenyu didn't want to make a fuss, so she sent Jia Lian the gift of condolence after the death of the old lady, and made it clear that the Lin family would not attend when the old lady mourned.

Seeing that Daiyu seemed to be awake three times, Mother Jia held Daiyu's hand and called "Min'er".Lin Zhenyu took a deep look at this old man who had been calculated all his life and had been calculated all his life. Suddenly, he thought about what happened to the Jia family in the future. This world has nothing to do with the red building he knows. This is his life. Just enjoy it.The last hurdle stuck in her heart has passed, and Lin Zhenyu felt that maybe the last life was for accumulating blessings in this life.

When the old lady regained her composure and regained her composure, Zhenyu avoided it. No matter how much he and the old man had argued before, he didn't want to see the complicated eyes she looked at him at this time, and she certainly didn't want to. Willing to see him at the last minute.

After a while, Daiyu and Fuyu came out with red and swollen eyes. After listening to her, the old lady left a sentence of "I regret it", and then said "Old Duke" and "Baoyu, Baoyu" before dying.

Sister Feng saw that the Tong family in this mansion was really outrageous, so she took Xichun, who was lonely and lost, back home. Daiyu also thought about this little sister in her heart, and asked someone to take her to live in Lin's mansion for a while. I sent 5000 taels of silver to Sister Feng, saying that my sister told me that 2000 taels of money were for Xichun to buy, and the other 1000 taels were [-] taels each for Yingchun and Tanchun to add makeup.

After finishing the old lady's funeral, Li Wan followed Jia Lan to live near his school, not too far from Sister Feng and the others.

...But Jia Baoyu never showed up, and no one knew his whereabouts.