Through the Ring of Red Mansions

Since Jia Huan entered the imperial study as an errand, except for the time when he entered the palace every day, the rest of the time he just talked with Shui Lang, or listened to Bai Shichen's explanation of the behavior of officials in the court, as well as various speech tricks in the memorial. With the deep meaning behind it, sometimes he took Jia Huan to various ministries to inspect officials on errands. Jia Huan had a clever mind, and he had seen a lot of sophistication in later generations, so he understood everything, which made Bai Shichen very surprised and praised.

And because Shui Lang used to have lunch in Dongnuang Pavilion every day, sometimes he gave the minister to eat together when he was too late to discuss matters with the minister. Jia Huan or Bai Shichen often accompanied him by the side. Everyone has long been used to Bai Shichen's company. No one thought it strange that there was an extra Jia Huan at that time, but they secretly envied Jia Huan for being blue-eyed at such a young age.

The only thing that caused Jia Huan a headache was the sleeping in the East Nuan Pavilion. Sometimes when he woke up, he found that Shui Lang was also sleeping on the same bed, but he fell asleep and rolled into someone's arms. Feet, naturally suffer a lot.It's just that he sees Shui Lang working hard in administration every day, and it's not easy to wake him up. Kuang Shui Lang said that the apartment is warm, and the two of them will never go beyond it, and it's not easy to hold on to him, so he is especially helpless.After a long time, he still couldn't understand it, but he got used to it.

This day, the two of them had a rest together again, when they suddenly heard Manager Shan calling out "Holy Majesty" a few times outside through the curtain. "Later, people said that Empress Dowager Wu was not well, but today and tomorrow are over, and you were not supposed to come. These days, you will rest at home and come back when the funeral is over."

For a while, someone made Jia Huan a bowl of strong tea and drank it. When he woke up, he put on a thick cloak to warm himself up, and ordered someone to send it out.

Jia Huan saw that Shui Lang had no mourning on his face, and heard from Shui Lang that this Empress Dowager Wu was the birth mother of two princes, Zhongshun and Renjing, and she was very much loved by the old sage, and almost lost Shui Lang's throne. After Lang came to the throne, the two princes still formed cliques and acted very recklessly, but they relied on the old sage's affection for their mother and child.

Now that the Empress Dowager Wu has passed away, more than half of the trust between the two kings has been lost, and the structure of the court will inevitably change greatly. Therefore, Shui Lang also has a serious expression on his face, and Jia Huan can only say, "If there is anything, just send someone to call me. Even if you help If you are not busy, if someone wants money, I still have something to do..."

Shui Lang smiled slightly, nodded and said, "Okay, don't worry about it."

Therefore, Jia Huan returned to the villa, and sure enough, the next day came the news that Wu Huang Taifei had passed away, and there was an imperial order: "All imperial orders and others will be guarded by the royal class. All noble families in the world will not be allowed to live within a year." Banquet music, common people are not allowed to marry in three months."

"Jia's mother, Xing, Wang, You's mother-in-law, granddaughter-in-law, grandson and grandson all go to the court every day for sacrifices, and they will not return until they are in the palace. After 21 days in the big inner side palace, the spirit is invited to enter the Xianling. The place is called Xiaoci County. This It took more than ten days to travel to and from the capital of Lingli. Now that the spirit is invited here, it will take a few days to stay before entering the underground palace, so it will be a moonlight. Jiazhen and his wife in Ningfu must go." Sister Feng said again. Antenatal care, "There is no one in the two prefectures, so everyone discussed, and there was no owner in the family, so they reported You's birth, moved her out, and assisted Rongning in the two matters."

Because Jia Mu ordered Jia Huan to go back again, thinking that he had already entered the court as an official, he still needed his internal and external care at this time. Sister-in-law and sister-in-law Zhu are here, I will give the old lady some advice, it is better to let the second elder brother learn how to take care of her, as soon as Lian's second sister-in-law is here, you can ask her if you don't know anything, but please ask One or two, it doesn't matter how much Fei Lian's second sister-in-law is, and second elder brother usually likes to take care of the sisters the most, isn't this a good opportunity?"

Jia Mu originally wanted to say how Baoyu knew these things, but seeing Jia Huan standing in front of her, who was obviously younger than Baoyu, and now he was already a close minister of the emperor, it was a bit difficult to say, and what Jia Huan said It sounds like he doesn't want to fight for power with his elder brother, which is good, because thinking of his elder brother, he can't help but think of Jia Lian again, and said with a smile, "It's not all your business, let Lian'er go to build some cement factory, now the court wants To repair the river embankment, he conscripted his factory and all his staff to work day and night, so he can't take care of any other things at home."

Jia Huan hurriedly said, "This is really wronging me. I didn't care much about outside affairs. Now that I'm in the South Study Room, I don't dare touch it. Who knows how they found Shang Lian's second brother?!"

Jia Mu smiled and said, "Even so, I know it. Even your second brother Lian wants to accept your love. If Yang Xiong didn't look at your face, how could he entrust this matter to your second brother Lian?" .Now this cement factory can be regarded as half an official job, and it is much better than the former Lian'er, who was named Tongzhi!"

Finally, he sighed, "it's not a bad thing to let Baoyu learn. We'll be back in less than a month." So he ordered Baoyu to ask him.

Jia Huan thought that Baoyu was very tired and lazy, so he had to play tricks and evade, but Baoyu bowed his head for a while and thought about it, but he agreed. Feeling surprised and happy, Baoyu said, "I'm just taking care of my sisters and sisters in the garden. I can't take care of the outside affairs. What's more, the old lady asks the third sister to help me."

Baoyuyuan also has his own ideas here.Ever since he met Jia Huan and was ordered to accompany him on the southern tour, the family was very honored. Although he had always disdained the ways of being promoted by officials, he couldn't stop the sisters and little girls in the garden from talking about Jia. Ring benefits.Jia Huan was born no worse than Baoyu, and also resembled Aunt Zhao in appearance, and Baoyu was another handsome young man in appearance. He was with his sisters in the garden, and he never heard him say that he was "a mess" in economic and official career. "Speaking, there is a kind of elegance in conversation, but the outside officials are doing well, so Baoyu can't help but think, it's not that everyone becomes the kind of sour scholar and beetle as soon as they enter the official career.

In addition, Baoyu itself was limited to the pattern of that era. Although he looked down on all the officials and officials, he had a deep respect for all the leaders of the officials and officials, the feudal emperors. Today's son is also regarded as a beetle.Now that Jia Huan is serving the emperor closely, he is different from others in his eyes.

Thirdly, Baoyu used to think about Sister Lin's matter day and night, and gradually there was an idea in his heart that he wanted Jia's mother, Mrs. Wang and the empress in the palace to intercede, and then let Jia Huan mediate between them. He wanted to show off his talents and let everyone know his abilities, so he agreed wholeheartedly.

At present, Ning Rong and the two sides have made arrangements, "I also saw that all the officials and eunuchs, who raise actors and actresses, will not be sent away. You and the others agreed that when Jiamu returns home to Ming Dynasty, he also wants to send twelve girls."

Jia's mother said, "these are all examples in the hands of the ancestors at that time. Although there are a few old ones still there, they have their own reasons and refuse to go back. That's why they stay and serve us. Now that I have this opportunity, why don’t I give those children a few taels of silver and let them go.”

Both You Shi and Li Wan are kind-hearted and soft-faced people, and they couldn't bear to say harsh words, so they said: "Now we will ask him twelve, and if anyone is willing to go back, we will bring a letter and call our parents to come and take it back in person. If you don't call his parents and relatives, I'm afraid some bastards will take them out and resell them under the name of a bastard. Wouldn't that be a failure of this kindness? If anyone doesn't want to go back, just stay Down."

Jia Huan knew very well that these girls were said in the original book, "either arrogant, or relying on power to dominate, or picking clothes and food, or quarreling sharply, most of them are restless and reasonable." The mother-in-law had a gap, once she stayed, she fell down in the garden and many things happened, not to mention that in the original book, she dared to burn paper in the garden to sacrifice to people, used jasmine powder instead of rose nitrate to deceive the master and young master, and fought with Aunt Zhao Into a ball and so on the story.So he didn't want to stay, and said, "In a family like ours, even if there are people who want to add others, there are many good girls in the family, or there are many good girls who are ready-made from outside. People like them are not good at it." They don’t understand everything about serving people, needlework, spinning and weaving, so if you really want to give them some kindness, at most you can just stay outside and do nothing in the garden.”

Jia Mu then said, "That's the right word."

Youshi Li Wanfang went to the Prime Minister's room, "give eight liang of silver for each lesson, so that he can take care of himself. For every object in Lixiangyuan, check the registration and receipt, and send people to the night." Twelve girls were called to interview Because I heard that staying only as a rough envoy in the inner court, and having to be tortured by those women, they all said they were willing to go out, so four or five people said they had nowhere to go, so they happened to be placed in Jiamu, Xing Mrs. Wang and Mrs. You, Mrs. Feng.

Afterwards, "Mrs. Jia Muwang was not at home every day, and she sent her spirit to return for a month." Because all the women in the garden had their own assigned errands, although they were not afraid of Baoyu and Tanchun, they were afraid of the manpower room in the mansion. Li Wan, Ping'er, Lai Dajia and others were assessed, so even if they have free time, they dare not wander around and make trouble in the garden, but find an excuse to sit in one place and leave quickly, the garden is still in good order It made Baoyu feel that the housekeeper was not so difficult for a while, and because it was his first time as a director, Daiyu had to help think of ideas from the side from time to time, so it became Baoyu's unexpected joy again.

Although Jia Huan promised to take care of the foreign affairs of Gu Rong's mansion, how dare Lai Da and the other managers bother him, and he was afraid that something would happen to Jia Huan, which would make Jia Huan look bad on the outside and annoyed himself in his heart, so he worked harder than usual. point.On the contrary, Jia Huan was very free, so he visited several Zhuangzi workshops in the suburbs of Beijing, just in time to start preparations for Jinxiu Pavilion to become a medicine shop.

Santos and others have been researching for nearly a year, and now they have obtained several daily medicinal products such as Yunnan Baiyao, Wolan Quhan San, Niuhuang Qinghuo Pill, and iodine medical alcohol. , so there are only these types that have completed the first phase of clinical trials.Now that it is preparing to build a pharmacy, it is not intended to be widely launched on the market, but is still in the final stage of clinical trials.

In the Qingming Dynasty, Jia Lian took time to prepare the sacrifices for the next year, and led Baoyu, Jia Huan, Jia Cong, and Jia Lan to Tiekan Temple to burn paper for the coffin.Jia Rong of Ningfu also went to the same clan to hold sacrifices.Jia Huan asked about the progress of the cement factory, and Jia Lian said, "We only know how to catch up with the work, and we don't care about anything else. Not until the day before yesterday, we recruited no less than [-] people. I heard that a section of the embankment has been paved. It's a pity that we can't get through, and we don't know what's going on."

Jia Huan said with a smile, "The people there are all experts, so we don't need to teach them. As long as we supply cement to them, I'm sure they can use it much better than you and me."

Because he thought of Sheng'er again, he said, "I don't care if you asked for someone, but I didn't pay attention to replenishing you for a while, or I'll tell Sister-in-law Zhu later, and let her send another one to you for replenishing."

Jia Lian hurriedly laughed and said, "It's a big deal, and it's worth talking about. If I had few people, I would have let your sister-in-law go."