Through the Ring of Red Mansions

It is said that the news that Xue Baochai gave birth to Prince Renjing's eldest son spread to Jia's house, and the whole family was surprised that the child was born in a short period of time, but they were puzzled in their hearts, and no one said it, only Miss Daobao was blessed.Jia's mother also said to Sister Feng, "After all, I lived in our house once. I always have some affection with your sisters. If you don't send someone to congratulate, it would seem that our family is ignorant. It's just that your sister Lin went to congratulate, but it's not very big." It's appropriate, you should bring some presents and go to Aunt Xue's place, because I think the child's age is a bit bluffing, so you should be more polite."

Sister Feng said with a smile, "Why don't I know that!" As she went to prepare the gift and go out, she didn't want to drag Ping'er back in a panic after half a day, and shouted, "It's amazing, you asked me to go out right now." Hit it, scared the guts out, and ran home as soon as possible!!"

The third wife was leading Tanchun, chatting and laughing with Li Wan, Bao Dai, etc. at Jia Mu's place. Although she has gotten better with Sister Feng recently, she is the only one older than her here, so she frowned and said, "What do you mean?" Can't you speak slowly? Such a startled, careful collision with the old lady."

Sister Feng knew that she had been reckless, so she hurriedly smiled and said, "But, I was so scared and stupid, and it made the old lady worry, so I confess my guilt."

Jia Mu said, "That's all. Why are you here so soon after you've been away? Are you still so frightened?"

Sister Feng patted her chest in amazement and sighed, "Actually, Aunt Xue's place is not peaceful, the house is really restless all day long! I was going there, but just in time, Aunt Xue's place was serving wine, and my aunt was there too. I heard from them that the matter of the concubine Jin's concubine Bao girl has been approved by the prince, and it must be approved before the Chinese New Year, so the whole family is overjoyed, but the concubine is still worried about her grandson and asked if there is any good old ginseng in our family Give them some, and I persuaded them that the children are young, so it’s not good to use such big mending things, but my aunt seemed to think that I was reluctant, and said some very boring things, which seemed to bother me, and it was not good. He stayed, so he sat for a while and was about to come back when the guards suddenly broke into a courtyard, chained Brother Xue, who was drinking outside, and dragged him away, saying that felony murder should not be pardoned I don't know what unlucky officials I bribed, and now they are sent to the Holy Lord by the censor, and everyone from the top to the bottom will be punished. My aunt also begged for mercy, and said it was my uncle's Dear nephew, those officials ignored him, and said, "Maybe it's the favor that the admiral of the nine provinces is looking for. I should write it down, and I will be able to answer it when I ask in the future." My aunt and Aunt Xue were so frightened. The Xue family is in chaos, Aunt Xue has already rushed to the prince's mansion to look for Bao girl, and I don't know if she can be rescued."

The third wife asked, "This is strange. A few days ago, I heard that the man was killed by himself, and there was nothing wrong with Xue Pan. Could it be that he just ignored his life? It's strange that when the Xue family went to Beijing that year. He said that he accidentally injured someone, and later said that the person died of illness, anyway, it is not clear. Now it can be seen that this Xue Pan is not a good thing, he has long been a habitual offender! This time, it is the Skynet that has been restored, and it is not neglected."

Mother Jia thought her words were superficial, so she frowned and said, "At least we're relatives, so there's no need to say that!"

The third wife laughed sarcastically, and said, "I'm not talking about anything else, it's just that Huan'er didn't pay attention to their family's mess, otherwise wouldn't even Huan'er be implicated this time?!"

Jia Mu said, "That's right, go and invite your second master, and I will tell him and Huan'er a few words."

They laughed and said, "I don't know what news the master is outside, probably faster than we hear it. Kuang Baoyu is here, just ask him to report it. Why bother the old lady!"

Therefore, Jia Mu drove Baoyu away, and came back for a while and said, "The master has seen the newspaper in the mansion, saying that he has troubled the old lady, and also said that even the prince Renjing will be unable to recover this time, because there are people who are pregnant with sister Bao's premature birth." The accusation was framed by Princess Renjing. The sage was furious when he heard about it, and ordered the Ministry of Internal Affairs to conduct a thorough investigation. Now Princess Renjing has been placed under the custody of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and she still doesn't know how to deal with it. Even Prince Renjing was accused of lax family management. He was decreed to be the king of the county. Now that the court is cracking down on corruption, everyone is in a state of panic. Both the master and the great master are talking to those gentlemen in the study, and said that we should not go out these days. "

Mother Jia couldn't help sighing, "You don't understand. Du Daiyu lived in the Beijing Palace for a few days, so she probably knows something about it. It's better for us to talk less about family affairs these days."

Everyone nodded in agreement, and laughed at some other fresh and interesting things, and they dispersed for a while. Daiyu asked Tanchun to sit in the Yihong Courtyard together, but Baoyu looked worried.

Tanchun smiled and said, "Why do you worry so much? Could it be that you don't want me to disturb you two?"

Baoyu hurriedly said, "Where did you have such a meaning? I didn't dare to reply to the old lady because I heard something from the master. I thought about it and felt deeply worried."

Daiyu and Tanchun asked what to say, and Baoyu said, "Just now when I went out, the master also let me have a look at the residence newspaper. I saw that there was also a case of Jia Yucun, a fellow family of our family, who was demoted and detained by the magistrate of Ping'an Prefecture. The crime said He flattered the officials in the capital, pandered to his superiors, abused the common people, and made a lot of money. It seems that there is something about our old man here. Because of this, the old man had a fight with the old man, and he sent someone to call Huan'er to come home. Ask Chaoli what's going on."

Daiyu wondered, "I still remember that Jiayu village. He used to be a teacher for me when I was in the south. It doesn't look like a flattering person. Could it be that he really did something for the old man? "

Tanchun thought for a while and said, "I do know about it. Do you still think about the time when Lian's second brother was beaten? Then it's because of Jia Yucun's trivial matter. It's nothing to do if you lose your career!' After hearing this, the Elder Master said that Lian's second brother was blocking the Elder Master with words, and there were a few other small things, all gathered together, and a fight broke out."

Baoyu had also heard about this, nodded and sighed, "It can be seen that if there is really a catastrophe coming, you can't blame others."

Seeing that the two brothers and sisters were worried together, Daiyu said, "I think you two should stop worrying here, wait for Huan'er to come back and ask if this is really a problem for our family! "

Baoyu thought it was reasonable, so she hurriedly sent someone to wait at the second gate, and said, "Second Master Bao, please invite Third Master Huan to talk in Yihong Courtyard." Unexpectedly, the three of them waited for a while, and Mingyan taught a little girl He came in with a message and said, "The second master didn't have to wait any longer. He didn't even invite the people who the master sent to come back. He said that he saw Moyan and Qingxiao waiting at the palace gate without even eating. I don't know why. Today None of the adults from Yushufang and Nanshufang came out either."

The three of them became more and more shocked, and they didn't dare to say anything. They all had bad thoughts in their hearts, and Tan Chunyin said, "I think that a family like ours has never been prosperous since ancient times, and those who are eternal and evergreen, they gradually fade away. The failure, or how the poem said, "In the old days, the swallows in front of Wang Xietang flew into the homes of ordinary people." It was a pity to read it at first, but now it is desolate to think about it. Since the empress was promoted to the imperial concubine, our family thought that As long as the foundation is solid, so many things happen, fortunately, they were all discovered early, so either we changed them behind our backs, or did not cause chaos, and there is really an unspeakable danger. I got up, but I thought that there would always be successors, and I would not be forced to the front, who knows that honor and disgrace have been repeated since ancient times, and how can human beings be able to keep things going!!" Momentarily depressed and dispersed.

Besides, Jia Huan saw that after seeing the mansion newspaper, there were several things about the investigation officials' neglect of human life, accepting bribes, internal and external collusion, forming cliques for private interests, etc., so he knew that Shui Lang wanted to take the opportunity to clean up the power of the two princes. He didn't expect him to reveal the matter of Jia's amnesty so soon, and he felt that he hadn't made all the arrangements. If nothing else, Tanchun's marriage would probably be affected.Therefore, he couldn't help being distracted during lunch. Shui Lang knew what he wanted, so he comforted him softly, "Resigning from Zuoqian sounds scary, and it won't happen for two months. I will still take you with me when I go hunting in autumn. knew."

He held Jia Huan's hand quietly from below, and hurriedly glanced at the court lady and eunuch who was serving the dishes, a red color gradually appeared on his face, and he said uncomfortably, "What am I doing for this, let me go for two months It’s good to be on vacation, just to take care of Brother Yang, and to sort out other things outside.”

Shui Lang couldn't bear to see the young man's astringent appearance in front of him, so he couldn't help but clenched his hands even more tightly and said, "Yang Xiong should get better these days, but you are so busy seeing the sun come and go, you don't care about me."

Jia Huan's expression darkened slightly, "It's so easy to heal, and it's hot, so it's hard to take care of the trauma."

Shui Lang then said, "I think you are also very protective of the summer. You haven't eaten much recently. After the decree is announced, you will simply spend the summer in the villa. Don't worry about the affairs of Jia's mansion. Sooner or later it will be too late." There is not much difference, they always don't want to be rich and idle, and if they cause a big disaster in the future, it will be more difficult to recover."

Jia Huan hurriedly said, "I didn't mean that. After all, the situation is separated by a layer, and I usually hate them for not being up to date. Now I want to bring my third sister into trouble. If I had known, I would have booked her into a good family!"

Shui Lang smiled and said, "You're thinking about it wrongly. If you book her first and then something like this happens, it's better to book her after the incident. On the contrary, you can see the sincerity of your husband's family. You must know that since ancient times, it's easy to add flowers to the cake. It is difficult to send carbon in the snow.”

Jia Huan made sense when he thought about it, and couldn't help saying, "It's like this anyway, it just depends on her personal fate." After speaking, he remembered the apricot flower paper that Tanchun had drawn in the original book, and the note said: "Whoever wins this lottery, must win it." Your noble son-in-law." I couldn't help guessing that I had already lost Tanchun's noble son-in-law, but marrying a middle-class family and being closer to the third wife is not a bad thing.