Through the Ring of Red Mansions

Besides, when Jia Huan heard that Jia's mother passed out in Yuanchun, how could he believe what Shui Lang said? stop?"

Shui Lang comforted, "What can I do in the palace? Besides, Mrs. Shi is no longer suffering. Even if she is a noble concubine, she can't bear the name of being unfilial. How can she do anything else."

Jia Huan sighed, "I just came back, and soon someone will call again. Why?"

Shui Lang smiled, "It's not a big deal, it's a good thing in my opinion. It's just that Concubine Jia wanted you to separate your families. I don't know what to say, but it made Mrs. Shi dizzy."

Jia Huan asked in surprise, "Split the family? What is the way to divide the family? The elder will divide it with us, or let me divide it with Baoyu?" Seeing that Shui Lang smiled lightly and did not answer, he said, "Then I know. About the old man The madam is not in a good mood because of the recent incidents, and she is not alone, the whole family is probably like this, but the old lady is very old, so she is not easy to refute when she hears such words, so she fainted with anger."

The two of them were talking, when Xiuyun outside rushed over and said, "Brother Huan, someone from the mansion said that the old lady is not good, let's go back and have a look immediately!!"

Jia Huan also didn't know how sick Jia Mu was now, and he was afraid that the old lady in her 80s would not be able to recover from the illness. So while preparing the horse, she said to Shui Lang, "You can do what you want, I'm afraid it will be fine again. You can't come back for a few days!"

Shui Lang held his waist and asked, "You are feeling better, how about I take you there?"

Jia Huan just smiled and pushed him, but Shui Lang stopped him and said, "I want to send someone to report to me, don't make me wait!"

Jia Huan could hear the meaning of lingering and reluctance, and felt a little sweet in his heart for a while, but then he thought of the parasitic weeds again, and couldn't help but have various feelings, but he nodded indiscriminately, and went out to get on his horse.

Not long after, I hurried back to Jia's mansion, and as soon as I entered the inner courtyard, I heard the third wife crying and cursing, "...from the very beginning, who can our three mothers get into this house?! After the benefits of Baoyu, the good boy asked you to take it outside, and he didn't say someone to speak for him. I don't believe the old master said in the last book that Huan'er was young, and he was afraid that his parents would worry about leaving home. The old sage could still force him. Is it impossible to separate human flesh and blood? Now that Huan'er is grown up and has a future, I ignored the things that happened to the second wife several times, but became more and more relentless, and even bribed the palace people to rely on Huan'er. Later, Shengshang Wise Huan'er was innocent, but I thought I had been honored by my mother, thank you! If that's the case, why was I fined? I don't know, and now I'm forced to separate the family! Only Baoyu is The master's son, isn't Huan'er the master's seed?!"

Jia Zheng wanted to reprimand the third wife, but was moved by the last sentence, and remembered the downcast appearance of the third wife when she was wearing Jia Huan, so he couldn't bear to blame him any more, and just stomped his feet and said, "The old lady just took a rest, You can't just say, if you wake up, won't you add trouble to her old man again?!"

And because Baoyu was mentioned in the third wife's words, Baoyu and Daiyu were not easy to persuade. Li Wan heard the last sentence of the third wife and thought of Jia Zhu and Yuanchun's words about separating the family. He couldn't help being sad. Tanchun and Sister Feng went up to persuade, "My wife should take care of herself anyway. The old lady has not agreed to this matter. Besides, no one in the whole family knows that the third wife is the appointed wife. Who dares to underestimate it!"

The third wife cried, "I just found out today, what's the use of imperial orders? It can't compare to your Wang family's great power, and Huan'er doesn't have such a good uncle and sister to support him. It's hard to say, just look at us." Just bullying!!"

Jia Huan heard more and more people talking about the third wife, fearing that the whole family would be counted in, so he hurried in to stop her and said, "What's wrong with the good old lady? It's not that the old lady is not good. Why are the whole family still crying and talking in the old lady's yard?"

Seeing Jia Huan coming, the third wife became more and more aggrieved, went up and hugged her and cried loudly, "My son!! They have colluded to drive us girls out, why do you think my life is so hard! !"

Jia Huan hurriedly winked at Tanchun, and the siblings supported her to walk out, "I'm confused when I say this. Did you annoy the old lady? I'm afraid it's just an angry talk."

After finally coaxing the third wife back to the room, I heard her say, "I have nothing to do to provoke the old lady?! It's not that big sister in your palace, bah! You don't even need to recognize this relative. Today I went in to say hello to the old lady, but she actually asked the old lady to take the second wife out of the family temple, and said that our family has gone through such a thing, and it is time to raise the strength of the whole family, and said that she would go with her. The Wang family moved around more and asked them to take care of Baoyu. I think the old lady is not easy to guard her and say that the second wife is wrong, so she only uses the state-owned state laws and the family's family rules to block it, but she actually said it in front of me. I was born as a servant, so I am not worthy to be Baoyu's stepmother, if I don't pick up the second wife, let Baoyu separate the family from you, in any case, I can't let Baoyu suffer from my grievances!" He cried again.

Tanchun suddenly said angrily, "Is this still like a family saying? Is it true that mother should be their slave for the rest of her life and not be allowed to redeem herself, and we must be half a body shorter than them?! At least we are willing to face it, but now Why are you in a hurry again, and you can't even care about tearing your face, don't you think that Huan'er has been demoted, and Baoyu has married the princess again, so you think they will be pointed at in the future!"

After speaking, I couldn't help being very wronged, and also shed tears.Jia Huan hurriedly comforted them and said, "Since that's the case, just ignore her and it's over. Does the wife still care about Baoyu's son?"

The third wife scolded, "What's so good about him? He can't pick up anything now, and eating old lady's and drinking old lady's is worthy of comparison with you?!"

Jia Huan couldn't help laughing, "That's the end of it. As for what the man in the palace said, the wife doesn't have to take it to heart. Is she a slave if she says she is a slave? In the end, isn't she also from a slave to that one?" Up?"

Tanchun couldn't help laughing, "Your words are poisonous enough! It's just the truth..."

Seeing that the two of them were getting better, Jia Huan said, "Hurry up and persuade the wife, I have to go to the old lady's place. You can do whatever you want about the division of the family. It's not like I can't afford you!"

For a while, I went to Jia Mu's room to say hello, Jia Mu was still asleep, and Baoyu was outside. It was embarrassing to see Jia Huan. Jia Huan just pretended not to know. Some porridge and food, the old lady didn't speak, she held Jia Zheng's hand and shed tears for a while, and was relieved by everyone and lay down to sleep again.

When she got up the next day, Mother Jia called everyone in, and said sadly, "I'm over 80, how many years can I still watch you? If one day I let go, if the empress mentions this again, I'm afraid you will also be disappointed." I have no choice but to comply. So I thought, why not tell you first, when I leave, this place will be left to the second master and the third wife. There is also a house, Yihong Courtyard left for Zhu'er's wife, then you will live in your own way, and I can't control it anymore. But as long as I live for a day, this house will never be separated from my hands. If the empress has something to blame , and I’m the only one taking it!!”

Everyone hurriedly knelt down and agreed, Jia Zheng said, "Your Majesty will not bear to disobey the old lady's wishes, so how can you blame me?"

Jia Mu pulled Jia Huan over and said, "My dear boy, I don't want to disobey orders. It's just that your mother is an imperial concubine, and she also has the majesty of the heavenly family on her body. This is like resisting the decree. I'm afraid someone who wants to find out will make trouble again. Let's You are the only one whose family is in the court now, and I don’t know if it will burden you.”

Jia Huan secretly thought that he shouldn't be worrying about this anyway, so he hurriedly said with a smile, "Don't worry, the old lady. Your Majesty is busy with military affairs every day, so why would he care about such small things. It's the old lady who is good at raising children. It’s been a really stressful time.”

Jia Zheng and others also took advantage of Jia Huan's words to explain it for a while, but Jia's mother was really old. These days, she was frightened and mourned too much, and her mind was broken. The third wife felt a little calm when she heard that Jia Mu didn't mention to bring Mrs. Wang back, and saw that Jia Zheng was very forbearing, and the grievances from the day he entered the palace gradually dissipated, and she took care of Jia Mu with Li Wan and Daiyu every day. do not mention.

One day, I saw that Mother Jia was getting better, she was able to eat, and everyone was happy, when suddenly someone came to the door and said, "People from Weiyuan Hou's family came to send a post to Third Master Huan!" Open it and read, It turned out that Dongfang Ming had invited me once, and when Jia Mu saw it, she said, "You don't have to stay in front of me. Those friends from the past rarely cared about the old friendship in the same year. They are not afraid of things like our family. Naturally, they are happy." It’s good to agree to someone’s appointment.”

Jia Huan then changed his clothes and took Fang Ming with the ink inkstone to go to a courtyard of Weiyuan Hou's family in Xishan, not too far from Delanghuan Villa. It happened that Bai Shichen was also there, and when he saw him, he said, "I will replace you for you." Crying a lot, all the bad things happened to your family, and I heard that Yang Xiong was seriously injured, I always feel very inappropriate."

Jia Huan hadn't seen Bai Shichen for a long time, and for a while, they talked about their goodbyes. The three of them had two more glasses of wine. We have not been in good health recently, and we are not sure, so it is not good to rush to the door."

Jia Huan said, "It's really not good, but it's gradually getting better these two days, or I wouldn't have come out."

Dongfang Ming asked again, "Looking at the old man's appearance, is there any danger this time?"

Jia Huan wondered, "It doesn't matter what the imperial doctor said, but what they say is so true, they have to stay on the line, and they said something that is normal for the old lady to be old. But you What is this asking for?!"

Bai Shichen laughed loudly, and stretched out his hand to snatch Dongfang Ming's fan, and unfolded it to Jia Huan, "You might as well ask this fan instead of him!"

Jia Huan couldn't help being baffled. He took the folding fan and looked back and forth. It was just an ordinary wooden bone fan. Suddenly he saw a crabapple painted on the fan and a poem on the back, saying, "The setting sun is cold and the grass has a heavy door, and the green moss is spread out after the rain." Basin. Jade is hard to clean the spirit, but snow is easy to ecstasy for the flesh and bones. The heart is a little delicate and weak, and the beautiful shadow has traces of the moon in the middle of the night. Does it mean that the onyx fairy can become a feather, and the love will accompany me to sing the dusk."

Although there is no signature, Jia Huan read it very familiarly, but because of the picture of Begonia flowers, he immediately recalled, isn't this the poem written by Tanchun when the Begonia Club was established in the Grand View Garden?It's just that I haven't realized it yet, and seeing Dongfang Ming glaring at Bai Shichen, he said a little embarrassedly, "I heard that all the sisters in the mansion are talented in poetry. I read this poem very much, but it's a pity that I'm not talented in poetry. I'm afraid I can't do it." Yihe."

Jia Huan couldn't help but said, "This must be my second brother's business, it's too outspoken to spread these boudoir dramas!"

Bai Shichen smiled and said, "You are so confused, you can't understand what Shang Jie said!!"

Jia Huan was very puzzled when he heard the words, and looked at Dongfang Ming's expression, he was a little enlightened for a moment, but he didn't quite believe it, so he asked him, "What does this mean?"

Seeing that the words had been broken, Dongfang Ming simply said, "That's what you think! I just want to ask you because of this. If you think it is almost possible, I will go home and ask the elders to make a decision. I am just afraid that if there is something wrong with Mr. Shi Laofeng. Okay, don't you want to delay sister Ling's affairs again?"

Jia Huan was surprised and said, "You only met my sister once, did you think you've taken a fancy to her? After all, these poems and so on are not worth living."

Dongfang Min said uncomfortably, "It's just a small reason, you just say what you want!"

Although Jia Huan thought that this was a good marriage, Jia Mu, Jia Zheng, and the third wife might not want it very much, and he could trust the character of Dongfang Ying and Dongfang Ming, but it was not easy to agree immediately, so he said, "I said It doesn’t count, I’ll go back and ask for you first!”

Dongfang Min smiled and said, "I don't know that, what I want is your words!" The three of them chatted and laughed for a while, and Jia Huan was driven back to deal with this matter without mentioning it.