Jia Zheng through the Red Mansions

In his heart, he was very dissatisfied with the original unethical behavior, but now that he was covered by others, Jia Zheng had no choice but to tell his nanny to take good care of Baoyu, then got up and went to Jia Mu's place. Zhu stood there with a somewhat tangled expression, and Jia Zheng felt even more uncomfortable in his heart. Well, he must be despised by his son in his heart now as an old man!

When we arrived at Jia Mu's main room, Mrs. Wang had already arrived. When Jia Mu heard that Aunt Zhao was happy, her face lit up, and she was also kind to Jia Zheng. After all, having many children and grandchildren is a blessing.

In fact, Jia's mother hoped that this child would give birth to a daughter. Jia Zheng now has two sons born on the same day, and the responsibility of carrying on the family line has been exhausted. One more daughter will give another chance to make Jia's prosperity even better through marriage. layer.

Besides, Mrs. Wang is a daughter-in-law who is good in everything, but she is not satisfied with one thing, that is, she is too jealous and always wants to dominate her husband. Too shabby isn't it?

"Since you gave birth to Baoyu, the happy events in our house have been one after another." Jia Mu said to Mrs. Wang with a smile.

Mrs. Wang also smiled when she heard Jia Mu's words, and said, "It's the old lady's blessing."

Mother Jia nodded in satisfaction, and turned to look at Jia Zheng: "I know you are anxious, but no matter how anxious you are, your body is more important than your body. The imperial doctor also said that you have some stagnation in your body, and you need to take care of it for a few days. .”

Jia Zheng nodded repeatedly at first, then lowered his head to ponder the sentence and said: "Old lady, my son is not thinking of himself, but thinking of Zhu Er."

"Oh?" Mother Jia was taken aback, and looked at Jia Zheng in confusion.

"I just met Zhu'er at the Bisha cabinet. He is also motivated now. He studied with the grandfather in order to gain fame, but the old lady knows it too, but the word fame is not so easy. My son wants to go back to report on his work as soon as possible. It can also clear things up for Zhu'er."

What Jia Zheng said was true. He knew that Jia Zhu was short-lived, but the book did not say why Jia Zhu died. He has only seen Jia Zhu twice now, and he looks like a healthy child. It's just that his temper is a bit depressed - with such an old man in the original version, which son is not depressed?

I guessed in my heart that Jia Zhu's heart disease was probably caused by this heart disease from the time he got sick to the last time he couldn't afford it, and what made a teenager die of depression in this environment probably couldn't be separated from the imperial examination.

Mother Jia nodded secretly when she heard Jia Zheng's words, her eyes were filled with relief, she never thought that this illness would be a blessing in disguise for her dull-headed second son: "It's best if you have such a heart." , but Zhu'er is also a filial child, if you, a father, don't take good care of yourself, how can you let your son relax and study?"

Jia Zheng hurriedly nodded again and again, and Mother Jia comforted him a few more words before letting him go back to rest.

Following the scene in front of her, Mrs. Wang's heart was very complicated. She was naturally happy that her husband cared about Zhu'er, but Jia Zheng's change made her startled. Yes, she knows, as a wife, she naturally knows that his temper is mostly to blame, and now seeing that he has become flexible, she is also relieved and at the same time murmurs, but there are not many who are active in their minds. With his wife and four concubines, and the old lady's help, although his status will not change in any way, I am afraid that two concubines are not enough!Thinking of this, Mrs. Wang's expression turned ugly.

Those sisters who are the same age as her, except for her younger sister who married the Xue family and became a businesswoman who is not as good as herself, the others are now better than herself, which makes her feel very uncomfortable, who has always been competitive. It is not all about relying on the husband, the son is also possible.

Thinking of this, Mrs. Wang rolled her eyes and had an idea in her mind. After Jia Zheng left, Mrs. Wang smiled and said to Jia's mother: "Old lady, my natal family sent someone to deliver the good news yesterday, saying that it was my natal brother." I have been promoted to be the Jiedu envoy of the Beijing camp, and I will come to the capital to report on my duties in a few days."

When Jia Mu heard the words, she was also delighted. This is a happy event, so she said: "Then it will be a good time to clean up the dust for the people from far away!"

"The daughter-in-law also thinks the same way. Now that my brother has been promoted to an official in the capital, he can do something for Zhu'er. Zhu'er is about to get married, and I was thinking of choosing a good wife for him to help me. Secondly, I also plan for Zhu'er's future." Mrs. Wang now puts Jia Zhu's affairs in the most important position, she has a high-ranking natal brother who supports her, and Jia's family will give her face. As a high-ranking official, who in the Jia family would dare to show her face?Even the old lady, no matter how close the grandson is to the grandmother, he can't kiss the son to the mother!The imperial order given by the emperor is also for his son-in-law and his own mother. No one has ever heard that a grandmother can be honored by a grandson!

Mother Jia didn't know what Madam Wang was thinking, but she felt that Madam Wang's thinking couldn't be more reasonable, so she nodded in agreement, and became more active in helping Jia Zhu find a woman of the right age.

When Jia Zheng knew about this, Mother Jia and Mrs. Wang had already selected five girls with good qualifications, and they were doing the final selection.

Well, although it is said that the ancients got married early, but now Zhu'er is only 13 years old, why do you want to order this?Didn't it mean that women in ancient times had to be 15 years old before they could talk about marriage?

I don't know what Jia Zhu thinks about this marriage. Jia Zheng couldn't sit still when he thought of this, so he found a servant and asked Jia Zhu that Jia Zhu was in the study at this time, so Jia Zheng got up and went to the study.

As soon as they arrived at the door, they heard voices inside. It turned out that Jia Zhu was talking to his younger sister Yuan Chun, and they were talking about marriage.

An unmarried girl is naturally a little awkward and shy when talking about this kind of thing, but Yuan Chun and her elder brother Jia Zhu have been very close since childhood. I told Jia Zhu everything in one go.

"But it's up to the wife and the old lady to decide. I don't have any ideas." Jia Zhu didn't have the resistance Yuan Chun imagined.

"I heard that both the wife and the old lady are interested in a girl from the Li family. However, although this girl comes from a scholarly family, she is not the talented woman that my elder brother has always liked." Yuan Chun sighed slightly. He and his elder brother grew up together. Half of the literacy is taught by the eldest brother himself, so how can he not know what he is thinking?

"At that time, I was young and frivolous, and now I have figured it out. As long as you have a good temper, everything else is fine." Jia Zhu was also uncomfortable in his heart. It was only after he entered the family to study that he really saw that now Jia's house is full of people. What did it look like, which of those men in the school came to study?Those nasty things made him sick, and now he doesn't want to find fault with any talented woman as his wife. To put it bluntly, if his father-in-law can help him a little bit, it will be easier for him to gain fame. Now he has nothing. It's true that he is an official.

But knowing these nasty things from school, he can only hold it in his heart. His younger sister Yuan Chun is a big girl who is not married to Yunying. He must never let her know this, even if he makes her feel that he has changed. , but also to hide it to the end!

Yuan Chun was stunned for a moment after hearing Jia Zhu's words, and then smiled wryly. She stopped talking, and she didn't say anything to her brother. When she was inquiring about his brother's marriage yesterday, her aunt was there. She heard her mother and aunt In the conversation, I mentioned myself and listened curiously for a while, but it was said that my aunt's natal brother met some steward in the palace, so my mother asked eagerly if there was any way to give her a place as a show girl, and complained about her ancestor going to Rongguo I don't know what is good or bad, so I asked the first emperor to exempt the girls from Rongning and Ningfu from the qualifications of the beautiful girls, and allow them to marry on their own.

At that time, my aunt also jokingly said that it seemed that our family was going to be a concubine, and my mother actually nodded with a smile.Seeing this and hearing this, her heart was half cold. Now the Holy Majesty is old enough to be her grandfather, but her mother actually thought of sending herself to the palace. Even if she took a step back, she was accused of being assigned to those royal families. Children and grandchildren, with their identity as the Han army flag, how can they be better?

She is not ashamed to say that she would rather marry an ordinary family with husband and son!Thinking of this, Yuan Chun felt even more desolate, and the sentences in those miscellaneous books that he had peeked at his elder brother's once appeared in his mind unconsciously.

The two brothers and sisters each have their own unspeakable thoughts, and they were silent for a while, and each was heartbroken.

Jia Zheng listened outside, feeling that something was wrong, the two children were too dull.Hey, let's put that little official in the Ministry of Industry aside for now. As a father, he wants to figure out the matter of these two children now!

Zhu'er is too precocious. According to Jia Zheng's father's character, Jia Zhu probably didn't have an easy childhood when he was young. Since he is already recovering from illness, why don't he spend more time in a variety of ways? Jia Zhu still has a few days before the imperial examination, he can take this child out for a walk during these days.

Where should I go?Jia Zheng thought about it, and suddenly thought of a person, Lin Daiyu's father, Lin Ruhai, who is a famous flower hunter!If you go to tell Jia Mu that you want to take Zhu'er to see this talking uncle for advice, with Jia Mu's love for Jia Min, there is absolutely no reason to refuse!

Thinking of this, Jia Zheng's heart suddenly brightened, he turned around and walked towards Jia's mother.

When Jia Zheng entered Jia Mu's room, Jia Mu's face was full of smiles, holding a letter in her hand, and she was talking to the mother-in-law who delivered the letter. Seeing Jia Zheng coming, the smile on her face continued He said to Jia Zheng: "Your sister from Suzhou has sent a letter. Your sister gave birth to a girl on February [-]th!"

Mrs. Wang also chanted to Buddha: "Uncle Lin and Sister Min have had a daughter after so many years. The ancestor is really happy!"

Jia Zheng couldn't help saying that God helped me when he heard it, so he quickly said, "It's really a happy event, old ancestor, and my son is about to tell you something. My son didn't come from the imperial examinations, but brother-in-law Lin is a serious probationer." Lang, my son was thinking of taking Zhu'er to Suzhou to ask my brother-in-law for advice, but it happened that my sister had some good news, so we rushed together!"

"That's exactly the reason. You brothers and sisters have been close since you were young. You haven't seen each other for more than ten years since she got married. It's time to move around!" Mother Jia agreed as soon as she heard it. A letter from home, let the woman who sent the letter take it back to Jia Min, and also ordered someone to pack Jia Zheng and Jia Zhu, just in time to go to Suzhou with the people sent by the Lin family.

Mrs. Wang was very busy that night. She had to clean up for her husband and bother her son. She also asked the servants who went with her to take care of her carefully. She also brought some commonly used pills. It's like, just after she was pregnant, the master took the eldest son out, and she was thinking of telling the master that the doctor invited today said that her child must be a brother's business!

The author has something to say: Because this article puts the Red Chamber in the background of the Qing Dynasty, the identity of the Jia Mansion is very important.

You don’t need to think about it, but I think that Rong Guogong won the highest title among the five nobles of the "Gonghou Bozinan", which is a very high status among non-royal descendants. It is absolutely impossible to be a coat. In other words, it should be a Han army flag. The Qing Dynasty’s system of Han army flag girls also had to participate in the draft. In order to make it more reasonable for the sisters of the Jia family not to be drafted, they fabricated that it was the grace of self-appointment and marriage requested by Duke Rongguo.Hope it makes sense.