The Warm Jade of the Red Chamber

The relationship between Emperor Chunyou and Emperor Taishang was very close. Although there were conflicts and estrangements in the early years, the relationship between Emperor Taishang and Emperor Chunyou in his later years was a rare harmony between father and son in the Tian family. Therefore, Emperor Chunyou was really saddened by the death of Emperor Taishang.

The real 27-month filial piety period, Emperor Chunyou kept it very hard, and followed suit. Not only did the royal family dare not discount it, but even the nobles of the official family were very restrained. few.

The royal family has not had a child for a long time, and no one dares to knowingly commit a crime in the face of this.

So the children of Zhuang Yu, Zhuang Rui, and Zhuang Lan are still the youngest of the royal family.

On the first New Year's Eve after the Supreme Emperor's filial piety period, Emperor Chunyou held a state banquet, which was very lively.

Emperor Chunyou was concerned about his grandchildren, so he called these children to him for fun.

These three children are not much different, but now they stay together, but they don't look like they were born in the same year at all, especially Zhuang Yi is older than Zhuang Rui, but they look a lot shorter.Both Zhuang Rui and Zhuang Lanhong looked fat, white and tender, wearing red gowns prepared by their parents. The festive appearance of the whole Yifu doll was delightful to look at.However, Zhuang Yu was dressed thickly, but he could still make people look thin and pale. However, his mother was used to being sober, so she still dressed him in blue clothes, which made him look colder and slender.

Zhuang Rui and Zhuang Lanxuan were lively, they had already chased and fought around Emperor Chunyou, and Emperor Chunyou was also very happy to see it, although the two children were a little noisy.But looking at Zhuang Yu, the only child left by the eldest son, standing tremblingly, as if he was about to fall if the wind blows, and then looking up at Xue Baochai and the serving maids with nervous and worried faces, he couldn't help it. Sighing in the bottom of my heart, feeling a little unbearable, I stretched out my hand and hugged Zhuang Yu. The child was so light that one could not help but squeeze his wrist, which was as thin as a bamboo pole.

Seeing Emperor Chunyou's frown almost imperceptibly, the queen also saw Zhuang Yu's appearance, and said with a smile: "Your Majesty, give me Ju'er, this child is really cute." But this child is still her eldest grandson, and Zhuang Wei is no longer there, so there is really no need to make trouble with Xue Baochai, an orphan and widow, it seems that she is narrow-minded.

Emperor Chunyou handed Zhuang Yu into the empress's arms, his movements were a little stiff, the child was so weak that it seemed that his hands and feet would be broken if he exerted force.

Zhuang Yu got into the arms of the queen, because Xue Baochai told him to be good in front of the emperor's grandpa and grandma before he came, and he must make them like him, so he could bear his temper, but his eyes had already turned away. Look for Xue Baochai's figure.

Because of his frail body, Xue Baochai watched him closely, and there was no male master in the family, so they ate and slept with Xue Baochai since they were young, and they were also very dependent on Xue Baochai.

Under the direction of the queen's eyes, Qiu Qingyu stepped forward to playfully tease Xiao Zhuang Jue together, but actually checked Zhuang Jue carefully, it was a weak disease brought about by the mother's womb, it was caused by premature birth, but it was not compensated because of deficiency Physique cannot be greatly improved, but if it is carefully maintained, it will not die young.

Qiu Qingyu whispered a few words to the queen, and the queen understood.Because of Zhuang Wei's early death, Emperor Chunyou still paid some attention to this grandson. In Minjing County Prince's Mansion, the imperial doctor often went there, and he would report to her when he came back, speaking similarly to Qiu Qingyu.

Seeing that Zhuang Xuan kept looking back for Xue Baochai, his eyes gradually turned red, so the queen ordered someone to carry the child back to Xue Baochai. The child was too weak, so he should put it by his mother's side for peace of mind.Anyway, the emperor and empress have hugged her personally today, which is enough to deter the people below, so as not to severely detain the Minjing County Prince's Mansion. The emperor and empress have given this little prince a lot of rewards, and I am worried that someone will make trouble with jealousy. This is not without precedent.

Although the Queen cared less about Zhuang Yu than she did Zhuang Rui, she was not stingy about caring. After all, she was not so vicious that she wanted Zhuang Wei to kill off his children and grandchildren.

Xue Baochai resettled the child in her arms, and this was her heart. Although it was a great honor to be held in the arms of the empress, she still couldn't help worrying.

She is a widow, being able to attend such a scene, and her son even embraced by the empress himself, can also be seen as tolerance and love for her.This is probably also because Zhuang Wei died in such an unseemly manner, which made people feel that they owed her.

Thinking about what I saw in Jia's house before, Li Wan, who is also a widow, has a healthy eldest grandson, isn't he still walking on eggshells?

This is the first time for Xue Baochai to sit among the family members of the imperial family as the main family. Even Daiyu, who I once admired so much, can only sit next to her. Such a ranking is reduced by one point, because Xue Baochai knows that this is probably the end of her life, and Daiyu's good days are still far behind.

Xue Baochai wants to be content and to cherish blessings, but she holds Zhuang Yu's wrist, which is too big to circle around with two fingers, and her face is as pale as paper. Then look at Zhuang Rui and Zhuang Lanhong running around, chasing and fighting How could she not be envious and jealous compared to the weak and immobile appearance of Zhuang Xuan in her arms?

Zhuang Yu's body has always been poorly maintained. When the weather changes suddenly, he is bound to be ill. His body is still weak and cannot be supplemented. She dare not give him a lot of supplements. The problem, but it is difficult and difficult to be strong and healthy.

The three children who were obviously about the same age were put together, and the contrast was so strong. The pity or mocking eyes of the people around made Xue Baochai extremely uncomfortable. She only maintained a dignified smile, and carefully fed Zhuang Yu a little food. Digested warm stuff.

Looking at the top, Emperor Chunyou had already hugged Zhuang Lanhong and sat on his lap, while Zhuang Rui was in the arms of the empress, and the empress personally fed them with cloth and vegetables.

Zhuang Lanxuan was used to being favored at home, and he was not stage fright at all, he only treated Emperor Chunyou as his own grandfather and commanded him to eat this and that. Holding the chopsticks to pick up food for the little girl, listening to the little girl spitting out "Thank you, Grandpa Huang, grandpa Huang is so kind", and then looking at the four sitting below, Zhuang Ye and his son, who have been winking and wanting to call Zhuang Lanyu over But he didn't look impatient, and his face blossomed with joy.

When Xue Baochai brought Zhuang Xuan back to the Minjing County Prince's Mansion, Zhuang Xuan had a low-grade fever again. Although he knew that it was not good to call the imperial doctor into the mansion to treat Zhuang Xuan at this time, once the empress knew that Zhuang Xuan's body was in such a bad state, he would go down The next time there is something, maybe Zhuang Yu will be gracious not to attend, but after a long time, Zhuang Yu will fade from the eyes of everyone.

But Xue Baochai didn't dare to risk his son's body at all, so he could only ask someone to take the post and invite the imperial doctor who often came over.

Xue Baochai and Zhuang Yu's house was equipped with earth dragons. In winter, Zhuang Yu seldom went out of this room. When entering the warm room at this time, Xue Baochai took off Zhuang Xuan's clothes.His slender wrists, ankles, and neck are all decorated with ornaments made of Moyu. Because of the rumor that Moyu can raise people and be good to children, Xue Baochai spent a staggering amount of money to collect so many I just hope that it can add some blessings to Zhuang Xuan.

But Xue Baochai didn't know that, except for the black jade that was made by Mr. Bai back then, other ordinary black jade has no effect on nourishing the body and resisting diseases.But even so, she would rather believe it.Now all the property of the county prince's mansion is in her hands, and most of the rest of the Xue family's foundation is also in her hands. She is good at management, which is why she can afford so many things. Can't afford it.It's just that the origin of these many black jades is unusual. After all, black jades have been exalted at sky-high prices. People who own black jades are either rich or expensive. If they can gather these, the money Xue Baochai paid is definitely more valuable than the ink jades themselves. Several times more expensive.

But Xue Baochai didn't feel satisfied because of this, she still asked Aunt Xue and Xue Pan to search for ink jade everywhere, and Zhuang Xuan's weakness made her dare not relax for a moment.

On the second day, Aunt Xue went to the county palace to see her and Zhuang Yu, and brought another piece of black jade the size of a fingernail. It was so small that it could hardly be regarded as jade, but like scraps left over from carving. , but even so, it cost almost tens of thousands of taels of silver.

Xue Baochai took the small ink jade pieces, frowned dissatisfied, and said, "Is this the leftover material that was left out? Does mother know where the finished product is? Maybe you can find the owner and buy it?"

Aunt Xue couldn't help shaking her heart, and said: "Just this small piece cost ten thousand taels of silver. If it is a finished product, it may cost around 10 taels. How can we still have so much silver now?" The Xue family's property is getting better and better. The more he shrinks, even though he has the backing of Minjing County's palace, but this prince is still a brat, and he can only deter and deter those ordinary merchants and civilians who have no backing.

Xue Baochai couldn't help pursing her lips, she still had several 10 taels of silver in her hand, but this was also Zhuang Yu's reliance in the future, and whenever she was asked to make the decision, it was not so easy to make a decision.

However, for the sake of her son, she couldn't let go of Mo Yu, who had found it so hard. After thinking about it, she said to Aunt Xue: "I still have some money in my hand, but it's just for business turnover next year. I'm afraid I won't be able to move it. I remember Our family still has some property in Jinling, and if we put it there, the servants will be greedy for ink, so we might as well sell it and buy it back first. This kind of thing is hard to come by, and if we miss it, we may not know when it will be available next time."

"No." Aunt Xue objected instinctively, "The property over there is ancestral property and cannot be sold, otherwise how would I go underground to meet your father in the future?"

Xue Baochai's face turned cold, and said: "Mother is confused, who can the Xue family rely on now? It's just the little prince Ju'er! Only when he recovers will the Xue family be better, otherwise it will be dismantled in a few days. We have devoured it all. As for the property in Jinling, since we will not go back, it will fall into the hands of others sooner or later, so we might as well give it up for future prosperity."

After all, Xue Baochai is the princess of the county king, and she has a very strong aura. When Aunt Xue was told by her, she dared not speak.What Xue Baochai said is correct, the current Xue family is no longer the power of the four big families of the day, if it is not for the name of the county prince's mansion, how can they do business in this capital?Seeing that Aunt Xue had stopped talking, Xue Baochai softened her face again, and said, "Mother, don't blame me for being cruel. Now that Jinling has Jia's family, it must be difficult for Xue's family. I can't do anything in Beijing, and Zaier is still young. Instead of corrupting people, those properties might as well be exchanged for the well-being of the children. Besides, the foundation of the ancestral house is not damaged. When the king i)l grows up, what property can't be returned?