[Red Mansions] Minruo Spring Breeze Returns to Dream

The eighth time is another year of the draft

In early November, the queen gave birth to the fourth son of the emperor in Fengyi Palace.The birth of the concubine in the middle palace caused a commotion in the harem. The eldest prince always wanted to be a virtuous king. The second prince was in poor health and had no desires. However, the third prince’s biological mother, Concubine Kang, had torn several handkerchiefs. I had to smile and congratulate the emperor Tu Miaoze.

In addition, the marriage between the eldest princess and the second princess, which had been dragging on for a long time, finally fell to the next family.The eldest princess refers to marrying Tanhualang Yuchi Hongxuan, who got married in August of the first year, but the second princess is married to the Hehe Kingdom, and is the concubine of the crown prince of the Hehe Kingdom. She will get married after the spring.

Such an arrangement is naturally not in the favor of the Grand Concubine, but the emperor issued an imperial decree without any communication from the Supreme Emperor, no matter how much the Grand Concubine could not bear to part with her granddaughter, she could only marry her away with tears in her eyes.The Supreme Emperor has no feelings for this granddaughter. Although she is a girl who has always been with his concubine, marriage is also a national policy. The eldest princess is the emperor's own. The emperor was reluctant to marry her away, so he had to marry his adopted daughter away.

It's a pity that although the eldest princess refers to marrying the Yuchi family, the Yuchi family is an upstart in the past ten years, and has always been at odds with the Wu family, the eldest princess's maternal ancestor's family. The emperor also intentionally suppressed the continued growth of the Wu family through this marriage.Pointing out the eldest princess from Concubine Wu to the hostile Yuchi family, Prime Minister Wu, an important minister who has experienced two dynasties, also understands what the emperor means.

Concubine Wu Gui didn't like this kind of marriage either, Tanhualang's seventh-rank official son was no match for the daughter of a noble concubine, even Yuchi's family was only from the fourth-rank Guozijian Jijiu family.It's a pity that the emperor had no intention of discussing with her at all, so he directly ordered the marriage. Fortunately, his daughter can still stay in Beijing, otherwise it would be a disaster if he married the Hehe Kingdom like the second princess.I heard that the second princess's biological mother cried miserably in Prince Zhongshun's mansion, but she just asked Prince Zhongshun to cover it up.

As the New Year is approaching, Jia Min has arranged all the New Year's gifts, and those who are sent to Yangzhou have already set off half a month ago; those who are sent to the capital are also ordered to be delivered one by one, while he holds a hand stove and flips through the book with relish. with.This winter was too cold, Master Guan accidentally caught a cold and now he is recovering from illness, Jia Min happened to bring Lin Daiyu by his side, and slowly taught her about housekeeping.It just happened to be an excuse to stay in the mansion and not go out under the excuse of being busy next year.

"Jinshu's marriage has been discussed?" Lin Ruhai saw his wife's lazy look as soon as he entered the door, and said gently, "Looking at your lazy look, but you feel a little unwell? Do you want to send the doctor to come in?" Can you get a pulse?" He still had lingering fears about Jia Min's illness last year.

"How can it be so delicate, it's just that I'm tired of reading." Jia Min asked Lin Ruhai to take off his court clothes and change into homely clothes. Send them home the furniture that they have built. The courtyard to the south of Brother Shu will be completely allocated to them as a new residence. In the spring, the yard will be tidied up and the main courtyard will be opened." Lin Jinshu's wedding date is set on September [-]th Fifth, the days of crisp autumn are the most suitable for marriage.

"That's fine." Lin Ruhai murmured, "Let the daughter-in-law take care of the affairs of the South Courtyard by herself."

"Okay." Jia Min is not a vicious mother-in-law, and has a good sense of Li En, so naturally she has no objection. "Does it mean that the emperor will reopen the draft next year?"

"Yeah, why do you ask that?" It's not a secret at all, "There will probably be a decree issued after the beginning of spring."

"I just thought that the girl from Zhen's family should be of the right age. I'm afraid there will be a good show going on this time." Li En will be 15 years old next year, and she is also a good girl of the right age.It's just that the Li family felt that their family had already produced a queen, and there was really no need to produce any more concubines, so they simply begged for grace to let Li En be exempted, so that they had the opportunity to marry the Lin family.

"The Zhen family, I'm afraid we will have to pay for a daughter..." Lin Ruhai said in a low voice, "It's not our family's business to be left or right, just keep it in your heart. I heard that there are two girls in the side branch of Jia's family." The son is of the right age, do you think the mother-in-law will think anything?"

"You'll say it too, they're just offshoot girls." According to her mother's thoughts, they were never allowed to enter the palace to share Yuan Chun's favor.Jia Min sneered and said, "Next summer we will find out, what are we worrying about? I am now thinking about how to teach Yu'er about housekeeping, and it's time for my daughter to learn this when she grows up."

"You are an expert housekeeper, this matter can't be difficult for you." Lin Ruhai joked as he took a sip of tea with a smile.

Then in exchange for Jia Min's unremarkable white eyes.

"Our Aunt Min is very arrogant. The old lady has invited her several times and she is unwilling to go back to Jia's mansion. She is indeed an outgoing girl." After the New Year, Mrs. Wang handed over a sign and entered the palace to visit Jia Yuanchun, and opened her mouth as soon as she sat down. Complained, "The old lady gave her a chance to have a good relationship with the wife of the Zhen family. She was very proud, and she just said that she would wait for the results of Lin Jinshu's palace examination. Later, when the results of the palace examination came out, she said that the weather was so cold that the end of the year It's really inappropriate to go out in order to attend the annual ceremony in the mansion. When I look at her, I'm afraid she looks down on our Rongguo Mansion."

"Mother is in the palace, so stop gossiping. If this word gets out, others will say that my natal family is not well-bred." Jia Yuanchun hurriedly said, "My mother used to have a problem with my aunt, but I have to think about my daughter's innocence." The harem is struggling, and it is time to need the help of my natal family. The Lin family is married to the empress's mother's family, and Lin Jinshu is my cousin, so I have some face in the palace." The palace people in Fengzao Palace are all in charge of Concubine Wu It was arranged during palace affairs, and there are not many people she can trust.Jia Yuanchun said again: "The last time the old ancestor got the Queen Mother's permission to send Baoqin in, I have someone available by my side. It's just that the palace needs silver, and my mother prepared some broken silver for me when I went back. Bar."

"Knowing that you need this, I'm ready." After finishing speaking, Mrs. Wang handed over three purses, "The blue one is filled with broken silver, and the young master rewards the servants; the green one is a purse." Ingots of silver; the pink ones are silver bills, all worth 100 taels."

"Mother is thoughtful." Jia Yuanchun changed the subject and said, "I heard that the girl from Zhen's family is going to participate in the draft this year. Did mother find out anything?" Insufficient, the taste of the tea soup is not good enough, it is really just for the nobles, not as good as other palaces.It would be great if I could increase my rank by one...

"What do you want to inquire about? The Zhen family has stayed in Beijing, so naturally they want to participate in the draft. Originally, the Zhen family's eyes were only on the third prince, but now that there is an emperor who is in his prime, why invest in an uncertain future?" What about the third prince?" After thinking about it, Wang thought, "It's just that if a girl from the Zhen family enters the palace, I'm afraid it will have an impact on your status. I've met the eldest girl of the Zhen family. She is gentle and virtuous. It can be seen that it took a lot of effort to train it."

"It took a lot of effort to train, so what's the result? Mother thinks that Fengyi Palace and Fengchu Palace will allow girls with such a background to enter the palace?" All the candidates for placement are pulled out clean.Jia Yuanchun has also been with the queen for several years, how could he not know the queen's heart.Then there is Concubine Wu Gui from Fengchu Palace, even if she has no favour, she probably would not want a girl from such a family to enter the palace.Jia Yuanchun only hoped that he could be promoted to the position of the lord of the first palace before the draft, only in this way could he really gain a firm foothold in the harem.

"That's right." Although Mrs. Wang has a good relationship with Mrs. Zhen, these friendships are nothing compared to her daughter's future. Isn’t it your world? I originally wanted to ask the people who bought it to buy you some ginseng donkey-hide gelatin, but the people who bought it were all from Dafang, so I couldn’t buy it for a while.”

"It's good to have a lot of those things, why do you need to go through the mansion?" Jia Yuanchun hasn't returned home for a long time, so he naturally doesn't know that Wang's source of money income has been cut off, "I have been serving the empress for all these years. , the hands have become thicker; and the skin on the face is not as smooth as before. The pearl powder used to wipe the face in the palace is not a good thing, it is better than I got a reward from Fengyi Palace when I was a female official."

"Of course the things in Fengyi Palace are the best. Now that you are only a nobleman, the things sent by the Department of Internal Affairs are of course not much better." Thinking of this, Wang said, "It's just that you have always played the piano, if your fingers become rough It won’t be beautiful if you play the piano. I’ll go back and find a way to ask someone to make some Ruyu pearl ointment for you, so that you can take good care of it.”

"Then mother has to prepare it for me earlier!" Jia Yuanchun pinched the veil, half shy and half proud, "The emperor treats me very well now, I want to take this opportunity to win over the emperor's favor." yes."

"Okay, okay!" Seeing that it was getting late, Wang took out another box of rouge, "This is what Baoyu made for you overnight when he heard that I was going to enter the palace. It is your favorite color of pomegranate red. Added peach blossoms and camellia Like Magnolia, it has a fresh fragrance, you can use it."

"Understood, hold the qin and see my mother off, don't miss the hour." Jia Yuanchun took it and said with a smile.

After Baoqin was delivered to Mrs. Wang, Jia Yuanchun was fascinated by the box of rouge made by Jia Baoyu himself. After a long while, he said, "Please put this box of rouge away for me. Also, you can ask some court ladies to hurry up these days." Make a batch of purses, and put them in the broken silver so that they can be rewarded to the palace people who come and go. Except for the purse containing the broken silver, lock the other two purses for me."

"Yes." Seeing that Jia Yuanchun didn't seem to intend to use the rouge sent by Master Bao, Baoqin simply locked the box of rouge together with the purse containing the money.