New Dream of Red Mansions

Lin Ruhai wrote a letter to Jia's mother, asking Jia's family to help take care of some properties, and then hand over the things to Daiyu and his elder brother when they grow up. Discussed.

Mother Jia agreed without thinking about it. Mrs. Wang pondered for a moment when she found out, then she smiled and said, "Mother, Lian'er is still young, I'm afraid there are some things that I can't take care of, why don't you let Zhou Rui go down to help, my uncle is fine." rest assured."

Mother Jia's expression was slightly cold, she naturally knew what Madam Wang was up to, but that's fine, although the Lin family and the Lin family are still of the same family, but the blood relationship is far away, who knows if they will deceive Daiyu in the future?With that old fritter Zhou Rui watching, the Lin clan will not take advantage of it too much. Anyway, when the things are in her hands in the future, with her guarding them, they are not afraid of Mrs. Wang's schemes.

When Zhou Rui left for Yangzhou, Xia Yuntian also returned to the capital. The emperor was overjoyed and rewarded a lot of things. The honor and favor were even more prosperous. Even the third and eighth princes who hated him very much were very polite on the face, not to mention Is it the fourth prince?

The fourth prince looked at him with satisfaction and said: "Once this battle is over, Jin's reputation will increase, no loss of being a descendant of the Xia family!" Xia Yuntian's name is Jin, and his friends call him Xia Jin or Jin directly.The fourth prince used to call him the third brother the most, but later he became Lord Marquis, but the fourth prince should call him Lord Marquis now, and very few people call him Lord Marquis like now.

Xia Yuntian smiled and said: "The fourth prince is absurd."

The fourth prince looked worried, "When did the relationship between you and me become so estranged?"

Xia Yuntian called out "brother-in-law" politely.

Only then was the fourth prince satisfied, and said with a smile: "The boss and the third child have been calling to see the little uncle, you haven't met the fifth child, that boy is even more skinny than the third child, you can go to the mansion to see him later. "

Xia Yuntian hurriedly responded, sent the fourth prince away with a smile, and then put away his smile when he saw no one else. Zhang Shicheng shook his head and said, "Tsk tsk" and said: "It's hard work, it's really hard work, you will have to endure it in the future .”

Xia Yuntian turned around indifferently and said, "At least he is the Fourth Prince."

Zhang Shicheng curled his lips in disapproval. The third prince was self-willed, but he didn't have enough ability. He didn't have much ability except being able to point fingers.

And the eighth prince is a famous virtuous king, with good abilities, and he is not bad, but he is too indecisive. This person can still be a virtuous king now, but he is afraid that he will be given the title of "virtuous" when he reaches that position. Take it easy.This imperial court is already insane enough, and the eighth prince will only be even more insane.

Although the fourth prince is indifferent and small-minded, but fortunately he has courage and ambition. For Zhang Shicheng, the fourth prince is not a good candidate, he can be regarded as the tallest among the short ones.

He sighed in his heart more than once, it would be great if the emperor's sons could combine together, then, there would really be a wise king through the ages.

Xia Yuntian glanced at him warningly, he knew that his friends were informal, but this was not a border gate, it was a capital city with many eyes and ears, if he really dared to speak out what was in his heart, they might not be able to leave the palace today.

Zhang Shicheng curled his lips and said: "You really think I'm stupid, let's go quickly, the Tai Furen and the old Furen are afraid to wait impatiently."

The Marquis of Pingyang was preparing for it when Xia Yuntian entered the capital. Knowing that Xia Yuntian was going to enter the palace to meet the emperor, before returning home, he hurriedly cleaned the front gate again, and sent people to guard it all the way. As soon as he saw Xia Yuntian's horse, he rushed back to report, and the servant shouted all the way from the gate, "Master Hou is back, Master Hou is back!"

The voice went all the way to the second door, Mrs. Tai walked two steps quickly with the support of the old lady and Mrs. Zhou, and looked at the gate eagerly.

The Tai Furen and the Old Furen saw Xia Yuntian, their eyes were reddish, and they kept pulling him to look at him, "You're so thin, why are you so thin? Is it because you don't have enough food and grass, and you don't eat?"

Zhang Shicheng said respectfully at the side: "Mrs. Hui Tai, old lady, our marshal has eaten. There is enough food, but there is only food, and it has no vegetables. I don't know what Ji Jihar thought back then. , and didn’t buy some vegetables, so we can only eat steamed buns with pickled vegetables.” The voice was full of grievances.

Mrs. Tai burst out laughing, wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes, patted Zhang Shicheng, and said helplessly: "Jijihar just bought vegetables, can you still eat things after so many years?" Thinking of this, Mrs. Tai He said worriedly: "The grains you eat are all from more than 20 years ago, so there won't be any problem?"

Zhang Shicheng waved his hand and said, "What's the problem? It's dry there, and the grain storage is not bad. What's more, it's not bad. We've eaten moldy rice on the battlefield. Don't we worry about just putting it away?" Food for more than 20 years?"

Mrs. Tai and Mrs. Ma breathed a sigh of relief, Mrs. Zhou said with a smile: "Uncle and General Zhang go to wash up first, I'll have someone prepare the food, let's eat a little before talking."

"Yes, yes, you have been driving for several days, and you haven't eaten all the way, okay, go and eat soon, don't starve." Mrs. Tai took Xia Yuntian's hand back to the yard, letting Xia Yuntian and Zhang Shicheng After going down to clean up, I sat in the study with the old lady and waited for them.

Mrs. Tai estimated the time, and said to Zhou: "You go to see the food again, first ask someone to bring two plates of snacks, and then you can clean up General Zhang's yard, and then you go to see what is missing. Cheng is not only Tian'er's general, but also Tian'er's friend, so we can't neglect him."

Zhou's lowered his eyes and answered, with a little sadness in his eyes.

Zhang Shicheng has always lived in the Pingyang Hou Mansion, and his yard has always been there. This time, when cleaning up Xia Yuntian's yard, he also cleaned out his yard. Everything that needs to be prepared has been prepared. Where is she needed? See for yourself?It's just that the family has something private to say to guard against her.

Zhou felt a little sad, she had worked so hard for so many years, why did the Xia family still not accept her?

The old lady glanced at Mrs. Zhou's back, and sighed slightly in her heart. Mrs. Zhou was too impatient. Back then, she was the wife chosen by the old Marquis himself, or her mother-in-law let her get in touch with these things outside after the eldest son was born.

Mrs. Tai said indifferently: "Now you can see? Although Mrs. Zhou is smart, she is too smart, so I don't worry about it. She can distinguish the pros and cons, and she is sensible enough. Our Pingyang Hou Mansion is now her reliance , but the old rules are there, she can choose to remarry, so she can have other things to rely on in the future, although it may be unfair to her, but for the sake of the entire Pingyang Houfu, let her know less about outside affairs in the future, if you feel guilty , doesn't she like the housekeeper? Let her take care of it, and we'll talk about it when my daughter-in-law comes in the next day."

The old lady responded.

Mrs. Tai sighed: "It would be great if Mrs. Zhang was here, and you will have someone to share in the future."

The old lady looked at Mrs. Tai worriedly, "Mother."

Mrs. Tai shook her hand and said: "When people get old, there will be such a day sooner or later."

Xia Yuntian heard these words as soon as he arrived, and felt a little uncomfortable, "Grandmother!"

Madam Tai came back to her senses, beckoned to pull Xia Yuntian over, saw that the childishness on his face had faded, felt relieved and sad for a moment, touched his face and said: "I'm sorry for you, the burden of our family will be placed on you from now on." shoulders."

Seeing that Zhang Shicheng had also packed up, Madam Tai quickly waved her hand to let Nanny Zhang and Nanny Su go outside to guard, and asked solemnly: "Now you can tell, what happened to that batch of grain and grass? It can't be true. Did Jijihar hide there?"

Xia Yuntian straightened his expression, took out the letter Wang Xiyan wrote to him, and explained the matter clearly in a low voice.