Fate of the Red Chamber

When I returned to Jia's mansion, the old lady's May [-]th had already passed.

Because it will be suspended for 49 days, but because it is summer now, the coffin of the old lady is placed in the ancestral hall, where some Taoist priests perform rituals.As soon as he returned to Jia's mansion, Jia Huan changed the clothes on his body. Jia Ruizhe was still young, and he had never seen this old ancestor whom he had never seen before, so his face was full of bewilderment.

First took Daiyu and Ruizhe to kowtow in front of the old lady's spirit, and saw the mandarin ducks guarding the old lady's spirit.After not seeing each other for a few years, Yuanyang has calmed down a lot, but at this time, there is more despair on his face.Jia Huan hasn't been in the mansion for the past few years, so he doesn't know where Yuanyang's little despair comes from. He only went out after having a conversation with Yuanyang.

Jia Huan takes Ruizhe out of the mourning hall, while Daiyu stays in the mourning hall to accompany Yuanyang.

"Sister Yuanyang, what's wrong?" Daiyu had already seen what was wrong with Yuanyang.

Yuanyang looked at Daiyu standing in front of her, tears streaming down her face.

"Third Young Mistress, please save this slave!" Yuanyang knelt down in front of Daiyu with a plop.

"How do you say this? Although you have not been a young lady in this mansion all these years, which one loves you as the old lady's own daughter!" Daiyu didn't understand why Yuanyang would show such pain.

"The third young mistress didn't know that the old man asked the old lady to marry me. At that time, I forced me to die, and the old lady loved me, so I didn't enter the old man's door. But now the old lady is gone, old man I have been here a few times, and every time I come here, I have to talk about it. I am just a little girl, and now I don’t have the blessing of the old lady. Or can I do whatever I want? It’s better to die than this Clean!" Yuanyang cried bitterly.

Daiyu patted her chest in horror, is this still human?He hasn't even passed his mother's filial piety yet, so a son should think about his mother's girl first!Do you really have no conscience at all?

"Then what do you do now? You can't commit suicide just because of this incident! You are still so young, how could you..." Daiyu couldn't bear to say the following words.

"If that's the case, I can only show my ambition by death." Yuanyang clenched her fists and said.

Daiyu shook her head, but she didn't know what to do!

Yuanyang looked at Daiyu, and said with some embarrassment, "Miss Third, I just ask you to protect me this time first!"

"If you have any ideas, you can just tell me directly, I will help if I can!" Daiyu said, holding Yuanyang's hand.

"Now the only one who can protect me is the third master. The elder is the elder. No one in the Jia family will listen to him, and only the third young master can be a bit afraid!" Yuanyang said.

Daiyu frowned, then looked at the mandarin ducks beside her, and then thought of her own body.Nodding with bitterness in her heart, she took Yuanyang's hand and said, "My dear sister, I also have something to ask you!"

"Third Young Mistress, just give orders!"

"I don't live up to expectations, and I don't know how long I can live. It's nothing for me to be alone, but my child is pitiful, and there will be no one who knows the cold and the hot with the third master, so if this time The third master can help you, if I am not here in the future, my Ruizhe still hopes that you can take care of me for a while." Daiyu smiled wryly.

"How could it be!" Yuanyang looked at Daiyu in disbelief, although Daiyu did wear more clothes than ordinary people, and she looked even thinner than before.But Daiyu's health was not good before, so Yuanyang didn't notice this all the time, and she was also shocked when she heard the news suddenly at this time.

"I know my own body. It's the root cause of my illness when I was born Ruizhe. You can just relax! It's just something I entrusted to you, and I hope you don't let me down." Daiyu said solemnly, holding Yuanyang's hand.

"Yes!" Yuanyang said.

After Daiyu went back, she told Jia Huan about it.Jia Huan just sneered, looked at Daiyu and said, "Don't worry about this matter, I will find a way."

Others may not know what the people in Dafang are thinking, but Jia Huan does.Although Jia Zheng and Mrs. Wang have been pardoned, they are in remote places.Only a widowed sister-in-law and Baoyu and his wife remained in the second room. Although he was also a second roomer, he didn't have much desire for this thing.On the contrary, Da Fang didn't think so.It turned out that Sister Feng would borrow some things from her ancestors every now and then, so how could she not make up her mind at this time!

On the contrary, the uncle did even better, knowing that Yuanyang has always been in charge of the old lady's key, so he started to play with Yuanyang a long time ago.Yuanyang is not a very beautiful person, why is the uncle so persistent, isn't it because he has always missed the old lady's wife?Da Fang is too greedy.At the beginning, because of his aunt's death, he was the one who helped Dafang win the title, and it was his suggestion that allowed Jia Lian to keep most of the family property. source of income.Now that Baoyu has been nagging all day long, it is impossible to rely on him to take care of the second room, so Jia Huan can only rely on this little bit of justice to make Jia Lan grow up.

Jia Huan secretly went to find Yuanyang, and asked her to play a play with him, and let everyone see his true face, Jia Amnesty.

In the evening, the guests of Jia's family had basically gone back, and Yuanyang was still guarding the mourning hall alone.Jia She walked slowly to the mourning hall alone, looking at the mandarin duck kneeling in front of the mourning hall, Jia She slowly walked forward and squatted beside the mandarin duck.

Yuanyang stayed away in disgust, she didn't know why such a chubby person like Jia She could squat down nimbly.

Jia She looked at Yuanyang with a smile, and teased, "Yuanyang, have you thought about it? Now that the old lady is gone, no one can protect you. Do you think there is still room for resistance?"

"Master! There are so many maidservants in this mansion who are prettier than me. Why did the uncle only see the maidservant? Or did the uncle think that the maidservant holds the key to the old lady's room, so if you get the maidservant, you will get the old lady's things?" !" Yuanyang no longer had the fear before, but looked directly at Jia She and said.

Jia Amnesty's thoughts were hit, and his face turned slightly red.But he still argued strongly, "How is that possible? What does the person I like, Yuanyang, have to do with the old lady's things?"

"That's good! I've given the key to the old lady's room to the third young master!" Yuanyang laughed.

Sure enough, Jia Amnesty stood up and said angrily, "You bastard with no eyes, why did you give the key to Jia Huan? Why don't you go get it back for me!"

"Didn't the uncle say that he valued me? Why do you care about the key so much at this time!" Yuanyang asked intentionally.

"Who is interested in you? If it weren't for you holding the key to this old lady's room, what do you think you are?" Jia She said angrily.

"The old lady's bones are not yet cold. Uncle, you are thinking about the girl in the ancestor's house first, and then you start thinking about the things in the ancestor's house. Have you really forgotten what the three cardinal principles and five constant principles are?" Seeing that the play was finished, Jia Huan He walked out with the elders of the clan who were beside him early in the morning.

Jia Amnesty had a bad premonition when Jia Huan made his voice, but he never thought that Jia Huan would come with his family members.Although Jia Amnesty is already an old fritter, he still knows what shame is after all.Now that he has been arrested, how could he be so righteous!

Seeing that Jia Amnesty was about to leave, Jia Huan quickly stood up and said, "Suddenly uncle has been wanting to see the old lady's things. Now that the elders of the clan are all there, why not just go and have a look, so that you won't be worried, uncle!" Jia Huan is only a small sixth-rank official now, but he is already the largest official in the middle class.Even if the people in the clan don't give face, they still have to be scruples about it.What's more, there are so many better elder brothers behind Jia Huan!When he returned to Beijing, almost all the elder brothers whom the emperor liked came to welcome him, what does this mean.Even if they looked down on Jia Huan's background, they had to show face.

The elders of the family were all there, and Jia Huan led Jia She and everyone in the family to open the old lady's storeroom.The old lady has been carefree for the first half of her life, and the dowry is also very generous. Coupled with the filial piety of the lower people in Jia's mansion, it is also a considerable sum.When the house was ransacked, most of the property of the Jia family was confiscated, but the old lady's belongings were saved as a dowry and kept well hidden.

When Jia Huan left, he left a bank note, so the old lady's things did not move.As soon as Jia She saw the old lady's things, his eyes suddenly widened.Jia Huan snorted coldly, and asked someone to sort it out bit by bit, and then began to divide.

Divided up the old lady's things very evenly, Jia She looked at the things in his hands and was not satisfied, and wanted to say something, but seeing Jia Huan looking at him coldly, he swallowed the words immediately.Sister Feng and Jia Lian didn't say anything at all!It is because of Jia Huan that they can keep their property, even if they have no conscience, they will still be grateful.So after getting the item, he didn't say a word, no matter what Jia She hinted, he didn't respond.

What Jia Amnesty felt aggrieved was that there were more people in the second room, so there were more things to share.Their eldest family has always been small in number, and this time they didn't take advantage of the inheritance, so they tried their best to wink at Sister Feng, but their eyes cramped, and the two still didn't respond.

Jia She commanded people to take his belongings and left unwillingly. After Jia She left, Jia Huan divided the things under his name into two parts and gave one to his sister-in-law, and one to his sister-in-law. Baochai.

Baochai and Li Wan looked at Jia Huan, speechless for a while.Because Li Wan is a prostitute, he didn't come out many times.But she knew that before Jia Huan left, she and Lan'er had been arranged, which was more appropriate than the original Mrs. Wang. This time, Jia Huan gave them his belongings without reservation. Can you not be moved!

"How is that good? Now your life is not easy!" Li Wan declined.

"Sister-in-law, you don't need to be polite. I will return to Jinling with the spirit of the old lady in a few days. I don't need these things, so I might as well give them to you! It will be easier in the future!" Li Wan felt embarrassed. Accepted.

Baochai didn't say anything unnecessary, but looked at Baochai gratefully.Baochai looked at Baoyu who had been in a daze beside him, sighed, and helped Baoyu to leave without saying a word.