[Qing Chuan + Red Mansion] Midas touch

Aunt Xue, who was immersed in her own thoughts, seemed to have opened up a new world, as if her son had already talked about a good marriage, her whole spirit was different.

Tell the little old lady to think about it, and Xue Pan's son will be able to ride a horse through the streets to the Qionglin banquet.

Facing Aunt Xue like this, Zuo Xi hooked the little finger in his sleeve and decided to retreat strategically first.

"Mom, what you say makes sense. If you don't donate an official, it's really hard for my brother to marry a girl from a famous family as a wife based on our current family background. It's just a matter of future, so we should be more cautious." Good. And my brother is only fifteen this year, not as good as the weak crown. It is really unfair to judge my brother's life at this time." Looking at Aunt Xue, then at Xue Pan, Zuo Xi was hesitant at first, and then seemed to have made up his mind He solemnly said to the two of them with a certain determination, "I only listen to my brother about donating an official. No matter what my brother decides, I will support him."

There was appeasement before these words, provocation later, and a sledgehammer of trust at the end. It is hard to say how Zuo Xi said it.

Anyway, after this passage was put to the ground, the people who were in trouble became Aunt Xue and Xue Pan.

One wanted to marry a good wife for his son, but worried that it would ruin his son's future.One wants to take a shortcut, but does not want to be looked down upon.Not surprisingly, the young man's self-esteem caused Xue Pan to have an inexplicable resistance to donating officials.

Believe in himself, even if he doesn't donate an official, he can still marry a daughter-in-law with a good background by his own ability.

Seeing that the expressions of the two were vacillating and swearing as she expected, Zuo Xi rolled his eyes, fearing that it would be self-defeating, so he changed the topic directly.

"Today in the East Mansion, I bumped into Cousin Ren when I passed by the corridor. I haven't seen him for more than half a year, and my eyes are getting more and more sly, and the eyes that scrutinize people make people feel disgusted from the bottom of my heart."

There are only four brothers and sisters in the Wang family.The eldest son, Wang Zisheng, left behind Wang Ren and Sister Feng.The second prince, Prince Teng, has only one daughter named Wang Xiluan in his family, who is a few years younger than Zuo Xi. Two years ago, he was appointed as the son of Marquis Baoning, and they got married after Jiji.Further down are two sisters, Mrs. Wang and Aunt Xue. One married into the Rongguo Mansion, and the other married into the imperial merchant Xue's family.

The cousin Ren in Zuo Xi's mouth is Wang Ren, a typical playboy in his twenties.Eating, drinking, whoring, gambling, cheating and abducting a lot of things, saying that he is idle and not doing his job is to praise him.But even though he is the son of Wang Zisheng, he has always been raised by Wang Ziteng's side.

When Zuo Xi mentioned Wang Ren, even if it was her own nephew, Aunt Xue felt that this nephew was not good-looking, "Brother Ren has always been a mischievous person, and the people from the gambling shop chased him home to collect debts. Your uncle lost his temper a lot. Being scolded by your uncle, he even took it out on the people in the house. Your cousin just tried to persuade her a few times, but she got beaten up and lost a brother."

Thinking of her poor nephew and daughter-in-law, Aunt Xue felt uncomfortable.She was originally a girl from a good family, but she didn't want to marry such a bastard.It was not easy to conceive the fetus, and it was raised for six or seven months, but it was born.There are no wives and concubines in the house who are easy to get along with. They are sad to lose their children. They will be complained by the people in the house and run on by the concubines in the house. Now they are too sick to get out of bed. That's all.

"Does Uncle just leave him alone?" Wang Ren was the only male in the two households of the Wang family, and it was really unreasonable to raise Wang Ren up like this.

It's just that those women who married into their family are really pitiful.

"In the early years, you were spoiled by your grandmother, and then you got older. Forget it, forget it." Aunt Xue opened her mouth, not knowing how to tell her daughter about it, but thinking of what Zuo Xi said just now, she hurriedly Tell Zuo Xi to avoid Wang Ren in the future.

"I've written down everything Mom said. After all, there are not many people in the world who are as sensible as my brother, and care about the family." Zuo Xi nodded obediently, not forgetting to fool Aunt Xue and Xue Pan again, "By the way, I see that the old lady in this mansion also pampers Baoyu so much that my uncle can't do anything to control her. She is perverse and self-willed, and when she grows up, she doesn't know what to do. There is also Rong from the East Mansion. My brother also has the same temperament. Mom, rather than talking about me, might as well tell my brother to stay away from them, so as not to cause people to misunderstand and think that my brother is the same as them."

When passing by the porch today, Jia Rong stood with Wang Ren, and she didn't know how to avoid it when she saw the female relatives coming.Although modern people don't pay much attention to the rules, the problem is that the eyes of these two people looking at the female relatives are really not clean.

The look of lustful scrutiny at people, like a snake spitting out a letter, is swimming close to the body, and goose bumps have arisen.

When talking about Jia Rong, Xue Pan thought of Jia Zhen's virtue of her dead mother and Jia Rong's expression at the funeral.

Xue Pan couldn't describe the look that flashed across Jia Rong's eyes, but he knew that it was definitely not something a person who had a dead wife should have.

It's more like a happy look of abandoning something dirty, disgusted and resentful.

For a moment, Xue Pan's magical brain circuit suddenly thought of those rumors about Ningguo Mansion that he had heard by chance before.

So Jia Zhen's donation of an official to Jia Rong, besides telling Qin to leave, is more likely to appease and compensate her own son.

By the way, he heard in a daze that Baoyu vomited blood the night Qin Shi was gone.

Picking up ashes, raising my uncle. Bah, what's the matter.

Zuo Xi forcibly pushed Xue Pan into the crowd of good people, and usually opened and shut up all kinds of fooling Xue Pan at no cost. After a long time, Xue Pan's self-positioning shifted.At this moment, that Xue Pan who almost beat someone to death because of the strife of loyalty back then not only despises Wang Ren and others in his heart, but also plans to alienate these people in action.

A bunch of trash, not worthy of playing with Uncle Xue.

Not to mention that the mistress of the Ningguo Mansion, You Shi, said she was sick in bed, and Jia Zhen invited Sister Feng, a foreign aid, to help with the funeral for her daughter-in-law, Qin Shi. Can do.Let's just say that on May [-]th, when Zuo Xi returned from offering incense in Ningguo Mansion, he just received a letter sent by Daiyu.

Zuo Xi couldn't wait to open the letter, first read it at a glance, and after keeping the things said in the letter in his heart, he read it carefully from the beginning to the end.

Zuo Xi remembered that the news of Lin Ruhai's death came to the capital during Qin Keqing's funeral, so after Qin Keqing was gone, Zuo Xi had been looking forward to the news from Yangzhou.

Now that she received Daiyu's letter and knew that Lin Ruhai was still alive, Zuo Xi's heart that had been carrying her was finally let go.

Lin Ruhai is still stubbornly fighting the final battle against the illness, and he hopes to drag this tug-of-war for a little longer.

At least until his daughter Jiji, even if it really can't go on, he must arrange for his daughter as soon as possible, otherwise he will not be able to die in peace.

Daiyu waited on the bedside, and the father and daughter would chat about homework.In addition to talking about her life in the Jia family with Lin Ruhai, Daiyu would also talk about everyone in the Jia family and Zuo Xi.

The old lady doted on Baoyu, and often had to scold her second uncle for Baoyu.Baoyu had a piece of jade that he held in his mouth when it fell into the grass, and it fell several times without even a piece of skin falling off.The sisters study and go to school together. Although it is more lively than at home, their learning progress is not as good as at home.Interspersed with Zuo Xi's disguised teaching Daiyu to read the account book, carefully preparing gifts for her, and what Zuo Xi said to Daiyu and what he did for Daiyu this time when he returned to the south.

It's all about the money, but the hard part is the heart...

Some were small things in the boudoir, and some were things that made Lin Ruhai shudder when he heard them. After a long time, Lin Ruhai also tasted the thoughts and attitudes of his old mother-in-law, as well as her status in the mansion.

She really hurts Daiyu, but she is not only Daiyu's grandmother.

In fact, what Lin Ruhai saw was Jia Lian's every move after he came to Yangzhou.

As Zuo Xi told Daiyu before, just do what she knows, and don't care about anything else.Daiyu didn't care about things, Lin Ruhai hadn't reunited, and the Lin family had no other heirs. After meeting Lin Ruhai, Jia Lian got to know the general situation of the Lin family again, and took care of the general affairs of the Lin family without hesitation.

In the case of the Lin family, Jia Lian's move was considered considerate and filial, but the fault was that Jia Lian played songs every night and lingered in the romantic places in Yangzhou.

As the birthplace of the skinny horse, Yangzhou is very skilled in this area of ​​business, and the surrounding industries make people feel at home.

Jia Lian used the money in the Lin family's account to sleep in the flowers and sleep in the willows, and bought drunk every night. Lin Ruhai, who was fighting against the disease, heard about this kind of thing. What good impression could it have?

Even if you show a little bit of sadness, it won't make people think that you just came to Yangzhou to wait for Lao Tzu to die so that you can take over the Lin family's property.

Sick people rarely have open-minded people.Before, there was Zuo Xi for comparison, and later, Jia Lian cared about his own happiness. Even though Lin Ruhai's body afflicted by illness became heavier, his heart gradually grew unwilling.

Not like you.

So Lin Ruhai, who was supposed to die on the third day of September, forcibly survived by relying on tenacious willpower.

Not only survived, he also began to consider the matter of adoption.

Left and right are gambling, why not hold the gambling table in your own hands.

Lin Ruhai naturally considered more comprehensively than Zuo Xi, so he was more cautious in the matter of adoption.However, there was Jia Lian in the middle, and Lin Ruhai was a little worried that the Jia family would be a hindrance, so he deliberately sent Jia Lian away.

So on this day, Lin Ruhai called the imperial physician and doctor into his room, and no one knew what he said.When Jia Lian came back from outside, he heard that his uncle Lin would not die for a while.

"What do you mean you can't die?"

Jia Lian paused as he washed his hands, and asked Wang'er who was left in the mansion with an inexplicable expression.Wang'er guessed that his second master would ask such a question early in the morning, so he didn't pretend to tell Jia Lian the news he had inquired about.

"I heard that the Lin family has found another good medicine. Although it still can't cure my aunt's illness, I can ask my aunt to delay it for another year or a half. With this year and a half, maybe," Lin said. My uncle can still find life, so he won't die.

Wang'er just thought about the second half of the sentence, but didn't dare to say it outright.

But even if Wang'er didn't say anything, Jia Lian could still think of his unfinished words if he followed his words.

It has been almost a year since I came out of the capital. Although the life in Yangzhou is carefree and happy, I have been out for a long time, so how can I not miss home?When he set off, he thought that this matter would not take too long, so he didn't want to. Could it be that he was going to stay in Yangzhou and wait for Uncle Lin to die?

No, you can't do this and wait.

Jia Lian changed into a robe that smelled of rouge, drank a cup of strong tea, and went to the main courtyard to meet Lin Ruhai.

When he arrived, Daiyu happened to come out of the house. The two brothers and sisters saluted each other at the door and said hello to each other. One turned and went back to his room in the backyard, and the other walked into the upper room.

After saying hello, Jia Lian was the first to congratulate Lin Ruhai.

Lin Ruhai smiled at Jia Lian with his face thinned by the illness, as if he didn't know Jia Lian's intention to come and greeted him.

He neither sent Jia Lian away, nor kept Jia Lian in Yangzhou temporarily, as if he was simply happy that his life was continued, and no one else could think of it.

Jia Lian chatted with Lin Ruhai for a while, and was left by Lin Ruhai to eat together, and then returned to the guest house with mixed feelings.

No matter what, you have to send someone back to the capital to report a letter, oh no, it is a good news.

So on the fifth day after Zuo Xi received Daiyu's letter, that is, on the fifth day of Qin Keqing's May [-]th, Wang'er returned to the capital with Jia Lian's letter from home.

When Jia's mother received the letter, she felt more headache than Jia Lian.

I want to ask Jia Lian to come back, but I'm afraid that when Jia Lian comes back, Lin Ruhai will have to 'employ someone'.Don't ask Jia Lian to come back, as Jia Lian said in his letter, her good son-in-law will stay for another year or so or even longer, let alone what Jia Lian will think, Sister Feng will not agree.

As for the idea of ​​bringing Daiyu back to the capital, as soon as it flashed in his mind, Jia Mu suppressed it.

Even if she wanted to ask Lian'er to lead Lin Yatou back to Beijing, Lin Yatou would definitely not follow her now.

It's really a dilemma~

That night, Sister Feng, who came back from Ningguo Mansion, called Wang'er over for questioning.

There is nothing to hide about the Lin family. When Sister Feng asked, Wang Er had something to say.After a while, Sister Feng sent Wang'er down and talked with Ping'er about the Lin family.

I thought it would take three to five months to turn around, but I didn't want to delay until now.

"I heard what Wang'er said. The Lin family invited an imperial physician from the capital to Yangzhou. The reason why Uncle Lin's improvement this time is also thanks to their hard work." Sister Feng leaned on the pillow, always feeling that something was wrong, but for a while But there is no clue.

"I don't know what path the Lin family took, but even the imperial physician was invited over." Ping'er looked at Sister Feng, and carefully tucked the quilt for her, "Although the Lin family has no title, my aunt is a serious imperial examination Family background, some old schoolmates who are in power are nothing."

When Sister Feng heard the words, she nodded her head twice.Putting this matter aside, he began to wonder when Jia Lian would come back.

In fact, Mother Jia also thought about this question.As early as Jia Lian's first family letter sent back from Yangzhou, Jia's mother had heard about the imperial physician.

Thinking of the scene where Daiyu asked her to help find an imperial doctor to go south with her to treat Lin Ruhai before she left, and she shied away and ignored her, Mother Jia felt a little unsightly.Knowing now that Lin Ruhai's survival was due to the imperial physician, Jia Mu couldn't help but feel a little uncomfortable.

She was wondering if Daiyu would have a personal quarrel with her because of this?

How could Daiyu have no idea?

But the most urgent task is not to worry about those trivial matters, but to find a way to make Dad live a long life.

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Jia's mother didn't think about what to do in the end, so she just asked someone to write to Jia Lian and let him figure it out.When sending the letter, in order to make up for her image in Daiyu's heart, or for some other reason, Jia's mother specially asked someone to pack up two large boxes of various precious medicinal materials and supplements and send them to Yangzhou.

Zuo Xi heard about it, so she deliberately went to Rongqing Hall, and then wiped her tears with a handkerchief, talking about her despair when Father Xue passed away, as if the sky was falling.

"...It just so happened that some things were delivered from the shop. I'll pick out some that can be used by Sister Lin and Uncle Lin, and bring them along with the old lady's things."

When Jia Mu heard this, she smiled and praised Zuo Xi for being sensible, and said that Zuo Xi had a heart.

"It's just a few homely things, which are worthy of the old lady's praise." Zuo Xi was modest for a while, and chatted with Jia Mu for a while, then got up and went back to Lixiangyuan to pack up.

Although Zuo Xi didn't think it would be revealed that she was helping Daiyu to hire the imperial physician and the master of the capital, just in case, she went to observe Jia Mu's attitude.

After confirming Jia's mother's attitude, Zuo Xi really packed some things and sent them over.When Jia Mu and Sister Feng saw that the things Zuo Xi sent were nothing more than ordinary household items, they didn't think much about Zuo Xi's usual friendship with Daiyu.

It's the winter moon, Jia Zheng's birthday.

After discussing with Aunt Xue about giving a similar gift, Zuo Xi changed into warm and festive clothes and went to Rongqingtang to have a feast with Aunt Xue.

Zuo Xi knew what was going to happen today, but she was not interested in showing how calm or clever she was to gain favor with Rongguo Mansion.So calmly sat with the girls to eat and play, talking and laughing, nothing unusual.

After three tours of wine, five tastes of food, and the middle of the play, the eunuch came to the door.

After beating Jia Zheng and being called into the palace, everyone in the Jia family became panicked.Seeing this, Zuo Xi began to look at the family calmly.

Even if he didn't know why Jia Zheng was called into the palace, he shouldn't be scared like that, right?

This guilty look is very wrong.

To be honest, the Jia family's guilty conscience made Zuo Xi start to feel nervous.Although I knew today would not be a bad day, it was still a great happy event for the Jia family.But at this moment, Zuo Xi had already begun to worry about whether they had done something terrible in private.

There are no eggs under the overturned nest, please don't do it.

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Master Kang has been in power for 61 years, and now it is only 43 years of Kangxi. That is to say, according to the time calculation, when the Jia family was unlucky, the fourth master had not yet come to power.

Since the Jia family was liquidated by Master Kong, then since the Jia family is a bunch of useless people, how did they get the favor of Master Kang and his old man?

After the three springs, all the fragrances will be exhausted. Wait, which year was the crown prince deposed?

Oops, why can't I remember it.

Zuo Xi, who couldn't remember anything, couldn't help but thought to himself, "When the book is used up, you will hate less".After slightly sighing, Zuo Xi continued to think along this train of thought unwillingly.Unexpectedly, the serious ones didn't think of it, but the unscrupulous ones thought a lot.

For example, in the year when the prince was abolished for the first time, Kangxi dragged his family to the grassland again. When the eighteenth elder brother was gone and the prince made him sad and angry, he happened to meet a Mongolian lady...

Another example is that the thirteenth elder brother was imprisoned in the beekeeping lane and got along day and night with a certain woman who was performing arts but not selling herself, and gave birth to a daughter with the blood of the former Ming Dynasty...

For another example, the fourth master gave up the love in his heart for the younger brother Shisan.The eighth princes strangled a bird to death to express their displeasure...

Patting himself on the forehead, Zuo Xi yelled in his heart: "Oops, Qing Chuan has read too many novels, and she's playing a role." '

"Sister Bao, what are you thinking about?" Baoyu saw Zuo Xi sitting beside him, not to mention all kinds of changes in his expression, and even stretched out his hand to pat himself, so he couldn't help leaning over curiously, "Are you thinking about the master's entry into the palace?"

That's your father, why did you ask her to think about it?

"Yes, it's really worrying." Zuo Xi nodded, his face was full of worry, "Although I know that my uncle is a man, and the virtues in the house are definitely not a bad thing. But seeing my uncle coming back, I still feel worried .”

"Baoyu, go and accompany the old lady and wife. They are getting old, so they are worried for some reason."

"What about sister Bao?"

Zuo Xi twitched the corner of his mouth, and replied seriously, "Don't worry, I'm young and I can endure it."

"Oh." Baoyu felt that these words were strange, but after all, he listened to Zuo Xi and went to Jiamu's side.