Old things in the Red Chamber

Soon all the members of the Jia family who were still in the capital had arrived.Jia Zhen looked around and didn't see Jia Lian and Jia Cong, so she asked Jia She, "I don't know where Brother Lian and Brother Cong are? Why don't you come?"

When he asked this, Jia Zheng opened his eyelids and looked at them.Jia Amnesty thought to himself, is it possible that your sister is going to become a concubine too?When the empress was ordered to enter the palace, the whole family didn't put on such a posture, and they didn't know who you married your younger sister to, so the whole family, young and old, had to be present.

"Isn't it just about to harvest wheat? I sent the two brothers to Zhuangzi. In a few days, it will be the anniversary of Lin's brother-in-law's death. Although so many years have passed, it has not been ten years." , still have to sacrifice, let them buy some more things by the way, and send them to the niece when the time comes."

Only then did Shi Taijun look up at Jia Amnesty, "You can think of your sister and brother-in-law, because you have a heart."

Both the mother and the son were not optimistic about Jia Zhen's purpose for coming today. At this time, the two started chatting with each other.

Jia Zhen had to cough a few times, interrupting the two of them.

"Old lady, Eldest Master, let's talk about the marriage of the Fourth Miss. The second master who is loyal to the palace sent me a message yesterday, saying that the sixth master of their family is willing to marry our Fourth Miss."

Shi Taijun was the first to disagree, "Their sixth master is a concubine, and our girl is a concubine."

It was extremely arrogant to say this, a mansion of a fallen duke actually looked down on a mansion of a prince.But the whole family did not express any surprise at what she said.

Tanchun behind the screen looked enviously at Jia Xichun, but Jia Xichun himself was expressionless.

Xue Baochai who was behind the screen was also very puzzled, in her opinion, this was the best marriage, even though the Zhongcheng Palace fell, they would not fail.They are still emperors and grandsons, and after a few years of waiting for the new emperor to ascend the throne, their family can prosper again.

Even if the new emperor can't tolerate their family, but the person who married is a concubine, it doesn't matter in itself, the emperor will kill all the people in their palace for the sake of face.

Shi Taijun said exactly what he said at home.There are very few people in the family who can go back to her face to face with the things she objects to.Even such a bold person as Mrs. Wang secretly made false claims with her, but dared not speak against her in front of her face.

Jia Zhen's goal today is not her sister's marriage.The marriage was just an introduction, he wanted to see the attitude of the Rongguo Mansion now.Look at Shi Taijun's reaction, and then look at the two brothers Jia Zheng and Jia Amnesty in the hall. Jia Zheng is like an old monk in meditation, watching his nose, nose and heart.

Looking at Jia Amnesty, he looks like a normal person.

Jia Zhen couldn't help secretly hating, in their family, just like the people in Rongguo Mansion looked down on Jia Zhen, the patriarch, Jia Zhen, the patriarch also looked down on the people in Rongguo Mansion.

The conflict was buried early on. In the final analysis, Shi Taijun thought that Jia Zhen was a child, and he lacked a kind of respect for the patriarch every time he spoke to him.Later, Jia Zhen became obsessed with these things. These were trivial matters. It was Qin Keqing's death that Jia Zhen couldn't bear. How she died, the people in the Rongguo Mansion knew about it.

Up to now, Jia Zhen thinks that she wants to lead the family to a bright road, but in his opinion, the short-sighted Rongguo Mansion will only hinder her.

But he had to seek help from the Rongguo Mansion.

In the final analysis, the pillars of their family died relatively early, while Jia Daishan on the side of Rongguo Mansion survived for a while, and preserved the heritage of Rongguo Mansion.

When Jia Daishan passed away, he never imagined that his two sons would fight for the title of the family in the future.

Therefore, according to the deduction of the Zhongcheng Palace, most of the manpower left by Jia Daishan is in the hands of Jia Amnesty.

After all, Jia She is the eldest son, and Jia Daishan has no objection to the eldest son inheriting the title, and even has some expectations for the eldest son.

To succeed, it depends on the manpower left by Jia Daishan back then.That's why Jia Zhen couldn't leave the Rongguo Mansion and go it alone.

Because of Shi Taijun's objection, no one spoke in the main hall at the moment, Jia Zhen smiled and stood up.

"Old lady, all the girls in our family are well-raised. Let alone the eldest girl and the second girl, they are the nobles in the palace. The third and fourth girls can't find a husband's family that is too low. Although the sixth master of the palace is a bastard, But you also know that he is a decent nobleman, and his future is bound to be limitless."

What he meant was that the loyal palace could eventually succeed in rebelling, and once the loyal palace successfully rebelled, then the sixth master of their palace would definitely have a prince in the future.

Behind the screen, the female relatives who couldn't understand what they were talking about cast envious glances at Jia Xichun.The one with the most complicated eyes here is Jia Tanchun.

At present, it seems that the future of the fourth younger sister has been settled, where is her own destination?

On the other side of the screen, Shi Taijun regretted the reason he made.Although Jia Xichun is not his own granddaughter, but she has been raised in front of her for so long, she can't compare to Baoyu, Tanchun, or the two empresses, but she can't bear to see him jumping into the fire pit in front.

The scene fell silent again.

Shi Taijun weighed it in his heart for a while, but still felt that it was just a matter of fact.

If it's about the fourth girl's marriage, she naturally has nothing to say, the elder brother is like a father, and Jia Zhen will arrange it.

If it is too risky to talk about being a thief, the Rongguo Mansion dare not gamble, and what's more, there is still their prince in the palace.In Shi Taijun's view, following the rebellion is undoubtedly tantamount to the old birthday star getting tired of living.

"Since that's the case, if you think about it well, then the old lady won't be able to control so much. You can take the fourth girl back in two days."

"Old lady," Fourth Miss turned around from behind the screen.Kneeling in front of the Taijun all of a sudden, "I would rather cut my hair and be an aunt than marry."

Things took a turn for the worse.The people in the room looked at Jia Xichun. Jia Baoyu was about to stand up when Mrs. Wang gave him a stare and rubbed against the stool a few times.

Everyone in the room looked at her, and Jia Zhen stomped her feet angrily.

Mrs. Wang said, "What did the fourth girl say? Men should marry when they grow up, and daughters should marry when they grow up. What's more, my son-in-law is a noble character. If a girl is married, she will only enjoy happiness."

The fourth girl did not listen to Mrs. Wang's words, and begged Shi Taijun bitterly, "I beg the old lady to keep me, at worst, send me to the nunnery in the future to be with Miaoyu..."

"What are you talking about?" Shi Taijun was a little upset. Although she didn't take care of these girls, these girls were sent to her to be educated in name.At this moment, I just feel that my face is dull, and Jia Zhen's troubles in the past few days are also added.It made Shi Taijun vent his anger on Jia Xichun.

She said to Jia Xichun's nurses and maids, "Why are you still standing there? I can't invite you, why don't you hurry up and help the girl back to the room."

The mothers and maids were so frightened that they hurriedly drove Jia Xichun, dragging and coaxing her, and left the upper room like a gust of wind.

"You don't know how pitiful the child looks. Let me tell you, the old lady was really angry at that moment."

Jia Amnesty poured the wine into the glass in front of him and shook the flagon, the two of them had already drunk a pot.He was about to ask for another pot when Jia Gu stopped him.

"Drink two sips less, drink two sips less today, and drink two more sips in the future if you live an extra day."

"How do you say that, life must be full of happiness, don't let the golden cup be empty to the moon. You, you can't taste the three flavors"

Jia Gu looked at him, and shook his head amusedly, "Not bad, not bad, just to drink two more sips, you can quote the scriptures."

Jia Amnesty also smiled, "Since you said no to drinking, then stop drinking. What do you think of this idea? I stole those four girls and put them in your house. Jia Zhen has grown ten courageous." , I dare not come to you to ask for someone."

"But the girl just doesn't want to leave her husband's house to make a fuss. You sent her here. What if she regrets and wants to marry someone? I'll send her back for you?"

"Oh, trust me, I can tell whether the child is willing to marry me or not. I don't even need to say anything. With your brother and my eyes, I can tell which girl in the family is sincerely willing to marry me. , that one is unwilling to follow me."

Jia Gu stretched out his voice, "Oh------"

"So you have occupied the maid, and you have also obtained the experience"?

"It's not called occupation, it's called your love. What do you think of what I said?"

Jia Gu thought for a while, "If you send her to me, if I accept her, I will have to find another husband's family for her in the future, and I will have to put on a dowry. After cleaning up, the front is to prevent Jia Zhen from making trouble, and the back is to prevent the court from dragging her into exile."

"Hey, it's up to you whether she's Zhang San or Li Si when you're here. If you're short of money," Jia Amnesty looked around, "if you're short of money, tell me, we brothers can take it The treasury of the two prefectures should be moved. There is nothing valuable in our treasury, but there are still some treasures in the treasury of Ningguo."

"Can this be done?"

"Of course it can be done. I don't want to say anything about it. As far as the servants of our two houses are concerned, none of them are diligent in looking after the warehouse. What a good thing to see."

Jia Jia held the cup in his hand and thought for a while, "I'm happy that the Rongguo Mansion is unlucky. If the two treasuries are really moved, it's fine. You send the fourth girl to me, and I'll hide her first. I don’t want the things that were brought out during this time, I will give them all to my subordinates, and the remaining half will belong to you, and I will hide it for you.”

Jia Amnesty raised the cup, and the two touched it.

After drinking, Jia Amnesty slammed his mouth, "Sure enough, that sentence is right, you must guard against it, and a house thief is hard to guard against. Am I not that house thief?"

"You know what's in that warehouse like the back of your hand, don't you?"

Jia Amnesty nodded, "Of course, there is no money in it, but there are quite a few ancient calligraphy and painting books, as well as some cloth, chests and cabinets and furniture. There are no serious valuables that can be converted into money."

Jia Gu held up an empty cup and chatted with him again, "Come tomorrow, we'll discuss the details. I've got all the staff tonight and picked some reliable people. We'll do it the day after tomorrow or the day after tomorrow."

In the Xiangyang Palace, there are male guests in the front yard and female guests in the back yard.Get together to celebrate the birthday of Xiangyang Wang's youngest son.

"Why does this king think that our matter is not authentic enough?"When King Zhongshun said this, he had an idea of ​​wanting to slip away.

King Xiangyang rolled his eyes, "Why aren't you authentic? You're also talking nonsense, should you watch it or not?"

"Let's stop watching, really, let the people of the Gu family know that Brother Huang can beat our asses to pieces."

"Just take a look, just take a look, do you know why I want to take a look at this, I just want to see if my sister-in-law can become a teacher, and when will she be able to become a teacher."

"Then why did you drag me?"

"I dragged you to prove my innocence. I did this for the sake of everyone, for the sake of our ancestors. You said that my old man peeked at other people's daughters-in-law. If this kind of thing was not for the sake of everyone I don't do that."

King Zhongshun followed King Xiangyang around his palace, and finally the two of them reached the garden.The sunshine in early summer is very good, and the banquets in the garden are the female relatives.

Fortunately, it was King Xiangyang leading the way, and he didn't meet any servants of the palace along the way.King Zhongshun let out a long breath, feeling that his face had been saved.Of course, Brother Huang won't hit himself anymore.Otherwise, how would you behave if you spread the word?

When he unconsciously said this, the King of Xiangyang rolled his eyes again, "Listen to my advice, your reputation is already rotten, what reputation is there, what should you do?"

The two hid behind a rockery, across the lake, and saw two people sitting in the pavilion.Both of them were accompanied by a bunch of maids, as if they were talking, King Zhongshun only took a look at their sitting postures from a distance.Just tell the king of Xiangyang.

"Is the one on the left Gu Yun's wife?"

"I see, it's her. We agreed that we'll just take a look, and it's time to go back."

The two walked back together, and King Zhongshun said as he walked, "That boy Gu Yun is cheap. If my father found me such a princess back then, I would definitely like women."

The King of Xiangyang looked at his face and asked him, "Isn't it overwhelming the country?"

King Zhongshun thought about it for a while, "I didn't see the face, I only saw the posture of the whole body and the posture sitting there. The real girl from a scholarly family is really the same as the Nine Heavens Fairy. Compared with him, others It's so vulgar. But, can your sister-in-law learn it?"

"Before I saw her, I thought my sister-in-law could learn it well. After seeing him, I thought my sister-in-law would never be able to learn it in this lifetime."

"Then can we still use this strategy?"

"Use it, why can't it be used? This plan is good. My sister-in-law is not a real sister-in-law. I will find ten or eight of them and put them next to my wife, so that my wife will often ask Mrs. Lin out. Ten Whoever learns from eight people will be my sister-in-law."

The two looked at each other, and felt that this method was really good.

When the two returned to the front yard, they were caught by others and asked where they had been. King Xiangyang said that the two had gone to the toilet to change clothes.At this time, the porter came to inform, "The Seventh and Ninth Princes of the palace have arrived in front of the middle gate."

"Please hurry please"

Everyone came out together to welcome the two princes into the palace.Since the Chinese New Year till now, the brothers Seventh Prince and Ninth Prince have only come into contact with the outside world today.

The appearance of both of them has changed a lot.The ninth prince has grown a lot taller, and the skeleton of the seventh prince has become like an adult.He is five years older than the Ninth Prince, and he is actually the eldest son.When talking to everyone during the banquet, the Ninth Prince respected him everywhere.

Not to mention the ministers outside, even the members of the royal family have a wait-and-see attitude towards their brothers. Everyone here does not easily express who they prefer.

So what their brothers can do is to constantly deepen their image as a virtuous and corporal.

When he was young, the seventh prince was still a good brother who cared for his younger brother, and the ninth prince was a good brother who respected his elder brother. As he got older, the people around him lobbied more and more around them.Not to mention that the two have become enemies, in fact the relationship will never be as close as before.

It's just that the styles of the two are different.

The seventh prince himself is a quiet character, but he was forced by his mother, people from his grandfather's family and the people around him to become a person with a detached personality.The Ninth Prince had a high-spirited nature. After experiencing the loss of his mother, he fell silent. When he was silent, many people could ignore him.

Therefore, on this occasion where everyone is relatives to the prince, the seventh prince did not have the cautious state of facing the ministers, and talked loudly to the uncles and uncles in the yard.

The Ninth Prince did not say a few words from the moment he entered the door until he sat down, and stared at everyone with his eyes.He is looking at others, and others are looking at him.

Gu Yun and the others came to the banquet today and brought their children along with them. Because Gu Xin was a little older, he followed his father in the front yard.Gu Xin was curious about this silent man, and the Ninth Prince already knew his identity when he saw him sticking next to Gu Yun.

"Cousin," he waved at him with a different smile.

Gu Xin looked at his father, his father nodded, and he moved over in small steps, "Your Highness?"

"Don't call me Your Highness, just call me cousin. Whether it's from my mother's side or from my mother's side, we are all cousins."

In just two short sentences, Gu Xin had a great affection for the Ninth Prince.Because he was still young, his little face was flushed by the sun, he took a few breaths, and called out sweetly to the Ninth Prince, "Cousin."

"Good boy, I see my cousin is still panting now, I don't know if he usually takes medicine or not?"

"Drinking medicine, I often drink medicine when I remember things, and now I feel a little better in the past few years. Every time I used to pant, I always felt that I couldn't raise my breath."

"Cousin should take care of himself. If you hear about a famous doctor, you must tell your uncle and aunt that your body is the most important thing."

The little guy nodded heavily.

The situation on the court became that the Ninth Prince was talking to the children, and the Seventh Prince was talking to the adults.

The Seventh Prince is satisfied with this state in his heart. In fact, he also looks down on his younger brother a bit, feeling that such a good situation today is wasted by the Ninth Prince himself. "Mother and concubine also said that he is my great enemy in this life. I think it is nothing more than that. I will be able to go out to work in the palace in a year or two. After another year or two, father may not be able to remember his mother and concubine. By then He will disappear from everyone, and he can no longer be my opponent."

When the Ninth Prince was talking to the children, he still scolded the Seventh Prince in his heart, "Idiot, the more you work so hard to win over your relatives, the more your father hates you."

The princes and lords of the clan kept muttering in their hearts, "People in our family have always lived a long life. The emperor is now in his prime. The little princes and princesses in the palace are born every year. Although some died young, most of them They all survived, and it is uncertain who will win the battle in the future."

The expressions on their faces became more and more polite. Although the Seventh Prince gave them a feeling of confiding in their hearts, they could only express their position by being more polite.

While the people in the front ate with evil intentions, the backyard seemed beaming from the start.

First, take out today's protagonist and show it to the ladies and ladies. The child is chubby, and in addition to the hot weather, he doesn't wear so much. He only has a bellyband and a thin gauze.

While sitting on the couch, he looked at the people in the room suspiciously with his eyes.He lowered his head and played with his own fingers. His cute appearance made all the female creatures in the room jealous.

Lin Daiyu was still holding her young son in her arms, but this guy was a mischievous one, and when he saw that everyone was laughing at the little guy from Xiangyang Wang's family, he himself became jealous.

He jumped up and down in Lin Daiyu's arms a few times, loudly ah ah ah ah, his voice overwhelmed the voices of most people talking.

Seeing his small appearance, Lin Daiyu felt both funny and angry, and patted his small pp twice, and said to others, "This kid can't see a lively place, and when he is in a lively place, he will be different from usual I don’t sleep anymore, let alone eat, I have to let people play with him.”

Princess Xiangyang wanted to make some jokes, but a servant girl came over and whispered something in her ear.

"Princess Beijing, Princess Nan'an, and Princess Dongping are here. Everyone, take a seat, and I'll go to the door to meet you."

Most of the people present were princesses, including Princess Chu, the biological mother of King Xiangyang. He exchanged glances with the others, and stood up to greet the guests instead of his daughter-in-law.

The three princesses with different surnames re-arranged their seats after they arrived.Princess Beijing saw Lin Daiyu at a glance, smiled and said to Lin Daiyu, "I don't think Madam is here today, but Madam is holding the young master of your mansion in her arms?"

Lin Daiyu hugged her son and bowed on the seat, "It's our youngest son."

Princess Dongping asked, "Have you chosen a name?"

"The clansmen from my hometown sent some, and chose a Zheng, whose name is Lin Zheng."

Everyone knew that his son was adopted by his natal family, and he didn't deliberately ask her how his son's surname was Lin?

When everyone's eyes fell on Lin Zheng, the little guy danced excitedly with his hands and feet, and spit a few bubbles at the people who looked at him.It can be seen that this little guy is very happy at the moment, and the older ones are more willing to tease him.

Lin Zheng came out of his mother's arms, and was hugged by several elderly princesses.He also doesn't recognize life, whenever someone teases her, he always laughs.

Princess Beijing looked at it for a while, then nodded to Princess Dongping.

Princess Dongping smiled and asked Lin Daiyu, "I don't know if the young master is married? I know that the girl in the family is a good match for the young master."

As soon as she said this, the people in the room turned their ears up.

Lin Daiyu was very surprised. In Shi Taijun's words, "Our family never made a baby kiss when the child was young."In addition, her mother-in-law's family has no relationship with these kings with different surnames, unlike Jia Nan and his fiancee, because the matchmaker is Gu Yun, and Gu Yun and Jia Huan have a close relationship. It is common for families to form in-laws because of their closeness, even if the children are young.In addition, as intelligent as Lin Daiyu, she also knew that Jia Nan and the two of them were engaged not only because of their close relationship, but also because of something unclear.

As soon as Princess Dongping said this, Lin Daiyu knew that someone was after the Lin family.