The Kangping Life of Mrs. Xing in Honglou

When the Supreme Emperor passed away, all the officials and wives in Beijing had to go to the palace to mourn. The old lady was no exception at this age. She had to go to the palace every day. Go, after the funeral, the old lady couldn't bear it all at once, so she asked the imperial doctor for diagnosis and treatment, only saying that the old lady was old, and she just prescribed some medicine for recuperation.

The old lady knew she couldn't stand it anymore, so she called her children and grandchildren to her, and divided her body. Of course, two days ago, she taught Baoyu to her side and gave her a box of bank notes. Regarding this point, Xing Yue I know it, but it's the old lady's selfishness, she can give it to whoever she wants, but no matter how much money the old lady gives Baoyu, Baoyu's temperament probably won't know how to manage it.

The old lady acted fairly. Jia Lian, Jia Baoyu, and Jia Zhu each received 2 taels of silver, Jia Wan 1 taels of silver, and Jia Tanchun 5000 taels of silver. She stated that it was a dowry for the two of them. Jia Gui , Jia Ran, and Jia Peng, the three brothers each received 3000 taels of silver, and Jia Huan and Jia Cong each received 2000 taels of silver. In addition to these, the old lady also gave each of the small things she had saved over the years a box.

For the rest, the old lady made it clear that after she died, except for the funeral expenses, the rest of the things would be divided equally between the two houses.The old lady explained all this, and asked someone to take out a box, and said to everyone: "It's just my mother's body that I kept for Baoyu. Now I give it to Baoyu. Before Baoyu got married, these properties Leave it to Mrs. Liu to take care of it, and when Baoyu gets married, I will give it to his wife." These are all the dowry of Baoyu's mother, and if Mrs. Liu wants to embezzle, he has to weigh it carefully.

The old lady regrets very much now that she didn't make a good marriage for Baoyu, and now that she is gone, what can be done with her Baoyu, the property she and the Wang family left for Baoyu is enough for Baoyu to be rich for a lifetime.

"Yuanyang, the girl who is serving by my side, when I go, go to Baoyu's side to serve, and the rest, give me a kindness, and let them go." The old lady knew that Baoyu was not an ordinary thing, so she left it to Baoyu's house. Let Yuanyang take care of Baoyu. She created Yuanyang and is very loyal to her. When she dies, she will be relieved to have Yuanyang watching by Baoyu's side.

After saying this, the old lady called Jia Baoyu to the front, looked at Jia Baoyu's crying face, and raised her hand to wipe Baoyu's tears. Now she is most worried about Baoyu, and she sent everyone else out, leaving him alone precious jade.

"Baoyu, grandma is going to see your grandfather. I'm afraid I won't see you again in the future. I must study hard in the future, marry a good wife, and open branches and leaves for the Jia family." The old lady wanted to say something else, He just swallowed it back again, thinking about Baoyu's temperament, so he didn't persuade him any more.

Later, the old lady took out a deed of sale from her sleeve, gave it to Baoyu, and explained carefully: "Baoyu, the deeds of sale, land and house deeds of other people around you can be handed over to a mandarin duck for safekeeping, only this mandarin duck's deed of sale , you must put it away carefully, and don’t give it to the mandarin duck, do you understand?” the old lady made her last plan for Baoyu.

"Yes, old lady." Jia Baoyu said with tears.He knew that the old lady and his wife were the ones who loved him the most in this house. Now that the wife had gone, the old lady was leaving too, leaving him alone.

"You swear to grandma that if you break the promise, grandma will not live in peace after death." The old lady is cruel enough, this is forcing Baoyu to grow up, and it is also planning for Baoyu's future.

When "Grandmother" Baoyu heard this, she became anxious, looked at the old lady, she was very shocked, and seeing the old lady's insistence, she swore according to what the old lady said.

After the old lady saw Baoyu swear, she closed her eyes in peace of mind and had a good rest, but this hand kept holding Jia Baoyu's hand, telling her love for the world, but unfortunately, it was all against God's will.

In the end, the old lady went anyway, and Jia Amnesty was the first to rush people to send a letter to Jia Lian. Afterwards, Jia Amnesty wrote a letter and went home to Ding You. One month off, go home to attend the funeral.

Xing Yue didn't expect that the old lady passed away so quickly, but she didn't live to her [-]th birthday. Maybe it was because her life was not as comfortable as it was written in the book, so she exhausted her mind and left early.

After Jia Lian came back and kept filial piety for the old lady for seven days, the two households in the West Mansion left behind the gatekeepers, and the whole family went back to the south. As for the family studies, they were handed over to Jia Jing and Jia Zhen in the East Mansion. Jia Zhen refused to let Jia Jing go to the Taoist temple again, let her two great-grandsons kneel in front of Jia Jing, and forced Jia Jing to stay in the mansion. body.

After Jia Lian waited for his parents, wife and children to leave, he immediately got up and went back to Datong. Now is the time when government affairs are busy.

Xing Yue has traveled to the Red Mansion for more than ten years, this is the first time she has left Beijing, and under such circumstances, but the death of the old lady really let her breathe a sigh of relief, who knows what will happen if the old lady is alive moth.

The group of them traveled by water, and Xing Yue was from the north, so she was not used to life on this boat at all. She was seasick and walked on the boat for a month. Xing Yue also lay on the bed for a month. She didn't see the scenery along the way. There are so many people this time, Yan Peining, Liu Shi, and Tanchun are taking care of the children, so she doesn't have to worry about them.

After getting off the boat, when her feet touched the ground, Xing Yue felt that she was walking lightly. It was the maid who helped her into the sedan chair. The Jinling old house had already received news that everything was properly arranged. Seven days after the death, the old lady and the Duke were buried together, and the funeral was considered complete, but it was the national mourning period, and the funeral was simple.

Xing Yue was seasick all the time on the boat. After arriving, she was busy with the old lady's funeral and had no time to recuperate. After the funeral was over, Xing Yue also lay there. She asked a doctor to see her. I don't know how much medicine soup, it will get better.

Even Ding You, Xing Yue couldn't be at peace. More than a dozen rooms south of Jia's house came to visit Xing Yue, the first-rank imperial order, and Xing Yue couldn't refuse. He met all these people one by one. Once the rules of family and school were changed, so did those in the south, but after all, the supervision was weak, and there were few motivated descendants.

Xing Yue and the others will live in the south this time for three years, and they will have to deal with these tribesmen. On weekdays, Xing Yue will send people back every year to buy sacrifice fields. Now the Jia family's sacrifice fields are not small.

Jia Zhen is the head of the clan and always stays in the capital. The clan in the south is only handed over to the elders. Now Ding You, who is from the Rong family, has two empresses. Mrs. Wu inquired about one or two.

Xing Yue has lived in the Red Mansion for more than ten years, and knows the power of the clan very well. Seeing that it was Mrs. Wu who wanted to see her, she did not refuse. She gave Wu a purse for her little grandson, and understood the purpose of the other party's visit. Xing Yue said: "Sisters and sisters, you are overthinking. Zhen'er entrusts the elders to deal with the affairs of the clan. Naturally, she can trust the elders. Although our master is a first-class general, he is also a member of the Jia family. Naturally, he also treats the elders as well." Trustworthy." It turned out that he was afraid of the division of power, but Jia She, the first-class general and the father of the palace lady, even Jia Zhen had no confidence in him.

Their family belongs to Ding You, and when the time comes, the affairs of the clan should be handled according to the rules of the clan, and they have only been here for three years.

Xing Yue and Wu Shi were chatting and laughing, and asked people to take out two batches of high-quality silk and satin, as well as some snacks, and brought them to Wu Shi, saying that it was the funeral of the old lady, so please trouble them, these are gifts of thanks.

Jia She went back to his hometown a few years ago and was quite familiar with it. When Jia Zheng had free time, he went to inspect the family school. Seeing that the family school was in disarray, he told Jia She that there are many children in the family now Studying in this school is definitely not allowed. The two brothers discussed and hired two juren to teach the children at home.

Several children will be born next year, and according to their age, they can take the examinations for lower subjects. At this time, there is no delay. Jia Amnesty went to see his in-law, Bachelor Yan, and asked him to recommend two masters.

Yan Xueshi is the governor of Liangjiang. Except that Yan Peining saw her father when she first arrived in Jinling and went out for a funeral, she did not go to see her father when Xing Yue fell ill. Now that Xing Yue has recovered, Xing Yue asked Yan Peining to take three Living with a child at her mother's house for a period of time will also allow Xueshi Yan to enjoy family happiness. Yan Peining's two younger brothers, one working in Beijing and the other a foreigner, are not at Xueshi Yan's side.

The arrival of the children, Tong Yan Tong Yu did bring him incomparable happiness. He had also heard about the old lady of the Jia family, so he could only say something confused in his heart. What the old lady made last year, he never The son heard about it, and he only sighed. Fortunately, the son-in-law has been letting go of his job, and the daughter also followed her husband, and did not serve the old lady.

My father-in-law is also pitiful. I met such a mother. Fortunately, the old lady is gone, which can save the Jia family a lot of misfortunes. The old lady has always loved Baoyu. He saw that although he was smart, he was spoiled too much. , it will be difficult to achieve great things in the future, when Jia Cong and Jia Huan are educated very well, they will be able to achieve something in the future.

Yan Xueshi thought for a while, this old lady is not good at raising children, her two sons were raised and abandoned by her, fortunately, the son-in-law of Jia's family is still a good generation, otherwise he will regret marrying his daughter into Jia's family.

Yan Xueshi thinks that one thing the old lady will do well in her life is to go at the right time. It is the time when the Supreme Emperor passed away and the Holy Majesty really wants to deal with Prince Zhongyi and Prince Zhongshun. At this time, Ding You of the Jia Mansion is the right time.

He knew that the relationship between the old lady of the Jia family and the old lady of the Zhen family was unusual. The Zhen family was a thorn in the eyes of the Holy One. The old lady of the Jia family had close contacts with them, and she might be implicated. This woe.

When Jia Amnesty and Jia Zheng visited, Yan Xueshi specially analyzed the current affairs for them, so that they could feel at ease at home and Ding You, not to have too close contact with Zhen's family.In fact, they didn't know that when Yingchun entered the palace as a concubine, the relationship between the Zhen family and the Jia family had a crack. When Yuanchun rebelled against Concubine Zhen, the Zhen family completely abandoned the Jia family. , they are not rare in the Zhen family.

The relationship between Jia Amnesty and the Zhen family is mediocre. Jia Zheng grew up beside the old lady and knew more about the affairs of the Zhen family. He knew that the old lady had saved a sum of money in the Zhen family. Consider whether to take the property back.

The property was left by the old lady to the second room, and she didn't tell Jia Amnesty. In the current situation, whether to return it or not, has become a dilemma.Don't come back, when Zhen's house is ransacked, all these belongings will be empty. If you want to come back, how can you explain to your elder brother?Jia Zheng was in trouble.

He is not an ordinary thing, Mrs. Liu often whispers in her ear, and she also knows that the family supports the family's family villa every year, as well as the daily expenses, as well as the taxes to be paid, the dowry, precious jade and When Jia Huan gets married, he will manage money for officials in the future, all of which need money.

This matter cannot be discussed with Dafang, but with Liu Shi. When Liu knew about it, he thought about it carefully, and suggested to Jia Zheng that he should inform Dafang. Liu grew up in the palace and knew that the palace There are many dirty things. She knew how to suppress other concubines in the palace when Concubine Zhen was favored. She knew that the Zhen family would be ransacked sooner or later.Discuss with Dafang, Dingduo has lost money.

"The old lady saved a lot of belongings in Zhen's house?" Xing Yue and Jia She were both very shocked. This old lady would not stop after death, leaving them with such a problem.

Jia Amnesty and Xing Yue looked at the list, and there were quite a few items bearing the logo of the Jia Mansion. If the Zhen family lived in peace and Prince Zhongshun did not rebel, and the Zhen family was ransacked in the name of deficit, at most they would lose property. This prince loyal and obedient conspired against him, if they copied this batch of property, they would have a hard time explaining it.If they were brought back, for whatever reason, Zizhen's family would probably not easily hand over these things at this moment, and if they were accused of hiding the stolen property again, they would be courting death.

Xing Yue scolded the old lady in her heart, even if the old lady died, she would not let them live in peace. Take the belongings of the Zhen family.

"Second brother, did the old lady say that we have anything from the Zhen family in our house?" Xing Yue clenched her fists and asked, praying in her heart, don't have any.

"I'm not very clear about this. I seem to have heard in the early years that the Zhen family also has a lot of things in our house. I'm not very clear about whether they have them now?" Jia She said after thinking for a while.

How early are the "early years", Xing Yue thought, all these years, I have never heard of any movement between the old lady and the Zhen family, that is, before she came, when the Wang family was in charge, they separated, and they never saw each other again The things that arrived at the Zhen family, these things were either taken back by the Zhen family, or they were in the hands of the Wang family and the old lady.

It is impossible for the old lady to divide the belongings of the Zhen family. After the old lady went, the property was not in the hands of the couple. Then, only one person knew, and that was the mandarin duck. This mandarin duck was the old lady's confidant. In the wife's warehouse, the old lady pointed out that she gave the mandarin duck to Baoyu, which means that the old lady gave some things to the mandarin duck.

"Go and call Yuanyang over." Xing Yue ordered.