Jia Jing, national teacher of the Red Chamber

When the whole capital was mobilized by the marriage of Duke Guo's family, an unexpected guest came to Rong En's mansion, Mrs. You, Jia Zhen's former mother-in-law.

The situation in You's family is more complicated. You's the eldest in the family, but unfortunately, his mother died early, and his father remarried another wife, and brought two oil bottles. From this, it can be seen that You's family was not very good, otherwise Generally, even if the family continues to marry, they will not find someone like Mrs. You.

But no matter what, Mrs. You brought her two daughters into the gate of You's house. After You's marriage to Ningguo Mansion and became Jia Zhen's house filling, Father You died again within two years.Only Mrs. You was left to live alone with her two daughters, and from time to time she asked Mrs. You for help.

But later Youshi came home with the dowry.

She said that the Ning Mansion was not doing well.Even if Mrs. You doesn't go out very often, she knows that being involved in the royal family is nothing good to eat. Although Mrs. You kept her mouth tight and didn't say anything, since she escaped home, Mrs. You knew that the Ning Mansion was in danger. , but she can come back with a dowry, which proves that Jia Zhen still has some affection for her.

When Youshi got married earlier, Father You gritted his teeth and married her almost all of the You family property for the sake of looking good, so when Youshi came back, Mrs. You was both sad and happy.The happy thing is that the family has more property, the four of them live together, Youshi also used the dowry, and the living standard has improved a lot, but he is afraid that the Ning Mansion will be punished in the future and they will be implicated.

Mrs. You just waited anxiously every day for Youshi's divorce letter, which didn't matter at all, but just as she was relieved, thinking that she wouldn't be implicated now, the Ning Mansion recovered.

Perhaps the word Qifu cannot be used, after all the signboard of the Ning Mansion was taken down, but the signboard of the Duke of the State was put up.Although the brand of the Ning Mansion earlier belonged to the Duke, but the Duke had been dead for decades, and now there is a real Duke living in it. Later, Jia Zhen was also promoted, and later What's more, I heard that Duke Rong's mansion is going to start seeing his wife.

Mrs. You was in a hurry, and she incited Youshi from time to time, "When will you go back? My uncle can let you come out with a dowry when the Ning Mansion is not good. You are still a good person."

Of course, Youshi can't say that she ran back on her own initiative, let alone that she wanted the dowry back, and she couldn't even say that she and Jia Zhen almost had a fight.Therefore, in the face of Mrs. You's questioning, she could only stammer and haw and haw, what to wait for him to pick it up in person, or the date has not yet arrived.

Mrs. You had been fooled for almost a year, so she naturally realized that something was wrong, and there was probably something hidden in it.And she herself has two girls waiting to marry, especially the second sister You, who is one in a thousand in appearance and temperament. She even pointed out that she can find a good husband's house for her daughter after she can get married in Rong Engong's mansion.

So she planned to go to Duke Rong En's mansion to find out. Besides, if it was as she expected, wouldn't her second sister also have a chance?Of course, she didn't expect to be able to fill in the house. In Rong Engong's mansion, it is not bad to be a second house.Mrs. You is very confident, because Jia Zhen praised her second mother for her good looks. Of course, her third mother is also good. .And Mrs. You made a good plan, the power in my uncle's family is already in the hands of the public, so I can only go to the palace to find someone with a good family background, but there is obviously no one suitable for my uncle in the palace, so she gritted her teeth and went out.

It's just a shame, if it happens, it will be like a carp jumping over the dragon's gate. The more I thought about it, the more I thought it was possible, so I went out at dawn.The original Ning Rong Street was changed to Rong En Street. There were only the gates of Mr. Rong En’s family on the street, so there were not many pedestrians. The closer Mrs. You walked, the more timid she felt, especially when she saw guards standing on both sides of the street. The guards in his heart became even more frightened.

But after watching for a while, she realized that the guard was just standing guard, and the street was still allowed to go.

Mrs. You hesitated and walked to the corner door on the west side. Before knocking on the door, the door opened, and a group of two sedan chairs came out.The curtain of the sedan chair at the back was not put down properly, and the person inside looked like Jia Zhen.

"Young Master!" Seeing that the sedan chair was about to go far away, Mrs. You hurriedly shouted out in desperation.

Jia Zhen recognized her voice, hesitated for a moment, and let the sedan chair stop, he quickly caught up with the sedan chair in front, and said to Jia Jing: "Father, I will wait until I enter the palace."

Jia Jing also heard the aunt's call, looked at his son's slightly gloomy face, knew that he was still suffocating, so nodded and said: "It's okay, you can go."

Jia Zhen then turned back, and the gate of Duke Rong En's Mansion opened in the middle of Rong En Street, about 200 meters away from the intersections on both sides, so she was not afraid of spreading what she said.

Jia Zhen didn't invite anyone in, so she asked someone to bring out a chair from the porter's room, and sat on her side with her arms on the back of the chair. Picking up the sedan chair, he said, "Tell me, aren't you here to fight the autumn wind?"

These three words are really not good words, and Mrs. You's complexion changed, she became more and more sure that the eldest of her family had committed a crime before returning. "Grandpa... look..."

Jia Zhen gritted her teeth and said, "Don't call me uncle, I can't afford to be an official."

Mrs. You was a little short of words, which was different from what she had imagined at first, so she couldn't help scolding Youshi in her heart, and she smiled even brighter on her face, saying: "Master Zhen..." How can I say this?

The relationship between Jia Zhen and Mrs. You is nothing more than the same. In his heart, he hates Mrs. You for not being able to share the pain. He also remembers that he almost got into a fight with her last time. .

Although she felt that she was a little inferior to being caressing about Mrs. You, she was always angry. Seeing Mrs. You hesitated and couldn't speak, Jia Zhen stood up with a flick of her hem, "I'm busy with business, so I won't see you off."

Seeing that someone was about to leave, Mrs. You hurriedly took two steps forward, "Look at the original Youshi...it's not a problem for her to live alone at home all the time."

"Hmph!" Jia Zhen breathed out her nose and said, "It's better for her to stay at home alone. This official's house can't tolerate this big Buddha."

Mrs. You said again: "She is still young, you should take care of her."

Jia Zhen stopped and turned her head and said, "To tell the truth, His Majesty's younger sister will marry into Duke Rong's Mansion in autumn. She, You Shi, He De and He Neng, can be the princess' mother-in-law!"

Mrs. You was speechless. Seeing Jia Zhen's impatient look, she rolled her eyes and said, "Look at my second sister, so I can be your aunt."

Second Sister You is really a stunner, worthy of her surname, but Jia Zhen has learned a lot this year, and she no longer gets entangled in her children's personal affairs. Besides, what kind of good daughter can such a family teach.So he stared at Mrs. You until she was covered with sweat, and then said: "Your family's daughter." The word "daughter" is very long, and he said: "One must have self-knowledge!"

Mrs. You's face was flushed, and she couldn't pretend any longer. Seeing Jia Zhen get into the sedan chair, she was about to leave listlessly.At this time, it was time for her to see a somewhat familiar person.

Xing Dequan was originally the uncle of the Rong Mansion.When the Rong Mansion was convicted earlier, the emperor was kind and did not harm the in-laws, but the officials of the Wang family were dismissed, and the title of the historian was also lost.As for Uncle Xing, because all the property of the Xing family is in Mrs. Xing's hands, once she is executed along with Rongfu, there will be nothing left of the Xing family.

Uncle Xing is a person who is used to eating, drinking and having fun, and he lives on the little money that the Rong Mansion left behind. When the Rong Mansion collapsed, he first hid in Tibet for a while, but then he couldn't live anymore, and only then did he think of Jia Jing.Rong Engong, who is deeply favored, is thicker than his own waist at the root of his hair.

As soon as the two met and looked at each other, they both understood why the other party was here. Uncle Xing thought about it for a while and said, "Madam, let's go to the teahouse?"

Mrs. You nodded, and followed Uncle Xing to a small teahouse by the roadside.

Jia Zhen got into the sedan chair and went to the palace. He didn't lie. Although the decree was not issued, his father had already revealed that he wanted to buy the land next door, and hired someone to measure the land and build a new house.Jia Zhen inadvertently saw a blueprint on his father's desk, the princess mansion, his father is really capable, Rong'er is really lucky, even the princess can ask for it.

But now Rong'er is under a lot of pressure, if she doesn't pass the provincial exam... Jia Zhen shook her head hastily, she must pass, or come back at night and talk to his father, maybe there is some good idea?

Even if she didn't pass the exam, Jia Zhen thought that the princess would not be able to escape from their house. With his father around, as long as she waved her little hand, everything would come to his house.For example, last time, his father invited the Guozijian's sacrificial wine to give two lectures on stereotyped essays to Rong'er and Qiang'er, using Wang Xizhi's calligraphy bestowed by the emperor.

And last time, it was said that it was a new set of porcelain from the former dynasty that was rewarded by the emperor, and a lecturer from the Imperial College was invited to come to the mansion to talk about the essence of the Four Books, but what his father said was "a set of words, see which part is Focus on content."

But the emperor was also afraid that his Rong'er would fail the exam, so two days ago, he specially sent officials from the Ministry of Rites to deliver the top three papers in the previous exams. No, his father went to the palace to thank him for this.

There are no big things these days, just the imperial examination and the draft. The imperial examination is in August, and the draft is in June.The draft has nothing to do with Jia Jing, what about the imperial examination, judging by his worrying posture these two days, you can tell that he cares about it.

As usual, in the emperor's imperial study, the time for calligraphy practice in the afternoon was accompanied by the unshakeable Jia Jing.The emperor wrote two words and said: "Aiqing, the queen's month is too old, I thought that no one will enter the palace this time."

Jia Jing half-opened his eyes and said without squinting: "Your Majesty is right."

"But people have to enter the Beijing Palace." The emperor said while counting, "There are two more begging the queen mother, wanting to pick two top-notch girls, but I haven't agreed yet, I want to leave it to Aiqing first." on."

Jia Jing shook his head and said: "Your Majesty, I'm already a half-outsider, how can I be in love with the world of mortals." In other words, since Jia Jing recovered part of his memory, he found that the golden fingers he used to make alchemy are getting weaker and weaker. He has become thicker. It used to be diluted according to the ratio of one drop of blood to a bowl of water, but now half a drop of blood is poured into a large tank of water. Moreover, if his essence is taken by mortals, it is estimated that it can directly ascend.

The emperor received this answer with mixed joy and sorrow. He was happy that he could not find anyone who was worthy of being a national teacher. The national teacher refused to save him from losing face; what was worrying was that if the national teacher did not get married for a day, his mother and queen would not be able to live in peace. .Especially his mother, who is very boring in the palace all day long. There are only a few concubines in his harem, and two tables of mahjong are not enough. People are matchmakers.

Master Guo is the first person on her list. In the eyes of the old lady, getting married and having children is the right thing to do. Besides, Jia Jing looks like he is less than thirty. , That’s enough. Hurry up, one can’t do it, I’ll say two, there are so many women in the world, take your time, and there will always be someone who is worthy of being a national teacher.”

The emperor explained how to practice Taoism several times, but the empress dowager didn't listen to the people from other places. Instead, she persuaded the emperor earnestly: "The national teacher is of great use to my son. If this is the case, find him a beautiful wife and give birth to a child. The more bonds he has with Hong Chen, the more inseparable he becomes."

The emperor thinks about it for the same reason, and the draft will be drafted soon, maybe the national teacher will choose one, or... I heard that there is a man named Yushan in his house, and there is an unknown maid, all of whom are from Xuanxuan. Zhenguan brought back, or rely on this aspect?

Jia Jing is also looking forward to the draft. What he sees is the huge potential market of show girls, such as Shengji Pills, or antiperspirant specially made for summer. , A lot of them were sent to Eunuch Dai's house.

Eunuch Dai became more and more leisurely when he became the chief executive, and his son living outside the palace could already clearly call his father, and he saw Jia Jing smiling even sweeter.

"Mr. Rong En is auspicious." Eunuch Dai smiled and said, "Your Majesty said that although the girl from the Lin family has filial piety, but His Majesty saw that she was not in good health, so he specially allowed her to serve her for three months. Now it's nothing. It's taboo, tell the servants to follow Rong Engong to pick her up."

But it finally came. Although the tree in his backyard did not dare to speak loudly in front of him now, but it was fanned every day. If it weren't for the servants at home who signed all the death contracts, he would have to bear the burden of a country. The title of teacher, I am really afraid that someone will call Taoist priests to catch demons.

Although there is no Jia Baoyu who wants to return the tears, Lin Daiyu has not cried less in the past six months. First, her father died, and then her mother went, and her grandmother's house was raided again. Hers are nothing more than the travel notes that her father often reads and the zither that her mother often caresses. The tears she cried are almost dry.

Especially in the dead of night, she vaguely remembered the few times when she slept in her grandmother's house, what her grandmother told her mother was to bet her father's family property and reputation to help King Zhongshun plot against him.Although her mother didn't agree, there was nothing left of her Lin family's property.

What Jia Jing saw was such a little girl who was a little bit tangled and still stuck in self-doubt.