[Red House] A beautiful girl welcomes the spring

Lin Daiyu didn't know that someone was already looking at her.After all, she is four years younger than Jia Yan, and she is only fourteen this year, so she is not yet ready.According to the customs of the Jin Dynasty, girls can only start to see others formally when they are 15 years old.In addition, she prefers a slender and graceful figure, and Jia Yan once let go of her words, so she is not worried that Jia's mother will make a fuss about her marriage, or ration her to Jia Baoyu, that little devil who always refuses to grow up .

Because of Jia Yan's attitude and status, today's Lin Daiyu has more freedom and rights in marriage than ordinary noble ladies.Of course, behind the scenes, it is not that no one is quietly discussing who Lin Daiyu will marry in the future, but such remarks will not be put on the stage.

It is precisely because of this reason that when the queen's special envoy brought the queen's order and invited Tanchun, Xichun, and Lin Daiyu to the palace to accompany the queen, the entire Grand View Garden exploded. @无限好文, all in Jinjiang Literature City

Although it was clearly stated in the decree that this was for the empress's need for confinement, there were still people talking about it, secretly saying that this was the new empress looking for the new concubine for the king.

However, this is just a rumor.

Moreover, the envoys of the new queen also paid special greetings to Xue Baochai - if it wasn't because Xue Baochai's wedding was approaching, she would have been one of them, but now, even the queen can only send a congratulatory gift.

Not to mention the reactions of Jia Zheng, Jia Baoyu, Aunt Xue, Xue Baochai and others who saw this gift, the Jia family was quite busy.Maybe the people below will have various ideas, but to the Jia family, is there anything more important in this world than the prince in the queen's stomach?

Therefore, the Jia family cut new clothes for the three girls in the shortest possible time, and Mother Jia also took out decent jewelry from her collection for the three girls, hoping that they would be happy in the palace. Here can be loved by the superiors.

Although Tanchun has already engaged, neither Lin Daiyu nor Xichun has a marriage contract, and Lin Daiyu has no impression of the Lin family and the Lin family. Even if they get married in the future, they will be no different from their daughters of the Jia family.

Although Mother Jia still felt a little regretful that Lin Daiyu could not become her granddaughter-in-law, but it is also a very important part of increasing the power of the family to cultivate daughters for marriage.There are not too many excellent girls for any family.

Lin Daiyu cannot be the daughter-in-law of the Jia family, but if she gets married, based on her relationship with the Jia family, her husband-in-law will also be a very important part of the Jia family's in-laws in the future.

Mother Jia also hopes that in the future when Lin Daiyu lives in the palace for a short time, she can be favored by the nobles and have a good marriage.

Of course, Mother Jia's idea of ​​a good marriage must be different from that of Lin Daiyu.Mother Jia's standard for a good marriage is power and power, while Lin Daiyu's standard should be that the husband and wife have common interests and hobbies, can understand each other and support each other, and play harmoniously. That is the ideal marriage.

In Jia's house, Lin Daiyu certainly couldn't find a suitable marriage in her mind. There may be many traps and scammers out there, but at the same time, there will be many real good men.

Therefore, when someone whispered that she was likely to become the emperor's harem, Lin Daiyu was ready to enter the palace.

Just as Lin Daiyu expected, on the first day she entered the palace, when she met the queen, Jia Yan said: "Sister Lin is here. Tell my sister the good news that the Ministry of Yu has completed the measurement of Shangqiu. and map drawing, even planning and engineering drawings, and engineering budgets have been done."

Xichun, who was kneeling on the side, smiled and said, "I just said, the empress will summon us, and it has something to do with the management of the Yellow River! Third sister, sister Bao, and sister Xing just don't believe it!"

Tanchun hurriedly said: "When I received the imperial edict that we should enter the palace as companions, the old lady was so worried that she didn't sleep all night, for fear that there might be something wrong with the fetal image of the empress, so she specially invited Zhenren Zhang to be the empress yesterday. Pray for blessings.” @无限好文, all in Jinjiang Literature City

Because Jia Yan told her, and because Ma Daopo was Jia Baoyu's godmother, she had bad conduct, so if the Jia family needed it, they would go to Zhang Zhenren, who was Jia Daishan's substitute monk back then.In any case, this one accepted the Supreme Emperor's acknowledgment, even if something happened, the possibility of something happening was minimized.

Jia Yan has always been extremely careful about things that might be framed.

Jia Yan said with a smile: "I made the old lady worry. By the way, how is the old lady? Although Ji Tong came back and said that the old lady seemed in good spirits, I still can't let it go."

Tan Chun hurriedly said: "Don't worry, Madam, the old lady is indeed in good spirits, even if she occasionally plays until midnight. It's just that now it's two years earlier, and her appetite is much smaller. If the old lady used to be able to eat half a bowl in one go Rouge rice, nowadays old ladies prefer to have half a bowl of almond tea at night."

"How can that be done? But isn't the stuff soft enough?"

Not being able to eat and loss of appetite are the most taboo things for the elderly, and the loss of appetite of the elderly often means that the time limit is approaching.

Tanchun originally thought this was normal, especially since Mother Jia was the old lord of the Jia family and the mother of Jia Amnesty, especially now that the Jia family's financial situation is good, not to mention that Jia's family has many farms, and every year they send There are more supplies in Beijing, so it is even more impossible to treat Jiamu badly in terms of food.

It can be said that in the original book, when Jia Mu was in the Grand View Garden, she still sighed about making a hat with her scalp and counting rice grains for cooking. Now, Jia Mu doesn't need to worry about these things at all.

Mother Jia's loss of appetite is really because she is getting old and her body functions have declined in an all-round way.

Perhaps this change occurred day by day, so Tanchun and others didn't think there was anything wrong. After all, Jia Mu had a long history, and she didn't eat when she didn't want to. But for Jia Yan who had been in the palace for almost a year, this This kind of thing is very easy to attract her attention.

When Tanchun was thinking about how to answer, Jia Yan had already turned his head and ordered: "He Shanggong, let the imperial doctor go back and ask the old lady for a pulse, so I can feel at ease."

"Yes, ma'am."

Doctors in the imperial hospital also have very strict levels. For example, the imperial doctor is only shown to the emperor and queen. Occasionally, the emperor will let the imperial doctor show his favorite concubine Zhu noble to show his favor, or, with Jia Yan In this way, asking the imperial doctor to show the elderly elders of one's natal family is not considered excessive.

However, whether it is the three nobles, the sixth concubine, or the nine concubines, because they are the lords of the first palace, they can invite the imperial physician, but it is impossible for them to invite the imperial physician.As for the low-ranking concubines such as Jieyu, Baolin, Cairen and Cainu, and a large number of palace people, they can only accept the services of medical girls and children.

In the court, this level is very strict.If it wasn't for Jia's mother being Jia Yan's real grandmother, plus she was really old and had already lived to [-] years old, Jia Yan's order might be refuted.

Tanchun hurriedly bowed down, and said in his mouth: "The minister thanked the empress, and let the empress worry."

"Third sister is serious. Even if I am now a queen, the old lady is still my grandmother, and I also have the blood of the old lady on my body. This is a fact that cannot be erased no matter what."

Therefore, Jia Yan can find a way to evade Jia's mother, but she can't do anything to Jia's mother like she did to Mrs. Wang.

Just as he was talking, he suddenly saw Jia Yan frowned, and the people around him immediately became nervous:

"Miss?"

Jia Yan rubbed his stomach and said, "It's okay, this kid kicked me just now."

"Miss?"

Now it was the turn of Tanchun Xichun and Lin Daiyu to be surprised.

"Want to touch it?"

Lin Daiyu became nervous: "Yes, is it possible?"

Jia Yan smiled and said, "Of course. Come."

Lin Daiyu stood up as she said, walked to Jia Yan's side, knelt down on the ground, and then carefully stretched out her hand and pressed it against Jia Yan's abdomen.

The queen's big shirt is very loose, so when Jia Yan is sitting, she can't see it.However, when Lin Daiyu's hand was pulled by Jia Yan and pressed against her abdomen, she felt a movement of her hand, as if something touched her palm.

Lin Daiyu raised her head in surprise and looked at Jia Yan.

Jia Yan smiled and said, "Sister Lin, this child likes you very much."

Lin Daiyu said nervously: "Madam, baby, is baby like this every day?"

Jia Yan said with a smile: "Yes. This child is very lively and healthy, so he is in good spirits."

Tanchun said: "The courtier is going to congratulate the empress, she must be a healthy little prince."

Jia Yan said: "Third sister, you are wrong, it should be the little princess."

Tanchun was dumbfounded, and she stammered a little: "Little, little princess?"

Jia Yan said: "Yes. Generally speaking, if the mother is pregnant with a boy, countless small spots will appear on the mother's face. On the contrary, if the face is as beautiful as flowers or even more colorful than before, then The one in my stomach is very likely to be a daughter. Since I don’t have any spots on my face, but my skin is more delicate and rosy, this child is of course a caring little padded jacket.”

Tanchun was dumbfounded.

Like the rest of the Jia family, she also hoped that Jia Yan would give birth to the prince early, but after hearing what Jia Yan said, she hesitated.

Today's empress needs a prince to stabilize her position, doesn't she?

Instead, it was Xichun, who came to her senses first and said, "Your Majesty's little princess will be very beautiful in the future, just like your Majesty."

Jia Yan said: "Does the fourth sister want to say hello to the little niece?"

"want!"

Xichun also stood up, imitating Lin Daiyu, knelt down on the other side of Jia Yan, stretched out her hand, and pressed Jia Yan's stomach. @无限好文, all in Jinjiang Literature City

When her palm was also kicked, Xichun exclaimed in surprise: "My niece is greeting me!"

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The author has something to say:

Note: The Qing Dynasty had a draft system, and the age of candidates ranged from 13 to 17, so girls in the Qing Dynasty got married relatively early.

However, in the history of the Han nationality, marriages of the Han nationality are generally held relatively late.Therefore, this setting is used here: when girls reach the age of 15, their bodies are almost fully grown, and then they start to think about marriage.If you are unlucky and delay menarche until you are 19 years old, there is no other way, you can only consider marriage when you are 19 years old.

This is from the consideration of reproductive safety.

In addition, among the female officials next to the queen, the highest-ranking female official is Shang Gong, the third rank.The nobleman, concubine, and concubine, the highest-ranking female official next to the third noble is Shangshi, who is the fourth rank; the highest-ranking female official next to the sixth concubine is Dianshi, who is the fifth rank.

These female officials are different from each other, which will be explained in detail later in the article.

For example, He Shangshi, when Jia Yan was still a county lord, she was a female official bestowed by the emperor, so even if it was just a nine-rank fengyi, it would be enough for her to teach Jia Yan who is a county lord together with Wen Shangshi. up.

When Jia Yan was gifted as concubine Shu, then if they were promoted to Dianshi, they would listen to Jia Yan from then on, and the emperor promoted them as Shangshi to make them bear the burden of teaching Jia Yan.

When Jia Yan became a queen, although they were promoted to the Shang Palace, it also meant that they could not challenge the queen's majesty. From the moment they became Shang Palace, they had to obey the queen's arrangements.