Jia Lian of the Red Chamber

Jia Lian said: "Your Highness, don't be impatient. Now His Majesty already knows His Majesty's mind. The remaining problem is to change His Majesty's mind. This matter has to be done by His Majesty. You must let His Majesty see your efforts and talents. Other than that, no one can help you. As you said just now, the imperial court does not allow ministers to make friends with the prince in private. Therefore, I cannot recommend you to His Majesty. Furthermore, I am not a minister of the Ministry of War, so I am not qualified to recommend you you."

Shui Cheng frowned, and after a long while, he suddenly smiled: "Thank you Captain, I understand."

Jia Lian bowed and saluted: "Your Highness, go back the same way. Also, please keep in mind that you are an imposing prince who shoulders the safety of the people of the world. This kind of heresy is not in line with your status. If you want to go to the minister's house, You should lift up the big sedan chair and enter through the main gate!"

Shui Cheng paused when he heard the words, stared at Jia Lian silently for a while, bowed, and strode away.

Jia Lian noticed that when Shui Cheng walked to the edge of the courtyard wall, there was a ladder hanging down from the wall.Only then did Jia Lian turn his gaze over with his spiritual sense calmly, but it was those guys in the Xiaoqi camp who had followed Jia Lian across Ping'an Island.

The Xiaoqi Camp is the emperor's most trusted department, and he will give priority to the Xiaoqi Camp wherever he goes. In the eyes of Emperor Qianyuan, the Shotgun Camp is not as loyal as the Xiaoqi Camp.Therefore, Emperor Qianyuan is more nostalgic and has a heroic plot. He always feels that real kung fu is real kung fu.

Jia Lian thought carefully about his thoughts in the last life, and suddenly smiled.How did the people in Kyoto laugh at the glasses passed over from the West?There are also clocks and watches, which have been recognized by everyone after a long time of running-in.At the beginning, everyone thought that these Western things were vain and ingenious, so they dismissed them.

Thinking of this, Jia Lian couldn't help laughing. Could it be that in the eyes of Emperor Qianyuan, no matter how good the shotgun was, it was just a fake trick with the help of foreign objects, and it was a strange skill?

In this comparison, Emperor Qianyuan's ability to adapt and accept is really a few blocks behind the eldest prince.

Jia Lian continued to trace the route of the eldest prince leaving the mansion, wanting to see if it was the slave in the Ning mansion who betrayed the master, but found that Shui Cheng was temporarily arrested by the queen mother to give rewards to Zhen Yinglian. The entourage he brought was so full that he drilled the table.

Jia Lian laughed again, the children of the royal family are really not easy.

Jia Lian was thinking about Yu Liuyue, the eldest concubine. Women are also greedy. They gave birth to a son who was not yet full, and now they are hooking up with Sister Feng. Sister Feng is giving food to Yu Liuyue, recuperating her body, and wants to have another son. Good guarantee.The good thing is that Liuyue only gave birth to one son, so Jia Lian didn't restrict Sister Feng from pretending to be a concubine.

In November, there was another feast of winter hunting. This time, the eldest prince shined brilliantly and won the first place with 35 prey. The third prince tried his best not to show off to the eldest prince. As a result, the seventh prince helped him cheat. , he still lost to the First Prince.

The Seventh Prince seems to have accepted his fate now, because the Eighth Prince was raised in the Yanxi Palace of Concubine Wu Gui, so the Seventh Prince has also become good brothers with the Third Prince, probably knowing that he has no hope of seizing the heir, so he now voluntarily becomes the Third Prince follower.

The second prince was weak and never participated in the competition.

The fourth prince is timid, his mother and concubine You's family background was born as a maid of honor, so he doesn't dare to pretend to be big, and he is happy to watch the fun from the sidelines.

The fifth prince's mother is nobleman Zhou, who is favored by nobleman Zhou, so the fifth prince relies on his status and disdains to associate with cowardly brothers like the fourth prince and the second prince, let alone the eldest prince, the only object he targets It was the water source of the third prince. However, after the third prince was imprisoned for half a year because of his superiority, the fifth prince no longer took the third prince seriously.

The sixth prince and the eldest prince share the same illness. Their mother and concubine are all court ladies, and they were all tortured to death early. The eldest prince was powerful and cared for the sixth prince since he was a child. Therefore, these two are close to each other among all the brothers. Like a brother.

The sixth prince's performance today is not bad, and he also has [-] prey, which was praised by Emperor Qianyuan.

Now, the eighth prince is ill and depends on precious medicinal materials to suspend his life. The seventh prince has a gloomy personality and seems to have lost interest in talking overnight.

The three newborn princes in the palace were still in their infancy, so the 17-year-old sixth prince became the most lovable existence among the princes.

The empress dowager also took advantage of today's feast to meet and chat with noble ladies in Kyoto, and by the way, she saw these girls of the right age from noble families, so she knew what she knew, and planned to use the opportunity of the first month's draft next year to bestow a good marriage for him.At the same time, the seventh prince, a good friend who needs a marriage gift, is the same year as the sixth prince, except that one is in the first month and the other is in June.

Regarding the marriage of the sixth prince and the seventh prince, the empress dowager is going to choose a daughter from a noble family to be the concubine for them. Civil servants are easier to control than Xungui and will not disturb Chaogang.

This is the consensus of the three high-ranking people in the palace. The Xu family of Cheng Engong and the Zhen family of the Empress Dowager's natal family are the best proofs.

Sister Feng Zhen Yinglian is also among the noble ladies today, and Zhen Yinglian is now the wife of a third-rank general.Although according to the normal order of succession, it was only the fourth succession of the Ning Mansion to Jia Rong, and Jia Rong should inherit the first-class viscount.As a result, when Jia Zhen came to the throne, because she was feared by the emperor, he used the excuse that Jia Zhen failed the examination, so he crushed his baron into Captain Yunqi, and bestowed him with an embarrassing title, General Wei Lie.

To be honest, this title cannot be thought about carefully, thinking about it is extremely useless.

Therefore, now Jia Rong inherits the title and still inherits the captaincy of Qingche, so it can be regarded as neither promotion nor demotion.It was because of Jia Rong's life-saving grace that the Supreme Emperor was too embarrassed to insult others with the title of General Wei Lie, so he proposed to confer Jia Rong as Captain Qingche.

If Jia Rong wants to restore his title, he must make more contributions in order to be kind.

However, Jia Rong himself has no dissatisfaction. Now he has a wife, son and title, very happy and satisfied.

But Sister Feng came with a mission today, because Baoyu had become a scholar in April this year, but Qiu Wei was defeated in August.However, he is still young, ready to take the exam next year.However, Yuanchun has already fulfilled her filial piety for three years, and she really can't afford to delay her age, she is already 28.

Sister Feng's task this time is to sell Yuan Chun.This was Jia's mother's wish, and it was also Li Wan's wish. This Yuan Chun was really something he couldn't afford to offend.

In addition to Yuanchun, Baochai is also a big problem, she is already gone.

Tanchun had all made marriages in Huguang, and his in-laws were anxious to get married, so the three older sisters, Yuanchun, Yingchun, and Baochai, had to get married this winter and next spring.

However, because Baochai has been repeatedly disliked by wealthy and noble families, now she has figured it out. She is planning to catch her son-in-law in March next year. Spring is not a worry. Mrs. Feng has contacted Jiamu several times, and Jiamu likes it very much. Jia Lian spat out, and the Feng family immediately came to ask for marriage.

Therefore, Sister Feng's trip today is to inquire about the news with the wives and promote Yuanchun and Baochai.

Guessed.Before Sister Feng could speak, someone came to Sister Feng first: "Second Grandma Lian has always been ridiculous?"

Sister Feng took a look, and saw that she was dressed in gold embroidered Yunxia Zhai Wen. Sister Feng remembered that she was sitting with a group of clans, and after taking a closer look, she suddenly remembered that this person had not paid taxes, but was ordered by the Duke of Fuguo , Shui Huan's mother.

Sister Feng was overjoyed immediately, knowing that Yuan Chun's marriage was settled.With a smile on his face, he said, "Please trouble the Duke and Madam to remember."

Shui Huan's mother smiled and held hands with Sister Feng: "Let's go over there and have a little snow scene."

Sister Feng smiled and said, "This is a good relationship. I just want to relax."

Most of the people came here for the same purpose. Seeing them chatting privately with each other, each of them tacitly agreed, turned their faces away, and left a gap for them to speak.

Mrs. Shui Huan said: "I heard that some ladies in the house intend to choose a husband. I don't know if it is true or not?"

Sister Feng nodded: "The rumors are true, but the two daughters of the second uncle's family delayed their flowering due to filial piety."

Shui Huan's mother nodded: "I don't take the liberty to ask, is there a suitable family?"

Sister Feng laughed and said, "I've talked a lot, I'm seeing each other, and I'm not sure yet."

Shui Huan's mother smiled: "It's natural, girls in Rongfu are born well, it's a consensus in Kyoto."

Sister Feng laughed and said, "Praise!"

So far, Shui Huan's mother has come straight to the point: "My second grandma must know about my parents and children. She is still holding her breath until now. She is still unmarried. This year, she is relieved and willing to obey the family's arrangements. We can't wrong our children, so , I want to propose to her to marry the second girl of your family as a bride, but I don't know what the family thinks?"

Sister Feng suddenly changed color: "Second girl?"

Yingchun is the daughter-in-law of the Feng family, and it is impossible to marry Shui Huan, otherwise, the relationship between Rongfu and Feng's family will be awkward.

Shui Huan's mother nodded: "It's your master Zheng's stepdaughter, her maiden name is Baochai. We, Shui Huan, seem very satisfied with her."

Sister Feng was surprised: "I don't agree with what you said. Our daughter doesn't leave the door. I don't know where the lady and young master saw our Jiabao girl?"

Shui Huan's mother smiled: "This is our Shui Huan Menglang, but it was climbed in September this year. Shui Huan accompanied me to Shuiyue Temple to fulfill my vows. I walked face to face with that girl, and finally found out that it was the daughter of your mansion."

Sister Feng nodded: "In that case, I will give you an answer after I go home and discuss with my ancestors."

Zhen Yinglian saw that Sister Feng's expression was a little depressed, and hurriedly asked: "Could it be possible that someone said something unpleasant?"

Sister Feng then told about Baochai, and about Shui Huan's entanglement with Yuan Chun: "The old lady still pointed at Shui Huan and waited infatuatedly. Now it's going to be a mess."

Zhen Yinglian was immediately anxious when she heard this: "This is really true. After all, Miss Bao agreed to catch her son-in-law, but something went wrong with the eldest aunt, and the old ancestor is going to make trouble again."

Sister Feng nodded: "Who says it's not? It's because my aunt thinks so highly of herself that she's the only one who thinks she's the only one. It's good to have fun once or twice. She's been ignored."

However, at least one of the two bosses is difficult to solve, and Sister Feng will be able to explain it when she goes back.

Later, someone asked Sister Feng about Yingchun, and Sister Feng prevaricated by looking at each other.

There were a few good families who asked about Xichun, Zhen Yinglian wrote down the names one by one, and asked Jia Rong to inquire about the child's character when she went back.

Turning around, he said that Jia Lian had nothing to do with him during the winter hunting feast for several years. He took Shuiziying to serve as the hunting ground guard, and besides, let those dandies in Shuiziying repair those little dandies who wanted to reach the sky in one step.

People like Shuiwen have been blackmailed by countless seniors, and now they are also very blackhanded. We eliminated one high-spirited little dude after another, and finally regained some balance.

When winter hunting is over, some people are happy while others are sad.

Emperor Qianyuan rewarded the prince with three tripods.

Shui Cheng was rewarded by Emperor Qianyuan for winning the first place. After assisting in the management of the Shotgun Camp, Shui Cheng once again assisted in the management of the Xishan Xiaoqi Camp.At the same time, Shui Cheng was also assigned to be the assistant of King Xijun to assist King Xi in taking charge of the Ministry of War.

The third prince is the second source of water, and was also assigned by Emperor Qianyuan to be in charge of the household department.

The fifth prince went to the Ministry of Officials.

The sixth prince, Shui Chun, was sent to the Ministry of Punishment to practice.

The second prince, the fourth prince, and the seventh prince were named Luosun Shan.

The fourth prince has always been timid, but the disappointment of the second prince and the coldness in the eyes of the seventh prince are obvious to all.

The empress dowager is the most perceptive, and always feels that the seventh prince's eyes are full of murderous intent.From then on, the empress dowager had a heart problem: the seventh prince went crazy for a day, what would happen to the royal family's face?

When the Empress Dowager was worrying, Mother Jia's veins were bursting with righteousness, and Xue Baochai actually snatched Yuanchun's marriage.At present, Shui Huan is the best marriage that Yuan Chun can find by chance, but Xue Baochai gathers people to intervene.

Jia's mother regretted it at this moment. When Baochai asked Jia's mother to go to Shuiyue Temple to pray and kneel for his deceased father, she never thought that this child was going to have an affair with Shui Huan?

Mother Jia's face was livid: "Don't say anything about this, lest your elder sister know it and make troubles. Also, girl Feng, please check it out for me. How did the girl from the Xue family know that Shui Huan is going to Shuiyue Temple for no reason?"

Sister Feng thought it was unnecessary, at least she just married her off.

However, Jia's mother said: "If she speaks well, he may not be able to discuss it when he likes Shui Huan, but she makes her own way and deceives her elders in order to achieve her goal. I have wronged her, I will marry her well, if she dares to play tricks, my Jia family will not tolerate her!"

Sister Feng didn't have any deep hatred with Baochai, but Yuanchun once threatened the safety of the Rong Mansion. To be honest, Sister Feng felt sorry for Baochai. Her father died, her brother was indifferent, and her mother fell into the flowers when she was old. He was a lonely little girl. , It is really not easy to gain a foothold at home.

However, after Sister Feng found out what Baochai had done in Jia's mansion, she suddenly became restless.

Sister Feng went to Jia Lian and complained: "Tell me, how dare she use the shopkeeper in the shop to establish a relationship with the Shui family? She didn't even think about giving the Shui family a share of the Xue family's shop. Her shop was almost annexed by others. Whoever settled the lawsuit for her and the Xue family members supported it, and now he gave away the shop that our family ran in the early days without saying a word. Tell me, this person is really Are you full?"

Jia Lian said with a smile: "This is about the second house. We are not helping her, but the second house. Now that Baochai wants to give it away, I have to ask Li Wan Baoyu. Those shops of the Xue family were sold through the Yamen to deal with the Xue family members. It was given to Baoyu and Lan'er, and it was supported by Jia's family later on, and now it's not so cheap if they want to eat the peaches all by themselves."

Sister Feng had an epiphany when she heard the words, but Xue Baochai was too greedy. Although the shop was owned by Xue's family at first, but because of Xue Pan's incident, the shopkeepers in the shop scattered, and local hooligans swarmed in. The family members often come to make troubles, and the shop is almost deserted.

If it wasn't for the help of the Jia family, let alone the shop in the Xue family, even the money in Aunt Xue's hand would be confiscated.

Fortunately, the Jia family came forward to help settle all the troubles, and then looked for sources of goods and merchants to start the business. She, the Miss Xue family, waited for the fruits to ripen, quietly reached out to pick the fruits, and even wanted to uproot the trees.

Sister Feng told Jiamu everything, and Jiamu laughed angrily.

Li Wan wants to confront Baochai, but Yuanchun stops him.

Yuan Chun said to Jia Mufu: "At the beginning Miss Bao came into the mansion voluntarily, we gave her a way out, but now her wings are stiff and she wants to fly away, just let her go, why bother?"

Mother Jia nodded when she heard the words, and told Sister Feng: "Send someone to invite Brother Rong to come over to the house, and we will open the ancestral hall."

Now that Xue Baochai has established a relationship with the Shui family, she seldom comes to Mother Jia to flatter her. In the past few days, she has summoned shopkeepers of more than a dozen shops every day and ordered them to handle the accounts.

Xue Baochai's most trusted subordinate now is Huang Ying'er's parents and elder brother who helped her find a golden and jade marriage.The old man Huang is now serving as Xue Baochai's spokesperson, sending letters for Xue Baochai, and letting people account for it.

Out of the dozen shopkeepers, eight of them were helpers poached by Sister Feng from Wang's family to help Baoyu and Li Wan. Because the fleet was handed over to the imperial court, they didn't have any errands.

Now that I received the notice of the account balance, I sent a letter to Sister Feng to ask for clues.

Sister Feng obeyed Yuan Chun's arrangement and said: "Listen to their orders and hand over the account books clearly. Please resign too. Shopkeeper Pan in Liuli Street is not here now, and I am going to send more people to help."

On this day, Xue Baochai came to report to Sister Feng, saying that she would go to Shuiyue Temple to fulfill her wish, and Sister Feng agreed without raising her head.But she laughed in her heart, Mother Jia had already removed her name, and all the household posts in the yamen had restored Xue's surname, yet she even played tricks on herself.

In fact, Sister Feng admired Baochai very much. The timing of the account settlement in the twelfth lunar month was just right. If the Shui family hadn't been reluctant to disclose the news, Mother Jia had a keen sense of smell, and she would have concealed it from her.

Sister Feng sighed: "Sister Bao, besides being the second grandma of the Rong Mansion or the daughter of the Wang family, I am your cousin, right?"

Baochai was startled when she heard the words, but she calmed down instantly: "It's natural, everyone in the house knows that we are kissing each other, why does the second sister-in-law say this?"

Sister Feng smiled and said, "Since we are the closest people, does my cousin have anything to say to me?"

Baochai was nervous, and hurriedly clasped her hands to cheer herself up: "I, what do I need?"

Sister Feng stared at Baochai: "Since you have doubts and shook your head three times, then forget it, you can go to work!"

Baochai quickly left the Daylily Hall and came to the hallway, a white sweat broke out from her body.

Huang Ying'er was worried about her life experience: "Girl, why does this servant think that Second Grandma seems to have noticed something?"

Baochai clenched her fists: "Don't be afraid, as long as someone receives the shop contract, they will send someone to come to propose marriage. At that time, what can they do if they know? My mother entrusted me to the old lady in front of many people. If my wife shirks my marriage, won't someone poke her back?"

Huang Ying'er nodded: "That's exactly what they said. They can control Second Master Bao, but they can also control the Shui family? The Shui family is the clan. Even the Hou family would not dare to offend the clan."

But Baochai's heart skipped a beat: "Speak up!"

Sister Feng quickly understood the conversation between their master and servant, but she smiled: "People can't go away, but ghosts can't run away."

Ping'er sighed: "Even if the Xue family's marriage fails, our aunt and grandma will not be able to get married either. I'm really worried."

Sister Feng sighed: "It's not fate!"

However, Jiamu Fengjie Li Wan listened to Yuanchun's suggestion and stopped asking about the affairs of the Xue family. She monopolized the medicine store in Kyoto, and an antique store is also booming. Sister Feng earns [-] silver every year, which is really a dream.

Sister Feng knew that money was dead money in her hands, so she followed Jia Lian's suggestion and would spend half of the money in the treasury every year to buy land from wheat fields.Sister Feng usually buys land in the Eastern Province, and after four years, she also bought tens of thousands of mu of fertile land.This autumn, I spent another [-] silver to buy [-] mu of barren hills in Tangshan.

Sister Feng didn't like it at first, but thirty thousand silver is the promise of a shop.It was Jia Lian who said that selling Chaihe to Fengsheng army could earn back, so Sister Feng obeyed.

Looking back, he said that Jia Lian met Shui Huan on Rongning Street when he was returning home from Xishan this day.

Jia Lian should have ignored it, but Shui Huan stopped Jia Lian's horse's head: "She said she wanted to be filial, and I waited for three years, and she said that my brother wanted to study, and I waited for another year, why did she change her mind now? "

Jia Lian frowned: "What are you talking about? Who told you to wait another year?"

Shui Huan snorted and laughed: "Who else is there? Jia Yuanchun, your eldest aunt, I had already given up at the beginning, but she asked me to meet, saying that she was not heartless, but helpless. Her mother died, her father was in poverty, and her younger brother had no one to support her. Damn, as the eldest sister, she has the responsibility to take care of the younger brother, so I was moved. She waited for three years. She also said that she would wait for her brother's imperial examination. Now, she is using the Xue family girl as a prevarication. You are deceiving me Is there no one at home?"