Jia Lu through the Red Chamber

"Why is that?" Jia Zhen asked.

"Don't worry about why, remember, when you are in the palace, just follow the crowd and never act privately. If anyone comes to beg you, don't answer!"

Jia Jing said it so seriously, even Jia Zhen felt something was wrong, but...

"The old lady doesn't have room for anyone, thinking that the two houses will be in charge together..."

"Old lady..." Jia Jing pondered for a while, the old lady should not have the sensitivity of the court, it must be the inner house's idea!

"I just explained the truth to the old lady. There is Lian's daughter-in-law in their house, and I will also take sick leave to take care of her. The whole house will shut the door tightly, and it is important to be careful."

After repeatedly instructing to be careful, Jia Zhen took Zhang Shi out the door, and the sound of the door closing gently came, Jia Jing seemed to lose half of his energy and collapsed on the couch.

Seeing this, Jia Lu was in a hurry, so she hurriedly sent someone to invite the imperial physician. Seeing Jia Jing's lips moving slightly, she thought he had some orders, and when she got closer, she could only hear intermittently, "Finally, finally here!"

Time waits for no one, and they haven't tidied things up yet. All the men and women of Jia's family have gone to the palace, only the old, the weak, the sick and the young are at the mansion. Taking care of business outside, as well as staying at the checkpoint, all kinds of hustle and bustle.

Mrs. Shen is a young daughter-in-law with a thin face, but fortunately, the grandfather Jia Jing is still there. Once anyone who commits a crime is discovered, he will be merciless, beaten, or sold out directly. It will be better after three to five days.

One day, Jia Lu took care of her father for more than half a month. She was disheveled and unkempt. Jia Jing was a little better, so she planned to go back to her own yard to get some rest. When she went out, she saw Mrs. Anxiety looked into the house.

Seeing Jia Lu rushing up to greet her, she asked, "Greetings to Auntie."

With a big belly, she wobbles like a duck even when she walks. How could Jia Lu dare to ask her to salute, so she hurriedly asked the girl on the side to help her, touched her slightly stiff belly, and said,

"Is this going to happen soon?"

Holding her belly, Shen said with a smile, "It's not that time yet, and it will be full term in a month or two, and now it's so active that her mother can't sleep all night."

Looking at the bruises under her eyes, Jia Lu couldn't help but feel guilty, and said,

"I was supposed to help you, but...it's hard for you to do these things while pregnant."

"Auntie must never say that. The old man is unwell. It would be disrespectful for the nephew and daughter-in-law to not honor the old man because of trivial matters. How dare you disturb my aunt's filial piety."

Jia Lu shook her head, seeing her face was bitter and embarrassed, and asked, "Did something happen to you? You look very embarrassed."

Shen shi hesitated but said, "Actually, I'm not sure about one thing. Today, the woman from the Zhen family came again and said that she wanted to ask the old man to comfort her..."

"Wait, Zhen's family? Which Zhen's family? Have you been back more than once?" Jia Lu thought to herself, could it be that she thought the same?

Shen Shi accidentally saw her slightly greasy hair before realizing it, and said,

"Auntie, I have been focusing on taking care of the old lady since the end of the year, so I don't know very well. The Zhen family is the family of Concubine Zhen Gui who just went there. Not long after the new year, they were ordered to go to Beijing. It is said that there was a change in official position, so they brought them here. The family entered the palace to thank you.

First, I went to the Rongguo Mansion next door, and heard that the Zhen family and our Jia family are old relatives, so the old lady also called my mother and me to meet her, accepted the gift, returned the gift, and met the woman of their family, and then posted a post Mrs. Zhen's family was invited, and Mrs. Zhen's child looked exactly like our Baoyu, and he also called him Baoyu, but it was Zhen Baoyu. What a miracle! "

"Hey, what's going on with the Zhen family?" Jia Lu interrupted her questioning, she was covered in smudges, and she wasn't very interested in the gossip about the Zhen family, or she didn't have much time to be interested.

Shen blinked her eyes, not feeling a little embarrassed. After she was pregnant, she was very sensitive to the topic of similar twins, especially the two Baoyu, one south and one north, could still be so similar. It's really not good, Su Rong continued in a blink of an eye.

"Thus, Jia's family and Zhen's family became more and more close, and the relationship between their ancestors was restored. Later, when they heard the news of Concubine Zhen Gui's death, the master of the family ordered them all to enter the palace to pay homage. We are getting closer and closer to each other.

Even our family is no exception. I heard that Mrs. Wang of the Rongguo Mansion next door came home in the middle of the night and even met with their woman, but I don't know what she said.The Zhen family came to our house today, but our house is currently closed and sealed off by the old man's order, so we can't see anyone, so we sent them away from afar.

But, I thought, since the Zhen family is our old relative, is it not good to deal with it like this?So I thought of coming to ask the old man for advice. "

Jia Lu's thoughts changed, she thought that when her brother and sister-in-law came in to ask for advice, her father had warned her not to act rashly, since the Zhen family was invited to the capital before Princess Zhen Gui died of illness, it might be the present plan, besides her Knowing that the Zhen family is about to be ransacked and exterminated, how could they get close to the Zhen family at this juncture.

"It's very good for you to deal with them like this. You don't need to meet them. Although their family and our family are old relatives, how many years have our Jia family moved to the capital, and how many years have we been separated from their Zhen family? Don't treat them too leniently!"

Shen is still not at ease, how can a girl who has not left the court decide casually about making friends with such a big wealthy family, her eyes are wandering inside and outside the house.

Jia Lu saw her hesitation, it was only Jia Jing who had just rested, and it was impossible for her to go in and disturb her again, and she had [-]% confidence in this matter, so she said forcefully,

"Rong's daughter-in-law, just follow my instructions on this matter. When the old man is in better health, I will report the matter to the old man as appropriate."

Due to Jia Lu's status as an elder, Shen could only agree.

Jia Lu went back to her yard, and after getting hot water prepared, she felt much refreshed after taking a couple of toilets. She wondered to herself what do those women who are confinement in summer do?

After Jia Lu finished packing, she yawned and ordered someone to go out to inquire about Mrs. Wang's reception of Zhen's family, and went to bed to rest.

"Madam, all the things of the Zhen family have been delivered, I wonder where Madam plans to put them?"

It was already the third quarter of the Hai hour, and the coercion was over by today, and the concubine would be sent to the imperial mausoleum in Kyoto tomorrow.

Mother Jia, Mrs. Wang, and Mrs. Chen are all going to accompany the spirits. When they go out in such identities, they have to clean up one by one, from the big ones who are used to maids to the small spittoons and washbasins with rouge and gouache.

Things are cumbersome and complicated, even if Mrs. Wang has been a housekeeper for many years, she will be fine by this time, and her back is already sore. She lies on the kang and lets Yu Chuan press her shoulders. Zhou Rui's family is standing On the side, I had to answer carefully.