Jia Lu through the Red Chamber

Rongguo Mansion, Rongxi Hall, Mrs. Wang is half lying on a soft couch, jade bracelets are fanning her, and there are four ice basins placed beside them, each with a little girl blowing the wind with a fan, Mrs. Wang There was a fiddle with the abacus, and the sound of dingling and clanging beads colliding behind her. Mrs. Wang asked without turning her head,

"Has the eunuch surnamed Xia ever been dispatched?"

The respect of Zhou Rui's family was returned, and he said, "Grandpa Xia's slaves have already been sent away."

"How much money did he ask for?" Mrs. Wang fiddled with the abacus, making crackling noises.

Zhou Rui's family paused, and replied, "A total of 1000 taels of silver was wrapped up. I said that I saw a good house at the beginning of my family, and I didn't feel comfortable with it, so I came to borrow 1000 taels of silver. That's it."

"Crack!" The abacus fell on the back of Zhou Rui's foot. The pain made Zhou Rui's tears flow, but he still didn't dare to move it.

"One surnamed Zhou before, one surnamed Xia today, and another surnamed Liu tomorrow, 500 taels for you, 1000 taels for me, even if there is gold and silver in the family, it is not enough for them to squander!"

Then he scolded again, "All the slaves who have no roots, where did they come from such family members, no one who throws pots doesn't know how to accumulate evil virtue!"

The four little girls in the ice basin had already knelt down on the ground, trembling, Yu Chuan also stood up, and stood silently at the side, pretending that she was a dead person.

Zhou Rui's family endured the severe pain in their feet, and breathlessly persuaded, "Madam calm down, just for the sake of your mother, you have to bear it!"

Thinking of the girl who earned honor for the entire Jia family in the palace alone, Mrs. Wang gasped and could only endure it. Her own girl was more important, she asked holding her breath,

"Have you ever inquired about the matter in the palace?"

Zhou Rui's family hesitated, "This, this..."

Mrs. Wang gave her a sideways glance, "Why, tens of thousands of taels of silver were sent out, even if they were all thrown into the water, the sound could still be heard, but they refused to spread any news?"

Zhou Rui's family hurriedly said, "That's not true, it's just that the lady has not been feeling well these days. She said that she has a poor appetite, and she lost several catties after eating and vomiting."

Mrs. Wang became anxious when she heard this, and hurriedly said, "Why, did you ask the imperial doctor to take a look?"

Zhou Rui's family said, "I heard that the imperial doctor looked at it, but it may not be accurate. It will take a month or two before the pulse is measured."

"Why do you have to wait a month or two to find out about the disease?" Mrs. Wang paused suddenly. She was no longer an ignorant woman. She had given birth to two sons and a daughter, and asked pleasantly.

"Could it be that the empress is pregnant?"

"The imperial doctor said, but I can't be sure yet, but the empress herself has some spleen and stomach disorders, and I don't know what caused the vomiting."

However, Zhou Rui's family still flattered with a smile, "This imperial doctor has always been stable, there is no [-] to [-]% certainty, whoever dares to spread the news to the outside, I'm afraid it will be accurate in all likelihood."

"Okay, okay!" Mrs. Wang said three good words in a row, and went back and forth in the room several times. Ren excitedly said,

"Zhou Rui's family, you go and take out 1 taels of silver from my private house, without going through those miscellaneous eunuchs. On the day of visiting relatives, I will bring it into the palace myself."

Just now, the 1000 taels of filial piety silver was so angry that he smashed the abacus, but now he turned around and took out 1 taels without even blinking, which shows that Mrs. Wang is happy.

Perhaps it was like what Zhou Rui's family said, the imperial physician would only disclose it after he had eighty-nine points of accuracy, and waited patiently for a month before he got the exact news, but Jia Yuanchun and Jia Niangniang Is pregnant.

Now, it’s like a blast in the Jia family. Jia Yuanchun entered the palace at the age of 15, and it has been 12 years. By the looks of it, she is an out-and-out old woman.

Even Jia Mu, who single-handedly raised her back then, no longer had any hope for her, and left her to fend for herself in the palace. Wang Xifeng, her cousin and cousin-in-law, also didn't believe that she could make a difference. Otherwise, she would not regard sending money to the palace as a burden, rather than a good use for establishing a relationship with Yuan Chun.

Only Mrs. Wang, the mother, scolded the eunuchs for being greedy, and at the same time sent her private house to the palace like cutting flesh.

This time it's all right, Jia Yuanchun is pregnant, and she's already in her prime. If Yuanchun gives birth to a prince in the future, then Jia's family will be the prince's natal family. Perhaps Rongguo Mansion can be restored to the time when Jia Daishan was there.

Everyone in the Rongguo Mansion had a pair of snobbish eyes. Ever since the news of Jia Yuanchun's pregnancy came out, Mrs. Wang's yard became more and more lively.

However, amidst all the joy, Mrs. Wang was not without worries. It can be said that since the news was confirmed, Mrs. Wang poured money like water into the palace in order to protect the pregnancy. Half of the 30 taels of silver obtained there had been spent, and Mrs. Wang was in a hurry.

It's just that although there are many people who come up to flatter, these people who follow the trend are all human sperm. They came here to ask for benefits, so how could they take money out of their own pockets?

Mother Jia did help, but it was just a drop in the bucket, and after so many years of digging the heels of the big house, you can guess their accumulated wealth without looking at it, they are all poor ghosts.

Adhering to the principle that mosquito legs are also meat, Mrs. Wang still went to the big house, knowing that it was just a closed door, and filed a complaint with Jia Mu, who sent someone to reprimand Jia Amnesty, but Jia Amnesty was already barefooted and not afraid of wearing shoes, so he said, whoever's daughter is in charge, he kicked out Jia's mother's people, Jia's mother was so angry that she was helpless.

In addition to these few people, Mrs. Wang also went back to her natal family and got a lot of money from Wang Ziteng, but it was still a little short, so she set her sights on the Xue family with millions of talents and the orphan weak Lin's family is gone.

Taking advantage of the fine weather today, Xue Baochai planned to send back the forehead wipes she had made for Aunt Xue for more than a month, and before entering the house, she saw that Aunt Xue had packed up and was about to leave the house, so she asked,

"Mom, where are you going?"

Aunt Xue helped the fallen horse hairpin on her temples, and replied with a smile, "Your aunt has something to do with me, and she was about to go there. Why did you come back when you were fine?"

Xue Baochai pointed to the forehead wipe on the handle, and said, "A month ago, didn't mother say that the head wind disease hurts badly? I thought that this wind disease is like an external evil getting into the brain along the wind, so I did it." I wiped my forehead, so as to keep my mother out of the wind, and save me a lot of hard work."

Seeing the bruises under her eyes, Aunt Xue said distressedly, "My good boy, it's hard for you to think about my mother. There are many people who know about my disease. You are the only one who is thinking about wiping my forehead, but it's not too late." Yes, why are you in such a hurry, it is appropriate to think about your body."