The bear child of the Red Chamber, Jia Cong

It is said that Jia Cong fell for Mr. Liu's trick and sent Liu Xiaoqi and Shi Li into the Liu family's ambush for nothing. Both of them were seriously injured.Jia Huan went back to bed early, and he said, "I have something important to do tomorrow." Jia Cong dared not go to sleep, and in the middle of the night he brought the doctor to treat him, and he didn't finish his troubles until dawn.Nai hurriedly sent two big bank notes to the imperial physician and forced the doctor, and the following little drug boy and apprentice also got red envelopes.After seeing the number on the bank note, several people regained their energy after a few nights of work.Jia Cong took advantage of the situation and asked them to stay for a few more days.

For a while, Jia Huan tidied up and came over to have a look, and joked, "Shi Li, you have today too!"

Shi Li hummed: "After half a month, he will be a good man again!"

Jia Huan asked Liu Xiaoqi: "Last night your grandfather made an appointment with me to send someone to discuss business today, do you think he will come?"

Jia Cong said: "He is willing to agree, we are the ones who coaxed him."

Liu Xiaoqi said innocently: "How would I know!" Shi Li laughed a couple of times beside him, grinning at the wound.Jia Huan then left.

Everyone in Lixiangyuan has been busy all night, and they have to catch up on sleep during the day.When Jia Huan came back from the Taiping Escort, he sent people to look at it several times, and they all said that the men were still asleep.Until he took a nap and played two rounds of fishing with his wife, Chen Ruijin actually came, holding a few books in his arms and coughing: "Master Huan, those guys are awake."

Jia Huan said: "Wait a minute, let's finish this round."

Princess Jian'an hurriedly said, "It's just boring to pass the time." Nai pushed Jia Huan to put it away.

Chen Ruijin said: "Anyway, we are not in a hurry, you go ahead and play, I will read the brochure."

Jia Huan snorted, "You are reading the brochure, we two are playing, I am ashamed and my wife is also ashamed."

"That can't be helped, but you two have thick skins." Chen Ruijin turned his head and asked him, "Has anyone from the Liu family gone?"

Jia Huan said with a smile: "My fourth uncle and I both felt that [-]% would not go. I don't think they really sent Liu Er over here. Things went well, but there was a little bit of bullying. Liu Er is really a guard. Standing up and stalking people are all experts, and talking about business is like a blank slate.”

Princess Jian'an glanced at him with a smile: "Why are you bullying others? Let them spend their efforts for nothing?"

"I didn't bully them in terms of money." Jia Huan said, "There is no more fair way to go to an alien planet. It's just that we decide the whole process, and they are hired by us. This matter is not bullying them-they really do everything. I don’t know, and I won’t arrange it.”

Princess Jian'an said: "It's okay to bully me twice."

Chen Ruijin shook his head: "Who is this family?"

Jia Huan and Princess Jian'an laughed together: "If you are capable, don't marry in!"

Chen Ruijin said sternly: "The way of heaven is to damage more than make up for what is not enough. Your family is not kind, so there must be someone who is kind enough to make up for it." The couple laughed again.So he packed up the cards and Jia Huan went to Lixiangyuan.

Chen Ruijin spread out the booklet and asked casually, "Is the princess uncomfortable?"

Princess Jian'an sighed: "I'm not uncomfortable, just too comfortable. There seems to be no rules in this mansion."

Chen Ruijin said: "Mr. Rong Guo and the second master Lian and others are not in the mansion all the year round. The second master is not the most important thing. In the second room, the second master Bao is a literati and knows nothing; the third master Huan has supported the family since he was thirteen or fourteen years old. Yes. The second wife is in such a situation, Grandma Zhu is a widow, and Grandma Bao is too careless to do charity because of her thoughts. In the early years, the old lady was too arrogant and extravagant, and many moths and rats came out, and she cleaned it up several times. Answer. There are not many masters, so there is no need to use so many maids to serve. Since there are few people, the rules are naturally simple. No one dares to offend the servants."

Princess Jian'an said: "In the past few days, I have rewarded people with a few dollars, and I am very grateful. Do they have very little monthly money?"

Chen Ruijin said: "Compared with other families, the monthly money is more, but the work is more than that of ordinary big families. Don't let two people do what can be done by one person. Since the old lady lost power, the masters of this house are all I seldom give rewards to servants. Occasionally, I reward them a few when I am happy in my heart. When the princess goes to find Zhu, grandma will ask for a copy of the internal management regulations." Princess Jian'an raised her eyes and glanced at her.Chen Ruijin smiled and said, "It's okay. No one is fighting for power and profit." Then he asked the maid below, "Which girl can do me a favor, get a copy of the "Rongguo Mansion Internal Affairs Regulations" from Grandma Shangzhu? The latest version .”

Princess Jian'an did not say a word, she pointed her eyes at a servant girl, and the servant girl hurriedly stood up and said with a smile, "Is there any reward for helping Miss Chen?"

Chen Ruijin said: "Grandma Zhu will naturally reward you."

Zhu Shi, Princess Jian'an's wet nurse, stood by and laughed when she heard the words; Princess Jian'an couldn't help taking a breath.The maid happily agreed, lifted her skirt and ran away.Rong'er, the confidant of Princess Jian'an, hurriedly prepared a small purse.Chen Ruijin saw it and smiled secretly.

Not long after, the maid came back with two booklets in her arms.Rong'er and Zhu Shi looked behind her: no one came with her!They looked at each other in surprise.The servant girl then brought up the booklet and replied: "Grandma Zhu said that she has not forgotten about this matter. Because the princess has just returned from a trip, she must be very tired. It will be the same when I look at this thing in a few days. "

Princess Jian'an said indifferently: "Thank you very much." Nai reached out to take the booklet, and saw "Rongguo Mansion Internal Affairs Regulations Version 3.7" written on the cover.Let's look at the first one again, which is "Rongguo Mansion Financial Management Regulations Version 7.4".

The maid said again: "It's just that she asked me to print two handprints on the two booklets, saying that it proves that I took the two booklets."

Chen Ruijin said: "These two regulations are not for outsiders to read, and the mansion doesn't print many of them. Whoever takes them away must make a record."

Princess Jian'an nodded: "That's right."

"It takes a lot of energy to study this. Forget it, the two of us can't discuss anything today. I'll sit with you, and I'll tell you if you don't understand." Chen Ruijin said, "It's not the same as the regulations outside."

Princess Jian'an smiled brightly: "Thank you, sister." The wet nurse and the big maidservants looked at each other and smiled happily.Chen Ruijin also lowered his eyebrows and smiled slightly, holding up the teacup to drink tea.

Princess Jian'an only glanced at it for a few seconds before becoming confused: "Why do I know every word, but I don't understand even one place?"

Chen Ruijin asked, "Did Brother Huan teach you Arabic numerals?"

"I taught it. He said it is commonly used in this mansion." Princess Jian'an said, "I also taught 26 English letters."

Chen Ruijin said: "The princess is just not used to this way of expression for the time being." He pointed to the first item and asked, "Do you understand this? Attendance is to arrive on duty on time to do things..." Then he explained each item to her in detail Attendance related matters.

Princess Jian'an is smart by nature, and this booklet is not thick, so the two of them went through it from beginning to end in a short time.Naizan said, "Sure enough, it's detailed and clear. Who made this up?"

Chen Ruijin smiled and said, "The elder brother-in-law was the first to take charge."

Princess Jian'an thought for a while: "It seems to be the one whose surname is Gong, who used to deal with Brother Cong outside... Yihong Courtyard?"

"Exactly." Chen Ruijin said, "This man is a great talent in the world, and all the men in Rongguo Mansion respect him."

Princess Jian'an's eyes moved, and she said with a smile: "I just said, how could the eldest lady of Rongguo Mansion marry a steward casually."

Chen Ruijin said: "Steward? That kind of steward can't even invite you to the homes of princes. He thinks the rules are troublesome."

Princess Jian'an nodded and read the next book.After reading the two books, he said with emotion: "Brother-in-law Gong is indeed a genius! If the house completely follows these two rules, even if there are tricky slaves who want to come up with something, there is nowhere to start."

Chen Ruijin said: "If you want to start, you can still get an idea. Whenever a hole is found, it will be checked and mended immediately, so there are so many versions. One advantage of this mansion is that it doesn't like face and pomp very much, and everything is practical. I can’t find any tricks.” She spread her hands and said, “Otherwise, how can the female relatives have time to do charity and women’s studies? Just taking care of such a big family is hard enough.”

Princess Jian'an said: "There are many and detailed rules in the palace, but most of them are for etiquette; this one is very simple. Acting according to this, there is really not much to do."

Chen Ruijin smiled and said: "When a girl marries into her husband's family, most of the time she is busy fighting with her mother-in-law and sister-in-law in order to gain some status; she also fights with concubines and maids in order to win her husband's favor. Princesses are naturally noble; The mother-in-law is a useless person, although the mother-in-law is stupid, she is very coaxing; the sister-in-law is not aggressive, only a widowed sister-in-law is in charge according to the charter that is not discussed; there is no concubine at all. If you don’t go out to find a business, don’t you? Are you bored every day?"

Princess Jian'an smiled and said, "The son-in-law coaxed me to lead me to play around."

Chen Ruijin also laughed and said: "That's okay. In the future, when you have a child, it will be inconvenient for you to go around. There is a sick mother-in-law on the bed of Bao's mistress and dare not run around; otherwise, according to her temperament, she would also like to travel around the world. "

Princess Jian'an sighed: "That's all. Although she is not the son-in-law's biological mother, she has to be cautious."

Chen Ruijin waved his hand lightly: "No need. In this mansion, the princess is the one who has the least scruples about her. Just treat her as the neighbor next door. If you don't believe me, just ask the son-in-law."

The princess' wet nurse, Zhu Shi, couldn't help but said: "Miss Chen, this slave girl should talk too much, even if it's just to fool me a little bit. After all, she is the concubine's aunt. The princess should be concerned about her reputation."

Chen Ruijin said with a smile: "This mother, don't worry about it. A woman in the house wants to be virtuous and famous, but she just wants to fight for her husband's status and external dignity for her husband. The third master Huan is not so incompetent. He wants to get a wife Besides, if anyone in the Rongguo Mansion dares to gossip about Third Grandma Huan, they will be beaten to death a hundred times. As for the people outside—whoever has a grudge against our mansion, what do you do? Zhouquan is generally able to pick out the bones from the egg; the same is true for those who have nothing to do, no matter how appropriate they are, they can turn out their tongues and chew. But why do you care about them? Besides, a country is always bigger than a family. Let the princess go Li'er who is filial to the minister's wife."

Princess Jian'an's eyes moved: "Isn't it? I am a dignified princess, and she is famous in the gold book. There is no reason for me to be filial to her. Mama Zhu, the words you persuaded me in the past two years were not persuaded in the early years. How could you think of saying this for no reason?"

Frightened, Mrs. Zhu hurriedly knelt down: "Princess! This old slave is all for the princess! Even though the princess is noble, but the country is small and the prince is weak..."

Chen Ruijin said softly: "Although the country of Lu is small, it is rich and has a strong army. In a serious fight, Chu may not be an opponent. In terms of status, the second wife's husband doesn't even have an official, he is just a commoner; there is nothing he can do with the princess." Compared. In terms of power in the mansion, the entire Rongguo Mansion is now presided over by Third Master Huan, and the second wife is a useless person. Mama Zhu, it is useless for her to have the name of a aunt. Her son is not as promising as Third Master Huan. Her brother doesn't miss her either. You always think carefully, is someone fooling you?" Zhu was taken aback for a moment.

Princess Jian'an said: "I didn't care about her at all. It's just that someone has been whispering in my ear for two years, and it's hard to avoid listening to her after a long time."

Chen Ruijin said: "It's the same as the advertising effect. And the princess knows in her heart that Mother Zhu is doing it for the princess's benefit." Both of them looked at Mrs. Zhu.

Mrs. Zhu hesitated for a while, then lowered her head and said in a condescending way: "It's... the concubine... told the old slave... to persuade the princess..."

Chen Ruijin lowered his eyebrows and remained silent.Princess Jian'an thought for a while: Her mother and concubine are weak-tempered, and they listen to their uncle and grandfather in everything, so it's probably the two of them's intentions.Nai sighed, "Why bother to come here..." He forced a laugh for a while, "These two booklets really need to be pondered for a while before they can be understood."

Chen Ruijin made a false snort and fell to his feet: "I knew there was no way to discuss things today." He quickly stood up and said goodbye.Princess Jian'an personally sent her to the door, and she didn't refuse, she just said in a low voice, "As long as the princess is happy, just leave all the big and small matters to the third master Huan." The princess smiled.

After she left, Princess Jian'an picked up two more booklets to look at, Zhu could not help but stepped forward and said: "Princess, what is the origin of Miss Chen? Today she is a bit out of line."

Princess Jian'an said: "Remember. The people in this mansion don't care about their origins, they only care about their abilities. On that day, she brought Aunt Lin, who was bestowed by the Empress Dowager, back to the mansion, and casually said, 'It's a serious matter', and then It's a good one."

Mrs. Zhu hurriedly bowed her head and answered "Yes".After a while, he said again: "Miss Chen, rumors in the manor are in chaos, all say that she is a maidservant next to Mr. Cong; a few days ago, the Qi State Mansion suspected that she was the missing fourth lady of their own family, so their eldest wife came here in person. Admit it and say no."

Princess Jian'an sighed: "What I just said to you, can you forget it in a blink of an eye? Based on her background, Jia Cong wants to marry her as a regular wife, and she will not accept the younger ones. Even if she is really a maid, so what?" Then bowed his head. Look at the brochure.There was a bit of anxiety in Zhu's eyes.

Princess Jian'an carefully read the two booklets in her hand twice, and then heard someone shouting outside, "My son-in-law is back", she hurriedly put down the booklets and went out to greet her.Jia Huan came in smiling with a flower pot in his hand. Princess Jian'an saw that there was a triangular maple plant in it. It was autumn now, and it was just the right time to look good. She praised: "What a bright bonsai."

Jia Huan wondered where to put the flowerpot and said, "The Uncle Fu in Cong'er's yard cut it. I thought, he is a great favor to us. It doesn't mean much to reward him, but he is restrained if he thanks him." Because of status and rules. He likes cutting bonsai, if you ask him for one, he would be happier."

Princess Jian'an wondered: "Who is Fu Bo? He has a great favor for us? What kind of great favor?"

"Eh..." Jia Huan immediately realized that he had slipped his tongue. "This...it's actually not a big deal..." Princess Jian'an glanced at him.Jia Huan put down the flowerpot, looked around at the maidservants, and sighed softly, "Everyone back down, I have something to say to the princess." Everyone backed off one after another.

Jia Huan approached the princess, squeezed her hand and whispered about the witch doll.Finally, he said: "I was threatening you, so I didn't dare to tell you. It's a pity that Lin Luan had already been slaughtered by Chen Ruijin before the matter was found out, so it's not our turn to do it."

Princess Jian'an broke out in a cold sweat, gritted her teeth, and said, "I don't know how deep you are!" Nai looked at him, bit his lips and thought for a long time, Jia Huan almost couldn't help but want to chew on it, but she said again, "I have one too. I didn't tell you anything."

"What's the matter?" Jia Huan swallowed.

Princess Jian'an sneered, "You said last night that all the guards around the Empress Dowager left the palace."

"Ah."

"That's why I said I wanted her life, but you didn't ask why."

Jia Huan's heart skipped a beat, and he said, "If you don't say it, then you don't want to."

"I've changed my mind." Princess Jian'an said solemnly, "I don't want her to die so happily. It's better to live like the second wife."