The bear child of the Red Chamber, Jia Cong

Chen Ruijin led the soldiers to rescue the third grandma Yao Shi from the Xu family.After walking a few steps beyond the threshold of Xu Mansion, Yao Shi stood up and took a deep breath.Chen Ruijin looked at her: "From now on, you are no longer the Xumen Yao family. Ms. Yao Jiazhen, congratulations."

Chen Ruiqi also said, "Congratulations!"

Yao Jiazhen turned around and looked at the plaque of Xu Mansion, with a lot of thoughts in his heart.Just feeling emotional, the kid Jia Dingbang ruined the atmosphere again, pointing at Yao Jiazhen's son and shouting: "The baby is eating his hands!"

Chen Ruiqi chuckled.Chen Ruijin said: "You also ate your hands when you were a child, your mother took so much effort to twist it for you." He casually said to Yao Jiazhen, "Children are not good at eating hands, and they tend to eat bacteria. You can give him a toy to play with." attention."

Yao Jiazhen nodded: "Thank you, princess, for your advice." He also smiled as he spoke: this princess regent and the one just now are simply not the same person.

Yao Jiazhen went to live with Chen Ruiqi temporarily.The couple who led the way also had two pairs of parents and a daughter.Just now when Yao Jiazhen and others were packing their luggage, Chen Ruijin asked them to go back and pick up a few important things, and waited at the door with the young and old.So he walked along.Now they are recruiting everywhere, regardless of gender. The couple are young and strong, and they found a job that day.

The Xu family is on fire.The house was originally ordered by the old lady Xu Hanlin when he separated from the family, it is huge.Pian Xu's servants fled a lot, and the house was very empty.Yao Jiazhen and the others had disappeared, and the third master, Xu Cifang, had to report and hurried over.I saw Mrs. Xu crying loudly, and all the mothers-in-law and daughter-in-law in the room turned pale with fright, and hurriedly asked what happened.Mother Cui told the story while wiping her tears.

Xu Ci was confused when he heard this: "Mom said, the princess regent and her sister are here today, and her sister is that time...you go...to the owner of the pastry shop where you were hanging out?"

"That's not right!" Mother Cui said, "How polite the regent was that day! He even comforted his wife a few words. For fear of hindering others from shopping, he left immediately. The regent Fang is a son of a rich family, and the merchant's daughter unexpectedly Under the banner of the lord, you wantonly forcibly entered the houses and robbed the girls! Third lord, this kind of woman can't be said to be a rooster in the morning in the future, you have to submit a report to the regent to redress your grievances—"

Xu Ci frowned: Why is it different from what Yao Shi said? "Is the owner of the dim sum shop surnamed Chen?"

"Yes!"

"How many widows surnamed Chen does she know who run dim sum shops?"

Mother Cui thought for a while: "Oh, she really wore filial piety that day. Presumably she is a new widow? She hasn't even passed the filial piety period for men, and she still has the mind to open a shop..."

Xu Ci interrupted: "Mum, do you remember clearly? Is this woman surnamed Chen the owner of the dim sum shop where you met the Prince Regent?"

Mother Cui was taken aback: "Yes! We only met the regent once."

Xu Ciqi said: "This is strange. Mrs. Yao told me that the owner of that shop is the widowed Sixth Aunt of the Qi State Mansion, and the regent just happened to pass by, so why did she become the sister of the princess again? Could it be that she is not her own, but her confidant?" Godsister?"

Cui's mother immediately said: "The others may not be relatives, but the two of them must be relatives. They look exactly the same!"

Mrs. Xu stopped crying at some point, and said from the side: "Qi Guofu is also surnamed Chen."

Several people looked at each other for a long time, Xu Ci said: "Today we must first find out the origins of those two women. Mother, please be safe, I will go to the Qi State Mansion to inquire." .

Mrs. Xu was still counting on him to comfort her, but he didn't discuss with anyone and just left!Nai sat in a daze for a while, then suddenly opened his eyes wide: "If that's what you mean, isn't this Princess Regent the aunt of the Qi State Mansion?"

Cui's mother has been with her all her life, and she knows her heart well, so she quickly comforted her: "It may not be true, maybe it's the third grandma talking nonsense to coax the third master?"

Mrs. Xu said in a daze: "The regent comes from the Rongguo Mansion. He was famous for his talents when he was young. It is really unreasonable to marry a merchant's daughter..." Before the words fell, she was already limp. .

On the other end, Xu Ci rushed to the Qi State Mansion to deliver the post.The Qi State Mansion has been in decline for many years. Seeing a famous post sent by a young scholar, who is still the son of Hanlin, he is very happy.So he ordered to go to the study outside and call for people to rush to change clothes.After thinking about it, he sent someone to call his nephew Chen Ruihua over to accompany him.This son is going to take the provincial examination in August this year, so it is always a good thing for him to reunite with his son.

Not long after, Xu Ci came in.Grandpa Chen liked him very much when he saw that he was wearing a light fur and flamboyant.Xu Ci stepped forward and bowed, saying "late birth".The two had to compliment each other for half a day, until someone came in and said "Master Hua is here".Mr. Chen said with a smile, "my nephew is a little younger than Mr. Xu. He is now in Qiuwei." He recommended that they know each other.Chen Ruihua didn't like to talk much, as long as he was not rude, he sat silently by the side.

Xu Ci talked a little bit aside before getting back to the main topic. "Zhuojing and the sixth aunt of your mansion are handkerchiefs. Listen to her, the regent princess is also your mansion's aunt?"

Elder Chen's face froze: "Er..." Nai let out a long sigh and his eyes turned red, "The Princess Regent is really my wife and daughter."

"Why is it rumored that she is the daughter of a great merchant in the south?"

Elder Chen sighed again, shook his head and said, "It's inconvenient to publicize the family ugliness, so I ask Mr. Xu to forgive me."

Xu Ci cupped his hands again and again: "Don't dare. It's just..." He hesitated for a while, "The Regent Princess just... broke into Wan Sheng's house and forcibly took Zhuo Jing away."

Grandpa Chen was shocked: "What?!"

Xu Ci stood up and bowed, "I beg the old man to help me, save Zhuojing."

"This..." Mr. Chen was stunned for a moment.

Chen Ruihua said leisurely from the side: "May I ask Mr. Xu, why did my cousin kidnap Mrs. Madam?"

Xu Ci's eyes flickered: "The late students have been studying in other courtyards since they passed the previous examinations, without knowing it."

Chen Ruihua said indifferently: "Mr. Xu evades so cleanly, obviously he knows it. If I ask again, you will probably take a few words out of context and make people unable to tell the truth. Mr. Xu, forgive me, this matter is absolutely true. You are unreasonable."

Grandpa Chen shouted: "Nonsense!"

Chen Ruihua said: "Master, don't be upset. My nephew has inquired about Fourth Sister's actions, and never acts recklessly."

Grandpa Chen made the case: "The daughter-in-law of the Duke's Mansion who doesn't recognize her parents claims to be the daughter of a merchant. How else does she want to act recklessly?"

A very shallow smile appeared on the corners of Chen Ruihua's lips: "The Regent and the Rongguo Mansion don't care, so what's the use of other people caring." Nai looked up at Xu Ci, "If Mr. Xu doesn't tell the truth and just hides his head and tail, I'm afraid he will Make even bigger troubles. My clan sister and clan brother-in-law both have the temperament of not doing everything well, wanting no face and giving no face."

Xu Ci was dumbfounded.After a long time, he hesitated and said: "There was a small incident in our backyard a while ago, and I really feel sorry for it."

Chen Ruihua frowned: "It's a small matter."

Grandpa Chen shouted: "Shut up." Chen Ruihua really shut up, and said nothing more.Elder Chen said kindly to Xu Ci, "Don't worry, sir, I will help you find out about your wife's situation, so as to help you reunite as soon as possible." Chen Ruihua turned his head to look at the beam and rolled his eyes.

Mr. Chen didn't even want to know what kind of "small idea" it was.There is nothing serious in the backyard, no matter how wronged, where can the wronged go?You can't rob people's women, can you?So he discussed with Xu Ci.Chen Ruihua sat beside him peacefully, sometimes with a compassionate face, like a clay sculpture of a Bodhisattva.

The two discussed for more than an hour, Mr. Chen courteously kept Xu Ci for dinner, Chen Ruihua found an excuse and ran away.

Back in his own courtyard, Chen Ruihua ate his lunch like nothing else, and sat down to read his books for a while.After taking a nap, he changed into a plain Confucian shirt, took only a trusted servant, and rode straight to Jiuxiangzhai on horseback.

Chen Ruiqi is not in the store.Chen Ruihua asked the clerk for a pen and paper, only wrote down his name, and said sternly, "I'm the elder brother of your boss family, I have something important to tell her, so I'm going to bother you." The clerk heard the word "inform" He was taken aback for a moment, but the high official's face was like cast iron, and he had no intention of joking, so he really went to pass the news on his behalf.

Chen Ruijin had already returned home, and the two girlfriends were busy tidying up the house.Yao Jiazhen sent someone to deliver a letter to Qin Keqing, when the woman came back and said, "Grandma, people in Dong Qin's family said that she went to the Forbidden City. When she comes back, I will give her the note from grandma."

"Oh, it's all right." Yao Jiazhen said, "The Forbidden City is the Forbidden City, so that's where her yamen is." The old woman staggered in fright.

But at this moment, the guy from Jiuxiangzhai came to report.Chen Ruiqi frowned and said, "Could it be that something has happened to my house?" Nai sighed, "I knew the fourth sister would not be able to sit still when the fourth sister came back." Then she asked Yao Jiazhen to clean up by herself, and followed the staff back to the shop.

Seeing the clan brother ask, he really came to inform.Mr. Chen and Xu Ci had planned for a long time, they wanted to write proclamations all over the capital, and they also went to the yamen to beat drums and file a lawsuit against Chen Ruijin for trespassing on private houses and seizing women.The corners of Chen Ruiqi's mouth twitched: "Fourth Sister doesn't see ants like the Xu family at all. It's really looking for death."

Chen Ruihua asked: "Sixth sister, you know the regent, what kind of temperament is this person?"

Chen Ruiqi glanced at him and said, "What does Big Brother Hua want to know?"

Chen Ruihua said bluntly: "August is autumn, next year is spring, I want to leave Brother Wen aside."

"You just leave him alone. The fourth brother-in-law is a very real person. It's important to be able to handle things. Writing articles like flower balls is useless." Chen Ruiqi thought for a long time and said, "Let me tell you. According to my opinion, there are two things about the fourth brother-in-law. Never cared about: rules and face. Especially rules, he has no such thing in his eyes." Nai paused, "I don't like people who are bound by rules."

Chen Ruihua nodded: "I already know this, now that I have a younger sister, I will be more certain."

Chen Ruiqi frowned and said: "Also. He likes upright people. If you guess that his temper suits his liking, it may not be possible to succeed. It's better to tell him clearly: brother-in-law, I am your brother-in-law, I have some talents, can you give it to an official?" Dangdang."

"Thank you sister for your advice." Chen Ruihua said, "This is better."

"Don't rely on you being his wife's cousin..."

Chen Ruihua laughed: "Am I not stupid? There is an example of Brother Wen in front of me."

"Forget it." Chen Ruiqi said, "Don't play tricks. The fourth brother-in-law sometimes gets confused, and the fourth sister can't tolerate half a grain of sand in her eyes." Nai bowed and saluted, "Thank you brother for reporting the letter." Chen Ruihua bowed back.

After seeing her cousin off, Chen Ruiqi hurried home to discuss the matter with Yao Jiazhen.When Yao Jiazhen first left the backyard, she didn't know how to deal with these things, so she panicked: "This is what to do!"

"What should I do?" Chen Ruiqi pursed her lips, "Isn't it just a lawsuit? Who else can I deceive? The regent does not call himself a benevolent lord. As long as the censor has a crown, the vacancy will not be filled. superior."

Yao Jiazhen shook his head and said, "I'm afraid someone will take the opportunity to make trouble..."

Before the words finished, a servant girl came in and replied, "Grandma, Dong Qin's family is here."

Yao Jiazhen was overjoyed: "The backbone is here!" He hurriedly took Chen Ruiqi to welcome him out.

In the evening of the next day, the grandma of Xu's family finished reciting sutras in front of the Bodhisattva, and got up alone in a daze.Suddenly a female voice sighed quietly: "There is not even a maid."

Grandma Xu shouted: "Who!" Looking around, she couldn't find anyone.

"You don't need to care who I am, I don't want you to know." The woman said, "If grandma is willing to answer a question for me, I guarantee that you will be able to get out of the door in a few months." Grandma Xu said again Surprised and frightened, he turned around and looked around.The man said impatiently, "I told you that you can't look at me. Anyway, I'm a human being, not a ghost. You just say whether you can do this business or not."

Grandma Xu walked around for a long time, but she really didn't know where the speaker was.Gritting his teeth: "Do it!"

"Well, it's quite sensible." The woman said, "The third grandma in your family is gentle, generous, and doesn't fight or fight. Why do you and the second grandma always find fault with her?"

Grandma Xu was stunned: "Are you from the Princess Regent?" The woman snorted.Grandma Xu immediately knelt down and cried, "If I knew she had such a strong waist, how would I dare to provoke her..."

The woman coughed twice: "You just talk about the reason."

Grandma Xu wiped her tears with a handkerchief and said, "She was fine when she first came in. After half a year, the wife told Mother Cui that among the four girls and three daughters-in-law in the family, only the third one looked the best. Zhengzheng is a beautiful woman. After a while, she said that she was the only one, and the rest, including the second girl, were nothing more than mediocre—the second girl in our house came out of the pavilion the year before last, and she looked very outstanding. Mama Cui told the story When it came out, Second Grandma and I felt very uncomfortable, and wanted to pick something wrong with her. But after two or three years of picking, we couldn't pick something out, so we became more and more depressed."

"I see." The woman said, "Thank you, Grandma. Don't worry, you will be able to go out soon."

"Thank you girl!"

A few days later, on the front page of the new issue of "Yanjing Weekly", the headline was printed in black and white: Yao Jiazhen, the wife of Xu Ci, the third son of Hanlin Xu Zhongtang, reconciled with her husband in a lawsuit.What follows is a full two pages of articles detailing the process.

Mrs. Xu provoked the two eldest daughters-in-law to be unhappy with the younger daughter-in-law. Xu Ci’s intercourse was before grandma gave birth. The house couldn't make ends meet but was deprived of the housekeeping rights. The Xu family tried to make the third grandma marry Zhuangzi as a dowry, but they cut off her food and clothing in the courtyard.The last big article was about a nobleman who wanted to marry a girl to Xu Ci, so he asked his mother to come forward to force his wife to be a concubine, and put the third grandmother and his servants under house arrest in the courtyard.

Clearly organized, plain words, no one can not understand.