Winning every step of the Red Mansion

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Because Peng Luo pointed out the secret calculation of the royal family behind the marriage, Jia Amnesty was so excited that he also sobered up.After a long silence, he still did not give up and said: "What you said is just speculation? Is there any evidence? You are just talking to me today. Don't talk nonsense when you go out, so as not to ask for trouble." Peng Luo He didn't take it seriously, waved his hand and said: "I kindly wake you up, but it's just for the sake of my old teacher, your father-in-law and Hu'er, whether you believe it or not, it's up to you to decide. Besides, even if there is evidence, I have no way of knowing now. This matter is totally unreasonable, so it’s inevitable that people will not think about it. If you really don’t believe me, it can be regarded as the result of your ancestor’s blessing. I’m just talking about it.”

Jia She frowned slightly and remained silent for a moment, then said: "It's definitely not like what you said, a few days ago our manor offered a road-building prescription to Prince Zhongjing. If it works properly, it will be a profitable business every day." " Peng Luo was drinking and choked on Jia She's words. He coughed a few times before recovering and said, "Well, I really don't know how to praise you now! It doesn't count if you tie one in your house. Send another one in by yourself? I, Peng Luo, admire it too. Back then, Hu'er asked for her cousin to worship under me, but I couldn't, because I didn't want all of you to be tied up in the house. Like an egg If you put it in a basket, it will fall. Now it seems that you still dare to bet that if you send two in, you will spare one by the way."

Jia She argued strongly: "How can I see so far. Besides, my family is loyal to the court and never participates in party disputes. Besides, I see that Prince Zhongjing is also a scrupulous and loyal man, and he has a good reputation inside and outside the court. Now the Holy Majesty relies more on him and orders him to be in charge of all affairs in the court, but I see that the prince is not very selfish. The situation like today is also caused by various opportunities."

Peng Luo was so angry at Jia She's words that he slapped the table vigorously and said, "Say you don't understand, but it doesn't sound like you don't understand at all. But you can say you understand, but you are really confused." Peng Luo lowered his voice and said: "How many people in this emperor's family have lost their selfishness, and how many are really self-denying and serving the public? You are also naive." Peng Luo sighed: "But now looking at the chess board, you treasure Maybe I can still bet on it. Alas, anyway, the matter has come to this point, and it is useless to say more."

Jia Amnesty waved his hands and said, "All right, all right, I appreciate all your painstaking efforts. Now I can't control myself. I will be careful in the future, there are hundreds of people in this house. If there are What the hell, how do I explain to my father and ancestors?" Jia She stopped and took two mouthfuls of food, the room fell silent for a while, Jia She drank a glass and said: "Just now I was only talking about the affairs of my family. .Let me ask you, why do you resign when you are so good-looking?"

Peng Luo didn't answer but just buried his head in his food, Jia She looked displeased and said, "But because you are Hu'er's wife, I'm only asking, if you don't want to say it, anyway, I will know the will anyway." Peng Luo smiled. Putting down his chopsticks with a smile, he said, "Isn't something wrong with your home school a while ago?" Jia She was taken aback, "You also know about this?" Peng Luo smiled and said, "It's so difficult to know about it. Originally, the poem That’s what I did. I improvised it when I read the history books of the previous dynasty with my students, but it was deliberately distorted like that. You naturally know that you didn’t tell me because you were afraid of getting me into trouble. It can be seen There are already people who are thinking about this, I have many disciples, if I have something to do, it will involve many people. Although it may not be a big deal if I resign, if I am not in office, the troubles will be less."

Jia Amnesty was silent for a moment and then said: "You have your own difficulties, you don't want to say too much and I don't force you to ask. Thank you for coming to the mansion to say these words today. I also know that you treat my mansion sincerely. Now, Hu'er regards you as a master, and will respect you as a teacher for the rest of her life, if there is any need in the future, just ask."

Peng Luo smiled and said, "Don't say I really have something to ask. I'm going back to my hometown. You know I don't have much savings, all I have are those books." Jia She nodded and said: " Is it inconvenient to transport it back because of the long distance? There are several bodyguard agencies in my house that have cooperated for a long time, I just ask them to help you to send it, you don't have to worry about the related expenses." Peng Luo said: "Brother Enhou, where do you want to go? I have gone through a lot of hardships and spent a lot of money when I collected those books, but from what I have seen, this book is something for preaching and teaching. It’s just a bit of chewing for my bookworm.”

Jia Amnesty was quite puzzled when he heard these words, what did Peng Luo intend to do?But Peng Luo said again: "So I don't take any of these books with me. I want to build a reading pavilion in the middle of the capital to register the collected books and make them available for poor scholars all over the world to copy and study. This thing is my congratulatory gift to Hu'er." Hearing this, Jia She hurriedly got up and saluted Peng Luo, then turned to Jia Hu and said, "Huer, why don't you thank your master for being so dedicated to you!" Jia Hu got up early and hurriedly kowtowed to Peng Luo to thank him.Peng Luo pulled Jia Hu up and said, "You and I are the most sympathetic masters and apprentices. This time I really entrusted my wealth and life to you. You have to help me take good care of me." It was tears streaming down my face.

Peng Luo turned his head and said to Jia She: "I would like to get closer to your Forest of Steles in Lanshu Pavilion. If we are so congenial, my books won't be lonely even if I'm afraid." Jia She hurriedly agreed.Peng Luo said again: "But brother Enhou, don't think that I donated the book to make Hu'er famous, maybe it also caused trouble for your family. Do you think this can happen in your family?" , I’m afraid that if someone puts their minds to it, it will be troublesome. I’m also going to put my ugly words up front.” Jia She nodded repeatedly and said, “You don’t have to worry about this. A lot of thought. Your kindness is much stronger than mine, and all the students in the future will be grateful to you."

Peng Luo said: "I don't ask for this kind of gratitude. I'm just afraid that if my soul returns one day and leave these books, if they are entrusted to someone else, I'm afraid it will be ruined. In this way, I will be happy and at ease after I resign." The three of them also agreed. They chatted for a long time, until the sky became slightly brighter, and then they dispersed.Sure enough, in less than five days, the Holy Majesty approved Peng Luo's resignation, and all the officials in the court were surprised and did not mention it. They just said that Peng Luo made a special trip to meet Jia Amnesty and Jia Hu before he left Beijing, and sent the list of books he had sorted out. .How Jia Amnesty and Jia Hu cook is another story.

Jia Zhu's wedding date is just around the corner, but Mrs. Wang is a little bored, because the marriage was arranged a year ago, Mrs. Wang picked out some good maids for Jia Zhu as usual, and the meaning is self-evident.But Jia Zhu didn't care much about these maidservants, and only served them as ordinary servants.Mrs. Wang already had a lot of dissatisfaction with this marriage. Now that her nephew has married the princess, and her own daughter has become the princess of the county, she is even more confident. Now that she has become a mother-in-law, she wants to Let the daughter-in-law enter the mansion to be submissive.It can be seen that Jia Zhu is only obsessed with reading every day, and she doesn't care about the people in the room she chooses. It's hard to be wrong.

Mrs. Wang thought that maybe the person she picked didn't suit Jia Zhu's mind.Moreover, it took Jia Zhu a long time to pay her respects to the old lady, so she might have taken a fancy to a girl next to the old lady.In the past, Baoyu was too young, so he couldn't do it.Now that Zhu'er is going to get married, it is permissible to ask for it by herself.Besides, this is a common practice in the mansion. It turned out that when I entered the mansion, Jia's mother rewarded Jia Zheng with several people in the house.Mrs. Wang made up her mind and went to find Jia Mu.

Shi Fei'er never expected Mrs. Wang to mention this matter.Mrs. Wang didn't speak too implicitly, Shi Fei'er heard it straight.Shi Fei'er also didn't understand, when a young couple gets married, what do you think of putting a room in the house to prepare concubines?The crimes I have suffered, and now my daughter-in-law has finally become a mother-in-law, so the sins and grievances I suffered before are doubled and given to my daughter-in-law?Besides, it's fine for you to let it go secretly, I, Shi Fei'er, really can't control this matter.But now you are still pulling yourself to join in, what does it mean?Is it a mother-in-law who can't see her daughter-in-law feel better?

Shi Fei'er asked herself that she owed nothing to the entire Jia family.Even Mrs. Wang herself didn't deliberately make things difficult for her. Even if she made a mistake, Shi Feier just dealt with it according to the facts.But Mrs. Wang stepped on her bottom line in today's matter.Originally, Shi Fei'er was so annoyed by the etiquette here, but she was forced to have no choice but to dare not make mistakes.Although it is said that a wealthy family treats their daughter-in-law well here, the etiquette that weighs on their heads is like a shackle.It's not too late to help pick it up, so why drag yourself into being someone who puts shackles on others?Naturally, Shi Feier lost his face.

Mrs. Wang saw Jiamu frowning slightly, and then looked at the maids around her one by one, thinking that Jiamu was thinking about which one would be more suitable to send, she was happy and said: "The old lady takes care of people, it's good to look at. This is my Pearl's fortune!"

Shi Fei'er was angry in her heart but her face was hard to say, she nodded and said: "How about this, four of the eight big girls in front of me will leave the mansion next year. In my opinion, it's better for you to ask yourself Yes, no matter which one of them agrees, I agree with it. Even if it is all eight of them, you don’t have to be polite, just take them away. But if they don’t, I can’t do it. It’s not good for the person who owns it, how can it be replaced every three days. If it spreads out, it will not be good for its reputation.”

Mrs. Wang's face froze when she heard this, but she didn't expect Mother Jia to say that. This is not the same as before.If I ask myself, I will be disappointed. If I don't want to, not only myself, but also Jia Zhu will be laughed at to death in the future.Mrs. Wang naturally did not want to take this risk.

Mrs. Wang said: "The old lady is right. I think it looks good now, and I don't know who to ask. But thinking that the big wedding day is approaching, the maids around the old lady are doing things properly. It is also the first time for me to marry a daughter-in-law. This is my experience, and now I have another marriage, I am afraid I will make a mistake, thinking that it would be best to have a right hand, so I am here to ask for it. If the old lady rewards her face, it is also Zhuer's face. If after a while or divorced Or go, I will not stop."

Shi Feier listened with a smile: "If you say that, I understand. Yunhe, go and teach that new nurse Chang." After finishing speaking, Shi Feier looked at Mrs. Wang and said with a smile: "This often Mammy has just retired from the palace, and she is the most considerate of etiquette. I thought I had something to do with the marriage, so I invited you here. This is the best. I think you will not have Zhuer if she assists you. You are also blessed." Mrs. Wang was so angry that she thought why the old lady deliberately pretended to be confused, what it meant to ask for a maid, how could the old lady not understand, giving herself an old nanny, this It would be a joke if it were placed in Zhu'er's room! "

Shi Fei'er held the teacup and said with a smile: "I just remembered something. Although Yuan Chun is bestowed as the princess of the county, if we follow the custom, there will be a side concubine." Mrs. Wang heard Shi Fei'er say such a sentence suddenly, I was surprised.I also heard Jia's mother say: "But I heard that the mother of the king of Qijun died early. I don't think there is any mother to take care of the house for her. It is also pitiful." Mrs. Wang naturally became angry when she heard this, thinking about the old lady On the contrary, the eldest sister often talks about it, but now she cares about such things as the county king. Could it be that she is looking forward to giving her a side concubine or a housemate?

The author has something to say: Jia Hu: Master, do you really want to give me all your books?

Peng Luo: When did you tell a lie as a teacher?

Jia Amnesty: Don't you just have some books? I still have a forest of steles, which will be yours in the future!

Jia Hu: Thank you, father, but master, father, can you send the loose chopsticks off the table?

Jia Amnesty & Peng Luo: No!