The Fenghua Years of the Red Chamber

In addition, after Baoyu got married, Xue Baochai took over Li Wan's housekeeper within a few days after entering the house. She was dignified and kind, neutralizing the interests of Wang Xifeng and Li Wan, and everyone in the house praised her for a while.In Beijing, the reputation of Rongguo Mansion is even worse. Since Jia Lian and Wang Xifeng took office, without the fig leaf of the two housekeepers, the second wife and daughter-in-law are in charge of the big house, and the doves occupy the magpie's nest. The old lady said something confused.

When the servants saw that Second Grandma Bao came in, she became the housekeeper. She was a new rich man in the family and could not be offended. In order to please her, they satirized Lin Daiyu openly and secretly. Take Lin Daiyu to the big room.

After the old lady heard the news, she hurriedly ordered someone to stop her. How could those servants be able to defeat Jia She, the old lady was so angry that she invited her son and daughter-in-law, and said: "Boss, I don't care if you are messed up on weekdays. Why did you take Yu'er out of the garden today?"

"Old lady, let's be smart and don't talk dark words. The old lady must know why I took Yu'er out to live." Jia She looked like you can't help me, and the angry old lady vomited blood.

"You are an unfilial son." The old lady pointed at Jia She and said with trembling fingers.

"Old lady, you go outside to inquire. Everyone knows that I am a dude, but no one believes that I am an unfilial son. If I am an unfilial son, I can give up the Rongguo Mansion to the second child for the sake of the old lady." Jia She directly replied. When he went back, after reading the letter that Jia Lian brought back from Jiangnan and returned from Jinling Wufang, he had no affection for the old lady at all, and he acted even more recklessly.

"I knew you had resentment in your heart. If you are upright and filial, I can let Zheng'er live in Rongxi Hall. If your daughter-in-law is capable, I can let the second daughter-in-law take care of the house. You're going to be eccentric, you're going to piss me off." Mother Jia scolded angrily. "Don't mess around today, why did you let Yu'er move away?"

Seeing that the old lady asked the question knowingly, Jia She was very annoyed and said without saving anyone's face: "Since the old lady is pretending not to know, I will tell you clearly, if I don't take Yu'er out now, sir, I'm afraid I will collect her body later. .Some people eat and drink other people's food, and finally bite back. They are really white-eyed wolves, Mr. Zheng, don't you think so?"

"What embarrassing thing did you do again?" Jia Zheng blushed with embarrassment at Jia She's words, knowing that Mrs. Wang did something that angered Jia She, and made him embarrassed today. "Second brother, you don't act there, what did your wife do, you, the person next to your bed, don't know?" Jia She added fuel to the fire and said sarcastically.

"Brother, I really don't know, Mrs. Wang, what did you do to make my brother so angry." Jia Zheng asked holding back his anger.

"My lord, my concubine has been wronged. I really don't know why my elder brother is like this?" Mrs. Wang said aggrievedly.

"Mr. Wang, you are not guilty of what you said. You don't know how those slaves abused Yu'er? Yingchun and I had two consecutive episodes, and the attitude of those slaves remained the same. You didn't instruct them. Could it be Baoyu's daughter-in-law? I mean, it looks upright, but I didn't expect it to be thoughtful." Mrs. Xing said, deliberately looking Xue Baochai back and forth.

"Master, it's none of your wife's business. It's because the daughter-in-law is young and lenient, and let the servants take advantage of the loopholes. Please punish the old lady, the master and the wife." charged.

In addition to the slaves who followed the wind, Mrs. Wang's help was indispensable. Mrs. Wang knew that the Lin family's money was used, and there were only two ways to go. One was to let Baoyu take Lin Daiyu as a concubine. The daughter of a third-rank official is a concubine, and only the royal family has this kind of treatment. The only way left is to send Lin Daiyu to the underworld.

Lin Daiyu has been weak since her mother's womb, her body has always been weak, and she is not open-minded. With Jia Amnesty, Mrs. Wang dared not directly take Lin Daiyu's life by means, so she could only use rumors to wear it down.

"Since that's the case, you should restrain the slaves well after you go back." The old lady said knowingly, "Boss, I don't think Yu'er needs to move to your courtyard for today's matter. Let her move here to live with the old lady. Let's see who dares to abuse her." Now that the second daughter-in-law has the support of her mother, she is even less important to her.

"Old lady, you are old, you don't need to worry about these things, let Yu'er move to live with Yingchun, so that I can take care of her conveniently, and it is worthy of my brother-in-law's request." Jia She refused, and let the old lady continue to intervene. If Yu'er can't get out of Jia's house, she will have to lose her fragrance and jade.

"A request from your brother-in-law?" It was the first time the old lady heard Jia Shen mention this matter.

"Yes, it was Lian'er who went to the south. Before leaving, my brother-in-law left a letter entrusting Yu'er to me and asking me to choose a good husband for Yu'er. Now that Yu'er is a filial piety, it's just time for Xing to take her out. Let's go." Jia She said.

"Forget it, you've got big ideas now, and my old lady can't control it anymore." The old lady waved people out, cursing inwardly, all of them became big-hearted and disobedient.

From then on, the two houses of Rongguo Mansion seemed to be separated. Jia She ordered people to seal the gate leading to Rongguo Mansion. The whole family came in and out through the black oil gate, and even hung the signboard of Jia's Mansion on the door.

Mrs. Xing often took Jia Yingchun and Lin Daiyu out as guests. Unfortunately, the rich and powerful families in Beijing knew about the Jia family's mess. Even though they knew the two girls were good, they never came to propose marriage.However, news came from the old lady's courtyard, saying that the old lady planned to entrust someone to send Yingchun to the palace.

The old lady saw that Jia She and Jia Zheng were disobedient, so she thought of a way to send Yingchun into the palace and share Yuanchun's favor. In her opinion, the reason why Jia She kept making troubles was because she supported the second room. Sending Yingchun into the palace happened to serve multiple purposes. First, Yingchun was young and had a child in the future, so she happened to be adopted by Yuanchun; If you want Yuanchun to be good, you will definitely please her.Just as she was about to send a letter to the old concubine Wang of Nan'an to handle the matter, the news was leaked out. Not only Mrs. Wang knew about it, but Jia She also knew about it.

"Master, what should we do?" Mrs. Xing asked hurriedly when she heard the news.

"It will take some time before the old lady wants to send Yingchun into the palace. Hurry up and choose a family for Yingchun to be engaged to." Jia She said.

"How can I find it at this juncture? It's all because the second room has made us welcome the Spring Festival. How can we find a good family in such a short time?" Mrs. Xing wiped her tears.

"If you can't do it in Beijing, you can find people from other places. If you can't do civil servants, you can find military officials." Jia Amnesty knows how people outside think of Jia's mansion. It is these people who have made trouble.

Seeing that the old lady's plan was about to succeed, Jia Amnesty promised Yingchun to a fifth-rank military officer named Zhao Yi who came to Beijing as a reward. His original name was Zhao Daniu. He joined the army as soon as he had enough to eat. He was lucky and made meritorious deeds many times. Shangfeng saw that his name was not pleasant, so he named him Zhao Yi.

It was a coincidence that he and Yingchun got engaged. Jia She was troubled by Yingchun's marriage, so he went to a restaurant to drink, and was attracted by the words of a group of warriors downstairs. He promised it to him, but his wife thinks that Zhao Yi is a martial artist and not worthy of her educated daughter, so she runs on him inside and outside.

"Damn, that woman doesn't agree with the marriage, so why bother to say those nasty things." Zhao Yi's adjutant said in an aggrieved way.

"I'm a poor boy, born as an orphan, I don't know a lot of Chinese characters, I'm lucky enough to live until now, now that I'm older, it's no wonder that people don't agree, any family wants to agree to marry Jiao Didi's daughter to me. "Zhao Yi said while drinking a bowl of wine.

"This old man happens to have a daughter, how about betrotting it to you?" Jia Amnesty said as she came down the stairs reeking of alcohol.

"Old man, don't look at the joke." Zhao Yi and his party saw Jia She's brocade clothes, they must not be ordinary people, and thought Jia She was joking with them.

"I'm not joking. I have an only daughter who is twenty-eight years old. I think you are young and strong. You are a good match. If you are willing, you can go to Rongguo Mansion to propose marriage tomorrow." Jia She said and left.

Knowing only Zhao Yi's name and official position, Jia Amnesty betrothed his daughter.After Jia Amnesty returned, he never mentioned this matter to anyone, and only sent yesterday's attendants to guard the gate of Rongguo Mansion, ordering that if anyone came, he would be brought to Jia's mansion.

After Zhao Yi went back, he tossed and turned, not knowing whether the old man’s words were true or not. Under the instigation of the adjutant around him, he hurriedly bought the dowry gift and went to Rongguo Mansion to propose marriage. people joke.

On the second day, Jia Amnesty saw that Zhao Yi really came to propose a marriage, and he agreed directly. Because Zhao Yi left Beijing in January, he set the wedding date after [-] days. He called Jia She over and scolded him, seeing Jia She bit him to death and refused to let go, he had no choice but to agree.

Let's say that when Dafang was in full swing to prepare for the Spring Festival wedding, Rongguo Mansion came to a monk who relied on his head and a Taoist priest who spoiled him, saying that they could cure Baoyu's illness.The old lady and Mrs. Wang quickly ordered people to be invited in. For Baoyu's illness, they tried all the methods they could use.

When the two of them saw Baoyu, their faces turned pale with fright, and the Taoist priest hurriedly made calculations, shook his head and said, "Forget it, the destiny must not be violated." Then with a wave of their hands, the jade hanging around Baoyu's neck came into his hands, just as everyone was waiting for him. When this method shocked them, the two disappeared without a trace, and faintly heard the two singing: "The fate of the past life, the love of the present life, the fate is over, the love is broken, and it will eventually become empty."

"Baoyu's jade." Suddenly one person came back to his senses and shouted, and when everyone hurried to find two people to take back Baoyu's jade, the stupid Baoyu came back to his senses and asked: "Old lady, madam, why are you so flustered?" ?”