The Fenghua Years of the Red Chamber

One day, people from the palace came and asked Jia Amnesty and Jia Zheng to enter the palace to face the saint. The wives at the head of the family were all worried and kept sending people to the front to inquire about the news. Seeing this scene, Wang Xifeng really saw the situation in the palace clearly The situation, saying that it is powerful, is nothing more than an embroidered pillow with a bright face.

A face saint in a mere area, the whole family is panicked. Compared with the first and second rank officials in Beijing that they look down on everyday, there are three face saints every now and then. Their family is nothing but a noble title.

Wang Xifeng figured it out, among the old relatives in their family, except for his uncle, a second-rank official who holds the real power, the other families only have titles and serve as some small officials without real power. There is really no outstanding person.It's the same with the Jia family. Of the three generations of males who are alive now, Jia Zheng is the only one who has a real position in the court. As for the title, as for other people who have donated vain positions, such as Jia Lian and Jia Rong, they only go to the Yamen to make appointments on weekdays.

"Old lady, madam, don't worry, maybe it's a good thing." Wang Xifeng said with a smile, hinting at her previous dream to everyone present.

Wang Xifeng paid special attention. Her words did not comfort anyone present, and Madam Xing was fine. The old lady, Madam Wang, showed a vague anxiety and even tried to hide the fear on her face. On the contrary, Madam Xing was relatively calm. , This made Wang Xifeng feel uneasy, did the old lady and the second room do something terrible?Otherwise it wouldn't be the case.

The more Wang Xifeng thought about it, the more something was wrong, thinking over and over in her heart, what is it?The expressions of the old lady and Mrs. Wang clearly indicate that something important has happened, and it is a major event related to the fate of the Jia family. Madam desperately pinched the handkerchief in her hand, her veins were exposed.The old lady was holding her mandarin duck's hand tightly, and blue marks could be seen faintly.

The closer Wang Xifeng got, the more clearly he could feel the fear of the old lady and Mrs. Wang, yes, fear.Wang Xifeng guessed in her heart what it was that frightened the experienced old lady. Suddenly, Qin Keqing's words flashed prominently in Wang Xifeng's mind. Thinking of ransacking the house in the future, could her previous guess be wrong? die.Wang Xifeng couldn't help but her heart beat violently, what did the old lady and the second room do to ransack the family and exterminate the family.

"Why is there no news yet? I'm so anxious, old lady, madam, I'll go ahead and have a look." After speaking, he hurried out without thinking about anything else.She was afraid that if she stayed in the room, she would not be able to hide her shock and suppress her resentment.

As soon as he went out, a servant from far away hurriedly came to report that Mr. Lai had returned, and hurriedly let Mr. Lai in.

"Old lady, madam, the master asked the younger one to bring a message to the family, and asked the old lady, the wife to quickly put on makeup and go to the palace to thank you. He said that our eldest girl was named Fengzao Palace Shangshu and a virtuous concubine." Mr. Lai came in and said The old lady said after saluting.

"This is really a happy event, hurry up, everything is packed, let's go to the palace to thank you." The old lady said excitedly while leaning on a cane.

Wang Xifeng congratulated the old lady with a smile on her face, but her eyes were cold. The ecstasy of winning the bet for the rest of her life when the old lady and Mrs. Wang received the good news just now made her have an ominous premonition.The bruises on Yuanyang's wrists aggravated her uneasiness.Wang Xifeng looked at it coldly, no matter the master or the slave in the mansion, it was a happy day, it seemed that she needed to make early plans.

Only the old lady, Mrs. Xing, Mrs. Wang, and Mrs. You from the East Mansion are eligible to enter the palace to thank the two mansions of Rongning and Ningxia. Wang Xifeng can't go without rank.Mrs. Wang looked at the crowd after putting on makeup, with a bright smile on her face, but she was full of ridicule in her heart.

Looking at the grades of the wives, one knows that the Rongguo Mansion does not distinguish between high and low. In terms of status, it is natural that Mrs. Xing, a first-rank lady, has a higher status. The general's daughter is actually inferior to the concubine's daughter of a fifth-rank official. The Rongguo Mansion can't see the status clearly, but the people above can see it most clearly.

Otherwise, Jia Yuanchun, who entered the palace under the name of the eldest granddaughter of the Duke's Mansion, why was she just a small female official when she entered the palace for draft, and later when the Holy Majesty ascended the throne, Jia Yuanchun was just a female official in charge of documents in the Queen's Palace, struggling It took more than ten years to get to the position of Concubine Xiande, and it was the result of the continuous support of the Jia family and other four major families.

In her previous life, Wang Xifeng believed that Jia Yuanchun's being named a virtuous concubine was a great joy and an honor for the Jia family, but now Wang Xifeng is thinking about why Jia Yuanchun was named a concubine, and the women in the harem want to be promoted. What is the reason for Jia Yuanchun's love, love, and childbirth? Thinking of the reactions of the old lady and Mrs. Wang just now, I am afraid that the old lady and the second room did something great without telling the big room. The source of Jia's family raid.

After seeing off the old lady and her party, Wang Xifeng sat down to think seriously, only to feel a chill rising from behind, the kind of gloomy chill from the knife resting on the neck.

The men in the Jia family are all worthless, and now they rely on women's skirts to make a living. From top to bottom, they embrace Jia Yuanchun, who was born on the first day of the Lunar New Year. Now that Jia Yuanchun is a concubine, who knows that for this thought, the Jia family has already filled in tens of 10 taels of silver, and will empty out the Jia family for her in the future.

In her previous generation, Wang Xifeng was a fool because Jia Yuanchun was the concubine in the palace, and she thought that the concubine was the glory of the Jia family. dream.For this reason, cats and dogs from the palace came to ask for rewards and debts. They sold their dowry and lent money outside to make up for the government. What she got was a crime all over her body.

Wang Xifeng couldn't help laughing at herself. Compared with her good aunt, her methods were too poor. Her aunt gave birth to two sons and a daughter. Although the eldest son died early, he was a scholar. It is asserted that the future will be honorable, and the youngest son Mianyu is born, and there will be good luck in the future.Look at her aunt's ability, and then look at herself, not to mention that she only gave birth to a daughter, but the housekeeper paid the dowry to pay for it.She, Wang Xifeng, would never be so stupid in her life. She was calculated to the bottom of her heart, and even counted money for others.

"Ping'er, ask someone to clean up. Let's move back to the big house, so as not to make people feel unlucky and obstruct other people's eyes." Wang Xifeng sent away the elated and grateful wives, turned around and went back to the room, and ordered people to clean up the house. large room.

"Grandma" Ping'er uttered worriedly, there was a happy event in the house, grandma's behavior was not just making people unhappy.

"Whatever you want, clean it up if you want, and tell those little hoofs outside, if anyone wants to stay in this mansion, I will give him a blessing and let her stay in the mansion to serve." Wang Xifeng said sharply.

"Grandma, grandma..." Lai Wang's voice came in from outside with unspeakable excitement and said, "Grandma, congratulations to you. Now you are the uncle and grandma of the country, and you will enjoy endless glory and wealth in the future." Enter through the curtain , Those who came to Wang's house didn't pay attention to Wang Xifeng's emotions, and directly said a series of congratulations without panting.

"Come to Wang's house, you are here at this time, do you have something to do?" Wang Xifeng put away the anger just now, but the tone was still very stiff.

"Grandma, this servant is specially congratulating you. Besides, this servant is sending you this month's money, a total of 300 taels of silver." Lai Wang's family, who is good at observing words and expressions, saw that Wang Xifeng's complexion was not good, and did not dare to play tricks. The money box is for Ping'er.

Ping'er took the money box, checked the amount of silver, nodded to Wang Xifeng after confirming that it was correct, and put it in the inner room.

"Come to Wang's house, didn't you tell me to collect the things you have in hand before? What's going on? You take back the money you put outside these few days. No interest, even if you lose money, you can do it. Yes, the empress has just made a Xiande concubine, how many people are staring at us, first clean up the things in the house, lest the Wu family and Zhou family get caught and sue us in front of the holy one, then we will not suffer Forget it, it’s not good to hurt the empress in the palace, as for the future, let’s wait until the limelight comes over.” Wang Xifeng confessed that she didn’t mention a word about the previous yin and yang violations when she came to Wang’s house, but spoke clearly Even if the master behind Laiwang's family is Mrs. Wang, for the sake of her own daughter, the matter of loan sharking outside should be temporarily stopped, and her goal of temporarily getting away from the matter of loan sharking has been achieved.

As for getting out completely, Wang Xifeng herself has no idea. If her aunt really plotted, then that person must have pinched her criminal evidence in his hands. Don't blame her for being cruel and merciless for the Wang's family, who blamed everything on their family.

Asking the maids and women to pack up their things, Wang Xifeng sat outside and sorted out the things since her rebirth from beginning to end, checking for gaps and making up for omissions. After careful consideration, she really discovered a serious problem.

"Ping'er, apart from the two of them, is there anyone else in Lin Zhixiao's family serving in the mansion?" Wang Xifeng asked.

"Grandma, his daughter is called Lin Xiaohong, who works in the mansion. She is the second-class girl in the yard of Second Master Bao." Ping'er replied cautiously. Now she is not sure about Wang Xifeng's pulse, and she is afraid that if she says the wrong thing, she will cause a meal. punish.

"In Second Master Bao's yard." Wang Xifeng's tone was light, but it made Ping'er's heart rise to his throat, for fear that something would happen to Second Mistress.

Wang Xifeng gently turned the bracelet on her wrist. She acted according to the memory before the house raid in her previous life, but she forgot that there are still several years of house raids at this time. The Lin Zhixiao family sent their daughter to Baoyu's house. Taking refuge in the heart of his master, it seems that she must be cautious in her actions.

However, although they have intentions, after all, the whole family's contract of selling their lives is still in her hands. If they want to betray, they have to wait until their family Lin Xiaohong can really become a big girl and become Baoyu's mate. Even Lin Xiaohong couldn't climb so high, her good aunt and second aunt would not let her people be contaminated with precious jade.

Lin Xiaohong waited in Baoyu's room, so Lin Zhixiao was biased towards Baoyu and concealed some things from her for the sake of Xiaohong's future. Come here and put her beside her.

In the middle of the afternoon, the wives in the mansion came back from the palace exhausted. Wang Xifeng took advantage of everyone's presence and finalized the matter of her moving to the big house.

"Old lady, eldest lady, madam, today is the day of your mother's great joy. I should not mention this matter, but I feel sorry for it." Mrs. Xing heard Wang Xifeng's words, her heart was in her throat, although It is a good thing for the empress to be a concubine, but she is not the empress's own mother after all. Strictly speaking, the empress is noble and has nothing to do with her, so she has to be a little more sober than the others, thinking about the disaster Wang Xifeng said in her heart, thinking that Wang Xifeng If you want to talk about this disaster now, your ears are pricked up.

"Didn't Master Jingxu say a while ago that his granddaughter-in-law got bad luck and needed to copy the scriptures and recite the Buddha's name every day for ninety-nine and eighty-one days. When I knew it, I should have moved out of the old lady's yard so as not to cause bad luck to others. I thought about it at the beginning The old lady is blessed. If she wants to enjoy the blessing of the old lady, she will get rid of the bad luck as soon as possible. She has not moved away. Now the empress is very happy. She stayed with the old lady, so the daughter-in-law wanted to get the permission of the old lady, the eldest wife, and the wife, so she moved away from the old lady, and waited for the ninety-nine and eighty-one days to come to honor the old lady." Wang Xifeng said of herself It sounds like it's for the good of everyone.

"Here, Lian's daughter-in-law, why are you doing this? You are my niece. Even if you suffer from bad luck, there is no taboo in my family." Mrs. Wang's mind turned quickly, and she quickly kept her if she said good things, but the words Inside and out, it reminds the old lady that Wang Xifeng has bad luck on her body.

"Auntie, although you don't treat me as an outsider, even if you are a family member, you should have a taboo. I beg the old lady, let me move out." Wang Xifeng was moved to tears, and knelt down to beg the old lady.

"Yes, old lady, brother and sister, there is always a taboo." Madam Xing helped Wang Xifeng.

The old lady weighed it in her heart, and finally decided to abandon Wang Xifeng. The empress is the most important thing, and said: "Quickly stop the tears, you are not allowed to cry on the day of great joy. If you insist on this, then move out, but where are you going to move?"

"Old lady Xie, there is a happy event at home, there must be a lot of people coming to congratulate. In order to avoid these nobles, the daughter-in-law thinks, she should move back to the courtyard where she lived when she got married." Wang Xifeng said, wiping away tears.

"I agree, you can move in and live there. If there are slaves who are not dedicated, you can send someone back to me, and I will make the decision for you." The old lady understood in her heart, she knew exactly what the house was like, Wang Xifeng, the housekeeper, etc. Years, offended many people.The old lady beat the master of the family, and Wang Xifeng has to take care of the family, so at this time, people must not be chilled.

"Xie, old lady, I'll let someone pack up and go back with the eldest lady." Wang Xifeng said with a smile.

Mrs. Xing is not an idiot, Wang Xifeng's performance, she understands that it is for that disaster, to make Wang Xifeng rush to move out of the second room. I am afraid that it is not an ordinary disaster, and she is even more anxious, "Okay, you go and clean it up, and I will be with you later. Let’s go back together, sister Qiao misses you too, I want to see you all day long, it’s giving me a headache.” Finally, the crawl aroused suspicion, and he made up another sentence.

Wang Xifeng almost emptied the entire house, packed several large carts of luggage, and moved back to the big house behind the eldest wife's sedan chair.Mrs. Xing was sitting in the sedan chair, feeling extremely anxious, neither sitting nor lying down, she was looking forward to going home quickly and let Wang Xifeng explain the matter clearly.

"Daughter-in-law Lian, you haven't lived in that house for a while, and you won't be able to clean it up for a while. You come to my place first, and have a look at Miss Qiao." Mrs. Xing got out of the car and immediately cheered up, not letting the servants look at her. out of the ordinary.

Wang Xifeng followed Mrs. Xing into the house, and said: "You all go out, I will serve my wife."

"I don't need you to serve, you guys go to the second master's yard to help clean up." Mrs. Xing sent out the servants around her.

"Ma'am, Keqing entrusted me with a dream, saying that the prosperity will inevitably decline, let us prepare early, and specifically told me to buy more sacrificial fields, and there must be rules for sacrificial offerings. In addition, all the expenses of the school will be paid from this sacrificial field." , to leave hope for future recovery." Wang Xifeng watched the slaves go out, and took the opportunity to whisper these words in Madam Xing's ear.

Mrs. Xing was stunned for a moment, and after realizing it, the teacup in her hand slipped and fell to the ground and shattered, her face pale. "Madam, madam" Wang Xifeng heard the voice of servants approaching outside, and hurriedly shook Madam Xing awake, telling her to restrain herself.

The servants came in and saw Mrs. Xing who was no different from the past. Wang Xifeng said: "Sui Sui Ping An, what are you doing in a daze, why don't you clean this up quickly." All the slaves know that Wang Xifeng is powerful, clean up I pushed it out, so as not to get into trouble inside.

"Lian's daughter-in-law, is what you said just now true?" Mrs. Xing asked as she regained her senses and took Wang Xifeng's hand.

"It's absolutely true, if it's false, it will definitely be struck by lightning." Wang Xifeng swore.

"Then Keqing has an explanation, how to avoid this disaster?" Mrs. Xing asked hastily.

"I also asked, but Qing said that I was too obsessed, and that there is no family that will last forever." Wang Xifeng replied.

"What should I do? Can you say anything else?"

Wang Xifeng shook her head, expressing that she didn't remember, "By the way, but Qing said that this should be done as soon as possible, and that it would be too late to regret it in the future." The voice of Sister Qiao talking to Yingchun came from outside, and Mrs. Xing said, "Do everything right. It's important, don't say it outside, I will make a decision after discussing with the master." Mrs. Xing immediately explained.

"The daughter-in-law knows."

"Ma'am, Mom, sister Qiao is here." Sister Qiao was wearing a fiery red dress, very pleasing, she barged in from the outside without saluting, and rushed towards the two of them directly.

Wang Xifeng stretched out her hand to remember Miss Qiao, fearing that she would knock her down, she muttered: "There are no rules, and you don't salute when you see your wife, so learn from your aunt." Yingchun followed behind and came in to greet the two of them.

Only then did Sister Qiao respectfully greet Mrs. Xing. Mrs. Xing was too shocked to deal with these two people.

"Madam, Mom, they all say that the eldest aunt is a noble person, so is the eldest aunt still Qiaojieer's aunt?" Qiaojie asked anxiously on Mrs. Xing's lap, and she was confused by what she said. After falling, Yingchun on the side added a few words, also looking forward to knowing the answer.

"Yes, the Holy Majesty is merciful to confer your eldest sister as a concubine of virtue, sister Qiao, your aunt is still an aunt, the second girl, sister Qiao, my wife entered the palace today to thank you, I am very tired, please let your wife rest well, I will go to you Play in the house." Knowing that Mrs. Xing needed time to calm down, Wang Xifeng took the two of them out.

Wang Xifeng looked at Sister Qiao intently, and Yingchun looked enviously at the side, and then felt sad.

"Second girl, the master and wife only have you as a daughter, and your brother only has you as his own sister." Wang Xifeng pointed to Yingchun. She and the second girl are not that close. She will live here for a long time, and she will have time in the future. □She, a married woman is not implicated by her natal family. She wants to leave a support for sister Qiao and her future son in case of ransacking the house.

Wang Xifeng wanted to bring Sister Qiao with her, but it was easy to do a complete set of plays. She had just been revived for more than two months, and she should copy the scriptures and pray for blessings in front of the Bodhisattva for ninety-nine or eighty days, and then bring Sister Qiao with her.

Here, Wang Xifeng finished copying the scriptures and slept peacefully, but Mrs. Xing was tossing and turning, feeling like a big stone was pressing on her heart, while Jia She, who was beside her, drank alcohol and fell asleep soundly. Mrs. Xing got up and pushed Jia She. Seeing that he didn't respond, he lay down angrily again until the fifth watch, and couldn't bear it anymore, and woke up the sleeping Jia She.

Jia Amnesty's temperament has always been to do whatever he wants, and when he was woken up, he immediately got angry at Mrs. Xing. Seeing Mrs. Xing crying, he was even more angry: "It's really bad luck to shed tears on a happy day." He rolled over and lay down, and the maids and women on duty outside all hid away when they saw this.

Normally, when Jia She got angry, Mrs. Xing was terrified. But today, she always wanted to talk about it. She pulled Ra Jia She's sleeve and said: "My lord, I have something to say. Last night Shang Lian's daughter-in-law has moved back." Jia She celebrated with Jia Zhen and the others yesterday, but she didn't know what was going on at home.

"I moved back when I moved back." Jia She was sleepy and couldn't react for a while, "What are you talking about, why did Lian's daughter-in-law move back?" Somewhat looking forward to it, it proves that their eldest family is the real owner of Rongguo Mansion. Now that Wang Xifeng has moved back to live, and today the empress has made a concubine again, won't the Rongguo Mansion no longer have a foothold for their eldest family in the future.

"Why don't you stop me, what's the use of you, the housekeeper can't manage, and can't give birth to children, what else do you think you can do?" Jia She asked violently

"Master" Mrs. Xing heard Jia She said that she didn't dare to vent her anger and could only wipe away her tears.

"Why did Lian's daughter-in-law move back here?"

"Master, keep your voice down. Lian's daughter-in-law came back yesterday and told me one thing. This matter is very important. I can't make up my mind. Tell the master, and I ask the master to make a decision." Mrs. Xing didn't care about Jia at this time. It's not scary if the pardon doesn't get angry.

"Master, Rong's daughter-in-law from Dongfu, she entrusted Lian's daughter-in-law with a dream when she was leaving." Then Mrs. Xing lay in Jia She's ear and told the whole story, "Master, what do you think about this?" Is good?"

Jia She heard the story from the beginning to the end. How could he not know the importance of ancestor worship and ethnology? After Qin Keqing died, he dreamed about these two things and what they meant. He didn't know what to say for a while. good.

"Look at what Lian's daughter-in-law said is true?" Jia Amnesty asked after getting off the bed and drinking a cup of herbal tea.

"Master, it seems true to me. Lian's daughter-in-law has become a little different since Rong's daughter-in-law left, and I remember that Lian's daughter-in-law was so scared that she lost her soul when she was with the old lady. Ping'er said at the time that it was Mei's arrival, but later she couldn't tell that there was a big happy event in the January Mansion, and Lian's daughter-in-law is young, so she would never lie about such things." Mrs. Xing's heart tightened more and more.

Jia She didn't feel sleepy at the moment, so he asked someone to light a lamp, and sat outside in thought for a few hours until dawn. At this time, he could see the aura of Jia She, a first-rank general, in charge of his family.