Brother Jia Sheshu of the Red Chamber

Hearing the news of Jia Yuan's illness, Mo Gu didn't care about the saying that the emperor was not good at visiting his seriously ill courtiers, and hurried to the Rongguo mansion in low clothes.

In the Rongguo Mansion, not only Jia She and Jia Zheng and his wife, but even Jia Daishan, who was training in the suburbs of Beijing, rushed back. When he saw the whole family of Jia's mansion gathered together, Mo Gu felt a little uneasy. Furious Jia Yuan, Mo Gu knew that Jia Yuan's time was approaching, he said in a subdued voice, "Grandfather..."

"Brother Gu is here." Mrs. Jia wiped her tears and said in a low voice, "We were thinking about what to tell you, but we never expected you to come."

Jia Lishi also wiped away tears from the side, pushed Mo Gu and said: "You go in now, the old man just wants to have a good talk with you."

"Grandfather..." Sitting in front of Jia Yuan, Mo Gu carefully infused a burst of spiritual energy, but Jia Yuan's tendons were exhausted, and even if he lost the spiritual energy, he couldn't relieve it. Mo Gu whispered: "Why didn't you tell me earlier?" I?"

If it wasn't for the fact that he was suspicious of Mrs. Wang this time and asked the imperial physician to ask for peace pulses from all of Jia's family, I don't know how long Jia Yuan will kill him.

Jia Yuan shook his head and smiled helplessly, "I'm old after all, and I can't handle a little thing."

It can be said that his illness was caused by Jia Zheng's anger. If he called the imperial physician, the matter of Jia Zheng's anger at his grandfather would be overwhelmed. Although he did not like Jia Zheng, Jia Zheng was his own grandson after all. I really don't want to ruin Jia Zheng's reputation.

It's just that although he tried his best to hold on, as soon as the Wang family came in, he became ill and couldn't hold on to his illness. This time... I'm afraid he really won't be able to pass this test.

With Jia Yuan's attitude, Mo Gu knew something was going on at a glance, and when he was about to inquire clearly, he saw the old lady Jia shaking her head at him, wiping away her tears. I have something on my mind, so I just press it and don't mention it.

Jia Yuan sighed. He fought on the battlefield all his life, but he had several regrets, the biggest of which was naturally Jia Zheng.

Although he hated Jia Zheng somewhat, Jia Yuan was even more annoyed that he had neglected this child so much back then. Knowing Jia Shi's character, he should have educated Jia Zheng early, instead of letting historians The black-hearted nanny brought her here, if she had been educated earlier, she might have been able to return to one or two, but now...it's too late to say anything.

Thinking about Jia Zheng's future, Jia Yuan was still a little worried, he held Mo Gu's hand and begged, "My brother, grandfather, I beg you for one thing."

Since Mo Gu recognized his ancestor and returned to his clan, Jia Yuan never called him by his old brother, and he dared not call himself grandfather. This was the first time Jia Yuan called himself grandfather again after many years.

Mo Gu felt a little sour, knowing that Jia Yuan was also agitated, he used the old address, and said in a low voice: "Grandfather, but it's okay to say."

"I want to beg you, reward Brother Zheng with a small official position." After Jia Yuan thought about it, he finally said what was on his mind, and finally rewarded Jia Zheng with an official position.

"This..." Mo Gu frowned slightly. Since he took office, he has gradually stopped buying and selling officials. If Jia Zheng was rewarded with any official position, wouldn't it be his own mouth?

Jia Yuan sighed and said: "Brother Zheng really can't do it. If he relies on himself, he will never be able to get a good reputation in this life. I intend to let Brother Zheng go, but... it's not easy to see him accomplish nothing. ..."

Jia Yuan struggled to get up, solemnly kowtowed to Mo Gu and said: "The old minister didn't educate his children and grandchildren well, so he had to lick his old face and beg the sage to reward Brother Zheng with an official status."

This capital is a place where the nobles live in circles. If Jia Zheng has no official status, he will be no different from ordinary wealthy households within a few years. If he is just ordinary wealthy households, that's all. small home.

He knew very well that the Jia family had offended many people in court in order to help His Majesty these years.Not to mention anything else, just say that the Jia family was the first to repay the debt, and offended all the old relatives in Beijing.

Brother She was already cautious, and with the overt and secret care of Mr. Zhang Ge and others, coupled with the care of the Holy Spirit, no one dared to take action against Brother She, but Brother Zheng clearly did not like the Holy Spirit, so maybe he would Take your anger out on Brother Zheng.

After all, it was his own descendants, and he didn't want Brother Zheng to end well.

Mo Gu sighed slightly, as the time of the original work of the Red Chamber got closer and closer, the world became closer to the original work. He thought that Jia Zheng would not marry the Wang family when the Wang family fell to this point. Marriage with a son is really ahead of the times. I thought it was impossible for Meng Zuyin to get an official if Jia Zheng said anything, but never expected...

Mo Gu sighed, after all, he owed the Rongguo Mansion after all.

Mo Gu thought for a while and then said: "Let Brother Zheng go to the Rites Department to be the head of the department. In the future... let's see Brother Zheng's performance."

According to the original book, Jia Zheng should have become the head of the Ministry of Industry, but when he came to him, he dared not throw Jia Zheng into the Ministry of Industry. The guy likes to talk to people, maybe there is still a chance for him to play.

Jia Yuan heaved a sigh of relief, and bowed solemnly to Mo Gu.Although the Ministry of Rites is a well-known retirement home, Brother Zheng may have limited achievements after entering, but he knows the situation of his grandson, so if Brother Zheng reuses him, he is afraid that he will bring trouble to his family. Such a failure But the location is great.

Mo Gu picked out some interesting stories in court and had a brief chat with Jia Yuan. Seeing that Jia Yuan was not in good spirits, he finally had to bid farewell. He knew in his heart that this might be the last time he saw his grandfather.

Three days later, Jia Yuan passed away.

Jia Yuangui was the Duke of Rong, and his funeral was extremely solemn and honorable. The four princes and eight princes gathered together to sacrifice, and he was over eighty years old, which can be regarded as a happy funeral. The granddaughters who were married far away also rushed back.

Although Jia Yuan had only one son, he had many grandchildren, and the funeral was a lively one. As filial sons and grandsons, Jia She and Jia Zheng attended the funeral every day, and Mu Jing and Wang Jingni were no exception.

Mu Jing is better, she is a member of the Jianghu, and her martial arts can be compared to the first-class masters in the Jianghu. Her physical condition is much better than ordinary people. Although she is pregnant, Mrs. Jia and Mrs. Jia are both She dared to make her work harder, fearing that the incident of the eldest concubine Xiaozhong's miscarriage would happen again, but she didn't suffer much trouble.

But Wang Jingni was in a terrible situation. She was three months pregnant, and her belly was already showing a little bit of pregnancy, but she didn't dare to reveal the pregnancy, so she could only hold the waistband and keep pressing on her belly, and her body felt a little uncomfortable. As soon as she was tired, she couldn't hold on immediately, the tired fetus was unstable, and finally had to rest in bed, and the pregnancy was exposed.

Although the imperial physician is kind and only said it was a good start, everyone is sensible. After counting the days, and thinking about how the Jia and Wang families were in a hurry to get married, they don't understand. Pretend to be sick.

However, although she pretended to be sick, the story of the daughter of the Wang family's unmarried pregnancy began to spread in Beijing, and her angry sister-in-law Wang Lishi also fell ill, and she regretted why she didn't control Wang Jingni earlier. Let her get acquainted with Jia Zheng, maybe it's okay.

After July [-]th, Mrs. Jia asked Mo Gu to come over specially, saying that she wanted to share Jia Yuan's private house, and asked the Holy Spirit to come and be a witness.

Mo Guwei hesitated for a moment, but finally went anyway.

"Your Majesty!" Mrs. Jia led the whole Jia family to welcome him.

"The old lady is not polite." Mo Gu quickly helped the old lady Jia. As a woman, the old lady naturally pays great attention to maintenance. She is obviously an old man in her 70s or [-]s, but she looks ten years younger.

In the past, every year when the Jinjiang Rouge Workshop released a new skin care product, he would send a copy to Mrs. Jia. On the one hand, it was to show his filial piety, and on the other hand, it was also because Mrs. Jia was also a member of the noble ladies circle in Jinjiang. It's a live ad.

This time I saw Mrs. Jia again, but I saw that she couldn't hide her old appearance, but in less than a month, she seemed to have aged ten years.

Mo Gu knew that Mrs. Jia and Jia Yuan had been married for many years and had a very good relationship. Jia Yuan's death had hit Mrs. Jia very hard, so she couldn't help but comforted her: "Death can never be resurrected. My condolences to the old lady."

Old lady Jia patted Mo Gu's hand and smiled, "Don't worry, Your Majesty, I'll take care of it."

To put it bluntly, Jia Yuan is a military officer. From the first day she married Jia Yuan, she was prepared to be a widow. He was pissed off by his grandson.

Thinking of this, she couldn't help giving Jia Zheng a hard look.

Jia Zheng shrank slightly in fear.

After Jia Yuan's death, Jia Zheng was the most disturbed. He knew in his heart that most of his grandfather's death was caused by his anger. His father and elder brother didn't know about it, but the old lady did. One day he said that he wanted to marry the daughter of the royal family, and from the day after his grandfather fainted from anger, his health began to deteriorate day by day.

Whenever Jia Zheng thought of this, he felt short of breath, as if he was about to ascend to heaven, and always felt that his grandfather was killed by him.And after the old lady Jia lost her husband, she was quite unforgiving towards Jia Zheng. The eyes she looked at Jia Zheng on weekdays seemed to be poisoned, which was really frightening.

Mo Gu narrowed his eyes slightly, feeling that something was wrong...

The old lady Jia snorted coldly, and forcibly suppressed her resentment towards Jia Zheng. She said flatly, "Your Majesty, please come in. I would like to invite you to be a witness."

The old lady Jia wanted to distribute Jia Yuan's private house according to Jia Yuan's will. Afterwards, I realized how "poor" the second son of the Jia family was!

He didn't know until he entered the door, but after entering the door, he realized that Jia Zheng, the second son of the Rongguo Mansion, was just a superficial person who lived on a little money.

The Jia family pays attention to raising sons poorly. Even the second son of the Rongguo Mansion, the monthly money is only two taels of silver. Not to mention, even Lin Hai is inferior, Lin Hai at least has the subsidies from his parents and elder brother, but Jia Zheng...really has nothing.

The so-called marrying a man, marrying a man, eating and dressing, but it was all reversed when she came to her side. Not only did she not take any money from her husband, but even the monthly chart in her hand hadn't been warmed up, so her husband used all kinds of explanations. If she hadn't been clever enough to hide the private money in her dowry well, Jia Zheng might have taken it too.

Among this high-ranking family, it is obvious that you are a descendant, but it turned out to be like this!It is also extremely rare.

Thinking of this, Wang Jingni couldn't help but glared at Jia Lishi and the little Jia Min she held in her hand. In her mind, Jia Zheng would be confused like this, maybe it had nothing to do with the suppression of his stepmother. After much deliberation, it was natural It was Jia Li's fault.

Regardless of the psychological activities of Jia Zheng and his wife, Jia Yuan had already allocated his private house many years ago, bypassing Jia Daishan and distributing it to his grandson and great-grandson.

Jia Amnesty got [-]%, Jia Zheng got [-]%, Jia Hu got another [-]%, Jia Min also got [-]%, and the remaining [-]% was divided equally between the three concubine granddaughters, and the other wives got their own. Several sets of face jewelry range from rare cloths.

This was a surprise to Jia Daishan's three concubine daughters, but not to Jia Zheng. He originally thought that even if he didn't have [-]%, he should have [-]%. become! ?

Jia Zheng couldn't help but murmured, "Didn't you say that everyone should share equally?"

This law stipulates that all sons should be divided equally, and the Holy Majesty has also judged several cases of family property division according to this law.

Thinking of this, Jia Zheng looked at Jia She triumphantly, the Holy Majesty was in the hall, so he couldn't say no in front of the Holy Majesty.

Unexpectedly, it was not Jia Amnesty who answered him, but Mo Gu.

Mo Gu said bluntly: "This is Mr. Jia's private house. Mr. Jia has the right to distribute it."

The so-called equal distribution among the sons refers to the ancestral property passed down from the ancestors. As for Jia Yuan's own private property, it is naturally distributed according to Jia Yuan's mind.

Mo Gu opened his mouth, even if Jia Zheng was dissatisfied, he would not dare to say anything. Although Wang Jingni was a little unwilling, she did not dare to say anything as a daughter-in-law. She just regretted secretly again, how could she marry such a husband? .

This Rongguo Mansion did not enjoy the glory and wealth, but suffered a crime with him for nothing.

Wang Jingni was dissatisfied in her heart, and she couldn't help showing something on her face. Mrs. Jia is not good at scolding her grandson, but she will not be polite to her grandson's wife, let alone Jia Yuan's death is related to the daughter of the Wang family. Seeing Wang Jingni's expression, Jia The old lady became more and more angry, and immediately scolded:

"The old man has worked hard all his life to earn money, and he can give it to whoever he likes. Besides, is our Rongguo Mansion short of you to eat? Or is it short of your drink? Are your eyes getting into the money? If you don't want to come here Let's eat and drink in the Rongguo Mansion, so we can go back to your royal family."

The implication is that Jia Zheng was intentionally divorced from his wife.

Wang Jingni's face changed immediately, she quickly knelt down and said, "Daughter-in-law dare not."

She was really afraid of Mrs. Jia, and she didn't know why, but Mrs. Jia was very dissatisfied with her. She looked at her with cold eyes like poison, and she didn't care about the flesh and blood in her belly, tossing her desperately , if she hadn't been so tormented to see the red, I am afraid that Mrs. Jia would not stop.

Looking at the old lady Jia's expression, Wang Jingni still dared to have any objections. Jia Yuan's private house was divided smoothly, but after returning to Lixue Hall, Wang Jingni couldn't help complaining to Jia Zheng.

"Are you still worthy of being the second son of the Rongguo Mansion?" Wang Jingni couldn't help laughing and said, "Even Brother Hu and Miss Min have [-]%, and the maids from concubines also have [-]%, you only get [-]%, old Duke Is it to send a beggar?"

Thinking about Jia Zheng's treatment in the Rongguo Mansion, Wang Jingni became more and more suspicious, "I said you must not be a concubine, raised as a concubine, right?"

The more she thought about it, the more she felt that this was the case, and she complained: "I am the daughter of the Wang family's concubine, and your Jia family used the concubine as the concubine's daughter, this is a fraudulent marriage!"

Even in this world, it is not that there is no such thing as a concubine being married to a concubine, but this has to be made clear before marriage, and it is not explained until after entering the door.

"What nonsense!" Jia Zheng was originally upset, and couldn't help being angry when he heard this, "How could it be possible that I am not a descendant? Besides, when I was born, Jia Amnesty was already born, so why pretend to be a descendant?" Besides, when I was born, my mother was already sick and unconscious, how could I do this?"

Generally speaking, only a woman who can't bear a son will adopt a concubine's son as a direct descendant, but before him, his mother had already given birth to Jia She, and there was no need to adopt someone else's son when she had a son.

Furthermore, he also heard a little bit about his mother's life. His mother suffered a serious illness when she was pregnant, and the personnel did not know. Even he was kept by accident. How could he be pretended to be a heir! ?

Wang Jingni thought about it for the same reason, but she still couldn't help but murmur: "You don't look like big brother at all."

This is true, Jia She knew at a glance that it was his father-in-law's flesh and blood, and he was somewhat similar to the old lady Jia, but Jia Zheng really didn't know who he looked like, he didn't look like Jia She at all.

Speaking of this, Jia Zheng was somewhat suspicious, but he still said firmly: "I look like my mother, but my elder brother looks like my father."

Wang Jingni looked at the narrow Lixue Hall, and said suspiciously: "Leaving aside the question of appearance, you are a dignified second son of Rongguo Mansion, why is the place where you live is not as good as that of a guest from the Lin family?"

The Lixue Hall where Jia Zheng lives is not only inferior to the Mingdao Hall where Jia She lives, it is even smaller than the Ruoshu Hall where Lin Hai lives.And far away from the main axis of Rongguo Mansion, it really doesn't look like a residence for a descendant.

In all honesty, Lixue Hall is located in the front yard of Rongguo Mansion, and it is also a two-entry courtyard with a width of three rooms. It is more than enough for Jia Zheng to live alone, but after adding Wang Jingni and the people brought by Wang Jingni, it seems a bit cramped. up.

Ordinarily, when Jia Zheng got married, he should prepare another new residence, but Jia Yuan originally planned to separate Jia Zheng after Jia Zheng got married, and Jia Zheng was in a hurry to get married at that time, so he had to reorganize Lixue Hall in a hurry. Fill the wedding place.Coupled with the fact that Lixue Hall deviates from the central axis of Rongguo Mansion, it makes Lixue Hall deserted and desolate, and it does not seem like the residence that the second son of Rongguo Mansion should have.

"What do you know!" Jia Zheng couldn't hold back his face, and scolded: "We are going to separate soon, why live in a nice courtyard!"

Even if Jia Yuan didn't like this grandson, but he didn't want to be harsh on him. At that time, Jia Lishi also explained to him in detail why he was allowed to continue living in Lixue Hall. Apart from the rush of time, there was no time to prepare another new house. In addition, there is another reason why Jia Yuan intends to separate Jia Zheng.

When she heard that the Jia family's separation was imminent, Wang Jingni couldn't help being surprised, "Separation? When did it happen? How come I don't know at all?"

"This matter was decided before you entered the door." Jia Zheng was also a little depressed when he talked about this matter. He had just got married, and his grandfather had already decided to divide the family. He didn't get much property at all, and his grandfather only gave With [-]% of his inheritance, it is not enough to live on.

Thinking about the future, Jia Zheng was at a loss, and he hated Wang Jingni and her flesh and blood.

Wang Jingni said angrily: "Why are you talking about such a big thing now!"

If she knew... If she knew that Jia Zheng would be kicked out of Rongguo Mansion as soon as she got married, she would never marry Jia Zheng.

"What does the division of the family in my Jia's mansion have to do with you as a woman?" Jia Zheng was furious, and walked away with his sleeves: "You should stay in the room and reflect on yourself."

After finishing speaking, Jia Zheng left without looking back. He was upset when he saw Wang Jingni. Instead of staring at Wang Jingni, he might as well go to the study. She was pregnant and couldn't serve her husband as a beautiful girl. Jia Zheng only felt that his whole body was hot, and he didn't want to face Wang Jingni, a yellow-faced woman.

Originally, Wang Jingni was considered a beauty, otherwise he would not have married Wang Jingni regardless, but as Wang Jingni's pregnancy became more and more obvious, her appearance became uglier, although others said it was because she was pregnant with a son , but when he saw Wang Jingni's face, he was disgusted, and he didn't want to stay in the room for a long time.

Seeing Jia Zheng's attitude, Wang Jingni was so angry that her stomach ached, and she beat the bed in anger. She was so stupid back then, and she was deceived by this kind of man.

The Lixue Hall is narrow and small, but the second courtyard. When Jia Zheng and his wife quarreled in the house, their voices were not deliberately lowered. Everyone outside the hall had heard it clearly. Mammy---Mammy He couldn't help asking.

"Girl, what should I do?" Mother He said anxiously, "If you leave Rongguo Mansion, what will you do in the days to come?"

She also saw that the second son-in-law was unreliable, the eldest young master was adopted out back then, and he didn't want to take care of the girl, the second young master was far away in the northeast, and the eldest girl was far away in Jinling, no one could stand up for the girl.

"What can I do?" Wang Jingni was also very aggrieved. Even if Jia Zheng didn't say it clearly, she looked at the current situation and could guess that after the separation, Jia Zheng might not get much property, so she thought of using the dowry With such a good-for-nothing, Wang Jingni couldn't bear to strangle herself who was coaxed into losing her body by Jia Zheng back then.

"Girl! You have to find a way to stay in Jia's house." Madam He persuaded: "In Jia's house, at least there are masters and wives. No matter how much my uncle dares to mess around, if we leave Jia's house, we can only I'm afraid that if no one restrains me, my uncle will become more unscrupulous."

Not to mention anything else, it's still the old man's filial piety period, my uncle dared to hug the house maid, if there is no one to restrain him, I don't know what scandal will happen.

"Why stay!?" Wang Jingni was also a little depressed, "I'm the granddaughter-in-law to talk about this kind of thing."

She also wanted to stay in the Rongguo Mansion, but she had a reason to speak of such a thing as a granddaughter-in-law. Besides, thinking of the way Mrs. Jia looked at her, Wang Jingni felt chills in her heart, but she didn't know whether she should stay. It's better to stay in Rongguo Mansion, but it's better to leave obediently.

Nanny He also had a headache. She took a last look at the girl's stomach and comforted her: "Fortunately, the girl is pregnant now. It is not suitable to move out during this pregnancy. No matter what, I will not let my uncle move out at this time."

"At most, it's just a few more days." Wang Jingni understood in her heart that no matter what, it would at most delay the three years of mourning. After observing the mourning, they still had to leave after all.

Nanny He also understood this reason, sighed, and persuaded after a long time: "Why don't you try asking your wife?"

"Madam?" Wang Jingni frowned slightly, "She's just a stepmother, what use can she be?"

It wasn't that she said that if Jia Zheng and she were the most non-existent in the mansion, then the wife would definitely be the second to last. The old lady would rather let the elder brother be the housekeeper than the wife. What's the use, it's just a joke.

Furthermore, as a daughter of the royal family, she is unwilling to please a foreign woman like his wife.

"Why not." Mother He lectured: "Although the master in this mansion doesn't care about things, he is respected in the mansion. As long as he speaks, who in this mansion dare not listen to him? Even the old lady has to listen The last time I heard it, I saw that the master's expression towards his wife is obviously very rare."

Wang Jingni's eyes sank slightly, thinking carefully.

Nanny He hurriedly added further anger, and said: "You see, although the master is often not at home, every time he returns home, he will definitely stay in the main courtyard. It shows that he respects his wife?"

It's no wonder that this old couple and young wife love their wives more, and the wife has such a good birth, so I can't blame the master for being rare.

Wang Jingni sighed, "Forget it!"

Although she was unwilling to please a woman of a foreign race, in order to stay in the Rongguo Mansion, she had to be patient and submissive.

Wang Jingni was full of displeasure, and couldn't help thinking: "Is it possible that the only way to please the wife is left?"

Mother He sighed: "My uncle is only the second son after all, this Rongguo Mansion belongs to the uncle after all."

After all, the uncle is the one who inherits the title. Unless the uncle is gone, it is possible to be like the Ningguo Mansion next door. Because the eldest son died young, the second son succeeded, and he had to die early, otherwise the uncle also has a son. It may not be possible to let the grandson inherit the Rongguo Mansion.

The speaker had no intention, but the listener did. Wang Jingni rubbed her belly, if Grandpa and Brother Hu weren't here...