Crimson Pearl Tears in a Dream of Red Mansions

Besides, after Mother Jia waved away the crowd, she thought about it alone in the room. After Lin Ruhai and Jia Min got married, she had always had a deep prejudice against Mother Jia and even the entire Rongguo Mansion. The daughter-in-law Mrs. Wang conspired to make up for the shortfall of the Jia family by using the 30 taels of dowry that Lin Ruhai sent to the Rongguo Mansion.

At that time, Jia Min, the most talented woman in the capital, was selected into the palace as a female history, and later became a third-rank female official next to the Empress Dowager Xiaozhuang. Lin Ruhai, the two fell in love with each other at first sight. At that time, the Empress Dowager Xiaozhuang wanted to win over talents for Kangxi, and also intended to perfect Lin Ruhai and Jia Min, because she also remembered that Lin Ruhai was from the Zhenghuang Banner of Manchuria, and although Jia Min was a third-rank female official, After all, she was only a manchu girl, and she was afraid that it would be difficult to match Lin Ruhai's family background, so she ordered the Empress Dowager Xiaohuizhang to recognize Jia Min as her righteous daughter, grant her the title of "Princess Qingxin" and marry Lin Ruhai as his wife.

Originally, Jia Min was conferred the title of princess and was married from the palace. All the dowry and other things were prepared by the Empress Dowager Xiaohuizhang herself. There was no need for the Rongguo Mansion to worry about it, and the Lin family no longer needed to hire someone from the Rongguo Mansion. However, Lin Ruhai thought that Jia Min was the daughter of Rongguo Mansion, so he went to Rongguo Mansion to propose marriage to Jia Daishan, and left a dowry of 30 taels.

Jia Daishan, Jia's mother and others saw that the Lin family's actions were so generous, and Jia Min was named the princess and married from the palace, just like the royal princess. , This will also ensure that the status of the Jia Mansion will be more stable.

Unexpectedly, within a few days, the Jia family was found out by the superiors to be short of 20 taels of empty silver, and the whole family couldn't help but panic. You must know that the Rongguo Mansion is no longer what it used to be. He is sitting and eating, but where will he get the 20 taels of silver to fill the shortfall?So he thought of the dowry from the Lin family.

At that moment, Jia Amnesty and Mrs. Wang didn't discuss with Jia Daishan and Jia's mother, so they conspired together and misappropriated the dowry from the Lin family, and the remaining 10 taels were also divided into their own pockets.

However, if Jia Amnesty and Mrs. Wang did this, how could Jia Daishan and Jia's mother not know about it?It's just because there is no other way, and I can only turn a blind eye and close one eye, and let them go like this.However, before Lin Ruhai and Jia Min got married, the dowry was embezzled by people in the Rongguo Mansion. Jia Daishan thought he had to confess to the Lin family and daughter, so as not to be embarrassed when the Lin family and daughter asked about the people in the mansion.

Jia's mother didn't think so, but she agreed with Jia She and Mrs. Wang's statement on this point. It is an indisputable fact that Lin Ruhai and Jia Min are going to get married, so there is no possibility of returning the dowry. Since the dowry money will belong to Jia's family sooner or later, whether to say it or not is the same thing. Could it be that the Lin family will ask for the dowry money back after talking about it?Jia Daishan heard this, but he had no choice but to let it go and let the matter go.

At first, everyone thought that this matter was over like this. How could they have thought that when Lin Ruhai and Jia Min returned home for three dynasties, Jia Min would ask about the Lin family's betrothal money.

It turned out that the day when Jia Min got married from the palace, the Empress Dowager Xiaozhuang authorized all members of Jia's family to come to the palace to marry Jia Min. Jia's mother and others never mentioned in front of her that Lin Ruhai had been recruited by Rongguo Mansion until the first day of her wedding. When I served tea to my parents-in-law on the second day, I heard it mentioned, and I couldn't help being surprised.And Jia Min is also well aware of the dispositions of everyone in the Rongguo Mansion, so he naturally knows that this matter must be true, and he is secretly annoyed that his natal family has given him such shame, and he has never bought some dowry for him. It was sold to the Lin family.Therefore, when returning to the door in three dynasties, they asked without waiting for everyone to sit down.

Seeing his daughter's question, Jia Daishan was about to explain, but Jia She and Mrs. Wang insisted that there was no dowry, let alone 30 taels.Seeing that Jia She and Mrs. Wang were so shameless, Jia Min was furious, so he smashed the teacup on the ground and said, "Don't think that I don't know what you all have in mind! Hmph! Tell you, put away your dirty thoughts as soon as possible, or don't blame me for denying Jia Min's six relatives!"

After the commotion, everyone saw that they were getting worse and worse, so they all stepped forward to persuade them.Jia Daishan called his daughter to his study and gave Jia Min 5 taels of silver notes and some elegant and elegant hairpins, rings and jewelry, all of which were packed in a box made of rosewood, because he said to Jia Min: " Min'er, you know very well what is going on in this mansion. Now your mother, eldest brother, and second sister-in-law are becoming more and more outrageous. I am busy with government affairs, but I don't have the energy to take care of it. I have to open my eyes. Just turn a blind eye, I secretly bought these things for you when you were ten years old, thinking that I will make you a dowry in the future, even your mother doesn't know, if you know, I'm afraid these things No more, now you take it. Although you have been named princess, but after all, the Lin family is a serious bannerman nobleman, and even the royal family is courteous. Although Ruhai loves you very much, but after all, there is something more Only by being close can you gain a foothold in such a family!"

When Jia Min heard the words, she took it with tears in her eyes.In this Rongguo Mansion, except for his sister-in-law, that is, his father, he loved him a little bit, and then he heard Jia Daishan say: "Min'er, after you get out of this door, you are a member of the Lin family. Sometimes the three obediences and four virtues are also Remember clearly, although as a father, I never let you read books such as "Biography of Women" and "Four Books of Women", but you also have to remember, marry and follow your husband, and don't worry about your mother's affairs anymore !"

How smart Jia Min is, she understood the deep meaning hidden in Jia Daishan's words. Jia Daishan told her not to have any contact with this mansion anymore. If she wanted to come to Jia Daishan, she also had a premonition that Jia's house would go downhill sooner or later. Yes, so I don't want Jia Min to be involved in this.

But Mother Jia didn't know what Jia Min and Jia Daishan were talking about, otherwise she wouldn't have let Lin Ruhai and Jia Min leave the capital and go back to Suzhou so easily.

Therefore, Mother Jia thought that as long as she untied this knot and returned the 30 taels of hire money that the Rongguo Mansion embezzled back then to Lin Ruhai and Jia Min, Lin Ruhai and Jia Min would still consider it for the sake of their relatives. It is also possible that those who helped the Jia family would give Daiyu to Baoyu. After all, apart from this incident, the Jia family has nothing to do to the couple, right?

Thinking of this, Mother Jia sighed unconsciously, because she said to Yuanyang: "Yuanyang, go and get 30 taels of silver from my box." So, according to Jia Mu's words, he took out 30 taels of silver notes from Jia Mu's usual body and handed them to Jia Mu.

Mother Jia took the bank note, seemingly reluctant to part with it, and secretly said in her heart: "I hope this can save some money, otherwise, the Jia family may really be defeated..." It turns out that Mother Jia knew it in her heart, and Baoyu With such a state, I am afraid that it will be difficult to have any great prospects in the future if he conquers the Duke of Rongguo, let alone whether Jia She will give the Duke of Rongguo to Baoyu, I am afraid that Jia She is more satisfied with it. His son Jia Lian.That's why she wholeheartedly wanted to marry the two jades, so as to ensure that Baoyu's official fortune would be prosperous, and the Jia family, a century-old family, would not end up in the sun overnight.

On the second day, Mother Jia took Mrs. Wang and Sister Feng to Lin's mansion to congratulate her.Since Baochai came to the mansion, Sister Feng saw that Mrs. Wang was becoming more and more guarded against her, and she didn't say many things in front of her face, so she gradually understood that Baoyu and Baochai might get married sooner or later. For married couples, Mrs. Wang will definitely hand over the housekeeping to her daughter-in-law, that is, Baochai. Now she is just making wedding clothes for others.

Thinking of this, Sister Feng didn't want to go to the Lin Mansion with Jiamu and Mrs. Wang, not to mention that she was on good terms with Daiyu. Jiamu and Mrs. Wang must be planning something when they go here. He would use himself as a gunman to clean himself up, so he said to Jiamu: "Old lady, it's not that I don't want to go, it's just that the second wife has already gone with you. If I go again, if there is something wrong with this mansion Son, who can I ask to deal with it? Besides, Uncle Lin and Aunt Lin are both elders, and I am a child, so it is difficult to say anything in front of them. Why don't you go with the second wife, my ancestor, and then It would be good for my aunt and second wife to talk about the old relationship between my aunt and sister-in-law."

Mother Jia and Mrs. Wang were taken aback when they heard the words. It turned out that Mrs. Wang had always told outsiders that she had a good relationship with Jia Min because she wanted to promote her reputation for tolerance and generosity. That's why I neglected to move around.And Jia's mother was also afraid that if someone asked about the reason for the bad relationship between Mrs. Wang and Jia Min, they would find out the old account of the Jia family's engulfing the Lin family's betrothal money, so she went with Mrs. Wang.Therefore, the young daughter-in-laws of Sister Feng's generation and Yingchun sisters, etc., do not know that the relationship between Mrs. Wang and Jia Min is actually not good, and can even be described as bad.Because of this, when Jia Mu and Mrs. Wang heard this, they immediately became a little embarrassed and their faces were embarrassing.

Sister Feng mistakenly thought that Jia Mu and Mrs. Wang were unhappy, so she said: "And today I am not feeling well. My ancestor and the second wife love me the most, so let me hide."

When Jia Mu and Mrs. Wang saw that Sister Feng had talked to this point, they couldn't force them, so they said, "In this case, you can rest for a while. If there is nothing important in the house, just let Ping'er lead the housekeepers to go." That's all for cooking." After hearing this, Sister Feng said, "I can save it."

So, Jia Mu and Mrs. Wang had to go to Lin's mansion with their maids.

When they arrived at the Lin Mansion, Mother Jia and Mrs. Wang saw that the old house of the Lin family had doubled in size compared to before, and it was obviously refurbished. Even the gate was more solemn and majestic than before. The stone lion didn't know where it went, but there was a pair of stone pillars about two feet high, and the water dragon totem was engraved on the stone pillars.

When Jia Mu and Mrs. Wang met, they couldn't help being surprised, this was obviously no worse than the star gate in front of the main entrance of the Taiwo Palace. Although the Lin family is said to be the nobles of the Yellow Banner of Manchuria, how dare they go so far.Surprised but surprised, Mother Jia still let Yuanyang come forward to deliver the invitation.The concierge took a look at Jia Mu and Mrs. Wang, and then went in to report.

Not long after, I saw the concierge come out and said, "Please enter Mrs. Jia and Wang Yiren through the west corner gate." After finishing speaking, he went in by himself, and his wife came out to lead the sedan chairs of Mrs. Jia and Mrs. Wang to the west. corner door.

Mrs. Wang saw that she wanted to go in through the west corner gate, so she quit immediately, because she said: "I am the mother of Prince Fujin, your master's sister-in-law, why don't you want me to go in through this west corner gate, and if it spreads out, I won't be afraid that others will laugh at your Lin family." People don't even know the minimum etiquette!" Seeing this, Mother Jia frowned slightly, very displeased.

Hearing this, the leading woman couldn't help but sneered and said, "The crown prince Fujin is a noble man of the Guerjia family, one of the eight surnames in Manchuria, but where did you get such a wrapped mother? Let you enter through the west corner gate." It has already flattered you, otherwise, with the status of dressed slaves like you, you are only worthy of entering through the back door."

Then, he said impatiently: "Anyway, you can go in or not, and we won't ask you to go in!" After saying that, he stood aside and ignored Jiamu and Mrs. Wang.

When Mrs. Wang heard this, she immediately felt her chest overflowing, and she almost fainted from her breath. Fortunately, Yu Chuan'er next to her supported her.Mother Jia thought for a while, then sighed: "Forget it, what the nanny said is also reasonable, let's just go in through the west corner gate." After seeing Jia Min after a while, she said that she must give that woman a good meal. Such a slave who has no master should just be kicked out.

It's just that Jia's mother and Mrs. Wang didn't know that the concierge and the mother-in-law were all instructed by Jia Min, and besides that, Jia Min prepared many means, waiting to "entertain" them, in order to repay the original The grievances Daiyu suffered when she entered the Rongguo Mansion.