At that time, because the sage was dissatisfied with the Queen's actions, he handed over the phoenix seal of the harem to Concubine Zhou, and at the same time promoted Jia Yuanchun as Shangshu of Fengzao Palace.The Rongguo Mansion was overjoyed when they heard about this, and Mrs. Jia took out 1 taels of silver from her private treasury, and asked Mrs. Wang to allocate 1 taels from the public account, and together they gave Jia Yuanchun to spend money in the palace. .

The most important thing for Mrs. Wang in daily life is to eat fast and recite the Buddha's name. All the donations were given to Wang Xifeng, the nephew and daughter-in-law. Naturally, the 1 taels of silver was also handed over to Wang Xifeng.Wang Xifeng was frowning for a while, the family, the master, the maids, and the servants had to rely on her to run the management of hundreds of people to support the past. Now it is not easy to conjure up 1 taels of silver out of thin air.She has always been smart, so she quickly made her mind on the big boxes that the Zhen family sent to hide in the mansion.

It is expected that the Zhen family will not be able to recover for a while, and there are so many things in the cage, so few treasures will not be noticed for a while. Without anyone noticing, something went wrong, and it was bad luck for the Zhen family not to come to the Rongguo Mansion.

Wang Xifeng made up her mind and discussed this matter with Mrs. Wang. I don't know how she and Mrs. Wang discussed it. Mrs. Wang just asked her to finish the matter quietly.

The two of them got together the [-] taels of silver smoothly and sent them to the palace. The whole family didn't know the origin of the money.

I thought it was over like this, but I didn't want Wang Xifeng to hear her mother-in-law report that a famous card was handed over by Zhen Baoyu to the door, and it happened to be picked up by Jia Zheng. Impatiently, she went straight to her aunt to discuss it.

"Ma'am, something serious has happened!" Wang Xifeng looked anxious, seeing that there was a maid in the room, she finally stabilized her figure and relaxed her cheeks.

Mrs. Wang raised her eyes and glanced at her, and said calmly: "Look at you, you are in a hurry, the more urgent you are, the slower you are." She waved her hand to let the maids go out.

Jin Chuan'er smiled at Wang Xifeng, moved her an embroidered pier for her to sit on, and then lifted the curtain and went out.

Seeing that there was no one else, Wang Xifeng hurriedly approached Mrs. Wang, and whispered to her ear: "Madam, the Zhen family has come to the door, and the second master is meeting him. Do you think..."

Mrs. Wang moved the Buddhist beads in her hand unhurriedly, and said casually: "What's the rush? Wait until he sees the master. What's the use of a half-grown child? You can't ask our house."

Wang Xifeng saw that her aunt was stable and she was not irritable anymore, she said with a smile: "My wife still has foresight, but I have a quick-tempered temper. If something big happens, my wife will be behind me to watch over me!"

She leaned against Mrs. Wang and said affectionately: "I asked Ping'er in the room to make a pair of shoes for my wife, and I will bring them over in a few days, just in time for the season to change."

"Why bother, it's enough for servants to do this kind of work. I don't go out often, so why should I dress up like a little girl?" Mrs. Wang stroked her shiny black hair and laughed.

"I don't like to hear my aunt's words. You are worse than that little girl. You can't even wear a pair of shoes. People like us are afraid of having too many shoes!" Wang Xifeng joked while pulling an embroidered handkerchief.

Mrs. Wang gave her a light gouged look: "I can't beat you for your joking nature."

The two chatted for a while, then Ping'er came to find her, and the daughters-in-law of the mansion came to ask questions from time to time, Wang Xifeng couldn't rest, and was afraid of disturbing Mrs. Wang's cleanliness, so she just sat for a while and then left.

Mrs. Wang just said: "You are a very busy person, go and do it yourself. I haven't done today's morning class."

Wang Xifeng complied, and Heping'er stepped on the hot wheel, and it seemed that a gust of wind blew out of Mrs. Wang's yard again.

At the moment in the front yard, Jia Zheng and Qing Ke were chatting about an inscription from the former dynasty. Hearing Lai Dalai report that a young son from the Zhen family had come to the door, he was puzzled for a while, and still invited someone to come in to meet him.

Zhen Baoyu had been waiting for an hour in the tea room at the door, and it was he who stuffed money there again before the door informed him.Mr. and Mrs. Lai were in charge of the front yard and the backyard, and they had heard a little bit about the Zhen family's affairs. Lai Da kept his face calm and took Zhen Baoyu to see Jia Zheng.

Although Zhen Baoyu was white, when he met Jia Zheng, his attitude was neither humble nor overbearing, he was handsome and upright, bowed to Jia Zheng with a respectful expression.

Jia Zheng stepped forward to help him to look at him carefully. In the past, people said that Baoyu from Zhen's family was born in the same year as Nie Zhan from his own family. Compared to him.

He said with a smile: "I've been hearing people talking about you, but I never saw you. Now it seems that you are a formidable young generation." This Zhen Baoyu came to the capital from Yangzhou all the way. Happy.

Zhen Baoyu smiled at the end of the ceremony, as bright as a spring flower, so that the wall was full of brilliance, and Jia Zheng sighed deeply.

"Uncle Shi praised it absurdly. Now that the boy has no fame, he came to visit abruptly. I hope that Uncle Shi will not blame me." Zhen Baoyu said.

After the two sat down, the servants served tea, Jia Zheng frowned and asked, "How is your father doing now, is there any news of his recovery?"

"Thank you Uncle Shi for your concern," Zhen Baoyu shook his head and said softly, "my father's life in Lingnan was a bit difficult, but his spirit is still good, and the recovery is still unknown. The boy's grandmother, mother, and sisters in the family are also all fine. , Life is not as good as before, but you can also be patient."

Jia Zheng took a sip of tea hesitantly, and then asked, "Does my nephew have plans to go to Beijing? If there is anyone in the family who can help, you might as well just tell me."

Zhen Baoyu took out an envelope from his sleeve, handed it to Jia Zheng, and said with a smile, "I was entrusted by Master Lin Ruhai to come to the house to pay a visit."

When Jia Zheng heard his sister-in-law's name, he was also surprised. He took the letter, opened it to read it on the spot, and sighed for a long time.When he heard the news of Lin Ruhai's continuation, he didn't get furious like Jia's mother. Instead, he sighed: "Sister-in-law is having a hard time living alone, and he should really be reuniting sooner. My mother must be happy for him when she finds out."

He looked at Zhen Baoyu and laughed again: "It turns out that sister-in-law Lin is married to your family. Will our two families get closer in the future?"

With a smile on the corner of Zhen Baoyu's mouth, he said lightly: "The new wife is my distant cousin. Because Master Lin loves me, he asked me to call her cousin husband. But I can't be so rude, lest others say that I am clinging to the powerful." , making it difficult for Master Lin."

"Nephew, why worry so much. Sister-in-law Lin has always loved talents, and she must be happy to see you, otherwise she would not have entrusted you to come to Beijing to pick up Daiyu." Jia Zheng lost his smile after finishing speaking, and said with some concern, "Mother I have always loved Daiyu very much, I am afraid that I will not let her go for a while, and this matter will be difficult."

Jia Zheng shook his head secretly.

Seeing Jia Zheng's embarrassment, Zhen Baoyu didn't care.Before leaving, Lin Ruhai discussed with Zhen Baoyu all night, and Zhen Baoyu had already made up his mind. The person in charge of Jia's mansion was Mrs. Jia, and everything had to be met with her before he could make a decision.

Zhen Baoyu was about to propose to Jia Zheng to visit Mrs. Jia and meet Lin Daiyu by the way, when Lai Dajin whispered a few words in Jia Zheng's ear.

Jia Zheng hesitated a little, looked at Zhen Baoyu who was looking at him with clear eyes, and said, "My mother heard you coming and asked you to come in and meet me. You don't have to worry, my mother always likes children and won't make things difficult for you. .”

Zhen Baoyu was comforted by him, and quickly stood up to thank her, but she thought in her heart that it was really a coincidence that someone handed her a pillow just after dozing off.

Since someone came to take Zhen Baoyu to the backyard, Jia Zheng waited for him to leave before taking the letter from Lin Ruhai back to his study, thinking in his heart, he had to tell his elder brother Jia Amnesty about this matter, and everyone had to discuss Lin Daiyu's fate. make a decision.At this moment, he still doesn't know that the female relatives of the family have taken over several large boxes from the Zhen family without telling him, not only secretly hiding the criminal money that should have been confiscated into the treasury, but also embezzling tens of thousands of taels of silver.

Zhen Baoyu was led all the way into the backyard wearing flowers and brushing willows. From time to time, slave maids passed by him. They were all neatly dressed and solemn. The sound of Pei Dingdong was endless, seeing this scene in his eyes, he sighed even more in his heart.The former Zhen's family was like this Jia's mansion, with flourishing flowers and blazing fire, but when the building fell, all the prosperity disappeared like a cloud of smoke.

After entering the inner courtyard, another woman came to lead him. After passing through several flower gates, handcuffs and corridors, he finally came to a large courtyard.Before people entered, they could hear cheerful chatter and laughter inside, the voice was soft and crisp.

After a while, a female voice scolded: "You still dare to play around, the guests are already at the door."

Everyone was silent for a moment, and they all looked up at the gate of the courtyard, only to see a young man in royal blue plain clothes walking in briskly, led by his mother-in-law.

All the servant girls held their voices and held their breath, wondering inwardly: This figure looks so familiar, it makes people feel kind when they see it, and they seem to be like a little master in the family.

Yuanyang was also shocked, but quickly restrained his expression, and sighed in his heart: It should be said that Brother Bao is somewhat similar to this brother of the Zhen family. The son was set off like a Xibei product.

After thinking about it in her heart, she still smiled at Zhen Baoyu calmly: "Young Master Zhen, please come into the house with your slaves to visit the old lady."

Zhen Baoyu raised his hand in thanks and said, "Please trouble me, sister."

Yuanyang quietly sized him up, and thought to herself, even the attitudes of the pair of maids are very similar.

When Zhen Baoyu entered the room, he bowed to the old lady on the soft couch, and when he raised his head, the old lady Jia was also startled, she raised her hand to let him get closer, touched his hand and exclaimed: "Why are you so similar? , Weird! Weird!"

Zhen Baoyu laughed softly: "Since I entered the door, my sisters have been staring at me, and now the old lady has said the same thing, which really makes the boy curious. I think this face is extraordinary, but there is nothing amazing about it. , can the old lady clear up the boy's confusion."

Jia Mu laughed loudly and said, "Look at what you said, he really likes boasting just like my grandson Baoyu." She raised her hand and lovingly touched his head and said, "It's not a skill for me to boast about my good looks. You have to let others praise you."

Jia Mu stared at him and kept looking left and right, tsk-tsk, and suddenly heard someone barge in through the curtain and shouted: "I heard that the old ancestor has a guest here. Said that I was compared to him, but I want to see with my own eyes what he looks like!"

It was Jia Baoyu who came. At this moment, Zhen and Jia Baoyu were facing each other, and they looked at each other with shocked expressions.

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