[Red Mansions] The big maid struggles daily

Jia Gui's visiting relatives is really simple, he has never visited Baoling Palace to worship gods and Buddhas, and there is no Cheng Yi who accepts banquets in Daming Palace.It's just that the empress issued an edict, Jia Guiren kowtowed to the middle palace, and started to pick up the instrument.

In today’s harem, the middle palace is stable, and the two noble concubines, the second concubine and the third concubine are considered high-ranking concubines. They are the concubines of your majesty. They have court clothes, court crowns, and canonized treasures. They can follow the middle palace. Greetings to the Empress Dowager.The nobles below concubines, regulars, promises, etc. are all low-rankings with no fixed number. When canonization, there are no ceremonies and treasures, and they are only considered as common houses.

It's just that this status is dead, but the eyes of the people in the palace and the Ministry of Internal Affairs are alive. If you are favored, even if it is a promise, the cost of food and clothing will not be bad.Just like the nobleman Zhou earlier, now he has been successfully promoted to concubine Zhou. When nobleman Zhou was visiting relatives, the Zhou family was building a lot, and the House of Internal Affairs was also laid out in a very dignified manner according to the regulations.

But because of his loyalty and hard work, Baoqin was granted the nobleman's turn. He had no family background and no favor, and even though the master and empress had rewarded him with grace, Baoqin was not from the middle palace, so the Ministry of Internal Affairs naturally fooled him.It wasn't until the day of visiting relatives that Jia's family was ordered to clean the streets near the mansion to drive out idlers, and even the curtain only blocked the front gate of Rong Mansion.

Jia Guiren's ceremonial guards only have a crank-handled red Luo embroidered treasure-faced flower umbrella and two green Luo-embroidered treasure-faced flowers.There are two eunuchs in green robes quoted earlier, and three maids in the back.There is no guard of honor under the position of concubine, but because of visiting relatives, there is this honor guard of the same county head.

Lady Jia was sitting in the car, this family visit was less than one-twelfth of what Xiande Concubine did back then, but she herself didn't feel shabby, she was only happy.Fortunately, she didn't follow the virtuous concubine to the death road, and she used all kinds of methods to save the dragon fetus of the imperial concubine, and made great achievements. Not only was she no longer a lowly maid who was humiliated by the imperial concubine's drug testing, but also turned into a master.Even if he is treated with contempt, the feeling of being a master is much more beautiful than being a slave who is humiliated.

Seeing that there were only a few of Jia's offshoots at Ningrong West Street, and outside the gate, only Li Wan and his unsatisfied offshoots were greeting her, Jia Gui didn't smile.

Jia Guiren's parents and brothers have been exiled and become good citizens. Jia Guiren needs to enter Jia's family to visit relatives, but there is no such thing as them.Mrs. Jia had entrusted the eunuchs who had been handed over to house them far away in a small house, only to live in peace and not to be slaves.Therefore, her family has long been advised not to join in this false fun.

Jia Mu claimed to be old and Mrs. Wang was ill. This is the real grandmother and mother of the imperial concubine empress. If she refuses to come, there is nothing to blame.Mrs. Jia was very interested, not only listened to a few dramas, but also visited the Grand View Garden. The garden is lonely, the flowers and trees are either withered or messy, and there are several pavilions that have been vacant for a long time. Only the bamboo carries the wind.Jia Guiren laughed and said, "It's a beautiful scene, just in time."

The attendants were all puzzled, Li Wan thought to himself: "This week, the nobleman sees the old lady and her family being so negligent, but he is not annoyed and happy. Why is it that he is really just like the noble concubine and empress?"Li Wan judged others by himself, knowing that no matter how well he treated his uncle in the past, he always felt malicious and resentful in his heart, even wives and concubines were like this, let alone concubines and maids who were creditors.

The rumors of Jia Guiren's visiting relatives were a little bit less. Among them, the one who was most affected was Shi Xiangyun, who was out of reach.

Shi Xiangyun hid on Sister Feng's Zhuangzi for a few days before being sent back by Sister Feng's Ping'er herself.Li Wan greeted him at the second gate, but Ping'er didn't just hand over the person and leave, but followed suit and sent him to the upper room.

"Old lady, you ask Miss Yun to go to our grandma for a while. Miss Yun is sensible and always misses you. Our grandma didn't dare to stay longer, so she sent me to return Miss Yun to your old man with my own hands. I'm not wronged."

After hearing Ping'er's words, Li Wan had a bad face.That day when Shi Xiangyun left in a fit of anger, she found out, and hurriedly sent people to look for it, but who knew that the people she sent over never entered Zhan's place.Later, someone from the third aunt came to the door and told her sister-in-law very rudely that Yun girl had gone to Sister Feng's village outside the city.Li Wan didn't expect to be embarrassed, but Yun girl just ran out angrily without making a face like this.She was panic-stricken, so she had to report to Jia's mother that Xiangyun didn't want to stay at home because of Jia Guiren's return, so she went to find Feng girl.

Shi Xiangyun nestled into Jia's mother's arms, stuck out his tongue and said: "The elder sister-in-law sent someone to take me home that day. The old lady knew that my uncle and aunt had all gone out, so what should I do when I go back? I was thinking about Sister Feng first." I was worried about my little nephew, so why don't I just go there and see her. I was afraid that Sister Feng would not allow me to stay, so I asked my ancestors to let me go there to relax. Don't blame Sister Feng and Ping'er, they I was all in the dark."

Jia's mother glanced at the anxious Li Wan, smiled and said to Xiangyun: "One year old and two years old, you are getting more and more naughty now, why don't you see me first?"

Xiangyun only played with the tassels of the golden unicorn on his waist and said nothing.

Jia Mu laughed again and said: "You saw your sister Feng, is she better? And your little nephew, how is it?" She said angrily, "Ms. Feng is also messing around. Come on, now I can’t come back to the mansion even after a month.”

Xiangyun's eyes turned red: "Sister Feng has suffered a great crime. She is still lying down and cannot move, and the child is not small. I dare not even reach out when I see her. Sister Feng is wronged, and the old lady is still scolding others. .”

Jia's mother has heard reports from her servants that Sister Feng's birth was difficult, and some of them raised her.It's just that the house is becoming more and more deserted. When Jia Mu thought of Sister Feng's presence, she was as smart as ten good people, entertained relatives, and the housekeeper was neat. She couldn't help eagerly wanting to call her mother and son back to the house.The eldest daughter-in-law did not know what medicine she had taken wrongly. She mentioned it twice, but each time she pretended to be deaf and dumb, and refused to pick up her daughter-in-law.Mother Jia is angry with her for being stupid. Here, she has her mother-in-law's money when her daughter-in-law is at home. If her daughter-in-law is not here, what kind of blessing does her mother-in-law enjoy?

When Xiangyun said this, Ping'er burst into tears. Mother Jia didn't want to bear the reputation of being unkind, so she had to swallow her words again, only thinking that the eldest wife should be justified.It would be even better if the eldest wife was ill.

What she didn't know was that Ping'er just went out and ordered a car to go to the east courtyard.

"Grandma has already changed the clothes and quilts sent by my wife. My brother is dressed in my wife's heart, and I cry less at night. Grandma thank you for your kindness." Ping'er flattered Mrs. Xing, pointing The three boxes said: "It's the season of spring again, this is a set of flowers for you from grandma, it goes well with the spring shirt. The other two boxes, one is 50 taels of broken silver, and the other is a lot of money. Give my wife a reward."

Hearing about the 50 taels of silver, Mrs. Xing was already very happy, not to mention that she thought it was the head of velvet flowers and herbs, but when it was opened, it was gilded and inlaid with treasures, which was a surprise.Hurry up and say to Ping'er: "Your grandma has always been considerate and considerate. She is weak now, and you are too busy to take care of her. If she is lazy, I know and don't follow her."

Rao Ping'er knew that Mrs. Xing's eyelids were shallow, and the Elder Master was dispensable to this regular wife, so he was also surprised: the Eldest Wife really didn't know that the Elder Master sent three cartloads of things when he learned that Grandma had given birth. Well, the two silk gardens and tea gardens in the south alone are worth tens of thousands of gold, not to mention the cartloads of antiques, but they are all good things.Mrs. Pianda didn't know it, and she liked it from ear to ear with only a set of gold-plated jewelry.

In Ping'er's line, he paid his respects to this one, and greeted that one, and even walked around with the familiar housekeeper and wife.When it was time to light the lanterns, I went back to Biezhuang. In this day alone, I spread the meaning of Sister Feng's weakness and couldn't go to the ground, and even found out what was going on in Rongguo Mansion.

On another ten days, Sister Feng will be out of the moon, and the virtuous and noble concubine in the palace is struggling for her life and giving birth to a princess.

When the good news arrived at Rongguo Mansion, Mother Jia brought the masters of Ningrong and Rongguo's second mansions to see through her eyes. When she heard that someone was coming, she hurriedly asked to come in: "Is it the person sent by Dai's inner minister?" Yesterday was Dai Quan, the chief eunuch of the Daming Palace. Send someone to tell Jia Zhen that the noble concubine Xiande has activated it.

Xiao Huangmen, who came to report, had a half-smile, and said in a sharp voice: "Grandpa Dai can't take care of it, and invite Mrs. Jia and Mrs. Wang, the birth mother of the noble concubine, to enter the palace immediately!"

Jia Mu jumped and asked why.

Xiao Huangmen frowned and said: "After the imperial concubine is pregnant, she has a grand family. The empress has to eat a lot every day. The supplements are too heavy, the body is fat, and it is very difficult to give birth. The princess was born just now. Seeing that the empress is not good, A decree from the palace ordered Jia's Pepper House to come in."

When Jia Mu heard about it, she and Mrs. Wang burst into tears.

Mrs. Xing also wiped her eyes and wiped her tears, while Youshi covered her mouth and dared not speak.

Outside, Jia Amnesty, Jia Zheng, and Jia Zhen all knew about it, and they all looked sad.Jia Zheng came in and persuaded: "Now is not the time to cry. Hurry up and ask the old lady to say hello. Your wife and auspicious person have their own aura, and they are blessed by the grace of God. Surely nothing will happen."

Jiamu and the others had no choice but to put away their tears, went to the inner room, unpacked the clothes, put them on, and went out of the hall together in a sedan chair to enter the palace.

But Mrs. Xing's carriage was stopped by the eunuch waiting outside the mansion, and the servant said: "Only the Jia Shi family and the Jia Wang family are said to enter the palace, and the rest of the idlers are not allowed to follow."

Madam Xing was so angry that she ordered the carriage to go back to the east courtyard, because Jia She complained: "She is the mother of the noble concubine, I can't compare her, but the old lady didn't even say a word when she saw that I was wronged. , not only disregarding my face, but also the master's face!"

Jia Amnesty was worrying, thinking that the Xing family was causing trouble, and said angrily: "Didn't you hear the eunuch say that the empress is not good! The empress is the face of the family. If the empress goes, the face of the entire Duke's mansion will be lost. Master, I will lose face." What's the matter?"

Mrs. Xing curled her lips: "The master has to be kind to her, but do she recognize her? Previously, she became a concubine in the name of the granddaughter of the Duke's mansion, and the whole family was required to contribute to the construction of the family-friendly garden. After the garden was built, they I won’t admit it! Except for the time of visiting relatives, during the New Years and festivals in the future, the things that the empress will reward include those from the second room, and those from Dongfu Zhengeer. That idea, besides these people, can there be the master and me? It's not as good as a Jiagui who has a son and climbed up to understand the truth. Jiagui also knows how to advance and retreat, even if they are all worthless materials. Whoever is thick and who is thin!"

The angry Jia She had a chest pain, and he already had a pimple in his heart that the imperial concubine didn't get close to the eldest room, but he couldn't tell if this woman was a human or a ghost, which made him even more angry.Can't help shouting: "Stupid woman! Who is she shabby for rewarding those silver pegs and pieces of broken material! The prince's mansion has lost all face, how dare you speak out! Get out!"

Mrs. Xing was used to being disgusted by Jia She, and there was no one else in the room at the moment, so she didn't feel ashamed and went back to her room.

The imperial physician knelt on the ground outside the Qiluan Hall, and the palace servants stood cautiously, not at all happy to give birth to the emperor, as if the sun was dying.

Baoqin was wearing a crow-green palace attire, and with a finger wearing a gemstone ring, she gently combed the face and hair of the paralyzed imperial concubine in the bed curtain.All the work of twisting cloth towels, wiping hands, and wiping necks is done by oneself.Jia Yuanchun's eyes were closed tightly, as if his soul had returned to a fairyland, he did not move or speak.

After a while, "Are you satisfied?"

Jia Guiren paused for her to paint Liu Mei, and seeing that the imperial concubine still hadn't opened her eyes, she smiled lightly and said, "What are you satisfied with? Madam, don't worry, all the imperial physicians have come to treat you, Madam will surely be safe."

Finally, Jia Yuanchun couldn't help it, opened his eyes suddenly, and stared into Baoqin's eyes fiercely: "I have to work for Jia Guiren to paint the face of the palace with my own hands, how can I be safe?"

The hand holding the piano kept on, after drawing one eyebrow, he looked at it for a while, and said softly: "Your Majesty knows it well, so why bother to ask?"

"Do you think that you will be able to get well after Bengong's death? In vain of your careful planning, you have become a fake daughter of the Jia family! If the Jia family is convicted, you can't get rid of it!"

Holding the piano, covering her mouth and laughing lightly, the imperial concubine's eyes hurt from the bright red nails.

"Mother, why don't you ask me, how is the princess?"

Concubine Xiande put up a lot of strength, heard this and scattered, she smiled bitterly for a while and said: "A girl who is born with a disability should not be born to suffer! If you hadn't worked so hard, how could I... Well, In any case, I felt sorry for her, and I went with her, and I paid her back."

Baoqin sneered: "Thanks to my mother, this servant will not be able to have children for the rest of my life. This is all thanks to my mother! You were down and down that day, but I was the only one who was loyal and did everything by myself, but my mother suspected that I was going to harm you, so I still use that The way to humiliate me... It's because my mother withheld my medicine that I died of the disease. Although I am a big man, I will never want to get close to others and have my own children. Are you happy to hear me like this? some?"

"Since it was all given by the empress, the empress should compensate me for a child. I don't think she has six fingers. The imperial doctor said that as long as she grows up, the extra little bit can be removed. Call her It’s no different from ordinary people. I know that when the princess only had six fingers, I’m really lucky. I thought it would be a bigger defect, but I didn’t expect that the gods and Buddhas still favored me. Such a child is much more blind than I imagined. Yes. Concubine, are you also lucky?"

Jia Yuanchun trembled his lips, and asked after a while: "You want a child? Why don't you wait, as long as I..."

"What are you waiting for? Waiting for you to toss the princess in your stomach on purpose, I'm afraid you can plant it on some empress? Then you can be heartbroken, and His Majesty will let go of your calculations for the sake of your loss of fetus. You will even feel pity in your heart. The empress thought in her heart, the old concubine of Nan'an is vicious. Although you conceived a dragon fetus through her family, you finally realized that this child must have shortcomings. Since it was born to be ridiculed, it is better not to do both Constantly shedding fetuses, the king will take pity on you. In this way, there may be a second and third healthy dragon son and daughter, who will contribute to your life's wealth and splendor. Isn't it?"

Baoqin looked at Jia Yuanchun, snorted and laughed, leaning back and forth: "My concubine, what are you dreaming about! Your Majesty doesn't like you at all, and you are still looking forward to one after another? Why should I follow?" You are going to die, as long as I tell you all about your viciousness, I can take the blame and make meritorious service. Your Majesty loves every bone and blood. Even if you are so disgusting, I also want the fetus to land safely. It is precisely because I know all your habits that I can not blink Staring at you in the blink of an eye, to ensure that the child will not be tossed by you, I can be a nobleman, this is not a favor, but a reward."

Baoqin said enthusiastically: "Look, even on the day I visited my relatives, I couldn't let go of my mother. The sixteen maidservants surrounded me, and my mother was as safe as ever. But now, although the princess is weaker, she is also in good health." , then lady, you should also calm down and prepare to set off..."

"you!"

Baoqin took out the lip balm from the box, and gently smeared Yuanchun's lips: "Don't worry, your majesty, your majesty's child is not prosperous, and the princess likes it too. I will take good care of the princess and grow up. She is my only hope, and I will devote my whole life to her." Do your best to protect her and love her."

As he spoke, he leaned into Yuan Chun's ear: "If you still have a little bit of compassion, don't discredit the princess anymore. Your Majesty won't tolerate you, you go obediently, maybe you can be more decent in the future."

Ask Yuanchun to grab her hand, panting and said: "What about the Jia family? What about the Jia family, what about the master and wife, and Baoyu, what about them? The affairs of Ping'an Prefecture and the Nan'an Palace are all due to For my sake, tell Your Majesty that the Jia family doesn’t know, please don’t punish them, please go and beg! Take the princess with you!”

Baoqin raised his brows and eyes, and slammed Yuan Chun's hand off, let him fall on the couch, sneered: "Your Majesty is really affectionate, and she cares about the Duke's Mansion wholeheartedly. They sent you to your mouth that day. You don’t know how many complaints and sorrows, but now you are thinking about life and nourishment! But the empress hates me, pretending to be this last word, and wants me to accompany you on the journey?”

Yuan Chun's eyes were filled with tears, he closed his eyes tightly, and said nothing.

Baoqin stood by himself for a while, then sat down on the edge of the slump again, still dressed her up, and said slowly: "Your Majesty, don't worry, I don't ask for a word, what does the Jia family have to do with me? It's just right if it's gone, princess There is no need to have such a slow-witted family. The Jia family is a burden. I only hope that it will be like the shabby scenery in the Grand View Garden. It’s good to be in decline. It’s better to be sent back to Jinling’s hometown so that our ears can be quiet. Oh, yes Well, did your wife secretly sell off a large piece of family land when you entered the palace? Oh, how can this be good? Without the family land, the foundation of the Jia family is gone. How can this family of bastard moths survive? What? Especially the second master Bao, with his handsome white face, he can be a guest in the curtain for others... Look, my lady, I have been trained by you, and all my children have a bit of literary talent..."

Baoqin only cares about talking nonsense all over the sky, and finally Yuanchun's quarrel overflows with blood.

Baoqin covered her mouth with a handkerchief, and hurriedly called the palace man: "Quick, it's time to pour medicine on your mother."

When Jia's mother and Mrs. Wang entered the palace to see her, Jia Yuanchun could not speak, but she was still conscious, crying blindly, looking straight at Mrs. Wang, with her mouth slightly opened, as if repeating some words.

The eunuchs in the inner palace have already asked to prepare for the funeral. Seeing that the family members of Jiaofang came to visit and did not make the imperial concubine or empress look better, I knew it was useless.Busyly ask Jia Mu and Mrs. Wang to wait outside the palace, so as not to bump into other nobles, and all the concubines in the palace will come to see them for a while.

Jiamu grabbed the eldest maid in the palace and asked, "Where is the princess? How is the princess? Can I visit the princess?"

The eldest palace maid was troubled, and ordered Xiao Huangmen to quickly invite the old lady and wife to the outer palace, while saying: "Princess is well, now I will move to another palace, and the master and empress will give orders in person, so there must be no danger."

"Your Majesty and the mistress have already ordered the imperial physician to treat the imperial concubine. Even if it is not good, you must get through today. The old lady should think of other ways. I will tell the old lady secretly. Don't say it out there."

As soon as Jia's mother heard it, she knew that the royal family still valued the princess. I was afraid that the princess's birth would be the day of her mother's death, which would be inauspicious, so she had to endure today's statement.With this thought, sadness comes from it, and weep for the mother's unhappiness.Even if it is a princess, the royal family values ​​it so much. If the empress is well, the future is in sight.

Mother Jia and Mrs. Wang waited for a day, but they didn't see the Qin Tianjian inside, and hope gushed out of their hearts again.At ten o'clock in the evening, the gate of the palace was about to be locked, and a eunuch came out and said: "Ms. Jia is still stable, and the imperial doctors are taking medicine. Please go back first."

Back home, Mrs. Xing waited out of the hall to greet Jia Mu, and Sister Feng had to come back because of Jia Amnesty's letter.She was alone, with Ping'er, her newborn brother and eldest sister, and they all stayed in Zhuangzi without returning.

Jia's mother was exhausted and didn't reason. She just asked Sister Feng to come out to help Li Wan take care of the family affairs.

Mrs. Wang told about the situation of the imperial concubine, and she almost fainted from crying. Her face was full of tears and she pulled Jia's mother and asked, "What is your empress going to say?"

Jia Mu also thought about it, opened her mouth and tried a few times, frowning: "What's '地', the second word seems to be this sound."

Mrs. Wang held her mouth with a handkerchief and cried, "I must be thinking about her brother. Pity my Yuan'er and my Baoyu!"

Baoyu was also in tears, but Jia Mu remembered what the real person had said before, and said hurriedly: "If we really reconcile what the fairy said, it must be too late for us to solve the problem, and that's why your mother is like this! The fairy said that golden life can help Baoyu, so come here , but hurry up to marry a wife for Baoyu, and make a rush for the empress, maybe it will be all right!"

Mrs. Wang has lost her sense of propriety, and she responds repeatedly.

Jia's mother was about to start talking about it immediately: "Yun girl was grown up by you. Her foundation, character, and appearance are all compatible. Besides, she has a golden unicorn. It turned out that she was weak and sick when she was young, and the historian begged her to press her down." Fate, who knows that since she has this, she has not left her body for a moment, and she has grown healthier and stronger than Baoyu. It can be seen that this thing is effective."

Even though Mrs. Wang was not satisfied, she had to go to the doctor in a hurry.

Jia Zheng still hesitated, because he said: "She has no biological parents, and her uncles and aunts are all working outside. How can the niece and daughter get married? Besides, the matter of the noble concubine was not allowed, and Baoyu should not marry at this time because his sister is seriously ill. What’s more, it’s a happy occasion, so what should we do in just one or two days?”

Mother Jia had made up her mind and said, "If you agree, I'm justified. Girl Yun's life is entrusted to me by her uncle and aunt, and it doesn't hinder anything. This marriage is not only for Baoyu, but also for the empress. It has to be done in such a hurry. Besides, it is urgent to follow the authority, and the more polite it is, the better."

Baoyu and Xiangyun escaped early.

Sister Feng had regretted bringing Xiangyun into the relationship that day. She originally wanted to help Xiangyun out of good intentions, but she didn't expect the old lady to bring it up at this juncture, even though she had moved her mind for more than half a year.It's just that she turned her head and saw Xiangyun's eyes were full of joy, and she could hardly help being happy, and sighed in her heart: Well, since her wishes have been fulfilled, she will have to endure her own future.

Jia's mother ordered: "Baoyu and Yun girl have golden and jade reasons, so there is no need for this marriage. Tomorrow will be a good day, immediately clean up the house, and don't use any drums and music. According to the Jinling rules, it is just worshiping, sitting on the bed and spreading the tent." This is also a marriage, as is the case in ordinary families. Besides, the most important genealogy is to add a name, and quickly ask Brother Zhen to come in, and I will tell him."

I also looked at Jia Zheng and Mrs. Wang, knowing that they were uncomfortable because of Baoyu's hasty marriage, because they said: "My ladder has been reserved for Baoyu and Yun girl, and I will make up for Yun girl's dowry. Baoyu's dowry is in addition to family rules. , I will just accompany you to send a copy, which belongs to their young couple. When their sister and brother are well, it will not be too late to invite people for the banquet."