Prequel to the Red Chamber: I Am the Second Wife

"Miss Biyu is here to bid farewell to the old lady." Following the mother-in-law's announcement, Biyu came in with a new look on her body and head, followed by two women. A little girl had already brought a mat. Biyu knelt down and kowtowed to Jia Mu: " I'll serve the old lady for a while, and I don't know when I'll see you again when I'm gone today." Mother Jia couldn't help the red eyes and asked someone to help her up immediately: "Although I don't want to part with it, I can't delay you for the rest of your life. It's good to serve you over there." Zili and Mrs. Xing hurriedly persuaded: "The old lady is watching Miss Biyu. She is also a conscientious person. Why don't she end well in the future. It means she won't see her again. Maybe one day my aunt will be able to bring her back when she comes back." Zili said to Biyu, "You usually do your best by the old lady's side. Those of us who are sons and daughters-in-law feel ashamed, so we must be careful when we get there. , you know the temperament of the third aunt. Since the old lady is willing to call you, it means flattering you. Just don't worry, I have transferred your mother to be the lady in charge. Your sister-in-law has also become the head of the washing machine " Hearing Zili's arrangement, Biyu was very grateful, and wanted to kneel down to thank Zili again.

Zili hurriedly supported Biyu: "It's all about them making progress on their own, you just have to feel at ease. As long as the aunt over there is well, the old lady will be at ease, and you will have the credit." Biyu lowered her head listening to Zili's words After a moment of silence, he forced a smile and said, "Don't worry, old lady and wife, I will definitely serve my aunt with all my heart."

Mrs. Xing also instructed Biyu to take good care of Jia Min and not to disappoint Jia's mother's expectations.Mother Jia and Mrs. Zili Xing both received rewards. Seeing Biyu go out, all the maids from the previous place came to see them off.Here Jiamu sat in the room feeling a little disappointed, Zili saw Jiamu's disappointed expression, but a burst of revenge rose in her heart.Did Biyu become Jia Zheng's roommate or concubine? Mother Jia was worried that Jia Min would be wronged, so she gave Biyu to Jia Min. In fact, she meant to tell the Lin family that Jia Min's son was not born. Giving the most proud girl by the old lady's side to Lin Ruhai can be regarded as making up for Lin Ruhai's regret that he has no son now.

With Jia Zheng mediating inside, Lin Ruhai still accepted Jia's "good intentions" and accepted the big gift package from his mother-in-law's family. He also brought Biyu to Suzhou with many things, some of which were given to Jia by Jia's mother. Some belonged to Min and Daiyu's mother and daughter, and some were for Lin Ruhai's mother.Anyway, the Jia family provided people, money, and things, so they finally minimized the harm caused to Jia Min by the Lin family's big fanfare and concubine.A concubine from her natal family is better than a paratrooper who doesn't know her basics.

Mother Jia sighed: "As a woman, if you don't have a son, you will always be three points short in front of your in-laws. You don't have to stand up to the rules, go back."

Zili and Mrs. Xing saw that Jiamu's face was not good, and they didn't dare to say anything, they quietly withdrew. As soon as Zili came back, he saw Liqiu standing at the door, expecting Zili to come. Seeing her anxious face, Zili asked. Said: "What's the matter? So flustered?"

Li Qiu hurriedly said: "The wife is back, and the master is in the house. We know the rules of the wife, but the master wants to go in, so we dare not persuade him." Entering Zili's inner room.Zili looked at Li Qiu's worried and aggrieved face, she pondered slightly in her heart and comforted: "It's none of your business, you ask them to pour tea." Zili walked in with a group of girls.When Jia Zheng heard Zili's voice coming back, he hurriedly stood at the door of the inner room, looked at Zili and smiled, "You've been with the old lady for a long time, but are you tired?" He said, pulling Zili to go in.

Lukewarmly throwing away Jia Zheng's hand, Zili sat down on the Arhat bed in the outer room: "Wait a while, there will be people talking back, what are you doing in my room? My place is clean, without your thinking." Something I was looking for." As she spoke, the girl came up to help Zili change her clothes and wash her hands, she washed her hands and wiped her face, and slowly drank hot tea.Seeing that Zili was so indifferent, Jia Zheng could only sigh slightly and sit down beside Zili: "I'm here to tell you something embarrassing. I just got the news that something happened to the old lady's nephew, Shi Li." Zili For a moment, Shi Li was Mother Jia's favorite nephew, and if something happened to her, Mother Jia would definitely be sad.

"The news is accurate. What's going on? It's not that I just got promoted to the general army, and I don't know what the chaos is like over there now. Their wife is still pregnant. He is also a poor person. He has been married for many years without an heir, and he is everywhere. Burning incense and making a wish, asking the doctor for medicine, it is so easy to have a child without knowing the gender." Zili couldn't help feeling sorry for Shi Xiangyun's parents.These two couples also want wind and rain. Shi Li came from a martial arts background and his career as an official is quite smooth. His wife is also a lady, and the husband and wife can be called a match made in heaven. couple.However, he was destined to have a poor offspring, now Shi Li sees his official career is prosperous and his wife is pregnant, but——

"Exactly, I went to ask the historian, and his younger brother Shi Ding said that he would keep it a secret for the time being and wait for the matter to be clarified. I mean that you can't hide it from the old lady, but you have to be careful when you say it. Be careful, don't scare the old lady. You need to worry about this matter." Jia Zheng glanced at Zili, and he still had something to say.

Zili sighed: "Forget it, that's the only way to go. I'll just go over and tell the old lady slowly that the ups and downs are really messed up recently, and the things in Gusu have just calmed down, and there is such an annoying thing again. .Is there anything else, my lord?"

"It's nothing. You have a lot of things to do recently, so let's talk about the things in front of you first. You have to worry about the things at home. How is your health recently? Listen to them saying that a good doctor has come recently, why don't you ask him to come and take a look at you?" Prescribe a prescription to nourish and nourish the body." Jia Zheng looked at Zili eagerly, and recently Jia Zheng became more and more attentive to Zili, but Zili smiled lightly: "I am in good health and I am fine to see a doctor, thank you Don't worry about it. Why don't you ask the doctor to show it to the old lady, the master has reached the age to take care of himself. I'll go and tell the old lady right now." Zili said, standing up and asking the girl to see what Mother Jia is doing now. .Jia Zheng could only stand up and look at Zili pitifully: "I will go to inquire again, but now I only heard news from the palace. It was only reported after I heard it. I’d better go and find out. Don’t be frightened in vain.”

"It's a simple matter, you don't need to ask anyone else, just ask my brother." Zili asked Jia Zheng to inquire quickly, and Jia Zheng remembered that Wang Ziteng was the emperor's confidant, and it was easy to inquire about it.

Mother Jia burst into tears when she heard Zili's words: "How good this is, you should ask someone to find out." Zili hurriedly persuaded: "Old lady, don't worry, the master hastened to inquire after he got the news. Please don't worry, old lady, take care of yourself."

"My natal family's three nephews, that is, he can support the family business of the historian. If there is something wrong with him, the century-old foundation of the historian will be over." Most of the children and grandchildren are pampered and pampered, and Shi Li is the only one who can plan and plan.If something happens to him, the mother's family, which Jia Mu has always been proud of, will inevitably decline.

But things didn’t develop as Jia’s mother hoped. The news of the battlefield where Shi Lian died was confirmed. The emperor thanked Shi Lian for his loyalty to the country, and specially awarded a title to the historian. Shi Lian’s two younger brothers both had titles. Shi Li's wife was also ordered to become a first-class wife.But it was useless. Shi Li's wife was too sad to be sick after giving birth to a girl, and died before her daughter was full moon.The emperor was grateful for the special award of Shi Li's wife's integrity, and asked the Ministry of Rites to praise Shi Li's husband and wife for their loyalty and integrity, and rewarded their daughter Xiangyun generously.

Sitting in a sedan chair, Zili looked at a brand new archway built on the street in front of the Shijia Mansion. The cornices and bucket arches built on the new archway were painted and painted brilliantly from afar.Pedestrians on the road looked at the archway enviously, but Zili only felt sad when he saw it.Both the Shi Ding brothers of the Shi family won the title, and the Shi family gained face and reputation, but who would have thought of that poor girl.It's just that without his biological parents, what should Xiangyun do?Thinking of Jiamu's instructions before coming, Zili was also a little embarrassed. In fact, Zili didn't want Xiangyun to be raised by Jiamu's side all the time. Isn't it obvious that Xiangyun put him by his side to raise him?

After getting off the sedan chair, Shi Ding's wife had already greeted Zili at the door, everyone went inside together after exchanging greetings, Zili checked that he didn't see Shi Nai's wife and asked with a smile, "Why don't you see the third wife?"

Mrs. Shi Ding smiled at Zili apologetically and said, "My younger brother and sister are busy taking care of Xiangyun, and she cares more about Xiangyun than her own son." Shi Nai's wife is just the daughter of a petty official. In a noble family, Shi Nai's wife is always a bit lacking in self-confidence. Generally, Shi Nai's wife can push away any entertainment in the family. This time Zili is representing Jia Mu to come to Xiangyun, and she won't come out. Something doesn't fit.Mrs. Shi Ding asked the girl to ask the third wife to come out, Zili hurriedly stood up and stopped the girl: "I came here today to see the child, why don't we go and see the child together."

Shi Ding's wife also said: "In that case, let's go there together." Saying that, she and Zili walked towards the back together.Mrs. Shi Ding saw Zili's doubts and said with a smile: "When something happened, everyone was in a hurry, and there was no experienced person to take care of Xiangyun on the elder brother's side. We discussed putting Xiangyun on the third younger brother's side." Keep it up. Right now Xiangyun is with the third younger brother." As he spoke, he came out from the back of the main hall, crossed the west lane, and arrived at Shi Nai's courtyard.

Shi Nai's wife was hugging Xiangyun lovingly, when she heard the girl's announcement that she was busy coming out and was about to speak, both Zili and Shi Ding's wives smiled and waved: "Don't wake up the child. Let's come and have a look before we leave. "Xiang Yun was wrapped in a red brocade and sleeping soundly. Looking at the newborn Xiang Yun, Zili couldn't help feeling soft, and said in a low voice, "What a lovely little girl." Shi Nai's wife Looking at Xiangyun lovingly: "This child is also pitiful. He often cries all night. It is useless to change many nurses and ask a doctor to see him. It will be better if I hold her." Zili looked at Mrs. Shi Nai With a sincere look in his eyes, he said sincerely: "Even if it is my own, it's nothing more than that. Let's not disturb the child's sleep and go out first."

Waiting for Zili and Shi Ding's wives to come back and sit down again, after drinking tea, Mrs. Shi Ding asked straightforwardly: "The second wife is here for Xiangyun's affairs. I think the old lady is worried about Xiangyun. I was wronged and wanted to take the child to be raised. I can't decide this matter, but I have to ask my master and third brother what they think."

The historian expressed his attitude, and Zili couldn't say anything, so she could only sneer: "Madam is really a smart person, since it's useless to say so, I'll go back to the old lady. In fact, I think your third wife is like that." For Xiangyun, even if it is biological, it’s just that, but the old lady has to speak slowly. Madam knows the old lady’s temperament, and the one who loves the most among so many nephews and nieces is your elder. Thinking of such a thing, the old lady cried sadly for several times, and she has been talking about Xiangyun all day long. Today I came to the old lady and said that she dreamed of your uncle and eldest wife last night. " Speaking of Zili's embarrassing sigh, if it was in the past, Zili would have patiently persuaded the Shi family's two brothers to come up with a way to solve the problem of Xiangyun's upbringing without hurting the relationship between the two families.

But now that Zili knew that all her painstaking efforts would not be rewarded, she was not so enthusiastic.In this matter, Zili also acted as a sounding board.As for whether Xiangyun will be raised by Jiamu's side or in Shi's family in the future, everything is left to fate.

Zili returned empty-handed, and Jia Mu's face became even more ugly when she heard Zili's reply.Jiamu glanced at Zili who was expressionless, and swallowed back the words that came to her lips: "You are tired too, go back and have a rest. How do you think Xiangyun girl is over there?"

"Everything is fine. Shi Nai's daughter-in-law is very concerned about Xiangyun. She just hugged that child crying all night. Even his own child may not have that patience. The emperor asked Shi Ding to inherit the title. He said that he could not push out his brother's only daughter just after he got his brother's title and official position. People who knew it said that the old lady loved Xiangyun. I don’t know what to say.” Zili advised Jia Mu to think about things from the perspective of others.

Unexpectedly, Jiamu snorted stubbornly, and Zili stopped talking.

The old lady’s plan to bring Xiangyun over to support her has not yet come to fruition, something happened in the Ning Manor over there, and Lan’s childbirth was about to begin, and suddenly she had a stomachache that day, the serving girl hurriedly returned to Jia Jing, and went to call again Someone ask the doctor to come over.After the imperial doctor came to check the pulse, he was shocked and said: "Yesterday was fine, why is the pulse condition dangerous today? It is a sign of blood collapse."

As soon as these words came out, the faces of all the people present changed drastically. Jia Jing called the girl and woman who came to serve him solemnly and asked, "What's going on? My wife was fine yesterday. What happened? If you have something to hide I found it out, dragged it out and beat it to death. If anyone comes up with useful clues, I will reward you a lot!"

Those who served Lan's family knelt down and kowtowed for grievances. Jia Jing became more and more impatient, asking the doctor to try his best to save Lan's mother and child, while interrogating the servants.Suddenly a little girl said: "Yesterday my wife said that the soup tasted not as good as before. I asked the kitchen and said that it was the same as before."