Prequel to the Red Chamber: I Am the Second Wife

"Mrs. Xue is back with the second and third girls!" The little girl ran in to announce that Aunt Xue had brought Yingchun and Tanchun. Zili, Sister Feng and Li Jin were playing cards with Jia's mother. Hearing this, they all dropped their hands. cards stand up.Sure enough, she saw Aunt Xue bringing Yingchun and Tanchun in, but seeing the expressions of the three of them, Zili suddenly felt that something was wrong. Tanchun seemed to have cried, Yingchun lowered her head and said nothing, Aunt Xue looked embarrassed Dare to meet Zili's eyes.

"What's the matter? Could it be that the two girls were being laughed at for their ignorance?" Zili was startled and hurriedly asked why, and Tanchun suddenly knelt down in front of Jia Mu and cried out: "Old lady, lady, you I hurt me for nothing!" Mother Jia was startled by Tanchun and hurriedly helped her up, Yuan Yuanyang and a few girls helped Tanchun up, but Tanchun knelt on the ground and refused to speak, just cried, Zili hurriedly Asking Aunt Xue what exactly happened, Aunt Xue's face was full of shame, she kept wiping away her tears without speaking, and finally Yingchun blushed and said, "I met the third sister's biological mother in the palace today!"

"How did she meet you in the palace! It's nonsense! Someone must be plotting against you!" After hearing Yingchun's words, Jia's mother didn't believe it was true.Fang'er is just a servant of the family. He was kicked out because of a mistake. I heard that the students were handed over to Ren Yazi and sold far away.How could she appear in the palace, and Fang'er had given birth to a child, even if she met a nobleman, she would still be able to go there.

"Don't worry, explain what happened in the palace today slowly." Zili frowned, Sister Feng and Li Jin were busy telling the girls to go out, Li Jin helped Yingchun to sit down, and served her a cup Tea is called Yingchun, don't worry and speak slowly.Now Jia Mu frowned and said to Tanchun who was kneeling on the ground: "Don't be sad, third girl, you only have the second wife and one mother. If anyone comes to talk nonsense, I will give him a meal with a strange stick." Sister Feng pulled When Tanchun got up, he also persuaded her: "You are the upright third girl of our family, who dares to say anything. You don't pay attention to that stupid person."

"Today I went to the palace to greet Sister Bao. Who knew that I met Concubine Nan'an who was also there. She talked with Xue Cairen and took the third sister out. I went to the side hall and waited. But wait for me to come out and see you." Seeing her crying, the third younger sister realized that the concubine who came in behind the concubine to greet her was the third younger sister's biological mother. As for the rest, I don't know." Yingchun was very honest, and she didn't dare to ask casually in the palace , I only told Jia Mu and others what I saw.

Fang'er actually became a member of Nan'an Palace!The news surprised everyone present. Sister Feng and Li Jin were granddaughters-in-law, and they were silent when they heard this. Mother Jia and Zili exchanged surprised looks, and felt that things were getting trickier. Zili was in a state of confusion. A group, she just felt her head buzzing, and she couldn't find a clue.Mother Jia pondered for a moment and said to Yuanyang, "Go and call Lin Zhixiao's family. I have something to ask him." Lin Zhixiao and his wife took care of the arrangements for the servants in the house.Whose girls can come in to work as errands when they are old, and they will take care of the girls who can be released when they are old.

Lin Zhixiao and his wife quickly came to Jia Mu's side. Jia Mu looked at the couple kneeling in front of her face and asked angrily, "You guys did a good job. Where did you sell that Fang'er back then!"

Fanger?Lin Zhixiao raised his head in surprise, he had forgotten which girl it was.Seeing Lin Zhixiao and his wife's ignorant faces, Sister Feng hurriedly said: "You two ignorant people are Fang'er who was in the second master's room back then!" Only then did Lin Zhixiao remember that she was the third girl's biological mother.He bowed his head and pondered for a long time before saying: "It seems that he sold his teeth to someone. He doesn't have frequent contact with our family. I heard that he specially bought someone to send to Jiangnan. It's been too long. What's wrong?"

In front of Tanchun and Yingchun, Jiamu and Zili couldn't say anything, Li Jin hurriedly stood up and took the girls away, waiting for Tanchun to go out, then Jiamu sighed and said to Zili: "Talk to them, I have always told you to be kind to the servants, today is fine. She came to you."

That Fang'er did not know how she became the concubine of the Nan'an Palace. Today, the third girl came to the palace to pay respects to Xue Cairen, and happened to meet her.In fact, it's okay to meet.Who knew that she would recognize what the third girl was crying and fussing about!Thinking that even the palace knew about Fang'er, news that Jia Zheng's concubine had become a concubine of King Nan'an was spreading in various mansions in the capital, and someone must have made up a lot of news stories.Jia Zheng's face, Yuan Chun's face didn't know how to put it away.

Hearing Zili's words, Lin Zhixiao and his wife were so startled that they broke out in a cold sweat. They knelt on the ground together and kowtowed: "God, no matter how brave we are, we dare not lie to the master. Back then, Fang'er committed a crime." The matter was called to be sold, but her family members did not come forward to say that they would redeem it. Instead, they said that since they belonged to the master, they did not dare to speak. Afterwards, they gave their family some money. The one who came and went, but he was an official media. He has always traveled between various mansions in the capital, so he can’t be wrong. By the way, I heard that he came to the capital again a few days ago, so I went to find him. Confront."

"It's really confusing. I don't believe you. I just asked you Fang'er's whereabouts. Since that person is still in the capital, I immediately asked someone to find out carefully. I want to see who is behind it. Why is she a girl? I have become the concubine of the county king. If any of you say a single word about today's incident, I will seize it and beat you to death immediately!" Zili calmed down in her heart, and she quickly sorted out the ins and outs of the matter in her heart. Got an idea.

Waiting for Lin Zhixiao's family to leave, Zili turned to look at Aunt Xue. Aunt Xue was also embarrassed about Tanchun. She thought about it on the way back from the palace. The more she thought about it, the more she felt that Bao girl must have known about it first. Why set a trap for her to bring Tanchun and Yingchun into the palace.This has offended my sister, how will she get along with Zili in the future.Seeing Zili looking at herself, Aunt Xue couldn't sit still anymore and hurriedly got up to say goodbye to Jia Mu. Jia Mu didn't say anything and just sent Aunt Xue out in a pleasant manner.

Zili thought about it, and stopped Aunt Xue: "I even forgot to ask my younger sister Xue Cairen's situation. It seems that Cairen should have everything he wanted in the palace smoothly."

Listening to her sister's words, Aunt Xue couldn't help but blushed, and she responded in embarrassment and hurriedly helped the girl away.Waiting for Aunt Xue to leave, Zili's tears fell first.Sister Feng on the side also sighed.She complained to Zili and Jia Mu: "My aunt is a person who has no idea of ​​the city, but she didn't expect to be tricked by her own daughter. It's a shame that Bao girl knows people, knows her face, but doesn't know her heart. When she was at home, she treated her badly." Bo, I didn't expect that there would be a harmless person."

Mother Jia is an old and mature person, she sighed helplessly: "There are always some villains in the world, who will go crazy when they succeed, and bite you in turn. It's just that we were all deceived by her, thinking that she was a gentle and honest child. I think it's really chilling." Jiamu thought that when Baochai came, she would be safe and kind at all times, and she would be kind to everyone, but she never thought that Baochai's heart would be so vicious.

"Hmph, now that things have come out, let's put aside the previous things first. For the present plan, we must first clarify what the Nan'an Palace is going to do, and how Fang'er became the concubine of the county king. There is also the marriage of the third girl, she Now—" Zili sighed, if he was in Tanchun's seat, he would die.It's fine to be a concubine, but her biological mother is still monopolized, and the monopoly is fine, and now her biological mother is still coming to recognize her relatives with great fanfare.Didn't that announce to everyone in the capital that the princess's own sister was born of a shameless woman?

Jia Mu said to Zili: "You are right, I guess they want to force us to do something. Our family has never had much friendship with the Nan'an Palace, and since the accident in the East Mansion, it has been far away from them. , I think you go to E Baoyu's father to discuss it. Feng girl, ask Lian'er to inquire and see what they mean."

There was no need for Zili to go to Jia Zheng, Jia Zheng had already got the news and came back, he was a little confused just now when he heard that Fang'er had become the concubine of Nan'an Wang, and said: "What does a concubine of a palace have to do with me?" I forgot who Fang'er was.Waiting to understand Fang'er's current identity and past origins, Jia Zheng couldn't believe it at first, and then became worried for a while.The relationship between the Jia family and the king with a different surname has become more and more distant, and the King of Beijing Jing has suffered a lot. Now that the king of Beijing Jing heard that the poison in his body has not been cleared, he can only recuperate at home, and all the authority in his hand has been taken away. gone.The emperor cleaned up the branch of King Beijing, and was about to attack the other families.

At this time, Fang'er appeared, Jia Zheng probably knew what their plan was, and they were nothing more than using the excuse to threaten him, or starting from his own side to make the prince lose face.Anyway, it's an opportunity to punish Jia's family!Thinking that Jia Zheng was busy going back to discuss with Zili what to do, and waiting to go home to see that Zili had an ugly face and taught the servants a lesson.

"Go and check in the garden to see who else is gossiping and tie me up, and I will peel off their skins when I have free time. Who is watching over the third girl?" Several girls and old women said What Tanchun said when he entered the palace today and met his birth mother brought out many things from the past. Tanchun had a heart disease in the first place, and he almost wanted to commit suicide after hearing such angry discussions from those servants.It's a bad thing that Shishu's maids stopped her, and Zili is angry about this matter.Zhou Rui's family hurriedly said: "Young maidservants will go and investigate, and none of those gossips will be let go. Now the eldest grandma is accompanying the third girl, and the second grandma Lian said that she came to accompany the third girl when she finished her work. I can't hide this matter, I think relatives must know about it."

Zili sighed, and she made a decision in her heart and said to Zhou Rui's family: "It's a blessing, not a disaster. If it comes, it will be at peace. You go and keep your servants' mouths in check, and if there are any rumors, it will be your housekeepers." Something." Just as Jia Zheng came in, Zili hurriedly stood up: "Why are you back at this time?"

Jia Zheng sighed, his guts turned green with regret: "I did the crime myself, and now I have hurt my relatives." "The world is unpredictable, and I can't blame anyone. The shameful thing is that I was also deceived by others." Zili said Tell all the servants to go out and talk to Jia Zheng about today's situation. "I absolutely did not expect Bao girl to be so black-hearted. My heart was wasted. She was the one who made a fuss about running for the election. It is fate to be favored or not. It doesn't matter if she uses her own means in the deep palace or An Sheng's life. , I don’t care about it, but she uses other people as stepping stones and thinks she’s smart enough to do this!” Zili and Jia Zheng complained about Baochai’s cruelty and calculation.No wonder people say that Baochai is the female version of Jia Yucun. Today, it seems that this statement is absolutely true.What you need is a face, and when you don't need it, you just kick it away. It's really a good match.

"You don't have to worry about it. I made a fuss about it at the beginning, and I'll just clean it up. At worst, I won't be an official. There are not many girls and women who have been kicked out. It's the third girl who is pitiful. I don’t know how to open my mouth to Wang Deming when this reputation gets out.” After all, Tanchun is his own daughter, even though Jia Zheng is not as close to her as Jia Zhuoyu, but in the end he still feels distressed.In this era, the birth and reputation of a girl is very important, and Tanchun is a concubine who has already fallen behind in terms of birth.If her biological mother is a quiet person, or a favored concubine, that's all.It turned out that the birth was born by a girl who was kicked out, and this was also of a very humble and disgraceful background in a big family.Wang Deming can accept a concubine's daughter as his wife, but he may not be able to accept the daughter of a errant girl as his wife.

Thinking that Tanchun's marriage must be over, Zili felt depressed again.The husband and wife were discussing how to deal with it when Jia Lian suddenly came over there.It turned out that Jia Lian didn't need to inquire about the Nan'an Palace, he just came to the door by himself.Jia Lian came in angrily and said: "The people from Nan'an Palace came before I left, saying that their Aunt Zhao wanted to bring back the child! How could this happen!"

After hearing this, Zili and Jia Zheng almost jumped up in anger.Zili sneered: "I don't know who her child is! Sanyatou's biological mother is Aunt Wang, so Aunt Zhao's is the concubine of the Nan'an Palace, and the child she gave birth to should also be the princess of the Nan'an Palace. The eldest son. Why did you come to our house to ask for someone? Since you want a child, go to the Yamen to file a lawsuit! Everywhere I see, she is wishful thinking!" Aunt Zhao's request is basically a fantasy. Not to mention that the child she gave birth to belongs to the Jia family, even she herself is also from the Jia family.Now she is just a concubine and dares to come to the Jia family to ask for someone.

"That's what I said too. They said that she is very popular with the prince now, and—" Jia Lian looked at Zili and Jia Zheng: "The king of Nan'an only has one daughter. He said that the princess and the concubine both like girls. There is no destiny for a daughter, and I want to choose a few girls with outstanding character from among the famous eunuchs in the capital as daughters. The prince looked at Aunt Zhao and thought about his own child, so he asked the concubine to take her into the palace and try to meet her three times Sister. Now even the concubine likes the third sister very much, and has decided to recognize her as a daughter. They also said that the third sister is still from the Jia family, so I ask the master and wife to take pity on Aunt Zhao. This daughter will only be called them for the rest of her life. Being able to reunite mother and daughter is also a good thing to accumulate virtue and good deeds. I didn’t promise to ask the old lady what she meant.”

That's such a good thing, what is Fang'er, it's just an excuse for a pawn.According to my opinion, the visitors from Nan'an Palace are not good.What did the master hear in the hall?Zili immediately felt that there must be something inside.But Jia Zheng thought about it and had no idea.Just when Zili and Jia Zheng couldn't figure out the intention of Nan'an Palace, Zili suddenly remembered something, and she asked Jia Lian: "Is there any news in the residence newspaper these days?" Nan'an Palace cannot accept someone for no reason. As a daughter, there must be a problem.

Jia Lian and Jia Zheng thought about it for a long time but couldn't come up with any clues. When everyone was confused, a girl outside suddenly announced: "Master Zhu is here." "It turns out that both the master and wife know about it. I inquired about it. It is the emperor who is planning to call the daughter of King Nan'an to marry him. Now they are looking for a substitute all over the city. Unexpectedly, our family will be involved." Jia Zhu finally It's about inquiring about things.

"Hateful, the emperor has actually been preparing to use troops against the Xiongnu. The present marriage is just a stopgap measure. Who would have thought that they would have their idea on us." Generally speaking, the agricultural regime's invasion of nomads generally has two types: Method.One is that they have no ability to invade the mainland by fighting with soldiers, and the other is Huairou, who temporarily relieves the crisis by making peace.In the past, the imperial court used a gentle approach to the nomadic regime outside the Great Wall, but as the national strength grew, the imperial court's policy towards the Xiongnu began to change.Now that the emperor wanted to completely wipe out the threat to the capital, the Xiongnu regime, this marriage was just a way to delay the army. Now that the rebellion in the southwest had just been quelled, the imperial court still had no time to use troops against the Xiongnu outside the Great Wall.

The wedding princess sent this time is basically cannon fodder, the emperor will call someone's daughter to marry if he doesn't bring him with him.The king of Nan'an was not welcomed by the emperor, and his daughter was also unlucky.

"We don't agree to see how they are doing. Tan girl is my daughter anyway, so please try to snatch them!" Zili slapped the table angrily. It's a bit of a grudge, but she won't agree to others who want to snatch it away.

Jia Zheng didn't expect Zili to say that, and he felt more and more ashamed. At first, he was self-willed and fooled by Fang'er, but Zili didn't blame Sanya for Fang'er's fault.She has fulfilled her mother's responsibility to Sanya, which shows that she has a big heart.In comparison, he seemed wretched and humble.Now they want to use Sanyatou as cannon fodder, but Zili still plans for the children, and if he is replaced by those who hide traitors in his heart, he will happily send Sanyatou out.

"Although you are a loving mother, you have to think about things from a long-term perspective. Of course you are right. The third girl is a child of our family, but if this matter gets out, her reputation will be hindered." Jia Zheng's heart is more concerned about own reputation.

Zili also fell silent after hearing Jia Zheng's words, while Jia Lian and Jia Zhu exchanged glances and went out quietly.After waiting to come out, Jia Lian said first, "I think my wife is reluctant to part with the third sister. It's just that the capital is already buzzing, and maybe tomorrow the Wang family will come to withdraw the marriage." Jia Lian looked at Jia Zhu without saying a word and continued: "I said this at this time because I am cold-blooded and inhuman. In fact, for the third sister, it is better to leave the capital far away. It will be difficult for her to stand in this place in the future. People always use her background to talk about things. "

Looking at the gradually darkening sky, Jia Zhu said helplessly, "I'm in a dilemma. After all, she is a father. I naturally hope that she will be well. But you think this kiss is a real one. Once the two sides move Dao Bing, the first one to be unlucky is her. Maybe even her life is gone, pity her a weak woman, even if she saves her life, the weather outside the Great Wall is freezing, we men are all complaining about that suffering, let alone her." Jia Lian also sighed: "You're right, but I hate the king of Nan'an for being too vicious, I just can't figure it out, you said that Fang'er, no one else loves her third sister, why is she still so cruel, turning her daughter Push it into the fire pit! Is she a fool or a lunatic!"

Jia Zhu also said harshly: "This woman should have been beaten to death in the first place, and she is a scourge even if she is alive!"

When Jia Zhu returned to her room at night, the nanny had already taken the child to rest, and Li Jin had already washed up and was thinking about things in front of the mirror.Seeing her husband come back, Li Jin hurriedly got up and helped Jia Zhu change clothes and wash up, "How is the third sister?" Jia Zhu asked about Tanchun's situation.In Jia Zhu's heart, although Tanchun can't keep up with Baoyu, she is a father's sister after all. Thinking that Tanchun has always respected him, Jia Zhu can't help but worry about Tanchun's future.

"Third sister is pitiful. If it were someone else, I might not know how to cry. She just couldn't turn around at the beginning, and she was so angry that she was about to die. Fortunately, she was stopped by the girls who saw her. My daughter-in-law and I persuaded her for a long time , she is a sensible person, she turned around quickly, and said a lot of things to us. I looked at her and felt pain in my heart. She pretended to be okay on the outside. The more she forbears, the more pitiful she is. She said that she I only recognize the master and wife, and I don’t know the rest.” When Li Jin talked about Tanchun, she was both pitiful and respectable.

"I think the third younger sister is a person with great ambitions, but she has a bad fate. If she was born by his wife, her future is limitless. It's a pity that she was born with such a background, and she also met such a black-hearted mother. It is also a poor person. You But I know that the king of Nan'an wants to use the third sister to make a marriage so that he can replace their daughter. It's a shame that her biological mother is helping her to deceive her!" Jia Zhu asked about the news.

"So that's how it is! I finally understand that Fang'er has a black heart. She took out her own daughter in order to curry favor with the prince, and she was worried that our family would not agree, so she had a chance encounter in the palace! It's really good." Cruel-hearted, they don't want to part with their daughters so they use other people's daughters as substitutes. But I can't figure out why Baochai from Aunt Xue's family also followed suit to harm people!" Li Jin connected the cause and effect of the incident, she Suddenly found a big problem.If Aunt Zhao or the Nan'an Palace came directly to recognize Tanchun, the Jia family would not agree due to emotion and reason.Moreover, Jia's mother and Jia Zheng will marry Tanchun soon.In this way, their calculations will be in vain.But they went around in circles and exposed the fact that King Nan'an's concubine was Tanchun's biological mother in front of the queen's concubines and wives.In this way, Tanchun's reputation is ruined. Tanchun can't get married in the capital, and can only go outside the Great Wall to get married.To complete this plan, someone needs to come forward to trick Tanchun into the palace. No one thought that the person who tricked Tanchun into the palace was Baochai!