Daiyu's wife in the Red Chamber

Jia Lian was riding a big white horse, wearing a moon-white brocade robe, and a squirrel cloak in stone green silk silk. His face was solemn, and he looked even more handsome and romantic, like a jade tree facing the wind, but his sword eyebrows were deeply frowned, and his thin lips were tightly pursed. But a little less frivolity than usual.

Wei Ruolan saw it in her eyes and secretly felt puzzled.

Seeing that Jia Lian and his party went to Beijing, but did not see Jia Yucun, they figured it out after a little meditation.Lin Ruhai died a few days early, and Jia Lian set off a few days earlier, so he missed the chance encounter with Jia Yucun, and even if it was a chance encounter, he might not travel together like in the original book.

On the way, Jia Lian almost tore through the laws and regulations of the dynasty, and read some books that Lin Ruhai had arranged for him and bought. He also had a counselor surnamed Li that Lin Ruhai left for him.Although Jia Lian could not study well and has always been a wanderer, he came from a wealthy family and could read Chinese characters. Mr. Li explained it in detail, as if he had suddenly opened his spiritual aperture, and his eyes were clear. When I was having fun, I couldn't help but think of Lin Ruhai's harsh words before he died, and Mr. Li insisted on holding back every time he described the harm.

Mr. Li's surname is Li Mingming, and his surname is according to it. He was originally a son of an aristocratic family. In a foreign land, his fame has also been removed, and he has no way to be promoted. At this time, he has already been a big official in the frontier.

However, in the world, there are many icing on the cake, few people who give charcoal in the snow, and even more people who make troubles. Li Ming's father and brother also offended many officials in the officialdom, especially the Zhen family.Once in trouble, all the members of the Zhen family took action, causing Li Ming to feel destitute and impoverished. His wife, mother, sister-in-law and nephew all died, but only the sick child remained. It happened that Lin Ruhai returned to his hometown to worship his ancestors, and he extended a helping hand to solve the crisis.Before Lin Ruhai died, he wanted to arrange for him to take shelter under the former senior official of the same department, but by coincidence, Wei Ruolan got the letter from Wei Ruolan, so he changed his mind.

Jia Lian has people around him to give advice, and after enjoying the benefits, he will naturally treat Daiyu kindly, and Li Ming will do his best. If Jia Lian doesn't listen to good advice, Li Ming will be able to escape after the Zhen family's downfall.Although the prosperity and wealth of Rongguo Mansion did not last long, before the accident happened in Rongguo Mansion, the Zhen family fell first, and once the Zhen family fell, Li Ming was completely out of the sea of ​​suffering.

Jia Lian is a person who is greedy for profit, and he has always been greedy for profit. He has always been greedy for no profit. In order not to fall into the hands of Baoyu, he also does not want to be the housekeeper of Lao Shizi. He treats Li Ming very politely. His son Li Yu asked a doctor to treat his illness, and he paid for all the medical expenses.Jia Lian is very self-aware, he has no ability and doesn't understand people's hearts, so he will have to ask Li Ming very much in the future, if he treats him kindly at this time, he will naturally help him with all his heart in the future and regain the power of the government.

Gossip less, but it is said that Jia Lian passed by Ningguo Mansion, and when he arrived at Rongguo Mansion, the gatekeepers with bright clothes and happy faces opened the middle door, got up from the stool respectfully, and walked down the steps to say hello.

Jia Lian jumped off his horse, handed the reins to the boy, looked up at the plaque, and thought that the number of times the main gate is opened every year is very small, and since weddings and festivals and funerals, he usually enters and exits through the gate of ceremonies. All the servants walked through the corner gate, why did they suddenly open the main gate today?Looking back at the county lord's carriage covered with blue satin to show filial piety, he seemed to realize something.The last time Daiyu went to Beijing through the Xijiao Gate, and now that she has been named the county head, it is obvious that the mansion has to change its behavior.

Just as she was about to lift her feet up the steps, she suddenly saw Mammy Liu coming down from a car behind Daiyu. After asking Daiyu for instructions, she stepped forward and said with a straight face: "Although the county magistrate was granted the title because of his father's shade, he cannot be honored by the emperor." Energetic and arrogant, there is no reason to go the right way, and the county lord has great filial piety in his body, so as not to collide with the joy of the mansion and ruin the feng shui of the mansion, the mansion actually opened another door."

On the way back to the Lin family and back to Beijing, she used Xueyan's words. The last time Daiyu went to Beijing, she walked through the Xijiao gate. No master greeted her at the second gate, and no junior kept a filial piety for her aunt. Now that the main gate is open, they don't want to gone!

Wei Ruolan wanted to see whether Rongguo Mansion would open the main gate this time, or let Daiyu go through the corner gate, so she followed behind, hiding in the crowd, and almost laughed out loud when she heard Madam Liu's words.

That's right, when you enter a relative's house with filial piety, you really can't go through the main entrance. Without filial piety, Daiyu is unlikely to go through the main entrance. She is young and has no job, and has no qualifications. You must know that the main entrance is to welcome the imperial decree, or welcome the emperor's relatives, Or to welcome officials and distinguished guests, or to open the door only during major weddings, funerals, weddings, festivals and sacrifices.

There are side doors on both sides of the main entrance. There are three gates in Rongguo Mansion.There are two kinds of Yimen, one is the second door inside the main gate, and there is Yimen inside Jia Shehe Heiyou gate, which is also the second gate, one is next to the east and west side gates, on the same wall as the corner gate Nearer, it is used by the masters of the mansion to go in and out.The small door farther away from Yimen and near the corner of the wall is the corner door for servants to pass through, so as not to collide with the master, because most of the buildings built near the wall are houses for servants.Some so-called scholars say that Xijiaomen is closer to Jiamu's main courtyard, but they are all nonsense. How could Jiamu's main courtyard directly lead to the corner gate? Daiyu turned a corner after entering the gate before entering.When Daiyu first came to the capital, it was the Jia family who picked her up. At that time, Jia pardoned Jia Zheng from Jia Lian, and Baoyu Sanchun from Jia Lian was supposed to be a filial piety for Jia Min. There was no conflict, so it was an insult to let her go through the corner door.

Since ancient times, the east has been respected, and the Xijiao Gate is the most humble. However, because of Jia She's other openings in the east, there are only the Heiyou Gate and the Neiyi Gate. There is no corner gate belonging to the Rongguo Mansion, so the real corner gate of the Rongguo Mansion is only the Xijiao Gate.

Although the dream of Red Mansions did not specify which door Xue's family walked through, the family got off the car outside the door, and Mrs. Wang who lived in Rongxi Hall took her daughter-in-law and others out of the hall. The aunt is the main one, and the Xue Pan brothers and sisters are the best, but the hall is connected with the corridor and leads directly to the main entrance, so it must not be the corner gate. As for whether it is the main entrance, who knows?After all, Aunt Xue was not ordered by the imperial court, even if Xue Pan was the head of the family, she would not have an official position.However, with the identity of Mrs. Wang's younger sister, it is also possible to go the right way.

Thinking of this, Wei Ruolan thought about Madam Liu's words, secretly praising Dai Yuhui's spirituality, she deserves to be a fairyland outside the world. Leave an impression of bullying.However, the words she asked Nanny Liu to pass on were just right, not only predestined, but also more reasonable.

A flash of surprise flashed across Jia Lian's face, and he quickly reacted, scolding the doorman and said, "Didn't you hear the order from the county lord? Why don't you hurry up and open the east door, and ask the county lord to come in and rest."

The concierge looked at each other, listened to Jia Lian's urging, and hurriedly opened the east door, and another servant stepped forward to lift the carriage, leaving the horse Zhu Lun behind.

When Daiyu's carriage entered, the accompanying mothers, maids, eunuchs, maids and servants all dismounted from the carriages outside the door and followed them inside. Jia Lian ordered his servants to send the carriages and horses into the stables, and ordered his servants to move the carriages into the mansion as a salute. , said: "These are the things that my aunt left for the county magistrate, be careful, don't break them! Zhao'er, you bring some strong boys to give the 5 taels of silver and various earthly ritual gifts that my aunt gave to the house." Carry it to the old lady's yard, so that she can tell the old lady." After speaking, he entered the door.

Hearing that the dozens of liang of carriages behind were things that Lin Ruhai had left for Daiyu, and hearing Jia Lian say that the Lin family had given 5 liang of silver to the family, all the busy servants were amazed.

When Jia Lian walked to the gate of Jiamu's compound, the ropes carrying the box by the boys suddenly broke, and the heavy box fell to the ground. , attracted the attention of all the servants and maids in the past.Jia Lian hurriedly picked it up, and said: "The 5 taels of silver that Uncle Lin gave to the family will have to be reported to the old lady in a while, and it will be paid to the public. If there is one missing, you can be careful!" At that time, Daiyu had already cried a lot and was congratulating Jiamu and Mrs. Wang.

After a briefing, Jia Lian invited Ann first when he entered the room. He saw that there were a lot of flowers inside and outside the room. From the master to the servants, they were all dressed up in pink and willow green. Baoyu was still wearing red and flowered arrow sleeves. The servant sent a message, wearing an azurite ermine gown and a green-gray horse-face skirt underneath, and went to Yimen to greet him in person.

Jia Lian lowered his eyelids to cover the complex emotions in his eyes, and before Jiamu and Mrs. Wang asked, he said to himself: "Uncle Lin and Auntie's coffins have been buried in the ancestral grave, and everything is over. Before he died, Uncle Lin prepared silver. 5 taels will be given to our family to provide food and clothing for Sister Lin before she leaves the court, as a way to show my father’s kindness. The 5 taels of silver and the earthen ceremonial gifts prepared by Aunt Lin’s father have all been brought over, please see the old lady.”

At that time, Aunt Xue, Baochai, Yingchun, Tanchun, and Xichun were all in the room. They were all surprised when they heard this. Xichun, the youngest, took a small breath and said directly: "Uncle Lin prepared so much money Flowers for Sister Lin?"

Jia Lian glanced at Yingchun who was silent, and Tanchun who was in high spirits, Fang said to Xichun warmly: "It's for our house. Your sister Lin lives in our house, and all the food and living expenses are provided by our house. It's the same as your sisters. In the past, when Uncle Lin was alive, he gave 5000 taels of silver every year. Now that he knows that time is running out, Fang specially prepared 5 taels of silver at a time. The things left for Sister Lin are only a few things that have not been moved in from outside. Ten carts of books, people say that they belong to a scholarly family. In fact, Uncle Lin is too polite, how much money can Sister Lin spend alone? Even if you eat gold and drink silver, you can’t spend so much.”

Daiyu had already covered her face and wiped away her tears when she heard him talking about her late father's death. She wept silently, which made her even more sad.

Jia's mother hurriedly took her into her arms to comfort her in every possible way, and scolded Jia Lian, saying, "It was so hard to persuade your sister to stop her tears, and you're here to recruit her again! Hurry up and clean it up."

Jia Lian said with a smile: "Old lady, please calm down. There are many people in our house. We must explain everything clearly, lest you make up your own words and make them disappear. Sister Lin is now the head of the county. He and the empress have a name in front of the empress, except for filial piety, he has to go to the palace to pay his respects every year and festival, if one or two of our family offends our sister without courtesy, wouldn't it be embarrassing for the court?"

At this time, everyone remembered that they only knew that Daiyu was the head of Jingxiao County when Jia Lian reported the letter yesterday, but they didn't know anything about it. Mrs. Wang asked, "What's going on? You only said in the letter that the aunt arranged Well, we're at a loss."

Mrs. Wang's expression remained unchanged, but her heart seemed to be burning with oil.

This question should have been asked privately by Jia Lian, but what Jia Lian meant was nothing other than what he said, and the 5 taels of silver was known to everyone, so why not be surprised?How not to be surprised?How could the century-old Lin family only have 5 taels of silver and some books?

In the Yuanchun Jin Dynasty, the holy order was to visit relatives, but the house was exhausted and often ate the food without food. Mrs. Wang only hoped that Jia Lian would return to Beijing with a large amount of property to relieve her urgent needs. Who knew that Daiyu had been named the county head first, but she and the Lin family Family property is irrelevant.She suddenly remembered the hesitant expressions of the two waiting to talk when they went out to socialize. Could it be that they all knew about this, but they didn't know when they were alone?Ever since Wang Ziteng was promoted to rule the nine provinces, he and his sister-in-law were not in the capital, Mrs. Wang had some news, and she knew nothing about major affairs in the court.

Jia Lian looked around at the crowd, sighed, with a sad look on his face, and said: "Uncle is loyal and righteous, thinking about the soldiers of Guangdong and Hai guarding the frontier, and thinking that there is no heir to inherit the family, even if my sister gets half of the family property, I'm afraid I can't do it." Take care of it, so before he died, he converted all the family property and donated it to the imperial court for the payment of the Guangdong Navy. Today's sages think of his uncle's loyalty, so he has the act of rewarding his younger sister. In addition, although my uncle is loyal, he is also merciful. Fearing that his younger sister would be too young and unsophisticated, he deposited all the dowries of the Lin family, his aunt and other mistresses of the fifth generation in the treasury. .”

After speaking eloquently, everyone changed color, and the room fell into a strange silence.

Jia Lian sneered secretly in his heart, all of them looked amiable, which one was not like himself, thinking about the Lin family's property and wanting a piece of the pie?When my aunt died, why didn't I ask myself to go to mourn and pick up my cousin?That's the aunt of the first-line relative, but the uncle sent him to send his cousin south just because he was seriously ill.My own father and stepmother were thinking about it, and Mrs. Wang was thinking about it as well. As for Jia Zheng, he really had no knowledge of the world, no matter what his loving mother and virtuous wife did, it had nothing to do with him.

After a long time, Mother Jia said with emotion: "It's hard for my aunt to be so thoughtful. Could it be that someone in our family is neglecting your sister?"

Daiyu stood up and replied: "Grandmother, please don't be overwhelmed. The family treats me like a direct relative. No one knows. My late father is really grateful. The act of dying is because I can't bear the saint's difficulty in raising military pay. Loyalty."

It happened that someone came to ask questions outside. After listening to a few words, Sister Feng came to ask about Daiyu's house and the place where her books were placed.