old lady in red

This New Year's Eve, because Emperor Chunzheng's mother and son fell ill together, the atmosphere was depressing.

On New Year's Eve, the emperor will preside over the royal ancestor worship ceremony, and announce that he will be exempted from the imperial order to enter the palace to congratulate.

The Empress Dowager and the Empress have to take care of Concubine De and Emperor Chunzheng, and the Crown Prince is also very busy. He also has to follow the Emperor to meet the officials of the frontiers from all over the country, and he has to wait in front of his grandmother.

The princess is also going to the Changchun Palace to wait for her illness, so she has no time to receive the imperial order.

Shimei and Mrs. Zhang are very happy with these decrees, and they are happy and carefree.

On the 25th of the twelfth lunar month, Jia Zhu returned home after a long journey.

Jia Zhu first went to the palace to pay homage to the Crown Prince, and then went to Changchun Palace to visit the sick before returning home.

Jia Zhu returned home this time because of a promotion.

Jia Zhu was promoted to the magistrate of Henan, from the fourth rank to the third rank.

Prefects are generally of the fourth rank.

However, Henan is a big provincial capital.

There is another important reason for Jia Zhu to come back this time, which is for the future of his younger brother Baoyu.

What Jia Zhu meant was to discuss with his father and grandmother that among Baoyu's learning, poetry, song and fu, if he had to take an examination on policy theory and common affairs, he would definitely fail.

In this case, it is better not to take the exam, and directly enter the official position as a juren.

Shi Mei felt that Baoyu was really happy, and that her own brother had done enough.

This is because they are afraid of being hit by unfavorable treatment in the imperial examination.

Shi Mei said: "Your worries are not unreasonable, but the world is difficult, can you protect him for the rest of your life? The imperial examination is suffering, but it may not be a kind of experience."

Jia Zhu said: "Grandmother means to let Baoyu have a try?"

Shi Mei shook her head: "It's not what I mean, I let Baoyu decide for herself.

If he wants to try, you support him.

If he wants to take it easy, let him.

Let him decide his own path. He is also nineteen this year, and he will be 20 years old next year.

At your age, you are already able to take charge on your own, and he is also a recruiter. It is best to let him decide for himself. "

Then, Jia Zheng and Jia Zhu asked Baoyu for advice, but Baoyu decided to refer to it.

This left Jia Zhu speechless.

He has always had a knot in his heart.

Since he was released from office in Henan, every time he cultivated into samadhi, he couldn't concentrate on his cultivation, and some strange images always appeared in his mind.

These pictures are sporadic, but they cover the rise and fall of Rongfu.

It's strange, but the picture doesn't include himself.

He struggled and shouted desperately, but the characters in the picture ignored him.

Among them is the picture about this younger brother Baoyu.

Baoyu's ending was not good.

However, many things in reality did not match up with his dreams.

Therefore, he was very puzzled and didn't know what happened.

I have never dared to speak to anyone, even my mother, even my wife.

Somewhere, he had a guess whether all this had something to do with his grandmother.

Because there is a big difference between the grandmother in the dream and the grandmother in reality.

The grandmother in the dream blindly favored his father, making the Rong family angry.

After Jia Zhu had a dream, some childhood memories that were still preserved in her mind began to revive skin to skin.

The grandmother in his memory from the age of two to four matched the grandmother in his dream.

He favors his father, speaks harshly to his aunt and uncle, and reprimands him at every turn.

She even wondered if this grandmother had been taken away.

However, grandma loved them like flesh and blood.

If it is an outsider, why are they so devoted to these descendants, why are they so dedicated to promoting Rongfu to achieve today's situation?

Jia Zhu couldn't figure it out, and could only avoid it.

It is precisely because of this that Jia Zhu took Baoyu to Henan, lest he repeat the same mistakes and end up with a tragic ending in his dream.

He opposed Baoyu's participation in the imperial examination because of that dream.

Now the grandmother said to let Baoyu participate, and Baoyu wanted to participate, so he had no choice but to give up.

Afterwards, Jia Zhu no longer mentioned Baoyu's abandonment of the exam. Instead, he used his free time to review his homework for Baoyu, and taught him some precautions in the exam room, telling him to behave well and not to make some shocking remarks.

Jia Zhu told Baoyu: "Generally, for the sake of stability, examiners will dismiss papers that are too unconventional. You should pay attention."

This is also based on the fact that Baoyu likes to talk about current disadvantages when he talks on weekdays, and he can be sought after by some frustrated people in ten days.

However, the examiner may not like it.

Jia Zhu was actually not very worried about Baoyu's knowledge, but he hated the world's views, which made him uneasy.

He didn't know why the younger brother who was raised in the brocade pile was always so cynical and spoke shockingly.

Jia Zhu thought that Shi Mei didn't know about Baoyu's perverseness, and she was too embarrassed to talk about it with her grandmother, but she must have gotten older too.

When Jia Zhu returned home this time, she also brought a dowry for Tanchun, but it was 2000 taels of silver, plus Bian embroidery, a bed of a hundred quilts, and a bed of a hundred quilts.

Tuyi also has two carts, both of which are special products of Henan.

On the 26th of the twelfth lunar month, Jia Cong's gift also arrived home.

Like Jia Zhu's, they are all from Huguang.

Rongfu, Ningfu, and Linfu's second houses all receive the same treatment, and each family has a cart of soil instrument.

Uncle Zhang's family, Yanhou's family, Mei's family, Hu's family, Wang's family, and Shi Jia's Yuanchun, Yingchun, and Xichun's families gave gifts to Mrs. Zhang.

Ye Zheng's gifts are the same as Jia Cong's, and every household has a share.

Jia Zhu was a little ashamed.

He didn't even think of bringing gifts to the in-laws of Yanhou Mei's family.

This was not Jia Zhu's mistake, Hu Yanran mentioned it, but it was Wang who didn't want to deal with these people.

Hu Yanran is not easy to disobey.

Jia Cong is different. Ye Yun has encountered such a situation since he was a child, and he has learned to observe words and emotions since he was a child, and find help and shelter for himself.

Moreover, these families actually protected their Ye family siblings.It's no wonder she misses it all the time.

Therefore, Jia Zhu also took a grievance on behalf of her father. A virtuous wife is really important.

This year's New Year's Eve sacrifice, the Rong Mansion has an extra eldest grandson, Jia Zhu.

However, because the emperor is the main force this year, Jia Zheng was detained by the emperor to work as a nutritionist.

Jia Zheng is now almost in charge of the emperor's tea and food, and as the minister of the Ministry of Industry, he is far enough away from being on duty.

On the contrary, Jia Amnesty is on rotation with Marquis Yan this year.

Yan Hou's follow-up emperor is an ancestor and does not need to go home, so he replaces Jia She on duty.

As a result, Jia Amnesty stole half a day off and went home to participate in the ancestor worship ceremony.

This year, the Rongning and Ningfu prefectures had an unprecedented collection of ancestor worship, including Jia She, Jia Zhu, Jia Lian, Jia Zhang, and Jia Yu in Rongfu.Ningfu Jia Jing, Jia Zhen, Jia Rong, Jia Qiang, Jia Po, Jia Han.

On the side of the women's family, Zhizhi also went out of the palace to participate in the ancestor worship.

Du Jun has not yet consummated her marriage, and her aunt Du Zhen is taking care of her, so no one will murder her.

Then, Jia She, Jia Zhu, Jia Lian and even Jia Zhang were called into the palace to take turns.

Jia Zhang became Cheng Zhi next to the prince, responsible for recording the orders of the prince, drawing up the rules for the prince, and sometimes reminding the prince of what to do and when.

Sandingjia followed the emperor, and Jia Zhang went on business with the prince, so the others had nothing to say.

The point is, with the emperor's permission, outsiders dare not show their teeth.

On the Rong Mansion's side, the banquet started from the first day of the first lunar month.

On the first day of the lunar new year, the people from Jinling and the people from the back streets are mainly entertained.

On the second day of junior high school, it was the Ningfu banquet, which was also a banquet for the clansmen.

The second day of junior high school is also the day when the daughter-in-law returns home.

Zhang's Shui Ling Mei Xin'er, Yu's and Xu's are all returning to Ning. On this day, Shi Mei and Yang will host the banquet with Tan Chun and Zhi Zhi.

At the same time, Jia Min, Yuan Chun, Ying Chun, and Xi Chun also returned to Ning on this day.

Early in the morning of the second day of junior high school, the Rongning Second Mansion sent Baoyu and Jia Rong to welcome these aunts back to the mansion separately.

However, Jia Min couldn't come back, because Qingyu had to accompany Jinming to Guining, and the family couldn't live without a master in the first month.

In the past, when Lin Ruhai was not in the capital, his home could be closed, but now it is not possible.

Therefore, Jia Min's return to Ning was postponed to the sixth day of the first day.

Because Qingyu's daughter-in-law, Jin Mingchu, will return to her husband's house on the sixth day of the Ming Dynasty.

Daiyu will also return to Ning on this day.

This is Daiyu's first return to her natal home.

Jin Ming also had to wait for the young lady to come home before returning to her natal home.

Jia Min is also a mother-in-law herself, so what can Shi Mei complain about?

Jia Min is not as good as Zhang's, but does she have a good mother-in-law who can entertain her daughter?

Shi Mei didn't care, Jia Min would go home to reunite with Shi Mei every now and then.

Throughout the spring and summer vacations, Jia Min played with Shi Mei and Zhang's and Yang's almost in the daytime.

Outing, swimming, exercising and practicing, and thinking about eating together after finishing.

Yang Shi has now become Shi Mei's biological daughter.

Seeing that Jia Min didn't come back at such a time, I joked with Shi Mei: "It doesn't matter if the fourth sister doesn't come home, just give me all the delicious food and drink you prepared, and I will kowtow to you, mother Happy New Year, long life, hundreds of sons and thousands of grandchildren..."

Shi Mei flicked Yang's head: "Oh, you're still naughty even in your decades..."

It made Yuanchun, Yingchun, Xichun, Tanchun and Zhizhi all cover their mouths and laugh.

In my heart, I was envious of each of them. It would be great if they could be treated like this at home in any year and month.

At the same time sigh, this is daydreaming.

Except for the old ancestor of Rongfu, this old lady in the capital couldn't pick out another family who was so good-tempered, easy to talk, and treated her daughter-in-law as a daughter-in-law.

On the third day of junior high school, Mrs. Zhang remembers Yingchun and Xichun, and goes home early.

She didn't have anything to complain about, her mother-in-law didn't have Gui Ning at all.

This is also because Jia Mu's father is long gone.

The nephew, niece and daughter-in-law are out of tune.

The three sisters Yuanchun, Yingchun, and Xichun were picked up by their respective husbands after spending two days playing at their natal home.

The reason is that grandparents miss their grandchildren.

This reason makes it difficult for Shimei and Zhang to stay.

Mrs. Zhang gave each grandson a big red seal.

Shi Mei, the ancestor, gave each great-grandson a spiritual jade pendant for self-defense as a gift.

Today, Shi Mei wants to gamble on stones without going to Puyu Street in person, someone else pulls carts of stones into the mansion for Shi Mei to choose.

When the lame Taoist and Laitou monk left the capital, in order to thank Shi Mei for tipping them off, they gave Shi Mei a book of the most basic spells.

Shi Mei used these spiritual jades to carve some simple formations, mainly to ward off evil spirits, to purify the heart, and not to be invaded by evil spirits.

For the rest of the spells, Shi Mei also learned the cleansing spell and the water diversion spell the year before last.

These two spells are really useful.

In the past two years, the reason why the pomegranates, green dates, peaches, plums and plums in Cuiwei Mountain have grown well is related to Shimei's water diversion skills.

Every year when the fruit trees bloom, Shimei will water these fruit trees, not only watering the roots, but also spraying the petals like a shower.

Now the fruits on Cuiwei Mountain are more delicious, and the output has increased by [-]%.

It will soon be the sixth day of the first lunar month.

On this day, Jia She went out of the palace to go home, and Lin Ruhai also accompanied Jia Min back to Ning.

On the sixth day of the lunar new year, in order to cooperate with Jia Min and Lin Ruhai, Rong Mansion entertained only in-laws.

Yanhou's family, Zhang's family, Mei's family, Wang's family, Du's family, Feng's family, Zhao's family, and Hu's family.

The other families were all out, only Hu Yanran's younger brother and his wife came from the Hu family.

But it was Mrs. Hu who was sick.

Shi Mei then told the young couple to go back early.

The young couple told Shi Mei the truth when they were leaving, but it was her stepmother who scratched his father's face when she was leaving the house.

His stepmother scratched his father's face because his younger brother wanted to say that he was released, and she was upset that his father made face for his sister.

His father couldn't go out, and her grandmother was so angry that her armpit hurt, so she couldn't come.

The husband and wife pleaded guilty again and again, and then they left and went home.

When they said this, Jia Zhu was there, and he was just feeling emotional in his heart.

When the brother-in-law of the Hu family went out, Jia Zhu suddenly knelt down and kowtowed to Shi Mei three times.

Shi Mei was startled, and quickly got up to support her: "What are you doing, get up quickly."

But Jia Zhu's eyes were red: "Grandmother sit down, please accept grandson's respect."

Shi Mei allowed him to kowtow three times before calling out.

However, Jia Zhu couldn't hide Shi Mei's tears, so she hurriedly asked, "What wronged you? Tell grandma, grandma will help you resolve it?"

Jia Zhu shook her head: "No, grandson is not wronged."

Shi Mei was surprised: "There is no grievance, why are you crying?"

Jia Zhu sat down next to Shi Mei: "Grandmother, I want to go to the secret room to practice, and you will protect the Dharma for my grandson, will it work?"

Shi Mei was taken aback when she heard the words. Could it be that this child has a problem with his cultivation, he quickly stretched out his hand to hold Jia Zhu's veins, but he didn't see any problem.

Shi Mei suddenly realized that Jia Zhu didn't want to practice, but had something to say?

Shi Mei dragged Jia Zhu into the secret room.

Then, the doors and windows were sealed with spiritual energy.

Looking at his grandmother's behavior, Jia Zhu became more and more sure that this grandmother was not his childhood grandmother.

However, this grandmother had no ill will towards them.

Perhaps it was the savior sent by God to save Rongfu.

Jia Zhu decided not to reveal the secret.

Jia Zhu knelt down again, kowtowed and said, "Don't dare to hide from grandma, grandson doesn't need to go to Beijing this time, it's grandson who insists on going back to Beijing, and the reason is that grandson has had bad dreams recently..."

Shi Mei stared at Jia Zhu, knowing that he was not lying: "What dream?"

Jia Zhu said: "Some dreams match, some dreams don't match, my grandson is very frightened, so I come back to Beijing to ask my grandmother for advice."

Shi Mei sat cross-legged on the exercise mat, and said, "Speak."

Jia Zhu said: "In the dream, I saw sister Yuanchun became the imperial concubine, she was sitting on the stage, and her grandparents, parents and uncles were all prostrate at her feet.

I wanted to reprimand her for being unfilial, but she suddenly burst into tears, and then hung herself on the beam with a rope..."

Shi Mei was taken aback for a moment, did Yuan Chun fall for her?

Shi Mei was busy comforting Jia Zhu: "It's okay, it's okay, the dream is reversed, Yuan Chun is doing very well in Du's house, no one dares to bully her!"