The red building is so arrogant

The news that Concubine Xiande was going home to visit her relatives a few years ago undoubtedly caused an uproar in the Rongguo Mansion, and even overshadowed the limelight of the old lady's critical illness due to 'excessive joy'.

When Jia Yuanchun returned to visit his relatives for the first time, it was an unprecedented honor, and everyone from top to bottom felt that he was honored, not only the stakeholders like Mrs. Jia Zhengwang, but even the most humble servants mentioned this matter to the outside world. They will unconsciously raise their chests.

But this time I will come to visit the relatives again, but the reputation of the mansion has turned 180 degrees. After all, last year because of the deficit owed by the provincial relatives' house, everyone defaulted on the monthly payment again and again, and everyone can still vividly remember it.

Now relying on the three girls to live within their means, it is very easy to return to the past. Who would have thought that the empress would come to visit her relatives again...

Isn't this just cutting leeks? !

So for two or three days, everyone talked and complained.

This morning, after a few servants had finished sweeping the small wedding courtyard, they couldn't help but go to the gate of the courtyard to complain.

"Didn't it say that the emperor is ill and won't visit his relatives this year?"

"That's what the outside world said, but the palace hasn't confirmed the news!"

"If you want me to say, since you come here, you won't be able to say a few words anyway, so why bother to make such a fuss, just let the master and wife go to the palace to visit the empress, wouldn't it be fine?"

"To put it lightly, do you think it's easy to enter the palace? Our master has only entered the palace two or three times in the past few years. It may not be every time he can see the emperor's empress—that is, a master like Uncle Jiao. Go to the palace every three days to see the emperor."

"Oh~ I don't know how much money I will spend this time."

"It doesn't matter how much you spend, as long as you don't get any flowers at all!"

One of the servants said, pouted her mouth in the hall and said: "I heard that when the garden was built, the money was not available, and it was all based on a sum of money from Xue's family to fill in the hole, but now Second Master Bao and Second Mistress just When you enter the door, you quarrel, and the wives of your in-laws come to stay here, so how can you open your mouth like this?"

"Who says it's not? I heard that Second Master Bao..."

"Stop it, stop it soon, the attacker is coming!"

The discussion was in full swing, when they suddenly heard the word "attacking people", several servants hurriedly made birds and beasts.

One of them walked slowly, but was grabbed by Xiren, and begged with a smile: "Auntie, don't be too busy, please send me a message, and ask Miss Yinger to come out and talk."

Naturally, the maid didn't dare to refuse, she hurried into the west chamber to look for Ying'er.

Not long after, Ying'er came out from inside with a serious face, and saw Xiren carrying four-color snacks in his hand, and she was smiling again, her face softened a little unconsciously, and she frowned and asked, "Second Master asked you to come here." of?"

"Yes and no."

As Xiren said, he forced Ying'er to stuff the four-color dim sum, and said: "Second Master heard that you knelt all night that day, and felt very sorry for you, so I took the initiative to invite Ying to come and see you."

"What are you doing with these?"

Ying'er declined for a while, but seeing that the refusal failed, and when she heard that Baoyu not only did not blame her for suing, but also felt guilty, her attitude softened invisibly, and she complained brokenly: "I didn't say that, Second Master Bao It's too much to do it back, the old lady thought it was our girl..."

"Shh~"

Xiren hurriedly motioned her to keep her voice down, and reminded: "It's so easy for the old lady to turn the page, you must never dare to mention it again in the future!"

After finishing speaking, he sighed helplessly: "You don't know our second master, you just thought about it, but you didn't have a brain at the time, and now your intestines are green from regret, and you have been trying to apologize to grandma, but..."

As she said that, she poked her head in and took a look inside: "You have always been the one who makes decisions around grandma, why did you suddenly add Qingwen, the door god?"

Hearing that she mentioned Qingwen, Ying'er was also a little bit displeased, but Xiangling didn't like it. She had served the girl before, and she was kind and innocent.

But what happened to Qingwen?I didn't talk about it when I was recuperating, but now that I'm all well, how can it be her turn to take the lead and dictate? !
But Yinger didn't want to discuss this with Xiren, so she put on a straight face and said, "This is arranged by Miss Shi, what can we talk about? Do you have anything else to do? If it's okay, I'll go ahead Go back and get busy..."

"Don't worry!"

Xiren hurriedly grabbed her, and said with a smile: "My good sister, I don't insist on interceding with the second master, but after all, they have become husband and wife, so it is impossible for the two places to live apart forever, right?"

After saying that, he pouted twice and said: "Just now, I saw a few women talking at the gate of the courtyard."

These words reached Yinger's heart.

Although she defended Baochai, and even spoke out in front of the old lady, deep down in her heart, she also felt that the young couple couldn't go on like this forever, and sooner or later they would have to ease up.

But she also knew that she couldn't rush to let go of this matter, so she said indifferently: "Isn't it already discussed that the second grandfather will go to the yamen to work seriously after the next year, and first show a positive attitude?"

"I am very sure of that!"

Xiren hurriedly boasted for Baoyu: "The second master has been reading the official document templates given by Uncle Jiao recently, and he refuses to put it down when he eats and sleeps, so he almost has his head stabbed in the ass—it's not his own future that he is working so hard for, but ours. grandmother!"

Speaking of this, he suddenly changed the subject: "But you also know that he has never been through this experience in the past, and he may not be able to do it perfectly in a hurry, so I want to ask my sister to lay an ambush first, and if things happen at that time There are twists and turns, but there is a turning point."

"This……"

Ying'er pondered for a while, then looked at the four-color dim sum in her hand, she was obviously moved.

Xiren immediately strikes while the iron is hot, implying Yinger inside and out that he will take the initiative to retreat in the future and let Yinger carry his aunt first.

Ying'er's face was slightly red, and she finally let go: "Then I'll try first, but don't expect too much, girl... Grandma always has her own ideas, if she's sure about something, it's useless. "

"It's useless if others say it, but it will definitely work if you say it!"

Xiren offered another flattery, and Yinger, who was so grateful and coaxed, was very happy. Then they parted ways and turned back to Yihong Courtyard—Aunt Xue lived in the newlywed bridal chamber, so Jia Baoyu naturally had to return to Yihong Courtyard for a temporary stay. .

Back in Yihong Courtyard, she had reported the good news to Xiang Baoyu, and then told him to get close to Yinger more in the future, so that Yinger could work hard to make peace.

Who would have thought that as soon as he entered the door, he would see official documents scattered all over the floor. Baoyu was lying on his back on the bed, with a copy of The West Chamber covered his face, one leg was curled up on the bed, and the other leg was dangling on the ground.

"My little ancestor!"

Xiren stamped anxiously, squatting down to pick up those official document templates, and complained: "What are you doing? Mr. Jiao has a lot of things to do every day. If he didn't think about the love in the past, how could he be so busy?" Take time out to teach the second master? How can he be worthy of his painstaking efforts?!"

"These footbinding-like articles are stinky and long, and they're also boring!"

Baoyu pulled The Story of the West Chamber down, revealing a look of impatience.

Seeing this, Xiren raised the official document in his hand at him, and reminded: "Second Master, don't forget, Uncle Jiao will take an exam afterward!"

"That's not these days."

Jia Baoyu turned over, turned his back to Xiren and said lazily: "He will be promoted to junior position early in the morning, so he will be busy for a few days, and I will not be too late to study."

With his temperament, it is not easy to bear to look at it for two days - in fact, he didn't pay much attention to it in these two days, otherwise Xiren would not have gone to get vaccinations in private.

On the third day, he couldn't stand what he said, and even developed a rebellious mentality because of this, and began to doubt whether it was worth it for him to work so hard to get Sister Bao back.

After all, the only one I love is Sister Lin!

Ah ~
Sister Lin, Sister Lin who never persuades herself to make progress, where are you now? !
Seeing his lying down, Xiren thought about what he had boasted to Ying'er before, and couldn't help sighing.

She knew Baoyushun's temper best, and Kuang also felt that Jiaoshun would probably not come again in the next few days, so she didn't persuade him to read the official document, but changed the subject: "Then the second master can also go to grandma to have a heart-to-heart talk." Ah, you haven't been there for several days..."

"I want to go!"

Baoyu got up, pouted and said, "Qingwen guards the door like a door god, as if she wants to eat people, but how dare I come forward?"

After a pause, she couldn't help but thumped the bed again, and said angrily, "I don't know who sold her back then, but let me take the blame!"

Hearing that he was shirking responsibility, Xiren instinctively wanted to get rid of it, but suddenly she heard Sheyue came in to report that it was Uncle Jiao who came, and the master asked the second master to go ahead and talk.

"what?!"

Baoyu's face turned pale with shock, thinking why Brother Jiao didn't play cards according to common sense?Are your own affairs more important than getting promoted and getting rich?

It's impossible for him to be the same as himself and not interested in official career and economy, right?
While cursing in his heart, he hurriedly put on his shoes, stepped forward and snatched the official document template, after thinking about it, he gave half of it to Xi Ren: "Hurry up and look through it to see which ones have the least number of words, Pick it out for me!"

As he said that, he also ran to the table, picked up the template with the least number of words and glanced over it in a hurry, hoping that he would be exhausted if he sharpened his gun before the battle.

at the same time.

In the living room in the front yard, Jiao Shun was drinking tea with Jia Zheng while discussing the matter of visiting relatives this time.

"I heard that Concubine Wu Gui is considerate of the empress, so she deliberately put the empress at the front, in order to let the empress go home to visit her sick."

Jia Zheng listened a little absent-mindedly, because the Rongguo Mansion had experienced so much in the past six months that they forgot about the matter of visiting relatives.

But if you work overtime, you have to pay more!
Even if it is half of the preparation when I first went to visit my relatives, the family will still have a shortfall of tens of thousands of taels.

Someone suggested repeating the old trick and pledging the income from the shop, but it was rejected by Tanchun, mainly because without this income, the family would still fall into a high debt sooner or later, and ruined the only chance to turn around.

Originally, the best way to survive this calamity was to ask the Xue family for help, but that little bastard made such a mess of a good marriage. Jia Zheng and Mrs. Wang had no face to mention it to Aunt Xue.

The two roads are impossible, and there is no third road to think about at the moment. In recent days, because of this matter, the whole family has been scratching their heads and scratching their heads.

Therefore, Jia Zheng was a little distracted.

But when he heard the word Wu Guifei, he reacted belatedly, and hurriedly asked: "I have never heard of any friendship between Wu Guifei and the empress, but this time..."

"Maybe I hope His Highness the Crown Prince can help you more in the future."

Jiao Shun explained casually, and then said: "Actually, I came this time mainly to visit the old lady—uncle also knows that Xiangyun grew up beside the old lady since he was a child, and now his body is inconvenient to walk around, so he Tell me to move around more."

After a pause, he added: "It happens to be able to urge Brother Bao to work hard."

Back from the Rongguo Mansion last time, Shi Xiangyun made a small suggestion, that is, since the two parties are already relatives, they can't still use the old address, so Jiao Shun followed suit and changed Jia Zheng's name to 'Uncle'.

After a while, I'm afraid it will be changed again.

Speaking of Baoyu, Jia Zheng couldn't help snorting coldly, and said through gritted teeth: "I don't believe that little bastard can really cheer up—if you really want to cheer up, why wait until next year?"

"Haha, Brother Bao is still young after all, so he must be given a process of adaptation."

Jiao Shun was just talking casually at first, but when Jia Zheng heard it, he became suspicious again, thinking, how could Jiao Changqing be more indulgent and considerate to that little beast than himself?
That is, the ages are not right, otherwise he would probably be suspicious...

Seeing the gloomy expression on his face, Jiao Shun pretended that he still hated iron for being weak, and simply suggested: "If not, bring Brother Huan along, so that the two brothers can take care of them in the future."

This is exactly what Jia Zheng wants. He has been completely disappointed in Baoyu recently and intends to start anew.

So busy and ordered someone to invite Jia Huan.

At that time, Jia Huan was folding paper at Aunt Zhao's place, and when he heard that his father had summoned him, he was frightened.

Aunt Zhao hurriedly took some pieces of silver, handed it to the servant girl, and asked: "Why did the master suddenly want to find brother Huan?"

"I heard that it was Uncle Jiao's suggestion to ask Third Master Huan to learn how to handle official affairs—that's what Second Master Bao is learning recently. That's why Master summoned Third Master to go over."

Aunt Zhao suddenly turned from worry to joy, but the bitter look on Jia Huan's face became more intense, and when the maid left, she pouted and complained: "It's so good, why did you suddenly want to take me with you?"

"You have no guts!"

Aunt Zhao lowered her face, twisted his ears and scolded him: "What a great opportunity this is. If you do better than Baoyu, Baoyu's official may belong to you in the future! If it wasn't for your mother ...For your sister's sake, you can't even find such an opportunity with a lantern!"

As soon as Jia Huan heard that there was a chance to take Baoyu's bird position, Jia Huan immediately stood up, threw the origami in his hand, and said anxiously: "Then I will go there!"

Said, Fei also ran out the door.

The more Aunt Zhao sent her son away, the more she thought about it, the more she felt that this matter was very promising.

Speaking of...

She hadn't tasted it for a few days, and now she felt itchy when she thought about it, so she simply got up and rushed to Qiushuangzhai, hoping to find her daughter to settle the matter together, and also find a chance to satisfy her greed.