dream of red mansion

Chapter 24

Before July passed, everyone in Jia's mansion became busy.

Because the third day of the eighth lunar month is the birthday of the most respected person in the Jia family, the wife of Duke Xianrong, the Shi family of Jiamen and the mother of Jia.

In the past few days, not only Wang Xifeng from the Rongguo Mansion was busy going around, but even Youshi and Qin from the Ningguo Mansion also went to the mansion to help at any time.

Jia's mother's birthday has always been one of the biggest events in the mansion, and the entire Jia family's two mansions have to be mobilized.If there is no one in Rongguo Mansion, go to Ningguo Mansion to make arrangements.Even when there are so many princes and aristocrats coming to celebrate their birthdays, they still have to take a seat in the Ningguo Mansion.

Some people may ask, Liu Yong has not had anyone above the prince come here in his whole life, and Jia Mu will have one?

The answer is: of course!

This difference is different for the camp.No matter how high and powerful Liu Yong used to be, there is a reality that he has no title!If a person with a high title comes down in person, it always means "condescension" and curry favor with power.

Since the founding of the country, the nobles have enjoyed the honor, and the civil servants have power!
As for Liu Yong, a civil servant with disciples all over the world who wants to be knighted, it is not surprising that he will not pursue the title until after his death.According to visual inspection, Liu Yong, the leader of the country, will inevitably have the honor of the Duke of the country after his death.

But Jia's mother is completely different here, because she is also a member of the nobles, and her status is not low.In this way, there is no meaning of condescension among the nobles walking around, everyone is the same!Not to mention curry favor with power.

Therefore, as long as there are some contacts among the nobles, even if the head of the family is not here at this time, the imperial edict of the mansion will still attend the banquet as scheduled.

Jiamu's birthday banquet was held in two days, on the second day of the eighth month, it was dedicated to receiving the princes and ministers who came from Beijing and the imperial edicts from the government.Counting the distinguished guests present:
King of Nan'an, Princess of Nan'an, Princess of Nan'an;
Yongchang Consort;

Leshan County King;

Wang Xianjue, the left servant of the Ministry of Rites;

Princess Beijing;

The order of the Marquis of Jinxiang;
Linchang Bo ordered;
Because it was not the tenth birthday, not too many people came, so naturally they did not use the venue at Ningguo Mansion, and only bought two seats in Rongguo Mansion, which were placed in the inner house and the outer courtyard respectively.In the outer court, Jia Zheng and others specially entertained male guests, and in the inner court, Mrs. Wang and Jia Mu personally entertained orders from various governments.

It is full of a wealthy atmosphere!
None of this has anything to do with Jia Qing. The only thing he has to do these days is to wait for the third day of the eighth lunar month, when Jiamu's family banquet is held, and when the children of the family go to celebrate Jiamu's birthday, he will run over to have a meal. Anyway, he eats like this four times.

You said he didn't want to see the beauties of Jia's mansion?That was impossible, but he hadn't been able to see Sanchun and the others four times before, and he had seen Wang Xifeng from a distance.

Because although it is a family banquet, there are two seats inside and outside!
What is the chance of seeing Sanchun and Sister Lin this time?Jia Qing said that he was as small as ever, but he still went to the street to carefully select a few small gifts, all of which were prepared.

In this way, the first day of Jia Mu's birthday banquet ended with great vigor.

Early the next morning, Jia Jing called Jia Zhen, You Shi, Jia Qing, Jia Rong, and Qin Shi to his front, exhorted and admonished them, saying that nothing should be wrong today, and remember to go to Jia Mu together when the time comes. Kowtow and so on.If any one of them made a mistake, it would be his Jia Jing's face, after all, he is still in charge of the Ningguo Mansion.

Only Jia Qing was slandering below: so much emphasis on face-saving skills, but still thinking about becoming a fairy, no wonder he killed himself in the end.Then I thought, Jia Jing has been really good to him to be honest all these years!
We have to find a way to prevent him from becoming a monk, at least not let him go to some kind of Xuanzhen Guan Qingxiu.

Then the group set off for Rongguo Mansion.

In the past two days, Jiamu's birthday, the main gate of Rongguo Mansion is wide open, and all the people who come to celebrate the birthday enter the mansion from here.

This made Jia Qing feel uncomfortable. He had stepped on the main entrance of Rongguo Mansion several times in recent years.But he never stepped through the main gate of Ningguo Mansion!

On weekdays, he enters and exits through the corner gate, and he is not qualified to welcome and see off heavy guests. He does not need to greet guests at the door for Jia Jing’s birthday, so this situation has resulted. He only realized this today, and immediately Feel like a failure.

It seems that what I have done these years is far from enough, I still have to work harder
After entering the Rongguo Mansion, Youshi and Qinshi went to the back house to pay their respects. Jia Jing was also invited by Jia Zheng to drink tea in the main hall, leaving Jia Qing to sit down in the front yard.

At this time, there were about [-] or [-] tables in the outermost courtyard of Rongxi Hall, with some tea and snacks on them, all of which were for the direct descendants of the Jia family in the eighth room in Beijing.The servants in each house, including the chief executive like Lai Da, have no seats at this time.

After everyone chatted with each other like this for about an hour, almost all the children of the Jia family had arrived. Jia Zheng came to the front yard and brought everyone to salute Jia's mother.

At this time, Jia's mother also moved to the Rongxi Hall to accept the visit gifts from many descendants in the hall.

Naturally, Jia Qing couldn't see Jia Mu. Although he was standing in the front half of all the children, there were still dozens of people standing in front of him, so he was also standing outside the hall and could only listen to what was going on inside. voice, and then just kneel down and settle down.

Mother Jia didn't say anything after accepting the gift, and then went back to the back house.

When Jia Qing and the others returned to the front yard again, all kinds of dishes had already been placed on the table.Except for the children of the family who are close to the Rongning Second Mansion, most of the families are not rich. Seeing so many good wine and food, most of them quickened their pace and came to their previous seats, but no one dared to take the lead. When it comes to chopsticks, the big family's strict rules are not just talk.

After finally seeing Jia Zheng and others come to the front yard and sit down on the top seats, Jia Zheng stood up and said some polite words, and finally said:
"Feast!"

Everyone let go of their hands and feet and started to eat.

Of course, Jia Qing was not interested in these "delicacy from mountains and seas". Seeing that the buddy next to him obviously couldn't eat such delicious dishes on weekdays and his hands were moving fast, he simply put down his chopsticks and started to taste the wine. Anyway, the wine was not strong. Big, drink slowly like this so that you won't get drunk.

After a while, Lai Da found Jia Qing and said, "Second Master Qing, the gentlemen over there are here to invite you."

Of course Jia Qing met Lai Da, but Lai Da knew that it was because Lai Sheng had mentioned it in his ear many times, so he paid attention to it, and he knew him.Just now, the old men over there chatted and chatted with Jia Qing, and asked someone to find him, and Lai Da came here with orders.

At the front of the courtyard, there were only three separate tables, all of which were from Jia Zheng's generation, and of course there were a few from Jia Mu's generation, such as Jia Dairu and Jia Daixiu were sitting there.

"Junior Jia Qing has met all the uncles and great-uncles!"

When he got close, Jia Qing knelt down and saluted first.

"Get up quickly"

“What a nice boy”

Needless to say, these kind voices must have been made by the elders in the side rooms, but they only made such statements for Jia Jing's sake.After all, Jia Jing is the head of the Jia family and the person with the highest prestige in the family, who is also in charge of the Ningguo Mansion.

No matter what, Jia Qing is also Jia Jing's son, so of course they want to get along well.

After Jia Qing stood up, Jia Zhengcai smiled and praised: "It's not bad! It looks like a material for reading."

Jia Amnesty and others also said a few words in agreement, only Jia Jing smiled and remained silent.

After a few sentences, Jia Zheng went directly to the topic and asked Jia Qing: "I heard that you wrote a poem in the Liu Mansion, which is quite good. I've heard of it too, but I don't know why the poem you wrote when you were young has a poem. I wonder if my nephew can clear up the confusion for us?"

How can I answer this stupid question? Could it be that I am precocious?Jia Jing never asked this question before, maybe I was precocious in his eyes.

After thinking about it, Jia Qing prepared to make up a reason, so he replied: "It's like this. When I went to Liu's Mansion, my father told me that Mr. Liu's Mansion is an old man who has resigned from office, and he prefers lotus flowers. The younger generation didn't make any preparations for the banquet, but that General Qin was aggressive
Out of rogue, I saw the lotus leaves blooming in the lotus pond in Liu's mansion, and thought that Mrs. Liu might love and cherish flowers and even be with lotus flowers and lotus leaves in summer nights, so I wrote that poem.

The younger generation boldly wrote poems from the perspective of Mr. Liu. "

Everyone had heard about the scene at that time, and most of them believed what he said.

Suddenly, Jia She, who was overindulgent, asked: "So, can my nephew give me a calligraphy?"

To be honest, Jia's request for amnesty was really not too much. If it was Jia Zheng's request, Jia Qing would have given it up without saying a word.But for Jia Amnesty, Jia Qing really didn't want to give it to him.

Thinking about it, he is not a person who loves to read, not even arty.He wanted this poem manuscript, just to have more conversation material, to show that Jia's family is a family of poetry and etiquette.Thinking that if Jia Amnesty took his poems to please the wife in the house, he panicked for a while.

But he couldn't refuse directly, otherwise Jia She would lose face, and it would be bad for him to gain a reputation for rudeness. After thinking about it, he came up with a solution.

He replied: "Of course, this is the honor of the younger generation."

Hearing this, Jia She was very happy, and directly ordered: "The pen, ink, paper and inkstone are all set up over there, why don't you, my nephew, write it out for everyone to see?"

Jia Qing wrote a poem and sent it back as he said, and Jia Amnesty took it directly.

Looking down, the poem is correct, it is the one they discussed earlier, just.
"What's the meaning of this, nephew?"

Jia She asked, and everyone was a little curious, and they took the poem manuscript from Jia She to have a look.I saw that in the lower left corner of the poem, there were a few more words in the place where Jia Qing should have been signed: Jia Qing, the second draft written in August of the fourth year of Zhengqing.

They all frowned.

Seeing this, Jia Qing directly replied: "All uncles and uncles, the younger generation had already given the manuscript to Mr. Liu, so if he then gave the manuscript to others privately, wouldn't it be disrespectful to Mr. Liu? The kid is too arrogant to promote his own works.

However, if Uncle She invites you, how dare the younger generation refuse to obey, so I thought of such a compromise method, please forgive Uncle She for any disrespect. "

When everyone heard the words, they all praised Jia Qing for his courtesy and virtuousness.What else could Jia Amnesty say, and he also praised it, but he never mentioned the matter of requesting the manuscript.Just kidding, he is a first-class general, and he takes a marked copy, what do others think of him?

Jia Qing had expected Jia Amnesty's reaction in this way in the early morning, and was also quite happy, after all, he had reached his wish.Although Jia She was dissatisfied to some extent, to be honest, he really didn't care about Jia She's opinion!He can be described in one sentence: Kuguer in the tomb!
The fighting power is far inferior to Jia Zhen!

(End of this chapter)