serious man in the red chamber

Chapter 145 Expedient measures
In Jia Mu Yuan, the stage has already been set up, and the young actors are resting after eating.

In the house, only Mother Jia, Aunt Xue and a few elderly mothers were chatting and laughing. At this time, Lai Sheng's family rushed in: "Old lady, the old concubine of Nan'an County Prince's Mansion is here and has already entered the door." gone."

Mother Jia was slightly taken aback, and quickly stood up: "Quick, follow me to meet you." She said, and hurried out.

Rongxi Hall, East Wing.

Mrs. Wang and Wang Ziteng's wife, Mrs. Li, sat opposite each other on the kang.

There is an open letter on the small kang table in the middle.

After being silent for a while, Mrs. Li said: "Master has gone to Qianqing Palace twice, but the emperor has not seen him."

Mrs. Wang was silent for a while, then raised her head: "I really can't open my mouth about this matter."

Li Shi: "Why?"

Mrs. Wang: "The Jia family is not what it used to be. Even the lady in the palace told me not to care about outside affairs, and said that if something happened, she would not be able to help me."

Mrs. Li was a little surprised: "Is there such a thing?"

Madam Wang nodded.

Mrs. Li looked at Mrs. Wang: "This matter is also a good thing for the Jia family. Besides, she is a concubine, and my brother Ren is the son of the legitimate son. She will inherit the entire Wang family in the future. It's not a loss!"

Mrs. Wang never expected that she would say such words, she was stunned for a moment, and then looked at her deeply: "What can the Wang family bring to the Jia family?"

Li Shi was startled for a moment, not knowing how to answer.

"I am the daughter of the Wang family, so I naturally hope to get closer."

Mrs. Wang sighed, "It's a pity that Ren'er is not up to the mark. If he can have half of Baoyu, even if I try my best to enter the Buddhist hall, I will find a way to facilitate this marriage."

Mrs. Li still didn't give up: "What's the important thing! The city is full of officials and relatives, which family's children are not like this, as long as they become a family. You just need to talk about it later, and I will talk about the rest."

Without saying a word, Zhou Rui's family rushed in like a gust of wind, panting: "Mrs., Mrs. Nan'an Wang Taifei, Dongping Wang Taifei and several family friends are here by order. The old lady invites the wife to entertain the guests."

Mrs. Wang's expression became solemn all of a sudden, she looked at Mrs. Li, stood up, and sighed, "Let's go." She hurried out.

Mrs. Li was stunned.

Zhou Rui's family: "Please, uncle and madam."

Li Shi came back to her senses, stood up quickly, and then walked out quickly.

Imperial City
Ministry of War
Jia Hu was sitting on a chair under the window, flipping through official documents, with his feet in the basin.

Suddenly, the door curtain was lifted, and Jia Yucun came in with a basin of hot water.

Jia Hu raised his head: "Why are you?"

Jia Yucun smiled: "These soldiers are all young people with no life experience, and they don't even understand the principle of using warm water for frostbite." He poured warm water into the basin carefully.

Jia Hu smiled: "Thank you for your trouble."

"It is right to serve the patriarch."

Jia Yucun said excitedly: "I heard that the emperor is very angry."

Jia Hu put down the official document: "How is King Zhongshun?"

Jia Yucun: "I was carried to the Tai Hospital for duty."

There was a smile on the corner of Jia Hu's mouth. The officials who went to plow the fields today all had frostbite on their feet. King Zhongshun stayed in the field for the longest time, so he was the most seriously injured.

At this moment, Liu Fang came in, glanced at Jia Yucun, and said, "You go out."

Jia Yucun: "Yes." He bowed and retreated.

Jia Hu: "What's the matter?"

Liu Fang glanced at Jia Hu's feet and asked, "Are you all right?"

Jia Hu shook his head: "It's okay."

"It's fine."

Liu Fang sat down on the side, pondered for a while, and said: "Xuzhou's army has reported, and the Shandong Guards have invaded Haizhou."

Jia Hu was taken aback. The Ministry of War had never issued a military order to Shandong Wei.

Liu Fang went on to say: "The big gentry in Haizhou have been slaughtered."

Jia Hu's expression changed: "What's the reason?"

Liu Fang sighed compassionately: "Subsidize the rebels of the Cao Gang with money, food and materials."

Jia Hu sighed silently.

Liu Fang: "The purpose of the palace is very clear. It is to use this war to eliminate all the big gentry families. This news will not be hidden for long, and it will soon spread to the places occupied by the Cao Gang rebels. The big gentry families in these places In order to protect themselves, they will definitely help the rebels of the Cao Gang to resist the court. In this way, it will be much more difficult to suppress the rebellion."

Jia Hu nodded.

Liu Fang pointed in the direction of Dragon Head Palace and asked, "Is he so confident?"

Jia Hu smiled: "With these frontier troops, not to mention these mobs, even all the local troops in the south are no match for these frontier troops. With the support of sea transportation, the imperial court is not short of food. Besides, the capital is still there. There are four 10,000+ armies. Unless the north collapses, there is nothing to worry about."

Liu Fang's expression became serious: "I'm afraid that if you don't have enough greed, you will feed tigers!"

Jia Hu frowned.
Lanterns and streamers are hung in Jiamu's courtyard, and people come and go.

The banquet has been set up in the upper room. There are two tables for the princesses of Nan'an and Dongping.

Mrs. Xing and Mrs. Wang led several daughter-in-laws from the You family and Li Wan's clan to stand behind Jia's mother.

Master Lai and Lai Sheng's family led all the daughters-in-law to serve food and wine outside the bead curtain, and Zhou Rui's family led a few maids to serve and call behind the screen.

The little opera singers are ready, and a mother-in-law holds the playlist and hands it to the daughter-in-law in charge.

The daughter-in-law then went in and handed it to Lin Zhixiao's family, Lin Zhixiao's family put it on a small tea tray, and handed it to Amber next to her body, and Amber took it to Youshi.

Mrs. You led her to the top table, and Princess Nan'an and Princess Dongping each ordered an auspicious play, and then the officials of Duke Qi's Mansion, Marquis of Pingyuan's Mansion, and Mother Jia also ordered one.

After a while, there was a crisp sound of sandalwood boards in the courtyard, followed by the sound of the small hall drum, and a melodious sound of flute.

The banquet was officially underway, and the maids filed in and placed all kinds of delicacies, fine wines, pastries, and seasonal fruits and vegetables on the banquet, and several big maids of Jia Mu poured wine and tea at the table.

When I was young, I sang operas three or four times, tasted all kinds of dishes, and tasted soup, so I stopped.

Princess Nan'an and Princess Dongping looked at each other, then smiled at Mother Jia, "Why don't you see the birthday star?"

Just as Jia's mother expected, the children of these families came here to welcome the spring. As for the purpose, it was naturally to seek a marriage for their own children.

In the past, they would definitely not have entered this door, but now it is different, the Jia family has become the head of the four kings and eight princes.

Although Yingchun is a concubine, it is more than enough to match their second son.

Mother Jia felt a little regretful. She knew that she would not hold this birthday banquet, and she couldn't refuse directly, so she had to ask Li Wan to bring Yingchun.

Not long after, Li Wan walked in with a group of servant girls surrounded by Yingchun. Yingchun was wearing a round-neck gown embroidered with a pink base, a white cross-neck tunic, a purple horse-face skirt, and the gold medal Jia Hu gave her. Burnt blue inlaid treasure phoenix hairpin.

First, Jiamu, and then the others, were stunned looking at the big phoenix hairpin on Yingchun's head.

Li Wan walked up to Jia Mu and whispered a few words.

Mother Jia nodded, and said to Nan'an Wang Taifei and others: "The child has no rules and no rules. It's a joke. This is a birthday gift from her cousin in the West Mansion." Then she said to Yingchun: "Hurry up and give it to the princess. Say hello."

Hearing this, Yingchun stepped forward carefully and respectfully wished everyone a blessing.

When they heard that it was sent by Jia Hu, everyone didn't understand that he would arrange Yingchun's wedding.

This kind of big phoenix hairpin is usually only worn by the wives of the fifth grade or above or the head wife of the official family.

They are definitely not willing to let their son-in-law marry Yingchun.

They were all shrewd people, praised the Spring Festival one after another, sent the prepared gifts, and invited Lin Daiyu and others to come over for a meeting, praised again, and then gave gifts, sat down for a while, and then left.

(End of this chapter)