Corrupt official in the Red Chamber

Chapter 465: Complicated Family Affairs

Jia Rui was very satisfied after hearing this. Bowling Marquis Shi Nai was indeed a sensible person.

He didn't even write a letter specifically. He just asked someone to pass a message to someone, and he wrote a very sensible letter back, especially to Jia Mu.

In this way, Jia Rui can freely arrange Shi Xiangyun's marriage.

"In this case, uncle, you happen to be from the Ministry of Rites. Please choose a young Jinshi from the last encore to be a matchmaker for Shi Xiangyun."

After hearing this, Jia Zheng quickly agreed to him. Now Jia Zheng also hopes that Jia Shi Xiangyun will get married quickly, so that their Baoyu family can take back their daughter-in-law.

Next, Jia Zheng immediately introduced several young scholars he valued to Jia Rui.

These people all come from scholarly families. Although they are not from aristocratic families, they still have a small amount of wealth in their families.

To say that these people married Shi Xiangyun was a high achievement.

But now that there is such a scandal in the Jia family, it is impossible for the wealthy nobles in the capital to marry Shi Xiangyun, so they can only marry her to these small families.

Jia Rui still approved of the candidates recommended by Jia Zheng. These people were able to kill Jinshi from among thousands of troops, so they were considered capable.

As for their character, Jia Rui didn't care.

As long as he can rule the world, no matter how bad their character is, these people will still look at Shi Xiangyun honestly and respectfully.

If he fell from power, no matter how good their character these people were, they probably wouldn't be much kinder to Shi Xiangyun.

"Then this matter will trouble my uncle. You can test the character of these people again. If they are all ok, you can test them a little bit."

Jia Zheng was very happy and nodded in agreement.

The young people he mentioned are all promising young people that Jia Zheng is optimistic about.

He even thought about recruiting one of these people as his son-in-law, but then he gave up the idea after thinking about his family's current status. If he really recruited a poor family as his son-in-law, everyone in the world would laugh.

Now that one of them can be matched up with Shi Xiangyun, he can be regarded as a relative of his own family, which is exactly what Fu and Jia Zheng thought.

After seeing off Jia Zheng, Jia Rui entered the inner house and first went to the old man and the old lady.

As soon as he entered the yard, he heard a burst of laughter. Jia Rui glanced and saw his precious son running in the yard, followed by two handsome maids.

Jia Rui frowned when he saw this scene. If he didn't take care of it, he might become another Jia Baoyu in the future.

Therefore, Jia Rui remained calm on the surface, but he had already made up his mind to drive away all the beautiful maids around his son.

Jia Xuan, who was happily playing in the yard, had no idea what was going on, but he also felt a chill in his body, as if he was being targeted by some animal.

When he looked up, he saw his father standing on the veranda, staring at him with a sullen face. He was immediately startled, and then hid behind the maid.

When several little maids saw that it was Jia Rui, they quickly lowered their bodies and prayed.

Jia Rui just nodded, then walked along the corridor to the old lady's room without looking at them.

When I entered the door, I saw the old lady and a few old ladies who were needed at home playing leaf cards in front of the table.

Speaking of leaf cards, also known as leaf opera, it is said that it appeared in the Han Dynasty, and by this dynasty, it had become very popular.

"Yi Zi Opera" has been processed and transformed by countless artists and craftsmen. During this dynasty, "Yi Zi Opera" has undergone major changes. Each set is divided into 4 doors and 40 cards. The cards are more than two inches long and one inch wide. There are many patterns on the cards. Painted with various characters, flowers, birds, insects, fish, birds and animals, etc.

Of course, leaf cards also transformed from a simple entertainment activity into various folk activities such as fortune telling and gambling, which also started at this time.

Jia Rui was not really interested in leaf cards, but in order to please the old lady, he still stood behind the old lady and gave her advice.

It's a pity that Jia Rui's poker skills were so bad that in the end, instead of letting the old lady win, she lost a lot of money.

Finally, the old lady lost her temper, threw the cards in her hand on the table, turned around and hit Jia Rui several times.

"Go and get busy, don't cause trouble for me here."

Jia Rui touched his nose and finally left the main room helplessly.

He was originally planning to tell the old lady about Jia Xuan, but now seeing this scene, he couldn't.

In the end, he had no choice but to leave the old lady's place and go to the small study next to her.

When I came in, I found that the old lady was not there, so I grabbed a maid. After asking, I found out that the old lady had gone to the flower hall in front to receive guests.

Jia Rui felt helpless after hearing this. It seemed that Jia Xuan's matter would have to wait for some time.

Then Jia Rui left the study and walked out of the verandah to the yard.

When passing by the small garden in front, I found that my son Jia Xuan had disappeared. It seemed that he knew that he was coming and hid in fear.

Jia Rui was very helpless about this phenomenon, and he didn't know if it was due to genetics. The entire Jia family's sons were very afraid of their father.

Let's just talk about myself. I feel good about Jia Xuan and rarely scold him. But I don't know why, but my son is not close to me.

Jia Rui shook his head, turned around and walked out of the yard to go to Second Sister You and Third Sister You.

He came here mainly to see his precious daughter Jia Rui.

This little girl is now Jia Rui's heart.

As soon as he entered the door, Jia Rui saw a fat little man running toward him like flying.

Jia Rui's body seemed to have gained inertia, and he immediately squatted down, stretched out his hands, and hugged the little fat man in his arms. It turns out that this little chubby guy is Jia Rui, Jia Rui's girl.

Of course, saying she is "Little Fatty" is Jia Rui's nickname for the little girl.

Although this little girl is a bit plump, it is a bit against her will to say she is fat.

"Daddy, what did you do yesterday? Why didn't you come to see me?" the little girl said coquettishly in a childish voice.

Jia Rui hugged his girl and smiled broadly, "Haha, your aunt was sick, so I was watching her yesterday."

The little girl tilted her head and blinked her innocent eyes, "Then if I get sick in the future, can you look at me?"

"Oh, my little ancestor, you don't dare to get sick. If you get sick, dad will be so distressed that he won't be able to sleep or eat."

After saying this, Jia Rui stretched out his hand and pinched the little girl's round face gently.

The little girl hugged Jia Rui's neck and laughed.

"Uncle, don't spoil her all the time. She's becoming more and more lawless. Yesterday I asked her to copy a few words, and she ended up writing a big one, which made me suffer for half an hour." Second Sister You came out of the room. , said while dusting Jia Rui's body.

Jia Rui smiled nonchalantly and said, "It doesn't matter whether you learn these words or not. My girl will definitely find a husband in the future."

After hearing this, Second Sister You also had a smile on her face.

In fact, she couldn't let go of her girl, and hoped that she would always be by her side. However, in this ancient society where feudal ethics ruled the society, her idea was somewhat unrealizable.

But now with Jia Rui's words, she felt relieved. If she hired a son-in-law, her daughter could stay with her forever.

In fact, Second Sister You didn't fully understand what Jia Rui meant.

Jia Rui's deeper meaning is that he will definitely be an emperor in the future, and his daughter will naturally be a princess.

When a princess gets married, she will naturally not go to her husband's house to serve her parents-in-law. The princess will have to recruit a consort.

This is the same approach as recruiting a son-in-law to an ordinary family.

It just sounds better.

Jia Rui carried his daughter to the inner room, sat on the bed, put his daughter next to him, and let her crawl around beside him.

Sister You also brought some fragrant tea and handed it to Jia Rui.

"Is your mother feeling better?" Jia Rui asked casually while drinking tea.

"Oh, it's like that. I can only hold on half-dead."

Speaking of her mother, Second Sister You was also a little sad.

To say that my mother's fate is really bad.

She first married her father, but his father passed away not long after, so he had to take his sisters and remarry Father You.

But there was no stability for a few years, and You's father also passed away. In the end, he had to take his two daughters to barely make ends meet.

Fortunately, his sister followed Jia Rui and settled down again. Otherwise, ordinary people would have left her mother's illness unchecked.

Others may not know it clearly, but Second Sister You knows that her mother is not taking medicine, she is simply taking gold.

As for the medicine my mother uses, one day is equivalent to what an average person would chew for a year.

"Don't worry, didn't the imperial doctor say that? As long as you rest peacefully, you will have a good day."

Although Jia Rui said this, he actually knew in his heart that Youmu's illness would never be cured.

Because after Jia Rui's observation and understanding from the imperial physician, Youmu suffered from high blood pressure and diabetes.

This disease is a disease of wealth. In modern society, the disease can also be controlled through drugs, allowing patients to live as long as ordinary people.

But in ancient times, although Chinese medicine was also very good, it was impossible to completely cure these two diseases.

Maybe it can be suppressed temporarily with medication, but as time goes by, sooner or later it will relapse.

"How is Third Sister?"

"What else can I do? I had an argument with Xie Xiu'e all night yesterday, and I'm still not up yet?"

Jia Rui had a headache when he heard the name Xie Xiu'e. He didn't know if they were enemies in the previous life. Sanjie You and Xie Xiu'e quarreled almost every day.

In the past, when Xue Baochai was here, he could still suppress these two people, and they only had small fights. Now that Xue Baochai has entered the palace, these two people can let themselves go.

"Don't worry about them both. They are just kids."

After Jia Rui finished speaking, he pulled Second Sister You to sit next to him and gently stroked Second Sister You's face with his hand.

There was a blush on Sister You's face. He glanced at Jia Rui gently, then quickly lowered his head, "The child is still here!"

When Jia Rui saw her enchanting look, his heart became even more angry. However, due to the presence of his precious girl, he could only hold back.

Speaking of Second Sister You's appearance, she is no different from Wang Xifeng and others, but slightly inferior to Lin Daiyu, Xue Baochai and others.

But there is a fragility in Sister You that is different from Lin Daiyu. It is fragility in personality, unlike Lin Daiyu's fragility in body.

(End of this chapter)