Gourmet Red Chamber: A Chronicle of Baochai's Rebirth

Chapter 103 Jia Yuanchun

Mrs. Xue only met Jia Yuanchun when she was a child. Almost 20 years passed in the blink of an eye, and she was very happy to see her.

Jia Yuanchun was also delighted. He took off a pair of gold bracelets from his wrists and gave one to Zhen Yinglian and Xue Baobao as gifts.

After some pleasantries, Jia Yuanchun sighed, "Auntie is so lucky. When my aunt married to Jinling, my wife cried for several days, saying she was afraid that she might not see her sisters again in this life.

Unexpectedly, my aunt returned to the capital. What's even more rare is that Brother Xin and Brother Pan are both so promising.

My sisters are all talented and beautiful, so my aunt has taken all the blessings in the world! "

Mrs. Xue also sighed with emotion and said with a smile, "These days are always getting better and better. Let's not talk about anything else. Just talking about the empress and sister. I'm afraid I never imagined that the empress could have such a blessing!"

Jia Yuanchun sighed, "What kind of blessing? Seeing that the world is trapped in this deep palace, it is extremely difficult to even see his family.

I am a poor person, and I don’t have any children to accompany me, so I just have to survive the day.”

This was not easy to say. Mrs.

Jia Yuanchun's eyes were slightly red, "How come you haven't taken it before? I don't know how much of the panacea I drank, but there was no reaction at all. I think it's because I'm not lucky."

Mrs. Xue comforted her for a long time, then suddenly remembered, "The first thing about having a child is to pray to Buddha and accumulate blessings, the second thing is to let go of your heart, and the third thing is to use the opposite party.

But this also depends on fate. As the saying goes, it is better to meet a doctor than to ask a doctor. No matter how good the recipe is, it will not work without that fate.

No matter how inconspicuous the recipe is, as long as fate comes, the golden child and beautiful girl will naturally come.

A few days ago, Brother Feng came to live in our house for a while, so I found a recipe for her to drink every day without letting her worry too much.

No, I got pregnant right after I returned home!Otherwise, I will definitely have to go to the palace to kowtow to the empress this time."

On the 29th day, Jia's mother did not ask for grace to come to see Jia Yuanchun. Jia Yuanchun did not know that Wang Xifeng was pregnant, let alone the reason for this. He was very moved after hearing this and hurriedly asked Fang Zi.

Mrs.

Xue Baobao smiled and said, "After Aunt Xue took the medicine for Sister Feng, I took a look at it and I still remembered the prescription. But those were all folk prescriptions. It may not be what my wife said that Sister Feng took. Fang Zicai is pregnant."

Jia Yuanchun smiled bitterly and said, "I am in urgent need of medical treatment. No matter whether it works or not, I always have to give it a try. Since my cousin remembers it, why don't you tell me to give it a try?"

Xue Baobao reported the prescription, which she had originally given to Mrs. Xue as an excuse.

Although she was sure, certain and certain that this recipe could definitely warm the uterus and cure coldness in the uterus, and there was absolutely no harm in doing so, she still warned her, "Mother, there are many rules in the palace.

But I don’t know if this recipe can be used. I must ask the imperial doctor to take a look before trying it. Otherwise, we are doing bad things with good intentions."

As for what Jia Yuanchun values ​​most now, apart from his divine favor, it is his heirs. Naturally, he cannot use medicine indiscriminately, so he naturally agrees.

After Xue Baobao reported the prescription, Jia Yuanchun memorized it silently and then recited it exactly.

Xue Baobao, "..."

No wonder Jia Yuanchun ranks first among the four springs. She is ashamed of her memory alone.

Jia Yuanchun was obviously very happy after getting the prescription, and asked, "On the 29th, my mother didn't come into the palace, and I didn't have time to ask the old lady. I wonder if my aunt knows the reason."

Mrs. Xue knew about it, but she didn't dare to say anything. She only followed the Jia family's statement to the outside world, saying that Mrs. Wang was ill.

Jia Yuanchun was very worried and hurriedly asked what the disease was and whether it was serious.

Mrs.

I haven't been feeling well since then, but the doctor couldn't see anything wrong and just ordered me to rest."

Jia Yuanchun didn't believe it. If it was just a minor illness, why didn't he even come forward to pay homage to the palace?

Moreover, my mother always asked people to bring money to the palace from time to time, especially at the end of the year.

But now, there is nothing. It feels like her mother has suddenly disappeared, or her mother suddenly doesn't love her anymore and doesn't want to throw money at her anymore.

Jia Yuanchun directly ruled out the latter possibility. His mother must have been in an accident!

Could it be that her aunt was worried that her mother was seriously ill?
Just as Jia Yuanchun was about to ask further questions, palace officials came to report. Jia's mother, Mrs. Xing and Mrs. Wang came with Tanchun and Wang Xiluan to pay their respects to her.

Jia Yuanchun was overjoyed and invited him in.

Jia Yuanchun also gave Tanchun and Wang Xiluan generous gifts. After some greetings, he began to ask questions about Mrs. Wang.

Jia Mu only said that Mrs. Wang was ill and refused to say more.

Jia Yuanchun became more and more sure that something had happened to Mrs. Wang, but they were unwilling to tell her. He couldn't help crying and said, "The old lady always loves me the most.

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Mother Jia's eyes were also red, and she saw that Mrs. Wang looked wrong. She knew that if she didn't tell Jia Yuanchun the truth, Mrs. Wang would distort the facts to mislead and bewitch Jia Yuanchun behind her back, so she motioned to Jia Yuanchun to call a few people. Girl out.

Jia Yuanchun held back his tears and said with a forced smile, "I'm afraid it would be awkward for our sisters to talk to us here. Please come and take these girls for a walk in the back garden."

Xue Baobao and a few girls retreated out to visit the garden.

As a concubine, Jia Yuanchun had her own palace, but she also lived with two other low-ranking concubines.

Xue Baobao has lived in Cining Palace for more than twenty days. Except for the time when he returned home, he has never even left the gate of Cining Palace. Naturally, he has never seen the ancient concubines' bedrooms, let alone the legendary palace fights. .

Entering the palace where Jia Yuanchun lives today, I feel that the place is definitely big enough, and the decorations for this New Year are also very luxurious and festive.

This back garden is really a bit small and bare. There is only one red plum that can decorate the facade. It is not as good as the small garden carefully maintained by Xue Baobao in Xue Mansion.

There is certainly nothing interesting to visit in such a garden, let alone in this winter when the north wind is blowing.

However, Jia Yuanchun asked them to come and visit the garden, so they could only visit here.

The palace servant sent by Jia Yuanchun to lead the way stood very far away and did not come close.

The girls got bored and naturally started chatting. Tanchun asked Xue Baobao when he would go to Jia's house to pay New Year's greetings this year.

Xue Baobao replied, "The other day, my aunt said that my uncle will return to Beijing this year. It is estimated that we will go to my uncle's house to pay New Year's greetings on the second day of the Lunar New Year. If not, we will have to go to your house on the third day of the Lunar New Year."

Tanchun said happily, "You are here in the third year of junior high school, and I guess Sister Lin is also here in the third year of junior high school. Since you moved away, Sister Lin has also left. I am really boring at home."

I occasionally got a few poems that day, and I felt they were pretty good, but there was no one who could even talk about them.I was just thinking, if you don't leave and we all still live together, we might as well start a poetry club, which is also an elegant thing, but we can't do it anymore."

Qiu Shuangzhai and Haitang Society——

In the original work, Jia Baoyu took a group of beauties to write poems and have fun. It was indeed Tanchun who first proposed it.

Only now, Xue Baobao moved back to his home with Zhen Yinglian, Lin Daiyu returned to Lin Ruhai, and Miaoyu left Jia's house angrily.

Maybe it was the butterfly effect. Xue Baoqin had not yet come to the capital to join Mrs.

Zhen Yinglian loved poetry and articles the most. She was very moved after hearing this and said thoughtfully, "This is not difficult. Since we are starting a poetry club, we cannot start every day. It must take a while."

If we really want to do it, we will post a post in a while and invite you to come to our house to play, but it won’t cost anything.”

Tanchun was about to speak, but Wang Xiluan, who was standing aside as if he didn't even bother to talk to them, suddenly said coldly and sarcastically, "It is a virtue for a woman to have no talent, but a group of women talked about the poetry club without any fear of spreading the word. joke".

Xue Baobao, "..."

There are people in this world who are just disgusting with their mouths!

"Well, there are no other people here, so how could the news get out? If it does get out, it must be you, Cousin Wang, who spread the word. If we make people laugh, it will be you, Cousin Wang!"

Wang Xiluan didn't expect that Xue Baobao would open his mouth and say that she harmed them. He was anxious and angry, "Don't be proud. My father is back. I see how you can still be proud of your cheap brother!"

Xue Baobao, "..."

There are so many flaws that I don’t know where to start.

Tanchun said hurriedly, "Sister Bao, a plum blossom is blooming very interestingly over there. Let's go and take a look."

Wang Xiluan shouted angrily behind them, "Are you aggrieved? Are you scared?"

Xue Baobao couldn't help but want to complain again. Tan Chun hurriedly pulled her to speed up the pace and whispered, "She has always been pretty. It's not like you don't know it, sister. Why bother to argue with her about this verbal agility and let others see it?" On the contrary, they feel that we are disrespected."

Xue Baobao, "..."

Fine.

Zhen Yinglian was still thinking about the poetry club and asked, "Third sister, do you think you can do what I just proposed?"

Xue Baobao smiled, "I don't care if you do it or not. I just said it first. I will never write poems or lyrics. When you write poems, I will work harder and prepare tea and fruit snacks for you. That's all. ".

Tanchun also smiled, "The richest among us is definitely Sister Bao.

Now that she has spoken, we can just eat her shamelessly. We can't compose poems when we are hungry. All we write is hungry. Why are you so hungry today? "

Zhen Yinglian and Xue Baobao both laughed, and Tanchun added, "If it's me, it's best to take turns being the host.

Let’s do it once at our house, then go to your house, and then go to sister Lin’s house, so that my second sister and I won’t have to run outside all the time. Our ancestors don’t allow it.”

Zhen Yinglian nodded, "That's okay."

Xue Baobao, "..."

If you are setting up a poetry club, Jia Baoyu, who is "busy with nothing to do", will definitely join in the fun. If it is still in Jia's house, I'm afraid Sister Lin will be the first one to excuse herself from going because she is sick!
Xue Baobao smiled and said, "If you ask me, why not go to Sister Lin's house? Uncle Lin has to go to the Yamen on weekdays. Wouldn't it be the most carefree and comfortable without elders at home?
If you feel it's not enough, just stay there for a while. In short, Sister Lin will never find you annoying, and you won't have to worry about taking a car to come and go."

Tanchun smiled and said, "If you ask me, Sister Bao is second to anyone who comes up with evil ideas, and no one dares to claim to be first!

There is no need to rush this matter. It won’t be too late to discuss it together when everyone is gathered on the third day of the Lunar New Year.”

The girls were talking enthusiastically when Jia Yuanchun sent someone to invite them to have breakfast.

Although Jia Yuanchun is a concubine, she does not have a kitchenette, so everything she eats has to be arranged by the imperial kitchen.

The breakfast was quite rich, but a little cold, which made it uncomfortable to eat in this winter.

Although everyone was hungry, they only took two bites and then put down their chopsticks.

Jia's mother looked very distressed. Today was the first day of the Lunar New Year, and Jia Yuanchun didn't even have anything to eat. You can't imagine what kind of life he usually leads.

She was afraid that Jia Yuanchun would be sad, so she held back and didn't dare to speak.

Even if she didn't tell him, how could Jia Yuanchun not know that she had suffered in the palace for many years and was only accepted into the emperor's harem after her youth was gone.

The emperor accepted her as his concubine only because of the pressure from the emperor to promote his old ministers, and there was not much favor.

She has no favor and is too old. It is a luxury to have children and grandchildren.

If it weren't for the dignity of her mother's family, and if it wasn't for her position that was respected, there would be no place for her in this palace.

It was fine before, she had her mother's allowance, she was generous, and those minions fawned over her, and no matter what else, at least she would never suffer any injustice in terms of food and daily life.

But now her mother can no longer subsidize her, and she is no longer in charge. Wang Xifeng, who takes over, is a powerful person, but has little affection for her. She simply ignores the internal supervisors who went to Rongguo Mansion to fight against the autumn wind.

In the palace, the most common thing is to take advantage of the low and gain the high. Those servants cannot benefit from her, so naturally they will no longer be nice to her. They are afraid of her status and dare not neglect her, but they are no longer as attentive as before.

Except for the Queen Mother Sheep and Queen Sheep who have small kitchens, the meals in the palace are served from the imperial dining room in order according to the rank of each noble.

The palace she lived in was not close to the royal kitchen, and those servants used to go out of their way to keep her meals cold.

Now I just send it directly. If it blows all the way, it won't be warm anymore.

Jia Yuanchun thought that the circles under his eyes were red again. His grandmother was an old man for many years and had never seen anything. Seeing this meal, he should know what her situation was.

If her grandmother loves her, she will find ways to help her. If her grandmother doesn't care, what can she do?
Although she had begged her grandmother for a long time, she still didn't know if her grandmother would let her mother out...

The meal was spent in a very depressing atmosphere. After the meal, Jia Mu and others said goodbye.

Jia Yuanchun shed tears, but had no choice. After saying goodbye one by one, he earnestly warned Xue Baobao, "The Queen Mother favors my cousin so much, I'm afraid she will also call her to the palace to accompany her after the new year.

At that time, my cousin will come to my place more often when she has nothing to do. I am bored in the palace all day long, so I look forward to seeing more of my family."

Xue Baobao respectfully agreed, and the group resigned and left.

(End of this chapter)