Red Mansion: Fuyao River and Mountain
Chapter 83: Not Knowing the Pearl
Chapter 83: Not Knowing the Pearl (Please collect and read!)
Jia She, who was standing by, was filled with anger when he saw this scene.
This evil creature refused to write for himself even when he died. If it weren't for that, all this respect today would be his.
Now, it has been given to the second wife for nothing, this disobedient and short-lived beast!
However, that year he was summoned to the clan office and imprisoned for a few days because he was involved in witchcraft. He almost lost his title and he still has lingering fears.
Afterwards, he paid a large sum of money to invite the Taoist priest abbot of Xuantian Palace to set up an altar in the East Courtyard to pray for blessings. The Taoist priest also told him his fortune.
Remind him that there are conflicts in the house and advise him to be gentle in everything so as not to bring blame upon himself and cause unforeseen disasters.
Jia She thought to himself that apart from the beast Jia Cong, who else in this mansion had a bad fate?
Thinking about what had happened before and after, I felt a little scared. I felt that the Taoist was very capable and had actually predicted the truth.
Originally, I wanted to wait until I had recovered from this before I could deal with Jia Cong. Even if he hid in the West Mansion, so what? I was still his father.
After listening to the Taoist's prophecy, he gave up to avoid being killed by that boy.
This is also the reason why Jia She never caused trouble for Jia Cong while he studied quietly in Luocang Mountain for several years.
……
Jia Zhen, who was standing by, said with a smile, "I have heard that Brother Cong has excellent handwriting before, and today I finally see the real thing.
I heard from the second master that Brother Cong has done very well in Qingshan Academy in the past two years. He just took the entrance examination last month and is about to enter the school. He is really an amazing young man, haha."
Jia Zhen's words seemed to be deliberately loud, causing all the guests in the hall to look over here.
As the head of the family, he had to maintain some respectability on the outside. Those gossipy people outside often made up stories that the Jia family's descendants were mediocre and useless. He was always dissatisfied when he heard them, even though he himself was also a dissolute and extravagant person.
Now that he had a cousin like Jia Cong, he naturally had to show it off and cleanse himself.
Jia Cong couldn't help but look at Jia Zhen. He was detained in the East Courtyard in the past few years and had never seen this lord of the Ning Mansion who was known for his debauchery and shamelessness.
"Brother Zhen, I haven't seen you for a long time. Why didn't Brother Rong come out today?"
Jia Zhen showed a trace of embarrassment and anger on his face, but he quickly calmed down and said uncomfortably, "Brother Rong has been feeling unwell these days and has been staying in bed to recuperate."
Jia Cong recalled the scene he saw in Chunhua Tower that night, and thought that the captain of the Cavalry Battalion must have kicked him hard, and it would be a miracle if he didn't stay in bed.
Jia Zheng took Baoyu and Jia Cong to greet the guests at each table in the hall. Since he wanted to accompany the guests at the banquet, he asked Jia Cong and Baoyu to return to the West Mansion first.
However, Qiu Qingyuan, a doctor of the Du Shui Qing Li Si, loved Jia Cong's calligraphy and insisted on asking him to stay and discuss calligraphy.
Jia Zheng smiled smugly, waved to Baoyu, and let him go back to the West Palace alone.
Baoyu had long been unable to endure being surrounded by a group of parasites and evildoers. When he saw Jia Zheng let him go, he ran away like a flash.
……
Rongqing Hall.
Today, Ningguo Mansion is hosting a banquet for officials and guests, while Rongguo Mansion is hosting a banquet for the officials and guests’ wives.
After the banquet, some princes, officials, imperial eunuchs, relatives and friends all said goodbye.
In the end, only some of the closest relatives from aristocratic families were left, and they were invited by Grandmother Jia to Rongqing Hall to chat.
In the hall, there were other housewives of Rong country such as Mrs. Wang and Wang Xifeng.
Mrs. Zhang, wife of Wang Ziteng, Mrs. Chen, wife of Marquis Baoling, Mrs. Li, wife of Marquis Zhongjing, and several housewives from various branches of the Jia family in Shenjing were all present.
The room is filled with pearls and jades, and the fragrance is overwhelming.
There is a couch at the top, complete with pillow, backrest and footrest.
Jia's mother had been entertaining guests for half a day and was a little sleepy. Fortunately, she was surrounded by close relatives and did not feel too restrained. She leaned on the couch. There was a low stool in front of the couch. On the stool sat a girl of about eleven or twelve years old, with a slender figure, beautiful appearance, and black hair as shiny as lacquer.
Everyone in the room was chatting with each other. At this time, Baoyu came in, saw the girl on the low stool, called her "Sister Yun", and was hugged by Grandmother Jia, who asked him about going to the East Palace to entertain guests.
At the banquet, Mrs. Chen, the wife of Baolinghou, jokingly asked Baoyu if his brother had given any rare birthday gifts to the old lady.
The ladies present all knew that the old lady loved Baoyu the most, and they all joined in the fun by saying nice things, creating a cheerful and festive atmosphere in the hall, and Grandmother Jia was so delighted that she couldn't stop smiling.
Let Yuanyang bring up the gifts sent by Baoyu and the sisters in the garden, so that the ladies can see them.
After a while, Yuanyang came out with a few maids, each holding a birthday gift.
Among them, Daiyu gave a small green jade incense burner with the inscription of good fortune and longevity.
Yingchun made a headband with indigo-colored flower patterns and cloud wings, embellished with agate and turquoise beads, which looked both elegant and luxurious.
The gift given by Tanchun was a neck warmer made of black sable fur, which was shiny black under the light and very eye-catching.
What Baoyu gave was a palm-high mutton-fat white jade dripping Guanyin, which was lustrous and very extraordinary. In fact, it was prepared by Mrs. Wang for him, and he just took it out to please Lady Jia.
Jia Lan, Jia Huan and Xichun are still young and cannot send birthday gifts.
The last gift was a plain white ebony scroll, which looked very simple and low-key compared to the previous exquisite and luxurious gifts.
Grandmother Jia asked curiously, "What is this? Who gave it to you?"
Yuanyang replied: "This is a Buddhist scripture written by Master Cong himself to celebrate the old lady's birthday.
Because he had to go to the East Mansion with the Second Master to entertain guests, he didn't have time to come here in person, so he asked Qingwen to bring it just now."
It’s not that Jia Cong didn’t even have the time to send her to Rongqingtang in person. In fact, even Yuanyang knew the reason.
Before Third Master Cong went out to study, the old lady exempted him from the filial piety etiquette, and from then on Third Master Cong was not allowed to enter Rongqing Hall again.
He has spent very little time at home in the past few years, so the old lady has never changed her mind about what she said at the beginning, and she has been stubborn about it.
Master Cong Sanye was also a tough man who always wanted to be respectable. Naturally, he would not go to Rongqingtang to deliver a birthday gift on his own, lest he make himself uncomfortable.
Letting Qingwen deliver it would be considered a complete courtesy.
When Grandmother Jia heard that it was a birthday gift from Jia Cong, she didn't say anything.
However, Wang Ziteng's wife Zhang, who was present at the meeting, suddenly asked, "You are talking about the eldest master's second son, Congge'er."
Yuanyang replied: "It is the Third Master Cong."
Zhang smiled and said, "From what I've seen, most of the old lady's grandchildren are filial. Look at the birthday gifts they sent, they are so exquisite and thoughtful.
It's just that Cong was a little rude, he just wrote a piece of paper and gave it as a birthday gift, which is really disrespectful to the old lady."
Grandmother Jia took a look at the plain white scroll and frowned. She was annoyed that Jia Cong's gift was strange, and she also felt that Zhang was a little nosy and there was no need to say some things in public.
Mrs. Wang looked at Zhang with some surprise. A few days ago, she had talked to her sister-in-law about Jia Cong.
It was nothing more than saying that his family background was ordinary, the master valued him a little too much, and that the boy was a studious person, so Baoyu was punished by the master, and there was some fear in his words.
Unexpectedly, Zhang was moved by these words.
Mrs. Wang knew that her sister-in-law had always been a little narrow-minded. Now that her brother had become the governor of the Beijing camp, her sister-in-law had lost her sense of propriety and had become a little ostentatious.
Although Mrs. Wang was somewhat wary of Jia Cong, it was not to the point where she needed her sister-in-law to help her out.
She was quite funny, she was getting too excited about the barber pole.
(End of this chapter)
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