I'm in the Red Mansion

Chapter 310: How can a girl from the Jia family marry a foreign barbarian?
After Jia Cong received the message delivered by carrier pigeon, his face suddenly turned gloomy.

In the fifth chapter of the Red Mansion, Tanchun's verdict is: Talented and ambitious, she was born in the last days and her luck is declining. I wept on Qingming Festival, looking at the riverside, a thousand miles of east wind is just a distant dream.

It foreshadows that Tanchun will marry far away.

According to the analysis, she should have been adopted as a daughter by the Concubine Dowager of Nan'an, and then married off to a barbarian land.

After Jia Cong traveled through time, he flapped the butterfly's wings and changed many plots.

For example, Yingchun did not marry Sun Shaozu, the Zhongshan Wolf, but married Liu Xianglian, and her marriage was very happy.

Qin Keqing did not die, and Jia Huan was still an official with a title.

Jia Cong originally thought that his third sister's fate should have changed.

Unexpectedly, the inertia of history still led Tanchun to be adopted as a daughter and then married into a royal family.

This Concubine Nan'an is so hateful. She has a daughter of her own, but she is reluctant to let her marry far away, so she insists on adopting a daughter to replace her own daughter.

Why did you choose to adopt anyone else but come to my Jia family and adopt my third sister as your adopted daughter?

Jia Cong was also quite disdainful of Emperor Yonglong and the court.

How could a great country like Daxia exchange peace for a marriage that would sacrifice a woman's lifelong happiness?
What's more, from ancient times to the present, marriage alliances have never truly brought peace.

Peace can only be protected by a strong enough force.

But now, he is unable to change the court's decision.

However, asking his third sister to marry was naturally impossible.

Thinking of this, Jia Cong directly wrote a memorial.

Then he sent the letter back by carrier pigeon.

After all, he was a military governor stationed on the border.

Although it has not yet reached the point of dividing the territory and governing it, and defending it with military force.

But if you just want to save your sister, it's not that difficult.

After writing the memorial, Jia Cong thought about it and wrote another letter to his senior brother Feng Ziying.

In the past two years, my eldest brother has been on business in the south, and we didn't meet during the Chinese New Year.

If the third sister's marriage had not been arranged earlier, there wouldn't have been so many troubles.

Now, it is not too late to mend the fence after the sheep have been lost!
A few days later, Jia Cong's memorial was presented to Emperor Yonglong.

When Emperor Yonglong opened it, he found that what was written in the memorial was that Concubine Nan'an adopted Tanchun as her adopted daughter and wanted Tanchun to marry into the Qing Dynasty.

Jia Cong wrote in the memorial: I have slaughtered countless Qing soldiers on the border. If I were to marry my sister to the Qing, wouldn't that be like a sheep walking into a tiger's mouth?

I fought bloody battles on the border to protect my country, but now I can't even protect my own sister? I want her to marry into the Qing Dynasty in exchange for peace?
If this is true, then there is no point in having peace.

How can I, the tiger girl of the Jia family, marry a foreign barbarian?
Seeing this, Emperor Yonglong found it quite interesting.

During the Three Kingdoms period, Sun Quan once proposed that his son marry Guan Yu's daughter, hoping that the two families could become in-laws.

Guan Yu said disdainfully: How can my tiger daughter marry a dog son?

Jia Cong's words are quite similar in meaning.

After the Concubine Nan'an adopted Tanchun as her adopted daughter, she reported the matter to Emperor Yonglong.

After all, there would be matters such as conferring a title on the princess later on, so it would be impossible to spare Emperor Yonglong.

Emperor Yonglong didn't care at that time, as she was just a woman.

He didn't expect that Jia Cong valued his sister so much.

When the Rongguo Mansion was in trouble, he never begged for mercy.

But these are all trivial matters. It’s not like there are no other women in Daxia except the girls from the Jia family.

After thinking about it, Emperor Yonglong called Xia Bingzhong and asked him to find a young eunuch to take Jia Cong's memorial to the Concubine Nan'an.

He also asked Xia Bingzhong to check the relationship between Jia Cong and Tanchun.

Soon, a eunuch from the palace went to the Prince of Nan'an's mansion and showed Jia Cong's memorial to the Nan'an Concubine.

After reading the memorial, his face changed drastically.

In fact, the Prince of Nan'an's Mansion is now in decline.

Why is Nan'an Concubine called Concubine? Why does she have to take the lead in everything?

She was called Concubine Dowager because her husband died.

But the sons were not ambitious enough and could not support the family.

Therefore, when faced with such a major event, she had to show up in person.

And now, Emperor Yonglong ordered a young eunuch to show her Jia Cong's memorial.

This is enough to illustrate the emperor's attitude.

At this time, Concubine Nan'an realized belatedly that she had done a bad job.

She only knew that the Rongguo Mansion had fallen into decline, and she had never considered the title of Marquis of the Ningguo Mansion.

This is not entirely his fault. Marquis Guanjun and Rongguo Mansion are not actually close.

When the Rongguo Mansion was ransacked, Marquis Guanjun didn't pay much attention to it.

She just didn't expect that the brother-sister relationship between Marquis Guanjun and the third girl was so deep.

Now that their Nan'an County Prince's Mansion has fallen into decline, it would be inconvenient to offend Marquis Guanjun.

Thinking of this, Concubine Nan'an hurriedly selected a few gifts herself, then got in a carriage and headed straight for the Grand View Garden.

This time, Concubine Nan'an didn't even go to the Jia family, but went directly to the Grand View Garden.

After entering the Grand View Garden, Concubine Nan'an first told Tanchun that she didn't need to marry into the Qing Dynasty.

After hearing the news, Tanchun was surprised and happy.

But she was very smart and naturally heard something strange.

He was busy asking the Concubine Nan'an.

The Concubine Nan'an did not hide anything and told her about Jia Cong's memorial.

The truth is, this matter cannot be concealed even if you want to.

After hearing this, Tanchun became even more grateful for the kindness of her third brother Cong.

Next, the Concubine Nan'an presented another gift and sincerely invited Tanchun to visit the Prince of Nan'an's mansion when she was free.

Tanchun was smart and had already guessed the purpose of Concubine Nan'an's visit.

However, she did not treat others coldly. Instead, she was all smiles, as gentle as a spring breeze.

After Concubine Nan'an left, she secretly sighed that the third girl of the Jia family was truly amazing.

Back in the palace, Emperor Yonglong was looking through the information obtained by the eunuchs.

It turned out that before Jia Cong became successful, even the maids and old women in Rongguo Mansion did not take him seriously.

When my mother was critically ill, I couldn't get any money, but my sisters came out to help me.

No wonder Marquis Guanjun is so indifferent to other people in Rongguo Mansion, but so kind to his sisters.

This Champion Marquis is actually a man who values ​​friendship and loyalty.

As for Concubine Nan'an, after leaving the Jia Mansion, she soon adopted a goddaughter.

Then she let this girl marry into the Qing Dynasty in place of her own granddaughter.

This time, there was no disturbance.

Because for both countries, it is a very small matter.

For Daxia, no matter where a girl was chosen from, as long as she was named a princess, it would be fine.

The same was true for the Qing Dynasty. They didn't care at all whether the woman they married was a real princess or not.

All you need is the title of princess.

Take the most famous Princess Wencheng in history for example. In fact, she was not the biological daughter of Emperor Taizong of Tang, Li Shimin. She was also a girl selected from the Li clan, named a princess, and then married into the Tubo Kingdom, leaving behind a beautiful story.

All both parties need is such a ceremony.

However, Lady Jia, Lady Xing, Lady Wang and other mother-in-law and daughters-in-law were furious when they learned that Tanchun was not going to marry into the Qing Dynasty again.

How can something that has already been decided be changed just like that?

In their hearts, they really hoped that Tanchun could be crowned a princess and married off.

This would be of great benefit to Rongguo Mansion. It was just a pity that Congge from the East Mansion was meddling in other people's business, and the third girl was also confused.

Even if Brother Cong is meddling in other's affairs, can't you fight back on your own?

This is to be named a princess, what a great honor!

Not only will it bring honor to the family, but the entire Rongguo Mansion will also benefit from it.

But now, there is nothing we can do.

At this time, Aunt Zhao was worried about Tanchun's marriage.

I also mentioned it a few times in front of Lady Jia.

However, first of all, what Grandmother Jia is most concerned about is Jia Baoyu's marriage.

Secondly, because Tanchun lived in the Grand View Garden and the marriage incident happened, Jia Mu's love for Tanchun was greatly reduced.

Therefore, neither Lady Jia nor Lady Wang cared much about Tanchun's marriage.

Only Aunt Zhao was still worried.

It's a pity that she is just a concubine.

In addition, Jia Zheng had been exiled, and without Jia Zheng's support, she had even less support at home.

Now she doesn't even have a maid to serve her.

Thanks to Tanchun's help from time to time, her life was not so difficult.

Even Lady Jia and Mrs. Wang had lost a lot of weight, but Aunt Zhao had not lost any weight and was still as radiant as ever.

Mrs. Wang hated her so much that she secretly called her a vixen.

However, given Aunt Zhao's status, it is difficult for her to find a good husband for Tanchun.

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However, the development of Jizhou City is also changing with each passing day.

In particular, several large factories have been completed and construction has begun.

Several products have also been produced and are currently being sold in Beijing and other places.

Just because of the publicity, not much of the market has been opened up for the time being.

Although the sales volume is not high at present, the word-of-mouth response is very good.

As long as we continue to develop step by step, I believe it won’t be long before we can gradually occupy more market share.

However, for Jia Cong, this speed was too slow.

So, next, Jia Cong asked Xue Baoqin to place a few advertisements in the Daxia Monthly.

These ads are pretty hardcore.

Not only are there pictures, but there are also detailed descriptions of prices and usage effects, etc.

After that issue of the Daxia Monthly was published and sold, sales of several products, including soap, immediately skyrocketed.

Their inventory is simply not enough.

Orders came in like snowflakes, forcing Jizhou City to continue to increase production.

Perhaps the prototype of advertising has appeared in this world.

However, this is the first time that such a hardcore advertisement has been released.

And I have to say, the effect of the advertisement is so good that it is a bit exaggerated.

It was even beyond Jia Cong's expectations.

The popularity of these products also prompted these factories to begin continuous expansion.

The popularity of several factories has also driven the prosperity and development of Jizhou as a whole.

Jia Cong was naturally happy to see the booming development of Jizhou.

On this day, Jia Cong received a letter from his senior brother Feng Ziying.

After reading Feng Ziying's letter, Jia Cong showed a happy smile on his face. He finally got married.

Jia Cong knew that Feng Ziying had not yet married and had no engagement.

Otherwise, he would not have made the promise to his third sister Tanchun years ago.

However, he had never seen Feng Ziying during the Chinese New Year, and he didn't know whether he had gotten engaged during this period.

Some time ago, he wrote a letter to Feng Ziying and now he finally received a reply.

It turned out that Feng Ziying had not been engaged, and after Jia Cong mentioned his third sister, Tanchun, Feng Ziying readily agreed.

He said that he would ask the Feng family to come and propose marriage.

In fact, Jia Cong only briefly mentioned his third sister Tanchun in the letter and did not even mention the marriage between the two families.

The main reason is that Rongguo Mansion has been stripped of its title and moved away.

Now Tanchun has gone from being the daughter of a noble family to a young lady from a poor family, and a concubine’s daughter at that.

This marriage can only be described as the Jia family marrying up.

However, because of the promise he had made before, Jia Cong was unable to completely give up.

That's why I wrote a letter to Feng Ziying and briefly mentioned it.

I never expected that the eldest senior brother would agree so readily.

If this marriage could be successful, it would be a pleasant surprise.

In the capital, people from the General Shenwu’s Mansion actually sent a matchmaker to the Jia Mansion to propose marriage.

This surprised both Lady Jia and Mrs. Wang.

Although because of several things before, both Lady Jia and Mrs. Wang disliked Tanchun.

However, Tanchun is a daughter of the Jia family after all.

Now that their Rongguo Mansion has fallen into decline, if Tanchun could really marry into the General Shenwu's Mansion, they would naturally be proud of it.

Therefore, Lady Jia and Mrs. Wang agreed without much hesitation.

Soon, Tanchun also learned about this.

After learning about this, Lin Daiyu and other girls rushed to congratulate Tanchun.

Although Tanchun was shy, she was truly grateful to Jia Cong in her heart.

Because Tanchun naturally knew that the reason why the General Shenwu's Mansion came to propose marriage was not because they really liked her.

It's just for the sake of Brother Cong San.

Not only did Brother Cong save her from marrying into the Qing Dynasty, he also found a good in-law family for her. She was extremely grateful in her heart.

I should help Brother Cong San.

The girls continued to tease each other for a while, and Tanchun couldn't help but say seriously, "Sisters, I have something serious to discuss with you."

Now Lin Daiyu's belly is bulging and she is too lazy to move in her daily life.

The rattan chair she sat on was covered with a thick layer of cushions.

Lin Daiyu leaned lazily, with a thin blanket covering her stomach.

The weather was already quite hot at that time, but Lin Daiyu had a cold body and did not feel the heat.

Now Lin Daiyu has put most of the matters concerning the Daxia Monthly Report aside and is just resting quietly.

However, Jia Cong had instructed her in a letter to walk more every day, as staying in bed every day would be bad for her health and the fetus.

Therefore, Lin Daiyu would take a walk around the Grand View Garden every day.

She often listened to the sisters' discussions on the Daxia Monthly News and helped to come up with some ideas.

Hearing Tanchun say this, Lin Daiyu couldn't help but say, "I wonder what the third sister wants to say? Why not tell me?"

After hearing this, Tanchun couldn't help but say, "Third sister-in-law, it's like this. Recently, many merchants also want me to publish articles in the Daxia Monthly to introduce their products."

"They said they were willing to give money, but for a moment, I didn't know whether I should do it or not."

After Xue Baoqin heard this, she couldn't help but say, "Why not do it?"

"If someone is willing to give money to your door, why not?"

(End of this chapter)