The Red Mansion is so charming

Chapter 219
Because Xiuyan insisted on leaving, everyone couldn't persuade them to stay, so they had to send them to the gate of the Grand View Garden.After walking to the main entrance, I saw mandarin ducks approaching happily from a distance.Tanchun joked: "You came so early, Big Sister Xing is almost leaving, did you come here specially to see him off?"

Yuanyang kept laughing, but looked at Lin Daiyu humorously: "Miss Lin, guess who is here?"

Everyone was puzzled at first, but when they saw Yuanyang's eyes clearly, they had some guesses. Lin Daiyu blushed and pretended to be calm: "I don't know who it is, maybe it's our old relatives in Yangzhou."

Li Wan gently pinched Lin Daiyu's tender cheeks, and scolded with a smile: "Look at this little girl, she usually comes to tease others, but today she finally knows what it means to be embarrassed, let's go, let's go and see brother-in-law Lin together." Go!" Everyone was clamoring, and Lin Daiyu's face became more and more rosy.

All of a sudden, people came into Jiamu's upper courtyard, and Shi Xiangyun pushed Jia Baoyu in: "It's not easy for us to go and see, but you, anyway, you have to go to the examination room in the future. I met this candidate earlier. Zhuangyuan Lang, tell us a few new things in the court, so that we can learn a lot!"

Jia Baoyu felt uncomfortable, and said in a sleepy tone: "What's the point of asking, isn't it all those common things after all?" Shi Xiangyun avoided the crowd and whispered to him: "I didn't mean you. Lang Geer has also achieved fame, next time your uncle and nephew go to the examination room together, it's all right for you to be in the top, if Lang Geer falls behind by a star, not to mention whether the second wife is hurt or not, even the master can't forgive you lightly."

Jia Baoyu said awkwardly: "Brother Lan has great abilities, and it's too late for my wife to be happy, so how can you be sad?"

"It's true that my wife loves Brother Lan, but after all, you are my wife's own flesh and blood through a layer of belly. How can there be a mother in this world who doesn't want her children to be good?" Shi Xiangyun thought of Mrs. Wang's daily hard work for Baoyu. , Thinking of my desolate life experience, I can't help but feel sad: "I often whisper to myself when no one is around, I am blessed to love my brother, and the second wife loves you like a jewel, and there is a sister Lin, although she Like me, I have no father or mother, but Mrs. Xing treats Sister Lin and Eldest Sister Xing like her own daughter. I am alone."

Seeing Shi Xiangyun crying, Jia Baoyu panicked. He hurriedly comforted him: "Okay, okay, I'll just go in. Don't cry. If they see it, why don't they ask you?"

Shi Xiangyun hurriedly took the incense handkerchief from Jia Baoyu, and pushed Jia Baoyu into the upper room.

At the moment, Mother Jia is pulling Ganmi to talk beside her, accompanied by Mrs. Xing, Mrs. Wang, Aunt Xue, and Aunt Li, and it is lively and lively.Seeing Baoyu coming in, Mrs. Wang hurriedly smiled and waved to him: "Come on, Mr. Gan just talked about the test questions of this subject, you should also listen carefully, and make a good article tomorrow to make the master happy. "

Mrs. Xing sneered in her heart, but her mouth was very kind. After Wang finished speaking, she said: "It's a pity that our Baoyu suffered from a bit of cold this year and missed the provincial examination. Otherwise, we will be in the same class as Mr. Gan this year. Baoyu's literary talent It’s amazing, even the king of Beijing Jing often praises it, and often asks him to come into the mansion for questioning.”

Gan Mi looked at Jia Baoyu, cupped his hands and said with a smile, "Then I will ask Brother Bao for advice more from now on."

Jia Baoyu's face was slightly embarrassed. Although he didn't like to see Gan Mi because of his sister Lin's relationship, Gan Misheng had a good appearance and was also a rare handsome man. Coupled with Gan Mi's flattery, his heart arose Make friends with the meaning.

As everyone knows, Gan Mi looks down on Jia Baoyu in his heart because of Mrs. Xing's showing off.Anyone who has any information in this capital probably knows about King Beijing's water-melting habit and his penchant for masculinity.Although there are quite a few pretty concubines in the Beijing Palace, almost all of them are servants serving Shui Rong.And all of them are handsome, and some of them are even indistinguishable.

King Beijing Jing didn't even intend to hide it, and would bring them with him when he went to banquets occasionally.Gan Mi was in the capital during these days, and he heard people say that there are many young people from poor families in his class, some of them are very good-looking, and they have long since defected to the Beijing King's family.

At this moment, Gan Mi saw that the wife of Jia's family said these words without thinking at all, and saw that Jia Baoyu was not only not ashamed, but complacent, so he felt alienated.

In this chamber, when Jia Mu saw that Baoyu was rarely looking for him affectionately, a big stone in her heart finally fell to the ground.She was always worried that because of Daiyu, Baoyu would never be able to hold back this bend.Now suddenly listening to Baoyu and Gan Mi discussing the topic of the imperial examination, Jia's mother couldn't help being elated. Thinking of the great changes in her precious grandson, the old lady thought about it, and couldn't help but cast her eyes on Lu Shi.

My own grandson knows best, and Baoyu must be so interested in him because he was told to propose marriage to the Xing family.

Jia's mother nodded secretly. If because of this, Baoyu would know how to go astray, the old lady would be ashamed and ask her uncle and wife to agree to the marriage.

Because of Ganmi, the old lady forced Lu Shi and Xiuyan to stay after dinner before leaving.After a day of turmoil, the sisters saw Jiamu's tired face, so they didn't dare to stay any longer, and went back to the Grand View Garden one after another.The mandarin duck sat on the twig and washed Jia Mu's feet, smiling: "My uncle and wife have good eyesight. This young man is not only outstanding in appearance, but also elegant in conversation. The old lady has never seen how the eldest lady and the second wife treat the young lady." Eyes? I wish my son-in-law is their son-in-law!"

Mother Jia laughed: "There's nothing they can do about it because they are greedy. The marriage was proposed by Concubine Xu's natal daughter-in-law. But what you said reminded me a bit. The girls in our family should go out with me or the two wives." Walk around, lest it really sound like something sung in an opera, raised in a deep boudoir and unknown."

Yuanyang's heart moved, and the action of teasing water was a pause: "Didn't the old lady always intend to marry the second girl or the third girl to the uncle's nephew?"

"This kind of incident is too many. Although Zhang Yi is good, it is a pity that the situation in the southeast is temporarily unstable. The emperor has not taken any action on the southeast. After all, it is a reward or a punishment. I am old, my body is good, my mind, I can't help tossing The two girls are safe and sound, it's all right to marry the children of the aristocratic family, so I don't expect them to have some kind of imperial status."

The mandarin duck was wrapped in a white cloth on the old lady's little feet, and the hands pinched it one after another skillfully.Jia's mother closed her eyes comfortably: "I'm not worried about the girls, but I'm worried about Baoyu's marriage when I see you today."

Yuanyang smiled and said: "What is there to worry about, old lady, haven't you already set your sights on Miss Xing?"

"Hey, this matter requires both parties to agree to it. I'm right, but my uncle and wife never let go. Every time I mention it, my uncle and wife look around and never agree to me directly."

Yuanyang said: "Don't worry about it, old lady. It's easy to understand. When Baoyu is like a godfather and has a reputation, maybe the old lady doesn't need to mention it. Uncle and wife will agree."

Jia Mu sighed softly: "I understand this truth, but if Baoyu doesn't care about himself, who can do anything? His father beat him and scolded him. If he really wins the exam, I will spend tens of thousands of taels. It would be nice to use silver to make a golden body for Bodhisattva!"

It's not that Jia's mother hadn't thought about this problem, but Baoyu didn't live up to it, especially now that Boy Lan has also been selected as a scholar. The teacher in the school said that he only needs to study hard for another three years, and he will definitely be on the list in the next big exam.As soon as these words came out, not only Mrs. Wang was anxious, but the old lady was even more anxious.But if you want to stop Boy Lan from entering the arena, and Jia's mother can't do such a thing, she is also the grandson of Jia's family after all.

What's more, even if Baoyu is really enlightened and will be named on the gold list three years later, the girl of the Xing family will probably be twenty by then.Whose young lady can stay until that age?Baoyu can wait, but the Xing family may not.

The more the old lady thought about having a headache, Yuanyang hurriedly said: "Old lady, take a rest, this matter cannot be rushed." She served Jiamu to rest, and asked the little girl to light agarwood, and when she heard that Jiamu was breathing steadily, she quietly left He left the inner room and only asked Jade to watch the night outside.

"Sister Yuanyang, sister-in-law Zhou has been waiting for you outside for a long time." The little maid called out to the exhausted Yuanyang.

Yuanyang brushed her hair lightly, looked at the little girl suspiciously: "Which sister Zhou?"

"It's from Zhou Rui's family, the second wife's companion."

Yuanyang was startled, since Wang Xifeng left, she had no personal contact with the people from the second room, what is the matter with Zhou Rui's family now looking for her?

Seeing that the mandarin duck was silent, the little maid asked tentatively: "Otherwise, I just said that my sister is serving the old lady and sent her back?"

"Forget it, don't look at the monk's face and look at the Buddha's face, sister Zhou is also the second wife's person after all, maybe it's something important."

As soon as Yuanyang entered the small Baosha next to her, she saw Zhou Rui's family pulling the embarrassing Liuli to talk, and didn't even see her coming.

"What does the old lady like to eat these two days? Our second wife is thinking about it and asks me to send someone to deliver it from time to time, but you also know that since the second grandma went out, my work has doubled and I have more than enough." Zhou Rui's family chattered, and asked whether Jia's mother had talked about their second room.

Glass tilted his head to see the mandarin ducks, heaved a sigh of relief, and hurriedly said: "I remembered that I haven't prepared clothes for the old lady for tomorrow, so my sister greeted sister Zhou for me." After speaking, he fled in despair.

Zhou Rui's family yelled at Yuanyang: "Look at this little hoof, it's getting worse and worse. Could it be that I'm a tigress, and I can't chase her and bite?"

Yuanyang poured a cup of tea with Zhou Rui's family on the flower table: "What's the matter with Sister Zhou looking for me?"

"Hey, it's not a big deal. Yesterday, the second wife wanted to make a new dress for Miss Bao to wear when she went out, but after finding a lot of materials, she was not satisfied. You know, the second wife's clothes are rarely used outside. Most of them are Aunt Zhao and Aunt Zhou, but it’s hard for a clever woman to cook without rice, and she can’t do without food.”

Yuanyang vaguely felt that something was wrong, so she hurriedly laughed and said, "Sister Zhou said too much, what is the identity of the second wife, how can she not even have a piece of good stuff?"

The wry smile of Zhou Rui's family: "Our wife has high vision, you don't know, how can idle things catch her eyes? Today she suddenly remembered, saying that when the old lady celebrated her birthday, how many pieces of high-quality satin were sent by Zhongshun Palace? Among them, there are a few pieces with a slightly fresh color, but the old lady said they are not needed, so she put them aside, if Sister Yuanyang is not troublesome, she will pick them out, and I will show them to the second wife."

Yuanyang immediately became embarrassed: "I have an impression of the few pieces of material that sister Zhou said, but the old lady once said that those materials are very rare, and they will be used as dowry for Miss Lin in the future. If I take them out, I am afraid that I will have to ask the old lady first. mean."

The daughter-in-law was behind her mother-in-law's back and was begging for things from her confidant maid. It would not do Mrs. Wang's reputation the slightest to spread the news.

Zhou Rui's family's face sank: "So, sister Yuanyang refuses to help?"

Yuanyang smiled lightly: "It's not that I don't want to help, I only want the old lady."

Zhou Rui's family waved their hands, and stopped Yuanyang's words with disdain: "Let me tell you the truth, the family is struggling now, and the expenses are increasing day by day. The second wife hopes that the Yuanyang girl will be accommodating. It doesn’t matter if you take out the box and borrow it temporarily. When you have more money, the natural coefficient will return it.”

Yuanyang pursed her lips and said nothing, making up her mind not to take this muddy water.

"Sister Yuanyang is a smart person. You have offended the eldest wife a long time ago. Don't even think about offending the second wife." Zhou Rui's family sneered: "Besides, it's not like you haven't done such things before. , Don’t you send big boxes and small boxes to their rooms? I can see it for real.”

The member of Zhou Rui's family slowly stood up and shook the brocade handkerchief in his hand: "I know Sister Yuanyang is very cautious, think about this matter carefully, I will wait for your reply at home."

She just walked to the entrance of Xiaobaoxia, suddenly turned her head and said with a smile: "Second wife has already sent someone to Jinling to call your brother and sister-in-law. Sister Yuanyang, please don't turn a good thing into a bad thing and hurt your relatives."

Looking at the back of Zhou Rui's family, Yuanyang chased after two steps, and when she held on to the door frame, she stopped again.Feeling bitter in her heart, Glass came out from nowhere, she gently hugged Yuanyang's shoulders: "The second wife has no good intentions, as I said, you'd better tell the old lady about the matter."

Yuanyang's eyes were already full of tears, but she kept shaking her head after listening to Glass's words: "The old man wants to force me to marry me. Although the old lady defended her, I know that she still has a knot in her heart that has not been solved. She always feels that I have seduced you." sir."

"Then how can I blame you, who doesn't know the character of the elder? Don't worry, the old lady will definitely not think that way, it's all because of your own overthinking."

Yuanyang smiled wryly: "No matter how bad the old man is, he is also the old lady's own son. No matter how good I am, I am just a domestic slave. If I don't bother the old lady with a wink right now, instead of being able to make decisions for myself, I will Get in trouble."

"Then what are you going to do here, Second Wife?"

"I can only take one step at a time." Although Yuanyang was perfunctory in his mouth, he had already thought of someone who could help him.

On the fifteenth day, people and horses who announced the good news came from time to time on the street.The imperial court appointed 40 Jinshi and 260 Jinshi.Although there is only one more word "same" between the two, the future is very different.There are many guild halls in the capital city, and most of the scholars who come to Beijing for reference live here.Those guild halls are close to each other, and every time it comes to the big exams, they have to fight for face, to see who will come to announce the most good news.

This year, without exception, the Suzhou Guild Hall and the Yangzhou Guild Hall still have the upper hand.

Scholars in the south of the Yangtze River studied hard and had a rich cultural heritage. More than half of the civil servants in the imperial court came from the south of the Yangtze River.The business in this guild hall is booming, the boss took the initiative to open a few simple tables for the scholars to eat and drink, while everyone was waiting for the news, they inevitably talked about Gu Erlang.

There were not a few people who hated Gu Erlang so much that everyone was forced to take part in the second palace examination because of this kid.One person started cursing Gu Erlang, which quickly aroused everyone's sympathy.Gu Peisheng has been in the south of the Yangtze River for the past few years, although his political achievements are obvious, and the amount of tax money enshrined to the court is astonishing every year, but because Gu Peisheng cherishes his political achievements too much, he is somewhat mean to the people in the south of the Yangtze River.The scholars disdain this practice in their hearts, and Gu Peisheng condoned his son's cheating, and his reputation fell to the bottom for a while.

Someone said: "Do you still remember Lord Xing who was the county magistrate in Wu County? What a character, I heard that when his family came to Beijing, the people of Wu County gave Wanmin umbrellas! Such a good person was given by the Gu family. Forced away."

Many people have heard about the Gu family's discrediting of Miss Xing's family, and some of them didn't know the inside story, so they all asked what happened.When people told the truth, they were all filled with righteous indignation: "That girl's reputation is so important, the Gu family is really eye-opening."

"Hmph, the Gu family has kicked the iron plate, I'm afraid they never thought that the elder brother adopted by the Xing family would be the emperor's flesh and blood." Someone gloated.

But some people were worried: "Will the emperor let Gu Erlang go because of Gu Peisheng?"

"How is this possible? Gu Erlang was caught by the emperor on the spot. If he is let go, how will the court explain to the scholars in the world?"

Because the imperial court's news was tightly blocked, many scholars only knew that Gu Erlang had stolen someone else's article, but they had no idea who it was.

Just when everyone was chatting happily, someone ran in outside suddenly, shouting constantly: "Yi Jiatou's name has come out." Everyone was startled, and asked who it was.The reporter hurriedly said: "It's Mei Yusen, son of Mei Hanlin's family."

"So it's him! Who is the No. [-] and Tan Hua?"

"The second place is Yang Youzhi from Suzhou, and Tanhualang is Xie Yuanqianmi, the number one name in Jining Prefecture."

Everyone was in an uproar and asked who that Yang Youzhi was.

Mei Yusen and Gan Mi were the most vocal for winning the first place. It is not surprising that they entered the first place, but how did a little-known Yang Youzhi get the second place?

It was past noon when Xiuyan got the news, and when she heard that Gan Mi was still with Yang Youzhi, she was silent for a long time.Xiuyan and Yang Youzhi also had a bad relationship.Yang Youzhi's marriage was still a trick of hers, plus Xiuyan and that concubine named Wei'er were very wrong, and the two families had long since turned into bad friends.

Xiuyan ordered someone to call the butler: "Go outside and find a way to get a copy of Mei Yusen and Yang Youzhi's papers. I want to see how strong this Yang Youzhi is."

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