Daiyu of the Red Chamber

Chapter 57

Ever since Jia Lian went to Yangzhou for the funeral with Jia Mu's letter, Jia Mu has been planning Jia Lian's itinerary.This is the treatment that Jia Lian has never had since he was born.It's a pity that Jia Lian didn't know. If he knew... I don't know what Jia Lian should think.

Two months later, Jia's mother still had not received Jia Lian's reply, and she felt a little anxious.It so happened that Mother Jia was discussing this matter with Yuanyang, and Lai everyone hurriedly came to report with a smile on her face: "A letter from Jinling, the old lady."

Mrs. Jia wondered what happened to Jinling? , but still took the letter with a smile.Who would have thought that it was a letter from Mrs. Zhen from Jinling Zhen's family in person, and it was still about ten pages thick.Then I knew it was not a small matter.So I didn't bother to worry about Jia Lian.

After reading only two pages, the old lady Jia looked serious and sent everyone out of the house, including the most trusted Lai Da and Yuanyang and others.

The content of the letter really surprised Mrs. Jia at first, but after reading it down, she felt that it made sense.After reading the whole letter, Mrs. Jia frowned and began to think.

To be honest, Mrs. Jia had expected that the Zhen family would stand in line, but she never expected that it would be the prince.But when he thought that the Empress Yuan was gone and Concubine Zhen had no heirs, she became clear again.But when it comes to standing in line with the crown prince... Mrs. Jia couldn't help but tighten her brows again.

The prince was born in the Yuan Dynasty, with a noble status and a strong mother family.But the eldest prince has remarkable military exploits, illustrious military exploits, and holds the military power in his hands.In particular, the two wastes and two conflicts of the Holy One made Mrs. Jia uncertain to pay attention.For a while, Mrs. Jia hesitated, not knowing how to choose.

Now that Min'er is gone, the relationship with Lin Ruhai is somewhat in jeopardy. If they can stand together, in the same camp, this relationship will undoubtedly be strengthened a lot...

Although Mrs. Jia hesitated for a while, after thinking it over and over again, Mrs. Jia still wrote back to Mrs. Zhen.He explained that he would persuade Lin Ruhai to serve His Highness with him and so on.

Min'er only went now that old lady Jia wanted to come, so Lin Ruhai couldn't refuse if she asked.Then he personally wrote a letter to Lin Ruhai and had it sent over quickly.

Mrs. Jia had very good thoughts in her heart, and she even decided on this matter of standing in line without discussing with anyone in the family.It was only when the second wife came to report the matter to her later that she casually mentioned it.

From her point of view, Yuan Chun entered the fourth prince's mansion, but the fourth prince was neither the eldest son nor the direct descendant and had no strong mother clan. Fortunately, the fourth prince now only manages the household department and does not participate in the battle for the reserve position.If his family stood in line with His Highness the Crown Prince early, Yuan Chun would have more say in the Fourth Prince's Mansion when His Highness rewarded Conglong's achievements in the future, and he might have the position of a side concubine.

The second wife originally heard that she was taking refuge in the prince, but she thought that Yuan Chun was in the residence of the fourth prince, and felt a little reluctant.But he also heard from Mrs. Jia that the fourth prince would not fight for the heir, and that in the future when the prince succeeds, Yuan Chun can also benefit from the family's merits of the dragon. It is impossible to say that His Royal Highness the prince will also take care of Gu Baoyu.

Mrs. Jia is still calculating, even if the fourth prince wants to fight for the throne in the future, our family has Yuan Chun who is the pillow of the fourth prince, so we are not afraid of anything.After all, Baoyu is Yuanchun's younger brother, and Yuanchun will not ignore him. When Baoyu is done, can our house be worse?Baoyu is a blessed one after all... Wait.

The second wife followed Mrs. Jia's words and thought that it was an excellent time to stand in line, so she said flatteringly: "The daughter-in-law has little knowledge, but the old lady is thoughtful." Seeing her, Mrs. Jia said, He also nodded with a smile on his face and said: "It's not a trivial matter at this time, you know it in your heart, just take a look and tell your master, no one else can say anything else."

Speaking of this, the old lady Jia looked at the second wife with a serious face and said: "Do you remember?" Although the second wife was dissatisfied with the old lady Jia's attitude, she also knew that it was related to her son Baoyu's future and The fate of her daughter Yuanchun.

Thinking that both of them are blessed, their fates are excellent, and they have great fortune.Then he immediately apologized and said with a smile: "Don't worry, old lady, my daughter-in-law understands the importance of this idea." Seeing this, old lady Jia laughed.

For some reason, old lady Jia thought of Jia Lian again, thinking that if Jia Lian married Wang Xifeng, then she would be able to pull Wang Ziteng into the team. Wang Ziteng had military power in his hands, and the prince would be very satisfied.In the future, it will also be one of the reliance for the crown prince to contend with the eldest prince.

Wang Ziteng never thought that when he was scheming Jia Lian, Mrs. Jia was already scheming him. If he knew, would he cry or laugh?

Mrs. Jia felt that Lin Ruhai, who was in charge of the money bag, was brought in by the Jia family, and Prince Teng, who was in charge of the military power, was also related to the Jia family.In this way, Daiyu will have a lifetime, after all, her relationship with Jia Lian is indeed very good.

I also thought that it would be even better if Jia Lian could join Wu. In the future, he and Baoyu will have a civil and a martial arts, and the Jia family will prosper for another hundred years!It's a pity that Jia Lian chose to follow the road of literature. If Baoyu was allowed to follow the martial arts, Mrs. Jia would not bear him to suffer.In Mrs. Jia's opinion, Baoyu has a great fortune, how can she go to such a hard job?

Furthermore, the fourth prince who is in charge of the Ministry of Households, and Yuan Chun from the Jia family is beside him.When the crown prince gains power, Yuan Chun will inevitably gain power too.If Yuanchun gains power, he will definitely persuade the fourth prince to attach himself to the prince.In this way, the Jia family will be more important in the eyes of the prince.

Mrs. Jia never thought about the so-called reserve position battle at all. How could there be such a smooth sailing?If you are not careful, you will be punished all over the house!Now all she thinks about is what will happen after success, but she has never thought about what will happen after failure.Of course, she never thought about whether Lin Ruhai and Wang Ziteng would listen to her orders.

It has to be said that Mrs. Jia's wisdom seems to have been consumed too much between the passage of time and the inner house battle. She took such things for granted, and she doesn't know if she will have a chance to recover in the future.I don't know what kind of wind and rain this will bring to the Jia Mansion that she has guarded all her life, and how it will affect her children and grandchildren. Will the children and grandchildren have the ability to turn the tide?

Mrs. Jia thought everything well, and began to arrange the action steps one by one.I just don't know if something will go wrong in the middle.

Mrs. Jia thought clearly, the first step was to arrange for Lin Ruhai to join the prince's family with her. She was already doing this, and she believed that there would be no mistakes in this step.Then the second step is to marry Jia Lian and the Wang family again, so that in the future, Wang Ziteng will be recruited to join the prince.

After thinking about it, the old lady Jia said to the second wife: "It's hard work, you find some time, go back and ask your sister-in-law, can that girl Xifeng wait? This Lian'er is just a small effort, and now she has passed three points." One." When the second wife heard this, she understood that Mrs. Jia had not given up marrying the Wang family again.

The second wife thought that Xifeng would be her own niece when she married in. Who in the Jia family would dare to take Joe with her in the future?She lowered her head and looked at Mrs. Jia quietly. The second wife smiled and said: "Look at what the old lady said, it's just for the daughter-in-law to ask a question, so it's hard work there?" She nodded and said, "I know you're busy, so you can go."

Taking advantage of the New Year's Eve, the second wife quickly picked a day to go back to her natal home. The sun was still shining when she went there, but it snowed heavily at noon.The second wife also stayed at her mother's house until the evening before returning.Although the weather was bad, when the second wife came back, her face was full of joy.Without even changing her makeup, she went to Mrs. Jia's room.

When Mrs. Jia saw her coming in with a smile on her face, she knew it was over.After talking to her with a smile, he praised her for her hard work for his nephew, so he asked her to go back to rest, and she didn't need to serve dinner.Hearing that there was no need to serve Mrs. Jia for dinner, the second wife was of course even more happy, so she left happily.

When Jia Lian was mentioned just now, Mrs. Jia was actually in a very bad mood.By this time, Jia Lian hadn't sent a letter, let alone sent his granddaughter Daiyu to Beijing!

And this year's Lin family's annual gift has not yet arrived.Although Mrs. Jia guessed that she might be negligent because she was busy with Jia Min's funeral, and there is no one in the Lin family who is in charge of the inner house.But in the end is unhappy.

Until more than ten days later, Mrs. Jia still hadn't waited for Daiyu or a letter.The second wife reported back and forth that her natal sister, Mrs. Xue, had brought her nephews and nieces to visit her in the capital.I want to tidy up Lixiangyuan, which is close to Rongxi Hall, and come out to live in for my sister.

Although Mrs. Jia was upset in her heart, she couldn't show it, so she nodded reluctantly and said, "That's very good."

The second wife left happily, but the old lady Jia was leaning on Luohan's bed, her face was full of displeasure.

At this time, Amber ran in happily.He smiled and said, "The old lady made you look forward to it!" After speaking, he took out the letter in his hand and continued: "It may be that the weather is cold and the road is difficult, so we will arrive at this time."

Mother Jia took it and saw that it was a letter from Jia Lian and Lin Ruhai, with a smile on her face, thinking that Daiyu might be on the way.Then when he received the letter, he gave Amber a smile and scolded: "You little hoof, you are getting more and more crazy. You don't hurry to give me the letter after you get it? Go find my tortoiseshell mirror."

Just finished speaking, Yuanyang came out with her pair of tortoise-shell glasses, and said with a smile: "I know that the old lady misses Miss Lin, didn't the maidservant rush to bring it to the old lady?" After speaking, she put it on for the old lady Jia.Yuanyang and Amber also pursed their lips and smiled beside Jia Mu when she saw her face full of smiles.

Granny Jia looked at the two letters in her hand, and opened Lin Ruhai's one first, thinking that Lin Ruhai, a son-in-law, would not refute her opinion.The letter came so quickly, the prince's business must be done.Unexpectedly, after opening the flimsy letter and looking at it twice, Mrs. Jia frowned, her eyes were sharp.

It turned out that Lin Ruhai didn't mention allegiance to the crown prince at all in the letter, he just pretended that he didn't receive the letter, or that he didn't read the few paragraphs he wrote.In the letter, he only described Jia Min's funeral in detail, and said that because there was no family temple or something, the coffin was stopped at Guiyuan Temple, and that Daiyu was not in good health, why she was sad and so on.

Old lady Jia took a deep breath, thinking that as long as Daiyu arrives, Lin Ruhai will have no choice but to avoid this matter.

Although at this time, Mrs. Jia was also a bit uneasy about whether Lin Ruhai would agree to Daiyu's entry to Beijing.But thinking that the Lin family has no close relatives long ago, and there is no female elder in the mansion, I think it is for the future of my daughter that I will not refuse the upbringing of my own grandmother.Then calm down.

Mother Jia held Jia Lian's letter. Although she was sure that Lin Ruhai would not reject her, she hesitated for a while with an unclear expression before taking a deep breath and opening the letter.

Yuanyang and Hupo saw that the joyful look on Old Madam Jia's face was no longer there, and they felt uneasy, not knowing what had happened.Seeing that Mrs. Jia opened Jia Lian's letter so carefully, she was also suspicious.

Sure enough, Mrs. Jia opened Jia Lian's letter and only read halfway through it, then her face changed, it was gloomy and angry, and those were the expressions that Mandarin Duck and Amber rarely saw on Mrs. Jia's face.The two couldn't help feeling nervous, but they also knew that they couldn't disturb each other at this time, so they stood quietly aside.In fact, if they could choose, they would rather escape.

When the old lady Jia read Jia Lian's letter, she sighed deeply. In the letter, Jia Lian also described Jia Min's funeral in detail. Jia Min kept his filial piety, and Fu Ling returned to Gusu.

When the old lady Jia saw this, she couldn't express the sadness and joy in her heart. After all, Jia Min was the daughter she had loved for many years.The granddaughter's filial piety is willing to keep her filial piety. Mrs. Jia is very happy in her heart, but she sighs when she thinks of His Royal Highness and her own plan.

When Jia Lian said in the letter that he also wanted to study with Mr. Huang Jiyun for another year or two so as to participate in Qiu Wei, Mrs. Jia felt even more complicated and helpless.Of course, he also felt that Jia Lian and Lin Ruhai didn't listen to his arrangements, and the resentment in his heart was hard to appease.

At the end of the letter, it was mentioned that when Jia Lian first arrived in Yangzhou, he met Jinling’s old relatives, the Zhen family’s master—Zhen Yingjia, etc., in the Lin Mansion. At this time, Mrs. Jia was powerless to think about anything, but felt exhausted all over her body.

But Mrs. Jia had to think that the second son, who is filial, sensible and motivated, has been working as a member of the Ministry of Industry for more than ten years.However, the perverse and out-of-the-ordinary elder son whom I wanted to suppress was promoted to be a member of the Ministry of Rites, Wailang, at the beginning of the year.

In addition to helplessness, Jia Mu felt more resentment and injustice in her heart at this time.For a while, the whole Jia's mansion was shrouded in low pressure because of Mrs. Jia's mood.

(End of this chapter)