Daiyu of the Red Chamber

Chapter 61 Jia Lian Orders Wang Xifeng (3)

After Jia Lian washed up, he came to Mrs. Xing's courtyard. As soon as he entered the courtyard, he saw Jia Amnesty lying in a rocking chair with his eyes closed, holding a purple sand teapot in his hand, and a young maidservant standing behind her, kneading her shoulders.Jia Amnesty seemed to be asleep, very carefree.But as soon as Jia Lian stepped into the courtyard, Jia Amnesty had already opened his eyes.

Jia Lian took two steps forward, bowed to greet Jia Amnesty and said, "The son has seen his father." Madam Xing heard Jia Lian's voice in the house, and immediately opened the curtain and came out. A beaded and silver belt, and a Confucian hat on the head, gentle and elegant.A smile appeared on Mrs. Xing's face.

Without waiting for Jia Lian to salute, Mrs. Xing held Jia Lian and asked in repeated voices, "Why did it take you so long to come back? Is it time to have dinner?" Knowing that Jia Lian had washed and washed, she asked again, "Shall I go to rest for a while? My family is not bad." Jia Lian still greeted with a smile, and reported one by one, telling Mrs. Xing that she was not tired.

Seeing Mrs. Xing talking non-stop, Jia Amnesty couldn't help frowning and scolded: "Why do you have to say so much now?" After finishing speaking, without looking at Mrs. Xing's frozen expression, he said to Jia Lian: "Follow me to the study. Talk." After speaking, he got up and walked out.The young maid also carried the teapot that Jia She had just put down on a tea tray and followed.

Seeing this, Jia Lian frowned very much, looked at Mrs. Xing, and then at the back of the maidservant.He also felt that something was wrong, seeing Mrs. Xing's gloomy face, Jia Lian suddenly felt very sorry.

After thinking about it, Jia Lian said to Mrs. Xing: "Lian'er knows that my mother has suffered a lot of grievances, and my father is just like this. Mother doesn't need to be sad. Now my father is calling me, but I have to go. I will wait until Lian'er comes back." Make amends to mother on behalf of father." He stopped to see that Xing's face had finally softened, but he didn't speak.

Jia Lian knew that she didn't want to talk about Jia's amnesty any more, so he went on to say, "When Lian'er was away from home for a long time, Mother Lao worried about her, and she was very grateful. When she came back this time, Lian'er brought a lot of Jiangnan to her mother and sister. Although it is not worth anything, it is Lian'er's heart, and it is right to take it as an apology for worrying about the troubled mother, and I will send it to my mother later."

Jia Lian's words made Mrs. Xing feel warm again, so she nodded with a smile: "Isn't it right for a mother to worry about her son? There is going to be an apology? Go, don't make the master wait for a long time. Be careful, he will beat you." After speaking, he sighed.

Going back from the study, Jia Lian's mind was full of turmoil. After tossing and turning for half a night, he finally got up and wrote a letter to Yangzhou. After finishing writing, he remembered that he had not reported Daiyu's safety, so he wrote another letter to Daiyu, thinking that before he left Jia Lianfang seems to have realized what Daiyu said and seeing Mrs. Xing's expression today.

When Jia Lian came back, of course he still wanted to visit the Seventh Prince and the Fourth Prince. After all, Jia Lian hadn't finished the errand that the Holy Majesty had arranged for Jia Lian, so he went to Yangzhou for the funeral. The two princes shared a lot with Jia Lian.So early in the morning of the second day, Jia Lian sent invitations to the residences of the two princes.

The two princes are both busy people, but they were quite happy to see Jia Lian's greeting post when they returned home at night.Especially the fourth prince, he felt that he was not wrong about Jia Lian, he was quite affectionate.The Seventh Prince didn't have any idea, but he also sent someone to write a reply to Jia Lian, asking Jia Lian to come over the next afternoon.

Jia Lian did not make it to the fourth prince's mansion, but the fourth prince accepted the Jiangnan specialties brought back following Daiyu's suggestion without saying anything.The seventh prince went back to the mansion early after he came down to court that day, and asked the steward Jia Lian to have already arrived.The Seventh Prince laughed and met Jia Lian in the garden.

Jia Lian was flattered for a moment, but his face was as immovable as a mountain.Chatted with the Seventh Prince for a few words, from the local conditions and customs in the south of the Yangtze River, to the current situation in the south of the Yangtze River, and the crisis facing Lin Ruhai, including Jia Min's death.

At the beginning, the Seventh Prince was in a good mood and chatted with him about the scenery of the south of the Yangtze River, but gradually the expression on his face became serious. In the end, he could use the word 'gloomy' to describe it, and asked in a cold voice: "What, Did you want to tell this king yourself, or... Lin Ruhai asked you to tell me?"

Jia Lian immediately turned pale with fright, and the sweat on his forehead slipped down at some point. He knelt down on the ground and said: "Returning to the prince, these are all what Jia Lian saw and felt with his own eyes. No one asked Jia Lian to say anything. "The Seventh Prince didn't speak to him, and he didn't give way, he just looked at Jia Lian coldly, not knowing what he was thinking.

After another incense stick of time, Jia Lian's vest was soaked, remembering that Lin Ruhai used to say, "A companion is like a tiger". 'a feeling of.The unstoppable annoyance in my heart is that today I forgot what Lin Ruhai taught me to be careful in words and deeds.

The Seventh Prince didn't know what he was thinking of, seeing that Jia Lian's expression had eased a lot, he called out, asked a few more words, and then ordered: "I don't want to hear what I said today in other places." Although his tone was gentle, his eyes But it was so sharp that Jia Lian nodded immediately without any hesitation.Seeing Jia Lian's response, the Seventh Prince took tea to ease the atmosphere and let Jia Lian go back.

Jia Lian returned to the mansion and recalled the meeting with the Seventh Prince today, and then wrote a letter to Lin Ruhai.One is that he has not sent a letter to Lin Ruhai to report his safety when he returned to the capital, fearing that he will remember it, and the other is that because of today's events, Jia Lian couldn't figure it out for a while, so he mentioned today's events in the letter, hoping that Lin Ruhai would clarify his doubts.

Jia Lian never thought that this letter would reach the Fourth Prince.Because of today's matter, the seventh prince told the fourth prince after he left.The fourth prince also turned cold, and asked people to look at Jia Lian.And this letter was intercepted by the fourth prince's people without any accident.

Seeing Jia Lian's terrified words in the letter and his deep apology to Lin Ruhai, the Fourth Prince didn't say anything, but his eyes became much warmer, and even a faint smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.In the eyes of the Fourth Prince, this Jia Lian still has a bit of a childlike heart after all.

Before Jia Lian returned to Beijing, many things were already in preparation.Since the object is her niece and daughter, Mrs. Wang didn't do any tricks, and packed all kinds of betrothal gifts.Now when Jia Lian came back, he just cleaned up the house and made new clothes.Originally thought that everything had been done step by step, but Jia Lian raised objections at this time.

On this day, everyone from the second room of the eldest room gathered in Jia Mu's room, and the atmosphere was rare and harmonious.I saw Jia Lian walking up to Jia Mu and bowing to the end, but said nothing.All of a sudden, the joking figures in Jiamu's room stopped moving.The sudden silence made everyone feel that the atmosphere was very depressing.

Jia's mother also suppressed the smile on her face and looked at Jia Lian, with dissatisfaction in her eyes, and asked coldly, "What is this for?" Lian'er, the niece of the second aunt's family, has nothing to say. It's just that the courtyard arranged by the second aunt is difficult for Lian'er, so I ask the old lady to make the decision."

Not to mention Mrs. Jia, even Jia Amnesty did not expect Jia Lian to say this, but Mrs. Xing knew it in her heart, but she didn't show it.The old lady Jia asked with an increasingly ugly expression: "What's wrong with the courtyard your aunt arranged for you?" After speaking, she gave Mrs. Wang a look from the corner of her eye.

When Mrs. Wang heard Jia Lian talking about the courtyard, her eyes turned cold, she sneered in her heart, but she didn't break out, she just looked down at the tureen in her hand.Jia Lian also sneered in her heart, thinking that since you have asked, I am not afraid to say, could it be possible that you have followed your second wife in everything?
Jia Lian made up his mind, bowed again to the old lady Jia and said: "Auntie chose Lian'er the yard behind the corridor leading to the old lady's yard. It was out of good intentions, thinking that Lian'er would be able to get close to grandma often in the future. But Lian'er If you are newly married, it will be inconvenient for the Taoist people to have many things to do."

After finishing speaking, he glanced at the second wife sideways, and continued: "Furthermore, there are many sisters here at my grandmother's house, and there are female relatives with foreign surnames, and Lian'er is a man, so it is not easy to intersperse them. Moreover, this yard is too far away from the yard where my parents live. In the future, it will be very inconvenient for a girl from the Wang family to come in and say hello every day." Everyone naturally knew that the female family member with a foreign surname was referring to the Xue family.

Speaking of this, the corners of Jia Lian's mouth curled up into a smile that was not a smile, and continued: "Auntie loves you, my niece, because you are too far away from your parents. It will not be beautiful if mother-in-law and daughter-in-law do not get along in the future. In the future, our husband and wife will be so What kind of trouble was born, wouldn't it make Miss Wang resent Auntie?"

Hearing this, Jia Amnesty also served tea to cover up his smile, Madam Xing bowed her head already.As soon as the old lady Jia heard that she was on the side of the corridor, she knew something was wrong, and now Jia Lian was even more blatantly threatening.This is not the appearance of getting married, I am afraid that they will become enemies by accident!Then he stared desperately at Mrs. Wang, who had a gloomy face, but asked Jia Lian, "Where do you want to choose?"

Jia Lian seemed to have thought about this question a long time ago, and he still respectfully saluted Jiamu before replying: "Pear Fragrance Garden is very good, just open another door next to it to connect to the east courtyard, and Dao's parents also have it." It’s cheap, but now that my relatives are living here, I have to find another place.”

When Mrs. Wang heard this, her face became even more gloomy, but she didn't speak. She wanted to see what Jia Lian was paying attention to. Enter the door. Even if you have an order, don't wrong her."

Mrs. Jia also felt uncomfortable hearing these words, could it be that our family is the only one who has an order?But it's hard to say anything, Jia Lian said this very cryptically, he is the eldest son of the mansion, although the old lady Jia is not happy, but it's hard to say it clearly, but her face is gloomy, His gaze flew towards Jia Lian like a knife.

After all, Jia Lian had been in the officialdom for a while, and with Lin Ruhai, he had seen many people of all kinds, and he was not afraid.Suddenly she straightened her body and said, "Lian'er looks at the garden. It's a good place to build a new courtyard over there. It's convenient to rely on parents."

He chose the place in the original book where the Grand View Garden will be built in the future, and Ruo Daiyu will surely marvel at her butterfly effect again.But Jia Lian didn't know, she just wanted to let Wang Xifeng stay away from Mrs. Wang after entering the door, and closer to her home.Then he went on to say: "There is also an entrance and exit gate in the courtyard on the east side. From now on, I will work as an errand, so it will be convenient for me to go in and out with my father."

These words were very embarrassing. Jia's mother was about to explode, but Jia Zheng, who seldom spoke, said seriously: "I think it looks good, Lian'er is a filial person." Even Jia Amnesty laughed secretly in his heart, but Mrs. Wang and Mrs. Jia were so angry that they couldn't speak for a while.The matter had to be settled because of Jia Zheng's words.

How can anyone hide the matter of the new courtyard in Jia's mansion?Besides, those servants in Jia's mansion aren't talking bad?Soon Wang Xifeng also got the news from Wang Ren, knowing that Jia Lian was fighting for a new courtyard for herself, she was very happy.

She had seen Jia Lian when she was young, and she was carrying powdered and carved jade. Now that she could treat her like this, Wang Xifeng was very happy.But he didn't say that in his mouth, he just pursed his mouth slightly and said: "It's just that I want to marry more furniture and things, it can be seen that he is shallow-sighted and greedy."

After finishing speaking, Wang Ren was ignored, and he turned and left.Wang Ren was left there stunned, unable to recover for a long time.When Mrs. Wang Ziteng found out, she just laughed and cursed: "It's a tricky girl." She didn't say anything else.

In the blink of an eye, November 28th is the date when the Jia family will send gifts to the Wang family.This day, Jia Lian changed into new clothes early in the morning under the service of Hongxiu, a crimson jacquard gown, red gold treasures to wipe his forehead, a purple gold crown with eight treasures, and dark green flowered pants. Jia Lian frowned and asked suspiciously Said: "Who sent this?"

Hongxiu knew that he preferred plain colors during the few years in the Lin family, so she smiled and said, "My wife said that the day of great joy is not too clean, so I specially prepared it for you." Um, but let Hongxiu put away the purple gold crown, and even the dark green floral trousers were thrown aside.

Jia Lian then went to Jia She's courtyard and had breakfast with Jia She, Mrs. Xing and Yingchun. Mrs. Xing naturally saw that Jia Lian was not wearing the purple gold crown, so she asked, "Why don't you wear the eight treasures purple gold crown? I am It took a lot of effort to get it." Jia Lian laughed after hearing this: "Where do you need to wear that kind of thing? Now it's very good."

Mrs. Xing saw that Jia Lian said that she was very well. Thinking that Jia Lian often went out, she knew better than herself, so she stopped talking, but she thought in her heart, didn't Baoyu often go out with a purple gold crown?But only hidden in the bottom of my heart.

After breakfast, Jia Lian naturally needed to go to Mrs. Jia's house to pay her respects before she could go out with the two Quan Fu wives arranged by Mrs. Wang and bring all kinds of things prepared by Mrs. Wang.So Jia Lian didn't delay, and went to invite Ann early.Mrs. Jia naturally wanted to give some advice, but she was afraid of delaying the time, so she quickly sent him out.

The earlier questions about name, Najib, appointment, and gift have all been successfully completed, and now the application period is just a formality, although it is important, it has not caused any disturbance.Wang Ren received Jia Lian when Wang Ziteng was not at home.Although Wang Ren was ignorant, he had seen the world after all, and nothing went wrong.The day of welcoming the relatives has also been set.

It soon entered the twelfth lunar month, and the eighteenth day of the twelfth lunar month was a good day for Jia Lian and Wang Xifeng. Wang Ziteng was just such a girl. She was more agile than her brother Wang Ren since she was a child, and she was even more loved by Wang Ziteng and his wife. Now that she is going to get married, of course it is He wanted to buy all the good things for her, for fear of wronging her.

On the sixteenth day of the twelfth lunar month, the royal family puts on make-up, not to mention the old friends and relatives, even the four kings and eight princes also send more gifts to add make-up.The courtyard is fully paved, and it is easy to imagine the scene of ten miles of red makeup.It's just that no one thought that the Lin family, who had moved away from the capital for many years and never returned, would travel thousands of miles to send a make-up gift.

(End of this chapter)