Jia Zhen, Uncle of the Red House

　　Jia Shu took the jade horse and couldn't put it down.

　　Jia Zhen carried one in, and there were four of them, Tu'er, Bing'er, Qing'er and Qin'er.When they saw Jia Zhen hug Shu'er and Wan'er, they all ran over to ask Jia Zhen to hug them.

　　You Shi and Keren came to pick up the children, and Jia Zhen hugged each child once.Keqing and Cai Luan Peifeng also brought back their children.

　　You said with a smile: "Master, how do you plan to distribute the girls from the West House?"

　　Jia Zhen said casually, "You can just arrange whatever you want, and ask me what to do?"

　　Ke Ren jokingly said: "We are not afraid that there is something you like here, we thought it would be more convenient to arrange it by your side."

　　Jia Zhen said displeased: "It's all nonsense, I didn't know them before. Today, Qianxue begged me, and I thought that there was indeed a shortage of people in the garden, so I answered. This master has always been sitting upright, Is it what you think?"

　　You said: "Since the master said so, it is better to let Zi Xiao follow me, She Yue followed Qingwen, Bihen Tanyun followed the second sister, Qiu Wen followed the third sister, Huixiang followed Xieluan, Jia Hui followed Peifeng. What do you think, Master?"

　　Jia Zhen only finds it funny, and everyone else is fine. She Yue actually became Qingwen's maid. Thinking back then, She Yue's lip service was the best of Rongguo Mansion. How many times the old mother bullied the people of Yihong Courtyard, she was the one who got it back. place.Now, with Qingwen's temper, I am afraid that there is no match for Ning Guofu.

　　Just when Jia Zhen was hugging from side to side and enjoying her family to the fullest, Jia Baoyu fell into an unprecedented predicament.

　　Madam Wang couldn't bear Baoyu, so she gave him her big girls Caiyun and Caixia. Sister Feng also speculated on the meaning of the old lady and the wife, and only picked out a few old maids who didn't care about anything, and told them not to come in. Baoyu's room.

　　Baoyu didn't mind at first, as long as he was accompanied by a girl, he would be satisfied.But Cai Yun had been on good terms with Brother Huan, but Cai Xia was frightened by the strictness of her wife and master, never dared to get too close to Baoyu, and always deliberately avoided being alone.Baoyu talked to her carefully, and with a little intimacy, Caixia fled away like a little rabbit, and continued: "My wife asked us not to hand in hand, otherwise we will be pulled out and killed."

　　The more Baoyu thought about it, the more annoyed he said, "You are changing clothes and making the bed for me, fetching water for washing, but you can't touch me? Then what do you need to do?"

　　Caiyun spat: "Xiren Sheyue and the others are always like that. What was the result? Xiren was able to stay thanks to the intercession of the second grandmother. Like Qi Li and the others, they all served you wholeheartedly, and they lost half their lives in the end. Even the reputation of a lifetime has been ruined. Still, Uncle Zhen in that mansion couldn't see it, and persuaded the second grandmother to give [-] taels of severance pay. Second master, you haven't seen them yet, have you?"

　　Baoyu was remorseful and annoyed, and pointed at Caiyun: "You...you...I went back to my wife, my temple is small, and I can't accommodate your bodhisattva!"

　　Caixia suddenly smiled and said, "I heard that She Yue and the others were taken to the house by Qian Xue before they even left the gate?"

　　Caiyun glanced at Baoyu, "When the second master dislikes us, he will drive us out sooner or later. If we go to ask Qianxue again, it will be better than staying here!"

　　As soon as they sang and harmonized, Baoyu was speechless, grabbed the jade by the neck anxiously, "I smashed this Lao Shizi!" He smashed to the ground desperately.

　　Cai Yunxia froze, what is not good to smash jade?If the jade is missing a little edge, it will really die.They didn't care about bickering, and hurriedly bent down to look for it.But after searching for a long time, I couldn't find it.

　　The two suddenly panicked, and called the little girl outside to look for them together.

　　The movement became loud, and the old lady asked Yuanyang to come and take a look.Yuanyang learned that Baoyu smashed the jade again, and complained, "My lord, no matter how angry you are, you can beat them a few times. Why do you do this again? If the old lady finds out, everyone will be uneasy. Come on. Find it!"

　　Baoyu said angrily, "I told the old lady that I smashed it myself, and it has nothing to do with you!"

　　Caixia knelt on the ground, went to the case a few times, and searched in the corner a little bit, but she couldn't find it.She was sweating profusely and couldn't stop her tears: "What can I do? The real one will be beaten to death."

　　Caiyun persuaded: "Don't talk about these useless, this house is only so big, it will never fly out." She lay on the ground, crawled to the side of the canopy bed, put one hand in, and carefully groped.

　　Baoyu sat angrily on the Jindunzi. Seeing that they were so nervous about his jade, his heart gradually calmed down a lot. Don't you care about me?It’s just that you have grievances in your heart, so don’t say it out loud. I know you still care about me after all.Thinking of this, Baoyu felt much more relaxed.He pointed to the side of the footrest, "I seem to have seen it fall there."

　　Yuanyang hurriedly moved the foot off with the little girl, and finally found the piece of life, and carefully tied it for him. "It's not allowed to do this in the future. I'll go back to the old lady and say that you were playing around and bumped into the table and chairs. It's all right now."

　　Cai Yunxia let out a long sigh.I won't be able to mess with this master any more!The two of them ordered someone to fetch water, first let the mandarin duck wash his hands and wash his face, then wash them himself, and arrange his clothes.

　　Baoyu smiled and took out the rouge he made before and handed it to Caixia, "Use this, it's useless to put it here."

　　Caixia hesitated and only clicked.Baoyu handed it to Caiyun again, but Caiyun refused, "It's not that big of a blessing to enjoy."

　　The smile on Baoyu's face solidified.

　　It would be nice if they were still there.Thinking of this, tears welled up in his eyes.

　　Cai Yunxia is even more afraid to persuade him, lest this master get angry again, he still doesn't know what to do!They went out together, leaving him alone.

　　Just when he was sulking, an attacking voice suddenly sounded in his ears. "Baoyu? Baoyu? What's the matter with you?"

　　Baoyu looked up and saw that Xiren was really beside her, stood up and hugged her, "Great, you're back! Just come back!"

　　Xiren pushed him away with all her might, with a sad expression on her face, "Grandma asked me to come back to get my things, and I'll talk to you by the way." She originally resented Baoyu, that he had harmed everyone, herself, and even more. No responsibility, when they were desperate, when they needed him, they were never seen.She had thought that she would never see him again, but the eldest grandmother carefully relieved her before persuading her to come back and at least talk to Baoyu.Baoyu is usually stubborn, and doesn't listen to anyone's words.At this time, Xiren persuaded him to persuade him. If he could change it, even the old man and his wife would be grateful.So Xi Cai came back, just in time to see Baoyu in a daze.

　　Baoyu said sadly, "Good sister, I'll go tell the old lady, why don't you keep you with me?"

　　Xiren shook his head, "That's what the old lady meant. Don't disturb the old lady for me, lest you disobey the lady and you will suffer again."

　　Baoyu held the attacking hand, unable to express her grievances.

　　Xiren broke free from him, packed up his usual clothes, opened them again, and tied them again. "Baoyu, we have a good time. I have a few words, do you want to listen or not?"

　　Baoyu hurriedly smiled and said, "Which words? Just say it, elder sister, I will definitely listen to you."

　　Xiren persuaded: "This first sentence is to ask the second master not to say some dead and lifeless words in the future."

　　Baoyu said, "I've changed it, and I won't say it again. What else?"

　　Xiren said: "The second sentence, whether you really like reading, or fake it, just in front of the master or in front of others, don't just criticize and slander, just pretend to like reading, and teach the master to be less angry. It's easy to talk in front of people. He thought to himself, my family reads books on behalf of others, and it's only because of you that I don't expect you to not like to read. He's already angry and ashamed. And he is talking nonsense behind his back and behind his back, why? The master is so angry that he beats you from time to time. How do you ask others to think of you?"

　　Baoyu smiled and said, "I don't want to talk about it anymore. It used to be that I didn't know the sky and the earth when I was young, and I was talking nonsense. Now I don't dare to say it anymore. What else?"

　　Xiren said: "No more slandering monks, adjusting fat and powder. There is a more important thing, no longer allowed to eat rouge on people's mouths, and that red-loving problem."

　　Baoyu sighed, "After this, I don't dare any more. What else? Just say it!"

　　Xiren said with a smile: "No more. Just be careful, and don't be arbitrary."

　　Baoyu begged: "Without you by my side, I can't sleep well."

　　Xiren picked up the burden and walked out silently.

　　Baoyu held her back, "Don't go!"

　　With tears in his eyes, Xiren said softly, "If you are really interested, when the master and wife are happy one day, I beg them to let me come back to serve you."

　　Baoyu hurriedly agreed, "Don't worry, I will beg them to let you come back."

　　The two were reluctant to part.Xiren finally relented, remembering how good they were in the past, and pretending to smile, "It's not that I can't see you when I go out. You go to see grandma often, and I won't hide from you anymore."

　　When she turned to leave, she sighed secretly in her heart, I'm afraid that there is no fate, and it will gradually drift away from now on.

Chapter [-] The prince wants to race

　　Ning Guofu, today Qianxue brought another girl to Jia Zhen.I saw that this girl was wearing a red velvet jacket and a green satin vest.

　　"Are you Jin Chuan'er next to Aunt Er?" Jia Zhen asked her with some doubts: "Baoyu is so big and likes to eat the rouge on people's mouths, why are you making fun of him?"

　　Jin Chuan'er lowered her head, "Back to the words of the master, the slaves and maids often joke with the second master like this. He has never been like that. It's just that I didn't expect the last time...why..."

　　Jia Zhen couldn't help laughing, not trying to find out if she was naive or if she had other intentions, "You are supposed to serve the second aunt, why don't you go to the wife!"

　　After Jin Chuan'er heard it, she felt relieved and thanked her happily.

　　Jia Zhen turned her head and smiled at Qian Xue: "Do you have any familiar girls that you want to pull over from there? Can I give you a tael of silver? Someday you can pull the mandarin duck in front of the old lady over, I really got you!"

　　Qianxue looked up at Jia Zhen: "Then sir, do you have to reward the slave and maid eight taels of silver?"

　　"Huh?" Jia Zhen didn't react.

　　Qianxue reminded: "Master, Mu Yue and the others plus Jin Chuan'er, aren't there eight?"

　　Jia Zhen laughed and joked: "My master will reward you twenty taels, and I will give you the extra money in advance. How about it?"

　　Who knows that Qianxue is really serious and said with her fingers: "In the old lady's room over there... in the wife's room..."

　　Jia Zhen patted her forehead and asked Jin Chuan'er to quickly take Qianxue away: "This girl is still going, and there will be no one there. A good girl, ask her to follow Xiangling, I haven't learned any poetry at all. Forget it, I really haven't deducted her monthly case, how can it fall into the eyes of money and can't pull it out? Pull it away!"

　　Jin Chuan'er pursed her lips and smiled, the new master is not as bad as the rumors say! "Xixue, let's go!"

　　However, Qianxue suddenly counted to the twelfth, "This is complete, plus Yuchuan'er is just enough to count!"

　　Jin Chuan'er spat: "Master just made a joke for you, you are serious!" He pulled her out involuntarily.

　　Jia Zhen didn't care about how many more girls there were in the mansion, but just thought, Chai Dai Wanfeng and these girls have all come to his Huifang Garden. Will the Dream of Red Mansions in the Grand View Garden be changed to the Brood Dream of Huifang Garden?

　　Bah, Bah, Dream of Red Mansions in Huifang Garden!

　　It is now the twelfth lunar month, and the year is approaching. You Shi and Keqing manage the year.Jia Zhen asked Huang An, the head of the capital, to open the ancestral hall, order people to clean it, clean up the offerings, invite the gods, and clean the upper room in preparation for the hanging offerings.At this time, both inside and outside the Ning Mansion were busy.

　　On this day, Jia Zhen went to the Ministry of Rites Guan early to receive the gift of the Spring Festival.Along the way, many officials said hello to him, and they missed him after not seeing him for a long time.Jia Zhen coped with it with a smile, where did they miss him?It's the end of the year again, I'm not thinking about his things, but also about his play wine.He ignored them, holding a yellow cloth bag in his hand with four big characters "Huang En Yongxi" on it, and on the other side there was the imprint of the priest of the Ministry of Rites, with a line of small characters, "Ning Guogong Jia Yan bestows eternal spring. The reward is one point, and the net discount is a few taels of silver. Jia Zhen, the first-class Hou of Ningyang in a certain year, month, and day, will receive it in the hall, and someone will be the chief of the temple in the year." There is a red pen monogram below.

　　Jia Zhen weighed it, but it was only about a hundred taels. When he opened it, Huang Chengcheng was full of red gold, which was very dazzling.

　　At this time, Jia Yucun turned out of nowhere, saw Jia Zhen from a distance, and hurried over to meet him.The two had finished their chat. Jia Zhen looked at him in a red robe with a skylark on his chest, and smiled, "Brother Shifei, I won't see you for a while, and you've been promoted again?"

　　Jia Yucun smiled and said, "With the emperor's decree, I was promoted to the Literary Section of the Metropolitan Court a few days ago to give the job."

　　Carrying the yellow cloth pocket, Jia Zhen said as she walked, "Seeing that the end of the year is over, the imperial court has made a big move this time. Almost half of the courtiers have moved their positions, and even you are among them. It's a great grace from the emperor!"

　　Jia Yucun walked out with him, seemingly unintentionally saying: "Xiaguan heard that Mr. Right Tongzhengfang has been promoted to the Minister of Guanglu Temple, and Mr. Huang, Shaoqing of Dali Temple, has been promoted to the left servant of the Ministry of Industry."

　　Jia Zhen was stunned, and asked casually, "Who is the one who took over?"

　　Jia Yucun smiled and said: "Zuo Senator Xu De has been appointed as the right general government, and Zuo Yu's censor Li Mo has been transferred to Dali Temple's Shaoqing, acting as Dali Temple's minister. When he came down from office, he heard that Zhang Quan, the governor of Jingzhao Prefecture, had just been promoted. Minister of the Household."

　　Jia Zhen asked suspiciously, "Xu De? Li Mo?" Neither of them seemed to belong to the prince, right?Haven't heard of anything to do with King Zhongshun?Only Zhang Quan and Jia Zhen had a good relationship. For example, when they raided Lai's house last time, they cooperated very happily.

　　So, the prince has no one of his own in two key positions?Jia Zhenyan laughed insincerely: "It seems that our Crown Prince is getting more and more stable."

　　Jia Yucun took a step closer and said quietly: "From the view of the following officials, the crown prince has lost a game this time."

　　Jia Zhen has always had scruples about Jia Yucun, but Jia Yucun knew this, but he still said it. Does he not know that it is a taboo for an official to talk deeply?Or does he think Jia Zhen is a speculator like him?Jia Zhen couldn't guess what he was thinking, so she glanced at him.

　　Jia Yucun didn't realize it, and continued: "When Xu De was a censor in his early years, he repeatedly impeached the crown prince for being arrogant and extravagant, so he liked actors and actresses, while Li Mo was famous for his elm knot, only acknowledging the law, and the rest of the human feelings. The accident was ignored. Therefore, the lower official felt that it was the emperor's intention. After all, the old man did not want to see that the whole court only listened to the prince and not to him. What's more, the people below also said some bad things. If so, say the emperor treats the prince..."

　　"Shut up!" Jia Zhen immediately reprimanded after hearing this: "How can you guess at the emperor's holy will? Don't talk too much!" It's enough to know this kind of thing, but you have to say it, either stupid or just Don't care.

　　Jia Yucun hurriedly admitted his mistake and changed his mind to say something irrelevant, as if nothing had happened just now.

　　Until he left, Jia Zhen felt faintly that he was testing Jia Zhen's attitude. Did he notice something and wanted to change his family?

　　Jia Zhen had to admire his keenness.It's just that he didn't know that Jia Zhen had set him a long time ago, selfish and vicious, and it was impossible to change it anyway.Jia Zhen walked out of Changle Gate and stopped to look at the East Palace. There was a faint sound of singing and dancing, and Jia Zhen said to herself, "We need to hurry up with the Beijing camp."

　　He hit the horse to go home, and on the way, he met Wang Jian and sent a message saying that Wang Yu had given birth to a daughter for him.So Jia Zhen first went home and changed clothes, and then went to Wicker Lane from the back door happily, and didn't return to the house until the evening.

　　At this time, in the East Palace, the Crown Prince had just sent off several ministers and ministers, leaving only a few of his confidants in the side hall.

　　When he was seated, Fang Congqian said: "His Royal Highness, although several of the lords of the pavilion did not say it clearly, they all agreed with the prince's move. In this way, if something happens after the year, the faction of King Zhongshun can be driven out of the court, and even forced to persecute King Zhongshun. Just the vassal. Completely end the crisis of Your Highness."

　　The prince had a smile on his face, clearly in a happy mood.

　　Huang Ying'an hesitated for a while, "In Yichen's opinion, it may not be so optimistic. We all know the emperor's thoughts. Mr. Fang was transferred from the Minister of General Affairs, and those memorials that were unfavorable to the prince could go straight to the imperial front, and Li Mo was replaced in Dali Temple. The Ministry of Punishment is not one of our people, relying on the Supreme Court alone, cannot convict them as smoothly as before, which has weakened the power of His Royal Highness in disguise."

　　Fang Congqian said with a smile: "As long as these places are not available to King Zhongshun, there is no harm. Mr. Huang, this time, most of the people who are interested in the imperial inspection plan have been promoted to His Royal Highness, and many of those suspected of communicating with the vassal have been dismissed. The general trend is Speaking of which, the status of His Royal Highness in the court can no longer be shaken. What are we afraid of?"

　　Jiang Ying, the deputy director of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, did not get promoted to any other place this time, and he said worriedly: "His Royal Highness, I think that our strength is not too weak, but too great. The emperor is obviously trying to suppress his highness and rebalance the prince and the king of Zhongshun. We must make plans early. Since the position of the crown prince is stable, we should not use Jingcha to arbitrarily depose the emperor and make the emperor unhappy. Therefore, the minister thinks that it is better to be quiet than to move, and it is best to stop by stillness. Strategy."

　　But Fang Congqian sneered: "Master Jiang is going to be alarmist again. If it weren't for our painstaking plan, I'm afraid that King Zhongshun would have already become the crown prince. This time, instead of following the emperor's wishes, we could let King Huizhongshun fight back. It has to be pursued and crushed in one fell swoop.”

　　The prince snorted coldly and said, "His title is Zhongshun, did he ever have a little loyalty?"