Jin Yuliangyuan of the Red Chamber

Before the people in Jia's mansion had time to attend the funeral for the Qin family, a document suddenly came down a few days later to announce to the world that the late emperor had passed away the night before, and he ordered the crown prince Shuihong to ascend the throne.On the second day, the new emperor issued dozens of decrees, ordering officials at all levels to enter the palace to observe filial piety for the late emperor, and martial law had already been imposed in the capital.

The men with official positions in the Jia family didn't care about anything else at the moment, they found plain clothes and entered the palace to observe their filial piety.Jiamu, Mrs. Xing, Mrs. Wang, Youshi and other high-ranking people also entered the court every day to follow the sacrifices in the harem.Fortunately, Jia Lian and his wife did not have to enter the palace, and the Qin family had to be buried as soon as possible, so Jia's mother entrusted Jia Lian to preside over the affairs, and there was no need to report to her. Aunt Xue looked after the sisters and maids. People are entrusted to Baoyu for restraint.

Sister Feng also wanted to take care of things, but Jia Lian firmly disagreed, saying that if a woman loses her body during confinement, she will have serious problems, and he is enough for family affairs. Jia Lian was quite helpless, so he had to persuade him more.Now find someone to watch the time, watch the board, and get busy everywhere.Without Jia Zhen's nonsense, she can't be too ostentatious. Jia Lian just organized the funeral according to the usual routine. Because of the country's filial piety, those with nobles and orders all attended the palace. There were not many people coming and going to express their condolences. The Duke's Mansion only sent someone to deliver the funeral ceremony. Jia Lian's work was relatively easy, and Baoyu was there to help. Although the two of them had never experienced these things, fortunately there were many customers under the door, not to mention there were old rules to follow, so For a few days everything was well arranged.

I have been busy for more than ten days, but the funeral has not yet arrived. After 21 days and [-] days, the coffin of the late emperor will be moved into the imperial mausoleum, and the royal funeral will be declared over, and then the funeral will begin.You can't play music, so you can only see white flowers and prayer flags along the way, and you don't hear the sound of drum music.On this day, Jia Zheng, Jia She and others also accompanied him to send the funeral. Suddenly someone from the Ning Mansion reported that Shui Rong, Prince of Beijing County, had set up a road sacrifice in front of him.Shui Rong offered a few words of condolences, and then said, "I heard that Mr. Zheng has a son who was born with a title of jade. He is intelligent and elegant. Xiao Wang has been friends with him for a long time. Why don't you invite him to meet you? Mr. Xi also has a son named Jia Lian. Xiao Wang is so lucky to be able to invite you here for a while!" Jia Zheng and Jia She heard that they hurriedly sent someone to call the two of them.

Jia Lian and Baoyu were riding ahead to clear the way when they saw a young man running up, saying that the King of Beijing wanted to see them.The two looked at each other suspiciously: "Didn't Shui Rong only see Baoyu? Why did Jia Lian also take it?" Not knowing what to do, they had to get off the horse in a hurry, took off their mourning clothes, and came to Shui Rong's sedan chair.Seeing the two of them coming, Shui Rong got out of the sedan chair early and stood still.

When Baoyu raised his eyes, he saw that the man was wearing a pure white hairpin and silver-winged king hat, a dragon-white python robe with five claws sitting in river teeth and sea water, and a jasper red belt. — It’s not who Yi Feng is!For a while I didn't know what to say.On the contrary, Shui Rong smiled and said: "Your son is indeed a good-looking talent, and the second son Jia is also an excellent character! Xiao Wang and you two are so late to meet each other!"

Jia Lian even said he didn't dare, but when he glanced at Baoyu, he saw him staring at Shui Rong in a daze, neither speaking nor saluting.Jia Zheng shouted violently: "Niety! You can't be polite when you see the prince!" Baoyu just woke up like a dream, and hurriedly bowed down: "Jia Baoyu, a grassroots man, has seen the prince! The prince is a thousand years old!" Jia Lian couldn't bear it. After laughing, Shui Rong couldn't help laughing: "Where did you learn it? It's interesting." Jia Zheng felt ashamed at the side, but Shui Rong stepped forward to help Baoyu up, laughing in a voice that only the two of them could hear "Boss Ye? Baoyu? Don't come here!" Baoyu gritted his teeth secretly, but said with a smile on his face, "Your Majesty has killed the grassroots!"

Shui Rong smiled, not taking it seriously. "I came out in a hurry today, and I don't have any presents." After thinking for a while, he turned around and asked his followers to bring a box, opened it with a smile, and said, "This was just rewarded by the Holy Majesty yesterday. Pull the finger, I heard from the emperor that it is a tribute brought by the Lord of Koryo this time." As he spoke, he gave the jade pendant to Baoyu and the finger to Jia Lian.The two of them said that this thing was expensive and they didn't dare to take it, but they thought in their hearts: "You said you didn't prepare it! You just brought the things that the emperor gave yesterday, and you clearly came prepared!".Shui Rong insisted on letting them accept it, so he gave up.Jia Zheng, Jia Amnesty, and Jia Zhen all thanked each other, and Shui Rong waited until the funeral was over before returning home and driving away.

The funeral in Ningfu went all the way to Tiekan Temple outside the city, where the coffin stopped that night.After all the people were settled, Jia Lian saw that Jia Zhen was here, and expected that he had nothing to do with him, so he came to look for Jia Zhen.Then Jia Zhen first entered the palace to guard the spirit of the late emperor, and then came to deliver the funeral for the Qin family after her busy work. She was unavoidably tired and was resting in the prepared room. When she saw Jia Lian coming, she got busy and smiled, "Good brother, you have worked hard these days." You, my brother hasn't had time to thank you yet!" As he spoke, he pulled him to sit down and poured him tea.

Jia Lian always felt that the place he touched was a little dirty, so he sat down uncomfortably, clasped his fists and said, "You can't get away from what my brother said, and it's also right for my brother to help out if there's nothing to do. We brothers don't talk to each other. Thank you." After a pause, he continued, "Little brother came here this time to talk to brother, if there is nothing else, I want to go back first." Jia Zhen hurriedly asked, "Why are you in such a hurry to go back?" Jia Lian He smiled and said: "My brother also knows that Feng'er has just given birth to a child and is in confinement. I have been busy for a month and have no time to accompany her, and the child hasn't been named yet. I really..." Jia Zhen After thinking for a while, he said, "That's right. You've been busy these days. There's nothing important here. I'm here. You can go back now!" Jia Lian thanked Jia Zhen and left.

Baoyu also told Jia Zheng that he wanted to go back with Jia Lian. Jia Zheng thought that he couldn't help him as a child, so he let him go back.

The two rushed all the way, rushed into the city before dark, and went straight to the mansion.After going back, I first went to Jiamu's place to say hello and told what happened today. When Jiamu saw that they were busy with travel and dust, she asked them to go to rest quickly.The two parted in front of the gate of Jia's mother's courtyard. Jia Lian went back and asked someone to wash up, especially to wash the clothes clean.Sister Feng finished confinement and was able to walk around the ground. When he came back, she was breastfeeding the child.

This is also what Jia Lian ordered, and all the nurses in the house are not used. This is the case after Jia Heng was born.Sister Feng was a little puzzled at first, after all, all the big families now use wet nurses, so how can anyone go to the battle to breastfeed in person.But Jia Lian said that after using the nanny, the children will not be close to their parents, and they will grow better if they drink their own mother's milk. Sister Feng thinks it is reasonable, and she doesn't care about things. Jia Lian has outside affairs, and she is more leisurely. Feeding the children is also something to do.I have already given birth to one, and it will be easy to bring another one.

He came in to tease his son and daughter, and felt warm from heart to hands and feet.Seeing his dirty face, Sister Feng hurriedly called someone to bring hot water in distress. The maids in the room had already left, and there were only four members of the family.Sister Feng put the child on the kang. Jia Heng is now three years old. The little man was teasing his younger sister on the kang. Sister Feng wrapped a big pillow around the edge of the kang to prevent the child from falling off. She rubbed his back and massaged him herself. .

He hummed comfortably, and Sister Feng said: "This month has exhausted you, can you take a good rest now?" Jia Lian closed her eyes: "Yes! Has Heng'er taken a bath? Let him come down too. Let's wash together." Sister Feng said with a smile: "At that time, he will splash a lot of water! He is so skinny now, he is making trouble everywhere." Jia Lian said with a smile: "Boy, this is normal, don't worry about it." Look at him!" "I knew you would say that!" Sister Feng rubbed it vigorously with a smile, "I just prevented him from bumping into each other. Okay, I'm done rubbing." Turning around, she called: "Heng'er, come here, your father I want you to take a bath!" Jia Lian laughed uncontrollably.Jia Heng came over obediently, and was stripped naked by Sister Feng and carried into the bathtub. The father and son had a laughing fight, and the youngest daughter on the kang bit her finger and laughed.The small yard is full of warmth.

On the other side, Baoyu went back to the yard, and Daiyu rushed up as soon as she entered the door: "Be careful!" A flying kick came!Baoyu leaned back and grabbed her ankle with one hand swiftly.Daiyu turned over in the air and kicked his hand with the other foot.Baoyu was startled, and quickly blocked it with his other hand.The two of you came and went back and forth in the yard, and for a while, I saw figures flying around, the wind gusts of palms, and the fallen leaves on the ground also flew up. Ming Yan, who came to wait for orders, was stunned!He never thought that Baoyu was so powerful, and Daiyu, who is usually soft and weak, also knows martial arts!This completely overturned his cognition!

In the end, it was Baoyu who was superior, and locked her hands behind her back. At first glance, it seemed that she was hugging Daiyu. "How is it? Do you admit defeat?" He raised his eyebrows and looked at the little girl in his arms... the child.Daiyu broke away from his hand, and said with a smile: "It is true that you are the stronger one, I admit defeat." "It seems that you have been working hard these days, and you have made rapid progress! Not bad!" Baoyu pulled her into the room After walking, he looked at Mingyan who had covered his eyes since the two of them "huddled together" just now: "Go and prepare hot water, I want to take a bath, and then prepare the food." Mingyan said yes, and ran away in a hurry.

Baoyu smiled helplessly and continued walking inside.Daiyu pouted: "These days you have something to do every day. Go to the sisters' place and they either embroider or chat in the house. It's so boring. I can only practice." Baoyu laughed: "I don't like women's daily work either. Li Xiuhua, you do the best! By the way, do you still remember the Yi Feng I met when I took you out twice?"

"Of course I remember. What's the matter, you saw him again today? Didn't you find someone to investigate him?" Daiyu said, not knowing why he suddenly thought of asking this person. "Oh," he sighed, "I just saw it! Do you know that he is the King of Beijing!" Daiyu was also surprised: "Really? You don't know either?"

"Yeah, I didn't find him. I'm afraid they have already found me. Today, they called me and Lian's second brother by name, and they prepared gifts a long time ago. They obviously knew about it a long time ago." Baoyu sighed, " It's okay, just wait and see what happens, I also want to know what he wants to do."

Speaking of it, Baoyu was a little bit upset at first, thinking that Shui Rong had deceived him, but then he thought that he had also deceived others with a pseudonym, but he was more capable than himself in finding out, and besides, he was still a prince!Thinking of it this way, it became more balanced, and I was looking forward to meeting this virtuous king again.

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