The Ring of the Red Chamber and the Nine Heavens

Wang Xifeng said: "Baoyu is 17 years old this year. It should be the age to marry a wife. I have been helping him to pay attention. The previous son unexpectedly met a very good marriage. The appearance of the young lady of that family is even Clever and intelligent, with a solid family fortune, she is just right for Baoyu. The only thing is, because the young lady was sickly when she was young, her parents regarded her as very precious, so they refused to betroth her easily, for fear of being wronged, they said several times that they would recruit her son in law."

When Jia Mu heard this, she frowned and said, "Baoyu has a big temper and is used to enjoying blessings. How can he be a door-to-door son-in-law? He can't manage his own family well. Return it to someone else to take charge of the house?"

Wang Xifeng hurriedly said with a smile: "Old ancestor, listen to me first."

Jia Mu called Yuanyang to get some snacks, saying that she was hungry.Wang Xifeng had no choice but to stop talking.

Jia Mu took a lotus-colored porcelain bowl from Yuanyang, took a sip of the almond tea in it, frowned and said, "It's a bit too sweet. Change to something refreshing."

The mandarin ducks served a cup of fragrant apricot condensed honey on a tray with red lacquer painted with golden crabapple flowers.Jiamu stirred it slowly with a white porcelain spoon, took a sip, and said, "That's all." She took another sip.

Wang Xifeng understood that Jia's mother suddenly wanted to eat, drink and snacks at this time, but she was actually tactfully refusing.Jia's mother didn't like Jia Baoyu to be someone's son-in-law. Now she didn't like Baoyu anymore. After all, Baoyu was the son-in-law of the second wife.

Wang Xifeng remained expressionless, and waited for Mother Jia to finish drinking the cup of fragrant apricot condensed dew honey before saying half-coquettishly: "The old ancestor listened to Feng'er. Now the family has figured it out, and only said that it is as long as it is Let the young couple go out and live separately, don't let the young lady be busy serving her parents-in-law all day long, just leave her alone, and don't say anything about the son-in-law who comes to the house, and the child born will still follow the husband's family name, but the young lady's dowry is not At least, in addition to the dowry of 120 liters, it will also be given to a house in the capital for the young lady and uncle to live in."

Jia's mother put down the colorful porcelain bowl in her hand, raised her eyebrows with an "oh", and said, "It's not too bad. It means that the young couple will go out and live separately. It's fine if they don't come to the house. Maybe Baoyu will like it, we God is so upright, he is in charge of everything, he may not have disliked him long ago, just in time for him to get married, let him go."

Wang Xifeng laughed and said, "Isn't that the reason? If that's the case, Baoyu would have to move out first. Brother Huan should be fine."

Jia Mu pondered, and said, "Which family is the lady from?"

Wang Xifeng smiled and said: "If it's about family status, it's not as good as in our mansion. Her father is a fifth-rank director of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and she is not a big official. But, old ancestor, you know, the way of life in this mansion is very deep. Yes, he is shady and rich, but he doesn't know what kind of business he is doing in private."

Jia Mu nodded and said: "Baoyu is not a material for studying, and it is useless to coerce him. If his wife's family is a helper, that's all. I used to want him to match up with your uncle Lin and marry Miss Lin. , It's a pity that your aunt is just a muddled mind, now, alas..."

Wang Xifeng curled her lips slightly, and said: "It's really hard to climb now, I heard that Young Master Lin's favorite is the third son of the Tongzheng Shi Tongzheng Shi Dan's family, the second in the list of previous convictions, and he is currently the director of Guanglu Temple."

Jia Mu pondered and asked, "Is it settled?"

Wang Xifeng said: "I only heard about it yesterday. I have already asked about the horoscope, and I said that the horoscope is very harmonious. It seems that it is almost the same. I was just going to discuss with my ancestors and my wife what to give for makeup." Let's go, I'm afraid it won't be suitable if I don't have it, I guess it will cost five or six thousand taels of silver to be the identity of our ancestor's family."

Jia Mu immediately shook her head and said, "Five or six thousand taels of silver? Less!"

Wang Xifeng figured out what Jiamu meant and said, "Then... 8000 taels?"

Jia's mother pondered and said: "Let's start with 8000 taels. If it's too much, your mother-in-law will feel like a kid again. She, after all, is petty, and a little money is bigger than the sky. Think about it, our family is now In this situation, it is said that there is a granddaughter who is a concubine in the palace, and she is not favored, and the emperor is hardly seen. You can’t be an official in the capital, and the rest of the people, let’s not talk about idle food, and thank God if they don’t waste their time and cause trouble. Therefore, the thread of the Lin family must not be broken. Help. Besides, we still have the face of our grandfather's family here, and we can't hold back our face if we lose it. No matter, you will give [-] from your father, and I will give [-] from my own body to make up for it. Carrying the dowry for forty or fifty is also a little bit of my heart as a grandmother."

Wang Xifeng asked again, "What about Baoyu?"

Jia Mu said: "I heard what you said is very appropriate. Let's inquire now and decide later."

Jiamu urged again: "Since Baoyu's marriage is going to be discussed, the piece of meat in Xiren's stomach must not be kept, and it must be done immediately."

Wang Xifeng hurriedly agreed and went out.

Here, Xiren caressed his stomach, full of joy, thinking that the old lady gave her to Second Master Bao, but she had already stored that meaning in it, but she didn't say it clearly, and Second Master Bao is now too old. When she arrives, she is pregnant again, so it is natural to accept her as an aunt.

Who knew that what was waiting was not the old lady's reward, but two big and three rough women, one of them was holding a bowl of steaming soup, needless to say, he knew what it was for.

Xiren cried hoarsely, and only said that he wanted to find the old lady, which must not be what the old lady meant.

The two women looked at each other, and one of them sneered and said: "How much face do you have, to talk to the old lady? Let me tell you, drink this medicine well, the old lady said It's too late. If you have a miscarriage, ask your family to take you back. You don't even want your money. It's a great grace. If you are disobedient, you will keep messing around. Be careful when the old lady gets annoyed and calls someone to kill you Selling you would be reckless!"

Hearing this, Xiren was so frightened that his crying became quieter, but he was still sobbing and refused to give in.

The two women got impatient and exchanged winks, the one with the more strength rushed over to hold Xiren up, while the other came over and pinched Xiren's mouth, and was about to pour it in.

At this time, the closed door was kicked open, followed by an angry shout: "Stop!"

The woman carrying the attacker was facing the door, so when she saw the person coming, she immediately said, "Second Master Bao, you have nothing to do here, so you can go to study. The old lady said, the master sent you a letter asking you to be ruthless, go down." If you can't even pass the exam as a scholar, you have to be careful!"

Baoyu trembled when he heard Jia Zheng's name, but looking at Xiren on the ground, he was still pitiful. He was almost half stupid when he came out of the Jinyiwei prison. Didn't he get better because of Xiren's gentle and caring care?He already knew that Xiren had a body, and even though he wasn't keen on children at all, he couldn't bear to see Xiren being abused like this.

Baoyu snatched the medicine from the mother-in-law's hand, threw it heavily on the ground, and the dark medicine juice flowed all over the ground. He said angrily, "Xing Ren is nothing more than having a child. What's the big mistake? I can't tolerate it like this." Her? I'll go talk to my ancestors!"

The two women thought that the old lady didn't like to see Second Master Bao very much now, but he is a decent man in the mansion after all, and the feng shui will turn around at any time, so there is no need to argue with him at this time, so they laughed and said : "In that case, let's go back to the old lady first and see what the old lady has to say."

Jia Baoyu angrily watched the two women go away, then helped Xiren, who was crying with tears all over her face, and helped her back to the bed to lie down, and said in a low voice, "I'm going to find the old lady, I don't believe it." , the old lady loves me so much, she won't allow me to accept you, not to mention you still have my flesh and blood in your stomach!"

After Jia Baoyu left, the room almost exploded, and the maids, big and small, rushed to tell each other, openly discussing this shocking incident: the person who has always been praised as the most virtuous person in Rongguo Mansion The attacker actually seduced Second Master Bao privately, and even became pregnant with Second Master Bao's flesh and blood, intending to take the position of my aunt!Actually let the old lady see through his sinister intentions and make her abort!Now Second Master Bao is going to plead for the vixen's life!

Jia Baoyu ran all the way to Jiamu's upper room. Yuanyang knew what he was coming for, waved to him quickly, and came over and whispered: "Second Master Bao, the old lady just said that her brain hurts, and she drank a cup of clearing heat." I just fell asleep with the medicinal soup, so I dare not bother you now!"

Baoyu had no choice but to wait outside.

After a while, a delicate maid came over, and seeing Baoyu's distraught appearance, she went up to joke with a smile and said, "Second Master Bao, I have the latest rouge made of impatiens on my mouth, which is sweet and fragrant. How can you?" Do you want to have a bite?"

Normally, Baoyu would have entangled her like twisted candy, but now, he glanced at the maid without emotion, without saying a word.

The other servant girl pushed the other servant girl and said, "I'm not feeling well, why are you still teasing her?"

The two servant girls left with a giggling smile, leaving Baoyu restless, and finally couldn't help it anymore, and went to beg Yuanyang to see the old lady, but Yuanyang refused, and he committed a feat and wanted to rush into the inner room.

Jia Mu's majestic voice came: "Who is outside?"

Yuanyang had no choice but to tell the truth: "It is the second master Bao who has come."

Jia Mu remained silent for a long time, and said coldly, "Let him come in, and you come in to serve."

Hearing this voice, Jia Baoyu felt a strong sense of uneasiness in his heart, knowing that this matter must be difficult, and the attacker's fate is ill-fated, so he had to use all his strength to beg the old lady for mercy.

Jia Baoyu rushed straight to Jia Mu's feet, knelt on the ground, raised his face, and cried, "Yu'er came to ask the old lady for a favor."

Jia Mu said wearily, "Stop talking, I already know why you're here. Yuanyang, pull him away, I'm exhausted, how can I bear him to tease me like this?"

Jia Baoyu couldn't believe it, remembering that in the past, the old ancestor would hold him in his arms all the time, whirling in a gentle and loving manner, full of "heart and flesh", how could he be so indifferent today!