Flowers on the other side [Comprehensive Red House]

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After the first month, the anniversary was burned for Jia Amnesty.Yingchun often took Daiyu and Yinger's aunt and nephew to live in the palace for a while.At the beginning, Sister Feng didn't feel anything. After a few months, Sister Feng felt inconvenienced, so she complained peacefully.

"Ping'er, you said that the two girls of our family will not be at home for more than ten days after leaving, how can this be good?"

Ping'er smiled, "Grandma can't find anyone, so why don't you take care of grandma? It will be fine when Brother Wei marries a wife."

Sister Feng looked at the baby who had just passed her fourth birthday, and then thought about Zhang Chen's eldest daughter—a little baby who can only spit bubbles. She thumped Ping'er, "Referring to his wife? Hmph, I might as well expect you to come." Use it."

Feng'er was pregnant with her second child and went home to rest. Wang's daughter-in-law took care of the women in the yard and it was fine, but not doing anything else.Although Wu Xindeng's family is very active, the inner and outer courts cannot be handed over to the whole family.Sister Feng can only squeeze out the time of raising the baby, and Heping is the director, so that she can study with Jia Lian and Mr. Su during the day.

Jia Lian didn't understand why Sister Feng worked so hard to study. Sister Feng said quietly: "I don't want a day when my son says: Mother, you don't understand this. I don't want a day when the second master said the same."

Jia Lian didn't understand, Sister Feng smiled and continued to study with Jia Lian.

In the twelfth lunar month of the following year, Sister Feng looked at the memorabilia of the year:

Jia Zheng is still waiting for work at home, while Baoyu and Jia Lan are both selected as scholars.After Qiu Wei, Baochai married into Jia's mansion.Tanchun married far away to the south.

After Jia Lian kept his filial piety, he returned to the household department to resume his post.

Qiuwei, Cheng Taizhong's last Yayuan.The Cheng family arranged the wedding in Dongyue, and Daiyu got married.

Sister Feng thought that this year would pass in peace, but she didn't know that in the middle of the twelfth lunar month, Jia Ying came back from the palace at noon one day, put her arms around Sister Feng, and whispered in Sister Feng's ear: "Mother, Concubine Xiande has been demoted as a talented person today. "

Sister Feng blurted out, "Why?"

Sister Ying shook her head, "My aunt sent me back without saying anything. Also, the Supreme Emperor had a stroke in the morning."

In the evening, when Jia Lian came back, before Sister Feng could say anything about Yuanchun, Jia Lian said, "Feng'er, your uncle has been promoted to a cabinet bachelor, and the documents for three hundred miles have been sent out, and it is scheduled for the second day of the first month of next year. Ten to the post." Jia Lian and Sister Feng congratulated, and Sister Feng felt terrified, if she remembers correctly, Wang Ziteng collapsed on the way back to Beijing.

Sister Feng slowly told Jia Lian about the emperor's stroke in the morning and Yuan Chun being demoted as a talented person.Jia Lian also didn't understand, shook his head and said, "Feng'er, these things are far away from us. Don't let Ying'er enter the palace these days." He went to call Wu Xindeng and Jia Yun to give them a good advice not to cause trouble for the mansion.

The matter of Concubine Xiande was reported to Rongguo Mansion the next day, but the news was that Concubine Xiande fell ill and was diagnosed as phlegm syncope after being unable to be cured by the imperial hospital.

After Jia Zheng received the letter, his face was full of tears, and he came to Mrs. Wang's inner courtyard panting, "You and the old lady will enter the palace immediately, the lady is critically ill. Please speak slowly, don't scare the old lady."

Mrs. Wang was happy because her brother was about to go to Beijing, but suddenly she was frightened by Jia Zheng's words and immediately burst into tears.

Jia Zheng said, "Now is not the time to cry. The eunuch is waiting outside."

Mrs. Wang collected her tears and went to invite Jia Mu.When Jia Mu heard that Yuan Chun was ill again, she kept on praying to Buddha, "Why are you sick again? You are young. Don't scare me again." The two followed the eunuch to Fengzao Palace to see Yuanchun.

Because of Jiamu's advanced age, the palace specially rewarded the sedan chair.It was carried from the palace gate to Yuanchun's bedroom.When Jia Mu and Mrs. Wang went in to meet, they saw that Yuan Chun's mouth was stuffed with phlegm and he could no longer speak.When he saw Jia's mother, she was weeping, but there were no tears.Mother Jia and Mrs. Wang said some comforting words, but Yuan Chun's complexion gradually changed.The eunuch in the inner palace asked the two to wait in the outer palace. Mother Jia and Mrs. Wang couldn't bear to leave Yuanchun, but the inner palace pointed to their belly, and they still went back and forth.

Not long after, the eunuch came out to wear Qin Tianjian.Mother Jia knew that things were not good. After a while, a little eunuch came out and said, "The empress has passed away." Month, 34 years old.

Jia Mu and Mrs. Wang had to get up sadly, get on the sedan chair and go home.The next day, there was no news of the funeral in the palace, and everyone in Jia's house was in a state of panic all day long.A few days later, I got the news that Yuanchun stopped the coffin temple, and after the whole family sent the coffin, the gate of the mansion was closed to observe filial piety.Who knew that when the imperial court started writing in the Spring Festival, the imperial censor impeached the Rongguo Mansion for profiteering, exploiting slaves, committing crimes, killing feisty women, and other illegal things.The sage went only because of the concubine Yuan, and he couldn't bear it, so he summoned the relatives of Jia's mansion, and asked Jia's mansion after checking and understanding.

No one in Jia's house went to court, and the Shijia brothers saw something bad, so they quietly sent their confidants to see Jia Mu and told Jia Mu about the matter.After dinner, Jia Mu treated it as a joke and gossiped with Mrs. Wang and Baochai's mother-in-law and daughter-in-law. After hearing this, Mrs. Wang was startled, and she pretended to serve Jia Mu as if nothing had happened, and then went back to her yard.

At night, Mrs. Wang tossed and turned, unable to fall asleep, until dawn. Feeling a little unhappy, she sent jade bracelets to tell Mother Jia about her annoyance.

I don't want to think that it is almost the day of the appointment, and there is no news, and Mrs. Wang is getting more and more uneasy.

On the seventeenth day of the first lunar month, Jia Lian went home and said to Sister Feng, "Feng'er, your uncle is gone on the way."

Sister Feng thought it was time.But he still asked Jia Lian, "Where did the second master get the news?"

"The bulletin I read at the privy's office. It said that your second uncle was exhausted from the journey and caught a cold by accident. When he arrived in Shilitun, he was seriously ill and sent to the doctor for treatment. Unfortunately, there is no famous doctor in this place. He misused the medicine and died in one dose. I thought your third uncle and your elder brother were going to Beijing, so I sent my entourage to meet them, and I also sent a letter to the guards of your royal family in the capital."

When Mrs. Wang received the report from the Wang family, she was extremely surprised. After careful questioning, it was the express report that Jia Lian had read at the Privy Council, and she knew in her heart that it could not be fake.

Since the Wang family only had family members guarding the house in Beijing, Jia Lian asked for leave, and took the Wang family in the capital, as well as Zhou Rui sent by Mrs. Wang, accompanied by officials from the Ministry of Rites, and handled the funeral on the spot.The sage rewarded Wang Ziteng with the title of the cabinet, posthumously named Duke Wenqin, and ordered the sect to help the coffin back home, and to be taken care of by local officials along the way.Even the family members went back to the south. "

After taking care of everything, Jia Lian came back and said to Sister Feng: "Your aunt said that she didn't expect to be unable to go to Beijing now, and I will see you later when I have a chance. She also said that if I meet your brother on the way, I will take your brother and your third uncle back to Jinling. , I want you to take care of yourself in the capital."

A few days after Wang Ziteng's funeral, due to the impeachment of Wang Ziteng by the Haijiang censor, Wang Ziteng was in short supply, and Wang Zisheng and Wang Ren made up for it.

Since her brother passed away, Mrs. Wang has been terrified and unable to sleep.When Zhou Rui came back and talked about the handling of the funeral, he pondered for a long time and sent Zhou Rui to invite Xue Biao.Then I called Caiyun to come in with a carbon basin, and reluctantly threw the loan notes into the brazier, but those house deeds and land deeds that came from debt repayment were reluctant to burn, so I kept some after rummaging through the land, divided them into several shares, and called Yuchuan came in and asked her to call Li Wan first, and then Baochai.

When Li Wan came over, Mrs. Wang gave Li Wan a purse and said, "Daughter-in-law Zhu, you have watched Lan'er grow up all these years. Now that Lan'er has entered school, there will be more places to use the money in the future. You should pay close attention to these things." Put it away, it will be useful in the future.”

In recent years, since Jia Zhu's death, Li Wan hasn't won Mrs. Wang's favor very much. Fortunately, because of Jia Lan, Mrs. Wang still supports mother and son every month.Going back to the room, I opened my purse, and saw that there were several small houses in the capital city, several small villages in the suburbs of Beijing, and 1 taels of silver bills, so I quickly put them away secretly.

Li Wan just left, and Baochai arrived.Mrs. Wang took Baochai's hand and said, "My son, because you are Xiangyun, I like you in my heart, but I dare not get engaged, which has worried you and your mother for several years. But when you entered the door, the family However, the momentum has gradually declined. I have wronged you."

He took out a pouch to Baochai, and said bluntly: "Baochai, Baoyu is a fool, and you will have to make up your mind about something in the future. This is what you will live and live in in the future. You must keep it close to you, and don't lose it."

Caiyun came in from outside and said, "Ma'am, the second master of the Xue family is here."

Baochai was a little surprised, why did the second elder brother come to Mrs. Wang's place, but Mrs. Wang didn't stay with Baochai, and drove her back quickly.

Originally, Aunt Xue moved out of Jia's mansion in embarrassment because of Mrs. Wang's counting of money, and returned to her own house.When talking to Jia's mother, she also covered her face for the elder sister, Mrs. Wang, and said that she had to move because she had to rely on her nephew Xue Bian.Mrs. Wang understood that Aunt Xue was doing it for money, and she also knew that if she moved away, the sisters would never see each other again. Walk around again.

When Baoyu was full and he was selected as a scholar, and the historian found a satisfactory husband and son-in-law for Shi Xiangyun to marry, Mrs. Wang dared to explain the whole story to Aunt Xue, engaged Baoyu and Baochai, and married them quickly.

Mrs. Wang found a big box and locked the remaining house deed and land deed, and asked Xue Biao to come in and said, "Nephew Tad, you know that I borrowed a lot of silver taels from your aunt, and I'm afraid I can't pay it now. You take this first." Okay, slowly sell it to your aunt, and then you can make up for Baochai in the future, or give it to Xue Pan. Say that I will visit her when I have free time in the next few days."

Mrs. Wang paused for a while and then said, "The Wang family can't keep it. It seems that the Jia family is also in trouble. Fortunately, the Xue family has you. Don't compete for the first place in the business field, and you can live in peace."

After sending Xue Biao away, Mrs. Wang called Zhou Rui's family again, and gave her 1000 taels of silver, "Tomorrow you and your family will go to Jinling, and show me the matter of offering sacrifices to the fields. Buy as much as you want, and get it done early." Yes, write to me, and I'll send someone to send another money."

Zhou Rui's family didn't doubt that it was there, so he and Zhou Rui set off for Jinling after receiving the bank note.

After finishing all the matters, Madam Wang couldn't help sighing when she thought of the property entrusted by the Zhen family: I have been busy all my life, but in the end I still couldn't make up for the loss of money.