Weiyang of the Red Mansion

After changing the happy clothes, Jia Fu talked with his grandmother for a while before returning to the main courtyard.

Huaping came in to serve tea and was about to leave when Jia Fu asked casually, "Did something happen in the mansion while I was away from Beijing?"

"Who dares to mess with a family like ours?" Huaping replied with a smile, but then thought of something, "After the year, the girl from Li's family will go south to her house, and the second master looks a little unhappy."

Going south to go home?

Jia Fu frowned, but didn't ask any further questions.

The marriage between Jia Jing and Li’s cousin, the two families had a tacit understanding, and they chose to go home at this time, thinking that the marriage between the two had been agreed, and this was to let Li’s cousin go home to marry, after all, they are not serious relatives, so it’s difficult Can't the Li family girl do the wedding in their house after six rites?Wouldn't it be a joke to spread the word?

The girl from the Li family is from a famous family, and the family is a family of officials, and the six rituals must be followed. Otherwise, it is impossible to say that the girl from the Li family is their child bride-in-law?

Six ceremonies and weddings are all held in Ningguo Mansion, and the woman's family doesn't show up. Isn't this a child bride?

Jia Jing will definitely be an official in the court in the future, and the cousin of the Li family will definitely go out to socialize. When the time comes, she will bear the reputation of being a child bride, and she will be ridiculed in the circle of married women, and she will not even be able to hold her head up.

Since Jia Jing was going to be hired to marry Li's cousin, of course he couldn't do such a thing of ruining people's reputation, and everything had to be done according to the rules.

"Speaking of the second brother, I haven't seen him in the past two days since I returned to Beijing, what about others?"

Huaping smiled and said, "Second Master went back to his hometown for an exam, and he should be able to return to Beijing before the Dragon Boat Festival."

Hearing from Huaping that Jia Jing went back to his hometown to take the exam, Jia Fu was quite surprised. Although his younger brother didn't hate the economic career, he was not very keen on studying and taking the exam. Jia Jing would only go when he came back to remind him, but he didn't expect him to go obediently by himself.

"It's good that he's sensible now." Jia Fu didn't want to make Jia Jing into a respondent, he just did what he said.

"Second master wants to have a good name before getting married, and I don't want the Li family to look down on him." After all, Huaping is Jia Fu's girl and has some status in the mansion, so she really knows about Jia Jing's affairs. few.

Jia Fu smiled and didn't take it seriously, as long as Jia Jing himself is motivated, he has nothing to say.

After less than half a month, I heard that the king of Nan'an County supported the rebellion. Jia Yan and Jia Yuan were both old and could not be blamed for the quelling of the chaos. The soldiers went to quell the chaos, accompanied by Baolinghou's second son Shi Nai and his third son Shi Ding.

In the eyes of everyone, Jia Fu is a weak scholar, and no one will think of him when he goes to the battlefield.

After Jia Daishan led his troops to the expedition, the atmosphere in Beijing became more and more tense, but this had nothing to do with Jia Fu.

In the middle of May, Jia Jingcai came back from Jinling, and if he was later, he would not be able to catch up with his brother's big wedding day.

This year there were only county and government exams. Jia Jing returned after passing the government exams, and did not stay in Jinling for more than a year like Jia Fu.

Although Jia Jing passed the county and government examinations, his ranking was not as good as Jia Fu's, but his ranking was still relatively high, not too embarrassing, not to mention that Jia Jing is not very old now, not yet fifteen.

On the sixth day of June, Liu Zhiji and Ji, because she was born in Li Guogong's mansion, was a descendant, and was conferred the title of princess by the emperor, this time Jiji's ceremony is very grand, at least for a year or 20 years, no one can surpass it.

In a blink of an eye, it was the seventh day of the seventh lunar month. After waiting for several years, Jia Fu finally married Liu Zhi.

However, the recent atmosphere in the capital is really not very good. Although Jia Fu's marriage was a grand sensation, he was quickly attracted by the war at the border.

After the Mid-Autumn Festival, Jia Yuan in Xifu was critically ill. The emperor sent an imperial physician to make repeated consultations. After all, he passed away after August.

The Rongguo Mansion hung up mourning flags, and the crying was loud. Jia Fu also took Liu Zhi to the East Mansion to help the director. Jia Daishan went to the West Mansion. Mrs. Rong Guogong was old. Rong Gong passed away, and the old lady also fell ill. Jia Shishi is in charge of the mansion now.

The two elder brothers in Xifu are still young, so Jia Shishi pays attention to these two younger ones, so as not to cause accidents when people come and go.

Duke Rong passed away, and Jia Daishan was not in the capital, so the Rongguo Mansion had no supporters, so Jia Fu had to come forward to help entertain the princes and grandchildren who came to mourn.

The prince's grandson, the princess' son-in-law, the king of Dongping County, the king of Xining County, the king of Shuirong County and other six princes also came to express their condolences.

Since Jia She and Jia Zheng were both young and Jia Daishan was away, Jia Dailiang, Jia Yuan's second son, led Jia Yuan's concubine Jia Daishun to help Ling back home.

After the funeral was done, it entered October, and Jia Yan couldn't afford to be seriously ill. The imperial physician almost lived in Ningguo Mansion forever. Even so, on the ninth day of December, Jia Yan was still gone.

The pillars of the Ningrong Second Mansion all went around a year ago.

Although Jia Fu knew that this day would come, he still couldn't hide his grief. After the funeral, it was Lantern Festival. The mansion had to observe filial piety, so why celebrate Lantern Festival?

Jia Daihua took his three younger brothers to help Ling back to his hometown, and Jia Fu's juniors stayed in Beijing.

After Jia Yan died, Ye's health deteriorated day by day, but now he has to keep his filial piety and can't drink and have fun. Jia Fu can only let his mother and wife spend more time with his grandmother. He reduces the number of times he appears in front of the old lady to save money. The old lady fell in love with him when she saw him.

The battle at the border was intense, and Jia Fu couldn't help him. He was supposed to be sent to Jiangnan this year, but his grandfather died of illness, and he had to keep his filial piety for his grandfather for a year.

By the end of the year, Jia Fu's generation will be apart from filial piety. Jia Gan's wedding date is set for this year, and the girl who is engaged to him is already fifteen this year, so the second aunt decides to marry the He family in May. .

Cousin Jia Gan married a daughter-in-law, and the gloomy atmosphere in Ningguo Mansion finally dissipated a little.

In June, Liu Zhi was diagnosed as pregnant for more than three months, and became a national treasure of Ningguo Mansion all at once.

Just when everyone in Ningguo Mansion was very happy, Jia Fu was sent to the palace by the emperor.

When he returned home, Jia Fu looked very preoccupied.

"Why did the emperor call you into the palace? Your face is so ugly?"

Jia Fu took the tea offered by the girl, took a sip, frowned and said, "The border war has been entangled for a year or two, and the treasury is tight. The emperor wants me to go to the south of the Yangtze River to serve as the salt censor." What to do, of course It is raising money.

But Liu Zhi has just been diagnosed with pregnancy, now is the critical time, he definitely can't take Liu Zhi to leave Beijing, but if he goes to Jiangnan by himself, he is also worried that Liu Zhi will be depressed without him, too much A pregnant woman suffers from depression when she is not accompanied by her husband. He does not have the consciousness of sacrificing Xiaojia for everyone.

When Liu Zhi heard the words, she said, "The emperor thinks highly of you, why don't you go?"

"The situation in the south of the Yangtze River is not much better than that in the border area. Now that you are pregnant, how can I safely take you there?" Jia Fu sighed.

Liu Zhi smiled lightly, "I'm staying at home well now, so I don't want to leave Beijing with you to endure hardships. The emperor told you to go, so you go. Where did those thoughts come from?"

She knew that even if she could go out of Beijing with Jia Fu due to her current situation, it would be Jia Fu's burden, so she might as well let Jia Fu go by herself.

Jia Fu grinned, and said with a wry smile, "I'm going, and I won't be able to come back every year. When my son is born, I won't be there. What does it look like?"

"Otherwise? Can you still resist the order?" Liu Zhi said angrily.

Jia Fu: "..."

"Everything in our family was given by the emperor. If the emperor is unhappy, he can take it all back. It's not a big deal to be so pretentious. It's important to go early and return early."

After being stunned by Liu Zhi, Jia Fu didn't hesitate, "Then I'll go back to the emperor tomorrow."

……

"Master Hou, there is news." Xu Lin ran in panting to reply.

Jia Fu nestled on the soft couch, covered with a fox fur cloak, his eyes turned cold, "Tell me, who is it?"

As soon as he arrived in the south of the Yangtze River, he was tricked and almost ruined his reputation. These salt merchants are really daring.

"That girl is Shen Yan'er, the second daughter of Shen Jinbo, a great salt merchant in Yangzhou. She is fifteen this year, and the one next to him is the eldest grandson of a rich merchant in Yangzhou, surnamed Li. This Shen Yan'er is not a simple character. She is famous in Yangzhou at a young age. Many princes in Yangzhou have a close relationship with her."

The corner of Jia Fu's mouth twitched when he heard that, "The courtesan?"

"What is a courtesan?" Xu Lin was taken aback.

Jia Fu shook his head, "Don't ask me that, what is the origin of that Shen Jinbo? Why haven't I heard of it before?"

He was ordered to deal with this group of salt merchants, but in the news he received, there was no such Shen Jinbo.

Xu Lin said, "Speaking of which, this Shen Jinbo has some relationship with the Xining County Palace. Shen Jinbo's sister is one of the concubines of the Xining County King, and she has been favored recently."

Jia Fu was a little surprised, "Are you sure it's the county king and not the prince?"

"It's the county king."

Jia Fu grinned, "The taste is really strong!"

The King of Xining County and his grandfather belonged to the same generation. At least they were both 60 or 40 years old. Shen Jinbo is only [-] or [-] years old now, and his sister is only in her early thirties. She is twenty years younger than King Xining County. How can she overcome this? This psychological barrier to serve an old man?

Just to give her brother a place in the Xining County Prince's Mansion?

"Power is more important than anything else, who cares about age." Xu Lin has been with Jia Fu for these years, and he can tell what Jia Fu is thinking just by looking at Jia Fu's expression.

Jia Fu said lazily, "Go to the government and sue the second girl of the Shen family for slandering the court officials."

Walking around in the prison, this girl should know what real power is.

Know who to mess with and who not to mess with.

The fairy jumped on his head, I really don't know the heights of the heavens and the earth.

"Yes, Lord Hou."

Xu Lin has already experienced it a long time ago, and he will no longer have extra sympathy for those who should not sympathize.

After Xu Lin left, Jia Fu closed his eyes in annoyance.

He has been in Jiangnan for three or four months. It is really difficult for these salt merchants to unite. At least he said that it will take more than half a year to get rid of this group of damned salt merchants.

Fortunately, the treasury can last for a while, but Jia Fu must do something, otherwise if the salt merchants continue to stand in such a stalemate with him, he will still be criticized in the end.