The Coral of the Red Mansion Does Not Return

"Sister-in-law!" Xiao Wang shouted flattered.

As a sister-in-law, Jia Min also came early.She and Da Wang had always been at loggerheads, and later Da Wang played tricks on her dowry staff, and the people from the Rong Mansion quietly sent someone to report that Jia Min and Lin Ruhai were always in love, and they were a husband and wife, so they didn't hide it from him. Next, clean up the dowry around Jia Min for a while, and use many old servants of the Lin family.From then on, Jia Min hated the Wang family deeply, and even had no good looks towards the little Wang family.

Not to mention how Xiao Wang chatted with many noble ladies under Liu's leadership, only Jia Hu's side.

It was a great joy for the family that Jia Amnesty was granted the title of Duke Rong. Jia Jing and Jia Zhen, as half hosts, came early to help greet and see them off.When there were few customers, Jia Hu chatted with Jia Zhen.

"Brother Zhu has become a scholar, and my second uncle is considered a successor! This year, several students in the family school have also achieved fame." Jia Zhen said happily, "The Jia family is getting more and more prosperous!"

Jia Hu nodded, and said, "I'm not surprised that Jia Jue became a juren, I didn't expect that Jia Yue, who escaped, also became a scholar."

"It's not just Jia Yue. The big ones you found from Jinling are all good seedlings. We don't know about the small ones. After the reform of our own school system, more and more members of our Jia family study," Jia Zhen said optimistically. Said: "When they all become officials, we will be able to talk in the court."

Jia Hu said with a smile: "That's still far away, right now next year's spring is the most important thing!"

Hearing this, Jia Zhen said quite distressed: "I will definitely end in February next year, but my husband said that my essay is not ready yet." Fu sighed again: "My father said that I am already 27. If I fail this time , just donate an official to me.”

Jia Huyin asked: "Isn't uncle also a [-]-year-old Jinshi? Why are you in such a hurry?"

Jia Zhen shook her head, she just didn't know, but there were many worries in her heart.

Seeing that he was really troubled, Jia Hu said, "Uncle gave me the exam papers from the past few years, and a few essays written by my cousin. I also wrote a few in my spare time. Why don't you take them together?"

Jia Zhen was overjoyed, "My dear brother, thank you very much!" Then he hesitated, "What about you, cousin?"

Jia Hu said, "I've used them all, you don't have to worry."

Jia Zhen didn't know what it meant by using it. When he took several thick stacks of rice paper, he found that two-thirds of it was Jia Hu's pen practice, and finally realized.Looking at the ink marks, it was written by a genius recently. Thinking about the recent chaos in the Rong Mansion, Jia Zhen can only look at the ocean and sigh. This kind of concentration is beyond my generation!

Jia Zhen, who was stimulated, made up her mind to study hard and stayed in the study every night. Everyone in Ningfu loved it.

Not to mention later, just said that Jia Zhen felt quite at ease when she saw his determined look, so she took advantage of Jia Jing's inattention and laughed at herself in a low voice: "I'm grinding my gun in front of the battle, and I'm happy if I'm unhappy."

Jia Hu raised her eyebrows. The Rong Mansion was full of troubles, but the Ning Mansion was calm. Why did Jia Zhen say that?

Jia Zhen rubbed her nose and said embarrassingly, "I told you, you are not allowed to laugh at me."

"Before Mrs. Gu married, all the concubines and servants around me were dismissed, leaving only Aunt Tao with a big belly." Jia Zhen recalled what happened four years ago, and she couldn't help feeling a little guilty, "Later she gave birth to me. I gave birth to a concubine, but because I didn't raise him well in the mother's womb, my body is a little weak."

Jia Hu had also heard about this matter, but it was Liu who talked about Jia Zhen's marriage in a joke, and said that after Xiao Gu got married, she saw that Jia Zhen's eldest son was born, and her face was not very good-looking.The Ning Mansion had kept this matter under wraps before, but Liu Shi didn't know about it. After the revelation, even Liu Shi was angered by Da Gu Shi.

Jia Hu didn't care too much, the marriage was a matter of both parties anyway. He would look at Jia Zhen anyway, and not ask him to sleep with flowers and sleep with willows like in the original book.It's not easy to interfere with the other party's backyard.So he just smiled and said, "What are you talking about with me for such a private matter?"

Jia Zhen giggled, in order to marry the little Gu family, the Ning family was indeed a bit unkind, but later the Xu family made a good apology, and it was a foregone conclusion that the Gu family would marry in, so this section was exposed.He loves to talk to his cousin who is ten years younger about everything, and he is not shy when he hears the words, so he said cheekily: "You know a lot more than me, cousin, so I'm asking you for advice."

Jia Hu glanced at him angrily when he heard the words, not to mention that he hasn't married a wife yet, and there is no connecting room around him.

Jia Zhen didn't think it was wrong to ask Jia Hu, who didn't even have a backyard, about how to get along with wives and concubines. He sighed and said, "Brother Hui is weak, and he gets sick twice every day. Whenever she gets sick, Aunt Tao comes to call me. My son, I have to go to see it too, as the number of times increases, your sister-in-law will complain. She is unhappy and treats me coldly. I want to please her, what can you do?"

Jia Zhen's intentions were obvious, Xu Shi didn't know how envious Jia Hu was for coaxing his mother and his sister all the time.Now that my cousin is in trouble, don't you hurry up to help?

Jia Hu smiled and said, "I'll give you a trick, what will you give me in return?"

Jia Zhen said generously: "Didn't you covet the frozen inkstone in my study for a long time? I'll make your sister-in-law happy later, and I'll bring it to you tomorrow."

Jia Hu was really happy. After thinking for a while, he asked, "Do you want to cheer up your sister-in-law for a while, or solve this matter completely?"

"Oh?" Jia Zhen was very interested, "Is there any way to solve it completely?" Every time my beautiful wife was called away while she was pregnant, Jia Zhen also felt very resentful.

Jia Hu then said to him: "Your concubine is always sick, but you are not a doctor, so what's the use of going there? That concubine is just taking the opportunity to compete for favor. I'm not talking about you, everyone's mistress is taking the concubine. Sister-in-law is not a stingy sister-in-law, so why don't you hug brother Anise to sister-in-law's knee?"

Jia Zhen differentiated: "Isn't my heart softening for a while, one is that it is not easy to separate mother and child, and the other is that your sister-in-law is also disgusted when she sees it, so she simply doesn't ask her to raise it."

Jia Hu shook his head helplessly, it's not that he is cruel, it's just that the world is like this, following the rules, it's good for everyone.He has seen many twists and turns in the back house, Jia Hu is not like the men here who don't pay attention to the inner house at all, and don't pay attention to women.

He said: "Although I am young, I deeply agree with the set of distinctions in the book."

The servant outside the door came to report: "The carriage of Prince Jing's Mansion has arrived at the gate!" In a hurry, Jia Hu only mentioned one sentence: "If your aunt wants to use the advantage of her son's illness to invite favors, you might as well hand over Brother Hui to your sister-in-law. .” Jia Zhen stayed where she was and licked her hands, and seeing King Beijing approaching, hurried to meet him.

As the sun was setting in, the guests took their seats, but seeing no one else came, Jia She sent someone to ask Jia Zhen and Jia Hu to come in and toast the gentlemen.Today on the stage is the well-known Yanxi Troupe in Beijing, and Wen Fang, who plays the role of Huadan, is highly praised by the nobles. people say hello.

"Hu'er, this is Prince Beijing."

"Jia Hu has seen the prince."

"You don't have to be a nephew, our two families are family friends, so you can call me uncle." Prince Beijing said with a smile.

Jia She nodded, and Jia Hu called his uncle. Prince Beijing Jing smiled like a chrysanthemum, and said to Jia She: "What a young talent! You are so blessed!" He kept praising Jia Hu.

After a while, "This is the Duke of Zhen, and now he is the first-class uncle. You can call him uncle." The Jia family and the Niu family were obviously not that close, so after a few words, Jia She took Jia Hu and left.

First of all, I reposted the Four Kings and Eight Dukes. Based on the origin of Jia Sherong's title, everyone was very polite to Jia Hu and did not mean to underestimate this junior.In fact, it was not the first time Jia Hu met them, this time it was a formal introduction, as the son of Duke Rong, and the inventor of cement.

Jia Zheng, Prince Teng of the Wang family, the two uncles of the Liu family, and Lin Ruhai were all very familiar people, and they sat at a table lively, drinking and listening to the opera at ease without being greeted by Jia She.Jia Hu managed to get away, and followed Jia She to the table of relatives to say hello, Jia Zhen also smiled apologetically.

Jia Zheng nodded to him with airs, but Wang Ziteng was very warm.The Liu family brothers talked about official business with Lin Ruhai, and occasionally talked about poetry. Seeing them coming, they asked Jia Zhen and Jia Hu to sit down and have a drink with them.The two declined again and again until Jia Amnesty spoke and then sat down.

Knowing that the two will end up next year, Lin Ruhai is very interested in examining them, and the rest of them all look at them with a smile on their face, pointing them out from time to time, not intending to let them go.

Here Jia Hu is in pain and happiness, and not far away, the female relatives in Weixue Building are also bustling.

The delicious food and wine were delivered to the table like running water, and the wives of each family were also divided into several tables. The young ladies laughed and played drums and passed flowers, and the rare and relaxed daughter-in-law sipped wine with a smile and talked with the befriended lady.

Princess Nan'an said: "My mother-in-law caught a cold yesterday, and she couldn't get up this morning. She wanted to come to the mansion but she couldn't, so she sent me to congratulate the Duke and Furen and apologize for her absence."

Mrs. Liu said with a smile: "The old concubine of Nan'an has been an old man for many years. She came here to save me face. If I don't come, can I blame others?" Then she asked with concern, "The old concubine is not in good health, but did you hire a doctor?"

Princess Nan'an replied: "The imperial doctor only said that it will not hinder, just rest." She looked at the ladies and smiled.

Liu Shi took advantage of the situation and saw that Jia Yingzheng and the eldest daughter of Princess Nan'an were whispering, their heads were put together, they looked very intimate.Mrs. Liu didn't answer, and turned her head to talk to Princess Cheng next to her.

After a while, a piece of pine nut fish was brought up. Xiao Wang smelled the smell of fish, and suddenly his stomach was churning.Lin Ruhai was still at Yushitai at this time, and Jia Min was only a fifth-rank official, so he was not at the nobleman's table, but was placed on the right side of Xiao Wang. Xiao Wang hurriedly covered his mouth with a handkerchief, and waved his long sleeves The wine glasses on the table were overturned, and the clothes on Jia Min's chest were wet.

The maids cleaned up the mess in an orderly manner. Mrs. Liu took Xiao Wang and Jia Min to the wing room, while Mrs. Xu entertained the princess on her behalf.