[Quick Crossing + Red Mansions] I have a strong desire to survive

The dowry of a married woman is her own private property and can only be left to her direct children.Only those who have no sons and daughters and whose natal family has no face will withdraw their dowry after the death of a married woman.

Now Jia Min not only has both sons and daughters, but she is also living a good life, so she wants to return the dowry to her natal family. Everyone knows that this means cutting off contact with her natal family.What's more, Jia Min just said that she had given the confessions of those slaves to Concubine Zhen, and Yuan Chun was sent to Xin Zheku for this reason.

Concubine Zhen has already expressed her attitude. Once Jia Min returns the dowry, even if it is to win over Lin Ruhai for the fourth prince, she will stand up and explain why Jia Min returned the dowry.

When the time comes to Rongguo Mansion... Mother Jia didn't dare to think about it, but she had to think about it. As soon as she returned to the mansion, she panicked and called Jia Amnesty and Jia Zheng to the Rongqing Hall to discuss matters.

Jia Amnesty didn't say a word, Jia Zheng called the old lady loudly, and Jia Lian, who was finally able to listen in, only had one word in capital letters in his mind, so he focused his eyes on Jia's mother.

It's not that Jia's mother is sad, her life is going smoothly, she doesn't want to grow old, her daughter wants to sever ties with her, her two sons have no idea at all, what is she planning for all her life?

Who cares what Jia Mu plans?Jia Min is taking Daiyu with her at the moment, pretending to be counting the dowry herself, and bit by bit emptying out the things that have already been put in Daiyu's space.

At the beginning, the original owner was considered a generous marriage. Jia Min didn't know that Mrs. Wang attacked Yuanchen, whether she had seen the reason why Yuanchen was jealous of the dowry, and now she was saying to Daiyu: "Yu'er, don't feel bad about these things, in the future, mother will definitely make up for you. superior."

Jia Min did not hide why she suddenly asked Daiyu to take out these things, because she once said that these things were all for Daiyu, and now she has to ask Daiyu to take out what belongs to her. reason.Daiyu, who is already 12 years old, has already understood the meaning of dowry to a woman. Hearing what Jia Min said, she hurriedly comforted her:

"Does mother think that Yu'er is someone who sees yellow and white things? They are just things outside the body, and mother will be more troubled by having them. It's better to pay back her worries." She didn't want her mother to continue to be wronged.

After hearing this, Jia Min patted Daiyu's head movedly. She knew that Daiyu was a person who only valued family affection and disdained money. How could Jia Baoyu be worthy of that?No, Jia Baoyu doesn't disdain gold and silver, but he disdains everything and only cares about himself.Jia Min couldn't help feeling sad again, she felt that no one could be worthy of her pampered and raised daughter.

After counting the things, Lin Ruhai had already returned to the mansion, and after hearing Lin An's report, he hurried to the inner house to comfort Jia Min.Hearing Jia Min ask him if he was acting rashly, Lin Ruhai shook his head indifferently: "If they didn't plan on Yu'er, it would be fine if they just kept it on the surface. Now that they have this idea, how can they allow them to plan."

This answer brought Jia Min's excited gaze, and Lin Ruhai also felt that his answer was very good.However, he still had to remind his wife: "Madam is happy to do this, but one must be careful not to make a fuss about it. Yu'er's marriage has to be stepped up."

Jia Min's heart sank, and he asked Lin Ruhai after a long while, "Master, is there anyone to choose these days?"

Lin Ruhai talked to Jia Min one by one about the candidates he thought were good candidates after he ordered people to inquire in the past few days, and then combined with the two mistresses that Jia Min observed these days, he finally decided on three candidates. Further investigation:

The first family is He Gang, the youngest son of He Li, the left servant of the Ministry of Rites. He Gang is 16 years old and has already won the Juren.Jia Min met Mrs. He Shilang. If He Gang looked like his mother, he would be above average among men, the kind that could barely catch the eye.

The second family is Changping, the eldest grandson of Chang Lin, Minister of the Ministry of Justice. His father was a foreign official, and he left his son to be a filial piety in front of his grandfather in Beijing. He was brought up by Chang Lin alone. The ambition of getting married.Mrs. Chang's wife, Jia Min, has also seen it. No matter how I think about it, I feel that Chang Ping's appearance is nothing to look forward to.

The third family is Li Wei, the eldest grandson of Li Duo, a doctor of the Ministry of Industry of Lin Ruhai Tongke, whose father is currently a bachelor of the Hanlin Academy.Li Wei hasn't won the exam yet, but I heard that his knowledge is not bad, and he has to take this subject.When Jia Min was sick last time, Mrs. Li also came to the mansion to visit him. It was at that time that she fell in love with Daiyu, and she even asked her grandson to greet Jia Min during Jia Min's return visit.Among the three, Jia Min was most satisfied with Li Wei's appearance.

If it weren't for such a serious matter of picking a son-in-law for his daughter, Lin Ruhai would have asked Jia Min, why is the wife so superficial because a man regards his talent as his appearance?Jia Min didn't know what was going on in his mind, otherwise he would tell him, as a handsome dog, isn't looking at his face the most important thing?

"He Gang's family background is the best, and the youngest son is often spoiled. The advantage is that after entering the house, you don't have to be in charge of the house, just take care of your own yard. The disadvantage is that you don't know how many sisters-in-law are right and wrong. Yu'er is used to being quiet in our house, and she will start eating some Lost. His looks are only average..." Jia Min was most dissatisfied with He Gang, Lin Ruhai's favorite, because his looks were not the best among the three.

Lin Ruhai couldn't help it anymore: "Madam, although He Gang is the youngest son, he is also the son of He Shilang's direct relative. The other two families are already grandchildren, and his father's grade is not as good as mine, which is a bit far away."

The world already pays attention to marrying women from high families and marrying women from low families. The difference in grade is too far, and it will be inconvenient for relatives to communicate in the future.If it wasn't for those two families who used the eldest son and grandson to spy on him, Lin Ruhai would not have paid any attention to him—his daughter is the eldest daughter!

This is the end of the matter, and the dowry will be returned to the Rongguo Mansion tomorrow, maybe there are some good ears in the palace who want to call him for questioning, so Jia Min has no choice but to compromise: "The master is sure that the child's character is good?" Yes, why is it so worrying.

Lin Ruhai sighed: "If it is what we are worried about, Madam can use the He family as a cover. She really doesn't like it, and it can be said that her characters are not compatible. If no one cares about Yu'er, let's visit slowly."

So even if He Gang was selected as No.1, Lin Ruhai couldn't hold back before going to the study: "Madam, did you know what I looked like back then?"

Jia Min couldn't help laughing, felt a little solemn and immediately said seriously: "Master himself hit Marqua Street back then, but he never forgot." Lin Ruhai went out with a dark face after speaking.

It was only then that Jia Min realized belatedly that he seemed to have given someone a blow, but these years, he believed that Lin Ruhai should be able to bear it, so he concentrated on thinking about who should be sent to Rongguo Mansion tomorrow to return the dowry.

It's an uphill battle, and a potentially protracted one.

But Jia Min is not afraid. She comes from the end of the world and doesn't care much about other people's gossip. If it wasn't for Daiyu's reputation, she would not have tolerated Rongguo Mansion long ago.After some planning, the middle door of the Lin Mansion opened wide, and box after box of belongings were taken out from it.

These belongings were brought out in the order they were given to the bride, but there was no red silk on them, and the people who carried them all wore brand-new green clothes and hats. They looked energetic, but their faces were all flat, as if they were going to fight someone.In addition, there is no drum music in front of the team, so the journey is very solemn.

The team did not choose the nearest route, but walked around the main road of the capital, walking unhurriedly, Lin An, Lin Wang and several housekeepers and stewards took care of them.There are good things to keep up with the team, pointing at the things that are carried.

After a while, the passers-by were not satisfied with giving pointers. Seeing that Lin An had a flat face, he was not impatient with everyone's pointers, and felt that he was easy to talk to, so he couldn't help asking: "What are you doing? It's a dowry, why isn't there even a drum?"

coming.Lin An was overjoyed secretly, but his face became more and more distressed: "Don't we just want to send the wife's dowry back to Rongguo Mansion."

What, madam, send it back to Rongguo Mansion?The amount of information is a bit large, and the person who asked the question is quite knowledgeable, knowing that the daughter of the Rongguo Mansion is married to the current Minister of the Household Department, and they have been married for more than [-] years, so why should they return the dowry?This is the rhythm of divorce.

Ask, have to ask, one question after another.

Lin An seemed to be suffocating in his heart. When he heard someone ask, he sighed and said, since his wife almost had a miscarriage back then, he had to find out who was behind the murder of the Lin family's heir, but in the end he found out that his dowry Also, the New Year's gift with her mother's family has been tampered with, and then check the person who handled it...

"Oh," Lin An sighed, "our wife never imagined that she had been difficult to conceive for many years, and was actually killed by her natal family. She also thought that the old lady's life had not been repaid, so she secretly broke off with that Jia Zheng. Who Chengxiang saw that our wife was weak, so he bullied her step by step, and wanted our wife to help pay back the money she owed."

The amount of information is even greater. A while ago, when the household department checked the debts, people in Beijing were also panicked, but no matter how panicked you are, you can't let a married woman pay the debts for you, right?

In the end, this is not over yet, Lin An also said: "Our wife is already the mistress of the Lin family, and the Rongguo Mansion owes too much money, so naturally I dare not make decisions by myself. It was only a few days late, yesterday the old man of the Rongguo Mansion The wife and the second wife in charge came to the door again."

"Brother, tell me, our wife broke off with that Jia Zheng, yet his wife is so embarrassed to come to the house without telling him, and even wants to ask our girl for their second son to marry." Lin An was about to cry as he spoke.

Originally, before the marriage of this girl's family was settled, it was inappropriate to talk about someone's marriage proposal, lest it hurt the reputation of the other party and her own girl.However, in order to prevent Jia Mu from spreading rumors, Jia Min simply asked Lin An to speak out in public today, just to test the reaction of the three families.

"I remember that Jia Zheng is the second son of the Rongguo Mansion, right?" Some sensible people expressed puzzlement. The girl of the Lin family is the eldest daughter. You are asking to marry the second son of the second son of a fifth-rank official. It's a bit of a joke.

Lin An sighed more today than in his entire life: "Who says it's not? Our master and wife are not ordinary people who only look after the family, and they don't think that the second master of Rongguo Mansion is just a fifth-rank Yuanwailang official. Too low. But the two families have broken off their relationship, and they suddenly asked to marry our girl, how dare they agree?"

"But our wife shouldn't, so the old lady of Rongguo Mansion kept crying, and I didn't like to learn what she said. In order to avoid being manipulated by others for the girl's marriage, our wife had to send her dowry back to Rongguo Mansion."

"Our wife said that the old lady of Rongguo Mansion is always the wife's biological mother. Although the dowry has been returned, the kindness of this life is still repaid. Nine years ago, our mansion found out that there was something wrong with the wife's dowry. It’s been sent to Beijing, and this time our wife has made up for it.”

Those who have a good brain remember that nine years ago, there were indeed people from Yangzhou who sent a lot of things to the East Courtyard of Rongguo Mansion.At that time, it was also circulated in Beijing for a while, and someone suppressed it overnight. It turned out that it was something that was tampered with in Mrs. Lin Shangshu's dowry.

"That's not right," the spectators also had a good brain: "Since your wife found out the problem nine years ago and sent back the people and things, the Rongguo Mansion should have dealt with the perpetrators long ago." , still need to return the dowry now?"

Lin An was so angry that his eye circles were red: "Nine years, nine years, our wife has waited for nine years, and the evil person can still follow the old lady of Rongguo Mansion to show off his power in our house and help the slaves of the wicked It’s still well raised in the Rongguo Mansion, so our wife has no choice but to make such a bad move.”

At the end, Lin An couldn't help but shed tears.He is a big man in his forties, even if he is a servant, he is still the chief steward of the Household Minister's Mansion, so many small officials have to fawn on him, and he is crying in the street, which shows that he is extremely angry.

I get it, everyone who heard it understood it, those who came later didn’t hear it, and the first wave of science popularization heard it, they all knew that the Rongguo Mansion had black hands on the married aunt, they found out and provided evidence, not only did they not Dispose of repayment and ask others for money so that they can pay off their own debts.

That's a debt owed by the Duke's mansion. If the amount was small, he would have paid it off a long time ago. Does he still need to go to the married woman's mansion to ask for money?If people don't give you the money, you just want to marry someone else's girl. Do you think that someone loves the girl and will prepare a generous dowry, and you want to use the girl's dowry to pay back the money?

It has to be said that what the masses made up is more exciting than what Lin An said.Lin An heard those comments, and didn't say anything to explain. After all, he was so angry that he burst into tears just now, and now he is sad, and he has no time or mood to explain.

When the team finally reached Rong Street, Mother Jia had already got the news, and someone had learned from her what Lin An said and the common people's arguments, so angry that Mother Jia fainted all of a sudden: that damned slave , What are you talking about, yes, those things are there, but when the order is reversed, the nature has completely changed, okay?

After finally waking up, Mother Jia still wanted to ask someone to come forward to argue with Lin An, and then explain the truth to the common people. Lai everyone has already come in with a lawsuit and reported that the aunt's dowry has been carried to the gate of Rongguo Mansion. up.

Not only the dowry was carried to the gate, but also a group of common people followed outside the gate, now please make up your mind quickly, should the dowry be accepted or not?

Is it still a problem whether to accept Jia Min's dowry?If there hadn't been a circle around the city carrying the dowry, Lin An's bloody and tearful accusation, and half of the city's people following him, even if the Rongguo Mansion quietly carried Jia Min's dowry into the mansion, they could still say that they didn't take it.

Now it's under the watchful eyes of everyone, everyone knows that Jia Min was killed by her mother's family so much that she almost loses her children, and she is the only child of the Lin family who has been passed down for five generations.In the end, the Rongguo Mansion wanted to marry the victim's second wife's son to a girl from the Lin family!Aren't people afraid that their girls will die short?The people all felt that Jia Min was too filial and benevolent to endure for nine years.

Even if the Rongguo Mansion doesn't accept Jia Min's dowry today, the two mansions will be enemies in the future.

As for returning to the house with hatred yesterday, Mother Jia still had a slight thought of letting time erase Jia Min's resentment. After hearing the Lin family's operation today, she also knew that it was absolutely impossible.But just bringing Jia Min's dowry into the mansion directly, no one in Rongguo Mansion will have to go out in the future.

"Go and invite the first master and the second master to come here." Mother Jia had to sit up and asked her two sons to discuss what should be done so as to save Rongguo Mansion's reputation.

Jia Amnesty and Jia Zheng couldn't think of a way out. Mrs. Xing never spoke on such occasions. As soon as Mrs. Wang entered the Rongqing Hall, she was ordered to kneel on the ground, and she had no place to speak.

Four or five letters have been returned back and forth outside the second gate, and the crowd outside has become indignant, and the government servants of Shuntian Mansion have come to see what happened, for fear of causing a civil commotion.The people didn't need Lin An's guidance, and they were no longer afraid of the power of the Rongguo Mansion. They scolded loudly and asked the Rongguo Mansion to accept Jia Min's dowry quickly.

I can't accept it.

"Xie'er, you are the head of the family, go and pick up that unconscionable dowry. You don't have to count it pettyly, just take it in." Jia's mother thinks that Jia She doesn't go out much on weekdays and knows him well. There are not many people, so it is better for him to come forward.

Jia Amnesty didn't feel that he should show his face: "Old lady, I didn't do this. I also persuaded those slaves when they were sent back that day. But both the old lady and the second child said at that time that you have your own responsibility." Arrangements. Since I didn't make the decision that day, I won't show up now."

Lin Ruhai had found a husband for his son, even if Lian'er was able to marry the daughter of the servant of the Ministry of Rites as a daughter-in-law, it was Lin Ruhai's face.If he came forward to accept Jia Min's dowry, how could he have the nerve to let Jia Lian take care of him?Last time, Jia Min also said that Lian'er should go to the household department to take the exam for a writer.

Mother Jia was so angry that she almost passed out again, but Jia Amnesty refused to enter, so could she really pick Jia Amnesty to pick her up?I didn't want to embarrass Jia Zheng, but I had to embarrass Jia Zheng. Just as Jia's mother turned her gaze to Jia Zheng, he said, "Jia Min is so narrow-minded, yet Lin Ruhai is still pampering her. I'm going to kill Lin Ruhai." The family is not strict."

Jia Amnesty laughed out loud, "You still cheat on others, he can guarantee that if Jia Zheng really cheated on Lin Ruhai and was sent to prison for the crime of poor family management, it must be Jia Zheng."But it was really not the right time to laugh, Jia Zheng looked at Jia She angrily, said that he was going to write a booklet, got up and walked away.

He just left, regardless of the gray-haired Mother Jia, or Mrs. Wang who was still kneeling on the ground, and went to write his notes!

Jia Amnesty was almost crushed, but he didn't have the consciousness to wipe Jia Zheng's ass. Let Jia's mother cry and scold again, but she still didn't move, watching her nose, nose, mouth and heart, and finally came forward to accept Jia Min's dowry. Lai Da, the chief steward of the Rongguo Mansion.

The scolding of the onlookers, the frequency of shrinking turtles is the highest.Lai Da put on a dead face, wanting to take all the things into the house and even if it's over, Lin An has to do it too?They have to count them according to the dowry list.But their wife said that the longer the counting time, the better, and the more detailed the better.

You have to give the people in Beijing and China a chance to watch the excitement, right?If everything entered the Rongguo Mansion at once, what would the people listen to and ask?If you want to know the truth, it's better for everyone to know together.

Isn't it just that everyone knows it?In the afternoon, Jia Min received Zhen Guifei's announcement that she would leave the palace tomorrow, and felt that this person should be inflated again—five years have passed since the rebellion between the first prince and the first prince, and the fourth and fifth princes have already re-entered the court Listening to the government, after the palace has not established a new one, the highest-ranking concubine is Zhen Guifei, who has presided over the palace banquets for several years, and now she wants to beat and reprimand her foreign life.

Fortunately, Lin Ruhai is now the target of the princes vying to win her over. Concubine Zhen's attitude towards Jia Min is much more friendly than when she entered the palace for the first time, and what she said was the same as the enemy Kai's. Thinking that the old matriarch of the Rongguo Mansion is so confused that he still allows those wicked people to run free."

Jia Min's eyes were already red, because tears were tabooed in the palace, so she suppressed the tears, lowered her head and slowly swallowed the tears, and then said to Concubine Zhen, "Thank you for your understanding, if you are not really worried about your daughter falling into that place." Waiting for the evil woman to hold me, I won't..."

"Fortunately, now that the empress is shining brightly, there is no one who does not obey. It is just that the same kind of person is also an ex-wife. Not only the minister's wife, but also other wives and wives are also ashamed to be with each other. The minister's wife only hopes that the empress can do it Make the decision for the minister's wife."

Don't you pretend to be a queen and announce me into the palace as the mistress of the palace? Then make the decision for me.Mrs. Wang's behavior is no longer misbehavior, and she should be sent to Shuntian Mansion more seriously.I'm magnanimous, I don't care about it, I care about Rongguo Mansion as my birthplace, I don't want to send people to Shuntian Mansion, but I can't let such a person continue to enjoy the imperial order, right?

Jia Min looked at Concubine Zhen expectantly, making Concubine Zhen secretly hate her, and thinking about Lin Ruhai's official position, in order to prevent the girl from being tricked by the Rongguo Mansion, she would rather not recognize the Yue family, obviously because she valued this girl.If what he wanted could come true, would he still be afraid that Lin Ruhai would not work hard for his son?

Therefore, Concubine Zhen had a knowing smile on her face: "Don't worry, Mrs. Lin, the sage was very annoyed when he heard about this yesterday, and he ordered this palace to admonish Mrs. Wang today. This is a pleasant order. She really doesn't deserve it."

Jia Min was so happy that he had already knelt down to Concubine Zhen, chanted Buddha and eulogized saints in his mouth, and lifted the emperor and Concubine Zhen to the sky.Concubine Zhen listened to a few words with a smile, and felt that Jia Min was really knowledgeable, so she ordered someone to lift Jia Min, and then waved back the palace servants, assuming that she wanted to talk to Jia Min.