Jia Lian of the Red Chamber

When the imperial physician came out, Jia Rong rushed forward and held the imperial physician: "Emperor physician, what is my grandfather's illness, is it serious or not, you can save my uncle, what's the matter, I will wait till tomorrow, my second uncle is still here Can't you come out on business in the palace?"

Jia Zhen patted him on the head and snapped: "What do you know, so you dare to talk nonsense?"

Jia She, who was pretending to be sick, almost jumped up and cursed, how dare this little brat curse himself?

The imperial doctor frowned: "The old man's pulse is very strange, intermittent, light and heavy, urgent and slow, I am ashamed to say it, I have been practicing medicine for decades, but I have never seen this kind of disease, it is a bit troublesome, I have nowhere to start, it’s best that you ask someone else to look at it.”

Jia Zhen hastily bowed: "Physician Zhang, you are very experienced and knowledgeable, and you don't care about it. Who dares to prescribe prescriptions in this capital? Please take the time to worry about it. If there is something wrong, we don't blame you!"

Jia Rong hurriedly chimed in: "Yes, yes, if you don't seek medical treatment, there must be a way to wake him up!"

Jia Rong felt that as long as she was awake, she probably wouldn't be in such a hurry, so she could wait until tomorrow to see Lian's second uncle.

The imperial doctor thought hard, and then said after a long while: "According to my detailed research, Mr. She's symptoms are somewhat similar to palpitations, but the palpitations are grayish complexion, but the elder is pale.

Jia Amnesty sneered secretly, how could the pearl powder she put on be not white?I can't help but regret it, if I knew it was like this, I should add some plant ash.

This is also caused by lack of medical knowledge, and it doesn't look like pretending to be sick.

At the begging of Jia Zhen and his son, the imperial physician finally opened a pharmacy, and Jia Zhen took a look: there are ginseng tablets, Chuanqiong, kudzu root and so on.

The imperial physician explained: "Take this prescription for three doses, three times a day. If it gets better, you can invite me again. If it is not good, you can invite someone else."

Jia Zhen sent out the imperial physician, and turned back to hand the prescription to Jia Rong: "Your second uncle is not at home, so you go to the pharmacy yourself and ask them to prepare the other two kinds. When you go home and ask your mother for ginseng, there are 200-year-old wild mountains in our mansion. Shen, that effect must be good, saving people is the most important thing, go, go quickly."

Jia Rong ran away in a flash.

Jia Zhen looked at Jia Amnesty, she was still dying, she couldn't help frowning, the old man was alive and well a few days ago, why does he look like this today?

While thinking about it, he left the bedroom and came to the outside room. He called Wang Shanbao, Jia She's long follower, and asked, "A few days ago, my lord entertained guests and played cards with us all night. I think he is in good spirits. Why can't he do it today?" Now, tell me the truth, what happened? Also, isn’t your second master collecting money these days, can you make it all up?”

Wang Shanbao said: "It is precisely because of the trouble that the second master wanted to return the money from the household department. In order to pay off the debt, our second master not only emptied the treasury, but also borrowed [-] yuan from the second grandma's dowry silver. The second grandma asked the Wang family Asked for [-]. Because there is still a gap, our second master went to the old lady, because the second wife sold the antiques in the treasury, and the money is in the hands of the old lady.

"In the end, the old lady said that all the money was sent to the palace and given to the eldest girl, but only [-] to the second master. As you know, the treasury has always been in the hands of the old lady, and our master and the second master have never touched it."

Wang Shanbao poked the Rongxi Hall next door with his hand, and said: "The old lady always leans towards that side. Our master is angry when he hears that the old lady only pays the second master 10 silver. It's all dominated by the old lady, and the gold and silver utensils and antiques earned by the old man are all in the treasury. They have been sold out over the years, so why is there only [-] silver left?

"Master said, the Wang family is not blood relatives. They returned [-] yuan. Now the second master Lian is repaying the debts owed by the old master. Why can't the old master's things belong to others but can't be used to repay the debt?"

As Wang Shanbao spoke, he wiped away tears from the corners of his eyes: "The more the elder thinks about it, the more angry he becomes, and he becomes annoyed immediately. He ran to the old lady to ask what happened. The servant was a step behind at that time. Somehow, the elder fainted. I went to At that time, the hall was full of tears, and the old man was lying on the ground and no one paid attention to him, so I screamed and sent someone to ask for the imperial doctor, and then brought the old man back, and then you came, old man."

Jia Zhen frowned: "Brother Lian ransacked all the money in the house, isn't it enough to pay off the debt?"

Jia Zhen thought that Jia Lian had made a fortune by confiscating the Lai family!

Wang Shanbao nodded: "That's right, I'm not afraid of my uncle's jokes. Now the expenses of our house are all spent by the second grandmother. Our master is also angry because of the bad words."

Jia Zhen didn't make a sound when she heard the words, but she was blaming the old lady for being too partial, how much money the eldest sister of the palace had spent, she was almost beating a few golden men, and she didn't hear a single sound.

The eldest uncle is the successor of the Rong Mansion, and now it is bad enough to be in debt for the ancestors, how can the old lady be partial to the second wife at this time?

The old lady doesn't have a million in her hand, but she has 30 silver, so what if she just takes some out to pay off the debt for her descendants?Could it be brought into the coffin in the future?

Even though Jia Zhen is a junior, it is not easy to express her opinion, so she looked at Jia She again, and she still exhaled more gas than breathed in, she couldn't help but sigh.

He fished in his sleeve pocket, took out 200 taels of silver, and handed it to Wang Shanbao: "This is a small sum of money I just received. Tomorrow, when the old man wakes up, he can buy whatever he wants to eat. Don't feel bad about the money. Just ask me when it’s over, although I don’t have a lot of money in my house, it’s not a problem to provide for a patient.”

In fact, this money was prepared by Jia Zhen for the tea circle. Now that Jia She is like this, he can't see the old at the top and the young at the bottom.

Jia Zhen sighed in her heart, she was so majestic on weekdays, but now she is forced to be like this by a woman, it's pitiful!

Wang Shanbao agreed and sent Jia Zhen out respectfully.Thinking about it in my mind, it is said that the old man and the old man Zhen are friends with wine and meat, but I don't want to, I can rely on them at critical moments.

Jia Zhen paced out of the house thinking about it.

For a while, I went to the upper room to discuss with You Shi: "How much water is there on the cabinet?"

Youshi was taken aback: "Except for the remaining scattered silver from the previous few months, the [-] silver that my uncle gave me has not been touched. Is this uncle going to use the silver?"

Jia Zhen nodded: "The West Mansion ransacked the treasury to pay off the debts. It is said that Brother Feng also took out the dowry. Now the whole family relies on Brother Feng to live. Today, the old man was scolded by the old lady because of the money. It's really pitiful to faint!"

Upon hearing this, You Shi said, "Oh, this Feng girl has suffered a lot, she still has two children in her stomach, and she was conceived so easily, but this happened to happen, it's really unlucky."

Jia Zhen clapped her hands: "Who's to say it's not? Seeing that Lian'er has made progress and won the favor of the emperor, our Rong'er has done well with his care. Now that something happens to the Elder Master, wouldn't it mean that our bright future will be ruined?"

Jia Zhen was worried that if Jia Amnesty died, Jia Lian would want Ding You!

Let’s talk about Jia Amnesty. He waited for Jia Zhen and his sons to leave before he got up and got out of bed, walked around the room to exercise his muscles and bones, stretched his arms and kicked his legs and cursed people: "Rong'er, that bastard, you think I'm going to die, worry His second uncle can't see me for the last time, is it that easy for me to die?"

Wang Shanbao followed with an apologetic smile: "Brother Rong is also worried about the master, as you can see, he got the prescription, so he rushed out of the house, and besides, he was worried that the second master Lian would not come back, so he was thinking of you, afraid of you, well……"

Jia She muttered, then smiled for a while: "It's not bad, after all I'm dead, there are people who are really worried about me." He frowned for a while: "Ming'er moved Brother Cong out of the eldest wife's room, and he is still there when he is half a child." Let him move to Qinfangyuan tomorrow, and tell his attendant that he is not allowed to play in the water alone."

Wang Shanbao knew that this was something wrong with his wife today, how could he find a way out before his husband died?

Is this just hating her husband for not dying and wanting to be a widow?It is unbearable to put it on Wang Shanbao, if his mother-in-law dares to do this, she will be beaten to death immediately, and then kicked out.Let alone the Grand Master?

Wang Shanbao couldn't help gloating in his heart, it seemed that the eldest wife was going to be in trouble again.

Sure enough, Jia Amnesty said again: "The old lady over there is not feeling well, you go and tell the lady, tell her to come over to take care of her today, and come back when the old lady recovers."

Mrs. Xing was doing well with the old lady these days, seeing that the old lady never left her mouth, she simply sent her over to please the old lady.

Wang Shanbao responded with a series of voices.

Jia She then grabbed a pair of walnuts from his armpit and laughed all the way tossing them, "Hey, I didn't expect that 20 taels of silver would be of some use to you!"

But it turned out that Jia Amnesty held the walnut under his armpit and secretly squeezed his pulse. No wonder the old doctor who has been there for many years can't see the symptoms.

But she said that Yuanyang came to the East Hospital and heard that the imperial physician was checking the pulse, so she didn't dare to disturb her, so she quietly went to talk to the eldest wife Xing.

These days, Mrs. Xing gets along pretty well with the girls in Jiamu's room, especially with the girls in Yuanyang.

Seeing the mandarin duck, Mrs. Xing was very friendly and hurriedly gave up her seat: "Why is Miss Yuanyang here?"

Yuanyang said: "The old lady is worried about the old man, so why don't you ask me to send you an old ginseng."

Xing's eyes lit up when she heard the words, she snatched it with her hand, opened it and looked in amazement: "Tsk tsk tsk, look at this ginseng's beard is almost full size, it must be hundreds of years to grow, right?"

Yuanyang just curled her lips in her heart, looking down on Xing's greedy mouth, her husband was about to die, and she still had the mind to plot against other people's old ginseng here.

Yuanyang was very disgusted in her heart, anyway, she would not take back the wild ginseng, it doesn't matter whether the old man or the old lady took advantage, her purpose was to inquire about the news.She doesn't care whether it's up to the cow to kill the horse or the horse to kill the cow.

Yuanyang turned around and asked Jia She: "The imperial doctor should leave now, I don't know what will happen?"

Only then did Xing shut her mouth in embarrassment: "Yeah, I don't know what's wrong?"

For a while, Jia Zhen sent a little girl to come forward to report that the old man had heart palpitations. From now on, he had to eat and drink well, so that he could live well, and he couldn't be tired and angry, otherwise the consequences would be serious.

This was made up by Jia Zhen, because he didn't feel angry about Jia She's treatment. An old man who was entrusted to the throne was bullied by his younger brother and daughter-in-law.

He is also hurting others, so he used words to make the matter of the old lady getting angry and fainting the old man come true.

Sure enough, it didn't take a moment for everyone in the two houses to know that the old lady made the old man faint with anger. As for how to faint with anger, there are many versions.

It is said that the old lady held the treasury and refused to take out the money, forcing the second master Lian to borrow money from the Wang family. The old man was annoyed and asked Jia Mu for an argument, but was scolded by the old lady, and fainted from anger.

The second version is that the old lady said that the money in the treasury could not be moved, and she wanted to leave it to the second room. The second master Lian didn't get anything, so he had to sell his mother's dowry, and also sold the dowry of Lian's second grandmother. This is how the debt was paid.

Unconvinced, the elder was not convinced, and argued with the old lady, but was scolded by the old lady for disobedience and had to report to the official, the elder was so angry that he fainted.

These words were all made up by Jia Zhen's people in order to create momentum for Jia Amnesty and make Jia's mother lose the hearts of the people before she complained.

The next day when Jia Lian returned to the mansion, the mansion was already full of turmoil. Although the old lady didn't say she wanted to sue, she cried and wiped her tears and wanted to go back to Jinling. Jia Zheng and Baoyu stubbornly stopped her.

Jia's mother just refused to obey, and she wanted to wait for the big house to come to make an apology.

Jia Zheng couldn't persuade him, so he had to send someone to look for Jia Lian.

Jia's mother calculated the time when Jia Lian would return to the mansion, and then she started to act out, in order to see Jia Lian's attitude.

When Jia Lian came out of the palace, Jia Rong told her that her father was seriously ill and would die, and that she was waiting to see her for the last time.

As soon as I arrived at Rongning Street, I was stopped by Jia Zheng's people, saying that the old lady was going back to Jinling.

Zhao Liangdong got Jia Lian's instructions not to disturb Sister Feng in anything, so he ordered people to guard the courtyard gate of Xuancao Hall to stop the old lady's people, but he himself came to the Chuihua Gate to guard, waiting for Jia Lian to come back and plead guilty first.

But Jia Lian was blocked by Jia Rong early in the morning to report the news. When he learned that Jia She was seriously ill, he was very puzzled. Jia Lian knew very well about Jia She's body. Taking care of Jia Amnesty, a bowl of Lingshui soup is served every day.

Logically, no matter how poor Jia Amnesty's health is, he wouldn't get dizzy after being scolded by Jia's mother.

In the end, I met Jia Zheng who sent someone to say that Jia's mother was messing around and wanted to go back to Jinling.

If Jia's mother really went back, this would be a stain on Jia Lian's official career. People would not say that Jia's mother was too partial and went back angrily after being exposed, but would say that Jia's mother returned home because of the disobedience of Jia Lian's father and son. In my hometown, I am old and have nothing to support.

In this way, even if Jia Mu evacuated the Rongguo Mansion, people would not say that Jia Mu was partial, but would accuse Jia Lian.

This is the reality of the society. Monarchs, ministers, fathers and sons, everyone has no choice. The younger generation must meet the needs of the elders to the greatest extent within their ability, otherwise it is disobedience and unfilial piety.

Although the Rongguo Mansion is in debt, the Rongguo Mansion has not collapsed after all, and you Jia pardoned Jia Lian even if you beg for food, you have to support Jia Mu comfortably. This is filial piety.

Because of this, Jia's mother settled for the big house and emptied the big house to fill the second room.

Apart from pretending to be crazy and crying, Jia She really didn't dare to do anything else.

Even so, Jia Amnesty is still unable to step down.

Mother Jia, who is like an old fox, probably guessed that Jia She is not seriously ill and will not die. Or, Mother Jia suspects that he is simply pretending to be sick. Otherwise, where would he have the energy to organize himself?

In fact, it wasn't Jia Amnesty who did it, it was too late for him to hide, it was a rumor that Jia Zhen helped create.

Now Mother Jia doesn't sue, but she wants to go back to Jinling. This is a murder with a soft knife.

When Jia Lian met this guy when he returned home, he couldn't laugh or cry. He was about to share the joy of being debt-free and light-weight with his family, but there was already a big drama in the house.

Helpless, Jia Lian had to go to Jia's mother to fight the fire first. Fortunately, Jia Lian had a trump card, and he brought back good news.

Gu Shangshu was also quick-talking, the Holy Majesty was very pleased when he learned the news that Jia's family had repaid the debt last night.

Jia Lian is commendable for his loyalty and can be reused.

Mrs. Shi even took out her private property and sold it. She is really a good subject who cares about the country and the people, and a good mother and grandmother who cherishes her children.

Today, I decided to issue an edict to praise Mrs. Shi, and wrote a plaque with my own hand: "Heirloom of poetry and etiquette!"

The empress dowager was rewarded after hearing the news, and the eunuchs arrived shortly thereafter.

When Jia Lian arrived at the Rongguo Mansion, he congratulated him without asking whether he was right or wrong: "Congratulations, old lady, congratulations to the old lady. The emperor issued an edict to commend you for teaching your children well, managing your family well, and understanding righteousness. It will be delivered, you should put it on quickly, grandson will go to prepare the incense table and get ready to receive the order!"

If you delay receiving the order, you will offend the angel and you will be guilty of a great crime.

Although they are eunuchs, they are the spokespersons of the emperor, just like imperial envoys.It's enough for Jia's house to drink a pot if you go back and crook your mouth.

After hearing this, Mother Jia didn't dare to make trouble anymore. She dared to do whatever she wanted in the Rongguo Mansion. When she got out of this door, she didn't dare to say a word or take an extra step when she came out of this door, especially to the royal family.

Mother Jia cherishes her reputation very much, and cherishes the glory and wealth in front of her eyes.

Yuanyang winks at Jia Lian, indicating that she will take care of the old lady.

Jia Lian went home and ordered Zhao Liangdong and Lin Zhixiao to clean up the Rongxi Hall quickly, prepare the incense table, open the middle door and the door of ceremonies, and prepare to welcome the imperial envoy.

He himself quickly took a bath and changed his clothes, and briefly explained to Sister Feng, dressed neatly, and was ready to receive the order.

Jia Lian went back to Rongqing Hall to accompany Jia Mu to Rongxi Hall.

In a short while, the Imperial Palace imperial envoy arrived at the gate of the mansion. Jia Lian led the men of the whole family to the gate of the mansion to welcome the imperial envoy into the mansion, and then led the imperial envoy to the Rongxi Hall.

Here the imperial envoy issued an imperial decree, and Jia Mu led Li Wan and Yingchun Tanchun to kneel down to accept the decree.

Afterwards, the little eunuch took off the red silk from the imperial plaque and hung it on the nave amidst the sound of firecrackers and music.

There are four golden characters on the plaque: "Heirloom of Poetry and Rites".

Then, the eunuch picked up the tone and recited the emperor's eulogy, to the effect that it commended Jia's mother for teaching her children well, caring for the country and so on.

After the imperial decree, there was another royal seal, Jia Lian's honorary title to his grandmother as a grandson. In fact, this did not mean much to Jia's mother.However, Jia Lian's request for the seal is the recognition and affirmation of Jia's mother.

This patent is more honor than benefit.

At the same time, there is also the order of Sister Feng. Sister Feng is conferred as a fourth-rank respecter. From then on, Sister Feng will also participate in all sacrifices and congratulations in the palace.

Because the emperor knew that Jia's mother was old and Sister Feng was pregnant, there was no need to enter the palace to thank her!

So, Mother Jia and Sister Feng knelt down at home and kowtowed in the direction of the palace to thank them!

Sister Feng here has just finished receiving the order, Jia Lian is greeting the eunuch who issued the order to have tea, and there is another imperial envoy at the door.

Jia Lian hurriedly went to the door to greet him again, but this time a special imperial envoy was ushered in, and it was Zhen Yinglian, the cousin of Ningshou Palace.

Jia Lian was overjoyed, knowing that Jia's mother would be too embarrassed to make a fuss today.

While Jia Lian greeted Zhen Yinglian and the eunuchs accompanying her inside, she sent someone to send the news of Zhen Yinglian's arrival to the mansion to tell Sister Daiyu Yingchun.

For a while, Zhen Yinglian and her party arrived at Rongxi Hall.

This time, Zhen Yinglian was wearing palace attire, wearing a phoenix hairpin on her head, with willow eyebrows and starry eyes, her fragrant cheeks were like snow, her cherry lips and her nose were beautiful, and she was awarding rewards with proper etiquette.

The end is good looks and good manners.

In addition to commending Jiamu, the emperor and the empress dowager also had a long string of rewards, such as a handful of jade ruyis, ten strings of incense beads, ten strings of agates, etc. These are just valuables, so I won't go into details.

Jia Mu led Daiyu to salute and receive the order.

National laws and family etiquette cannot be exempted, but Zhen Yinglian personally helped Jia's mother up after she finished thanking her: "Congratulations, old lady, the poems and rituals will be passed on for generations to come!"

Tears welled up in Jia's mother's eyes, she grabbed Zhen Yinglian and didn't know what to say for a moment, she just nodded repeatedly: "Okay, okay!"

I don't know who to praise!

Seeing Zhen Yinglian dressed like this, Daiyu immediately felt a sense of distance. She stood far away and smiled at Zhen Yinglian, not like she used to rush forward to make out with her sisters.

Zhen Yinglian frowned, she knew the crux of the matter by looking left and right, she waved her hand, and ordered the eunuch and aunt who followed the decree: "You go back to the palace first, you should know that the empress dowager has allowed me to live in Jia's mansion for a few days!"

The little eunuchs retreated after hearing the words and saluting, leaving only an aunt carrying a package and a little girl standing together.

Zhen Yinglian was very surprised: "Aunt Zhu Yun, why don't you leave?"

Aunt Zhu Yun stepped forward to salute: "This servant is ordered by the Empress Dowager to serve the girl personally. This little girl is called Hui Xin, and she was brought here by the servant to serve the girl."

Zhen Yinglian frowned: "You are not serving the empress dowager. If you are gone, isn't there a shortage of people in front of the empress dowager?"

Zhu Yun saluted again: "The empress dowager knew that Juying was negligent last time and made the girl wronged. She had been sent to Xinzheku by the empress dowager to do rough work. The empress did not trust others to serve her, so she sent a slave to serve the girl. , The Empress Dowager ordered that the servants will follow the girl from now on, even if the girl gets married in the future, the servants will also marry the aunt."

The little girl was also busy going forward to kowtow to pay her respects: "Greetings to the girl, the maidservant's name is Huixin, she is 12 years old this year, from now on the girl will be the master of the maidservant, the Empress Dowager ordered that the maidservant will follow you to your in-law's house."

Zhen Yinglian is 12 years old this year, but her real age is only [-] years old.Hearing this, he blushed: "Okay, who asked you!"

After saying that, he ran away, and pulled Daiyu to chat and laugh: "Sister Lin, I brought you a lot of fun things. Aren't you a sheep? I got a set of jasper zodiac signs in the queen mother's palace. One of them A jasper lamb sculpture, I thought of you when I saw it, so I brought it to you, I'll show you later, it's really cute! It's even cuter than my little rabbit."

After finishing speaking, he smiled and pulled Xichun: "Your little monkey has it too!"

Zhen Yinglian looked back at Yingchun Tanchun and apologized: "I'm sorry for the second and third sisters, there is only one zodiac sign in this set, because the third sister is the same age as Lin and the second sister is the same age as me. I am a special gift from the empress dowager, not good. For the second sister, therefore, I prepared the red incense beads that the Koryo Kingdom paid tribute to the second sister and the third sister, it is said that wearing them on the hands will make the skin fragrant!"

Xichun is very happy, and Yingchun Tanchun won't blame her, as long as Zhen Yinglian doesn't get her ambitions, it's enough to be rampant, how can she care about some things!

Zhen Yinglian chatted with Daiyu and the other girls for a while, and then she said goodbye to Jiamu.

After standing for a while, Sister Feng's back was sore and her back hurt. Even if she was happy, she couldn't stand anymore. She also apologized, and Ping'er helped her back.

Then Jia Lian walked up to Mother Jia and knelt down and kowtowed: "My lord behaved improperly and disturbed the old lady. My grandson is here to kowtow to you on behalf of the lord to make amends. The lord didn't mean to disobey you. He was also punished in the Ministry of Household today. I feel a little useless, and I think of some past events, I just can't think about it for a while, please forgive me once."