The Rose of the Red Chamber

The most taboo thing for an official is Ding You.

What is Ding You?

That is suspension without pay.

This is not comparable to the modern "suspension without pay".

In the ancient dynasty, the court emphasized filial piety, so during the three-year filial piety period, you can be given a salary.Three years later, when you return to the court as an official, you will be given a new standard salary according to your official position.

If you can’t get on the job all the time, then well, it’s a person who is suspended without pay and waiting for employment.

The court will not issue another copper to these officials to solve the problem of food and clothing.

Ten years of studying hard in the cold window, I am grateful to my parents, and I am taught by my teacher.But what moved them the most was the emperor's kindness.

Identity, status, wealth, and beauties are all given to them by the emperor, and the prerequisite for the emperor to pay these is that you are the one who needs to be used...

Therefore, officials are also the most filial type of people.Anyone can die, only father, mother and father cannot die.

If you accidentally die, you can cover it up if you can.If you can't, you'll find a way to get the emperor's old man to win his love.

Strive for love and dedication, and resolutely do not leave the job.

After all, the competition is too great, it is too difficult to get a job, and the latecomers will come in waves every three years, one crop after another...

Jobs with good benefits and good pay are hard to find!

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Of course, the original wife can choose to die.

After all, his wife is dead, so there is no need to retreat to the imperial court.

Moreover, there are three great joys for men in middle age, promotion, fortune, and death of their wives.

Generally, when a man marries a wife, he will marry a daughter-in-law of the right family or a daughter-in-law who is not as good as his own.And at that time, the family was right, that was when the man had not yet made a fortune.

And the daughter-in-law whose status is not as good as her own, her status and upbringing, her appearance and talent are even worse.

The most important thing is that the daughter-in-laws I married at the beginning were all like them. As the years passed, each of them grew old like a shrunken cucumber.

When a person reaches middle age, even if he has a seniority, he can reach a certain official rank. At this time, if he is reborn, his status must be higher than that of his original partner.

And you can marry a young and beautiful...

Getting married and enjoying the grace of a beautiful woman, so for a man who is an official, the death of his wife is a very profitable thing.

And if I die, it's like the sky is falling.

Why did I cry so sad when I was gone?

It is estimated that most of the sadness is directed at retreating to the imperial defense system.

The filial piety of parents lasts for three years.

In three years, how many people will occupy his position, and how many Jinshi candidates will compete for the post?

Jia Lian had never thought about these things before.But since the real shortage, because these people are not in front of his eyes, Jia Lian, who has always been short-sighted to myopic, can't think of this.Today, I saw Baoyu at the banquet of the Lin family, so I started to worry about these things.

However, the traffic was not developed at this time, and the two of them deliberately avoided the second room of the Jia family, so they didn't leave any correspondence addresses.

So when Jia's mother was gone, Jia Lian was still arguing with Wang Xifeng because of Xinna's aunt.

As for whether Jia Zheng is still alive or whether Mrs. Wang became a monk and disappeared, neither of them knew anything.

After seeing Baoyu, Jia Lian subconsciously scanned the entire hall, and when he didn't find Jia Zheng, he felt a thump in his heart.

"Bao, brother Bao, why didn't you see the master?" Could it be that he went back to Jinling and didn't go back to the capital?

or already...

Baoyu was startled, and looked at Jia Lian in amazement. Their masters had committed a crime and returned to Jinling after receiving the imperial edict.

"The master is still guarding the ancestral grave in Jinling, and has never come to Beijing." Although he didn't understand why Jia Lian asked such a question, Baoyu answered honestly.

Hearing this, Jia Lian secretly breathed a sigh of relief, fortunately, she is still alive.

"Brother Bao went to the capital alone? Can the old lady and wife rest assured that Brother Bao will come out like this?"

Baoyu sighed and said, "Since the old lady left, the wife has become a monk. Later, she traveled around, and I don't know where she is at this time." Even if their wives are worried about him, they don't care about him now. He is gone.

When Jia Lian heard this, he almost couldn't catch his breath.

Old lady, have you gone?

When did it happen?

Why doesn't he know how to pinch?

Glancing at Baoyu and Jia Cong sitting here, Jia Lian thought it must have happened at least three years ago.Otherwise, it is impossible for these two people of the same status as him to come to this wedding banquet.

Thinking of this, Jia Lian breathed a sigh of relief.

so far so good.At least this time, returning to Beijing to report on his work will not be delayed by this incident.

Jia Lian was happy when he thought that his nominal mother had become a monk.

Those who become monks are regarded as outsiders.The big event of ransacking the family and exterminating the clan can be avoided.Not to mention the matter of life and death, even if he dies in the future, he doesn't need to keep his filial piety.

Moreover, if one becomes a monk, then one dies and dies, which is called passing away.

"Since my wife has become a monk, has she applied for a legal title?" Only with this thing can one be regarded as a real monk, or else just like the respectful uncle in the East Mansion.

Amateur Taoist nuns are not recognized by the imperial court.When you die, you still have to be filial.

Baoyu twitched the corner of his mouth, looked at Jia Lian's burning eyes and nodded stiffly, "Well, there are dharma names and degrees." As for what the dharma name is, Baoyu is a little hard to say.

Of course, Jia Lian didn't care too much.

After hearing this, Jia Lian's expression became more and more relaxed. Baoyu sat opposite Jia Lian. Although he didn't know what Jia Lian was thinking of, he also knew that it should not be something he could think of.

At this time, Baoyu, who was not Amon under Wu, did not ask Jia Lian why he hadn't contacted Jinling for so many years.

That home was also what he wanted to escape from.

"Is sister Feng here too? I haven't seen you for many years. How are sister and Qiao'er? How is my eldest nephew?"

Seeing that Baoyu changed the subject on his own initiative, Jia Lian also turned around knowingly, and talked about the family.

"Okay, everything is fine. Your sister is here too, and she has entered the inner courtyard just now, and your nephews and nieces are also fine...".At this time, Jia Lian had not only a pair of sons and daughters born from the concubine, but also several from the concubine.

Asking Baoyu if she has any children under her knees now, seeing Baoyu shaking her head, Jia Lian proudly introduced her children to Baoyu, what about the ones from the concubine, and so on from the concubine.

Baoyu heard this, but for some reason he thought of Jia Huan, the third younger brother of the concubine whom the old lady and his father placed high hopes on.

Jia Zhen is his elder brother, and Jia Huan and Jia Rong, who came from the second sister You, are brothers, so they are of the same generation, so what if they are not nephews.

Baoyu glanced at the lively wedding banquet, then at Jia Lian in front of him, thought for a while, and whispered, "Second Brother Lian, you probably don't know yet. Second Sister You was pregnant when she married our master. Brother Zhen's flesh and blood, Huan'er is actually the child of Brother Zhen and Second Sister You."

Baoyu thought that this person could be regarded as adopted under his mother's name, and he could be regarded as his own brother, so it was necessary to let him know about this matter.

So, Jia Lian knew about it, and then Jia Lian was confused.

Not only was he confused by Jia Huan's background, but he was even more confused by the fact that his aunts, especially the one he loved the most, were not innocent when they followed him.

And those babies who were born prematurely...

Jia Lian glanced at Baoyu, then at the red decorations, and finally lowered his head, looking at the rare green leafy vegetables on the table, unable to recover for a long time...

My face hurts.

He seemed to be showing off to Baoyu just now that he had more children and more blessings...

......

Even though he was no longer Wuxia Ameng, Baoyu, who was still naive and natural, once again helped his cousin Wang Xifeng out of nowhere.

Because Zhaidou's several victories and losses were all on those premature children.

With Baoyu's words today, when Jia Lian thinks about the premature birth of a few concubine children, the first thing that Jia Lian thinks of will never be his jealous and cruel daughter-in-law, but the color of the hat.

And because of Baoyu's move, Wang Xifeng faintly took root in Jia Lian's back house.

Those aunts who had provoked her also became respectful to Wang Xifeng after discovering Jia Lian's attitude.

On Jia Lian's side, because of Jia Cong's sourness and grievances, he was scared away by Baoyu.Now my mind is full of dirty things in my own backyard.

Sister Feng is in the backyard, but she doesn't know what's going on here.Still smiling gently and magnanimously at the Xing family and the future Xiao Xing family, while talking to the wife of the royal family on this table.

Seeing this, Tanchun was so happy that he stopped eating and disappeared among the wives and grandmas.But Liu Xianglian, who had something on her mind, lost her leisurely mood.

He looked at Jia Lian who was talking to Baoyu, but thought of Jia Lian's wife.

Liu Xianglian was very worried that Jia Lian's wife would recognize her again.

In the old year, Shi Xiangyun was so frightened that he almost did something to kill people.If there was another family recognition meeting today, he probably wouldn't dare to take his wife out for a walk again.

Because of the sudden visit of Jia Lian and his wife, Liu Xianglian didn't enjoy the wedding banquet very much. Seeing that the time was almost up, she excused something and asked someone to go inside to call Tanchun, and the couple hurried along with the other guests who were about to leave. Leaving the Lin family.

When she got home, Liu Xianglian went back to Chang'an County with ease.

Tanchun looked at this man who looked nervous for her with a smile, and stepped forward to hug him.

What are you afraid of, old man?

A dead pig is not afraid of boiling water, so she has nothing to be afraid of.

Huh?Bah, bah, bah, what kind of metaphors are these.

"Don't worry about those who have nothing. I am Jiangling. Everyone in the world knows this. Isn't it said that Liu Jiang's family is a model of women's morality today...Jia Lian and his wife are nothing to worry about. With our family today If you want to get rid of these two, it’s not like plucking hair...but it’s time to go back to Chang’an, I haven’t seen those three little girls for a few days, I really miss them.”

Before becoming a mother, I really never experienced the feeling of thinking about children.Tanchun felt that since she became a mother herself, she has become more filial to Zhao Xiuning.

The behavior that used to make her jump from time to time has changed from three meals a day to once a day.

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Liu Xianglian saw that Tanchun took the initiative to throw herself into her arms, and after hearing Tanchun's comforting words, someone who had always believed in her daughter-in-law was relieved at once, and then looked down at her daughter-in-law who had become plump since she gave birth. The delicate body without the waist is gone, and the mind is lost.

As a man, women have taken the initiative to do this, and he can no longer do nothing.

If you don't act, you're not a man.

After thinking about it, Liu Xianglian picked up her daughter-in-law and went back to the inner room.Prepare to have a game like this.

"Wait a minute, I still have something to ask you." Seeing that Liu Xianglian was about to take off her hairpin and take off her big clothes, Tanchun quickly pressed his big paw and looked at him with raised eyebrows. .

Liu Xianglian: "..." I have a bad feeling.

The author has something to say: I don’t know why, but I always feel that Baochai in the original book should be assigned to Jia Yucun.

Chai... wait for time to fly.