Author: My little carp

Jia Mansion.

The two houses of Rongning have changed their door gods, couplets, signs, and peach charms, giving them a completely new look.

From the main gate, the ceremonial gate, the hall, the warm pavilion, the inner hall, the inner three gates, the inner ceremonial gate and the inner gate, to the main hall, the main entrance is wide open, and the steps on both sides are brightly lit with vermilion, like two golden dragons.

Backyard, upper room.

The floor is covered with red felt, and there is a large gilt and enamel fire pot with a three-legged loach with a nose. The front kang is covered with new scarlet felt, and there are backrest pillows with red embroidered clouds and dragons holding longevity, and there are also black fox fur ones outside.

The baggage was put on it, and the big white fox fur was used as a mattress.

Please take a seat, Mother Jia.

Leather mattresses were spread on both sides for two or three sisters-in-law of Jia Mu's generation to sit on.

There are twelve carved lacquer chairs facing each other on both sides of the ground. They are all chinchilla chairs with small mattresses. Under each chair is a large copper foot stove for Baoyu, Lin Daiyu and other sisters to sit.

After having tea, Jia Jing led his disciples in.

Jia Mu smiled and said, "It's hard for you this year, so why don't you be polite?"

While talking, the men and women all performed the ceremony together. Chairs were set up on the left and right sides, and then they sat down in order of elder and younger to receive the ceremony.

The men, women, servants, and maids of the two houses also went up and down to pay homage, dispersed New Year's money, purses, gold and silver coins, and set out for a festive banquet.

The men sat down in the east and the women in the west presented Tusu wine, acacia soup, auspicious fruits, and wishful cakes. When everything was completed, Jia Mu got up and went into the inner room to change clothes, and everyone dispersed.

Incense is burned in front of the Kitchen King in various Buddhist halls. In the courtyard of Mrs. Wang's main room, there is a heaven and earth paper horse incense offering. There are also large bright-corner lanterns on the main entrance of the Grand View Garden, two rows of lights, and there are street lights everywhere.

The people above and below were all dressed up in colorful clothes, and the whole night was noisy, with people talking, laughing, and firecrackers setting off.

Outside the house, Sun Shaozu and others were running around, busy, and from time to time he showed concern and greetings to Yingchun outside the door, making him envious of other girls.

Even Xue Baochai has some taste for it.

The King of Beijing was a scholar, and the couple usually treated each other with respect and treated each other with eyebrows. How could Sun Shaozu be so polite and friendly?

Even he was a dignified commander of the imperial army, running around like a little butler, busy with Jia's family.

Wang Xifeng walked over and pinched Yingchun's pretty face: "Look, everyone, this Yingchun has one word now: Run.

Our sister is really married to a good husband. Even while working, he doesn't forget to come over and say hello. I'm afraid he takes good care of our sister and my younger sister in the room, right?"

As he said this, Wang Xifeng raised his eyebrows. It was obvious that this sister meant something profound. The women immediately became shy and made a sound. Mother Jia repeatedly scolded Feng for being a hottie. She was not ashamed.

Wang Xifeng didn't think it was strange, but felt proud.

His second uncle is now the prime minister. Not to mention making some erotic jokes today, even if he asked sister Yingchun to sleep with her, Sun Shaozu would probably have to agree with a smile.

Today, she is already the niece of the prime minister, which is different from the past!

Yingchun's face was slightly red, and Nuonuo didn't know what to say. It was too embarrassing for so many people to talk about this topic.

Jia Baoyu sat aside, looking gloomy.

This was originally his innocent and good sister, but now she not only married Sun Shaozu, a rough and strong man, but the two of them ended up falling in love in front of him.

It’s so uncomfortable!

Seeing the expression on her precious grandson's face, Jia's mother understood that young Muai, at his age, should be able to find him a real wife.

Scanning around the room, there are many girls of the Shi family, Wang family, Xue family, Jia family, and some other branches, who are about the same age as Baoyu.

But looking left and right, Jia Mu felt that there were not many of them worthy of her Qilin'er, and the one that satisfied her the most was Lin Daiyu.

Now that the four major families have Prince Teng as prime minister in their inner dynasty, they are as stable as Mount Tai.

If you are at peace internally, you will be at peace with the outside world.

If there are more feudal officials like the son-in-law Lin Ruhai to help, then not only the Jia family, but also the four major families will be afraid that they will have no official jobs and no money to spend?

She had thought about this idea many times since Xue Baochai abandoned Baoyu and became the princess. She wanted Xue Baochai to understand that not marrying Baoyu was her biggest loss!

In the future, Baoyu will have Wang Ziteng as his uncle and Lin Ruhai as his father-in-law, two powerful first-rank officials to help him. Not to mention being promoted to a higher rank, or even becoming a marquis or prime minister.

Then the Jia family will be glorious again!

He was born with a jade in his mouth, and looks like a dragon or a phoenix. His ancestors did not lie to him.

After thinking about it, Jia Mu called her granddaughter, who was sitting on the seat full of cats, to her, held her hand, and asked quietly:

"Daiyu, you are not young at your age, but do you have someone you like? If so, I will ask Uncle Baoyu to grant you a marriage when he goes to court!"

Lin Daiyu was confused and shook her head honestly: "No."

Mother Jia was overjoyed: "What do you think of Baoyu? Although he has no fame and a rough personality, he is talented and knowledgeable.

Once you get settled after marriage, you will be able to pass the imperial examination if you work hard. With your uncle and Ruhai here, your future will be bright.

And in this way, our two families will become closer and closer, which couldn’t be better.”

Lin Daiyu:

Jia Baoyu, who was sitting at the end, looked here expectantly. The laughter and voices in the room became silent. Mrs. Wang's face was even more expectant.

Obviously, the prince's promotion to prime minister gave them greater confidence. The daughter of a feudal official and the nephew of the prime minister were a match made in heaven.

After waiting for a long time, Lin Daiyu said lightly: "General."

Jia Mu was stunned: "General? What is normal?"

"I said, cousin Baoyu is very ordinary." Lin Daiyu didn't give any face.

Some things must be rejected clearly, otherwise according to the old lady's temperament, she may be confused and make things irreversible.

As soon as the words fell, the faces of everyone present instantly turned ugly.

Don’t know how to praise!

My daughter's family will marry sooner or later, not even the prime minister's nephew. Do you, Lin Daiyu, still want to marry a prince, or do you want to be a queen?

Jia Baoyu was dumbfounded.

"Average, average~" These two words were like someone shouting loudly in his ear, repeating them.

He, Jia Baoyu, is average!

"Hoo, ho~" Xue Pan suddenly rushed into the room and shouted loudly: "The Holy One has an order. When the Supreme Emperor dies, he will be treated as a national funeral. Every household is prohibited from greasy food, fireworks, fancy clothes, and fasting for three days."

day!"

Hearing this, the inner room became lively again. Mother Jia quickly raised her hands and stood up: "Quick, quick, put all those things away and put on white cloths. We women, all go to the Buddhist hall to pray for the Supreme Emperor."

Immediately, everyone quickly stood up to help.

For the four major families to have such momentum, it is completely inseparable from the support of the Supreme Emperor.

During the Emperor's "southern tour", the Jia family and the Xue family received him several times respectively. From then on, all officials in the south treated the four major families with great courtesy.

Moreover, Jia Mu was able to speak the truth in the Jia family because she had an irreversible relationship with the concubine and was able to enter the palace and talk to her. Now that the Emperor is dying, although Jia Mu is a little disappointed, she is not actually too sad.

The Supreme Emperor is no longer here, but Wang Ziteng is already a dignified cabinet scholar. As prime minister, he can protect the four major families for several more decades.

Not a big problem.

…

Inside and outside Jia's house, the servants and maids were dumbfounded when they received the news that all the decorations had been removed and replaced with white cloth and white lanterns.

In the past few days, I worked hard from morning to night and until late at night to get it done, and now I suddenly have to replace it.

Is this owner sick?

After muttering secretly, everyone got busy. Even Xue Pan went around tearing red cloth and lighting lanterns with his servants for the first time.

I have to say, demolishing a house is really fun.

Xue Pan, who was originally lifeless, finally showed a smile on his face.

Since the last time he was beaten in the Lin Mansion, he has gradually discovered that he has gradually lost the joy of being a man and is impotent.

Once this man withers, he no longer has to please any girls, he no longer has high consumption, and his body gains real freedom.

If you have more time in your life, you can try some interesting things: fishing, playing chess, playing chicken and dog fighting, or even studying.

In these days, he actually memorized an entire Analects of Confucius. Learning is really an interesting thing.

Moreover, he now sees everything very openly and no longer blames his brother-in-law for treating him badly. He is also mentally detached and has no nostalgia for the women with whom he had in-depth exchanges and verbal acquaintances.

In my daily life, I have no desires, no thoughts, and feel that everything does not matter. My health is getting better and better, and I can jump out of bed directly in the morning.

The only problem may be that I don’t want to live anymore.

Jia Baoyu walked along the corridor in the courtyard with a confused face, and pleasant conversations could be heard around him from time to time.

"Hey, Li Gui, what do you think of my display?"

"Generally, look at this."

"Jia Huan, look, the old lady gave me five taels of silver!"

"Haha, it's normal, look at me, twelve!"
To be continued...