Chapter 36 The thirty-sixth day after being reborn as Lady Jia

"Grandmother, my brother has written to me." Madam Wang had a look of joy on her face, obviously because of her brother's letter. "It seems my sister-in-law is about to go to Beijing, but she won't be able to make it to the master's birthday, so she's sending the gift back first.

" The old lady took the letter, and she guessed that Wang Ziteng's wife might have come back for something other than Wang Xifeng's matter, and asked, "How are the preparations for the birthday going?" "

The master doesn't want a big thing, but he wants our two families to get together. I've asked someone to invite a troupe, and everything else has been prepared." Madam Wang said, and then mentioned, "The master asked someone to prepare an outer study for Baoyu some time ago, and it should be ready now."

"Well, he's doing well in his studies now, and we should hire a proper teacher for him." The old lady said this because she knew that Jia Baoyu was also studying hard at night.

But Mrs. Wang didn't know. She felt guilty after hearing this. She knew exactly why the outer study was being prepared. She was afraid that Baoyu would be lazy in studying again. "The teacher before seems to be coming back. The master may want Baoyu to study with him."

The old lady frowned. She felt that the teacher was not very good, otherwise Jia Baoyu would not have memorized the Four Books so far.

However, thinking of Jia Baoyu's small stove in the evening, she didn't say anything and turned her attention back to the letter.

"It was a letter written by Wang Ren to Wang Ziteng, telling about Wang Xifeng."

"Wang Xifeng's parents are in the south, and only Wang Ziteng can settle her affairs. However, Wang Ziteng couldn't come back, so he recommended Jia Yucun. "

"People do things!"

"He repeatedly pleaded for Wang Xifeng in the letter, and sent a list with the letter, all of which were precious toys and jewelry, seemingly to apologize."

"Tsk tsk, the Wang family is really rich. '

'Otherwise, how can it be said that "the East Sea lacks a white jade bed, and the Dragon King invites the King of Jinling"①. '

'I see, in Wang Ziteng's letter, he still seems to be a little dissatisfied with the anchor's making a fuss. '

'Which eye did you see, you are talking nonsense. '

'Did you see that, "Lady Shi forgave Feng because she was young and inexperienced, and had not made a big mistake", she did not realize the audacity of her niece at all. '

'Then what else can be done? We can't really divorce her. ' '

Anyway, the Wang family is not a good thing. '

'I should have waited for Wang Xifeng to do something before sending her back. ' '

The key is that if she really did something, it would be too late. It can only be said that the whole family despises the royal power in the same way, and the upper beam is not straight and the lower beam is crooked. '

'Didn't his nephew Wang Ren almost sell Qiaojie? '

'What a black heart. '

'Fortunately, this time, Wang Xifeng has money on hand, and Mrs. Wang has reorganized the mansion, so the public is not in deficit, so she has not resorted to usury with the monthly salary. '

...

The old lady scanned this information and said lightly, "I know." She put away the letter, "The day before the birthday, you ask Lian to pick her up."

She decided to leave the "Xiangling matter" completely to Lin Ruhai. Whether Lin Ruhai decided to submit a memorial to apologize, or not mention it, or offend the Wang family, she followed.

Wang Ziteng and Yuanchun both died suddenly in the Red Mansion, and their deaths were somewhat strange.

In this case, the old lady wanted to test whether Wang Ziteng would be alert or restrained when he knew the reason why the old lady drove Wang Xifeng back. But Wang Ziteng's approach was to send a list of apology gifts. Especially for Jia Yucun, he even repeatedly recommended him to go to Beijing. This made the old lady realize that she could not count on the Wang family.

In this way, the old lady could only tear the Wang family and Jia Yucun apart.

After that, the days passed quickly.

In the blink of an eye, it was Jia Zheng's birthday.

On this day, the Jia Mansion was decorated with lights and colors. The long-lost bustle also diluted the sadness of Qin Keqing's death. All those who could come to Ningguo Mansion came, and even Jia Zhen could get out of bed, but his complexion was still not good, and his eyes were dark.

I don't know if it was the inner demon that was at work.

On the contrary, when Wang Xifeng and Youshi met again, they were both indescribably calm.

During the time when Wang Xifeng was away, Mrs. Xing and Mrs. Wang were fighting like black-eyed chickens in places where no one could see, and Wang Shanbao was ambitious to take the position by relying on the confiscation of Zhou Rui's family.

In many places in the mansion, managers were frequently transferred, and some of the maids and servants were panicked.

But the only thing that Mrs. Wang and Mrs. Xing wanted most, the management and operation rights of the other four farms, was held tightly by the old lady. Even if Wang Xifeng came back, the old lady did not give it to Wang Xifeng immediately.

Wang Xifeng was consciously much more low-key.

On Jia Zheng's birthday, the four kings and eight dukes all came to give gifts.

Wang Ziteng's wife had not yet arrived in Beijing, but Wang Ren came on behalf of the Wang family to give gifts. Lin Ruhai also sent Lin Zhong to express his feelings, while Lin Daiyu gathered with a few sisters at the second gate.

The old lady met Lin Zhong and whispered a few words to him.

In the midst of the excitement, there was a sudden noise outside. The female family members were surprised, but saw a servant running straight in, panting and reporting, "Old, old ancestor, it's not good. Someone from the palace has summoned the second master to the palace for an audience."

For a moment, except for the old lady, everyone was in a commotion.

The old lady scolded, "Why are you panicking!"

Perhaps it was the old lady's calmness that infected everyone. Although Mrs. Wang and others were still uneasy, not knowing whether this summons was a good thing or a bad thing, they finally calmed down.

The old lady then ordered the servant to repeat the situation outside, and waited for the servant to finish speaking quickly before saying, "Wait for news, and let Lai Dayi report back immediately if there is any situation."

"Yes."

At this time, netizens were waiting just like the old lady and the others.

"Ahhh, it's finally Yuanchun's turn to visit her parents." "

There has been no footage of Yuanchun, and I don't know what Yuanchun's life has been like since the old lady entered the palace last time."

"Yuan Ying sighed, the other three were fine with the anchor, but Yuanchun really had to struggle alone in the palace. "

"There is no way, this is not a palace fight, otherwise I could help."

"Promoted to the Shangshu of Fengzao Palace, and the title of Xiande Fei, I never understood what level this is."

"Actually, I don't understand, I just think it's awesome." '

'This rank seems to be fabricated by Cao Gong. In addition, it is speculated that "Xian De Fei" is actually a noble concubine'

...

Just as everyone was anxiously waiting, Lai Da hurriedly came with people to report, "Grandpa, great joy, our eldest daughter has been named the Shangshu of Fengzao Palace and the Xian De Fei. The master asked you to quickly bring the ladies to the palace to thank the grace."

As soon as the words fell, Mrs. Wang was nervous, excited, and unbelievable. She stepped forward, "Say it again."

Lai Da was also very happy and hurriedly said it again.

Mrs. Wang grabbed Wang Xifeng's hand, "Okay, okay, okay..."

At this time, only Mrs. Xing opened her mouth, widened her eyes, and shrank back after hearing it.

Here, before Mrs. Wang could continue to be excited, the old lady ordered in an orderly manner, "Go back and put on your court clothes." She had been preparing for this day for a long time, and even had the mood to joke with netizens, "I'll take you to the palace again."

"What's the big deal about the palace? Seeing the imperial robes worn by you, the anchor, is a real feast for the eyes."

"Which big guy restored the imperial robes this time? I'll reserve one for my collection on Taobao."

"Pfft, this is not easy. I heard that the embroidery patterns on this imperial robe are very particular."

"We have even built the Ning and Rong mansions. It's just a few clothes. We can make them sooner or later. Maybe we can experience it in modern society in the future and take photos in the imperial robes."

"23333, the upstairs has an idea."

The old lady also smiled. To be honest, she was shocked when she saw the Ning and Rong mansions built by the big guys in reality two years ago.

Now, the Ning and Rong mansions have begun to be used as tourist attractions and charge admission.

With the netizens' clamor, the old lady put on the imperial robes for the second time with the help of Yuanyang.

When she came out, Wang Furen and other female relatives had already packed up, and even Aunt Xue came, but she had no imperial decree, and this was a happy event for the Jia family, so she could only stand aside to congratulate. The

old lady brought a group of people, under the guidance of the eunuchs sent from the palace, first went to thank the emperor and the empress, and then went to thank the emperor for his grace, and then went to see Jia Yuanchun.

Jia Yuanchun, when the old lady saw her a few years ago, although she was calm, she could still be seen as a youthful girl.

Now, she was only seen sitting at the top, wearing a palace dress that was elegant and luxurious, with excitement in her eyes and about to shed tears, but in the end she just smiled faintly, stretched out her hand slightly, and said, "No need to be polite."

Then a palace servant helped the old lady up first.

"Only twenty-five or twenty-six years old, it feels like a sense of old age."

"It seems that life in the palace is really not easy."

The old lady also sighed in her heart.

Because they were not allowed to stay in the palace for long, the group met Jia Yuanchun, received some rewards, and then returned to leave the palace.

After leaving the palace, Mrs. Wang couldn't help but wet her eyes. I think, as a mother, she was the most touched. In the past few years, although the family sent money to the palace from time to time, it was difficult to see her.

Fortunately, Mrs. Wang's sadness turned into joy after a while. In addition, because the imperial edict had said that "every 2nd and 6th day of each month in the future", she could enter the palace to visit her daughter, and she was looking forward to Jia Yuanchun's grace even more.

Therefore, when Mrs. Xing looked over, Mrs. Wang had recovered, and even her eyebrows were raised, and Wang Xifeng was also very happy.

But Wang Xifeng's happiness only lasted until the evening, because that night, Jia Lian received a call for the guards, and that night he was dragged out of the quilt by two guards, who left a sentence "The commander has ordered to send troops to suppress the bandits", and dragged Jia Lian, who was still panicked and confused, away.

Until then, Wang Xifeng screamed and rushed to Rongqing Hall with people to find the old lady, "Grandma, grandma, the second master has been captured!"

Um, um, the old lady woke up suddenly.

The moment she woke up, she vaguely heard the echo of "Big Brother, Big Brother, the master has been captured by the monster." It was not until Yuanyang lit the candle, came in front of her, and called softly, "Grandma, grandma..." that the old lady gradually woke up.

She put on a coat and stood up, frowning, "What's going on?"

Yuanyang hurriedly helped her put on her clothes, "It seems that Second Madam Lian is here."

When the old lady led people into the inner hall and saw Wang Xifeng, she knew what had happened.

For a moment, the old lady, Yuanyang and other maids all looked at Wang Xifeng with complicated expressions. Wang Xifeng was still anxious, "Grandma, what should we do? Did the second master do something outside?"

As she said this, she suddenly thought that maybe the incident of taking the name card last time was exposed

. In an instant, Wang Xifeng's face turned pale, "What should I do?" She staggered, "Grandma, you must save the second master. It's all my fault. I deserve to die!"

Thinking of Jia Lian being implicated by her and being charged with a crime, she regretted and was sad, and couldn't help sobbing.

The old lady had a hard time figuring out what Wang Xifeng was thinking. When she figured it out, she was angry again.

"Okay, stop crying. Yuanyang, you go and have someone drag the eldest master out for me." The old lady gritted her teeth and said it was all this bastard.

The guard post, besides the military guard post of Duke Anguo, there is also another

one. On the side, Amber and others got the instruction from the old ancestor and told the panicked Wang Xifeng and Ping'er the whole story. Wang Xifeng and Ping'er were stunned, "Second Master, Second Master is going to join the army"

Not to mention Wang Xifeng, even Ping'er couldn't believe it.

Yes, the old lady remembered it at this time, so she arranged for Jia Qiang to follow Jia Lian; in addition, Jia Lian would have to run around for the construction of the Grand View Garden in the future.

Now that the person has been dragged away, where can she find

Fu to run errands!

The more she thought about it, the angrier the old lady became.

Therefore, when Jia She came to Rongqing Hall with sleepy eyes, the old lady couldn't help it anymore, and she picked up a sandalwood cane and hit Jia She, which startled Jia She and made him jump up and immediately sober up and screamed "Ah".

"You bastard, look at what you have done. Why don't you join the army yourself? You are old and have no plans. Do you know what you are doing? If I had known earlier, I should have retrained you!"

Bah, no, Jia Mu should retrain Jia She.

Although Jia She didn't understand what happened, he was experienced in being beaten, and the first thing he did was to run. While running, he asked innocently: "Old lady, what's wrong? What did I do wrong again?"

"What did I do wrong? Did you know that Brother Lian joined the army to suppress bandits?"

"This, shouldn't I have thought of this earlier?" Jia She stopped in confusion and was hit by the old lady.

"Ah!" This sound resounded throughout the Jia Mansion.

In an instant, the candles in the Jia Mansion were lit up, and the lights were bright.

After a while, footsteps came one after another. As soon as

Jia Zheng entered the yard, he saw his mother chasing his eldest brother vigorously, and his mouth grew into an "O" shape in an instant. To be honest, although he knew that his elder brother had been beaten by his mother, he had never seen his mother so... so flexible.

Mrs. Wang was not surprised, she had inquired about it a long time ago.

As for Jia Zheng, it was not until Mrs. Xing came and stepped forward anxiously to dissuade him, chanting "Grandma, Grandma, stop beating, stop beating..." that he came to his senses and hurriedly stopped his old mother.

But he couldn't help but be more afraid of his mother.

About a quarter of an hour later, everyone sat in the inner hall.

The maids brought hand warmers to each master, and served tea and snacks before going down.

The old lady stretched her muscles and bones, drank a sip of tea at this time, and said comfortably, "Tell me, what results did you discuss in the afternoon?"

In the afternoon, the female family members returned to the mansion. Jia Zheng, Jia She and several other families whose daughters were noble concubines in the palace gathered together to discuss how to visit their parents.

Hearing this, before anyone else could speak, Wang Xifeng interrupted anxiously, "Grandfather, what should we do with the Second Master?"

"Since he has been taken away, what else can we blame? Just blame him for having a careless father." The old lady glared at Jia She angrily again.

Jia She had a bruised face, but he had to sit on the Huanghuali chair and listen to the lecture.

Jia Zheng tried to smooth things over, "This is a good thing. Even if it weren't for my eldest brother, he would also hope that Lian'er would have a bright future." Seeing that the old lady at the top was impatient, he quickly changed the subject, "Since the emperor's wish is to invite the phoenix carriage to the private residence, we will plan to build a

separate courtyard for the visit." "Oh," the old lady replied indifferently, "Then how much do you plan to spend on building this separate courtyard for the visit?"

[Author has something to say]

① Chapter 4: The Official Protection Talisman

Regarding the issue of "the Jia family owes silver to the national treasury", the little cutie in the comments has already analyzed it very well. Let me also say here:

1) There is no plot of "the national treasury owes silver" in "Dream of Red Mansions";

2) This article does not set this plot;

3) The reason why this stalk frequently appears in fan fiction is because the masters have integrated the affairs of the Cao family into "Dream of Red Mansions". Because this stalk has been used so many times, it has become a convention.

Thank you very much for your support, I will continue to work hard!