novelraw Chapter 68 The Red Mansion
Chapter 68 The Red Mansion
Jia Lian didn't bother to say anything to Jia's mother, so she stepped back to find Jia Zheng, and told Jia Zheng about Lin Huaiyu's coming to the capital.
"The old ancestor was very angry and said that my uncle didn't take her mother-in-law seriously." Jia Lian felt that Jia's mother took herself too seriously. And let Brother Huai and the others live in Mrs. Ye's house, isn't it because Brother Huai and the others were wronged when they came to live in our house last time, how dare uncle let Brother Huai and Daiyu live in our house, after all Huai My brother and the others have grown up." Jia Lian still felt that Jia's mother didn't have a clue. "If what happened a few years ago happened again, wouldn't the reputations of Brother Huai and Daiyu be ruined?"
Hearing this, Jia Zheng sighed slightly: "For the sake of the two children, your uncle is right to let Brother Huai and the others live with Master Ye." Jia Zheng felt that Lin Ruhai did not give them Rongguo Mansion face by doing this. , but Lin Ruhai is also thinking about the two children, so it is understandable to do so. "It seems that your uncle was very concerned about Brother Huai and the others living in our house and being wronged."
"Second Uncle, can you not care?" Although it has been a few years, Jia Lian still clearly remembers what happened back then, "Brother Huai and the others were rudely taken by Baoyu on the first day they came to visit. Happy, give Brother Huai and the others a face. If you hadn't persuaded the ancestors, I'm afraid the ancestors would still blame Brother Huai and the others."
"Baoyu often said in front of Brother Huai that reading the Four Books and Five Classics to obtain fame is a luke." Jia Lian couldn't say these words in front of Jia's mother, but he could say them in front of Jia Zheng. People, "Later, Baoyu gave Daiyu rouge in disregard of the etiquette rules, but Daiyu didn't want it. The ancestors didn't blame Baoyu and let it go, but also blamed Daiyu for not accepting the rouge. Brother Huai was so angry that he took Daiyu out of the house overnight. These things are unacceptable to anyone. Besides, Brother Huai and Daiyu are the young master and young lady of the Lin family, and they have never been wronged or treated so rudely in their own family."
Jia Zheng listened to Jia Lian talking about these things, and thought that Baoyu had not made any progress in these years, but had become more and more presumptuous, and the anger in his heart burst out uncontrollably.
"Now, Daiyu is a big girl. If Baoyu still gives her rouge like a few years ago, it will really ruin Daiyu's reputation." Jia Lian also agreed to support Lin Huaiyu. They don't live in Rongguo Mansion because Jia Baoyu In the past few years, I have not become sensible and well-behaved at all, and I am as willful as I was a few years ago, "Uncle, for the sake of the reputation of Brother Huai and Daiyu, I dare not let Brother Huai and the others live in our house. Besides, Brother Huai My son came to the capital this time to study and pass the college entrance examination. He lives in our mansion. Baoyu goes to see him every day, and he will definitely disturb his study. Also, there are many people in our mansion, and there are a lot of gossip. Ye's mansion is quiet. If I were uncle, I would not let Brother Huai and the others live in our mansion."
Jia Zheng nodded slightly, agreeing with Jia Lian's statement: "You are right." If it were him, he would not dare to let his daughter live in their house.
"Second uncle, the old ancestor..." Jia Lian's expression was indescribable, "Second uncle, I said something outrageous in front of you, did the old ancestor take herself too seriously? She is my uncle's mother-in-law , and not my uncle's biological mother, she actually wanted my uncle to report everything to her, and everything had to be approved by her. Even if my uncle's biological mother was alive, she wouldn't be like the old ancestor."
Jia Zheng glared at Jia Lian sternly, "Don't say that about your ancestor."
"Second uncle, I don't want to say it either, but the old ancestor's behavior... will only make uncle and our family more and more alienated." Jia Lian suddenly thought of something, and said in surprise, "By the way, I almost forgot one thing .”
Jia Zheng was taken aback by his bluffing, and glared at Jia Lian again.
"speak politely."
Jia Lian put on a mysterious look, lowered his voice and said: "The emperor wants to give my uncle a marriage." What he said was half true and half false.Half-truth: Emperor Qinglong did ask Lin Ruhai if he wanted to marry another one, and Lin Ruhai said that he had no plans to remarry.Half false: Emperor Qinglong never said that he would give Lin Ruhai a marriage.
Jia Lian said in surprise, "What?"
"I heard Brother Huai say that the emperor wanted to marry my uncle when he saw that my uncle hadn't married again in these years." Jia Lian said this on purpose, just to bluff Jia Zheng, "Since Brother Huai and the others went back last time Later, although my uncle would give gifts to the ancestors every year during the New Year, the contact between my uncle and our house has become less and less. After my uncle reunites, I'm afraid he won't have any contact with us in the future."
Jia Lian's words successfully "scared" Jia Zheng, "Do you know who the emperor will give to your uncle?"
"I'm not sure about this, I guess we should choose from the princes and nobles." Jia Lian continued to make up, "Isn't the emperor having a younger sister who hasn't married in these years, maybe..."
The younger sister Jia Lian was talking about was Princess Yunhui, the biological younger sister of Emperor Qinglong's mother and compatriots.More than ten years ago, her son-in-law passed away due to illness. Since then, Princess Yunhui has never married again, and has lived a secluded life for these years.
Emperor Qinglong attached great importance to and loved Princess Yunhui, this is something that everyone in the capital knows.Jia Zheng thought to himself that if Lin Ruhai really wanted to marry Princess Yunhui, then his official career would definitely advance further.
"The old ancestor wants to take care of everything. Don't let the emperor give a marriage to my uncle, she will take care of it and oppose it." Of course Jia Lian said this on purpose.If Emperor Qinglong really bestowed a marriage at that time and gave Jia Mu a thousand courage, she would not dare to take care of it, let alone object. "Second uncle, you have to talk about your ancestors, don't let your ancestors destroy the relationship between our family and uncle."
After Jia Zheng made some calculations in his mind, he nodded lightly and said, "I'll have a good talk with my mother later."
Seeing that his goal had been achieved, Jia Lian didn't say anything, and withdrew from Jia Zheng's study.After he went back, seeing Wang Xifeng also came back, he was a little surprised and asked, "Didn't you play cards?"
"The old ancestor is so angry, why do you still play cards?" Wang Xifeng sat on the couch, eating fruit, and feeding fruit to his son and daughter. "Are you going to find the master?"
"Well, I told my second uncle, and by the way, scare my second uncle." Jia Lian snatched a piece of apple from his son's mouth, thinking that his son would cry, but he didn't expect his son to smile at him stupidly, laughing at him. The old father's heart melted.
Wang Xifeng asked curiously: "Scare the second uncle, what did you say to scare the second uncle?"
"Just say that the emperor wants to give my uncle a marriage."
"What, is it true that the emperor wants to give uncle a marriage?" Wang Xifeng asked in succession, "Who does the emperor want to give uncle?"
"Fake, the emperor did ask my uncle if he wanted to marry another wife, but my uncle said he had no plans to remarry, so the emperor didn't say anything else."
"Then you said the emperor granted the marriage?"
"Scare the second uncle, but also scare the old lady." Jia Lian curled her lips and said, "The old lady takes herself too seriously. If you don't scare her well, she really thinks she can take care of everything."
Wang Xifeng understood Jia Lian's meaning, and reached out to touch his stomach, "You are not cowardly, how dare you make up nonsense that the emperor wants to give my uncle a marriage."
"I'm not making it up. If my uncle hadn't been busy in the past few years, the emperor would have given my uncle a marriage."
"Speaking of which, the old lady is indeed..." Wang Xifeng didn't say it directly like Jia Lian did, "After you left, no matter what my aunt and I tried to persuade, the old lady still looked very angry, and she was so angry with herself as she talked. .”
"Go with her."
Not long after Jia Lian left, Jia Zheng went to find Jia Mu.
As soon as Jia's mother saw Jia Zheng, she complained to him that Lin Ruhai didn't take her as a mother-in-law seriously and didn't even say hello to her for such a big matter.Lin Huaiyu and the others didn't say anything when they came to the capital, and let Lin Huaiyu and the others live in the Ye Mansion instead of the Rongguo Mansion. This is obviously to dislike their Rongguo Mansion.
Jia Zheng was not in a hurry to tell Mother Jia about this matter, but directly said that Emperor Qinglong would bestow a marriage on Lin Ruhai.
After hearing this, Jia's mother widened her eyes in shock: "What are you talking about, the emperor wants to give my uncle a marriage?"
"Yes, it is very likely that it is Princess Yunhui."
"This..." Mother Jia was too shocked to speak for a while.
"Mother, do you know why my brother-in-law didn't tell us in advance and let Brother Huai and the others come to the capital to recognize Mr. Ye as foster father?"
Mother Jia was so shocked by the news of the marriage offer that she still hadn't recovered, and asked in a daze, "Why?"
"My brother-in-law is dissatisfied with us and doesn't believe us."
Jia Mu frowned and asked, "What do you mean?"
"Have you forgotten what did you and Baoyu do when Brother Huai came to our house for the first time a few years ago?" Daiyu, are you so angry that Brother Huai brought Daiyu out of the mansion overnight?"
Hearing the younger son's words, Jia's mother frowned even more, and her expression turned cold: "You mean my uncle has been worrying about these things?"
"Brother Huai and Daiyu have grown up, and my brother-in-law is worried that they will live in our mansion. He is worried that they will be wronged like they did a few years ago. He is even more worried that Brother Huai and Daiyu's reputation will be damaged. .”
Jia Mu didn't like to hear this, so she immediately said with a straight face and displeasure: "Why, he thinks we will harm Brother Huai and Daiyu's reputation?"
Jia Zheng didn't answer Jia Mu's question directly, but asked instead: "Mother, has Baoyu made any progress in these years?"
"What do you mean, you despise your son?" In Jia's mother's heart, Jia Baoyu is the best, and no one can tolerate anyone saying that he is wrong.
"With Baoyu's nonsense, if I were my brother-in-law, I wouldn't worry about letting my daughter live in our house."
Jia Mu pointed at Jia Zheng angrily and scolded, "I knew you despised Baoyu, your son, and couldn't see him."
"Mother, I didn't come to you to talk about Baoyu." Jia Zheng was too lazy to tell Jia's mother about Jia Baoyu. He gave up Jia Baoyu's son a few years ago, and he didn't bother to take care of this son anymore.Besides, he can't manage it if he wants to, and every time he manages it, he will be reprimanded by Jia Mu. "In the past few years, although my brother-in-law has given you gifts as always, haven't you noticed that the relationship between my brother-in-law and us is getting less and less?"
This made Mother Jia silent.
"You think what happened a few years ago is nothing, but my brother-in-law, who values etiquette, doesn't think so." Jia Zhengyan said, "What happened a few years ago has gradually alienated the relationship between my brother-in-law and us. If you still As before, I feel that we are right, and it is my brother-in-law and the others who are wrong, so when my brother-in-law ends up in the future, he will have no contact with us at all."
"Mother, if my brother-in-law really wants to marry Princess Yunhui in the future, you know what it means. Jia Zheng emphasized, "If you still think that my brother-in-law did something wrong, then the relationship between my brother-in-law and us will soon cease to exist. I hope you will think about it carefully." After finishing speaking, Jia Zheng got up and bowed to Jia Mu, and then retreated.
Jia Zheng's attitude towards Jia's mother has also changed since Jia Baoyu was reprimanded by Jia's mother last time.It would be best if she could listen to what he said.If she can't listen to what he said, then he won't persuade her anymore.Just like what happened today, he said, if she still feels that she is right and Lin Ruhai is wrong, then don't blame Lin Ruhai for not being in contact with them in the future.
Although Jia Mu has not managed the affairs of Rongguo Mansion these years, she has always been the helm of Rongguo Mansion, and everyone has to listen to her, which makes her feel that what she says and does is right.Those who follow her are right, and those who do not follow her are all wrong.
People in Rongguo Mansion will follow her in everything, but others will not.She felt that Lin Ruhai was her son-in-law, so she should obey her in everything and listen to her in everything like Jia Zheng and the others, but unfortunately Lin Ruhai was not Jia Zheng and the others.Furthermore, Lin Ruhai has investigated a lot of things over the years and knows what the Jia family has done secretly over the years.If possible, he really wanted to sever all ties with the Jia family.If the Jia family took the initiative to break up with him, he would wish for it.
After Jia Zheng left, Mother Jia sat on the chair for a long time without moving.Yuanyang was a little worried about her, and asked tentatively, "Old lady, are you alright?"
"Oh..." Mother Jia sighed heavily, "I didn't expect my uncle to be so fussy."
As soon as Yuanyang heard this, she knew that Mother Jia didn't think she had done anything wrong.
"Forget it, my mother-in-law is indeed not qualified to meddle in their Lin family's affairs, they can do whatever they want." Jia's mother really didn't think she was wrong, "As long as they still recognize me as a grandmother, other things, I don't care anymore."
Yuanyang sighed helplessly in her heart, Second Master Lian and Master had been talking for a long time in vain.
"Old lady, in fact, it's good that Master Lin and the others don't live in our house. If something really happens, we can't escape it." Seeing that Jia Zheng and the others failed to persuade Jia Mu, Yuanyang tried to persuade Jia Mu in another way, " Young Master Lin and the others live in the Ye Mansion, so don't worry about it, if there is something wrong with Young Master Lin and the others, Master Lin will not be able to blame you, don't you think?"
Jia Mu listened to Yuanyang's words.
"you're right."
"When Master Lin and the others come tomorrow, don't blame them."
"How dare I say that." Mother Jia showed a look of fear, and said eccentrically, "I am a grandmother, how dare I take care of their affairs."
Yuanyang thought to himself that it was fortunate that the master and the others had left, otherwise they would have been very angry when they heard the old lady's words.
Mother Jia said so, but she was still a little angry.However, she was soon coaxed by the mandarin duck.
At this time, in Ye Mansion, Lin Huaiyu was already studying with Ye Wenfu.
Ye Wenfu was not in a hurry to teach Lin Huaiyu first, but first gave him a copy of the test paper of the township examination three years ago, let him do it first, and see how he did.
After Lin Huaiyu got the examination papers of the township examination three years ago, she first carefully read all the examination questions.After reading all the questions, Lin Huaiyu felt that his perception of himself was very correct. He could pass the Juren examination, but he would definitely fail the Jieyuan examination.
"Alas..." After Lin Huaiyu let out a long sigh, he began to answer the paper.He eats dinner whenever he finishes his answer.
"You said you, Brother Huai just came, and you are in a hurry to let Brother Huai do the test papers. Is there anyone who does this?" Brother Huai, do you want to rest for a few days?"
Ye Wenfu said while eating: "Do you think he can easily pass the entrance examination for the middle and third grades? There is not much time left for the township exam in three years. We must hurry up from now on." Study and study." He and the emperor have already boasted to the sea, and Huai brother must be admitted to the university.
"Even if you want to hurry up, don't be in a hurry these few days, right?"
"Of course it's urgent. These days, let him pass the test papers of the township examination three years ago, so that I can know where he is lacking." Lin Huaiyu was under a lot of pressure, and Ye Wenfu was also under a lot of pressure. to know how to teach him."
"If you hadn't said in front of the emperor that Brother Huai might pass the university entrance examination, Brother Huai wouldn't have to suffer with you now." Mrs. Ye felt that it was wrong for her husband to boast about going to Haikou in front of the emperor.
"Since he has passed the junior three-yuan exam, he naturally wants to try the middle three-yuan exam. Otherwise, wouldn't his junior three-yuan exam be in vain?"
If Lin Huaiyu was here now and heard his adoptive father's words, he would definitely think that his adoptive father was a genius of logic.
"I think you all want to get fame and reputation, so you want Brother Huai to pass the six yuan exam." Mrs. Ye's words hit the nail on the head.
"What's wrong with passing the six-yuan exam." Ye Wenfu snorted softly, "If brother Huai gets the six-yuan exam, he will be the first person in my dynasty to pass the six-yuan exam, and he will be famous in history."
"I think you want to leave your name in history." Mrs. Ye unceremoniously dismantled Ye Wenfu, "Brother Huai's intelligence, he could have easily passed the examinations of Juren, Gongshi, and Jinshi. In order to keep your so-called reputation in history, you have to desperately pass the university entrance exam."
"It's okay for him to suffer a lot at a young age." Ye Wenfu raised his eyebrows and said, "If he hadn't been qualified to pass the university entrance examination, do you think I would boast to the emperor?"
Mrs. Ye knew she couldn't talk about her husband, so she didn't bother to argue with Ye Wenfu, "You're just fooling around."
Ye Wenfu didn't bother to talk to Madam Ye anymore, she shook her head and said, "You don't understand."
This made Mrs. Ye give him a blank stare.Mrs. Ye didn't bother to talk to him anymore, and chatted with Daiyu while serving Daiyu some food.
Seeing that she was left out, Ye Wenfu didn't mind, so she went back to the study after eating.
Lin Huaiyu has already completed an article on "The Analects of Confucius", "The Doctrine of the Mean", "University" and "Mencius".I'm doing scriptural questions.
The first examination of the township examination mainly examines the content and meaning of the "Four Books", as well as a five-character and eight-rhyme poem.
To test the Four Books, in addition to testing the original content of the Four Books, you also need to write articles related to the Four Books.To put it more simply, it is to write discussion topics related to the content of the Four Books.For example, the first test question is to fill in the content of "The Analects" as the political article, and then write an argumentative essay on the theme of the thoughts expressed in the political article.
Writing argumentative essays in the "Four Books" also has strict requirements and rules, and each article must write more than [-] words.
There are four questions about scriptures and meanings, and each question should write more than [-] words.
A poem with five characters and eight rhymes, with a certain line as the title.For example, take "Moonlight in front of the bed" as the title, and use "light" to rhyme.Of course, a five-character and eight-rhyme poem in the rural examination cannot be as simple as "the moonlight in front of the bed".
There are three township exams, and each exam takes three days. The three exams are combined, that is to say, there are nine days of exams in total.These nine days have to stay in the examination room all the time, that is to say, eating and drinking are all in the examination room.
Of course, it is impossible for Ye Wenfu to let Lin Huaiyu take the test according to the standard of the provincial test, lock him in a room and keep him from going out for nine days.
Ye Wenfu picked up the examination questions of "Four Books" written by Lin Huaiyu and began to review them. It is impossible for Lin Huaiyu to make mistakes in the dead content in the "Four Books".Regarding the topic of discussion in the "Four Books", Lin Huaiyu basically can't make mistakes.What he is best at writing is discussion topics.
After Ye Wenfu finished reviewing all the exam questions of "Four Books", Lin Huaiyu had just finished writing the third question of the scriptures.
The classics and meanings of the township test are a thousand times more difficult than the classics and meanings of the children's test.If the children's examination is the primary school graduation examination, then the rural examination is the college entrance examination, which has a wide range of difficulty.
Lin Huaiyu already knew where he was lacking when writing the classics and meaning questions of the township examination.Although he is familiar with the Four Books and Five Classics, his understanding of the Four Books and Five Classics is not deep enough.If you use ten points to evaluate, he only read five points, and there are still five points that he has not read deeply.
Ye Wenfu began to review the three scriptures written by Lin Huaiyu. During the review, he also discovered Lin Huaiyu's shortcomings, and felt that Lin Huaiyu did not understand the content of the Four Books and Five Classics.
Lin Huaiyu answered the questions in the first four books very well, but the questions about the scriptures were so-so.
When Ye Wenfu finished reviewing Lin Huaiyu's four scriptures and meanings, he had just completed a five-character and eight-rhyme poem.
"You made this poem..." Ye Wenfu looked a bit disgusted, "You paint with aura, but how do you make poetry without a little aura, but full of craftsmanship?"
Regarding this point, Lin Huaiyu was also very helpless.
"I'm not suitable for poetry."
"It's not that you are not suitable, you are too lazy to deliberate on every word." Poetry is all about deliberation, and every word will be deliberated carefully.
Lin Huaiyu touched his nose in embarrassment when Ye Wenfu said it.
Ye Wenfu glared at Lin Huaiyu, and began to count his first test scores.
"With your current grades, it is impossible to pass the exam and get rid of Yuan."
Lin Huaiyu nodded and said, "I think so too."
"You're quite self-aware."
"Father, I have always been self-aware."
"You did a good job answering the questions in the Four Books, but the questions about the scriptures were mediocre."
"I know."
"Do you know why you do so well on the Jingyi questions?"
Lin Huaiyu said, "I don't understand enough."
Ye Wenfu didn't expect Lin Huaiyu to know where his shortcomings were, so he slightly raised his eyebrows and said, "It seems that you know."
"I didn't know it before, but I just figured it out after doing the scripture questions." He thought he knew the Four Books and Five Classics pretty well before, but just now he found that what he knew was only superficial.
"If you can see where you are lacking, you are not stupid." Ye Wenfu snorted coldly, "There is still help."
"Father, are we going to smash the scriptures next?"
"Is it just the classics?" Ye Wenfu said angrily, "I have to teach you from the beginning."
What Ye Wenfu said from the beginning is to start teaching from the first content of the Four Books and Five Classics.
"Then trouble the adoptive father."
"With your current grades, you can only pass the second list of the provincial examination, and you can't even pass the first list." When the provincial examination releases the list, there will be two lists.
"I think I'll be at the bottom of the second list."
"You are quite clear." Ye Wenfu was not surprised by Lin Huaiyu's result, "Now you know how far you are from Xie Yuan?"
"I know, one hundred and eight thousand miles away." Lin Huaiyu knew that he could pass the Juren examination, and he was the kind of crane tail, so he never thought about passing the Jieyuan examination by himself. "Father, why did you say that I could be admitted to Zhongda-San-Yuan?"
"Why, you don't have confidence?"
Lin Huaiyu said very honestly: "No."
Ye Wenfu took the book and tapped Lin Huaiyu's head lightly, "I'll teach you, what are you afraid of."
"With you here, I don't have much confidence." He felt that it was easier to get the first prize in the college entrance examination than to be the top scorer in the college entrance examination.Lin Huaiyu was the top science student in the country back then.
"Study hard with me, and you will have a chance to pass the Jieyuan exam." Ye Wenfu took the book and knocked on Lin Huaiyu's head again, "Hurry up and eat."
"Don't tell me I'm not hungry. Once you say that, I'll be hungry immediately." Lin Huaiyu said, "Father, I'm going to eat first."
After finishing her late dinner, Lin Huaiyu was rushed to rest by Mrs. Ye.He hasn't had a good rest all day today, and he is still taking exams in the afternoon and evening, so he must be exhausted.In addition, I will go to Rongguo Mansion early tomorrow morning.
Mrs. Ye will accompany Lin Huaiyu and the others to Rongguo Mansion to visit Jia Mu and the others tomorrow. After all, she is now Lin Huaiyu and the others' adoptive mother, so she should go there both emotionally and rationally.
"Mother-in-law, you still don't want to go to Rongguo Mansion with us tomorrow."
"Why is this?"
"You also know what's going on in Rongguo Mansion. There's really no need for you to go." Lin Huaiyu said, "Besides, if you go, you may not be welcomed." With Mother Jia's temperament, Mrs. Ye would definitely not be welcomed.
Xiao Daiyu agreed with her brother's statement: "My brother is right, stepmother, you should not go."
"It stands to reason that I should pay a visit."
"Mother-in-law, this matter has nothing to do with the Jia family. You really don't need to go." After Lin Huaiyu finished speaking, he added, "It's best for you not to have any contact with the Jia family, so as not to be entangled."
Mrs. Ye reached out and tapped Lin Huaiyu's forehead, and said amusedly, "How can you say that about your grandparent's family?"
"Tell the truth." Lin Huaiyu said seriously, "My sister and I will go to Rongguo Mansion tomorrow, so you don't want to go."
Seeing that Lin Huaiyu and the others were so opposed to her going, Mrs. Ye thought it would be fine if she didn't go, so she simply listened to them.
"Okay, I won't go with you tomorrow." As Lin Huaiyu said, if she really went to Rongguo Mansion, she would get involved with the Jia family.