The Concubine of the Red Chamber

Chapter 61

Hearing this, Jun Zexuan breathed a sigh of relief when he found out that the queen did not do it deliberately, nodded to Jun Zexuan and Jia Lan, and said, "In that case, I'm going to pay my respects, you...you... go and play!" Looking at such young siblings, and the younger brother who is obviously in a good mood, Jun Zexuan twitched his lips, really not knowing what to say.

Jia Lan was quite surprised when she heard the last sentence, but after saluting, she followed Jun Zexuan to see the studio he just mentioned.

I have always heard people say that the Eighth Prince's paintings are very good, but when I saw them today, Jia Lan was still surprised. The paintings are really good. Although there is no difference between the real and the real, but for his age, it is really good. up.Jia Lan used to regard painting as her favorite. After studying for several years, although she is not very talented, she still knows a lot. As far as single-wheel painters are concerned, Jun Zexuan is already the best.

"You sit down, and I'll draw another one for you." Jun Zexuan smiled when he saw Jia Lan admiring his painting.

Jia Lan nodded, sat down, and asked, "How many people do we serve here?"

"Well! In addition to Xiaoyi and the others, there are two nuns, four eunuchs, four maids, and a few rough envoys. I don't like them serving in front of me. In the past, Xiaoyi and the others followed me. Because you want Come, the queen called a few more people." Jun Zexuan said indifferently.

Jia Lan nodded. So far, she is very satisfied. Jun Zexuan is much more talkative than the rumors said, so she said: "Except for the two girls Huier and Shaoyao, the rest are newly married. , and there are a few gifts from the palace, there are a lot of people, I told them not to come to you."

"Okay!" Jun Zexuan nodded, and then felt that although the layout had changed a bit compared to usual, even though there were more people, he didn't feel much uncomfortable, so he said: "It's okay, it doesn't matter to me. If the palace people are disobedient, you Just let someone send a message to Xiao Kouzi in the elder brother's courtyard, and he will deal with it."

When Jia Lan heard the words, she knew that Jun Zexuan's brother's relationship was indeed extraordinary, but she still looked forward to the day when she was in charge of the family. Although she nodded, she didn't plan to go to him when something happened.

In terms of realism, Western paintings are good, but Jun Zexuan's paintings are also good. Jia Lan saw himself appearing on the paper, and some fine details were drawn very well, so he praised it for a while, Jun Zexuan heard Yan was even more happy, and originally wanted to continue painting for her, but Jia Lan saw that it was getting late, so she said she wanted to see other places.

The prince’s courtyard is a bit bigger than the princess’s, and Jia Lan is most pleased with the small kitchen, because Jun Zexuan’s eating habits are different from others, and he ate by himself since he was a child. There is also a separate kitchen, which is much better than the small stove where others can only heat dishes and boil water.

"Shall we eat dumplings today?" Jia Lan turned her head and asked, what she would eat on weekdays. When Jia Zhou was alive, she could occasionally order food, but later it was all decided by the stove.

Jun Zexuan proposed to Jia Lan, but he didn't think there was anything wrong with it. He felt that as long as he was with her, it didn't matter what he ate, but before Jun Zexuan could speak, he said, "Master, in the past The food is fixed and has been prepared.”

"Shut up!" Jun Zexuan said sharply without raising his head.

"It's okay, since it's already ready and it's time for dinner, let's eat first, and the dumplings can be eaten later in the evening." Jia Lan was so frightened that Jun Zexuan drank Li Nanny that she fell to her knees and shook her face. Nodding his head, he said to Jun Zexuan.

Jun Zexuan said: "You can eat whatever you want, just let them make it quickly. The palace people dare to talk back, they are wrong."

"Actually, I don't want to eat that much... I can also make dumplings. Wait a minute, and I'll make them for you." Jia Lan didn't say the words of refusal, but seeing Jun Zexuan's serious expression, she said.

Jia Lan didn’t need to do the stuffing, vegetables and noodles himself. Jia Lan originally wanted Jun Zexuan to go back to his room and wait, but Jun Zexuan wanted to watch Jia Lan cook, so Jia Lan just picked a few. He asked people to prepare the ingredients, and he started to work on the sidelines, seeing Huier's face twitching, why couldn't she remember when the lady from home made dumplings?

After the palace servants chopped the meat stuffing and cut the vegetables, Jia Lan started to adjust the stuffing. After she had mixed the three kinds of stuffing, and the dough on the side was ready, she took it and wrapped it up. The small dumplings appeared on the chopping board...

"When did Miss learn how to make dumplings?" Huier was amazed when she saw this, and asked in a low voice while she was washing her hands with Jia Lan after making the dumplings.

Jia Lan said softly: "I've seen it a few times, it's not too difficult."

"The girl is amazing!" Hui'er was already engaged, so it wasn't appropriate to use it as a dowry, but Jia Lan couldn't leave her, so Jia Daishan decided to withdraw the marriage that had been arranged for her, and married another girl in the house. In the past, Hui'er sent them in together. Hui'er didn't have much thought about her fiancé at first, she was just grateful for Jia Lan's consideration for her, and she was unwilling to leave Jia Lan's presence, and it was fine when she retired. Opinion.

"Sister Hui'er can't call me a girl in the future." Jia Lan reminded.Huier is already seventeen, girls in Jia's mansion usually get rewards and get married off at twenty, but they can only enter the palace at twenty-five. People inquired that the Wu family who was engaged to her was actually very happy, so they didn't hide it from her, and told her to find a better one for her in the future.

"Then master, you can't call me slave girl sister anymore." Hui'er hurriedly said, she also stayed in the palace, although she was not as capable as Shao Yao, but she also knew the rules, so she didn't want Jia Lan to make things difficult.

"It should be the same, but although you can't be called sister, you are my sister in my heart. We have made it through these years. The eighth prince is not bad-tempered, and he is not difficult to serve. He will get better and better in the future." Jia Lan nodded, knowing in her heart that it was best for them not to bark.

"It's the same if you want the slaves to say that it's better to go out of the palace to build a mansion later!" Hui'er laughed. After going out of the palace to build a mansion, her girl will be the real master of the house in the future, and with the status of the prince and concubine, she must be the wind. The scenery is bright, who dares to bully?

According to Jia Lan's instructions, the dumplings were made into dry dumplings, soup dumplings, and fried dumplings. Jun Zexuan tasted them one by one and found them to be good. The dishes brought in the morning were not touched, and he only ate the dumplings made by Jia Lan.

Jia Lan knew that her cooking was definitely not as good as the imperial chef's, but seeing Jun Zexuan's support, she was in a great mood and ate a lot.

"Shaoyao, bring me my dowry list." Not long after eating, Jun Zexuan was called away by someone sent by Jun Zexuan. Jia Lan ate in the yard for a while, then called Shaoyao come over.

Jia's dowry to Jia Lan was very generous. Just Jia She privately said that Jia Zhou's family left Jia Lan with a small 10 yuan, plus Ningguo Mansion's gift, relatives and friends' makeup, and Jia Daishan's pressed box. , the bank notes alone cost [-] taels, not counting what Jia Lan had saved before.Not to mention the value of those Zhuangzi shop antiques.After Jia Lan read the list, she became a little excited. She could live quite well in the future just relying on the dowry.

After tidying up the dowry, Jia Lan lay down on the couch for a while, looked at the empty yard, and thought of making some changes. The days are already like this, so it's better to be as comfortable as possible.After telling Jun Zexuan, she plans to clean up this place.

"Xuan'er is also an adult who has a family. You must not let your temper do anything in the future, you know?" Jun Zexuan had already spoken for Jun Zexuan at the prince's place, and only said that he would let Jia Lan go to pay his respects tomorrow, Jun Ze As soon as Xuan heard this, Jun Zezhu stopped him when he was about to refuse, and said directly: "My brother and sister have just married, and if you mess around, it will make people think that your brother and sister are not good. The prince is the heir apparent of the country, so don't be presumptuous."

"Can he get up now? Brother, when will I leave the palace to build a mansion?" Jun Zexuan nodded and asked.

If Jun Zexuan hadn't made a fuss on his own, Jun Zexuan wouldn't have allowed him to get married so inappropriately, but seeing that his spirit was much better than before, and he heard that he slept very peacefully last night, so he thought it was good, The date of his big wedding is still in the next year. This year the crown prince, second prince, and third prince will get married. Next year, it will happen that the fifth prince will be with him. Then he will be able to enter the court, and he will not be as restrained as he is now. Jun Zezhen is also looking forward to it Yes, as for when Jun Zexuan will leave the mansion, he must have been waiting for a few years!Thinking of this, Jun Zezhen didn't answer his younger brother's question, but instead asked about his studies.

The life after marriage is much better than what Jia Lan thought, because of Jun Zexuan, not many people seek her out, reading books every day, learning how to be a housekeeper, is to accompany Jun Zexuan, There are currently only two concubines in the palace, one is the crown princess, and the second is Jia Lan. Seeing that the crown princess has to take care of the prince every day, and also take care of the crown prince's uterus, it is not easy for the prince to have two side concubines Yes, compared with her, Jia Lan feels that her life is really comfortable. The emperor can't just ask whether there is a mother-in-law in his son's room. You can let someone take care of Jia Lan, but the aunts take turns to teach Jia Lan, Jun Zexuan listens to everything in the backyard, and Jia Lan feels more comfortable and keeps a low profile.

Because of marrying into the palace, there is no need to return home, but the queen graciously offered her mercy. On the day of returning home nine days later, Jia Shishi led Zhang Shi into the palace to meet him. It was the first time Jia Lan saw Jia Shishi salute in front of her. It's indescribably complicated.

Of course, Jia Shishi didn't really kneel down to Jia Lan. It was only nine days. She had already found out that Jia Lan was not well received in the palace. Jia Lanfan always thinks about the Jia family and takes good care of Jia Min in the palace, so don't act recklessly...

"Everything is fine at home, so you don't have to worry about you." Seeing that her mother-in-law had lost her former stability and Xiaoxin, she dared to open her mouth to teach a lesson in the palace, she quickly tugged and motioned her to look at the strange man next to Jia Lan. Palace man, Jia Shishi just stopped talking, secretly said something worthless, and stopped talking.When the time comes, get up and leave.

Jia Lan smiled at Mrs. Zhang, and didn't say much to her. After watching them leave, she felt that the aunt who had been on her head for so many years was not too stupid. Seeing her uncomfortable, Jia Lan felt comfortable. too much.

"Third sister is young and can't control herself. Madam, don't be angry. After all, she married into the royal family, which is different from other families." Seeing that Jia Shishi was in a bad mood, Mrs. Zhang persuaded her.

Jia Shishi snorted coldly, but didn't say anything. If she knew Jia Lan had such good luck, she would have stopped her from entering the palace, and just found a reason to send her to the nunnery. I thought it was a bit late, and the palace's He moved so fast that he let that little slut press on his head, and he saluted her, wouldn't he be afraid of being unable to bear it?

"If you don't like it, don't see her in the future." Jun Zexuan told Jia Lan after learning what she said after Jia Shishi left.

Jia Lan shook his head and said, "It's not a big deal, so don't worry about Ziyan." After Jun Zexuan got married, Jun Zexuan asked him to ask Emperor Longchang for a watchword, and Emperor Longchang took the word Ziyan, and the queen gave it to Jia Lan. Started a careful word.The characters chosen by Emperor Longchang were not bad, and the two people who the empress chose didn't like it, so they didn't take it seriously. They were only occasionally mentioned by the empress when paying their respects twice a month, and there were not many of them that could be used on weekdays.

Jia Lan is already married, so it is not good for her to study with the princess anymore, because she is young, so she can only be taught by the nuns. After Jun Zezhu married his younger brother, his energy seems to be improving day by day. I heard that he has never had a headache again. He is also a well-behaved and sensible person, so he likes him a little bit, and he is very friendly when he sees him occasionally.Jia Lan found that although Jun Zexuan was not very old, he raised his younger brother as his son. He was embarrassed and at the same time worried about their situation. Jun Zexuan was favored, but it was just a superficial matter. Life is not easy with or without the help of his mother and concubine, but he can take care of Jun Zexuan very compromised.

Jun Zezhen is now seventeen, because the prince got married late, and after all the princes got married, his inner courtyard only had two concubines who were assigned to teach personnel affairs earlier. Although they are engaged now, it will take another year to get married Many, Jia Lan had seen the Prince's Mansion he was renovating, but it was not as big as the Rongguo Mansion. Seeing that they didn't care much, he didn't say anything.

"You quietly send the banknotes in my box to Fifth Brother. He is short of money now." Jun Zexuan gave Jia Lan his treasury key early on, except for the imperial gifts and Concubine Gu Gui Jun Zexuan didn’t have much money left behind, even far inferior to himself. Thinking of the low-key of the Gu family, Jia Lan realized that Jun Zexuan was not very rich, so he took eight of the money in the box. Wan came out and asked Jun Zexuan to send it over. The Jia family gave such a generous dowry, and I thought it meant that.The Eighth Prince has a close relationship with the Fifth Prince, and Jia Lan doesn't want to weaken this relationship.Although she herself is still very wary of the fifth prince, she might as well want to please him.

Jia Lan’s dowry list was read by Jun Zezhen for his younger brother, and now seeing that Jia Lan sent more than half of his savings in one go, he felt relieved and at the same time felt a little bit stuck in his heart. My younger brother is not a shrewd person at all. Now this younger brother and sister don't seem to be very smart, thinking about it in the future, they may worry about themselves.

Jun Ze didn't want it at all, but he was really nervous when he saw his brother's unsuspecting trust, so he kept [-] and planned to give it back twice as much in the future.After returning the rest, Jia Lan didn't care and put it away after listening to Mammy's message. However, he occasionally made a meal and sent someone to send a copy.