The Legend of the Long Room in the Red Mansion

Chapter 138

Jia Amnesty only saw the benefits of this daughter-in-law when Shi Taijun took the initiative to visit Princess Yinghua.

Shi Taijun waited at home for several days, but he didn't see that Ning Shan sent someone to say hello, and saw that they came to pick up Jia She's family of four after only three days of marriage, and took two oil bottles-- Jia Amnesty, Mrs. Xing, Yingchun and Jia Cong, and Xichun and Daiyu who accompanied Yingchun—they realized immediately that they were not regarded as relatives at all, and they wished they would never see each other again.

This is not in line with Shi Taijun's expectations. For those who came out of the yellow circle, Shi Taijun and the Erfang family all respect and look forward to it very high, especially I heard that during the half a year before her wedding, Princess Yinghua was very " Being favored", he didn't even receive a word of reprimand for slapping Concubine Zhen Gui in front of the Supreme Emperor; he didn't receive a single sentence of scolding for his new favorite Qianxiang country's new noble concubine in front of the emperor, and even went past the queen to punish the concubine in the harem without authorization. Seeing the blame, this made both Shi Taijun and Mrs. Wang feel hopeful in their hearts - if the princess is willing to say a few good words for their family Yuanchun, maybe the phoenix crown of this palace lord will be obtained.

Therefore, Shi Taijun took the initiative to submit a post, expressing his desire to visit the bride.

Holding the invitation card, Princess Yinghua drove straight into the study, with a trace of curiosity and excitement in her cold voice: "Ning Shan, let them come?"

Ning Shan raised her forehead with her hand, lowered her head to cover a doting smile on her lips, and said flatly: "If you are willing, let them in, if you don't, then tell them to leave."

Calling her by her first name was an agreement between the two before they got married. Of course Ning Shan didn't like being called "son-in-law" one by one, and Princess Yinghua didn't like her princess status at all.However, her background in the palace made it impossible for her to call her son-in-law "Xianggong", "husband" and so on like ordinary little women. Besides, Ning Shan was not willing to let the spies who didn't know who came over to marry Princess Yinghua find out. The fact that the relationship between the two is harmonious, so no matter what the queen is, the two have always been called "Ning Shan" and the other "Yingluo" in front of people.

Jia Amnesty once tried to teach Ning Shan how to show intimacy and love to the princess as someone who has experienced it—he asked Ning Shan to use a gentler voice and call the princess by her boudoir name more stickily, or simply by her nickname. It was just now that he finally had a relatively complete and correct understanding of how this stingy and incompetent father subdued his mother who was a general and tiger girl.

Princess Yinghua held the invitation with two fingers, read it again from beginning to end, and then handed it to Nanny Hua. She picked up a piece of phoenix corn cake on the silver plate in front of her, and bit it down, leaving the fragrance on her lips and teeth. , couldn't help squinting his eyes comfortably: "According to your attitude towards them, it doesn't matter if you don't see them, but I'm very curious about how that family has the ability to bully my father for many years, so I would like to see you."

Jia She, who was buried in the snack box, heard the exciting "Father", raised his head quickly, and complained in a long-winded manner, ignoring the snack residue at the corner of his mouth.

The principle that Princess Yinghua upholds is that whoever Ning Shan treats well, she will treat him even better; and whoever Ning Shan hates, she will slap her face mercilessly.After walking around the palace and returning to the door in a symbolic way, Princess Yinghua met Jia She's family of four who were full of flattery in the lobby of the Duke Protector's Mansion.

After hearing that Jia Amnesty was called father by Ning Shan, Princess Yinghua bowed down without hesitation, and also called her father.Tears welled up in Jia Amnesty's eyes, trembling as if he had suffered a stroke, he rushed to his room, carried a pile of antiques from the Duobao Pavilion, and piled them in front of Princess Yinghua.Mrs. Xing, who was already familiar with his style, was taken aback by surprise, and then felt distressed about the value of the pile of objects.

Mrs. Xing also received a good greeting from the old lady, and she was satisfied that she no longer cared about Jia Amnesty's extravagance.

Yingchun, on the other hand, was entrusted with a heavy responsibility as soon as they met, and tremblingly took over the key to the warehouse of the princess mansion, and was forced to take on the duties of the two families.

As the youngest child in the family, Jia Cong got a substantial red envelope from the princess' nanny—the princess herself had no idea about the routine of seeing sister-in-law and uncle--and happily went back to the study to study.

Daiyu and Xichun didn't get the attention of the princess, and Ning Shan just let Yingchun watch the arrangement, so the two stayed there in a daze.But this is very in line with their usual principle of wanting to keep a low profile - judging from past experience, too high a profile will not end well.Here, it is especially emphasized that being valued by Baoyu means saying goodbye to personal privacy and the innocence of her boudoir.

It is precisely because she understands Baoyu and Shi Taijun's personality and thoughts too well that Daiyu hid in the house under the pretext of being unwell on the days when Jia's second room made an appointment to come to the house, and kept the door behind closed doors. stay with her.

This is the yard closest to Yingchun's boudoir, Anxiang Shuying Building, and it is also one of the few buildings in the mansion that has not been completely rebuilt, but has been repaired and expanded.It was originally a guest house specially prepared to entertain delicate guests, but this time it was re-divided by Yingchun to Daiyu and Xichun as the boudoir in the Duke Huguo's mansion.

The two of them often lived here when they came to the Hou's Mansion on weekdays, and this time they were able to move in officially and legitimately, not to mention how happy they were.

Even when he was so happy that Shi Taijun beat around the bush and insisted on pulling them out for a meeting, he didn't get angry. He just asked the maid who came to pass the message: "Where did we talk earlier? Why do you have to see us?"

The little girl Liu Ye'er was originally an errand maid assigned by Sister Feng to Daiyu. She came up to serve after the family was separated. She had no affection for the second room, so naturally she would not speak to them, so she happily imitated the girl: "This The princess grandma is really very eloquent, and the old lady answered two of the three sentences directly. The second wife is shameless, and wants to ask the princess grandma to help the concubine Jia in the palace and let her be promoted, princess But the grandma said that she was tired of those concubines in the palace, and it was fine if she couldn’t be named before, but now that she knows that there is a concubine Jia, she will definitely trouble her next time she returns to the palace, so that even the second wife who relies on her will have to worry about it. Can't get up."

Daiyu and Xichun covered their mouths and laughed, trembling all over. The second wife definitely didn't know what it means to "steal a chicken without losing money" and didn't understand the princess's temperament, so she dared to follow her as soon as she came. The princess asks.

Originally, Yuan Chun didn't offend others, but the second wife, Wang, took advantage of Yuan Chun's concubine in the palace and tried her best to publicize her.Daiyu sympathizes with her. Originally, she often complained that she was alone, but after watching too many unreliable parents cheat their children—especially Jia She and Mrs. Wang—she gradually calmed down.

Thinking about Xue Baochai who has a bastard brother who is so confused about his mother that he has to plan his own future, he can't help but feel more at ease. That's all.Now living in someone else's mansion, enjoying the same status as someone else's young lady, the masters are lenient, the servants are also peaceful, no one is gossip, how clean and comfortable, what's the problem? !

Thinking about it this way, Daiyu became more and more lazy to go out to deal with Shi Taijun and others. Grandma still has some benefits in her heart. She didn't want this last bit of warmth to be completely wiped out, so she turned over and lay back on the bed, imitating Jia She. Looking sick, he held his heart and yelled: "Oh, no, my heart hurts again..." Before he could finish his sentence, he laughed out loud.

Xichun also watched too much Jia She's slapstick and rolling, and when she saw that sister Lin had learned to learn, she also clapped her hands and laughed, while laying her down on her back, pretending to say: "Didn't you see that sister is not feeling well, she can't even get out of bed. , but how do you go out to meet people? Hurry up and talk back!"

Liu Ye'er pursed her lips and responded with a smile, and said: "Yes, I'll answer you now, little servant girl." As she spoke, she walked straight back to the front hall.

Princess Yinghua was holding a bowl of rewards from the palace, and Biluochun, who had paid tribute from Suzhou, slowly sipped it. Seeing Liu Yeer coming back alone, without Daiyu and Xichun, she sneered, and pestered herself to climb up. The relative Shi Taijun said: "You said that you love your granddaughter the most, more than all the granddaughters, but now when people hear you coming, they are so frightened that they are sick. Poor dear, how did you love her in the past?"

After finishing speaking, regardless of Shi Taijun's blue and white complexion, he raised his voice and said to Yingchun who was beside him: "You are also a good-natured person, this old lady keeps saying that her granddaughter is better than your granddaughters, can you still sit down and laugh with me? If I were you, I would have poured a bowl of tea over there earlier, and walked away."

Yingchun smiled slightly, ignored Shi Taijun's expression and eyes, and only bowed to Princess Yinghua, saying: "Since my sister-in-law doesn't like my presence, I'll be more sensible and leave quickly." After speaking, I also bowed to Shi Taijun and the others, and slowly withdrew: "My granddaughter knows that she is clumsy, not smart, and it is reasonable for the old lady not to like her, so she is not here to hinder the old lady's eyes and please the old lady." I'm disgusted." After finishing speaking, she made another salute, stood up gracefully, walked out of the lobby with dignified and steady steps, supported the maid's hand, and walked out of the lobby with a speed and etiquette that was absolutely in line with the identity of the eldest lady of a wealthy family.

Princess Yinghua withdrew her gaze, looked at Shi Taijun who was already trembling with anger, seeing that he might faint at any moment, and said unceremoniously: "Come on, everyone who is related to you has left, and you are still stuck here to get in the way." What are my eyes doing?"

Shi Taijun finally couldn't take it anymore, his gorgeous eyes turned white, and he fell into the embrace of the mandarin duck standing beside him.The blow today was really too great. She originally boasted that she was decent in front of Concubine Zhen Gui. She used to pay her respects when she entered the palace, and even the queen would give her a seat. Enough of cynicism and sarcasm, he was directly skinned and expelled.This is very uncomfortable for Shi Taijun, who is used to speaking in a tactful way.

Mrs. Xing, on the other hand, was in high spirits, remembering every sentence of the dialogue firmly, and planned to learn it for Jia She when she went back, and the two had a good time together.

Because Jia Zheng also came today, Jia Amnesty had to sit with him in the study impatiently.Of course, this study room is not the same as Ning Shan's study room, but it was specially built for Jia Shen as a facade. Usually Jia Shen only brings people who don't like it here, and the first one to come in now is Jia Zheng.

Jia Zheng was also impatient with Jia She, but other than Jia She in this family, no one else was willing to talk to him. It was a waste of his preparation of poems and poems, and he planned to show off his skills in front of Ning Shan, to see if he could plot a conspiracy. Come back one or two.Previously following Jia Yucun to become a master, he really had enough of the white eyes and ridicule, and Jia Zheng, who couldn't bear it anymore, asked for leave and returned to Beijing.A villain who asked him to recover before can now step on his head. Jia Zheng can't bear it anymore. He must return to the officialdom and become a high-ranking official. Flow then stepped on the head.

He was planning how to get Jia She to lead him to meet Ning Shan, but before he could speak, he heard a burst of yelling from outside, and his long attendant hurriedly knocked on the door and shouted: "It's not good, Second Master!" , the old lady passed out, the princess ordered someone to carry the old lady out, and the second wife was also kicked out, second master, please go to the door and have a look."

Jia Amnesty was shaken, although he thought that the eldest daughter-in-law would vent his anger on his behalf, but he didn't expect it to be vented so thoroughly.Tsk tsk, one fainted and the other kicked out, how come it sounds so fun.

A tall boy jumped in front of the sluggish Jia Zheng, and Jia She grabbed him by the collar without hesitation and dragged him away. The eldest daughter-in-law had already started, so he couldn't be left behind.

Before Jia Zheng could react, he was strangled by Jia Amnesty by the collar and couldn't open his mouth. The long follower who was waiting at the door saw his second master being dragged to the door like a dog by the elder master. Scared to death, he rushed forward and helped the second master up, so that he could catch his breath and speak.

Jia Amnesty had long been tired of hearing Jia Zheng's nonsense, he was an old dandy who didn't work hard, and it was not easy to drag someone along, and he had no energy when he reached the door, so it was just right for someone to take over.Immediately, he flicked his sleeves, and shouted towards the door: "What are you still doing in a daze, let me kick you out." The domineering side leaked and people couldn't bear to look directly at it.

Just like that, Jia Zheng was pushed and shoved to the door in a full of anger and bewilderment.

Trembling and pointing at the closed door, Jia Zheng tremblingly complained after a while: "It's an insult to the gentleman, it's an insult to the gentleman!" The princess ordered someone to reward her with a pair of slapped Mrs. Wang's heart-piercing cries.

Although Shi Taijun was woken up by the crying and shouting of the second child, he was determined not to open his eyes.Today they came here to humiliate themselves. Who would have thought that a little princess would be so arrogant.She is a dignified and super duchess, and she is decent in front of the noble concubines in the palace, but she is humiliated by a junior here.

If he hadn't spared his life, Shi Taijun really wanted to spit out a mouthful of blood and die on the spot, and see how the palace will punish Princess Yinghua.However, she cherishes herself too much, and takes care of herself so well that she is so angry today that she can't spit out a mouthful of blood.

Grieving and indignant, the three of them all forgot their most precious grandson/son, and were trapped in a dragon's pond and a tiger's den, holding their breath and ordering the coachman to drive back home quickly.Poor Jia Baoyu was so forgotten until dinner time, and was sent out by the impatient little Jia Cong with a few words, and stood alone outside the corner door of the back door, almost crying in the wind to express his grievance .

Baoyu's servants are still nesting in the corner outside the main entrance, waiting for their young master to come out, and hope they can wait until nightfall.

As usual, the dinner in Ning's mansion is divided between men and women. Princess Yinghua didn't know etiquette, and Madam Xing politely asked her to sit at the head since the first day and she has been sitting down.Fortunately, she is a princess, and Mrs. Xing is not Ning Shan's mother, so she will not be secretly angry because of this.Others didn't care about Mrs. Xing, and of course they wouldn't say anything.Nanny Hua thought about whether she should let the princess pretend to be polite a few times, but before she could teach her, everyone had already decided on this seat, so Nanny Hua had no choice but to give up.

On the man's side, Jia She was at the top, and Ning Shan didn't care much about these red tapes, and because Jia She was her own father, it was fine to let him sit at the top.He and Jia Cong sat down at the same side, and it was also convenient for him to examine Jia Cong's homework.Of course, if Jia Lian also came to eat, Jia Cong would automatically move down one place.

And Jia Lian came to eat too many days, so often that Jia Cong sometimes felt a little lonely when he couldn't see his second brother.As for Jia Amnesty, although on the surface he always disliked him with a picky nose and straight eyes, but he was very happy in his heart, especially when listening to Ning Shan and Jia Lian discussing government affairs that he couldn't understand, A sense of pride of "my lord, how can I have a son like this?" will emerge from my heart, with a look of embarrassment, which is obvious that even Jia Cong can understand.

There are also conversations at the women's table from time to time, usually Yingchun reports to Princess Yinghua about the big and small things in the princess mansion.Princess Yinghua usually tells Yingchun straightforwardly, there is no need to talk too much, I don't understand, but Yingchun still insists on reporting every day.The princess's sister-in-law doesn't understand, but Nanny Hua always understands, it's very inappropriate for her to be appointed to act on behalf of others, and she doesn't dare to intervene if she doesn't report regularly.

Because it is not easy to manage the two mansions, and Yingchun has only taken over the butler for less than two years, and from time to time he will be busy here and forget about that side. As for being in a hurry.However, Daiyu is willing to help behind the scenes, but she refuses to nod if she is asked to take over some matters.She always pays attention to propriety, not letting herself appear ostentatious, and even pointing fingers at other people's homes.

When they moved here, Yingchun said that Daiyu and Xichun would live with her.Because the newly rebuilt Duke Huguo's Mansion is nearly twice as large as the previous Ninghou Mansion, the main buildings on the central axis were even exposed or demolished and rebuilt, or the entire building was moved onto the new central axis.The only places that hadn't broken ground were the former main house of Mr. and Mrs. Ning, the ancestral hall at home, and Ning Shan's study, which were preserved under Song Pin's strong opposition.

Yingchun's boudoir has also been rebuilt and expanded a lot. The area is large enough to accommodate three little girls without being crowded, and new flower halls have been built on both sides, which is also large enough to accommodate three people.

However, as soon as Yingchun came home, she was appointed as the head aunt of the two mansions. She was very busy all day long, and there were always people coming and going in the courtyard.Seeing this, Daiyu took the initiative to take Xichun with her to stay in the other courtyard, so as not to disturb the housekeeper of Yingchun, and at the same time expressed her position that she had no intention of spying on the family.

Because the smart Daiyu found out the half-hearted hostility of Nanny Hua when she faced her on the first day, which made her shy and at the same time, she didn't pay attention to her own words and deeds, and she would never let the princess see her. not happy.She is even more cautious about actions that are easily misunderstood like housekeeping.

Yingchun didn't see many details here, only because she was concerned about her status as a guest, she refused to live together in the Anxiang Shuying Building.Therefore, after persuading for half a day, Fang had no choice but to compromise, and rearranged Lingshayuan for Daiyu and Xichun to live in.Seeing this, Nanny Hua felt a little relieved, and couldn't help secretly praising Daiyu.