The Red Mansions

Chapter 390

Chapter 390

Ningguo Mansion

Huifang Garden, Tianxiang Building

The hall is full of pearls and emeralds, Yingying and Yanyan, laughing and laughing, it is suspected that winter will return to spring.

Xiangyun was untying the Jiulianhuan with Daiyu, maybe he was a little anxious, Apple's round face puffed up, and beads of sweat were seen on the temples and nose.

Daiyu covered her mouth and smiled jokingly.

Yingchun played chess with the eldest maid, playing chess intently, while the little maid beside her, Xiuju, tilted her head to watch.

Yuan Chun held Baochai's hand and talked together. This pair of cousins, aunt and cousin, wore a red skirt and a yellow skirt, both of them had smooth muscles and bones, and their appearance was plump. feel.

On this side, Qin Keqing, Li Wan and Sister Feng accompanied Jia Mu to listen to the opera, and the opera troupe invited below sang "The Legend of the White Snake".

Tianxianglou on the first day of the Lunar New Year is filled with a cheerful and festive atmosphere.

Suddenly at this moment, a woman approached and said with a smile: "Old lady, Grandma Heng, concubine and second wife have come."

With a smile on her face, Jia's mother called out, "Girl Feng, welcome me for me."

Sister Feng responded with a smile, wrapped in a silk underskirt that was crisp and round, left the chair covered with a cotton mattress, and went out to greet her.

Baochai also got up from her seat at this moment, and said softly, "Sister-in-law Feng, I will go with you."

"I'll go too." Yuan Chun smiled and got up, and followed Sister Feng to meet Mrs. Wang and Aunt Xue.

After a while, Aunt Xue and Mrs. Wang, accompanied by Baochai, Yuanchun and Sister Feng, went up to the second floor.

Everyone who was talking and laughing stopped for a while, greetings and greetings.

Mother Jia looked up at Aunt Xue, and said with a smile, "My aunt is finally here, and she's just waiting for you to listen to the play, why did she come here?"

Aunt Xue smiled and explained: "I just woke up from a nap, my sister came to see Pan'er, so I stayed at home and had a conversation with my sister."

Mrs. Wang also stepped forward to meet Jia Mu at this time.

Mother Jia nodded, and saw that Aunt Xue was smiling and in a good mood, she said with a smile: "You and sisters usually talk cheaply at any time, you finally came here, we mothers should talk well."

Aunt Xue showed a smile on her fair face, and said: "What the old lady said, I would like to come more often, I'm afraid you will always annoy me."

After thinking about it, he swallowed the second half of "I still have to take care of my Pan'er" and changed his words.

Jia Mu smiled and said, "How come? I'm glad it's too late."

Sister Feng also said with a smile: "This is the first year for my aunt to come here. The relatives should have a lot of fun together."

Mrs. Wang accepted the greetings from Yuanchun and Tanchun, nodded to the two girls in yellow skirts and pink skirts, and sat down on the embroidered pier at the lower head of Jia Mu under the service of Jin Chuan and Caixia. .

Jia Mu turned to look at Mrs. Wang, with concern on her face, and said: "Baoyu will follow his father to visit his relatives. When you turn around, tell him that Baoyu is young, so let him eat less wine."

Mrs. Wang replied: "Don't worry, old lady. When the master and Baoyu come back, I will tell him."

After Jia's mother finished speaking, she nodded, turned her head to look at Qin Keqing who was at the side, smiled and said, "Brother Heng's daughter-in-law, brother Heng is going to help the palace parade today?"

When Jia Heng was mentioned, everyone looked at the beautifully dressed woman, and Xiangyun also put Jiu Lianhuan together, looking at Qin Keqing with big bright eyes, and looked over.

Well, even Mrs. Wang looked over, but her expression was a little unnatural.

This is where she got angry. After the old lady asked Baoyu, she asked Uncle Heng again.

Qin Keqing smiled sweetly, and said softly: "My husband got up early in the morning, rode out of the city, and said that he was leading the troops to Anshun Gate to be reviewed by the Holy Master. It has been a long time, and he hasn't come back yet."

Yuan Chun listened on the sidelines, his white and jade-like face showed curiosity, and asked: "The old ancestor has a lot of experience, can you see the military parade?"

As soon as this remark came out, Tanchun, Daiyu, Xiangyun, and Baochai all looked at Jiamu.

Mother Jia looked at her eldest granddaughter kindly, with a look of reminiscence on her face, and said: "The military parade, remember that time, I followed the old Hou Ye to see that tens of thousands of people performed martial arts at Anshunmen, the scene was very spectacular , This has been going on for many years, although there were a few times later, it was not as big as that scene."

Old Hou Ye refers to Bowling Hou Shigong.

In the end, Mother Jia felt that the old face was a little hot, and that was the time when she caught sight of Daishan who was leading the cavalry in high spirits.

Jia Mu suppressed some thoughts, sighed and said, "It's just been many years, and I haven't seen such a grand event again."

Tan Chun said softly: "Old ancestor, Brother Heng said that the military parade is a national canon. It was abandoned for many years before, but now it is restarted. It is for the purpose of promoting martial arts and inspiring people."

Yuan Chun's beautiful eyes looked at the girl with handsome eyes and sculpted eyebrows, and said with a smile: "The third younger sister is right, the important affairs of the country are between the priests and the soldiers."

Jia Mu shook her head and said with emotion: "Yesterday, the officials of the previous dynasty still opposed it. It's like making a fuss."

Tan Chun frowned, with thoughts on his clear face, he said: "Brother Heng didn't say anything about the reason yesterday, but there should be no hindrance, otherwise, today's event will not be held as scheduled."

Yuan Chun said: "Nowadays the border affairs are sluggish, and it is the general trend to reorganize the army and practice martial arts."

Hearing this, Tanchun turned to look at his elder sister, and said softly, "What elder sister said is true."

Baochai was quietly listening to the conversation between the two sisters, her almond eyes sparkling like water, and the plain hand hidden in her sleeve was clutching the handkerchief that was not returned yesterday. It seemed that the warmth from that person's fingers was still there.

"Old lady, Grandma Heng, Master Heng is back." At this moment, a woman hurried up to the second floor and said in surprise.

The people who were talking suddenly stopped talking when they heard the words, and their faces were invariably happy.

Qin Keqing smiled and said: "Baozhu, come and meet me."

Because Jiamu, the oldest elder of the Jia family, was here, Qin Keqing couldn't abandon Jiamu and greet her, which would make people around laugh at the couple's lack of manners.

At this time, Qingwen, who was listening to the opera with Tanchun, Daiyu, and the maidservants brought by Yingchun, kowtow melon seeds under the window behind a screen, twisted her water snake's waist when she heard the words, and her bright face Seeing a smile on Guazi's face, he said softly, "Grandma, I'll go to meet you too."

Qin Keqing's eyes were soft, she nodded and said, "Go."

Jia's mother looked at Qingwen. The girl was wearing a stone blue skirt and a green vest with pinched teeth. Her chest was bulging.

Jia Mu smiled to Sister Feng beside her and said, "Is this girl Qingwen from my house?"

Sister Feng said with a smile: "The old lady has a good memory. At the beginning, I rewarded Brother Heng as a maid to take care of the daily life. It has been half a year now."

Jia Mu nodded and said with a smile, "It looks like Chu Luo is getting slimmer."

Secretly, although he didn't open his face, he could already see the charm of the little woman.

come to...

Thinking like this, he couldn't help but glanced at Qin Keqing, seeing that his face was expressionless, and thought to himself, this is the demeanor of a lady who can make Houzhai Hening.

That's what she meant when she gave Aunt Zhao to Zheng'er. She was not allowed to dote on concubines and destroy wives, nor could she be the lion's roar in the east of the river, affecting the prosperity of the clan.

Qin Keqing smiled lightly and said: "Qingwen is indeed the old lady's caregiver, she is capable, helping to serve the uncle, saving me a lot of trouble."

Jia Mu laughed and said, "Qingwen is a good girl."

Mrs. Wang twitched her eyebrows when she heard "Qingwen is a good person". She glanced coldly at Qingwen who disappeared at the top of the stairs, with no smile lines on her fair face.

She still remembers the haughty and arrogant appearance of this little hoof, relying on the power of that Uncle Heng, he is not very respectful to her and Baoyu.

While everyone was chatting, they saw a handsome young man in a python suit, led by Qingwen and Baozhu, going up the wooden ladder to the second floor.

Jia Heng nodded to Sichun, Daiyu, Xiangyun and others, his gaze passed over the beautiful, elegant and quiet girl.

Today, Baochai, who is plump and plump, puts on the light yellow dress again, as if the shy and shy girl who looked like spring and autumn moon yesterday did not exist.

His complexion paused, and he paused for a while on his snow-white face, then he raised his eyes to look at Jia Mu, stepped forward to salute, and called out: "Old lady."

Mother Jia smiled and asked, "Have Brother Heng had lunch yet?"

Jia Heng said: "It has been used in the palace."

Qin Keqing's graceful appearance was calm, and she approached gracefully, pretending to help untie the cloak, handed it to Ruizhu who was beside her, and asked, "Husband, why do you look so busy in the world?"

So, he turned his head and ordered the servant girl to bring a copper basin filled with warm water and let Jia Heng wash his hands.

Baochai quietly watched the scene where the husband and wife respected each other like guests, her almond eyes drooped slightly, and her cherry lips pursed.

After Jia Heng wiped her hands, she handed the towel to Baozhu, sat down again, took the teacup from Qingwen, and lowered her head to take a sip.

Staring at him one after another, although Jia Heng felt a little weird in his heart, his expression was calm.

At this moment, Mother Jia asked: "Brother Heng, everything is going well for today's military parade?"

Jia Heng nodded, and was about to speak, when suddenly there was the sound of hurried footsteps from the stairs, a woman walked around the screen, approached and said: "Old lady, Master Heng, Young Master Wang Jiayi came to visit with a gift." Master Heng."

A look of surprise appeared on Jia Mu's old face, she looked at the old woman and asked, "Brother Yi is here?"

Jia Heng frowned, and thought to himself, what is Wang Yi doing here at this time?

In the whirl of my mind, there was some guesswork.

Mrs. Wang also stared at the woman with doubts.

At this moment, not only Mrs. Wang was puzzled, but Aunt Xue also frowned with puzzled eyes.

Because Aunt Xue and Mrs. Wang were mourning Wang Ziteng's wife, Zhao Shi, Wang Yi had said words of resentment towards Jia Heng more than once in front of relatives.

However, at that time, Xue Pan had just been searched and rescued by Jia Heng's troops, and Aunt Xue was very happy, she didn't care about Wang Yi's resentment.

Mother Jia couldn't figure out why, so she simply said, "Brother Heng, you are all relatives, you might as well go and see him first, and see what's the matter with him."

Now that the Jia family has regained its momentum, there is no need to be too alienated towards the Wang family. Relatives should always maintain a bit of dignity.

Jia Heng pondered for a moment, then said, "Then I'll go and have a look."

However, just as she was about to get up, another woman staggered up to the attic, out of breath, she held her knees and said, "Grandpa, grandma, there is a father-in-law in the palace to pass the decree."

When everyone heard this, their faces changed slightly.

Mother Jia quickly looked at Jia Heng and asked, "Brother Heng, what does it mean that the palace is delivering the decree at this time?"

Tanchun, Yuanchun, Daiyu, Xiangyun, and Xichun, upon hearing this, also looked at the young man. In addition, they had a pair of dewy apricot eyes, staring intently.

Facing the concerned or curious faces, Jia Heng's tone was flat, as if he was talking about other people's affairs: "Today's military parade ceremony, the Holy Lord, Longyan Dayue, will be the first-class general Yunhui, and specially promoted to the first-class male. "

Jiamu, Fengwan, Sichun, Chaidai, Xiangyun: "..."

Mrs. Wang: "???"

Aunt Xue: "!!!"

There was a sudden silence in the Tianxiang Tower, and then it was like a huge boulder thrown into the calm lake, the water splashed and the waves undulated.

Tanchun, Daiyu, and Yuanchun all had joy in their eyebrows, the kind of heartfelt joy that couldn't be hidden.

But Mrs. Wang's face was pale, like a mourning concubine, her lips twitched unconsciously because of the shock and anger, the palms clenched in the sleeves were violently exerted, and the nails were stuck in the palms, and the pain was still unbearable.

Aunt Xue's fair and slightly wrinkled face was also moved, she was shocked beyond words.

First-class male?

How big a title is this?Compared with the first-class general, how much has he been promoted?

Aunt Xue didn't understand, so she subconsciously went to see her daughter, but she saw Baochai facing her sideways, staring at the boy in the python suit motionlessly, unable to see her expression for a moment.

At this moment, Baochai looked at the young man who was calm and calm, without much joy on his face, and felt that his clear and heroic face seemed a little dazed.

I remember that when she first entered Beijing, he was still a third-class general, he was promoted to first-class by imperial decree, and now he is a first-class male. If this momentum is followed, maybe...

Baochai's heart skipped a beat, and she didn't dare to think about it any further.

The smile on Jia Mu's face was already frozen, and she didn't react for a while, she turned her head and asked Yuanyang, her tone uncertain: "Yuanyang, just now Brother Heng said... Jinjue?"

Yuanyang smiled and said: "Old lady, because Uncle Heng has meritorious service in the military parade, Uncle Jinheng is a first-class man."

The conversation between Jia Mu, master and servant, seemed to press the play button on the second floor of Tianxiang Building, and the original still picture quickly came to life.

Yuan Chun's soft and beautiful face was full of joy, looked at Jia Heng, smiled and said: "The first-class men are among the fifth-class nobles, and even if they are princes in the future, it is just around the corner."

Sister Feng joked with a smile: "Brother Heng, don't you want to call him Lord in the future?"

Jia's mother laughed and said: "This is a great happy event for the glorious family. Our family hasn't had a fifth-class nobleman for many years. Brother Heng is really making the Jia family famous. It's time to prepare to worship the ancestors."

Looking at the young man who was not surprised by favor or humiliation, and treated him indifferently, she couldn't restrain her excitement. Even if she went to see the Duke of the country in a hundred years, she would have something to say.

Four princes and eight princes, let alone the four princes, the eight princes are like her Jia family whose titles have been reduced to the present, but there are only a few of them.

For a while, everyone in Tianxiang Tower was elated.

Sister Feng laughed and said, "Sisters and brothers, such a big happy event should be celebrated properly."

Looking at the woman on the side, I can hardly control my envy.

"It's time to celebrate." Qin Keqing said cheerfully, and ordered Baozhu to fetch some silver locks to hair the maids and mother-in-law, so as to be happy.

Baochai's willow-leaf eyebrows were slender and curved, and she cast a pair of eyes full of autumn water on the young man's face, with complicated thoughts.

Jia Heng looked at Jia's mother calmly, and said in a clear voice: "Old lady, the palace has delivered the decree, don't wait too long, I'll go to receive the decree first."

Mother Jia also came to her senses, hurriedly smiled and said, "Yes, yes, the angels in the palace are not to be neglected, go quickly."

Without further ado, Jia Heng went down the Tianxiang Tower.

(End of this chapter)