When Jia Lian came to the room early the next morning to say goodbye to Jia Min and others, four or five carriages had been prepared outside the door, which were loaded with things that Jia Lian wanted to bring back to Beijing, which was much more than when he came. After speaking, let Grandma Sun hand it over to Jia Lian.

He also said: "In addition to the gifts to the house in the carriage of the former son, there are also those brought to the grandmother for the mother, that is, the eldest uncle and the second uncle, the eldest aunt and the second aunt, and the brothers and sisters in the house also have their own gifts sealed with boxes and stickers, and the other two boxes are commonly used by the elder brother. ”

After a pause when he said this, he said: "There are some things that my sister shouldn't have said, I believe my father also said it, but my sister is worried that it will inevitably be said again, my brother is going back this time to be on an errand in front of the emperor, be cautious, as the saying goes, accompany the king like a tiger, although the royal walk and the future career is beneficial, but be careful in everything, especially don't offend people and be framed!" Daiyu searched hard for the palace drama that was not much in her mind, and said: "Listen more in front of the palace, think more, don't do more, and don't say more." My sister doesn't know anything, she's just worried about my brother, and I don't say much else, my brother must be careful. ”

At this time, not to mention Jia Lian, even Jia Lian's nurse Mama Zhao was so moved that she couldn't help wiping her tears. Jia Lian saw that after Daiyu finished speaking, she didn't think she was verbose, nodded solemnly before kneeling down for Jia Min, kowtowed three times, and then turned around and left with the big backpack in his own hands, the backpack was heavy, but Jia Lian was soft-hearted, warm, and sour.

When he arrived at the outer courtyard, Lin Ruhai was already waiting in the main hall, and Jia Lian carefully found that Lin Ruhai's eyes were slightly red, and there were thick bruises under his eyes, obviously he hadn't slept well all night. The new clothes given by Daiyu that the big guys are wearing today. It's herself, Daiyu also sent someone early to call her special replacement, Daiyu said that it looks like a family.

Jia Lian looked at Lin Ruhai who was wearing new clothes, and his heart was even more sour, but he didn't dare to say anything, especially when Gonggong Li was sitting on the side and waiting, Jia Lian hurriedly handed over the backpack to Zhao'er, entered the hall, knelt down straight for Lin Ruhai, and didn't say anything Puff puff is three real rings, listening to Father-in-law Li's teeth were loose, Lin Ruhai couldn't sit still, pulled Jia Lian up and said, "What is this?!" It is not difficult to see that Lin Ruhai is a little angry, Jia Lian knows that Lin Ruhai feels sorry for himself, but he can't care about these at this time.

I don't know when I will see you again today, Jia Lian is no longer reserved for a rare time, and hugged Lin Ruhai's leg and cried. Lin Ruhai's eyes were also slightly red, and he only looked up at the sky and didn't look at Jia Lian, although he was only a nephew, although he couldn't talk about it when he first arrived here, he didn't know anything, how much effort did he take to teach him well? Now that he is leaving, how can he give up in his heart? But after all, Lin Ruhai is a man and is very self-controlled, not like Jia Min. I only heard Lin Ruhai say in a hoarse voice: "Be a good errand." Don't live up to the expectations of the Holy One. Then he whispered, "Take care of yourself, and don't forget yesterday's teachings." Only Jia Lian, who was holding Lin Ruhai's thigh, heard these words clearly, and even Gonggong Li on the side didn't hear it clearly.

Gonggong Li also kowtowed when he saw his head, and his words were explained, so he got up and said goodbye, and the group was escorted by guards to escort the batch of property to the dock. Due to the fact that there are a lot of things to do, this time when he returned to Beijing, Gonggong Li did not ride a horse, but went north by boat. Although it is going upstream, the southeast wind has recently blew, so you can use the wind at that time. As soon as Jia Lian and Gonggong Li set off together, Lin Ruhai immediately repaired the book and sent it to Jia Amnesty in the capital.

Jia Yu was very surprised to receive letters from Yangzhou one after another, thinking that this was not available in the previous year, he was even more worried in his heart, thinking that something had happened, so he quickly opened Lin Ruhai's letter and looked at it carefully, and the result was that Jia Lian returned to Beijing with Gonggong Li, and the calculation date was the end of April and early May, and there was an indescribable feeling in his heart for a moment. But he didn't delay, and hurriedly sent Zhao Tiandong to the dock to wait.

As expected, in the afternoon of the second half of the first month of May, Gonggong Li and his entourage arrived at the Tongzhou wharf. Seeing Zhao Tiandong from afar, he sent someone to the yamen of the Ministry of Rites to inform Jia Yu, but Jia Lian didn't have time to go back with him, so he was taken into the palace by Gonggong Li. Zhao Tiandong had no choice but to pick up the old lady and lead Zhao'er Xing'er back to restore his life.

When Zhao Tiandong returned to the general's mansion with his luggage, Jia Yu had already returned, and when he learned that Jia Lian had followed Gonggong Li into the palace, Jia Yu was nervous for a while. Hurriedly called Zhao'er and Xing'er, who had been out with Jia Lian for more than two years, and inquired carefully only to learn that it was Lin Ruhai who recommended Jia Lian to be on an errand in front of the emperor, and Jia Yu was so excited in his heart. He said to Mrs. Xing in a loud voice: "Quick, let people give the old lady good news!" "That look doesn't mention raising your eyebrows. Although Xing Shi didn't think so, she never dared to refute Jia Yu, and after Jia Lian came back from writing a letter last time, Jia Yu sent the maid and aunt in the courtyard within a few days. I thought that I couldn't manage it for a few days, but I never thought that more than two months had passed, Jia Yu not only worked as an errand for the Yamen every day, but also hadn't bought a new one, and his heart was much softer for Jia Lian, so he hurriedly sent Wang Baoshan's family to Jia's mother's room to report the good news.

Jia's mother was very surprised to learn that Jia Lian had returned to Beijing, and no one had mentioned this matter to her. called Wang Baoshan to ask carefully, knowing that Jia Lian was personally picked up by Gonggong Li, who was next to the saint, and now he has not returned to the palace to face the saint. I was really shocked. Hurriedly asked someone to call Jia Yu, Jia Yu knew that Jia's mother had misunderstood when he heard what Jia's mother said, but he didn't explain, but said: "Thanks to my sister-in-law's care, I gave Lian'er a certain errand before the emperor, and the specific son doesn't know, so I have to wait for Lian'er to come back and ask." After speaking, there was a smug look on his face that could not be hidden. Although Jia's mother was dissatisfied with Jia Lian before, she no longer cared about it at this time, and said with a smile when she heard Jia Yu say this: "Lian'er is a blessed person, when I asked him to go to his aunt, I said that it would be beneficial to him." Do you believe it now? Jia Mu's face was also full of pride.

Mrs. Wang on the side saw that her face was white, green and white, so she was not lively, and she secretly hated in her heart: This old woman said that she loved Baoyu so much, why didn't she let Baoyu go in the first place? Even if Baoyu can't go when he is young, he can ask his brother Zhu'er to go, and if Zhu'er goes, he may not know what kind of creation it will be. If you can't say it, you won't end up dying early. The more Mrs. Wang thought about it, the more angry she became, and her face became more and more cold and ugly. Mother Jia naturally saw Mrs. Wang's face in her eyes, and she didn't break it. only sneered in his heart: Look, my daughter is still capable, and my son-in-law is also a good one. In the future, it is not a matter of the old lady and me to let the son-in-law support Baoyu? Baoyu's future can be supported by his uncle. Thinking of this, Jia Mu couldn't help but feel more and more complacent. smiled and said to Mrs. Wang: "Lian'er is tired today, so a meal for her family is counted as washing the dust." You go to buy a table, and look at what Lian'er likes. No matter what Mrs. Wang thought in her heart, Jia Yu's eyes were full of joy, but she said: It's just a child's family, and that's it." Jia Mu didn't pay attention.

When Jia Lian returned from the palace, he was stunned for a moment when he walked to the gate, and the familiar plaque of 'Rongguo Mansion' was gone, and now it was replaced by a 'first-class general's mansion' gilt door plaque on a black background, and he couldn't react for a while. Seeing this, Qing'er hurriedly took two steps closer and carefully explained the turmoil of the day. Jia Lian thought about it and didn't say anything, just nodded and went to the door. As soon as he entered the gate, Shan Daliang walked over, bowed down and smiled at Jia Lian and said, "Second Master Lian is out now, and the old lady has been waiting in the room for a while." Let's get over there. Jia Lian didn't say anything after hearing this, but still nodded and continued to walk inside. Halfway through, he asked, "Where is Zhao'er Xing'er now?" Qing'er went to the gate of the palace early in the morning and waited for Jia Lian to come out, where she would know, and hurriedly said: "The little one will be found for the second master." Jia Lian nodded, and Qing'er ran away.

So he was not busy going to Jia's mother's room, Shan Daliang saw Jia Lian stop and asked puzzledly: "The old lady is waiting, why don't Second Master Lian go first and then come to find those two boys?" Jia Lianyuan didn't want to respond, but after thinking about it, he replied: "I brought some gifts to the old lady from Yangzhou, and I always brought them over." Shan Daliang also smiled when he heard this: "Since the second master is waiting here, I will report a letter to the old lady first." Jia Lian didn't like it in his heart, but he also nodded in response.

When Jia Lian came to Jia's mother's room, Jia Yu and his wife, Jia Zheng and his wife, and Sanchun were all waiting in the room. Not to mention how proud Jia Yu is, how gloomy Mrs. Wang is, Yingchun's face is wooden, Tanchun frowns and thinks deeply, and cherishes Chun coldly and lonely. Even Jia Mu was also contemplative. Jia Lian couldn't care about it, so after saluting in turn, he greeted Sanchun again. Fang Cai said: "When I came back from Yangzhou, my aunt asked my grandson to bring a gift to the old lady, and my grandson also prepared a gift for the old lady. After speaking, he looked at the people in the room and said, "I also brought gifts for my father and mother, uncles and aunts, and sisters, and I took them back after a while, so that I would not give them one by one." So he had the box carried in.

What Jia Min gave to Jia's mother was an agarwood painted gold-lacquered Guanyin statue that had been consecrated and blessed by a monk in Tianning Temple. Agarwood Buddha beads, agarwood bracelets. and a number of various kinds of clothing. A set of agate glass cups for Jia Yu, a pair of ladies painted by Zhang Xuan, and a pair of red bead bottles for Mrs. Xing, a number of various colors of clothing, and a number of spices. To Jia Zheng is a pair of landscapes painted by Mi Fu, to Mrs. Wang is a pair of snail shell peony bottles, a number of spices. Sanchun and Li Zhi are both a gold collar, a pair of gold bracelets, Baoyu and Jia Lan Duan Yan, a set of lake pens, and four sets of new books.

After delivering Jia Min's, Jia Lian asked people to carry it into a box and said, "This is what Cousin Lin asked me to bring to the old lady, Mrs. and my sisters." After speaking, he took it out again, and the old lady was a gold-patterned leather silk purple and red cardigan, and a purple and red embroidered 10,000-character Ruyi inlaid with East beads to wipe her forehead. The pearl alone was the size of a thumb. For the eldest lady, there was a royal blue leather silk gown and a mercury mirror. For Mrs. Wang, there was a dark green leather silk gown and a Bodhi bracelet. Sanchun is a pair of bead flowers, a pair of palace flowers, but Li Zhi is four palace silk and four palace satin, with plain color. Baoyu, Jia Lan, Jia Huan, and Jia Cong are jade horses.

Mrs. Wang saw that her baby son was the same as Jia Huan and Jia Cong, and she was very unhappy, even Jia's mother couldn't help frowning, but she didn't want to say anything, after all, she was her own granddaughter, and she didn't know the benefits of Baoyu if she hadn't seen her, and it was rare for a child to be so thoughtful. Then he glanced at Mrs. Wang, and said to Jia Lian with a smile: "As soon as you come back, you will enter the palace, what is the arrangement of the saint?" What kind of errand did you do in front of the Emperor? Jia Lian's mind turned and he understood, so he replied respectfully: "Back to the old lady, the Holy Lord ordered me to be on an errand with the four princes and the seventh prince, and I am not in front of the emperor." After speaking, Jia Lian saw that although Jia's mother's face was not cold, it was not as enthusiastic as Fang Cai, so he continued: "But the saint is happy to touch it today, and rewarded me with a cloud captain." As soon as these words came out, not to mention Mrs. Wang's mother Jia, even Jia Yu was stunned.

Jia Yu hurriedly said, "What did you just say?" Jia Lian repeated: "Today, I guess the saint is happy, and he rewarded me with a cloud cavalry captain." At this moment, except for Jia Zheng and his wife, the whole room was jubilant. Even Jia's mother even said: "Okay, good, earn back a knighthood for the family!" Although it is a little lower, Lian'er is still young, and there will be opportunities in the future. After speaking, he smiled like a Maitreya Buddha. Fu said to Mrs. Wang: "Ming'er, you have a good life to renovate the two tables, invite a troupe to sing for a day, and post a post to your old friends, so that everyone can rejoice together." Since Lian'er goes out to walk, she always has to know more people. Mrs. Wang's face was even more ugly, but she didn't want to show it too much, so she lowered her head. At this time, Jia Zheng's face was also ugly, and he couldn't tell what it was like in his heart, but he would be even more strict with Baoyu in the future. Baoyu couldn't relax for a day, and seeing Jia Zheng was worse than seeing a mouse and a cat. This is a later story, so I won't mention it for the time being.

After everyone dispersed, Jia Lian followed Jia Yu back to the east courtyard and asked Zhao'er to bring the things specially for his own family, Jia Lian opened them one by one and said: "These things are not prepared by my son, and my son doesn't have so much money." It's just borrowing Cousin Lin's light. Jia Yu heard Jia Lian talk about Cousin Lin again, and couldn't help asking: "How old is that girl from the Lin family this year?" Jia Lian didn't expect Jia Yu to ask like this, so he couldn't help but be stunned. Or Mrs. Xing reacted quickly enough and hurriedly replied: "Didn't you just say that you were seven years old at the beginning of the year?" It can be seen that the master is busy and confused. A sentence of confusion gave Jia Yu a good ladder, and he stopped chasing it.

I saw two leather silk horses, two cloud brocade horses, two smoke yarn horses, and two fragrant cloud yarn in the box. A pair of sandalwood bracelets, a string of southern pearls, a red peony rouge box, a pair of silver silk snails and a pair of shell kang screens, and a pair of four glass table screens.

Jia Lian saw that Xing's eyes lit up, although he looked down on him in his heart, he remembered Daiyu's words before leaving, and said: "These are all filial piety to mothers, the son has been away from home for two years, and the father is thanks to his mother to take care of him." I hope that my mother will not be disgusted. Jia Lian called her mother for the second time today, although she was not as kind as her mother, but she was much more pleasant than her wife, and said with a smile: "Don't dislike it, don't dislike it, I'm very happy if you think of me." Jia Yu didn't say anything when he saw this, but said: "Since Lian'er is filial to you, you also have to be a bit of a mother." Let's go down and clean up, I'll say a few words to Lian'er. Mrs. Xing didn't seem to object to Jia Lian's closeness to her when she heard the meaning of Jia Yu's words, and she was very happy in her heart, and she hurriedly collected her things and prepared to go into the back room, but she heard Jia Lian say: "Mother, take it away, make it yourself." Don't say that the old lady knows, the son only brought these. The meaning of these words is obvious, there is no one else except herself, Mrs. Xing's heart is in a hurry, and she nodded with a smile and said, "Don't worry, Lian'er, mother is provincial." Then he turned around and went in.

Jia Yu thought about it and took Jia Lian to the study. Now Jia Yu is on an errand in the Ministry of Rites, and he often has to entertain colleagues and subordinates in the study, but it is not like in the past when everything is stuffed inside, and everyone is hidden inside, Jia Lian feels quite refreshing when he comes in. Jia Yu also specially found two pairs of calligraphy and paintings to hang in the hall, and collected many ornaments and playthings on the Duobao grid, and put some books and paperweights in the four treasures of the study room to fill face on them.

Jia Lian was amused in his heart, but he didn't show it on his face, and only asked, "I don't know what the father called his son over?" Jia Yu didn't go around in circles with him, and asked directly: "Tell me, why did you suddenly return to Beijing?" It turned out that Jia Yu had been worried, but the emperor had named Jia Lianyun a cavalry lieutenant today, and he couldn't say why he came for a while, so he called to ask. Jia Lian didn't hide it, and explained in detail how Daiyu proposed the new account book notation, how Lin Ruhai applied it to the Yanzheng Yamen, how the saint sent Gonggong Li to reward Daiyu after he knew about it, how he asked Lin Ruhai to ask important people, how Lin Ruhai recommended himself along the river, and how he taught himself before leaving. How could Jia Yu not be moved when he heard this? Not to mention the gifts sent today, there are the same things on the surface, but the value of his big house is more valuable than that of the second room, Jia Yu knows it. Not to mention the box at the back. Just said that such a rare opportunity, Lin Ruhai is who it was given, and that person must also be grateful to Dade and will be rewarded. Now Jia Lian is still young, and he can't help Lin Ruhai in officialdom. How could Jia Yu not know? Thinking of the fact that apart from Lin Ruhai and his wife, who would have thought that the general in the general's mansion of this class was not Jia Zheng? Who didn't come to the door to find Jia Zheng? But now that he has an errand and his son is out of business, Jia Yu is still very happy in his heart.

Thinking of this, Jia Yu remembered that Jia Lian was tired of driving, and when he came back, he went directly into the palace, and when he came out of the palace, he was busy working until now, so he said: "You go and wash and rest." If Ming'er is fine, the two of us are talking in detail. As he spoke, he waved his hand to let Jia Lian leave, Jia Lian hesitated for a moment and said: "The son of the holy errand does not dare to delay, the fourth prince said that his son will report to the Ministry of Household tomorrow" Jia Yu was surprised after hearing this, Fang nodded and said: "In this case, you will go with me tomorrow, the Ministry of Household is still very close to the Ministry of Rites." Then he waved his hand to Jia Lian to step back.