15. Concubine
In the Huansha Pavilion, the two sisters Jia Qian and Jia Qing had already gotten the news and waited outside the door with Jia Cong early. Across the water, Jia Cong saw Jia Jiu coming from a distance, and shouted happily, if it weren't for Jia Qian and Jia Qing's sisters holding him deadly, I was afraid that he would have jumped into the pond a long time ago.
Children don't care what ponds are not ponds. They will directly choose the closest distance, and there is no danger to their lives at all.
Jia Jiu saw that Jia Cong was naughty again, grabbed it in a few steps, hit the fleshy little ass a few times, and pointed to the pond and said, "You bastard boy, you won't stop if you don't let my sister worry, right?" It's all water, what if there's a sister here?! If you fall, your sister will never see you! ”
Jia Cong cried and ...... hugged my sister's leg and pasted the tears and snot on my face. This full-breasted skirt is newly made by Jia Jiu, and it is also Jia Jiu's favorite one, and now it seems that it is impossible for him to wear it for the second time.
Rolling his eyes at the sky, Jia Jiu picked up Jia Cong and said, "What a troublemaker, I can't stand it to the two of you." ”
Jia Qing smiled: "Speaking of which, isn't the hardest aunt the hardest? The third uncle can't leave his aunt for a day. ”
Jia Jiu said: "Get used to him!" If it's a trivial matter, it's okay, but there are some things that shouldn't be done that can't be left to him. ”
Jia Qian immediately said, "Auntie, but what happened?" ”
Jia Jiu said: "That's it, instead of letting you know from other people's mouths that it is so rare, and finally being led into the ditch, it is up to me to sue you." As he spoke, he turned his head and said to the girls: "I know that you also like to talk about some things in private." This matter is very important, so listen to it. ”
The girls in the room hung their heads. I didn't dare to say more, but my ears were pricked up one by one.
I only heard Jia Jiu say: "Maybe such words seem incredible to other people." After all, even the most ignorant people should have heard of the heinous. But there are such people in this world who are so ignorant that in front of the civil and military ministers, they say such rebellious things in public, 'It's okay to sue our family for rebellion'. ”
Jia Qian dropped the teacup on the spot, and Jia Qing said, "Auntie is talking about that Wang Xifeng Wang girl?" ”
"Not bad." Jia Jiu said, "First of all, I found fault, ran to Changyin Station to talk nonsense, and unscrupulously arranged bad words about me and my eldest sister." After being beaten by me, he ran to find Lord Wang, and said such things in public with the support of Lord Wang. Even Lord Wang was so frightened by him that he was delirious. I had to fight and kick me into the pond. ”
Jia Qian sighed, but there was a bit of schadenfreude in Jia Qing's voice: "The Wang family is finished here." ”
Jia Jiu said: "The Wang family is finished, but the bad relationship between our family and theirs has not been broken. ”
Jia Qian and Jia Qing sisters were taken aback when they heard this: "Auntie, what did you say?" We don't understand. ”
Jia Jiu said: "I just came from the eldest sister's side. Wang Ziteng sent someone to inform the eldest sister that the day when the eldest sister would return to the court was not far off. In addition, that Wang Xifeng will be married to that Xue Pan soon. According to the urine nature of the Xue family, maybe even the marriage is in our family. They were cheeky, but they met our old lady. We can only avoid it everywhere. Be on the lookout, too. Don't be bitten by them. ”
Jia Qian and Jia Qing hurriedly responded.
Jia Qian was docile and didn't say much, but his sister Jia Qing had a bit of a temper to get to the bottom of it, so she immediately asked: "Auntie, what did the Wang family say?" Provoked my aunt to lose her temper? ”
Jia Jiu said: "What else can there be?" Doesn't it just know that the prince Tengwang has the ability to send a girl into the palace. He also wants to go in, so he wants to step on the big sister. If you want to take revenge on your relatives, won't you just find me? He thought I would do what he wanted. Quarreling with him, I just threw two slaps in the face! If I only hit him. Others will laugh at me for being arrogant, if I can fight Wang Ziteng for an hour without falling behind. I can also kick the prince into the pond, who will think I am arrogant? I just think that I have shown mercy to my subordinates and did not shoot him to death on the spot! ”
I have to say that Jia Jiu has a very accurate grasp of the reactions of normal people, including the reactions of the emperor and the reactions of the guests who used to be at the hairpin flower party. He thought that after this incident, the Wang family would at least stop a little, but what he didn't expect was that the Wang family actually sued Jia Yu for taking a concubine as a concubine.
When Jing Zhaoyin's officials came to Jia's house, Jia Jiu was packing up the wine in his hand. He ordered a batch of eggshell porcelain wine bottles, one of which was just one pound of wine. If the taste is sweet, tie a pink ribbon, and if the taste is lighter, tie a green ribbon. I just got it done, and I was going to ask someone to send it to the little county lord of Lanling Palace, but I heard a girl outside running in a hurry, and said, "Girl, girl, it's not good, it's not good." Jing Zhaoyin and the officials of the Ministry of Rites and the Ministry of Household came to the door and said that the master had committed a crime. ”
Jia Jiu jumped up when he heard this.
"What are you doing here?"
The girl over there said, "Back to the girl." Ignorance. It's just that if these adults are here to see our master, they should be in Rongxi Hall. But they asked to see the old lady directly, which was not a good thing. Girl, would you like to take a look? ”
Jia Jiu paused, immediately stood up, asked Jinxiu to take good care of his younger brother, took two or three girls in the car, and came directly to Jia's mother. When she came to Jia's mother, Jia Jiu noticed that something was wrong, and hurriedly asked the girl beside Jia's mother secretly.
This starts with the difference between the concubines. The distinction between descendants and concubines is also a part of the hierarchical structure of feudal families. The so-called concubine refers to the wife and son-in-law, and the concubine refers to the concubine and concubine. According to the decree of the Great Qi Dynasty, officials can only take concubines if they have no children at forty, which is clearly written in the "Great Qi Decree". But the problem is that Jia Yu has a son, and he actually took a concubine. Naturally, the officials of the Ministry of Rites wanted to ask.
The most obvious feature of the Jia family is that they are infighting insiders and outsiders, and as soon as these adults came, Jia's mother was not able to speak, and her answers were either unanswered or vague. It's just a matter of insisting that there is no such thing. But such an attitude is in the eyes of several adults. It's like arguing and deliberately evading responsibility.
Finally, one of them got impatient: "Old lady. It's useless for you to quibble. This is not a trivial matter. ”
Jia Mu was silent.
Jia Jiu listened to it on the side for a long time, and was secretly anxious in her heart, afraid that Jia's mother still had the idea of brother and brother, so she couldn't help but say: "Three adults, about this matter, the people know a little, I don't know if I can solve the confusion for the adults." ”
The official of the Ministry of Rites raised his eyes and glanced at Jia Jiu, recognizing that this was the most recent figure in the Beijing Division who dared to wave his fist at the prince, and then said with a slight groan: "Oh? I would like to hear about it. ”
He had already recognized Jia Jiu. Although according to etiquette, even if Jia Jiu is an official lady, as long as he has no fame, no title, and no title, he must kneel on the ground and talk. But at this moment, these three officials did not have the intention to correct Jia Jiu's mistakes. The reason for this is naturally because of the battle between Jia Jiu and Wang Ziteng.
An eight-year-old child can have a tie with a general like Wang Ziteng, and everyone's reaction will not be:
I'll rub it, this girl is so raw!
But:
I rub! How could Wang Ziteng be so useless? Could it be that his martial arts are all blown out? All the credit for him is someone else's?
Only those present at the time knew how terrible Jia Jiu's fist was.
The question is. Whether it is the head of the Ministry of Rites or the head of the household department, he is not qualified to participate in the hairpin party held by Liang Xiang's family, but the people who have really participated in the hairpin party of Liang Xiang's family and watched the martial arts fight between Jia Jiu and Wang Ziteng. It's none other than Jing Zhaoyin, who happened to come with them.
Jing Zhaoyin frightened Jia Jiu, so he repeatedly admonished his two colleagues along the way. Don't offend this little doll, it's really not good. We'll get back to that. But don't offend him to his face.
Although these two were skeptical, they still chose to listen to Jing Zhaoyin's advice. Of course, they were willing to obey not because they believed in Jia Jiu, but because they respected Jing Zhaoyin's official position higher than theirs.
Jia Jiu didn't know this, he just blessed him, and said: "Back to my lord, in fact, above my second brother, my father and the first mother also have a son, who is my first big brother." The father and the first mother have been married for many years, and there is only such a child under his knees, so he naturally loves him like a treasure. It was easy to raise it until it was sixteen or seventeen years old, and when it was about to discuss marriage, the eldest brother suddenly fell off the horse, and then he was raised at home for several months and passed away. This matter has actually been recorded when Jing Zhaoyin was investigating our family's minions before. ”
Jing Zhaoyin nodded and said, "It's true." ”
Jia Jiu said: "When the eldest brother died, my father and my mother had been married for more than 20 years, don't say that my father, even my mother was over forty years old. At that time, the first mother also thought that she would not be able to give birth, so she invited the official media to accept two small jasper for her father. One is Xiucai's daughter and the other is a peasant girl. Although my father is not at home today, my uncle and brother Zhen are here. Although we can't get out of our family's booklet, there should be a record in the booklet of Dongfu. ”
The head of the household department also said: "If General Jia really invited the official media, then there should be corresponding records in Jing Zhaoyin." When I go back, I will see it at a glance. ”
Jia Jiu said: "It's also an unexpected joy to say, not long after these two aunts entered the door, the first mother also had a body, and gave birth to my second brother at the age of forty-three. It is said that when the mother of the first mother was pregnant, the father couldn't believe it at all, and specially asked the imperial doctor to come over the house again and again. Even when the first mother gave birth, she specially invited a doctor in the palace. Regarding this matter, the hospital should have a corresponding record. ”
The head of the Ministry of Rites nodded and said, "If the matter is true, then the Tai Hospital does have relevant records." What about you and your brother? ”
Jia Jiu was stunned. Isn't it all about men? What's wrong with him?
was in the middle of the words, but I heard someone at the door say: "Ladies and gentlemen, the old woman is the companion of our master's steproom, and she followed our wife into the door." As for the origin of our girl, the old woman can prove it. ”
Jing Zhaoyin said: "You? How do you prove it? ”
I saw Wang Shanbao's family kowtowing outside the door and said, "On that day, our wife and aunt conceived a child and gave birth together, and both of them had difficult births. Our wife survived, but the aunt was gone. It was a mess in the delivery room that day. By the time our wife woke up, our girl had already been taken away. It's just that our girl is just like our wife. There is a mole on the back of this neck, which is usually invisible by the hair. But both the position and the color are exactly the same. It is said that our wife's mother also had such a mole on her body. Pity our girl, who is obviously our wife's biological daughter, but she is treated as a concubine. The old woman also asks you to call the shots for our wives! ”
When Jing Zhaoyin heard this, he immediately became interested: "Oh? So, you also thought that your girl was not born to your wife, and you didn't know until later, right? ”
Wang Shanbao's family said: "Back to my lord, yes." Our girl has always been raised in front of the old lady, and the original grandmother is also very powerful. She never let our girls come to greet our wives, and she never let our wives talk to our girls. Or after our wife was sick, the girl came to serve the sick every day, and she was often tired and sweaty. The old woman only realized when she was waiting for our girl to change her clothes. ”
Wang Shanbao's family knows very well that Mrs. Xing can't be left unattended today. Even if he is loyal to this old woman, he can't do it without the care of the master above. Moreover, if Mrs. Xing turns back into the eldest lady who has never given birth, then as soon as Mrs. Xing passes away, his companion will really become a rootless duckweed. So. Whether it is Jia Jiu or Jia Cong, since they have been recorded in Mrs. Xing's name, they are Mrs. Xing's own birth. Even if it was fake before, he wanted to make it true. And when I was lucky. Jia Jiu really has a mole on his neck that is exactly the same as Mrs. Xing, which makes Wang Shanbao's family feel a little more confident.
Wang Shanbao's family said: "Ladies and gentlemen, our wife is pitiful. When he entered the door, he was pressed by the second wife, and he was hit by someone during the two productions. Premature birth. Everyone in this house laughed at our wife. But with our girl's affairs first, we are not sure if our wife has fallen into someone's hands. I would also like to ask for your help. Justice for our wife. ”
This is the cleverness of Wang Shanbao's family, only half of what he said, but let others check it by themselves.
Only then did the head of the household department say: "So, your wife has really been pregnant twice?" Still have a difficult birth? ”
Wang Shanbao's family said: "Yes." Children who die on the ground cannot enter the ancestral grave, so they can only be buried in another place. This matter is for the old woman's son to do. If needed, the old woman can personally lead the way. ”
Wang Shanbao's family does have this confidence. This tomb is also ready-made. He was Mrs. Xing's companion, followed Mrs. Xing into this Rongguo Mansion, and watched his sons and daughters also get married in the Rongguo Mansion, that is, there are a large number of grandchildren and grandchildren. He has many children and grandchildren, so naturally there are many children who have died young. Coincidentally, when Jia Jiu was born, he happened to have a grandson who died young, and last year, his granddaughter-in-law lost a formed male fetus. The two children happened to be buried in one place. And according to custom, children who have not been named do not have tombstones, and no one specifically looks for them, and they really can't find them.
At this time, even the two principals felt that this matter was a false accusation. Immediately, they said that they had to investigate it carefully before they could draw conclusions.
As soon as the three officials left, Jia Mu couldn't sit still: "Bastard, Wang Shanbao's family, what bastard are you talking about!" When did the old family give birth? ”
Wang Shanbao's family said: "Old lady, is it possible that you just want to see the old man be accused and sent to prison?" I've heard that this crime of taking a concubine as a concubine is the same level as stopping his wife and remarrying, and being unfaithful and unfilial! ”
Jia Mu said: "Who do you think I am?" Am I going to watch the boss go to jail? ”
Wang Shanbao's family said: "Old lady, the slave has never said that. However, it is a fact that the girl had the same mole as our wife. As for our third master, old lady, don't worry, our third master is still young, maybe he will have to rely on the second master in the future. As for the ancestral industry, our lord has already arranged it. Our master has suffered a loss in this, so naturally he will not let our second master and our third master plant on it again. Old lady, our wife is now inseparable from anyone for a quarter of an hour, and the slave and maid have retired first. ”
Mother Jia was so angry that her face was red and her neck was thick, but he couldn't help Wang Shanbao's family.
Now Mrs. Xing is lying in the house, and on the day when she doesn't know if she has been cured in this life, Wang Shanbao's family is barefoot and not afraid to wear shoes, if Jia's mother dares to betray him, he will definitely dare to learn from Jia Jiu to go to Jingzhao Yin to beat the drum and voice grievances. The daughter-in-law was so sick that she didn't know what to do, so she could only lie in the house and survive. You sell your daughter-in-law's roommates right now. You want your daughter-in-law to die, right?
Wang Shanbao's family dared to bet that Jia's mother would never do this. Jia Mu would be willing to ruin her reputation for such a thing and put an unkind hat on her head. Especially at this juncture.
As soon as Wang Shanbao's family left, Jia's mother immediately smashed a teacup and shouted: "Second girl, don't you think that when he says this, you are the daughter of the ironclad nail, right?" ”
Jia Jiu said: "Old lady, isn't your granddaughter already a concubine?" What my granddaughter is thinking about now is who is suing our family. What good will it do them if they sue our family? ”
Jia Mu said: "Ask me? Why don't you ask yourself! Good manner, what are you doing offending the Wang family? ”
The bad problem that has been cultivated over the years is that Naja is angry when things don't go well. Now that Jia Yu has hid, Jia Mu took advantage of the situation to make Jia Jiu angry.
Jia Jiu was taken aback by Jia's mother's expression, and immediately said, "Old lady, this is strange?" Could it be that the granddaughter wants not to say anything, and let that Wang Xifeng curse the big sister in public with all kinds of vicious words, saying that the big sister is a lewd and cheap person, hooking up with people everywhere, and losing her virginity at the flower festival? Old lady, you raised your big sister. Besides, the person who uttered that great rebellion was not his granddaughter. ”
Jia Mu choked and almost jumped up.
However, he was the one who had been on the top of the pyramid of the Jia family for so many years, so he quickly cleaned up his expression, eased his expression, and said, "Second girl, I know you are angry in your heart. But you should also know that there are not many in-laws in our family who can use it now. Your second aunt's maiden family is one place, and the Xue family behind is also one place, which is the Lin family, and now we can't do anything. If you offend people like this, I'm afraid that we will become more and more lonely, and we will make people restrain us everywhere in the future. ”
Jia Jiu hurriedly knelt down and said, "Old lady, granddaughter also knows that the old lady is worried about her family and is anxious, so she said something serious to her granddaughter." But old lady, you should also think about it, why did that Wang Xifeng actually say that it is okay to sue their family for rebellion? In fact, these days, my father has repeatedly sent my brother to Zhang's house, of course, because the Ming arithmetic exam is approaching, and more importantly, my father wants to get the latest news from the Zhang family. Old lady, you think, if our children make a mistake, you can punish it on the spot. If you don't punish now, how likely do you think you are to be not guilty in the past? You don't know about Prince Yizhong. As a prince and a prince, not to mention that Lord Wang is just a courtier. Old lady, you should make up your mind about this sooner rather than later. ”
Jia Mu froze and said, "Are you saying that the Wang family has no possibility of getting up again, and sending your eldest sister into the palace is the only thing they can do right now?" ”
"Yes."
Jia Mu thought for a while and said, "That's it." Go back, I'm going to think about it. ”
"Yes."
Jia Jiu kowtowed to Jia's mother and went down obediently.
The Jia family has never had secrets, and the news about the birth of Jia Jiu and Jia Cong soon spread throughout the Jia family. Speaking of which, the Jia family has already sold their minions twice, and they are all large-scale sales. It's just that many people here have been sold in the big house, not to mention other places at all. In the past, there were more than a thousand minions in the entire Rongguo Mansion, but now there are only two or three hundred. Of the remaining two or three hundred, more than half were newcomers. The other half, even those who were originally serving in Jia's house, were also serving below and outside, where do they know these secrets?
People are like that, they only want to believe what they want to believe. Obviously, the identities of Jia Jiu and Jia Cong are very clear, but now they are also confused.
Of course, there are many people who care about this concubine, just like Tanchun, he flatters Mrs. Wang, and even does not hesitate to step on his biological mother and sibling brother, for the sake of a future? Now people like themselves suddenly crush themselves. Tanchun couldn't sit still. (To be continued......)