After entering March, the atmosphere in the capital suddenly became tense, those who had not yet figured out the situation were waiting for the date of the general election to be announced by the Ministry of Rites, and those who knew a little inside information were waiting, waiting for the results of the current Banzai and the Emperor Taishang's fighting law. Anyone with eyes knows that whether it is the emperor or the present, Jia Junjun will not be allowed to fall into the hands of the other party.

Therefore, even if the Ministry of Rites did not get the exact date of the general election, it began to get busy. And Jia Yu and Jia Lian reported Jia Qian and Jia Qing as overage as soon as possible. Because the general election was postponed for a year, there are really not several families in Beijing whose daughters are overage, plus those from other places, there are seven or eight people, and it was not until June that the approval from above came down.

During this period of time, Mrs. Jia Zhengwang's inner anxiety was no less than that of Jia Yu. Jia Yu knew that a good woman was begging for a hundred schools, but now he was hanging like this, and he was really unsure in his heart. Although Jia Qian and Jia Qing are not Jia Yu's own granddaughters, they are cats and dogs, and they have given birth to some feelings over the years, not to mention the two big living people? Although the weight of Jia Qian and Jia Qing sisters is not as good as Jia Jiu, Jia Yu still cares about their lives.

And Mrs. Jia Zhengwang is looking forward to this year's palace concubine election being pushed again. Jia Baoyu can't support a family now, so Mrs. Jia Zhengwang put almost all her hopes on Jia Yuanchun. Jia Zheng's future, Mrs. Wang's fate, and Jia Baoyu's future, Mrs. Jia Zheng pinned all this on Jia Yuanchun.

In a world where women are confined to the inner house, wars and officialdom demand that women go away. There is really a limit to what a woman can do. Mrs. Wang is not Jia Jiu in the end, he hates Jia Jiu and envies Jia Jiu at the same time. is also very clear that he can't be Jia Jiu, and he can't be where Jia Jiu is now. Don't talk about the current Mrs. Wang, even Mrs. Wang when she was young never thought of being the same as Jia Jiu.

What Mrs. Wang can do is to pin her hopes on her husband and her children. Before getting married, I heard the matchmaker talk about Jia Zheng, and I heard the people around me mention Jia Zheng. Jia Zheng is far better than Jia Yu ten times, and Mrs. Wang always thinks that it is a little harder at the beginning. In the future, he will always be worried, and Jia Zheng will definitely bring him a phoenix crown.

Mrs. Wang waited year after year. His dreams were shattered by reality.

When she first got married, Mrs. Wang also thought about her husband and children, and waited until the tenth year of marriage. Mrs. Wang came to her senses.

Mrs. Wang knows. It is impossible to rely on this man to bring glory and wealth to himself. Even if Mrs. Wang looks good, the relationship between the husband and wife is not harmonious, Mrs. Wang's two children, Jia Zhu and Jia Yuanchun, have not been able to raise them by their side, and they are not close to Mrs. Wang, and the mother-in-law's frame is big, and Mrs. Wang has taken another path because of her unsatisfactory situation.

Even now, Mrs. Wang doesn't count on her husband Jia Zheng.

Married for thirty or forty years. Let Mrs. Wang know Jia Zheng's personality well enough. A person like Jia Zheng is a complete hypocrite, even more hateful than a villain. What did the villain do. I will still admit it when I should admit it, but what about Jia Zheng? Jia Zheng enjoyed Jia's mother's partiality, but when he turned around, Jia's mother was unkind and confused; Jia Zheng enjoyed the comfortable and good life that Mrs. Wang brought to him, and he didn't worry about money, and when he turned around, he let his wife, who gave birth to children for him and planned for him, bear all the charges.

Mrs. Wang has long been cold to Jia Zheng. Since Jia Zheng has abandoned him, then Mrs. Wang will not help take care of his concubines and concubines while serving this man well.

Mrs. Wang, who left the Buddhist hall, made it clear that he would only plan for his children, and he would only plan for himself. As for Jia Zheng and Aunt Zhao, Aunt Zhou, and Jia Huan, Mrs. Wang will not waste a look.

If it weren't for Jia Yuanchun, if it weren't for Jia Baoyu, if it weren't for the lack of energy in her hands, Mrs. Wang would have swept Jia Zheng out of the house a long time ago.

On this day, Jia Zheng came from Aunt Zhao's house, and Mrs. Wang just gave him a cold look, turned her head and ordered the girls to continue working.

Jia Zheng was very unhappy, but when he thought of his purpose today, he couldn't bear it, and said, "This year is another year of the general election." ”

Madame Wang looked at him and did not speak.

Jia Zheng said again: "I don't know what happened to the big girl." ”

Madame Wang still did not speak.

Jia Zheng finally said: "Didn't the Xue family send the news?" ”

Mrs. Wang said, "What did the master say?" Why does the Xue family take care of us and our mother? ”

"You ......"

Mrs. Wang hurriedly said: "Don't forget, sir, the reason why my sister has been enthusiastic to help is that I hope that the two families will be close to each other." But how many times I mentioned it to the master, the master only knew how to shake his head. Bao girl was dragged to the age of nineteen! Whose girl doesn't have a mother-in-law at this age? ”

Jia Zhengdao: "Aren't there still Qian girls and Qing girls?" ”

Mrs. Wang said: "Qian Yatou and Qing Yatou are show girls, as long as their names are on the book, they must participate in the palace concubine election." The palace postponed the general election and made them overage, what does this have to do with them? Besides, hasn't the lord heard? There has been news over there, and both the Liang family and the Yan family have sent matchmakers to the door to ask for marriage. The Liang family is begging to marry a girl for the second grandson of their eldest family, but the Yan family is asking to marry a girl for the son of the family. The big man over there has all responded, just waiting for the lottery. But what about the baby girl? He is one year older than Qian Ya Qian Ya Tou! ”

Jia Zhengdao: "What's the use of talking about this now? Didn't Bao Yatou move out, and she also has her in-law's house? ”

Mrs. Wang said, "Then what else is the master asking?" If the old man nodded early, then the money that the Xue family spent at the beginning would have become filial piety in advance. What is it now? I my heart in vain, and I didn't fall down. ”

Jia Zhengdao: "Do you still have the face to say? If you hadn't forced the Xue family too anxious and asked for a lot of money, would the Xue family have moved away? ”

Mrs. Wang said: "That's the second girl's filial piety?" I'm my mother's biological mother, what's wrong with me getting back what belongs to my mother? ”

Jia Zhengdao: "Then you still say that is the filial piety of the Xue family?" It's not that the Xue family swallowed Niangniang's silver! ”

"You!"

Mrs. Wang never expected it. At the beginning, Jia Zheng didn't care about everything, everything was only lost to him, a woman, and now. It all became their own fault. I had the heart to defend myself for a few words, but I was afraid that Jia Zheng would hold the handle, and it would all become my own in the future, I couldn't say that this man would turn over the old accounts, so I couldn't bear it, and said: "Master, this is easy to say." At that time, I asked the master for something outside. The lord called the concubine to do it. The concubine is a woman in the house, where do you know anything, the Xue family's shops are all over the country. It's also easy to buy, so naturally I have to leave things to them. Who let us get that little money at the beginning? ”

Jia Zheng then remembered that at that time. Jia Yu and the Lin family gave a total of 300,000 taels of silver. There are not many people in the East Mansion, and coupled with Jia's mother's private house, there are only hundreds of thousands of taels of silver in total. It is a lot to put it outside, and it can be used to repair the provincial villa, which is naturally not enough.

At that time, neither of them could have imagined that Jia Jiu would throw out such a large sum of money later.

Jia Zheng could only say: "That's it, I can't talk about you." Now Baoyu is also bigger. Bao girl has also decided on someone, do you have any ideas? ”

Mrs. Wang was stunned. Said: "The master said so, but there is someone?" ”

Jia Zheng thought for a while and said, "How is Miss Lin?" ”

Mrs. Wang chuckled in her heart.

Not to mention the grievances between him and Jia Min back then, even Jia's mother's preference for Lin Daiyu is eye-catching enough. What's more, Jia Baoyu prefers girls like Lin Daiyu, if Jia Baoyu really marries Lin Daiyu, I'm afraid that his last child will be separated from him.

Mrs. Wang's heart turned a thousand times, but her face was not obvious, and she said: "Although the old lady is Lin Yatou's maternal grandmother, the old lady can also talk about Lin Yatou's affairs." But Lin Yatou was personally entrusted to the eldest master by Aunt Lin, and the second girl protected her. Can you sway the eldest master's idea, or can you make the second girl nod? ”

When Jia Zheng heard this, he was stunned.

"Baoyu is a ...... with a background"

Mrs. Wang said: "Yes, Baoyu is a person with a background, but people are not rare, and they are afraid to avoid it." Moreover, I think Lin Yatou's temperament is also soft. Whatever the second girl wants him to do, he will do. The second girl asked him to keep filial piety for his father, he really didn't even go out of the door of the back garden, let alone ask the old lady for peace. Can such a person protect our Baoyu or can he afford a family? We are all young, and Baoyu's temperament needs to be taken care of by others. You say, Lin Yatou is a desirable candidate? ”

Jia Zheng listened and said, "However, Lin Yatou has a good background. ”

Mrs. Wang said: "What if you have a good background? If you can't take care of Baoyu and Baoyu wants to take care of him, what's the use of marrying such a daughter-in-law? The Lin family is not without a brother, and the Lin girl will just be a dowry in the future. ”

When Jia Zheng heard this, he could only give up and said, "Then who are your candidates?" ”

Mrs. Wang thought for a moment and said, "I've been thinking about this for a few days. Marrying a daughter-in-law, whether Baoyu likes it or not is secondary, first of all, it must be able to bring benefits to the family, and secondly, it is necessary to be able to take care of the mother. Because of Bao Yatou's matter, whether we can borrow the power of the Xue family in the future is still two words, so we need to have a new way. Before, someone told me about a person, because he was older than Baoyu and the same age as the second girl, so I hesitated. ”

Jia Zheng hurriedly asked who it was.

The person Mrs. Wang is talking about is none other than Xia Jingui.

In Mrs. Wang's opinion, the Xia family is Xia Jingui's mother and daughter, but the family is serving dozens of acres of osmanthus flowers, and the osmanthus bureau in Beijing is also mostly theirs, although Xia Jingui's temper is not very good, but what kind of person is his son, it is not easy to accept the heart of a girl who has never seen the world? Jia Baoyu married Xia Jingui, so all the property of the Xia family is Jia Baoyu's, and even the connections of the Xia family in the palace are Jia Baoyu's. In this way, they don't have to rely on the Xue family to take care of Jia Yuanchun.

What could be a better marriage?

Having said that, Xia Jingui's temper is not very good, but it is because he lost his father since he was a child. If he has a good temper, how can he protect their Xia family's family business? As long as Xia Jingui can take care of Jia Baoyu, there are still some things that Mrs. Wang can back down. Mrs. Wang has no doubt that she will not be able to help a little girl from an imperial businessman.

Hearing Mrs. Wang say about Xia Jingui's various benefits, Jia Zheng was also moved.

Jia Zheng also thought that his daughter was favored and gave birth to a prince, and he would be able to rise to the top. So, the marriage was decided.

The news that Jia Baoyu was about to marry Xia Jingui was undoubtedly a bolt from the blue for Shi Xiangyun, and even Jia's mother was surprised, and hurriedly called Mrs. Jia Zhengwang to the Rongguo Marquis Mansion and interrogated her carefully. Seeing that Mrs. Jia Zhengwang had made up her mind, Jia Mu could only sigh and said, "Since you have decided, then the old woman will not say anything." You guys do it for yourselves. ”

Jia's mother was so angry with Mrs. Jia Zhengwang that she didn't even eat dinner, so panicked that Jia Yu hurriedly sent someone to ask for a doctor. Jia Jiu learned the whole story, and sent someone to pick up Shi Xiangyun early the next morning, and personally greeted him at the second gate.

"Sister Yun, I'm sorry. When the old lady heard about this, she had a stomachache, and after asking the doctor to see it, she took the medicine, and only fell asleep in the second half of the night, but she was wronged by her sister. ”

After so many things, Shi Xiangyun is also a lot more honest, at least, now he behaves quietly and says, "Is the old lady okay?" ”

Jia Jiu replied: "I'm just angry." I'm still lying in the house. I asked people to clean up the old lady's backyard, and the soft red in the back garden was all in order. Where does my sister want to go? ”

Shi Xiangyun thought for a while and said, "The old lady loves me so much, but I patronize and play, I really shouldn't be." Second sister, I want to live in the old lady's yard. ”

Jia Jiu listened and said, "It's okay." I'll keep the house in the back garden for you. ”

Shi Xiangyun nodded, silently followed Jia Jiu inside, walked to Jia's mother's main hall, heard that Jia's mother was still sleeping, visited on the edge of the bed, came out again, followed Jia Jiu to stand under the corridor, and said, "Second sister, do you know?" Baoyu is going to marry a daughter-in-law. ”

"I know. The old lady is uncomfortable for this. ”

Shi Xiangyun said: "But I don't understand. Am I not good enough? Why did the old man and his wife choose an outside one in the end? ”

Jia Jiu thought about it, and finally decided to tell Shi Xiangyun the truth: "Because the Xia family is an imperial businessman, the osmanthus in the palace is theirs." They have people in the palace who can help the big sister. ”

Shi Xiangyun said: "But our Shi family is the mansion of the prince. ”

Jia Jiu said: "But if the courtier stretches his hand too long, it is the way to take trouble." ”

Shi Xiangyun was stunned. He always felt that Jia Jiu had something to say. But Jia Jiu didn't explain to him, but turned around and asked Jia Mu's decoction, tea and rice. (To be continued......)