The following days are spent visiting relatives and friends.

Either invite others to eat and drink, or go to other people's houses to eat and drink, and toss until the twelfth day of the first month, and then stop.

Lin Daiyu and Shi Xiangyun came to pay their respects to Jia's mother, so they stayed.

There are many sisters here, and they are more lively, and everyone also took the time to open a poetry club.

In the blink of an eye, it was the Lantern Festival on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month.

The two mansions of Ningrong are all hung with all kinds of lanterns, and the Grand View Garden is also full of all kinds of strange lanterns.

At night, the colorful lanterns are full of color, purple and red, and colorful, and the whole Grand View Garden is brightly lit, just like daytime.

Jia Cong also had some large lanterns made and placed them in open spaces, ponds, and small rivers.

Let the whole garden look more dreamlike and colorful.

Walking in the Grand View Garden, it is like walking into the ocean of lamps and the world of lights, so that the little sisters and the female scrolls of the two mansions exclaimed again and again, and sighed endlessly.

Although it is not as good as the large-scale lantern festival in the city, it is also exquisite, strange and fantastic, and it is more eye-catching in comparison.

For several days, the Grand View Garden is full of people coming and going, coming to enjoy the lanterns in the garden.

Jia Cong is in charge of the guards of the palace, but in fact, there is no holiday. However, as the commander, he does not need to stand guard and inspect in person, he only needs to arrange the forbidden soldiers who stand guard and inspect.

Even so, it is necessary to be on duty in shifts with other generals.

Jia Cong also came to work one day shift and two night shifts.

The day shift is just that, the night shift is a beautiful difference for him, and after some inspection, he secretly entered Cining Palace and spent a good time with the queen and Concubine Chen.

After the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, even if the year is over, it will return to its former peaceful days.

Jia Cong also works in the palace during the day and goes home at night, and his life is also very regular.

A group of sisters went to Ning Guofu every once in a while and accompanied Jia Cong to dinner.

On this day, after going down, Jia Cong returned to Ningguo Mansion as usual.

As soon as he arrived at the door, he was stopped by Xue Pan.

"Brother Cong, it's time for you, my mother asked me to invite you to dinner at home, and it just so happens that our brother will have a few more drinks."

Xue Pan, this guy, since the incident of beating Zhou Hao, for fear of the Zhou family's revenge, listened to Jia Cong's words and hid directly in the south.

This hid for more than half a year, and it wasn't until the Chinese New Year that I rushed back.

Aunt Xue was afraid that he would cause trouble again, and he was also old, so she planned to tell him about family affairs, and she had a little bit of a manager.

A few days ago, I chatted with Xue Baochai and learned about this matter from her mouth, and today I called myself over, probably to discuss this matter.

I am not qualified to take care of this kind of thing, and I don't want to take care of it, so forget it, if it's not good, then I will complain.

However, Aunt Xue told herself to go, and it was not good for her not to go, so let's go and see it first.

Jia Cong smiled and said, "Brother Xue, why are you in such a hurry, you always let your brother go back and change his clothes, you can't wear a suit of armor to see your aunt, right?" You go back and tell your aunt first, so that she won't be in a hurry, and I'll go back and change my clothes and go over immediately."

Xue Pan saw Jia Cong's appearance in armor, and he also knew that what he said was reasonable, and it was probably uncomfortable to wear this thing all the time.

He nodded and said, "Okay, my brother will go back first, then you can come over quickly."

Jia Cong said, "Don't worry, I'll change my clothes and go over."

Watching Xue Pan go away, Jia Cong turned around and went back to Ning Guofu.

Under the service of Mandarin Ducks, Raiders and others, he took off his battle armor and changed into a regular uniform.

"Master, I heard someone in front of me, Uncle Xue is looking for you, have you seen it?"

Jia Cong said, "Well, I saw it, my aunt asked him to invite me to their house for dinner, I won't eat at home tonight, you can eat yourself."

The mandarin duck said, "Master, Mrs. Aunt invited you over, it won't be to discuss your marriage with Miss Xue, right?"

Jia Cong shook his head and said, "It shouldn't be, I heard Sister Bao say it the day before yesterday, my aunt told Brother Xue about family affairs, and let me go over today, probably because of this incident."

Mandarin duck said: "Uncle Xue should indeed get married, otherwise his brother will not be married, and Miss Xue will not be able to run in front of his brother, which will delay the time for Master and Miss Xue to get married."

"Uncle Xue is also old, if he does, he should get married soon, he wants to marry Miss Lin first, and then marry Miss Bao, this time is just right."

Mandarin Duck smiled and said, "This year, we are in Ningguo Mansion, but there are many happy events, Qingwen has been busy making groom clothes for her father recently."

Jia Cong smiled: "It's hard for Qingwen, this girl, when I become a relative, I can let you be my aunt, and you can also be served by people in the future, so you don't have to serve me."

The attacker smiled, and it could be seen that he was still quite happy.

"Even if you become an aunt, you have to serve your grandfather."

Mandarin duck said: "Instead of being an aunt, I prefer to stay by my grandfather's side, and I will always accompany my grandfather."

Jia Cong smiled: "You are smart, you know the truth that the building near the water gets the moon first, you can decide for yourself when the time comes, I naturally can't lack people around me to take care of it, rather than hand it over to others, I believe in you more."

In fact, even if you become an aunt, you can continue to follow me and help me take care of some trivial matters. After Sister Lin enters the door, Ping'er will return to her subordinates and help her continue to take care of the house, and Zijuan should also intervene. Zijuan may also help her take care of the affairs of the back house, and you will still be in charge of my affairs."

The mandarin duck smiled and said, "Let's wait for Miss Lin to enter the door, I don't want to fight with Zijuan for anything and make Miss Lin unhappy."

Jia Cong said: "You don't know Sister Lin's temperament, she doesn't have much interest in these trivial matters, and now she is practicing martial arts and wants to follow me to fight. If it's really a housekeeper, Sister Bao is more suitable, forget it, I have to hurry over, so as not to make people wait for a long time."

The mandarin duck said, "Master, then drink less, don't drink too much."

"Got it."

Jia Cong answered, went out of the room, and walked out.

Looking at Jia Cong's distant back, the attacker spoke, "Mandarin duck, you said that Miss Lin entered the door, would she target us and send us away?" At the beginning, the people around Second Master Lian were all sent out by Lian Second Grandma, and none of them remained. I don't know if our master can keep us."

The mandarin duck glanced at the attacker, feeling that she was a little worried.

Although there is such an example as Lian's second grandmother, which is placed there, Miss Lin is not Lian's second grandmother.

The two of them are very different in temperament, no matter what, she doesn't believe that Miss Lin will do this.

Besides, everyone has lived together for so many years, and there is still some affection for each other.

A few years ago, when his father was in Liaodong, he and Ping'er were even more entrusted to take good care of Miss Lin, and it was impossible to do so with these feelings.

Besides, my own master is not a vegetarian, but also a person who values love and righteousness, so it is impossible to see this kind of thing happen.

"Attack, you think too much, Miss Lin is not the second grandmother, and our master is not the second master Lian. We people took the initiative to get us to his side, which shows that he has long recognized us in his heart. Miss Lin won't do this, and our master won't allow this kind of thing to happen, our master can't be compared to Second Master Lian, so you can put your heart in your stomach."

"I also know that Miss Lin won't do this, but I'm a little worried in my heart, it is our blessing to be able to follow our master in this life, I don't want to leave him, he is the only person I can rely on."

The mandarin duck said, "Don't think nonsense, our lord is a person who values love and righteousness, and he will not fail us."

For Jia Cong's personality, Mandarin Duck still knows a lot.

Over the years, he has been by Jia Cong's side, helping him manage his private treasury and taking charge of Jia Cong

side of everything.

Ping'er and Mandarin Duck, one outside the tube and the other in the tube, can be regarded as Jia Cong's right-hand man, and the two of them know more about Jia Cong's things, and they can be said to be the henchmen of the henchmen.

Therefore, Mandarin Duck didn't worry about these things at all, what she thought about was how to be able to follow Jia Cong all the time.

My aunt's status in this mansion is not high, no one cares, it is better to follow Jia Cong's side, and her status is higher.

used to follow the old lady, and the masters in the house had to be polite to her. Now that he is by Jia Cong's side, as his personal butler, his status is even higher, and no one will underestimate him.

Thinking of Jia Cong's words just now, I was still very happy in my heart.

It is indeed a good idea to be able to continue to follow Jia Cong as an aunt and help take care of his affairs.

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Jia Cong walked out of the courtyard, passed through the Grand View Garden, and after a while, he came to Xue's house.

Seeing Jia Cong enter the door, Xue Pan led Xue Ke out together.

"Brother Cong is here, please come inside."

Jia Cong smiled and said, "Brother Xue, Brother Xue, everyone is not an outsider, why should you be so polite."

Several people smiled and exchanged a few words, and came to the house together.

Aunt Xue knew that Jia Cong was coming, so she took Xue Baochai and Xue Baoqin and walked out of the back room.

Jia Cong hurriedly got up and saluted: "I've seen my aunt, I'm going to bother my aunt again today, Sister Bao and Sister Qin, the two of you are also back."

Aunt Xue smiled and said, "Brother Cong'er is here, what are you polite here, just like at home."

Xue Baoqin said with a smile: "Knowing that my brother-in-law is coming to the house for dinner, my sister and I naturally want to come back to accompany you."

Jia Cong smiled, "I know my aunt, and thank you Sister Qin."

After some politeness, everyone took their seats and began to chat.

Xue Baochai said, "Brother Cong, we went to the mansion yesterday and didn't see you, did you stay in the palace?"

Jia Cong glanced at Xue Baochai and said with a smile, "Well, I was on duty in the palace yesterday and didn't go home. Although this messenger is usually idle, he is not very free, and he has to stay in the palace to be on duty every once in a while. It's a long way from when I was in the Five Cities Soldiers and Horses."

Xue Pan said: "Brother Cong, it should be cool to be on an errand in the palace, that is to protect the emperor, and the emperor must trust him."

Jia Cong glanced at Xue Pan strangely, and said in his heart that it was really cool, with the queen mother and Concubine Chen by his side, can he not be happy? Ordinary people are refreshed when they think about it.

[The app that has been running stably for many years is comparable to the old version of the book-chasing artifact, which is used by old bookworms.]

Xue Baochai's face turned red, he glared at Xue Pan angrily, and said angrily: "Brother, what nonsense are you talking about, you can get married, what do you say about me."

Jia Cong smiled and said, "Listening to what Brother Xue meant, it seems that he is very satisfied with this family business, I don't know which girl it is?"

Xue Pan said: "It's okay, it's a girl from the Osmanthus Xia family, I heard that it's not bad."

Aunt Xue said, "Brother Cong, I called you over today, and I also said this, I think the girl of the Xia family is not bad, and the family has also been an imperial businessman, and our two families are also considered to be the right family." I want to ask, do you still know about this family, if there is no problem, I want to settle this matter, let your brother Xue get married as soon as possible, so as not to delay your marriage with Bao Yatou."

It's really the Xia Jingui of the Xia family, about this family, when Jia Cong was in the Five Cities Terracotta Division, he saw the information of this family.

Xia Jingui is the only daughter in the family, her father has died, and she lives with her mother.

After the death of Xia's father, the Xia family's status as an imperial merchant was also canceled by the household department, and the Xia family, which was famous in the past, also declined.

As for Xia Jingui's character, Jia Cong didn't know.

However, in the original "Dream of Red Mansions", this woman is not a worry-free winner, and she made the Xue family a mess.

Although the Xue family has declined, the names of the four major families are very loud, and the Xia family wants to cling to the Xue family, and someone pulls the strings, so the two of them naturally hit it off.

With the status of the Xue family and Xue Pan's habits, he can't marry a girl from an official family at all, and he is indeed a good match with the Xia family.

Looking at the expressions of Aunt Xue and Xue Pan, Jia Cong already understood that the Xue family was still very satisfied with this family business, and he couldn't talk too much.

Jia Cong thought for a while and said, "Auntie, I can't hide it, I do know some details about this Xia family, but I don't know the character of the Xia family girl, so it's best for my aunt to find someone to inquire."

What will happen in the future, Jia Cong doesn't know, so he can only vaguely mention them.

As for the ending, it can only depend on the will of God.