The Bookish Scholar of the Red Mansion

After the child's full moon party, the elders of the Chen family's first and second bedrooms will set off to return home.

This is a big deal, even if Sheng'er is still sleeping soundly in her infancy. Chen Heng knew that his mother was reluctant to part with her eldest grandson, so she still carried him out and saw him off all the way.

At first, Mrs. Gu complained about her son and let Sheng'er blow the wind all the way. When they finally arrived at the pavilion on the ancient road, Gu herself was already in tears.

Thinking of this farewell, I wonder when I will see my grandson again, and I wonder how many interesting things about Sheng'er's growth I will miss.

Mrs. Gu shed tears and said, Sheng'er, my Sheng'er. She stretched out her hand that was beginning to grow wrinkles and gently stroked the child's face.

Don't forget grandma, okay? Grandma made a lot of dried meat for you. When you grow up, you can use it with rice.

If you like to eat it, ask your father to write a letter to your grandmother and tell her that she will have it delivered to you when she makes it.

Chen Qi was also reluctant to part with his grandson, but seeing Mrs. Gu crying, he couldn't help but said, Why are you crying? Just wait until Heng'er gets leave and then bring Sheng'er back to see you.

It's easy for you to say that. Heng'er is an official and has a lot to do all day long. He can't just ask for leave. Mrs. Gu raised her voice unconsciously.

Daiyu wanted to come today, but Mrs. Gu was worried about what the doctor said and insisted on letting her rest at home.

Chen Heng knew that it was time to intervene and persuade him to make peace, and said hurriedly: Dad, it's okay. I'm not as busy as before. As long as I have time, I will go back and see you and my grandparents.

After all, Chen Gaishan and Mr. Zhou were already very old. They were afraid that the long journey would affect their health, so they did not make the trip this time.

Chen Heng hurriedly asked Xinda to take out the paintings that Xue Biao and Jiang Yuanbai worked on over the past few days. After letting Chen Qi accept them, he explained: There is a portrait of Sheng'er in it. Dad will take it back and show it to my grandparents.

Said to be a portrait of Sheng'er, it is actually a self-portrait of Chen Heng's family of three. Sheng'er, who was still in her infancy, had her first portrait in this era without photos. Xue Biao's wonderful writing has been passed down to generations, and it is also a good story.

Chen Qi nodded, wiped his hands, and carefully took the painting into his arms. He knew that he would also need this painting to satisfy his craving for a long time to come.

Chen Huaijin on the other side was still telling Chen Qingyue, You are now the second uncle, so don't be out of shape all day long. In a few years, you will also be a person who wants to start a family and start a career. You should calm down and study hard. .”

Where am I? How come I have to start a family? Chen Qingyue was dumbfounded and felt that these words sounded familiar.

He suddenly said: Dad, did my grandfather tell you the same thing back then?

You... Chen Huaijin's face turned green with anger and he was about to scold the traitor severely.

Mrs. Li hurriedly jumped out from the side, took her son's hand, and changed the subject: Why are you like your father, who has no control over what he says all the time. You will study with your brother from now on, and don't cause any trouble to your brother, do you understand?

Mom, I saved it. I listen to my elder brother the most. Chen Qingyue showed his white teeth.

Chen Qingyue was originally going to be taken back, but he felt that his ranking in the college examination was not good.

If you rush back to take the provincial examination, you will definitely fail. Under Chen Heng's decision, he continued to study in Songjiang.

Chen Yin, who is several years younger than him, is usually taciturn. His college examination journey is already on the way.

Chen Heng felt most at ease with this third brother. The emperor has paid off, and his third brother has been blessed with divine help since he was a child. In addition, I am willing to work hard to study. When it comes time to take the college exam, I'm sure I'll be at the top of the list.

Because they had to prepare gifts for their eldest sister and second sister, Lao Chen’s family chose to go back by carriage to avoid moving things around at the dock.

Before parting, Mrs. Gu hugged the sleeping Sheng'er for the last time, and then said to her son: Take good care of Yu'er and Lian'er. It's not easy for them to run a home for you! Do you understand?

Mom, I saved it. Chen Heng couldn't help but nodded. After taking the child back, he raised Sheng'er's little hand, shook it, and said on his son's behalf, Sheng'er tell grandma.

Go back, go back. Don't let the child get exposed to the wind. Mrs. Gu raised her handkerchief and wiped her tears again.

I watched my loved ones board the carriage, and the wheels rolled forward, turning everyone's figures into a black dot. Chen Heng finally withdrew his gaze and took his family back home.

The end of the sky, the corner of the earth, life is rarely filled with joyous gatherings, but with many separations.

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In the blink of an eye, it was March, and the imperial court, which had arranged the affairs for this year, finally had time to deal with the nobles of the capital.

Among the first group of people to suffer were the Niu family of Zhenguo and the Chen family of Qi State, eight kilometers away.

The charges against these two families are quite different. The Niu family was involved in the rebellion of Wang Shuirong in Beijing, and the Chen family was accused of embezzling court funds.

The former is a punishment by association, and the latter is a crime of confiscating a house. Once the turbulent investigation operation started, the nobles of the capital who had been worried all day finally let go of their worries.

What followed was a large-scale campaign to beg grandpa and grandma. Some of them couldn't believe that His Majesty dared to accuse everyone before.

Now that the hammer has fallen, everyone is starting to feel upset again.

When the aristocratic family is proud, its doors are like a bustling city and its guests are like rain. Now that there are signs of decline, people who were good friends in the past would not dare to be involved in two major cases.

Anyone with a discerning eye can see that Li Zhi is ruthlessly rectifying military affairs. Even two generals, Zhang and Wang, who had been stationed at the border for more than ten years, were transferred back to the capital based on their merit.

If someone loses power, someone will naturally gain power. Power abhors a vacuum, it's just a matter of someone else taking care of it.

On this day, Baoyu was still chatting with her sisters in the room, talking about the recent experiences of the Niu family and the Chen family.

Suddenly Shi Xiangyun stumbled in, hugged Baoyu and started crying.

Second brother, save me, second brother, save me!

Baoyu was startled by his sister who jumped into his arms. He hurriedly helped Xiangyun up and asked in surprise: What's wrong with sister Yun?

Some officials took me...and my second uncle's family.

When Baoyu heard this, he was shocked. He knew about Shi Ding's bad deeds, but Shi Nai had already been appointed as an official from another province, so why was he involved?

Baoyu originally thought that His Majesty would act extrajudicially because of the Shijia old marquis's thin face.

When he heard that the second uncle of the Shi family was implicated, he knew that Sister Yun was bound to be in trouble.

Children of officials who conspire to rebel will only end up in the Jiaofangsi. From now on, it will be difficult to get ahead except by selling oneself and showing off.

The more Baoyu thought about it, the worse he got. He hurriedly took Shi Xiangyun and rushed to Rongqing Hall to find Jia Mu.

Baochai, who happened to be pregnant, had just come to Jia's mother to pay her respects. Seeing her husband holding Xiangyun, he ran in in a panic.

Baochai walked out of Rongqing Hall and said hurriedly: But what's the emergency? The old lady just fell asleep. If it's not urgent, you might as well wait until the old lady wakes up.

Baoyu immediately said anxiously: When has this happened? How can we wait any longer? The sky is about to fall.

After saying that, regardless of Baochai's obstruction, he dragged Xiangyun directly into the house.

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Jia Zheng didn't know what happened in the back house. He was now looking at his nephew and niece-in-law who were kneeling in front of him, looking panicked and saying, Lian'er, what are you and your wife doing?

Beside him, Mrs. Wang, who was drinking tea, also opened her eyes wide and looked blankly at Wang Xifeng, who was crying silently.

Jia Lian, a lecherous devil, kept kowtowing and saying, Second uncle, please save me. Please save me, second uncle.

Jia Zheng didn't care about the delay and hurriedly got off the couch and pulled the crying Jia Lian up from the ground.

Seeing that his wife was still dazed on the cushion, she had no choice but to order the maid beside her to help Wang Xifeng up.

Under Jia Zheng's comfort, Jia Lian, who knew something was wrong, finally explained the whole story clearly.

Hearing that his eldest brother and nephew's family were involved in Ping'an Prefecture, Jia Zheng was really struck by thunder.

It's not like he didn't notice Jia She's little actions, and he also knew that his eldest brother had a lot of complaints about his second wife living in Rongxi Hall.

However, Jia Zheng was only worried that Dafang would be involved in a major deficit case. I was worried about where to find an east wall if Jia Lian and his son came up with the amount.

Who would have thought that Dafang would be involved in a major rebellion!

We were born from the same father and mother. Brother, are you so angry with me? ?

The more Jia Zheng listened, the more flustered he became, and the more he listened, the more chilled he became. But in the end it was his brother's life, he asked hurriedly.

Tell me honestly, apart from you and your father, who else knows about the fact that you introduced Master Yun to that traitor?

There are also Uncle Shi, Mr. Feng, and Mr. Dai. There are also people close to the Feng family and the Wei family who know about it!

Every time Jia Lian said a name, Jia Zheng felt more dizzy. He couldn't help it anymore and said sarcastically: Didn't you say you were going to Ping'an Prefecture to handle confidential matters? Everyone knows what to do?

Jia Lian is also speechless. No matter how confidential the matter is, it is indispensable to deal with people. Shui Rong had already intentionally or unintentionally organized a situation in order to get on the bus with the Raja family, and pulled the flag of the Raja family.

Confused, you guys are really confused. Jia Zheng shook his body angrily, obviously really angry.

This startled Mrs. Wang, and she hurriedly rushed to the master's side, holding on to her Optimus Prime.

Then he cursed angrily at the servant beside him: Are you all blind? Don't you know how to come over and help me? You have no eyesight.

Jia Zheng had no time to care about this trivial matter, so he only asked Jia Lian: Where is my elder brother?

My dad...my dad is in the house. Jia Lian was still wiping away tears. He was really a loser now.

Go and call him here. Jia Zhengqiang braced himself and sat on the soft couch to arrange things.

Even now, the eldest brother still wants to stay out of the matter, reluctant to part with his own reputation, and instead pushes his son to take the blame.

Second uncle, please save us, my niece-in-law is kowtowing to you. Wang Xifeng knelt on the ground, sobbing softly and panicking.

Her embarrassed look is nowhere near the same arrogance as when she took control of the Tiejian Temple and disregarded human life.

Jia Zheng couldn't talk to the women, so he could only prevaricate a few words, and then waved his wife to go out and invite Jia She to come over.

Finally having a moment of free time, Mrs. Wang quickly raised her hand and patted her husband on the back.

She suppressed the secret joy in her heart and asked carefully: Will this matter involve our Yu'er?

When he first heard this, Jia Zheng turned around suddenly. The shock in his eyes was like seeing some ghost.

What ignorant women and children, what time has it been, and they are still thinking about their little calculations.

He knew that the madam's plan was nothing more than caring about the title in Dafang's hands. Once Jia Lian dies, Baoyu will definitely inherit the title.

But that requires our Jia family to have a title! ! ! Madam, do you know how big a deal this is?

If you don’t do it right, it’s easy to search your house! !

Even Yuanchun girl will be relegated to the cold palace.

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Jia She didn't come in the end, because he really couldn't lose face.

Maybe I also think that this matter is not a big deal, and I will just act as a broker once all is said and done. If we really want to pursue the case, wouldn't it be better to just pretend that we didn't know?

He didn't come, but Ning Guogong's head Jia Zhen came with his son Jia Rong.

Both father and son are lustful ghosts, but they have no courage to rebel. But their troubles are not small, and they are actually related to a major deficit case.

Since the early death of his daughter-in-law Qin Keqing, the Ningguo Mansion has been completely without a reliable housekeeper. Hundreds of people in the house eat and drink all day long, which costs a lot of money.

In order to fill this hole, the nobles of the capital at that time looked for help from everywhere and worked together to raise funds for maritime affairs. When Jia Zhen learned about this, she was the first top nobleman to decide to join.

Now that even Qi Duke Chen's family was imprisoned in the prison, he hurriedly asked Jia Zheng to borrow money, hoping to make up for the court's shortfall.

You really don’t know if you don’t ask, but you will be shocked if you ask. Jia Zheng learned the astronomical figures from Jia Zhen, and his anger, which had just subsided, started to rise again.

How on earth did you spend it? Nearly one million taels of silver, even if it is spread on the ground, it is like a few hills. The people in your house are so ridiculous, huh?

Although Jia Zheng had little housekeeping, he knew that with so much money, it would be impossible to just eat and drink.

It must be that there are countless moths in the whole house, the master is stupid and the servants are corrupt, and they commit ridiculous things together.

Jia Zhen has some skills when it comes to sleeping with women, otherwise she would not let her daughter-in-law go. But when it comes to good housekeepers, even he and Youshi are fools.

It has long been known to everyone that the servants in their house bought houses and slaves. However, Jia Zhen thought this was due to the prosperity of her family.

Otherwise, why is there only one Nanny Lai in Rongguo Mansion who has a family and slaves outside, while our Ningguo Mansion has so many servants who are promoted?

Jia Zhen thinks about things clearly, so she lives in such a muddle. Now Li Zhi is very confident and determined to handle two major cases.

Only then did Jia Zhen remember to come to ask for mercy. Firstly, she wanted to borrow some money from Rongguo Mansion, and secondly, she wanted Jia Zheng to come forward and intercede with His Majesty.

As long as we are given a little more time, how much money does our Jia family have that cannot be made up for?

Are the ignorant fearless? Or if God wants to make him die, he must first make him mad? Jia Zheng is unknown.

But when things got to this point, he finally fainted due to the joint efforts of Jia She and Jia Zhen.

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At Rongqing Hall, Jia Mu was still comforting Shi Xiangyun.

This child has had a hard life since he was a child. He has had no parents to rely on since he was born.

Now that Shijia's third uncle has done such a bastard thing and involves his niece who has not even enjoyed the family blessing for a day, it is really abominable and hateful.

Seeing that Shi Xiangyun still looked panicked, Jia Mu thought about it carefully and said, Don't be afraid, my aunt is here.

Jia's mother is a first-grade imperial concubine, and this status is definitely a great honor. It is really difficult to get a man who has not made great contributions to his husband.

Although Jia Mu is not sure about this matter, she wants to do it for the sake of her nephew and granddaughter. It's not a big problem to put on official uniform and go to the Queen to ask for a favor.

After all, Shi Xiangyun was just an orphan, without parents, and she had been raised by her side for many years. Even if the emperor doesn't care about the face of the old Duke's wife, the queen will be considerate and kind.

Only then did Baoyu calm down the sobbing Shi Xiangyun, and Baoyu just turned from worry to joy. A little maid rushed in from outside and said anxiously: Go back to the old lady, the second master just fainted.

What?! What do you think happened to my father? Baoyu felt his eyes darken. What happened to his family today? Things are happening one after another?

Hurry up and help me take a look!

After all, he is his biological son, how dare Mother Jia delay. He hurriedly asked Yuanyang to help him up, and was about to go to the Hall of Rongxi.

Fortunately, at this time, Baoyu rarely came to his senses and took on the responsibility.

He advised Jia's mother: My father will definitely be in chaos at this time. Let his grandson go inquire about the situation first and report back to you later.

Baoyu knew that it would be no small matter to make his old-fashioned father faint with anger. What if the old lady is angry again? What will happen to Sister Xiangyun?

He lifted up his robe and quickly ran to the Hall of Rongxi, where he saw his servants rushing in and out. Mrs. Wang even held a medicine bowl and fed it to Jia Zheng's mouth with a spoon.

Strange to say, Jia Baoyu has grown somewhat after going through the incident in Ping'an Prefecture. He actually saw that Mrs. Wang's face was filled with sadness and joy, and her expression was relatively calm.

But the look on his father's face, that of a man who was ashen and dying, was really frightening.

Dad, what's wrong with you? Baoyu came up to him, stood beside the soft couch, and asked in a low voice.

Your dad just woke up. It's nothing serious. You just go back and read your book.

Mrs. Wang still doesn't want Baoyu to get involved in trouble and wants to get her precious son away.

Confused. Jia Zheng cursed angrily, then waved his hand to Mrs. Wang, You go out, I have something to tell the child.

You can't say anything in front of the whole family.

Mrs. Wang looked a little anxious. At such a critical moment, sir, do you really want to rescue the big house? What about my son? What about this Rongguo Mansion?

Get out! Jia Zheng shouted, no longer counting on Mrs. Wang.

After all, she didn't dare to make the master faint again, so Mrs. Wang had no choice but to give Baoyu a look, get up and hide in the side room.

Yu'er, come here.

Baoyu stepped forward and took Jia Zheng's outstretched hand. For the first time, he noticed that his father's hand also trembled.

Yu'er, your achievements in Ping'an State may be useful as a father.

Although Baoyu didn't know anything, he grew up in Jinwowo. He looked at the worldly affairs very lightly and said hurriedly.

Daddy, if it's useful, just use it. Daddy, what big thing happened to our family?

Jia Zheng didn't want his stupid son to worry in vain, so he forced his voice to speak.

I will write you a letter tomorrow. Take it and go to the palace to find your sister. Remember, you must hand it to your sister personally!

Eh.

Feeling the pain in her palms pinched by Jia Zheng, Jia Baoyu nodded quickly and responded.

Remember, no matter what happens, you are not allowed to look for your uncle. You must not look for him.

What about uncle?

He can't protect himself now, so you don't have to worry about him.

Hahahaha, coming, coming