The Second Master of the Red Chamber

Chapter 77
Taking advantage of the time for chatting before dinner, Jia Baoyu lined up the sisters who also surrounded Jia Lian and wanted to ask questions, and asked first:

"Second brother Lian, you said earlier that you beat the prince of the palace badly, how badly did you beat him?"

A ten-year-old brat, usually only mischievous in the mansion, would be scolded mercilessly by his father, Jia Baoyu could hardly imagine that if Jia Lian dared to fight outside, it would be the heir of another palace!
Jia Lian had already set her eyes on the three girls in front of her. Two tall and one short, they were all cute girls, and they looked pleasing to the eye.He glanced again at Daiyu who was sitting next to Jiamu without moving, but whose eyes kept coming over him from time to time, and then replied to Jia Baoyu:
"It's not much, probably, there is nothing to see on his face. As for the rest of his body, I can't see it either. He is dressed too thickly."

Jia Lian said it lightly and jokingly, but it made the three of Yingchun's faces tense.

Tanchun squeezed his little hands and said, "Second brother Lian, I never thought you would hit someone~! You beat people so fiercely..."

I've only heard that Lian's second brother was beaten by the old man, but I haven't heard that Lian's second brother can beat people.

Jia Lian sat on the stool and turned to look at her, and said with a smile, "Why are you nervous, I won't hit you."

Tanchun subconsciously took a step back, and then gave Jia Lian an angry look.You still want to hit me?If you yell at me, I will cry!

Yingchun was two or three years older than Tanchun, and more sensible. She was a little worried about Jia Lian, "If you beat him so hard, will he take revenge on his brother in the future?"

"The soldiers come to cover up the water and the earth. If he is not convinced, at worst, he will be beaten up."

When Jia Lian said this, Jia's mother, who was overheard, became unhappy.

"Don't teach them badly there! This time, you are lucky. With the emperor Laozi helping you, the Duan Palace probably won't dare to say more.

Do you still want to beat someone up again?
I can warn you, if you don't know how to restrain yourself when you do things outside in the future, if you are still so reckless, something may happen someday!At that time, what will you call Feng girl and their wives?I'm such a big person, I don't know how to grow snacks. "

Facing Jia Mu's instruction, Jia Lian replied with a smile: "Thank you for reminding me, my grandson, my grandson knows."

Jia Lian's attitude is so good, Jia's mother can't say more.After a while, Mrs. Wang waited back and forth to report that the meal was ready, and Mother Jia took a group of people to the dining room for dinner.

After the meal, Jia Lian saw that there was really no reason to stay, and the sisters didn't dare to make a fuss in front of Jia's mother and others. They were quiet and had no chance to joke and have fun, so they left.

Just after coming out of Rongqingtang, Qingwen, who had been peeping in the dark for an unknown how long, burst out in a flash.

"Second Master, you really want to be an official outside..."

As soon as Qingwen appeared, she asked the most important question.

Jia Lian stopped and smiled back: "Yes, otherwise, I would have no money to support you."

"Nonsense, how much money do I have a month." Qingwen obviously refused to take the blame.

Jia Lian tugged at the braids on the side of her head, "You still think your monthly money is too little? One tael of silver a month, which is only available to the highest-ranking maids in the mansion."

Qingwen pouted her lips, what she did was not a maid's job...

Not knowing where to think, Qingwen blushed, then threw it away, and continued to ask: "But, if you go to the border, won't it be a long time before you can come back?"

Qingwen is very concerned about this issue.

It would be fine if she was just a maid, but she is no longer, Jia Lian is her only support now.

She didn't want Jia Lian to leave home, and she was even more worried that there might be accidents when Jia Lian went to a dangerous place.

Of course Jia Lian knew what she was thinking, and he was a little happy that Xiao Nizi cared about him so much, so he suddenly squatted down, wrapped her arms around her thighs as before, and hugged her upright.

Qingwen hugged Jia Lian's neck tightly in a reflexive way, and took another look at the sky that was getting dark and not far from the door of the house before she calmed down.

Leaning on Jia Lian's shoulder, Qingwen suddenly said: "Or, the second master will take me with me, and I will go with him? I can serve and take care of the second master."

Hearing this, Jia Lian raised her hand and patted her buttocks, and said with a smile, "What do you think I'm doing, and I'll take you with me..."

"Why not? I heard that other officials can bring their families with them when they go to other places to become officials."

Jia Lian laughed.

If he really brought such a beautiful little wife to the frontier, even if Wang Ziteng could bear him, the emperor would not let him off lightly if he found out.

Although Qingwen didn't quite understand, she could see that Jia Lian would not take her out, so she was very unhappy.

At the gate of the courtyard, seeing that Qingwen was silent, Jia Lian patted her on the back, put her down, and said with a smile, "Okay, it's not like I'm going and I won't come back. You little girl, just stay at home and have a good time." Wait, learn from Xiangling, learn more characters, and when I come back, I will make you a legitimate aunt."

After hearing this, Qingwen almost asked back: "Really?"

In the end, I felt embarrassed, twitched, and then said: "Second Master smells of sweat, I'll ask them to prepare hot water, and serve Second Master to take a bath!"

After speaking, he turned and went to the corridor.

……

In the evening, Wang Xifeng was lying on the couch, and she was worried about Jia Lian's disobedience to her advice and her insistence on going to the border.

Jia Lian smiled and comforted her, then held her in her arms again, "Okay, this matter is not up to me to decide, think about it, there is room for me to bargain for the will of His Majesty the Emperor himself?

Besides, didn't you always want to get the title of "Designation" before?Now that I am a captain, as long as I do a good job on the border patrol with your uncle this time, I might be able to obtain an official position above the fifth rank, so wouldn't I be qualified to ask for an imperial order for you? "

When Wang Xifeng heard the words, she really paused.

It was much easier for Dawei to confer the title of Mrs. Gaoming than the previous dynasties.

According to the system, all court officials of the fifth rank and above are allowed to ask for imperial orders for their mothers or wives.

Of course, the regulations also stated that the mother must be loving and virtuous, and the wife must be filial and virtuous, and able to assist her husband before granting the title.This regulation is actually useless. Since the Taizu, all officials above the fifth rank who have been ordered to be sealed have almost never been rejected.

In this way, the gold content of Mrs. Gaoming is naturally inferior to that of the previous dynasty, so that some high-minded officials simply don't bother to ask for a title for their wives.

After all, Madam Gaoming is an honor in the final analysis, with a few taels of meager salary, the rest is useless.

But obviously, Wang Xifeng likes this thing very much...

Her pursed red lips fell unconsciously, and her eyes were drooping, as if she was thinking about gains and losses.

It's hard to choose between enduring her husband's stay away from the capital and the rich rewards that may be brought to her.

Seeing her behavior like this, Jia Lian couldn't help curling her lips. She really is a woman with a strong desire for power. Maybe if you change her gender, she must be more skilled than Jia Yucun, and she will flourish in the officialdom.

"The eldest wife already has a rank of imperial order, so naturally there is no need for me to invite her, so if I am promoted, I will naturally only invite you.

But you have to pay attention, if you want to be ordered, you can't have half of your morals to be held by others, otherwise if I am qualified for the official position in the future, I will submit a memorial for you, but it will be beaten down by the court. At that time, There is absolutely no place to put your face. "Jia Lian reminded if there was nothing.

This trip followed Wang Ziteng to patrol the border, although the emperor only asked him to escort the grain and grass, he did not necessarily ask him to stay at the border for a long time.

But Jia Lian made up his mind, and he didn't want to come back easily until he had accomplished nothing!

As for the danger... I believe that there may be dangers, but, to put it bluntly, as the grandson of the Rongguo father and the nephew of the coach Prince Teng, for those who really put their lives on the battlefield to fight for wealth, it is already It is extremely unfair.

With such conditions, if he didn't dare to let go to fight for military achievements, he would really be no different from a waste.

Therefore, this trip, he does not know how long it will be delayed.

I don't know if this woman Wang Xifeng will be like the original book, doing something stupid in Beijing.

So give her a heads up.

(End of this chapter)