The Red Mansions

Chapter 209 The four kings and eight princes gather together, and meet Jia Tanchun again
Coming out of Sister Feng's courtyard, Jia Yun ran into Feng Ziying whom she hadn't seen for a long time.

He seems to have a good relationship with Xue Pan, and the two of them are talking together.

"What are you talking about?" Jia Yun stepped forward and asked with a smile.

Feng Ziying and Xue Pan raised their heads when they heard the sound, and they both got up to give Jia Yun a seat.

Jia Yun hurriedly said, "I'll just sit by the side and do whatever I want."

After sitting down.

"We're talking about the four princes and eight princes. Today they arrived quite neatly, along with their former students and officials from the Beijing camp." Feng Ziying whispered.

Xue Pan continued: "Old Feng didn't say anything, I don't know yet, there are hundreds of disciples and former officials of the four princes and eight princes in the Beijing camp, and the influence is indeed strong enough."

"What is this? In the Nine Frontier Army, they really have a lot of talents!" Feng Ziying pouted.

Jia Yun reminded: "We just need to know about this matter. There are too many people here, so don't talk about it, so as not to cause trouble."

"Brother Yun is right, we haven't seen each other for a long time, we must have a good time today." Xue Pan said.

Feng Ziying was a little surprised to see Xue Pan listening to Jia Yun like this, but she didn't say any more.

Not long after, Jia Lian came and invited Jia Yun to the hall to have dinner at the same table with Jia Amnesty and Jia Zheng.

Jia Yun politely refused.

Normally, he seldom eats at the same table with Jia She and others, let alone there are four kings and eight princes here today, so he should stay away from him so as not to get all over the place.

Jia Lian invited Xue Pan and Feng Ziying again, but they also declined.

Jia Lian was a little unhappy, and walked away dejectedly.

"Second Master Lian is having a hard time in Jia's residence!" Feng Ziying sighed.

Xue Pan wondered, "Why is he having a hard time? I think he's living a cool life!"

Feng Ziying shook her head and said nothing, Xue Pan turned to look at Jia Yun, trying to find an answer from him.

Jia Yun pondered and said: "Zi Feiyu, An Zhiyu is happy, and only he knows how Lian's second uncle is doing."

While talking, someone came from the third room and told Jia Yun that Jia Dailing invited him and Xue Pan to talk together.

Xue Pan is now the son-in-law of the Sanfang family, but he is quite valued by the elders of the Sanfang family.

After all, he is the legitimate son of the Xue family in Jinling, and he is also related to Jia Yun.

The two bid farewell to Feng Ziying and went to the side hall with the Sanfang visitor. Jia Yun took the opportunity to remind Xue Pan:
"Feng Ziying is a bit complicated. Brother Xue should not have a close relationship with him in the future."

He remembered that Jia Baoyu was beaten because of the hatred caused by Feng Ziying's wounding of Captain Qiu's son.

Although Qiu Duwei was originally a member of the loyal and obedient princes, he naturally did not deal with Jia's family.

But it was also because of Feng Ziying that Jia's mansion came face to face with people from King Zhongshun's family.

You must know that the four princes and eight princes are the four princes and eight princes, and Jia's mansion is Jia's mansion. The two are not the same concept.

The conflict between the old Xungui and the new Xungui was manipulated by Feng Ziying, and it immediately became a conflict between the Jia family and the new Xungui.

Although there are many former officials in Jia's family, their own family has no real power, so if Jia's family is not dead, who will die?

Facing Xin Xungui headed by King Zhongshun, the Jia family has no power to fight back.

At the same time, the Feng family and Jia's mansion are called family friends, but Feng Ziying always thinks about Fang's money from Jia's mansion.

For example, Feng Ziying sells and supplies many of the decorations in Jia's family's Xingqin villa.

But the prices are all several times, even dozens of times higher than the market price, so it's not a bad idea.

In addition, based on Jia Yun's guess, Feng Ziying has other official identities besides being the son of the supernatural general Feng Tang on the surface, but it is quite secretive.

Where exactly his butt is sitting is so deeply hidden that it's hard to tell right now.

Xue Pan was stunned for a moment, and without asking why, he nodded and said, "Okay, I'll listen to Brother Yun."

Xue Pan knew how much he weighed.

Especially when dealing with these nobles and officials, they are extremely cautious, for fear of being sold out and helping to count the money.

So every time Jia Yun reminded him, no matter what the reason, he would do his best to obey.

After all, Jia Yun would not harm him.

There was a lot of voices inside and outside Jia's mansion, it was indeed very lively.

On Ningrong Street, there were lined up and filled with running water mats.

Even passers-by, as long as they bow to Jia's mansion and recite well, they can also eat at the table.

Of course, the noodles outside the mansion are incomparable with those inside the mansion.

After all, those who can dine in the mansion are not the highly respected ones in the clan, but also dignitaries and officials.

If the running water seats are also organized according to the standards of the mansion, even Jia's mansion will not be able to withstand the toss.

Side hall.

When Jia Yun arrived, she looked around and found that all the people sitting here were members of the Sanfang clan.

At the top table in the north, Jia Dailing and several clan elders were already seated.

At the same time, two vacancies were left, which should be for Jia Yun and Xue Pan.

After sitting down, Jia Dailing smiled and said to Jia Yun: "Brother Yun, in the other rooms later, there may be many people from the tribe coming to toast you and thank you."

"Thank me? Thank me for what?" Jia Yun asked in confusion.

Jia Dailing explained: "I'm afraid you forgot to arrange errands for many clansmen before worshiping the ancestors?"

"In just a few months, the lives of the clansmen have been greatly improved, and this is all thanks to you."

Jia Yun suddenly said: "It's because of this, hey, it's just a small effort, it's not a credit."

Jia Dailing shook his head and said: "For you, this matter may be a piece of cake, but for most of the tribe, with stable errands and income, they will no longer live in cold and hungry. This is the key to survival. kindness."

"The old ancestor is serious, but the younger generation is very honored to be able to do something practical for the tribe." Jia Yun said modestly.

After talking for a while, Jia Dailing said to Xue Pan again: "Brother Xue, you and Girl Ling have engaged in a marriage, and we are a family, so I will speak directly."

"Hey, if you have anything to say, senior, just tell me." Xue Pan said hastily.

No matter how messed up he was, he was always outside, in front of his relatives, but he never lost his manners.

Jia Dailing stroked his beard and murmured: "Madam Ling has a straightforward personality, she is good at housework, her ideas are very upright, and she has practiced martial arts since she was a child, so I'm afraid she might be difficult to get along with."

"So from now on, when Girl Ling passes through the door and offends Brother Xue, you just come and find us old fellows, and we will discipline her for you."

Xue Pan didn't foresee the seriousness of the matter, so he said disapprovingly:
"Senior, you are being polite. This junior is married to a daughter-in-law. Naturally, he will love her, let her, and prevent her from being wronged."

Jia Dailing smiled, and said meaningfully: "That's good, I can feel at ease with Brother Xue's words."

Jia Yun at the side was speechless for a while.

Although he didn't know much about Jia Ling's girl, he still had a general impression of the temperament of the other girls in the clan.

Let's put it this way, except for the girl in the eldest house of the Jia family who didn't learn martial arts, the girls in the other houses have learned some martial arts to some extent because of the influence of the environment.

They may not be very good at confronting people head-on, but if they are cold, they will definitely be hard to guard against.

While talking, the outside suddenly became quiet.

Everyone was surprised, and immediately some clansmen went out to inquire.

Soon, the clansman came back and said: "It was the King of Beijing County who came to visit himself. He is talking to Jia Baoyu at this moment, and he also gave him a string of wagtail incense rosary beads."

"I heard from others that the rosary was given to the King of Beijing by the Holy Master the day before yesterday. I didn't expect it to be given to Jia Baoyu. It shows how much the King of Beijing values ​​him."

After the tribe retreated, Jia Dailing asked Jia Yun, "Brother Yun, what do you think of this matter?"

"Uh, I don't have much opinion from this junior. Besides, even if Jia Baoyu is valued by the king of Beijing County, it has nothing to do with our third room. Let's just listen to it as an interesting story." Jia Yun said with a smile.

Naturally, he would not discuss government affairs with the clan elders, because he couldn't talk to them.

He won't say anything and reveal secrets casually in order to gain face in front of his clansmen, that's immature.

Jia Dailing saw that Jia Yun didn't want to talk too much about official affairs, so he stopped asking more questions, and talked about clan affairs instead.

Jia Yun secretly marveled as she listened to the people talking about the good and the bad.

It was supposed that after Qin Keqing died, the four kings and eight princes all appeared together, but now that Qin Keqing was fine, Jia Yun thought it was gone.

Unexpectedly, they took advantage of Jiamu's birthday to get together and brought many officers from the Beijing camp over. Isn't this purely provoking the emperor?
"These people are blatantly forming cliques for personal gain and protesting against the court and the emperor. Are they confident, or is there some reason why they have to do this?" Jia Yun thought to herself.

If it's just to show the emperor's muscles, then the four kings and eight princes would be too stupid.

But are all four kings and eight princes stupid?

Obviously not.

Therefore, Jia Yun was more inclined that they should have been appointed by the Supreme Emperor to get together on purpose to send a signal to the emperor, proving that the Supreme Emperor could still control the government, or the army.

After all, the emperor has been acting a little too much recently.

Not only gradually controlled the Beijing camp, but also gradually weakened the strength of the four princes and eight princes in other aspects.

For example, Wang Ziteng was transferred to the south to fight against the Japanese, and some officers on the nine frontiers were replaced.

It can make the Supreme Emperor feel the emperor's pressing step by step.

The king of Beijing personally visited Jia's mansion, which made Jia's mother's birthday even more lively.

The clansmen talked wildly and speculated in many ways.

It is said that Jia's mansion has a profound heritage, not only occupies an important position among the four kings and eight princes, but also because Jia Yuanchun named a noble concubine in the palace.

As long as there is a prince, the prosperity and wealth can last for decades.

Only a handful of people remained silent.

Obviously, today Jia's mansion, as the place where the four kings and eight princes put pressure on the emperor, will bear the brunt of it and will be remembered and loathed by the emperor, and there will be no room for relaxation in the future.

I am afraid that Jia Yuanchun's status in the palace will also be affected by this incident.

Of course, Jia Yuanchun was not a proper imperial concubine, and her future ending was already predestined.

The banquet at noon was very sumptuous, even Xue Pan was amazed and sighed at the generosity of the Jia family.

There are nearly fifty dishes in total, such as Anbi, fish bones, sturgeon roe, Hericium erinaceus, bear paw, Hash toad, deer tail (tendon, preserved, whip, etc.), leopard fetus and other rare ingredients. There is no shortage of dishes.

There are many ingredients, even though Jia Yun has been collecting them for so long, they are not so complete.

Wine is also good wine, such as Shaoxing's daughter red, palace Fen wine, etc., can be drunk openly.

Seeing these banquets, Jia Yun knew that the four kings and eight princes gathered in Jia's mansion this time, and it might have been decided long ago.

Otherwise, even if the Jia family was willing to spend more money, it would not be so easy to find many ingredients, not to mention that there were quite a lot of them.

After the banquet, many clansmen came to offer Jia Yun's wine.

Jia Yun only took a sip each time, and after a while, she drank more than two catties of liquor.

In the end, Jia Dailing saw that Jia Yun didn't eat much vegetables and drank all the wine, so he put on a face and drove the clansmen away.

After all, no matter how much Jia Yun could drink, he didn't drink like this. How could he drink so many of his clansmen by himself?
"Brother Yun is honest, next time something like this happens, I will just block it." Jia Dailing said for Jia Yun's injustice.

He had previously thought that the clan had chosen a representative to toast.

Who knew that these people came up in a swarm with malicious intentions, trying to bring Jia Yun down.

Jia Yun is the face of Sanfang, so nothing unexpected can happen.

At this time, some clansmen said: "Wine quality is like character. Judging from Brother Yun's actions just now, he is a responsible person. He is a real person. Dealing with a person like him is reassuring."

Jia Yun smiled without saying a word, concentrating on eating.

Xue Pan on the other side had drunk several jars of rice wine, his eyes were already blurred, and he yelled to see Jia Ling.

Jia Yun was speechless, took advantage of people's unpreparedness, pinched Xue Pan's neck, and he fell asleep, and finally nothing happened.

Jia Dailing and the elders at the same table had no opinion.

Xue Pan talked about Jia Ling, which showed that he valued this marriage, which is a good thing.

It's not really to peek at Jia Ling, so everyone doesn't take it seriously.

After drinking and eating, Jia Yun had someone call Xue Pan's servants to send Xue Pan home to rest.

As for whether to come to the dinner party, it also depends on whether his wine is awake.

As for Jia Yun herself, she found Jia Lan and asked him to take her to Li Wan's courtyard.

When Jia Lan heard that Jia Yun wanted to go to her courtyard, she was very happy. She asked Jia Yun to wait for a while, then trotted to the back house, and informed Li Wan to go.

Jia Yun waited for a while, but Jia Lan hadn't come yet, but Ping'er came first.

"Hehe, Brother Zilan was held back by his wife at this moment, and Grandma Zhu also wanted to accompany the guests, so she told me quietly, let me take you there first when I come out." Ping'er said with a smile.

Li Wan's courtyard is behind Mrs. Wang's room.

From the back door of Mrs. Wang's room, to the west of the back porch, and out of the corner door is a small courtyard.

In the three huts to the south live three girls, Yingchun, Tanchun and Xichun.

Across the north-south gap is Li Wanfang.

It is next to the west flower wall and the west corner gate. After exiting the west corner gate, you will arrive at Fengjie's room on the central axis.

The room Li Wan lived in was not big, so it was not small.

Including the small courtyard, the three buildings and the current room, all belong to her and Jia Zhu's house.

There are east and west corner gates here, and the east corner gate leads to the east courtyard of Mrs. Wang.

The west corner gate leads to Jia Lianfeng's courtyard, and further west to Jiamu's courtyard.

There are corridors, flower walls, and corner gates, which are relatively independent and extend in all directions.

After Jia Zhu's death, Li Wan took Jia Lan and his nanny, maids, and wives to live in the main house, which was enough.

Jia Zhu's accompanying maids and concubines lived in the three Baoxia, but they were all sent away by Li Wan.

Later, because Jiamu and Mrs. Wang spoke, Sanchun was allowed to live in.

When passing Sanjian Baoxia, I happened to meet Jia Tanchun going out.

"Hey, isn't this my nephew? Why did you come to the back house?"

"I haven't seen you for a long time, eh, no, I should call you Master Jia now, right?"

(End of this chapter)