The Red Mansions

Chapter 248 The charming Jiang Yuhan, the rogue Jia Huan
Sister Feng's courtyard.

After drinking and eating, Jia Yun thought about sending Xue Baochai back to her natal home.

So I didn't stay too long, I said goodbye early and left.

Ping'er sent Jia Yun out of the house on behalf of Jia Lian. When she reached the door, she said:
"Grandma asked me to speak. Second Master Lian beat around the bush in the morning, complaining cryptically that grandma couldn't give birth to a son."

Jia Yun nodded and said: "It seems that she had a good premonition earlier, Second Uncle Lian really has other plans."

"Go back and tell Aunt Feng, don't worry, Second Uncle Lian is the one who should be anxious. No matter how confused he is, he will wait until next year when the noble concubine visits his relatives before the showdown."

Ping'er hummed, took a deep look at Jia Yun, and whispered: "I want to go to your house, I think about it every day, I think about it every day, and finally I have a clue."

"Hehe, you..." Jia Yun smiled, waved her hand, turned and left, and said, "Go back earlier, don't blow the wind here..."

Ping'er let out a sigh, and watched Jia Yun go away, and did not return to Jia's mansion until he passed the corner and saw no one else.

back home.

Both Xue Baochai and Xue Baoqin have packed up.

Jia Yun sat down and drank a few cups of hot tea, then took the two of them to Xue's residence with her personal guards.

Xue Pan and the others got the letter early and opened the door to welcome Jia Yun and the others.

Knowing that Jia Yun would not live here, Xue Wang was a little disappointed, and sighed while holding Jia Yun's hand.

But he also knew that he was going to the woman's side to act as a front, so he didn't force it.

But Xue Wang still forced Jia Yun to stay, and asked him to have dinner before leaving.

Jia Yun wanted to go back to accompany Lin Daiyu and the others, but Mrs. Xue Wang opened his mouth and held on to his hand. There was no other way, so Jia Yun had no choice but to agree.

At dinner, Jia Yun, Xue Pan, and Xue Bian shared a table.

During the period, Xue Biao asked Jia Yun to help him find an errand next year, saying that he had nothing to do all day and was in a hurry.

Since Xue Baoqin followed Jia Yun, she went back to Xue's mansion and confessed to Xue Biao.

Not only was Xue Biao not angry, but he was very grateful.

Thinking of the Mei family's attitude of ignoring them, and seeing Jia Yun doting on Xue Baoqin.

Comparing the two sides, even Xue Baoqin's concubine with Jia Yun seems to be better than marrying into the Mei family.

Of course, this was just his wishful thinking.

Xue Baoqin is now one of Jia Yun's people, and it's a done deal, can he, an older brother, stop him?

Regarding Xue Biao's request, Jia Yun agreed that it would depend on the situation and make a decision next year.

Seeing that Jia Yun didn't refuse, Xue Biao stopped entangled in this matter.

It gets dark early in winter.

When Jia Yun left Xue's mansion after dinner, it was completely dark.

Promising to accompany Youshi, Jia Yun told Jia Wenlin to bring his personal guards home, while he went directly to Ningguo Mansion.

At night, Jia Yun tossed and tossed the soft and fragrant Youshi with her arms around her for most of the night, and the details were so wonderful...

The seventh day of the winter month.

According to the rules, the woman has to prepare a banquet one day in advance.

Jia Yun packed up early in the morning and went to Jia Ling's house with the family members.

He came early, but there were others earlier than him.

The patriarchs and elders of the clan came here before dawn.

After all, the Xue family is one of the four major families in Jinling. Now that Xue Pan has become an official, the social status of the Xue family is even more different.

For a commoner woman, Jia Ling is considered a high-ranking man if she can marry Xue Pan.

With Jia Yun's arrival, Jia Ling's house became even more lively.

Jia Ling's family is poor, with few rooms and narrow terrain.

So the people of the tribe helped build the grass shed in advance on an open space not far from her home.

All the guests, the women's relatives went to Jia Ling's house, and the men all went to the hut, and they were received by themselves.

This time Lin Daiyu didn't come over and stayed at home.

She hasn't married Jia Yun after all, so this kind of occasion is not suitable for her.

In the thatched shed, Jia Yun was surrounded by the clansmen, exchanging pleasantries as they passed by.

Many people are sighing, saying that Jia Ling is a lucky girl, because of Jia Yun, she was able to marry into Xue's family and enjoy the blessings.

The weather is beautiful today, the weather has cleared up after a long snowfall, and the warm sunshine is shining, which is a good sign.

Jia Yun went to meet Jia Dailing and the others, sat down and drank tea and chatted.

As time went by, the patriarchs and elders of other houses also came one after another, even Jia Lian, Jia Baoyu, and Jia Rong also came.

Crowded.

When the sun was high, Jia Ling's father was sweating profusely and came to see Jia Dailing, saying that he did not expect so many guests to come today, and that the table prepared at home was not enough.

As soon as Jia Dailing heard it, he knew what was going on.

To put it bluntly, so many guests came today because of Jia Yun's face.

Especially the people in other rooms, if it wasn't for Jia Yun, they wouldn't be so neat.

Jia Dailing squeezed his beard and said: "Don't panic when encountering anything. If you don't have enough seats, just arrange for people to buy and arrange. What does it sound like?"

"Hey, old ancestor, it's embarrassing to say, the money in the family is not enough." Jia Ling's father said awkwardly.

Although the Xue family sent a lot of dowry money, he gave it to Jia Ling intact and asked her to take it to the Xue family.

He used to borrow all the expenses for the banquet. He thought that when Jia Ling got married, there would be many guests, but he never thought that there would be so many guests.

Hearing this, Jia Dailing turned his head to look at Jia Yun. Other things are easy to handle, but he can't do anything about money.

Jia Yun didn't bring any silver with her, but there was a large ingot of silver in the space, but it was inconvenient to take it out.

So he quickly told Jia Ming: "Brother Ming, you go home and get 200 taels of silver for emergency."

Jia Ming got the order and ran away.

Jia Dailing smiled and said: "Laipigou has been with you for a few years, and he has become more and more prosperous."

"Hehe, it has nothing to do with me. The main reason is that Aunt Miao is very strict. Whether it is studying or practicing martial arts, if Brother Ming slackens off a bit, Aunt Miao will give him a stick. He dare not not work hard." Jia Yun replied with a smile.

Jia Dailing shook his head and said, "That's just a small aspect. In the final analysis, you have to follow the right person."

While talking, Jia Yun saw Jia Baoyu chatting with a man in the corner from a distance.

After pondering for a while, he guessed that the man should be the Qiguan who was served by Prince Zhongshun, that is, Jiang Yuhan.

Speaking of which, this Jiang Yuhan is not a simple character. Although she is an actor, she has waded too deeply into the muddy water.

This person is the male favorite in front of King Zhongshun, but secretly hooks up with King Beijing.

As an actor, daring to wander between the two lords and play ambiguously is an act of death in itself.

But Jiang Yuhan not only dared to play, but also played with flying, and now she has to drag Jia Baoyu into the quagmire.

Everyone knows that Jia Baoyu is the phoenix of Rongguo Mansion.

Dragging Jia Baoyu into the water means dragging the Rongguo Mansion into the water.

Therefore, Jiang Yuhan and Jia Baoyu knew and made friends with impure motives.

At this time, Jia Yun heard Jia Rong say that not long ago Feng Ziying invited Jia Baoyu, Jia Rong, and Jiang Yuhan to a family banquet, during which Yuner, a girl from the party, accompanied the guests.

"During the banquet, I saw that Second Uncle Bao and Qi Guan hadn't come back to the latrine for a long time, so I went to call them, and accidentally saw them secretly exchanging sweat towels." Jia Rong said with a smirk.

Jia Lian laughed and said, "I really didn't see it. Baoyu is a little big, so he can play!"

Jia Rong clicked her tongue twice and said, "I heard from Qiguan that the red sweat scarf he gave Uncle Bao was given to him by the King of Beijing Jing, and it was a tribute from the Queen of Qianxiang Kingdom. It was worn in summer, and the skin is so tender. It is fragrant, does not produce sweat stains, and is a good thing."

The matter of giving sweat towels to each other itself means that the two men are playing ambiguously.

Jia Yun listened silently.

Jia Lian and Jia Rong, two stupid people, Jia Baoyu and Qiguan exchanged sweat towels, but they didn't notice anything strange, they just watched it for fun, laughed, and then passed.

But they didn't know that it was through Qi Guan that King Zhongshun began to show his chariots and horses against Jia's mansion.

Do you want to say that King Zhongshun has any enmity with the Jia family?

There should be none.

But why did he deal with the Jia family?

Because King Zhongshun is also a member of Xungui!
However, he represents the newly rising nobles, and if he wants to expand his interests, he must collide with the old nobles like the four kings and eight princes.

As for why King Zhongshun wanted to start with Jia's mansion, it is probably related to the emperor, and also related to the last time the four kings and eight princes gathered together in Jia's mansion.

Then why did he start with Jia Baoyu?

Even if Qi Guan dragged Jia Baoyu into the water, what good would it do?
In fact, to King Zhongshun and others, Jia Baoyu was not important, they just needed an excuse to deal with the Jia family.

Instead of looking for Jia Baoyu, they can also look for Jia Lian, Jia Rong and others.

That being the case, why would they bother?
Of course, it is to let the other families of the Four Kings and Eight Dukes relax their vigilance, so they can use Jia's house to make a big effort first.

Focusing on a little bit first will not only allow the emperor to see his attitude of being loyal to the king, but also allow Lao Xungui's other families to wait and see temporarily.

After all, the four kings and eight princes are all decent people, so they can't start a war with the newly-rising nobles just for the sake of an actor, right?

Obviously not, if the four kings and eight princes were really so impulsive, they wouldn't be getting worse day by day over the years.

Jia Yun could clearly see the tricks of King Zhongshun and the others, but she couldn't do anything to help the Jia family.

Because it is not so much that King Zhongshun wants to deal with Jia's mansion, it is better to say that it is the emperor who wants to deal with Jia's mansion.

The reason why the emperor had to make such a big detour was because he wanted face. After all, the ancestors of these nobles shed blood for the Great Zhou Dynasty.

As long as they don't rebel and rebel, the emperor can't openly attack Xungui, otherwise people will say that he is mean and ungrateful.

However, Qiguan couldn't let her go so easily.

No matter what the Jia family said, they had the same surname as Jia Yun, and if an actor made fun of him, Jia Yun naturally had no reason not to deal with him.

"Since you like to be ambiguous, then let you be ambiguous to the end!" Jia Yun thought to herself.

After a while, Jia Baoyu and Jiang Yuhan returned with flushed faces.

Jia Lian, Jia Rong, Jia Qiang and others all looked at them with smirks on their faces, because there were so many people around, it was hard to make fun of them loudly.

To say that this Jiang Yuhan is really charming and gentle, with a bright and clean face, rosy skin, soft and boneless body, every frown and smile is very attractive, when talking with people, she responds randomly, is very polite, and is easy to attract close to people.

In addition, he is also good at singing Xiao Dan, playing the image of a young girl who has not left the court, or a lady from a big family, or a little family jade.

Jia Yun took a few glances at him, thinking that once her plan was implemented, with Jiang Yuhan's looks, she might be fascinated by a large number of people.

"It would be even better if Jia Baoyu could marry Jiang Yuhan and make a couple." Jia Yun thought wildly.

Soon, Jia Ming came back with the silver, and Jia Yun handed the silver to Jia Dailing.

The money was not given for nothing, it was equivalent to being lent to the clan, and the clan lent it to Jia Ling's father.

The reason why it's so troublesome is to guard against some people's devious ideas and want to come to Jia Yun to play the autumn wind.

So Jia Dailing made the rules a long time ago, and he is not allowed to bother Jia Yun with these trivial matters.

After a while, the banquet manager yelled loudly, saying that there are too many guests today, and the banquet will be postponed for a while, and I hope the guests will understand.

This kind of situation was not only encountered by Jia Ling's family, but also encountered by many people when they were doing business, so the general assembly echoed and said that there was no rush.

"Nothing to do, let's play leaf cards!" Jia Lian suggested.

Jia Yun shook her head and replied, "You guys play, I'll just watch from the side."

Regardless of whether it was the previous life or the present life, his partial wealth luck is relatively good.

Even without means, you can easily win money.

But he has never participated in gambling. This kind of thing is addictive no matter whether he wins or loses, so it's better not to get involved.

Jia Lian and Jia Rong persuaded him a few times, and seeing that Jia Yun really didn't want to play, a few of the Jia family's children got together and started playing cards.

After playing for a while, Jia Huan didn't have a brand name, so he kept yelling after losing the money, and grabbed Jia Qiang by the collar, asking him to return the money.

Jia Qiang was not easy to provoke, and immediately started fighting with Jia Huan.

The two wrestled and hugged each other, rolling on the ground, pinching and biting, no one else could pull them apart, and when they pulled apart, they fought together again while no one was paying attention.

In the end, Jia Dailing couldn't see it and yelled at the two of them.

"What do you want to do on this happy day? If you don't want to drink here, get out!" Jia Dailing said with a dark face.

Jia Lian on the side also stepped forward in embarrassment and grabbed Jia Huan and Jia Qiang. With so many people around them watching, it was really embarrassing.

"Stop beating, the clansmen and guests around are watching!" Jia Lian reminded in a low voice.

Jia Huan and Jia Qiang snorted coldly at each other, stiffened their necks, and went back to change their clothes.

Jia Dailing was dissatisfied and said, "Now the children of the Jia family, why are they all like this?"

The clan elders in other rooms also watched the joke.

Jia Lian, Jia Baoyu and others felt ashamed, but they had to bite the bullet and stay here.

After a while, Jia Amnesty, Jia Zheng, Jia Zhen and other Dafang clansmen came. After hearing Jia Lian's report, they were all furious, wishing to kill Jia Huan and Jia Qiang.

What a shame!

Jia Dailing didn't chase after him, and after meeting with Jia She and the others, he didn't bring up the matter, which relieved them a little.

However, the clansmen in other houses around are unavoidable to be eccentric and insinuating.

But in front of so many clansmen, those who complained were all elders.

After Jia Amnesty and the others heard this, they could only express that they had neglected to discipline the juniors, and accepted all cynicism and ridicule.

(End of this chapter)