Jia Yujing of Red Mansion

Chapter 290 The harmonious Jia family’s back house

In late spring, Jia Qiong has been away from Beijing for nearly two months, and it is a good time for the beautiful spring scenery in Chang'an.

In Chengming Garden, in Wang Yuyan's courtyard, Princess Mingyue was sitting on the couch, holding little Xin Ning, who was just half a year old, in her arms and couldn't put it down.

Qin Keqing was teasing her with toys next to her. Xin Ning stared at her big black eyes and reached out to grab them from time to time. Her cute look made the two of them laugh from time to time.

On the side, Wang Yuyan, Xue Baochai, Xu Weirui and Princess Yuanxi were sitting around playing mahjong together, looking happy.

Before Jia Qiong left Beijing, she told Princess Mingyue that she hoped she could have a good relationship with Wang Yuyan and the other three, so that they could get along as a family, and Princess Mingyue took it to heart.

Wang Yuyan, Qin Keqing and Xue Baochai are all pregnant and it is inconvenient to go out.

In order to establish a good relationship with the three of them, Princess Mingyue often visited Chengmingyuan.

She has a noble status but a gentle and kind temperament. Needless to say, Qin Keqing was already on good terms with her. Wang Yuyan and Xue Baochai also quickly became close to her.

Yesterday, Princess Mingyue went to the palace to greet the emperor and queen. Princess Yuanxi begged Princess Mingyue to take her out of the palace to play.

Mingyue couldn't stand her teasing, so she asked the queen for permission to take her out of the palace to live for a few days.

The two of them were bored in Ningguo Mansion. They came to Chengming Garden early this morning. Princess Yuanxi soon fell in love with playing mahjong.

Princess Mingyue said to Qin Keqing: "My husband said that he wanted to build another garden on Ningrong Street. I thought it was just a garden.

I didn't expect to enclose such a large area of ​​land, probably hundreds of acres.

Yesterday I went back to the palace to pay my respects to my father, the Queen, and my mother. My mother asked me about it and said that we were too extravagant and could easily be criticized. I didn’t know how to respond. "

Qin Keqing asked with concern: "Does the Emperor mean to blame?"

Princess Mingyue shook her head and said, "That's not true. My father also said that he would come and see the garden when it is completed."

Before leaving Beijing, Jia Qiong had agreed with the Rongguo Mansion to build the Grand View Garden, and invited several garden construction masters to jointly design it. The scale would be only slightly larger than the Grand View Garden in the original work.

Because of Jia Qiong, Emperor Longqing did not accept Yuanchun as his concubine in this generation, and even intended to let Yuanchun out of the palace. Naturally, Ningrong and Rongfu would not build provincial villas to welcome Yuanchun.

The Grand View Garden is the ideal country for the girls in Dream of Red Mansions, a place where they can laugh and shine.

Jia Qiong has two families on one shoulder. Princess Mingyue and Wang Yuyan are actually two families.

Therefore, it was impossible for him to bring Wang Yuyan and the others to live in Ningguo Mansion, and it was even less possible for him to let Princess Mingyue live in Chengmingyuan.

Although Jia Qiong enjoys all the blessings of the Qi people, he also feels that he has no skills at all. It is really hard to go back and forth between the two houses.

Jia Qiong decided to build the Grand View Garden for the sake of his feelings and the convenience of living with his wives.

This garden was owned by Ning Rong and Cheng Ming Yuan, so it was actually jointly owned by the three families.

The Grand View Garden was nominally built for Princess Mingyue to enjoy and enjoy, and for the young girls of the Jia family to live.

In fact, Jia Qiong wanted to build this garden so that Wang Yuyan and the others could live there from time to time, which would save him the trouble of going back and forth on his own.

In the original book, in order to build this garden, the Jia family not only emptied their wealth, but also used the inheritance left by Lin Ruhai, causing the Jia family's financial situation to deteriorate rapidly.

But this little money is nothing to Jia Qiong. He is definitely one of the richest people in Dachu now. Jia's reputation as the God of Wealth is not just blown away.

Wang Yuyan and others also once advised Jia Qiong, thinking that building such a large garden was too public and would make people think that Jia Qiong was arrogant and luxurious.However, Jia Qiong insisted on building it, which in a sense was also a form of self-destruction.

If Jia Qiong had always followed the civil service route, it would not matter how high his reputation was, the emperor would not be afraid of him.

But now that Jia Qiong was about to take charge of the military, it was inappropriate for him to have such a high reputation, which would easily arouse the emperor's suspicion.

Wang Jian of the Qin Dynasty and Xiao He of the Han Dynasty both used self-defilation to eliminate hidden dangers.

Although Jia Qiong is still far from reaching the point where he has achieved great success, he still needs to take precautions and give Emperor Longqing some reassurance as early as possible.

Jia Qiong told Wang Yuyan and the others about this truth, but he couldn't tell Princess Mingyue, and Qin Keqing naturally wouldn't tell her either.

Qin Keqing comforted him and said, "Since the emperor doesn't blame me, let others talk about whatever they like.

Anyway, what we spend is our own money, not stolen, those people are just jealous. "

Princess Mingyue said: "After all, it's a bit ostentatious, and I'm afraid it will damage my husband's reputation."

Qin Keqing smiled and said: "Princess, don't worry, your husband has his own concerns."

Speaking of Jia Qiong, Princess Mingyue couldn't help but worry: "I don't know if my husband will go well in Japan. This may be his first time leading an army."

Qin Keqing nodded and said, "Yes, Japan is far overseas and we don't know what the war situation is like. It's really worrying."

Wang Yuyan had been playing mahjong for a long time and was a little tired from sitting. She stood up and came over and said, "Princess, please, can any of you stand in for me for a while? I'm a little tired from sitting."

Qin Keqing asked Mingyue, "Princess, do you want to fight?"

Mingyue shook her head and said, "I'll play with Yaya, sister, go ahead."

Qin Keqing nodded, got up and went to pick up Wang Yuyan's class.

Wang Yuyan sat down by the bed and said, "Princess, don't worry. My husband said that Japan's army is far worse than ours, and he is sure to win."

Mingyue said: "On the battlefield, there are no weapons and no eyesight. We are afraid of any accidents."

Wang Yuyan smiled and said: "Don't worry, my husband is very skilled in martial arts, and besides, my cousin is here, so I won't let him be in danger."

The two were talking when suddenly there was a faint rumble of thunder outside, followed immediately by the sound of dripping raindrops.

Princess Mingyue looked at the pear blossoms knocked down by the rain outside the window and said happily: "They say spring rain is as precious as oil, but it has rained several times this spring."

Wang Yuyan nodded and said: "Yes, there has been drought for several years, but the rain has finally increased in the past two years. It seems that this year will be a good year again."

Xin Ning was also attracted by the sound of rain and looked curiously at the rain scene outside the window.

Princess Mingyue saw Xin Ning's curious look, hugged her affectionately to the window, and asked with a smile: "Does Yaya also like rainy days?"

Wang Yuyan laughed and said, "I don't know who this kid is following. He is happy when he hears the sound of thunder."

Xin Ning didn't know if she understood, she slapped the window and giggled, causing everyone to laugh.

Wang Yuyan and the others did not expect that the rain would fall intermittently for three months, causing a flood that had not happened in a century in the Yellow River Basin.

(End of this chapter)