My Red Mansion Career

Chapter 180

At noon the next day, Jia Yu brought Yuan Chun and more than a dozen personal servants to Rongguo Mansion carrying several boxes of gifts as promised.

This time when I came to Rongguofu, the treatment was very different.

Not only did the middle gate of Rongguo Mansion open wide, but the housekeeper Lai Da also led dozens of well-dressed servants to greet him on both sides of the middle gate.

When Jia Yu helped Yuan Chun down from the sedan chair, the servants on both sides shouted in unison, "Welcome my eldest daughter and aunt back home!"

Seeing this move, Jia Yu was not only not happy, but also a little unhappy. However, he didn't say anything and just walked into the house side by side with Yuan Chun.

The two of them entered from the middle door and walked to Yimen. At this time, Jia Lian had already led several servants to greet them at the door.

After seeing the two of them, he came over with a smile on his face, "Brother-in-law, sister Yuanchun, you are here. The old lady, father, uncle Zheng, and aunt are all waiting for you inside with eager eyes."

Looking at Jia Lian, who was dressed like a young man, with a pair of arms and a wolf waist, and a talent, Jia Yu nodded, and Yuan Chun on the side also said hello with a smile.

Regarding Jia Lian, Jia Yu believed that he was one of the rare people in Ning Rong's mansion who could still be saved, and he was a man with a clear conscience.

Although others say that he likes wives, is unkind and unjust, and treats Sister Feng, who has been his husband and wife for many years, cruelly and viciously without any friendship, in Jia Yu's opinion, all this is done by Sister Feng herself.

Before Sister Feng married in, there were four personal maids around Jia Lian.

After Sister Feng got married, she got rid of all the maids and concubines around Jia Lian without saying a word. She also killed all those who were pregnant.

Wang Xifeng's viciousness is evident from this.

Wang Xifeng was not only cruel to her husband's concubines, but also to the maids around her.

When she got married, there were originally four maidservants, but in the end only Ping'er was left, and the remaining three all disappeared. You can guess for yourself what the outcome will be.

No man can stand this kind of thing, right?

What Wang Xifeng did was seen by everyone in Ning Rong's second house. Although everyone didn't say it with their mouths, everyone knew it in their hearts.

Under Wang Xifeng's high pressure, he could not take concubines, and even the maids around him were ordinary-looking people specially selected by Wang Xifeng.

Under extreme depression, Jia Lian fell in love with Cao Mengde's hobby.

This is why later, after Jia Lian and Wang Xifeng fell out, he drew his sword and wanted to kill her. When Wang Xifeng fled to Jia Mu for help, Jia Mu just smiled and said: "What's the important thing! The child is young and greedy like a cat. There is no way to protect her." Like this. Everyone has been beaten like this since childhood. It’s all my fault. She took two more sips of wine and became jealous again.”

Not only Jia's mother said this, but everyone around her didn't take it seriously. This shows that even the Jia family, who is a woman, can't stand what Wang Xifeng did.

Jia Yu smiled at Jia Lian and said, "Second brother Lian, I've kept you waiting for a long time. We are all relatives, why should we be so polite."

Hearing Jia Yu's words, Jia Lian's eyebrows were filled with excitement and he said: "What did Brother Yu say? Although we are relatives, after all, etiquette cannot be broken.

This is the first time that you have brought Yuanchun back to your home after you were promoted to Lord. If we don't put on a show, others won't laugh at our lack of etiquette in Jia's home, right?

So, even though my brother sometimes hates these false courtesy, sometimes he has to use it. Do you think this is the truth? "

Jia Yu smiled and nodded, thinking that although this Jia Lian was a bit soft-tempered and liked Meng De's legacy, he was a good man in charge of the family and outside.

While they were talking, they walked around the south hall, the Nuan Pavilion and the hanging flower door, walked through the hall and arrived at the Rongqing Hall, where they saw everyone from the Jia family gathered together.

Jia Mu is sitting in the center of the hall. On the left are Jia She, Jia Zheng, Jia Zhen, Jia Rong and other heads of the east and west houses. On the right are the heads of the houses such as Youshi, Xingshi, Mrs. Wang, Li Wan, Wang Xifeng and others. Mrs.

In addition to these people, Jia Yu even saw a stunning beauty.

The person with low eyebrows is a beautiful face, jade skin, hibiscus-like appearance, natural beauty and begonia flower.

Her eyebrows are like willow leaves in early spring, her face is like a March peach, her waist is slim and her mouth is light.

Occasionally, a glance will flow, and it will be full of charm and charm.

"Hiss..." After seeing this woman, Jia Yu was shocked in her heart.

It stands to reason that she has seen many beauties since she came to this era. Not to mention his wife Yuan Chun, even Daiyu, Baochai, Tanchun and others, none of them are stunning in the world.

But when he first saw this woman, he still felt a sense of surprise in his heart, because this beauty had an aura that was very rare in other women. It was obvious at a glance that this woman was definitely a woman. A natural beauty.

Yuan Chun, whose heart was tied to him, immediately noticed the throbbing in her husband's heart. She quietly pinched the soft flesh on Jia Yu's waist and whispered in his ear: "This is Brother Rong's wife." Qin, you should also pay attention."

Jia Yu, who was caught by her own daughter-in-law, smiled awkwardly and turned to look behind her. Sitting there were Daiyu, Tanchun, Xiangyun, Xichun, Yingchun, Baochai and other girls who had not left the palace. Baoyu was also mixed in. in.

Seeing Jia Yu's arrival, the eyes of the girls who had just parted yesterday all shone brightly. Xiangyun, the most impatient one, opened two cute little tiger teeth and bared his teeth at Jia Yu. It was obvious that he was Remind Jia Yu not to forget to tell them yesterday’s story.

Jia Yu strode up to Jia's mother and bowed to her, "My grandson-in-law Jia Yu has met the old lady. I wish the old lady good luck and good health."

"Well... get up... get up..." Seeing Jia Yu salute to herself, Jia's mother smiled from ear to ear.

Then Jia Yu bowed to Jia Zheng and Mrs. Wang and said, "My son-in-law has met my father-in-law and mother-in-law. I wish you both good fortune and good health."

"Well...a good son-in-law is exempt from gifts."

Seeing Jia Yu salute him, Jia Zheng smiled from ear to ear and quickly raised his hand to let him get up.

As the mother-in-law, although she smiled and gestured for him to get up, Jia Yu was keenly aware that Mrs. Wang's attitude towards her was close but a little distant.

It seemed that his frivolous son-in-law was not very popular with his mother-in-law, but he immediately put the thought behind him.

Anyway, now the raw rice has been cooked. So what if you don't like me anymore?

Besides, with Jia Yu's current status, he really doesn't care about Mrs. Wang.

But what Jia Yu didn't know was that the reason why Mrs. Wang had a grudge against him was because of what he said about Baoyu: clear eyes with stupid eyes.

He also minimized the lethality of this sentence. Today, this sentence has been circulated not only in Jia's family.

In today's noble circle, anyone who hears this sentence can't help but shake his head and laugh.

Let me ask, how can Mrs. Wang like Jia Yu when her precious lifeblood has become a laughing stock in the noble circle?

After everyone exchanged greetings, Jia Mu winked at Wang Xifeng. Wang Xifeng stood up and invited everyone to take a seat in the side hall.

This time, the Jia family treated guests with extremely high hospitality etiquette.

Looking at the dishes served like water in front of him, even Jia Yu could see that he was surprised.

Jia Lian, who was sitting next to him, also introduced to him one by one, such as eggplant squid, fried quail, chicken marrow bamboo shoots, goose web duck, ham stewed elbow, Siamese pig smoked with Lingcypress, steamed lamb with milk, and roast venison. , pheasant, melon and so on. These dishes are all complicated in workmanship and use exquisite ingredients. Not to mention, the eggplant and fish dish alone requires more than ten chickens with new bamboo shoots, mushrooms, spiced dried bean curd and other dried fruits.

Jia Yu silently calculated and estimated that the cost of this dish alone would be at least twenty taels of silver. In addition, with the help of servants such as the kitchen and housekeeper, it would be impossible to make it without five or six taels of silver.

Five or six taels of silver, this is already the income of an ordinary low-level citizen in Shenjing for nearly half a year.

But this is just a dish in the daily life of wealthy people, which shows the extravagance of life in Jia's family.

Seeing this, Jia Yu couldn't help but shook her head, and couldn't help admonishing Jia's mother: "Old lady, it stands to reason that you are treating me so grandly today, and as a junior, Yu shouldn't talk too much.

But seeing how the government behaves, I have to say one more thing.

Looking at how luxurious life is in Rongguo Mansion, I think Ningguo Mansion will not be any worse. If Ning Rong and his second mansion were so intoxicated with money and wealth on weekdays, even if there were mountains of gold and silver in the mansion, it wouldn't be enough.

Moreover, there are not even any younger disciples in the Jia family who can play a leading role. If such extravagant spending continues, the Jia family's rich family fortune will probably be emptied out. "

As soon as Jia Yu said this, the side hall that was originally filled with laughter suddenly fell silent.

Suddenly, everyone looked at Jia Yu.

The glances contained various emotions such as shock, confusion, anger, admiration, etc. In the end, all eyes turned to Jia Mu again.

Jia Mu was also stunned at first, and then sighed helplessly.

She slowly put down her chopsticks and sighed.

The mandarin duck behind her quickly took out a handkerchief and wiped the corners of her mouth.

Jia Mu then said: "Brother Yu, you and Ning Rong are both from the Twelfth House of Jinling, and now you have become my son-in-law in Rongguo House, so you are one of our own.

We can talk openly about some things. Don’t you know these old ladies you are talking about?

One of my two sons only knows how to eat, drink and have fun, and the other cannot be an official.

Among the grandchildren, only Lian Geer and his wife can help deal with the complicated matters in the house.

Others, such as Baoyu and Huan Geer, are still young and incompetent at the same time. The old woman also begs them to get ahead. She just hopes that they can become rich and idle.

Now, Brother Yu, you have just made great contributions to the imperial court, and His Majesty regards you as a pillar. If you say anything, His Majesty will definitely give you three points of respect.

Now the old lady wants to ask you something. I hope you can agree to it? "

Hearing this, Jia Yu had already vaguely guessed what was going on.

But he did not agree on the spot. Instead, he pretended to be surprised and said: "Ancestor, have you figured it out? Do you want Baoyu to practice?

This is easy to handle. Now that Yu is the commander-in-chief of Huben Camp and the commander of the Five-City Army and Horse Department, I dare not say that Baoyu can still achieve a certain position in the army.

Don't worry, as long as you give the treasure jade to my son-in-law, I guarantee that he will be reborn within two years. If there is another war in the future, my son-in-law will take him to fight for the country. As long as he makes a few achievements, I dare not say that he can restore his ancestors. Glory, but it's not a problem to be granted the title of wife, Yinzi, official or noble. What do you think? "

"Uh……"

As soon as Jia Yu's words came out, Jia Mu's face suddenly froze, and she didn't know what to say for a moment.

The expressions on everyone's face were also quite strange. Some of them wanted to laugh but did not dare to laugh. They could only lower their heads to hide the expressions on their faces.

Who in the entire Jia family doesn't know that Second Master Bao hates studying and being an official. He often uses the words of a stupid thief to describe the officialdom.

He looked down upon civil servants, so how could he be willing to be what even civil servants called a vulgar commoner.

What's more, with Baoyu's body and bones, I'm afraid he can't even pull the lightest bow. If he really enters the military camp, I'm afraid he won't be able to survive for three days, right?

Seeing Mother Jia's embarrassed expression, Mrs. Wang couldn't bear it any longer and directly interjected: "Xianxiang, since we are one family now, I won't talk about two families.

What the old lady means is that now that Baoyu is almost seventeen, can you please ask Your Majesty to give Baoyu a good marriage?

If it is really difficult, it would be good if His Majesty could give Baoyu a casual title such as Captain of Qingche. "

"Hey……"

Jia Yu was almost angry. In Mrs. Wang's eyes, Captain Qingche was like a carrot on the street, easily available.

He shook his head helplessly: "Mother-in-law, the official positions in the imperial court are all passed down by your majesty's grace. Although my son-in-law has just been named Dingyuan Bo, he has no right to ask for official positions from your majesty. Otherwise, if this is passed on, he will definitely be slapped with a Tuoba's rude hat.

As for arranging a marriage for Baoyu, that's okay.

However, as a man, it is inappropriate for my son-in-law to handle such matters.

Why don't you let Yuanchun do the work for Baoyu? What do you two think, father-in-law and mother-in-law? "

Jia Zheng, who had been silent for a long time, stroked his beard and nodded: "Sansi is right. As the dignified and hereditary uncle Dingyuan, how can he be unworthy if he really engages in the business of protecting media and pulling women?

Sansi is right, just let Yuanchun take care of it. What do you think, Mother? "

"I think it's okay, old lady," said Jia Mu.

Everyone also nodded secretly. As the saying goes, an eldest sister is like a mother. It is just right for Yuanchun to take charge of this matter. No one can say anything wrong.

Besides, Yuanchun is now the very popular Mrs. Dingyuan Bo, and all the ladies in the entire imperial circle in Shenjing don't give her three cents of respect.

Mrs. Wang moved her mouth twice and hesitated to speak, but then she held it back.

As the banquet progressed, children from the Jade family and the Cao family came one after another to toast Jia Yu.

Facing these children of the Jia family who came to toast, Jia Yu was also very considerate. Although he would not drink until the glass was dry, at least it was meaningful.

Looking at Jia Yu who was surrounded like stars holding the moon, all the elders of Jia's family saw it in their eyes, but they all had their own feelings in their hearts.

Many people are secretly making their own plans...

(End of this chapter)