The Rise of Ning Mansion in Red Mansions

Chapter 56 Jia Yuanchun enters the palace

Shenjing, Ningguo Mansion.

March 3rd, also known as "Shangsi Festival", is a good day for sacrifices and spring outings.

On this day, the flowers were in full bloom and the wind was gentle and sunny.

Jia's mother was accustomed to enjoying herself. After leading the Liujing people in Ningrong and Rongfu to worship their ancestors, she planned to stay in Huifang Garden to buy wine and music.

Declare that he is the ancestor of the Jia family's east and west houses.

However, just as she entered the hanging flower arch, Jia Baoyu behind her was stopped by the two women guarding the door and was not allowed to enter.

But he said, who is so bold and dares to stop Jia Mu's sweetheart?
As everyone looked, they saw a young woman, her hair tied up in a bun with a wooden hairpin, wearing a used cotton jacket.
She looks familiar, more like Bu Er's sister-in-law on the veranda of Xifu.
Just now, she followed Mrs. Wang and Li Wan to worship the ancestors of the Jia family.

What's going on right now? Why bother to stop Baoyu from entering?

Mother Jia frowned, and Yuanyang immediately stepped forward with a smile and said to Sister-in-law Bu:
"What's going on here?"

He wanted to let Jia Baoyu in, but the two women guarding the door refused to do so.

For a while, the two groups of people were in a stalemate.

Mrs. Jia's mother and Mrs. Wang's faces are not very good-looking. There are thousands of people in the two houses. No one knows that Jia Baoyu is the king of Baotian. He can do whatever he wants.
Even the rouge on the maid's mouth, he would bite it while holding his head. Who dares not to obey?

Today, I just went to Huifang Garden with the female relatives of the two houses, eating wine, admiring flowers, and playing. Why not?

How old is he?

He is only seven years old and his hair has not even grown, so what is he taboo about?
Second Sister-in-law Bu forced herself to calm down and said, "The ancients said that men and women do not sit at the same table at the age of seven."

"After passing the hanging flower arch, you will find the inner courtyard of Ningguo Mansion. The master has stipulated that outsiders are strictly prohibited from entering!"

"Brother Bao, please stay. The banquet has been prepared in front. It's time to stay with the men..."

This second sister-in-law is Jia Yun's mother. In October last year, her husband died of illness.

The family is poor, and the mother and son live in poverty. How can they have enough money to pay for their funeral arrangements?
At that time, both the east and west mansions were busy with the funeral of Jia Daihua and Jia Daishan. How could they take care of it?

Jia Dai saw that she was pitiful and knew that Jia Yun was a person who knew how to repay kindness, so he provided money and people to help his mother and son.

Seeing that Mrs. Bu kept her rules and obeyed the rules, he kept her in the inner house of Ningguo Mansion and became a housekeeper's wife. He also took Jia Yun with him to listen to her.

Bu was extremely grateful to Jia Dai and did not dare to violate what he had told him.

Although she was extremely frightened by Mrs. Jia's unkind and vicious gaze, she still persisted and refused to give in!
Mother Jia couldn't stand it. She glanced at Aunt Xing and said calmly:
"We are all family members..."

These words are said lightly, a family of flesh and blood, don’t even have any rules?

Aunt Xing curled her lips, pretending not to know, and went straight to the table with the female relatives of Ningguo Mansion.

Today, she could not worship her ancestors openly and openly as the daughter-in-law of the Jia family, and she was feeling sulky in her heart.
How could you not know that Jia Mu came to Huifang Garden in the name of admiring flowers and eating wine, but in fact she was slapping herself and Jia Dai in the face? How could she save Jia Mu?
If she hadn't been concerned about her face and had Jia Dai backing her up, Aunt Xing would have clapped her hands and said, "Well done, well done!"

"Just to keep the little worms at bay!"

Mother Jia's face turned even more ugly. The day before yesterday, Mrs. Xue, who was easily coaxed, took out Jia Dai's stamped name card, and successfully sent Jia Yuanchun to the list of beautiful girls in the Ministry of Rites, and presented it to the emperor.

After spending countless money to open up channels in the palace, Jia Yuanchun was undoubtedly the choice.

Soon, Rong Guofu would be able to rise to prominence again and become a first-class family in Shenjing by virtue of his status as a relative of the emperor.

Mother Jia was very happy. Today, there was already a banquet and theater troupe in Rongqing Hall, but she wanted to overwhelm Aunt Xing.
Showing the strength of Rongguo Mansion, suppressing Ningguo Mansion, and confirming the identity of Jia Mu's ancestors, they ignored him.

Jia Mu's face suddenly turned black.

Has anyone ever dared to hit her in the face like this? Jia Mu is a first-class Rongguo lady!

"Old lady, someone is coming from the palace!"

A boy stumbled over, breaking the deadlock, but it frightened all the Jia family members into losing their composure. "Tell me, what's going on?"

Jia Muguo was well-informed and immediately calmed down.

"I don't know, little one!"

The boy trembled and kowtowed, feeling panicked in his heart. He was just an errand boy. Manager Lai was arranging the incense table, so he sent him over to inform Jia Mu.

How does he know the specific situation?

"You're useless, go and shout for Lai."

After a while, Lai Dada came and knelt down and said:

"Old lady, I'm so happy."

"I'm so happy! Big girl, I've been chosen!"

"History of Fengzao Palace Maid!"

"Eunuch Xia, the manager of the Sixth Palace, came to our house in person to convey the order. He will be here soon."

"Master, eldest master, please invite the old lady, the eldest wife, and the second wife to come back to your house, get dressed up, and prepare to receive the order!"

The female relatives of Rongguo Mansion were all delighted when they heard this. They all congratulated Jia Mu and Mrs. Wang.

"Old lady, I'm so happy!"

"Second Madam, I'm so happy!"

"..."

There was an endless stream of congratulatory messages, but Mrs. Xue and Mrs. Xing couldn't stay or go, which was very embarrassing.

Mrs. Xing is Aunt Xing's niece and Jia She's stepmother, but she does not have the housekeeping authority of Rongguo Mansion, so she has long been dissatisfied with Mrs. Wang in her heart.

However, with Jia Mu controlling her, she did not dare to act like a monster.

Now I know with my own ears that Jia Yuanchun was favored by Emperor Taikang and was selected as a female official in Princess Li's palace.

Doesn't it mean that there is no hope for her to be in charge of the family for the rest of her life?
Ugh!
What happened?

As a daughter-in-law of a wealthy family, who doesn’t want to be like Jia’s mother and become an old feudal prince who sticks to her word?

Just when Mrs. Wang turned to look at her, Mrs. Xing was extremely embarrassed in her heart, but she still forced a smile and said: "Great joy, great joy!"

Jia Mu proudly glanced at Aunt Xing, her eyes full of contempt, and with a group of female relatives, hugging Jia Baoyu, she left the East Mansion and headed for the West Mansion like the wind.

The main entrance of Rongguo Mansion is open, and the street in front of it is extremely clean and covered with a layer of loess.

Suddenly, Xia Shouzhong arrived on horseback, held high the imperial edict, and entered through the main entrance of Rongguo Mansion.

Underground, Jia Mu, Mrs. Wang, Mrs. Xing, Jia She, and Jia Zheng all knelt down in formal attire.
I didn't dare to take a breath, for fear of blowing out the sandalwood in the incense burner and offending the power of God.

Xia Shouzhong stood with a smile on his face, facing south, and said loudly in a high-pitched voice:
"There is a decree, so Jia Yuanchun, the descendant of Jia Daishan, the Duke of Rongguo, and the eldest daughter of Jia Zheng, the head of the Ministry of Industry,"

"The virtuous and virtuous people win my heart..."

After reciting the imperial edict, Xia Shouzhong took the young eunuch directly and left without tea, as if he had never been to Rongguo Mansion.

Jia Mu was still wondering, why did the eunuchs in the palace change their gender?

After a while, she was infected by the smiles on the faces of the people around her and the shouts of "Old lady, great joy!" and she no longer thought about anything else.

On the one hand, Jia Zheng was ordered to enshrine the imperial edict in the ancestral hall and report this great joy to his ancestors;
On the one hand, in the front and back yards, we held banquets and theater troupes, entertained relatives and friends, and celebrated grandly...

(End of this chapter)