Chapter 2485 Gui character is entangled with branches and vines, unable to escape
Yuanchun had brought the message here a long time ago. She went back to Jia Mansion to visit her relatives, and also wanted to go back to the Grand View Garden to have a look.
This frightened Feng Ziying very much.
What is this for?
Do you want to declare your sovereignty by showing off your chariots and horses?
Or do you want to take over the spotlight?
But have you won it?
At this time, I want to go back to the Grand View Garden, but now my family members live in the Grand View Garden. What do you mean by coming here?
What do Shen Yixiu, Xue Baochai and Lin Daiyu think?
What do the servants in the garden think and see? Many of them are from the original Rongning Second Mansion.
But Yuanchun's attitude in the letter was very firm and he insisted on coming to take a look, which made Feng Ziying a little at a loss.
It is definitely impossible to see it publicly, let Long Jinwei, no, Long Jinwei don't care, you know, with Lu Song helping to cover it up, nothing will happen, but if the palace finds out, it will be a big trouble.
Privately, it was also very troublesome. Jia Yuan had to stay at the Xinjia Mansion during the spring vacation, and then secretly rode a carriage across the entire capital city to Sanjue Street.
It is not impossible to do this, but Feng Ziying is afraid that Jia Yuanchun will do something wrong again.
For example, if you want to stay one night in the original provincial villa, and also take a boat trip to reminisce about the past, you will really make your head hurt.
With the keen intuition of Shen Xue and Lin, they will not be able to detect the fishy things inside. I am afraid that the secret will be exposed.
Feng Ziying planned to wait until the spring of the 15th Yuan to go to Xinjia's house to meet and persuade her. If it was not possible, he would "subdue" her in bed and let her give up this idea that would bring unlimited risks.
It’s just that Feng Ziying is not sure whether he can persuade this woman.
This woman has been a bit "crazy" since she came back from Jiangnan. She seems to think that she is omnipotent and hopes to take her out of the sea of suffering as soon as possible. But can she do it now?
This incident has always made Feng Ziying a little uneasy.
But it will take another ten days to reach fifteen. There is no point in writing a letter now. Yuanchun will definitely not listen. We can only talk about it in person.
In addition to the matters related to Yuanchun, Wang Xifeng is going back to Beijing on the tenth day of the first lunar month.
This is also something that makes Feng Ziying a little embarrassed.
Wang Ziteng has been pardoned by a general amnesty, and the court is not doing anything wrong.
The old Denglai Army was merged into Cao Wenzhao's new Denglai Army. After the merger, the combat effectiveness of the Denglai Army was greatly increased.
Wang Ziteng fulfilled his promise, and the court was also satisfied, so there was no further investigation on the Wang family's side, and Wang Ziteng even retained his status as the governor of the Fifth Army.
Now Wang Xifeng is returning to Beijing with Hu Zi. In addition to seeing herself, she also wants to see Wang Ziteng.
Although Wang Ziteng had known for a long time that he and Wang Xifeng had a son, Feng Ziying still felt a little uncomfortable to confront him like this.
Especially, Jia Lian will return to Beijing on the eighth day of the lunar month, and will return south to Yangzhou on the 15th day of the lunar month.
Jia Lian returned to Beijing on the one hand to report on the cooperation between Haitong Yinzhuang Yangzhou and the stock exchange to promote the reform of joint-stock industries. On the other hand, he also came for Qiao Jieer.
Sister Qiao is about to be fifteen, so logically it is time to talk about a marriage, but it is obvious that Wang Xifeng has been focusing on business in the past two years, and even Huzi has neglected it, let alone the daughter she had with her ex-husband. .
Of course there are people from Lin Zhixiao’s family who take care of Sister Qiao. Sister Qiao is also living a good life like an ordinary daughter from a wealthy family.
It's just that Sister Qiao's surname is Jia after all. Although Jia Lian is a little ruthless and only cares about marrying a wife, concubinage and having children in Yangzhou, he doesn't care much about Sister Qiao's life. But now that Sister Qiao is getting older, he still has to take care of her to some extent. To avoid being stabbed in the back by the Jia clan in the future.
In addition, now the Jia family seems to have regained a chance to breathe under the protection of the Feng family.
Jia Huan has already passed last year's Autumn Wei Competition and became a scholar. Jia Lan has also passed the scholar exam. However, Jia Cong is not qualified because Jia She is still serving his sentence in exile.
The Jia family suddenly showed good signs of transforming from the declining Hairpin Ying family to a poetry and book family.
Even if Jia Huan really didn't pass the Jinshi examination, he already had the qualifications to be an official with his status as a scholar, and he could move forward independently from the Jia family.
There is also Jia Baoyu, who was promised by Feng Ziying to go to the Hanlin Academy to make a living in the future. He was also very interested. During this period, he also restrained himself a lot. He stayed at home and waited for the day when he could enter the Hanlin Academy and become a scholar.
These situations made Jia Lian a little confused, hoping to come back and see the changes in the Jia family.
Jia Lian is back, Wang Xifeng is back, Qiao Jieer and Huzi, plus Wang Ziteng, there are Qin Keqing and Shi Xiangyun, as well as Zhen Baoqi, Shuitang and Mu Tan, there are many things, and they all seem to be closely related to themselves.
It made Feng Ziying really feel that this holiday would be worse than no vacation at all, and she actually felt a little overwhelmed.
After getting the news that Feng Ziying was going to visit the house, the entire Jia family became restless.
Today is different from the past. The Jia family has lost its former glory and has even been reduced to a situation where it has to rely on charity to make a living.
After moving to Mingshifang, everyone including Jia Mu, Jia Zheng, Jia Zhen and others felt that the conditions here were actually more suitable and were very satisfied.
Although the scale is not as large as the two Rongning mansions combined, and it is not as luxurious as the Rongguo mansion after the construction of the Grand View Garden, it is a villa of Dongping County Prince, with a moderate location and an elegant environment. More importantly, there are not so many mansions and no If so many people are needed to take care of it, the cost will be much smaller.
Another key factor is that it is far away from the area where Jia family members live in Jinchengfang, and there are fewer ties and clan members who come to visit Qiufeng.
Of course, during the spring break, some Jia clan members have "discovered" this place and started to arrive one after another. This also made the Jia family realize that it is impossible to get rid of this gang of maggots like tarsal bones, but it can be done less. Some, count as many as you can save.
“It’s rare that Brother Keng has to come over to visit us, which shows that people don’t ignore us just because our family is in trouble.”
Jia Zheng stroked his beard and smiled, feeling much better.
After experiencing the disaster of being imprisoned in Nanjing and forced to serve as the Ministry of Rites in Nanjing, his energy was not as good as before.
When he returned to the capital, he kept to himself, rarely making friends with people outside, and rarely going out. But now he is the only one of the older generation in the family. His eldest brother Jia She is still serving his sentence in Shaanxi, and he doesn't know when the end will be. , if you really have to serve your sentence without waiting for amnesty, I guess this old bone will have to be thrown over there.
But you don’t know how to solve this problem, so you are counting on Feng Ziying to help you, but you rely on her for everything. Even if you marry a daughter of the Jia family, not everything can be done satisfactorily for you.
"Yes, let's move here. Brother Keng has arranged everything for us. Brother Jia Zhen and Brother Rong have also come back. The whole family can at least be reunited. It’s a rough idea, it depends on the boss…”
Jia Mu also sighed and raised her head.
Hu Bo next to her quickly laid a handkerchief for Jia Mu and wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes. Jia Mu then said, "We still have to thank you for coming. We still count on Brother Keng for Baoyu's affairs. Brother Huan will compete in the Spring Festival this year." , it is very important, next year Zhengke, Langeer will still have a chance..."
Mrs. Wang also joined the conversation: "Sister Feng said that she is returning to Beijing on the tenth day of the lunar month and is going to her brother's place. Then she will definitely come here to visit her ancestors. It's the same with Lian'er. Maybe she wants to talk about Sister Qiao. My son’s marriage,…”
"Huh, Feng girl is certainly welcome to come to me, but Lian'er has no conscience. He is still suffering in Shaanxi, but he is living in Yangzhou and turning a blind eye. How many times have he come back this year? Er Yatou has been back in the past six months. It's been three or four times. There are difficulties in the house. The second girl is not the head of the Feng family, so she still knows how to help. But what about Lian'er? I heard that he has raised two Yangzhou thin horses, and the flowers are not less than a few. With a thousand taels of silver, he is really spoiled, and so is Brother Keng..."
As soon as Jia Mu said that Jia Lian was rich and noble, her face became cold and full of anger.
To be precise, among the men in charge, the one who fares best is Jia Lian.
Haitong Yinzhuang Yangzhou has always been the best business location in the entire Haitong system.
Without him, Yangzhou is rich, with a large number of salt merchants, and the signboard of Haitong Bank is there. Anyone can get away as long as they are not too stupid.
Jia Lian was from a common family after all. He had seen some things in the world and had a good temperament. He could hang out with the merchants in Yangzhou in eating, drinking, prostitution and gambling, so he looked good on the cards.
Yangzhou's business has always been good, and Feng Ziying still felt a little guilty after sleeping with Wang Xifeng, so she also took good care of her.
Now Jia Lian's salary has reached 8,000 taels of silver per year, plus some other fancy red envelope income, it can easily exceed 10,000 taels per year.
With this kind of income, how could Jia Lian's temper be able to endure it?
Last year, I took in another concubine and kept an outhouse. My life was extremely comfortable, and I couldn't think of the difficulties of a large family in Beijing.
Jia Lian always favored his second wife, doting on Jia Baoyu, and his eldest brother was suppressed. Even Jia She was not welcome, let alone him?
Now that the Jia family is in dire straits, there is leakage from all sides, and they need money to support them, they just think about themselves.
Why don’t you ask Baoyu? He is also the legitimate son. He is in his early twenties. He can't do anything but just mess around. Why?
Your own money is not blown by the strong wind. Is it easy to accompany your clients to eat, drink, and gamble all year round?
There is a large family at home, with two sons and a daughter. This is not even a coincidence. How can I have so much energy to take care of these messy things?
Xing's side is the aunt's aunt, no matter how justified it is, so she can occasionally go back to the north to support her, and her second sister is still in Beijing, so that's pretty much it.
(End of this chapter)