The eldest son of the red mansion

Chapter 195 Gradient
When Mrs. Wang heard that Jia Zheng intended to tell Jia Zhu about the girl from the Wang family, she didn't want to, so she rounded up her words: "But in my opinion, although my niece is very good, she is very important to our family. These two elder brothers are still somewhat incompatible. Not to mention that the eldest brother is now a marquis, but that Zhu'er will definitely be born in the imperial examination in the future, and this girl can't read a few words. If he is matched with such an illiterate , there will be conflicts in the future."

Jia Zheng nodded when he heard her words, and said with satisfaction: "What you said is that our family is different now. The eldest brother's marriage has been agreed with the mother, so we don't need to worry about it. Now it's just Zhu'er's marriage that makes me Worrying. If he could get in last year, it would be better. But he is still just a scholar, and I don’t know if he will be able to succeed in the next subject. In terms of relatives, I’m afraid there will be no good family.”

When Mrs. Wang heard what he said, she was also frowning.It should be said that Jia Zhu is indeed studying hard now, but during this period of time, his body has deteriorated due to continuous use of drugs.If Mrs. Wang hadn't forcibly confiscated most of the medicine, I'm afraid my health would be even worse now.But she didn't dare to say these words to Jia Zheng.

Mrs. Wang now recalls what the old gentleman said last year, and she thinks that she should arrange a marriage for Jia Zhu so that he can have offspring after getting married. Otherwise, as the old gentleman said, she will regret it later. It's time.

Thinking of this, Mrs. Wang said to Jia Zheng: "Master told me to think that Zhu'er's marriage is easy to talk about. Our family doesn't ask how rich the other party is, just ask for a scholarly family who is in the same family as the master."

After hearing Mrs. Wang's words, Jia Zheng felt that it was very reasonable. Although his wife was a bit dull, she was never confused in major matters, and she was good to his children (this is what he thought).Yu Shi replied, "What you said is exactly what you said. A few days ago, I heard from my colleagues that Jijiu of the Imperial College has a daughter who is gentle and polite. She thinks she is worthy of Zhu'er. What do you think?"

Mrs. Wang listened to what he said, thought about it carefully, and felt that if this marriage were to happen, it would not do any harm to Jia Zhu, at least it would be helpful in economics and official career.So he hurried over and said: "Master is still thoughtful. If that's the case, let's make a quick decision on the marriage. Otherwise, the good girls will be snatched away by others."

"Of course I know what you said, but since ancient times, the elders and children have been ordered. Although Zhu'er is a legitimate son, the eldest brother is not an ordinary person now. We must first settle his affairs before we can propose marriage to Zhu'er." she said.

Mrs. Wang asked with some hesitation: "I don't know which girl is destined for the elder brother? What do you want me to prepare?"

Jia Zheng thought about it carefully, and there were some things that her aunt really needed to prepare for, so he said to him, "Eight percent is the daughter of Qin Ye, the clerk of the camp, and Qin Ye and I are half colleagues. This will definitely work."

After hearing what he said, Mrs. Wang couldn't help feeling suspicious. Qin Ye was a lowly official, and his daughter was no match for Jia Ke, a dignified Marquis.So she said carefully: "This Qin Ye's daughter, is she from a humble background, not worthy of our elder brother?"

Jia Zheng said displeasedly: "This matter was decided by the old lady. This Qin Ye has something to do with our family. His daughter is just right for our eldest brother. You don't have to worry about this matter. Just prepare a gift and I will give you a couple of gifts." Tian then went to the Qin Mansion to ask for marriage for the elder brother."

Mrs. Wang was just asking, and had no intention of intervening. Since Jia Zheng said so, she agreed.

Not to mention that Jia Zheng is here to discuss the marriage for Jia Ke, but it is said that Aunt Zhou's courtyard is completely full of guests at this time.People kept coming to congratulate her, and Aunt Zhou sat in the house by herself, her smile never stopped.These servants are all very respectful when they see her now, even the old nuns beside Jiamu see Aunt Zhou first, and then they dare to speak.

Since Aunt Zhou herself was not good at words, she couldn't cope with the congratulatory people who came suddenly.Fortunately, her eldest maid, Xia Mai, has gradually grown up to speak and act much more quickly.Beside her all the time to support her, and then send away wave after wave of congratulatory people.

When the night was quiet, Aunt Zhou and Xia Mai finally relaxed. They rested for a while, glanced at each other and couldn't help laughing.They never thought that Jia Ke could do this.

At this time, Xia Mai happily said to Aunt Zhou: "Auntie, you are depended on this time, and the family will be separated in the future. You can also go to the nearby Hou's mansion to be an old lady, and you must take me with you when the time comes. , From now on, I will also be a caring person to the old lady of the Hou Mansion." After saying these words, I couldn't help but start to imagine how I would like the wind and the rain in the Hou Mansion, and I started laughing when I thought about it.

Aunt Zhou was also very happy today, she smiled and said jokingly to her: "Okay, if I become an old lady, I will take you with me, and then I will find you a housekeeper, and you will be my nanny in the future."

Xia Mai blushed with embarrassment and said, "My aunt can make fun of people." Then she ran out.

Aunt Zhou saw that the room had quieted down, and her smile gradually faded away. At the beginning, she was still happy for Jia Ke to be a Marquis, but after this period of time, who knows the danger?Others only saw the scenery of him being a marquis, but only his mother thought about the danger he was in it.I have been born and died again and again to have today.What's more, she also heard that Jia Ke led people straight into the grassland this time.The risks involved are not comparable to the previous few times.

So that night when everyone was quiet at night, Aunt Zhou cried herself under the quilt for a while, but the next morning, she immediately changed her smiling face again. She must not let people find fault.

From the second day on, Aunt Zhou's status was different from the past, and her status had risen several steps. Although she is still a concubine now, no one in Jia's mansion dared to underestimate her. When she saluted, everyone knew that she was destined to be an old lady like Jia Mu in the future.In the future, her status will be the same as that of Mrs. Wang now. Even because she is Jia Ke's biological mother, Mrs. Wang may not be as beautiful as her.

Because everyone has also seen clearly over the years that Mrs. Wang's two sons, the eldest son Jia Zhu has failed many times, and the second son Jia Baoyu is still young, but at such a young age, he is a person who is spinning around in the crowd.Although it was said that he was born with a piece of jade, everyone said he was a promising person.But looking at the situation, it is just a lie.

But Aunt Zhou's only son, Jia Ke, is completely different. Now he is the Marquis of Wuyang at a young age.From ancient times to the present, there are only one or two such young marquises. In the future, although Mrs. Wang will guard the Rongguo Mansion, she may end up living on the face of Aunt Zhou.

It was only at this time that Aunt Zhou fully understood what it meant to say that mothers are more expensive than children?Now she wants to say that the scenery is not a little worse than Mrs. Wang.As the servants of the Jia family who were born with a pair of rich eyes, naturally they all rushed to curry favor with Aunt Zhou.

Aunt Zhou's food now no longer needs to send money to the kitchen, and all kinds of delicacies are automatically delivered to her every day, which is no worse than Mrs. Wang.

And the maids in her courtyard are more arrogant than before, thinking that they will all be able to work as servants in the new Hou's mansion in the future, and not all of them will have to take care of them, so now they are starting to be a little proud in dealing with others.

Mrs. Wang was also obviously harassed by this incident during this period. People kept coming to intercede with her, all wanting to stuff their daughter into Aunt Zhou's room as a maid.

Mrs. Wang saw the snobbish faces of these slaves, but she couldn't do anything to them.After all, these people have served the Jia family for several lifetimes, and any of their ancestors has something to do with the two old princes, so they can only try every means to get rid of them.

But it still can't stop these snobbish minions from making progress.Mrs. Wang couldn't get an answer, so they went to Jia Mu to intercede. Although Jia Mu didn't care about the matter now, she was still the king of Rongguo Mansion. As long as she opened her golden mouth, there was nothing to do in Rongguo Mansion. It's impossible.

During this period of time, Mother Jia received many respected old ladies.These people were maidservants who used to have a good relationship with Jia's mother. Now that they are old, they all take care of themselves at home. But now, in order to make their children and grandchildren have a good future, they put down their old faces and come to Jia again. Mother side please.

Mother Jia was also very happy about these people's visits, especially these people came to ask her to do something, which made her feel the importance of her position in Rongguo Mansion again.So she annoyed the maid next to her, but every time these people came to visit, she never refuted it.

As for their talk of going to Aunt Zhou's place, Mother Jia refused all of them. After all, Aunt Zhou already has several maids, and if they add more maids, they will probably surpass Mrs. Wang.This is not everyone's rules.

But Mother Jia also let them go, and when the Wuyanghou Mansion is completed, they will arrange their children and grandchildren to be Jia Ke's servants. Also hold on to them first.This appeases these people.

However, Mrs. Wang knows everything about Jia Mu's place very well. Every time I think of these things these days, I can't help but feel angry. Sometimes I even think that after Jia Zheng passed away, Aunt Zhou went to the nearby Hou Mansion to become an old lady, and she But she has to rely on Jia Ke to maintain the Rongguo Mansion. At that time, she might as well die.

The more Mrs. Wang thought about it, the more frightened she became, and the more she thought about it, the more likely this kind of thing would happen, and now it seemed that her son Jia Zhu could not be counted on, although Baoyu had a history.But now that he is still young, it is hard to say what will happen in the future.

Although Mrs. Wang has been calm on the surface these few days, she has been unable to control the Jia family. This is when all the servants of the Jia family began to move closer to Jia Ke, which had a huge impact on her. Unfavorable things, she has been unable to carry out.

Even if there is some disturbance on her side, Xia Mai will tell Aunt Zhou the next day. Although Aunt Zhou still greets her every day, as long as she dares to show Aunt Zhou a little bit of face, Jia Zheng will know about it. They will definitely come to reprimand him immediately.

These are the ones in the mansion, but they are run by snobbish slaves. Seeing Jia Ke's current beauty, they naturally swarmed to praise Aunt Zhou.

This made Mrs. Wang feel that Aunt Zhang's current status was already tied with her.Aunt Zhou is only one rank worse than him now.

(End of this chapter)