The eldest son of the red mansion

Chapter 197

Jia Zheng was having wine with Qin Ye, and the little maid who brought them tea just now sneaked into the back house.

This back house is different from other places, it is a different world from other parts of the Qin Mansion, the design of each place is very exquisite, the carved beams and paintings are all done by famous masters, although it is small but exquisite.This place alone costs a lot of silver taels.If others come in and see it, they will be amazed at the luxury of this place. If it is only about its exquisiteness regardless of its size, many princely and noble residences are not as good as it.

The little servant girl came to the back house, came to a delicate and beautifully designed show building, and shouted a few words to the above, "Ruizhu, Ruizhu, come down quickly, I have something to tell you."

After a while, the door of the building opened, and a little maid walked out of the building. She was pretty and lovely, but her face was somewhat arrogant.Seeing the little maid who called her, she said angrily: "What is it called, is it called soul? Miss is painting upstairs, and you ruined a big piece of paper by calling her like that."

The little girl knew that she was being rude just now, so she stuck out her tongue and showed an embarrassed expression.

Regarding Ruizhu's tone of voice just now, he may already know her temper, so he is not angry.Instead, he waved at her ghostly.

Seeing her mysterious appearance, Rui Zhu walked up to her and said, "What is so mysterious?"

The little girl smiled and said: "This is a big deal for Miss. If I tell you, you will reward me."

When Ruizhu heard her words, she immediately became vigilant, took out a piece of loose silver from her bosom, handed it to her and said, "Here, you will be indispensable, can we talk about it now?"

The little girl looked around and saw no one around, so she said to Ruizhu: "Someone just came to propose marriage to the young lady, and the master has already agreed. The other party will come to deliver the letter of engagement in a few days."

Ruizhu immediately raised her eyes when she heard this, and said angrily to the little girl: "Don't talk nonsense, if you damage the reputation of the young lady, let's see how the master will deal with you."

"I came to report to you out of good intentions. If you don't believe me, it's fine. If you want to lie to me, if I had known, I wouldn't have come." The little girl was angry and wanted to go out.

Ruizhu saw that the little maid didn't seem to be telling a lie, so she hurriedly stopped her, and apologized to her: "Good sister, please forgive me, I just said something wrong, so don't take it to heart It's gone." After speaking, he took out a piece of silver from his bosom and stuffed it into her hand.

Only then did the little girl turn her anger into joy, and she turned around and said to him, "I'm telling you the truth, Master Jia, who is begging for marriage, hasn't left yet. He is drinking with the master in front."

"Which Master Jia is it, who is our future son-in-law?" Ruizhu asked anxiously, this was related to the lifelong happiness of the young lady, and the young lady would not be ashamed to ask, only she, the personal servant girl, came.

The little maid said enviously: "Our young lady is really a lucky person. The person who proposed marriage just now was Mr. Jia Zhengjia from the Rongguo Mansion. It was for his eldest son to propose marriage for the young lady. Unfortunately, he is only a bastard. If he is a legitimate son That would be perfect."

Ruizhu panicked when she heard this. Why is her future son-in-law just a concubine? Others don't know that she doesn't know that her young lady looks gentle and virtuous, but she is actually such a proud and arrogant person inside. I have to marry a bastard, and I don't know how to be sad.

Ruizhu chatted with the maid for a few more words before sending her away.Then go back to Xiulou and close the door.Then he walked to the second floor of Xiulou.

Ruizhu went up to the second floor and came to an exquisite study room. One wall of the study room was a row of bookshelves filled with books. Next to the bookshelves was a desk with tables and stools made of huanghuali. Carved by skilled craftsmen.Next to it is Duobao Pavilion, which separates it from the outside.The Duobao Pavilion is filled with exquisite porcelain of various colors, white jade ornaments, and emerald carvings.Just this shelf of things is enough for ordinary people to endure for several lifetimes.

There is also a large case made of sandalwood in the outer room. There is a lady painting there. The painting is a picture of an outing. I saw that the lady gained weight by adding a point, and lost weight by losing a point. The eyebrows are both dignified and elegant. Pretty, with a graceful figure, of course I thought she was a fairy in the painting, not a mortal woman.

Ruizhu came to this lady's side, hesitant to speak, her eyes were full of uneasiness.

The young lady already knew when she came to her side.Seeing her faltering, he asked: "What's the matter that has been going on for so long, and it looks like this when you come up. If you have something to say, just say it. I can still eat you."

Only then did Rui Zhu speak: "Miss, the little girl who was serving at the front just now came to report to me. It is said that the master has betrothed you to someone else, and now the master is having wine with his in-laws in the front yard."

Hearing what she said, the young lady asked as if she didn't care: "Which one did you order for me? And which young master?" After saying this, her face was already flushed, as if a piece of rouge had been smeared on her face , and a little more charming.

Ruizhu pouted and did not speak, but took a peek at the young lady. Seeing her like this, the young lady had a bad feeling in her heart, and asked uncertainly, "Could something be wrong? You should tell me quickly." Ah, I'm dying of anxiety."

Ruizhu really couldn't hide it like this, so she said: "Miss, he is really nice, it is the famous Rongguo Mansion in the capital. It's just..."

It was related to her lifelong event, the young lady didn't care about being shy, and asked anxiously: "It's just what?"

Ruizhu gritted her teeth and closed her eyes, and said, "It's just that he's not a son of the Rongguo Mansion, but a son of a concubine."

Hearing what she said, the young lady breathed a sigh of relief, and scolded coquettishly: "You damn girl, you scared me to death, I thought it was just this. If you were just a bastard, it would save a lot of trouble. In the future, as long as the two of you are good, there is nothing to eat in this room alone."

In fact, the young lady was somewhat disappointed in her heart, what she just said was just self-consolation.

Ruizhu thinks the same way, although the young lady is not born of old age, but the master loves the young lady to the bone.I am afraid that the dowry prepared for the young lady over the years is several times more than that left for the young master in the mansion?
It's just that they didn't expect that their young lady was arrogant and arrogant. Although she didn't care about it on the surface, she was filled with all kinds of worries in her heart.

In the afternoon, a little maid came to report that the master asked the young lady to go to his study.

So the young lady took her maid, Rui Zhu, and walked lightly with lotus steps to Qin Ye's small study in the back house.As soon as he entered the small study, the young lady saluted Qin Ye. Qin Ye didn't know why, but he turned to the side and only accepted her half salute.

The lady seemed to be used to it, she didn't have any other expressions, but asked softly: "Father, I don't know what is the matter for calling my daughter."

Only then did Qin Ye go back to the desk and sit down, and let the lady sit down next to him, and then said to her: "Keep, I have arranged a marriage for you. That family is also a good one, you go I feel relieved about his family."

It turned out that this young lady was called Qin Keqing, and she was a girl adopted by Qin Ye.

It turned out that Mrs. Qin Ye died early, and because she had no children, she took a son and a daughter to the Yangsheng Tang, but the son she adopted later died for no reason.Only one daughter, Qin Keqing, was left behind, so Qin Ye treated her like the apple of his eye.

Those who know the inside story may be puzzled.When Qin Ye was about 50 years old, why didn't he adopt a stepchild from his distant brother, but went to the Yangshengtang to raise the child?Adopting a child is generally for the purpose of continuing cigarettes and carrying on the family line. Ordinarily, adopting a boy is nothing more than adopting a boy, so why adopt a girl?After being adopted, why did he treat the son so carelessly, and he died easily, leaving Qin Keqing alone. Since it is not difficult to adopt a son from the Yangsheng Tang, why not adopt another one immediately after the son dies?These are all suspicious.

In the next few years, Qin Ye had a son, which was Qin Ye's biological son Qin Zhong, which showed that Qin Ye was not infertile.The mysteries of this make people ponder more carefully.

Qin Keqing lowered her head when she heard what Qin Ye said, and said softly, "Marriage has always been the order of the parents and the words of the matchmaker. The daughter's marriage is decided by the father."

Qin Ye stroked his beard with a relaxed expression on his face, as if letting go of a heavy burden. He smiled and said to Qin Keqing: "Even so, I still want to let you know. Let you know which family the man is from."

When Qin Keqing heard what Qin Ye said, she just lowered her head and blushed without speaking.

Qin Ye continued: "The talented man I told you about is the eldest son of the Rongguo Mansion." Having said that, he looked up at her and saw her calm face.

Then Qin Ye said again: "Don't underestimate this eldest son, this man is very important. He is only seventeen or eighteen years old, and now he has been conferred the title of Marquis of Wuyang by the emperor. Weight. And the emperor has already built a mansion for him next to the Rongguo mansion, you only need to manage your own mansion after you get married, and you don't need to participate in other things."

Qin Ye told her this because he knew the situation in the Rongguo Mansion. In the future, the Rongguo Mansion might be inherited by Jia Zheng's two sons.And the eldest son of the concubine probably won't get any property, but fortunately, the eldest son of the concubine is still doing well, and the young couple don't have to worry about their future life after they get married.

After Qin Keqing heard Qin Ye's words, although she didn't show it on the surface, she couldn't help but burst into joy in her heart.

Although she said just now that she didn't care about the status of the eldest son, there was still a trace of disappointment in her heart.

After all, the distinction between concubine and concubine has existed since ancient times.Bastards are generally not welcome at home.After she married the concubine, although she relied on the dowry she brought in the past, she would live comfortably in the future.But what daughter would not wish her husband to be a man of success, instead of living off his wife's dowry.

Now after hearing what Qin Ye said, he knew that this eldest son was ten times and a hundred times stronger than those young masters in Rongguo Mansion.

I think this motivated eldest son is also a hard-working person, otherwise he would not have gone to the border to work hard in his teens. Even with the help of the Rongguo Mansion, he could rise rapidly, but without his own efforts, there would be no achievements today. .

Up to now, Qin Keqing is quite satisfied, but she also feels a little distressed for her future husband-in-law, thinking that his life in Rongguo Mansion is not good.But think about it, even ordinary sons of concubine will be discriminated against in the mansion, not to mention that he is the eldest son, he will be targeted by the headed wife, think about it, when he was young, he must have grown up in bitter water, how can this not be allowed People are distressed.

(End of this chapter)