The eldest son of the red mansion

Chapter 463 Jealousy
After Mother Jia sent Shi Nai to the guest room, she had time to talk to Jia Ke and the others again.

"Brother, there is really no hindrance this time, right?" Jia's mother made a big deal in front of Shi Nai just now. It was just a matter of face. Now that there are no outsiders, she naturally wants to ask Jia Ke carefully. .

Jia Ke didn't think there was anything wrong with this, "Don't worry, old lady, she is not a governor of a province, but a prefect of Yangzhou. I can still make decisions about this matter."

In fact, Jia Ke had long wanted to change the position of the magistrate of Yangzhou, and that position was too important.

It doesn’t mean how big his official is, but that this position is too lucrative. The filial piety that the Supreme Emperor and the emperor get from this position is probably at least 30 to [-]. It can play a big role, so Jia Ke has long thought in his heart to replace the prefect of Yangzhou with his own.

Shi Nai came to ask for Guan'er today, just in time.Arranging Shi Nai in Yangzhou can cut off a large amount of the emperor's financial resources, and also allow Shi Nai to have a way out.

When Mother Jia heard Jia Ke say this, she felt relieved, and at the same time she had a deeper understanding of her own situation. A place like Yangzhou could be settled by Jia Ke with one word. How powerful is it.

Seeing that nothing happened here, Jia Ke bid farewell to Mother Jia, because there was still a group of people waiting outside his house. Although these people were not high-ranking officials, they all came to join him, so naturally they couldn't be kept waiting for too long.All upright officials are upright, and they will not take refuge in him, a notorious power minister with power over the world.

Naturally, Mother Jia knew that Jia Ke was busy with things, so she didn't keep him and waved him out to do her own business.

After Jia Ke left Rongguo Mansion, Mother Jia asked Jia Zheng who was standing next to him: "Since elder brother is so powerful now, why don't you move your position as well, so that you can still be an idle official. "

Jia Zheng no longer cared about his official position at all. Although he was still a minor official of the fifth rank, when he went to the Yamen, even Zhang Chaoxin, Minister of the Ministry of Industry, wanted to salute him when he saw him.

And now that he has nothing to do, he can still talk about poetry and painting with these Qing guests at home, and he can go out and play with one or two friends, which is really a rare beauty.How can you be bothered by these general affairs?
"Old lady, this is what I discussed with my elder brother. If I am in a high position, I am afraid that people in the world will gossip. Why don't I just live a leisurely life like this? Besides, how big can I be if I am an official?"

Jia's mother nodded after hearing this, and knew that it was the same reason. In the past, Jia Zheng still wanted to be an official, but now Jia Ke is an extremely powerful minister with power over the world. Although Jia Zheng is not an official, he has more power than court officials High officials of the first and second ranks are even stronger, so the superiors put down the idea of ​​becoming an official.

Besides, there are no secrets in the Rongguo Mansion. What happened today has spread throughout the Rongguo Mansion in a short period of time.

Jia Baoyu, who was in the Grand View Garden in the afternoon, heard the news. It turned out that Jia Baoyu was playing chess with Lin Daiyu in the Xiaoxiang Pavilion at this time.

Suddenly seeing Lin Daiyu's maid, Xueyan, ran in excitedly.As soon as he entered the Xiaoxiang Pavilion, he yelled at everyone regardless of the occasion, "Do you know that Miss Shi is engaged."

After hearing what she said, Zijuan hurried over to stop her and said, "Stop talking nonsense, let the old lady know, do you want to die or live?"

Xueyan was actually very dissatisfied with Zijuan. She followed Lin Daiyu when she was in Yangzhou, but unexpectedly she became Zijuan's attack in Jia's mansion, and even many maids in the house were better than her. How could this make her Can bear this breath.

Now that Xueyan heard Zijuan lecture her again, she said unwillingly: "It's not what I said, it has been spread all over the house now."

Jia Baoyu, who was playing chess at the side, frowned when he heard what he said. Jia Baoyu is a good-natured man, he is really nice to everyone.If you want to say that he is narrow-minded, it is also true that once he has something to do with anyone who belongs to him or who is close to him, he will immediately be dissatisfied.

Jia Baoyu and Shi Xiangyun grew up together since they were young, and they can be regarded as childhood sweethearts.There is no childlike affection between the two.Now hearing that only Shi Xiangyun is getting married, I feel a little uncomfortable.

But he still asked with a smile on his face: "Xueyan, where did you get the news, who is Sister Shi going to marry?"

As soon as Xueyan heard Jia Baoyu's question, she immediately became interested. She bypassed Zijuan in three steps and two steps, and came to Lin Daiyu and Jia Baoyu's chessboard. It has already spread in the morning. I heard that Smith's uncle came to our house to propose marriage in person."

Jia Baoyu's face immediately turned red when he heard this. In his mind, he is the only one in the Rongguo Mansion who can match Shi Xiangyun.

Now Jia Baoyu began to think about it, could it be that sister Xiangyun wanted to be her second wife, thinking of this, Jia Baoyu also felt a burst of joy in her heart.

Lin Daiyu, who was playing chess at the side, immediately became unhappy when she heard this. She threw the chess in her hand on the board, and said nothing in anger.

Seeing the situation, Jia Baoyu hurried up to persuade him, "Sister, don't be angry. I don't know about this. Besides, even if Sister Shi gets married, I can't beat you."

Lin Daiyu was even more dissatisfied after hearing this, what happened to Jia Baoyu?Do you really want Nashi Xiangyun?
Seeing that Jia Baoyu had misunderstood, Xueyan next to him hurriedly said, "Master Bao, girl, you two have misunderstood. Miss Smith did not marry our third master, but was told by the old lady to marry her in the next mansion." uncle."

As soon as Jia Baoyu finished listening, his face became gloomy.He didn't expect that such an innocent and jade-like person like Shi Xiangyun would become Jia Ke's concubine.I don't know what the old lady was thinking, but she pushed Sister Shi into the fire pit.

Lin Daiyu breathed a sigh of relief after hearing Xueyan's words. In fact, Lin Daiyu was open-minded on the surface, but in fact she was very thoughtful. Since she lived in the Jia family, she felt like she was under the fence.Later, Jia's mother decided to give herself to Jia Baoyu, and this feeling gradually faded away.

But Lin Daiyu's sense of insecurity has always existed. Just now, she thought that Jia's mother appointed Shi Xiangyun as Jia Baoyu's second wife, so she felt a little uncomfortable.Lamenting that she has no father and no mother, if she has a relative, how can she suffer such grievances.

Only now did she realize that she had misunderstood her, and at the same time she felt a little guilty towards Mother Jia. She thought how her grandmother would do such a thing when she was so kind to her.Sure enough, it is Jia Mu who really cares about her in this world, and she will definitely not let herself suffer any grievances.

But Jia Baoyu was not in the mood to play chess after hearing this, so he turned to Lin Daiyu and said, "Sister, I'll go and find out what's going on, and I'll talk to you when I get back."

After Jia Baoyu said this, he ran out of the Xiaoxiang Pavilion regardless of Lin Daiyu's reaction.

But Baoyu didn't see it. After he ran out, Lin Daiyu's eyes were red immediately, and she lay on the quilt and cried bitterly.

And Zijuan next to him couldn't understand what was going on when he saw this scene. Lin Daiyu was angry with Jia Baoyu for not being sure, and he was focusing on other girls, regardless of whether his fiancée was still there.

Zijuan took a few steps forward, came to Lin Daiyu's side, and said softly: "Girl, don't be angry, isn't Baoyu just like this? But he will never have that kind of thought for others. This girl should knew."

Lin Daiyu lay on the quilt, not fully agreeing with Zijuan's words.It is true that Jia Baoyu did not have a very strong love for other girls, but his temperament is always paying attention to girls. If it is true that he has no affection at all, it would be a lie.

Jia Baoyu left the Grand View Garden, came to Rongguo Mansion, and went straight to his study.When I got to the study, I saw four of my servants were on duty there. When these people saw Jia Baoyu coming, they immediately rushed forward and rushed him into the study.

After Jia Baoyu entered the study, Ming Yan, who trusted him the most, beckoned him over and sent the others out of the room.

Mingyan came to Jia Baoyu, and asked with a smile: "Third Master, what else do you want to do today? Do you want some books or strange puppets?"

Jia Baoyu used to ask Mingyan to handle some relatively secretive private affairs, such as the same banned books "Romance of the West Chamber", "The Peony Pavilion" and so on.So when Shang Mingyan saw Jia Baoyu being so mysterious, he thought he wanted something again.

Jia Baoyu ignored Mingyan, but asked with a serious face: "I heard that sister Shi is going to marry elder brother as a concubine, is there such a thing?"

Mingyan understood immediately that Jia Baoyu was jealous, and he had also heard about it.So he hurriedly told Jia Baoyu carefully, "Master, I heard that Marquis Baoling came to propose marriage in person, and our old lady has already agreed. Promise to arrange a good errand for Hou Baoling."

After listening to Mingyan's narration, Jia Baoyu felt angry and anxious.Although Sister Shi is not made of water like Sister Xue and Sister Lin, she is also a pure beauty.How can such a person be worthy of the reckless Jia Ke who only knows how to be rich.

So Jia Baoyu ignored Mingyan and went out of the police station directly, and went to the courtyard with Jia Mu.He is now thinking of marrying Huang, so that Sister Shi doesn't have to be Jia Ke's concubine and suffer the whole life.

When Jia Baoyu came to Jiamu's courtyard, a maid had already seen him, and someone immediately notified: "Master Bao is here." After speaking, he closed the curtain for him and invited him to Jiamu's main room. .

At this time, Jia's mother had just woken up. She received Shi Nai this morning and talked with him all morning.

When Jia Baoyu saw Jia Mu, Jia Mu had just washed up and was sitting there eating tea. Seeing Jia Baoyu coming, she smiled and said, "Baoyu is here, come here and let me see. I haven't seen you in a few days. Have you lost weight?" .”

Jia Baoyu came to Jiamu angrily and said, "Old lady, I heard that you promised younger sister Shi to elder brother as a concubine. Is it true?"

Jia's mother heard Jia Baoyu's bad tone, and the smile on her face gradually relaxed. She put the tea bowl on the kang table beside her, and said calmly, "It's like this. It has been exchanged. How come it has already been passed on to you?"

When Jia Baoyu heard that it was true, he quickly rolled to Jia Mu's side, hugged her waist and said, "Old lady, you should call off this marriage. Sister Shi is so arrogant, but she is acting like a fool." Concubine, how could she bear it."

(End of this chapter)