dream of red mansion

Chapter 159

Jia Qing's injury almost healed in the next few days. Today is the [-]th birthday of Mrs. Wang of the Wang family, one of the four major families.

Needless to say, Rongguo Mansion, the two people in charge of the mansion are both from the Wang family, so they are busy planning and planning on such an important day.

Moreover, Wang Ziteng has gained more and more trust from the emperor over the past few years. No, he was promoted to the ruler of nine provinces a while ago, starting from the first rank!
This is No. 1 in the stable officialdom of the four major families.

Therefore, Rongguo Mansion was mobilized by almost all staff starting from Jiamu.

Of course, Ningguo Mansion can't be absent, but Jia Jing here has gradually ignored the matter of welcome and sending in the mansion over the years, and he doesn't want to go this time either.Jia Zhen, who usually does this, was ordered not to leave the hospital. Youshi and Qinshi are still ill.
Jia Rong is in the mansion, but his seniority is too low, and it is inevitable that he will be neglected if he is only allowed to go.As a last resort, Jia Jing had no choice but to ask Jia Qing and Jia Rong, two uncles and nephews, to go together.

The large troops of Rongguo Mansion had already moved ahead.When I left, I asked someone to come over and ask if I was with you.Jia Qing felt that there were too many masters in the Rongguo Mansion, and their seniority was too high, so it was unavoidable to walk all the way, so he reasoned that they were not ready yet, and let them go first.

At the east corner gate of Ningguo Mansion, Jia Rong was already waiting there.

"I've seen Second Uncle, the carriages, horses and congratulatory gifts are all ready, ready to go at any time."

Accompanied by Li Yan and Li Yan, Jia Qing walked over slowly.Looking at Jia Rong who was respectful to him, she lightly raised her forehead and said, "Let's go." With Wang Shun's support, he boarded the first carriage.

Jia Rong behind him raised a handsome face, showing resentment, but it was quickly replaced by fear and helplessness.

He went out of Beijing on business some time ago, and he came back from Japan the day before yesterday.Then, from the mouth of the servant next to him, he learned that Jia Zhen committed a crime and was caught by Jia Jing.

He also went to see Jia Zhen. That miserable image really terrified him!He thought about it for a while, if that board hit him, his life would be worse than death.

Later, he was rather happy.The mountain that had been pressing on him for a long time was finally temporarily removed by his grandfather.

It's not surprising that he can think so. The relationship between him and Jia Zhen is only oppressed and oppressed. When will there be any father-son relationship?Moreover, he has not realized that his identity as the heir of the Ningguo Mansion has been threatened.

It wasn't until last night when Jia Jing told him to follow Jia Qing's arrangement that he realized that maybe without Jia Zhen, he might not be the head of the Ningguo Mansion.

There must be resentment!It's just that he is much worse than Jia Zhen, he doesn't even have the courage to resist the elders.

Taking a last look at the team that was about to set off, Jia Rong also silently got into the second carriage.

The team slowly starts...

In front of the palace, there is a lot of traffic.All kinds of exquisitely decorated soft sedan chairs and carriages are placed here.

Jia Qing and the others also stopped a stone's throw away from the main entrance.No way, the open space in front has been taken up.

"Here's some silver, tell them not to wait here, and go to a nearby restaurant to eat something later, just warn them not to delay."

Jia Qing's accompanying guards and other servants were at least twenty or so people. Although the palace's birthday banquet must have arranged places to entertain the servants of each mansion, it is also inappropriate to bring so many people in.So after Jia Qing got off the sedan chair, he asked Li Yan to take out a few taels of silver and give it to Lai Sheng, and ordered.

"On behalf of them, the old slave would like to thank the second master for his compassion."

Lai Sheng immediately bowed and thanked.The servants who heard it all thanked Jia Qing for his compassion.

Jia Rong on the side watched Jia Qing's actions silently, not knowing what he was thinking, seeing Jia Qing leading Li Yan and the two towards the main entrance, he quickly followed.

Lai Sheng briefly explained a few words to the people below, and then led them towards the main entrance with invitations and congratulatory gifts.

As the manager, of course he can go in and have a drink or two.

Although the area occupied by the Prince's Mansion is not as large as that of Ning Rong's Second Mansion, it is not small, and there are four houses in it.After passing through the Yimen Gate, to the front hall is a place specially used to entertain the servants of each government.

Lai Sheng and Li Yan stopped here, while Jia Qing and Jia Rong continued to be led by a young disciple of the palace. After passing the hall, it was the official banquet of the palace.

The house was full of guests and voices.

Jia Qing and the others came late, so as soon as Pu entered the door, he saw such a lively scene.There were no less than fifty or sixty tables in the entire courtyard, and except for a few empty tables, almost all of them were full.

Jia Qing was stunned, you know, all the masters from various prefectures can sit here, and all the servants are outside.Based on this calculation, I am afraid that nearly half of the mansions in the entire Shenjing City have sent people here!

Just looking at this momentum, it almost surpassed the time when Liu Yong held his birthday.

It seems that the fact that Wang Ziteng is the emperor's confidant is indeed right.Although it is possible that Wang Ziteng must have spread invitations widely in order to celebrate his mother's birthday, but so many people are willing to come, which is enough to explain the problem.

"Brother Qing Shi and Brother Rong, please sit down for a while. Brother Yu has to go to the front to entertain guests. I can't want to accompany you. Please forgive me!"

The son of the prince's mansion who led Jia Qing in was called Wang Ren, and he was the brother of Wang Xifeng of the Rongguo Mansion.It's just that their parents died early, and they have been living with their uncle, Prince Teng.

The Wang family's heirs are not prosperous, and Wang Ziteng has no children, only two daughters.Therefore, his younger brother Wang Zisheng was mainly responsible for the affairs of the mansion, and his nephew Wang Ren assisted him.

"Brother, you are very polite."

Jia Qing said casually, and after Wang Ren left, Jia Qing turned around and said to the acquaintance at the same table:
"I met Lian's second brother!"

Jia Rong also said, "I've seen Uncle Lian."

It was Jia Lian, the legitimate son of Jia She of the Rongguo Mansion.

Jia Lian said, "Second brother, please sit down, and brother Rong will also sit down."

The two sat down.Seeing that the other people at the same table were staring at Jia Qing, Jia Lian smiled slightly, stood up, pointed at Jia Qing and introduced:
"This is the second son of our Ningguo mansion respecting the master, Wen Linlang bestowed by the current emperor, Jia Qing is also!"

Although Jia Qing was upset that Jia Lian was troublesome, he stood up and clasped his fists in a salute, "I've seen you all!"

"Sure enough, it is the famous Second Master Jia Linlang. In the past, he had only heard the name of Second Master from the mouths of his elders. Seeing him today, he really deserves his reputation."

"He is truly a hero among men..."

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These people are basically the sons of various families, and one of them is the second son of Shan Guogong's mansion who is also the successor of the eighth prince. Unfortunately, Jia Qing is not familiar with them.

We introduced each other, and we got to know each other.Seeing that there was only one Jia Lian on the side of the Rongguo Mansion, Jia Qing asked curiously:
"Second Brother Lian, why didn't you see Second Brother Bao? Didn't he come?"

Jia Lian said with a smile: "How can this kind of scene not come today, but he is different from us, the old lady brought him inside..."

That's okay too?It's fine in his own mansion, and Jia Baoyu is brought to the inner house in other mansions... But thinking that today is the birthday of Jia Baoyu's biological grandmother, he is relieved.

At this time, some tea and snacks were already on the table, and Jia Qing didn't have the heart to talk to acquaintances, so he sat drinking tea and looked at the people at the banquet...

Few acquaintances!

Jia Zheng and the others were not in the courtyard. Those high-ranking people should be in the main hall directly in front of them, but I don't know how many tables are there.

"The old birthday star has come out, hurry up and pay your respects, there are still red envelopes for you!"

But it was a few young men who looked like little sons and brothers, hugging and rushing towards the main hall together.Jia Qing looked up, and sure enough, there was already a line of people vying for birthday wishes, and the same thing was that they were not very old.

Seeing Jia Qing looking around, Jia Lian thought that Jia Qing didn't understand the etiquette here, and explained: "Uncle and old lady are not outside, and now they are going out to wait for the juniors to kowtow to please them in the main hall. We will go there soon!"

Of course Jia Qing knew this rule, after all, she had wished Jia Mu so many birthdays.But this Jia Lian was very kind to him, which surprised Jia Qing a little.

"Hmm" was a reply.

This old lady of the Wang family is already seventy years old, and she is older than Jia Mu.

He knew that Wang Ziteng would have a successful official career in the next few years.I always wanted to make friends with him before, but unfortunately, as a junior, I never had a suitable opportunity...

Today is a good time.

Time passed bit by bit.The younger ones have basically gone to pay their respects. Although Jia Qing is also considered young, he doesn't want to go with those children who are still awake.

Together with Jia Lian and the others, when Jia Lian came out, guided by the servant at the door, Jia Qing strolled in.

Sure enough, there were not many people in the main hall, there were only six tables, arranged on two sides, with three tables on each side.Most of the people sitting at the table were old or young, and Jia Zheng was considered young among them.

In the middle of the front is a grand master's chair made of rosewood wood, and an old woman is sitting in it. Although her face is wrinkled, she has a peaceful smile on her face, which looks very kind.

Without looking at it too much, Jia Qing looked at the kneeling mat in front of him, knelt down without hesitation, and said in his mouth:
"Boy Jia Qing, I wish the old lady a long and happy life. Every year there will be today, and every year will have today."

It's not too fancy, if people don't like it, it won't be beautiful!After finishing speaking, he kowtowed three times in a proper manner.

Next to Jia Zheng, an elder said: "Cun Zhou, this is the unicorn in your family, the child who was bestowed with a title by the Holy One?"

"Uncle Huishi, that's right."

"Well, yes, it's a smart one."

Hearing what they said, people who hadn't paid attention to it all gathered their eyes.

The old lady above might have heard about Jia Qing, and seeing everyone's curiosity, she waved her hand and said, "Brother, come here, let me have a look..."

How could Jia Qing refuse, got up and walked straight over, and took the red envelope from the hand of the maid who was responsible for handing out the red envelope by the way.

The old lady smiled even more when she saw it, and joked with a smile: "I have a lot of red envelopes here, brother, don't rush to get them."

Jia Qing smiled shyly and walked three steps away from the old lady.

Looking Jia Qing up and down, the old lady said: "You are so handsome, you must be promising in the future."

The Queen Mother was even more delighted when she saw it, and took out two more red envelopes from the nearby plate, handed them to Jia Qing and said, "Come, buy some candies."

Jia Qing's heart is tired, she treats me like a little kid, doesn't she?But he smiled and said: "Thank you, Madam, for your generous gift!" Then he took the red envelope.

Seeing that the Queen Mother had given the red envelope and had nothing else to say, Jia Qing was about to leave when he heard a middle-aged man's voice say:

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(End of this chapter)