Uncle Lai in the Red Chamber

Chapter 149 Accident at Banquet
After sending Youshi away, Second Sister You didn't care about her sister's presence and acted very pretentiously in his arms.

And said with a look of disdain: "The old lady, the master, and the wife often talk about how great an honor it is for the imperial concubine to ask for a bride, and what a pity our family is not able to take part in it! I saw that as soon as the empress was sent away, the two houses were busy coming to invite the uncle. , it can be seen that that’s all it is!”

Then he asked with a puzzled look on his face: "What did Yu Chuan say that her sister told me not to mention it?"

Mrs. Wang is eager to love her son, and she is afraid that Lai Shangrong will reveal Baoyu's begging for Qingwen Xiangling in front of Jia Zheng, so she orders Jin Chuan to ask him to hide it for Baoyu at the same time.

It was a bit embarrassing to be asked to be a concubine by a little brat. Lai Shangrong didn't mention it in the mansion. He only told Qingwen and Xiangling not to go to Rong Mansion.

"It's nothing! His son is shameless in front of the uncle, he is just afraid that I will complain to Uncle Zheng!"

This was the critical time to marry Baochai, and even if Mrs. Wang didn't give her permission, Lai Shangrong would not create any complications and offend her, a great matchmaker.

When the time of You was approaching, he put on a bearskin cloak given by King Zhongshun and entered the back gate of Rong Mansion.

Now that the Grand View Garden has been completed, the corridor behind the Lixiang Courtyard no longer exists. We can only follow the inner wall on the west side of the Grand View Garden, bypass the back building of the Grand Flower Hall, and then follow the west aisle of Sister Feng’s yard to enter the backyard of Rongfu.

Because Mrs. Wang was worried about Jia Zheng's old waist, she arranged the banquet in a side hall of her yard.

The inner courtyard of the back house was originally a place for entertaining women and close relatives, but Lai Shangrong didn't know the reason, which inevitably led to some wild imagination.

Could it be that you want to talk to yourself about marriage?
It's just a matter of marriage, so parents should be called.

I came to Mrs. Wang's courtyard with some expectations.

I saw Jia Zhen and Jia Lian supporting Jia Zheng on the left and right.

"Uncle Zheng! What's wrong with you?"

Jia Zheng shook his arms and pushed Jia Zhen and Jia Lian away.

"I accidentally bumped into it on the way back, it's nothing serious!"

Since he wanted to show his ambition, he certainly didn't want the emperor to know about his decline, so he also concealed it from Lai Shangrong.

Of course, bumping into him on the way back wouldn't be considered a lie. After all, the carriage was bumpy and kept bumping.

"Uncle Shi, why didn't you tell me earlier? My nephew also has some medicine to treat bruises. If I had known about it, I would have brought it over."

Lai Shangrong said this while thinking secretly.

Nowadays, in the Rong Mansion, although there are Sister Feng, Li Wan and others who are secretly communicating with me, their identities are different and it is inconvenient to come and go, so there is inevitably a lot of information lag.

Sun Tzu said that wise kings and wise generals are able to conquer others through action, and those who succeed come from the crowd are also prophets, which shows the importance of intelligence work.

It's okay not to know that Jia Zheng was injured, but if the intelligence in the fish pond lags behind, wouldn't it mean that many opportunities are missed?
It seems that we cannot be content with the status quo and need to make more arrangements.

Jia Zheng waved his hand and said, "It's okay! We've already called the doctor!"

Then he said cryptically: "Thanks to my nephew's help in covering up Brother Zhen's matter, it won't cause any scandal!"

Turning to Jia Zhen, she said with a stern voice: "Why don't you thank Shang Rong quickly!"

Although Jia Zheng said he wanted Jia Zhen to apologize, Jia Zhen was the head of the Jia family after all, and he didn't want to really offend him.

There is a big difference between apologizing and thanking, but it looks much better in appearance.

Of course, Jia Zhen borrowed Poxia's donkey, raised her hand to him, and said with a smile: "Thank you so much, Shangrong! You didn't come to my house last year, so you can't let me go this year!"

Lai Shang Rongxu was determined to make compromises with him in order to find out his bottom line, so naturally he would not deliberately seek trouble.

"Brother Zhen, you're so polite. It's all a matter of personal responsibility, so why bother! Brother Zhen will set a date and let us know. Shang Rong will definitely not miss the date!"

"Haha..." Jia Zhenggang laughed, but stopped abruptly because of the pull on his lower back. Jia Zhen and Jia Lian hurriedly helped him.

Jia Lian said: "Second uncle is so busy talking, let's invite Shang Rong in to talk!"

"exactly!"

While they were talking, the four of them came to the hall and called the maid to serve the food.

After three or two glasses of water and wine, Jia Zheng felt that his waist was much better, whether it was the alcohol's numbness or the clearing of his meridians.He straightened his back, patted Lai Shangrong on the shoulder and said, "My dear nephew... uh... our improved papermaking technology is really of great merit!"

Although the papermaking workshops of the State-run Department had not yet been spread out in the local area, the price of paper in the Great Xia Dynasty dropped from the altar.

During the year that Jia Zheng was in Jiangxi, he received the most praise for his improvements in papermaking.

Of course, it was also related to the fact that he was still in the Ministry of Industry and had nothing to brag about.

"It's all because of Uncle Shi's good leadership!"

Lai Shangrong praised Jia Zheng in time.

In the hall, people were drinking glasses and changing glasses. Jia Zheng still couldn't hold back his thoughts and boasted about his academic career in this year in front of the three juniors.

The three of them, Lai Shangrong, were all experienced in complimenting each other, so Jia Zheng took advantage of the wine, scolded Fang Qiu in a drunken state, and started to give advice.

He was full of ambition, but Mrs. Wang in the room was worried about his broken body.

Seeing that an hour had passed, I could no longer suppress my worry and came to the hall.

Seeing his wife coming in from outside, Jia Zheng suddenly looked a little unhappy and stammered: "I... I was having a nice chat with some of my nephews. Husband... why is your wife here?"

Mrs. Wang first nodded to Lai Shangrong and the others, then hurriedly came to Jia Zheng, lowered her body and whispered softly to persuade: "Master, you have traveled a long distance and are not as good as these young people. Why don't you ask Brother Zhen and Erdai Lian to accompany you!" "

Just as Jia Zheng was about to show that he was strong and strong, there was no room for her doubts. He straightened his back and pushed his elbow into Mrs. Wang's chest, causing Mrs. Wang to stagger.

Lai Shangrong sat next to Jia Zheng, getting closer to Mrs. Wang, and subconsciously reached out to support her.

Mrs. Wang was already bending down to talk to Jia Zheng, but he was sitting on the chair again. He happened to raise his arm to be level with Mrs. Wang's back.

"Ah!~"

Mrs. Wang screamed as if she was electrocuted.

Lai Shangrong's scalp went numb instantly. Because of the angle, the three people present except Mrs. Wang didn't see through it, so they only had to calmly retract the sinful claws.

But this exclamation undoubtedly broke the news.

Although it is urgent to follow the right, after all, it has touched an important part.

After all, he was not afraid of being held accountable when he was in a hurry, but Jia Zheng always had a good reputation, so there was no guarantee that he would not resent him for this. If it disturbed the marriage...

Just as my head was racing, trying to think of a way to deal with it, I heard Mrs. Wang's lingering voice, followed by another mournful cry: "Master!~"

Lai Shangrong hurriedly turned to look at Jia Zheng, and saw big beads of sweat emerging from his forehead. He followed the trend and lay limply on the table.

Lai Shangrong secretly felt lucky that with Jia Zheng coming to the rescue, Mrs. Wang's scream could be covered up.

Thinking about it, she also knew that she was in a hurry, and would not take the initiative to publicize it.

While retracting his hand angrily, he stood up quickly and walked around Mrs. Wang's back, not forgetting to take a sneak peek at her back.

Secretly, the softness of the Wang family's daughters is indeed the same. Mrs. Wang is over forty, and she can be like this...

"Quick! Help the master back to the house!"

Just as Jia Zhen and Jia Lian stood up, Mrs. Wang said again: "Shang Rong will accompany me to help the master go back. Brother Zhen and Lian Er will not work for you anymore!"

She was just an instinctive emergency response just now, and she didn't intend to make a fuss. When she came back to her senses, she was also very disturbed. Fortunately, she handled it properly. Of course, she must take care of the aftermath of this meeting and tell Lai Shangrong to keep quiet.

Although it would be rude to leave the two nephews alone and designate Lai Shangrong, the foreigner, for what happened just now, I had to give him a few words of caution in order to prevent him from showing his heel.

Fortunately, the two nephews have a bad reputation, and the reason is ready.

Jia Zheng obviously thought of this, and said intermittently: "Sorry...I'm sorry for bothering Shang Rong!"

(End of this chapter)