Corrupt official in the Red Chamber

Chapter 321
Lin Daiyu supported her body and smiled reluctantly, and then said: "Thank you, Brother Rui, for coming to visit. My health is much better."

Just after saying this, she started coughing violently again.

Jia Rui looked at Lin Daiyu holding herself up with a smile on her face, and for some reason a feeling of pity arose in her heart.

Jia Rui sighed, this girl without parents to take care of her is really pitiful.

No wonder people say that a child with a mother is a treasure and a child without a mother is nothing.

Jia Rui sighed in his heart, and then said: "I see that you are in a depressed mood. This is not good for your physical recovery. Otherwise, if you go to my house to stay for a few days and talk and laugh with Baochai, maybe your health will be better."

Lin Daiyu still had a smile on her face, but the melancholy in her eyes did not lighten, "No need to trouble Brother Rui, I am living well here."

Jia Rui frowned, then lowered his head and thought for a moment, and finally said with a smile: "What's the trouble? Isn't it normal for relatives to move around each other? Don't have any worries. Go to my place to take good care of your health." Well, it’s better than anything else.”

After saying this, Jia Rui turned around and left the Xiaoxiang Pavilion without waiting for Lin Daiyu to agree.

When he returned to Jia Mu and sat down again, Jia Rui smiled and said to Jia Mu, who was sitting in the middle: "Baochai has been talking about the sisters in the mansion these days, so I asked the old lady to tell me if the sisters in the mansion can come. I’ll stay there for a few days.”

Jia Mu was stunned for a moment, and then looked at Yuanyang standing aside.

Yuanyang blinked, then silently nodded in the direction of Xiaoxiang Pavilion.

Jia Mu immediately understood what it meant.

She lowered her head and thought for a moment. Daiyu was indeed very ill. If she continued to stay here, her condition might get worse. She might as well go to Jia Rui's place to recuperate for a while.

At the same time, Jia Mu also felt reassured by Jia Rui's thoughtful thinking.

It would be hard to say if Lin Daiyu went to Jia Rui's house alone.

If Jia Rui invites all the sisters to come together, then naturally no one will gossip anymore if there are five or six sisters together.

"Okay, you are thoughtful, let the sisters go to your place to play for a few days."

After Jia Mu said this, she said to Yuanyang, "Go to the garden and ask the girls who would like to play with Baochai for a few days."

Yuanyang agreed, turned around and left Jia Mu's place.

Jia Rui was sitting here, chatting with her about family affairs and jokes he heard from outside, making the old lady laugh.

He waited for nearly an hour before Yuanyang came back to report.

"Go back to the old lady. The second girl welcomes the spring, the fourth girl cherishes the spring, and Miss Daiyu, Miss Xiangyun, and Miss Xiuyan are willing to stay with Grandma Rui for a few days."

Jia Mu nodded after hearing this.This was pretty much what she expected.

"Then let the girls pack their things today and send a car to send them there tomorrow morning." Mother Jia said with a smile on her face.

Jia Rui laughed, and then said: "Why do you need so much trouble? You can go there today. If you need something, just ask the maids to come back and get it. It's only a few steps away."

Jia's mother heard the same thing. Jia Rui's Dingxihou Mansion and their Rongguo Mansion were right next to each other, and there was something missing. It only took half an hour to go back and forth.

So he smiled and said to Yuanyang: "Then let the girls prepare!"

Yuanyang promised to go out quickly and was ready to go.

When it comes to these girls going out, they all need to dress up, so by the time they are ready, the sun has begun to set in the west.

In the end, Mother Jia saw that something was wrong and urged her once, and then the girls were ready.

When these ladies from the Jia Mansion travel, they are naturally accompanied by a large number of maids and mothers-in-law.

A group of people helped several girls get into the carriage, and they passed through Ningrong Street and arrived at the side entrance of Dingxihou Mansion.

At this time, the side door of Dingxihou Mansion had been opened, with dozens of handsome maids standing on both sides.

Then the carriage entered the Marquis Mansion. After it stopped in front, more than a dozen maids rushed forward, two or three of them serving one girl each.

There was originally a small sedan here, but the girls wanted to see the scenery of Dingxihou Mansion, so they all refused. Only Lin Daiyu, who was in poor health, was carried by the small sedan and walked forward with the girls.

When they entered the second door, they saw Xue Baochai and Xue Baoqin waiting there with smiles.

When Xue Baochai saw that the girls had entered the second door, he led the others up and first took Yingchun's hand.

"The second girl is very happy."

Jia Yingchun knew that this was talking about her marriage, and there was a hint of blush on her face.

After several days of preparation, Jia Yingchun's marriage was finally decided. She and Zhou Lang, who served as the admiral in Hainan, were already an unmarried couple.

Zhou Lang's father, Zhou Heng, attached great importance to marrying the Jia family and sent him many treasures, including many rare things from the Western Regions.

The most precious thing is a Buddhist niche inlaid with amber.

This thing is rare in the Central Plains, and the inlay technology is completely different from the Central Plains.

This item alone is worth no less than 1 taels of silver.

After receiving so many betrothal gifts, Jia She laughed so hard that the lines on his head opened. Now he felt that the beating was worth it.Compared with Zhou Lang, Sun Shaozu was a poor person.

In addition to the betrothal gifts sent by Zhou Heng from Shaanxi, Zhou Lang in Hainan also asked the warships heading to the capital to report to the capital to bring his gifts to Jia Yingchun.

They are all rare things from Nanyang, like pearls, jade and so on.

These things are also valuable.

This time Jia Mu showed mercy and let Jia Yingchun keep all these things for herself.

Therefore, Jia Yingchun now smiles more than before, and at the same time, she begins to dream about a better life after marriage.

Just as Xue Baochai and Jia Yingchun were talking, a figure jumped up to them and said, "Sister Baochai, please talk to me too."

Xue Baochai turned around slightly and saw that it was Shi Xiangyun.

The reason why Shi Xiangyun was in Jia Mansion was because her uncle Baolinghou Shi Nai had been released.

Jia Mu left Xiangyun in Rongguo Mansion on the grounds that she missed Xiangyun.

Baoling Hou Shi Nai did not care much about his niece. Since Jia Mu asked so, he immediately sent Shi Xiangyun away.

Until I left the capital, I just sent a few people to say hello.

Xue Baochai stretched out her hand to grab Shi Xiangyun's arm and gently touched her hair, "Our Miss Shi, the longer she grows, the more beautiful she becomes."

After saying this, he chatted a few words with Xichun, who was standing aside and looking at her with envy, so that she would not be embarrassed.

As for Xing Xiuyan, she stood behind Xue Baochai very honestly.

Xue Baochai just took the time to give her an apologetic look, and then ignored her.

Finally, Xue Baochai came to Lin Daiyu's sedan in person. He was about to lift the curtain of the sedan to take a look, but he immediately heard a violent cough in the sedan.

Xue Baochai put down her hand, sighed, and said to her maid Ying'er: "Send Miss Lin to the arranged courtyard quickly."

Ying'er agreed and immediately called the woman carrying the sedan to follow her.

Afterwards, Jia Rui signaled to Xue Baochai and asked her to receive the sisters, but he left to avoid suspicion.

After that, Xue Baochai took the sisters to Jia Dairu and Mrs. Wang to meet the two ancestors of Dingxihou Mansion.

Mrs. Wang was very happy when she saw so many girls coming to the house. She immediately gave each girl a cloak made of white bear skin.

Although the weather is getting warm now, girls are weak, so wearing a cloak like this when going out is both warm and beautiful.

After that, Xue Baochai arranged several banquets and invited several girls in the evening.

The girls hadn't played freely like this for a long time, so they played until it was almost time to take a break, and then they each went back to their rooms.

After Xue Baochai sent the girl away, she originally thought that Jia Rui would go to other concubines and she was ready to pack up and go to bed, but Jia Rui suddenly came back.

Xue Baochai looked at Jia Rui in surprise, and then immediately went forward to change Jia Rui's clothes.

After helping Jia Rui change his clothes, she brought Jia Rui to her bed and brought the tea she had just made to Jia Rui's hand.

Jia Rui took a sip of tea, then raised his eyes and said, "Miss Lin's health is not very good. I'm going to ask the doctor from the Imperial Hospital to come over tomorrow and take a look."

Xue Baochai sat next to Jia Rui and rested her head on Jia Rui's shoulder, "I just took the time to go over and take a look at Sister Lin today. I saw that she was coughing so badly. I don't know what the disease is, but it took so long. .”

"Does she take any medicine?"

"I heard from her maid Zijuan that Sister Lin often takes Ginseng Yangrong Pills."

As soon as Jia Rui heard the name of this pill, he had an idea.

In the past life, many friends from Hong Kong talked about Lin Daiyu, and many people speculated that the reason why Lin Daiyu died young was related to this Ginseng Yangrong Pill.

As for why?
Red scholars have made a lot of speculations about this, and Jia Rui cannot understand many of the papers at all.

Because this already involves a lot of knowledge about traditional Chinese medicine, how can Jia Rui, a novice, understand these things?Most of them are skipped directly.

"Do we have Ginseng Yangrong Pills at home?" Jia Rui looked at Xue Baochai and asked.

"The old lady often takes this pill. We have a lot of it at home."

"Then you go to the old lady and ask for some to send to Miss Lin and return all her old medicines. But don't throw away these medicines. Wait until the imperial doctor comes tomorrow and let the imperial doctor take a look." Jia Rui said with a solemn expression. .

Xue Baochai was startled, then looked at Jia Rui steadily with his eyes, opened his mouth, but in the end said nothing.

After talking about these things, Jia Rui felt that the atmosphere was a bit dull, and then turned the topic to his son Jia Xuan.

"Why haven't you seen that little troublemaker in the past two days?"

"Uncle, you finally asked about your son. I thought you didn't know you have a son?" Xue Baochai rolled his eyes and said.

(End of this chapter)