Red Mansion Jia Enhou

The doorman on duty raised his eyes and glanced outside.

Supported by Qing'er, Granny Liu gave the doorman a simple smile.

"Bro!"

The doorman rubbed his eyes with his hands, thinking that he must have seen it wrong.

Why is there an old lady at the door of Rongguo Mansion?
The doorman rubbed his eyes again.

"Bro!"

Granny Liu cried out again with a sad heart.

This time the doorman was sure that there was an old lady dressed like a country girl at the door.

"Find your family, go out, turn left, and go to the corner gate of 100 steps."

The servant pointed to the door and immediately confirmed Liu Laolao's identity.

Granny Liu looked at the doorman in front of her and shook her head.

"I'm not here to look for my family."

"If you are not here to look for your family, who are you looking for?"

The servant leaned his head out and asked curiously.

"I'm here to look for the eldest lady of the Ling Mansion."

"go with!"

After listening to what Granny Liu said, the servant's kindness disappeared completely.

Come to see the young lady. Who are you, a country old woman? Why are you here to see her?
"Please help inform them, little brother."

"go with!"

The servant began to get impatient.

"I respect you because you are older, so I spoke to you in a gentle manner. How can you be so shameless, old lady?"

"What do you want to do with my eldest daughter?"

The servant came out of the duty room.

When Granny Liu saw the servant making such a fuss, she was subconsciously afraid.

"Brother, I really am here to look for the eldest lady of the Ling Mansion."

"I know!"

Granny Liu's eyes lit up.

"Brother, if you know, why don't you help me report it?"

As soon as Granny Liu finished speaking, the servant came over and grabbed Granny Liu's arm.

"It's okay for you to come looking for me, but my eldest daughter doesn't have to meet me."

"Besides, who are you and what qualifications do you have to meet my eldest lady?"

"My eldest daughter is not someone that ordinary people can see."

Granny Liu was dragged by the servant outside.

The servant looked at Granny Liu in surprise.

Who is she? She comes here to look for the eldest lady.

The eldest lady is available to everyone.

"Go quickly, the gate of Rongguo Mansion won't tolerate your insolence."

"If you dare to pester me again, I will order someone to send you to the government office!"

"I really am here to look for the young lady of the Ling Mansion, Miss Yuan."

Granny Liu looked at the servant anxiously.

"You can't find it even if you look for it. Go away!"

A look of disdain flashed across the servant's eyes, and he went back with a frown.

'It's so strange, who is this old lady? '

"You are not dressed well, but you come here to look for Miss Yuan."

The servant was confused.

With the help of Qing'er, the driven-out Granny Liu walked to the gate of Rongguo Mansion.

Granny Liu slowly sat down, holding onto the wall. Her dark, red, wrinkled face showed her exhaustion from the trip to the city.

"Grandma!"

Qing'er looked at him worriedly.

What ordinary people worry about most in their lives are birth, aging, sickness and death.

A serious illness may cost a family their livelihood.

Thinking of her daughter, tears suddenly flowed from Liu Laolao's eyes, and she felt powerless all over.

"Grandma!"

Tears welled up in Qing'er's eyes and she hugged Granny Liu tightly.

However, Qing'er is only seven or eight years old now. Faced with the difficulties of her family, she has no other choice but to watch.

"Grandma, please sell me."

Qing'er suddenly knelt down.

Granny Liu looked at Qing'er in shock.

"Qing'er, do you know what you are talking about?"

"Grandma, please sell me to earn money for my mother's medical treatment. I should repay you for giving birth to me and raising me."

"stand up!"

Granny Liu forcefully pulled Qing'er off the ground.

"No matter how difficult my family is, I can't sell you out!"

"Grandma!"

Qing'er knelt down, her face filled with her own tears.

"Just sell me. If you don't sell me, what will mother do?"

"What about my newborn brother?"

"If mother dies, how can my brother live?"

The younger brother Qing'er was referring to was Ban'er who followed Granny Liu to Rongguo Mansion.

Grandma Liu hugged Qing'er, who was seven or eight years old, and burst into tears.

"Why is God so blind?"

"My family has never done anything bad, why should we let something like this happen to us?"

Looking at Qing'er, Granny Liu beat her chest in pain.

Not wanting to give up, she pulled Qing'er and followed the servant's instructions toward the open corner gate of Rongguo Mansion.

The person guarding the corner gate saw the old man and the young boy and stopped them outside the gate.

"Who are you looking for?"

The guard asked the unfamiliar Granny Liu.

Granny Liu calmed herself down, took Qing'er's hand, and put on a flattering smile again.

"Excuse me, little brother, do you know the harp beside Miss Yuan?"

Knowing that she could not see Yuanchun directly, Aunt Liu changed her mind.

Even if I can't see Yuanchun, it's good to see the servants around her.

She had vaguely heard from some members of the Wang family that Yuanchun was served by a maid named Baoqin.

The servant's expression turned serious.

"What is your relationship with Miss Baoqin?"

The servant looked Granny Liu up and down.

There was a constant smile on Granny Liu's face.

"I am a relative of Miss Baoqin. I couldn't find anyone to rely on in Shenjing this time, so I came here specially."

As Granny Liu spoke, she took out a few copper coins from her sleeve.

These few copper coins were all she could scrape together.

If I can't even see this, I'll really have no choice but to sell Qing'er.

The servant took the copper coin.

"Wait!"

He glanced at Liu Laolao's servant and sent someone to find Baoqin.

After that, Yuanchun's qin frowned when she heard that a relative was looking for her.

What relatives? How come she doesn’t know that she has relatives outside Shenjing?

Baoqin was confused.

"What's her last name?"

Baoqin asked the servant who came to find her.

The servant knew nothing about anything and slapped himself on the head.

"I forgot to ask this, Sister Baoqin."

"That old woman is holding a little girl, she looks very pitiful. Sister Baoqin, would you like to go and see her?"

Baoqin looked at the servant with disdain because he was not doing his job properly.

"Let's go and have a look!"

Baoqin agreed, thinking that as a maid, she would not be targeted by others.

If they really are relatives, the old and the young must have really encountered difficulties.

Helping her like this can be considered a good deed.

"This way, sister!"

The servant quickly made way for Baoqin and led the way diagonally in front.

Jia She had already come out in a carriage.

When passing by the west corner gate of Rongguo Mansion, Jia She's eyes unconsciously fell on Granny Liu and Qing'er at the door.

When he saw these two people, Jia She felt an indescribable feeling in his heart.

"Who are those two people?"

Jia She subconsciously asked the servant beside him.

The servant looked in the direction of Granny Liu, and after confirming that he didn't recognize her, he shook his head at Jia She.

"It should be someone who came to visit relatives in the mansion. I don't know him."

Jia She nodded.

The carriage continued to move forward.

When Baoqin came out of Rongguo Mansion, she saw the unfamiliar Liu Laolao.

Baoqin tried to recall which relative this was.

"Old man, you are."

Holding the zither, she came over and when she saw Granny Liu, she burst into tears the instant she saw her holding the zither.

Baoqin looked at him in panic.

"Don't cry, don't cry!"

Baoqin took the handkerchief in her hand and hurriedly wiped the tears from Liu Laolao's eyes.

"Girl, help me!"

When Granny Liu saw the harp in her arms, she was about to kneel down.

Baoqin, who had seen through it, quickly pulled Aunt Liu back.

Knowing her must have some connection.

Baoqin pulled Liu Laolao into the Rongguo Mansion and sat her down.

"Old man, just tell me the truth. You are not my relative, right?"

Granny Liu quickly stood up from the stone bench.

"girl!"

"Old man, please sit down and just say whatever you want to say."

Baoqin comforted Aunt Liu, and Aunt Liu sat down again, looking at Baoqin embarrassedly.

"To be honest, young lady, I came here to look for the eldest daughter of my family."

"Miss?"

Granny Liu nodded.

"My family was once connected to the Wang family."

"Please help inform the girl!"

Granny Liu was about to kneel again.

Baoqin quickly pulled her back.

"So, the old man and my girl are relatives?"

"I dare not say so. I dare not say so."

Granny Liu quickly waved her hands.

"It's just that the older generation was connected, so there is a little bit of friendship."

"Old people should not be modest. Relatives are relatives."

"What's the old man's last name?"

"What is the elder called?"

Looking at Baoqin's appearance, Liu Laolao knew that the matter was almost settled, so she spoke quickly.

"My dear, the elder generation is called Wang Cheng, and the current generation, whose family has fallen on hard times, is called Wang Gou'er."

"They were connected in the time of our great ancestor. They recognized Old Man Wang as their uncle. Now, when it comes to his generation, he has to call the eldest girl in the mansion aunt."

"To be honest, my family is really struggling, and her mother came here because she was injured after giving birth."

"Please, young lady, please help inform us."

Granny Liu pulled Qing'er, and Qing'er looked at the beautiful woman playing the zither in front of her and knew what Granny Liu meant.

He immediately knelt down in front of Baoqin.

Baoqin stopped Qing'er who was about to kneel.

"How can I bear the master's kneeling?"

"Is this your granddaughter?"

Granny Liu nodded heavily.

"Hurry up and call someone to thank Miss Baoqin!"

Qing'er wanted to salute again.

It can be seen that this is a simple family with a zither in hand, and the person is supported.

"I also have the audacity to call you grandma. You are the master's relative and I am a servant. Even though we are distant relatives, you are not allowed to be polite to me."

"Let's skip this gift."

"Wait here, I'll go in and inform you."

"If it is confirmed, I will come and pick you up."

Baoqin supported Aunt Liu while she talked.

Granny Liu was so excited that her eyes were filled with tears.

"Thank you, girl."

This time, Granny Liu did not kneel down to Baoqin again. Baoqin found a servant and brought her some food, knowing that Granny Liu must have nothing.

For an old man of this age, even if the meal is fake, it is a great merit.

Baoqin hit the servant, telling him not to bully the other person just because he was poor.

The servant scratched his head embarrassedly.

Granny Liu and Qing'er were arranged to move to another place.

As the food came, Qing'er's eyes began to light up.

Although the Rongguo Mansion is not as luxurious as before, the food is still good overall.

Qing'er looked at Granny Liu and asked for her opinion.

Granny Liu looked at the food on the table and swallowed her saliva, but she did not move for a long time.

The servant saw this and kindly began to remind him, "Eat it. This is what Sister Baoqin specially ordered to bring to you. Just eat it."

"Thank you, bro!"

The servant gave a few instructions and left. Granny Liu tore off a large chicken leg and stuffed it into Qing'er's hand.

"Eat it!"

Qing'er finally dared to eat it. As she took a bite of the chicken leg, tears flowed from her eyes and she started crying again.

Looking at Qing'er's appearance, Granny Liu sighed.

"My child has suffered so much. This family is full of kind people."

"Even if the eldest lady in this mansion doesn't help us today, we can't forget the kindness of this meal."

Granny Liu wiped Qing'er's tears with her sleeve. Qing'er nodded heavily while chewing the chicken leg in her hand.

"Eat quickly!"

Granny Liu tore off another chicken leg and stuffed it into Qing'er's hand.

"Grandma, eat!"

Qing'er refused to take it back and gave it back to Granny Liu.

Granny Liu looked at the chicken leg and shook her head.

"I'm an old man now. It doesn't matter whether I eat or not."

"you eat!"

Qing'er did not refuse because there were more delicious foods on the table.

Baoqin went back and told Yuanchun about Granny Liu.

Yuanchun frowned as she listened to Baoqin's words.

"sure?"

Yuanchun looked at Baoqin and asked.

Baoqin nodded heavily towards Yuanchun.

"It's almost certain. If not, how could you know the name of a maid like me who serves the young lady?"

"Then take some money and get rid of it."

Yuanchun gave Baoqin the nonchalant instruction.

"Miss, are you not seeing me?"

"I think that grandparents and grandchildren seem to be a good couple, a good pair."

"OK?"

Yuanchun looked at Baoqin in surprise.

Baoqin nodded heavily.

"Let's not talk about far away things. Miss, have you seen the faces of some of the clansmen in this family?"

Yuanchun frowned.

"From the looks of it, that grandparents and grandchildren must have really been unable to make ends meet, so they came to ask for help. The girl has connections now, and there are not many relatives with good character."

"Although Granny Liu is poor, she looks like a good person. Young lady, please meet her. Maybe she can be of use to you in the future."

Yuanchun fell into deep thought over Baoqin's words.

Although Baoqin was a maid serving Yuanchun, she had dealings with all kinds of people outside because Yuanchun was in charge of the second house before.

She was already mature beyond her years, and during this process, she became even more capable.

"Call him over to see me!"

Yuanchun agreed and went out with her zither to invite Granny Liu to come.

Jia She also entered the palace. Inside the palace, the emperor continued to review memorials as usual.

When the emperor heard the news that Jia She had arrived, he subconsciously began to have a headache.

The emperor loved and hated Jia She.

I miss you when I haven't seen you for a long time, and I get a headache when I see you.

"Your Majesty, do you want to see me?"

Zhang Mingde asked the emperor, and the emperor put down the memorial in his hand and nodded.

"Please come!"

The emperor took a deep breath, and Zhang Mingde brought Jia She in.

When Jia She saw the emperor, he directly took out the jade pendant he had obtained from Jia Chengfeng.

"His Majesty!"

Jia She saluted the emperor.

The emperor's eyes fell on the jade pendant in Jia She's hand.

"what is this?"

"I don't know, but Your Majesty may know if he sees it."

The emperor's interest was aroused by Jia She. It's just a jade pendant, why is it so mysterious?

The emperor ordered Zhang Mingde to take the jade from Jia She's hand.

Looking at the huge word "Qin" on the jade pendant in his hand, the emperor was very familiar with it. It was the symbol of the royal family.

Almost every member of the royal family owns one.

"Where did you get this?"

The emperor scooped up a piece from his waist.

The two pieces are almost identical, but there are slight differences.

"Your Majesty, guess!"

Jia She straightened up and made a gesture to the emperor.

The emperor frowned, and you could guess it even without him saying it.

The emperor tilted the jade over and looked at the craftsman's name on it.

The emperor asked Zhang Mingde to investigate, and when Zhang Mingde came back, he shook his head at the emperor.

The old craftsman who carved this jade has passed away, so it is a bit difficult to find out.

The emperor smashed the hollow wooden bead on the rope above the jade pendant with the paperweight on the table.

There was a small note inside the small wooden bead, on which was written in tiny handwriting the identity of the owner of the jade pendant.

"Qin Chengfeng, the youngest son of the Prince of Pingyang's mansion."

The emperor frowned and silently read out the words written on the note. After reading it, the emperor's eyes were full of shock.

"Pingyang County Prince's Mansion?!"

The emperor's eyes widened.

"His Majesty."

Jia She looked at the emperor with a smile.

"Where did you get this jade pendant?"

"And the owner of this jade pendant is related to the royal bloodline. Jia She, tell me quickly."

The emperor, who was quite familiar with Prince Pingyang, looked at Jia She.

Jia She smiled at the emperor.

"Your Majesty, guess."

The emperor was so angry that he went down to beat Jia She.

"Don't joke with me."

"This is about Brother Pingyang. I am very serious."

"I know your majesty is serious, and you may not believe me."

"If I say that my aunt picked up a child and found this jade pendant, can Your Majesty believe it?"

There was a flash of suspicion in the emperor's eyes. Is it really such a coincidence?

The emperor, who believed in Jia She, nodded heavily.

"I believe you, Lord En, there is really no need for you to lie to me."

Jia She bowed to the emperor again.

"Your Majesty, just believe it."

"My aunt picked up the young master by chance. At that time, all the people around him were chopped."

"My aunt felt sorry for him, so she picked him up and raised him as her own grandson."

"Today, my aunt returned from the northwest. I found the young master's face familiar. After asking him carefully, I guessed that he was the heir of the Pingyang Marquisate, but I was not too sure, so I came to see Your Majesty."

"I didn't expect that Your Majesty could solve the case on his own without even having to investigate in detail."

"Your Majesty is clever!"

Jia She praised the emperor, but the emperor looked at Jia She and felt that it didn't seem like he was praising him.

The emperor frowned.

"Jia She, I suspect you are scolding me."

Jia She was stunned.

"When did I scold you?"

In the end, the emperor's IQ returned to normal, and now one can see that he is scolding him for being so smart.

"What do you mean by the latter sentence?"

The emperor stared at Jia She.

"I'm just praising you!"

"Looking for a hammer!"

The emperor's fist fell on Jia She again.

Jia She gasped after being hit. Are you serious?

Jia She started to hide, and the emperor chased him and beat him.

They didn't stop until they were both tired.

"It will be my mother's birthday in a few days. What do you plan to give her?"

The emperor sat side by side with Jia She and asked Jia She questions.

Jia She looked at the emperor.

Is this an attempt to make some money from the Queen Mother's birthday banquet?

But that's normal. How can light go out but not come in?

"What am I asking you?"

The emperor pushed Jia She, and Jia She reacted and answered.

"I haven't thought about it yet."

"But for the Queen Mother's birthday banquet, we still need to give something meaningful."

The emperor understood that having a meaning meant it was worthless.

Unconsciously, the emperor remembered that year when the local county magistrate presented a pig covered with gold foil and falsely claimed to be a Qilin to his scumbag father on his fiftieth birthday.

The emperor shook his head quickly.

"Jia She, am I good to you?"

Jia She thought for a while in front of the emperor and nodded.

"Jia She, you are provoking trouble."

"I promoted you to Marquis Rong despite all the pressure. I asked you if I was good to you, but you still had to think about it."

Jia She was silent.

"I have to think that the Rongguo Mansion is short of money right now."

"The servants who usually despise three dishes and one soup can't even afford three dishes and one soup now."

The emperor was silent. He knew that the Rongguo Mansion was luxurious, but he didn't expect it to be so luxurious.

"My master can only order four dishes and one soup for each meal now."

"The era of Rongguo Mansion's prosperity has passed. Your Majesty, please stop thinking about the two pieces of silver in my pocket."

The emperor remained silent.

Could he say that the servants in the palace couldn't even afford three dishes and a soup?

"Just tell me whether you want to bleed or not?"

"This blood must be shed, but don't expect me to get some rare treasures."

"I have no money!"

Jia She answered frankly that he really couldn't produce it.

It is no exaggeration to say that strange and bizarre phrases like Night Pearls are priceless.

The emperor smiled at Jia She.

"No need to make it fancy, the Queen Mother likes vulgar things!"

Are you sure it’s not what you, the emperor, like?

Jia She really wanted to tell the truth.

"I understand. I heard that the Queen Mother has been looking forward to Your Majesty giving her another grandson."

"I will go back and find a pure gold statue of Guanyin for your Majesty as a birthday gift."

Jia She bowed to the emperor. Isn't it just that he likes vulgar things? He is satisfied!

"you do this delibrately?"

The emperor looked at Jia She with a dark face.

"I am not!"

"You knew that I was not in good health and was exhausted by official duties, but you deliberately beat the Goddess of Childbirth and let the Queen Mother force me."

"I want to live a few more years."

Listening to the emperor's words, Jia She looked him up and down.

"Your Majesty, you won't"

"Shut up!"

The emperor's knife-like eyes swung at him, and Jia She couldn't help laughing.

Finally, Jia She took the reward back.

Yuanchun also met Granny Liu, and Granny Liu started crying when she saw Yuanchun.

"Please, aunt, save my family!"

Granny Liu wanted to kneel down to Yuanchun, but Yuanchun, who learned about Granny Liu's family difficulties from Baoqin, quickly ordered someone to stop Granny Liu.

"I heard from Baoqin that your last name is Liu?"

Granny Liu nodded heavily.

"What is your relationship with the Wang Gou'er family you mentioned?"

Granny Liu pushed Qing'er and Qing'er stood up.

"My daughter married Wang Gou'er, and Wang Gou'er is my son-in-law."

"Then why didn't he come to visit, but instead made an old man like you come here with all the trouble."

Tears welled up in Granny Liu's eyes.

"Don't ask, aunt. I didn't want to cause trouble, but I just had no other choice."

Granny Liu took off the dried vegetables from her body.

The unfolded bundle was filled with unsold dried vegetables.

Yuanchun's eyes fell on the dried vegetables. Now was the time when vegetables and fruits were growing rapidly. Who would want these dried and wilted vegetables when there were fresh ones?

"To answer your question, my son-in-law is now at home taking care of my daughter who is sick in bed after giving birth, and my newborn grandson."

"I used to sell these dried vegetables with my granddaughter on the street. As you know, it's hard to eat them at this time."

"I had no other choice but to shamelessly beg at the Rongguo Mansion."

"As for my son-in-law, he doesn't know about this yet. I made the decision to come here on the spur of the moment. If he knew, he would definitely not want me to come. After all, we are two families."

Liu Laolao's old face turned red with embarrassment.

They are said to be good relatives, but who doesn’t know that they are just trying to get close to him by licking his face?
Yuanchun sighed inwardly.

"Grandma, don't worry too much. Since we are here, we are all relatives."

"If something happens to your family, I will definitely help."

"Hold the zither!" (End of this chapter)