Red Mansion, Ningfu Scholarly Family

Chapter 124 Grandmother Jia was surprised!
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The Qilin son of the Jia family!
For some reason, Grandmother Jia suddenly thought of her eldest grandson Baoyu.

"Brother Rong is still attending classes at the Imperial College. I'm afraid he won't be able to come over for a while. You guys, stop looking at me."

"It's no use looking at me."

"I can call Baoyu to come and have a look."

Everyone laughed when they heard this.

The Nan'an Concubine smiled and said, "Baoyu is also fine. Then call Baoyu over so that we can take a closer look at him."

It's just a polite remark.

What is Jia Baoyu?

If it were Jia Lian's words, it would be somewhat interesting.

Everyone lost interest for a moment, but they remained polite and nodded with a smile.

Don't look at the monk's face, look at the Buddha's face.
Grandmother Jia was delighted.

Sure enough, as the status of the East Palace rises, the status of the West Palace will surely rise as well, and Baoyu will also be able to benefit from it!

"Go quickly and call Baoyu."

After a while, Baoyu came in listlessly.

He is a little unhappy today.

Because the small Buddhist temple that Lady Jia promised to build for her mother had not yet started construction.

However, in the presence of a large group of ladies with imperial titles, Baoyu was quite well-behaved. He bowed to each of them one by one, and finally stood there in a very proper manner.

The Nan'an Concubine and others said a few nice words and left Baoyu aside, and continued to talk about Qilinzi.

"I heard Rong Ge'er was the top scorer in the college entrance examination! He's only sixteen years old!"

"It's really amazing. It's hard to find another person like him in the whole of Daxia."

"The Ning Mansion is indeed a family of scholars."

After hearing this, Jia's mother was not happy about it and corrected him, "The East and West Mansions are all one family."

"Oh, I said the wrong thing. The Jia family is indeed a scholarly family with many talented people."

At this time, Yingchun, Tanchun, Xichun, Daiyu, Xiangyun, Baochai and Baoqin came in one after another from outside and immediately attracted the attention of all the imperial edicts.

Baoyu's attention was naturally attracted as well. He stared at the sisters infatuatedly, and suddenly remembered Jia Rong's nonsense about wanting to marry his aunt.

I immediately blamed myself!

Sisters, I can't protect you anymore.

That bastard is really lawless.

As Baoyu thought about it, he began to cry.

Although Baoyu was wiping tears in the corner, he was like a little transparent person and did not attract anyone's attention.

"Oh, this is incredible." Concubine Nan'an stood up excitedly, pulled a few girls and said with a smile: "Old sisters, you are so lucky to have so many good granddaughters around you."

The Dongping Concubine also grabbed one of them with one hand and said with a smile, "You are really envious of us. I want to take them home to stay for two days. Can you bear with me, old sister?"

Grandmother Jia smiled and said, "I absolutely can't bear to part with it."

Concubine Nan'an said, "Old sister is so stingy."

As he spoke, he gave each person one of the exquisite gifts, such as gold and jade bracelets, that he had prepared long ago. The Dowager Consort Dongping and the Princess of Beijing also gave gifts each. The old officials from the other dukes' and marquisates' mansions were also praised highly, and gold bracelets and hairpins were given out as if they were free.

The sisters' hands were so weak that they could only hold the things in their arms. Finally, their arms were full of space, so they called the maid who was guarding outside to come in and help hold the things.

Grandmother Jia did not stop them. She naturally understood what these old eunuchs were thinking. They just wanted to take the opportunity to give them some gifts to please the Jia family.

These gold hairpins and jade bracelets may look small and inconspicuous, but each one is of great value. If you give them as gifts directly at this stage, it may cause gossip, and the Jia family may not accept them. But if you give them to girls, there will be no problem at all.

After presenting the gifts and chatting for a while over tea, seeing that it was getting late, the officials began to take their leave.

Only the Nan'an Concubine stayed behind, and she pulled Jia's mother aside and said with a smile, "Old sister, I want to ask you something."

"what's up?"

Grandmother Jia knew that the reason why Concubine Nan'an stayed alone at last must be something very important.

Concubine Nan'an smiled slightly.

"It's a good thing."

"Lord Jia is only sixty this year, right? Do you have any plans to remarry?"

"My mother's family has a daughter who is a very dignified person with a very good appearance. You can't find one like her in ten thousand people."

Jia Mu: "..."

To be honest, she was a little surprised!

Someone actually set his sights on Jia Jing!

Really... amazing! "I haven't asked this, so I really don't know."

Nan'an Concubine smiled and said, "Old sister, this is your fault. You are his aunt, how can you watch your nephew being alone and helpless? Even if you two are as close as one family, they are still two families. How can the Dongfang side survive without a housekeeper?"

Grandmother Jia smiled and said nothing.

The Concubine Nan'an had a good plan.

If a daughter were to marry into the Ningguo Mansion, she would not only become the mistress of the Ningguo Mansion, but she would also most likely come with a first-rank imperial decree.

Almost catching up with her.

It is truly a step to heaven.

"Old sister, please help me. I have a few sets of Huiwen necklaces at home. They are all the best. I will have someone send them to you tomorrow for you to enjoy."

It means it’s given.

"This……"

Grandmother Jia hesitated and said, "I'll ask when I have time."

It's just a question, she can still do it.

"I can't say whether it will succeed or not. Although he is my nephew, people in officialdom have a lot to consider after all. There are some things that we women in the inner house cannot say." Grandmother Jia said solemnly.

The Nan'an Concubine said happily: "That's enough. I'll trouble you, old sister."

Grandmother Jia: "By the way, how old is the girl you mentioned?"

Nan'an Concubine: "This year he is sixteen, and Jia Ge Lao is sixty, so they are just right for each other."

Jia Mu: "..."

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"Oh, it's a good thing that I came today, otherwise I would regret it to death." Xiangyun smiled with her arms full of gold hairpins and jade bracelets.

Cui Lu said, "Miss, you don't have to hold it all the time. I can help you get some."

Xiangyun: "No need."

"In fact, I can hold more!"

Lin Daiyu smiled and said, "You should hold it well and remember to keep it in the bottom of your box when you go back. It can be used as a dowry when the time comes."

"Do not."

Xiangyun chuckled and said, "Sister Lin, as the elder sister, you will definitely get married before me. Shouldn't I prepare some dowry for you?"

Lin Daiyu suddenly felt that she couldn't win the argument with Xiangyun, so she just said, "I'll make a ghost for you!"

Xiangyun continued, "Sister always scares me, and I'm not afraid of ghosts, but sister is terribly frightened all day long. Did sister do something to let me down?"

"I'm calling you sister!" Lin Daiyu said as she pinched Xiangyun's pretty face.

"Ah, it hurts!"

Xiangyun couldn't stop him while holding the gold hairpin and jade bracelet, and couldn't run away. She said aggrievedly: "Sister is bullying me."

"Who bullied you? I'm giving you some dowry. Here, give one to you." Lin Daiyu casually took a gold bracelet from Zijuan's arms and put it on Xiangyun.

Xiangyun smiled immediately.

"Thank you. I'll give one to my sister too."

Baoqin asked, "Is there anything for me?"

Baochai pinched Baoqin's face and said with a smile, "Look, there are people who are not ashamed and still want a dowry."

Baoqin said aggrievedly: "Aunt Lin, she pinched my face again!"

Lin Daiyu smiled and said, "You can pinch her too. If you do, I will give you more dowry!"

"Really?"

Baoqin looked at Baochai: "Sister, I'm here!"

Baochai hurriedly grabbed Baoqin's wrist and said with a smile, "You just like to listen to Sister Lin's words to tease me, don't you? Who is your real sister!"

Baoqin smiled and said, "She is my aunt, so I naturally have to listen to her first."

Lin Daiyu clapped her hands: "Good Baoqin!"

Xue Baochai said, "Next time I won't quarrel with you. I will only quarrel with Lin girl."

Lin Daiyu smiled and said, "Bao girl, be aware of your status. Given your relationship with Baoqin, you must follow Baoqin and call me aunt."

"Haha."

Baochai laughed and pointed at Daiyu and said, "She still wants me to call her aunt. That's impossible."

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(End of this chapter)