The filial son of the Red Mansion

She is not heartless. She knows everything, but she just doesn't care about other people's opinions.

The hustle and bustle of the East Palace has never had anything to do with Baochai, so she never says much and always has a faint smile on her beautiful face.

She and Lin Daiyu have completely different personalities. Even if she has many things hidden in her heart, she rarely shows them on her face. Also unlike Wang Xifeng, Baochai always weighs the pros and cons habitually, digesting some of them on the spot and keeping some of them firmly in her heart.

After the matter here was settled, Baochai and Daiyu left with Wang Xifeng.

Just then Jia Rong felt relieved from the burning sensation in his stomach when he saw the maidservant accompanying You Erjie coming to invite him in, saying that a banquet was being held in the porch.

At this time, in the porch, Third Sister You was still in a dilemma. She took her second sister with her and said angrily, "Mother is getting more and more confused. She actually sent someone to invite him."

You Erjie was struggling in her heart, but she consoled herself and said, "I think he is a decent person. We have lived in Ning Mansion for so long, and he has always avoided suspicion."

Third Sister You had more ideas than Second Sister You. She said depressedly, "Whether Rong'er looks like his father is one thing, but now mother is obsessed with currying favor with him, which is really fatal. Look at mother's expression before, she even wanted to ruin human relations in order to climb up this high branch. In my opinion, we should go home early to avoid any trouble in the future."

"Mother is doing this for our own good. I also know that my sister has chosen someone in her heart, so I'll ask her to send someone to inquire about it. It would be a good thing to find a matchmaker for my sister." You Erjie said helplessly.

It turned out that last year, when Old Lady You's mother celebrated her birthday, the sisters of the You family went with Old Lady You to pay her respects. Third Sister You fell in love with a young actor at first sight. She asked someone to find out that he was from a respectable family and his name was Liu Xianglian.

The third sister was obsessed with him and wanted to marry him alone.

Third Sister You was silent now. She stared at Second Sister for a long time before she sighed helplessly and said, "Sister, with such a temper, I'm afraid you will suffer a great disaster in the future."

But after Jia Rong got the news, he pondered it for a long time.

To go or not to go?

Fuck it, the sisters of the You family are young, and one of them has a very bad temper, so they can't take advantage of her at all. In the original novel, the third sister You was a ruthless character who would go crazy when she got angry and draw her sword to commit suicide when she felt humiliated.

Jia Rong shook his head slightly and decided to retreat in order to advance.

"Please go back and tell my two aunts that I got drunk at Commandant Qiu's mansion today and just woke up now. My head is dizzy and I really can't drink. I will go and apologize to my aunts tomorrow morning."

He thought to himself: The You family is just that simple, I can help to cancel the engagement, but not now. If you invite me now, I won't go. I won't go tomorrow either, I'll just say I forgot.

The sisters of the You family did not wait for Jia Rong to arrive, and they did not see him the next day. On the third day, Jia Rong went to the Linglong Jinwei Mansion to take charge of his duties early in the morning, and then went to Shenwu Gate.

It’s just a pity that if Jia Rong knew what Old Lady You was thinking in the future, I wonder if he would regret it.

There are so many things in life that we don’t know.

It was rare to confirm something so early. What Jia Rong could be sure of now was that his sworn brother Xiao Kun was also on duty at the Shenwu Gate.

He had already seen Xiao Kun's figure. He was not a big man, but his huge nose was particularly eye-catching.

"My little brother greets Brother Junpeng!"

The corners of Xiao Kun's mouth twitched when he heard this. Seeing the curious looks from the guards of Shenwu Gate nearby, he felt as embarrassed as if he was not wearing any clothes.

What a bastard!

The guard captain Zhou Yang's eyes suddenly turned cold, and he shouted softly: "This is the forbidden area of ​​the imperial palace. As inner court guards, don't you know the rules at all? I don't care which duke or prince you are descendants of, as long as you become a Dragon Guard, you should abide by the rules of the Dragon Guard."

What an awesome guy! With a [Level 4 Treasure Chest] on his head, he doesn't even take the descendants of dukes and marquises, or even the descendants of royal palaces, seriously!

What kind of background does this guy have? He doesn't look like a descendant of a royal family, and I've never seen him among the sons of dukes and marquises.

If you don't have a strong background, this guy is definitely the best candidate for sworn brotherhood or recognition as a relative.

If you dare to act so arrogant in front of a group of princes and sons of nobles, and your background is not that big, you might be beaten as soon as you leave the Shenwu Gate!

Jia Rong was overjoyed.

Such a person is much better than Captain Qiu, and there is no need to bury him himself.

I haven’t figured out how to avenge myself on the captain yet!

Chapter 109: Get out! Jia Lian is here.

On his first day on duty, Jia Rong was very curious. The duty of the Shenwu Gate guards was to guard the north gate, inspect the walls and corner towers of Shenwu Gate, and the east and west connecting rooms of Shenwu Gate.

He looked at every place very carefully. This had nothing to do with professionalism, but he was just curious about the function of each place. After all, it was a big palace, and ordinary people could not enter. In his previous life, he had to buy a ticket to enter.

"No wonder there's always a foul smell in the East and West Room. It turns out that's where the eunuchs in the inner palace live." Jia Rong secretly sniffed.

The East and West Link Houses are located under the walls of the Shenwu Gate. After passing the East Link House, you will reach the east side of the inner court. To the east of the inner court is the Ningshou Palace, also known as the East Palace, where the emperor lives in retirement. To the west of the inner court are the Shou'an Palace and the Cining Palace, where the concubines and the empress dowager lived respectively.

Several people patrolled to the northeast corner of the wall to check and rest.

Xiao Kun glanced at him unhappily and warned him in a low voice: "The people living here are all the inner palace attendants. They always have a smile on their faces, but because of their physical disabilities, they are very mean. When you are on duty in the inner court, you must not offend them, even if you say bad things about them behind their backs."

"Thank you for your help, brother. I understand." Jia Rong bowed and said to the others, "I am new here, and I hope all the uncles and brothers will support and tolerate me."

The inner court guards were mostly composed of the sons of various dukes and marquises, and the descendants of the royal family's side branches. A small number of them were the sons of governors from other provinces, and the sons of several high-ranking officials and ministers. In short, they were all distinguished and prominent men.

Jia Rong asked curiously, "Who is that Chief Zhou? I have never heard of him before."

Xiao Kun looked at Jia Rong suspiciously, wondering what this bastard was thinking. He looked around and saw no one who had Zhou Yang's lover, so he warned, "Don't mess with Guard Zhou. He is the son of the governor of Jining, and has a sister who is favored in the palace."

The governor of Jining? The concubine surnamed Zhou?

Concubine Zhou?!

Jia Rong suddenly had an idea and immediately sorted out the relationship between the characters. It turned out that Zhou Yang was the brother of Concubine Zhou in the original novel. Unfortunately, Concubine Zhou died suddenly in the original novel. At that time, rumors spread that the Jia family once thought that Yuanchun had died. Unexpectedly, Yuanchun also died of illness not long after.

Seeing his excitement, Xiao Kun hurriedly said, "It's good that you know the pros and cons of the relationship. Don't even think about being on good terms with him. He's not someone who's easy to talk to."

The people around also nodded and said with a smile: "Although some of our families have had less contact in the past, most of them are old nobles, and they can't get along with their new nobles."

There are circles everywhere.

The small circle that the Jia family belongs to is the four great families of Jinling, the middle circle is the four princes and eight dukes, and the large circle is the old nobles. There may be some old nobles who do not get along with the Jia family, but they will always pay attention to a decent relationship. The new nobles of the in-laws may not necessarily pay attention to those.

No wonder Zhou Yang started talking about the map as soon as he opened his mouth. It turned out that he was the only guard of Shenwu Gate who was not on the map.

Damn, what’s so great about the new rich?

Concubine Zhou is just a concubine, but Zhou Yang is so arrogant!

Jia Rong's eyes flickered for a while, then he smiled and said, "So that's how it is. Thank you for clearing up my confusion."

Nothing happened in the next two days, but the days became more and more boring. The shifts were every few hours, which was really boring. Except for the occasional eunuchs and imperial doctors passing through the Shenwu Gate, no emperor, princes, concubines, etc. were seen passing by.

Jia Rong had gradually become familiar with the dozens of guards from the Shenwu Gate, but Zhou Yang always acted on his own, and Jia Rong could not get close to him no matter how many ways he tried.

On that day, Jia Rong, Xiao Kun and others were on duty at the Shenwu Gate when they saw a young eunuch holding a card and entering the palace, followed by paper people, paper wreaths, paper lions and other folk mourning items.

Did someone die in the palace?

Jia Rong frowned and thought for a long time. The young eunuch was a smart man, with a smell of coquettishness, and hurried to the guards to speak well of him.

"These things were specially bought by Master Wu from outside. They are very valuable. Please help me, generals, to deliver them."

When the young eunuch mentioned "send the things", he naturally did not mean to have Jia Rong and the other guards carry the things in, but rather that the guards should supervise those who followed the young eunuch into the palace to deliver the things.

The other guards were obviously used to it. Seeing that the young eunuch had a card in his hand, they had no choice but to call out a few guards from the Shenwu Gate dormitory to search the person behind the young eunuch, and then divided them into two groups.

The first group was led by Zhou Yang, who held a knife and led the guards to escort a few people from the alley beside the Ningshou Palace to the South Three Buildings in front.

Team One continued to stand guard at Shenwu Gate.

Jia Rong was still on duty at the Shenwu Gate, and asked curiously, "What's going on?"

Xiao Kun explained that the current fifth prince was the best at funerals. He would have people send some sacrificial vessels to the palace every once in a while, and he would even often use the sacrificial vessels he made to hold his own funeral in the palace. Among the ministers in the court, whenever they heard that someone's family was in mourning, they would often go to offer condolences.

Are there such strange people in the world?

Jia Rong blinked his eyes, wondering when he should go and get acquainted with her.

In the Ning and Rong mansions, Jia Lian heard the news from some servant's wife that the two sisters of Ningguo Mansion You were extremely beautiful, and that You Erjie's gentle and delicate face was ten times more beautiful than Wang Xifeng.

He had heard Jia Zhen talk about the beauty of the You sisters before, and now he was provoked by a servant's wife's words, his heart was suddenly filled with anger.

"I have nothing to do with that Yaksha anymore."

Although Jia Lian humphed like this, he felt unhappy in his heart. He knew Wang Xifeng's recent schedule very well, and now seeing Wang Xifeng and Jia Rong getting so close, how could he not feel jealous. Now that he had heard about You Erjie's beauty, he wanted to coax You Erjie into his arms immediately, then divorce that yaksha and make You Erjie his wife. In the future, no matter what the yaksha and Rong'er did, he would not care.

He had a very good plan and made a special trip to Baoyu to ask him about You Erjie's beauty.

Baoyu heard his intention and described You Erjie's appearance truthfully, saying, "You's two sisters are truly the most beautiful in ancient and modern times. I have seen them several times in the East. They are really a pair of beauties. Brother, if you want to settle accounts with them, I'm afraid it will be difficult. Not to mention whether Sister Zhen agrees, even Sister Feng won't agree."

After hearing Baoyu's frank words, Jia Lian blushed like a pure man and snorted, "What nonsense about settling accounts? It's too vulgar. Where did you learn this from?"

Although Baoyu was young at that time, he had already tasted the pleasures of love and had settled accounts with others several times. Seeing that no one was around, he suggested: "Who in the mansion doesn't know about your brother's affairs? If you really want to do something, you should wait until Rong'er comes back from his duty tomorrow and ask him to mediate."

Would Rong Ge'er be willing to help?

Jia Lian was hesitant, but he felt that this was the best way. If no one acted as a matchmaker, he would not even be able to see the faces of the You sisters.

In Ningguo Mansion, Youshi was sighing.

In the past few days, someone from Ningguo Mansion had gone to look for Zhang Hua, who was engaged to You Erjie, and wanted to find a reason to give Zhang Hua a legitimate job, but in the end, they asked someone to give Zhang Hua some money, and the next day he lost all the money in the casino. Although Youshi didn't want to get involved in this matter, You Erjie was her sister in name after all, and she couldn't bear to see You Erjie marry such a man in the future.

No matter how we help You Erjie, it may ruin the reputation of Ningguo Mansion.

Youshi was really in trouble now and had no choice but to ask Wang Xifeng for advice.

Wang Xifeng sneered, "Since Young Master Zhang is not going to help you, just ask the steward of the mansion to take the money and exchange the marriage certificate for it. You and Rong'er are really something. What is there to be ashamed of about this matter?"

On the second day, Wang Xifeng took the initiative to send someone to the Zhang family, the imperial grain collector, to get You Erjie's marriage certificate back.

Old Lady You was naturally overjoyed, and had never expected that it was Second Mistress Lian who had helped her, so she thanked her profusely. However, Wang Xifeng did not take any credit for it, and only said that it was Youshi and Jia Rong's idea, and told Old Lady You to thank Youshi and Jia Rong if she wanted to thank anyone.

On this day, Jia Rong did return from Shenwu Gate in the morning and had six days of rest.

After hearing what Wang Xifeng had done, he used this as an excuse to invite Wang Xifeng and Ping'er to Cong Lutang's study to discuss the matter.

The study of Conglvtang faces outwards, and from the window you can directly see the winding stone steps outside Conglvtang, as well as the bamboo forest, banana trees and a pool of clear water in Huifang Garden.

Wang Xifeng asked suspiciously, "What do you want to talk about? Why do you have to come here?"

Jia Rong's eyes stayed on Sister Feng. He saw that the orange jacket with golden butterflies was exactly Wang Xifeng's favorite dress. She wore a red gold dragon necklace around her jade neck, a pea green palace belt at the edge of her skirt, and double rose pendants.

Feng Jieer wore a golden bun with eight treasures and a five-phoenix pearl hairpin on her head.

These were Wang Xifeng's favorite jewelry, glittering with precious stones and stunningly beautiful. As the saying goes, the colorful embroidery was brilliant, making her look like a goddess or fairy.

Feng Jieer was wearing a pleated silk skirt with jadeite flowers sprinkled on it.

This outfit must have been chosen on purpose!

The more Jia Rong looked at her, the more excited he became. She had a noble temperament and was amiable and respectable. He also thought that Feng Jieer must have worn this dress for him, and his heart was as fluttering as a boat swaying wildly on the sea. He didn't even want to talk about business at this moment, and stretched out his hand to Wang Xifeng's slender waist and embraced her.

"It's nothing, actually. I just miss my good wife Feng'er."

"Let's talk!" Wang Xifeng still maintained her attitude, but she couldn't help but smile. This outfit was indeed very well thought out. If it wasn't for her, she wouldn't dress like this normally.