When Jia Lian came over, Jia Baoyu, Jia Cong, Jia Huan and Jia Lan all greeted him quickly.
"Everyone, please sit down."
Jia Lian waved his hand and sat down, looking at the two younger generations of Rongguo Mansion.
Jia Cong and Jia Lan both looked serious and sat with their heads bowed. Jia Huan looked at Jia Lian with a stern look, his eyes filled with flattery.
He has great feelings for Jia Lian.
In the past, except for the family banquets on Mid-Autumn Festival and New Year's Eve, when the family would ask him to make up the numbers, who could think of him in ordinary times?
Although Sister Feng sent someone to invite him here today, he had known that his powerful sister-in-law looked down on him, so it must have been the intention of Jia Lian, his awesome cousin.
As for Jia Baoyu, he is still a melancholy and beautiful young man.
He actually wanted to sit next to Jia Mu, because there were many beautiful sisters sitting at that table.
It's just that Jia Mu changed her usual attitude today and asked him to sit here, and also asked him to give Jia Lian a few more glasses of wine.
After everyone sat down, among the flowers, the small family banquet began.
Jia Lian's family banquets always had few rules. Accompanied by the sound of the piano from behind and the changing of glasses, the atmosphere was very harmonious.
In addition to Jia Mu, Jia Lian at the next table is naturally the focus and center of everything.
Even in most people's minds, respecting Jia's mother is just superficial, and being close to Jia Lian is sincere.
Tanchun gradually became the representative of all the sisters and brothers who asked Jia Lian's questions due to her young age, closer bloodline to Jia Lian, and more active personality.
They couldn't ask sensitive questions like whether Jia Lian was the emperor's grandson in public, but regarding Jia Lian's dismissal from office, Tan Chun felt that given Jia Lian's magnanimity, there would probably be no problem.
So she took advantage of the opportunity to toast Jia Lian again and asked with concern: "Second brother, my second sister-in-law said before that you were dismissed from office. Is this true?"
As soon as the question of Tanchun came up, everyone including Jia Mu and others looked over.
Jia Lian took the wine glass held by Tan Chun in his little hand, raised it and took a sip before replying: "Of course it's true. Do you think your second sister-in-law dares to use this to deceive others?"
Tan Chun looked worried, but looking at Jia Lian's smiling face while eating wine, he couldn't help but ask: "But, don't the officials who were dismissed or demoted in the play all look depressed and frustrated?"
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But from the look of my second brother, he doesn’t seem very sad.”
Tanchun blinked his big eyes, deliberately showing himself to be naive.
Jia Lian saw that everyone around him had stopped talking and looked at him quietly, obviously very concerned about this issue.
So he reached out and touched Tanchun's head and said with a smile: "Why should I be sad? I have been working as a cow and a horse in the court these years. Although I dare not say that I have made great contributions to the country, I ask myself that I am worthy of the country and the grace of the Holy Father.
On the contrary, I am often unable to return home because of my mundane duties outside, so I have left you Sister Feng and Sister Lin in the cold.
Now that the emperor is kind and willing to give me a long vacation, I just take advantage of this opportunity to spend time with you Sister Feng and Sister Lin at home, why not?"
After hearing Jia Lian's words, everyone had different reactions.
Jia's mother, Mrs. Wang and others saw that Jia Lian was so calm and there was no trace of anxiety in his words. They thought that even if the dismissal was true, it would not hurt themselves, let alone endanger the family.
Others like Tanchun and Baochai were impressed by Jia Lian's open-mindedness.
Of course, more people don't have that much in mind and don't understand fame and wealth, so they simply envy Sister Feng and Daiyu.
To be able to get such a husband who is capable of ruling the country through literary skills and ensuring peace through martial arts, who is also so considerate and considerate of the family, I am afraid they must have accumulated merit for ten lifetimes.
Only Sister Feng and Daiyu were a little embarrassed. After all, even they themselves felt the sour smell of Jia Lian's words. I don't know how many people had "hatred" towards them at this time.
Fortunately, someone solved the embarrassment for them.
Jia Qiao, who had just come over, was sitting in Sister Feng's arms and seemed a little unhappy.
She shrank from Sister Feng's arms, trotted to Jia Lian's side, pulled Jia Lian's sleeves and pouted, "Dad, and me, you haven't played with Qiao'er for a long time..."
The pouted little mouth and the big watery eyes all conveyed that Jia Lian was already very angry because she was not mentioned in the words just now. If she didn't comfort me now, I would definitely cry.
The people around burst into laughter, and Jia Lian immediately abandoned his cousin Tanchun, bent down to pick up his daughter, caressed her tender face, and coaxed: "It's daddy's fault, daddy apologizes to you. From now on."
From now on, daddy will definitely spend more time with my Qiaoer."
Jia Qiao then took back the tears in her eyes and crawled into Jia Lian's arms with some embarrassment.
Tanchun was also attracted by Jia Qumei's cuteness, and reached out to pinch her face. But looking at the happy look of her little body completely melting into Jia Lian's arms, he suddenly felt that he couldn't laugh, so he turned around silently and went back.
Jia's mother went to the banquet this time just to show her harmony with Jia Lian's ancestors and grandchildren. She was already tired from dealing with the group of people before, so she left after sitting down and not having a few glasses of wine, saying she was tired.
Mrs. Xing and Mrs. Wang also stood up and left the table with her.
But after leaving Jia Lianyuan, Jia Mu called Mrs. Wang alone and left Mrs. Xing to do what she wanted.
The two returned to Rongqing Hall. Jia Mu avoided the idlers and left Mrs. Wang alone in the room.
"I heard that you sent someone to send a letter to the south yesterday?"
Mrs. Wang is not stupid. She only saw Jia Mu's attitude towards Jia Lian today, and she knew Jia Lian's life experience. Jia Mu had already known it.
She and Jia Mu have been together for more than 20 years and know each other well.
Now Jia Mu obviously wants to continue to maintain the relationship with Jia Lian. Could it be that she suspects that she has evil intentions and wants to beat her up?
What is this?
Even if you want to curry favor with Lian'er, you don't have to be so serious. After all, Baoyu's father is your biological son, isn't he...
"The old lady is right. It has been several months since the master left Beijing. During this time, so many important things happened at home and in the DPRK. Therefore, I specially sent a letter to our master and told him some things about my family.
Matters with the imperial court."
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! Hearing this, Jia Mu sighed: "Zheng's daughter-in-law, I probably know a little about what you are thinking.
But I’m telling you, some things must happen sometimes in life, but don’t force things in life.
Since the death of the eldest father and Zhen'er and his son, you know better than anyone what the situation in our family is. I don't think I need to remind you how important Lian'er is to our family.
Lian'er is a dragon among people. Fortunately, although there has been a slight disagreement between him and us over the years, the overall relationship is still good.
You should also be able to tell that Lian'er values the friendship his father treated him with, and he also values his brothers and sisters in the family.
His friendship will be the foundation of our Jia family for decades to come!
This point alone is more important than any calculation.
And with Lian'er's shrewdness, if you want to scheme against him, you're probably the one who will suffer in the end.
Just wait patiently. This small Rongguo Mansion won't be able to trap him for long. Sooner or later, he will break out of another world on his own.
By then, what you want for Baoyu will be within easy reach, right?"
Mrs. Wang listened carefully to Jia Mu's advice. From the time she took the initiative to show her kindness to Jia Lian, it proved that she was definitely not a foolish woman or a reckless man.
She actually never thought about doing anything bad to Jia Lian. She just saw that Jia Lian's life experience was made public and felt that there were some things that should have been hers.
Jia Mu's words also reminded her.
These things really cannot be rushed.
The disparity between strength and weakness meant that they would definitely not be able to get it back by force. They could only continue to maintain a good relationship with Jia Lian. Maybe one day, Jia Lian would take the initiative to return the palace and even the title to them.
Isn't it right? The descendants of the Supreme Emperor are so capable, so what's the difficulty in being crowned a king?
By then, he will no longer value or need these things from the Jia family.
Seeing Mrs. Wang's teachable appearance, Jia Mu also breathed a sigh of relief and said: "Now that his life experience has been revealed, judging from his expression at the banquet, I'm afraid that his dismissal from office is not as simple as it seems on the surface.
.In short, based on the level he is currently exposed to, both his vision and knowledge are far superior to mine.
I am old and have few days left to live. In fact, what happens to him has nothing to do with me.
But you are still young, so I will only mention this to you. As long as you don't take the initiative to offend him and follow him, you and Baoyu will be blessed."
Mrs. Wang nodded and smiled: "What did the old lady say? You still have a thousand years to live, and your wife still wants to be filial to you for the rest of her life."
In response, Jia Mu just hummed.
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At the banquet, after Jia Mu and others left, Aunt Xue, who had been forced to stay by Jia Mu, also said goodbye.
She also took Xue Baoqin away.
The sisters who were hiding in the inner hall probably heard about Mrs. Mei's attempt to coerce Jia Lian into helping rescue her son with a marriage contract.
Although no one thought it was Baoqin's fault, Baoqin felt very guilty.
However, she was sensible and followed him to the banquet pretending not to care, but she didn't say much during the whole process.
Aunt Xue was worried that her staying here would ruin everyone's happiness, so she took her away and comforted her along the way.
Baochai saw her and wanted to leave together, but Aunt Xue gave her a look. Then Baochai remembered her mother's instructions and stayed.
As soon as Aunt Xue left, Li Wan felt embarrassed to stay here alone as a widowed sister-in-law, so he left.
As Jia Lan was taken away by Li Wan, Jia Cong and Jia Huan, who had had enough to eat and drank, also resigned wisely. Because they knew that these intellectuals might have some elegant activities or games next, and it was not suitable to take them with them.
Play together.
Jia Baoyu originally wanted to leave too.
He couldn't see how loving Jia Lian and Dai Yu were. Whether it was Jia Lian leading Dai Yu into the scene before, or Jia Lian's verbal display of affection in public, he felt his heart aching.
"Sister Gu's piano sound is so beautiful. I think we might as well move the table and let her come to the front and play for us!"
Jia Baoyu immediately sat firm on his butt.
It turns out that after Jia Mu and others left, not only did the flower hall become empty, but without the restraint of the elders, Yingchun and others started to enjoy the flowers as they pleased.
After listening to the sound of the piano for a long time, they didn't even see the face of the master. Everyone wanted to see with their own eyes how the master of the piano, who was praised repeatedly by the imperial concubine, looked like when he played.
Since he wanted to enjoy the piano and the beauties, Jia Lian felt that the three round tables were not in line with elegance, so he ordered all the round tables to be removed and replaced with taller ones.
So all the maids and servants in the courtyard started to work together, and even the mistress and ladies also helped, and soon all the tables, benches, etc. were removed and replaced with high tables surrounding it.
After everything was arranged properly, everyone sat down again.
Seeing the peerless beauty slowly walking in from outside the hall with Qin in her arms, everyone sighed: "As expected of the second brother Lian, he is more elegant and knowledgeable than others.
Although I just changed the table to a taller table, it suddenly felt like a gathering of literati, and even I almost felt like a refined scholar."
"Don't think so, you are an elegant scholar to begin with..."
"Ha ha……"
"Come on, I guess you heard it, you just dislike my tacky arrangement?" Sister Feng, who was sitting on Jia Lian's right, pretended to be displeased, which naturally attracted a collective apology from the sisters-in-law.
Then she waved her hand and said generously that it was okay, saying that she was just a common person and she did common things.
Daiyu, who was sitting on the left side of Jia Lian, looked at Sister Feng who was chatting and laughing, and admired her generous nature.
Because the flower hall was not that big, there were three high tables placed in the front, where she, Jia Lian, and Sister Feng sat.
She originally didn't want to sit here, but the sisters laughed and forced her to sit here.
At this time, she looked around. On one side of her hand, facing the atrium, were Baochai, Xiuyan and Xiangyun. On the other side were Yingchun, Jia Baoyu and Tanxi Erchun.
The sisters and brothers were sitting on both sides, and she and Sister Feng were alone sitting next to Jia Lian. Looking at the rich and powerful people in the hall and the peerless beauties sitting slowly in the atrium, setting up the piano and preparing to play the music, at this moment, Daiyu suddenly became a little accustomed to her role.