During the Dragon Boat Festival, hairpins on the door and tiger talisman on the arms.
Wang Xifeng’s Dragon Boat Festival was extremely heartwarming.
The virtuous concubine in the palace rewarded the festival gifts and sent them to Jia's house ten days in advance. The Baoyu and Baochai were the same, and the others were different.
The next day, the old lady didn't feel any use for her. She said she suddenly got angry, so she didn't need to ask the doctor to see her. She just lay down and rested without seeing anyone.
Wang Xifeng naturally understood that the old lady was unhappy.
Before Yuanchun entered the palace, he was raised by Jia's mother since childhood. When his younger brother Baoyu was born, the two siblings always stayed with their grandmother and never left.
They are also granddaughters, but the other Yingchun, Tanchun and Xichun did not receive the same treatment as Yuanchun. Yuanchun was able to "choose Fengzao Palace" largely due to the old lady's careful teaching.
Because Baoyu grew up with the old lady, he is closer to the old lady than to Mrs. Wang.
If there are any good things, I always think of the old lady first. Even if I break two osmanthus flowers to put them in a vase, I personally pour water and put the osmanthus flowers in them, and personally send a bottle to the old lady first.
Why are you throwing jade? No matter what you want, Baoyu only acts recklessly in front of the old lady. The grandfather and grandson are extremely affectionate.
Looking back at Yuanchun, after ten years in the palace, she had just been granted a title and the title of a virtuous concubine. She immediately supported her own mother, Mrs. Wang, and pressured the old lady to quickly arrange the marriage of Baoyu and Baochai.
Come down.
This is really raising a white-eyed wolf.
But no matter how unhappy the old lady is, she still has to go to the matters arranged by the imperial concubine’s decree, even if she doesn’t like it.
Because Eunuch Xia, who came to deliver the festival gift, also brought along the way a hundred and twenty taels of silver that the imperial concubine empress alone rewarded, so that the Jia family could have a peaceful wedding ceremony at Qingxu Temple from the first to the third day of the lunar month, sing operas and make offerings, and Jia Zhen would take the lead.
The entire Jia family went to kneel down and worship Buddha.
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The first day of the lunar month is the first day of the month, not to mention around the Dragon Boat Festival. Doing merit at this time is different from the past. Everything that is needed must be more complete and thoughtful than usual.
What's more, it's an old lady taking her whole family out and about. There are so many vehicles and people and horses that there can't be any mistakes.
Grandma Wang Xifeng, the executive housekeeper, was nearly seven months pregnant at this time, but she refused to take a break. She worked hard and worked hard, and she was always joking to make the old lady happy. The whole family had to admit: Second Grandma is really a member of the makeup team.
The hero.
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But as smart as the old lady was, she never guessed that this was another "game" prepared by Mrs. Wang and Yuanchun.
Taoist Zhang, who was called "god" by all the princes in Qingxu Temple, was the stand-in for the Duke of Rongguo Mansion, and later served as the main hall of "Daolu Division". He was once called "" by the late emperor Yukou"
"The Immortal of Great Fantasy" has now become the palm seal of "Dao Lu Si", and the current emperor has granted him the title of "Zhu Zhenren". Before meeting Jia Mu and saying a few warm words, his target was Baoyu:
"I saw a young lady at a house the day before yesterday. She is fifteen years old this year, and she looks pretty good. I think it's time for my brother to get married. If we look at this young lady's appearance, intelligence, and basic property, she is pretty good.
I deserve it. But I don’t know how the old lady is, and I don’t dare to make any mistakes. I only dare to open my mouth to others after asking the old lady for instructions.”
Wang Xifeng followed the old lady. As soon as she heard the words "fifteen years old", a series of names like "Xue Baochai" exploded in her mind.
The old lady immediately said: "Last time, a monk said that this child should not marry early in his life."
Wang Xifeng has to admire:
Even though the old lady is nearly seventy years old, she can cope with it much more quickly and calmly than myself.
But Wang Xifeng also understood:
The old lady has no other option. All she can do is to try her best to "delay it".
But how long can it be delayed?
What result can be drawn?
Wang Xifeng didn't want to admit that what Jia Lian told her before was right, so she could only stop thinking about it.
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The old lady complained of a headache the next day, and did not go to Qingxu Guan for the next two days.
The old lady didn't say anything and didn't pick up Xiangyun. In addition, Daiyu returned to the south again, so this Dragon Boat Festival immediately seemed a little deserted.
But Wang Xifeng is a very lively person, and she doesn't care about her big belly, so she still takes people to watch the show in Qingxu.
On the third day of the third lunar month, it was Xue Pan's birthday. There were drinks and operas in Lixiangyuan, and Baoyu was strongly invited to listen to the opera. Because Baoyu got Jiang Yuhan's post, he immediately went to Red Sandalwood Castle in high spirits, and did not attend Xue Pan's appointment.
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On the Dragon Boat Festival, Mrs. Wang, who always eats fast, prays to Buddha and loves peace and quiet, changed her usual temperament and specially ordered a banquet. She prepared many of Baoyu's favorite dishes and invited the Xue family's mother and daughter to enjoy the afternoon. It was said that it was a gathering of the Wang family.
Gather.
Wang Xifeng was feeling deserted in her own room. When she heard about the "Wang family gathering", she immediately got excited and got dressed early in the morning, just waiting for Mrs. Wang to send someone to call her.
As a result, I heard that Aunt Xue and Baochai had arrived over there, that a banquet had already started over there, and that Mrs. Wang sent someone to ask Baoyu to accompany the banquet... Anyway, she didn't ask Wang Xifeng to come over.
Wang Xifeng was so angry that she couldn't sit still in the room, but she didn't dare to get angry. Finally, she finally found fault with the fact that the tea handed over by Sister Shan was not hot enough, and gave Sister Shan a slap in the face.
After the banquet was over, Mrs. Wang sent someone to call Wang Xifeng over.
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On the way to Mrs. Wang's courtyard, Wang Xifeng kept cheering herself up:
No matter what, they are all our Wang family.
No matter what, we are all one family.
No matter what, our Wang family will definitely support the Wang family.
Although before the Dragon Boat Festival, she felt that Mrs. Wang's attitude towards her was gradually becoming distant and cold, but that was all because of the old lady.
It was all because the old lady refused to agree and she quickly arranged the marriage between Baoyu and Baochai. It was all because I usually liked the old lady too much, so I followed her and made Mrs. Wang not want to see me.
But this is not a big deal. We are all members of the Wang family. How can we care about such a small noise?
But when Wang Xifeng came out of Mrs. Wang's room, her face was as white as if the blood had been drained, and she looked like she had lost her soul.
Ping'er hurriedly stepped forward to help him, but was pushed away by Wang Xifeng.
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Wang Xifeng never expected that her aunt, after entertaining her other aunt and cousin, would call her over and say something like this:
"You are now seven months pregnant, and you are about to give birth, but you still have a lot of things to do at home.
You have to take care of the money for the construction of the provincial residence over there, and you also have to take care of the miscellaneous things in the East Mansion. In addition, with the huge amount of things in our mansion, it is too hard for you to bear all the burden on yourself.
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Nowadays, in our house, the old ladies spend their free time drinking, drinking, and playing cards, sleeping during the day and playing cards at night. They make it look ugly, and I know it too.
It's just that I've always been in poor health, and I can't take care of chores. But you, Sister Xue, are a very decent person, unlike Brother Zhu's daughter-in-law who blindly indulges others. I plan to let her help you.
Just leave all the trivial matters in this mansion to her. After half a month, you can just take care of the money matters in the provincial residence and the chores in the East Mansion.
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You should worry less and take care of yourself more. If you can give birth to a brother this time, it will be a blessing for you and our family."