At this moment, what else is more important than lining up to welcome the imperial concubine?
Yes.
That is Jia Lian's preparation to avoid Yuanchun's "mistakes".
Provincial marriage in Yuanchun was the highlight moment of Jia Yuanchun's life, and it was also the unlucky moment when Jia Yuanchun "lay mine" for his own destiny.
But the confused Jia Yuanchun was completely unaware from the beginning to the end.
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Jia Yuanchun, who is now canonized as the "virtuous concubine", as the eldest daughter of the Rongguo Mansion, was taught by Jia's mother with every word and deed.
Moreover, in order to continue the glory of the Jia family, Jia Mu decided early on to send her to the palace, so the education of Yuanchun naturally included palace education.
With Jia Mu's high taste, elegance of taste, grand layout, and deep understanding of the principle that "poems and calligraphy are in your belly, you will be beautiful", she taught Yuanchun that he could enter the palace because of his "virtue, filial piety, talent and virtue", and he was definitely not
A vulgar pink who only impresses people with her beauty and enchantment.
It just so happens that the current emperor "advocates poetry, respects etiquette, and searches for talents." Even for his own princess, the princess has to choose virtuous and talented girls from famous families to attend school and serve as escorts to praise talents.
Therefore, even if the emperor made the 25-year-old Yuanchun a concubine in order to win over the Jia family, at least Yuanchun is in line with the current emperor's taste.
But the problem lies precisely in the fact that Yuanchun is the eldest daughter of the Rongguo Mansion.
As the saying goes, "dragons give birth to dragons, phoenixes give birth to phoenixes, and mice's sons can dig holes." Even though Jia's mother's acquired education has cultivated Yuanchun's interest and taste in culture, Yuanchun's heart is still inseparable from her father Jia Zheng.
Rigidity in behavior and naivety in politics, as well as narrow-mindedness in consciousness and partiality in her mother, Mrs. Wang.
As we all know, the life of a woman in the palace seems to be full of flowers, but in fact, she has to behave herself every day. There are many complicated relationships, and it is inevitable to feel like walking on thin ice when dealing with them.
After entering the palace for nearly ten years, this kind of life has made Yuanchun very tired.
When she was tired of life in the palace, Yuanchun would inevitably have some resentment, which she usually did not dare to mention to others.
But after the emperor later allowed the family members of the harem to enter the palace to wait and see, Mrs. Wang's frequent visits to the palace allowed Jia Yuanchun to find someone to confide in.
As the exchanges between mother and daughter increased, Jia Yuanchun's resentment gradually pointed at Jia Mu, who sent her to the palace, and he obeyed Mrs. Wang's words.
So when Mrs. Wang said she wanted to make a "good match" with Xue Baochai for Baoyu, Jia Yuanchun also felt that it would be a good idea to help his mother by letting his younger brother marry his aunt's daughter.
Although Yuanchun has never met Xue Baochai and Lin Daiyu, and Yuanchun doesn't know whether his younger brother Jia Baoyu likes Xue Baochai or Lin Daiyu.
But none of that matters.
The important thing is that when his grandmother wanted to choose Lin Daiyu for Baoyu and his mother wanted to choose Xue Baochai for Baoyu, Jia Yuanchun chose to stand on the same front as his mother, Mrs. Wang.
The first thing Jia Yuanchun did for his mother was to make sure that every reward he gave to his family would be exactly the same as Baoyu and Baochai.
This is giving the mother a role.
It is also putting pressure on Jia Mu.
This made Jia Yuanchun feel that at least he had not suffered in the palace in vain.
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But it was said that Jia Mu and others who had been ordered to wait outside the gate of Rong Mansion until daybreak and three poles of the sun were waiting, but there was no news.
Fortunately, Jia Lian had several braziers and charcoal stoves delivered to everyone, otherwise many of them would have collapsed from the cold.
But even so, all the married women were still shaking, so they had to ask the maids to come forward in shifts of two, supporting one on the left and the other on the right, and waiting.
Finally, a eunuch came on horseback.
Jia Mu and others took the young eunuch in. The young eunuch said:
“It’s still early days!
Today, I have not eaten dinner at the first quarter, I went to Baoling Palace to worship Buddha at the second quarter of the morning, and I went to the Daming Palace to have a banquet and look at the lanterns at the early hour of Youchu before I asked for the order. I am afraid I didn't get up until Xuchu."
Everyone just wanted to go back and have a rest, and it wouldn't be too late to go out and wait until the time comes.
When Jia Mu and Jia She heard this, their hearts felt like thunder:
"It's indeed Xu Chu!
Even Jia Lian got it right!
The half-immortals who tell fortunes are not as accurate as the fortune tellers. This is not a ‘half-immortal’, this is a ‘great immortal’!”
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According to Jia Zheng's wishes, just let the housekeeper entertain the eunuchs for a meal.
But "Great Immortal" Jia Lian obviously thinks this is not enough.
In private, he quietly took the leading eunuch aside to a deserted place, stretched out his hand and stuffed in a thousand taels of silver.
The leading eunuch's surname was Zhou and his given name was Guo. When he first entered the palace, he worked in the Shangshang Supervisor, so everyone in the palace called him "Big Porridge Pot".
The big porridge pot is now the seventh-grade eunuch in charge of Fengzao Palace where Yuanchun lives. His status is not high, but he is a person who is close to Yuanchun and manages affairs.
As soon as he saw the amount on the bank note, Big Porridge Pot immediately burst into laughter:
"Master Jia, this...is this too much? I'm so embarrassed."
Jia Lian smiled:
"Wouldn't it be nice if you took care of things for me?"
Jia Lian's straightforward words shocked Da Porridge Guo:
I have seen people giving bribes, but I have never seen people giving bribes so confidently.
These eunuchs, due to their physical insufficiencies and psychological distortions, all have thick skins that are thicker than the city walls.
Now that I saw someone who was thicker-skinned than them, I couldn't help but feel respectful.
The big porridge pot chuckled:
"It's not difficult for Mr. Jia to ask me to do something, as long as it's a matter of losing my head. This thousand taels is not enough to buy a life."
Jia Lian frowned and gnashed his teeth:
"You're so good, why do you want to kill your head? You're willing, but I'm not willing yet.
I scolded Xiao Diao and said that you are very clever. If you ask me to mention his name to you, you will help me of course. Is that true?"
When the big porridge pot heard Jia Lian calling him "scold Xiao Diao", he immediately respected him and nodded quickly:
"Oh, you are talking about me scolding my uncle. Of course what I scolded my uncle is true."
Jia Lian looked at the short, fat eunuch who was almost forty years old in front of him and thought:
Scolding uncle?
A big porridge pot in his 40s calls someone in his 20s "an uncle"?
These eunuchs in the palace are quite clueless.
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It turned out that during the Chinese New Year, Xiaodiao brought the "Chun Qinghe" troupe into the palace and sang excerpts for a long time.
What about "Qin Tiao" in "Jade Hairpin", "Yao Tai" in "Nan Ke Ji", and "Three Drunkennesses" in "Handan Ji", not to mention the ladies in the palace, even the old concubine
, the queen mother and the concubine all like to watch it.
The "Chun Qinghe" theater troupe received a reward, scolding Xiao Diao for doing a good job, and also received a lot of rewards.
When the people in the palace saw that the scolded Xiao Diao was favored by their masters, they immediately chased after him and tried to flatter him.
While scolding Xiao Diao for being complacent, he was naturally grateful to Jia Lian who had helped him a lot.
For the first time, this master, who always kept his money on his side and took out nothing, actually spent his own money to entertain Jia Lian with wine.
Of course, Jia Lian didn't let him "bleed", and he was extremely grateful for scolding Xiao Diao.
Taking advantage of this opportunity, Jia Lian made an awkward appearance and asked Xiao Diao to do a favor and take care of Yuanchun.
He scolded Xiao Diao and laughed:
"As long as it's not a matter of losing your head, we guys can handle it."