Chapter 173: The Current Situation of Jia's Mansion
Let’s not talk about the emperor’s side, let’s talk about the Jia Mansion. The past two years during Jia Ke’s absence have been peaceful and without any major troubles. Since Lai Da was eradicated, the income of the mansion has increased somewhat in the past few years.
As for the gods in the Jia family, the old lady Jia Mu's love for Jia Baoyu has reached an outrageous level, and she almost gives him everything the Jia family can give. Therefore, rumors about the heir are also spreading in the Jia family, and some
It is said that Jia Zhu must be the heir, because he is the eldest son's direct grandson. But some people don't think so. They think that Jia Baoyu is the future heir of the Jia family. Although Jia Zhu is the eldest son, Jia Baoyu is a man with a good background, and he will definitely be the heir in the future.
Can lead the Jia family to be even more glorious.
Mrs. Wang was at a loss when she heard these two rumors. After all, both of them were his sons. No matter which of the two became the head of the Jia family, she would be the future old lady of the Jia family. So she was not convinced of these rumors.
There was neither attack nor approval, which caused these rumors to become more and more intense and became a topic of discussion for almost every slave in the Jia family.
Jia Zhu was surrounded by these rumors. He felt very uncertain about his future, so he studied harder. He believed that as long as he was successful in his studies, he would become an official in the future. But Jia Baoyu was just a little baby.
At that time, his official career was prosperous, and Jia Baoyu could not shake his status no matter how favored he was.
But things went against expectations. In the second year's provincial examination, Jia Zhu couldn't persist in the first test. Due to long-term use of afurong, his health was really bad. In the first three-day test, he failed because of
He was too weak to hold on and was carried out of the examination room. As a result, he failed the exam this year and had to wait three years to take the exam again.
This blow was fatal to Jia Zhu. Jia Zheng was also very disappointed with his failure, but Jia Zheng did not make things too difficult for him. After all, it was not his knowledge to know that he was unable to persist because of his physical weakness.
If that didn't work, he asked Mrs. Wang to ask a famous doctor for Jia Zhu to take care of her health.
The doctor who was invited was baffled that his health was in such bad condition, so he could only prescribe some powerful tonic medicine for him, but it had no effect at all. It was not until King Beijing later recommended an old doctor that he figured out the matter.
, after the old doctor saw Jia Zhu's symptoms, he asked Mrs. Wang to ask the servants to leave the room, and then quietly said to Mrs. Wang: "I think your master has taken afurong, which is the most popular medicine in China."
No, it's all tribute from foreign countries. Most people can't afford this medicine. It's a good medicine for refreshing and relieving pain when used in small amounts. Once taken in large amounts for a long time, the body will collapse. I think the young master took the medicine for too long and the dosage
It’s too big and irreparable.”
When Mrs. Wang heard this, she was so scared that she collapsed on the ground. She had never thought that such expensive medicinal materials could be harmful poisons. She always thought that it would only cause a slight harm to the body, and it would not be a big deal.
Mrs. Wang suddenly woke up, knelt down in front of the old doctor, and begged him with tears: "Old sir, now that you have seen it, what can you do if he takes this medicine? As long as he can save his life, no matter how much money is spent,
willing."
The old doctor shook his head and said to her: "It's too late. Now the medicine has entered the bone marrow. It can't be pulled out anymore. If you want me to arrange a marriage for your young master as soon as possible, I will leave him a wife at least. If you do it again,
If you continue to delay, I'm afraid you won't be able to stay even if you want to stay."
After hearing what he said, Mrs. Wang was completely in despair. Now her tears kept flowing down. Finally, she choked with sobs and asked the old doctor: "How long can my son last?"
The old doctor said truthfully: "If Mr. Ling takes the medicine prescribed by me and never touches that thing again, I think twenty-five or six years will be fine. If you only take my medicine and can't quit that thing, that's it."
It's been five or six years. But I think Mr. Ling probably won't be able to live without that thing again."
Mrs. Wang had no choice but to ask the old doctor to prescribe the medicine, take away all Jia Zhu's drug, and personally supervise him to take the medicine every day. But drug is not so easy to control. As soon as Jia Zhu left the drug
The pain was unbearable, and sometimes she even wanted to die immediately. When Mrs. Wang saw this situation, she couldn't bear the pain in her heart, so she gave him aphrodisiac again. She just took the medicine prescribed by the old doctor.
But it didn't stop for one day.
For a period of time after that, Jia Zhu was bedridden and took medicine every day, claiming that it was a great tonic for the body and used to replenish the body that Jia Zhu had suffered from studying day and night.
After Jia Zheng heard about this incident, he blamed himself for a long time. He remembered that when Jia Ke left, he told him that Jia Zhu was not in good health and asked him to take care of him. He did not take it to heart at the time and did not think of letting Jia Ke
That's right. If I had known that he would have listened to Jia Ke's good advice, paid more attention to Jia Zhu's health, and told him not to study so hard that his body was exhausted.
And who has the most leisure time in the Jia family now, it is Aunt Zhou. Her son is now a fourth-rank official, she is still in charge of her son's village, she still has thousands of taels of silver in her family, and she has three or four maids around her.
Take care of her. In addition to missing Jia Ke every day, she eats and drinks in Jia Ke's house and lives leisurely and leisurely at other times. When she has free time, she wanders around Rongguo's house, looking for people to chat with, and living a happy life.
Although Jia Zheng does not spend the night at Aunt Zhou's place now, he still comes to sit in her room every now and then. In the eyes of outsiders and Aunt Zhou, Jia Zheng is nostalgic. In addition, Jia Ke is already a fourth-rank guard, so he is a servant.
She was also respectful to Aunt Zhou, and no one dared to look down upon her.
As for Jia Zheng's other aunt, Aunt Zhao, she behaved strangely during this period. She seemed to eat up all the meals brought from the kitchen every day. However, her mother came to see him often during this period, every time.
There was a bag of something, I don't know what it was, but other than that, nothing major happened.
If the second house, except for Jia Zhu's incident, was a little unhappy, everything was going well. Then the first house was in a mess. Since Aunt Zhang's death, Jia She had sealed up the yard where she lived. Except for him
, no one was allowed in. Even the cleaning inside was done by Jia She himself.
After that, Jia She returned to his original state of being a drunkard and a womanizer, and he no longer had the fighting spirit. He took in one concubine after another, and everyone thought he had returned to normal and had forgotten about Aunt Zhang.
Jia She often ran to Aunt Zhang's room alone, but the servants could hear Jia She's heartbreaking crying alone in the room. But the next day, Jia She left the room as if nothing had happened.
He continued his life of debauchery, and his temper became more and more irritable, and he often blamed his subordinates.
After knowing this situation, Jia's mother could only sigh. She really had no choice but to deal with Jia She, who was truly in love with her.
But Jia Lian stayed in the Chinese Mansion for a long time, and Jia She had no objection. Except for Aunt Zhang's affairs, he didn't care about anything else. And Jia Lian himself was very happy, idle in Rongguo Mansion every day, and did not do anything.
He has a serious job to do. As for studying, he stopped doing it long ago.
Mother Jia feels more and more heavy about the current situation of the Jia family. She often thinks of her last conversation with Aunt Lai. If it hadn't been for that time, she wouldn't have noticed that the Jia family has declined to this point. Now the only person supporting her is
It is Jia Ke. As long as Jia Ke can succeed in the future, all the troubles in Jia's family can be solved. As for Jia Baoyu, she also really likes him now, thinking that since he can't get ahead, she might as well let him live in Wenrou Township.
Being lucky for a lifetime can be regarded as a little compensation for him. After all, neither the current emperor nor Jia Ke after he became an emperor can tolerate Jia Baoyu having any power.
Now Jia Baoyu is only one and a half years old, but he already speaks very fluently and clearly. He is just like a smart and handsome child. Jia Yuanchun is now taking care of Jia Baoyu like a shadow. When Jia Baoyu first started talking, he was very kind to her.
Jia Yuanchun called her mother, but he changed his mind later when he became wiser. Therefore, Jia Yuanchun treated Jia Baoyu differently from others. It can be said that he raised Jia Baoyu as his own child.