Qin Keqing's first impression of Jia Baoyu was very bad, thinking that he was a drunkard and a womanizer. So when he faced Jia Baoyu, his face turned cold. Even Jia Ke stopped talking and just sneered.
Jia's mother saw the embarrassment. She was afraid that Jia Ke would turn against Jia Baoyu on the spot. After raising Jia Baoyu by her side for so many years, Jia's mother had almost forgotten that Jia Baoyu was not happy with him when he was born. Now she treats Jia Baoyu
Become a sweetheart.
Now seeing that Jia Baoyu was about to annoy Jia Ke, he hurriedly rescued him, "Your master and wife must have been waiting impatiently. Don't waste time at my old lady's place. Go and serve them tea as soon as possible. We have to go to the ancestral hall later. It will be delayed."
It will be bad when the time is auspicious."
Jia Ke had long been dissatisfied with Jia Baoyu. When he heard Jia Mu's words, he hurriedly stepped forward to help Qin Keqing up, gave Jia Mu a salute together, and then left.
Jia Baoyu stood there, still looking at Qin Keqing's back infatuatedly, until Qin Keqing had disappeared, then he regretfully left his eyes and came to Jia Mu's side to act coquettishly for her again.
This time, Jia's mother did not hold him in her arms and call him "darling" like before. Instead, she said to him seriously: "Baoyu, you are not young anymore. You should already know the personnel affairs. You were rude just now."
If you let your master know about your behavior, you will be beaten."
Jia Baoyu was a little worried now. He lay in Jia Mu's arms with eyes wide open and kept begging for mercy.
Jia's mother originally wanted to scare him, but she didn't mean to do anything to him. Now she saw that Jia Baoyu knew he was wrong, so she put a smile on her face again, and then warned Jia Baoyu, "Don't do this again."
Otherwise, your elder brother will beat you to death because of his temper."
Seeing that Jia Mu was no longer angry, Jia Baoyu breathed a sigh of relief, and then sincerely assured Jia Mu that he would never behave in such a disrespectful manner again, but he didn't think so in his heart. Jia Ke was just a commoner, how could he
She is worthy of such a fairy-like woman.
Besides, Jia Ke and Qin Keqing walked out of Jia Mu's compound. Qin Keqing immediately said to Jia Ke displeasedly: "I don't think your brother Baoyu is a good person. If you don't learn well at a young age, he will definitely be in trouble in the future."
People who are swirling in the pile of makeup.”
Jia Ke agreed very much with her words and said to her: "You are really discerning. My brother Baoyu has been different from others since he was a child. When he drew lots at the age of one, he drew the rouge box. I heard that my father was
He was very angry and said that he must be a drunkard and a womanizer when he grows up."
Qin Keqing opened her mouth and asked in disbelief: "Is this true? Is it impossible? Don't rich families never put these things in the lottery?"
"Things in this mansion are more complicated than you think. You will know it after a while, but you don't have to worry. We can live our own lives in the neighboring mansion and let them make trouble." Jia Ke said nonchalantly.
Qin Keqing frowned and asked, "This alone doesn't mean anything. Does he have other things?"
"My Baoyu has loved being hugged by beautiful little maids since she was a child, and she never let her mother-in-law touch her hands. Is this a strange thing?" Jia Ke told Qin Keqing what he had heard.
Qin Keqing was shocked at this moment. He didn't expect that such a thing would happen to Jia Baoyu when he was young. It seemed that he would have to stay away from him in the future.
The two walked while talking, and soon they came to Rongxi Hall. They walked eastward from the side door and arrived at Mrs. Wang's courtyard.
When Jia Ke and Qin Keqing entered Mrs. Wang's courtyard, they were seen by the little maid waiting at the door. After seeing them, the little maid hurried forward to greet them and said like a cheerful nightingale: "The master and his wife are waiting inside.
It's been a while. My wife has become angry. The master said that he must go to the old lady's place first and then persuade her to stop. You go in quickly and be careful."
When Jia Ke heard what the little maid said, he felt a little grateful. He knew that no one in Mrs. Wang's courtyard was kind to Jia Ke. This was the first one he had met.
So Jia Ke took out a handful of golden melon seeds from his arms, about a dozen of them, and casually gave them to the little maid. He had prepared these golden melon seeds early in the morning, just to reward others these days.
The little maid held this small handful of golden melon seeds and opened her mouth. It turned out that she was just afraid of the new grandma with good intentions. On the first day, she was made things difficult by the lady, so she casually talked about the scene just now. Unexpectedly, the grandpa immediately said
Reward her so much.
When Qin Keqing heard what the little maid said, she felt a little scared and frowned. After all, she was going to see a serious lady. If Mrs. Wang made her look bad, she had no choice but to endure it.
Jia Ke saw her worry, so he enlightened her and said: "Don't worry, although she is our aunt, she is not my biological mother after all. And now I count it as a separate house. If she gives you
If you show off your face, the worst thing is that we will come less often in the future."
Qin Keqing thought about it, their Wuyang Marquis Mansion was still some distance away from here. If Mrs. Wang didn't like her, she would probably come less often in the future. After all, Jia Ke was not Mrs. Wang's biological child. Although it was said that there was filial piety, it was not
It's a little different from real children.
Qin Keqing felt a little relieved and followed Jia Ke into Mrs. Wang's courtyard, all the way to the three small main rooms at the back. At this time, Caixia standing at the door saw them coming. She quickly opened the curtain and invited them in.
Jia Ke and Qin Keqing entered the main room, which was warm and smelled faintly of sandalwood. Jia Zheng and Mrs. Wang were sitting on the low couch by the window, drinking tea.
Jia Ke and Qin Keqing hurried up to salute Jia Zheng and Mrs. Wang. Jia Zheng didn't say anything else, but Mrs. Wang said with a sullen face: "What's going on? I was late to salute on the first day."
Jia Ke immediately explained: "When my son came from Wuyang Marquis Mansion, he passed by the old lady first. He thought that the old lady was the most noble in the house and could not pass by without entering. So he went in first to see the old lady, so
This is a bit late. Please forgive me, mother."
After hearing Jia Ke's explanation, Mrs. Wang couldn't say anything else. After all, in ancient times, filial piety was greater than heaven. Jia Ke and others had to maintain filial piety to her, and she also had to fulfill her filial piety to Jia Mu. At this time, she couldn't say that she had to first
You can only visit the old lady again after seeing her.
Jia Zheng saw Jia Ke next to him, and as expected, he went to visit the old lady first. He was very satisfied with this. Jia Zheng may have some problems, but when it comes to filial piety, people can't fault him. He is very satisfied with it.
Jia Ke agreed with the fact that he went to see the old lady first. After all, there is an order of growth and development. Jia Ke went to see Jia's mother first, and then to see his father. There was no problem with etiquette at all.
So Jia Zheng put the tea cup in his hand on the kang table next to him and said to Mrs. Wang: "Since they paid homage to the old lady first, it is also the proper etiquette. Let's start serving tea now. After the work is done here, I will also bring it with me."
They go to the ancestral hall."
When Mrs. Wang heard what Jia Zheng said, she could only mutter a few words. Then she sat upright, and the little girl next to her immediately brought two servings of hot tea into the hands of Jia Ke and Qin Keqing.
Jia Ke and Qin Keqing took the hot tea and knelt down on the ground, respectfully delivering the tea to Jia Zheng and Mrs. Wang respectively.
After Jia Ke and Mrs. Wang took the tea, they took a sip in their mouths and placed it on the Kang table next to them. Then Mrs. Wang took out two red envelopes from her arms and gave them to Jia Ke and Qin Keqing respectively.
Jia Ke and Qin Keqing took the red envelopes and thanked their parents again.
Jia Zheng felt relieved when he saw that everything went smoothly and Mrs. Wang did not pose any problems to them. Then Jia Zheng asked them to get up.
At this time, Mrs. Wang also asked the little maids to watch them sit separately. After Jia Ke and Qin Keqing sat down, the little maids brought tea. At this time, all the etiquette was finished. Now there is only the last step left.
That is, Jia Ke took Qin Keqing to the ancestral hall of Ningguo Mansion and wrote her name on the genealogy in front of her ancestors.
After Jia Ke and Qin Keqing had tea, Jia Zheng saw that nothing happened. He said to the two of them: "It's getting late. Let's go to the ancestral hall now and finish these things early. Everyone will be relieved."
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So Jia Ke and Qin Keqing got up quickly, and Jia Zheng took them to the second gate. Someone had already prepared a soft sedan for Qin Keqing, and the sedan was carried by four strong women. Qin Keqing got on the sedan here, and Jia Ke and Jia
Zheng mounted his horse and walked out of the side door of Rongguo Mansion.
As soon as they left the Rongguo Mansion, Jia Ke's soldiers guarded them firmly. They walked about a stone's throw away and arrived at the Ningguo Mansion.
As for Jia Zhen and Jia Rong, they have been waiting here for a long time. The father and son are now doing well in the capital, and the nobles in the capital no longer treat them as poor settlers. All this depends on Jia Ke, who is now in the capital.
Therefore, the father and son greeted him at the door early, hoping to curry favor with Jia Ke.
Now seeing Jia Zheng, Jia Ke and others coming, they quickly went up to greet them.
"My nephew Jia Zhen, I have met my uncle." After saying this, he gave Jia Zheng a deep bow.
As soon as Jia Zheng saw Jia Zhen, he went straight to the point and asked: "Is everything ready in the ancestral hall?"
"Don't worry, uncle, I ordered people to clean out the ancestral hall early, and I'm just waiting for the two newcomers to come." Jia Zhen quickly answered Jia Zheng's words.
Only then did Jia Zheng feel satisfied. Although Jia Zhen was now the patriarch of the Jia family, many matters in the clan were actually decided by Jia Zheng. Naturally, Jia Zhen did not dare to neglect anything that Jia Zheng ordered.
Jia Zhen saw Jia Ke standing next to Jia Zheng, and hurried over to salute, "Brother, you have just returned to the capital not long ago. After a while, you will be free. I will treat you to a meal, and you can also have a taste of our capital."
The flavor in it.”
"Brother Zhen, you're welcome. We are all a family and we will keep in touch with each other more often in the future." Jia Ke also said a few polite words to him.
Jia Zheng saw everyone chatting for a while, so he showed his courtesy and said, "If there's anything we can talk about when we go into the house, what's it like talking at the door?"
Everyone did not dare to disobey Jia Zheng's words, so they entered the side door of Ningguo Mansion together and came to the second door. In front of the second door, Jia Zhen's step-sibling, Youshi, was already waiting there.