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◎Losing everything! Don't be too greedy. ◎
Yu's words reminded Qin Keqing. She hurriedly wanted to kneel down to apologize, but Jia's mother had someone hold her back and said with a smile:
"My son! Don't do that. You are so pitiful. You are so thoughtful. I was so busy eating that I didn't notice that you were tired... Listen to your mother-in-law and go down to rest."
Feng Jie'er beside her also chimed in: "That's right! She is the youngest and the most thoughtful. She can beat all of us."
Jia's mother laughed and said: "You monkey, it's fine if you are not thoughtful yourself, but you even drag your mother-in-law, your aunt, and your eldest sister-in-law into it. You are so shameless. No one is as unruly as you. Why don't you go down and have some more rice wine."
Feng Jie'er laughed and said: "It's also because the things here from Sister-in-law Zhen are so good, I just drank two more glasses of wine at once and said it without paying attention. In this case, I will punish myself with three glasses of wine and make amends." After
she finished speaking, she actually poured three glasses of wine and drank them all in one gulp, which was quite like a heroine.
If someone had a poor alcohol tolerance, he would have been embarrassed in public. Fortunately, this wine was yellow wine, specially prepared for the crab, with a low alcohol content, mainly to dispel cold and warm the stomach, which was an application of the theory of mutual restraint and mutual benefit in traditional Chinese medicine.
After all, in traditional Chinese medicine, crabs are very cold and women and children should not eat too much.
Mo Yu was the youngest, so no one dared to let him eat too much. Youshi and Qin Keqing specifically instructed the maids to pick out the meat from a few crabs with crab tongs, and put a lot of ginger and vinegar in them, so he could only taste them.
However, Xiao Daiyu and the three sisters were treated the same as him.
Jia Baoyu and Jia Huan did not eat here. Although they were not very old, they were also placed with the male guests.
The other children sat at the children's table, which was also separated by gender.
The Jia family did a good job in this detail. Although everyone knew that Jia Baoyu usually hung out with the female relatives, when there were outsiders, they still had to do what they should do.
As for Mo Yu, as the only boy sitting among the female relatives, he was of course different.
First, he was a guest. Second, he was the youngest, about the same age as Jia Lan, so he could naturally follow his mother and sister. Jia Lan was too young and didn't come at all. She was taken by her wet nurse to eat some egg custard and other things in Li Wan's yard in Rongguo Mansion before taking a nap.
Although Mo Yu also wanted to do so, it was obvious that he was not treated as a real child.
So, it seems that the standard of the Jia family is sometimes confusing.
Anyway, as long as they are happy, it's fine.
Mo Yu silently gnawed on his crab claw meat, then swallowed a mouthful of white rice angrily - to be honest, although the Jia family is not good, the food is good, the surrounding scenery is also beautiful, and the chrysanthemums are beautiful. It can be said that they really enjoy this area.
That's right, you have to go to hell and rush to mix in some nine sons fighting for the throne... Is this something you can mix in? You are
definitely courting death!
Mo Yu complained while eating his meal, and he didn't care about who had a pale face or a gloomy face around him. Let's talk
about Sister Feng, who drank three cups of rice wine in one breath, and her pretty face turned red.
But she continued to tell some witty remarks, and made some jokes that made Jia's mother and others laugh.
So the incident of Qin Keqing dropping the silver chopsticks was just forgotten.
The terrible "secrets" that Mo Yu revealed were naturally forgotten.
Mo Yu was fighting with the crab claws meat as if no one was around, but Qin Keqing had already been helped down by the two maids who accompanied her at Youshi's signal.
Not long after, she came back with a new set of clothes. At this time, Mo Yu had already eaten her fill and was thinking about other things.
Yes, from the moment she entered the gate of Ningguo Mansion, Mo Yu simply couldn't stop complaining, because there were really too many things to complain about in Jia Mansion.
Because of Feng Jie'er's activeness, Mo Yu's attention was directly transferred from Ningguo Mansion to Rongguo Mansion.
To be honest, no matter Ningguo Mansion or Rongguo Mansion, there are many extremely melodramatic stories.
Take Jia's mother for example. She gave birth to two sons, both of whom were her own, but she had to favor one of them, causing constant disputes between the eldest and second houses. In terms of educating her children, she really failed.
Although Jia She is really incompetent, she can't be so blatantly partial.
The eldest son Jia She inherited the title of Rongguo Mansion, and the second son Jia Zheng inherited the title of Rongguo Mansion. This method is really not something that ordinary people can imagine.
This is like telling people directly that the eldest son in our family is useless, and the second son is good, so the title and property are divided in this way.
To put it nicely, it is to spread the risk, but to put it bluntly, it is desperate.
Because no matter whether it is Jia She or Jia Zheng, they are not the kind of people who can revive the Rongguo Mansion.
They are all useless.
None of them is useful.
So the old lady had no choice but to choose her grandsons to train.
The result was also very tragic. The eldest son's family was not upright, and Jia She's only son Jia Lian was also a good-for-nothing. Therefore, even if the second son's wife, Lady Wang, gave him her niece Feng Jie'er as his principal wife, the old lady did not interfere.
They are useless anyway, so it would be better to have a capable daughter -in
-law. And this grandson-in-law is quite capable and sensible, and knows how to respect the old lady, which is even better.
For the sake of this capable grandson-in-law, the useless grandson Jia Lian of the eldest house should be treated as a useless thing to entertain people in their spare time.
The eldest house is already like this, and it is estimated that there is no hope for this generation. It depends on whether Sister Feng can teach her son in the future.
The situation of the second house does not seem optimistic either.
Originally, Jia Zhu, the eldest son born to Lady Wang, was a good person. He loved reading since he was young. He entered school at the age of 14 and married Li Wan, the daughter of Li Shouzhong, the chief academician of the Imperial College, as his legal wife. Not long after, he gave birth to his eldest son, Jia Lan. He was really very ambitious.
But before he could pass the imperial examination and lead the Jia family to the top, the child suddenly died. As an old lady, she had to send off such an outstanding grandson. It was really heartbreaking.
Fortunately, after Jia Zhu died, there was still Jia Baoyu.
Old Lady Jia loved this second son born of the second wife very much.
Old people like "auspicious signs" and always think that since it is such a good omen, it must be a lucky thing.
It is also because of this that she acquiesced and even condoned Wang Furen and Jia Zheng's publicity outside, and thus planned a good future for Yuanchun - it can be said that it was because of Baoyu, such an auspicious brother from the same mother, that Yuanchun was sent to the palace through a special channel.
It would be a loss of status for her to go through an ordinary selection, but it was too late for her to go through a formal selection. Not to mention that it had to be held every three years, and she was afraid that something might change if she was late. Even if she was willing to wait for three years, what if the Emperor randomly assigned their Yuanchun to some prince?
Their Yuanchun was born on the first day of the first lunar month, and it was the Empress' fate
. To put it bluntly, she might be the mother of the future emperor. Such a precious fate could not be wasted by a prince with no future.
With this mentality, Jia's mother arranged for Yuanchun to enter the palace. She originally wanted to give a good future to this precious granddaughter who she had watched grow up and brought up by her side.
After all, Yuanchun was brought up by her to be graceful and elegant, more elegant than all the ladies in the capital, and was the most successful and proud work of Jia's mother.
But what was unexpected was that Jia's mother's operation was not a big deal, but it actually backfired, and made Jia Yuanchun, such a good girl from the Duke's mansion, look like a shameful girl, and she could only be a female historian in the palace. Not to mention the future emperor, even the current Master Kang, she had no chance to see him.
In theory, the female historian of Fengzao Palace, although it sounds good, is a female official, but she is also a member of the harem.
If Master Kang likes her, he can take her in, but he didn't.
Not only that, they directly banished Jia Yuanchun to Changchun Garden - what a good family, they directly sent her to the garden outside the palace, which means they don't even want to see her face.
No matter how much hatred and resentment there is, they directly banished her without even seeing her face.
It can be said that Yuanchun's dream of being a noble concubine or the future emperor's biological mother is basically hopeless.
Because Master Kang was angry.
The main reason is that their such a noisy operation directly angered the old man, so who dared to take care of her? She could only fend for herself there.
This is also one of the reasons why Mo Yu has been a companion in the palace for more than half a year, but has never seen her cousin Jia Yuanchun.
Another reason is that someone doesn't want them to meet.
But the facts prove that you can't just not see someone if you don't want to. What's coming will eventually come.
After the chrysanthemum crab feast at Ningguo Mansion, Lin Ruhai and Jia Min declined the dinner invitation from Rongguo Mansion and left early on the grounds that they had something to do at home.
Jia's mother and others didn't try to keep them. It was obvious that Mo Yu's complaints had dealt them a heavy blow. Both Ningguo Mansion and Rongguo Mansion received a lot of information. After they were furious or embarrassed, they thought about it carefully and realized a lot of truths.
The Jia family has reached a time of life and death. If there is no sudden change, there may be no future. They have seen what happened to the Zhen family. I heard that Mo Ge'er from the Lin family also went there. I wonder if it gave them any warning.
Since Jia's mother was close friends with the old lady of the Zhen family, she knew the old lady's temper to some extent, and knew that even if Mo Yu warned her, she would not listen. It was no wonder that the Zhen family fell so quickly and ended up so badly.
However, their Jia family was different from the Zhen family. Now that they had heard the advice given to them by Mo Ge'er, it would certainly be inappropriate not to do something.
Since Yuanchun's matter was mentioned, why not start with Yuanchun.
Hopefully, it's not too late.
So, after eating and drinking to their heart's content, they returned to the Lin family to spend a real Mid-Autumn Festival with the whole family, watching the moon and eating moon cakes, and playing until they fell asleep. After Mo Yu, who had slept until he woke up naturally, was summoned to the main room by Jia Min and received a piece of news that made him speechless.
"Your cousin Yuanchun has told you to take time out to visit Yu Garden next time you are in the palace. She wants to find an opportunity to meet you."