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But after all, they were blood relatives. After hearing Jia Lan's words, Jia's mother nodded and said, "Your uncle has high expectations for you. Don't slack off. Well, you've been away from home for a long time. Go downstairs and talk with your mother!"
Li Wan's eyes were red at this time. If she had not been concerned about Lady Jia and the others, she would have rushed forward. Seeing the son she had been thinking about day and night right in front of her, her heart could not help but tremble.
Now that Lady Jia had spoken, Li Wan stepped forward and took Jia Lan away.
Mrs. Wang looked around. She had not noticed before that Jia Huan and the third girl were not there. Could it be that the prince did not bring them?
Watching Li Wan and her son leave, Shui Rong felt puzzled. The widow with a "withered heart" had only this one thought, but he deprived her of it. It was indeed cruel.
After a pause, Shui Rong looked at the beauty beside him and said softly, "Yuanchun, how about letting Lan Ge'er stay?"
The reason why he brought Jia Lan and Jia Huan, two of the Jia family's sons, with him was simply to reassure the Jia family. Now, the deep affection between mother and son is not easy to handle. Jia's mother and others are also aware of it, so they will not feel unbalanced.
Upon hearing this, Lady Jia and Mrs. Wang looked at each other for a moment, but said nothing more. Their gazes fell on Yuanchun.
Although Yuanchun had no children yet, she was devoted to having children. She was very obsessed with having children, and she had taken care of her younger brother. Seeing how affectionate Li Wan was to her mother, she was deeply touched. After a little consideration, she said, "I think it is not necessary to do this. Let Sister-in-law Zhu and her sisters come to the palace more often."
If I return to the Duke's Mansion, I will no longer be the prince's study companion, and my future prospects will be slightly inferior.
Yuanchun was very optimistic about Jia Lan. He was diligent in his studies and was highly praised by his teachers. How could Yuanchun ignore such a pillar of the family, and also her own nephew, who was so talented?
After saying this, Yuanchun looked at Grandmother Jia and asked, "Grandmother, what do you think?"
After all, Yuanchun is a member of the royal palace, and Li Wan is a widow of the Jia family, so the matter still has to be decided by Grandmother Jia.
Grandmother Jia didn't care about it. Since Yuanchun had made the decision, she had nothing to refute, so she said, "Okay, I'll listen to the eldest maid."
Shui Rong remained silent, said a few words casually, then stood up and said, "Old Lady, mother-in-law, let Yuanchun chat with you. I'll go see my sisters."
As for her mother’s family, we should give Yuanchun some private space.
Yuanchun also understood Shui Rong's intention. Her eyes were full of stars and she looked at the young man with more and more affection. Every time she came to the Duke's Mansion, her husband would leave time for her to gather with her family. How could she not be moved by such a considerate husband?
Mrs. Wang also understood that this son-in-law was indeed satisfactory and there was nothing wrong with him.
Grandmother Jia didn't say much, and said, "Yuanyang, lead the prince to the ear room."
Yuanyang, who was wearing a lilac vest with a light red collar, a light green long skirt, and an amber embroidered handkerchief around her waist, responded, walked to Shuirong, and bowed.
Shui Rong nodded, gave Yuanchun some instructions, then stood up and left the main hall under the guidance of Yuanyang.
When they walked onto the corridor, Shui Rong looked at the tall and well-proportioned Yuanyang in front of him and suddenly asked, "Yuanyang, are you a servant of the mansion?"
Yuanyang was slightly startled when she heard this, with some doubts between her eyebrows. However, although she did not understand what the prince meant, she still replied: "To answer your question, my servant is a family-born child, and I have been serving the old lady since I was a child."
Shui Rong nodded slightly, his eyes flickering slightly, and said casually: "You are not young anymore, has the old lady made any arrangements for your future life?"
Now Yuanyang is in her prime, which means she is already an old maid in this era. She will have to be sent away in a few years. She can't stay in the Jia Mansion as an old maid!
Yuanyang paused when she heard this, and was startled. The prince asked this question, could it be that
Holding the embroidered handkerchief in her bare hands, Yuanyang did not look back, but continued to lead the way, and replied softly: "I only want to serve the old lady wholeheartedly, and there is nothing else to think about. How can I know what the old lady arranges?"
Shui Rong didn't take it seriously. Since Yuanyang was so valued by Grandmother Jia, it was impossible that he didn't have plans for Yuanyang. In the original novel, Grandmother Jia asked Jia Lian to take Yuanyang back many times as if it was a joke, which must have been a plan made by Grandmother Jia, but was always rejected by Sister Feng with a smile.
Of course, these are all assumptions, and the details are unknown.
But then again, Shui Rong's words were so obvious that I don't believe Yuanyang didn't understand the meaning. A nobleman like him, if he just revealed a little bit of information, a lot of girls would rely on him.
However, Yuanyang is different. This girl is law-abiding, never oversteps the line, and is loyal and upright. This is quite admirable. She is worthy of being the most loyal of the four fierce maids in the Red Mansion.
After a pause, Shui Rong smiled and asked, "Old Lady is old now, have you ever thought about making plans for yourself?"
Yuanyang's heart tightened when she heard this. She was 90% sure before, but now she was 100% sure.
Biting her lips tightly with pearly teeth, Yuanyang turned around, staring at the extremely noble young man in front of her, and said with a graceful bow: "I thank the prince for his kindness, but the old lady has been very kind to me. Now I just want to serve the old lady to repay her kindness, and I have no other thoughts."
Shui Rong listened to Yuan Yang's refusal, and the smile on his face became more and more full. He said, "If you have nowhere to go in the future, you can come to the palace to serve Yuanchun. As for whether you are willing or not, it's up to you."
The mandarin ducks have beautiful looks, which are not outstanding to Shuizhong, who has seen colors. However, their temperaments are admirable. Inner beauty is the real beauty. Those who only have a good appearance will lose their beauty sooner or later and will not last long.
Besides, the appearance of mandarin ducks is really not bad, which means they are beautiful both inside and outside.
However, the reason why Shui Rong brought up this matter was that in the original novel, with the death of Jia's grandmother, Yuanyang, who had lost her backing, hanged herself in order to avoid humiliation, and ended up with a tragic end.
Shui Rong is now giving Yuanyang a way out. Once Lady Jia dies and Yuanyang can no longer stay in the Jia Mansion, she can come to the Wang Mansion to serve Yuanchun, so as to avoid feeling that there is no way out for her in the Jia Family and committing suicide.
After saying that, Shui Rong said no more and walked forward.
Yuanyang looked at the young man's figure, and her heart couldn't help but relax a little. In fact, with Shui Rong's identity, as long as he said something to Lady Jia, Yuanyang would not be able to refuse.
But the young man's tolerant behavior made her feel strange. Maybe if she had no place to go in the future, she could go to the palace.
Thinking of this, Yuanyang's fair face with a few barely visible freckles turned red. She lowered her head and spat inwardly, "In a few years, I'll be an old maid. How can the prince still be interested in me? He is really crazy."
Chapter 236 Daiyu: Brother can’t even hold a glass of water?
In the ear room, there are Chaidai, Yingchun, Xichun, Xiangyun and Baoyu.
Baoyu wears a purple gold crown with hairpins on her head, and a red hairband on her forehead. She looks gorgeous and wealthy, like the moon in the Mid-Autumn Festival. Her face is festive, and her bright eyes are like autumn waves looking at the quiet and peaceful figure, and she speaks with a smile. He praised: "Sister Bao's clothes are much brighter than before, she looks really good."
Originally, Baochai always dressed simply and plainly, and basically didn't wear makeup or makeup, but today she was a little different. She wore a goose-yellow gauze skirt, crystal earrings hanging from her ears, and her apricot eyes were shining with water. It's indeed quite bright.
Baochai's heart faded as he listened to the compliments. Fengze had a smile on his face and said in a calm tone: "I was dressed as usual, brother Bao, thank you."
Baoyu looked at Baochai's elegant jade face and couldn't help but raise his eyebrows slightly, his eyes filled with doubts.
I started to praise her. Sister Bao should be shy and lowered her eyebrows, but her tone was indifferent. She looked at her jade cheeks with a smile, but it seemed like she was being polite, which really made me feel depressed.
At this time, Daiyu, who was wearing a lotus-colored dress, had eyes that were flowing like autumn water. She covered her mouth with an embroidered handkerchief and said with a smile, "Maybe a distinguished guest is here today, so Sister Bao put on some makeup."
When Baochai heard this, her heart moved slightly, and a faint blush appeared on her plump face.
She really doesn't like to dress up on weekdays. She mostly wears "half-new but not old" dresses. She doesn't like anything flowery and pink. She wears light makeup and no makeup to show her simple and natural beauty.
It's just that someone wanted her to dress up a little bit. As the saying goes, "A woman's appearance is to please herself." Today, that person was coming, so she dressed up a little bit, put on some accessories from her daughter's house, and put on her rosy lips.
Pursing her pink lips, Baochai raised her eyes to look at Daiyu, her apricot eyes gleaming, and spat: "What does it have to do with me to be a distinguished guest or not? Zhenzhen Lin girl has a mouth that is sharper than a knife."
She knew who the "distinguished guest" Daiyu was referring to, and if she pointed it out in front of the sisters, this girl Lin would still be the same girl Lin, speaking harshly and unforgivingly.
Seeing that Baochai was a little annoyed, Daiyu smiled knowingly, but she didn't take advantage of the victory.
Nowadays, they have a deep love for each other and are much closer than before. They often get together to have fun. She understands that the only "god brother" in Sister Bao's heart is her "god brother", and no one else cares about her.
When Baoyu saw Baochai's bashful look, she couldn't help but feel relieved. This is the beauty that Sister Bao should have. She smiled and said, "There are indeed many distinguished guests here today."
The grandson of Duke Ning's family is getting married, so how could he not be a distinguished guest?
When Daiyu heard this, her eyebrows frowned slightly, her bright eyes like autumn water rolled her eyes at Baoyu, and she said angrily: "There are so many distinguished guests outside, but you are hiding here to relax. If you are careful, my uncle will give you a lesson if he finds out."
The "distinguished guests" she and Sister Bao were talking about could be those from outside. It was just a matter of coming forward to make fun of someone who had no idea what they meant before. Now they don't know anything, and they still want to interrupt and make a joke.
Baoyu was bullied by Daiyu's words and was confused. He was following Sister Lin's words, so how could Sister Lin not be happy to bully him?
And looking at Baochai with lowered eyebrows and lowered eyes, I felt puzzled in my heart. It seemed that Sister Bao and Sister Lin were talking nonsense.
Xiangyun bit into a bright red apple and said with a smile: "That's right, Brother Ai () is now grown up. It's just that he doesn't want to study to take the imperial examination. People who come from outside are all people who work for officials. Talk to them more about official career and economics, so that you can deal with world affairs in the future, and have a friend in the future. I don’t see you only stirring up trouble in our team when you are an adult."
Since they came back to the Duke's Mansion, Baoyu didn't go to school, but came to see them all day long to entertain them.
Although Xiangyun's words are a bit harsh, it's good to see that today is the wedding day of the grandson of Duke Ningguo. All the dignitaries coming and going to celebrate are Damen dignitaries. As the second son-in-law of Duke Rongguo, Baoyu should go out to socialize. Firstly, I help my newlywed nephew receive guests, and secondly, I can make friends, which is beneficial to myself.
Baoyu didn't care at first, but after hearing what Xiangyun said about his economic career, his face suddenly fell. He looked at the innocent and lively Xiangyun with an unkind expression. He immediately didn't give a good look and said in a cold voice: "Girl, please stay elsewhere." Sit here and watch carefully, I have tainted your economic knowledge here."
When Xiangyun heard this, his originally smiling face froze, he raised his eyebrows, pursed his pink lips and said, "This is not Brother Ai's room. Why should I go somewhere else?"
This is Dongfu. Even if Baoyu's surname is Jia, it is not his turn to be the master and chase people away. Xiangyun has a lively and bold temperament, and he is outspoken. He doesn't care about anything and gets into fights with his blunt words.
When Baoyu saw that Xiangyun refused to "admit his mistake", that was all. He actually tried to bully him. Wuming's anger suddenly rose. He pointed at Xiangyun angrily and wanted to retort, but Xiangyun was right. , he still couldn’t refute.
When he was riding a tiger and couldn't get off, Baoyu stamped his feet violently and hummed: "Okay, I'll go."
When the maid Xiren saw this, she hurriedly stepped forward to stop Baoyu and persuaded her nicely: "Second Master, Miss Yun just said it casually. It's all good, but don't get angry."
Seeing this scene, Baochai frowned involuntarily. It's just that you don't listen to people's advice to make progress. How come you keep running away? This brother Baochai really doesn't know a good heart.
Moreover, this anger was so bad that it reached the ears of Jia Mu and others, and then everyone would be blamed again.
Her apricot eyes turned slightly, and Baochai saw Xiangyun's eyes filled with tears, so she stood up and leaned in front of Xiangyun, saying warmly: "Okay, girl Yun, today is a great day, let's not talk about these things."
When Baoyu saw someone responding, he handed over the pole, snorted softly, and followed Baochai's words and said: "That's right, why are you saying these bastard words on such a good day?"
Baoyu doesn't care if he makes fun of him, but he just can't mention economics articles in front of him, it's disgusting.
Xiangyun was just reciting a few words of comfort from the friendship we grew up together. Since Baoyu didn't like to hear it, she couldn't help it. She twitched her nose and said: "Love () Brother said it, I shouldn't have said it" These bastard words.”
When Baoyu heard the words, he heard the perfunctory meaning in Xiangyun's words, and suddenly felt insulted. His slightly peaceful mood was aroused again, and he immediately wanted to throw away his sleeves and leave, out of sight and out of mind.
At this time, a joking voice came from outside the curtain, saying: "If you are a bastard or not, come and tell me."
Hearing this familiar voice, all the golden hairpins' eyes lit up and they all looked outside the curtain.
In a moment, Shui Rong opened the curtain and came in. When he saw the room full of green feathers, he couldn't help but feel happy. He smiled and said hello: "I haven't seen you for a while. How are you sisters?"
Since these sisters left the palace, not only Princess Beijing felt deserted, but Shui Rong also felt a lot deserted and missed them quite a bit.
All the golden hairpins smiled, stood up and saluted, and the sound of "brother-in-law" could not be heard without stopping.
Shui Rong sat on one side of Jindun, his eyes fell on the lively Xiang Yun, and saw that his bright eyes were slightly red, he couldn't help but frowned, and glanced at Baoyu with his head hanging down from the corner of his eye, and then asked: "Yun What's going on, girl? What nonsense did you hear earlier? Come and talk to your brother-in-law."
When he was outside the curtain earlier, Shui Rong only heard what Xiang Yun said, and he didn't know what happened inside the room.
But after thinking about it carefully, it seems that the sisters are having a bad temper, and it is most likely because of Baoyu.
Baoyu was heartbroken when he heard this. The bastard words he said before were his. If Xiangyun and Shuirong's words reached his father's ears, even Jia Mu would not be able to protect him.
Xiangyun glanced at Baoyu and said with a smile: "It was just a joke, it's nothing, but brother-in-law, why did you come suddenly, the people guarding outside didn't know to say a word, you really don't understand the rules. "
When Shui Rong heard this, he understood that although Xiangyun was still young, he was very knowledgeable in his heart. He was just trying to cover up the topic by changing the topic.
Thinking that it was all a joke among the sisters, Shui Rong had nothing to care about. He smiled and stretched out his hand to gently pinch Xiangyun's cheeks and said, "I asked them to be silent. You girl are saying that I don't understand." Behave yourself.”
Xiangyun's little face turned red, whether from pinching or embarrassment. She blinked her smart eyes and looked at the boy, saying angrily: "Oh, brother-in-law, don't treat me like a child."
Shui Rong smiled and said nothing when he heard the words, but his eyes slightly lowered, and he secretly agreed in his heart: "It's not just a small thing."
She let go of her soft little face, and her eyes fell on Daiyu, looking at her fair and greasy jade cheeks, she frowned slightly and said, "Sister Lin's complexion seems to be a little worse."
Daiyu's heart moved slightly when she heard this, and something happened when she first returned to the Duke's Mansion. Although she had Sister Bao's help, she couldn't help but think too much about it, so she suffered from insomnia and little sleep.
Compared with when she was in the palace, her complexion was indeed a little bit worse, but that was only a little bit. Even if she hadn't observed it carefully, she wouldn't have noticed it. She didn't expect that the young man in front of her was as meticulous as dust, and caught her eye in one glance. Yes, this shows that "brother" cares deeply about her.
Daiyu's eyes sparkled with joy as she said softly, "No, brother, you're overthinking it."
Baoyu listened to Daiyu calling him brother in a tender and sincere voice, and felt inexplicably annoyed in his heart. However, he thought that if he dared to lose his temper in front of his brother-in-law, his father would not forgive him, so he could only sulk by himself.