Rongguo Mansion, Rongqing Hall.
Daiyu and the Sanchun sisters had gathered in Rongqing Hall early in the morning and joked with Grandmother Jia for half a day. Aunt Xue and Baochai were also there, so Grandmother Jia had asked the two of them to stay for dinner.
Seeing that the time had come, the maids began to serve food. There was no class today, but Baoyu had not come. Grandmother Jia asked where Baoyu had gone.
"Old Lady, Baoyu has no classes today, so he went to see some of the in-laws with Brother Pan and Brother Lian.”Madam Wang quickly said.
Grandmother Jia nodded. If it was in the past, she would have lectured him.
But now, he would not.
It's obvious.
Now, her Baoyu went to school every day. Even after school, he still had to do his homework.
Now that the New Year was approaching, his studies had decreased a little.
Otherwise, how could he have the time to go out and play? It was good to go out and relax. Otherwise, he would be suffocated.
After breakfast.
Grandmother Jia and Aunt Xue were chatting and laughing when they suddenly thought of something and said to the giggling Sanchun Daiyu.
"Fourth girl, your second brother went to the West Mountain?”
Xichun replied,"Old Lady, I just left."”
Grandmother Jia nodded and said to Daiyu, Yingchun, and Tanchun.
"Yu 'Er, Second Girl, Third Girl, I heard that when Brother Xiao left, he asked you to learn how to manage the family business?”
Yingchun, Tanchun, Daiyu stood up and nodded.
The old lady narrowed her eyes but didn't say anything.
He only said that if there was anything he did not understand, he could ask her.
The three of them hurriedly thanked him.
It turned out that this Pear Fragrance Courtyard was the place where Duke Rong had rested in his twilight years. It was small and exquisite, with about ten rooms. There were both front and back rooms. There was also a door leading to the street. The Xue family went in and out through this door. There was a corner door in the southwest that led to a narrow passage. Outside the narrow passage was the east side of Lady Wang's main room.
Every day, after dinner or in the evening, Aunt Xue would come over to chat with Grandmother Jia or Lady Wang. Aunt Xue was good at coming up with things and always made the old lady happy.
Baochai spent every day with Daiyu and Yingchun, either reading, playing chess, or doing acupuncture, which was very enjoyable.
It was just that Xue Pan was initially unwilling to live in the Jia residence, fearing that Jia Zheng would detain him. Unexpectedly, after Xue Pan settled down, he found that Jia Zheng did not care about him at all.
It was also because Jia Zheng couldn't even manage his son, so how could he care about him?
Xue Pan would hang out with Jia Lian or Jia Baoyu after school.
Xue Pan was a few years younger than Jia Lian, so he was not as good at playing as Jia Lian.
Although Jia Lian was the Di son of the Jia family's First Branch, the Rong Mansion was Jia Zheng's steward.
Jia Lian only helped him deal with some external affairs and earned some benefits. How could he be richer than Xue Pan?
Xue Pan was a generous person. Today he would drink, tomorrow he would admire the flowers. Jia Lian was naturally happy to introduce many friends and relatives to him, the so-called scoundrels.
Gambling and whoring, gradually everywhere.
Jia Fu originally wanted to find trouble with the Xue family and slap Madam Wang's face, but the end of the year was approaching and he had to report to his superiors. He was a little busy and ignored them for a moment.
Ever since Lin Daiyu came to the Rong Mansion, Grandmother Jia had been very fond of her. She had been living and sleeping like Yingchun, Tanchun, and Xichun, three of her biological granddaughters. Unexpectedly, Xue Baochai had suddenly appeared. Although she was not very old, she had a proper character and a beautiful appearance. Many people thought that Daiyu could not compare with her. Moreover, Baochai was open-minded and followed the times. She was not as arrogant as Daiyu and had no eyes for dust. Therefore, she was more popular than Daiyu. Even those little girls liked to play with Baochai.
Fortunately, Second Brother still treated her well and did not pay any attention to Baochai. Even Daiyu could not help but be secretly happy.
It didn't matter how the servants looked at her.
What was important was how Second Brother saw her.
Now that Second Brother was busy with work, he still remembered her and her sisters. It could be seen that Second Brother's heart for her was not fake.
He recalled that day when that person called him his enemy.
Daiyu couldn't help but feel a little emotional.
She recalled Zijuan's joke before she went to bed last night.
"Young Lady, now you eat Second Master's food and use Second Master's food. Second Master also wants Young Lady to learn how to manage the family business. I'm afraid he wants to raise Young Lady until she's fair and plump so that he can eat her in one bite in the future.”
Forbidden City, Imperial Study.
Emperor Yongxi looked at the memorial handed over by the Embroidered Uniform Guards. It recorded in detail the words, deeds, and the process of martial arts practice of Jia Cong and the others in the West Mountain Camp. It included detailed descriptions of the various troops, as well as records of who went to the toilet several times and who they met.
He had long known that Jia Cong was good at martial arts, but he did not know that he was also good at commanding troops. Emperor Yongxi was very surprised that the capital camp could change so quickly in Jia Cong's hands.
One had to know that the capital camp had been in Wang Ziteng's hands for nearly 30 years, but he had never seen him play any tricks.
Now, it had been less than three months since he was in Jia Fou's hands, and it was like the world had changed.
"Old Lady."
Just now, a servant girl asked Yuanyang to go out. She said that Miss Rushuang from the East Mansion had come and knew that the old lady and the girls were having dinner. It was not an emergency, so she asked Yuanyang to go out.
Grandmother Jia knew that something had happened when she saw Yuanyang come back and call her.
Everyone stopped laughing.
"Just now, the personal maid of the Second Master of the East Mansion, Rushuang, said.”
"The West Mountain Military Drill will end in seven days. Second Master and his relatives will come back first.”
"The Second Master is going to hold a banquet for his relatives. The four dukes and the people from the various marquises 'residences will come. Many military officials and the founding family's masters in the capital will also come.”
"Tell the male masters in the residence not to be absent after seven days. In addition, tell First Master, Old Master to bring Second Master Lian and Second Master Bao to make arrangements as soon as possible.”
"The imperial madams and young ladies of the various manors will also be there that day. Let Lian Er Nai go over to arrange matters. Second Young Lady, Third Young Lady, Fourth Young Lady, Young Lady Lin, and also call over Young Lady Shi to learn from Lian Er Nai. Second Old Master, please keep a close eye on her.”
Madam You, with Qin Keqing's current status, she could no longer attend.
Naturally, he had to let someone with a clear identity come.
The banquet could not be prepared in a day or two.
Although Grandmother Jia did not like Jia Cui.
However, this was the Jia family's matter, and Grandmother Jia loved to be dignified.
Naturally, they wouldn't ignore it. It had been many years. It had probably been forty years since the Jia family had been so lively.
In such a situation, she had to be serious.
He quickly called Jia She, Jia Zheng, Jia Lian, and Wang Xifeng over.
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