How could the majestic Mrs. Rongguo’s precious phoenix egg be missing a few books?
What Jia Mu was interested in was not those books, but what Daiyu said when she was flipping through them out of curiosity: "Ah, these imperial copies of the Four Books and Five Classics actually have annotations by Grand Master Yan!"
Taishi Yanchi is the most famous scholar in the scholarly world today and a living Confucian saint. Who among the officials in the world doesn’t want to be worshiped by Yan’s family?
Even though Jia Mu no longer looked down upon the seventh-rank Zhima official who became an official after the imperial examination, she also understood the importance of the disciples of the Yan family. As long as Baoyu understands Taishi Yan's annotations in those books, and no matter how hard he works, Baoyu may be favored by Taishi Yan...
As for Jia Cong, the worst she can do is reward him with a few coins and let him buy books by himself. How could a concubine have to surpass Baoyu?
But what she didn't expect was that Jia Lian was the first to stand up and object. Wang Xifeng, who had always obeyed her advice, also gave advice and told Jia Lian to help Baoyu go shopping for some good books and come back.
Sure enough, the people in Dafang have already separated from me, and they no longer have any filial piety!
Jia She's words were still echoing in the Hall of Rongxi, and the old lady also understood the meaning of her eldest son's words.
This book was specially given to Jia Cong by the Supreme Emperor, and this opportunity was also specially given to Jia Cong. The books belong to Jia Cong, and it is only Jia Cong who has the opportunity to become a disciple of the Yan family.
I understand, I understand, but why?
The old lady couldn't help feeling resentful towards the Supreme Emperor. The person in the whole family who is most like your half-brother Jia Daishan is obviously Baoyu. Why did you give this opportunity to Jia Cong, a bastard!
If she hadn't still had some sense in her heart, she would have wanted to put on a imperial edict and go to the Dragon Head Palace to ask questions.
"Uncle, how old is Brother Cong? Let's go to Baoyu to study first. When Brother Cong really wants to study and take the imperial examination next year, let Baoyu send it to Brother Cong!"
Mrs. Wang noticed that the old lady was already willing to compromise, so she made this suggestion self-righteously. In her eyes, being able to do this was a sign of her magnanimity and kindness to Jia Cong.
Unexpectedly, Jia She narrowed his eyes and looked at Mrs. Wang sarcastically.
"Okay, as long as Baoyu swears to be a scholar within three years, it doesn't matter if I give him these books given by the emperor? After all, he is my nephew. As long as he is a descendant of the Jia family, no matter who he is, as long as he If you are promising, I, as an uncle, will do my best to support you, just like I supported Brother Zhu back then!"
Mrs. Wang thought that Jia She really agreed with her approach, and said happily: "Thank you very much, uncle. I will go and tell Baoyu to study hard..."
"How to study hard? Are you like Brother Zhu, who was forced to exhaust your efforts and die on the desk?"
When Jia Zhu was mentioned, Jia She's heart ached. He was such a good boy, humble, polite, and knowledgeable. Even if the eldest brother was later forced to do so by his second brother, he still secretly helped Jia Zhu for the sake of the Jia family.
But this Qilin son of the Jia family was suddenly destroyed in the hands of the pedantic Jia Zheng and the stupid woman Wang.
Later, Jia Zhu died in the study. Jia She was furious and whipped Jia Zheng severely with a whip in front of the entire Jia family.
From that day on, Jia She completely lost hope in the Jia family. It wasn't until his youngest son Jia Cong showed that he was different that he gained a glimmer of confidence again.
Maybe because Jia She mentioned Jia Zhu, everyone in the room felt depressed. Li Wan even had red eyes. She hugged her ignorant son Jia Lan tightly and looked at Jia She gratefully.
It turns out that in this family, there are still people who remember that amazing and beautiful person!
Jia Cong moved to Li Wan's side, took out two oranges from his sleeves, handed one to Jia Lan, and the other to Xichun who was hiding in Yingchun's arms.
Jia She on the other side ignored Mrs. Wang who was paralyzed on the chair in fear, and asked the old lady directly: "Mother, Brother Zhu has been forced to death by this stupid woman, do you want Baoyu to follow Brother Zhu's footsteps?" What’s more, this book is a gift from a saint, and whoever owns it belongs to whomever it belongs to. It’s better not to touch the crime of disrespect and disrespect in our family! My father’s legacy cannot withstand repeated abuses.”
"Okay, after all, it's just a set of books. Is there any need to settle old scores?"
The old lady slapped the table, glared at Mrs. Wang who was still slumped in the chair and shedding tears silently, and called Yuanyang: "Go to Baoyu Courtyard, bring the set of books to Brother Cong, and pretend that this incident never happened. Pass. I'm tired, you all should go back and rest..."
"Mother, my son has something to tell you. Let the two girls go out first."
Jia She interrupted the old lady, waved to Jia Cong and said, "Brother Cong met Sister Yuan in the palace. There are some things that the old lady and my siblings would be better off knowing."
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Jia Zheng, who was originally teaching his son in Jia Baoyu's yard, was hurriedly invited over by Yuanyang. At this time, only Jia Mu, Jia She, Jia Zheng, Mrs. Wang and Jia Cong were left in Rongxi Hall.
After Jia Cong finished talking about what happened in the palace today, Mrs. Wang screamed: "How is it possible? My brother said back then that Sister Yuan would do female history in Yanxi Palace for a few days, and Empress Zhen would find a way to give Sister Yuan A great blessing for me!"
"What kind of great fortune? Are you being bullied and tortured every day?"
Jia She mercilessly mocked Mrs. Wang and Jia Zheng, who was standing dumbly on the chair: "Do you know how many injuries Sister Yuan has on her arms? New injuries cover old ones! It's just you and your wife who are thinking about taking your daughter. In exchange for wealth and honor, if you have evil intentions, Sister Yuan will be brought under your knees, and your life will be almost ruined!"
"Okay! How can you not be aggrieved when you are an errand in the palace? Maybe it was Sister Yuan who failed to do her errand, so she was taught the rules by the empress..."
The old lady wanted to smooth things over for her second son with a dark face, but she saw Jia Cong shaking his head like a rattle and said crisply: "My eldest sister is so pitiful. Those eunuchs and maids take pleasure in bullying my eldest sister. After all, they usually They don’t dare to bully the eldest girl from the Duke’s mansion here!”
This sentence choked the old lady's next words in her throat, making the old lady's face turn red as if she had been slapped.
Jia She chuckled, full of sarcasm and sadness.
He ridiculed Jia Zheng, his wife and his mother for their deception and their pitiful vanity, and at the same time felt sad for the niece in the palace.
This is the grandmother who taught her carefully back then, and the parents who always talk about caring. It turned out that the careful instruction was just to send her to the palace to serve others, and the concern she expressed was just to prevent others from talking about her when she sold her daughter for glory in the future!
Yes, then how can parents who care about their daughters become people who sell their daughters for glory? Maybe they really want their daughter to have a great fortune. After all, that was Jia Yuanchun who was born on the first day of the first lunar month!
Jia She didn't want to see the hypocritical faces of Jia Zheng and his wife again, so he said coldly: "Second brother, Mrs. Wang, since Sister Yuan asked Brother Cong to bring back the message, you two should hurry up and raise money. Remember, Don't go the same way as the Zhen family, today I stopped by and demolished Prince Zhongxin's mansion, which can be regarded as revenge for Sister Yuan."
When she heard that Jia She had demolished Prince Zhongxin's palace, Jia's mother was shocked and wanted to reprimand: "What? Did you provoke Prince Zhongxin again? The Zhen family has been friends with our Jia family for generations..."
Jia She, however, was tired of the stupid words that Jia and Zhen's family had been talking about for generations. He directly interrupted the old lady's curse, waved his hand and said, "Mom, don't say those useless words. It's better to let the second brother and sister-in-law Go and raise money. By the way, Wang Ziteng has money there. Don’t just think about peeling off the wall tiles of your own house. Once you have collected the money, go and send it to the palace via the route of Xia Shouzhong, Eunuch Xia. Sister Yuan is protected by the Queen Mother. For the time being, Nothing will happen.”
