At night, Jia Mu was joking with Baoyu and Sanchun accompanied her, so the order of the meal was a little late. Everyone was very busy during the New Year, but Jia Mu was there and basically didn't see any foreigners. Instead, she was idle.

The lights were wide and the servants and maids were serving food in a constant stream.

Jia Mu looked at the dishes on the Eight Immortals table and suddenly asked Yuanyang, "Where is Yu'er? Why didn't you come to me for food, but you're sick again?"

Yuanyang was slightly stunned. She didn't dare to answer the truth. The truth is: First, Miss Lin has been the food sent by the third master to Qingwen alone recently. She has changed her skills. She also heard the mothers talking too much: Tsk, it's really a lady from the official family.

Secondly, everyone in the Jia family knew that the old lady was annoyed Miss Lin, and some things were not so comprehensive. Who would mention Miss Lin without any witty when she was erratic?

Yuanyang smiled and said, "Old ancestor, I'll go and have a look."

Jia Mu nodded.

Yuanyang was thinking about this while going out. Suddenly, she remembered: Two days ago, when she told the old lady that the third master was appreciated by her uncle again, the old lady was silent for a long time.

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The dusk of early spring enveloped the Lixiang Garden. Just after dinner, Aunt Xue, Xue Pan and Baochai were having tea and talking in the main hall.

Tongxi, Tonggui, Xiangling and Ying'er were waiting aside.

Xue Pan's eyes swept towards Xiangling, who was slender, graceful and quiet, and felt a little irritated. Jia Huan, that bastard! Xiangling should have been his maid. He said angrily: "Mom, I really don't understand why my uncle values ​​people like Jia Huan? He oppressed his elder brother, cousin, and acted as a domineering in the mansion. That's all the same?"

Aunt Xue scolded, "Do you care about him like this? Just keep yourself in mind. Every day, you run around like a wild horse without a bridle, and don't do serious things. You can talk less about Brother Huan's affairs in the future, and you can't care less about it."

Xue Pan scolded Aunt Xue. This is wrong. In the past, he complained about Jia Huan's bad things, but his mother didn't say anything about him. Then he looked at Baochai.

Baochai said calmly: "Brother, mom tells you, listen." She naturally understood what was going on. Brother Huan passed the uncle's level on the sixth day of the first lunar month. His status in the Jia Mansion became more and more stable.

In fact, her mother's attitude changed so that she would not be embarrassed.

Aunt Xue looked at her son with a dull face and sighed in her heart. What she saw was Jia Huan's silent warning to her sister.

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On Jia Mansion East Road, Jia She rarely rested in the main room tonight. Mrs. Xing served Jia She to wash her face. The maid Xing'er held a basin of water beside her.

Mrs. Xing talked about the topic in the Jia family recently and said, "Master, are you wondering this? Why did Brother Huan get the appreciation of his uncle again? I heard that he had said something in the study room for a long time on the afternoon of the sixth day of the lunar month, and even had someone to have tea..."

Jia She naturally knew about this news for a long time. Jia She rudely interrupted Mrs. Xing and sneered: "You know what you know? Wait for a few days when the imperial concubine comes back to visit her relatives, and then see what he says..."

Mrs. Xing was always afraid that Jia She was so afraid that she would accept it. At this time, she scolded Jia She and quickly smiled and said, "What the master said is."

Jia She snorted coldly in dissatisfaction, feeling extremely unhappy.

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The sunshine on the 10th morning of the lunar month covers the clouds. The gate of Shi Mansion in Xianyifang is deserted. If the marquis with an empty sign does not have real power, it is nothing in the power field of the capital. The two marquises of the Shi family are in such an embarrassing situation.

In a side hall in the front yard, Baoling Hou Shi Nai and Zhongjing Hou Shi Ding sat opposite each other, drinking tea. The hall was a little cold and shabby.

Shi Nai is a middle-aged man in his forties. He was wearing gray casual clothes and medium-sized. He said to his younger brother, "I'm having a drink in the palace for the sixth day of the lunar month..." He said at the beginning and stopped, thinking about it, and said, "The eldest girl is getting older and she is going to find someone for her."

The eldest girl is Shi Xiangyun. Her father is the eldest son of the Shi family. However, she died early. Shi Xiangyun is actually just over eleven years old this year.

Shi Ding did not object to this proposal. Now the Shi family is only left with the scenery outside. Even the needlework at home is done by his own female family, and he pondered: "Does the second brother have a suitable family?"

Shi Nai said: "The concubine of the Jia family is coming back to visit her relatives on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month. The momentum of their family... I heard from your sister-in-law that on the sixth day of the lunar month, the wife of the Wang family (Mrs. He) also asked about Baoyu's marriage. She said that she had not yet taken a fancy to the daughter of another family."

Now the Jia family has become a first-class family in the capital because of the imperial concubine. If the eldest girl can be married, the situation of the Shi family can be improved immediately. At least, with him and his brother's two marquises, it is not difficult to get into some real power.

Shi Ding couldn't help but nodded and thought, "Second brother, this matter cannot be mentioned in person. Taoist Zhang from Qingxu Temple outside the city was the substitute of Duke Rong and entered the Taoist temple that day. You can ask him to help me mention it to my aunt (Mrs. Jia)."

"Yes." Shi Nai nodded.

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Concubine Jia visited her relatives. After Jia Zheng wrote the book, he approved the fifteenth day of the first lunar month. Since the eighth day of the first lunar month, eunuchs in the palace have come out to see the direction and give instructions on the details of visiting her relatives:

Where to change clothes, where to sit, where to receive gifts, where to hold banquets, where to retreat; where to guard the guards everywhere, where to block the siege, where to retreat, where to kneel, where to eat, where to announce the matter.

On the 12th, Yang Jiantian, the doctor of the Ministry of Works, and several commanders from the Wucheng Military and Masjids brought the yamen runners to Sishifang to clean the streets and chase out idle people. When the imperial concubines traveled, it was the basic requirement to purify the road. It was also the middle of the first month, and the unemployed vagrants on the streets had to be cleaned up.

As mentioned earlier, according to Confucian etiquette, in the emperor's harem, there are two imperial concubines. Generally speaking, few concubines are appointed as imperial concubines when they are alive. When the son's throne is hung for many years today, Jia Yuanchun's status in the palace can be seen.

Jia Zheng was promoted to the right of the Zhengshi Department and served as a deputy to the Ministry of Works before serving as a member of the Ministry of Works. He had a good personal relationship with Doctor Yang. He held a banquet at home at noon.

Jia Huan, Jia Lian and Jia Rong were the commanders of the North City Army Command (the sixth rank), Qiu Liang, the Sun of the Marquis of Jingtian, and Wu Commander of the West City Army Commander, and Wei Commander. The Jia Mansion is located in the west of the capital, but anyone in the Five City Army Commander, who can get involved comes to do things (flattering). Who doesn’t want to hold on to the Jia family’s current power?

Jia She led the Jia family's housekeeper Shan Daliang, Lin Zhixiao, Zhang Cai and others to lead craftsmen to make lanterns, fireworks, etc.

On the 14th day of the first lunar month, everything about welcoming the imperial concubine to visit her relatives was ready. That night, everyone in the Jia family did not sleep, waiting for Jia Yuanchun to arrive.

Jia Huan was with Jia She, Jia Zheng, Jia Lian and Jia Rong in the front yard, and helped Zheng Daddy handle some trivial matters. He was in the middle of the dispatch, which was not difficult for him.

Jia Huan wanted to look back at Yueju and sleep for a while. However, the Jia Mansion was brightly lit and noisy everywhere, and he couldn't sleep even if he wanted to. He took the time to go back and take a look. Qingwen, Ruyi, Caixia and other little girls were all gathered together to talk. Qingwen also said that Daiyu was not sleeping.

This made Jia Huan shook his head helplessly. It would be best not to stay up late for Daiyu's body. However, Jia Mu was very close to Daiyu recently. Yuanchun visited her relatives, so Daiyu could not go to bed alone.

When Jia Huan returned to the south hall from Wangyueju to Jiafu Middle Road, he saw candles carrying loads of candles to the villa behind Jiafu. All the maids, servants, and children of the Jia family were talking happily, showing an excited state.

On the fifth day of the fifteenth day of the first lunar month the next day, Jia Zheng's chief followed Li Shi'er in and reminded him: "Master, it's the fifth day. The old lady is ready to wait outside the gate."

"Yeah." Jia Zheng stood up and said to Jia She: "Brother, it's time for us to leave."

Jia She nodded and stepped out of the south hall first. The children of the Jia family who were waiting outside, such as Jia Qiang, Jia Yun and others, immediately followed. They were about to wait at the entrance of Ningrong Street West Street.

At this time, people inside and outside the Jia Mansion were quiet and waiting according to etiquette. All streets and alleys were blocked with enclosures. When the imperial concubine's car frame was about to come, they would go directly from the street to the main gate of Rongguo Mansion.

At the fifth hour, the moon is bright and the stars are sparse. Early spring is chilly. As time goes by, the east is white and the children of the Jia family are anxious.

Jia Huan was also quite helpless. Unlike the excitement and pride of the Jia family, he didn't feel much happy. Because the prosperity and prosperity at this moment were the pinnacle of the Jia family, and what was about to come was decline. He was not sure in his heart, and he would definitely save the despair of the Jia family. Time travelers are not omnipotent. Politics has always been a place of ups and downs!

Just as everyone in the Jia family was anxious, the first person to send the message was Chen Fuyan, the eunuch beside Jia Yuanchun. He greeted Jia Zheng outside the West Street Gate and Jia She went straight to the main gate of Rongguo Mansion to meet Jia Mu.

A moment later, news came from Rongguo Mansion: The imperial concubine had dinner at the beginning of the morning, and at the second hour of the morning of the morning of the morning of the morning of the morning of the morning of the morning of the morning of the morning of the morning of the morning of the morning of the morning of the morning of the morning of the morning of the morning of the morning of the morning of the morning of the morning of the morning of the morning of the morning of the morning of the morning of the morning of the morning of the morning of the morning of the morning of the morning of the morning of the morning of the morning of the morning of the morning of the morning of the morning of the morning of the morning of the morning of the morning of the morning of the morning of the morning of the morning of the morning of the morning of the morning of the morning of the morning of the morning of the morning of the morning of the morning of the morning of the morning of the morning of the morning of the morning of the morning of the morning of the morning of the morning of the morning of the morning of the morning of the morning of the morning of the morning of the morning of the morning of the morning of the morning of

Jia Huan has been here for so long and still understands the ancient timing. He roughly changed his mind: 13:15, Yuanfei has dinner; 14:30, Yuanfei goes to Baoling Palace to worship Buddha; 17:00, he goes to Daming Palace to receive a banquet and watch the lantern before asking for an order; 19:00, he gets up.

It's still morning, it's still early.

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Compared with the palaces in the imperial city, Emperor Yongzhi prefers to live in the elegant and beautiful Daming Palace in the western suburbs of the capital.

On the evening of the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, the emperor held a banquet to entertain three concubines who were about to return to the mansion to visit relatives: Concubine Zhou, the mother of the King of Yan, Concubine Wu, and Concubine Jia.

The atmosphere of early spring flows inside and outside the main hall behind the Daming Palace. It was evening, and the lights in the hall were as bright as daytime. Eunuchs and palace maids were waiting around.

Emperor Yongzhi was in his forties, white and fat, wearing a dark black dragon robe and a five-clawed golden dragon embroidered with a conversation with the three noble concubines.

A few discerning people could see that there seemed to be little harmony between Concubine Wu and Concubine Jia. The reason is just not to be explained. Concubine Jia came from Concubine Wu’s palace, but now he is in the position of Concubine Wu and is deeply favored by the emperor.

Seeing that the time was almost the same, Emperor Yongzhi smiled and said, "Go all your beloved concubines."
Chapter completed!