Chapter 35: The World of Red Chamber Dream

  When Ya Ge's great-grandson began to totter and learn to walk, he looked at the small infant wrapped in a red butterfly embroidered quilt on the kang beside Shi Zhi Xia, expressionless. After a while, he sighed: "Is this what Jia Jing that kid sent over?"

  "Yes." Shi Qixia was somewhat nervous, "Yage, it's not that I don't want to refuse, but..."

  "I know." An Fu patted her hand comfortingly, and Ya Ge rubbed her brow, "Since she's been sent over, you'd better take good care of her. She's the only legitimate daughter of the Eastern Manor, so be more careful, Qi Xia."

  How could he not know that Jia Jing was just a little brat who had been driven to desperation? But he also couldn't help but accept it. Mrs. Jia gave birth to a baby girl at the age of nearly fifty, although she delivered safely, her body did not recover, and after dragging on for more than two months, she still left behind her husband and children and passed away.

  Based on the five not-to-marry principles, if this little girl is not raised by a suitable person, even if she is a descendant of the Ningguo Mansion, she will not be able to marry out. After Madam Jin left, Jia Jing and she had always been deeply in love, and their son Jia Zhen was already married with children, so Jia Jing no longer had any intention of remarrying.

  Although it is said that an elder sister-in-law is like a mother, how could families like theirs possibly allow the sister-in-law to raise the younger sister? Jia Jing racked his brains and finally had no choice but to send his youngest daughter to Rongguo House.

  Guo Gong's wife, Shi Qixia, was a good educator. Her granddaughters were raised by their respective mothers, and her grandsons were sent to the outer courtyard at the age of three by Ya Ge. Now that she had this little baby in front of her, she could also spend some time with him, so she kept this little baby before Ya Ge returned to the mansion.

  Now that Ya Ge had given her permission, she let out a long sigh of relief in her heart and looked at the swaddled baby with an unusually gentle gaze: "Ya Ge, Jing Da Ye said that the little girl hasn't been named yet, so you should give her a name according to her generation."

  The original text is already in Chinese, I will translate it to English:

  Yao Ge was stunned. In the original book, this eldest daughter of the East Mansion was ranked as a name in the West Mansion. The Dream of Red Mansions had been fanned into such a state, and these plots were still so stubborn? After hesitating for a moment, he stretched out his hand to hold the little baby: "Let's just call her Jia Yu."

  Shi Zhenxia listened and picked up the silk handkerchief to cover her mouth, her husband was still very dissatisfied with Jia Jing's behavior! Although it is said that the side characters are different, "Yu" and "Rong" can be homophones, one is Jia Jing's youngest daughter, and the other is Jia Jing's eldest grandson, her husband's bad taste had struck again.

  Just as she raised her eyes to look at her husband, her eyes dimmed for a moment. They were both over 70 years old, and she had already turned gray, but he still looked elegant and refined. Yage's face was wrinkle-free, and his dignified demeanor made people forget that he was an old man. Even though he no longer held office and had retired at home, he still had the charm to attract admirers.

  No, Ahga has already retired at home. In the year before the old sage prepared to abdicate in favor of the crown prince, Ahga had received news from the old sage and submitted his resignation. He had done enough, and the Great Qing dynasty belonged to young people, and the sparks he had bought earlier would eventually lead this country to a more prosperous road.

  Now, Ya Ge and Lao Sheng Ren have a good relationship, often gathering together, drinking tea, fishing, chatting, and living a comfortable life. Due to Ya Ge's influence, after Lao Sheng Ren ascended the throne, he did not refuse to hand over power like in the original work. The emperor also has gratitude towards Ya Ge. Moreover, Ya Ge was once his Taifu (imperial teacher), and Jia Zheng is now his trusted advisor and confidant. The current emperor treats him like a father figure, and the Rongguo House is also receiving continuous honors and rewards.

  Cultivate oneself and govern one's family, rule the country and bring peace to the world. Yage feels that although she may not have done everything perfectly, at least she has tried her best in all aspects.

  It's just...

  His mission has not yet ended.

  Now all four "Yu" generation misses of Rongguo Mansion have appeared, which makes him even more headache!

  He's worried about his sons and daughters getting married, and then he'll have to worry about his grandsons and granddaughters getting married. Now that only Jia Ju and Jia Yan are married, thinking of the eight other children's marriages, if you count in Jia Min and Li Yi's sons and daughters, that makes eleven children, Ya Ge suddenly felt like everything was not going well.

  This was the first time that Ya Ge had the idea of resenting Shi Zhi Xia for living too long. If Shi Zhi Xia hadn't lived so long, he could have just let go of all these things. Unfortunately, Shi Zhi Xia happened to be long-lived, and for her happiness, he still had to continue struggling on.

  The only thing that slightly comforted Ya Ge was that Jia Jing didn't abandon everything and run to the Taoist temple to practice alchemy like in the original story. Perhaps it was because of Jia Zhen and Jia Rong's accomplishments, as well as the backing of the Rongguo House, he didn't become disillusioned with the world after Jia Xiu Shi left, and still went to work every day, coming to visit little Jia Yu every two or three days.

  With Jia Jing, the relatively clear-headed master of the house, the hidden threat in the East House should also be gone. Now there is no longer any issue of taking sides, as long as they don't seek death, nothing will happen again.

  More than ten years later, Lin Hai's eldest daughter married Jia Wei, the second son of Rongguo Mansion, as his wife. And Lin Wangshi completely broke off relations with the Wang family after this marriage.

  It turned out to be Lin Wangshi's mother, the old lady of the Wang family, Shi Qixia's sister Shi Qiwen, who wanted to marry her granddaughter Lin Daiyu to her eldest son Wang Zisheng's second son, but that second son was a good-for-nothing, and at an age when he should have been married, he was still fooling around in the inner chambers, and was still relying on the pretty maidservants' lip color!

  Although Lin Wangshi didn't get along with Lin Haixin, Lin Daiyu was the legitimate daughter of a third-grade official, how could she marry such a nobody who was still single? Lin Wangshi had only one daughter in her life and cherished her like a treasure. As soon as Shi Qiuwen hinted to her daughter that she wanted to arrange a marriage, she immediately became busy.

  Lin Wangshi originally wanted to keep her daughter for another year or two, but now she didn't dare. Coincidentally, Jia Wei's mother, Jia Shen Shi, was also looking for a suitable daughter-in-law for her second son, and the two of them hit it off, resulting in this marriage.

  Yahua did not participate in this matter at all. After Lin Daiyu's name was added to the Jia family tree, he sat alone in his study for a long time.

  Is this what prompted him to form an alliance with Mokusei?

  Ya Ge is very sure that Lin Daiyu is the Zhan Zhu Xian Zi, but as for Jia Wei, she dares not confirm whether he is the Shen Ying Shi Zhe. This grandson of hers is completely different from the original Jia Baoyu and can be said to be two different people. Moreover, when he was born, there was no jade.

  Now it seems that the second son of the Wang family, Wang Er, is more like Jia Baoyu after all. Only he would eat lip rouge from a maid's mouth.

  However, Lin Wang is no longer Jia Baoyu's mother now, but rather does not want to marry her daughter to a man like Jia Baoyu who she loved dearly in the original work. So, people's stance and emotions are uncertain, and more often than not, they are determined by their own environment.

  Even now, Ye Ge still had a bit of curiosity, thinking that there should be someone at home who might know some small news, he left the study and walked towards Rong Xitang's main hall. Shi Qixia was lying on the kang with her eyes closed listening to a little maid reading a book, and another little maid was squatting beside the kang massaging her legs.

  "You're good at enjoying yourself." Yaka said with a smile and sat down beside her.

  "Shi Zhe opened his eyes and was surprised: 'How did you come at this time? You're not usually in the study room reading and practicing calligraphy at this hour, are you?'"

  "What's wrong, don't you want to see me?"

  "It's nothing, just a bit strange." Shi Qixia waved her hand and let the servant girls retreat. "Speak up, my lord, what brings you to me? After all these years of marriage, I should know what you're thinking."

  Yajiao laughed lightly and finally asked out her doubts.

  "You thought old man wouldn't be interested in knowing these things, but you couldn't help it, right?" Shi Qixia covered her mouth and smiled, "Wang Zisheng's second son is named 'Han', and this Wang Han has a nickname called Baoyu. Even the maidservants at home call him by this nickname." Glancing at her husband's expressionless face, she continued, "It's said that when this Han brother was born, he was born with jade in his mouth, and the delivery room was filled with fragrance. So, Wen sister has always thought that this grandson of hers is destined for greatness, and she dotes on him excessively. Fortunately, whether it's Wang Zisheng or Wang Ziteng, they both have some ability and know what to do, so they kept this news hidden. If not, the Wang family would have been ruined since Han brother was born."

  Yahuo's mouth twitched at the corner of his long beard, and it turned out that this "Jia Baoyu" had appeared after all, only because his butterfly wings were more powerful and he had changed to someone else.

  "You don't know, Wen Ge and Lin's daughter have already gotten engaged. Wen Jie even came to me secretly. I just told her that this matter is not something I can decide on my own, it was arranged by Wen Ge's parents, and she left in a huff. Shi Qixia sneered, 'She didn't think about whether her brother could compare to our Wen Ge, which family would choose him as their son-in-law.'"

  The sisterly relationship that was never very good to begin with has now become even more tenuous. After Shi Qiuwen married Wang Kun, for some reason she gradually lost contact with Shi Qiu Xia, except during holidays when they would exchange pleasantries. This time, she actually had the nerve to show up at their doorstep. The Lin family had never directly responded to the Wang family's proposal of marriage alliance, what could Shi Qiuwen possibly say?

  "Your sister was able to marry off her own daughter to the Xue family in Jinling, which just goes to show that she's not very clear-headed!" Yage said calmly.

  If it weren't for his appearance, Shi Qianxia and her sister would be the same kind of person. So now the Jia family is fine, but the Wang family is in trouble.

  "It's even more ridiculous when it comes to this." Shi Qixia narrowed her eyes, "Do you know who that Huan Ge finally settled on as his wife?"

  Thinking of the original Dream of Red Mansions and a certain sequel, Ya Ge smiled bitterly: "Don't tell me it's a girl from the Xue family of Jinling."

  "It's her! The master of the Xue family passed away a few years ago, and Wen's younger sister sold their property in Jinling and brought her son and daughter to Beijing to rely on her maternal family. It is said that the Xue family's girl had a congenital fever, which was only suppressed by some cold fragrance pill." Shi Qiwen became even more disdainful.

  To be honest, she sometimes really doesn't want to admit that Shi Zhiwen is her own sister, and she's really incompetent. Not only does she scheme against her own eldest daughter's granddaughter, but also doesn't know the ways of the world? In the past, marrying off her younger daughter to the Xue family was already a mistake, now she wants to marry off her merchant-class granddaughter to her own beloved grandson, it's really unknown what she's thinking.

  Looking at his wife's sarcastic smile, Yage couldn't help but add a bitter smile in his heart.

  This is the live version of fifty steps laughing at a hundred steps, which can only explain that the education of children in the four major families of Jinling is not very good. Fortunately, except for him, the Jia family has no intermarriage with the four major families, otherwise, the Jia family, which he had difficulty recovering, might be pulled down to a lower IQ line one day.

  After Shi Zhenxia's eternal sleep with a smile, Ya Ge's task was finally completed. The long-awaited electronic sound started, and he couldn't help but be moved to tears.

  "Host's Red Mansion Dream world mission completed, system repair completed, return to real world immediately?"

  Without hesitation, she nodded her head towards the "yes" in mid-air, and Yajiao only felt a dizziness, followed by falling into a piece of darkness.

  It's good that this time the system took action and he didn't have to cut off his own meridians again, Yage thought vaguely.

  If everyone wants to see an extra chapter, Tuber can consider writing one about Yage's death.

  If you don't want to watch, potatoes will be lazy!

  Next world, Mermaid Miss and Inheritors integrated world! Yaga's identity is Han Seoyeon~