Quick Transmigration: When Can I Just Lay Down and Wait to Die?

Chapter 156 The Concubine of the Lin Family in Dream of the Red Chamber

When the emperor died and a new emperor ascended the throne, during the period of national mourning, Liu Yuxi gave the cement formula to Congyu, asking him to find someone to study it and present it to the new emperor once it was developed.

Putting aside Congyu's gratitude, what to say when the results were presented to the Emperor? This Emperor wasn't as magnanimous as his father, so he only granted him the title of Earl of Yong'an.

Liu Yuxi was unhappy, but he didn't say anything. Everyone in the Lin family was overjoyed. Lin Ruhai and Jia Min, knowing that Liu Yuxi had given them the prescription, were no longer puzzled as to where he had gotten it. The benefit, however, was that their son had genuinely received it.

Don't underestimate Liu Yuxi just because he's only an earl; his status in the capital is quite high. Moreover, it would be difficult for Congyu to attain a high-ranking official position due to his health. They are genuinely grateful to Liu Yuxi. After all, why shouldn't she give the credit to her grandson? Why should it be given to your son?

The two men thanked Liu Yuxi sincerely and brought many nice gifts to his courtyard. Only the three elders and the three Lin brothers knew this; if their daughters-in-law and grandchildren knew, it would only cause trouble.

Zheng Xueting, having gained power, wanted to show off. Although she wasn't a marquis, an earl would have been fine! Before she could even put it into practice, Jia Min stopped her and found a pretext to punish her by making her copy the "Classic of Filial Piety".

Jia Min is now hoping her eldest grandson will get married soon so she can hand over the reins of the household to her granddaughter-in-law. This daughter-in-law is no good; how can a person be so different before and after marriage? She'll have to be careful when her grandson chooses a wife.

I wonder if she and Lin Ruhai can make it to their eldest grandson's wedding day. After all, the old couple are already 70 years old. Let them try to live on. This daughter-in-law is too worrying.

In recent years, not long after Daiyu's marriage, Jia Shi arranged a marriage between Jia Baoyu and Xue Baochai. One was a commoner, and the other was the daughter of a merchant; they seemed well-matched. After the marriage, Jia Baoyu became increasingly muddle-headed. Xue Baochai, surrounded by the beautiful women around Jia Baoyu every day, suffered terribly.

Before Jia Shi passed away, she forced the two brothers, Jia She and Jia Zheng, to divide the family property in a 40/60 split. Her dowry and private treasury were given to Jia Zheng, because she was afraid that after she left, Jia Zheng, a fifth-rank official in the Ministry of Works, would not be able to make a living. Therefore, she gave him a larger share of the money.

After Jia Zheng divided the family property, he moved to a five-courtyard siheyuan (traditional courtyard house) not far from the Ronghou Mansion. Xue Baochai was in charge of the household. After all, his eldest sister-in-law was widowed. Wang Shi was locked in the Buddhist hall this time and was never released again. After all, not long after, Wang Ziteng, the head of the Wang family, died in office. Without a backer, who would let her out?

Xue Baochai gave birth to a son the year after her marriage. She just looked after her son and lived her life. Jia Baoyu would sometimes wander out of the mansion. He really wandered around aimlessly. Jia Zheng even went to the Lin family to ask them to help look for him twice.

Once, when Liu Yuxi returned from the manor, he encountered Jia Baoyu, who was wandering outside. After the coachman reported this, Liu Yuxi asked his attendant to take Jia Baoyu back to the Jia government. Thinking that the magical jade was eventually lost in the original story, he used his spiritual power to put the stone into his spatial storage.

Liu Yuxi was prepared for spatial tremors, but there was no reaction at all. After asking Xiao Liu, he learned that the stone only served to reinforce the spatial barrier and had no other function. Knowing this, Liu Yuxi stopped worrying about it and let it be.

She estimated that Jia Baoyu's life would either be confined to the mansion or he would end up becoming a monk. His current state was as if he had just survived a tribulation and lost his soul.

Jia She, Jia Lian, and Jia Zhen became more proper in their actions after Jia She consulted Lin Ruhai on everything he did and helped Jia Lian obtain an official position. Having experienced so much and seeing their families decline and some even suffer the fate of having their property confiscated, they dared not act recklessly anymore.

The girls in the family have all been properly betrothed, and the clan school has been reorganized. Although no one has yet passed the imperial examination, two have passed the provincial examination, and things will only get better in the future.

Lin Ruhai passed away before Jia Min, without seeing his eldest grandson get married. Jia Min felt that her days were numbered, so she arranged for her eldest grandson's wife to be married into the family during Lin Ruhai's period of mourning. Her in-laws understood, otherwise, with Lin Ruhai observing six years of mourning, it would be inappropriate to hold a wedding in the middle of the mourning period.

After her eldest granddaughter-in-law entered the house, Jia Min took her under her wing and taught her how to manage the household. She specifically instructed her mother-in-law to be respectful and, after she left, if there was anything she couldn't control her mother-in-law, she could ask her father-in-law or go to the two neighboring mansions to invite the two ladies of the marquis's family over.

She was also instructed to maintain a good relationship with her two uncles' families and not to neglect Liu Yuxi, lest she end up like her mother-in-law, who could never learn to be sensible.

Jia Min had spent a long time choosing this granddaughter-in-law; she was a sensible person, and the arrangement was beneficial to her family, so she naturally accepted it.

After Lin Ruhai passed away, the three Lin brothers naturally had to observe mourning. After Congyu got married, Liu Yuxi moved to live with his eldest son.

With the family fortune divided and Lin Ruhai dead, there was no need for Liu Yuxi to stay in the Lin family mansion. Since her son was successful, she would naturally follow in his footsteps and become an old noblewoman.

Jia Min passed away a year after Lin Ruhai. When the three Lin brothers were observing the mourning period, they also stayed at home to teach the younger generation. After the mourning period ended, they did not return to their posts. After all, the three brothers all had titles and were getting old. Their sons had all entered the court to serve as officials, so it was better to give the opportunity to the younger generation in the family.

However, before retiring, Lin Junyu and Lin Jinyu still requested that Liu Yuxi be granted an imperial title.

After the three brothers retired from their official posts, they often took their grandchildren on trips. Liu Yuxi, on the other hand, stayed at his eldest daughter-in-law's house to live out his retirement. He didn't want to leave the house anymore. He had spent his whole life taking care of his children. Now that he was old, he just wanted to lie down and relax. He was tired!

Liu Yuxi thought that she didn't know when this life would end. Her children's families had all been taken care of, and there was nothing in this world that interested her. She couldn't go to the Realm of Illusion, and the Fairy Disenchantment hadn't appeared at all from beginning to end.

The Qing Dynasty imposed too many restrictions on women, so she could only wander around the manor and estate. Apart from dealing with the Lin family, she basically had no contact with anyone else in her life. Only in the last few years did she go to the palace with her son and daughter-in-law for a stroll during the annual palace banquet.

As she grew old, she felt she had lived enough in this life. She no longer wanted to worry about how her children and grandchildren were doing; that was something for her parents to worry about.

However, he did leave behind some recipes before his death, such as those for glassmaking, soap making, braised meat, and explosives. Perhaps disheartened, Liu Yuxi only served as a feudal lord for six or seven years before leaving this world.

Before leaving, he put the things he liked in his private collection into his online space, and divided the rest equally among his grandchildren.