The Overlord of the Red Mansion

Chapter 261 Royal Zoo

圣宫
Jia Rong took his whole family out for a trip.

"Today is Yingchun's birthday. Yingchun and I will sit together, along with Tong'er."

The three-year-old princess Tong'er was wearing a beautiful little dress and had thick, fluffy wavy hair.

When Jia Rong picked up the little princess, she soon laughed happily and sat happily on the rickshaw.

Yingchun also smiled and sat on the left and right sides of the little princess with Jia Rong.

The mother and daughter’s birthdays are almost the same, so they chose to celebrate their birthdays on the same day for the past three years.

Behind the family of three are the rest of the family members.

Jia Yuanchun brought her youngest sons Jia Chu and Jia Cao, while Jia Ben and Jia Shu, who were both teenagers of eleven or twelve years old, rode in a separate carriage.

Wang Xifeng took her son and daughter in a car. At this time, the goddaughter was no longer considered a daughter, but only a biological child.

Pregnant Lin Daiyu and pregnant Jia Tanchun were in the same carriage, with maids following beside them.

All of Jia Rong's women were present, including the emperor's former empress and concubines.

The group quickly walked a thousand meters away from home and arrived at the back door of the botanical garden.

It is called the back door, but it is actually the main door.

Although the zoo, botanical garden, and amusement park are all facing south, the gate facing Jia Rong's Holy Palace is actually the main entrance. It is the largest and flattest one, and has a separate optimal tour route.

It was still a little cold in February, but the snow had melted and many of the zoo's animals were beginning to recover.

As everyone entered the Royal Zoo, they heard the roars of lions and tigers.

Although it must be the breeder who made them cry on purpose, I came here to see this in the first place. What else could I see if not this?
"Have fun, don't be naughty."

Jia Rong gave an order, and the convoy behind him began to move freely.

It was not the first time that our family had visited the zoo, and there were palace maids to guide and direct us, so we naturally knew where to gather and what animals were there.

Yuanyang and Amber Xiren took the old lady on a tour, along with Lady Xing and Lady Wang.

Mrs. Wang looked at the white cranes in the garden and said, "This is my first time here. I heard there are elephants and tigers in it."

The mandarin duck smiled and said, "Not only these, but also crocodiles and lions."

Mrs. Wang smiled and said, "I'm lucky to have come at the right time. The master was worried that there would be no one to serve the old lady in Nanjing, so he asked me to come and serve her."

Jia Zheng was a filial son and in good health. He was also concerned about his grandmother and worried that she would feel lonely in her last few years, so he asked his wife and daughter-in-law to come and take care of her.

However, Mrs. Wang did not want Miss Wang to come. She just said it would be inconvenient with too many people. So she let Miss Wang continue to accompany Jia Baoyu in her hometown in Jinling, and she came here alone.

Miss Wang is very young, so how could she understand Mrs. Wang’s difficulties?

Mrs. Wang was afraid that Miss Wang would suffer and be ruined by the lustful Jia Rong, so she tried her best to protect her inexperienced daughter-in-law from getting involved with that pervert.

There is no doubt that the relationship between the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law in the Jia family is not good.

The old lady didn't understand her daughter-in-law's hardship and complained, "I'm doing fine here in the Holy Palace. I'm strong and can walk on my own. I have wine and cigarettes every day. The emperor has said that if you smoke and drink, you will live to be ninety-nine!"

The old lady didn't want to be taken away by her son and daughter-in-law. Not only did she live here as a royal relative, but Jia Yuan and Shi Xiangyun also took very good care of her.

The women she associates with are the most prominent in the world. There are no ordinary people among them, and there are no messy household affairs.

He had no worries about food and clothing, and he always received gifts from Jia Yuanchun during the New Year and other festivals.

The past one or two years living in the Holy Palace have been more comfortable than my entire life.

If I were taken back to my hometown by my son and daughter-in-law, it would not be a blessing but a suffering!

Mrs. Wang did not understand her mother-in-law's idea and tried to persuade her, "Master has also received a few cartons of cigarettes. I have smoked them once, but they smell choking and are not good. Smoking too much is not good."

This really made the old lady angry!

Smoking was one of the old lady's few pleasures, and she depended on the two cigarettes given by Jia Rong every day to survive.

"You are blind! You can't recognize good things!!" The old lady scolded angrily: "Can the things given by the emperor be bad things?! You are the same as your master. If you don't want to talk, don't talk. Go back and get out of here. I don't want to see you!" Mrs. Wang apologized: "Old lady, calm down. It's my daughter-in-law who is ignorant."

Yuanyang hurriedly persuaded and spoke nice words to the old lady, and took her out for a walk to see the pandas.

Mrs. Wang sighed, feeling very embarrassed.

Fortunately, Jia Yuanchun and Jia Tanchun came over at this time.

"Mother, why did you make the old lady angry again?"

When Mrs. Wang saw her daughter coming over in luxurious attire and with extraordinary manners, she forced a smile and said, "Don't blame me, madam. It's just that I'm dumb and can't speak."

Jia Yuanchun supported Madam Wang's arm and said, "Don't worry, mother. Everything is fine in the palace. All the girls and wives here are from our family. It's just like home for you in the palace."

Tanchun also supported Mrs. Wang's arm, "Sister is right, mother doesn't need to worry about this. The emperor treats us sisters very well. Now we sisters are lively every day and live a fairy-like life. So don't worry about it anymore and live a good life."

Mrs. Wang looked at her grandchildren running around, as well as the palace maids, guards, and eunuchs standing guard nearby, and said with a smile, "That's right. We are indeed living a good life now."

After saying this, Mrs. Wang couldn't help but sigh again.

"It's Baoyu's matter that makes me worried."

Jia Yuanchun and Jia Tanchun suddenly didn't want to care about Mrs. Wang anymore.

There is no end to Jia Baoyu's affairs. He is more annoying than that bastard Xue Pan.

Jia Yuanchun said, "Why not let Baoyu and Xue Ke learn how to do business together? I think Baoqin's brother is a stable person and has never been in trouble."

Jia Tanchun said: "It would be nice to do business with Brother Lian. Brother Lian is now doing overseas business in Jiangnan and Luzon. A good man has ambitions to go far and wide, so it would be nice to go out and see the world."

Mrs. Wang shook her head. "I can't bear to let him go so far away. Now that the assassin is dead, can you let Baoyu and his men return to the capital to serve as officials?"

Jia Tanchun frowned and said, "Mother, you'd better not cause trouble for my sister recently. The emperor has already planned to assign titles to the concubines in the harem. If you cause trouble for my sister now, my sister and her children will suffer as well."

Mrs. Wang was shocked. "Yes! I was confused. I didn't know about this. If I knew, I would definitely not come here."

Jia Yuanchun said helplessly: "Let this matter take its course. The emperor is kind-hearted. I have been married to him for fourteen years, and we have been together for almost twenty years. The emperor has always treated me the same. No matter what my status in the future is, I have no objection."

Jia Yuanchun didn't fight for it, but Mrs. Wang and Wang Ziteng would.

On the contrary, Wang Ziteng did not support Wang Xifeng's ascension to the throne.

Wang Xifeng's conditions are too bad...

Unless Jia Rong forcibly establishes Jia Yuanchun's line within the Rongguogong line in accordance with the late emperor's order, Jia Yuanchun will inevitably be made queen.

Lin Daiyu's child will probably be born in June or July, and the ministers will definitely have Jia Rong determine his status in the harem before then.

Lin Daiyu cannot offend Jia Yuanchun, as Jia Yuanchun represents the interests of the twenty branches of the Jia family and all the bureaucrats in the Ministry of Works.

Jia Rong's core base all supports Jia Yuanchun, and even the court ministers support the first wife and son to take the throne.

Besides, they have been in love for twenty years, and have been married for fourteen years. She has given birth to four legitimate sons for Jia Rong, and manages many women in the harem. Who else could he choose if not her?

However, Jia Rong had never thought about it so much. Women were just people he chatted with when he was bored, and he was too lazy to rank them.

If he had the time, Jia Rong would rather put a tiger and a lion in a pond to watch them fight than waste time thinking about his own ranking of relationships with women.

Wang Xifeng and Jia Rong sat together, looking at the tigers and lions in the cement fighting pool below, who were on guard against each other.

"Fight it! Bite it! The winner gets to eat meat! The loser gets to make a fur coat for the emperor!"

Jia Rong and his family spent six or seven hours in the zoo. When they were almost done, they returned home contentedly, leaving the cleaning up to the staff.

This is the royal zoo. Only after the emperor has played around here can it be the turn of officials and nobles in the capital, and then the wealthy businessmen and ordinary people.

And they are divided into male and female tickets, with male tickets sold on even days and female tickets sold on odd days.

Whether it is a zoo, a botanical garden or an amusement park, men and women are separated and men and women cannot visit the park together.

After all, it was an era of strict separation between men and women. Jia Rong could enter and leave women's boudoirs at will, and could ask unmarried girls from all over the country to warm his bed. But everyone else, whether they were from the scholar-official class or ordinary people, had to abide by the rules of etiquette.

(End of this chapter)