Dream of the Red Chamber ~ 16 查抄贾府

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Simplified Chinese
贾政嘴里劝着贾母，却是担心外面；见贾母渐渐好些，少不得仍旧出来，等候消息。他正在拈須搓手的时候，忽听外面一阵乱嚷，闹成一片。

Tradionnal Chinese
賈政嘴裡勸著賈母，卻是擔心外面； 見賈母漸漸好些，少不得仍舊出來，等候消息。 他正在拈須搓手的時候，忽聽外面一陣亂嚷，鬧成一片。

Simple Translation
Jia Zheng tried to persuade her, but worried about the outside; Seeing that Jia Mu was getting better, she had to come out and wait for the news. When he was twirling his beard and rubbing his hands, he suddenly heard a commotion outside, which made a mess.