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Chapter 629 Struggles in the Grand View Garden House: Xia Jingui's First Battle with Mrs. Wang

Although Xia Jingui's "Osmanthus Xia family" is well-known, they are businessmen after all, not comparable to the real wealthy family, so Xia Jingui is determined to climb a high branch and marry a rich and high-status son, so that he can also carry forward the Xia family.

She set her target on Baoyu, and she also observed and analyzed it for a long time.

Although Baoyu has a concubine sister who is also a wealthy son of Rongguo Mansion, in fact, because his father is only an official from the fifth rank, Baoyu himself does not study well, so he is essentially a white man.

Moreover, it is said that he is not familiar with worldly affairs and only hangs out in the inner world. There are also many erotic poems of his that are circulated in the public, so his reputation is not very high.

As for the "Born with Jade" and "Great Good Fortune" that the Rongguo Mansion advertised, Xia Jingui didn't believe a word of it.

She only wanted to conceive as soon as possible, give birth to a son, teach her son to study and improve, and be able to manage the Xia family business.

This idea came into being when she was married to the son of an official from her boudoir friend, and now it is deeply ingrained.

The reason why she looks down on the children of merchants is not because they are not as good as Baoyu. Gui, there are also many high-ranking officials such as the four kings and eight princes who come and go frequently. With these connections, one thing can easily get twice the result with half the effort, which is not what ordinary merchants can ask for.

Therefore, although the method of relying on her son is a bit tortuous, as long as there are connections like Jia's family, it is very easy for her son to be promoted in the future.At that time, whether it is her son's progress in education or business, she will be able to do it, and she will not be hindered by the low status of the merchant, and she will be able to achieve it all.

Because of this, after Jinyu got married, Xia Jingui didn't persuade Baoyu deeply, as long as he didn't go too far, she would let him go. Instead, she just tried to win over Baoyu in a different way, so that he gradually separated from Xiren, Sheyue, and Qiuwen. , Biyue and other old people are replaced by Baochan and others.

As for Xiren, the big maid and aunt-to-be, Xia Jingui doesn't plan to move for the time being, so she has to borrow her hand first to clean up Sheyue, Qiuwen, and Biyue before she can be dealt with, right?Or else, wait for him to gain a firm foothold and get rid of them all. With Xia Jingui's methods, it's easy to find them, and it's easy to get rid of them.

Of course, Xia Jingui also loves Baoyu's handsomeness, so she flattered Baoyu at first, and she read a lot of poems and books, and she was able to talk with Baoyu. It's a good word, let him do everything.
Seeing this situation, Xia Jingui also tried to take one step closer. At the beginning, the two men's spirits were on the same level, but after a month, Jia Baoyu's spirit gradually became lower. One day, Baoyu and Jia Baoyu After a few friends drank, they didn't know what to do, so they discussed with Jingui first, but Jingui insisted not to follow.

Baoyu didn't do much, just said a few serious words while drunk, and Jingui cried like an intoxicated person, refused to drink tea, pretended to be sick, and asked for medical treatment.

The doctor also said that "Qi and blood are inversely opposed, and you should take a medicine that broadens the chest and smoothes the Qi."

Mrs. Wang frowned and scolded Baoyu resentfully, saying: "When I didn't get married in the past, I saw you were still gentle, but I didn't know that it would be a big deal when I got married, and I can bully my wife. You are like a phoenix egg, so good." Yi raised a daughter, who is lighter than a flower. I thought you had a great fortune, so I married you. You don’t say that you have accepted it and lived a peaceful life with one heart and one mind. It's like saying, "It's a waste of money to take medicine now." Baoyu regretted what he said, and quickly took out his usual methods to comfort Jingui with kind words.

Seeing her mother-in-law talking about her husband in this way, Jin Gui became more and more satisfied, so she pretended to be a little bit pretentious, and always ignored Baoyu. Baoyu had no idea, but only blamed herself. , Since then, I have been more careful, and my spirit has been reduced by half.

Seeing that Baoyu had softened, Jin Gui smiled coldly in his heart.

But she is scheming after all, knowing that Mrs. Wang is the real owner of the second bedroom, if she wants to gain a firm foothold in Rongguo Mansion, she still has to fight Mrs. Wang.

But whether she is a fifth-rank "pleasant" or the mother of a noble concubine, one cannot easily confront her, and she has to think long-term.

On the second day after Baoyu got married, Li Wan went to Mrs. Wang and handed over the housekeeping right to Mrs. Wang: If she didn't hand it over, how long can Mrs. Wang let her take care of it?Rather than being forced to hand over the stewardship at that time, it's better to know yourself and hand it back voluntarily, so that you can still be decent.Anyway, during this period of time, I have made a lot of money, and now the mansion is just an empty shelf, whoever wants to pick it up, anyway, I don't want to pick it up anymore.

Mrs. Wang took over the power of housekeeping and handed it over to Xia Jingui.Looking at Li Wan's calm expression, Xia Jingui knew more or less why Mrs. Wang was so eager to ask her to be a housekeeper, and she also knew the reason.But in order to gain a firm foothold in the mansion as soon as possible, she needs rights.But she is absolutely unwilling to take out her own dowry to subsidize the mansion. The Xia family's money cannot be subsidized to the rich and noble mansion, because it is meat buns beating dogs, and there is no return.

Besides, that is the foundation for her and her son to settle down in the future.Anyway, what Mrs. Wang wants is only money, what does it matter if it is her dowry or someone else's property?Whose silver is not silver?
Therefore, after Xia Jingui took over the government affairs for a period of time, he took the account book and went back to Mrs. Wang and said, "Madam, my wife checked the account book of Yihong Courtyard and found some problems. Madam show it."

Mrs. Wang was deeply surprised: "You are the mistress of Yihong Courtyard, what are you afraid to call the shots?"

Xia Jingui whispered, "It's about Xiren and the others."

Mrs. Wang frowned and said, "Xiren and theirs? Xiren is usually a prudent person, what can happen to her?"

Xia Jingui turned over the account books in Yinger's hands, and showed her page by page: "...my daughter-in-law found that many things in Yihong Courtyard were missing. Even the rose dew and sweet-scented osmanthus dew given by the wife are gone today and tomorrow. The daughter-in-law became suspicious, so she checked them one by one. Wen, Biyue and other big maids often take Second Master's things back to their own homes without authorization."

Mrs. Wang took Xia Jingui's hand and checked the missing things one by one. The more she looked, the tighter the Buddhist beads in her hand were, and finally she couldn't help but angrily said: "These things that have no king's law are greedy for the master. Here comes the stuff! These ones are all big-hearted, and the whole family should sell them." He said to Xia Jingui, "You have been married for a while. I heard that you took care of the house when you were a girl. , it stands to reason that this problem should have been discovered long ago, why didn't you come and tell me?"

Xia Jingui wondered: "After all, my daughter-in-law has just arrived here, so she dare not take a step further. Even if she finds a problem, she thinks that it is different from the small family of Xia's family. The Yihong Courtyard is all managed by Xiren herself..."

Mrs. Wang interrupted Xia Jingui and said, "Is Xi Ren in charge? Why didn't you tell me?"

Xia Jingui said with a smile: "The second master is young and full of blood. There are so many maids in the yard, and the wife does not dare to make a mistake. It has to last for a while before she can ask the wife for advice. Speaking of Xiren, it is hard work."

Mrs. Wang sneered and said: "Where is she working hard? It's just that she is big-hearted and thinking about shameless things. I'm really blind for such a low-level thing, and it's useless to praise her."

Xia Jingui just didn't know: "Madam, is there some misunderstanding? Although Xiren and the others took some things privately, it's just that people like us care about such things? It's just that they hide it and don't report it. It's a bit disgusting. Punish them, just know the rules. After all, they have served the second master with all their heart and soul for so many years, and they have worked hard without credit."

(End of this chapter)