The son of the red mansion is unscrupulous

Xu Qingheng quietly exchanged glances with Yingchun, looked up again and saw Jia She's solemn expression, so he had to say: "Since the master trusts the daughter-in-law so much, the daughter-in-law can only do as the master wants. It's just such a big matter, I If I can't do it alone, I have to ask Younger Sister Yingchun to take care of it."

Jia She nodded, and said to Yingchun: "Your heartless brother will come home soon, and your sister-in-law is lonely living alone, why don't you move into her yard and be her company?" , if there is any matter, you and your sister-in-law can also discuss it."

"Yes." Yingchun agreed, seeing Jia She was worried, so he comforted Jia She, "Father, don't worry, brother Jiren has his own destiny, and he will come back safely."

"I hope so." Jia Amnesty rested his elbows on the armrest and stroked his beard silently, squinting his eyes slightly to feel the pain of his skinny elbows propped on the hard wood, and heard the little boy outside telling the legend "Zhao Auntie brought Mr. Huan to greet the master." She couldn't help shivering, opened her mouth, coughed and panted and cursed: "What's not human or ghost? The third master Whose family's third master? Yingchun, go out and say that even if your brother doesn't come back, it won't be the turn of those things who can't stand on the stage to be arrogant. "

"Master, calm down, Aunt Zhao brought Huan'er, it may not be out of good intentions." Xu Qingheng hurriedly said, thinking that Aunt Zhao probably brought Jia Huan here to see if Jia Amnesty would change her mind and call Jia Huan to adopt her, and hurried to Yingchun Give me a wink.

Yingchun hurried forward two steps, while caressing Jia She's chest with a green hand like a water onion, she said in a low voice: "Master Yingming said earlier that he asked Brother Zhu to come and be the master of the house. I think the second wife is very happy. If my wife knows that Aunt Zhao is here..." After a pause, thinking that it was so necessary to embarrass Tanchun, he bit the tip of his tongue and sighed in his heart that she and Tanchun were separated by a room, and they couldn't be a loving couple. sisters.

When Jia She heard the words, his anger dissipated immediately, and he pointed at Yingchun with a smile and said in a hoarse voice, "Young lady, she wasn't doing well when she was young, but now she's getting better, and now her thoughts are turning faster than mine. That's all, you sister-in-law, go I'm busy with my business, I'll play some dice with that Huaner."

Xu Qingheng and Yingchun agreed, and Xu Qingheng left the door slowly, ordering the maid waiting outside to let Jia Huan in alone, and then she and Yingchun went to the side room that was used as a warehouse before waiting for their aunts and sisters-in-law. Leaving the corridor here, I saw a small blue shadow flashing into Jia She's room, and then there was the sound of mourning and mourning.

"Don't worry, the elder brother, something happened to the second elder brother, and me, I will definitely treat the elder as my own master! In the future, I will definitely give the elder brother your retirement!"

Yingchun curled her lips slightly, listening to Jia Huan's unlucky words, she sneered and said, "If that's the case, it must have been taught by that surnamed Zhao."

"Don't pay attention to her, the old man knows it well." Xu Qingheng held both hands, and suddenly heard Jia Huan howling again in a childish voice, "I don't know how those uneducated savages are going to torment the second brother Lian. I heard that Those who fought against them in previous years went out as a whole, and I don’t know how many pieces they have to carry back. My second brother Lian has a hard life..."

Xu Qingheng swayed for a while, but thanks to Yingchun's support, he was able to stabilize himself. After regaining his composure, he led Yingchun to the side room. After entering the side room, he saw that the room was full of beautiful things. It is an ancient relic with a history that can be tested, and the brilliant colors are made of piles of jewels and jade of various colors.Sitting sullenly in the room on a golden camphorwood chair made of mother-of-pearl and mother-of-pearl in the darkness, she sneered for a long time and said, "What do you say to seal your wife's shade, and live a peaceful life for a day."

Yingchun was receiving the account book from Nanny Li and wanted to check the items in the warehouse one by one. When she heard Xu Qingheng's words suddenly, she thought that Xu Qingheng was scolding Aunt Zhao, and felt that Aunt Zhao had the words "wife and Yinzi" The pole couldn't hit it, so I thought about it, didn't know what she was talking about, so I had to pretend not to hear, and after a little checking, I said to Xu Qingheng: "Sister-in-law, everything here is not bad."

"...have someone send it to the west wing of my courtyard at night, and you can also move to my west wing, so that the master can rest assured."

"Hey."

Xu Qingheng was very relieved of Jia Lian at first, but was disturbed by Jia Huan's childish words.Since she was restless, she refused to ask others to live in peace, so when she heard that Jia Amnesty had sent Jia Huan away, she said to Yingchun, "Look for some children's toys, and give them to Huan'er if you don't even have Baoyu." go."

"Hey." Yingchun agreed, and ordered Siqi to find a gold silk hydrangea ball and take the inkstone that Wang Xizhi used to give Jia Huan. Looking back, Siqi said that Tanchun was coming to talk to her, thinking about Tanchun. Maybe they didn't come here to inquire about Jia She's tone from her, so they sent Tanchun off on the pretext that Xu Qingheng was restless, and went back to his own yard. Ling Siqi and Xiuju packed up two bags and sent them to the west wing of Xu Qingheng's yard to wait. At night, all the alleys and hallways were locked, and they watched people personally and sent the collections that Jia She would rather lose their lives than discarded into Xu Qingheng's yard. People live together in the main room.

The two were lying on the bed, seeing Xu Qingheng tossing and turning, Yingchun persuaded her: "Sister-in-law, the second elder brother is lucky."

"Idiot, tossing around, you only know these two persuasive words." Xu Qingheng smiled lightly, yawned, narrowed his eyes slightly, and suddenly his eyelids twitched and twitched, and he pressed his hand on the eyelids. As soon as he pressed it, he thought about asking Xu's family to inquire about it tomorrow, and secretly hated Jia Lian's few letters in the past few months, so he closed his eyes and took a rest.

As soon as she closed her eyes, she felt that in just a moment, someone came and stood in front of her.

"Is it the fourth brother?" Xu Qingheng asked with sleepy eyes.

The person who came was not Jia Lian who was far away, but the unusual You Shi.

I saw Youshi wrapped his head with a plain handkerchief, with a strand of black hair hanging from his temples, and he was wearing a brocade beige that was in fashion about 20 years ago. Qingheng.

"Sister Heng, are you awake?" Youshi asked softly. Seeing that Yingchun was about to sit up in bed, she hurriedly said to Siqi, Xiuju, and Wen Lan who were waiting in the room: "Let's take the girl first." Take it out."

Siqi and Xiuju looked at Youshi's expression inexplicably, and came to the door thinking that Youshi's genius turned pale. Could it be that something happened to Jia Qiang?Thinking about it, he hurriedly put on clothes for Yingchun, and helped Yingchun, who was still dazed, to the east room.

"Sister-in-law, what's the matter?" Xu Qingheng asked hurriedly, wrapped in a quilt.

You Shi hesitated to speak, and it took a long time before he said with red eyes: "Your nephew is not sensible, he...he went to the south of the Yangtze River to do business with people from Zhongshun Palace..."

"I know about this, sister-in-law, let me tell you something I don't know." Xu Qingheng asked suspiciously, thinking that the Zhongshun Palace would not be going to trick Jia Qiang.

Youshi swallowed, and said softly: "Sister Heng, you are still young, you must hold on..."

"Could it be that something really happened to that short-lived ghost?" Xu Qingheng was stunned.

Seeing that Xu Qingheng had misunderstood, You Shi hurriedly said: "How could we know about Lian'er. Actually, it is..." Hesitating, she suddenly thought that Jia Lian's whereabouts were unknown, and the current matter may not be bad news for Xu Qingheng. , So he was cruel and said, "Brother Qiang met a family named Meng in Jiangnan. They came to ask Brother Qiang what the relationship between this Jia family and the Jia family in Rongguo Mansion was. In one case, the Meng family threw the two women to Brother Qiang, saying that one of the widows had something to do with Lian'er. Our Jia family gave the widow a dowry to bring the widow back, or we had no choice but to sink the widow into the pond."

Xu Qingheng was startled, and secretly thought that Jia Lian acted like a gentleman in front of her, and when he left the capital, he revealed his true colors as a pervert?

"...What about the other woman? Also related to the fourth brother?"

"The other one is a clean and innocent girl. Originally, Brother Qiang suspected that she and Lian'er were not innocent, so this girl insisted on finding an elderly woman to verify that she was still a daughter."

"Then why did she have to be handed over to Brother Qiang?" Xu Qingheng was full of doubts.

Youshi hesitated and said: "Although she is innocent, it is said that she has a white-headed agreement with Brother Lian. She said that although she came from a humble background and didn't know a lot of Chinese characters, she only believed that Brother Lian was alone in her life. She would rather She has been a slave and maidservant in Rongguo Mansion all her life, and she refuses to marry. Besides... Although she has a bad family background, she is the niece of Governor Hong, the only daughter of the second master of the Hong family, and a person who is loyal to the palace and Hong Kong. The Governor's friendship is very deep, even though Governor Hong is gone now, Prince Zhongshun still cares about the old friendship."

"People from Zhongshun Palace want to send that girl to us?" Xu Qingheng heard the string song and knew the meaning.

Youshi nodded, "Chang Shi from Zhongshun Prince's Mansion came with him, and he is talking to the Grand Master in Rongxi Hall now - the Grand Master is so happy from ear to ear when he knows that Brother Lian is here."

Xu Qingheng felt disheartened, Jia She was forced to adopt Jia Zhu yesterday, and now a selfish woman who is pregnant with Jia Lian came to the door before he could adopt him, how could Jia She not be overjoyed.

"It's all my fault that Brother Qiang has never seen such a big event, and after listening to the widow's few words, he was teased by the people of Zhongshun Palace, and brought her to the door." Youshi said ashamedly.

Xu Qingheng shook his head, first he felt discouraged and disappointed, then he felt strange, he just felt that Jia Lian was extremely concerned about his offspring, even with her wife, he would not easily have an offspring, so how could he leave a bad seed with a widow?

Although he was suspicious, he knew that he would always show up, so with the help of Youshi, he got out of bed, changed his clothes, washed his face, and followed Youshi to Jiamuyuan.

Just after entering through the back door, he heard faint crying, walked into the Kuayuan, and saw the doctor Bao, who usually came to the mansion to give the servant girl a pulse, followed a woman into the main room.

"Sister Heng..." Youshi called out softly, "It's a good thing, Lian'er's flesh and blood can always kiss an uncle who is just across the room."

Xu Qingheng seemed to nod her head, seeing You Shi supporting her, she didn't push You Shi's hand away, and walked straight to the front door of the main room.

"Grandma." Liuli called out embarrassingly, as if afraid of Xu Qingheng's anger, she opened the curtain cautiously.

Xu Qingheng led Youshi in, and saw that in the main room, Mother Jia was holding Amber's hand and looking anxiously at Doctor Bao, and beside her stood Mrs. Wang and Aunt Zhao with inexplicable expressions.

"Heng'er, come and sit here." Mother Jia waved to Xu Qingheng with an embarrassed expression, and when Xu Qingheng came to her and sat on the couch, she hugged Xu Qingheng tightly, as if she was afraid that she would be jealous and sarcastic Like holding Xu Qingheng's arm tightly.

Xu Qingheng knew that Mother Jia was in a more embarrassing situation than her at this time, and had no intention of embarrassing Mother Jia, so she followed Mother Jia's gaze to look at the imperial physician and Mrs. Meng who were diagnosing the pulse.

I saw the elderly doctor Bao sitting on one chair like an old tree full of burrs, stretching out his hand, and was taking the pulse of a thin woman who was leaning on the opposite chair.

The woman was extremely thin and looked like she was too weak to wear clothes, she sat timidly on the top chair with her head slightly lowered, she didn't go to see the imperial doctor, nor did she go to see her current mistress Xu Qingheng.

"Back to the old lady, this woman is indeed pregnant in five months, but she is a little restless, and she is too thin, I'm afraid..." Imperial Physician Bao quietly glanced at Xu Qingheng, carefully guessing the identity of the pregnant woman.

"Old lady, it's pitiful to see her, she must have narrowly escaped death and worried about Lianer's safety, that's why she did that." Aunt Zhao was hurt for a moment, and she wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes with a handkerchief.

Mrs. Wang squinted her eyes slightly, her thoughts fluctuated. For a while, she couldn't figure out whether it was a blessing or a curse for Mrs. Meng to come to the house with her pregnancy and the second wife, so she tightly pursed her lips and said nothing.

"Please treat Imperial Physician Bao to tea," said Jia's mother.

"Yes." Hu Po agreed, said please to Mrs. Bao, and then slowly led Mrs. Bao out.

Jia Mu's lips moved, and seeing that the Meng family kept her head down all the time, unlike the concubines she had seen in most of her life, she always looked at the main room more or less, so she hugged Xu Qingheng tightly. He said to Meng Shi, "raise your head."

After hearing this, Mrs. Meng timidly stood up from the high chair, and after blessing Fu, she slowly raised her head and showed a face that I still feel pitiful for.

"I'm still wondering what kind of a beautiful girl, if born in our house, I'm afraid I can't even be a third-class girl." Jiamu sneered.

Without waiting for Mother Jia's order, Yuanyang's mother-in-law, Nanny Li, came over and led Mrs. Meng to Mrs. Jia. First, she asked Mrs. Jia to look at Mrs. Meng's hands, then she lifted her skirt slightly, and asked Mrs. Meng to see her feet.

"Hands and feet are still fine." Xu Qingheng chuckled lightly.

Meng shi moved, turned her eyes to Xu Qingheng, opened her mouth as if there was something hard to say, then looked behind her, then lowered her head obediently.

Xu Qingheng was surprised, and turned his head slightly to look behind Mengshi, only to see a girl in pink clothes standing as far away as three high chairs. This also looks a few years younger than Mengshi.

"What's so good? If it's really good, why don't you stay a widow honestly? Let me ask you, how did you seduce Shang Lian'er?" Mother Jia turned her eyes away disdainfully.

Meng's body shook slightly.

"...Sit down and talk." Mother Jia knew that if something happened to the Meng family, Jia Amnesty would think that she was deliberately calling him out of succession, so her tone softened a bit.

Mrs. Meng thanked her, then sat sideways on the high chair again, lowered her head and said in a low voice, "I used to live next to the yamen of Lian's second master. After my husband died young, I adopted a child to be raised under my knees. I heard that the next door A handsome young master came to the yamen, and he took a peek at it, and then... After that, he played the piano next door every day when Second Master Lian was free, but Second Master Lian was unmoved. I then falsely blamed my mother's family My nephew wanted to steal my family property, so he led Mr. Jia over the house to talk to me through the curtain. Later, when we got acquainted, he invited Erye Lian over the wall to come to our house at night to talk. Later, I asked my husband's distant relatives to know about this, and I begged Second Master Lian simply accepted me, but Second Master Lian said that his father-in-law's family power is powerful, so he never dared. So..."

"I don't know why Lian'er fell in love with you. You seduced me in every possible way." Mother Jia sneered, and comforted Xu Qingheng again: "Listen, Lian'er originally came from Liu Xiahui, but she met Pan Jinlian , can't get away."

Xu Qingheng turned her head and smiled at Jia Mu, wondering why Meng Shi was so honest, and Jia Lian was not around, she just told Jia Mu that Jia Lian forced her into prostitution; suddenly she remembered that Jia Lian mentioned in his family letter that the widow next door played some sentimental tunes every day Suddenly, my heart skipped a beat, and I wondered if what the widow said was true?

"How did you seduce Second Master Lian?" Mother Jia pointed to the young woman in the corner again.

The woman was aggrieved and didn't know how to answer for a while.

Mrs. Meng hurriedly said: "Old lady, she, she is a girl from Hong Governor's Mansion, the jewel in the palm of Master Hong Er."

These words did not seem to answer the words of Jia's mother, but they already made Jia's mother understand that it was not the woman who seduced Jia Lian, but Jia Lian who seduced her because of her extraordinary status.

"...What's your name?" Xu Qingheng asked with a smile, thinking more and more suspiciously: Could it be that these two girls formed an alliance to deal with her?Otherwise, why would the Meng family want to protect that woman?

"My father was stupid since he was a child, and he didn't give me a name. By the lotus pond in Lian's second master's yamen, the second master named me Bilian."

This woman is no one else, but Miss Hong who ran away to seek refuge after seeing Master Hong's accident that day.

At this time, Miss Hong tucked her hands under the peach red dress, she seemed to lower her eyebrows, but she was always looking at Xu Qingheng. She looked enviously at the few golden hairpins randomly inserted between Xu Qingheng's temples and looked at Xu Qingheng's collar. That huge emerald collar button, I thought how unfair God is, it makes some people not have a moment of happiness for a lifetime, and makes some people live a lifetime without any worries.

"...Mother Li, you go and ask the Elder Master what to do with these two women?" Jia Mu Mingzhe said with confidence.

Nanny Li agreed, glanced at Xu Qingheng, then hurriedly pushed it out, heading towards Rongxi Hall.

Xu Qingheng thought to himself: You don't need to ask Jia She, I also know that Jia She lost his son and heard that someone sent his grandson here, so he wished to keep him.

Sure enough, after a while, Nanny Li came back and said: "The elder said that the Meng family must stay. Bilian is kind and righteous, and she was sent by the Zhongshun palace. She can also stay. It's just that our mansion can't accept her." As a concubine, I asked Bi Lian to be a girl to serve the Meng family, so it was as she wished. The elder said that the second master does not know what to do now, and for the sake of the second master, grandma gave the Meng family some nourishing things , Tell her to give birth to a fat boy."

"Thank you, Elder Master, for your kindness." Bilian hurriedly bowed in the direction of Rongxi Hall.

Mrs. Meng hesitated for a moment, then thanked Xu Qingheng in the direction of Rongxitang, and bowed to Xu Qingheng in a low voice, "Greetings to grandma."

"Since the Eldest Master has spoken, you can follow me." Xu Qingheng coughed, and gently broke away from Jia Mu, and suddenly sneered in his heart, only to feel that he was too immature when he was a girl, and he really thought there was something wrong. With Xu Jiali's restriction, the Jia family will lose their concubines. Now that Jia Lian's whereabouts are unknown, which one of Xu Jiali's family is willing to go out and ask Jia Amnesty to drive out the woman who is pregnant with Jia Lian's only flesh and blood.Thinking about it, looking at Meng Shi again, he felt strange again, and felt that even if Jia Lian was ruthless to her, he would not do such a troublesome thing.

Xu Qingheng stood up, saw that Mrs. Meng wanted to salute her, so he gave her a little help, and asked Bi Lian to support Mrs. Meng, and followed her to the backyard.

As soon as Xu Qingheng went out, Aunt Zhao couldn't help but said: "I wonder if Second Grandma can swallow this breath."

"If you don't swallow it, what can you do? She is also a pitiful person, how precious she was when she was in her mother's house..." Youshi sighed a few words, remembering his own life experience, seeing Jia Mu's expression impatient, he left angrily go out.

In the room, only Mother Jia, Mrs. Wang, Aunt Zhao, Nanny Li, and Hu Po were left. Aunt Zhao took a look at Mrs. Wang and Nanny Li, and saw that they would rather die than speak first, so she went He opened his mouth and said to Jia's mother: "Old lady, you should pay more attention to this moment, in case something happens to the second master Lian... The elder master will really die."

Mother Jia's eyebrows jumped, she took a deep breath, and said with a sneer, "I want to see people when I live, and I want to see corpses when I die. What you say is that you are sure that Lian'er will not come back?" After finishing speaking, she went to see Mrs. Wang.

Mrs. Wang sighed honestly and honestly: "Everything is fate, now I have to ask someone to tell the Xu family, and the Xu family dare not complain."

Mother Jia closed her eyes, nodded, and felt that Mrs. Wang and Aunt Zhao were not easy-going lamps. Even if they didn't do anything to the Meng family, they might deliberately go to Xu Qingheng and tell Xu Qingheng that the little boy in Meng's stomach would inherit Jia Lian. Jia Ye waited for words, so he said impatiently: "Just ask Zhu'er and his wife to come over to help manage the affairs of the mansion every day, so you don't have to come here."

"...Old lady, there is no proof, so could Mrs. Meng be a liar? After all, the second master never mentioned this matter." Madam Li said abruptly.

Mrs. Wang said with a smile: "according to Lian'er's temperament, it is reasonable for him not to mention it. Besides, Meng Shi is pregnant, so she doesn't think about herself. Isn't she thinking about the child in her belly? Doesn't she know that Fan Lian If there is a person next to Er'er who returns, it will be the death date of their mother and son? Looking at it this way, it is really Lian'er's flesh and blood."

"That's all, you go back." Mother Jia said impatiently.

"Yes." Mrs. Wang quickly put away the mocking look on her face, and respectfully led Aunt Zhao out with her hands down. She walked out of the corridor, and the smile on her face could no longer be concealed. She didn't believe that Mother Jia was really willing to go all out. Ask a wild widow to inherit Jia Lian's family business, "You are the same as that Meng family, and you usually walk around with that Meng family... Even if the old lady doesn't allow us to come over, you also call Tanchun to comfort you Mrs. Meng, when Mrs. Meng gives birth to the helmsman of the Rongguo Mansion, Mrs. Meng will be thinking about your affection. Hey, Mrs. Meng is here, I'm afraid our master will feel as unhappy as Lian's daughter-in-law."