The son of the red mansion is unscrupulous

Whether it was to make up for a dead sheep or to deceive others, after Li Wanting's death, the Xu family set down the rules that might become a laughing stock in the name of Li Wanting's last words, and it was bound to temporarily save the Xu family's face.

Jia Lian's words finally boiled down to the important word "face". Xu Zhian immediately agreed after hearing this.

Everyone was silent in different minds. After a while, Xu Zhi'an ordered Sun's mother and son to be taken to Zhuangzi for interrogation under the guise of sending Sun's mother and son to other provinces. Li Wanting was also carried into the mourning hall that was quickly set up.

Li Bizhou, Yuan Jingfeng, Jia Lian, and Xu Yujue accompanied Xu Yuhang to watch in the mourning hall, and soon monks and Taoist priests came to chant scriptures.

Jia Lian accompanied Jia Lian to watch at midnight, and in the early morning of the second day, Xu's family came to persuade him. He looked down and saw that he was still wearing a festive bridesmaid's clothes, so he said goodbye immediately, got on the horse after going out, and led Zhao Tianliang and others back to glory. Go to the government.

When everyone on the road mentioned Li Wanting, they all said it was a pity.

Jia Lian entered the house through the east corner gate, went back to Jinghuanzhai, and changed into a blue silk dress. Seeing that Jia Mu sent Amber to question, he followed Amber through the walled corridor to Jia Mu's yard.

In April, the early morning dew hangs on the flowers that bloom in early summer, which is really beautiful.

Mother Jia, who loves to enjoy herself, will not be bored in her room. Now she is wearing a satin dress and standing on the shoulders of a little maidservant under the steps to look at a dense and fresh purple jasmine. Seeing Jia Lian coming, He asked, "What happened to the Xu family?"

Jia Lian shook his head.

Mother Jia sighed heavily, and said directly: "The temperament of the girl from Li's family is the same as that of his father when he was young." Since this remark would involve Jia Daishan and Li Rui's old grievances, she kept her mouth shut.

"The dew is heavy here. Grandson will help you go back to the room." As Jia Lian said, he supported Jia Mu's arm and went into the room. After entering, he heard the laughter of Baoyu and Xiangyun playing chess on the couch in the suite. , So I helped Jia Mu to sit outside the west suite and watch Baoyu and Xiangyun while talking.

"How will the Xu family end? If it were someone else's family, it would be a matter of breaking up the relationship between the two families." Mother Jia said with emotion.

Jia Lian smiled, sat next to Jiamu, and said to Jiamu: "The Xu family is not going to end well - no matter what they do, they will lose all face. Their family is determined to make up for it, and in the name of Sister Wanting, immediately Next rule."

"What rules?" Mother Jia asked immediately.

"It means that the master and young master are not allowed to have maids to serve them. When they are not married, they are called to take care of them by the servants. When they are married, only the maids brought by the bride are used." Jia Lian held both hands, and faintly smelled the burnt paper from his fingers. The smoky smell left behind made me sigh for Li Wanting again and again.

Jia Mu sneered, "What's the matter, just set it up."

"Grandma agrees?" Jia Lian thought that Jia Mu agreed too quickly, and he didn't have time to say so many words.

Jia's mother pointed to Baoyu who was playing and said, "Do you think he has his own maid? This is how you all came here when you were young. When you were young, you just used the maids of us old ladies and wives. When you grow up, you will divide the house and have your own maids." My own maid."

Seeing that Jia's mother didn't understand what he meant, Jia Lian took her hand and stroked the lily engraved on the armrest, "What grandson means is that not only is he young now, but when he grows up, he won't be married until he gets married." No. Regardless of whether you are married or not, the elders can't give it away."

Without hesitation, Jia Mu said, "Just do as you say. When Baoyu grows up, ask Baoyu to move to the front study."

Jia Lian was more and more surprised how Jia Mu would agree so easily, thinking that Jia Baoyu had countless servant girls in the book, so he told Jia Mu about the so-called release of half a slave.

"Does the Xu family want this?"

"Not only the Xu family, but also the Li family," Jia Lian said.

"Then it's the same with our family." Mother Jia said straightforwardly. Seeing that Jia Lian seemed to be trying to persuade him, she said again: "You think I'm an old fool? What is left of our family now? According to me, No matter what happens to the Li family and the Xu family, you just agree, and I will do as you wish. This is the time when our relatives are advancing and retreating together. How can I not understand what it means for the Xu family to make such a big fuss? It's not that the bride died for no reason, and both parents are relatives, so instead of blaming each other, it's better to work together to hate the girl. The bigger the trouble, the more people think that the bride's death was wronged, and the maid who is afraid of sin is the one. The real crime is heinous."

Jia Lian laughed and said, "Thanks to my grandmother's advice, I wondered why Mr. Xu agreed. It turned out that he wanted to lead everyone away from criticizing the Li family's upbringing, and instead to spurn that troublesome maid." Tingshe told Jia's mother about the matter of Tingshe. Seeing that Jia's mother was still refusing to go out to meet people because of the damage to her reputation earlier, she persuaded her: "The earlier things are nothing. The old ancestors just go to Xu's house to comfort Xu. Old lady, after a few days, I will lead Yingchun, Tanchun, and Xiangyun out to meet the old ladies from the Xu family, Li family, and Yuan family. The wife is not in good health and stays in the temple all year round. Please ask the old lady to preside over it."

"...Then what Biting Club... If you want to meddle in other people's affairs, it's going too far." Jia's mother frowned, still afraid of going out of the house and making people laugh at her behind her back, after all, Jia's family has caused so many scandals , Which one is going to be blamed on her?

"If there is no such club, how can the old lady be willing to leave the house? Don't worry, old lady, this club is just an excuse. The old lady often uses this club to invite Mrs. Xu to come to her door. How can old lady Xu just say that this club is not important?" What? She had to invite old ladies and wives from other people's families to the party. Although the family's fortune depends on the man's hard work, isn't it more beneficial for the old lady to make friends with the old ladies of other families? Revitalize the family business?" Jia Lian simply got up and went to bow to Jia Mu.

Jia's mother still has wrists, and Yingchun has not had an elder to lead her out for a long time, which is not ridiculous.

Jia Lian bowed respectfully, Mother Jia hesitated again and again, her face was slightly hot, she didn't know that she went out to meet outsiders, and outsiders would have to slander her for stealing her husband's money and allowing her youngest son to occupy the dove's nest, but this time Listening to Jia Lian's words, I felt that there was some truth in what he said. After breaking up with the Ning family and the Wang family, I also had less contact with the Shi family. Now I don't rely on her to win over the Xu family and the Li family. How?After hesitating again and again, he had no choice but to nod.

Jia Lian thanked Jia's mother again and again, thinking that when it was urgent, Jia's mother would still be able to distinguish the priorities, retreated from the Rongqing hall, and when she arrived at the gate of Jinghuanzhai, she said to Xiaoyao'er: "Go and invite Jincai, Lin Come, Zhixiao." After saying that, he went all the way into the room, sat down on the chessboard, cleared away all the chess pieces, and then took a small file to carve the peach core. When Jincai and Lin Zhixiao came, he Leaving aside the matter of Xu's family, Sun Yue probably said that he was the son of the governor of Jiangsu.

After finishing speaking, Jin Cai was startled and said: "Sure enough, something terrible happened to Xu's family? It is said that the new wife of Xu's family was forced to death gently and skillfully by a maid. I didn't believe that maid was so capable, but now I see , there must be a lot of things we don't know. If the Xu family didn't hate that maid, they wouldn't beat the other maids to death just for her sake!"

"That's right." Lin Zhixiao agreed with a stern face.

Jia Lian took the time to rub her sore eyes, listened to Jin Cai and Lin Zhixiao, and laughed lightly. Li Wanting never thought that what she said in the letter was just a cover for the Xu family to save the family's face after her death. She knew, but she wondered if she could rest in peace under the spring.His hands slipped and destroyed a peach pit, and he simply put down the tools in his hand, "Our house is going to be remodeled, shouldn't there be anything that needs to be remodeled?"

Lin Zhixiao said with a smile: "What the second master said is that there is nothing to change. The old master Zheng originally used the maids of the second wife, Aunt Zhao, and Aunt Zhou; the maids used by the elder master are all old concubines and wives. The uncle now uses mostly grandma's people; the second master does not use maids now; the second master Bao and the third master Huan are young, and they used to use the maids of the old lady and Aunt Zhao. Those little maids, It's not so much that the Second Master Bao and the Third Master Huan are in charge, it's better to say that their nanny is in charge. As for the old lady, the old lady loves the Eldest Master and the Second Master, lest they will not respect their age, and will not reward them with maids "The old man is in poor health, the second master insists on not wanting it, and the old lady will not give it to the uncle or the second master."

Jia Lian nodded. The only benefit to the Jia family is that the Jia family's women can go out to socialize again under the guise of Biting Club.

Jin Cai followed with a smile and said: "If you say that it can be changed, it is probably to send a message and tell the girls that they can go out and marry themselves when they are old."

Lin Zhixiao nodded repeatedly.

Jia Lian covered his mouth and yawned. Fortunately, he didn't take it seriously, waved his hands and said, "Got it, let's do it." He rubbed his eyes again and again, and when Jin Cai and Lin Zhixiao left, he went to the west. During this time, he researched ink and spread paper by himself, randomly picked a piece of paper, and wrote on it "The Jia family changed it according to what Xu's family said, but they didn't change anything", thinking that Xu Qingheng would break the letter after sending it over. After getting rid of those unrealistic thoughts, he sent Quanfu to send him there in Xu Yuju's name.

Quan Fu only thought that this was another "Oath of Each Other" written by Jia Lian to Xu Qingheng, so he excitedly went out and handed it to Zhu Long, who ordered Zhu Long to send it.

With this letter in his arms, Zhu Long rode to Xu's house on horseback. Because he didn't follow Jia Lian to Xu's house yesterday, he didn't know what happened to Xu's house. The big red happy characters everywhere in Xu's house were peeled off, everyone in the mansion looked like a mourner, listening carefully, there were a few servants in the concierge who were also expressing their pity for Li Wanting, and they found a safe servant at the door, Zhu Long went Handed over the letter.

The young man ran errands diligently to Xu Yuju's study in the front yard, and seeing that Xu Yuju was still sleeping, he put the letter on Xu Yuju's desk.

With such a big incident happening at home, how could Xu Yujue fall asleep peacefully? He woke up at noon and ate a bowl of porridge in a hurry. Fearing that Xu Yuhang would not be able to think about it for a while, he went out of the study to comfort Xu Yuhang in the mourning hall, and stayed with Xu Yuhang Half a day later, when I came back, I saw a letter on the desk. Seeing that it was for him, I opened it and read it. I saw the sentence on the letter, "Everything has been changed, but nothing has been changed." After understanding his meaning, he suddenly realized that the letter was probably for Xu Qingheng, so he sent someone to deliver the letter to Xu Qingheng.

When this letter was delivered, Xu Qingheng was kneeling in front of Mrs. Xu, her eyes were red and swollen, she could no longer shed tears, she just kept saying something about Sister Wanting in a daze.

"Old lady, Second Master Ju has sent a letter." Wu'er didn't dare to act behind Mrs. Xu's back at this moment, took a letter, hesitated, and said it in front of Mrs. Xu.

"What letter is it, show it to me." Mrs. Xu sat cross-legged on the kang, with a smooth ruler on the kang table in her hand, she glanced at the futon under Xu Qingheng, and saw that the futon was very thick, Only then did he look at Wu'er fiercely.

Wu'er was so excited that she almost stepped on her plain silk skirt that reached to her feet, and hurriedly sent the letter to Old Madam Xu with both hands.

The old lady Xu accepted it calmly, and opened the letter to read it. Because she had read Jia Lian's letter before and recognized Jia Lian's handwriting, she read it again, sneered, and asked Wu'er to pass it to Xu Qingheng.

Xu Qingheng didn't understand why the old lady Xu was sneering at. After receiving the letter, she took all the words into her heart at a glance. She understood why Li Wanting died best, so she understood that only what Li Wanting said in the letter could be achieved. Li Wanting is the great consolation, now I read Jia Lian's letter, I feel that this letter is a great irony to Li Wanting.

Xu Qingheng asked hoarsely: "Our family..."

"Our house has been changed, but nothing has been changed." Mrs. Xu had a sneer on her lips. She looked down at Xu Qingheng condescendingly and said with a sigh: "You don't have to wait for Wanting's funeral in two days, just follow her." The two old nuns in the family keep the door closed and learn the rules again, or you will suffer in the future, if you follow in Wanting's footsteps..." As he spoke, tears flowed down like beads with a broken thread down.

"The Li family..."

"The Li family has changed, but nothing has changed."

"Where's the Yuan family?" Xu Qingheng asked unwillingly.

"The Yuan family has also changed, but they haven't changed anything. You, after all, eat less salt." Mrs. Xu sneered with tears in her eyes.

Xu Qingheng's eyes dimmed, he slowly clutched the letter paper, and murmured, "If that's the case, the family will mobilize everyone to publicize this matter..."

"If you don't make a fuss about the ruthlessness of the slave girl, do you want to make a fuss about Wanting's ignorance of current affairs?" Mrs. Xu asked back. The more the Xu family takes this trivial matter seriously, the more wronged the Xu family will be. The slave's "slave bullies the master".

Xu Qingheng was dumbfounded, his lips moved, then they were pressed tightly again, and subconsciously opened Jia Lian's letter to read again, after reading it twice, he sneered, threw the letter aside, and looked at it for himself. I bowed my head and wept.

"Enough kneeling, get up and say hello to your nanny. The thousands of years of rules left by your ancestors are not something you can change if you want to." Mrs. Xu smiled mockingly.

"...Yes." Xu Qingheng agreed somewhat submissively, and did not get up immediately. After Mrs. Xu stood up from the kang with her maid's hand and walked out slowly, she couldn't help but slumped on the ground.

Wu'er and Liu'er hurriedly rubbed Xu Qingheng's legs.

"Miss, do you want to write and ask Fourth Master what to do?" Wu'er took it for granted that Jia Lian was omnipotent, and seeing Xu Qingheng's tired expression, he thought of Jia Lian.

Xu Qingheng shook his head slightly, and asked Wu'er: "Tell me, if Sister Wanting knows that her life ambition is to cover up her shame after her death..." At this point, her voice was hoarse and she couldn't speak anymore.

Wu'er and Liu'er laughed together and said, "We don't understand girls' affairs, but what girls do is naturally reasonable."

Seeing that it didn't make sense to them, Xu Qingheng had to shut up "knowing the current affairs" by herself, helped Wu'er and Liu'er, and went to say hello to the old nanny she didn't want to see on weekdays.