The Mighty First Wife of the Red Chamber

Mrs. Wang's intention to go to the palace to complain to her mother had already been guessed by Jia's mother. This day Ling Yuanyang went to call her in person. Mrs. Wang was full of anger, but when she saw the old man with a frosty face After all, the wife didn't dare to raise her voice, she still lowered her eyebrows and pretended to be honest.Seeing that Jia Mu didn't say anything, she didn't dare to speak, so she hung her head and stood on the ground aggrieved, planning to wait for Jia Mu to call her to speak, and she would pour out tears and snot.

Who knew that Mother Jia didn't speak for a long time, and Madam Wang was a little bit astonished, but at the same time she felt: What is this for, maybe it's because I was asked to come here to set the rules?Yo, the old lady is punishing me!Speaking of which, Feng girl was able to counterattack that day, and the old lady's acquiescence and help were indispensable, and the boss who had always been addicted to alcohol and sex also rushed here. Could it be a coincidence?Isn't it because of...?Oh, I see, this old woman is helping Dafang's family run on me! What the hell is this old woman trying to do!

Mrs. Wang couldn't help raising her eyes slightly to glance at the superior, but she met Jia Mu's gloomy eyes, and she immediately shrank her neck in fright, and quickly lowered her eyes again.

Mother Jia had left her alone on purpose, but seeing her like this now, she probably didn't have the slightest intention of repenting, she was still spying on her stomach and didn't know what her plan was, most likely she was thinking about how to slander her so that she could retaliate against the big house. Besides, there is also Feng girl who may become a thorn in her side now, seeing how embarrassed she was when she jumped to her mother's house yesterday to complain but was kicked out by her mother's house, she is still determined to change!It seems that no heavy hand rectification, just beating the side drum can't wake up this bastard daughter-in-law!

Jia Mu closed her eyes and said, "I've called you here. I have two things to tell you. One is that your second wife now occupies the Rongxi Hall, and controls most of the family business in the mansion, but you can't get it done." You all heard what Lian'er said that day. I was a little selfish to protect you, but I didn't dare to be too outrageous. Besides, you didn't live up to it and made me worry. So, you go back and deal with it , starting tomorrow, I will manage the affairs of the house with your sister-in-law, don't be self-confident in everything, and discuss things with your sister-in-law more."

Before Jia's mother could finish her sentence, Mrs. Wang's eyes darkened. It's really a thief to be old and not die. Does this old godly woman mean that she will fall to the big house in the future?How can the right to manage the affairs of the government be handed over casually?Can I come back after handing it over?Furthermore, the second step after handing over the rights to go out is not to let the second room go where it came from, and even Rongxitang can't live in it?no!It's easy to talk about it today, but I have to make the old godmother change her mind and take it back!

However, what Jiamu said next made Mrs. Wang wish she could faint in front of Jiamu. It was so annoying: "Also, as Lian'er said that day, you have stolen millions of taels of silver from others." .Although he had baseless suspicions, it was because you didn’t keep things secret at the beginning, and now I’m so tired that I tell people to gossip. Help others take care of it, and it will be used for Miss Lin’s dowry in the future. It’s okay to embezzle it if the house can’t come up with money for the visit, but you still have to pay it back. However, you later said that the family’s financial situation is difficult. , not yet, I promise you to move your life. You said that Lin girl is naked, it is better to marry Baoyu, we are all a family, so I don’t want to pay back. I thought about this reason, You just kept quiet for these years. Now, what you said to me before, you don’t like Miss Lin, and you want to send her to the palace! You are not as dark-hearted as you are! Since you don’t like Miss Lin, I don't want her to be your daughter-in-law, and I don't want to stop you if you want to choose another girl from another family for Baoyu, but you should pay back the embezzled money first. Miss Lin is so pitiful, her parents are gone, if my grandmother doesn't let her make decisions, it will be difficult for her to go underground to meet her parents after she dies!"

Mrs. Wang collapsed on the ground and said, "Old lady, do you think I don't want to pay back the money? But, the money was spent on my mother's family visit! More than 100 million is not a small amount. How can I make up for it? Now there is less than 50 taels of silver left. Besides, in the past, when the mother visited relatives, everyone was happy, and there was no amount of money. Come out!"

Jia Mu stared at her with cold eyes, and said lightly: "Then who can blame it. The money is always spent by you, for the sake of your mother-in-law. I said not to be too extravagant, but you It means that Yuan girl has just been made a concubine, and maybe she will be named a noble concubine in the future. It is decent to do a lot of work, and the royal face looks good, so Yuan girl can invite pets to climb up, and in the future, she can also drag the future of her natal brothers. You can get your money back if you spend it! Now it seems that you have slapped your tongue. The current situation of Yuan girl seems to be a waste of money, and you can't get it back. Not to mention so much, in short, the money of the Lin family is It has to be paid back. I'm not urging you to pay it back right away, you should pay it back before Miss Lin gets married. Ask the matchmaker to come to see you, and Xiao Ding, the lottery, etc., will take a year and a half. When it's over, you can figure it out before that time, so it won't delay Miss Lin's marriage."

Mrs. Wang burst into tears and said, "Old lady, are you still saying that you won't force me? I've spent my years of savings, and even with the dowry from the past, I can't make up enough money."

Jia Mu sneered and said, "That's none of my business. Besides, so what if it's my business? You won't listen to me. Now I'm cold-hearted, and I won't plan anything for you anymore."

Mrs. Wang finally understood what Jia Mu was thinking: if you are obedient, I will support your second wife, whether it is okay or not, I can do it or not.If you are disobedient, you will be able to climb high and fall hard.

It's like how high the kite flies, the kite line is in the hands of the kite flyer, and Jia Mu is the kite flyer, even though Mrs. Wang thought she had emptied the old godmother before, and the old godmother made moves behind her back, she can still do it now. Take back the power and hold the Jia Mansion in the palm of your hand again.

Mrs. Wang saw the situation clearly, she gritted her teeth and said, "I understand what the old lady means. Well, I will obey and ask Baoyu to marry the young lady of the Lin family."

Then Jia Mu smiled slowly, and said: "Isn't it clear now? Very good. However," Jia Mu looked at her, pondered for a while, and said compromisingly: "Your Lin family's large sum of money is worthless. You have to take out some of it, let's say 50 taels of silver, and I'll give her a little more as her dowry. Let me tell you, you can't stretch out your hands for the money anymore, it's because Miss Lin has some money on her body Let’s get married, I can’t be the Second Mistress of Bao and start managing the house, and I’m still like a girl now, but I don’t have enough money to do rewards and make people laugh at me.”

Mrs. Wang was very sad, but she could only say "yes".

Jia Mu used Jia Lian and his wife to provoke a big war in the mansion, cut Mrs. Wang's face, made her recognize the situation, and forced her to promise Baoyu and Daiyu's marriage. She was very upset, waved her hand, and said: " Alright, you go down, since you are obedient, you are still in charge of the affairs of the mansion, and I ask your sister-in-law not to interfere for the time being. Sigh, after talking for half a day, I am also tired, and I want to lie down and rest."

Mrs. Wang didn't leave, she took two steps forward, and said in a low voice: "Old lady, I agreed, I agreed, but don't make it public, the old lady knows, the Xue family... I was talking to Aunt Xue. I’ve done it, and now I’m sorry, I’m afraid she’ll make a fuss.”

Mrs. Wang is now full of bags. In order not to return the Lin family's money, she had to agree to ask Baoyu to marry Lin girl. However, she also promised to Xue's family, but she just said "the old lady hasn't let go". Take care of Xue's mother and daughter. Now that things have become like this, it is equivalent to unilaterally breaking the contract, but how can she have the face to meet the Xue family?Speaking of which, in the natal family, the older brothers are ignoring her, but the younger sister of the Xue family is still protecting her and saying something nice for her. Now that she offends her younger sister, isn't she alone and helpless?How could the situation change so suddenly that she, the head wife of Jia's family, suddenly became a loner?

Jia Mu glanced at Mrs. Wang and said, "Come on, I'll just tell Lin girl to rest assured. The rest of the people are kept in the dark, and you can figure it out. In short, Baoyu and Lin The girl is almost at the age of marriage, so I will do it earlier, so I can rest assured."

That night, Mother Jia ordered Daiyu to be called again, and as a credit to Daiyu, she said happily, "I said I would give you an explanation, but I did it! I can see the friendship between you and Baoyu when you were young, but Baoyu's mother doesn't know what is good or bad, and always fights against me, otherwise I would have married you two years ago! That stupid thing!"

When Daiyu heard this, she felt a little uncomfortable.

Mrs. Wang despises herself. How can Daiyu not know that she has a delicate heart?Just living in Jia's house, even though I feel sad and unwilling, I can only endure it, because this is not my home, how can I lose my temper casually and be serious and mischievous?However, since Mrs. Wang doesn't like her, and now she is forced by her grandmother to agree to this marriage, even if it is done, what's the fun?Grandmother is fine for a day, if she is gone and no one is protecting her, she might be abandoned by her husband's family just like Liu Lanzhi in Peacock Flying Southeast!

Moreover, Baoyu's temperament is so soft and lacks the rigidity of a man, and he just loses his temper and smashes things when things happen. If he really wants him to protect himself, he doesn't have the bearing and courage of Jia Lian's second brother to protect his sister-in-law Feng.Thinking about it this way, Daiyu felt timid at first. With a strong and scheming mother-in-law, but no strong husband, and no strong natal family to protect her, would she dare to marry such a marriage?

However, facing Jiamu's smiling face, Daiyu couldn't say anything, so she lowered her pink neck and replied muffledly: "Got it."

Because her heart was not happy, Daiyu was sleepy for a few days, only reading and writing in her room.Baoyu was so worried that she didn't even bother to go to school, she asked for leave due to illness, and came to Xiaoxiang Pavilion every day to "see what my sister is doing."

Daiyu originally liked the gentleness and consideration of this cousin, and used to compete with Baochai for Baoyu's heart, but now, the result came out, the opponent was eliminated, and Daiyu lost the enthusiasm in her heart up.Seeing that Baoyu is a good-for-nothing, skipping class every day, and rushing to ask about his health, he just feels bored.A man should have the world in mind and aim in all directions, while Baoyu's vision is limited to the small space of the boudoir. Of course there is leisure and elegance, but unfortunately, leisure and elegance are not enough to eat, and the Jia family has always Even Daiyu, who is an outsider, is worried about the increasingly decadent momentum. Only Baoyu is still unaware, and he is still playing. Anyway, it’s not as short as my head.” No wonder everyone made fun of him and nicknamed him “Rich Idler”, to put it bluntly, he’s nothing more than a rice worm who eats for nothing!

After thinking about it, Daiyu disliked Baoyu even more, and wrote her own big characters behind her back, ignoring him at all.Baoyu would be careful, so he walked around in front of Daiyu's desk, praising her incessantly: "My sister's handwriting is getting better and better now, and I see that she has a bit of Yan Zhenqing's character!"

Daiyu was really annoying him, so she couldn't help but annoyed: "What nonsense! No one should hear the joke."

Baoyu hurriedly said: "I'm not talking nonsense, I have a basis. The ups and downs of my sister's strokes are the same as those of Yan Zhenqing I saw!"

Daiyu asked suspiciously: "Have you seen the original work of Yan Zhenqing?" Lin Ruhai, who is still alive, appreciates and plays with it, which also opened Daiyu's eyes when she was only the age of the chief role.Where did Baoyu see it?

Baoyu said: "It's not just that I've seen it! My wife has a pair in her room. It's kept in a big box and there are many treasures in it. I'm surprised that such a good thing is not hung out, just put it away." do what!"

Daiyu's heart was shaken, and she stood up from the desk all of a sudden, trying to suppress the trembling in her heart, and said calmly: "Take me to see it too! You know I like to look at these calligraphy and paintings the most."

Baoyu didn't know the inside story. Seeing that Daiyu's face was better at this time, she was so happy that she couldn't care less. How could she not agree?He hurriedly said: "Okay, I just came here. I heard that my wife has gone out today. There is no one in her room. I just took you to sneak in to see the real thing."

After Baoyu coaxed the key from Caiyun, who had been helping to manage the private treasury of the second wife, he took Daiyu in to appreciate the calligraphy and paintings. Daiyu stood in this big box full of brass Looking around in the room, I saw Baoyu struggling to open the boxes one by one to look for the calligraphy and painting, and said, "Hey, I remember it was put in this row of boxes, why can't I find it?" Madam, really, if you don’t take out such a good thing and hang it up, put it in a box, what if it gets moldy?”

Daiyu also poked her head into the box he had opened, and she almost breathed a sigh of relief when she saw it. The boxes Baoyu opened were full of things, such as agarwood wood carvings, Four Seasons Ruyi screens, Cheng The five-colored kiln cup, the gold-inlaid sapphire gourd-shaped box, the cloisonné three-legged elephant trunk incense burner, etc. are all very familiar. I was just wondering.

Daiyu gritted her teeth and urged Baoyu to find the authentic Yan Zhenqing's handwriting to prove her doubts.Baoyu rummaged through boxes and cabinets, tossing and tossing for a while, before she let out a pleasant cry, "Found it!"

Daiyu leaned over to take a look, and tears welled up in her eyes.

Isn't this the copy of Yan Zhenqing's "Lun Zuo Post" that Daddy treasured?At that time, my father was holding this manuscript in cursive script, and told Daiyu that it was actually a letter written by Yan Zhenqing to a friend when she was 63 years old. Because she was dissatisfied with the domineering power and traitors at that time, she wrote it straight, so it was full of momentum and open-minded. , Dad also said: "Yu'er, look, this is the way to practice calligraphy. Although it is only a small brush, it is as powerful as a thousand pounds under the hands of this gentleman." I got it with a lot of effort, and I often used it to play with it in my spare time, and even imitated Yan Zhenqing's strokes with Daiyu's small hand at that time, and enjoyed myself.

Looking at the thorny wood chrysanthemum light Luoling fan next to it, it is an old thing in the mother's hand in the past. On summer nights, the mother always holds such a small fan and tells Daiyu some folk stories. , I was once laughed and joked by my father: "Qingluo's small fan flutters the fireflies, and the little cloud saves the cow girl of Hansi."

Seeing that Daiyu was crying suddenly, Baoyu panicked and asked, "Sister Lin, sister Lin, what's the matter with you? Why are you crying?"

Daiyu reluctantly said: "Who is crying? It's because the room is too dark and my eyes are uncomfortable. I don't want to look at it. There is some dust in the room, which makes me cough all the time. I have to trouble you to put the things back in their place again." , don’t let your wife find out, she will beat your skin carefully.”

Baoyu didn't know, so he smiled and said, "I came in to find calligraphy and painting to practice my brushwork. I'm working hard. My mother won't beat me for it."

Daiyu was in no mood to joke with him, and left in a hurry.

Back in her room, Daiyu's heart was full of turmoil: Second aunt's room actually kept so many old things from my family!So those precious ancient books of calligraphy and painting are kept in the big box without seeing the light of day, what does it mean?

Also, in recent days, I have always heard the people below chewing the tongues of my second uncle and aunt, saying that that day I had a dispute with Lian's second brother, Lian's second sister-in-law, and got in front of the old lady, and Lian's second brother was threatened by his second uncle to divorce his wife. Angrily, she revealed in public the secret that the second uncle had embezzled millions of family property. Although the second aunt ordered the entire family not to spread these rumors and gossip, she couldn't help but talk about people, and it spread throughout Jia's house.Everyone was discussing which family this "family" was and what was going on. There were also suspicions that it belonged to the Lin family, and there were also suspicions that it belonged to other families.Daiyu just listened to it, and didn't take it to heart. However, today in the second aunt's room, she saw the old things at home, and thought about all kinds of things that she didn't understand in the past. It's not a matter of luxury, it's not that the family is extremely poor, but it is possible to accumulate a large amount of family wealth. Could it be that the "family" that Lian's second brother exposed as being embezzled with millions of dollars of property is her Lin family?