After the Rebirth of the Red Chamber

In the evening, when Xue Duan came back from discussing business outside, Baochai told his father about the letter from his aunt, and expressed his doubts about the almost blatant request for money from their family.

"Isn't my aunt your wife? It's too careless to act like this."

Hearing this, Xue Duan couldn't help frowning, and ordered the servant Jinbao: "Go to your wife and bring me the list of Mid-Autumn Festival gifts for Rongguo Mansion this year."

Every year, he sends a silver coin to the Jia family through a special channel, and the money is sent directly to the Jia family's public treasury.As for the ceremony, he never asked about it, so naturally he didn't know what to send every year.

If he hadn't heard his daughter's complaint today, he wouldn't have thought of looking at the gift list.

Moreover, he vaguely guessed that the ceremony prepared by his wife was definitely not simple.

Rao had already guessed, when Xue Duan saw the things in the stack of gift lists, he couldn't help but gasped.

——The Xue family is rich, but that's not how they spend it!

Now, Jia's family is the housekeeper of the second wife. Needless to say, these things must be passed through the second wife's hands first.

His family is an imperial merchant, and has some contacts in the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and also has friendship with some wealthy slaves of the Jia family.

However, Xue Duan has never heard of what is so special about the boxing gifts that Xue's family gives each time.

So, where did all the things sent by their family go?Xue Duan can think of it with his toes!

He took a deep breath, suppressed the sneer that was about to blurt out, took out a pen and paper, scribbled for a while, and handed it to the boy: "Go and get it to the wife, this year's annual gift to Rongguo Mansion, just press this The list will come in noon."

He felt that it was time to write a letter to Jia She, the real head of the Rongguo Mansion.

Xue Wang over there was a little apprehensive when he received Xue Duan's revised gift list.

——Your husband is blaming me?

To be honest, Xue Wang's courage is really not like that of the Wang family.Whether it is Wang Ziteng or Jia Wangshi, they are all bold figures, but Xue Wangshi is a real woman who puts her husband first.

In these years, the most daring thing she did was to drug Xue Duan's concubine, so that Xue Duan did not have any concubines born.

"Ma'am," Ji's mother beside her advised her, "Isn't the girl at the master's place? Maybe the master didn't mean to blame the wife. Why don't the lady ask the girl to come and ask?"

"Yes, yes, yes!" Aunt Xue's eyes lit up, "Hurry up, let someone watch, when the girl comes out, please come over."

At the same time, Baochai was also asking Xue Duan: "Master, if Mom asks, what should I say?"

Xue Duan glanced at his daughter appreciatively, and said, "You just tell the truth." After saying this, he told Baochai about Jia Wang's tricks at the ceremony.

Baochai's eyes widened in surprise: "So, my aunt has been lying to me all this time?"

Xue Duan sighed: "Your mother has always been soft-hearted, and she has no defense against your aunt. Is it because she believes what people say?"

Baochai showed anger on her face, but she sneered in her heart: How could I not know this?When she lived in Rongguo Mansion in her previous life, the money that her aunt coaxed away from her was at least hundreds of thousands.Where does this go?

When she arrived at Xue Wang's place, Xue Wang's face was full of disbelief when she said Xue Duan's words: "No way? Your aunt..."

Baochai said: "Mom, our family also has connections in the Ministry of Internal Affairs. Send someone to inquire for a while. Is there any news that we can't get?"

This is naturally an exaggeration, but Baochai knows that in Xue Wang's heart, the four Jinling families are already top-notch wealthy families, and they are very confident in their own family's power.She said that, Xue Wang would not have the slightest doubt.

Sure enough, Xue Wang believed it.

"How can my sister treat me like this? All these years, in order to make her look up in the people I know, I always want to give her any rare thing. She... She is taking me for a ride!" As he spoke, he covered his face with a veil and began to cry.

She is so sad.

The two sisters are about the same age, and they lived together under the hands of their stepmother Zhen when they were young.Although the stepmother treats them well, but after all, she is not the biological mother, so the relationship between the two sisters is especially good.

Xue Wang is a soft-hearted person, how can she not be sad when she suddenly knows that the sister she has always cared about treats her like a fool?

Baochai had anticipated this, and hurriedly persuaded, "Mom, don't be sad, my aunt also has a big family, so naturally I have to think about my own family. This is also human nature!"

Xue Wang sniffed, and said: "Yes, she has a big family, and I have a big family. We have already started our own families, and it is human nature to plan for our own families."

It's just hateful, she didn't understand until her daughter woke up.

From now on, she won't be stupid anymore!

When Baochai saw that her mother was finally awake, she was also relieved.

She believed that, with her and her father watching all the time, no matter how smooth-talking her aunt was, Jinling was thousands of miles away from the capital, and she would not even try to take advantage of Xue's family if she only relied on correspondence!

After all, my mother has soft ears, so naturally she will listen to whichever side has the most truths!

There are her and her father on one side, and her aunt on the other. Naturally, there are a lot of people on their side!

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Seeing that the Mid-Autumn Festival is approaching, Jia Wang's family is the head wife of Rongguo Mansion, and she is naturally in charge of the relationship between the mansion and other families.

Although the eldest wife, Xing Shi, was unwilling, but Xing Shi was the stepmother, not only was her family background much worse than Wang Shi's, but when she first entered the door, she was put on by Wang Shi, who was used to pretending, and made a good one. The big one has no face.

Jia Amnesty also felt ashamed and didn't want to support her anymore. Her natal family was in decline, so she naturally didn't have the confidence to bring up the housekeeper again, so she could only watch Wang's prosperity.

However, Jia Wang's complexion is very bad at this moment.

"This is Xue's gift list?"

Zhou Rui's family lowered their heads and shrunk their necks, trying to minimize their sense of existence.But she has always been responsible for this matter, but now there is no one to shirk, so she can only bite the bullet and reply: "Mrs. Hui, this is exactly the gift list of the Xue family."

Jia Wang was still lucky: "Have you counted all the presents?"

Zhou Rui's family said: "It's all clear, it's exactly the same as on the gift list."

With a bang, the Ru Kiln porcelain teacup in Jia Wang's hand fell to the ground and became shattered.

Zhou Rui's family flinched in fright, and they didn't dare to step forward to make trouble.

Zhou Rui's family had already seen the Xue family's annual ceremony this year, and it would not be too simple to say, it was almost the same as what his wife reported in previous years.

It's just that the Xue family gave twice as much as this in previous years, and the excess naturally went into his wife's private treasury.

My wife clearly regarded those extra annual gifts as something in her pocket, so how could she not be angry when they disappeared suddenly?

On the bright side, Zhou Rui's family naturally has the same hatred as their master.But in private, she understood very well: what my wife did was too unkind!Xue's family is not a small family with no way out in the capital, and people will know sooner or later that their wife is doing this.

No, has something happened to the east window?

Of course, with these words, she could only go home, close the door, and complain to her man.In front of Wang's face, she dared not show it at all.

And is Jia Wangshi the kind of person who can realize his mistakes?

Stop dreaming.

In Jia Wangshi's heart, anyone who makes her feel unsatisfactory is guilty; everyone should revolve around her, and it is the honor of the other party for everyone to be used by her and do things for her!

For example, in the case of the Xue family's ceremony, it was obvious that she herself was not kind and treated her own sister as a fool.She used to be very proud of it.

However, when the Xue family saw through her skills and was unwilling to play dumb to cooperate with her, she immediately felt that the Xue family didn't know good from bad, and wanted to teach the Xue family a lesson.

"You asked someone to take the name sticker from the mansion and go to Jinling to meet my mother."

The mother she was talking about was her stepmother, Zhen Shi, who was born in the Zhen family in Jiangnan.Concubine Zhen in the palace and the old sage's nine and twelve princes are deeply loved by the old sage. Today, the sage is a very filial son, and the state affairs and family affairs are all decided by the old sage.

Naturally, the Zhen family also rises with the tide, calling the wind and rain in the Jiangnan boundary, and is a leader in the "official protection talisman" in the south of the Yangtze River.

If the Zhen family came forward, the prefect of Jinling would definitely give the Zhen family face.At that time, wouldn't it be easy to clean up a small Xue family?

Jia Wangshi thought very well, but she forgot that Zhenshi was not only her stepmother, but also Xue Wangshi's aunt.Strictly speaking, compared to her original concubine daughter, Xue Wang's concubine's concubine is more pleasing to Zhen's eyes.

Because of Xue Wang's background, she will not be reminded all the time that she is a stepmother and a housekeeper.

Moreover, the Xue family is closer to the Wang family's family, and Xue Duan personally brought the family to the Zhen family for the mid-autumn ceremony.Not only was the gift generous, but the family of four treated Zhen Shi with respect.

Even Xue Pan, who was the most naughty, had been raised and ordered by Xue Duan, and his performance was remarkable.Coupled with the fact that Xue Pan was born fat, he naturally looked pleasing to the old lady.

Comparing with the natural requirements of Jia Wang's letter, Zhen's heart naturally leaned towards Xue Wang's and Xue's family.

Therefore, Jia Wangshi sent out a letter, thinking that by the time of the Chinese New Year, Xue Wangshi would know what to do.

But when I got the New Year's gift list, it still came according to the standards of Mid-Autumn Festival.Jia Wang's complexion became extremely ugly.

She didn't think the Xue family could be so stubborn that they ignored the Zhen family, it could only be that the Zhen family didn't help her beat the Xue family at all.

She felt resentful towards her stepmother Zhenshi in her heart: She really isn't her own mother, so how could she really take care of me in everything?Fortunately, I still wholeheartedly honor her.

But no matter how much she complained in her heart, she dared not express the slightest dissatisfaction on the surface.

There is no other reason, her Yuanchun still has to rely on Concubine Zhen to promise her future, how can she offend the Xue family at this time?

Jia Wang believed that he endured this tone with humiliation.

However, not long after, bad news came from the palace: Jia Yuanchun was transferred from Concubine Zhen's palace and went to Fengzao Palace to be a minister.

Where is Fengzao Palace?

It was the place where books were stored in the palace, and saints and princes had a special study room for reading and writing, so they would not easily go to Fengzao Palace.

It can be said that Yuanchun's arrival at Fengzao Palace is no different from entering Leng Palace.

Jia Wang's eyes darkened and he almost fell down.

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