Indulgence in the Red Chamber

Inside, everyone hurriedly helped Jia's mother to the bed and straightened it. Outside, Jia She, Jia Zhen, Jia Lian, Baoyu and others had rushed over.

Daiyu just sat on the chair with a sneer and watched these people busy, feeling only waves of sadness in her heart.

Jia Amnesty and Jia Zheng came in, and first greeted Daiyu with a national ceremony.Daiyu said calmly: "You two uncles, hurry up and visit grandma."

"Thank you, Princess, for your kindness." Jia Amnesty and Jia Zheng hurriedly kowtowed to express their gratitude before getting up to visit Jia's mother.

At this moment, Jia's mother is lying on the couch, tears streaming down her face.Seeing Jia Amnesty and Jia Zheng half-kneeling beside him, he was full of resentment but couldn't say anything. He just pointed to Jia Zheng and said, "Your wife...your daughter-in-law has done a good job! There is no place for her in our family." If you don't want to watch me die, write a divorce letter and send her back to her natal family!"

Jia Zheng was stunned when he heard it, and he took Jia Mu's hand and asked, "Old lady, what happened? Don't worry about calming down, but tell your son slowly. He will definitely do what you said. do it!"

"What's the matter? I don't think you know. She eats vegetarian food all day long and pretends to be a Bodhisattva, but she is actually doing black-hearted things. When your sister married the Lin family, it was also a gift from the emperor. Grace." As Jia Mu said, she pointed to Jia She and said, "You are born to look forward to Shu, and you only think that the merits of your ancestors are not enough for you to eat and drink. You must have a concubine in your family to be counted on. You must have someone from the Lin family. It is only through an agreement that your sister can get married smoothly. I am also confused and confused, thinking that my beloved daughter will marry far away. Watching me do those outrageous things, relying on your sister to love your daughter, but begging for money from other people, is this what people do? It's not as good as a beast!"

Jia Amnesty was also very shocked when he heard Jiamu's words.Can't help asking: "Who is going to rely on other people's money? What the old lady said is so inexplicable."

Jia Mu said angrily: "Who is going to blame others? You go and ask your wife! She was standing beside me just now, and she heard it very clearly. Could it be that I am still talking nonsense?!"

Jia Amnesty and Jia Zheng both turned their heads to look at Mrs. Xing. Mrs. Xing sighed and pretended to be very embarrassed and said: "Just now the princess took a box of letters and bills, saying that the second wife reciprocated with holiday gifts every year. The princess sent someone to ask for money from the aunt. The princess said that there were clear letters and accounts. In the end, the aunt couldn't bear the second wife to ask for it every year. She was sick and died. She also said—the last time was Lian My son said some innocuous words in front of my aunt, so my aunt disappeared..."

When Jia Amnesty heard this, his eyes turned red, and he scolded Jia Lian bloody from the bottom of his heart.He only shouted angrily, "Bring Lian'er!"

"Brother!" Jia Zheng cast a dissatisfied glance at Jia She, and persuaded, "The old lady is not well. Let's quickly invite an imperial doctor to show the old lady. If you want to ask Lian'er, you should go to the study. It's a surprise, what's the best way to make the old lady angry again?"

After hearing this, Jia Amnesty just snorted and turned to go out.At this moment, all he thinks in his heart is that Mrs. Wang has taken a lot of property from the Lin family, but he doesn't know it.He was also angry that Jia Lian was his own son, but he had ulterior motives. He only helped Mrs. Wang's work and kept a secret from himself. How could he care about Jia's mother's life and death?

Money is really a scam.Under its influence, everything becomes empty, such as mother-child relationship, affection between husband and wife, brotherhood, and the way of monarch and minister, as if only real money is the most practical thing, and any friendship is in front of it. All pale and vulnerable.

Daiyu looked at Mrs. Wang who was kneeling in front of her, denying it and begging for mercy, and at Jia Amnesty who walked away, the sneer on her face became more and more desolate.

Just at this time, someone outside the door reported: "Sibei Le is here! Mr. Ning is here!"

Xueyan hurriedly supported Daiyu to get up from the chair, and all the maids and women followed Daiyu to the door. Daiyu gently bowed her body to greet Yinzhen, and then knelt down behind her, even leaning on the couch Jia's mother also struggled to get up, knelt on the ground and kowtowed to Yinzhen.

Xuan Ning ignored anyone, just walked up to Dai Yu, took her hand and smiled, "It's so lively here, as soon as I entered the door, I heard the noise, and the girls and women walked around in a hurry, as if there was something wrong. event?"

But Daiyu couldn't be happy, she just nodded to Yinzhen with a faint smile, and said in a low voice, "It's nothing exciting. It's because my grandmother is not well, she passed out just now. They are busy looking for the imperial physician."

"Yo, is that so?" Xuan Ning looked up at Mother Jia who was kneeling in the crowd, only to see that she had gray hair, a messy bun, and was wearing a brocade dress embroidered with purple makeup, flowers, five blessings, and longevity. But he looked a bit embarrassed, so he patted Daiyu's hand and said, "Don't worry, I'm a ready-made doctor?"

Daiyu heard this, but she smiled and said nothing.However, Jia Zheng hurriedly stepped forward to salute: "My son is a national champion of Xinglin. If you are willing to help my mother, Jia Zheng's family will be grateful."

"It's unnecessary to be grateful, the old lady's illness may not be too serious." Xuan Ning smiled, then walked up to Mother Jia, and said, "Old lady, please get up."

Jiamu stood up slowly holding Yuanyang's hand, thanked Xuanning again, and apologized to Yinzhen, before turning around and sitting on the low couch beside her.Yuanyang put her hand on a soft cloth, and Xuanning sat opposite, raised her hand to check Jiamu's pulse, and smiled after a while: "It's okay, the old lady just got angry for a while, and only when she gets angry will she feel dizzy." Feeling of dizziness and discomfort. Fortunately, with proper maintenance on weekdays, there is no serious problem. Just take a pill of Pingqi Shunxin pill and that’s all.”

Because Jia She met Yinzhen and Xuanning when he went out, he didn't dare to leave again, so he quietly retreated and stood aside.At this moment, Xuan Ning said that Jia's mother was fine, so they saluted Xuan Ning and thanked Jia Zheng together.

Daiyu looked at him coldly and pretended not to see him, but Xuanning said with a smile: "Since the old lady is fine, why are there no joy on the faces of the two adults? Could it be that the old lady is in good health but both of you are troubled?" No?"

Jia She hurriedly laughed and said, "My lord, you can't take this joke. Jia She was just worried about the old lady's condition."

Jia Zheng was also busy smiling, and scolded the maids, "Why don't you bring some good tea soon?" At the same time, he bowed to Yinzhen and said, "I've been slow to treat Fourth Master, Lord Belle, please forgive me."

Yinzhen originally had a cold face, and there was no smile at this time.He just waved his hands and said, "I just came out of the House of Internal Affairs. Why did I hear that someone in your house disobeyed the princess? Now that I'm here, I see the mess here again. What's the matter?"

Jia She hurriedly stepped forward and replied: "Master Belle clearly found out that the person who disobeyed the princess is the daughter of the Xue family. She is not from our family. The mother and daughter of the Xue family are just staying at our house. Of course, the princess is coming to us today. The joy of appreciating chrysanthemums in the house, their mother and daughter should not have appeared. They just thought that the girl from the Xue family was a little literate, so they called her to chat and laugh with the princess. This is also because the servants are not doing their job properly. Lord condemned."

"Well, it's true that you guys are not doing your job well." Yinzhen snorted coldly, looked at Jia Zheng again, and said, "The Xue family is your relatives, since they live in your house, why don't you strictly restrict them? Besides, I I heard that the young master of their family is also a bully and a bully in the capital. The former son even fought with Captain Qiu's son over a prostitute. Isn't this relying on your family's power? Your family is also considered an eunuch How come you don’t even understand this truth?”

Jia Zheng broke out in a cold sweat after hearing this.Bowing quickly, he knelt down in front of Yinzhen again, and said in a trembling voice: "The old minister has been sent out for the past few days, and he has only been back for five or six days. He has neglected the affairs of the family. Now that this incident has happened, let him Lord Belle is worried, damn it. Don’t worry, Lord Belle, I will go out immediately, tie up all the things that don’t grow in the house, and send them to Dali Temple in person.”

"That's all. Let's talk about these things later." Yinzhen looked back at Daiyu, but changed his tone and asked: "Sister, is there anything else? If there is nothing, please come back with us. Tell Empress Ama early Thinking of the purple taro snacks made by my sister, I want to eat it again, so I asked my sister if there are any."

Daiyu smiled and said, "There are plenty of purple taro, but the dim sum must be freshly made. I must ask the emperor to wait for a while. I will go back and make it. I will have someone send it to the palace in the morning. It's just that I'm still here right now." There are some things I haven't clarified, and there are a few words that I haven't finished. Please wait for me for a while, please?"

Yinzhen glanced at the people in Jia's residence who were standing beside him, and said, "If you have anything, why don't you tell me. I'll speak for my sister? Guess Master Jia won't embarrass my niece, my sister."

After Jia She and Jia Zheng heard this, their waists were lowered and their heads drooped even more. Their eyes were fixed on their own toes, and they did not dare to distinguish them.Only Jia Mu took two steps forward, knelt down in front of Yinzhen slowly, and said in a sobbing voice, "Master Baylor has learned from you. This is a scandal in our family, but since it concerns the princess, it is not just a family matter. Please also invite the princess and Baylor Please forgive me, give this old slave a few days, and this old slave will definitely investigate this matter and return all the property that the Wang family got to the princess."

When Daiyu heard this, she couldn't laugh or cry, she felt sad for her mother, and said with a sneer, "Old lady! Can these 10 taels of silver and those rare antiques be explained clearly? Silver Limited, curiosities and antiques are just things outside the body, but what about my mother's life? Who should I ask for my mother's life? Poor her died in her 40s, and when she left, she still hoped that I could live a free life. She must not have imagined that after more than ten years, you still want to get me into your threshold, and you have taken her life back, but you still want me to enter this threshold and continue to pay your debts for her?"

Yinzhen didn't wait for Jia's mother to reply, and asked strangely: "What debt? How many 10 taels of silver, and what antiques and curios are there? Didn't my sister come to the banquet to enjoy flowers? Why did she come to pay off the debt again?" ?”

When Jia She, Jia Zheng and others heard this, they were all frightened for a while, and they all knelt down behind Jia's mother with a plop.The maids and women in the room also knelt down, and Jia Zhen, Jia Lian, Baoyu and others outside the eaves also lost their opinions.

Xuan Ning stretched out his hand to hold Daiyu's cold hand, and persuaded in a low voice: "Yu'er, don't be sad. These things are over, and now everything is in front of you, Sibeile is also sitting here. This What do you want to do with this matter, just say it, Sibeile will definitely decide for you. Besides, you are also a princess, even if there is a big thing, there is still the emperor. This day is clear, the bad guys will eventually get what they deserve retribution."

Seeing this formation, Xu Zhen already guessed five or six points in his heart, so he said to Xuan Ning: "What's the matter, tell me the ins and outs."

Xuanning took the box from Chunxian's hand, handed over the letters and an account book inside to Yinzhen, told the whole story about it, and finally said: "The letters inside are all like this. The second wife of the mansion asked someone to write to Mrs. Jia. Most of the people in charge of sending messages were Jia Lian. I'm afraid there are other housekeepers. I don't know. As for who it is, the fourth master sent them Call me in and ask. This account book was left by Mrs. Jia when she was alive, and it records the things that the Lin family sent to Jia's family every year during festivals. Staying by my side, I thought about using money to manage it. I don’t want the Jia family to still not give up after taking so many things, and now they still want to get Yu’er in based on an agreement back then. Naturally——I don’t think what they want is Yu’er. It's just the properties under Yu'er's name."

Yin Zhen's face was livid with anger, and when Xuan Ning finished speaking, he slammed the sandalwood box on the table. There was a loud 'pop', which shocked everyone kneeling on the ground.Yinzhen was so angry that he couldn't speak, pointed at Jia She and the others and said, "Okay! Okay! It's really impressive! You dare to intervene even in the matter of marrying under the order of Huang Ama, and even propose such a thing. Unreasonable request. After so many years, you still don't give up, thinking about counting other people's money again and again, even counting a little private property of my royal princess. You still have the emperor's life in your eyes What? Where do you place the dignity of the emperor of the Qing Dynasty with my Qing laws?"

"The minister waits to be convicted!"

"I beg Lord Belle to be merciful!"

"Lord Baylor, spare me!"

Jia Mu, Jia She, Jia Zheng, Mrs. Xing and everyone in the house kowtowed and begged for mercy.

It's just that the anger in Yinzhen's heart could no longer be contained, and his hand holding the account book was even trembling slightly.There were two icy eyes in the eyes like a thousand-foot cold pool. After looking around at the people on the ground, they still focused on Jia Mu.

This gray-haired old woman is the head of everyone here, and also their mother, grandmother, and their ancestor.

And the person who was forced to death by them happened to be her daughter, and the person sitting beside them who was cornered by them was also her granddaughter.

Such an old lady has gone through several generations of glory and wealth, and what she has seen and experienced personally, I am afraid that a book cannot be written.Are those splendors and riches poured out on blood, those gold, silver and jewels glistening with blood, really that important to her and her family?

But how could she have the heart to drive her own daughter to a dead end?

Yinzhen slowly suppressed the anger in his heart, and said coldly: "Don't beg me. I can't decide this matter. You should go to your family's ancestral hall and kneel, begging your ancestors to bless you This matter includes the crime of deceiving the emperor, the crime of coercing to murder, and the crime of stealing other people's property and coercing the princess. This kind of thing can only be decided by Huang Ama." After finishing speaking, Yinzhen said Put away the mahogany box, stood up slowly, and said to Daiyu: "Sister, why didn't you tell me about such a thing? Why did you have to carry it alone? Could it be that fourth brother is so unbelievable in your heart?" Someone you can't rely on?"

Daiyu hurriedly stood up, gave Yinzhen a blessing, and said apologetically, "Fourth Master, I'm sorry. Daiyu just found out about this matter. I've been kept in the dark, how can I tell Fourth Master."

"It's true that I just asked the reason the day before yesterday, and the Lin family sent this box of things yesterday. The day before yesterday, Yu'er said that this matter should be dropped. I don't want to go into the whole story. Yu'er has always been angry today It was only when it broke down that I revealed this matter. The fourth master can do as he sees, and it is Xuan Ning who is begging the fourth master." Xuan Ning really didn't want to see Daiyu get angry again, so he stood up and hugged Yinzhen , pulled Daiyu and said: "Yu'er, you go back with me first. Leave the matter here to the fourth master."

Daiyu said nothing, just looked at Yinzhen.

Yinzhen nodded and said: "You go back now, so you can rest. Don't forget to make purple taro cakes for Huang Ama. Leave the matter here to me."

Daiyu blessed her body, and said softly: "Then please trouble fourth master. There is just one thing, Daiyu, please ask fourth master. Baoyu in this house once saved one of Daiyu's family members, so please let fourth master look at it here." On a superficial level, considering that he is still young, he doesn't care about those worldly things outside, so don't blame him."

Yinzhen nodded, feeling for Daiyu spontaneously in his heart.At this moment, she still can't forget Baoyu who saved Hui'er. It can be said that she has painstakingly treated her son like this.If such a kind-hearted woman who only thinks about others cannot live happily ever after, what is the use of God?Shouldn't everyone in the world go to hell?

Xuanning took Daiyu's hand and walked out of the house. Among the men kneeling under the eaves of the corridor, there was a young man with a clear and handsome face kneeling beside Jia Lian with a girlish face. He thought that this was Baoyu.So she let go of Daiyu's hand and walked over, sized her up carefully, then laughed softly: "As expected, it is as precious as jade. It's just a pity that a person like you was born into such a troubled world."

Hearing this, Baoyu was taken aback for a moment, raised his head immediately, met Xuanning's gaze, and after a while suddenly smiled and said: "It is only God's will that the turbid jade creates a turbulent world."

When Daiyu heard this, she felt sad.Then he pulled Laxuanning's lapel and said softly, "Let's go."

Xuanning nodded and left side by side with Daiyu.

Looking at the backs of the two going away, Baoyu suddenly seemed to be in a state of meditation, and fell into the state of forgetting both things and me.