Dowry maid's daily life [Red Mansion]

"Seeing that his family's bloodline is only one step away from the supreme position, the Zhen family is already crazy," Wang Ziteng smiled, full of contempt: "You don't know, Lin Ruhai, the son-in-law of the Jia family, almost died in the In the hands of the Zhen family. In order to support the sixth prince, the Zhen family was too short-lived and decided to take the salt class. However, this Lin Ruhai has some ancestral style and refuses to give in, so the Zhen family dared to poison him—Lin Ruhai’s wife, Jia Shi, replaced him. He got away with it."

Mrs. Li was also terrified by these words: "It's not that Mrs. Lin has been suffering from a chronic illness for many years and has not been able to get rid of the root cause. She suddenly relapsed, and that's why..." When the Lin family went to the funeral earlier, she sent her family to set up a road sacrifice to show it off. The position of the Li family now.

Wang Ziteng sneered: "Bringing his wife and children, the Zhen family has crossed the bottom line that the family can bear. Just look at how beautiful his family is now. How many people are renounced inside."

"The more critical the situation is, the more calm and prudent we should be. The Zhen family is doomed, and the Sixth Highness has nothing to fear."

"It's just that the grasshopper bite hurts the most in autumn, so we have to avoid him!" Prince Teng sighed, "The Jia family is very good. The Zhen family may not take his family seriously, but they will not guard against him either." .Even, the Jia family is a back road specially left by the Zhen family, and the spies said that each of the two families entrusted a large amount of money in the other's house, just in case."

The Zhen family received 8 taels of silver from the Rongguo Mansion, and the Jia family also kept 20 taels of money from the Zhen family. The establishment of the society is unstable, and each family has a way to plan for their children and grandchildren.But now there are not many people who do this, like the group of fools in Rongfu who dare to let the housekeeper know about it, and sometimes Wang Ziteng doesn't know how to comment on his brother-in-law's mind-this kind of thing is called watching from above The aristocratic family is guarding against the royal family, you don't trust the royal family anymore, so who will you show that loyal to the emperor?No wonder he has only been promoted to a higher level from the principal in more than [-] years, and now he is still a Yuanwailang from the fifth rank.

"Let the child be placed in his house first, and when the big event is settled and this pile of vines is uprooted, it will be a good time to recognize Sister An."

"Fortunately, the child's identity certificate was not released. I sent someone to quietly cancel the child's registration while we were not in Beijing. You can find another way to make Feng Ge'er treat her kindly, and then put a face on him and call Jia's family. Know what we value her. We have to protect this child first, and we can do other things with our lives."

"In the future, I will come back with great fanfare. I only say that this child is weak, and I am afraid that it will be difficult to support him. I dare not raise him like gold and jade. Rao is so cheap, and I see that I can't support him. Please ask the eminent monk to order that this child died before the age of 20. You can only live by kinship blood, so you entrust it to your in-laws and her sister to take care of it, she is a girl, which girl is as knowledgeable as her, and she is outstanding in everything?" Wang Ziteng joked: "I learned this method from Lin Ruhai. The girl in his family has such a nonsense saying, "Except for parents, everyone who has relatives and friends with other surnames should not be seen, so that this life can be safe." Jia's family broke their hearts to come up with this..." Therefore, his daughter has never been to her grandfather's house since she was born. Even though Yangzhou is thousands of miles away from the capital, the canal is smooth. If you want to, why can't you go? You must know It's not that Lin Ruhai hasn't been recalled to the capital to report on his duties in recent years. It's extremely cheap to ask his wife and daughter's boat to go north with the official boat.

As he spoke, he sighed again: "At this time and then at that time, it has been reported that he does not believe in ghosts and secrets - once Jia Shi died, the feud between Lin Ruhai and the Zhen family has been confirmed. It's her who died. It's all over, his youngest daughter is a glaring weakness, Lin Ruhai has no choice but to leave her alone."

"Who dares to underestimate my niece and daughter of the Wang family? At that time, what kind of prince and grandson will not be able to marry?" Wang Ziteng comforted Mrs. Li.

Wang Ziteng and Lin Ruhai are officials in the same dynasty, and they are also crooked in-laws. It is inevitable that they will be suspected and collude with each other. people.What's more, the two of them have the same disease, both of them have few children, and there is only one daughter under their knees. In this regard, Prince Teng is worse than Lin Ruhai. Sister Yang is not the son of the main wife, but the difference from the Lin family's branch and concubine is his royal family. Prosperous, so Wang Ziteng made up for it... All kinds of comparisons, the two of them are really half the price.

Mrs. Li also said that recognizing the two children at this time undoubtedly pushed this bloodline to the cusp of the storm, and she was afraid that everything she was doing would be surrounded by calculations.Things will be smooth when things are slow, she has some ideas in her mind, so she put aside Xiao Jiaojiao's matter first, and said instead: "Brother Zhong is a good boy who is capable of both civil and military skills, I wonder what master has plans for this child?"

According to Mrs. Li's idea, being a security guard would be dangerous for the first time, and the second year would not be a serious business for the children of the aristocratic family, and they needed a decent place to go.With Wang Ziteng taking care of him, teaching the children to fight for a family background, it is not difficult to seal their wives and children in the future.

Speaking of this, Wang Ziteng laughed angrily: "Lin Ruhai, this old fox, no one can strike faster than him... What's the matter with you, Brother Zhong has been accepted as a disciple by his Mo Ni Chen Ziwei, and even the child's future whereabouts , I have already sent a post to the same list in the previous year, recommending the names of Brother Zhong and his junior brother to Tongzhou Daying."

This Tongzhou Camp has more troops than the Western Camp on the outskirts of Beijing. Together with the Beida Camp, the three battalions form horns to defend the capital together.Now the West Camp is in charge of Wang Ziteng, and the other two battalions are managed by ministers. The three chief ministers including Wang Ziteng are all blatant royalists, at least they have never stood in line on the surface.

"Who is Chen Ziwei? Chen, Chen! Is it from the Chen family of the former queen mother?" Mrs. Li is not an ordinary housewife, and she has an account of the royal relationship in her heart. The name and surname are so clearly remembered, it is necessary to trace the origin of the minister or the family with the surname Chen.

Wang Ziteng nodded, otherwise he would respect his first wife and would be willing to talk to her about outside affairs. He really has a good wife in his family and can get twice the result with half the effort. He has been successful in official career these years, and he has also taken great pains to make friends with Mrs. Li in the back houses of Shangfeng's subordinates. Inseparable - it is inevitable that the court and the government will have enemies with others, but Mrs. Li can always make up for it in the communication in the back house.

"This Chen Ziwei was also a well-known talent back then. He was a Jinshi in high school. It's just that he was born at an untimely time. But this person is very resourceful. My nephew thinks it's not a loss to be under his school."

"Being under the Chen family's sect, it's better to just be a disciple of the Escort Boxer! If Lin Ruhai is optimistic about Brother Zhong, I'd be happy if he accepts him himself. How can he worship Chen Ziwei as his teacher?" Mrs. Li said angrily, She doesn't think like Wang Ziteng.In the early years when Empress Dowager Chen was still a queen, she exercised power because of the favor of the late emperor, which aroused the attention of the court and relatives, and the Chen family was also famous for a while.However, Empress Chen was the third empress of the late emperor after all, and the age difference was too great. Once the late emperor returned to the west, Empress Chen's prominence also came to an end. lost.Although Chen Ziwei was a talented person, he didn't catch up with the good times. Seeing that the new emperor didn't like the Chen family, he decided not to be an official anymore.

As soon as she finished speaking, Mrs. Li shook her head again: "Forget it, Lin Ruhai can't protect himself, and so does Zhong'er, why did they coax him away."

Prince Teng Su knew that a woman with a gap is still a woman. As long as she is a woman, don't expect to reason with her, because as long as she thinks, she will be reasonable at any time.

Therefore, Wang Ziteng only said: "The Empress Dowager Chen has been dead for many years, and those things are already in the old calendar. In recent years, the Holy Majesty has shown kindness to the old people by favoring them. Those declining families have been promoted one by one." He lowered his voice: "Besides, although Empress Chen exercised power back then, it is because of her that she suppressed other princes to win the throne, and now she has complicated feelings for the Chen family—Lin Ruhai dares to accept it. Chen Ziwei is an aide, so I don't know that the Holy One did not give permission. Chen Ziwei has assisted Lin Ruhai for many years, and only when Lin Ruhai is successful and retired, Chen Ziwei's qualifications are enough to change to a promising official." The saint wants to save this person for the next one. The emperor was kind, using the Chen family to show that the old stories of confiscating their homes and punishing crimes have been overturned, and the old people from the declining family can become the best in the hands of the new emperor. The upstarts under the command of the new emperor, and the upstarts are restrained by the veterans... The emperor's mind is nothing more than that.

Mrs. Li was also worried about her nephew, but she couldn't understand what he said: "Then why did this Chen Ziwei accept our brother Zhong?" The child is probably only a little better than ordinary martial arts, and far inferior to those serious literary students who have studied the Four Books and Five Classics since childhood.

Wang Ziteng was noncommittal to the words of "Our Brother Zhong", and only patiently said: "There are so many smart people in the world. Chen Ziwei assisted Lin Ruhai to live well for many years, and even heard his reputation often in recent years, others would guess. There are plenty of talents who are willing to worship under him for internal affairs. However, if Chen Ziwei wants to plan for the future, he can no longer touch the string of suspicion from above."

He laughed loudly: "This man is very cunning, he recognized two warriors as his disciples, how can those sons of aristocratic families who claim to be talented be willing to meet again?" Chen Ziwei said clearly, if you want to get started, you have to recognize him The two warriors are brothers.Heaven, earth, king, relatives and masters, the literati who want to enter the court and become officials pay more attention to mentors and fellow disciples. What's the benefit of being brothers and brothers with two boys who have no roots?

"What's even better, he sent his disciples to join the army!" Wang Ziteng smiled and shook his head: "Madam, don't worry about his ulterior motives. Chen Ziwei has lost all six relatives, and the blood in the clan is far away. Even if he has The calculation is in it, and it is bound to fall in love with my brother, otherwise, many good children will not be accepted these years. It is said that this person admires Huang Lao's art and likes to talk about fate. My brother worshiped him because of his character. It's Lin Ruhai's eye, it's Brother Zhong's good fortune."

Later, when Wang Ziteng learned of Eucommia's life experience, he wished he could chew and swallow all of today's words, but it was a pity that at that time, even if his intestines were black with regret, it would not help the matter, and he was called a high-spirited member. Since then, the important minister hated the words of "fate", "fate", and "good luck", and he couldn't hear people say this again, and even got the name of "pragmatic" because of it.This is for a later story, so I won't show it for the time being.

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However, since Du Zhong met his sister in Rongfu that day, he immediately tried to find out the whole story of Du Yun'an's dowry.He thanked Yinxian's family deeply and left a lot of southern goods, so he took the tiger back home.A few days later, a well-dressed woman outside claimed to be Du Yunan's distant aunt, and brought a gift to the door and asked to see Sister Feng, please take Du Yunan's house for a few days.

When Wang Xifeng heard that Du Yun'an's brother had survived and returned to Beijing, he couldn't help but feel a little happy for her, and seeing that her family now had a female family member to take care of her, so she readily agreed and ordered Du Yun'an's house to stay for a day.

Du Zhong personally drove the carriage and waited outside the corner gate of Rongfu. The woman brought her out. When the two brothers and sisters met each other, they were unable to speak, but they were already swallowing.

The aunt helped Du Yun'an into the carriage, and said with a smile: "Brother, then I'll go home first." Du Zhong hurriedly cupped her hands in thanks, and sent the woman to the donkey cart.

"Brother, who is that aunt?"

"I worshiped Mr. Chen as a teacher in the south of the Yangtze River. Mr. Chen heard about our family, saying that you live in another back house, and there is no elder in the family who is not easy to get along with, so he wrote a letter asking me to visit Mr.'s relatives." He thought that his younger sister was still in the Wang family, and he made friends with distant relatives of the Chen family, so that Mrs. Chen could enter the inner house and talk to Mrs. Li about redeeming her sister.

Back home, Yunan saw that Du Zhong had picked up Huzi, and couldn't help but hug Qinxiang for a while. She is grown up now, and the two brothers and sisters couldn't hold each other and cry, so one stroked Huzi's head and the other hugged Qinxiang. Pinching Huzi's paws was relatively tearful.

"Brother is so skinny that only a handful of bones are left. I made this robe last year, but now it looks empty on you." Du Yunan felt distressed.

"An An has become a big girl, but this little face is not as round and beautiful as before, and even her complexion is not as good as before, gray..." Du Zhong is indeed a cypress tree that cannot bloom, and it can poke people with just one mouth. Which girl doesn't love beauty, and it's thanks to Du Yun'an being her own sister.

"..."

"...Mother is probably from the Li family, Madam Li's biological sister." The two siblings couldn't kiss each other enough, and the conversation gradually turned to serious matters.

Du Zhong was silent, he traced all the way, and found Wang Ren from Zhen Yu, Wang Ren was not as scheming as Zhen Yu, so he tricked him into saying something.This Zhen Yu is usually so cruel to others, but when it is his turn, he is completely soft-headed. Du Zhong took out a lot of words from his mouth, thinking about the doubts and speculations of the two brothers and sisters about his mother's origin, he made four thoughts in his heart Five points.

At this time, I heard that preparations have been made.

But Du Yun'an knew far more than he thought, she told her brother everything immediately, even the fact that Wang Ziteng was probably Du Zhong's biological father - many misunderstandings and twists and turns in the past were all for the benefit of the other party, However, important news was concealed, which brought countless regrets and bitter fruits.So even though he was embarrassed, Du Yun'an never wanted to hide it from Du Zhong.

Du Zhong: "..." Now that the life experiences of the siblings are already chaotic enough, he doesn't want to be a father who suddenly appears again.

"My surname is Du!" Du Zhong said subconsciously even though his head was aching with countless thoughts.

"My mother has been wronged all my life, and my father...has treated me well. My surname is Du for the rest of my life." After a moment of silence, Du Zhong suddenly smiled, and all the things his father had done when he was a child have been relieved.

"Brother, the word 'Zhong' follows people from two, and my mother is angry."

The Yun family named their son after the descendants of the Wang family, and even according to the ranking of the eldest family of the Wang family, but they chose to give their son the surname "Du". How ironic!

It's not that the Yun family doesn't know his own background. At that time, Wang Ziteng had nothing under his knees, and he had no heirs after several years of marriage. What's more, Du Dong, as a general of the Wang family, was once a loyal follower of Wang Ziteng.Only the fact that Eucommia had six toes, Ruoyun had no difficulty at all in teaching his son to recognize his ancestors.But Yun asked a good doctor to cut off his six toes, and kept the secret for a lifetime without telling anyone. Even his last words were to ask Du Zhong to take good care of his sister and himself, and to call his daughter Guiliang to live away from the Wang family.

Yun's tried to get Du Zhong to join Zhang's old guard, and Du Zhong didn't go to choose a general after he learned martial arts, all because of Yun's wish.

Mrs. Yun is pitiful, she can't help herself, but she always has a fire in her heart, and she refuses to make her children submit: so what about her own son, what about the ranking in your family, but his surname is Du all his life, and he inherits the incense of the Du family. The ones enshrined are the ancestors of the Du family. If you don’t get mad, you Prince Teng!

"Although Mrs. Li is good, but the way the Li family treated my mother back then, my mother had a hard life and died young. The roots are all in the Li family!" Du Zhong said: "In the past, you and my brothers and sisters did not have a natal family, and it will be the same since then." We only recognize what my mother said. The grandmother who was exactly like her, and the rest were not relatives.

"Regardless of the Wang family and the Li family, it has nothing to do with us. We don't want to be attached to their power and wealth, and we don't want to cause those troubles and entanglements." After a while, the two brothers and sisters made up their minds.

"When Mrs. Li returns to Beijing, I will immediately redeem your body deed. Afterwards, let's go to Liaodong to stay away from the turmoil here." Du Zhong made up his mind, but he didn't even want the path of advancement that Chen Ziwei had planned for him. I just want to avoid this trouble: just being a nephew of the Li family can lead to murder, not to mention the trouble of the Wang family.

Now that this matter has come to a conclusion, let's talk about the culprit who brought the situation to its current state, Wang Ren.

"Does Wang Ren know?" Du Zhong asked.

Yun An shook his head: "I don't know, it's just that this person is a ghost, I just wonder where did he know about his mother's life experience?"

"He has a dirty disease, he is already a disabled person, and now he is imprisoned in the ancestral hall of the King's family in Jinling." Du Zhong told his sister the news he just got.A few days ago, Eucommia regretted missing Wang Ren in Jiangnan. Since he dared to seek revenge from Zhen Zhen, he naturally didn't think too many Wang Ren... But at this time, he had to stop - this Wang Ren involved him so much, accidentally will trap itself.Du Zhong said in his heart, since Wang Ren got his retribution, he would not take any more risks, and only hoped that God would see, and don't let him make trouble again.

Even though he knew his life experience, Du Zhong didn't have the slightest heart to regard Wang Ren as his "cousin", and it was a pity that he couldn't take revenge.Now Du Zhong only feels sorry for Junior Brother Song, the many plans that the two of them had previously agreed on, will go to waste.

Just as he was thinking, there was the sound of the door opening outside. Du Yunan looked at the tiger, and the big black dog was still lying comfortably on its stomach and calling people to smooth its hair, and stood up without vigilance.Du Zhong hurriedly asked: "Is Junior Brother Song coming back?"

Song Chen responded, raised the door curtain, and met Du Yun'an who was squatting on the ground grooming a big dog like no girl.

"..." Du Yun'an got up hurriedly, but his feet were numb after squatting for too long, and they were painful and numb when he moved, and he couldn't do other movements except standing.

Du Yun'an smiled dryly and cupped his hands like a man: "Senior Brother Song."

The birthmark on Song Chen's face twitched lightly, he nodded stiffly and said "um", and hurried out.Du Yun'an heard a sound in the next room.

"Junior Brother Song lives in the East Chamber." Du Zhong forgot to tell his sister just now, because the matter of robbing the darts and harming people also involved the two senior brothers in the escort agency, one of them was Master Zhang's nephew, although Master Zhang was fair. No matter what, Du Zhong and Song Chen couldn't stay in the Xinglong Escort any longer.The two planned to go to Tongzhou Daying in a few days.

This was originally the decision Du Zhong made when he guessed Yun's identity after finding out Wang Ren. The body is useful to a wealthy merchant family like the Li family, but it is not worth mentioning to an important official in Beijing like Wang Ziteng.Du Zhong immediately changed his mind and wanted to stay away from the vortex quickly.

That night, Du Zhong told Song Chen that he was feeling guilty, but Song Chen said with a smile: "Brother, I forgot that I was born in Liaodong. If you go to Liaodong, how can you miss me?"

Song Chen's mother is from Liaodong, and his biological father was also from a large family in Liaodong. It was only Song Chen who remarried with his mother and came to Duzhong. His mother's second marriage was from an extraordinary family. There were many houses and many children in that family. Song Chen really couldn't adapt there. In life, I would rather leave the prince and grandson alone and leave the mansion alone - because he did not change his surname, his stepfather's family followed him.

The three agreed that Du Zhong and Song Chen hurriedly edited a book and sent it to Yangzhou. They only waited for the turmoil to subside before going south to visit Mr. Chen. The two brothers and sisters were beating drums in their hearts. They didn't know what kind of anger Mr. Chen would become. It was a toss.

What Chen Ziwei thinks is unknown.

It’s just that from the eyes of the old foxes, these children are still a little tender, but they don’t know that “the world is prosperous, it’s all for profit; the world is bustling, it’s all for profit.” How, I'm afraid it's easier to get started there.

Besides, Wang Ziteng has already intervened in Li's family affairs. He will admit to this niece and niece, and he can take care of her in the future, but the Li family's wealth will not be allowed to fall into other people's pockets. The younger brother and sister of the Du family, who were competing with him for property, left the capital. ——Since the fourth prince has the heart to fight for the throne, the property of the Li family is not allowed to fall into the hands of others.

Just as Du Yun'an and the others were making preparations, the news of Wang Ren's death came, and Wang Xifeng immediately collapsed on the couch clutching his chest.

"My brother has always been healthy, how could he die of a serious illness!"

Wang Xifeng pressed all kinds of questions, and the people from Jinling's hometown had no choice but to tell the truth: "Uncle Ren escorted the second wife back to Gusu, but he was fascinated by a singer there, and made jokes about throwing thousands of dollars at others—not only that. Uncle Ren and his old friends in Jinling lured him into a gambling game, lost tens of thousands, and was detained... The second wife paid for the matter and sent him back to Jinling to be disciplined by the tribe. But, but Uncle Ren got dirty in those days when he was messing around. Somehow, the Zhen family didn’t get along well with our family recently. The children of his family deliberately made a fuss about it. Everyone in Jinling City knows it... Uncle Ren started to make trouble at home again, saying The Zhen family played tricks on him, he took the blame for the second master and the second wife, and the Zhen family dared not do anything to the second master and the second wife because of the property of the Li family..."

"The second master personally invited a famous doctor to Jinling to treat Uncle Ren, but Uncle Ren refused to appreciate it, and made a big fuss. The clan wanted to ask the family law to punish him, and he had to get rid of Uncle Ren's eldest son. The ancestral hall healed the illness and thought about the past... Early that morning, when the clan delivered the meal, they found that Uncle Ren was gone, return, return..."

"How about it!" Xifeng asked sharply with red eyes.

"And strangled Aunt Ruiyun to death."

Wang Xifeng's heart was beating wildly, and he didn't know whether it was from pain or anger.