The Warm Jade of the Red Chamber

Mrs. Xing and Wang Xifeng brought Jia Baoyu, who was a bit embarrassed, back to Jia's mansion, and Jia Baoyu went straight to Jia's mother. He hurt face today, and his body still hurts from being twisted. Why can't he go to Jia's mother Looking for comfort?The cousin who used to be like a memory fairy has now become so pedantic, worldly, indifferent and strong. As expected, married girls will be ground into dead fish eyes, no matter how beautiful they are, they can't resist.

Mrs. Xing and Wang Xifeng cried out in their hearts, but they can't stop Jia Baoyu, can they?Now, it's hard for Jia Mu to explain.

Mrs. Xing couldn't help complaining to Wang Xifeng, saying: "It's all you, what did you want to ask that little ancestor to do? You just offended the Shizi Concubine. I went to visit with good intentions, but it was regarded as a disturbance."

Wang Xifeng could only smile apologetically, but the brows in her eyes were full of dissatisfaction and disdain. She was also doing it for Madam Xing's good, and she really didn't know good people.If it wasn't for Madam Xing who wanted to leave Madam Wang alone and go to the Lin Mansion to show her courtesies, she was afraid that if something happened, the big house would be responsible for it, so would she need to provoke Jia Baoyu to follow?

Sure enough, not long after, Mother Jia sent someone to ask the two of them to come over. Mrs. Xing pretended to be ill, but she didn't dare, so she had to follow her servants to Mother Jia's room.

Mrs. Xing walked step by step, but the road would eventually come to an end one day. When she entered Jiamu's courtyard, she saw Yuanyang leading a mother and daughter out.

Mrs. Xing forced a smile, stepped forward and said, "Mrs. Xue is leaving now? Why don't you stay a little longer?" Mrs. Xing thought, if there were outsiders present, Mother Jia would not be too harsh on her because of face right?

The mother and daughter were none other than Mrs. Wang's sister, Aunt Xue, and her daughter, Xue Baochai.After the Xue family came to Beijing that year, they first lived in the mansion of their elder brother Wang Ziteng, and then moved back to live after the courtyard was repaired.It's just orphans and widows, it's not easy to gain a foothold in the capital, but fortunately there is Wang Ziteng to take care of them, and they have relatives with the Jia family, so although the business of their family has been squeezed by people, they can be regarded as a firm foothold after all. .

In particular, Prince Teng is highly valued by Prince Zhongmin, and Prince Zhongmin is useful today. Two years ago, Prince Teng was dispatched as a governor and became a member of the second rank. I am afraid that he is not in Beijing. This sister The whole family will be targeted by that ignorant person, and they will be matched with Prince Zhongmin.Although it will be a big expense to pay tribute to Prince Zhongmin's mansion in the future, the Xue family is still happy.What's more, Prince Zhongmin is very frugal, what the Xue family offers is what he deserves, he will accept it without guilt, and the rest will not make unreasonable demands.

Compared with Wang Ziteng, the Xue family can get much less help from the Jia family.But the relationship between the Xue family and the Jia family is not far away, except that the New Year's gifts are less than those given to the Wang family, they still come and go frequently.

Aunt Xue looked at Mrs. Xing and said with a smile: "I have been bothering you for too long today, so I should go back. My Pan'er should also come back from inspecting the shop. If there is no one at home, I am afraid that I will go out to mess around again. Me and Baochai should come back to bother me another day."

Wang Xifeng said with a smile: "What is Auntie talking about? Pan'er cousin manages the shop well, if this is considered nonsense, then my second master has become an errand runner?"

Aunt Xue is Xue Pan's precious son. She was too happy to hear someone praise him, and she immediately smiled like a flower: "Young girl Feng is really good at joking, but Pan'er has really improved in recent years, hey, Now I am worried about his marriage, I should marry a daughter-in-law as soon as possible, and I am waiting to have a grandson."

Mrs. Xing was a little unhappy when she heard Wang Xifeng belittle Jia Lian, but praised her cousin so much. The reason why Jia Lian became an "errand runner" was not because the young couple kissed the second room and willingly fell into depravity?However, Mrs. Xing and Jia Lian didn't have any mother-child relationship, and they didn't have to fight for him. The reason why they felt unhappy was more because they felt that Jia Lian and Wang Xifeng had given all the benefits to the second wife and felt annoyed.

It was Xue Baochai who interrupted with a smile on the side: "Mom, let's go home quickly, otherwise if my brother sees that there is no one at home, he will go out and mess around. Isn't sister Feng just praising him in vain?"

Several people suddenly laughed.

Wang Xifeng asked Mrs. Wang why she didn't come to see them off. Aunt Xue didn't care, and said, "Just now Baoyu came and said he was injured. My sister was very anxious, so she led her away. Now I'm afraid it will be Let’s invite the imperial doctor. As for us mother and daughter, it doesn’t matter if we don’t send them off or not, my family doesn’t need to care about those vain rituals, can we still not know the way out?”

After a few people chatted and laughed, Mrs. Wang led Xue Baochai's mother and daughter out.Wang Xifeng's smile disappeared quickly, and she looked at the backs of Aunt Xue, mother and daughter deeply.

The corners of Mrs. Xing's mouth drooped immediately, and she seemed very uneasy. At that time, she rushed away, thinking that she could make a good sale, at least let Daiyu see how caring she was for Jia Min, but later, Daiyu Yu satirized coldly, and finally thought dully that Jia Min might be kept from knowing the news of Lin Hai's accident. Can you let yourself go?Mrs. Xing was terrified, why did she feel so passionate?

But no matter how uneasy, you have to enter this door.Mrs. Xing could only step into the door cautiously, and the oncoming person was a teacup flying towards her with anger. Mrs. Xing couldn't dodge it in time, and only had time to turn around. The teacup was smashed on her shoulder, which hurt a lot. .

"You stupid woman!" Mother Jia looked at Mrs. Xing with eyes that seemed to be eating people, "What are you doing at the Lin's house? Don't you think my Min'er is not seriously ill enough to make her mad?"

Mrs. Xing was scared and wronged. She repeatedly explained that she had only heard about Lin Hai. She was afraid that Jia Min would be overwhelmed and wanted to comfort her. She also felt that the Lin family had accidents one after another. She was afraid that something had happened, so she specially found her collection I want to give Jia Min a bronze lion ornament made by an eminent monk.

But Mother Jia didn't listen to Mrs. Xing's excuse at all, she just looked at Wang Xifeng and said angrily, "Your mother-in-law is a fool, so you will be fooled too?"

Wang Xifeng has been thinking about it ever since she heard Daiyu's words. Now that she saw Jia Mu getting angry, she felt more and more uneasy, and always felt that something was wrong.I didn't care about anything at the moment, so I asked Mother Jia for forgiveness first, slapped myself on the face, and cried: "Old lady, it's all because of my granddaughter-in-law's lack of brain. I was in a hurry, so I panicked. As soon as the eldest wife said she was going to visit, the granddaughter-in-law didn't think much, and hurriedly followed. Fortunately, the concubine Shizi stopped her, otherwise my aunt would be really anxious. Death must be blamed..."

Mother Jia stared at Mrs. Xing and Wang Xifeng for a long time, seeing that Mrs. Xing was just afraid, but she didn't seem to suspect anything, while Wang Xifeng had a suspicious look in her eyes. Mother Jia lowered her eyes and thought for a while, then drove Mrs. Xing out , Just tell her to ground her feet, don't run around with nothing to do.

Wang Xifeng was left behind by Jia Mu.

Mrs. Xing saw that Mother Jia didn't punish her harshly, so she quickly retreated. As soon as she arrived at the door, she heard Mother Jia say, "You have been fined half a year's monthly money, so you should remember this lesson."

Mrs. Xing lost her face, but there was nothing she could do. She would rather have Mother Jia hit her twice than fine her monthly money.

Wang Xifeng saw that Jia Mu had left her here, and guessed that Jia Mu must have something to ask her, so she waited respectfully.

Mother Jia took several deep breaths, forcing herself to calm down, and first asked, "How is the atmosphere in the Lin family?"

Wang Xifeng replied: "When the eldest wife and I arrived at the Lin family, the concubine Shi Zi returned to the palace, but the servants of the Lin family were very strict, so we didn't see my aunt. After the concubine Shi Zi came back, she... sent us back. "Fortunately, I didn't see Jia Min, otherwise, if something happened, would they not come back?

Jiamu asked again: "Look, does my Min'er know the sad news?"

Wang Xifeng asserted: "Judging from Shi Zifei's tone, I'm afraid Aunt Lin will completely hide this matter from her."

Mother Jia breathed a sigh of relief, and said, "I think so too. Tell me, who was your eldest wife instigated to go?"

Wang Xifeng said in surprise, "What does the old lady mean..."

Jia Mu sneered, and said, "Your eldest wife is a fool. I'm afraid she's being used as a gun, and she thinks she's taking advantage."

Wang Xifeng heard what Jia Mu said, and then got in touch with Daiyu's words, recalling what happened before, he was shocked and angry at the bottom of his heart.

Looking at Wang Xifeng's expression, Jia Mu knew what she had guessed, and asked in a deep voice, "Tell me everything you know."

It turned out that Aunt Xue, mother and daughter came to the door early in the morning, and the Jia family left lunch.After the banquet, Mrs. Wang invited Aunt Xue, mother and daughter to talk together, and Mrs. Xing also joined in the fun, because Aunt Xue's family is rich, and Xue Baochai is generous, and she always gives her some small gifts. I am very unhappy, but I have a good impression of the mother and daughter.

During the conversation, Aunt Xue brought up the matter of Lin Hai being trapped, because this matter was widely spread, it can be regarded as the biggest topic of conversation nowadays.As Aunt Xue talked, she vaguely mentioned, did the Lin family run into something this year?Otherwise, how could it be that the mistress is seriously ill all of a sudden, and the master is in danger all of a sudden?

Mrs. Wang was most happy to see something happen to Lin's family, but because of Mrs. Xing's presence, she restrained herself a bit, she didn't show joy, but she didn't look sad either, and she didn't even say a word of worry or blessing.

People in this age believe in the stories of ghosts and gods. This topic is mysterious and exciting. Unknowingly, they talk about praying to gods and Buddhas, and exorcising evil spirits.

Xue Baochai was a young girl's family, and these topics sounded inappropriate, so she dragged Wang Xifeng into the courtyard, leaving only Mrs. Wang, Mrs. Xing and Aunt Xue talking.

Later, after Mrs. Xing went back to her room, she rummaged for some reason and found a copper lion ornament. She said mysteriously that it was done by an eminent monk. Wang Xifeng went to Lin's house to show her courtesy, but she refused to let Wang Xifeng tell Mrs. Wang, thinking about taking the credit for herself.

Although Wang Xifeng felt that something was wrong, she couldn't think of a reason for a while. She was dragged by Mrs. Xing, and even Ping'er was stared at and unable to report the news, so she had to follow.Fortunately, Ping'er was clever, and quietly sent a little maid to inform Mrs. Wang, and Wang Xifeng happened to see Jia Baoyu coming back, so she provoked Jia Baoyu to go with her to the Lin family to visit her aunt and concubine's cousin.

Wang Xifeng procrastinated all the way to delay time, but until they went out, there was no movement from Mrs. Wang.

Thinking about it now, could it be that Mrs. Wang and Aunt Xue said something on purpose, making Mrs. Xing think she had the opportunity to go to the Lin family to show her hospitality, but in order to make Jia Min anxious?

Thinking of this, Wang Xifeng, who is used to being aggressive, couldn't help but feel a chill down his back.However, what reason do Mrs. Wang and Aunt Xue have to put Jia Min to death?Moreover, Mrs. Wang and Aunt Xue are both her own aunts. Could it be that they would really harm her like this?Wang Xifeng really didn't want to believe this.