Jia Juan of the New Red Mansion

"Ma'am, are you alright?" Jia Juan was discussing something with Mrs. Liu in the flower hall, when Master Qin came in to send a message, Master Hou sent Chang Yun back to Beijing, saying that he had something important to tell Madam.Jia Juan and Liu Shi exchanged glances, Chang Yun was Hou Ye's bodyguard and confidant, if there was no urgent matter, he would not leave Hou Ye easily.

Could it be that something happened in Yangzhou again. I heard that the Lin family has been very uneasy recently. Although several leading corrupt officials and salt merchants were eliminated, the mastermind behind them was temporarily let go because the emperor had other plans.Could it be that the mastermind couldn't bear it and wanted to make a move in advance?

Of course, only Jia Juan knew about these secrets.Mrs. Liu was obedient, knowing that Madam was going to talk about business, "Madam, my concubine will leave first." Jia Juan nodded and told her to leave first. "Let Changyun enter the room to talk, and Auntie, please stand guard at the door and don't allow anyone to approach."

Liu's heart tightened, something really happened, otherwise it would not be her turn to guard the gate in person, so she responded with a stern expression. "Chang Yun, Ma'am told you to go in." Chang Yun is someone close to Master Hou, so he naturally knows Liu Shi.He gave a half-respect to Mrs. Liu according to the etiquette, "Auntie, be well." After Mrs. Liu returned the salute, she helped to raise the curtain.

After Changyun entered the house, Mrs. Liu called the little maid who was standing on the porch to go out to play, and then sat on a stone bench in the yard to guard the gate.Jia Juan knew that it was not a rule to meet a foreigner alone, so in order not to lose sight of the truth, it is best to keep a long story short. "Master Hou called you back, is there any change in Yangzhou?"

"If you go back to Madam, Master Hou asked the younger one to give this letter to Madam. He said that Madam will know after reading it. Chang Yun, please leave first. If Madam has something to do, you can ask Qin Da to go to the Gaosheng Inn to find the young one. Qin You must know the secret code for contact." Jia Juan sweated instantly, always thinking that the son of Mother Chen's family, Lord Hou, was the available person in the waiting mansion, and it turned out that Qin Da, the always capable foreign manager, was Lord Hou's confidant.

Jia Juan's heart warmed when he thought that Master Hou had even told him such confidential things. "Look at you, you are so busy, you came back non-stop. Let everyone in Qin arrange the kitchen to get you a few small dishes, and then go back to the inn after eating. Although the food outside is delicious, it is not as refreshing as eating at home. "

Changyun is an orphan who was picked up from the street by the old Hou Ye when he was a child.Since he was a child, he envied other people to have a family. Now that he heard his wife say this, the tough man couldn't suppress his emotion, and his eyes were red when he went out.

After Jia Juan read Shui Fang's handwritten letter in one breath, the warmth just now dissipated instantly, and a sour smell came out.A pearl went away, Aunt Ma died, and after a few days of comfort, another Cuihua came out halfway.

Although someone else forced it to Shui Fang, not Shui Fang's own fancy, but it was always the aunt who was brought into the mansion in a serious manner.Moreover, this Cuihua girl has a lot of background, and she has the support of the Zhen family behind her.You can't use what you did with Pearl and Aunt Ma on her.In case, her life is not going well and she runs back to Zhen's house to file a complaint, wouldn't it be more right and wrong for no reason.

No wonder, Shui Fang would send her back to the capital and put her in the custody of the Hou Mansion. It turned out that she wanted to break her connection with the Zhen family.Jia Juan smiled helplessly, called Liu Shi into the house, and told her to tidy up a small courtyard not too far away, ready to welcome the new aunt from Yangzhou.

Mrs. Liu was stunned, "New aunt? Could it be Lord Hou..." Could it be that Lord Hou couldn't bear to be alone and fell in love with someone else's girl? Confused.Mrs. Liu felt unworthy for his wife, but she didn't expect that Master Shui was just an ordinary person.

"Well, you are not an outsider. In fact, this new aunt was given to Lord Hou by someone else. Lord Hou didn't care about it, and it was inconvenient to take her with him, so he sent her back to Beijing." Jia Juan Greeting Liu to sit down, he complained, "If she hadn't been of special status, Lord Hou would have sent her back a long time ago." So Jia Juan told Cuihua's origin.

Mrs. Liu has learned a lot, and she has never seen a rich family who likes to send girls to other people's houses. "Ma'am, what do you plan to do with this girl?" She doesn't call her Aunt, just Miss.It can be seen that Liu Shi looks down on Cuihua from the bottom of her heart.

"What else can I do? Be a clay bodhisattva. To tell you the truth, Lord Hou meant to detain her in the mansion and cut off her contact with the outside world. The Zhen family's eyeliner in Beijing is no less than that in Jiangnan. Especially to prevent her from connecting with the one in the palace." Jia Juan whispered in Liu's ear.

The Liu family has also seen the world, and quickly understood the deep meaning in it, and felt even more shameless towards the Zhen family's actions. "Madam, please don't worry, the concubine will definitely handle this matter properly. As for the one in the palace, she has no time to train her confidant now, so she can't take care of an aunt."

Niu Guiren became insane after falling out of favor with Chen Yuanwailang. In the Palace of Compassion and Ning, he wanted to kill An Cairen in front of the Queen Mother and Empress. It's a pity that he was one step too late, Niu Guiren's dagger scratched An Cairen's arm.

As a result, there was a lot of screaming in the Compassionate Ning Palace, the concubines and maids ran and hid, several timid concubines fainted.The eunuchs were divided into two groups, one group was protecting the masters, and the other group wanted to catch Niu Guiren.Niu Guiren, who usually looked weak, became extremely fierce at this time, brandishing a dagger, chasing and killing the injured An Cairen in the palace, as if he would not stop until he killed someone.

The old queen mother is still sitting on it. She has lived in the palace for most of her life and has experienced many things. This is the first time she has seen the absurd thing of a concubine assassinating a concubine.Seeing the concubines scurrying around the room, their expressions became even uglier.Later, the guards who arrived after hearing the news caught Niu Guiren, and the concubines came to their senses.

The emperor also came to the Palace of Compassion and Ning, and saw that the empress dowager was frightened, and her dragon face was as dark as the bottom of a pot.Pointing to Niu Guiren, who was kneeling on the ground with five flowers tied, he cursed, "Earlier, the queen praised you for becoming more disciplined in front of the queen mother, why did you go crazy in just a few days?" Even Dai didn't like the queen anymore.

Niu Guiren's second sister married Chen Qi, the eldest grandson of Chen Ruiwen of the State of Qi, and Chen Shi, the concubine of Beijing, and Chen Qi are brothers and sisters of the same mother.With these two layers of relationship, the queen also looked at Niu Guiren differently.

The story of Niu Guiren being punished in the Palace of Compassion and Peace reached the Queen's ears that day. The Queen felt that Niu Guiren had been wronged a bit, and wanted to be a favor to win over Niu Guiren.So, he said a lot for Niu Guiren in front of the emperor.

The empress wanted to kill Niu Guiren at this moment, why did the Zhen Guo government produce such a useless girl.He opened his mouth to defend himself, but was interrupted by the emperor. "Since the queen's illness has not fully recovered, let's recuperate well in the Kunning Palace. The affairs of the palace will be temporarily handed over to Concubine Hui and Zhen Jieyu for negotiation." Sitting slumped on the chair, regretting that she should have listened to the emperor's son's words, and just be a queen in the palace honestly and peacefully.

The emperor demoted Niu Guiren to a court lady and took her to Gongzhengsi.That night, Niu Guiren couldn't bear the torture and died.Upon receiving the news, the Duke of Zhen's mansion was taken aback by the whole mansion. They couldn't understand why Niu Guiren couldn't figure it out and went crazy, and dared to assassinate the concubine in the palace.

It's a pity that Duke Zhen hasn't recovered from what happened to Chen Yuanwailang, and when he heard the bad news, he became ten years older overnight, dragging his legs into the palace to plead guilty, but the emperor didn't see him again, so he asked him to go back At that time, I went to Gong Zhengsi to bring back the corpse of the Niugong man. This is because the Zhen Guogong's mansion was meritorious in founding the country, otherwise Gong Sizheng would throw the body in the mass grave.

Those so-called friends of Lord Zhen Guo saw that his family had lost power, so they cut off contact with him one after another.For a while, Duke Zhen's mansion withered in front of him, and even the Duke of Qi's mansion, who was related by marriage, was not as warm as before.The second aunt who married into Qi Guogong heard that life is not good now. There are still several unmarried girls in the Zhen Guogong's mansion. They used to be dazzled when looking for their in-laws, but now they dare not take them.

The one who benefited the most from this matter was that Zhen Zhaohua. She was the niece of Concubine Zhen's direct relative, and she was also a descendant of Concubine Zhen. In terms of identity and blood relationship, she was the closest to Concubine Zhen.She wasn't approached by Concubine Zhen halfway into the palace, but was selected in a well-rounded selection, of course the help of Concubine Zhen was indispensable.

The emperor is very face-saving. As soon as he entered the palace, he sealed Wanrong from the fifth rank, and then jumped to Jieyu from the third rank. It was considered a miracle in the palace. Now he was appointed by the emperor to follow Concubine Jing, Ye Zhaoyi and Concubine Hui Taking charge of the affairs of the palace together, Zhen Jieyu once again became the thorn in everyone's eyes.

After hearing that the queen mother was frightened, Jia Juan entered the palace to visit the queen mother according to the rules. The queen mother still had lingering fears about what happened at that time, so she held Jia Juan's hand and talked for a long time.Jia Juan was also very sympathetic to the old lady, she was already getting old, and she still encountered such a bad thing.However, such a mess would only happen in the royal family.

In the Palace of Mercy Ning, Jia Juan was lucky enough to meet Concubine Zhen and Zhen Jieyu, who is said to be in the limelight now. Thinking of Concubine Zhen's ambiguous eyes and Zhen Jieyu's ambiguous smile at that time, Jia Juan suddenly understood Come here, they should already know that Cuihua girl is going to enter the Hou Mansion.

Thinking of being tricked, Jia Juan became very angry, "No, I can't be bullied anymore, and I even helped count the money. Aunt Liu, ask someone to find out about the origin of Aunt Cuihua, even her parents, brothers and sisters. We have to check everything out.”