Jia Juan of the New Red Mansion

After Aunt Liu entered the room, she chose the first chair on the right and sat down. Everyone probably guessed the identity of the other party, and it should be one of the powerful aunts in the Hou Mansion. "Sister Lai's family, this is Aunt Liu." Mrs. Qin whispered in Mrs. Lai's ear.It is because everyone has heard about the origin of Aunt Liu, put aside their contempt, and respectfully saluted.

Before coming, Shi Taijun specially told Lai everyone that he must see Mrs. Hou herself and ask her about Jia Min.Mrs. Hou claimed that she was ill and didn't see any visitors, so she only sent Aunt Liu out to greet her, but she couldn't ask an aunt for details because everyone's words came to her lips.After exchanging a few pleasantries, I asked the daughters-in-law who came with me to present the gifts, and then I found an excuse to leave.

A few days ago, Shi Taijun went to Nan'an Palace as a guest, and was chatting amusingly with the old princess of Nan'an, when the discussions of the women next to her became louder, it accidentally drifted into Shi Taijun's ears.If it was normal, Shi Taijun would just ignore it.

However, when they mentioned the word Lin Yushi, Shi Taijun inevitably had a kind heart, thinking in his heart which family these women belonged to, didn't he know that the Jia family and the Lin family were related by marriage, so he didn't wink Discuss in front of the owner.So, while joking with the old princess of Nan'an, he pricked up his ears to listen to them.

It turned out that there was a lady here. Her lord was serving as the county magistrate in Yizheng County under Yangzhou. The three-year term had expired. Last month, he returned to Beijing to report on his duties with Chen County Magistrate. With the help of this relationship, he should have been able to quickly fill the gap and take up his post to go to a wealthy county to continue his training.

It's a pity that the heaven failed to fulfill people's wishes, and the Minister of the Ministry of Officials happened to commit a crime. Although the crime would not be enough to be executed by ransacking the house, the position of the Minister could not be kept.After the Minister of the Ministry of Officials was dismissed from office, he took his family back to his hometown. He heard that there was a robber on the way, and the whole family died under the knife of the robber.The case has not been solved so far, and it was finally closed and reported to the court.

County magistrate Chen had just arrived in the capital and heard about this incident, his face was pale with fright. The couple looked at the carload of gifts and secretly rejoiced that they were not too close to the Minister of the Ministry of Officials before, and they were not implicated innocently.At the same time, it was fortunate that no one was sent to send the gift to Shang Shufu in advance, otherwise the bamboo basket would be empty and the money would be lost.

The Chen family has a distant relative in Beijing, and the couple temporarily lived in the other courtyard of the distant relative.The County Magistrate of Chen had a drink with old colleagues and friends every day, and Mrs. Chen was not idle either. She went out to socialize with the wives of distant relatives. Without the support of the Minister of Officials, the couple had no choice but to wander around by themselves.

In fact, as Mrs. Chen's identity, she couldn't enter the Nan'an Palace. She was able to come this time because she spent a lot of money and walked a few ways to flatter her face.Princess Nan'an accepted her gift, and asked Mrs. Chen to be taken away without even looking at it.

Mrs. Chen didn't care either, she ran around among the officials' wives like a butterfly.The wives in the aristocratic circle are familiar with each other, who would be willing to take care of the bumpkins who popped up halfway.No matter how thick-skinned Mrs. Chen was, she was embarrassed.I had to drag several officials and wives of similar status to gossip there.

These officials' wives are the family members of officials who have been sent to the outside world, and they are talking about gossip outside the capital, which are new things that the noble wives who have lived in the capital for a long time have never heard of.Others listened to the fun and lowered their status to move their feet to listen to the excitement.As Mrs. Chen talked, she began to get carried away and forgot her taboos.

"You don't know that the son of Lin Yushi's family is gone." Mrs. Chen deliberately paused for a while, and it really attracted the attention of many people. head.

"When did it disappear?" Everyone has heard that Lin Yushi's family has only one son-in-law, who is a sick seedling. "Didn't it mean that the emperor sent an imperial physician to the Lin Manor, why didn't he keep it?"

Mrs. Chen patted her chest, and said in a low voice, "Even the god Da Luo can't be saved. Let me tell you the truth, Mr. Lin didn't die of illness, he died of an accident. My master said that the child's body was exposed to the sun in the wilderness." For a few days, the corpse was covered with flies and insects."

This shocking news silenced all the people present and stopped talking.The old concubine Nan'an subconsciously glanced at Shi Taijun, it was fine if she didn't look at it, but she almost scared the old concubine into something wrong.

When Shi Taijun heard that his grandson was gone, he thought that his grandson's sick body could not survive in the end. He was sad and regretted his daughter's life. He couldn't care about other things. He was so sad that he began to gasp heavily, with a blockage in his throat. The phlegm is unbearable.

Later, I heard that my grandson didn't die of an illness, but that he looked miserable when he died, so he guessed that he was murdered without asking.She couldn't breathe even more, and the maid beside her hurried forward to help her back.The old princess of Nan'an was afraid that the old sister would have something wrong here, and it would be difficult to explain to the Rongguo Mansion, so she hurriedly asked for an imperial physician.

Afterwards, Princess Nan'an personally came forward to ask Mrs. Chen the ins and outs of the incident.Under the sympathetic eyes of everyone, Mrs. Chen followed the Nan'an old princess to the side hall tremblingly, and relayed the gossip she heard from her master.After Shi Taijun heard this, he rolled his eyes and passed out. The Nan'an palace was in a hurry, and hurriedly carried the old lady to the residence of the old princess.

It was inconvenient for Mrs. Wang to move around while she was pregnant, so she didn't go out with Shi Taijun this time, and Mrs. Jia had no intention of taking her there at all.No, apart from the two maidservants, the old lady has no other female family members of the Jia family to take care of her.The mother-in-law and daughter-in-law of the old Nan'an princess saw that this was not a solution, and quickly sent someone to the Rongguo mansion to send a letter, asking the two masters of the mansion to come and pick up the old lady.

Afterwards, the news that Jia Amnesty and his brother inquired back was even worse than what they heard from Mrs. Chen.It turned out that the purpose of the gangsters kidnapping Lin Geer was to threaten Lin Ruhai, but Lin Ruhai did not agree to the gangster's request.The villain killed Lin Ge'er in a fit of anger, and deliberately threw Lin Ge'er's body on a remote hillside outside the city, allowing wild beasts, insects and ants to gnaw on his body, making him dead without a whole body.

Of course, Brother Jia She didn't dare to tell the old lady the details, and only picked the key points.The old lady has been shrewd all her life, so she couldn't tell that the two brothers were hiding something, so she asked them to tell the truth in a hurry.The two brothers were forced to have no choice but to tell the truth, even the part about Brother Lin's face after death was not deleted.

As expected, the old lady fainted again, the imperial doctor was already waiting nearby, there was no need for brothers Jia Shen to call for someone, and they ran in spontaneously to give the old lady the injection.The first thing the old lady said after waking up was to ask Jia Amnesty to write a letter to Lin Ruhai to verify the matter.

The Yangzhou side quickly replied, probably meaning that Brother Lin was only occasionally caught in the cold and couldn't see the guests. I don't know who was spreading rumors outside, which made the old lady worry.The letter implicitly mentioned a regretful thing, the child in Lin Jia's womb was not kept in the end, and it is hard to say whether he will be able to bear it in the future.

The old lady just felt relieved after hearing the previous paragraph, as long as Brother Lin is fine.Brother Lin has often been ill since he was a child, and the old lady is used to seeing it. According to the old lady, Geer Lin is a son of a family, and he is surrounded by servants, so he doesn't need to do everything. Physical labor is even more untouchable, if you are weak, you should be weaker, as long as you can marry a wife and have children to inherit the family business in the future.

I don't know which people are talking nonsense behind their backs. It is rumored that Lin Ge'er was killed by gangsters, and they even made up such heinous and vicious words about violent corpses in the wilderness.Not to mention the old lady, both brothers Jia She and She wanted to find out who was behind the scenes and seek justice for their sister.

The more I listened to the back, the more the old lady felt sorry for Jia Min, and the child she was desperately conceiving would be gone if she said nothing.Thinking of getting a daughter who was raised by a baby, the old lady has not had a few days of comfort since she got married, the old lady's heart hurts badly, and she can't wait to get up and go to Yangzhou to visit her daughter immediately.

The old lady originally wanted her eldest son to ask for leave to go to Yangzhou for a visit, but who would have expected that a sudden wind would blow in the middle of the court, and the aristocratic family that they had been friends with on weekdays would be unlucky overnight.For fear of being implicated, the Ning and Rong governments separately restricted their family members not to go out and have contact with outsiders at will, so as not to be caught talking about it.Jia Amnesty's trip to Yangzhou was naturally cancelled.

After the turmoil subsided, the old lady couldn't sit still anymore, and when she heard the news that Wen Dinghou had returned to the capital, she sent everyone from Lai to the Hou's mansion to find out the truth from Jia Juan.Since Jia Min's nanny was caught by Lin Ruhai for prescribing tonics last time, Lin Ruhai has separated from the Yue family. On the surface, there is a constant exchange of courtesy, but in fact, the old lady knows very well that Lin Ruhai may have been dissatisfied with the Jia family long ago.The old lady knew that Lin Ruhai would not tell the truth to herself, so she had to take a detour to care for her daughter.

In the Rongxi Hall of Rongguo Mansion, women of all ages, including Shi Taijun, the sons and daughters of the master of the Rong Mansion sat together, eagerly waiting for the news.Regardless of whether Wang and Xing's sister-in-law are sincere, just looking at Shi Taijun's anxious face, one can tell that she really cares about Jia Min.

"Seeing Madam? What does Madam say?" Shi Taijun asked anxiously, ignoring everyone's courtesy.

"Returning to the old lady, the lady had a cold stomach last night and tossed and tossed all night, the maidservant was unlucky, the lady just took medicine and fell asleep." Lai everyone buried his head.The old lady showed a disappointed expression, "Oh, you go down." Could it be that Master Hou had specifically explained it, or else he would not be sick sooner or later, and it happened that he was sick at this time.The old lady became uneasy, and began to be sure that Lin Ruhai was not telling the truth.

The two sisters-in-law didn't dare to make a sound, they quietly observed the old lady's face, and if the old lady made a mistake, they were ready to stand up and call someone.The atmosphere in the main hall was so quiet for a moment that even a needle could be heard falling on the ground. Shi Taijun was stunned for a while, and waved his hand.

"Forget it, forget it. Since you are married, you are the daughter-in-law of the family, no matter how much you worry about it, it will not be good. For the second family, you can ask someone to pick some medicinal materials from my warehouse and send them to the eldest aunt. I can only do this for her. As for the future, it depends on whether she has that blessing." There was sadness in her tone.This time Mrs. Wang obediently agreed quickly, anyway, the old lady posted it as her private room.

In the study of Lin Fu in Yangzhou

"I heard that the Rongguo Mansion sent someone to inquire about the news?"

"The old lady joined in the fun, and I have already sent her away. I don't know who spread the rumors on purpose. After you returned to Beijing, several groups of people were implying not to offend the Lord."

"Hey, it seems that the master can't pretend anymore."

"Tell me, will Brother Lin really be in his hands?"

"No, there are reports that the assassin who kidnapped Brother Lin was from the Liu family."

"what...."