The widowed mother of the red mansion

Zhou Rui's family saw that Mrs. Wang wanted to vent her anger, and he was also happy to avenge the past, so he hurriedly said: "Madam is right, our mansion has always been a virtuous family outside, if we don't care about it, why don't we find it shameful? It's a small matter to save face, and it's terrible if it hurts our mother. This time, it's my family's investigation, and the girls will not be annoyed. It's better than being caught by the house in the future to see some jokes. The theory said The girls are fine, but the maidservants are too hateful, and they are arrogant and dignified to serve the young lady by themselves."

Mrs. Wang raised her eyebrows slightly, and said with a sneer: "Not only are the maids who serve the girls hateful, but there are also many goblins in Baoyu's room! Go and call your second grandma, I have something to discuss with her."

Zhou Rui's family took orders to go.After a while, Sister Feng came to Mrs. Wang's room to say hello to her, and said with a smile: "The madam asked me to come, presumably to send a gift to the princess at the Prince's Mansion in Xi'an County. I have already prepared it. Madam, would you like to have a look?"

Mrs. Wang said: "Just send it, what's so interesting. How can you make a mistake in this kind of thing? I called you here because of a terrible accident. You should think of a way."

Sister Feng couldn't figure it out, she hurriedly said with a smile: "Madam, please just tell me."

Mrs. Wang said: "In a daze, I heard several times that something was lost in the garden over there. It used to be difficult to hear such things in the family for several years. It can be seen that people's hearts have changed now. That's why such moths come out. Besides, I don't go to the garden very often. When I go once in a while, I see a lot of bad-looking, flirtatious and frivolous maids and daughters-in-law. I don't have to teach Baoyu and the girls badly. You 萚I'll think of a way, at least find an excuse, and get rid of those dishonest ones."

Sister Feng was shocked, and said: "Why did Madam suddenly think of this? It's fine if you send one off. If there are too many, the old lady will be suspicious, and even the master will ask. How will we talk about it then?"

Mrs. Wang said: "If I know, I still need to ask you? I didn't pay attention to it at first, but now it's not too late to make up for it. I just have a precious jade, and can they ruin it?"

When Sister Feng saw this, she knew that someone had said something in front of Mrs. Wang, so she quickly laughed and said, "What my wife said is, how can my little one go through some storms, how can my wife have such knowledge? It's just a hasty scoop. I can't come up with a good idea, please allow me to go back and think about it, once I have an idea, how about going back to my wife immediately?"

Mrs. Wang nodded: "Go! You are the only one in this family who is smarter. Don't tell others what you said today. If the news leaks, it will only be on you."

When Sister Feng returned to her home, she couldn't help complaining secretly.After Ping'er asked the reason, he said with a smile: "It must be some unsatisfied villains who have chewed their tongues in front of my wife. According to me, grandma should pretend to be confused. There are big tricks inside, and no one will be offended. Okay. Why don't you just come up with a random idea, say that you lost something, and ask Zhou Rui's family to take the lead in investigating it quietly in the dark, and grandma just follow behind, anyway, she has owed this prestige for a long time."

Sister Feng laughed and said, "Greasy little hoof, it's because I'm so used to making you even more insane!"

Ping'er laughed and said, "Then I won't talk too much in the future. If something happens, I'll just be stupid and watch my nose and heart. It's better for grandma to jump."

There was nothing to say that night, and Sister Feng went to Mrs. Wang's room early the next morning, and said, "I thought about it all night yesterday, and finally found a way - just say that I have a sealed paper on my body, and I don't know if it fell in the garden." Where is it? That letter is a gift list sent by Jiangnan Zhen's family. Although it is not an important thing, it needs to be found out. There are also such letter papers that are confused and misplaced for a while. It can't be said to be stolen. Don't mutter less. You can't find papers. Those who are not suitable can always find a way to get rid of them. Who is clean? It's just a matter of discretion. What does the wife think?"

Mrs. Wang smiled and said: "I just said that you are the most appropriate, very good, let's do it like this. Are you going now?"

Sister Feng laughed and said: "In broad daylight, people are not necessarily in the three-point area. If there is a big battle, they will run away to hear the news, or they will be too conspicuous to scare the old lady. According to me, it is better to go at night. Sister-in-law Zhou started, I asked Grandma to accompany me, she has always been popular and stable, especially she understands my wife's heart the most, so everyone probably doesn't care."

These words hit the heart of Zhou Rui's family, and he repeatedly pretended to resign: "Second Grandma is too famous, how can I have this ability?"

Sister Feng smiled and said, "Don't be humble, who knows that your wife is the best at managing people? You and your wife have been with you for so many years, so you are naturally an excellent person. If you push me any further, I won't dare to take this matter, even if my wife scolds me." I can't care less."

Mrs. Wang said with a smile: "You just agree with her. Look at her good mouth. If you don't agree, then I won't be able to teach slaves."

Only then did Zhou Rui's family agree with a bitter face, not to mention how proud they were.In the evening, Sister Feng couldn't push herself well, so she was asked to invite Li Wan, and Zhou Rui's family went to Daoxiang village.

Li Wancai was doing needlepointing in the room while watching Jialan study. When she saw Zhou Rui's family coming, she gave her a seat with a smile and asked Suyun to pour tea.

Zhou Rui's family smiled and said: "Don't be busy, grandma, I don't drink tea. That's right, the list of gifts from the Zhen family that Second Grandma just kept was left behind when she was shopping at some sister's place. Although it's not something expensive or important, I'm afraid It was the little girl who couldn't read and rolled it up and mixed it with some copybooks. It was unseemly when she returned the gift. Tomorrow, I was in a hurry to use it, so I searched for it tonight, and checked the drinking and gambling of the maids and maids. "

Li Wan nodded and said: "There is nothing wrong with this. Where is Feng girl?"

Zhou Rui's family said: "Second Grandma said she was unhappy, so she didn't come."

Li Wan said: "What happened to her, we asked her to run errands. It can be seen that she is a scoundrel. When she recovers, she will be punished."

Zhou Rui's family repeatedly said yes.After settling in Jialan, Li Wan ordered the two maidservants to carry glazed gourd lanterns in front, and Biyue Suyun cooperated, and she and Zhou Rui's family took some women and maidservants to the nearby Xiaoxiang Hall.

Daiyu had already fallen asleep, Zijuan saw Li Wan bringing these people, she was a little puzzled: "The girl has already fallen asleep, what's the matter with grandma? I'll wake her up."

Li Wan said no, and Daiyu woke up.She has always been sleepy, and seeing Zhou Rui's family today felt even more uncomfortable. Li Wan hurriedly walked to the bedside and pressed her, saying, "Go to sleep, your second sister-in-law is confused and lost her dowry list, we are just now. She is looking for it."

Daiyu laughed and said, "Don't coax me, what's going on? Why is she here too?"

That Zhou Rui's family only perfunctory a few times, then walked into the room, and searched the rooms of Daiyu's maidservants several times, and saw that there was really nothing shameful, so they walked over unhurriedly and said: "Girl, don't be surprised, we also acted on the orders of our wife."

Daiyu said, "What did you find just now?"

Zhou Rui's family said: "There is nothing pickled, but there are a lot of good clothes and money in the cages of the little maids. Do you know what the girl knows?"

Before Daiyu opened her mouth, Zijuan said with a smile: "Sister-in-law Zhou's words are a bit funny. We are the only poor in this house, and we can't even afford a good dress? Our lady has always been generous, as long as I can't afford to serve you Big mistake, there are two things, I really can't tell if I want to talk about it in detail. Where does the girl's money come from, and where our things come from. If Mrs. Zhou is suspicious, just ask the old lady, presumably The old lady's money is not clear."

Zijuan had nothing to say about Zhou Rui's family, who had nothing to say, and said after a while: "What a eloquent maid, I just follow orders, you don't have to be angry with me."

Daiyu scolded Zijuan a few times, and said to Zhou Rui's family: "Sister-in-law, it's weird. I usually spoil this maid, and she doesn't know what to say. I usually reward those clothes and money. Although I didn't keep an account, probably It's all in my heart, sister-in-law, do you want a pair?" After finishing speaking, she asked Xueyan to open her boxes one by one: "Except for the ones I brought here, the others are all rewarded by old ladies, wives and grandmas, sisters There are also quite a few gifts from Baoyu, sister-in-law, take a look?"

Zhou Rui's family blushed, apologized a few words, and left with Li Wan's clothes.Li Wan was amused in his heart, but he refused to show it on his face, and said: "Sister-in-law also kicked the iron plate today."

Zhou Rui's family said: "It is said that Miss Lin is a delicate and weak beauty lamp. Now it seems that a gust of wind can't blow her out! She doesn't have to be burned."

Li Wan smiled and ignored them, the two walked to Hengwu Garden, Zhou Rui's family said: "I'm afraid that Miss Xue will fall asleep sooner or later, she'd better go somewhere else."

Li Wan said, "It's up to you."

When the two arrived at Tanchun's place, they said what they wanted to do, but Tanchun didn't look good, he sneered for a long time and didn't speak.

The members of Zhou Rui's family knew she was powerful, so they didn't dare to act rashly, and respectfully lowered their hands to listen to her orders.Tanchun said: "I don't think I lost the gift list. It's probably because I lost the booklet of her private house. Otherwise, I can't trouble you to search and check. The things of the maids have passed through my eyes. According to me, Don’t read it, just come to me. Such a scandal at home is still bright outside! What kind of poetry and etiquette have been left behind—you can go back to your wife and old lady, I will All answers, not a single word is missing. Most likely, seeing the wealth and glory of other mansions being ransacked is novel and interesting, and I am thinking about such an event myself!"

Zhou Rui's family dared to turn around when they saw this, and hurriedly backed away to go out.Tanchun shouted: "Stop! I want you to go out? Sister-in-law, you are here today. If you don't explain the matter clearly to me, I won't give up. Let's start a fight!"

Seeing that she was talking about herself, Li Wan couldn't stay silent, and said, "I'm also confused. I just received the letter at night. It's inconvenient to ask my wife sooner or later, so I had to come here. Anyway, it's not worth anything. , and there is nothing to be ashamed of or not, so just check it out overnight."

Tanchun sighed and said, "I thought you were a virtuous and general person, but how could you be so confused! If you lose even a piece of grass, you can just send someone to ask around. You need so many people to come in person. Search? We lost a lot of valuables before, but we have never seen such a battle. I am timid and have no experience in the world, so I say this cowardly thing. This is the first time I heard that there are people who come into the cage in the room during the night search. What a waste Broken paper, if she wants to suspect my maid, she locks me up first, but the person who wants to touch me can't!"