[Red Mansions] Why does Xiaoye want to whitewash

"You still want to take the people around the elders?!" Mrs. Wang looked at Jia Lian in disbelief, her chest heaving with anger, and said angrily: "Who do you want to take?! Jia Lian, who else do you want to take!"

"Second Aunt, calm down."

Jia Lian, who was treated almost like a snarl, even wanted to dig out his ears, but his inner expectation of Mrs. Wang's "one-hearted dedication to Buddha" in the future restrained his indecent behavior.

Then, ignoring Madam Wang's even more ugly face, Jia Lian stared intently at the servant girl who was wearing a dark blue thin jacket and a green satin vest at the door and said, "The servant who made a mistake at Second Aunt's place is not here, but Miss Liuli, who is now in front of her." In front of grandma, why don't you give me a chance to make a difference?"

Liu Li was already a little restless under the gaze of Second Master Lian, but now that she was pointed out by name, she immediately knelt down nervously and said, "I really don't know what you mean, Second Master, please express... "

The weather was getting warmer, and it was time to take out a folding fan to pretend to be aggressive, so Jia Lian waved the fan and looked at grandma calmly.

But Mother Jia has not been in a good mood since she woke up in the morning. Now that she sees her grandson pointing at the maid beside her, her face is even colder and she said: "Even if the people around me really make mistakes, they should be punished. Lian Just ask."

"Yes, grandma." When talking to the old lady, she was still speaking in a soft voice, then turned her head to look at Liuli, Jia Lian's eyes were instantly cold, and he asked: "Do you think it's true or not? "

Liuli immediately denied it, even though she knew that the old lady was angry with her, but if she was really convicted, then she was really finished!

Seeing this, Jia Lian chuckled, and said again: "You probably forgot what the second lady just said, young master, I have interrogated many people from last night to this morning, if you think there is no witness, I will condescend Do you confront a maid directly?"

After hearing this, Liuli climbed a few steps forward with hands and feet together, tears streaming down her eyes, and she cried to Jia Mu, "Old lady, there are really no servants. You know what kind of temperament a servant is. You have always done things honestly, so how can you talk about right and wrong with your master?"

Jia's mother has always liked these girls, and Liuli has always been very down-to-earth, so seeing her crying and begging at this time, she looked at Jia Lian with some unbearable heart, and asked, "What did you say? If it's not serious, Just take it as a face for grandma and don't pursue it any further."

Jia Lian shook his fan lightly a few times, and said with a smile: "Grandson doesn't care, but I don't know if grandma cares about Rongguo Mansion's face. After all, everyone outside is saying that grandson is not good, but grandson and big brother Zhu are still being rejected. Someone told me..." After finishing speaking, he just looked at the old matriarch of Rongguo Mansion with a smile.

Jia's mother really didn't expect that what she said was right and wrong. Jia Lian was not married yet, so who would be responsible if it affected the marriage?So he looked at Liuli with sharp eyes, and asked, "What's going on? Are you still not telling the truth?!"

As soon as Liuli heard the word "No", she suddenly remembered that when Feihe came over a few days ago, she complained every sentence when she talked to herself, but she never agreed, so she immediately began to cry out: "A few days ago, it was Feihe. The servant who came to look for her said some... things that were not in line with the rules, but the servant really didn't spread the word!"

Seeing that the masters didn't believe her after speaking, when his eyes were wandering, he happened to glance at the glass and his expression was a little bit wrong. He suddenly remembered something, pointed at her and said: "The servant never said that, but Feihe and the servant did not avoid it on purpose that day." Man, Glass came back while we were talking, and even said a few words to us! This servant dares to swear to God, if this servant passes on the young master's words, he will die! Does Glass dare?!"

At this time, no one will worry about the sisterhood for me, not to mention that they are actually in a competitive relationship, so as soon as Glass and Liuli looked at each other, they knew that she would never let her go, and sure enough... so she Hearing Liuli's accusation, he immediately collapsed on the ground.

Looking at it this way, if there is anything she doesn't understand, Jia Lian smiled and calmly picked up the teacup, waiting quietly to see how her grandmother would deal with her.

In front of her son, daughter-in-law and grandson, Mother Jia only felt a burning pain on her face, and then she became short of breath. Seeing this, the maid standing beside her immediately stepped forward and helped the old lady pat her chest. Madam breathed more slowly, and quickly poured a glass of water for her to drink.

The old lady is not in good health, and has been drinking medicine all year round, so Jia She, who has been silent all this time, pretended to be concerned, but said to the second room: "Mother, don't be angry, where can a little girl like her go? Didn't the servants who have the second bedroom not be interrogated?"

Jia Zhu didn't know how serious it was for her to interrogate people in her yard, but she only knew that if such slaves were not punished, they would cause harm in the future, so she also said to her mother: "Mother, why don't you let Lian'er tell the truth?" Which servant of the second room is causing trouble, let's find out this matter together today, otherwise we are gossiping about Lian'er now, and maybe gossiping about my son in the future..."

If it's just that Da Fang's son's reputation is bad, Mrs. Wang would absolutely not want her servants to be interrogated by Da Fang, and she might even gloat in her heart.But her son said that one day he might be gossiped by his servants, which would ruin his reputation, so she couldn't convince herself to protect them no matter what.

So when Jia Zhu ordered someone to bring the two servants from the second room, Mrs. Wang did not stop her, but acquiesced.

Mrs. Wang has been helping the housekeeper in the past few years, so all the dowry servants around her have followed the master and got good jobs. The two wives brought here are under Mrs. Wang's subordinates, although they are not in front of the master like Zhou Rui's. A celebrity is enough to make Mrs. Wang look ugly.

It's just that this is the person around her, and others are saving face for her without interjecting, but Mrs. Wang still feels very ashamed.Seeing that her mother was embarrassed, Jia Zhu began to interrogate her in person, and this matter was not an unsolved case. Naturally, it was compared with each other, so there was nothing to justify.

After this series of connections, things became clear. At first, Jia Lian was unwilling to serve in the room, so Feihe and Liuli complained, and then they heard Glass chatting with others casually, and the rumors gradually spread. It spread in the mansion, some servants kept their duty and stopped spreading it, and some spread it with others, which caused the current situation.

Everyone has a heart for gossip, but spying on other people's privates and spreading maliciously at the same time, this cannot be justified by simple curiosity and fun, not to mention that it is a taboo in this era.

And Jia Lian, who had been sitting all morning just because of such a small matter, moved his neck, stood up and said to his grandmother, "Feihe's deed of prostitution is still with my grandmother, so my grandson will go back and have her sent here." , it's all up to grandma to handle."

As for whether they will be severely punished in the end, Jia Lian is not worried at all. The reason why he made such a big fuss is that he hopes that they will be avoided. People read jokes.

The old god Jia She, who was also ignoring the jokes, was sitting there. It was a rare opportunity to relieve his grievances for many years, and of course he would not let it go.

Jia Zhu thought for a while, said goodbye to the elders, and followed Jia Lian's footsteps to leave the grandmother's yard.

"Lian'er!"

Jia Lian, who heard the voice, turned her head, raised her eyebrows and asked, "Brother Zhu, what's the matter?"

Jia Zhu quickly walked a few steps to catch up with him and walked side by side with him, saying as he walked, "I have wronged you about this incident."

"It's not your responsibility." When the sun came up, Jia Lian felt a little hot, so he fanned his fan faster, and replied: "The servants in the mansion are becoming more and more lawless, Brother Zhu, why don't you find a way to rectify it."

"Does Lian'er have any ideas?"

Jia Lian looked at Jia Zhu strangely, and said, "Brother Zhu, doesn't he know? My younger brother has been busy with my mother's dowry recently, so I don't have time to meddle in these trivial matters. Besides, it's not my grandmother and second aunt who are in charge of the house." Why doesn’t Big Brother Zhu discuss it with them?”

"Then..." Jia Zhu thought hard, and finally found a reason, "Then you are still ordered by your grandmother to learn to manage the vulgar things of Rongguo Mansion with your father? How can it be nosy?"

Jia Lian raised the corners of his mouth, and said "hehe" to Jia Zhu with a smirk on his face, and suddenly started running at a faster speed, shouting as he ran, "My brother wants to play when he is free! Don't worry about these things." it's useless!"

As for the servants who were arrested and interrogated early, they were all sent to the old lady's yard after Jia Lian returned. Jia's mother felt a tight pain in her chest when she saw this servant kneeling on the ground.

But because Jia She was here, the old lady still felt uncomfortable and ordered everyone to be punished. The Liuli beside her was reduced to a maid, and the glass and Feihe were sold out directly.

Seeing that her mother-in-law was punished so severely, Wang could only punish her own dowry servants, and then decided in her heart that these two mother-in-laws made her lose face today, and she never wanted to see them again.

Jia Amnesty, on the other hand, didn't care about his image as a master at all. When he was playing the boards, he stood by and supervised. Come out, but everyone without exception can no longer stand up.

When Jia Lian heard people talking about it in his yard, he felt that the scene must have looked terrible, but since he was already in this era, he should save the idea of ​​"equality and freedom" for his next life. Here he just needs to be a principled prodigal son.

And because of the deterrence this time, no servant dared to spread the affairs of the mansion to the outside world, and he paid more attention to Jia She and the two young masters, especially Jia Lian.