Wang Xifeng's Rebirth [Red Mansion]

"Mr. Wang, are you cured?"

In Rongqing Hall, Mother Jia had just had her breakfast, but it was not yet the time to pay her respects as usual, so in the big main hall, apart from Mother Jia and Yuanyang, there was only the king kneeling below. Madame.

kneeling...

Mrs. Wang got down on her knees and respectfully saluted Jiamu, with extreme self-blame and sadness on her face, she said: "Old lady, I was also angry for a while, and I didn't really fall ill. What happened to Lan'er is all my fault, because I didn't take care of it well. Please also ask the old lady to punish me."

Since receiving Jia Zheng's message yesterday, Mrs. Wang has been in deep thought.She knew very well that pretending to be sick could not fundamentally solve the problem, and it was impossible for her to be "sick" all the time.So, early in the morning, Mrs. Wang rushed over from Rongxi Hall, hoping to settle the matter before all the female relatives came to pay their respects.Even if Jia Mu really imposed a punishment, she was willing to accept it, and only asked Jia Mu to save her remaining face in front of the female relatives.

"Punishment? How can I, an old woman, dare to punish the head wife of Rongguo Mansion?" Mother Jia said indifferently.

These words fell into Mrs. Wang's ears like a bolt from the blue.Up to now, Mrs. Wang never even imagined that Mother Jia would easily spare her.All she wanted was to have a fig leaf, so as not to tear her face completely.But now listening to Mother Jia's tone...

Could it be that Jia Zheng really wants to abandon her?

"Old lady, all my mistakes are my fault. At that time, I shouldn't have come to Rongqing Hall. With the old lady watching over Baoyu, there will be no mistakes. I should have been old If you stay by Lan'er's side honestly, maybe Lan'er won't have to suffer so much, and the master won't have to suffer so much. Old lady, I know I was wrong, I really know I was wrong."

Mrs. Wang knelt on the ground, her tone full of sadness.It's just that some words are too much, and it will inevitably appear false.

Mother Jia watched coldly, but the situation when Jia Zhu died of illness a few years ago couldn't help appearing in her mind.Back then, Jia Zhu didn't die all at once. At first, he just contracted a little cold. After seeing it, the doctor said it was not serious.The Rongguo family has a great business, so there is no shortage of high-quality medicinal materials, and Jia Zhu is the eldest grandson of Jia Mu. Even if she had Baoyu at that time, Jia Mu still loved Jia Zhu on the tip of her heart, let alone Jia Zhu. Mrs. Wang is a mother.It is a pity that the medicinal materials did not save Jia Zhu's life. As the weather turned colder, Jia Zhu became seriously ill from a small illness. After staying up all night studying hard again, he fell completely ill in bed and never got up again.In the end, Jia Zhu disappeared, and no one could tell whether Jia Zhu died of illness, was forced to death, or was hollowed out.

In short, Jia Zhu is gone.Mother Jia was also there at the time, and she remembered clearly that Mrs. Wang fainted from crying on the spot, and the hard pinching didn't wake her up.In the end, it was the doctor who came and took a sharpened bamboo stick and stabbed inside Mrs. Wang's nails, barely waking her up.

That is the real grief, it hurts so deeply that I wish I could replace it with my body.

But now?

Mother Jia looked at Mrs. Wang with a sneer. Is this considered grief?Mother Jia didn't want Mrs. Wang to be like last time, she was so painful that she wanted to go with Jia Zhu, but at least she had to be more realistic in acting, you should cry a lot, otherwise, it's enough to just regret it.But now, they are actually admitting their mistakes and begging for mercy...

Acting is also doing so fake appearance!

"Since you know you made a mistake, Mrs. Wang, how do you plan to make up for it?" Mother Jia said calmly.

Mrs. Wang was obviously taken aback when she heard this. Obviously, what Jia Mu said was not what she expected at all.Originally, according to her thinking, after she showed remorse, shouldn't Mother Jia comfort her?Although Jia Lan is her grandson, she still has her own children. Besides, Jia Lan is just disfigured and not really dead. She already knows what she did wrong. past?

But Mother Jia didn't play the cards according to the rules at all, so what should she do next?

"Old ancestor..." Baoyu laughed and ran out of the inner room, followed by the charming and lovely Shi Xiangyun.It's just that after the two of them saw Mrs. Wang kneeling below, they both stopped involuntarily and looked over in surprise.

"Baoyu, take your sister Yun to the side hall to have breakfast first. After eating, wait for your sister Feng and the others to come over, and then come here. Go." Jia Mu said.

Baoyu was a little hesitant on his face, and his eyes fell on Mrs. Wang for several breaths, but in the end, he still chose to listen to Jia Mu's words, and pulled Shi Xiangyun to the side hall.From the beginning to the end, Baoyu never said a single word of kindness to Mrs. Wang, and he never even asked Mrs. Wang why she knelt down.

Mrs. Wang's heart was cold.

"Mr. Wang, do you think that I am making a fuss too much? Hmph, even if you are disfigured today, you are better than Lan'er! Do you know that Lan'er is going to take the imperial examination in the future? Talented and intelligent, he was supposed to have a bright future, but in the end he was ruined by you! You ruined him!"

"Old lady!" Mrs. Wang did not dare to accept this mistake. To put it bluntly, Baoyu and Jialan were happy at the same time. It was only natural for her as a mother to take care of her son.Jialan had an accident, she was at fault, but she shouldn't be the one fully responsible.Especially seeing that Mother Jia seemed to be planning to put all the blame on her, Mrs. Wang couldn't bear it immediately, "Old lady, you can't listen to one side. I was wrong about Lan'er, but at that time I But I asked Jin Chuan to watch over me. Besides Jin Chuan, isn’t there Lan’er’s nanny and personal maids here? By the way, Brother Feng also begged the old lady to give me two maids. They... ..."

"How about them? Tell me, keep talking, I'll listen!" Mother Jia sneered, with a hint of sarcasm in her words, "I heard that Jin Chuan died, and Nanny Lan'er asked you to beat me up Now, I am only holding my last breath. Are those maidservants still alive? Do you think you can hide from others that you tortured them in private? I didn’t want to say more, but if you insist How about a thorough investigation of the Rongxi Hall?"

Mrs. Wang's face was pale.

In the middle of the afternoon yesterday, she suddenly got the news from Jia Zheng, and she was stunned.After she came to her senses, she thought about it for a long time, and finally decided not to do one thing, but to find out the truth. If it really doesn't work, she should also find a few people who are responsible.So, taking advantage of the darkness, she ordered people to lynch those people.At that time, she was thinking that the people on the left and right were all sons and daughters of the Rongguo Mansion, and even if they were accidentally killed, they would be able to get away with rewarding more things.Even to avoid trouble, she specially skipped the two servant girls of Rongqing Hall, and saw that they watched those people being tortured from the beginning to the end, and never really did anything to them.

It is obvious that the use of private power cannot be put on the bright side, but Mrs. Wang has no other choice.Fortunately, after some lynching, she really asked something.The problem is that there is no evidence for those things, especially if it is said from her mouth, it does not sound like a confession, but like an excuse.

"Old lady, I was also in a hurry yesterday, and that's why I got someone to beat Lan'er's nanny a few times. I..."

"What did you ask?"

Mrs. Wang hesitated to speak, but she couldn't pretend to be deaf and dumb when facing Jia's mother.After hesitating for a moment, Mrs. Wang finally told the truth.

What happened to Jia Lan did not seem like a complete accident, but more like a coincidence.Mrs. Wang inquired carefully about everyone's work and rest rotation time, and even Jin Chuan, who had passed away, was slowly pieced together through other people's mouths.According to what they said, when Jalan first fell ill, they were all waiting in front of Jalan's bed.But they are all human beings, and they need to eat, drink, and sleep, not to mention three urgent needs.After Mrs. Wang went to Rongqing Hall, they arranged shifts, each in groups of two, and took turns waiting for Jia Lan.

Ordinarily, there is no problem with this method, but in fact, after the actual implementation, loopholes are still unavoidable.

For example, when Jin Chuan and Nanny were in a group, if Jin Chuan suddenly wanted to have diarrhea, wouldn't there be only Nanny left?Otherwise, when the doctor came, there were still people who had to get the purse and pass the prescription outside to the housekeeper.These things, at first glance, seem to be trivial things, but when added together, the number is not a lot at all.That is to say, almost every day, there will be a situation where there is only one person beside Jia Lan.

"Old lady, I thought those people were all loyal, and Lan'er was sober in the past, even if there was only one person left, there was no problem. Now something really happened, I will go ahead and check Only then did I realize that such a big loophole had been left." Mrs. Wang's face was ashamed, and her kneeling posture could not help but bend down at this moment.

"That is to say, you can't find out whose fault it is at all?"

"I beg your understanding, old lady, although there are many servants in our house, there are only a few who serve us personally. It's fine during the day, but isn't there only one person who keeps watch at night? I didn't expect that either." Up to this point, if we check now, almost everyone has placed orders before, so how can we find out the problem?"

Mother Jia was silent.

After a long time, Jia's mother said quietly: "Then someone must have seen when Lan'er scratched and burst the blister?"

"I only found out after I checked that someone had loosened the soft cotton straps binding Lan'er's hands and feet, and not directly, but slightly loosened. From the outside, there was no abnormality at all. How could I know? Lan'er was so itchy that she scratched it casually..." Mrs. Wang couldn't continue.

And Jia Mu couldn't stand it anymore.

"I'll leave those maids to you to deal with, including the two people I went out of Rongqingtang. It's good to be able to find out, almost...Jin Chuan is a good one."

Mrs. Wang suddenly raised her head, her face full of disbelief, but in just a moment, she lowered her head again.That's fine, if you threaten your life, you might be able to find out something.

While speaking, the female relatives who greeted you have arrived.Seeing Mrs. Wang kneeling in the hall alone, everyone was very surprised.Fortunately, Mother Jia asked Mrs. Wang to get up very quickly. Even if everyone was suspicious, no one would ask directly.Greetings started in a hurry, and ended in a hurry, everyone left Rongqing Hall one after another, and soon Mrs. Wang was left alone.

This is just the beginning.

From this day on, Mrs. Wang has almost grown up in Rongqingtang.Every morning, he was the first one to come to Rongqing Hall, first to serve Jia Mu for breakfast, and then to greet Jia Mu with all the female relatives, and then to chant scriptures and pick Buddha beans for an hour.After finishing these things, almost half of the morning passed. If the weather is fine, Mrs. Wang will accompany Jia Mu to the garden. Buddhist scriptures.When it was lunch time, he continued to serve him personally.When Jia's mother went to take a nap, she needed to watch over, occasionally playing a fan, or helping to change clothes and comb her hair.In the evening, continue to serve the dinner, waiting for the female relatives to come to say hello.After the night was quiet, Mrs. Wang could return to the Rongxi Hall, so that she could have a rest and eat the only hot meal of the day.

It's not that Mrs. Jia deliberately refused to let Mrs. Wang eat and drink, it's really the waiter... There are many things that are taboo.

For example, you can't eat food with flavor, you can't eat soupy things, you can't paint or burn incense.Especially the sentence, you can't eat soupy things. Obviously, since you are out to serve others, you must not be free to move.What if Mrs. Wang said that she was in a hurry to urinate when Mother Jia needed someone to serve her?Therefore, most of the close-fitting maids, such as Yuanyang, eat three meals a day, such as dry snacks. At most, they only take a sip of tea when they are extremely thirsty.Unless there is no need for vigil that night, then you can have a hot supper.

Mrs. Wang does not need to watch the night, so she is much luckier than Yuanyang and others, because she can have a hot meal with soup every night.

But the problem is, she is a daughter-in-law, not a maid!

Ordinarily, it is only natural for a daughter-in-law here to serve her mother-in-law, but normally, this is used for new daughter-in-laws who have just entered the house.Like Mrs. Wang and Mrs. Xing, when they first entered the door, they were all set up rules. Even before Li Wan went to the west side courtyard, he often followed Jiamu to serve. , It's not really a round-the-clock personal service.

But now, Mrs. Wang is!

That's why I said, things are unpredictable.Even Mrs. Wang herself never expected that after marrying into the Rongguo Mansion for more than 20 years, she suddenly became a young daughter-in-law.No, even the little daughter-in-law who just came in is definitely not that miserable.After all, as long as there is nothing wrong with the mother-in-law, they will not abuse their daughter-in-law, even if they want to establish rules, they will not abuse others like this.

In just over a month, Mrs. Wang became as thin as a bone.

During this month, Jalan never stopped treating his injuries.The wound on his face healed and scabbed more than half a month ago, and the scab came off more than ten days ago, leaving behind a light pink skin and two small pits sunken in.

Jalan had two injuries, one on his jaw and one below his left eyebrow.The lower jaw is actually not very conspicuous, mainly because it is right on the arc. If you look up from the bottom, it is quite obvious. However, Jialan is young and short, and it is almost invisible when you look from above.The problem lies in the area below the left eyebrow, which is actually not very accurate. In fact, that area occupies a small part of the eyebrow tail and most of the eyelids.Of course, the eyes were not damaged in any way, but as soon as Jia Lan blinked, the scar on that piece would be very obvious, even if he wanted to pretend he couldn't see it, there was nothing he could do.

The imperial physician came again and finally shook his head and left.

As a result, Jia's mother became more and more annoyed, and became more and more strict with Mrs. Wang.But for Mrs. Wang, the physical fatigue alone was actually tolerable.She used to belong to that kind of plump figure, but now that she has lost weight, she looks more energetic, and some things will feel extremely difficult if she doesn't get started, but once she gets used to it, it's just that.After all, it is impossible for Jia Mu to really abuse Mrs. Wang.But there is one thing that Mrs. Wang really can't bear.

Baoyu.

Although now Jiamu has Baoyu and Jialan in front of her, as well as Shi Xiangyun who lives as a guest.However, half a month ago, Wang Xifeng secretly communicated with the historian, asking the historian to take Shi Xiangyun back.Therefore, besides Jiamu and Mrs. Wang, there are only Baoyu and Jialan, the young masters, in Rongqingtang today.

Jia Lan is a well-behaved child. In addition, he had to recuperate from his injuries. He hardly came out of the inner room for the first half of the month, and his injuries were almost healed in the second half of the month. Staying in the house obediently, reading books and practicing calligraphy.

But Baoyu can't make it!That's a brat who can't sit still!

When Mrs. Wang was serving Jiamu's meal, Baoyu suddenly said, "I want this, I want that."In the end, Mrs. Wang had to go back and serve him!Of course, this can't be called serving. It's normal for a mother to take care of her own son, but Mrs. Wang is disappointed!

Especially as the days went by, Baoyu was completely used to having Mrs. Wang in front of Jia Mu, and sometimes Mrs. Wang really couldn't leave for a while, and he would look around to find people, waiting for Mrs. Wang When he came back, Baoyu said, where have you been?Every time she heard this, Mrs. Wang wanted to slap the child to death.You know that Baoyu is simple-minded and has no city.Those who don't know, still think that he is a wolf-hearted dog, who dares to embarrass his own mother.

Finally, after Jia Lan proposed several times to return to the study in the front yard to continue studying, Mrs. Wang couldn't bear it anymore.She went to find Wang Xifeng.

"Brother Feng, I entrust you to do something. You think of a way to send a message to the Elder Master, and ask the Elder Master to tell the Second Master that Baoyu has been idle for too long. It is Lan'er who is recuperating. Baoyu should have gone to the study long ago!" Mrs. Wang said with a serious killing intent.

Wang Xifeng: "..." Suddenly he was a little timid.

Regardless of whether it was to maintain a superficial friendship with Mrs. Wang, or simply to cause trouble for the second room, Wang Xifeng felt that this method was quite good.However, she did not act according to Mrs. Wang's words. Instead, she went back to find Jia Lian and asked Jia Lian to send a letter to Jia She. She thought Jia She would be happy to do this.

In fact, Jia Amnesty was really happy, not only fulfilled the entrustment satisfactorily, but also provoked him again.

At first, Wang Xifeng didn't know about Jia Amnesty and couldn't help doing something crazy, until another morning when she said hello, Jia's mother said: "Just now Zheng'er has come, what he means is to let Baoyu go today Just go to the study to study."

Baoyu immediately wanted to cry but had no tears.

But Jia Mu continued: "As for Lan'er... Zheng'er means to let Lan'er go to the clan school."

All the female relatives were stunned, not to mention Madam Xing, Yingchun and Xichun, the three famous decorations, no matter how stunned they were, they would not ask questions.Although Mrs. Wang was slightly surprised, she quickly concealed her emotions. Obviously, even if she didn't know it beforehand, she should have guessed a little bit.Only Wang Xifeng...

"Old ancestor, why is this? I don't know much about learning, but there are only Baoyu and Lan'er in the family school. I don't know the details on the family school. I think there are at least a few dozen people? Besides, Mr. Jia from his family education is a person who has achieved fame, and from his family education... that Confucian old man seems to be only a scholar? Or does he have nothing at all?"

Old Man Confucianism is Jia Dairu, the cousin of Duke Rong Jia Daishan.But the so-called cousins ​​are actually not from the same branch, at best they are members of the clan with the surname Jia, but they are not talented like Wang Xifeng said, but just a child.Of course, even Tong Sheng is more knowledgeable than Wang Xifeng, but it is absolutely impossible to expect Wang Xifeng to respect him.

"Can't Lan'er stay at home and study?" Wang Xifeng sneered inwardly, but there was still a trace of expectation on her face, looking at Jia Mu.

Jia Mu didn't look at Wang Xifeng, but looked at Jia Lan who was sitting next to Baoyu, and saw Jia Lan looking at her with bright eyes, and the scar on the eyelid made her eyes hurt even more.After a while, Mother Jia pursed her lips and said, "Lan'er, family studies are better than family studies. Don't listen to your Second Aunt Lian's nonsense, she doesn't understand these things."

"Yes, I would like to follow the instructions of my ancestors." Jia Lan lowered his head and replied slowly.

Seeing that the atmosphere was not right, Wang Xifeng knew that there was probably no room for change in this matter, so she laughed at herself and said, "That's right, that's right, I was originally illiterate, so I don't know what's going on here But if you think about it carefully, ethnology is indeed better than family studies, and it will definitely be lively if there are more people. Besides, you can compare one or two. Hundreds of people, let them see how capable our Laner is!"

When Jia Lan heard this, she immediately raised her eyes to look at Wang Xifeng, her eyes lit up again, her face was full of enthusiasm, and she said happily: "Okay, Lan'er will take the first place later, and show it to Second Aunt Lian."

"to make!"

Baoyu looked at this and that, and finally couldn't help but said: "I also want to go to ethnology."