Jia Zheng took a shortcut and went straight from the hall behind Rongqing Hall to Rongxi Hall, which he had not returned to for several days.In a trance, he had a very strange feeling, he didn't feel that this was the place where he grew up, and he didn't think that this was his current home at all.

"Where's your wife?"

Ever since Huazan and Yuchuan sent Wang Xifeng away earlier, they have been feeling uneasy.Although Huazan looks very sophisticated, Yuchuan is also a person, but to be honest, whether they are smart or not has little to do with their future life.Aside from that, if Mrs. Wang is unlucky, even if they are more intelligent than Zhuge, it will not help.He intends to persuade Mrs. Wang, but these two people have not served for a long time. Maybe now, they are the proud people in front of Mrs. Wang, but they are not confidantes.Therefore, after tidying up the inner room, Huazan and Yuchuan obediently withdrew.And because the master never asked for food, they could only accompany them on a hungry stomach until Jia Zheng's arrival.

"I've seen the master." Jia Zheng's arrival was both unexpected and expected.Huazan and Yuchuan hurriedly got up to salute Jia Zheng, no matter what happened to Yuchuan, no matter how shrewd she was, she was still very young, but Huazan thought too much.Looking at the pitch-black sky without leaving any traces, Huazan saluted and said, "Master, you have something important to do to find your wife? My wife just took a rest, how about I go and wake her up?"

"No need." Jia Zheng snorted coldly, and before the two maids understood what he meant, he had already bullied him and walked in between the two maids.

Yu Chuan's complexion has changed. Because of her age, she actually doesn't understand those romantic things, but she is not so stupid that she can't read her face!At that moment, Yu Chuan grabbed the hairpin who wanted to follow, lowered his voice and threatened: "The master came to find his wife after a lot of trouble. If you go in and do something bad, the wife will definitely tear you up later!"

Huazan was taken aback, and immediately thought of the possibility, hesitated for a moment, and then heard Yu Chuan say: "The left and right wives just said, let us stay outside, we just need to be obedient."

"This...you are right. The two of them are masters. If they are happy, they may think that we are in the way. If there is a quarrel, it is wrong for either of us to help. That's all right, my sister listens to you, just wait Don't go in outside." Huazan thought for a while, then nodded.

Hearing Huazan's words about relying on the old and selling the old, Yu Chuan almost couldn't help rolling his eyes.Fortunately, after only a short while, there were bursts of angry roars from inside, even Yu Chuan was not a coward, and was frightened at the moment.

"Mr. Wang, I really don't know if you have a tutor or not. My mother has repeatedly invited you to Rongqingtang, how about you? You push and push, are you unwilling to serve? Hmph, you unfilial thing , no wonder he raised a son like Baoyu!"

"Hmph, it's not up to the Second Master Zheng to question whether I have a tutor. At the beginning, when the old master came to the Wang family to propose marriage, if he hadn't said so many good things, do you think my father would agree to this marriage?" Mrs. Wang looked at it with a sneer He said to Jia Zheng, "Also, Mr. Zheng Er, don't be too busy making false accusations. You said that the old lady came to invite me? When did it happen? Why didn't I know anything about it?"

Jia Zheng was a little dazed, leaving aside the presumptuous words at the beginning, the latter words were full of suspicion.

In fact, Jia Zheng's temperament is not completely unreasonable.On the contrary, Jia Zheng, who was taught propriety, integrity and shame when he was young, is very able to listen to the truth, the premise is that you have to convince him first.Although Jia Zheng held back his anger in Rongqingtang, after hearing Mrs. Wang say that she didn't know anything about it, he fell silent instead.

Seeing this, Mrs. Wang raised a sarcasm smile, but her voice was still very calm, she just said: "Master, I don't know about the other things, I only know that you ordered me to be grounded in Rongxi Hall earlier, and I will do it myself. You must obey me honestly. Let alone this Rongxi Hall, I have never even been out of this room these days. You said, the old lady sent someone to invite me? Is it a mandarin duck, or someone else?"

"First of all, it was the second girl who came to interrogate her. You didn't know?" Jia Zheng asked curiously.

Mrs. Wang straightened her expression and said: "I haven't seen the second girl for a long time, not only that, I haven't even seen the fourth girl for a long time. Master, you can really be sure that the second girl came to my place ?”

Jia Zheng choked for a moment, let alone, he wasn't sure about it at all.After hesitating for a moment, Jia Zheng said again: "This should not be the first one. Before the second girl, the little girl from Rongqing Hall should come to interrogate first, and then the second girl. After that, it is your mother's family." My niece, Brother Feng. Have you met this time?"

"For two whole months, apart from the big maid in front of me, I only saw Brother Feng. She did come, but she never told me that the old lady called her to come and look for me." Wang The madam showed a shallow smile, and said calmly, "It seems that my guess is correct, our husband and wife have been calculated."

"What do you mean by that?" Jia Zheng's heart skipped a beat, with a vague premonition.

"Master, what do you think I can mean? I don't understand, since when did the two of us become so strangers. In fact, my mind is really easy to guess. Zhu'er is gone, sister Yuan Far away in the palace, there is only Baoyu, the youngest son, and Lan'er, the eldest grandson. What can I do, sir? Isn't everything I do for those two children? Of course You can suspect that I am jealous, but you cannot deny my unreserved love for my two sons." Mrs. Wang couldn't help but shed tears as she spoke, "Pearl is gone, and our house will be restored in the future. You can't rely on Baoyu and Lan'er? Master, I'm not afraid of ugly words, my dowry will only be left to Baoyu and Lan'er in the future, and no one else can take it away!"

Others, this includes not only Jia Zheng, but also Tanchun and Jia Huan.

However, in Jia Zheng's view, it is impossible for women to be as tolerant as men, and it is normal to have some small thoughts.Ignoring Jia Huan as a concubine, and even though Tanchun became a concubine, she is a daughter's family after all, so it is understandable that Mrs. Wang doesn't care.As for Jia Zheng himself, he never thought of getting his hands on Mrs. Wang's dowry.

"This matter, I can promise you. In the future, all your dowry will only be inherited by Baoyu and Lan'er." Jia Zheng thought for a while, and then said, "No, I'm here to accuse you of your unfilial piety. You said, why don't you go to your mother to say hello?"

"Master's words are really interesting. Didn't you ground me? As I said just now, I have never left this room for more than two months. As for what you said, the old lady sent someone to invite me over I was totally unaware of that.”

Jia Zheng looked at Mrs. Wang hesitantly, because Mrs. Wang's expression was extremely calm, and she didn't seem to be fake at all, so Jia Zheng believed it a little bit, and said: "Could it be possible, is it really a trick?" Immediately, Jia Zheng said again, "No, didn't Baoyu come over later? Could it be that Baoyu didn't even tell you?"

"Baoyu came and greeted me at the door, but he didn't even enter the door, so he just left. I guess he should have returned to Rongqingtang long ago."

Of course Baoyu went back to Rongqing Hall, not only went back, but also bypassed the main hall, passed through the side hall, and returned to her wing quietly, except for the attackers, no one was disturbed.As for the reason why he did this, he obeyed Mrs. Wang's words.

"Baoyu, I have a disease that can be transmitted to others, you just need to talk to me outside.Remember, I went back to my room immediately, didn't disturb anyone else, just stayed in the room obediently, and told the old lady that you had come back after everyone else had dispersed.go! '

Just as Jia's mother was not worried that Mrs. Wang would abuse Baoyu, Mrs. Wang did not think that Jia's mother would blame Baoyu.Therefore, she calculated Baoyu with ease, without any guilt.

In fact, since Mother Jia sent someone over to invite her for the first time, Mrs. Wang had already calculated everything.Little maid, it's extremely easy to get rid of, as long as Huazan says that she is sick and doesn't want to see anyone, how dare the little maid barge in?Later, Yingchun was also sent away by similar means. Although Yingchun was a girl from the Jia family, but because of her cowardly temperament and being a junior, after being left alone for half an hour by Mrs. Wang, she went back honestly. , not even a word of extraneous words.The later Wang Xifeng was the most difficult to dismiss, and because of this, from the beginning, Mrs. Wang had no intention to stop Wang Xifeng, just because she knew that Wang Xifeng would never sincerely invite her to go, and would only take the opportunity to make things worse.As for Baoyu who came over at the end, it was one thing to have a simple mind, but the most important thing was that Baoyu had never doubted her as a mother.

In any case, Mrs. Wang successfully rejected all the requests. At first glance, it seemed that she was not filial, but as long as she was allowed to meet Jia Zheng, she firmly believed that she would be able to win the game.Now it seems that this is also expected.

Jia Zheng didn't fully believe Mrs. Wang's words, he turned and left the room, ordered the younger jade bracelet, and asked her to go to Rongqing Hall to see what Baoyu was doing.Jia Zheng pretends to be smart because he thinks that the younger maid is careless, and he deliberately blurs whether Baoyu is in Rongqingtang, and only says to see what Baoyu is doing now.Jia Zheng thought that by doing this, he would be able to know the truth of Mrs. Wang's words, but he never thought that Yu Chuan was helping Mrs. Wang.

Yuchuan trotted to Rongqing Hall, then ran back to Rongxi Hall at the same speed as before, and replied to Jia Zheng with his head down: "If you go back to the master, the second master Bao has already rested. Sister Xiren said, Master has been resting for almost two hours."

"Hmph!" Jia Zheng walked into the inner room with a flick of his sleeve, leaving the jade bracelet behind with a sigh.

Baoyu went back to Rongqing Hall quietly, but he stayed in his room honestly.But the so-called rest for almost two hours was Yu Chuan's nonsense.If not, how could she help Mrs. Wang?

In the inner room, Mrs. Wang has changed from lying down to sitting, and two more lamps have been lit. Although it is not brightly lit, it is not as dim as before.It's just that after she brightened up, the haggard and tired look on Mrs. Wang's face became more and more obvious.Especially since there was a warm dragon burning in the room, and Mrs. Wang and Jia Zheng were not very shy about it. Today, Mrs. Wang only wears a close-fitting bodhisattva and a thick robe over her head.The gown was made last year, so it is [-]% new. It is not inappropriate, but Mrs. Wang has lost a lot of weight these days, and the old gown is empty, which makes her look a bit pitiful.

Jia Zheng was a little dazed, sighed after a while, and said, "Why are you doing this?" So, he believed Mrs. Wang very much.

"There's nothing to complain about, it's all my fate." Mrs. Wang stretched out her hand to gather her loose robe, and sighed, "Actually, the old lady has always loved me very much. Son, the first thing that comes to my mind is me. Even if I get something good by chance, it is me that comes to mind. Usually, the old lady often says that I am just like her daughter. But I never thought of..."

"The old lady is not a villain." Jia Zheng's tone was firm, but he was no longer as cold as before.

Mrs. Wang raised her eyes to look at him, nodded, and said: "The old lady is a kind person, and she is always very good to the juniors. Especially for a few children, let alone the three I gave birth to. There is also Lian'er in the big house, or those three girls, who are all on the top of my heart. I think I also love the children, but after all, my heart is still biased. Unlike the old lady, my personality It hurts to hit everyone. It's a pity..."

"What a pity?"

"After all, the old lady is getting old. She likes to listen to good words, and she is a little partial to listening to them. Earlier, Zhu's daughter-in-law had some quarrels with the third girl. In fact, according to my opinion, this matter It's all a family, so why bother to fight for the right and wrong? But I don't know how Feng Ge'er tossed about it. In the end, Zhu'er's wife and the third girl all went into the west. In the side courtyard. By the way, there is one more thing that I’m afraid you don’t know until now, sir? But at the very beginning, Brother Feng planned to use my name to treat the third girl harshly. Not only did it reduce her status , and planned to torment Sanya secretly. Fortunately, I found out what was wrong in time, so I hurriedly called her to reprimand her, and then covered up the matter."

Mrs. Wang paid attention to Jia Zheng's expression while talking, and seeing a slight disdain on Jia Zheng's face, she knew that even if Jia Zheng believed her words, she might not believe her magnanimity.

At that moment, Mrs. Wang couldn't help crying again: "Master, do you think I'm a harsh person? The third girl was indeed not born to me, but she was raised by herself, and now she is recorded in my name." , even if I don’t treat her as well as Baoyu, that’s within reason. In the past, when Zhu’er and Sister Yuan were both in front of me, didn’t I value Zhu’er more?”

There is nothing wrong with patriarchy.What's more, even if Tanchun has become a prostitute, she is still so far behind a real pro daughter.Mrs. Wang confessed that she cared more about Baoyu, but if she had to say it, she treated Tanchun much better than she treated Jiahuan.

Jia Zheng recalled it for a while, then nodded, and admitted: "Well, Baoyu is indeed much more important than Sanya. I still believe in your heart for Baoyu."

Under normal circumstances, it is absolutely impossible for a mother to treat her only biological son badly.Even if he was as partial as Jia's mother, he never had any ill intentions towards Jia Amnesty. At most, he was more partial to Jia Zheng when it came to other trivial matters.

"Master, isn't he curious about Brother Feng's behavior?" Mrs. Wang frowned slightly, she didn't want to entangle Jia Zheng about how she treated Baoyu.What is there to say about such a thing?All fools know that she loves Baoyu from the bottom of her heart, and she doesn't need the name of a loving mother at all.

"Brother Feng? Doesn't she put you first in everything?"

"That happened a long time ago." Mrs. Wang was sad and pressed her handkerchief to the corners of her eyes, and said sadly, "Brother Feng lost her parents when she was young. I feel pity for her. Only then do I often take her into Rongguo Mansion for a short stay. I really treat her like a daughter, and I wish she could be my daughter-in-law. I never thought..."

"Don't say those words, if it gets out, do you want to destroy the Rongguo Mansion!"

Before Mrs. Wang finished speaking, Jia Zheng hastily interrupted her.Although Jia Zheng didn't have any bad feelings towards Wang Xifeng, since those things have become old things, and now that Jia Zhu is gone, Jia Lian and Wang Xifeng both gave birth to two children, it is completely meaningless to say that .Just as Jia Zheng said, if there are any rumors and rumors, it doesn't matter if Wang Xifeng is unlucky, even the entire Rongguo Mansion will be ashamed.

"Yes, Master, what you said is true." Mrs. Wang's expression froze, but she quickly recovered, and said again, "Master, what I mean is that Brother Feng is no longer the same Brother Feng as before."

"What's the meaning?"

"Brother Feng is the niece of my natal family, and she lost her parents when she was young, so she is very close to me. When she first married into the Rongguo Mansion, she was flattering me in every possible way because she couldn't stand on her own. When she was pregnant After losing my body and giving birth to Sister Qiao, I'm afraid my heart will be even more empty, and this will give everyone the illusion that she is on my side."

"Isn't it?" Jia Zheng showed hesitation, but he was not familiar with the affairs of the back house at all.As for the impression of Wang Xifeng, it is still at the eloquent stage.After all, even if Wang Xifeng played some tricks in the dark, it was impossible for Jia Zheng to notice.

"Of course not. Brother Feng, she is from the eldest house, Lian's daughter-in-law. She had to rely on me to support her because she was not yet able to stand on her own. Now that she has given birth to a son, it can be regarded as finally Stand still. Master, if you think about it carefully, will she still be willing to do things for me?"

Jia Zheng's complexion darkened in an instant.

Jia Zheng is not clear about the truth that a daughter is a mother and a mother is strong.Just as he believes that everything Mrs. Wang does is for Baoyu, how can Wang Xifeng not plan for her son Rong Geer now?But if Wang Xifeng is completely divorced from the second room, and even secretly tricks the second room, then he really has to be on guard.

"What else do you want to say, finish it all at once!" Jia Zheng said with a cold face, he vaguely felt that everything Mrs. Wang said just now revolved around a hidden purpose, but he couldn't see through it or guess it. arrive.Naturally, Jia Zheng didn't want to admit that he was inferior to Mrs. Wang, and he just thought that women would only do some heresy tricks, not real skills.

But Mrs. Wang sighed faintly, and said with a mournful face: "Just when you were all gathered in the old lady's room, Zhou Rui's family came to visit me. I remembered your master's order, and I didn't dare to let her Come in to see me, I only spoke a few words to her through the window, but there is another person from Yangzhou."

At that time, Wang Xifeng and Jia Lian had just received the news. After discussing it, they saw that it was too late, so they decided to put the matter on hold for the time being and wait until the next morning before going to Rongqing Hall. answer.It's just that the two of them didn't know that as early as this evening, Mrs. Wang had already got the news, and had already considered a more shameless countermeasure than in the previous life.

Mrs. Wang's goal is the Wanguan family property of the Lin family, but she doesn't want to lose her good reputation for money and things, so she thinks of framing.

Speaking of which, the inspiration comes from Wang Xifeng.Because before, Wang Xifeng really used the name of Mrs. Wang to do some mean things.Of course, Mrs. Wang agreed to those things, but now, Mrs. Wang completely vetoed them, only insisting that Wang Xifeng acted recklessly, and pushed all the responsibilities on Wang Xifeng.But what she will do next is to use her own way to deal with her own body.

She wanted to settle the Lin family's Wanguan family property, but the scapegoat had to be borne by the big house, and even the reasons were ready-made.

First, Daiyu is still young, and it is impossible for her to go to Yangzhou with her servants alone, so she must be accompanied by someone, and that person must also be the master.

Second, Jia Zheng is a person with serious errands. Although Wailang, a fifth-rank member of the Ministry of Industry, seems a bit weak, his official position is not a void like Jia Amnesty and Jia Lian's father and son. I'm going to the Ministry of Industry.Therefore, Jia Zheng must not accompany Daiyu.

Thirdly, it is said that the most suitable person in Rongguo Mansion should be Jia She, but Jia She has always been absurd and unruly, not to mention other things, even Jia Mu can't relax.So he too was rejected.

Then the rest can only be Jia Lian who is already married and has a son, who seems to be reliable and has already been to Yangzhou once.It's just that this time is different from the last time. If the last time was just Jia Lian taking his servants to Yangzhou, taking Daiyu and returning to Beijing, then there are too many things to do this time.If Lin Ruhai hadn't been so sick that he had his last breath left, it would be impossible for him to send someone to report the news, so Lin Ruhai might be doomed this time.That being the case, there will be more things to deal with later.Funerals are the easiest, but the trouble is that no one can inherit the huge property of the Lin family.

Mrs. Wang is very thoughtful, she has even made a clear plan for the Lin family.

The Lin family has been passed down for several generations, and in Lin Ruhai's generation, not only does he not have any direct brothers, he never even has a cousin.The rest of the Lin clan are all out of the fifth suit.Legally, there are only two choices in a situation like the Lin family's.Either Lin Ruhai would adopt a son from the tribe, and the stepson and the virgin would share half of the property.Either Lin Ruhai gave up on adopting, and Daiyu, as a widow from an extinct family, could get three-quarters of the entire family property.

Naturally, what Mrs. Wang has to do is to let the Lin family really cut off their children and grandchildren, and give most of the family property to Daiyu.It is best to let Jia Lian do a lot of hands and feet when he inherits.Even in name, the widows of extinct households can only get three-quarters of the family property, and the other quarter must be owned by the government.But there are too many hands and feet that can be moved here. If it is handled properly, it is not impossible to move all the property of the Lin family to her second room.

"...Master, what do you think of my idea?"

In the dim inner room, the candlelight flickered and flickered, and Mrs. Wang's originally thin and tired face flashed a strange look.It's just that Jia Zheng's heart is so hot at the moment, he can't see the weirdness at all, and he just said repeatedly: "Okay, but if I really do this, will it be insulting to the gentleman?"

Mrs. Wang sneered in her heart, but her face was still as if nothing had happened, and she said seriously: "We are just in charge of the Lin family's property for Daiyu. Isn't the old lady always talking about promising Daiyu to our Baoyu? If this is the case If it's really done, it doesn't matter who owns the money if the family doesn't talk about each other at that time? If this doesn't work out, when Daiyu grows up later, I will sort out the things of the Lin family , to add makeup to Daiyu."

"So good."

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In the darkness, Jia She came and walked quietly, almost like a ghost.

This is the Rongxi Hall, which represents the orthodoxy of Rongguo Mansion. It was also the main residence from Jia Yuan, the first generation of Rongguo Mansion, and then passed on to Jia Daishan, the second generation of Rongguo Mansion.In fact, judging from the fact that Jia Daishan had never descended into a hereditary title, we can know the Jia family's holy favor at that time.

Unlike Jia Zheng, Jia She was raised by Jia Yuan and his wife shortly after he was born. It was not until Jia Yuan passed away that Jia Daishan inherited Rongxi Hall, and Jia She then moved to the east courtyard.But he spent his childhood and adolescence in Rongxi Hall, and he had much free time when he was young. In other words, compared to his familiarity with Rongxi Hall, Jia She is far ahead of Jia She politics.

In those years when he didn't go to Fang Jiewa for three days, Jia She went to every corner of Rongxi Hall. He even dared to say that he knew the structure of Rongxi Hall better than anyone else.What's more worth mentioning is that both Jia Yuan and Jia Daishan lived in the five main rooms at the front, while Jia She was arranged in the east side room.This is where Mrs. Wang and Jia Zheng live now.

When he came to Rongxi Hall again, Jia She didn't feel like going home at all, only a kind of sadness that things were different.However, before he had time to be sad, he heard something from the corner where he liked to hide when he was young, and he didn't know whether he should hear it or not.

...not bad, really good.Maybe it was his late grandparents who were blessing him.

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