This is the so-called one emperor and one courtier!

As Wang Xifeng said, even rich and noble families have servants who can handle them easily, and when the head of the family is about to change, it is also the time when the servants change the most.Of course, there are also those servants who are able to get the best of both worlds, just like the elders of the three dynasties in the court, but they are very few, and they are extremely rare.

After hearing this, Jia Lian was silent for a long time.He and Jia She are considered father and son with a good relationship, and the people under Jia She who are used to supporting Jia Lian usually support Jia Lian. For this reason, after Jia She died, Jia Lian would inevitably reuse him. Confidant boy.

It's not mistrust, it's just a matter of habit.

But what if the father and son are not in harmony?Or is it like Wang Xifeng, who was angered under Lai Madam before, but after taking power, she can calmly still use Lai's family members?Of course, maybe Wang Xifeng is an extraordinarily philistine, but the problem is, most people in the world are selfish, how many people can be selfless?

"Brother Feng, I understand what you mean, but I still don't understand, why do we do this now? What do we value today?"

In good conscience, Jia Lian doesn't care about being used today. These days, being useful is far better than being a piece of trash.Besides, that is today's day, even if it is to lift the shoes for the emperor, it is a blessing that has been cultivated in eight lifetimes.But he understands, what is there in himself or his family that is worth using today?

Wang Xifeng thought about it for a while. In fact, she had never dealt with real nobles in her two lifetimes, but she had to say that rebirth also had its benefits. At least she knew clearly that the four major families were wiped out in the end, leaving only a few worthless branches.That is to say, the price of venting all the anger that was held back before is that when the Supreme Emperor dies, the four major families, including some other veterans, are gone.

"Let's talk about the Lai family."

Even if she was reborn, Wang Xifeng still didn't have the guts to criticize the royal family and even the current style of conduct, so she still only used the Lai family as a raft.

"If the Lai family gave me anger, but because of the old lady, I could only endure it no matter how reluctant I was. But at this moment, I suddenly realized that the Lai family is not a monolith. Second Master Lian, you What do you think I will do?"

"Attacking from the outside may cause both losses or a terrible victory; mobilizing from the inside, no matter how strong the external defense is, will one day fall apart." Jia Lian looked at Wang Xifeng blankly, but his eyes seemed to fall elsewhere, with a little bewildered look He said in a tone, "You don't want to spend a single soldier, but you also want to gain a good reputation for benevolence and righteousness, don't you?"

Whether it is benevolence or righteousness, Wang Xifeng is not quite sure, after all, she died in the detention center in her previous life, and it is obviously unknown whether the outside world will blame the current inhumaneness because of the destruction of the four major families.However, Wang Xifeng took it for granted that even someone like her who doesn't care much about reputation, if she can easily get the reputation of benevolence and righteousness, why not do it?

At that moment, Wang Xifeng nodded to Jia Lian, and agreed: "Second Master Lian's words are reasonable. If Lai Da and Lai Er brothers fight, I will be happy to watch the fun. If it can cause the Lai family to collapse completely, it is best to pay back. It would be the best thing to be able to collect all the money that the Lai family has accumulated for many years into my hands."

Jia Lian's face was pale, and his hands and feet were cold.

Knowing today's intentions, he didn't feel any joy at all, no matter whether the eldest son left the Rongguo mansion, no matter how much he hated the second room, no matter... But he Jia Lian was always the heir of the Jia family. With such a sliver of hope, how could he just watch his ancestor's foundation be destroyed?

Unfortunately, the opponent is too strong.He is so strong that let alone fighting, even the thought of it can make him feel panic and uneasiness from the bottom of his heart.

If the four major families are doomed to be wiped out, should he risk his family's life, or choose to fight to the end and live and die with the family in the end?Or turn around and join the enemy and become a sharp blade in the hands of the enemy, destroying one's own faith and family with one's own hands?

To be honest, this is not a dilemma, but the sad fact that even with blood and tears, we can only choose the latter.

"Although the foundation of the ancestors is very important, don't worry, Brother Feng, no matter what happens, it is not as important as you and the children." Jia Lian let out a heavy breath, determined.

"Second Master Lian, you are a real man today!" Wang Xifeng's eyes lit up, and now that she was reborn, her and Jia Lian's opinions were finally unified.Even though the current situation is not necessarily very good, the big rock in Wang Xifeng's heart finally fell to the ground.It turned out that the feeling of someone willing to share the burden with her was so comfortable.

However, Wang Xifeng was overjoyed, but Jia Lian gave her a sinister look, snorted coldly, narrowed his eyes and said dangerously: "I look like a real man now, not in the past, right?"

Considering that he was still in the period of filial piety, Jia Lian finally stopped thinking about punishing Wang Xifeng, but told Wang Xifeng to take care of the mansion, and he was going to show his position with practical actions.

A son can't beat Lao Tzu, unless Lao Tzu is a wimp and a coward.In the same way, Lao Tzu can't survive his son, unless the son is a short-lived ghost who died young.

In today's contest with the Supreme Emperor, it doesn't matter who is right and who is wrong, and the key is not even with some veterans of the four major families. In fact, they are just pawns on the chessboard of the father and son of the Tian family.What Jia Lian has to do is to stand on the side of the chess pieces and instigate the chess pieces to fight among themselves.Well, right now there is an excellent opportunity.

Wang Ziteng left Beijing with his family, and his return date is uncertain.It so happened that the historian had just had a quarrel with the Xue family, and even though he managed to erase the incident afterwards, the cracks already existed, no matter how much they repaired them, they would never be able to get back to the way they were.What's more, the Rongguo Mansion is still in turmoil, and with Wang Xifeng acting as a hindrance, it's just a dream come true for the whole mansion to work together.

What Jia Lian wanted to do was not targeting the Wang family who had left the capital, nor was he planning to settle accounts with the Rongguo Mansion. He just intended to deepen the conflict between the Shi family and the Xue family, and even make the two families tear each other apart.

The best way is naturally to start with Shi Xiangyun.

But some time ago, due to the methods of Xue's mother and daughter, Shi Xiangyun was forced to tie Baoyu together.To be honest, once it comes to the boudoir reputation of a woman who has not left the court, no matter how to make up for it afterwards, it is already a deadlock.The historian was decisive enough, and the Xue family was indeed very cooperative, but the only thing that could make up for it was that these things never affected the other girls of the historian.As for Shi Xiangyun, it was really ruined.

Originally, Jia Lian was a little hesitant, but after hearing about Shi Xiangyun's recent situation, he immediately made up his mind.

Shi Xiangyun is four years younger than Yingchun, but the historian has spread the news that he will marry him.Of course, Yingchun actually planned to find someone as early as last year, but before he found a good one, he encountered Jia She's passing away, so naturally he was delayed.Because girls from Jia's family always marry late, Yingchun is not in a hurry.But no matter how it is calculated, at Shi Xiangyun's age, it is indeed a bit early to talk about marriage, not to mention the rumors released by the historian, it is not just about marriage at all, and there is even a feeling that he intends to marry Shi Xiangyun away immediately.

After inquiring about the news, Jia Lian quickly arranged for people to spread the rumors again, but this time it was about Baolinghou Shi Nai's harsh treatment of his elder brother's orphan.

At this stall, the rumors of the Rongguo Mansion have just subsided, and the farce between the Shi family and the Xue family is still warm. As soon as they heard that it was related to the eldest daughter of the family of the historian, the common people in the capital were all as if they had been beaten with chicken blood. In just two days, countless versions of The Miserable Story of an Orphan Girl spread spontaneously.

The daughter of the Hou family, her parents died, she was living under the fence, her uncle and aunt treated her harshly, she was lonely and helpless...

These factors alone are enough to arouse the interest of others, not to mention that Shi Xiangyun's boudoir's reputation was damaged not long ago, and the cause and effect were the fault of the Xue family.Reluctantly, the four major families were united, and the historian received a huge amount of compensation from the Xue family. In addition, the timely remedy did not affect the reputation of the other girls in the historian, so this matter was covered up.In other words, in the end, only Shi Xiangyun, whose parents died and had no one to rely on, was unlucky!

Of course, because of the intervention of Jia Lian and Wang Xifeng, Xue Baochai also fell into bad luck.But outsiders don't think of it that way. Just think about it, who is more unlucky for a married woman who is a daughter of a dignified Duke's mansion today?

Therefore, the rumors did not directly mention Xue Baochai, but only alluded to the bullying of orphans by historians.

The historians are of the same family, not to mention those who have feuded with each other, how many people are just envious and jealous?People don't care whether you are the foundation of your ancestors or your own ability, the words "one family and two princes" are enough to make people jealous.

Therefore, under Jia Lian's secret operation and today's instructions, the incident became more and more troublesome, and gradually a wave of impeachment of the two historians was formed.

At the critical moment, the Supreme Emperor made another move, but this time he did not participate in it. Even if the Supreme Emperor intended to protect the veterans, he could not change the declining reputation of historians.Due to the embarrassment of the Supreme Emperor, the historians are not severely punished today, but only verbally reprimanded the two Marquis Shi, and gave Shi Xiangyun some rewards, and the special empress chose two nuns to give her.

After this incident, the historian suffered a great crime.Not only has his reputation been ruined, but he also attracted two living ancestors for no reason.Don't look at the nurturing mother who bestowed on Shi Xiangyun, but firstly, there is no contract of prostitution, and secondly, he has such a powerful background, and he also enters the palace every month to answer questions.Do historians dare to use them at present?Not only can't he be ordered, but he has to pay for it every day, and even Shi Xiangyun's marriage can only be postponed, and the whole Hou's mansion has to support this little aunt who has registered her name in front of the queen.

After Jia Lian finished the ticket, he ran to torment the Xue family again.

It is much easier to make the Xue family unlucky than to deal with the historians. The Xue family is a merchant, no matter in Jinling or in the capital, there are countless shops.On weekdays, thanks to the signboard of the Imperial Merchant and the mutual care of the four major families, the business of the Xue family is not only huge, but also very smooth. The Xue family makes money.But on the other hand, it is extremely easy to interfere with the Xue family's business.

The first unlucky one was Xue's pawnshop.

Find a reliable little maid, pretend to be a country girl who has never seen the world, bring the so-called top-quality jade pendant picked up from the road, and quietly go to Xue's pawn shop, pointing out that as long as she dies, the asking price is not high, and it is worth thousands of dollars. The good jade of two silvers only sells for ten taels of silver.Xue's pawn shop does not bully customers, but the ones who come to the door are taken advantage of and don't kill. Wouldn't it be a pity to the God of Wealth who worships sooner or later?Therefore, Dachao accepted the jade pendant, as well as death pawn bills and ten taels of silver.In the end, looking back, the little girl transformed into the son of a poor family whose ancestors had quite a fortune. The master was only desperate for cash to find some money, and because of his face, he didn't want to go to the pawnshop to do such a shameful business. So he sent his son to the pawn shop of the Xue family, which has always had a good reputation.But don't be wary of the pawn shop seeing the little girl as useless, not only bullying the customer to lower the price, but also forcing her to die.

This matter has not yet settled down, another pawnshop under the name of Xue's family has engaged in a business of exchanging fake goods for live goods. letter.

With Xue's pawn shop bearing the brunt, next, gold and silver shops, antique jade shops, silk and satin shops, rice and grain shops, etc., in less than two months, all the shops under the name of Xue's name, without exception, had all kinds of sales. All sorts, almost strange accidents.

At this point, if the Xue family's mother and daughter still can't see through that someone is deliberately targeting them, then their lives are really in vain.But the question is, so what if you can see through it?Xue Pan went out and did not come back. Although Aunt Xue and Xue Baochai are more resourceful than ordinary housewives and boudoir women, things in the business field cannot be settled by cleverness.

In desperation, Aunt Xue begged Mrs. Wang again with a generous gift, trying to take advantage of Rongguo Mansion's momentum to escort Xue's shop.

"What happened to the shop?" Mrs. Wang is worthy of being her aunt and nephew with Wang Xifeng, no matter how much she has opinions on the Xue family, even if she hates Xue's family to death, she is still merciless in the face of heavy gifts, saying "I will accept the gift." Let’s talk about it later” attitude.Even so, Aunt Xue did not dare to have any objections.

Seeing that Mrs. Wang did not throw her out after accepting the gift, Aunt Xue calmed down a bit, and after hearing Mrs. Wang's question, she hurriedly explained the matter in the simplest words, lest she might be hurt because of herself. Too long-winded and caused Mrs. Wang's impatience.

The matter is simple, and it is not difficult to deal with... If everything is still the same as before.

"I don't know much about business affairs. My master is obsessed with learning, so I'm afraid he doesn't understand. But, sister, I also understand what you mean. Later, I will ask Lai Da to say hello to the Kyoto yamen. Check it out." Find out who is behind the scenes. Go back and wait with peace of mind, there will be good news in a few days." Mrs. Wang didn't ask anyone to serve tea, she only squinted her eyes and listened to Aunt Xue's words calmly. , and then a few perfunctory words, and he sent people away.

Such words naturally couldn't appease Aunt Xue, especially after Aunt Xue ordered someone to watch quietly, but never saw Mrs. Wang send a maid to the front yard to look for the housekeeper Lai, she completely gave up.

Only taking money but not working hard, is this a human being? !

But even if she knew the inside story, Aunt Xue was helpless, and she didn't even have the courage to go back and ask Mrs. Wang for an explanation.But if the Rongguo Mansion is unreliable, who else can the Xue family rely on?Wang Ziteng left Beijing with his family. Aunt Xue really wanted to order someone to send a letter there, but she finally put out the idea.Far water can't quench the near thirst, let alone if Wang Ziteng is willing to help, how can he leave the capital quietly?

After thinking about it again and again, Aunt Xue begged the historian again, not because she didn't want to beg Wang Xifeng, but because Wang Xifeng had no effect on this matter.On the other hand, the historians, no matter what, are still a couple of princes. If they are willing to help each other and know a few words, the matter can be settled.It's a pity that the historian sent all the housekeepers of the Xue family who begged to come to the door, including gifts, out of the door.

Now, Aunt Xue was completely at a loss, so she sent someone to look for Xue Pan who had been away from Beijing for many days, but she knew very well, don't say that Xue Pan would not come back for a while, even if he came back Now, what can it do?

As the historian's reputation gradually faded, the Xue family's business plummeted, and the next unlucky one was naturally the Rongguo Mansion.However, this is Wang Xifeng's task.

With mandarin ducks as internal messengers to deliver news, Wang Xifeng can easily know everything in Rongguo Mansion.At first, what Wang Xifeng wanted Yuanyang to do was to prevent Jiamu from taking Daiyu back to Rongguo Mansion.In fact, Yuanyang didn't do anything, but whenever Jia's mother mentioned Daiyu, she immediately changed the subject without leaving a trace, or mentioned Baoyu, or Jia Zheng, and even occasionally mentioned Lang Geer. , just resolutely not to mention Daiyu.Because of Jiamu's slurred speech, coupled with Yuanyang's deliberate actions, Jiamu was led astray after a long time.In Wang Xifeng's view, no matter what method is used, at least in this matter, Yuanyang is still doing well.

But this time, Wang Xifeng gave Yuanyang another task, which was to provoke Jia Mu and Mrs. Wang's relationship between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law.

In good conscience, after learning the details of the latest mission, Yuanyang collapsed.It's not that the task is difficult to complete, but this is a fact.But when you think about it, it's better to have an easy task than a hard one.The only question is how much provocation is appropriate?

Because of the inaccuracy of eating, Yuanyang simply followed the rule of three meals a day and gave Mrs. Wang eye drops in front of Jia Mu.It has to be said that the effect is astonishing. Mother Jia hated Mrs. Wang very much. Coupled with the intelligence of mandarin ducks, she did not do it very clearly even if she provoked dissension. Naturally, Mother Jia's hatred for Mrs. Wang continued to rise.

At this time, Wang Xifeng ordered someone to pass on a message to Li Wan. Apart from pointing out that Jia Lan's good luck was due to her credit, the most important thing is to remind her that Mrs. Wang will repeat her old tricks and send the number of students in the Imperial College to the Imperial College. Move it to Baoyu.

Li Wan who was reminded was going crazy!

Don't underestimate a widow's expectations for her only son, even if ordinary people love their children, they will have a limit.Just like Wang Xifeng, she cared very much about Sister Qiao and Brother Rong, but if these two brats got into trouble, she would still scold and beat them whenever she should, and she would never show mercy.Another one, Wang Xifeng's expectation for the two children is nothing more than to grow up healthy, to find a good family for sister Qiao in the future, and then let brother Rong marry a wife and have children.But Li Wan's expectation for Jia Lan is not only that.

To Wang Xifeng, Sister Qiao and Brother Rong are just her darlings.

Jia Lan's relationship with Li Wan is her and Jia Zhu's only blood lineage, all she relies on for the rest of her life, all hopes for the restoration of the family lineage, and even her most important obsession in this life.

This is also why Wang Xifeng didn't care at all whether Brother Rong could enter the Imperial Academy or not and whether he had a great future, while Li Wan was desperate to pave the way for Jia Lan.

"Grandma! Grandma, please calm down, don't be like this, grandma!" Suyun is the best candidate to deliver the news, and is also the only trustworthy person besides Li Wan.When she first received the news, she was actually hesitant, because she was afraid that Li Wan would not be able to accept this matter, and something bad would happen.But after she thought about it carefully, it was just Wang Xifeng's suggestion. If she kept the news from her and it turned out to be true, wouldn't she be a sinner?

At that moment, Suyun told all the news, and immediately watched Li Wan turn from shock to collapse.

Fortunately, the door of the room was closed earlier, and after Jia Mu suffered a stroke and became paralyzed, the Rongqing Hall was no longer as lively as it used to be.Suyun gritted her teeth, stepped forward, pinched Li Wan's arm fiercely, and said in a low voice, "Grandma, please be sober, Second Mistress Lian just got the news in advance to let us make plans early. This has not happened yet, we still have something to think about!"

"How? What way? I am a widow and grandma, and I only guard such a single seedling. My mother's family is unreliable, my parents-in-law have their own ideas, and my grandmother is paralyzed. What else can I do? God, what did I do wrong? What? Why bother forcing me to such a point!!"

Seeing Li Wan bursting into tears, Su Yun felt extremely uncomfortable, but compared to Li Wan, a widow and grandma, what could she do as a prostituted maid?

Master and servant, one weeping silently, the other secretly sad, there is nothing that can be done.

If Wang Xifeng saw this situation with his own eyes, he would definitely vomit blood.She originally thought that no matter how useless Li Wanzong was, he would always fight back when encountering difficulties.It just so happened that Mother Jia's hatred for Mrs. Wang had reached a critical point. At this time, if Li Wan got into trouble with Mrs. Wang, Li Wan would suffer as a daughter-in-law, but she couldn't stand against Mrs. Wang's mother-in-law!It's a pity that Wang Xifeng miscalculated a bit. Li Wan was scared out of her wits when she left the west side courtyard.

"Grandma, why don't we go and ask the second wife? No, no, this is absolutely not possible! By the way, we can go to ask the second master Bao. He has always been a good-natured man with a soft ear and a good talker."

The most important thing is that Baoyu doesn't like to make progress!

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