Enemies in the Red Chamber

A few days later, it will be the day when the concubine's family will enter the palace to greet her.The old lady had a stomach upset the night before, and she couldn't get up early in the morning, so Mrs. Wang had to enter the palace alone.

After paying homage to the Queen Mother and Queen, Mrs. Wang came to Fengzao Palace to meet Yuanchun.Yuan Chunzao was waiting for her, and seeing Mrs. Wang's tired face, she knew that it was due to the exhaustion of the visiting relatives, and she has not yet returned to recuperate.Immediately her eyes were red, and she choked with sobs and said: "It's all due to the daughter's unfilial piety, so please grandma and parents to worry about it." Mrs. Wang hurriedly said: "Whatever the empress said, it is the honor of the empress's family. No matter how tired you are, you can only be happy." , your father is grateful to Mu Tianen every day."

Yuan Chun asked again: "Why didn't grandma come?" Mrs. Wang sighed: "The old lady is old, and she feels sick to her stomach after eating a fruit, so she didn't come." Yuan Chun was relieved.

He also sent the eunuch Gong'e out and only left Baoqin to wait on him, and asked: "I see sisters Lin and Shi are also at home, what do you mean at home?" Mrs. Wang whispered: "I want to promise Bao girl to you." Baoyu, you know how rich the Xue family is. Your aunt relies on our family everywhere, and brother Pan has such a temper. Bao girl came into our house to help each other. The old lady thinks that Miss Lin is the best. Your Aunt Lin and Master Lin didn't mean to pick up Yassie Shi, even though she came, I still prefer the old lady when I see her."

Yuan Chun pondered for a moment, and said: "I also think that the younger sister of the Xue family is more suitable than the other two. Not to mention, the other two are not as good as younger sister Xue when they are close to their mother. In the future, mother-in-law and daughter-in-law will get along more, and it will be better to be harmonious." Good. It’s just that Uncle Lin has been re-elected on Yanke for many years. He is Jane’s figure in the emperor’s heart. It would be great if we could choose a girl from our family to marry into the Lin family. I think Brother Liu is also clever, and he is still the eldest son I'm not afraid that I won't be able to make a fortune. Tanchun's age is not very suitable, and her identity is still a concubine, which is not a good match. Xichun is a eldest daughter of the East Mansion. She is very good in age, appearance and character, and she is a good match for Brother Liu. It would be even better if my younger sister and younger sister Lin were assigned to my aunt’s or uncle’s house.”

Mrs. Wang heard what she said, and she thought it was reasonable. In this way, her family and Baoyu can take care of all the good things. In a few years, I am afraid that not all the four major families will have to follow Baoyu's lead.Even the empress can benefit, if the empress can raise a prince, even that seat can be contended for.This is not to disgrace Baoyu and the empress's natural blessing.

Yuan Chun suddenly remembered something again, and asked: "This time when I go back, why do you see that Feng girl is not getting close to her mother, but is getting close to the eldest wife? The eldest wife is Lian's second stepmother, so it's fine if you don't guard against each other. Would it be so futile?" Mrs. Wang smiled wryly, and said: "So what about the stepmother, the eldest wife has no children, in the past it was Feng girl who looked down on her, and she didn't want to humbly push the younger generation, but now Feng girl is taking the initiative In the future, she will rely on Lian'er and his wife to take care of her. In fact, speaking of this matter, it was because of Lian'er's selfishness that he even took Feng girl as a bully, so the quarrel started. Now the empress is overjoyed, who knows What's the idea over there? When building the garden, Lian'er and Feng girl don't say they help, I'll thank you if you don't make trouble!" Yuan Chun frowned, "A family is a sign of a prosperous family, and you can't follow Lian Er The old man doesn't care about things, and my father, as an uncle, should take care of me. Feng girl is young, and she is not as good as my mother after all. I am not worried about the inner house, but I am afraid that if there is an accident outside, our family will suffer even with me. Implicated. My mother went home and talked to my grandmother. Just tell me what I said. Take care of Lian Er and don’t let him get into trouble. And Baoyu, Baoyu must be taught better. Shan smart is not enough, you have to be more diligent, serious You have to pick up your knowledge." Mrs. Wang never wanted to say that Baoyu was not good, so she said: "Your father is watching, and now it is benefiting."

Mrs. Wang discussed some details with Yuan Chun, and then gave Yuan Chun a stack of bank notes before leaving the palace.On the way, I kept thinking about what to do to get the master and the old lady to agree.

When I got home, Mrs. Wang went to greet the old lady without changing her clothes.He told the old lady what Yuanchun had said in detail, and mentioned that the empress liked Baochai more and wanted to assign Xichun to Brother Liu, and even made her own claim that it would be better for Xiangyun to marry Daiyu to Xue Pan in the Wang family.

The old lady sneered a few times, no one knew what was going on in her heart, she just said: "I have my own opinion, I will explain it to the empress in detail next time I enter the palace." After a pause, she said: "Lian Er and Feng girl are outrageous, You and the second child just put in some effort to teach them well, and after a long time, they will naturally come back, don’t tell me you can’t make up your mind about the children who grew up by your side.”

It's a pity that Jia Lian didn't wait for Jia Zheng's instruction. Within two months, Jia Lian came back after asking for an official position outside.He is just an ordinary official, usually no one in the Rongguo Mansion looks up to him, his grade is not high, and he has nothing to gain. The only advantage is that this official position happens to be under the jurisdiction of the Yangzhou Salt Administration, which means that Lin Hai has become Jia Lian. immediate boss.

When the people in the Rongguo Mansion found out, the appointments were all down, and there was no need to change them.The old lady beat Jia Lian and cried loudly, "You are heartless, you have been raised by gold and jade, and you want to go out to suffer and suffer. You are killing me", and then wrote to Jia Min, She thought it was such a coincidence to get such a position, there must be Jia Min and Lin Hai's handwriting in it, Lin Hai is a son-in-law and it is not easy to reprimand, Jia Min, a daughter, must be taught a lesson.

Furthermore, Wang Xifeng was prevented from being allowed to follow, "Feng girl is kind and kind, and she is kind, and I can eat two more bowls of meals with her. If you are willing to go out and suffer, you will lead your little wife, and you are not allowed to harm my Feng girl. "The old lady is now sitting comfortably in the old Fengjun's seat. When the two sides are fighting in the ring, they are happy, and they are alive. Roll up your sleeves and go into battle with Mrs. Wang.

Jia Lian repeatedly begged for mercy: "The old lady loves her grandson, it's not that I don't want to keep Sister Feng as a filial son, it's because my grandson can't live without her. That kind of person dare not say a word of magnanimity to the next, but to the superior Flattery and flattery can't even tell right from wrong, what else can you do? Grandson is really crazy to entrust the inner courtyard to such a person. If something goes wrong, grandson's evaluation is just a small one, and the whole family loses their sacred heart It's big." After saying those words, the corners of Wang Xifeng's mouth curled up so hard that he couldn't hide it.Ping'er almost didn't cry behind Sister Feng, shouting in her heart, "Who is grandma, who am I, how dare she behave in a normal way", but unfortunately she didn't even dare to show any dissatisfaction.

Speaking of this, it has become a certainty that Wang Xifeng will follow Jia Lian to take office.Jia Lian began to socialize every day and practiced drinking constantly.The female relatives also gathered together to choose a good day for Sister Feng to practice, and the little girls who had made good friends with Ping'er, such as mandarin ducks attacking people, also gave one handkerchief and another a purse one after another.

On this day, Jia Lian was drunk and leaned on the kang with her arms around Sister Qiao to watch Sister Feng pack up.Seeing Sister Feng carefully holding out several brocade boxes from the bottom of the cabinet, she asked, "What are they?"

Sister Feng now realizes that her knowledge is still not as good as Jia Lian's, and she doesn't hide from him the good and the bad. She blushed and said, "They were all collected before. I was afraid you would see them, so I put them in the bottom and hid them. I have to clean them up." It’s only when there’s something in it that it’s freed up.” He took the initiative to open the box and showed it to Jia Lian.

Jia Lian saw that there were some rare items that were hard to buy, neither of which were on Sister Feng's dowry list, nor had she seen them at home, so she knew that they might be left over from those things she did in the past.Annoyed, he stopped crooked at all, "Didn't I tell you earlier that I wiped away those things earlier? Why are these things still here? Didn't you return the worthless ones and keep all the valuable ones?" , trick me?"

Sister Qiao was surprised by Jia Lian and burst into tears immediately.Wang Xifeng quickly embraced Qiao and coaxed her carefully.

"Does the second master think that I am the kind of eldest wife who doesn't understand the truth and the seriousness of things? I used to be the one who didn't know how powerful I was, so I did those things that harmed the morality. Now the second master has explained to me clearly, how can I I will know my mistakes and not correct them. The reason why these things are kept here is that I have obtained the consent of the sufferer to replace them with other things. Some people are more willing to exchange them for fields, shops, and money for fear of committing crimes. Naturally, I will not refuse. , and specially gave a few percent more."

When Jia Lian heard this, he felt relieved a little, and asked again, "Is everything in order?"

Sister Feng said proudly: "You can rest assured that I will do things. There is nothing wrong with it. Those who have borrowed money with interest can directly burn the IOU in person. Those who are willing to pay back can only pay back the principal. They all put their fingerprints on them and kept them. Those who have been involved in the lawsuit found the victim to rehabilitate them, and prepared a lot of things to send. No lives were involved in the left and right, and they all happily accepted them. Those who received things from the field, returned the insignificant ones directly, and I sent a caring person to make an apology for the valuable ones before asking the master what he thought, and those who were willing to pass on the things back home, I would return them, and those who were afraid of getting pregnant It’s a crime that other people came to rob them and asked them what they wanted. They thought they bought it and left a written receipt. In order to prevent people under my command from repeating their teachings and deceive others, I went to borrow some from Sister Lin. After the people came, I checked it. I don’t need to keep the unruly servants. I stole the family property to make up for my shortfall. I lifted my feet and cut off my tongue and sold them to save trouble. There are also a few things that I bought when the government bought them. There is nothing we can do about it. We raided this mansion in the future, so these things are nothing."

Jia Lian was also satisfied when he heard it, and lay down again to tease his daughter.

There was only one thing that Sister Feng didn't say, and she didn't dare to tell Jia Lian that Jia Rui's death had nothing to do with her, but she couldn't make up for it no matter how she tried.At the beginning, I thought Jia Rui would be happy if he had the guts to kill him, but now that I think about it, it's too much. Jia Rui deserves to be punished, but death is not a crime.What's more, when Jia Rui died, Jia Dairu and his wife left only the old couple. It was a great crime to really lose their heirs.Even if they try their best to take care of the old couple, it is nothing but self-deception, which cannot atone for one-thousandth of the sins.Now Wang Xifeng just begs not to repay this crime on the child.

The husband and wife here are just right, and someone hurriedly reported at the other end: "Second Master, the Eldest Master has robbed someone's painting!"